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notallsandmen · 6 months
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Johanna Constantine — Resident disastersexual
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trickstarbrave · 1 year
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maybe ill do more when im not at risk of heat stroke
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Favourite fics of 2023
Now that the year is over, I figured I'd cast my eye back over the previous year to see what were my favourite fics I discovered that year. Notably, they may not have been published last year--just the ones that I read during that time period.
I have absolutely no idea what they will be, so I'm curious to dive into my bookmarks...
MDZS/CQL
Stunted, Starving Juvenility by TomatenMark -- oooh, apparently it was last year that I consumed this. It's a behemoth of a story at over 700k words; it's a slowly sprawling tale, and I read and reread it during the same year. And it's been one of the rare WIPs that I have been following faithfully. It's an AU in which WWX and LWJ, early on during the Gusu lectures, have the extra-canonical chapters' dreams about each other (that's to say, the ravishing in the library and the peaceful domesticity) and this triggers them realizing their feelings, which in turn changes rather a lot of things. This sounds underwhelming, but the fic really is very good and rather epic in scope! I have appreciated how it depicts WWX--intensely intelligent, precocious, but in need of guidance; and he and LWJ are darling together. I only hope it keeps being this good for the next 700k words or however much it takes!
You'll See Me Again by anon -- oh man, I loved this one. It's sadly a short-ish WIP (12k> words), but the concept is brilliant: it's NHS, who's time-travelled back and is determined to fix everything by getting WWX as his younger brother, and it's told from NMJ's baffled point of view. It's very good! I just wish it were longer.
Mourning Dove by jaemyun - a WIP featuring a dark LWJ who's very fed up with the hypocrisy of the cultivation world. Hasn't updated in a while, though...
SVSSS
This was the year I read SVSSS! Boy, did I ever love it. This naturally unlocked a new fandom for me, so here are some of my favourite fics:
A Transmigrator and a Time Traveler Walk Into the Bamboo House by VeryCharismaticDragon - this is super lovely! This is Binghe who time-travels from after SQQ's self-destruction to the start of the story. And he's determined to change things, even as he's trying to understand them. The whole thing is great.
The More You Don't Know by Neery - this is sweet and angsty in just the right way. Binghe is convinced SQQ only loves him because he doesn't realize he's a demon, and does his best to hide. (There's also a canon divergence in there.)
The Peace Between Divine Pec- ah-hm sorry - uh…Peaks by AceOfDivineChlorophyll - I need to catch up with the latest chapters of this, but I have it bookmarked as "absolutely love it, mega oblivious SQQ thinks he's LBH's advisor and not realizing that he's effectively the empress (something everyone around him sees) and of course not realizing also that he's super in love with LBH."
Particular by thehoyden - a very sweet SQQ/LBH a/b/o!
The King's Avatar
This is also the year when I consumed this canon!
Born of Fire (We Shall Not Fall) by TheDefenestrator - I loved this fic so much. So much. It's my favourite take on omegaverse I've ever seen in any fic, ever. It's got a super lovely Ye Xiu/Han Wenqing slowburn and Ye Xiu joining Tyranny, but it's also set in this universe which brings this omegaverse context into everything and makes it extra delicious. It's so well done. I just hope it updates one day.
here in search of your glory by Synoshian - I also adored this long slowburn long slowburn Ye Xiu/Han Wenqing WIP where Ye Xiu joins Tyranny.
Bond/Q
a bloodless coup by Ark - scorchingly hot, great characterisations, very well done.
There's a lot more fics that I read and enjoyed last year, but these were in my bookmarks as absolute faves, so I figure it's fair enough to end it here!
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catboydogma · 2 years
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MOURNING GLORY PLSSSS 👀👀
thank u for the ask !!! 
wip folder tag game
codywan ft. chronic hanahaki (on obi-wan's part) and General Kenobi Sir Why Is--May I Ask--Is--Why Is There Poisonous Biomatter On the Bridge, Sir. Yes, I Know What a Flower Is. It Cannot Be Ingested Safely. I Would Like to Know Its Purpose Here. (on cody’s part)
The first flower Obi-Wan hacked up on the bridge of the Negotiator was a marigold. Thankfully, this one didn’t come with roots—those were always the worst, leaving his throat sore or abraded for days after—and was relatively small. He’d felt the rattle in his lungs when he’d gotten up in the morning, the soft-spun stoppage of petals and stem in his chest.
It was, Obi-Wan thought as he folded the little flower away into a handkerchief, not a bad one to christen the Venator with. The bright gold of it nearly matched the shade of his battalion, a warm orange-gold that had no place in the cold maw of hyperspace.
“General?” the Commander was standing a few feet away, visor fixed on Obi-Wan. He could see his own reflection in the mirror dark of it; he thumbed at a speck of blood at the corner of his mouth and flashed the Commander a sanguine smile.
“Alright, Commander,” he said. “Nothing to worry about. Just a slight cough.”
It was the first lie he told Cody, but it certainly wouldn’t be the last.
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manasurge · 7 months
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Symbiosis
What is it? Symbiosis is the process and catch-all term used to define Mourynn's dragon magic in all it's forms. However anything/anyone affected by Symbiosis is known to be "Reformed" (akin to the Branded/Icebrood/etc.). Those who are under Symbiosis have a special link with Mourynn, akin to how other Dragon Minions do.
How does it work? What are Dodder (Daughter?) Vines?
How does Mourynn benefit?
Mourning Glories
Hyper-Terraformation (aka her "dragon-breath/beam") /WIP
The Reformed Mordrem (aka technically her "minions") /WIP <- BACK
Temporary note: I'm not sure if I should post any future art links related to this here, or let it be a part of a seperate art post as to not mish-mash the art and writing together in case it makes it more confusing. Still deciding on that, but I may wind up putting it altogether anyways lol)
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lori0018 · 1 year
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10 Fics
I was tagged by @nyxelestia
Rules: Post the first lines of your last 10 fics posted to AO3. (Sort by date posted.) If you have less than 10 fics posted, post what you have!
They are all for KinnPorsche the series. (I don't have an obsession, I don't know what you mean *nudges her WIP folder out of sight*)
1) Owner’s Manual
(KimChay, with some KinnPorsche in chapter 2, holiday fluff, 2k words)
It’s almost Christmas and Chay is scrambling for gifts. Online shopping and his new and improved wallet contents have helped a lot but there are so many more gifts to get than he is used to that it feels like a daunting task. So daunting that he’s left it to the week before the Christmas Eve party where they will be exchanging said gifts. So now he’s scrambling.
2) Family, Extended
(Implied Chan/Nampeung, part 3 of That's My Family series, 1k words)
The first time Chan sees her, he's a fresh-faced nineteen years old, still clinging to some of his idealism. He is one of two bodyguards accompanying Khun Korn to his foster sister's wedding.
3) Family means…
(Mostly Gen, with some minor KimChay, very minor VegaPete, and implied future KinnPorsche, was supposed to be Kim & Porsche centric but turned into "Kinn has a lot of feelings about this" instead 😆, part 2 of That's My Family series, 9k words)
There is a universe in which Kim, battered and bleeding, falls unconscious in the back of a dark alley, out of sight from the street, and isn’t found until many days later. By then, he’s bled out on the dirty alley floor and there is nothing to be done. The funeral is lavish and his brothers mourn him.
(I'm realizing that the 1st paragraph makes this story look a lot darker than it is 😅)
4) Memento Mori, Memento Vivere
(Fix-it retelling of the show, Porsche-centric, based on the premise that Porsche remembers what happened to his parents, 34k words)
Porsche remembers. He remembers bright sunny days and bright warm laughter. He remembers running up to Mom and holding out a flower for her. He remembers her smile and baby Porchay’s bright giggle as the flower tickled his nose.
5) Game of Survival
(Arm & Tankhun backstory, 2.5k words)
The screaming from downstairs starts anew and his shoulders hunch, head dropping between them as if it would block out the sound. He wishes he could put headphones on and tune out the world but his old, shitty ones stopped working weeks ago now and there has been no barrier between the world and him since. He wishes there was a bit of money for new ones but any money mom earns goes to the few groceries she manages to buy on the way or to the liquor store as soon as she gets home and he gets his hands on it.
6) if ever I could make it back for us
(KimChay, part 8 of need you to believe series, 11.5k words)
In the first few weeks after reaching his decision, Chay tries to go to the club again. He gets turned back at the door, apparently on some sort of blacklist. He’s not sure if it’s just him or if Kim (if that was even his real name) does that to all the people he sleeps with. He doesn’t have anything else to go on, no last name, no phone number, no address, so he tries a few times, without luck. Alright then. At least, he can say he tried.
7) Kissing You
(KimChay, fluff, 5+1 times, 1.5k words)
WiꞰ is doing a live stream. Chay has never been happier that Porsche is working late because it means he can stream it on the TV and watch WiꞰ talk to his fan in high-def glory. The stream has been going on for a while now and WiꞰ is starting to wrap it up. He’s been reading comments aloud throughout the stream and responding to a lot of them. He had even read two of Chay’s and one of them made him laugh and it makes Chay feel braver than he might usually be. So when WiꞰ announces he’s going to read one last comment, Chay types something and waits, fingers crossed and heart hammering in his chest.
[Skipped 2 works which aren't fics.]
8) "That's my family"
(Kittisawats + Kim, written for the KinnPorsche week 2022, part 1 of That's My Family series, 1.5k words)
Kim grunts as the blow lands but he pushes the pain away, taking advantage of the temporary opening to land a blow of his own. His opponent slumps, unconscious, and Kim tries to catch his breath, as much as he can with what he is pretty sure are broken ribs, while he takes in the situation. All the men who attacked him are down. Dead or unconscious, he doesn't know and he's not going to take the time to find out. He needs to get out before more of them show up.
(The 1st paragraph, once again, makes the story look darker than it is 🤷‍♀️)
9) “Can I try?”
(Kittisawat brothers feels, fluff, >1k words)
It starts when Chay learns to talk.
10) It just all goes to hell
(KimChay, Nampeung, part 5 of need you to believe series, 2k words)
The gunshot echoes in the room and Chay flinches, tightening his hold on Kira, who whimpers in his arms.
The 10 people I’m tagging are @accal1a @bisexualbard @coleslaww @cloudburst-ink @cristalknife @highpriestessofjogan @mightymightygnomepriest @staykimchay @vani-ash @xxatlasxx (And anyone else who wants to do this!)
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captainelliecomb · 2 years
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WIP Wishlist Mid-year 2022 Updates
WIP Wishlist
All the fic updated after the end of 2021 WIP Wishlist Update
almost a beauty, almost a knight by ifancymyselfawriter
From round four, last updated 01 May 2022
Things I love: Tommen, Tommen and Jaime, Tommen and Brienne; begrudging respect between Brienne and Cersei even among everything else between them; the intrigue of dragons fighting dragons and lions and suns and Evenstars caught between them; the Rock, which is unusual for me; twisting, manipulative, dangerous relationships of all sorts.
The Blue Knight vs. The Kingslayer by SeeThemFlying
From round eight, last updated 02 March 2022
Things I love: Brienne and Pod’s friendship and teamwork, the sheer silliness and threat of the Kingslayer, Imp, and Evil Queen, the Honor League, the sweetness and softness between Brienne and Jaime while their alteregos wage war on each other, how over-the-top and joyful and perfect this is as a comic book story.
Break the Shape We Take by ClasseySpanks
From round eight, last updated 12 April 2022
Things I love: Intriguing worldbuilding, particularly around the Evenstar prophecy, Jaime needling at Brienne because he loves to see her eyes and her blush and to argue with her, something dangerous lurking in the trees and impaling deer on branches, Brienne brave and fearless when she’s doing what she’s been born to do and awkward and withdrawn otherwise, Jaime and Brienne teaming up.
The Broken Jaw of Our Lost Kingdoms by Vera ( Vera_DragonMuse)
From round eight, now complete
Things I love: Interesting, engaging worldbuilding, how Sansa and Brienne work together, Brienne and Pod’s friendship across lines, shapeshifting, the sharp-edged history between Brienne and Jaime.
everything you see (is all for your taking) by EllisJay
From round nine, last updated 09 April 2022
Things I love: Brienne confident, experienced, and gentle with the people who need her to be gentle, Brienne’s amazing students and how she interacts with them, Oberyn’s work with Brienne and his flirtations, the double entendres, Brienne’s masturbation lesson blowing Jaime’s mind when he puts it into practice, flirtation on top of flirtation.
It’s All Coming Back to Me Now by CatelynTsukino
From round four, now complete
Things I love: Brienne and Aerys; how different it is for Jaime to interact with Ned (and others, but particularly Ned) when he’s not Kingsguard; Brienne’s friendship with women (I’d name them, but I don’t want to get too spoilery on who lives, who dies, and why they become friends); the pain Brienne and Jaime each carry; what Westeros looks like when Robert’s Rebellion is a very different thing.
it’s not much (but my money’s on you) by jellyb34n @nossbean
From round six, last updated 6 May 2022
Things I love: Behind the scenes for politics, the friendships, particularly Jaime, Elia, and Rhaenys, Brienne’s characterisation and voice, Jaime’s sharp humour and intelligence set against his soft heart (he is made for love), the incredible sexual and romantic tension between Jaime and Brienne, Lyanna Mormont in all her glory, Missandei’s intelligence and wit and competence, Pia’s role – everything, pretty much everything.
The Kingsguard by LadyRhiyana
From round nine, last updated 22 May 2022
Things I love: Modern AUs with Brienne as a princess, why Selwyn joins the rebels, Jaime the undercover Kingsguard, the way they annoy each other to no end, Brienne’s friendships, the way they protect each other, the history of Evenfall Hall, Lannister sibling dynamics, and spring break shenanigans.
No One Mourns the Wicked by boywholivednotdied
From round one, last updated 20 April 2022
Things I love: Jaime’s time in Riverrun with Brienne, Brienne’s friendship with Catelyn, the complicated political mess in King’s’ Landing, Brienne’s fierceness and loyalty and love.
An Old Lion Amongst Young Wolves by Angelic_Temptress
From round three, last updated 11 May 2022
Things I love: Arya and Sansa friendship; Sansa’s clever playing of the game; complicated, difficult incursions of the dead more than just one hard-to-see long night; dialog that is smart, and witty, and sarcastic; more practical ways to go to war.
The price of being a wolf by tall_wolf_of_tarth @tall-wolf-of-tarth
From round one, now complete
Things I love: Brienne the werewolf, Jaime’s annoyance with his community service, the pull between wolf and human, the fairy tale feel of the writing.
Summerhall by greenmtwoman @greenmtwoman
From round ten
Original WIP has been orphaned
New version is complete
Things I love: Brienne stubborn and set on seeing Summerhall, the smoke lingering on this burned and broken place, the sweetness and teasing between Jaime and Brienne, the mystery.
The Tourney Knight by trulily @trulilyy
From round two, last updated 22 June 2022
Things I love: Intrigue, jousting, Dunk and Egg inspiration, Brienne being amazing and smart, Brienne and Jaime teaming up.
We Built it Slowly, Stone by Accidental Stone by Durincorporated
From round three, last updated 21 March 2022
Things I love: Sansa and Daenerys finding common ground, trust, and friendship; Arya and Daenerys doing the same; Arya and Jaime arguing their way through conversations about honour and love and survival; Sandor protecting the shit out of the Stark girls; some people being alive who weren’t otherwise alive as of the start of season 8; more practical ways to go to war.
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sun-daisies · 10 months
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fic snippet | mcu | monsters of men
since ao3 is down for who knows how long I figured I’d dig through some abandoned wips and post some snippets of fics I love but never got to share. feel free to do this too - we can keep each other going until ao3 is back up and running!
Once upon a time, an American hero shielded the world from evil. 
Once upon a time, an iron soldier rose from certain death as a new man. 
Once upon a time, the god of thunder came to Earth. 
Once upon a time, a marksman joined the military.  
Once upon a time, a monster and an assassin chose a different path. 
Once upon a time, aliens rained down on New York and once upon a time, machines gained sentience and once upon a time, a Titan wiped out half of humanity and every single time, the heroes vanquished the bad guys. 
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Stories don’t end where they should, wrapped up in a neat little bow, all loose ends tied up and everyone smiling happily together as they walk into the sunset. You want a happy ending. You want to watch the underdog rise to the occasion and achieve their destiny. You want glory and grandeur. You want something extraordinary. 
You want a band of larger than life champions coming together to save the world, and you want the happy ending. 
That’s not what happens. 
Once upon a time, a bunch of misfits, human at their core, made mistakes. Argued. Lost everything. 
Died. 
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Natasha fights. She fights for freedom, she fights for justice, she fights for her family, she fights for the world. Maybe she fights for herself, too - maybe she wants to prove that there’s something good in her worth fighting for. 
(She’s tired of fighting.) 
But when the air chills and the ground is hundreds of feet below her, she doesn’t fight her own death. It’s as simple as letting go, and when it comes down to it, she can’t think of a reason to dig her heels in. 
(Somewhere across the universe, her sister screams until her throat is raw.) 
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And Wanda died somewhere in Sokovia a couple decades prior, buried under the ashes of her childhood home. Or maybe she died in her Hydra cell. Or maybe she died fighting Ultron; at the Raft; at the hands of Thanos. 
(The stench of blood follows her everywhere she goes, the bodies trail behind her. And when she returns home, what does she have left?)
Regardless, she hides her grief behind laugh tracks and smiles for applause. She is nothing but a character pretending to be what they need her to be. Maybe someday she’ll get to write her own story.
There’s a mournful stillness as Pepper sets a wreath of flowers adrift on the lake, crowned with Tony Stark’s own heart. His daughter watches with huge, watery eyes, and Pepper holds onto her like she might slip away at any moment. 
Perhaps they will drown in Tony’s absence. He saved the world, but the empty space he left in doing so is too great. He was a husband. A father. A friend. Iron Man. 
This is the fate of heroes - to fight, to lose, to die. They signed up for this. 
(None of us ever wanted this, Clint thinks bitterly.) 
Peter still has that optimistic smile, hope glimmering in his eyes. He’s probably kinder than any of them have ever deserved, and surprisingly light on his feet for someone with the weight of the world on his shoulders.
His hands are tainted in blood long washed away and he’s surrounded by ghosts. He feels he’s lived a hundred years despite being gone for five. And all eyes are on him, watching, waiting to see what he does next. 
(He could never be Iron Man and he can barely be Spiderman but Peter Parker isn’t enough, either.)
He can still try. 
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Once upon a time, the heroes sat around a table at a party, giddy and elated, making fun of each other the way that friends do. The world stops for a moment and they allow themselves the little luxuries for once. 
It won’t last. Aliens have rained down from the sky and they will come again. Sentient machines will rise and throw morality to the wind. Half of humanity will disintegrate, and five long years will elapse while they desperately claw for solutions. 
(It is inevitable.)
But let them have this. Before the next apocalypse, just let them have this. 
And what is left in their wake? A great niece left to scrap together some semblance of a life in Madripoor. Communities of displaced refugees fighting tooth and nail for those left behind, forgotten. A man with a vibranium shield he’s not certain fits quite right on his back, a survivor of war desperate to atone for the sins he was forced to commit. 
You want to believe that Sam doesn’t look at the shield with a lump in his throat. You want to believe Bucky doesn’t cry when the lights go out, terrified to close his eyes. 
They do. 
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Countless iterations of these stories exist across societies all over the world, but no one will ever know what really happened. Their names are thrown in the news and plastered on billboards, their likenesses on hoodies and action figures. A little boy will hold a plastic shield on Halloween and Bucky’s stomach will tie into knots. Wanda will be painted as a villain. Tony Stark, a martyr. 
History is a tale spun by the victors and watered down into easy, digestible facts. And by the time it reaches the youth whose story even is it anymore? Whose truth is told? 
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To be a hero is to be a tragedy. 
Heroes die. They sacrifice. They suffer. They mourn. To be a hero is to be destined to lose, lose, lose, even when they’ve won - especially when they’ve won. And how can they live with themselves knowing that they’ve lost everything? Can you really blame them for letting go? For wanting to live in the past? For losing hope? 
Is it their duty, or a destiny we thrust on them? What do they want?
Pietro. Vision. Natasha. Tony. For better or for worse, they die. They can’t help it. They just die. 
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indelibleme · 1 year
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I posted 2,832 times in 2022
20 posts created (1%)
2,812 posts reblogged (99%)
Blogs I reblogged the most:
@sarah-yyy
@agreekdemigod
@bowsie22
@charlietheepic7
@onyxxstardust
I tagged 480 of my posts in 2022
#love between fairy and devil - 100 posts
#hannibal - 42 posts
#cang lan jue - 40 posts
#dcmk - 33 posts
#hannigram - 29 posts
#tower of god - 28 posts
#will graham - 26 posts
#the sandman - 22 posts
#psychopath diary - 21 posts
#kaishin - 20 posts
Longest Tag: 140 characters
#will low key has super powers and hanninal gets around baltimore using underground tunnels like a ninja turtle get otta here with your facts
My Top Posts in 2022:
#5
Title: What Matters Is Not The Glory Of Battle
Fandom: The King’s Avatar      Rating: G
Relationships: Hán Wénqīng/Yè Xiū,
Summary: (... But the bonds we form along the way.)
After a disastrous battle with rogue cultivator Sun Xiang, Sect Leader Ye Qiu wakes up no memories, nearly blind and deaf, with only a faint sensation of familiarity tugging him onwards in his journey.
With the whole world proclaiming and mourning his death, regaining his identity seems to be a lost cause. But there is more at play here than simple misunderstandings—
“Ye Qiu is dead!” “Oh?” Ye Qiu asks, “Is that so?”
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Written for the QZGS Big Bang 2022 held by @gloryproalliance! Included within are marvelous artworks by @nanasibrushes and story is beta-ed by the wonderful @katachresis !
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Chapter 1: Chen Guo, the ignorant
“Aiyo, so troublesome!” Chen Guo gazed at the man sleeping on the cot they’d booked at the inn, “So many injuries and then a poison, too! Who exactly did you offend? Battle God Ye Qiu?”
On the bed, lying in tranquillity, the so-called Battle God did not reply.
14 notes - Posted July 16, 2022
#4
WIP Challenge!
Rules: "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 of it or tell them something about it! And then tag as many people as you have wips. I have deemed that this isn’t just for writing either. Sketch titles? Comics? Dnd campaigns? If you have an unfinished project, it counts!!"
Tagged by @ota-chan!
Okay, so I have waaay too many (90 😶) WIPs, so I'll pick a random 10 fanfic titles and put them here. (They're from a mixture of fandoms, hints in the tags, so it's basically a roulette).
WIPs:
1. Once is Happenstance
2. Nature versus Nurture
3. It's (not) the Doctor
4. Gold digger AU
5. Domesticity is Intimacy Earned
6. Consequences Of Our Actions
7. Capri big bang 2k18 dropped
8. An Arrow to the Heart
9. Aftermath
10. Logic will (not) always prevail
Tagging @nanasibrushes @onyxxstardust @rux363 @ineffablequeenoftheuniverse @agreekdemigod @bowsie22 (Or whoever wants to join in!)
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#3
Chapters: 2/5
Fandom: Detective Conan | Case Closed, Magic Kaito            Rating: T
Relationship: Kudou Shinichi/Kuroba Kaito
Summary:The end is anticlimactic. Five years of hopeless pining, five months of desperation and hope of forgetting, and five days of close proximity—and the result was the same; no change, no cure. Kaito was never going to get out of this pitfall called love.
Or, in which Shinichi and Kaito try running from their past, only for it to get violently recalled into the present during one tense murder mystery on a cruise liner.
Included within this chapter is @rux363 ‘s beautiful artwork of a Flower held to the Moon which you can check out right HERE!
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Chapter 2: Reconnaissance    
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Shinichi frowned. Then, as if it pained him to say it, he admitted, “This… isn’t the most logical guess I’ve made. But, are you aware of how it’s often hypothesised that the flower can reflect the person they have feelings for?”
Kaito’s throat burned. “Oh?”
“Yeah,” Shinichi said, “and this may seem trivial, but—Yotsuba. Meaning, four leaves on a stalk. KID, do you know how the  Atropa belladonna plant looks?”
Of course I do. In the series of ‘Nightshade’ I have researched everything there could be to research.  
15 notes - Posted August 15, 2022
#2
Chapters: 1/1    Rating: G
Fandom: Detective Conan | Magic Kaito 
Relationships: Kudou Shinichi/Kuroba Kaito
Summary: Under the shadowed skies and a moonlit night, a physics professor asked: “What do you see in the vast beyond?”
“A future,” replied the literature professor, “struggling to overcome the dying embers of the past.”
Based on the prompt selected by @dcmkkaishinevents:
“I won’t be good company.”
“Doesn’t matter.”
18 notes - Posted March 6, 2022
My #1 post of 2022
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Back again for this year's @kaishinbigbang 2022!
Accompanying the fic is a truly marvelous piece of art by the wonderful @rux363! Posting starts on 14th August, 2022!
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Title: Wilting Beauty, Blooming Nightshade
Writer: Indelible_Faith Artist: rux363
Fandom: Detective Conan | Magic Kaito
Transcript below the cut!
Kaito’s head ached with the long hours of sleeplessness, helping out Meitantei with his case, researching and talking to witnesses, running interference whenever the other needed, while asking nothing in return. Nothing... only, could it hurt Meitantei to just glance at him once in a while?
Even now—even now!—so nonchalant as he flicked through the pictures Kaito had gathered for him, not even paying him attention as Kaito explained—
“Oi, KID—what?”
Huh. When had Kaito grabbed hold of Shinichi’s lapels?
Also... KID again.
“Shut up,” Kaito whispered. “Just stop it with the KID this and KID that!”
“Hey,” Shinichi said softly, gently, one hand wrapping around Kaito’s where it was crumpling his suit. The soft voice and hand sent tingles down Kaito’s spine. “I think you’re exhausted, KID, how about you—”
“I said shut up!” Kaito’s other hand went to join the first, abruptly pulling Shinichi closer, “I don’t want to hear it anymore! That’s all you ever call me, and I’m sick and tired of it!”
“Whoa! Hold on—” Shincihi tried, gently attempting to remove Kaito’s hands, but he wouldn’t let go.
“Do you understand me, Shinichi?” Kaito hissed, shaking the detective as he crowded into his personal space. “Do you understand—do you even see me?!”
A protest: “Of course I do!”
“No!” Kaito pulled him closer; Shinichi’s eyes wide as they remained fixed on his face. Probably for the first time since they had re-acquainted themselves on this ship. “Do. You. See. Me?”
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notallsandmen · 7 months
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Mourning Glory WIP
(Death of the Endless x Johanna Constantine)
Johanna goes through her decennial grumbling goth phase, procrastinates from her work by hyperfocus-collecting / hoarding memento mori and Victorian mourning jewelry.
Eventually, Death of the Endless turns up in Johanna’s apartment, twirling her hair and going ”Libations? Pour moi?”
Turns out, Johanna has unwittingly built a sex shrine, but Death is really hot, and Johanna is too lazy not to just roll with it, you know?
And, because I have had a ”Morta ex machina” tendency in past fics, a retired Dream will make a brief appearance and give horrible relationship advice
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shades-of-stony · 3 years
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Royalty Stony AUs
A King for Christmas by iam93percentstardust
Summary: In 1867, Tony Stark flees New York after refusing to marry the alpha his parents chose for him. His money runs out in the small kingdom of Dacia, ruled over by King Steven of the Rogers line. Somehow, and he’s not entirely sure how, he ends up accepting the position of nanny to the king’s four children: Harley, Peter, Sarah, and Morgan.
Tony bonds with the children easily but their father is harder to get to know. Steve is still grieving his wife’s death four years earlier. His continued mourning has turned the once bright halls into dark and somber shadows of their former glory. Tony isn’t entirely certain what he can do but he knows that he has to do something or else the whole country, so attuned to their leader, will sink into despair. He begins by reconciling the king with his young children.
Meanwhile, the children have decided that it’s high time their father fall in love again—and Tony is the obvious choice. They concoct elaborate plans to force the two together, hardly realizing that Steve and Tony are falling in love, not through their shenanigans but through the quiet moments they share bonding over the love they have for the children.
A Higher Form of War by sabremc
Summary: Tony is a King with a surprising number of people out to kill him. Steve and the rest of the Avengers are fighting for Pierce's rebellion and end up with Tony as their prisoner. Oops.
Basically one of those bodice-ripping romance novels I don't read (ahem) but with far more gay.
rearrange my heart (to fit your smile) by starklystar
Summary: "You dare," Howard's chair makes an ugly noise as it scrapes against the stone floors, the chatter of the room shifting into hushed whispers and stolen glances. "I am your father and your King!"
"My King is my husband," Tony tips his chin up, defiant. "And I refuse to hear you suggest that my husband has been anything other than good to me."
Next to him, he feels Steve's shoulders stiffen in surprise.
Howard's fist slams loud on the table. "Your husband does not even love you!"
Tony jerks back, burned. He knows that. Knows that Steve did not marry him for love – does not need any reminder of the cold truth, of what he desperately yearns for and can't even hope to have – but the harshness of Howard's words was scalding, and Tony can't afford for this to go any further.
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Or, King Steven marries Prince Tony, Tony is pretty sure he shouldn't panic when he falls in love with his own husband, and Steve tries his very best not to cause diplomatic crises.
Keyword: try
Fealty by  Lasenby_Heathcote and Robin_tCJ
Summary: Steve Rogers is Lord of America, and was gifted his corner of the kingdom of Starkland after amazing acts of heroism in the war against Hydra. A long, brutal winter forces Steve to go to King Howard for aid, and Howard agrees – under the condition that Steve bond with his Omega son, Tony. Steve agrees, of course, for the good of his people. Prince Tony is a trained Omega Consort – an Omega of status sent to a prestigious academy to become the perfect Consort Mate to high-status Alphas throughout the kingdom. At this academy they learn diplomacy, negotiation, proper manners, and, of course, the various ways to pleasure their Alphas.
I will wait by Shellhead616
Summary: Prince Stark was to marry a Prince he never met, for money he never wanted, to reign over a realm his father didn’t care for. But the Prince did care for his people. So he ran away, accidentally joined a group of misfits calling themselves the “Avengers”, with their fierce leader “The Captain". Although, when he discovers the secret the Captain has been keeping, everything changes.
one day by mvrcredi
Summary: One day.
One day Prince Steven would be king. One day he would have all the qualities to be an even better king than his father.
And maybe, one day, Tony would be his husband.
(But maybe, before that one day, Steven should reveal his secret to the man.)
My Loyalty to You by Hazein, Shi_Toyu
Summary: The Israelite nation has gone to war, Howard is acting erratic, and it’s everything Tony can do to argue with the war council to find the most advantageous strategies for their men. Then Thanos strides out of the enemy ranks and issues a challenge unlike any Tony has ever heard. If an Israelite can defeat him in one-on-one combat, their entire army will surrender. Too bad Thanos is twice the size of any man they have. Enter Steve Rogers, local sheppard and the king’s newest harp player, who claims he can fell this giant with nothing but a sling and a stone.
Whether he can manage it or not, Tony is just trying to figure out how you get to looking like that by tending sheep...
Arranged by NotEvenCloseToStraight
Summary: Royalty AU-- Howard arranges a match between Tony and Steve, but when Tony tries to run away with Tiberius instead, Steve goes after his betrothed and brings him home. Things are difficult between the couple at first, but an impulsive kiss leads to softer moments, and finally the arranged pair find happiness together.
Knight of Wands by  Sineala
Summary: Steve has reigned as king for ten years, and in a few days peace will finally come to his kingdom. Representatives of the Kree Empire are soon to arrive for the negotiations that will end the war between them once and for all. Steve is looking forward to settling down, with his hand-picked Avengers at his side -- led, of course, by the masked knight Iron Man -- and also his trusted advisors, the most beloved of whom is Tony, his court magician, the most powerful mage in all the land.
But when Steve's life is endangered, Tony makes the greatest sacrifice of all to protect his king, a sacrifice far greater than his life. And when Tony disappears under mysterious circumstances, Steve learns that even his closest friends keep secrets that he could never have suspected.
Chasing Daydreams by comecatchmeifyoucan
Summary: “Promise you’ll be there?” He mumbled into Steve’s chest.
“Of course.”
“Good.” Tony separated from Steve but his hand was still gently gripping the blond’s wrist. “Because the party only starts when I arrive, and I’m obviously not going if you won’t be there.”
Steve felt the brunet’s hand slip down to graze his, and he let it linger there for a second before it was suddenly pulled away from him. He could only hope that he had hidden his disappointment well.
Fortunately, Tony didn’t seem to notice Steve’s abrupt drop in mood.
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After years of pining for the brunet, Steve was finally going to get his chance to confess his feelings for Tony. If only he could find him in the crowd of masked-people first...
Luckily, when his hopeless crush is nowhere to be found, Steve meets a beautiful stranger to keep him company throughout the night.
heavy is the crown by theappleppielifestyle
Summary: “Why did you pick me? As a match. Howard forced you to marry, but you had - there were other options. Many of them.”
“Maybe I wanted to help you,” Tony says. “To help - anyone, for once. Your people needed it.”
Oh, Steve thinks dully. So it wasn’t about him at all. It’s - a comfort, in some ways. In others, it’s… less so.
“And-” Tony hesitates. "Everyone said you were kind. I thought… if I had to marry, I’d prefer to marry someone kind.”
(Or, Arranged Marriage AU.)
WIP:
The Crown- the stony au nobody asked for by Jo_StClaire
Summary: Tony is the sole Omega prince of Angsold, who falls in love with the Alpha Army Captain of a neighboring nation. When his father, King Howard, suddenly falls ill and passes, Tony's life is thrown out of wack when he becomes a reigning monarch at 25. Follow Tony through the struggles of being a newly-wedded Omega as well as a leader of a nation. He must learn to balance his love for his people with his love for his husband Steve. (Loosely Based off of the Netflix series The Crown)
No More, No Less by ABrighterDarkness
Summary: His father had been discussing it again, amongst his advisers. He was barely eighteen , what did he need of a wife at eighteen? Frankly, he was already tired of hearing about it. Tired of meeting the daughters of the various men that were deemed important enough. None of them had caught his attention in the least and he suspected that they never would. Not when his daydreams already consisted of intelligent brown eyes, rich brown curls and a wickedly charming grin.
Protea by Anonymous
Summary: After witnessing the injustice done onto his parents, Steve Rogers sneaks into the Ferrite Royal Palace to try and find answers. Fate decides to saddle him with solving shady scandals while unknowingly becoming involved with the nation’s omegan king, Anthony.
And deal with all the baggage and drama that comes along with it.
Or…
A Concubine!Steve AU
they're both princes in this one by vapaad
Summary: Steve Rogers is the first son of the United States The entire nation sees him as America’s golden boy. Handsome, smart, charming, and overall perfection– Steve is an icon to the youths of America. But Steve, well he has one little issue. He thinks Prince Anthony, yes the british prince, is a big jerk. Arrogant and an overall asshole.
So when an encounter between the two results in chaos, Steve and Anthony “call me Tony” are thrusted into a PR stint of being best friends. But soon enough, they both come to the realization that they want more, and there, bloomed a secret relationship between the first son of the united states, and the prince of England.
tell me i'm your national anthem by oopshidaisy for chasingconstellations
Summary: Red, White & Royal Blue AU. Tony Stark is the unwilling First Son of the United States, whose rivalry with beloved Prince Steve threatens UK/US relations. After an international incident involving a wedding cake, Steve and Tony are forced to fake a friendship for the public eye - a fake friendship that evolves into something real, and dangerous.
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sleepyowlwrites · 3 years
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Sleepy is bored at work show Vol.1
some people have changed their url and they’re not people I know, so I don’t know how to find them to change it. interact with THIS post if you have a wip title that you’d like me to draw.
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catboydogma · 2 years
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wip folder tag game
thank u for the tag @redminibike1 !! just putting the stuff im actively working on / thinking abt bc my wip folder is ... yikes! 
Rules: 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 of it or tell them something about it! And then tag as many people as you have wips. (You can make your own post or reblog this one!) I have deemed that this isn’t just for writing either. Sketch titles? Comics? DnD campaigns? If you have an unfinished project, it counts!!
1.  another life to live
2. that is that + this is this
3. call enough, enough
4. chatfic
5. mourning glory
6. vexed to nightmare
7. vide noir 
tagging @deniigi ,  @calika ,  @bytebun ,  @meerlichtz ,  @petrichordiam ,  @rickshaww ,  @gaeasun ,  and anyone else who wants to do this! 
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happy 2021! i really hope we all have a better year this year but for now, here’s a list of my favourite kylo/hux fics that were published in 2020, ones that got me through days of lonliness and sadness to make me smile ✧
thank you fic writers of the kylux fandom! (ノ◕ヮ◕)ノ*:・゚✧
- keep in the dark (to stay out of the light) by howlingshame Modern AU. Smuggler Kylo Ren runs afoul of Armitage Hux, head of the First Order crime ring. Instead of killing him outright, Hux decides to keep him for his own instead. Kylo is none too thrilled with the situation, but Hux has plenty of patience. He wants Kylo to be his in every sense of the word, and they've got all the time in the world. [E, 247k words, warnings for violence, stockholm syndrome, sub kylo & dom hux]
- Please Remember I Love You by @bumblebae8 After murdering Snoke, Kylo Ren flees alongside Rey, returning to the Reistance and to his mother after ten years. They at once begin strategizing on how to take down the corrupt and evil First Order. [M, 65k words, no warnings, redeemed ben, skywalker family drama]
- Children of War by @starryartemis​ After a complicated diplomatic mission went awry, General Hux and Kylo Ren accidentally find themselves tasked with their most difficult mission: becoming parents. Despite their complex relationship, they both agree that raising an offspring will help bring glory to the First Order. Their original vision of a united family quickly falls apart as Hux and Ren cannot see eye to eye in what they want the future to hold. [E, 162k words, warnings for violence, kylux science babies, slow burn]
- I Should Live in Salt for Leaving You Behind by Asrael_Valtiri Of course, he’d betrayed Ren, to save the Order. To save himself and his people.To try to save Ren, in a way.Strange, Hux thought, closing his eyes against the glare of the overhead lighting. He pretended that the wetness escaping the corner of his eye was from the brightness. He failed.Stupid, he amended. Stupid, Armitage. [E, 65k words, no warnings, a TROS fix-it, kylo clones]
- Against All Odds by Kittens              Kylo really doesn't care for people, but he'll always help an animal in need. When he sees a dog covered in mud on a cold, rainy day, he can't help but try to help. What he didn't expect was for the dog to be a fox and the fox to be a man. [E, 49k words, warnings for violence, modern au, fox hux]
- Hadopelagic by DustOnBothSides [WIP] After a life of staying pharmaceutically heat-free, Hux has to allow his body to go through at least one natural cycle, lest there be consequences. He takes a shore leave and travels to a former omegan retreat, abandoned and all but forgotten after the fall of Old Republic. Ren, not knowing of Hux's predicament, decides to follow, suspecting treason. He finds something else instead. [E, 33k words, omega hux & alpha kylo]
- Sup From My Mouth by @atlinmerrick​ [Kylux Adjacent] Dolly Oblonskaya never precisely introduces her old friend to her children’s new tutor, no. She does put one lonely man in a room with the other again and again and again...and to her delight Konstantin Levin and Francisco Garupe take care of the rest. Or, this is the story of how an idealistic young Russian aristocrat helps heal a mourning young Jesuit priest, one very cold Moscow winter. [E, 58k words, no warnings, Fransisco Garupe/Konstantin Levin]
- Lighting the Fuse by hey_honey "What is going on?" Phasma asked when Hux returned from his meeting with Leia looking pale. He stared at her. "The Queen's son agreed to marry a First Order official on one condition," he said. "And?" Phasma encouraged. "That official has to be me," he said. [E, 30k words, no warnings, omega ben & alpha armitage, mpreg, ben is ruler of naboo]
- Across the Stars, I am Home by @venetumdrabbler [WIP] Before leaving to go undercover in the First Order, Armitage Hux had made promises. Keep an eye and report when able to the republic, and later the resistance. Keep tabs on the dark force user Snoke. And most important of all: Bring Ben Solo home. So far Hux had managed, or was managing, 2 out 3. Then there is an awakening. [M, 42k words, no warnings, jedi armitage au, slow burn]
- Pro Nobis Solum by CarelessHux (AraSigyrn)     Kylo Ren wakes after Starkiller.  Alone. [M, 8k words, no warnings, post tfa au, established relationship]
- sisyphus rolls his boulder to the top by yogurtgun     While trying to convince Rey to turn to the Dark on the Steadfast, Kylo feels Hux's presence in the Force disappear. [T, 6.7k words, warnings for violence, tros fix-it, temporary character death]
- i can make your dreams come by claquesous It feels like the small hours of the morning, the blurry in-between Hux calls early and Kylo calls late. “Can’t even make it through the night without a pillow to hump, can you?” Hux sneers. [E, 3k words, no warnings, somnophilia, sub kylo & dom hux]
- Knot Finished by Ki_Ken_Tai_Ichi  Kylo learns a bit more about Arkanis physiology through practical demonstrations. [E, 2k words, no warnings, hux is alien, top hux & bottom kylo]
- 90 Day Fiancé by @bostarsky​ & @sunnywritesstuff​ “Maybe that means you’ll be more inclined to choose me,” Hux hints, glancing over at a drone buzzing by with a sneaky look on his face. Perfect, he’ll create as much support for himself with the public as possible. "What I choose doesn’t matter,” he croons, making it sound as romantic as he possibly can to hide the true meaning of the words. [E, 38.5k words, no warnings, alpha hux & omega kylo, kylo amidala, creepy snoke]
- What if We Tried Again? by @penpenhooray​ Perhaps, but did Pryde bother to check if he was actually dead?Armitage Hux may be many things, but a fool was not one of them. So rather than stay with the First Order and watch it burn, Hux decides that faking his death would be preferable, leaving him free to tie up his one loose end. His ex-husband, Kylo Ren. But what happens when Ren...isn't quite Ren anymore, but just as "dead" as Hux? What happens if they face their feelings surrounding their failed marriage? What if they dared to try again? [T, 2.7k words, no warnings, tros fix-it, mpreg & miscarriage]
- Where Do You Go When You're Lonely? by @vadianna​ Fresh off a grueling undercover mission on an unpleasant Outer Rim planet, Kylo Ren wants to eat, drink, and sleep. Unfortunately, Hux is sitting at the only bar in the area. Thinking that Hux is there to brief him, Kylo soon realizes that Hux is off-duty, and has also never seen him without his helmet on.  Things escalate, and the two wind up finishing Kylo's mission together as they both get to know each other. [E, 29.3k words, no warnings, false identity, bottom kylo & top hux]
- Team Hux or Team Ren? by AdamJensens General Hux overhears a conversation between stormtroopers that opens his eyes to a competition between the troops of the First Order. He discovers his subordinates are not only loyal and devoted but also obsessed – Hux has fans. So does Kylo Ren, and there's a kind of war going on between the two groups calling themselves Team Hux and Team Ren. What Hux doesn't know yet is that there's a third group solely focused on shipping the two co–commanders. There's fanfiction, fanart and all kinds of crazy theories. Shipping, as Hux will soon discover, is a serious business. [E, 11.5k words, no warnings, crack treated seriously, mutual pining]
- Under Covers of Darkness by Camellia Cook (thekurosakiconundrum) Alpha twins Ben and Kylo have a somewhat unusual arrangement with their mate Hux: they're together, all three of them, and it's not strictly a Hux-in-the-middle situation. [E, 3.3k words, no warnings, threesome, sibling incest alpha ben & alpha kylo & omega hux]
- Share the Load by @emperorsvornskr​ Hux runs into Kylo while dealing with his unique Arkanan biology- and Kylo is dealing with some self confidence issues. It's a match tailor made for the both of them. [E, 6.1k words, no warnings, alien armitage hux, trans kylo, eggs]
- Safety in his arms by @redcole​ Kylo knows it's time to bond with Hux, he just wants to make sure that his intentions are clear. After all, it isn't often that an omega courts an alpha. [M, 3.2k words, no warnings, omega kylo & alpha hux, mpreg]
- Horny Hearts by @rattlesnake777​ [Kylux Adjacent] Techie has a new flatmate called Matt and all he can really think about is doing it with him... [E, 18.3k words, no warnings, Clan Techie/Matt The Radar Tech, modern au, misunderstandings]
- Collars and Kisses by koi_boi Kylo loves his little fox and has missed him dearly after a long mission away. Hux, not so much, or so Kylo thinks. Then he actually thinks for once and comes to A Realization™. They fuck, they cuddle, then they get soft and tender. Disgusting. [E, 3.4k, no warnings, fox hux, fluff & smut, dom kylo & sub hux]
- the chancellor's gift by @thethespacecoyote​ Supreme Leader Kylo Ren goes on a mission to retrieve something invaluable for his lightsaber-obsessed chancellor. However, his plans for presenting the treasure to Hux are unfortunately derailed when a group of insurgents kidnap the chancellor and hold him hostage, threatening both Hux's life, and the life of their unborn pup. It seems, even years into their reign, that there are still enemies foolish enough to try to take from Kylo what's his. [M, 5.3k words, warnings for violence, alpha kylo & omega hux, mpreg, protective kylo]
- Entrapped by @kyluxtrashpit​ While searching for a mysterious Force artifact for Snoke, a squadron of Stormtroopers goes missing. Kylo insists on going out alone then, certain he can find and face down whatever might have killed them and succeed in getting the artifact. The creature responsible, however, has other plans for him. [E, 3.4k words, rape/noncon, tentacle sex, protective hux]
- Your Chain Around My Neck by @bastila-s​ After the council meeting about the Sith fleet, Kylo asks Hux to stay behind and "prove" he isn't a spy. [E, 3.6k words, no warnings but dubcon tag, power dynamics, smut, dom kylo & sub hux]
- Regret by @abraxas-drake​ Kylo tries to get Hux to relax under the guise of a work discussion. When things go terribly wrong, Hux must rely on the new Supreme Leader to save his life. [E, 3.8k words, warnings for violence and threats of noncon, alpha kylo & omega hux, protective kylo, forced into heat]
- Invasion by sigo Hux was seated at the long durasteel table in the Steadfast’s largest conference room, Enric Pryde on his left and Mitaka presenting his findings to the group standing on his right, when he felt it: Ren’s hands on his chest, running hot down his skin below his uniform. [E, 2.9k words, no warnings, pwp, bottom hux & top kylo, force sex, semi-public sex]
- In His Grasp by @cosleia​ Kylo Ren doesn't understand why General Hux is shirking his duty over a simple injury. When he tries to find out, though, he learns more than he bargained for...about the general, and about himself. [M, 4.1k words, post-tlj, pining, hand-feeding]
- Heat Sink by @sparrows-trashcan​ Kylo Ren is an omega but so is General Hux. While Hux doesn't mind everyone knowing that his preference is limited to male omegas Kylo Ren is shamed to feel the same. Everything changes after the Starkiller incident: Kylo Ren is in heat and there is only one person on the Finalizer who could possibly help him... [E, 4.2k words, no warnings, omega hux & omega kylo, smut]
- Distraction by @kyluxtrashpit​ Kylo needs a distraction from his hopeless pining over his co-commander, who he's sure he can never have. So he turns to the Knights of Ren to keep his mind - and body - busy. When Hux walks in on the events, however, Kylo learns that perhaps his feelings aren't a lost cause after all. [E, 3.6k words, no warnings, kylo/knights of ren, group sex]
- Between the Stars by Kittens The Finalizer's medical team does not want to deal with Kylo Ren. When he ends up injured during a mission, it's up to Hux to take care of him. It's not exactly what Hux is good at, but for Kylo it means everything. [T, 3.9k words, no warnings, hurt/comfort, bathing]
- Switch Up, Love Eternal by @onewhositswiththeturtles​ When Ren damages consoles aboard the Finalizer during a tantrum, Hux summons him for some much-deserved discipline. Perhaps there would be some hope for Ren learning the error of his ways if he wasn't such a whore for punishment. [E, 3.4k words, no warnings, dom/sub switching, smut]
- Across the Stars (To Find You) by Lady_Faulkner While on a mission for Snoke, Kylo Ren gets kidnapped by pirates and it's up to General Hux to track him down and rescue him before he's sold on the black market. Along the way, Hux discovers that his feelings of hatred for Kylo Ren have been masking another emotion altogether. [E, 10.9k, no warnings, kidnapping, hurt kylo]
- Doom's Desire by @nerdherderette​ Hux never expected to find a jewel worthy of the Empire's crown in an Outer Rim desert wasteland. [E, 10.3k words, no warnings, canon au, gladiator fighter kylo, emperor hux]
- Empire Day Miracle by coldashes         Kylo just wants to relax, to be surrounded by people is to be surrounded by the Force. Except this is the First Order's Empire Day officer party and things never go as well as one would hope. [E, 4.4k words, no warnings, pwp, identity mistakes, pre-tfa]
- Reptile Husbandry by koi_boi Hux is an accomplished researcher who's having a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad time in the field. He stumbles into a cave filled with secrets and one very large, very curious snake. Hux gets fucked in more ways than one. [E, 13.4k words, no warnings, modern/fantasy au, naga kylo & researcher hux, smut]
- Utapaun Christening by @mcducklet-blog​ Kylo Ren is determined to ensure that his children are the strongest creatures in the galaxy. Armitage Hux is willing to go along with it.Neither of them is ready for what that entails. [T, 6.6k words, no warnings, mpreg, knights of ren, peril]
- so it goes by @msbyjckals​ [WIP] Hux wakes to feel a pair of warm, calloused hands covering his. He doesn’t remember much, just the mission brief, the landing, and the cold. [M, 2.9k words, no warnings, starkiller rescue]
- Rumor Mill by @theweddingofthefoxes​ Everybody has their own suspicions about what Kylo Ren and General Hux get up to in private, but the truth is far more tender than anyone would guess. [G, 1.2k words, no warnings, fluff, cuddling]
- The One with the Eggs by sigo                 Hux turned on his heel, but hardly made it two steps before running straight into Kylo Ren. He knew his face betrayed his dismay. He didn’t have time for this. “I apologize, Ren, but I must be on my way.” Hux stepped to the side and Ren stepped in front of him again. Hux shivered as he felt another dropping sensation inside himself. This time the ‘drop’ completed its path — the inside of his pants was wet, cold gel trickling at a glacial pace down his thighs. Of course, that was nothing compared to what lay ahead. “Ren,” He said sharply. His voice was higher, raising in pitch the way it always did when he was panicked. “I am ill. Let me through.” Ren spoke through his ridiculous helmet, voice distorted. “We have a meeting.” [E, 4.8k, no warnings, alien hux, eggs, bottom kylo & top hux]
- Shadow Of Your Heart by @pangolinpirate​ & @redcole​ & @starkillersbae​ [WIP] After the fall of the empire Luke Skywalker fought a rising evil in the outer rim, a villain named Snoke who tormented his young nephew. With Snoke defeated, Leia sent her son to be trained as part of the new order of jedi, in the hopes that it would keep him safe. [E, 22.7k words, no warnings, omega kylo & alpha kylo, mpreg]
- Clear From Far Away by @pizzzazlut​ “But most of all, curse Kylo bloody Ren for having a chest that sparked pure, unadulterated arousal that has Hux humping his pillow like a fucking virgin.” Or the one where Hux is just trying to get off but his Supreme Leader just won't leave him alone. [E, 1.8k words, no warnings but dubcon, pillow humping]
- Tripped Over A Mouse Droid by @milarca​ & @ranebowstitches​ Hux gets injured while working, and Kylo finds him in the medbay. Who knew mouse droids could be so dangerous? [G, 3k words, no warnings, hurt/comfort, alpha kylo & omega hux]
- with you by @msbyjckals​ “You know I love you, right?” Ren said. “Of course I know that, I’ve always had you; you’ve always been mine.” [T, 1k words, no warnings, sleepy cuddles, soft domestic fluff]
- Unexpected Avenues by @sinceyouaskedmeforataleof​ [WIP, Mitaka/Hux] No one wanted to take this particularly grisly task, but Dopheld is glad it fell to him when he realises that all is not as it seems. Can he make a new life on the run with his ex, now that everything he thought he knew has been turned upside down? [E, 84k words, omega hux & alpha kylo & alpha mitaka, mpreg, post-tros]
- Who Needs The Galaxy When There's You? by Mesmeret         Kylo is a simple, lonely smuggler with no one since his accident a decade ago. Or so he thought before his twelve year old daughter retrieves him to help out his long forgotten husband with a bothersome heat. [E, 7.7k words, no warnings, alpha kylo & omega hux, amnesia, smuggler kylo & mandalorian hux]
- By the Will of the Gods by @darktenshi17​ Armitage is chosen to be a sacrifice to his gods in return for his village's protection. It's not the gods who find him out in the woods. [E, 1.9k words, no warnings but dubcon, fantasy/medieval au,
- The Fall of Yesterday by @sinceyouaskedmeforataleof​  [WIP] Seven years after Exegol, a nameless sailor works a thankless job onboard an Arkanis pearl harvester and fails to forget all the things he has lost. When the ship arrives at a new port all he wants to do is find a place to sleep through his shore leave. He might find more than that. [E, 10k words, no warnings, tros fix-it, alpha kylo & omega hux]
- Special Delivery by DaisyChainz Hux orders a toy that's supposed to be 'discreetly packaged', but when his hot mailman brings it directly to his front door, he finds out it is definitely not. [E, 3.3k words, no warnings, modern au, smut]
- Most Wanted by @pizzzazlut​ When the most prolific serial killer the city of Arkanis has ever seen is finally arrested and awaiting trial, it takes two of the cities most respected lawyers to represent the culprit and the victims. The only problem is that Kylo Ren and Armitage Hux haven't interacted since law school and will now have to work against each other to win the career-building case of a lifetime. Or The one where Kylo and Hux are rival lawyers with too much history but an equal amount of hate for Snoke. [E, 12.6k words, warnings for violence, modern au, murders and blood]
- Devotion by @kyluxtrashpit​ The Emperor loves to hear about his devoted hound's successful missions, ideally in as much detail as possible. Kylo does not disappoint. [E, 1.9k, no warnings, smut, emperor hux & hound kylo]
- three's a crowd by @thethespacecoyote​ Ren Prime catches Ben sneaking a First Order cadet onboard, and decides an unorthodox kind of punishment is in order. [E, 1.4k words, no warnings, ren prime, smut, voyeurism]
- If we have each other (the world is ours to conquer) by                    thereisnocowboyemoji “You think, what, that I have feelings for her?” “Please, Ren, do not dare try to insult my intelligence.” [G, 1.3k, no warnings, married kylux, mpreg, jealousy]
- In the Vents by @kyluxtrashpit​ Hux returns from his shift to find the bottom half of Kylo sticking out of the heating vent. Kylo is stuck and Hux isn't one to let opportunities pass him by. [E, 2k words, no warnings, pwp]
- the monster in your bed by @thethespacecoyote​ In the dead of night, something terrifying and lascivious comes to a sleeping General Hux. [E, 2k words, no warnings, consensual noncon roleplay, sub hux & dom kylo]
- Old Hornington Rides Again by oorsprong “Don’t be vulgar.” Of course he remembered. The embarrassing nickname had somehow become part of the whole taboo. Sex in the conference room in the early hours; Hux naked but for his boots and his hat and taunting Kylo with dirty talk. Kylo worshiped his cock in those days, treated it with reverence. “I could do it again.” [E, 1.3k words, no warnings, smut, old married kylux]
- His Purpose by partialresonance When Hux hears Snoke's voice in his mind, he thinks it's a caffeine hallucination. Until the voice plants an insidious purpose that Hux has no choice but to fulfill. Thankfully, Kylo is there to save him. Little does he know that the sinister presence was targeting him all along. [M, 5.6k words, no warnings, suicide attempt, mind manipulation, love confessions]  
- Mariner’s Hollo by Eirean Whilst on a diplomatic mission, Kylo is invited to take part in the planet’s ancient ritual, and demands that the Grand Marshall accompany him. Said Grand Marshall is deeply unimpressed by the whole thing. [E, 9.7k words, no warnings, enemies to lovers, smut]
- Let It Happen by @pizzzazlut​ Armitage Hux re-analyzed all his life choices up to this point and could not come up with anything as careless as this. Or the one where Ren joins Kylo and Hux in bed because he doesn't like being left out. [E, 2k words, ren prime, threesome]
- Come On And Slam by @thediktatortot​ Hux and Kylo invite Ren Prime into their chambers and get more than they bargain for. [E, 1.9k words, no warnings, ren prime, threesome]
- A Passing Madness by moreless “It’s a gift,” says Ren simply, folding his large hands behind his back. His gaze moves between the lightsaber and Hux. “It used to belong to the Jedi traitor Mace Windu. It reminded me of you.” Two steps forward, one step back. Another step back. That's how their relationship works. Even now. [T, 1.9k words, no warnings, duel of the fates au, power dynamics]
- Our Impeccable Leadership by roseofgalaxies The Supreme Leader and his treacherous General have begun to collaborate with unexpected success. There's only one problem: Ren's stopped wearing a shirt. [E, 4.8k words, no warnings, lego holiday special, body worship]
- Giving In by Kyram (BrokenApril) Hux has a mission. Millions of lives are on the line, yet Ren's presence teases him. He's desperate to give in even if his job will become all the harder. [T, 2.2k words, no warnings, touch starvation, force sensitive hux]
- to lay your armor down by surrenderer Once in a while, the Supreme Leader likes to wear his Chancellor’s greatcoat around the Capitol building. [M, 661 words, no warnings, role reversal, force sensitive hux & force null kylo]
- Benefits of Force Sensitivity by Kittens After the surprising change in his relationship with Ren, Hux has a lot to think about. But they also have a mission to complete and that may have unintended consequences. [M, 4.3k words, no warnings, force sensitive hux, cuddling]
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bittcrblue · 2 years
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wip wthursday
I recently (last night) scrapped my entire draft for and to thy glory 3 (when I decide what stays and what goes, and post the new one, I’ll update convof&d) and wrote this in a fevered state at 1am after my shift, and I’m very pleased with it - it’s a completely different air and tone than what I wrote originally. Looking at all my missed drafts for bhh3 reminded me what I want from the series, I think, and reminded me that nobody wants wilted flower Essek, least of all me, who finds it very boring to write.
This is NSFW, my beloveds.I’d rank it an M, personally.
What Essek mourns the most, more than his peace of mind and delusions of safety and a long life, is the innocence of his fantasies. He used to daydream about clasping hands and gazing into Caleb’s eyes, of taking him out to concerts and restaurants and cocktail bars (remember, this was before Essek liked wine). He would think longingly of sneaking Caleb into the Marble Tomes and watching his face light up with glee. 
Essek finds that most of those fantasies fall flat now, soured by the realisation that he is not as in the clear as he’d hoped. The time for dinner parties and study dates has passed, although apparently messy drunken handjobs are in. 
He was never one for masturbation, finding the exercise unpleasant and base, primly thinking himself above his peers who surrendered to their animal instincts. Just goes to show that you can always fall lower. Since the night with Caleb, Essek finds that when his thoughts turn to the other wizard, if they aren’t outraged, they’re outrageous; he will sit at his desk and think wistfully of an experiment in his laboratory that swiftly descends into an experiment of another kind. 
Time and again Essek will picture it perfectly: Caleb pushing him against a wall, or Essek dropping into his lap with his aching knees cushioned just so, or the two of them tumbling into bed. Even when the gestures are familiar to that shared night, hands on cocks and sloppy kissing, the context will be inherently foreign. Essek summons the spectre of Caleb leaned over him in worship, hands roaming with reverence, dropping kisses wherever his mouth reaches and grinning boyishly where his mouth does not. In the theatre of his mind, Caleb wears his soft purple Rosohna-fashion jacket, or sleeping clothes, or nothing at all; Caleb calls him sweetheart with fondness instead of whatever facsimile he spoke on Essek’s stripped mattress. 
Time and again Essek will let his cock swell and take it in hand with a beleaguered sigh, biting his lip as heated blood wars between rushing to his cheeks or somewhere further south. Often, he disallows himself climax, and releases his fevered skin just as it gets good, not out of any masochistic feeling, but one of self-reservation. The times that he does tumble off that cliff are uniformly bad, the ecstasy of finishing overwhelming, leaving his bones hurting and his head throbbing and his teeth buzzing as nausea churns in his belly. He sits in his own filth afterwards, distant from himself and drowning in the unpleasant feeling of being normal, and toys with the dream of it being good for once. He had hoped that Caleb would embrace him after, would hold him and whisper sweet nothings. Maybe it would not be so harrowing, were he to have a beautiful crooked nose brushing against his in a butterfly kiss, were he to have a sweet crooked smile pressing pecks to his cheekbones and blocky-square fingers tracing across his waist.
Or maybe Essek is cursed to never have a good orgasm, ever, in his entire life. That feels like it might be fitting, somehow; some curse for his apostasy and atheism, perhaps.
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waveridden · 3 years
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on doing, and undoing
another not-quite-wip for wip amnesty: when i wrote growing pains i originally thought it was going to be a 12x100. which is laughable, considering that the finished product was 18k, but i did write a 12x100, and i used it as an outline for the full fic. so here’s a 12x100 about gloria and pedro!
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Consciousness is a tricky thing. The Garden is awake and alive, but the flytrap is not in the Garden anymore and so it has to learn on its own.
Its job is simple. It is a replacement. Someone will die, one day, and it exists to take that person’s place. It is an extension of the Garden. Its whole life is laid out in front of it. Gloria Dejardin, the glory of the Garden, will live. It is not supposed to think.
But it is lonely, being the mascot. It is lonely waiting. And so Gloria learns to think anyways.
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Matheo Carpenter dies in Charleston. The players mourn and scream. Gloria rises from the pot, just as the Garden intended, all flytrap mouth and roots for feet. Gloria is a Flower now.
“What’s your name?” asks the captain, and Gloria has been given enough grace of the Garden to answer this question aloud, only this question. Gloria is not supposed to speak or think or—
“Gloria,” xe says, and then, “Bugsnax.”
The line between accident and mistake is spiderweb thin. This is one or the other, certainly: choosing a name. Thinking of xemself as a person, even for a moment.
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Rules, broken by Gloria Bugsnax:
You will not think.
You will not speak.
You will not befriend others.
You will not laugh.
You will use the name you were given.
Should you transgress, you will throw yourself upon the Garden’s mercy at the first chance you get. You will not be forgiven, but the Garden may choose to be kind.
You will remember your homeland.
You will remember that roots can grow both ways. If you take from the Garden, the Garden can take from you as well.
You should not take anything you would not be willing to lose.
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Gloria is happy, at first. Xe can speak and ask questions and curl up in xyr pot at the end of the day, roots digging into soil, a part of a whole once again.
Xe asks Beck to plant xem back in the Garden at the end of the season. Beck agrees, and so after the Flowers lose their last game, Beck takes xem back home.
The Groundskeeper is standing where Gloria once lived. It says, “This is not your home.” It says, “You have chosen a new home.”
The problem, Gloria thinks—
Well. The problem is that Gloria thinks.
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Xe doesn’t understand what it means for the Garden to take xyr gifts away until the first day xe can’t return to xyr pot. Xyr legs won’t unfurl into roots. Xe tries to pick them apart and instead watches them wind back together into something more solid, something that looks like muscle.
It takes days of picking to realize that xyr leaves have strengthened into fingers, that xyr mouth has grown smaller. It takes no time at all to scream xyr throat raw. Xe doesn’t know the limits of throats yet. Xe has a sinking feeling that xe’ll find out.
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There are flowers in Moses Mason’s hair. Inez Owens sleeps among the trees. The team around them is beloved by the Garden.
Gloria grows hair and fingernails. Xe has to drink water through xyr mouth instead of from rain on xyr skin. It’s near agony.
Caligula understands and is incinerated. Beck understands and is stolen. Everybody else tries to celebrate Gloria’s adjacency to humanity.
Gloria’s body hurts, almost constantly. Xe could take better care of xemself, but to take care of it is to make it a home. An admission of defeat, or guilt, or humanity. Gloria refuses them all.
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They’re playing against the Crabs. Gloria hits a home run and would celebrate, except xe rounds second base and the dried roots of xyr leg snap. Xyr calf cracks clean in half, and xe goes down screaming.
The Flowers and the Crabs scramble to find supplies. Pedro Davids ends up sitting with xem as they wait for someone to figure out… something.
“Does it hurt?” he asks quietly. Gloria snarls at him, but he’s not looking at xyr leg. He’s looking at the leaves wound tight into fingers, xyr newly emerging nose.
Gloria doesn’t answer. Pedro doesn’t seem to mind.
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Pedro calls Margo until xe makes Gloria get a cell phone, and then he calls Gloria every day. It’s annoying, except—
“How do you feel today?” Pedro says, and Gloria learns to put words to it. Sore. Tense. Sprained. Nauseated. Exhausted.
It’s not that the Flowers are bad teammates, but none of them bothered to help in the same way. Pedro says that they probably never considered that Gloria’s learning everything from scratch, that it wasn’t malicious.
Gloria doesn’t care about malice. The lack of malice means less than all the Crabs calling xem to offer advice about growing pains.
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Gloria doesn’t ask the Garden to take xem back often. But xe tried for the first time in years and the Garden said no, and xe doesn’t know what to do.
Pedro picks up on the first ring. “Gloria?”
“What’s it called,” xe says in a rush, “when my chest is tight but not like a pulled muscle, and my eyes are wet and my breath feels like a hummingbird, and my throat hurts and I’m angry about the sun? Is there a name for that?”
He sighs. “You’re sad.”
“I hate it.”
“Most people do.”
“People,” Gloria mutters disdainfully.
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Gloria is in the stands when the Shoe Thieves shame the Crabs. Xe doesn’t go home with the Crabs, even though xe wants to. Instead xe goes back to Boston and waits.
When xe calls Pedro the next morning, he sounds exhausted. “Gloria?”
“Hello,” Gloria says, because Kennedy has been talking to xem lately about politeness. “How do you feel today?”
Pedro’s quiet for a long minute. “Bad,” he says at last.
“What kind of bad? There are different kinds of bad.”
“Who taught you that?”
“You,” Gloria says.
Pedro sounds tired when he laughs, but at least he laughs.
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He keeps saying that Gloria needs more friends, so xe tries. Xe tries to make nice with Valentine Games, and with Hiroto, and with the rest of the Flowers.
“You don’t have to be friends with Valentine,” Pedro says.
“She’s friends with you,” Gloria answers stubbornly. “So I’ll be friends with her.”
It’s actually easier being friends with the Flowers. Gloria never thought that could be easy. But xe likes Alaynabella and Margo, and that makes the rest of it easier.
The Garden will never love them. It’s horrifying to think, but xe thinks that xe might not care anymore.
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The Crabs ascend.
The Crabs ascend and Gloria isn’t with them. The Crabs ascend and Gloria’s best friend is gone, and so is xyr second team.
Despite xyr best efforts, Gloria is not friends with Valentine. But the next morning they end up in the Wild Low Clubhouse together, nestled in the space between dimensions, together and alone.
“I don’t like this,” Gloria says quietly. “This makes me feel sad.”
Valentine either doesn’t understand or doesn’t care about the gravity of the admission. But she nods. “Me too.”
Xe still calls Pedro every morning and tells him how xe feels.
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