Might fuck around and post some spooky Jake autumn stuff
Such as:
Dirk makes a living building shit. What shit depends on who's paying this week. He who has the dollars calls the shots.
However.
"What you drew here is physically impossible," Dirk tells the latest asshole client, some white guy in a suit.
"I was told you do the impossible on a weekly basis," says Smug McAssface. "Are you saying your reputation is wrong?"
"What you're asking for," Dirk says flatly, "is the equivalent of a four-angled triangle. That's not how triangles work. That's not how any of this works."
"Then you're saying you won't do it?"
"I'm saying --" Dirk grits his teeth and names an impossible sum. "And it's going to take me a month."
The guy, without breaking eye contact, writes him a check.
So now Dirk has a month to defy God and physics. Fine.
*
On the first three days, the plans make no god-damned sense. On the fourth, they still don't, but living on energy drink and two hours of sleep a night is lending them a certain odd charm.
Dirk's an insomniac anyway, and staying up late to work is an occupational hazard. This is not aided by the fact that on the fifth day, during a snatched catnap, he starts dreaming.
If he remembers his dreams, they're usually semi-lucid and fairly boring. He spends a lot of dream time in airports, for some reason, waiting for a flight that never takes off.
This time, there's someone sitting next to him in the waiting area.
Huh. That's new. "Who the fuck are you?"
The newcomer isn't bad looking. Dark skin, darker hair, eyes the color of cartoon acid, *very* nice forearms.
Dirk is about to reconsider what kind of dream this might be - he wouldn't object, he hadn't gotten out much lately - when the guy lightly says, "This is dull, isn't it? Let's change things up."
He snaps his fingers, and Dirk wakes up screaming.
He also wakes up with a lightning-strike realization of how two of the bugshit parts fit together, so at least he has that going for him.
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Spooky Jake Autumn is coming
So I have decided to make a list of fics I think will help people get into the Mood of the season. I'm already seeing some exciting stuff, and I am here to hype the shit out of this.
THESE ARE IN NO ORDER, just the order I remember them in!
Bacchanalian Hangovers, by @thedoublepp
Jake English, dizzy and downtrodden, follows a god into the wildwood.
My dear pal Paya wrote this one and its Jake getting caught up with a god of gold and revelry, and is drenched in the same vibes of Paya's art. Excellent.
the "adoring, adorned" series, by someone who now prefers to be anonymous
this is an OLD CLASSIC that is heavy with dark, treacle-sweet emotions and physicality. it's not explicitly spooky, but to me i9t's a very good touchstone for just what you can do with bodies and deified emotions.
the weary and the wild, by @mimsiical
"I wanted the ideal animal to hunt," explained the general. "So I said, 'What are the attributes of an ideal quarry?' And the answer was, of course, 'It must have courage, cunning, and, above all, it must be able to reason."'
"But no animal can reason," objected Rainsford.
"My dear fellow," said the general, "there is one that can."
OR: Dirk hides. Jake seeks.
The one in which Jake and Dirk do a roleplay scene in which Jake hunts Dirk across the island. The effect of the close POV use in this story is EXTREMELY effective, and gave me secondhand adrenaline rush.
everybody on your knees and testify, by MULTIPLE PEOPLE (including me, full disclosure)
[Divinity Studies: XXX Core] (69 units across multiple courses)
The course sequence examines the impact and influence of dormant sex deities on modern day college life, with emphasis on the rise and growth of divine worship. It will also cover individual arousal responses as well as the increase in group orgiastic interactions.
Assignments include group projects, workshops, and individual study. [Restricted to students with no gag reflexes.]
The one where Jake is the god of sex and Dirk accidentally wakes him up due to being that good at giving head. A lot of weird magic stuff and everyone having a blast adding in more kinks. Lighthearted and weird.
green eyes, spread thighs, by saccharomyces_cerevisibae
Dirk goes home with a hot demon and things get… interesting pretty fast.
lmao i love this one. it's so much fun. Jake is a demon with some cool-ass hypno eyes and he's going to get some use out of the pretty thing he picked up at the bar.
cambion, by treeprince
It's your final year of college. Again. But at least this time you're doing something you love. It's also killing you slowly and eating all your time. You need to unwind.
Good thing your friends look out for you.
Or, "suck one (1) dick, gain a boyfriend slash roommate that wastes your money on overpriced exotic food ingredients and your bandwidth on Netflix while you're away."
another fun one and one I have on good authority will be finished for Spooky Jake Autumn /fingers crossed. Jake as an incubus is always a ton of fun.
Take a Gulp and Take A Breath, by Stormbourne
Dirk Strider, bodyguard of the heiress to the marine empire, desperately needs help from a sea witch.
I LOVE THE ATMOSPHERE OF THIS ONE. It's a good lengthy one shot but I woulda read 70k of this AU.
Not A Hunter's Moon, shamepillow
“The full moon is tomorrow,” you tell him. His eyes widen slightly, and then watch you with a new kind of intensity. “A strong moon, so I gather. That is when I will kill you.”
(Dirk finds a werewolf dying in the snow, and like the arrogant Hunter he is, he takes him back to his hideout and nurses him back to health, intent on killing him as the next full moon rises. But this moon is different. It's not a moon for hunting, as Dirk soon finds out.)
LISTEN TO ME. I do not like werewolves. And even I enjoyed this one. The Bloodborne vibes are strong and v good.
and of course, this list would be incomplete without:
BONES OF BLACK MARROW, by oxfordroulette
Dirk summons a demon for the exclusive purpose of 'cathartic boning.' He gets what he wants.
The one. The only. I feel like a lot of us quietly were trying to figure out how to do Spooky Jake, and then BOBM showed up and turned the world upside down. This is THE fic. Erotic horror, poetry, ergodic nonsense, and through all the interface plays and coding tricks, some honest to fucking god true and deep pathos like an arrow through the heart. If you somehow don't know BOBM, rectify that. Also consider reading it for Halloween, tbh.
(also I was told I should put my own pump your veins with gushing gold on this list but one, that seems gauche, and two, I think we float before the sea at dusk is MUCH more spooky. do with that as you will.)
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The oracle of Tessas is a controversial figure in the northern cradle of Earthes. While widely known for his accurate and short prophecies, and his involvement with a successful hero, his esoteric applications of the traditional foresight and rumored casual treatment of the Gods are heavily criticised.
jake design for my (currently a wip) spooky jake autumn fic, worshipped with wines and flowers, where Dirk is an (almost) greek hero, and Jake is the oracle that foresees his death.
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Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Homestuck
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Jake English/Dirk Strider
Characters: Jake English, Dirk Strider
Additional Tags: teensy bit of dave strider, Alternate Universe - Modern with Magic, Alternate Universe - No Sburb Session, Demon Sex, Rope Bondage, Impact Play, Dubious Consent, Masochism, Painplay, Temperature Play, Spooky Jake Autumn, Light-Hearted, Crack
Summary:
Dirk buys a suspicious golden rope from a mysterious shop. Who knows what that might hold in store for him?
(Answer: a sexy demon. But joke's on him, Dirk's into that shit.)
inspired by @thedoublepp gorgeous jake art
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all the sky is light and dust, chapter two
Dirk left his siblings behind and moved upriver for the work. As a jeweler, he'd have a better chance to sell his creations in the annoyingly ritzy river bazaar, and he needed the coin.
The last thing he expects is to earn the attention of a handsome bookbinder, but Dirk has no problem with a ill-advised one night stand.
He's less prepared for the consequences of sleeping with a tradesman.
Another chapter, for Spooky Jake Autumn! Reminder, this is in the same universe as all the world is earth and water, but a more dangerous, dark sequel.
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