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I'm compelled to ask about the secret fjskgf, but dreams since birth?? 👀
fddghlhjk hopefully the Secret won't stay secret for long (the snippet I posted on the WIP Wednesday post is from that, if it helps in the meantime), that said -
Dreams from Birth is based on the "what if the Guard dreamt of each other since the new immortal is born rather than first died" post (that I can't find anymore), mostly centred on Nile with Big Cameos from the rest of the gang. It's a huge beast that I haven't worked on in years. One day, maybe. One day. [stares at the horizon like a forlorn lover]
One day, Nile’s Daddy walks out of the door, and doesn’t come back.
Mommy explains to her that Daddy is working somewhere far away, and will come back in a few months. Nile is three years old, and that time feels like eternity.
She cries for her Daddy, feels unsettled and wrong. Other adults and their kids come to the house, aunts and uncles and cousins. She doesn’t feel like playing with the other children. She overhears one of them tell their mom that she’s boring. She sticks her tongue out at them, and gets put in time out.
That night, she sees the man with the curls in her sleep pick up a pack of crayons and draw. The man with the big nose sings to him. It’s a song she’s heard him sing many times. She likes it.
The next morning, she hugs her Mommy, tells her she’s sorry for her grumpiness. Her Mommy hugs her tight, telling her that it’s normal and that she misses Daddy too.
Nile spends the rest of the day drawing with her crayons. She draws Mommy and Daddy and her. Then, in the corner, she draws the man with the curls, making sure to make his smile as big as she remembers it from her dreams.
She likes his smile.
In Malta, Joe wakes up with giddiness brimming from every cell of his body. Nicky is already awake and smiling over him.
“Nile likes my smile, Nico.” He whispers, biting his lip to try and stop his face from splitting in two. That little girl surprises him with every new dream.
“She has good taste, amore mio.” Nico replies, peppering his husband’s face with tiny kisses.
“I have to call Booker,” Joe announces, voice full of triumph. “Our little sister is going to be an artist, I can feel it!”
#non-un-topo#asks and answers#wip game#writing#fanfiction#my fanfiction#the old guard#nile freeman#yusuf al kaysani#nicolò di genova
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Word Finder Game
You are given five words. You must find those words in one or more WIPs and post the excerpt containing each word!
Was tagged by @non-un-topo. (Thanks friend! Being tagged in one of these games once again got me to write a few more sentences so I appreciate it <3)
Your words are: blank, rose, scowl, purpose and fortune.
Somehow I haven't used the word scowl in any of my most recent 20 WIPs??? I found blank a few times and purpose twice, and I decided to share my results for rose even though it definitely doesn't count :)
Purpose - From the story where Nicky and Nile end up on a monster hunt in the woods.
Nicky is purposefully positioning himself between them and the darkness - where the thing is making soft and angry noises.
"Nicky," Nile says, testing the volume, "Nicky!"
His head tilts just enough - a signal that he heard.
She licks her lips and dodges a squirming shoulder aimed right at her chin before she tries to say it. "Maybe that guy was right. Maybe. Maybe this thing isn't just a thing we can kill. Maybe it's a manifestation of something."
Purpose 2 - From the story where Nicky and Nile go to the movies
Lifting his arm up, he waits till she slides in under it before he replies. "Booker and Joe were always more interested in the physics of the unknown than I was. I preferred to question our purpose.” And he gives her shoulders a squeeze because he suspects she’s also thinking of the first time they all met – the bitter collision of their past with her future.
Blank - From the story where Joe and Nicky can't sleep
Studying the shadows from the windows, Joe is reminded that he doesn’t take the time to stare at empty spaces as often as he should. There’s too much art on his walls to allow for much blank space, and he considers turning his breakfast table a few degrees towards the doorway of the kitchen area so he can stare at the single narrow blank wall space beside the doorway. Resting his eyes and admiring the light he gets in early morning hours would be an improvement to his morning routine. Even if that morning routine barely exists at this point.
Does he need to enforce his routine more? Would he fall asleep if he got up and practiced the motions as if he was getting sleep?
Blank 2 - From the story about Nile's first century of life
They established this routine a week into their first break. It's a grounding practice for her internally, but it also helps her remember who Nicky is outside of the times that he shoots a man in the head point blank without flinching.
Soon they'll say a short prayer together and he'll send her off to the church with a hug. Then he'll crawl back into bed with Joe to do his own Sunday rituals - a tradition Andy somehow always sleeps through and Nile is very glad to leave behind.
Blank 3 - From the story where Nicky builds coffins
WARNING: This section contains descriptions of corpses
On the second day he saw two men had landed in a kind of embrace. One had ended up slightly more on top of the other - one arm haphazardly laying across his back in a grotesque gesture of protection. His legs were missing but the other man's legs were folded upwards - as though supporting him. The one laying under the first had his head pressed into the other man's chest as though seeking comfort. The first man's head was tilted at an agonizing angle - staring up at Nicolo with blank eyes - covered in flies.
Nicky stared down at the bodies for an indeterminate amount of time, before he felt tears running down his own cheeks. Picking up the shovel again, he began the slow process of covering the tomb, before he moved on to the next few bodies.
He did not bother to wipe his face.
Rose - From the story where Joe is a plant dad on instagram
Like he’s been given a third wind, Joe exhales into his rant, “That is not even close to the proper lighting for a succulent garden. That tray would have taken an hour or more to set up, and those plants will last two months at best. Those rosettes grow that way because-” the words cut off in a gasp as Nicky leans forward and licks Joe’s neck.
“Keep going,” he murmurs.
“No, no, this is better,” Joe says, turning to kiss Nicky with wet lips.
I'm going to double tag @polarcell and @gallifreyburning And then I'm gonna tag @aphroditestummyrolls @lazaefair and @raedear
Your words are ring, pout, plant, grave and oyster
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Oh oh oh hades au (because I literally just watched hadestown and holy SHIT it was incredible) and nicolegolas ofc!!
i need to watch hadestown sometime ive heard so much about it. my hades au is this one which is largely based on the video game. once i finally get around to writing the longfic its over for all of you but As A Brief Summary. we've got everything. joe who is not the son of hades who doesn't actually exist in this au but still prince of the underworld trying to get out of said underworld. nicky is there and is joint god of death with andromache (andromache is death in battle while nicky is peaceful death and i Do have a lot of thoughts about that actually. booker is my sisyphus equivalent because i Had to. nile is (a) goddess of the night (had been mortal before but became a goddess for mumble mumble reasons. newest goddess there. also Strongly recommend looking up nyx's design for hades the game and considering the possibilities). lykon is the hypnos equivalent and celeste is charon. AND quynh is a shade who had been a warrior in life but she and andromache got in trouble and now they're separated. its truly one of my favourite aus ive come up with. here is a snippet even (takes place after yusuf's first attempt to escape):
It's almost three weeks before Yusuf finally gets the chance to talk to Nicky properly, and only because Andromache tires of him asking.
"He's been busy," is what she tells him almost every time he asks, doing a terrible job of masking the lie. Andromache is his friend, but Nicky is her brother in every way that counts.
He doesn't push, at first, because if Nicky needs time, then. It's the least Yusuf owes him. But Yusuf misses him.
So the last time, when Andromache had inevitably told him Nicky's still busy, Yusuf had responded with "You mean he's avoiding me."
"He's not avoiding you," Andromache said, taking a sip of her drink. The House had been quieter that day than it had been in a long time, and only a few tables in the lounge besides theirs were occupied. Lykon was on the surface with Nicky, and even Nile wasn't there. Most of the higher ranking shades were in other parts of the Underworld - which may have been Yusuf's fault, at least in part - and even the regular shades were quiet.
"I haven't spoken to him in weeks, Andy," Yusuf had said. "I know he's busier than usual, but. If you could just tell him–"
"I can try," Andy said, "but he won't talk to me about it either. He's been off ever since you left."
That had caused a sharp twist of guilt in Yusuf's gut. He should have said something.
"Just tell me when he's coming back, and I'll talk to him."
Andromache levelled him with a long, searching look. "He never left your side, after I brought you back. It took you almost a day to wake up. We didn't know if you would."
The knowledge had carried another wave of guilt with it. "Andy–"
"The boat's coming in in two days," she’d interrupted him. "But don't tell him I told you that."
#i Will answer for nicolegolas but probably in a reblog to avoid making this answer too long#neon answers#non-un-topo#thank you!!#hades au#neon writes
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💕 self-love time! talk about which ones of YOUR creations (edits, artworks, fanfics) you like the most then send to other creators to do the same 💕
Hi siggy!! Thank you for the ask, this is always so hard but i'm gonna tryyy just for you <3
of my fics I really really like per diventare immortale, it's not my best writing-wise and i'm aware but the concept is just SO self-indulgent and personal and niche lol i'm very proud of myself for writing it!
And when it comes to art probably my collages, which i don't do very often and they fly for the most part under the radar but I really really enjoy, it was the first artistic medium I braved <3
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📓?? 👀
i've had this cowboy andy idea for about 2 years now, a piece that would focus on what cowboys actually did as well as andy's grief
it would be set in late 1800s, after achilles' death, andy leaves australia and goes to north america to join the rest of the group and they find work in a small town for a while to settle down, andy being employed as a ranch hand. the point of the fic is to explore andy's path to grieving achilles, i want to show that each time they love it means something and dealing with the pain doesn't get easier, i want to show andy struggling with the loss of both a life, the man she loved, and the life they shared, peaceful days in their home they rarely got in their long long life. it's cut in two chapters, the first one is andy working at the ranch on their own as the 3 others have work in the nearest town, andy tending to the animals, the cows and the stables, creating friendships with the other people working there, kids of the family owning the ranch, distilling their wisdom in random burst here and there and showing slivers of their uncanny nature every now and then, numbing thought and pain with steady work and slowly processing the loss. the second chapter would focus on a cattle drive to the north with booker on their side, joe and nicky having convinced them that they could bond over their grief, and i want to use that opportunity to explore andy's grief over achilles and booker's over his wife and kids. they spend long stretches of days in the plain with no one but other cowboys and the cows around them as they travel north, giving them ample time to think and talk, i'd like to think that this experience is what made them so close in the current timeline. i just keep picturing a scene where they're laying down on their back in the plains, staring at the stars in the sky and quietly sharing their pain and finding solace in not being alone
get me to talk about fic ideas
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Favourite fic of yours has got to be your ace Joe fic 🥺 <3 A real classic
thank you Siggy 🥺🥺🥺🥺💕💕💕💕
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Happy birthday Nat !!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😘🎉👏
thank youuuu 💓💓💓💓
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River how are we feelin about daddy Diego? Because I screamed.... SO loud in the best way.
daddy Diego is the best thing to ever happen to me he really said I have had Stan for a day and a half but if anything happened to him I would kill everyone in this room and then myself
#I can’t believe they gave me dad diego JUST when I said I was quitting fanfic jajdjaks#tua3#tua3 spoilers#non un topo
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comunque la differenza tra le novelle della quarta giornata e quelle della quinta è definibile con il termine tecnico: buciodeculo
#poi un po' del classico topos dell'agnizione my most beloved#il modo in cui una commedia può mutare così facilmente in tragedia e viceversa#anche asor rosa che scrive 'di certo non c'è più nulla. o meglio di certo ci sono soltanto gli impulsi naturali'#(very hot of him ngl)#boccaccio#decameron
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Came for the fics, stayed for your personality!! (and your famous tags that are like my daily dose of serotonin FGHFD) <333
🥰🥰🥰🥰 that's so lovely of you, Siggy 💙💙💙
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Do you have any Joe/Nicky fic recs?
Do I ever, bestie.
Here are my bookmarks on ao3, which functions as a rec list really
Specific shout outs include:
He, Dreamless by @guarncre, which I read with a breathless hysteria I've never experienced in myself before
say the word (& I'll be your renaissance man) by @bewires. Everything by Lia, actually, but this happens to be my particular favourite that wasn't written as a gift for me.
If Never Again, If Every Day by @gallifreyburning & @takiki16. A true and proper gamechanger of a fic. Sets the standard we should all aspire to.
Leave the Window Open by superblackmarket, who has never missed even once in their life, their every fic is a joy
Continuity of Memory by AirgiodSLV, which I absolutely adore
i want to wear your sweater (i want to wear your ring) by @knoepfchen which is just flawlessly fuckin hilarious and wonderful. Once again, please read all of Laurel's fics.
some cupids kill with arrows (some with traps) by @nicolos surely everyone has to know by this point that soulmates of any fashion are my kryptonite
honey i’m lovedrunk (it’s what you do to me) by @maddielle, which was the first fic of Maddie's I read and I hadn't even finished it before I subscribed to her.
Exposure by @chinchillinator and its sequel of course, this whole series is such a balm to my soul in the face of the terrible fuckin gender politics I've seen in omegaverse fics. Legs never misses.
wherever you are and wherever you go by @werebearbearbar I can't read just one of melly's fics, I have to read them all like I'm eating my way through a family bag of crisps in one sitting, but this one literally changed the chemistry of my brain
this song is new to me by @captainshakespear entirely flawless ace!Joe fic. I think about it every single day.
Roll Initiative by @nanashi-07 never fails to have me in absolute bits, it's wonderful
the dark matter of you by @polarcell I still think Nicky should get to murder him a little. As a treat. For me. The emotions this fic inspires in me, good lord
Lionheart by @non-un-topo absolutely no one does a mystery like siggy, holy fuck. I was going to link Perferō but I think you should start at the start of the series and work your way through
whatever here that's left of me by asifnotbound. peach can absolutely do no wrong in my eyes and this fic showcases her fantastic range and emotional depth.
Old Olives by aeli_kindara I love this fic so fucking much
Ten Ounces by @the73rdpostscript do I think of this fic every goddamn day? Yes. Yes I do. Read postie's fics I swear to fuck.
nothing here that is not sacred by @sixth-light. No one does it like sixth-light. No one. This just happens to have demi!Joe and I'm so outrageously here for that, but please just consider this the jumping off point for reading everything she's ever written.
Recover what was lost by @pinkninjapj, a stunning change of pace for me here, I know. Anyone who's ever talked to me for more than ten minutes knows my heart beats Retrograde, but I need to show love to Recover as well, which I have read easily a dozen times.
Shattered Pieces by AraSigyrn. I think of this fic every goddamn day.
with every inch of my heart by @smilebackwards what if Nicky had a Michelangelo and I cried about it many times????
walk inland by ScribeofArda fucking hell this fic does me in each time and I ADORE it
Departures by spqr I can't even BEGIN to tell you how much I love this fic. It makes me see shrimp colours.
In Pursuit of the Best Taste by PastyPirate they're rival bakers!!! It makes me so happy!!!!
This list is definitely not exhaustive, we'd be here forever if I listed every fic in this fandom I love. I've absolutely forgotten top tier fics and writers, but they're in my bookmarks for sure. Please go through all the authors' back catalogues too, because there is so much wonderful work in this fandom.
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7, 12, & 20 for the movie recs? 👀
7: a film in your native language
this is truly a chance for me to rec Anything (in english) so i'll say my most beloveds scrapper and theater camp! they're both lovely lovely movies. i realise i should start adding plot summaries to these so. scrapper follows a 12-year-old girl living alone (by fooling social services) after her mum dies, until her dad (played by harris dickinson for the trust fx fans out there) shows up suddenly. that sounds like it's gonna be dramatic and maybe sad but its SO so delightful and colorful and full of heart. please watch scrapper it's a little british indie thing that's super special to me
theater camp is about a, well, a theater camp, after its founder falls into a coma and her idiot finance bro son has to try and run it. hysterically funny. got ayo edebiri and molly gordon from the bear and also a cast of kids who are just so so fun!!! never fails to make me happy ive never wanted to applaud a film more. pure cinematic joy
12: a film whose main genre is horror/thriller
i am NOT a horror person generally but one i do adore is the devil's backbone. guillermo del toro film that is like pan's labyrinth's little brother to me. deals with a group of kids of (i think) spanish resistance fighters in a home, and also there's a ghost. great if you like somewhat sympathetic ghosts as manifestations of trauma and also movies where fascism is the villain. it and pan's labyrinth (which some do consider a horror film i think? but this is more overt with it) are both so good i love em
20: a film where the vibes are immaculate
i could answer this with scrapper or theater camp but i am taking "vibes are immaculate" as "movies i could live in" so i'm gonna answer perfect days, which is a movie of pretty much nothing BUT vibes that is also one of the most wonderful things i've seen all year so far. follows a toilet cleaner in tokyo just going about his life. really special cinema experience and the kind of movie to get entirely lost in. just made everything feel more beautiful when i got out of the cinema! though it's very slow and not a lot happens plot or tension wise so it's not gonna be for everyone
#i need to rewatch scrapper i bought it on blu ray when i was at the bfi#neon answers#movie tag#PLEASE keep em coming these are so much fun. feel free to ask whatever if its already been asked i'll just do another one in that category#id answer le otto montagne for vibes are immaculate movies but you all knew that#non-un-topo#<3 <3 <3 thank you!!!!!
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Lina!! Happy birthday, my dear!! 🥳
Thank you siggy!!!! 💕🥺💕🥰💖
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(NO idea if that last ask sent bc my computer glitched dfgh but) HAPPY BIRTHDAY, FRIEND!! 🥰🥰🥰 <3333333
glad u sent this again bc this is the only one I got!!! thank u friend 😘
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......STUPENDA 🤗...
Attraverso il buchino del muro il topolino guardava il contadino e la moglie che stavano aprendo un pacchetto. "Che cibo ci sarà?" - si chiedeva il topolino che rimase sconvolto nel vedere che era una trappola per topi.
Il topolino fece il giro della fattoria avvisando tutti: - "C'è una trappola per topi in casa! C'è una trappola per topi in casa!"
Il pollo alzò la testa e disse: "Signor Topo, capisco che è una cosa grave per te, ma non mi riguarda. Non mi preoccupa affatto." Il topolino andò dal maiale dicendogli, "C'è la trappola per topi in casa! C'è la trappola per topi in casa!
" Il maiale con empatia disse: -"mi dispiace molto, Signor Topo, ma non c'è nulla che io possa fare, eccetto pregare. Ti assicuro che sarai fra le mie preghiere." Il topolino allora andò dalla mucca: -"C'è una trappola per topi in casa! C'è una trappola per topi in casa!"
La mucca disse, "Ohh.. Sig. Topo, mi dispiace per te ma a me non disturba." Quindi, il topolino tornò in casa, con la testa bassa, molto scoraggiato, per affrontare da solo la fatidica trappola.
Durante la notte sentirono uno strano rumore che echeggiò per la casa, come quello di una trappola che afferra la sua preda. La moglie del contadino si alzò subito per vedere cosa avrebbe trovato nella trappola.
Nel buio, non vide che era un serpente velenoso con la coda bloccata nella trappola. Il serpente morsicò la moglie del contadino che dovette portarla d'urgenza all'ospedale, con la febbre alta.
Come molti sanno, nella cultura contadina, la febbre si cura con una zuppa di pollo fresco, quindi il contadino con il suo coltellone uscì nel pollaio per rifornirsi con l'ingrediente principale della zuppa.
La malattia della moglie però non passava e così tanti amici vennero a trovarla per starle vicino.
La casa era piena e per nutrire tutti, il contadino dovette macellare il maiale. Ben presto la moglie morì e tanta gente venne al suo funerale tanto che il contadino dovette macellare la mucca per offrire il pranzo a tutti. Il topolino dal buchino del muro guardò il tutto con grande tristezza.
La prossima volta che sentite che qualcuno sta affrontando un qualche problema e pensate che non vi riguardi, ricordate che quando uno di noi viene colpito, siamo tutti a rischio.
Siamo tutti coinvolti in questo viaggio chiamato vita.
Prendersi cura gli uni degli altri è un modo per incoraggiarci e sostenerci a vicenda.
"Quando senti suonare la campana
non chiederti per chi suona.
Essa suona anche per te".
.......
(Ernest Hemingway)
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