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Thinking about Bart's eidetic memory and how after the reboot they likely lost hundreds of photos of each other that just can never be recovered.
Bart is also an amazing sketch artist and I imagine one day he sketches every last photograph he remembers he saw of all of them ranging from their days before Young Justice through their time with the Titans.
He does it mainly for Kon at first because the whole world forgot him, but he certainly didn't, and while there are no photos of him prior to when he came back they once existed and this is the only way he can bring them back to him. So they exist in the world again and it helps him and everyone remember all their history that the world tried so hard to bury.
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BTS fic recs: July 2023
I want to thank each and every writer on this list for creating such wonderful stories and art - you are truly amazing ✨ All the fics on this list hold a dear place in my heart 🥹
If you read anything on this list and you like it, please leave a comment to the writer or reblog the original fics post 💜
Also, most of these fics are smutty as hell, so minors dni.
I am so sorry that this list is so long 🫣 I’ve clearly had waaaay too much time on my hands 😂
BTS fic rec index → May | Jun | 💜 | Aug | Sep (jjk)(knj) | Oct (pjm) | Nov (*) | Dec (ksj)(kth) |
Emoji meaning → angst = 🌩️, smut = 🥵, fluff = 🥰, comedy = 😂, personal favorites = 💯.
⭐A Remedy for Mondays: pt2, pt3, pt4 [completed series] 💯 by @dovechim
// pjm x f.reader // coworkers!au, office!au, s2c2l // 🥵🌩️🥰😂
📝 All you wanted was just one day off work. but for that to happen, you need to invent a plausible reason. and then somehow, somewhere along the way, things get out of hand, and now people think you’re having a baby with your co-worker Park Jimin after a one-night stand. confused? join the club.
🗨️ This is one of the most hilarious plots I’ve read! 😂 It is so funny, with a good amount of angst, fluff and brilliant comedy 👏 This is really one of my all time favorites - if you have not read this one yet, please go read it, you won’t be disappointed! 💎
⭐Two point Five (2.5): pt2 [series] 💯by @bratkook
// jjk x f.reader // handyman!jk, s2f2l // 🥵🥰
📝 Who would have thought booking a handyman from an app would lead to this. sure, you wish he’d mount you instead of just your television, but you could totally be friends. Right?
🗨️ This is also one of my all time favorites! 💎There is just something incredibly hot about handyman JK 🥵 It is so good, juicy, smutty and there's comedy in it too! Please don’t be sleeping on this one.
⭐Not my Fault by @taegularities
// jjk x f.reader // college!au, classmates to lovers // 🥰🥵
📝 After sparking a sinful conversation on a dating app, you vow to yourself that you won’t give in to more the notorious college fuckboy Jeon Jungkook might have to offer. That is, until he rings your doorbell just one night later – and it’s truly not your fault that he’s so damn hard to resist.
🗨️ This is really, really good! I loved everything in this 💜
⭐Illicit Favors 💯 by @yoongiofmine
// myg x f.reader // producer!yoongi, virgin!reader, f2l // 🥰🥵🌩️
📝 When your editor tells you to re-write the chapters of your book because the sex scenes are weak, suggesting you write them from experience, what do you do when you lack any kind of sexual experiences in general? You go to your friend and ask him for help with it.
🗨️ Matchmaker Namjoon!! The premise is funny and leads to slight awkwardness, but it’s so good. I love the reader and Yoongi’s friendship in this. I was left speechless after reading it, I can’t recommend this enough 🙂
⭐Now We Reign by @oddinary4bts
// myg x f.reader // idol!au, work collaborators to lovers // 🥵🌩️🥰
📝 When working on a collab together makes you and Min Yoongi seek comfort with the other, you discover there’s more to life than loneliness. Only, hurdles mark your path in Min Yoongi’s life, and it’s unclear what the outcome will be. Will you be destroyed by him and his world, or will you learn to reign over it, together with him?
🗨️ If you want to take your feelings on a roller-coaster ride, this i definitely for you! 💜 It is a great masterpiece and has a rich and deep story. A must read 👏
⭐Just Dance it Off by @kookdiaries
// pjm x f.reader // dancers!au, e2l // 🥵🌩️🥰
📝 When you hear that you are cast as the female lead in the upcoming end of the semester show, you are completely thrilled. That is, until you hear who your partner is…
🗨️ I love enemies to lovers and this is so, so good 👏
⭐Netflix & chill [ongoing (incomplete) series] by @1kook
// jjk x f.reader // s2l, app developer!jjk, slice of life // 🥵🥰😂
📝 If you planned things right, you could rain down your raging displeasure on Jeon Jungkook right after the meal but before this proposed ‘Netflix and chilling,’ maybe dramatically throw your glass of wine at him, before storming out of his place and reporting him to the authorities (Namjoon) for his douchebag personality.
🗨️ I wouldn’t normally recommend an incomplete series, but I really like this one and I actually think that the last special works well as the finale for the series (it gives closure). There are many parts, specials and ‘commercial breaks’ in this, so a lot to sink your teeth in! I think it is funny and sweet and there’s smut in every main story ❤️🔥
⭐Bad Decisions by @jjungkookislife
// myg x f.reader // f2l, tech support!Yoongi // 🥵🥰😂
📝 Jimin is desperate to get his apartment back to himself. He’ll move hell and earth, and even drop to his knees to beg you to take his brother, Yoongi, out of his hands. Who are you to say no to that pretty face and sinister grin?
🗨️ It should be illegal how much I enjoyed and adore this! I loved the dynamic between all the characters. It is definitely worth a read, it is thoroughly funny and smutty 👌
⭐Oh, Darling! [completed series] By @yoongiofmine
// myg x f.reader // university!au, professor!Yoongi, student!reader // 🥵🥰🌩️
📝 Starting your second semester at one of South Korea’s most prestigious universities should be stressful enough. Between juggling classes, good grades and a social life, your plate was full. Hoping to spice up your academic career, you thought it was a good idea to enroll as an assistant for your literature professor, whom you've held a very secret and very forbidden crush on for the past several months. What will happen now that you’re forced to work closely together? And what if your crush isn’t as one sided as you thought?
🗨️ Dang this is incredibly hot, okay! The profession/student dynamic is just so satisfying and ugh. I really like that this doesn’t feel awkward or forced, but actually like they are equal 💜
⭐Love like This by @ppersonna
// pjm x f.reader // established relationship // 🥰🥰🥰🥵
📝 Jimin wants to make sure this birthday is your favorite one yet.
🗨️ This is just sweet sugary fluff with some soft and cute smut (can smut be cute? 🫢). It is just so, so sweet 💜
⭐Tricks of the Trade 💯by @stutterfly
// myg x f.reader // body swap!au, soulmates!au, idiots to lovers, frenemies to lovers // 🥰😂🥵
📝 The convenience store across the street from your apartment carries your favorite energy drink. That’s why you frequent it. It’s definitely not because you have a big fat crush on the owner you’ve been flirting with for the better part of a year. Of course your brand of flirting can also be misconstrued as bickering. When a strange man wanders into the store, he thinks you need a little nudge to embrace the strings connecting you. Next thing you know you’re waking up in a body that definitely doesn’t belong to you. You can’t decide if it’s the best or worst thing that’s ever happened to you.
🗨️ This is utterly perfection! It is so funny and hilarious - but it is also insanely smutty! It’s really interesting with body swapping, what they learn about each other, lol. I read this on a day where I was feeling down, and it honestly made my day! 💜Also, now I kinda wanna watch ‘She’s the Man’ 😂
⭐The Boyfriend Concept by @kpopfanfictrash
// pjm x f.reader // porn star!au // 🥰🥵🌩️
📝 Win a Date with a Porn Star! You saw the sign when you walked in, of course, but you had no idea your friend dropped your name into the raffle. Fast-forward to later that day, when you actually win. You are horrified, of course, with no intention of accepting and setting yourself up for embarrassment. But then you meet Jimin, and decide this might be worth a shot.
🗨️ This is just really wholesome 🥹It is also incredibly hot too! 🥵
⭐The Making of: Love by @inkjam-moon
// knj x f.reader // actor!au, s2l (not really strangers, ‘cuz they know of each other) // 🥰🥵😂
📝 When the movie you’re in requires to to film a risque scene with a world renowned sex symbol, your virginity is suddenly all you can focus on.
🗨️ I think this is funny, so I’ll tag it with comedy! Jimin is in it (he is readers manager) and he is just doing his best job of being a supporting character 👏 It’s good!
⭐Reset by @dovechim
// pjm x f.reader // college!au, f2l // 🥰🥵🌩️
📝 We are made of the pieces of what we remember, and we hold in ourselves the hopes and fears of those who love us. As long as there are memories to call our own, there can be no true loss. But Park Jimin has no such privilege.
🗨️ It is really, really good! And if you want to bawl your eyes out like I did, seriously give it a read. It is equally beautiful, cute and sad. Jimins last sentence really killed me 😭
⭐5280 feet by @xbaepsae
// pjm x f.reader // mile high club!au, flight attendant!reader // 🥵😂🥰
📝 Never in your life have you met such a cocky, yet still strangely attractive, person. His words really struck a chord in you, and now you really can’t stop imagining your legs wrapped around him…or his cock in your mouth.
🗨️ This is so good! 🔥🥵 The plot is nice and the smut is just so 🔥 i love it 😍💖 if you haven’t read this, it is definitely worth a read!
⭐Heartbreak Insurance by @jimlingss
// pjm x f.reader // s2l // 🥰😂
📝 At Heartbreak Insurance, we are committed to be there when you need it most. Affordable and comprehensible solutions to meet your needs today! With our Heartbreak Insurance, you can find a plan that fits your needs. We cover and care for you in your most vulnerable times, offering paid time off, therapy sessions and care packages. Because heartbreak is pain too.
🗨️ This is hella fluffy! 🥰 It is just sweet and fluffy perfectness 😘
⭐Performance Evaluation by @kookscrescent
// myg x f.reader // fuckboy!au, college!au // 🥵
📝 After the guy you’d gone out with for a few weeks, suddenly dumps you after you’ve slept with him, you want to know if your bedroom skills are the root of the problem, and there’s only one person you really want to turn to to find out. But unfortunately for you, he’s gay. So he sends you to the next best person. Min Yoongi.
🗨️ The plot is on point and the smut is on fire 👌It is awkward in the beginning, but that made it funny (for me at least) 😂
⭐100 km/hour 💯by @chateautae
// pjm x f.reader // fuckboy!au, college!au, pwp // 🥵
📝 What exactly happens when you and your friends have to pile into one car for the ride home after an insane halloween party, and you find yourself sitting in park jimin’s lap? especially when he’s dressed as an angel, and you’re in the sluttiest devil costume ever?
🗨️ I was not at all prepared for the juicy smut in this 🥵 I really love the tension between reader and Jimin, and omfg the smut + tension 🤌🏾It is just brilliant 👏
Thank you so much for going through my recommendations! I hope you find something that you like and show it some love. I’m still going through my reading list from as far back as 2017, so don’t be surprised if I recommend something ‘old’. And I know that some of these amazing writers are on hiatus or completely closed, but their fics are still slapping and worth a read, like or reblog.
Borahae 💜
#bts fic recs#bts fic#bts fics#bts imagine#bts imagines#bts scenarios#jimin fanfic#park jimin x reader#jungkook fanfic#jungkook x reader#yoongi smut#yoongi fanfic#Yoongi x reader#bts smut#namjoon smut#namjoon x reader
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Hiii!! Could you write an angst/fluff eddie fic based on a bad habit of mine? 😬 I have this habit of using things like using the bathroom or eating as a reward for finishing a task 🥴 I won’t use the bathroom even if I have to go bad until I finish an assignment or something. I’d love to know how he would react to reader doing that 🫶
this is such an adorable thought. i wish i could’ve done this better but i have a shit ton of work to do so i had to smash this out in 10 minutes 😭 so sorry for the lack of quality here but hope it’s up to standard ❤️
you’re scribbling away at your desk, filling out an important stack of sheets for mr. higgins to review tomorrow. your wrist aches from writing and your stomach is growling at you for not feeding it.
you look over at your alarm clock on your bedside table. 1 PM. shit. you haven’t eaten anything since yesterday night’s dinner. you look back at the incomplete papers miserably and continue jotting.
“hey, sweets!” eddie bursts through your bedroom door. he flashes you a smile and stands in front of you, rocking excitedly back and forth on his feet, hiding something behind his back.
you giggle at him, “what have u got hidden back there?”
“well, y’know that vinyl at camelot that you were obsessing about?”
“appetite for destruction?” you ask, “yeah, i remember. why?”
he pulls the shiny new vinyl from behind him, waving it in both hands, “i brought it!”
“eddie! i told you not to!” you laugh as he hands it over, “it was expensive!”
“hm, well i may or may not have done a massive deal with one of the tiger’s basketball players and earned a fuck-ton of cash,” he smiles, “so how ‘bout we get up and dance…” he wiggles his brows, “and relax for a bit, yeah?” he holds out his hands to lift u up from the seat at your desk.
“yeah, that sounds good,” you wave his hands away, “but i’ve gotta get this done. maybe later, ‘kay?”
“later?” he frowns, “you’ve never said later to music before, babe. what’s up? have you miraculously decided that music isn’t good enough for you anymore?” he crosses his arms.
“no, music is life, and as much as i love the idea of jamming out, i have to get this done. shoo, shoo,” you wave a hand at him, but of course he doesn’t plan on going anywhere.
“what are you doing that so important, huh?” he questions, leaning over your shoulder to take a look at the important work in question. “wait, wait, wait,” he says confused, “weren’t you doing this this morning, like, before i left?”
you nod timidly, and his mouth opens to protest, but you speak quickly, “yes, but it’s really important! it needs to be done, eds!”
“okay! okay!” he puts his hands up, mock surrendering, “well have you taken a break since you started?”
“uh…” you hesitate.
“have you eaten?” he asks, concerned. you don’t say anything. “right, that’s it,” he claps his hands together and hauls you up from your seat, “i’m going to make you a signature gourmet eddie munson special. extra special for an extra special lady, yeah?” he smiles as he drags you down the hallway to the living area.
“now sit,” he says, promptly pushing your shoulders down so you sit on the springy sofa in front of the tv. he turns it on. “watch,” he points to the tv, “relax,” he pulls your feet up to rest on the coffee table, “got it?”
you nod, closing your eyes and lolling your head back on the couch, finally relaxing. “mhmm… i can’t feel my butt.”
“probably because you’ve been sitting on that same fucking chair all day,” he chuckles from the kitchen. you can hear food bubbling.
after a couple minutes he comes back with a bowl, setting it down beside your feet, “there ya go, babe.”
you pick it up and giggle, “is your ‘signature gourmet eddie munson special’ really spaghetti?”
“ah, ah, ah,” he tuts, “canned spaghetti,” he says, as if it makes it even more special.
you’re about to eat it before you stop the forkful of spaghetti from entering your mouth. “hang on. since when did we have canned spaghetti?”
“dunno,” he shrugs, “found it at the back of the cupboard.”
“at the back of the cupboard?” you repeat, “pass me the can.” he gives you a confused look before darting to the kitchen to grab the empty can from the counter.
he passes it to you and you read it aloud, “use by the fifteenth of april, 1984… eddie your supposedly ‘gourmet food’ is expired by three years.”
#eddie munson#eddie munson fanfic#eddie munson x reader#eddie munson imagine#eddie munson fluff#eddie munson x fem!reader#eddie munson x y/n#eddie munson smut#eddie munson x you#eddie munson blurb
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Fics:
Safety Net: You spend the night reflecting on a beautiful love you shared with Aaron Hotchner, more accurately, you spend the night reflecting on the last two months of heartache without him. It will take one unexpected visitor to bring the two of you to face the reality you’ve found yourselves in.
Looking Out For You: Hotch seems to be babying you on the chase for an unsub, but you quickly realise, he knows what he's doing. also hotch looks hot driving.
In Your Orbit:
part one. Hotch doesn’t understand why the newest member of the team is so dedicated to spending all their time with him. He finally asks and he’s overjoyed with the answer.
part two. Normal Criminal Minds Case type content, hostage situation, use of guns, an accident involving a knife, Unsub talks about suicide and thoughts of self-harm, please DNI if this is at all triggering for you!!!! ⚠️⚠️
Drunk! Aaron - aaron gets wild on a team bonding night and tries very hard not to let reader undress him because he's taken... by reader. (very drunk hotch being a cutiepie)
Sweet Creature: Aaron has never known exactly where his 'home' was, until he met you.
Walk Me Home: Inspired by the p!nk song, Aaron is having a hard time processing the last case, reader is there to comfort him.
Reprieve: Hotch x Autistic!Reader. Reader is having a very hard day at the BAU and Aaron is able to help.
Sleepless In Seattle: part one. part two. part three.
To Catch A Profiler - A Parent Trap Story. - This is a part one of an incomplete series based on the Parent Trap movies. This sets the scene for when your little girls find one another later in life <3
A Bookstore type of Love. - This was an anon request for brother!spencer reid and boyfriend!aaron to take reader to the bookstore and geek out on new book smell, harry potter and the high school musical/john denver soundtrack on the way. Hotch thinks about how desperately he wants to marry reader.
When the spark lit the fuse - Hotch has been in love before, but he's never been so in sync with someone, bodies moving in harmony like his does with your own. Looking back on how your relationship began, Hotch reminisces on how he himself has changed for the better. because of you.
Meet my big, crazy family: Your boyfriend finally meets your big, loud, crazy family. Inspired by my big fat greek wedding movies <3
This Isn't Me: Hotch comforts reader through their period as they go through some serious dysphoria, having not come out as nonbinary yet </3.
Thoughts/Blurbs:
Across the Multiverse: Haley shows hotch all the universes in which he is happy, and he just so happens to be with you in every one of them.
Fratboy!Hotch: In high school, rumours and dishonesty pushed you and your childhood-best-friend-turned-love of-your-life Aaron hotchner apart. Now, the two of you have showed up at the same college party. Can he make it up to you?
WW2 Hotch:
I will add many many more to these lists as I progress, writing more in the future <3
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End of year fic rec list 2023
I was looking at last year’s list and how it said I was excited for this year, because of the Book 3 release. And it was great to be here on tumblr while people were reading it and talking about it, and to see new people join! While this list isn’t about b3 itself, of course it did affect the fics that were written. It felt like the book was a lot about setting up pieces for the next book(s), and I adore how people incorporated these new bits of information into their own fic. We may have a long wait ahead for Book 4, but with people here sharing their writing, their art, their thoughts, I don't mind it all that much!
As always, there are many wonderful fics that are not on this list, like the ones from the fic exchange earlier this year (I'm very much looking forward to the Secret Santa as well). Not because they don’t deserve to be, but because my energy and time are limited and the list is already so very long haha
Thank all of you who shared your beautiful writing <3
List below the cut! Please be mindful of potential warnings
sincerity is scary - @thee-morrigan
Fine. She was fine. Despite the strain of these past months, she continued to be perfectly fine. Had gotten through everything that’d been thrown at her. Not entirely smoothly, certainly not effortlessly, but…she had gotten through it.
This fic had to be the first on this list because it was exactly what I needed to read after finishing Book 3, even if I didn’t know it before reading it. So much is thrown at the detective in that book and, for a detective romancing N, there’s that one conversation at the end that must leave some kind of impact… This fic felt like it finally gave the detective (and me) time to let it all sink in and reflect—no matter how much Holland tries not to think about it. I’m just really thankful this fic exists.
quiet and content - @sealriously-sealrious
There’s more she wants to tell them—usually she’s so good at crafting her sentences with eloquence, tying them together and making them flow like silk. But then Marin’s hands are in her hair again, and that goes entirely out the window.
Choosing one of aeruh’s fics to share on this list was so so hard! They blessed us with many lovely fics, and I absolutely adored the lighthouse AU as well! But this oneshot about Nat and Marin just has so much warmth. Just like Nat gets to relax, be the one who is taken care of for once, I felt like I could sink into this fic. The perfect comfort read <3
to drink from a poisened well - @thcscus
His eyes refocused, one last time. As gray and as beautiful as the last time she lost him.
“Mason,” she breathed, panic bursting across her body like fireworks. Stay with me.
Rereading this fic broke my heart again! The premise of Mason losing his memories of a romanced detective hurts so good. And to then have the two meet again, years later… Ah, I don’t want to spoil anything, but the story, the characterisation, the ending, everything here was so well-written! On top of that, the writing itself is simply wonderful. Loved it all!
Just a Nightmare - @lykegenia
Her blood sings, goads him, and his fangs lengthen behind his lips.
The start of this fic is so incredibly sexy!! And the rest is also so good. I love how Lykegenia explores what might happen if N stayed the night with the detective—something that was notably absent in b3. To add to that, Nate and Leah are one of my favourite couples, so to see the growth in their relationship in how Nate decides to trust and open up a little more at the end was lovely.
you make me laugh again, feelin’ so good - @lovelyfoolish
She used to think of these early-morning-after conversations as uncomfortable half-somethings. But they’ve become worn, softening the way leather does, or wool, and now the incomplete sentences feel more like uncut jewels, rough with possibility, an entire language constructed from what they leave unsaid.
A wonderful slice-of-life fic between Mason/detective. I love how it shows the beauty of a seemingly everyday moment. There’s something so delicate about this stage of their relationship, in how they have grown closer and more familiar with each other and are starting to share these “ordinary” moments, but there’s also a lot that’s still unexplored. This fic and its prose capture that beautifully.
Scarlet Welly Boots - @cigarettesandinevitablebetrayal
“You’re going to be the best mum I’ve ever had. I know it.” He looks back down at the boots in his lap, wrinkling his nose. “Even if you buy me boots.”
I will always be in awe at the thought people put into the backstories of their OCs and this fic is an amazing example of that. The impact of Rook’s death is felt throughout this story, affecting the relationship between Ciaran (Raine) and Rebecca. But what I love the most about this fic is the bond between Ciaran and his brother Eoin. There’s this part in the second chapter that made me so soft <3 I know the detective canonically is an only child, but we need more sibling relationships!
Half Past Seven? A Post It Note - @agentnatesewell
Don't you know, my beloved, I will give you all the seconds of my immortal life?
A short, sweet and little bit spicy fic! N leaving notes for a romanced detective is one of my favourite things and this note is so wonderfully Nate! His voice, the beautiful language in which he reminisces about the night before, how he thinks about their future together <3 The loveliest little treasure of a fic that I only discovered this year.
I Can’t See Me Lovin’ Nobody But You - @plasticdodecagon
His daughter, Avery. Her sweet smile and her chubby cheeks and her big, curious eyes. How he didn't want her to grow up without a father, how he didn't want her to feel lonely, how he always wanted her to feel loved.
Speaking of sibling relationships, this Rook lives AU has some wonderful ones as well! Reading about the family that the detective could have had, if Rook hadn’t died, may be a little bittersweet, but it’s mostly very heartwarming. PD’s interpretation of Rook is amazing, and this alternative take on how UB meets (not-detective) Avery and gets thrown into family life has been great! I’ve been enjoying every part of this fic so much!
Nightswimming - @nerdierholler
Beside him, Ethan floated, bathed in moonlight, stars reflected in his eyes.
First of all, this quoted sentence is beautiful and evocative and will stay with me for a while! After the pain b3 brought for A-mancers, this ficlet was like a soothing balm. Adam finally accepting his feelings and the tranquil feeling this brings him were written so well. The entire atmosphere of this fic was wonderfully quiet and peaceful.
Breaking the Yearlings - @evilbunnyking
That first night Adam invited him to his own rooms Tobias had entered slowly, cautiously, running his fingers over the fireplace mantle and then the carvings of the bedposts, and all that Adam had wanted was for him to touch him, instead.
This one kind of feels like cheating, since it was also on last year’s list, but Tobi and Adam have my entire heart. Bunny weaves Adam’s (and also Tobi’s) past and the present together beautifully and the writing is gorgeous, always. My favourite part was when Adam finally met present-day Tobi, which was as impactful as might be expected!
inside this place (i call our home) - @thelionheartedo3
Adam’s arms are still crossed over his chest, but he doesn’t tell Ely no. Mango stretches a paw out towards him, mewling, and Nate hides his smile with a hand over his mouth as he watches the stern mask melt off of Adam, shoulders dropping from their hunch.
Fluff!! This was pure and adorable fluff in the form of an orange kitten. I fell in love with Mango at first sight while reading this fic, haha! It’s so much fun to see UB reacting to having a kitten around the warehouse. I was looking forward to rereading this one a lot and it was still every bit as heartwarming as I remembered.
Finally, a very lovely person suggested that I should also celebrate myself, something I don’t find easy to do. Thank you, sweet friend, for your message and for giving me this nudge <3
Here is a snippet I wrote on a whim, but that has by now become part of my HC for Yael and Nate, in which that one conversation at the end of b3 ends with them breaking up. I hope to some day continue this storyline and give them the happy ending they deserve.
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I found this little 3k fic of Steve Rogers/Stiles Stilinski (25 year old American Assassin looking Stiles) and I was like "that's a combo...very unusual, I'll mark it for later" so I did. And then I forgot about it. Until I was cleaning out my "marked for later" (because it is a fucking mess up in there) and I found it and thought to myself, "well, Artax, you were cleaning this out but it's only 3k so maybe treat yourself, you deserve it."
So I did. And I LOVED IT. And it turned out that it was part of a series so I opened the next one - just to check on it, you know? It was like 86k or something but...you know, treat yo'self, so I read that one too. And it ended on a fucking cliffhanger but there was ANOTHER one. You sensing a theme here?
Anyway, Parts 4 and 7 are a side story from Allison's POV but part 6 is incomplete. It's at 28/30 chapters and has been there for three years. The writer openly talks about how sick they've been in their notes but is still answering comments (I always worry about people when they drop away, you know?).
Did I read the 216k part 6? FUCKING' A RIGHT I DID. Do I regret it? Hell No. I don't know how the story ends and I may never know but you know what? That gorgeous 545k series that someone put two years of their life into writing and creating deserved my love. It's seriously some of the best writing I've read in a while, managing to weave SHIELD, Avengers and Teen Wolf into a gorgeous cohesive full fledged story. I loved it. If they ever come back to finish it, I'll be there within hours of them posting.
You should go read it and COMMENT. Let them know how much you love it. Don't ask for more - if they could, they would - just give it some love so they know we'll be here if they can ever come back. Plus, it's just nice to tell a writer thank you for sharing this beautiful thing they made - even if it's unfinished.
#the avengers#steve rogers#teen wolf#stiles stilinski#american assassin#agents of shield#Stiles is the Clint Barton of Teen Wolf
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We've all heard of the classic "Asano gets sent to E class" but have you thought of "Five Virtuosos get sent to E class"?
OF COURSE! A Lot of times actually!
In fact, I remember reading a Wattpad story where they all got sent down to E Class. Sadly, it was incomplete (I think just two chapters?) Not sure if it still exists.
Now, if I had to write a fic like that, I'd say Gakuhou sends them all to E Class as punishment for making and losing a bet with the underdogs, therby humiliating not only themselves, but their classmates as well. And since this is Gakuhou we're talking about, it'll be easy to get A Class to turn on them.
So E Class is in for a surprise next semester; same can be said for the Big Five. And of course, it's Karma who finds it amusing. Already, Gakushuu is not going to like this...
Now, let's see how each are going to be like in E Class:
Ren:
This guy is Irina's third apprentice. Not really surprising, right?
Much like Yada, he doesn't want to seduce others with his body. He's a womanizer, but he's not lewd.
He also tries flirting with every girl in class. Kataoka practically follows him around to tell him off, especially when he's going after the not-so-assertive ones.
Yukiko is his most frequent target, so he has Sugino on his case, too.
Karasuma also has to keep him in check. He can also be harsh on him during training.
Aside from that, Ren isn't much of a hassle. He's pretty good at something when he puts his mind to it. He's quickly become an exceptional shooter, but not on the Sniper Duo's level, though.
Him and Yada can make a great duo at infiltration, especially if they've got two different targets of the opposite sex.
Since they're both brunets, they can pass off as siblings. Yada maee up this sob story about them being half-siblings and how their dad played favorites and how they didn't meet until recently and whatnot. All to gain some sympathy points.
Back to Yukiko, remember how she's his frequent target? Sooner or later, she's going to have to tell him off herself.
I imagine this happens when she opens up about her past, the Kyoto incident, and how she's learned not to care what others think and be herself. Ren's surprised a seemingly perfect girl such as herself had a rebelious phase and relates. He's had to deal with his fair share of expectations, and it can be quite annoying. Still, he's at least grateful for the overall good relationship he has with his parents.
This serves as an important growth for the two of them. Ren decides to take a page out of her book and be himself and Yukiko becomes even more assetive and vocal. They even beome book buddies and may occassionally play video games.
Ren's still a womanizer though, just less tocuhy and creepy. He also stops chasing after girls after they've rejected him and moves on to the next one instead. (Hey, it's still character development, right? 🤷♀️)
Seo:
May or not be considering Polyamorous relationships because of Maehara. The entire class agree these two together trouble. Gakushuu has considered getting a leash for Ren, and suggested Isogai do the same for Maehara, much to Isogai's bemusement.
Since he doesn't flirt anymore, his relationship with Yada also improves.
I've said this before and I'll say it again: this boy is so damn insecure because he's not special compared to the other B5. In E Class, it's a little worse now that he's comparing himself to those he looked down on not too long ago.
He still looks down on them even if he himself is an underdogas well. Seo does put a lot of effort in training, but he doesn't stand out at anything and it drives him crazy!
The other Virtuosos found their specialty and then there's him...average at everything...doesn't stand out...useless.
That leaves him with his English skills but even that isn't enough to make him feel important.
He really hates it when Nagisa, Rio, or anyone else answers a question relating to the subject with ease. He also gets jealous of Irina whenever someone asks her about a certain word or phrase. Hellooooo, he's right here? Why do these idiots have to bother the teachers with stupid questions?
In short, this boy wants some attention...he's just asking for it the wrong way.
So his jealousy and insecurity gets him on the wrong foot with everyone else. Even the other Virtuosos think he needs to straighten up his act. Terasaka calls him out,
Eventually, he has a heart-to-heart talk with Korosensei, who gets him to be a little more amicable. He also tells Seo that while he may not shine in a particular field, he's still dedicated to assassination and his that work is nothing to scoff at, even if it's not up to Seo's standards.
Seo isn't really satisfied with this "A for effort" crap. He knows the octopus is just trying to make him feel better.
Seo only agrees to be a little nicer after Korosensei promises to take him around the world.
So Korosensei tells him how this dedication makes him flexible at handling any weapon, gun or knife. This in turn, makes Seo perfect for supporting his classmates, which doesn't make the boy feel better in the slightest.
Now that Seo's a bit more friendly, he can hold a conversation with his classmates. He finds himself bonding with Nagisa (and subsequently Karma) over their mutual love for Sonic Ninja. (Gakushuu feels betrayed whenever he sees Seo hanging out with Karma.)
Also, I can see him and Kataoka verbally obliterate others (usually Okajima) for their stupid plans, much to everyone's horror.
Seo still has his sharp tongue, so he has no trouble calling others out on their BS. It's useful for keeping others from getting over their heads, which Korosensei makes certain to praise him for that even if he's a fairly frequent target of Seo's reprimend.
Seo and Itona are another terrifying duo. When they're not roasting others, they're roasting each other. It's a bloody, but funny verbal battle.
Araki:
This guy is all over Korosenesi in seconds, asking question after question. The octopus feels like a celebrity, even dressing up like one (Much to Karasuma's annoyance)
His inquisitive nature and observation skills make him perfect for gathering intel.
He's a nerd so he immediately clicks with Takebayashi, which means he's joined the Maid cafe squad.
He gets along with Hara due to their love for rom-coms. Also, wants to know who likes who in class.
He frequently goes bug-hunting with Kurahashi. He's curious about the mountain's ecosystem.
May or may not develop a crush on her, and turns into a blushing mess whenever he sees her.
He's also fascinated with Ritsu and never stops asking her questions, raging from Norway, to her programs, to her "older sister"
Araki's pretty good with knives. In addition to Karasuma's training, he's spent hours reading articles and watching videos and practicing in his room.
He's Yada and Ren's informat, supplying them with everything they need to know about their targets. Ristu also helps.
Still pretty jealous of Isogai, but doesn't dare say anything lest he wants the whole class on his case. (It's unspoken rule in E Class that you do NOT hurt the Ikemen)
Imagine Seo of all people telling him to put his jealousy aside and stop comparing himself to others. Korosensei is spying on the boys and weeping with pride at Seo's growth...and Seo trying to shoot him down while muttering a series of insults.
Koyama:
Actively avoids the Terasaka gang and Okuda.
His memorization skills are very useful, so he's partners with Takebayashi, who may or may not bring him to maid cafes.
He's pretty good with knives because it doesn't take him long to memorize Karasuma's moves. (Apparently, this guy's got some good muscle memory, too.)
He also teams up with Nagisa to observe Korosensei for weaknesses.
He's also copied Korosensei's weaknesses from Nagisa so they can have a back-up in case something happens to the original notes.
Much like Seo, he's envies of others who best him in his own field, especially Okuda. He can't even look at her without feels rage boil in the pits of his stomach. Doesn't help that she's seemingly close to Karma, aka the guy who once stole 4th place from him.
This makes Okuda is uncomfortable, so they don't talk. Ever.
As if Korosensei's gonna let animonlsity brew in his class. He gets the bright idea to assign those to create a certain chemical.
The Okuda protection squad (Karma, Megu, Kayano, and Sugino) are watching through the window. Koyama's lost the number of times he's recieved a glare from both Megu and Karma, and even Kayano! ("Who knew that pipesqueak could be scary?" You'd be surprised, Koyama 😏)
It results with Korosensei messing things up until the chemical blows up in his face. Okuda and Koyama agree that he's an idiot, which Korosensei takes as his plan working. They actually AGREED om something!
Doesn't mean they're friends, though, but at least they have no qualms working together now.
Another Virtuoso whom Takebayashi introduced to the lovely world of Maid Cafes. That's how he starts talking with Terasaka again.
Gakushuu:
This guy...
He's going to get his father back for this.
But first, he needs to kill a certain, annoyingly optimistic, stupidly perverted octopus and a red-headed moron while he's at it
Gakushuu's got some experience with martial arts gives him an edge, so it's no body's surprise that he excels at practically everything. His marksmanship is on par with the Sniper Duo.
Speaking of the Sniper Duo, I can see him hanging out with them due to their quiet nature. Him and Chiba are math prodigies so I can see them geeking out at math equations and geomatry. (Actually, this may be me being so influcened by Hailey's math wiz posts) Gakushuu would also be pretty impressed by Chiba's blueprints. Hayami feels like a third wheel whenever they discuss math.
Then again, Gakushuu feels like a third wheel whenever assassination is brought up.
Lowkey these two are fighting for Chiba's attention
He has a sort of rivalry with Hayami when it comes to books, and when they disagree on something, they're locked in a deadly glaring contest. Now, Chiba's the one who feels like a third wheel.
Ritsu's another student who catches his eye. I can see her, Gakushuu, and Chiba as a trio. (The other Virtuosos are not jealous.)
May or may not use her to prank his dad and hack into his devices.
Maehara tries to join in their little group, but promptly rejected. Gakushuu can only handle one womanizer, he's leaving the other one to Isogai.
Allow me to be self-indulgent and say Gakushuu would also be good friends with Yukiko as well because come on, those two can realate to one another so well! Imagine him begrudgingly accompanying her and Ren to the arcade. He's surprised to find himself amused by Yukiko utterly destroying his best friend. (Ren has never felt such betrayal)
Same thing with Seo, and then Karma. Gakushuu brought popcorn specifically for the latter's virtual demise.
It's all fun and games till Yukiko kicks his ass at a shooting game. This so-called genius actually thought he had a chance at victory just because he was among the top marksmen in their class. Chiba even warned him not to!
And if that wasn't bad enough, you have the redheaded bane of his existance crackling in the corner with popcorn!
Gakushuu: "Okay, how does Kanzaki manage to improve her assassination with video games, then?!!"
Chiba: "Master gamer."
Gakushuu's butted heads with Isogai over their different leadership styles. He's questioned Isogai's descisions more than once, and while he's raised some good points (Like Isogai not stopping the guys from using Itona's tank for pervy reasons) there were other times some of the Virtuosos sided witn Isogai, including Ren!
He once got kidnapped dragged by his friends and Takebayashi to a maid cafe.
Gakushuu was dumbfounded, like he had been slapped in the face. It made him wonder if he was in the wrong, not that he'd ever admit it.
Sooner or later, he's gonna have to swallow up that pride and admit he's wrong, though.
Takebayashi Arc: All five feel a mix of envy and shame. Here you have a former underdog rise up to the ranks of the elites while they got booted down. It was like a cruel joke from the principal, especially for Shuu.
S2 Changes:
They're confused as to why E Class are so desperate to get him back. Sure there's a prize money, but realistically, they don't have a chance to kill Korosensei. More surprising, is Takebayashi willingly returning to E Class. What the hell?! They're still planning to return to the main campus, but they can't deny they're curious as to what's so special about E Class.
Pudding Plan: Araki is impressed with Kayano's plan and fascinated by all the interesting pudding knowledge. Seo thinks it's crazy at first but ends up having fun. He tells Nagisa what would happen if something like this happened in Sonic Ninja. Gakshuu makes it clear he is unimpressed by this plan, much to E Class's annoyance. Nevertheless, he still participates.
Pole-toppling Arc: This one doesn't happen, so I can replace it with an individual arc for the Virtuosos.
Daycare: You that kid who was snuggling up to Yukiko? He's made his life's mission to chase Ren around and bite his ankles. Eventually, Ren has to approach Yukiko, hair disheveled and a shaky smile that says he barely has any composure left, and calmly point down, where a little gremiln is biting his leg, and begs her to take the creature off of him.
Araki and Gakushuu help out with the reconstruction. Seo too because he sucks at dealing with kids. He's also yelled at Korosensei for the absured punishment, but the damn octopus wasn't backing down because "it's important everyone remembers not to get carried away with their strength" (Seo shoots him like crazy)
Koyama had a small role in the play as wizard. Afterwards, he went to help with the contrusction.
Reaper Arc: Time for the Virtuosos to put their assassination skills to good use. This is the first time Gakushuu takes orders from Isogai without complaints.
Finals: They hear about Gakuhou brainwashing A Class and are determined to take the principal down in hopes he'd stop this insanity. Korosensei has Karma and Gakushuu co-tutor everyone and once again, so Gakushuu is forced to swallow his pride for the sake of his old classmates. Karma does so, too, but that doesn't mean he's teasing his rival after finals. They end up tying for first place. The other Virtuosos are in the Top 5 as well. Seo's sixth place and he's actually okay with it!
Some time later, the B5 individually rekindle their relationship with A Class.
Gakuhou vs. Korosensei: Cue the Asano angst
Basically, it's Gakushuu yelling at father for being an idiot of the highest calibar, choosing to forfeit his life for the sake of his damn pride! He lets out years worth of pent-up anger, eyes tearing up a little, aa he hurls insults at his father. The B5 have to calm Gakushuu down while holding him back from jumping back inside the classroom through the window and giving his old man a good kick.
Of course, Gakuhou doesn't die, but the ordeal was too much for Shuu. On the outside, he looks calm, but you can tell from the empty look in his eyes that he's still distressed. Ren offers he sleeps over at his place.
The experience forces Gakushuu to reflect and sort out his feelings. He still hates his father, but after what happened, he realizes he doesn't want the man to die. Seeing Gakuhou willingly choose death like that makes Gakushuu question everything he was taught about strength.
Kayano's reveal: They're shocked like the rest of the class. Araki feels like an idiot for not recognizing her as Mase Haruna...and then he fanboys over the fact he's been classmates with an actress this whole time! (The B5 are not amused)
I don't think the B5 would cause any change since it's Nagisa's big moment. Maybe Ren joins in on the teasing with Rio and Karma.
Civil War: I'm just gonna say which team each Virtuoso joins:
Blue Team:
Gakushuu: The old Shuu would've sided with Red Team based on logic, but after everything he went through this semester, he's learned that sometimes logic alone doesn't cut it, and you need to take. Also, ever since the incident with the principal, he's developed a fear of losing loved ones (whether or not Gakuhou counts as a loved one is still up in the air because this boy is an emotional mess on the inside)
He understands that it would be a waste if their time if they abandon the assassination, but since he's hasn't been in E Class for as long as the others, he doesn't really feel like his time was wasted.
Ren: Yukiko wants Korosensei to continue teaching them, and Yada wants to be honest with herself. Ren agrees with both of them. He also wants Korosensei to live, even if it sounds unreasonable or selfish. That's what he truly wants. Plus, he wants to stand by Gakushuu's side.
Red Team:
Seo: He agrees with Terasaka that it'd be a waste of their time and year if they suddenly choose to abandon the assassination, the one thing that helped them improve, then what was the point of this class?
Araki: Much as he'd like for Korosensei to live, they have to be realistic. Even if there is a way to save him, do they have enough time to find it? He also agrees that abandoning the assassination is an insult to Korosensei's efforts.
Koyama: This guy didn't have a purpose in life up until meeting Gakushuu, so he gets what Terasaka and Nakamura are saying. Of course they're annoyed with this change in plans. Koyama despises wasting time, wasting effort; is this what Korosensei wants?
I won't go into detail on what each Virtuoso does or how they change things up sinxe that requires a lot of thinking and planning, but I'll just say that this is their chance to utilize the skills they've aquired this semester.
Of course, Blue Team still wins.
Space Arc: Araki and Ritsu guide Karma and Nagisa through the space station. Ren's in charge of getting Yada and Hinano out once they finish distracting the workers. He uses the half-siblings sob story to excuse his "sister's" and her friend's reckless actions.
Valentine's Arc:
Ren recieves obligatory chocolates from Yada and Yukiko, and he doesn't flirt.
Seo also recieves some from Yada and Kurahashi (they're going around handing all the unpopular guys chocolates) and one from Nakamura...for some reason.
Arakis recieves some from Kurahashi and he's over the moon.
Koyama recieves one from Hazama for some reason...he quickly throws it away.
Gakushuu jas a whole mountain of chocolate boxes. He's still quite popular among the main campus kids. Normally, he wouldn't care for the occasion until he sees how some of the guys are eying him with envy so he rubs it inbecause he's that letty.
Also, there's this nice, civil moment between father and son; just Gakuhou trying to fulfill his promise by being a normal, loving (as loving as Gakuhou can be) parent, maybe like a normal conversation, or a game of chess. It's awkward at first, but the two find a way to make the atmosphere more comfortable. It doesn't suddenly erase eveything Gakuhou's done, but Gakushuu feels a little at ease for the first time in quite a while.
He recieves one from Yukiko (shameless Gakuyuki agenda XD) and one from Karma which he promptly rejects. He gets one from Hayami, too.
Final Assassination: Much like the civil war, the guys utilize the skills they've aquired in E Class. And of course they cry like hell after Korosensei's death. For Gakushuu, it's a good opportunity to let out a good chunk of his emotional turmoil. For Seo, he lets himself be vulnrable and allows others to hug him.
And of course, they all get a happy graduation. I imagine when it's Gakushuu turn to get his certificate, the principal gives him a rare, fond smile.
A Class comes to their rescue when reporters hound them again, and it wasn't on Gakushuu's orders.
Seven years later, only Ren and Araki show up at the reunion and they update the others on the remaining Virtuosos' lives. Gakushuu's in America, his business is thriving. Seo's an English teacher at the same school Nagisa's in. And Koyama's popular with the ladies thanks to his plastic surgery.
Also, imagine a scene where Nagisa meets up with Seo after class, who asks how the "assassination" is going.
#the urge to write more gakuyuki stuff was so strong...#RIP Shuu's mental and emotional wellbeing#assassination classroom#ansatsu kyoushitsu#big five#five virtuosos#gakushuu asano#asano gakushuu#seo tomoya#tomoya seo#araki teppei#teppei araki#sakakibara ren#ren sakakibara#koyama natsuhiko#natsuhiko koyama
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20 Questions Game
Thanks for the tag @nodirectionhome-ao3 and @practicecourts
How many works do you have on AO3? Currently at 17
2. What's your total A03 words count?
696,804
3. What fandoms do you write for?
Right now just Harry Potter
4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?
Maybe Tomorrow: Post War. Harry and Hermione are renovating Potter Manor over Christmas then wake up into a different life. (almost finished!)
Iris: My first story, and the bane of my existence. Hermione flees after the war, five years later she's dragged back in by a dangerous situations. Follows my series Seasons. Hidden child trope, angst fest, long as hell and on hiatus. H/Hr
It Had To Be You: Post war, completed, steamy romcom with some loose inspiration from the film When Harry Met Sally. Co-written with @bettertoflee
Found: A spin off of Iris, and another alternate ending to Seasons. Never thought I would write an OC protagonist, but here we are!
My next highest kudos is another Harmony, but that's boring so going with my highest rated Jily fic which is Plans. It's also more Sirius & Lily focused, takes place right after Harry's born.
5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?
I try my best! Sometimes I can forget if I'm distracted/dealing with real life stuff. But I am SO grateful for people who take the time to let me know they've read my work.
6. What's the fic you wrote with the angtiest ending?
For now probably Spring or Winter in my Seasons Series.
7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?
Well seeing as how I struggle to finish anything...I guess the ones that are complete which is It Had To Be You and Home.
8. Do you get hate on fics?
Yes, so far only in Harmony. It's a huge reason I don't participate in the fandom much and why I moderate comments. Most of it has been concentrated on my stories Iris and Found, but I've also received rude comments on other works including It Had To Be You (which got some very incel type comments, and is the main reason I only allow registered users and block instantly).
9. Do you write smut. If so what kind?
Yes, mostly reluctantly as I still get uncomfortable writing it, but some stories feel incomplete without some. Love reading it though! Not sure what kind means? Like M or E? I would say my smut is relatively tame. I've only written one E rated fic, which was co-written haha.
10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written? Nope, can't imagine I ever would.
11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?
Not that I'm aware of.
12. Have you ever had a fic translated? No idea! People have asked me, but haven't seen them.
13. Have you ever cowritten a fic before? Yes! Working on my second collaboration with @bettertoflee. And my story Iris gets so much support from my beta Green_Eyes that it feels like she may as well be a co-writer!
14. What's your all-time favourite ship? I've shipped both my fave HP ships since around 2001 when I was a child and they haven't changed even with the dreaded epilogue for Harry and Hermione (I take Unlike a Sister as canon and breathe easier for it), or you know canon for James and Lily (which is why AU is so fun!)
15. What's a WIP you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?
Ideally I'd like to finish all of them. If I didn't have such a strong editor/beta reader for Iris it would likely stay unfinished. I REALLY struggle with endings at the best of times and that story has a variety of factors that make it difficult for me.
16. What are your writing strengths?
I'm very hard on myself, so its hard to think of positives. I do think I'm creative, and as someone with ADHD I often think outside the box. I think I have a good ear for dialogue. I've also received compliments on my descriptions/scene writing, as well as for conveying emotions. The thing I do love best about writing is seeing the growth year by year, story by story.
17. What are your writing weaknesses?
Plotting, getting stuck after the midway point. ADHD brain always wanting to jump to something new. Spelling/Grammar from years of French Immersion. Wordy, though REALLY have worked on this and I do so much slashing and cutting in my editing.
18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?
No strong opinion unless it's constant.
19. First fandom you wrote for?
Probably Harry Potter as a child. Although me and a friend wrote a That 70s Show script and posted it on fanfic.net back in middle school haha.
20. Favourite fic you've ever written?
This is a hard one. I am really proud of Maybe Tomorrow, I put a lot of my heart into it and it's actually complete except for some edits and additional scenes I'm contemplating.
I also really enjoyed writing Plans. And I'm proud of this short micro where I managed to stay under 1000 words!
I think this has made the rounds already! At least for Jily. But will tag;
@bettertoflee @myst867 @glitterwitch1 @riverwriter @runawayminds @annonymouslyblonde
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Part 1: 2.8k words, Azriel's POV
Series Index (incomplete, on temporary hiatus) - { ao3 }
A story of finding solace in another. Azriel finds himself needing danger in a peaceful world, and what is better than the Autumn Court, ruled by his old nemesis, Eris Vanserra?
a/n: Welcome to part 1 of my gift to @catboyjamesbond for the 2023 ACOTAR Gift Exchange! I dearly hope you enjoy it because I'm so excited for it! This story will be 30 parts long, with parts 1-7 posted this week, daily, and then weekly updates up until it finishes!
The inspiration for this fic stemmed from two different songs as you may be able to see later into the fic... "Leave a Light On" by Tom Walker and "Tired" by Gavin James. There also happens to be a little bit of "Daylight" by David Kushner because I love the song and it fits them too well.
Regardless, I hope you enjoy!!!
~ 🎁
(P.S. Do you happen to have an ao3 account so I can gift it to you there as well?)
General Series Warnings: This story contains a lot of anxiety, alcohol and drug use, panic attacks, suicidal thoughts, mentions of domestic abuse/violence and quite a few mature jokes (not recommended for minors) and eventual smut. Please be aware of these before you continue reading.
WARNINGS FOR THIS CHAPTER: anxiety, mature/slight nsfw topics (not recommended for minors)
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Azriel
The world was quieter than it had been in more than five hundred years. With Hybern dealt with, and the courts allied together, with the human queens no longer causing trouble, and with Koschei’s death, everything was perfect. Right?
Azriel still couldn’t help but feel on edge. Every single moment of peace he’s ever had has always had some sort of string dangling him above the boiling water of danger. He didn’t mind it either. He had gotten used to dealing with danger, thinking it over, during the times of peace. He took time to think over what his spies told him, or what he’d seen on some mission–that was why he was normally silent. His brothers call it brooding, but he just used that time to think. To plan, to overthink some more.
It was typical to not have true peace. Azriel liked it, in some odd way. He enjoyed the thrill of it. It made him feel alive.
But now? There was no one to spy on. Hell, after Eris got control of the Autumn Court as their High Lord, everything was just… perfect. People were happy, his brothers had mates, and one had a child! He should be overjoyed and feeling elated. Cauldron– he couldn’t even hate Eris anymore, not in the wake of the truth from Mor. Eris had been young, and, in a way, saved Mor from the disaster of Beron getting his hands on her. Nobody could deny that, even if it had been horrible.
He wasn’t happy though. He just couldn’t get over that edgy feeling that he was dangling just over a cliff that would plummet him into something even worse than before. There wasn’t any cliff. There wasn’t even a damned ledge. He shouldn’t be feeling so remorseful. He shouldn’t be feeling so damn tired all the time.
He rarely got the chance to spar with his brothers these days. Rhysand had Feyre and Nyx to care for, in addition to the typical court procedures that Azriel didn’t have to deal with. Cassian had Nesta and was the main trainer for the Valkyries. Azriel still trained the lower-level priestesses, but it seemed as if everyone had moved on to the advanced sword maneuvers with Cassian. He helped, of course, by performing some twist of his arm or sparring with one of the trainees, but he missed what he had before.
During the reign of Amarantha, he and Cassian sparred every morning and every night. He didn’t want to have the bitch back, but he wanted his brother back. No matter how selfish that is. He might’ve been the silent type, the one that most people assume want space and not social interaction, but he needed that thrill of sparring with Cassian or Rhys. He craved it. He just felt so dead with only the occasional spar.
He felt useless.
Most days, instead of using his shadows to spy on everyone, he was lying around, reading a book. When he did check on his shadows, every court, every Illyrian camp, every damned ruler was just living a peaceful, happy life. In the wake of the treaty reformation and Koschei’s death, the world was full of peace. Azriel had long since learned not to confuse silence with peace, but it seemed the world truly was peaceful. Nobody was plotting someone’s death at the moment.
Azriel was sitting on the edge of the training area, while Cassian finished up his last spar with Nesta, just staring off across Velaris. There was a shrill female shriek of frustration and the clanging of steel stopped. He turned, seeing Cassian pinning Nesta to the ground, as expected. Azriel stood, shaking out his wings and giving a small dip of his head to Cassian before leaping off into the skies. His shadows crowded around the apexes of his wings, clustering around the claw-like they were hanging on for dear life.
He glided down to his apartment. He’d bought it for privacy, and to get away from the mated couples. Rhysand and Feyre in the River House, Cassian and Nesta in the House of Wind, and Lucien and Elain in the townhouse. He didn’t like hearing the screams in the middle of the night. Rhys, of course, had offered to build him something, but he’d shook his head immediately, and pointed out the location on the coastal cliff area that he planned to buy. The High Lord had reluctantly receded his urge to give Azriel a new building.
He loved his apartment, to be honest. It was up on the very end of a street in a quieter area of Velaris. The part most people grew tired of was the continuous loud crashing of waves against the rock surf. Azriel loved it. It gave him a sound to zone out on. Silenced his mind for a few moments, even if he preferred the rustle of trees or the whistle of birds to the sounds of the ocean.
The building itself was two stories tall, and built wide on the bottom, with a study on the top, with the greatest view of Velaris and the sea of all. He opened the door, twisting the door knob of the black, mahogany wood door.
When you first entered the home, it was an open floor plan. There was a living room area directly ahead, with a few armchairs and a couch. To the right, there was a kitchen with pretty blue granite countertops. It was situated across the back corner, the counter curving along the right wall until it stopped at the dining room window area. A nice wide window to show the beautiful lights of Velaris around dinner time.
To the left of the house, there was a wall going through the living room that tightened the house into a hallway. Azriel walked down the hallway, closing his eyes briefly and navigating it by memory.
The first door frame on the left was the stairs, also painted black. This entire house was either black or dark gray. He had a few paintings hung up, courtesy of Feyre, but not very many. He liked it bare, oddly enough. The first door on the right of the hallway led into a guest bathroom, and the next door on the left was a guest bedroom.
But, the main part of the house he was in, besides the nice office and study upstairs, with that large window that almost went all the way around the upper level– was the master bedroom. It fit a large bed, enough to fit three Illyrians if they were willing to squish just a bit. For Azriel, it gave him space to lay however he wanted. It was situated with the head of the bed on the left wall, a window going down the wall past the end of the bed until the master bathroom door in the far left corner. On the right wall, there was a door to the closest, but Azriel headed straight for the bathroom.
He might’ve just finished training and probably was going to sweat more later during some random card game during the family game night tonight, but he didn’t care. He wanted the sweat off his skin. He passed the set of two sinks on the right wall and went toward the bathtub and shed his leathers, situating them on the chair that was strategically placed next to the large bathtub. A large oval, deep enough to settle up to his shoulders when laying in it, and large enough to fit his wings into.
He turned the water on quite hot, waiting until it warmed before letting it fill the tub while he tore off his underclothes. A tight-fitting black long-sleeved shirt, and a pair of dirty black pants. He took off the siphons tightened across the back of his hands, closing his eyes to do this part. Others might not mind his scars in the slightest, but that didn’t mean they were pretty to look at. He still hated them, even after five hundred years.
The bath didn’t take off the edge. Not that he’d expected it to, but he still hoped every once in a while. At least the pleasant warm water would give him enough energy to smile tonight.
Game night was miserable, overall. He’d won a good bit of the games– obliterating Cassian, as per usual, but he couldn’t shake that damn feeling. He still managed to keep people off his case though, taking Nyx to bounce on his knee, or shooting a cocky grin in Amren’s direction when he had a good hand. The now-high-fae version of Amren was slightly less intimidating, but the remainder of her power was still not to be messed with. Azriel wasn’t one to test usually, but game nights were the exception. They always were.
He was banned from some games, however, his shadows gave him too much of an advantage. Like pin-the-tail (somehow, Cassian had ended up sticking it to Lucien’s forehead), charades (because he could use the shadows to help him guess), or two-truths-and-a-lie when Rhys, Cassian, or Mor was involved. That game was mostly for the new additions in Velaris, since Amarantha. But it was great fun when Lucien gazed at him as if searching for an answer amongst his blank face. Lucien somehow managed to mess up the easiest he’d heard all night. Rhys had said, “I used to own a ghost hound, I can do 30 flips in a row in the air, or I have the largest body count in this house.” Lucein had guessed the ghost hound one. Azriel knew for a fact that Cassian had the largest body count. That- or Mor. Scratch that, definitely Mor. Either way, it’d been great to see Lucien’s dumbfounded face when he and Cassian burst out cackling.
He’d also somehow found himself gazing longingly at the mated couples in the room. There was Feyre and Rhys, Nesta and Cass and even Elain had eventually succumbed to the fox’s flirting. And while he yearned for something like what they had, he also knew he wouldn’t be able to get it. There was no chance for him with his dark past. Nobody would even begin to come close to accepting the fact he went into dungeons and ruined people’s lives. He was simply meant for a solitary life it seemed.
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The next morning, after training, he finally decided to go looking for the problem. There wasn’t peace without a problem, right? This edge, it had to mean something. Maybe he wasn’t looking hard enough.
Autumn Court was sure to pull up some lies, right? It always had been a jackpot in the past. It surely could be now. At this point, if he found some deadly thing in the world, it might as well be a relief to know what the next thing he’d be facing was.
The orange, red, and yellow leaves greeted him as he winnowed to the edge of the territory, looking back just for a moment to see the stark contrast between Winter Court’s snow, ice, and pine trees and Autumn Court’s oaks, maples and the occasional dogwood with their bright red leaves. The seasonal courts were weird, with this magic keeping it one season and one season alone, the entire year.
He surveyed the empty forest. It was late spring in the Night Court, with Starfall already long gone, and making way for a Summer Solstice that Amren would likely spend with Varian. It wasn’t chilly in the Night Court anymore, at least not in coastal Velaris.
Yet somehow, the chill got to him through his thin leathers here. It was ever so slightly aggravating.
He opened his wings, launching through a break in the trees overhead, and soared toward the Forest House. Surely he could find trouble there. Eris Vanserra might be doing a good job at hiding the lies, but Azriel could always find them. He could check the dungeons if he could make it past the wards. He could spy in on some important meeting to find something that the lords were unhappy about. That might spark a revolution in Autumn, right? It surely would. Azriel was just trying to convince himself that something was actually wrong. Because there had to be.
Flying normally cleared his mind, no matter where he was, giving him the ability to think clearly and concisely. It’s why he opted for flying to some locations, rather than just using his shadows to winnow.
But he still couldn’t shake that itch. The itch that wanted danger, and wanted this prolonged peace to end. Distantly, somewhere in his mind, he was concerned about why he couldn’t calm his anxiety and feeling that something was wrong. It was odd.
The Forest House was visible within a couple of hours. The flying he’d hoped would clear his mind had failed, and he wanted– No, needed to find that danger. He’d settle for a private surveillance first, and then he’d make some sort of public appearance, and try to stir up trouble. That always had the lies and revolting people stirring up.
He found nothing in the dungeons. Absolutely nobody. There wasn’t any important meeting going on, and the records he’d found showed that the Autumn Court was thriving. It was infuriating. He needed that damned itch to stop.
He turned back to the Forest House and decloaked himself. Letting the shadows float in the open space around him, or curl up on his wings, shoulders, or rounded ears. The shadows were useful, for that reason. He could be in the shadow behind the door and nobody might ever know it. Invisible. But now? He was visible, and open for all the guards of the Forest House to see.
He could see the exact moment they saw him. One stood stiffer, subtly poking his companion with his foot, and gesturing to him. Azriel eyed them both, before moving on to the next pair. They were more obvious, glaring at him openly. In the third pair, only one had seen him and hadn’t bothered to tell his partner yet. What an idiot, Azriel thought. If you wanted to effectively guard or attack, you told your partner everything. No matter how bad it was. If someone’s jerking themselves off in the tent that you’re about to storm? You tell your teammate. You tell your fellow soldiers and make sure that they know the person is jerking themselves off.
He walked out of the cover of the trees, heading for the front door. He could claim to be visiting, right? He could claim Rhys needed him to talk to Eris or something. An easy lie, one he’d used numerous times to get into places. That, or claiming someone had invited him, and then disappearing into the shadows and getting the job done. Whatever that job may be. It tended to float toward the dangerous side though, since he was a spymaster. He loved it though, reveled in the adrenaline and swift thinking.
He walked toward the side entrance, avoiding the main one, since that one was more likely to be used by the important people that would know him. The side door was for servants taking out the trash, or for running out in a panic to collect the groceries they’d forgotten to retrieve for their boss.
However, he was stopped by the sound of dress shoes on the concrete path he was on. He slowed, and half turned to see who was following him. Maybe some lord or a guard who was suspicious and just happened to be wearing his nice shoes today because he was going to a wedding. Or perhaps it was just some servant who was forced to dress nicely-
It was Eris. Eris fucking Vanserra.
“Hello Azriel,” the High Lord of the Autumn Court purred. “How are you this fine evening?”
His face tightened into a filthy scowl. Just because he wasn’t allowed to hate this male anymore, didn’t mean he didn’t find him just positively maddening.
Mor had told them the truth a while ago, during the time they were fighting Koschei and having trouble teaming with the male who’d injured her so badly and left her for dead. Azriel still felt enraged by the whole ordeal, but he didn’t feel as if he could hate someone for being so young and making the best decision they could see at the moment. Eris had barely been twenty, and he hadn’t wanted Mor, who was equally as young, to be in his filthy father’s hands. That really said something about the Vanserras, didn’t it?
“Well, since you’re going to stand there and scowl, care to tell me why you’ve decided to visit the Autumn Court? Is the Night Court unfilling at last?” Eris teased, one side of his lips raising in a smirk. Azriel’s scowl deepened.
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@leupagus requested, and her wish is my command. At least on a Monday morning when I'd rather be thinking about fic than my weekend email backlog. So:
List five of your least-popular fics, as well as when/why you wrote them.
the green place, Word of Honor modern AU, YeXie, 2021
This was a little string of YeXie Week ficlets based on word prompts. Friend Ritualist* and I had been batting around some ideas for a Plant Witch Xie'er fic in the DMs and I thought I'd use YeXie week to play around with the character voices/world a little and see how I liked writing those two. I had a lovely time writing it, but semi-connected short ficlets where the rimming is (just barely) off-screen are a hard sell. Also I left it marked incomplete for a long time thinking I might go back and finish out the week's prompts, so I'm sure it got passed over by the very wise people who don't read WIPs. No regrets, I like knowing Plant Witch Xier'er is out there even if he'll probably never really get written.
*babe, I'm blanking out and can only think of your pro author tumblr name and not your fandom one, if you're seeing this and wanna be linked, drop your fandom url in the comments and I'll link you up
The Desert Dreams of a River, Darkangel Trilogy, Aeriel/Irrylath, Erin/OFC, 2019.
Yuletide fic! With the hit count you expect for a Yuletide genfic based on one of your formative pieces of circa-1982 fiction about a girl trying to reform a vampire while they live on the terraformed moon. Written in a frantic haze just short of deadline, if I recall, as I'd started a different angle on it that didn't quite work. I'm not saying this story was just an excuse to get Erin a wife, but it was sort of that, since the prompt didn't really allow for Erin to wife Aeriel. (But she SHOULD HAVE. Let Aeriel Have A Husband And A Wife.) I loved these books so much. Unfortunately something must be really fucked with the licensing because only the third of the trilogy was available as an ebook at the time and that doesn't seem to have changed? Pick up a hard copy of the first book if you ever see one, though.
every word is nonsense, Only Friends, Ray&Sand, 2023
Another little tidbit of a fic as an exercise in character voice again and also how much I liked how much the show likes their smoking scenes. Look. I'm a person of a certain age who smoked like a chimney as a teenager and into my early twenties, and I can't help the programming that got into my bones about the inherent eroticism of sharing a cigarette. (lolsob, high five to my fellow Thai BL nerds, how are we all doing this week with the one-two- punch of the DFF shotgunning scene and the new 4 minutes teaser? it's fine, i'm fine.) I wrote this thinking that next I would write some RaySand smut and then didn't because the whirl of Thai BL fandom pulled me on to something else, but at some point I want to rewatch this show and may still write it then because it fed my FirstKhao shipper heart so well.
dizzy in your wake, Nirvana in Fire, Changsu/Jingyan, 2020?
I'm not the one who said "what if Mei Changsu were a were-octopus," that was a series of amazing twitter threads by @astronicht. But people just KEPT sending it to me because I am known to think octopus content is very cool and also to be a Mei Changsu Girlie, and eventually a couple of friends shook me until 600 words of ridiculousness came out. What surprises me is not that this one has few kudos, but that it has >10 kudos at all. I would say this is the most niche and silly thing I've written except I've also written MDZS/Jupiter Ascending fusion fic, so let's not pretend I have any dignity left. Written in 2020 but it didn't get posted until later because I don't usually post things this short. At some point I was in one of those "it's an ARCHIVE, we should put ALL THE THINGS THERE" moods and slapped a few NiF ficlets written for the group chat up there.
A Second Dose, Hannibal, Bev/Freddie, 2016
This was the thing where you write an odd little rarepair and it's so much fun you come back and do a sequel you hadn't meant to write. I'd written Bev/Freddie before and then when a Hannibal rarepair fest came around I was like, hey, what if I did that again. Possibly I just wanted to revisit the cat named after Rosalind Franklin that I'd made up for Bev.
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here's more about this X-Files/Maximum Ride crossover that is possessing me lately... if you want to see the bits that aren't boring "here's how i'm making this specific sausage" fic-writer chatter, scroll down a bit lmao
the formulaic nature of network television makes it really easy to just make up your own episode that follows the basic beats of a given series. only problem is choosing which extant episodes i want to rip off the hardest. and this is really only a "problem" because it's been a while since last time i rewatched some X-Files, so i'm refreshing my memory by skimming over summaries (then diving deeper into episodes that seem like a good fit)
another issue is aligning timelines, because this is a thing that's very important to me (until it isn't, lmao). Maximum Ride has a wobbly-at-best timeline, whereas X-Files is much more firmly rooted in the 1990s. so i've chosen to set this fic circa 1998, before the events of the first X-Files movie -- meaning, when it comes to pulling from that canon, that's my terminus ante quem. ok, easy. but i may have to move some Maximum Ride details backwards in time to fit the vibe i want. sorry, not all that sorry
so here's my extremely fucking messy, incomplete "outline":
Opening: Nowheresville, California. Two teenagers smoking weed at the local lovers' lane catch a glimpse of a huge bird in front of their car. Terrified, they floor it out of there, almost hitting said "bird". (This is, of course, young Max, who's found a way to sneak out of the School.) Scene reference: the weed-smoking kids in "Deep Throat".
Enter Mulder & Scully: Washington, D.C. A lightweight scene where Mulder brings Scully in to the latest case: the "Mojave Mothman". Possible mythology/cryptid references: thunderbirds, "pterodactyl" sightings. After Mulder gives the wingspan of the largest living bird, then the largest extinct bird, Scully wonders if people might be misreporting sightings of California condors. But no, people seem to be reporting something with brown feathers... and much longer legs. The two banter a little and depart. Scene reference: lots.
They Get There: Nowheresville (where we remain for the rest of the episode). The weed-smoking kids are not the first people to report seeing this "Mothman"; there have been multiple sightings over the past year. (Which is when Max discovered a hole in the fence / way to sneak out.) There were no sightings before then. Mulder and Scully interview some townsfolk, some of them new to the area (some of these people are School employees we might see later), and finally end up speaking to a real old-timer. This person supplies two leads, the first of which they miss at the time: first, a crotchety complaint about all those new people moving in; second, "I appreciate you young folks giving me your time, but you really want to go talk with [Local Crank], she loves this stuff", and collects all kinds of weird phenomena. Scully isn't happy -- she quips that Mulder and [Local Crank] will get along -- but they go.
after that I haven't worked things out in nearly as much detail, but here are some concepts/thoughts:
The Local Crank is another longtime resident, and is happy to have a receptive ear for her ideas about what's going on around town. Her first meeting with Mulder & Scully is pretty brief, and just serves to get her into the story.
Nowheresville is such a small town that, like, as Mulder & Scully return to their motel, they find someone from the School waiting to greet them, and offer them an opportunity to come visit the facility in the morning. Mulder asks this person if they've ever seen anything weird around town, and they say something snarky about "well, other than you, no".
The visit to the School is suspiciously boring. Mulder tries asking people they meet if they've seen or heard of anything odd, and gets repeatedly stonewalled. Meanwhile Scully notices that while everything seems to be above-board, it all looks more like a movie set than a serious, working facility. They're working, but it all looks a little pointless.
They return to town and split up or something, maybe Scully goes to work on her report. Mulder goes to visit the Local Crank, and this time asks if there's anything weird about [Legitimate Science, Inc.]. "Everything is weird about it," she says, and shows him a map of "Mothman" sightings... which mainly cluster near one edge of town, where the lovers' lane is, in the direction of the School. Mulder decides it's worth checking out.
Because it's kind of how an X-Files episode works, Mulder manages to "sneak up" on Max a little. Thinking she's an ordinary kid (and maybe reminded a little of his sister), he calls out to her and attempts to approach. Max immediately takes flight. Mulder wishes he had a camera, but hey, it's night anyway. But he does find a few feathers in the sand.
Anyway, at the end, Mulder and Scully are approached by agents from [The Man], who strongly caution them to stop investigating, because there isn't anything abnormal going on in Nowheresville, and there's no reason to waste their time chasing things seen by weed-smoking teens. At this point in the series, that's an obvious tell that there is something weird going on. They leave. Scully expresses disappointment.
Stinger: Mulder shows the feathers to his friends, the Lone Gunmen, who pass them on to their [Weird Friends] for identification. Totally inconclusive, no one's ever seen anything like it. Maybe they manage to get a DNA analysis run (by knowing a guy who knows a guy), and it comes back as "Are you guys pranking me? Part of this is human, part of it I can't tell. What the hell did you send me a sample of?"
we have fun here
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Could you please find some fics where Andrew and Neil meet before Palmetto? (And either stick together or find each other again later) canon or au, any and all!!
Hi, anon! Here we have andreil childhood friends to lovers. -A
also see:
andreil friends to lovers 3 here
andreil high school friends to lovers here
andreil enemies to lovers 2 here
previous recs:
Andreil meet pre-canon 3 here (with links to asks for andreil meeting in foster care, juvie, on the run, and more)
andreil knew each other before millport here
Neil on the run alone here
Neil meets the foxes pre-canon here
more like ‘If You Must’ here
teenage Andrew w/crush on Neil here
kandreil childhood friends to lovers here
‘None But You’ here
‘Guardian Angel’ series, ‘next step is out the door,’ and ‘Andreil Text AU’ here
‘in your eyes i could be anyone (but i'm no one)’ here (updated)
‘waiting up for better things’ here
‘Band AU’ here
‘Camisado - An Emo Alternative Meeting AU’ here
‘Stranger To Stay’ here (updated)
“Lilac Sunglasses” and ‘Dead, Not Yet Buried’ (updated) here
‘Restless’ here
‘Forget all the shooting stars and all the silver moons…,’ ‘forgetmenot,’ and ‘Say You'll Stay’ here
‘How to Be a Human Being’ series here
‘What Once Was Lost’ here
‘My (Baby) Shot Me Down’ here
‘Don’t Break the Seal’ here
‘this isn't home (but it's close enough)’ here
high school:
non-angsty kid/high school here
soft high school aus here
oblivious andreil here
andrew is neil’s first kiss here
high school andreil here
high school crushes here
favourite Harry Potter aus here
‘Not Another Highschool AU’ here (completed)
‘Meeting Finally’ and ‘inexperienced’ here
‘I hate you so much it makes me sick’ here (completed)
‘In My Defense, I Have None’ here (completed)
‘I'd Never Want to Complicate Your Heart’ (Heartstopper) here
‘Clear as Day’ here
tell me the story (of who i am) by scribbleb_red [Rated M, 14663 Words, Incomplete, Updated May 2022, AFTG Mixtape Exchange]
One last roadtrip. One last chance to save a friendship.
14 years ago, Andrew and Neil met on a beach. It was hate at first sight. At least until they realised they were both looking for Alice Flagg's grave - it was a bonding moment that shaped them for a decade. They travelled the length of South Carolina, then the USA, then Europe. Nothing could break them apart. Until Baltimore.
Now, two years have gone by in silence and their friendship is almost as abandoned as the dust towns they used to visit.
Can one last road trip bring them back to where they used to be? Can it save a friendship (perhaps even make it into something more)? Or is it all over for Andrew and Neil?
tw: implied/referenced child abuse
It's You by 100SleeplessNights [Rated G, 1189 Words, Complete, 2022]
Andrew asks Neil if he can kiss him and Neil can't say yes because he doesn't just have feelings for Andrew but also for someone he is talking to online.
Dead! by honeyyghostt [Not Rated, 12156 Words, Incomplete, Updated March 2022]
Andrew grows up with his father, a powerful crime lord that faked his death one too many times, and knew Neil since they were kids.
tw: implied/referenced child abuse, tw: gun violence, tw: murder
Spill Your Secrets, Your Fears, Your Truths by Fox_Fan13 [Not Rated, 4041 Words, Complete, 2021]
Neil and Andrew have been best friends since they were kids, but after a mistake happens (even thought it's not), Neil doesn't know what to do when Andrew distances himself. He'll just have to figure it out.
false front (real memory) by moth_writes [Rated T, 9075 Words, Complete, AFTG Reverse Big Bang, 2021]
Neil's met all of the Foxes before.
tw: violence, tw: blood/gore, tw: murder, tw: implied/referenced self harm, tw: implied/referenced csa, tw: implied/referenced chid abuse
NB: art prompt by @fornavn; find another fic for this art, ‘I Remember You’ in our ask Neil meets the foxes pre-canon here
Drabble City by alex_wh0 [Rated T, Collection, Last Updated May 2021]
Chapter 11: Andrew/Neil [1677 Words]
AU where Andrew is a tattoo artist and Neil is a runaway
Chapter 13: Andrew/Neil [943 Words]
Inspired by Alina and Mal from Shadow and Bone writing letters to each other and never receiving them. And also by Radiohead and their iconic :I want you to notice when I'm not around" line from Creep.
About the Both of Us (and the in between) by high_queen_emory42 [Rated T, 2486 Words, Complete, 2022]
What if Neil "Abram" and Andrew met in juvie?
Cue angst, secrets being unearthed, a second chance, and healing wounds.
Pipe dream by Rainbowflashing [Not Rated, 1141 Words, Complete, 2019]
I don’t know what this is to be honest, enjoy.
Freckles Like Stars by nerdzeword [Rated T, 5021 Words, Complete, AFTG Mixtape Exchange 2022]
“Hurry up. You’re letting the hot air out.” the boy looked at him suspiciously, which, fair. But he must have seen something trustworthy in Andrew’s face, as he eventually nodded slowly, and crawled through the tiny window.
“You’re freezing. Here.” Andrew pulled the threadbare quilt he had brought from his third house off of the bed and threw it over the boy’s shoulders. The boy rubbed the fabric through his fingers like he had never felt such a thing before. He still didn’t say anything, and Andrew didn’t press. He would like people to stop asking him questions too.
i hope you are the one who stays by archiveofourfoxes [Rated G, 3143 Words, Complete, 2022]
Andrew doesn’t even know how he’d found that bar, in the end.
It’s not his style at all, he hasn’t even heard music like this since—
It doesn’t matter.
we'll sit by the river again by BlueJay26 [Rated T, 22239 Words, Complete, 2021]
George Banks (British, 9 years old, birthday December 3rd, likes fast cars) is actually 8 when he and Andrew Doe promise each other they won’t forget the other. Ever.
9 years and 6 months later Nathaniel Hatford goes to his one remaining contact to ask for refuge.
In which, Neil is a witch looking for safety, Andrew is a grumpy bookseller who just wants to finish a book in peace, and playground promises and homemade time loops keep interfering.
tw: gun violence, tw: canonical character death, tw: child neglect and abuse, tw: implied/referenced child use of alcohol and drugs, tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon, tw: implied/referenced self harm
Drag you down by sandalwood0806 [Not Rated, 4977 Words, Incomplete, Updated April 2022]
And the third thing he noticed was that the boy who was so terribly injured, who despite all the injuries looked at them with a blank expression which can rival andrews ,was none other than Abram.
Or the one where neil and andrew met when they were younger and then seperated when andrew chose aaron over neil. But now neil is back in andrews life when he and the foxes are ready to take on the ravens and destroy riko moriyama.
of gods and monsters by aflyingcoffeebean [Rated T, 30031 Words, Complete, 2019]
His mother says these woods are cursed, bathed in the blood of a god long dead. From a time even before his family claimed them as their own. Abram sometimes wonders if it was his ancestors that killed the god, if they won the land through slaughter. That is what they’re known for, bloodshed.
Abram meets a boy in the woods one night and his life is changed forever.
tw: implied/referenced abuse, tw: implied/referenced self harm, tw: child abandonment, tw: torture, tw: child abuse, tw: child slavery, tw: blood/gore, tw: violence
Pieces of Ideas for Works by Paradoxolotl [Not Rated, Collection, Last Updated March 2022]
Chapter 34: Andrew with the Wesninskis [459 Words]
Andrew grows up alongside Nathaniel Wesninski.
Chapter 42: Goodbye [196 Words]
Neil and Andrew, childhood friends, plan on running away
Neil works for the Hatfords, is already dating Andrew and join the foxes anyway by @kevinexyqueen [Tumblr, 2020]
- so, andrew and neil meet in juvie when neil was like 14
headcanon that neil met all the foxes while on the run, they just didn't realise it by @cyrariels, @my-friends-are-foxes [Tumblr, 2021]
- it started with renee
- not chronologically, exactly, but it was the first encounter that neil remembered
Art
Heartstopper AU? Anyone? art by @baylecn
au where they meet when Neil is still Nathaniel art by @flightyfoxart
Kid!AU feat. Chubby Andrew and Smitten Neil art by @chuck-the-goon
#fic#neil josten/andrew minyard#aaron minyard & andrew minyard#au: different first meeting#au: supernatural#au: kid fic#au: time loop#au: fantasy#universe: pre canon#universe: canon divergent#theme: childhood friends#theme: friends to lovers#theme: fluff & angst#theme: on the run#theme: juvie#theme: angst with a happy ending#theme: foster care#theme: reunions#aftg mixtape#aftg reverse big bang#tw: violence#tw: blood/gore#tw: murder#tw: implied/referenced self harm#tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon#tw: gun violence#tw: child negelect#tw: child abuse#tw: human trafficking#tw: torture
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Can I ask for a fic with Mal where the reader is getting bullied by some guys and storms off, and then later Mal finds out and like beats the guys up or something like that and it turns into a friends to lovers? If you can’t it’s fine :). I love your other work so I thought to request something of mal because I don’t see him getting enough attention lol. Thanks!
The Print of Him Written There
a/n - I'm sorry this took so long, and it's kind of incomplete (has an ending but not the one I originally planned). I started off writing this a while ago, and then when I came back to it, I couldn't really find my footing.
You had convinced yourself a long while ago that your life was just meant to be a tragedy. Although, in quite the opposite fashion of a novella, yours had no desirable reciprocated romance, no forbidden love or meeting up with a secret lover: it was just you.
And Mal, you supposed.
He was a very viable candidate for your tragical romance, the two of you sharing moments often that made you gaze unsurely, eyes flitting over his face and breaths coming just a little heavier, you laughing and blaming it on the cold that seemed to be permanently enveloping wherever you went, in the place of the warm arms you wished for.
It wouldn't hurt to want the arms wrapping over you to be Mal's, would it? After all, your adoration was most certainly one-sided and probably slightly pathetic. Trying to cultivate his love would be like attempting to nurture flowers whilst roaming over the world, and never really returning to that first spot for enough of a time for it not to be too fleeting.
With your luck, the flowers with their charming, curling stems would be ripped out of the earth or wither away until weeds overtook them, swallowing them down, gluttonous beasts aiming to pull up their very roots by strangling them with their own.
Even thinking of his non-existent, hypothetical love could tug up those plants, replacing them with the green creatures crouching and festering below the soil; even considering it could show the seeds of... loathing from Mal. You just wouldn't risk it. Better safe than sorry.
So, the decision made that he was very much off-limits and a completely separate branch to your life's tree than any sort of endearing endeavour. You squatted, feet scratching over the dirt and fingers drawing swirling, cinnamon-beige patterns in the gravelly sand the wind had blown in from the coast, waiting for Mal to hurry with whatever he was doing.
To further convince you of your inevitable end, a group flocked behind their leader to approach you, sat up against the wall, brick upon brick digging uncomfortably into your back.
You pressed into the wall further.
They spat insults that were studded knives, cutting through flourished leaves and spectating as they turned a crinkled auburn whilst hitting the ground. And later, the lichen of belittlement grew, ensnaring you and dragging you to the dirt; you stayed stationary for a while before deciding enough was enough, daring to stand and brush off your clothes before shouldering through the group.
"Where'd you think you're going, little bird? Didn't you know, we still have a cage just waiting with your name on it? Saints, listening to your wails of self-pity may just make you the perfect songbird."
You shook your head and only went through the motions of dodging clawed hands that would surely catch your arm if you let them. Sighing, you shoved past in a much fiercer way, no longer caring for the potential of hurt to the people behind.
After what they had said, you thought you would rather watch them burn up in flames than care even slightly about their input.
Although, reaching your chest of belongings, your hands anchored themselves to its sides, splintered wood even knowing when to hold steadfast during the storm you embodied. Blunt fingernails dug to the wood's surface, eyes stinging but firmly dry in your definite anger and humiliation of the situation.
"Woah, what's this coming from?"
You didn't turn, simply stood, still straight-backed with arms left on the chest, eyes downcast. Eyes were trained on your back, you knew, no longer biting at gaping wounds made by words: you were certain of this because it was him. Mal.
Then, you were snapping out of a reverie that you thought malleable, readily shaped around your heart, the print of him written there.
The influence of love, as it rose from your chest, the rest of your body left numb, immovable, unnecessary for as long as you could gaze at him. You saw it in the stain sealant of the wooden chest before you, in the maroon scrawled swirls spread over your maps and in the way your eyes were steadily growing red at the edges as you caught your own gaze in the mirror.
And his questioning gaze, too.
"It's nothing, Mal." Saints, the words didn't sound anything like you wanted them to - weighted as gold, seeming to be just as valuable although intentioned to sound light and throwaway.
Now swivelling on your heel, you brushed past him, grasping a map and attempting not to claw it to tatters in your hands. You walked over to your scratched glass mirror, a shard broken off in the left corner, placing it flat on the desk before sliding down the edge of a chair, legs crumpled beneath you as you forced yourself to push on.
The map was opened and curled inwards quickly, you groaning. This could not be dealt with right now.
A tentative hand spread it over the floor again, pressing on one side while you were still holding the other.
Mal was crouched before you, head quirked to the side adorably, glancing at you before the depictions of parchment valleys. He sat beside you, hefting your legs atop his own as though second nature.
"So, what is it? Actually, I mean."
How well he knew you. How much it ached that he did.
"I'm asking to leave on an expedition tomorrow."
The statement hung in the air for a moment, untouched by you both, probably because you both felt it entirely too shocking - you had barely even known what would come out of your mouth before it was spoken into the air, unraveling and unable to be reeled in.
"Why?" Whatever you had expected, it hadn't been this. This was robust, a question spoken strongly, no quiver to be detected in his tone. This was what part of you was thinking, wondering how leaving was possibly a solution. Leaving was surrender, a back down.
And yet, it was one of the only things you could think to do.
"I just-" And you had no explanation you could give to him because even serving it on a gold rimmed platter would do nothing to stop how cowardly you felt, how awful you thought you were for leaving him.
"What? Tell me! Give me one reason... One reason, and I'll let you go."
You fumbled, hearing the desperation lining his voice as he moved to gently push your legs off his lap, instead moving so that he was knee to knee with you now, staring, trying to see any answer in your eyes.
Mal wasn't as angry as he was stern, ready to hear whatever you came up with. His eyebrows were pinched together, mouth downturned as he waited for you to bare your soul to him.
"It's one thing! Why are you going? Just tell me, what can be that bad?" He began with a voice that tapered off into something more quiet, small.
You hated this. You hated what you were doing to him.
And you hated it more when you stood, brushing yourself off and walking away, but not before placing a soft kiss on his cheek. An apology. One that you felt probably fell through.
Yet, you walked. Away from your space, your home, your Mal, for how could you stay to ruin them if you were giving up beforehand.
You walked like you planned to do the next morning. And he didn't dare follow.
You had been on expedition after expedition, sent anywhere and everywhere but where Mal was. He had come across you only once, pouring over the maps for your next trip.
He hadn't said a word, and you had only looked upon him with regret, already turning to leave. However, you did not blow out your candle in its holder, rather placing it down across a corner of his map folding inwards.
You both attempted to ignore the gnawing sense of dread and déjà vu constricting your hearts and lungs.
"Well, that was the worst escape attempt in history."
Saints, his voice almost rendered you useless.
"That wasn't the attempt." You wouldn't give it the opportunity to do so again. The softness between the two of you was long ago lost, flowers replaced by brambles and thorns, love bleeding through and, eventually, draining out.
You left, then.
Tears came to your eyes, making them glassy and reddened.
Friends you once were, lovers never to be.
#mal oretsev x reader#mal oretsev imagine#mal oretsev#malyen oretsev#shadow and bone x reader#shadow and bone x you#shadow and bone imagine#shadow and bone fic
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gen's work in progress list!
here's a little list of every story i have that's either posted but incomplete, a rough draft, or even just a little concept! it is loosely organized by priority. feel free to poke me about any of these. sometimes i need a kick to the pants to get them going. i'll try and keep it updated too!! 👍
also there are spicy themes in here so minors, DNI. thank you
titles listed in large font, italicized, and underlined, are fics that are posted on ao3! titles that are just italicized are confirmed, working titles for a rough draft. titles that are neither italicized nor underlined are still in the conceptual/early development stage. it's likely the ratings, warnings, genres, etc may change as i continue to work on them. more than happy to talk about any of these tho, regardless of their status! 💕
last updated: 11/26/23
CURRENT PROJECTS
two fights for freedom
rating: M
warnings: graphic depictions of violence
category: F/M, gen
status: ~10 chapters posted, updates every week, ~35 chapters, ~70k-100k words
tags: canon divergent, fix-it, everybody lives, pre-arlong park, angst with a happy ending, angst and feels, fluff and humor, hurt/comfort, suggestive themes, sexual tension, limes (yes i'm bringing limes back), eventual smut, romance, slow burn, arguing, financial issues, broken bones, references to depression, alcoholism, mental health issues, canon backstory, mentioned doflamingo, non-canon backstory (giving bell-mere a backstory), found family, medical inaccuracies, blood and injury, trafalgar d. water law is a little shit, developing friendships, past child abuse, nightmares, more tags to be added later (?)
characters: rosinante, bell-mere, law, nami, nojiko, genzo, arlong
relationships: rosinante x bell-mere
summary: freedom for one means adventure. exploring all the world has to offer, while avoiding the occasional haunting. freedom for another almost costs an arm and two daughters. a home, a village.
perhaps freedom is best sought back-to-back.
{a cora and bell-mère lives au}
wip notes: got like 80% of this mapped out so despite my busy schedule, i'm pulling this out of the woodworks! XD thank opla arlong park for giving me a kick in the pants
speechless
rating: E
warnings: none
category: M/M
status: ~11k words, oneshot, complete, not posted
genre/cw: modern au, romance, parties, awkward meetings, hidden scars, angst & feels, hurt/comfort, smut, gender dysphoria, trans croc, lgbt+ themes, first time
characters: crocodile, rosinante, donquixote parents, doflamingo
relationships: crocodile x rosinante, past rosinante x bell-mere
conceptual summary: at a christmas party gone sour, crocodile decides to put an end to his hiding.
wip notes: my desire for soft crocorosi led to this story. hopefully i'll have it ready for christmas!!
a lesson on co-parenting
rating: E
warnings: none
category: F/F
status: drafts of 2/3 chapters written
genre/cw: modern au, nanny au?, miscommunication, humor, drama, suggestive themes, smut, moral conflict
characters: sora (oc), bell-mere, rosinante, law, nami, nojiko
relationships: sora x bell-mere, background rosinante x crocodile
conceptual summary: sora is hired as a nanny for a busy, catastrophic family. what she assumed to be an easy, generous gig turns into disaster when the matriarch openly flirts and coaxes her into bed.
wip notes: i started writing this ages ago on a whim and i do intend to finish it, but i got stuck on the smut XD as soon as i finish that tho, the fic is done!
ON THE BACKBURNER
trans corabelle fic
rating: M
warnings: creator chose not to use archive warnings
category: F/M, M/M, gen
status: 75% of the first chapter drafted, will probably be ~12 chapters
genres/cw: modern au, childhood friends, class struggles, angst, gender/sexuality, bullying, suicidal thoughts/actions, toxic relationships, hospitalizations, infidelity, child custody mayhem, ftm rosinante, mtf bell-mere, drama & romance, implied sexual content
characters: rosinante, doflamingo, donquixote parents, bell-mere, crocodile, law
relationships: rosinante x crocodile, rosinante x bell-mere endgame
conceptual summary: sometimes you have to crawl through hell to reach your happy ending.
wip notes: this has become the recent brainworm. i chip away at it when i have the energy. it's gonna be fucked up, hopefully.
lost in walmart
rating: gen
warnings: none
category: gen, F/M
status: purely conceptual
genres/cw: modern au, humor, fluff, domestic bliss
characters: rosinante, law, nami, nojiko, bell-mere
relationships: background rosinante x bell-mere
conceptual summary: bell-mere drops off rosinante and the kids at a walmart while she runs some errands elsewhere. rosinante ends up losing all the kids and struggles to relocate them before bell-mere gets back.
wip notes: this idea came to me from the heavens. i'll work on it once the nanny fic is finished 👍
all that glitters
rating: M
warnings: graphic depictions of violence
category: gen, F/M...?
status: purely conceptual
genres/cw: canon divergent, donquixotes never left mariejois, angst & feels, moral dilemmas, slavery, humor? but more of a dark humor, not sure about romance/smut yet
characters: bell-mere, rosinante, doflamingo, donquixote parents
relationships: either none, or bell-mere x rosinante
conceptual summary: what if instead of accepting death on cocoyashi, arlong sells bell-mere into slavery for a taste of irony? bell-mere would accept - she can easily escape and get back to her kids while still complying with arlong's demands. meanwhile, the donquixotes granted their youngest son his own manor. doflamingo decides the best kind of housewarming gift for his beloved brother is a pretty young slave who can keep the place tidy and prepare some meals for him. if only that gift was a bit more cooperative.
wip notes: YEAH so this idea rotted my brain pretty fast once i thought of it. and i pitched the idea to a few friends, expecting to have it get shot down, but they encouraged it so, i will be writing it at some point. it'll likely be multiple chapters, and there are a lot of story holes, so i'll have to iron those out first.
sublime > perish
rating: M
warnings: graphic depictions of violence, major character death
category: gen
status: rough draft of chapter one finished? chapter two almost finished
genres/cw: canon-plausible, backstory, steampunk, angst
characters: gladius, oc parents, doflamingo (at the very end)
conceptual summary: “Life on this island guarantees a fatality rate of one-hundred percent. You’ve defied those odds so far. Are you willing to keep risking your life for this measly place? Or would you rather have this entire world in the palm of your hands?”
This was not a difficult choice to make. If only it was.
wip notes: backstory fic for gladius! put this down for a while to tackle the rarepair event in feburary, and i really need to get back to it!! 😅
the heart of art
rating: gen
warnings: none
category: gen
status: a few little paragraphs 😔
genres/cw: modern AU, fluff, humor, slice of life, artist cora AU
characters: rosinante, law
conceptual summary: maybe he had no gross motor control, but if there was one thing rosinante was a master with, it was art.
wip notes: i promised @flashily i would write this story ages ago and i have absolutely no excuse as to why it isn't finished yet. i am so sorry. it is up here on my list!! see!! i will get to it, i swear!! 😭😭
all bark and no bite - part II
rating: E
warnings: none
category: M/M, gen
status: purely conceptual
genres/cw: modern AU, humor, suspicions, fluff, romance, smut?
characters: rosinante, crocodile, bell-mere, potentially law, nami and nojiko, but idk yet
relationships: rosinante x crocodile
conceptual summary: crocodile invites rosinante on one of his trips overseas. rosinante sees it as the perfect oppertunity to get his second wind and dive into his dark secrets.
wip notes: received overwhelming positive feedback on the first part of this, so i've started planning a second part. but idk when i'll get around to it! i need to do a lot more plotting.
sticky fingers
rating: E
warnings: none
category: multi, gen
status: purely conceptual
genres/cw: modern au, humor, smutty but nothing you can bite your teeth into, sex toys, heists, scheming, financial issues
characters: bell-mere, rosinante, various background characters
relationships: bell-mere x various background characters
conceptual summary: bell-mere is hankering for a reliable, human-free source of fun, but the price of sex toys is far too exorbitant for her wallet. her solution? hook up with as many rich people as she can to pocket their best toys on the way out.
wip notes: i was researching sex toys for ANOTHER fic and i couldn't help but notice the prices?? i was like "christ, bell-mere could never afford these" and then i got me thinking of her sitting on a thrown of stolen sex toys with a dildo crown. and i thought. i should write that.
donut miss your chance!
rating: T
warnings: none!
category: M/M, gen
status: one chapter posted on ao3, 5300 words
genres/cw: modern AU, fluff, humor, slice of life, blind date, awkward date, anxiety, reference to selective mutism
characters: rosinante, bell-mère, katakuri
relationships: rosinante x katakuri
summary: bell-mère sets rosinante up with "a cute baker." a 7'2" punk-goth behemoth is not exactly what rosinante had in mind.
wip notes: planning at least one more chapter for this! (but probably more) i'll get around to it after i find the time to watch WCI 👍
nami sewing
rating: gen
warnings: none
category: gen
status: purely conceptual
genres/cw: canon compliant, flashbacks, nostalgia, character study, canon-typical violence, blood and injury, angst & feels
characters: nami, bell-mere, arlong, strawhats pirates
conceptual summary: nami remembers her mother teaching her how to sew.
wip notes: sometimes when i look at my hands, i see my grandmother's hands when she would teach me how to sew as a child. i wonder if, even though they weren't related by blood, nami sees her mother's hands in her own when she sews.
rainstorm
rating: E
warnings: major character death...?
category: F/M, gen
status: a few ficlets half-completed
genres/cw: angst, romance, canon compliant, smut, humor, tension
characters: rosinante, sora (oc), possibly sengoku & tsuru
relationships: rosinante x sora
conceptual summary: a ficlet collection for sorazon.
wip notes: basically a dumping pile of scenes i scrapped or wrote in a sad, sappy stupor.
physical therapy au?
rating: M
warnings: none
category: F/M
status: purely conceptual
genres/cw: modern au, physical hurt/comfort, rehabilitation, injury, humor, awkward sexual situations, awkward flirting, mutual pining, dating, romance, secret relationship
characters: rosinante, sora (oc)
relationships: rosinante x sora
conceptual summary: sora gets assigned a "highly-temperamental" case of a very injured marine vet. after expecting an irritable, violent older person, sora is thrown off when her patient turns out to be a kind-hearted young man.
wip notes: this story is like a little bug nibbling at the back of my brain. i might bump it up after i grab lunch with a friend who is an occupational therapist. miiiight just annoy her with 100+ questions XD
babysitting
rating: T
warnings: none!
category: gen
status: one chapter posted on ao3, 2,737 words
genres/cw: humor, domestic fluff? as domestic as the donquixote family gets at least, canon-compliant, dark humor
characters: gladius, dellinger, doflamingo
summary: “What’s the matter, Gladius, are you afraid of little Dellinger?”
“Horrified, sir.”
wip notes: i posted this ages ago and got a few comments kindly requesting the second chapter so. yes. it is coming. i have a loose plan. gladius is going to end up taking dellinger to that grocery store. the grocery store will not remain standing by the end of the story 👍
corazón de oro
rating: gen
warnings: none!
category: gen
status: complete, oneshot, 2,785 words
genres/cw: hurt/comfort, grief/mourning, nightmares, canon-compliant
characters: rosinante, law
summary: “Love, it’s…kind of like a leap of faith. You take your dive, you give them your heart. And you can only hope they’ll catch it when you land.” worth clarifying, not a ship
wip notes: adding another chapter soon! i have this idea in mind revolving around this idea of rosi and law discussing religion 👀 (outside of my field of expertise tho, so i may take a bit with this one)
dofladile story
rating: M
warnings: none
category: M/M
status: one and a half chapters of rough draft written, but idk where i'm going with it
genres/cw: canon-plausible, humor, angst, maybe light smut? idk
characters: doflamingo, crocodile
relationships: doflamingo x crocodile
conceptual summary: somehow, doflamingo convinced crocodile to take a visit over to dressrosa. his lovely guest is not as lovely as he was anticipating.
wip notes: i'll go through phases of working on this and adding like, 1000 or so words at a time, and then i'll take a huge break. they're both very difficult for me to write in a canon-plausible setting. so much thinking.
band au?
rating: ???
warnings: none
category: ???
status: purely conceptual
genres/cw: modern au, band au, uhhh. sex and drugs i dunno
characters: rosinante, bell-mere, smoker, hina, others. probably
relationships: ???
conceptual summary: ???
wip notes: SORRY i have nothing for this other than a band (the four listed characters) and a few lyrics in a little notes document on my phone. might turn this into more of an art project than a story. yet to be determined.
01746 sequel
rating: M
warnings: graphic depictions of violence
category: gen, M/M, F/M
status: fragment of the first chapter written, mostly conceptual
genres/cw: canon plausible, angst, mental health issues, alcoholism, pirates are evil, especially doflamingo, dark themes, unhealthy relationships
characters: doflamingo, donquixote family, crocodile, sora? (oc) viola
conceptual summary: the death of the heart left a gap for many. some filled that hole with shovels and dirt. others used lead.
wip notes: uh, yeah, pretty much the label on the can. picks up directly where 01746 left off. doflamingo is making his way towards dressrosa, trying to pick up the pieces. idk if sora's going to be in this. if she is, i think she might join baroque works. we'll see. this one's going to require a boatload of planning, so i'll get around to it next century.
make sure you check out my #gensbthb tag too, for details on upcoming projects for the bad things happens bingo event. i write those very randomly so there's no saying when another will pop up.
#writing wip#fanfic wip#fanfic planning#one piece fanfiction#wip stuff#work in progress#ao3 fanfic#donquixote doflamingo#doflamingo#trafalgar d water law#law and corazon#donquixote rosinante#corazon one piece#bell mère#bellemere#one piece oc#donquixote family#sir crocodile#one piece crocodile#sengoku the buddha#gladius one piece#dofladile#crocorosi#corabelle#genwrites#charlotte katakuri#katacora
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I could ask alllll of them but 6, 10, 29 for those writer asks! (Also well done OP on those, they’re excellent questions)
6. Do you have your work beta'd? How important is this to your process?
No! Not as a general rule. I’ve always felt a little ashamed to admit this because it feels like one of those things, you know? Especially for someone with English as a second language. I’ve had betas for some stories, for Cartography and a few of my Lucifer fic, for example and it’s always been a delight, but I’m also a very impatient person. And I kind of don’t want fanfic writing to feel like a chore and anything I add to it in terms of revising/betaing can make me feel like that.
10 Cltr+f "blinks" on your WIP & copy paste the first sentence/paragraph that comes up
“You don’t have to be careful,” she tells him later, after the celebration as he pushes her up against a tree. "I can handle a little violence."
The words slip out unbidden, out of habit and laced with wine; it makes him pause, his hands on her hips go still and he pulls back, looks at her.
Their connection suddenly grazes the outskirts of their memories: hers varied and mostly sordid, his frantic and full of anguish. For a heartbeat - wild and thundering - there’s a whole realm of shared experiences there, of lives lived and things that have been done to them, an incomplete map of everything they earned and never deserved.
Elnys blinks, pushes away the threads of thoughts that aren’t her own.
"Ah, well, I’m certain you can," Astarion says, eventually, the smallest of shifts in his tone. Sharper, gentler. "But, darling, what do you want?"
29. What’s your revision or editing process like?
I write, typically very sloppy and quick in google drive when I walk to/from work (yes, drivers of all sorts of vehicles LOVE and ADORE me) and during breaks at work. So much writing gets done that way, for me. That text may or may not be half-decent and a lot of it is notes to myself or tell-don’t-show scenes.
I do the actual work with the prose and cut away roughly 60% of the text when I find sharper ways of phrasing things.
I leave the text alone for a day or so, typically. Then I read it out loud to edit flow errors and to get a better rhythm to the prose in general. Also good for catching weird dialogue. I’m not a very visual person, but I often hear the characters in my head when I read their lines out loud.
I check it for grammar errors one last time. Sometimes I use Grammarly.
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Do I write fanfiction because I genuinely still enjoy the fandom... or am I holding on to something I am long overdue letting go of in favour of finally pursuing my original works full-time?
Because I adore the TLH cast, truly. But I think I’m exhausted now. All the rants about character endings, themes that did not carry over and arcs that did not resolve, frustration over seeing all the more optimistic views when I’m still raging over the disservice to certain characters -- I think I may be done now. Or maybe just FOR now. Characters can belong to a fandom and interpretations to fan authors, but... they don’t feel like mine anymore.
Am I here for the community? Is that it?
It feels wrong to abandon my fics while they remain incomplete. I literally have a full outline for WBITHOM and could tell you what happens in each chapter and what the ending is right now. I’ve just lost the will to write it out in proper form. What does my work mean to anyone anyway? It’s only a wish fulfilment self-insert at the end of the day.
How many times CAN I read about these characters without thinking about what everyone else’s thoughts are, the news of what CC has planned, the fact that TLH has ended and it was kind of a flop no matter how satisfied a large number of people may be and that TWP is next and much more hyped?
The TSC universe has endless possibilities (I still think about sea faring Shadowhunters thanks to discussions with @thevagabondexpress) and yet it feels kind of like it’s running dry. For me, at least. There are still fanfics I like to read; I just don’t think I can write my own. And I’m not that excited about the future installments to canon.
CC follows a formula and the only time she truly feels unpredictable is when she pulls the kind of stunts we saw in TLH where characters were killed for shock value, another character acts as a convenient fix-up for the infamous family tree, characters who were supposed to be best friends but didn’t spend enough time together to feel that close at all, red herrings for character deaths everywhere, just... for crying out loud, everything ended a little Too Well, barring Kit’s death and the anticlimactic deaths of our antagonists (Tatiana’s defeat could have been MUCH cooler). What happened to the promise that it’d be more emotional than TID? Sure, I sobbed when Kit died but that was because it was unexpected, unfair, and he reminded me of someone who I cared about. But that was it. I felt so empty after that when I was reading. I got to the end of the novel and while, yes, it was bittersweet -- it just wasn’t satisfying. I was not satisfied.
ChOT felt cheap. I’ll say it. So many plot beats and decisions felt cheap.
None of my fanfics work to repair any of that. They feel pointless. Why do I bother writing then? My fics change some things -- for instance: Cordelia’s lack of knowledge, letting Matthew actually have something significant and life-changing happen to him in a way that is meant to better his life in the long-term, James actually having more of an identity crisis, him and Matthew having more connection moments -- but does anyone really care about that? I have no idea.
So, I feel like I’m not contributing anything. Therefore, this is either a “I’m done writing fanfic for now” or “I’m hungry and on my period and something will inspire me when I least expect it and you’ll probably see an update sooner than later”. I don’t know. My fic feels like a lot of effort for very little self-satisfaction. I don’t feel that proud of it or many others I’ve done, if that makes sense.
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