#yikes i am so nervous posting something for this fandom
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Tending a Garden in Bloom | A Violet Bridgerton Fic
Fandom: Queen Charlotte/Bridgerton (TV)
Rating: M
Summary: A one-shot of self-discovery and sexual re-awakening
A/N: There was going to be a part one to this in which Violet processes her grief and confusion about moving on from Edmund in her sexual reawakening that was based on that small scene in episode 5 of Queen Charlotte where we see her alone in bed. Unfortunately, I just was never able to capture it the way I wanted, and decided to go ahead and publish this on its own. Perhaps I'll be able to get it right in the future, but for now I'm happy with this. I fell in love with Violet's sexual reawakening and the complicated feelings that must come with it, and wanted to explore that without throwing her into relationship. This one-shot is the result of where I thought the private discussion between Violet and Lady Danbury at the exhibition was going to lead, but even though the show didn't go there, I still felt compelled to give it to Violet, anyway.
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Violet stared up at the canopy above her bed, her blankets pulled up to her chin while the dwindling fire cut dancing shadows into the sapphire blue glow of the moon. Lady Danbury’s words still echoed in her mind, hours since leaving the exhibition.
It is alright to want it.
It felt like a revelation. Permission she had not yet been able to grant herself. She loved Edmund, and she always would. As long as she lived and for eternity after. However, loving him did not keep her from being lonely, and remaining devoted to a man who was no longer able to return her love only made her loneliness inevitable, and utterly inescapable. It was her who remained. Her who walked the earth, living, breathing… wanting.
Sunlight.
Air.
Touch.
She closed her eyes. Images from the exhibition conjured before her—bodies lounging, open and bare, limbs tangling together, and hands. So many hands…
At the time, surrounded by the crowd and still clinging to denial about her feelings, she had refused to allow her imagination to wander beyond the static figures. Now, she made no such effort. They came to life before her and she watched, enraptured, as two lovers moved together, consumed entirely by one another. As their passion reached its climax, her own heartbeat quickened in her chest, and she threw the blanket off of herself, sure she would overheat despite the chill in the air.
She tried to think of something else, anything else, but her mind was persistent. For weeks prior she had been desperately avoiding it, because if she did not think about it, she could not want it. But now that she had thought about it, and she did want it, imagining it was not enough. Quite the opposite, in fact. She needed more. She needed to feel it. She needed…
Featherlight, she touched the backs of her fingers to her cheek; it was hot beneath them. She turned over her hand, feeling the pressure against her face as she leaned into her palm. It wasn’t quite the same as being touched by another, but still, it made her skin tingle. She dragged her fingers over her lips, and down the length of her neck. At the base, she could feel the rapid pulse of her heart when her finger slipped into the hollow spot there. It beat harder when she imagined lips being pressed against it. She let her mind dwell there—lifting her chin and extending her neck, feeling her belly tighten at the thought of being kissed. She wished she could remember what it felt like, but she had pushed those memories away for so long that her body had not stored them. Now, for the first time since she lost Edmund, desire coursed through her, and she wanted to remember it. She wanted to remember everything.
She raked her fingernails gently across her chest, one finger dipping just below her neckline. Her hands slid down over her bosom and across her stomach, gripping the cotton of her nightdress as she pressed her fingers down into her belly beneath. It was soft from age and growing babies, but also sensitive, twitching beneath the slight roughness of the fabric. When her hands continued lower, she pulled her knees up, causing the hem of her nightdress to fall into a pile around her hips. As she slid her hands up towards her knees, she squeezed her thighs together, tightening her inner muscles against the pulse that had so persistently ached there. Of course, that only resulted in it pulsing even harder.
With her knees pressed together as tightly as her eyes were closed, Violet inhaled slowly. It felt like she was standing at the doorway to the future, but was unable to open it and take the first step over the threshold. She could stop. She could lock that door and remain where she had been all those years…
It is alright to want it.
She did want it. She wanted it so desperately that she was sure her want would burn her up from the inside out if she did not satisfy it. Touch. That was what she craved. A lifetime had passed since she had felt the touch of another, since she had felt another’s flesh against her own, and although she had thought she would never have such desire again, now she wanted, more desperately than she had wanted anything in a very long time, to be touched.
Violet opened her eyes. Looking down over the curves and slopes of her body, she took another deep breath before letting her knees fall open. She slid her hand down the inside of her thigh. Her skin was smooth and supple beneath her fingers. Pausing when her hand reached her mound of curls, she hovered for a moment before slipping her fingers, shaking slightly, down into the folds beneath.
She explored tentatively, reacquainting herself with the feeling after not being touched there for so long. She had never done anything like this before. Everything was slick and warm and soft, and just the light pressure of her fingertips made her ache for more.
Her fingers moved instinctively towards the source of her pulsing need. She thought it might be difficult to find, since she’d never touched it herself and only had her memories of Edmund doing so to guide her. However, she knew she’d found it when her breath caught in her throat from the sensation. Sliding her finger over it again sent a ripple of pleasure up through her body. She licked her lips, catching her bottom one with her teeth to keep herself silent as she did it a third time and her toes curled into the mattress.
It felt as if that one tiny spot was connected to every nerve in her body. She moved her fingers across it in various directions, until finally determining that slow, rhythmic circles were most pleasurable.
For a moment, as the sensation deepened and began to spread, Violet wondered if it was improper, which caused a flutter of anxiety to tighten in her chest. It was not as though she was a virgin, some unmarried young girl who knew not of marital relations. Her husband had touched her this way. It had never felt improper then. Of course, that had been intimacy between a man and his wife, and this was… Well, she didn’t know what this was, but if it was alright for a husband to do it, then surely it was not so different for her to do it herself. Besides, it felt good. So good, in fact, she believed that stopping now might cause her, quite literally, to perish.
She pushed the thought aside. It did not matter. What mattered was the way her skin burned as if she laid bare beneath the high summer sun. How her breathing turned to gasps like rushing wind through her parted lips. How every stroke of her fingers washed over her like lapping waves at high tide.
Sunlight.
Air.
Touch.
She pressed her hips down harder against her hand, intensifying the sensation until her eyebrows furrowed in concentration and her legs began to twitch. She could feel herself building towards an edge that had once been so familiar, but now felt strange and new. Her heart beat like a storm against her chest. She grasped at her pillow, turning her face into it to muffle the cries she was unable to contain any longer. Pressure built until her back arched and white-hot lightning streaked through her body while she crashed like thunder over the edge, feeling as if she had become one with the heavens.
She felt herself sink back down into her trembling body, and for a moment, she didn’t dare move. Her chest heaved with every breath, and her limbs felt both weightless and leaden as the tension melted out of them. After another minute, she straightened one leg and turned her hips so her other leg fell over it, her knee resting against the mattress. Her nightdress was still gathered in a pool around her hips. Unwilling to let go of the moment just yet, she laid with her eyes closed, listening to her barely slowing heartbeat rush in her ears while relishing in the sense of relief. Physical, yes, but also more than that. She hadn’t known it was possible, that she could do that herself. For weeks she had been tortured by desire, wrestling with guilt and confusion because she thought that the only way to satisfy that unrelenting need was to remarry, or, heaven help her, take a lover. But now… This discovery that she could satisfy her own physical needs granted her the precious gift of freedom. Freedom to make the decision that was right for her, on her own time, without fear that her physical desires would rush her into a choice she would later come to regret.
She was not yet ready to consider another marriage. Violet had known great love, and she did not take for granted the blessing it had been, nor was she foolish enough to believe she could ever find another like it again. The most she would hope for from another marriage would be companionship, and even with the kindest man, marriage would undoubtedly bring significant change, and loss of control that she was not sure she wanted. Aside from this most recent development, her life was rich and full, and she was quite happy. On the other hand, taking a lover certainly had its advantages, allowing her life to remain virtually unchanged. However, as a woman, especially one of her status, it required secrecy that came with great risk and potential for scandal that could lead to ruin for not only her but for her entire family.
Now she had the freedom not to choose until she was ready, or in fact, not at all. She could go on with life as it already was and, at the very least, have her most urgent physical needs satiated. She did think she would want more in time. Even now, she still ached to feel another’s touch—to be held, to be kissed, to be desired. But knowing she didn’t have to choose, and that her mind was finally clear enough for her to trust her own judgment, was immensely freeing.
Turning onto her side toward the fire, she nestled down into her pillow, feeling practically giddy. She did not know what the future held in store for her, but as she considered the possibilities, she had to cover the grin growing across her face as mirth bubbled out into laughter. One thing was for sure. Whatever else happened, it seemed she would be taking up gardening, because Violet was most certainly in bloom.
#violet bridgerton#bridgerton#queen charlotte#bridgerton fanfiction#queen charlotte fanfiction#bridgerton fic#queen Charlotte fic#written by lifesizehysteria#fanfiction#yikes i am so nervous posting something for this fandom
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1, 10, 17, 32! :)
Heyyy, thanks so much for the ask!! <3
1. What inspired you to start writing fanfiction?
Mainly the Lord of the Rings, actually!! I read the books when I was about 10 or 11, and that was my first exposure to the world of fandom, mostly through tumblr screenshots on Pinterest, and ff.n through the "experimental browser" feature on my kindle, since screen time was highly limited in my house. (Unfortunately some of the first fics I read were blatant Mary Sue self-insert re-writes of the LotR movies on ff.n where the self-insert always ends up falling in love with either Legolas or like. Pippin. or something. Yikes.)
I'd been writing little stories way before that, literally ever since I could hold a pencil or type on a keyboard, and after I discovered the world of fanfiction, writing my own was the logical next step. One of my first fanfics was this weird thing I wrote with my sister, called the Fellowship of Insanity, and yeah. it's as bad as it sounds.
Anyway, those were dark times but I'm grateful that they spurred me to write my own (hopefully better) stories. And we'll leave it at that :)
10. What's your favorite part about the fic writing process?
Honestly, I think the inspiration stage, where all of a sudden I can almost feel a story in its entirety before I even start writing it, and not like I know all the plot points and everything, but more just. the vibes. I don't know, it's hard to explain.
Also that point where I don't even have to think about what I'm writing -- the words are just forming themselves basically, and I'm just trying to keep up with them. That's where some of my favorite (not always the best) parts come from, and even if I have to go back and edit afterwards, I usually end up keeping the general format of what I wrote. I always feel unbeatable and unstoppable when that happens :)))
17. What's the most memorable comment or review you've received on one of your fics?
Oh, probably every single one by @kanerallels @accidental-spice and @redvanillabee !! I love when someone is as enthusiastic as I am about a fic -- they ALWAYS make me smile. All comments do, but there's something about their energy and support that I'm SO grateful for!!
Also, one I keep going back to when I doubt my skills is this one by SilreyRevs on the medic -- they're so thoughtful and notice the parallels I had hoped people would pick up on and they just do a really amazing and kind critique of a writing style I hadn't really posted before and was nervous about sharing, and I'm pretty sure I had tears in my eyes while reading it!!!
32. Have you ever participated in fanfiction contests, challenges/fests?
Oh yeah, I've done a couple of challenges in my time, but nothing big and none that I remember off the top of my head. Mostly right around the Agents of SHIELD season 7 craze, where Dousy challenges and prompts were really big and I wrote an absolutely insane amount of drabbles and one-shots! I would love to do more in the future though, now that I feel like my writing skills are slowly improving! I don't think I would do contests though, honestly. I write for the absolute fun of it, and all that pressure and uncertainty isn't exactly my forte. But we'll see, maybe someday, if the right thing comes along!
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Thanks for being the voice of reason this morning! I was shocked to see so many people angry and already boycotting the season..like, what is happening? Over something that, in my opinion, is barely anything new. Same thing happened with the Netflix Turkey “leak” last week. All this drama was made and the information was so, so minor. This character that many probably now hate <for good reason if you don’t like that stuff>…they released photos of them, they wouldn’t do that if the character was going to play someone minor. They say that all press is good press? GT did nothing wrong but people were attacking them and others for sharing the article? It was insane. This is what networks literally want because it hypes up the show and you either tune in to lovewatch it or hatewatch it, but either way- you are tuning in. They know we are tuning in no matter what lol Today, I definitely realized just how strongly “dedicated” people are in this fandom. Not a bad thing, of course not, but some things I saw were so beyond unnecessary. The reactions were…something else. Saying how the cast were probably crying together and heartbroken, essentially “speaking” for them. Yikes! We know the team & cast are great, but this is how press for shows literally works. It won’t be the first nor last time this happens. Again, it was just insane this morning. I wonder if I was ever like that? lol
Thanks again! I am very excited to hear your s2 thoughts!
Thank you so much! I actually cried reading your message. It's been a shitty day at work and the feedback from what I posted this morning has been so extraordinary. I'm always nervous making my first post in a new fandom because I always feel like the outsider having come in so late but the response as been amazing!. I cannot tell you what it means to me!
That was exactly the reason I posted what I did. The info wasn't anything new and I couldn't understand why people were getting so upset over it. Another ask said it best, alot of fans are wanting six episodes of loving, sunshine and rainbow Wilmon but that's such a boring show, no one would watch it. Even the best romance media has some kind of drama for the couple to overcome. Why? Because it's normal and it makes the payoff so much sweeter. I want loving scenes with them, of course. But the drama and figuring crap out is what makes the romance stronger, if that makes sense.
But what really upset me was the babying the actors and creators and being so horrible to GT and the writers of that article. For me, it started with that story on IG from I think RydingBrasil about not sharing the pics and articles and I was like what? This is legit promo. Why wouldn't we share it? Not to mention, it was like you said, "speaking for the actors". This is a common problem across fandoms and one that drives me absolutely crazy. They are professionals, they know how this works. The reaction of thinking they were all crying together was...juvenile. It's like when a celebrity says they have anxiety and everyone seems to think they need to protect said celebrity from literally everything. I said it before, there is being respectful of things like that and then there's babying them. But yeah, this is how press literally works and the whole thinking it was a leak over a spoiler that was frankly inconsequential and wanting us not to share it would have hampered the show, the hype, and these actors we love.
And, as much as I hate to admit it, I was probably very much like that. (Maybe that's why I could recognize it for what it was! LOL)
And thank you again. I actually feel so welcomed in this fandom in a way I never have before so I'll definitely stick around and share my thoughts on s2. I'm so excited for it!
#young royals#answered ask#fair warning though#i obviously have a lot to say!#so my posts always get long like this#wow this answer got much longer than i intended#sorry!
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I know you posted it days ago but you said something about wanting to rant about either karl or his fanbase and its been itching at my brain. Ive no clue whats happening or what is happening at all cause no one seems to be making clear points?? Or explaining anything?
Obviously you do NOT have to talk about it im sure it might be a sore point to rant because people can get SO needlessly rude to others over it. But if you want to idk explain? Just rant? Im definetly curious what it was over or about.
The "you dont need to talk about this" is amplified by the fact i am DAYS late and you are probably over it by now.
okay hi yes im happy to talk about this but i think i should preface with two things:
1) even tho it may seem like im biased towards him or being very defensive of him im actually a super casual karl viewer and the only reason i am super defensive of him sometimes is bc we act a lot alike irl and that is mainly because of our neurodivegency. when i say a lot i mean we share traits like "annoying" stimming (jumping around, making loud noises, repeating the same phrases until everyone is sick of hearing them), the difficulty reading situations, the very obvious issues with volume control and not just bouncing from subject to subject to subject as we fucking please. basically anything you've seen karl do on stream that is Very Neurodivergent ive done the same in my own way which is why i get defensive when i see people calling him annoying or saying they dont like him, usually for these types of reasons. that being said, when i say im a very casual karl viewer, i fucking mean it. i usually only watch him when he's streaming with other ccs i like or when he's doing chill alt streams bc even with the annoying donos, he's pretty relaxing and comforting when he's just fucking around by himself and he isnt trying to get as hype as he would on a main channel stream. so yeah, it may seem like im biased and sure, i guess i am on some level, but it's not coming from a place of me hyperfixating on him or me even loving him as a cc, it's coming from me being a neurodivergent who likes him just enough to get upset when i see people basically being casually ableist towards him.
2) i dont have all the facts or even a great understanding on what the fuck has been happening recently with his "drama"...mostly bc he talked about it on his priv, which im not on, and people are gatekeeping the tweets, as they always do, and basically making you "dm to see them" (which is already a problem in and of itself bc apparently in these tweets he said he didnt want them being ss and shared, yet they are being shared thru dms over and over and over again like. at that point just stop withholding the information and post the fucking shit, you clearly dont care that he said "dont share"). additionally, most of the threads ive seen on this situation havent actually explained the initial issue, just talked about his apology (a lot of people have said "it's bad" but havent said why and with no screenshots ((i havent asked for someone to dm me them and i still havent seen them posted, which is mildly surprising, but incredibly frustrating at this point)), i only have a few basic details i can actually assess it on) or they talked about the initial issue in very vague details so um. excuse me trying to explain this now, but ill try and make it make sense with how little ive actually pieced together.
(oh, also, here's my first rant about the ableism in this fandom which is way more broad. this is a pretty different rant from that one, but they're both pretty big reasons why i hate this fandoms treatment of karl)
so basically the problems started with mr beast being apart of a charity stream that donated either to autism speaks or to a similar company, im unsure on that part. im also unsure on if the people participating in the stream actually knew of this or not bc, from what i remember, the money was being donated to a separate organization that was like. under the bad company or some shit like that, idk how stuff like that works and also i read about this shit months ago bc this originally happened months ago and just sorta came to a head recently.
anyways, i think karl was supposed to be apart of this stream but pulled out of it right before (that or these were two separate streams and karl was supposed to participate in the first but pulled out while mr beast did both?? idk. regardless karl did not actually participate, just mr beast). from there people started doing the guilt from association bullshit they always do, this was also doubled by the fact that the chris being racist stuff came out sometime around then and basically he got dragged all over twitter for "being ableist" and "supporting racists" and i cant remember if he actually apologized when this originally happened or not. i vaguely remember him apologizing about something back then but i genuinely dont know if it was this or something else.
basically that died down eventually, a good chunk of people unstanned him but him and honktwt didnt end up getting the lovely lil technotwt treatment and they still havent yet, surprisingly. good for them honestly ajsksk
but now we get to the past few weeks and apparently something happened with him "laughing at someone saying the r slur" (it was mizkif, i believe), specifically when it was directed at other people, which is a big yikes, obviously, but when karl was called out for this a lot of people kind of. made this into a situation that it wasnt bc um. basically karl didnt laugh at it, he gave a few nervous giggles, as people often do when in a situation like that (and karl specifically said he does this in the one part of his apology tweet which i did stumble upon, although it wasnt the important part of the apology thread bc why would it be) and people fucking crucified him for it. they quite literally dragged a neurodivergent man for supposedly "laughing at the r slur" when he can literally reclaim it and also he was just nervous laughing.
and this is where the situation just gets really bad because they. basically forced him to admit that he was autistic on his priv to apologize for this. i havent seen the screenshots of him saying this, but i saw people discussing it and i am frankly so fucking pissed about this because sure, it was a bad situation, and i understand people wanting an explanation, but an apology? for a neurodivergent man nervous laughing at a slur he can reclaim? and then forcing the man to admit something he literally said in that tweet he didnt want people to know which is why people were being so gatekeepy about it while also LOUDLY discussing the situation, as if that wouldnt drive MORE PEOPLE to look for screenshots and ways to get ahold of this information? and then people had the audacity to call it a "bad apology" when they had quite literally just violated his privacy by forcing him to admit something that he shouldnt have needed to share in the first place if he didnt want to, which he didnt.
and this is why im so pissed off. karl is already constantly picked at and made fun of and called annoying for his neurodivergent traits, things which he literally cant help, things which are generally harmless, and now he was forced into a situation where he can now be further picked at and made fun of and called annoying bc they forced him to admit something private instead of just understanding and accepting that he had been nervous laughing at someone using a slur he has definetly been called for his neurodivergency.
tldr of my thoughts: yes i think karl needed to address this situation, it definetly looked bad, but twitter stans have this sense of entitlement with their ccs and because of that, they consistently take it way too far and harm the people they claim to care about so dearly. we've seen it happen time and time again with dream, but this is the first time ive seen them basically force someone to out themselves to make their apology "valid" and most of them still seem to not want to accept it anyways, which just makes me feel bad for him bc now that info is out their and people are just disregarding it to continue "holding him accountable".
anyways, i think that's all i can really say on this topic rn tbh, if anyone else knows this situation better please feel free to lmk clarifications and ill add them in since, like i said, i know fuck all thanks to twitter being so goddamn hush hush about the important details while simultaneously being the loudest mfers about how much they hate karl now instead of just fucking unfollowing and moving on.
thanks for the ask and im sorry if this is confusing!! i just think this is one of those weird situations where like. i think karl deserved some criticism for what happened and how he handled it or at least he shouldve been asked to address it but that just. isnt what happened, at all. he was harrassed. karl got harrassed and because of that he handled this situation even more sloppily than he probably wouldve and exposed private info about himself that he didnt feel comfortable doing and it just. fucking sucks tbh.
#shit self#asks#karl jacobs#discourse#fandom critical#mcyt fandom critical#dsmp fandom critical#ask to tag#ableism#only reason im even saying what he said in those tweets is bc this situation literally makes no sense otherwise and basically everyone on#twt already fucking exposed this shit to people in and outside the fandom by bitching#long post#bangerz
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A Lady Knows
A/N: Hi guys! This is my first Dolan twin fic I’m posting (if you like my work, let me know and I’ll release my drafts)! This is also my first time using this blog. I have written on Tumblr since 2009 under 10 different blogs (yikes). I wanted a fresh start, so here it is. I haven’t decided if I want to align with any fandoms, but I’m happy to write the twins for now. This was inspired by the most recent video, so I hope you all like it. Thanks x
“So, for the final test...” Ethan looks at Grayson who meets his eyes with same excited expression with a tinge of a nervous smile. “We are going to see if we can trick Grayson’s girlfriend, Y/N.”
“Whew...” Grayson exhaled theatrically as he pushed his hands forward before letting his fingers rake through his short hair. “I feel like this is testing our relationship more than anything else.”
“So, fun fact.” Ethan pivots his body toward the camera, urging Grayson to do the same. “Y/N has not mixed us up. Even if we both call her on speaker phone, she knows who’s talking. And I think she has a lot of pride in this.”
“If we can trick, Y/N, I am 110% sure we can trick all of you guys.” Grayson chimes in.
There’s a silence for about half a second before Grayson screams loudly.
“Stop yelling!” Ethan laughed, shaking his head.
“I’m so nervous.” Grayson started shaking his hands and wiggling his shoulders. “I don’t know if she’s going to get it.”
“This is actually going to be a two part test.” Ethan explained. “So, we are going to FaceTime her to invite her over. Like with everyone else, it will be Grayson calling from my phone with me talking in the background. Even if she passes the first test, she will have to past the second one. The in-person test.”
Ethan starts chuckling and Grayson grins, picking up where he left off.
“We’re going to stand back to back where she can only see us from the side. She will have 30 seconds to kiss the cheek of the one she thinks is her boyfriend.” Grayson paused for a second. “She has 30 seconds to kiss ME. On the cheek...just in case she messes up, I don’t want any sloppy seconds from my brother.”
“Oh boy...” Ethan rubbed his hands together. “This is gonna be good.”
“Alright, alright, let’s call her.” Grayson said, finally gaining the courage to do this.
You frowned as you stared at your phone. It was a FaceTime call from Ethan. You paused the movie you were watching on Netflix and sat up straighter. Ethan never FaceTimed you. He would occasionally text you, but a FaceTime call felt a bit out of the norm. You shrugged, figuring Grayson was doing something stupid and couldn’t film it himself so enlisted Ethan.
“Hey E--” You started to say, before squinting. “Gray? What the...did you cut your hair?”
“What do you mean?” Grayson...er Ethan...one of the twins asked. The person looked like Grayson, but the voice was definitely Ethan. You were confused.
“Okay, that’s trippy.” You narrowed your eyes. “I’m 100% sure you are Grayson, but you sound like Ethan...is Ethan talking behind you or something.”
“OH MY GOD!” Ethan yelled, coming into frame. “You are the only person who got it!!”
“Great job, babe. Proud of you!” Grayson laughed, giving you a thumbs up.
“Well, now we have to see if you can pass the second test.” Ethan wiggled his eyebrows.
“Oh brother...” You rolled your eyes. “What stupid and vaguely intrusive thing am I going to have to do?”
Ethan started to explain, but Grayson stopped him with a wide, mischievous grin. “You’ll see. Can you come over?”
“Ugh, fine!” You said, pretending to be upset, but actually incredibly curious.
“See you soon.” Grayson said. Ethan and Grayson together then added, “Love you.”
“Ahh” You jumped, covering your moths as you spoke. “That’s so creepy, you looked so alike just now. Oh god, I hope I pass the second test.”
“Me too...” Grayson said before laughing and hanging up.
You got dressed, spending a bit more time on your makeup as you figured this was for a video. You got into your car and drove to the twins’ house, your brain unable to figure out what the two could be plotting. You parked your car in the driveway, waving to the construction workers before walking into the house. The back door was open, as per usual when they were expecting someone, and you walked in, gingerly.
Ryan popped out nearly scaring you half to death with a camera in his hand.
“Hi Y/N!” Ryan said, cheerfully.
“Jesus, Ryan, you nearly killed me.” You pressed your hand to your chest.
“Sorry, the boys wanted me to be the one to tell you the rules.” Ryan gestured toward the living room, still obscured from your view as Ryan blocked you from entering. “The boys are standing back to back in the living room. You will have 10 seconds to figure out which one is your boyfriend and you have to run up and kiss that one. Even after you get closer, you can’t change.”
“But if you think you’re wrong, don’t kiss him!” Grayson yelled from the living room. “Even if it’s me, better be safe than sorry, babe.”
You laughed loudly before nodding. “Okay, I think I got this.”
“Alright, 1...2...3...” Ryan counted you down.
You ran into the kitchen and you saw the boys back to back staring forward. You could only see their profiles and damn did they look similar.
“GO!” Ryan yelled.
Your body started moving on its own while your mind was still questioning if that was 10 seconds. Your arms hugged your chosen twin, your brains still analyzing the features, second guessing yourself. But as your lips collided with his cheek and his arm naturally lifted to wrap around your waist, you knew you had the right twin.
“Whoa!” Ethan yelled, turning to look at you both with an impressed expression.
Grayson turned to you with a wide, almost relieved smile as he kissed your forehead. “I’m happy, but also a bit disappointed I didn’t trick you.”
“What can I say,” You laughed. “I know my man...”
“It’s true, a lady always knows.” Ryan said from behind the camera.
“Well, we weren’t able to trick Grayson’s girlfriend,” Ethan said to the camera, dejectedly, “BUT, we were able to trick all of you and this is how...”
Ryan put down the camera. At this point, you recognized their video transitions and knew you could relax. Everyone seemed to let out a deep breath they didn’t know they were holding.
“I was so nervous.” You admitted to Grayson. “But my body seemed to know...”
“Hmm?” Grayson hummed, pulling you closer to him. “Of course, it did.”
“Okay, gross.” Ethan said, covering his ears. “I don’t need to hear this, especially not watching you hold Y/N while you look like me. It feels weird, I’m leaving.”
Ethan left the room with Ryan to setup for the next part of the video.
You laughed and hugged Grayson tightly. “Go finish the video, I have to finish my Netflix movie.”
“Alright, alright.” He pecked your lips softly. “But afterward it’s you, me and that tiny home.”
“Go, Gray!” You laughed with a blush.
“One more kiss for the road.” He pouted, knowing you were a sucker for needy Grayson.
“Alright fine...” You kissed him deeply, your hands naturally going through his hair. You gasped breaking the kiss. “My hands just glide through. No knots, no tangles, just whoosh.”
Grayson laughed and rested his forehead on yours. His voice got deeper and his hazel eyes darkened. “You, me, and tiny home....You’ll get to play in this hair all you want.”
You blushed deeply and pushed him away. “Go, the faster you go, the sooner you’ll come back.”
Grayson saluted you with a wink. “Yes, ma’am.”
And with that you sat down and watched Netflix, basking in your the glow of being able to call yourself the reigning champ of telling the twins apart.
#dolan twins#grayson dolan#ethan dolan#grayson dolan blurb#ethan dolan blurb#dolan twins blurb#r-writes-fic
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Fic Writer Interview
Tagged by @lizardkingeliot. Thank you!!!
Name: Dani (or Nellie, or Rizandace on AO3)
Fandoms: The Magicians! I dabble elsewhere when the mood strikes, but lately the mood is striking Magicians all day every day.
Where you post: AO3
Most Popular One-shot: Promises. I’m proud of this one!
Most Popular Multichap: Hmm. I guess by kudos that would be Lover’s Touch, but Maybe This Time is much longer (240k, YIKES), and has more comment engagement, etc.
Favorite story you’ve written so far: I have a recency bias problem which is that whatever I’ve done most recently I think is the best, because I’m (hopefully) improving with each story I write? So I’ll cheat and name two. I truly think my current WIP, A Comet Pulled From Orbit, is the strongest thing I’ve written, but due to its subject matter and more “gen” feel, it’s gotten less engagement. BUT, if we’re going for something purely Queliot, that would be is it too late (or could this love protect me), which I think is quite strong, and you should all definitely read!
Fic you were nervous to post: Oh, definitely A Comet Pulled From Orbit. It’s Alice POV. It’s an Old Guard AU. It’s plotty and full of action scenes and while Queliot plays a meaty supporting role, it’s Alice’s story, and I worried nobody would bother with it because of that. I still get nervous that comments will dry up on every chapter I post!
How do you choose your titles: MY LEAST FAVORITE PART OF WRITING. Lately, I’ve gotten on a song lyric kick, but using musical theatre lyrics, so... Cabaret was the inspo for my last longfic title, then the current one is Wicked... I have a Hamilton lyric I think I’m going to use for an upcoming one. It works for me, and takes away the stress!
Do you outline: Yes, but loosely, with lots of gaps for scenes to naturally add themselves in. For my current story, which I’m trying to plot more like a conventional novel, I definitely broke out the major plot beats that I needed to hit, and I had a pretty good idea of chapter count based on those. But I don’t have a super detailed bullet point list or anything.
Complete: 22 on Ao3 (out of 24 total, one of which is abandoned I guess). Half of those are Magicians.
In progress: Just A Comet Pulled From Orbit is in progress for me currently!
Prompts?: I kind of freeze up when given prompts. Would love to try it out, but usually unless I come up with the idea myself, I don’t have the motivation to finish it.
Upcoming work you’re most excited about: The thing I’m doing for my Big Bang, which is SECRET, and then also the Queliot/Qualice/Malice/Marliot messy nonsense that I affectionately refer to as “sexcapades” which lives almost entirely in my head right now but I sure am excited to write it someday...
Worlds I would love to write for in the future: Uhhh Queliot owns my whole ass currently, but I really did love The Old Guard, hence my current WIP, so maybe I’d dip in and write about those characters, too? We’ll see if inspiration strikes!
Tagging @spiders-hth-is-an-outlier, @hmgfanfic, @allegria23... and anyone else who hasn’t been tagged!
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TSB August Flash Week 4 Roundup!
Check out the awesome fills for this week!
Title: I Am Iron Donut
Collaborator: rebelmeg
Link: Tumblr
Square Filled: 019 - I Am Iron Man
Ship: N/A
Rating: Gen
Major Tags: Cross stitch, Fandom Craft
Summary: cross stitch of Iron Man donut with a bite taken out
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Title: Faraday Cage and the Stark Raving Burners
Collaborator: DeeHellCat
Link: AO3
Square Filled: 020 - Blueberries
Ship: Gen
Rating: Gen
Major Tags: Burning Man, Tony Stark Needs a Hug, Young Tony Stark, Pre-Iron Man 1
Summary: In 1996, Tony Stark hears about a wild party in the high desert and decides to drop in. Two years later, he finally does and learns a little something about himself.
Word Count: 4044
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Title: Peter, Peter, Purple Pumpkin Eater
Collaborator: betheflame
Link: Tumblr
Square Filled: 018 - Juice Pops
Ship: Stuckony
Rating: Gen
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Title: N/A
Collaborator: betheflame
Link: Tumblr
Square Filled: 018 - Mutual Pining
Ship: WinterIron
Rating: Gen
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Title: Iron-Dad
Collaborator: hddnone
Link: AO3
Square Filled: 017 - Iron-Dad
Ship: WinterIron
Rating: Gen
Major Tags: Humor, fluff, interrupting kids
Summary: Bucky just wants to sex up his boyfriend after a long day, but Tony being the Team Dad to the next generation makes that difficult.
Word Count: 887
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Title: Lunch Date
Collaborator: darthbloodorange
Link: Tumblr
Square Filled: 017 - Cheeseburger
Ship: Stony
Rating: PG
Major Tags: Art
Summary: Cap-Tsum and Tony-Tsum go on a lunch date.
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Title: TonyTsum to the Rescue
Collaborator: darthbloodorange
Link: Tumblr
Square Filled: 017 - Ultron
Ship: Stony
Rating: PG
Major Tags: Art
Summary: Ultron-Tsum has captured Cap-Tsum. Tony-Tsum is going to get him back.
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Title: A Proud Father
Collaborator: darthbloodorange
Link: Tumblr
Square Filled: 017 - Iron-Dad
Ship: Stony
Rating: PG
Major Tags: Art, A/B/O, Implied mpreg
Summary: Tony-Tsum watches over his family proudly.
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Title: Keep You Warm
Collaborator: darthbloodorange
Link: Tumblr
Square Filled: 017 - Bedsharing
Ship: Stony
Rating: PG
Major Tags: Art
Summary: The power went out in the Tower and the back-up generators have failed. Tony-Tsum cuddles Cap-Tsum and keeps him warm knowing how much he doesn’t like the cold.
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Title: Longing to Linger Till Dawn
Collaborator: poliz
Link: AO3
Square Filled: 020 - Blueberries
Ship: WinterIron
Rating: Teen
Major Tags: dream sharing, CA:WS canon-divergence
Summary: Tony finds himself in a dream, and apparently he’s not alone.
Word Count: 1750
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Title: How We Came To Be Friends First
Collaborator: Fighting_for_Creativity
Link: AO3
Square Filled: 019 - Accidentally Saving the Day
Ship: gen, Friendship between Rocket, Groot and Tony
Rating: Teen
Major Tags: Kid Tony Stark, Kid Groot, Rocket ,Space Stone, AU: different backstory, firefight, shooting, marvel typical violence
Summary: Despite fully knowing he wasn’t allowed to be in his dad’s lab, Tony couldn’t keep out of there. When he stumbled over a glowing blue cube, he got way more than he bargained for.Meeting a tree and freeing a raccoon is a hell of an adventure after all.
Word Count: 2846
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Title: Love Will Rule
Collaborator: MagicaDraconia
Link: AO3
Square Filled: 018 - Mutual Pining
Ship: IronHusbands
Rating: Gen
Major Tags: AU - Royalty, mutual pining, unrequited love (that's not so unrequited), fluff, weddings, love confessions
Summary: Prince James of Rhodes and Prince Tony of Stark have known each other since they were six years old. Sure, they're now getting married, but that's just to bring the kingdoms together. It's not because they actually love each other. Is it...?
Word Count: 2406
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Title: The Under Grounds
Collaborator: hddnone
Link: AO3
Square Filled: 017 - Coffee Shop AU
Ship: WinterIron
Rating: Teen
Major Tags: None
Summary: Bucky was still figuring out how things worked at The Under Grounds coffee shop. It was a strange magic that ran the place, though at least it washed the dishes. Bucky liked working there, though, and he liked the strange magical owner, Tony. Though that didn't mean when Steve stepped through the door, Bucky wasn't going to try to shove him right back out. “Bucky, what - I saw you - you were dead!” “I am.” Bucky’s voice was tight, but there wasn’t time to explain. “I am, Steve, I promise you, and you need to go back -”But the entrance was closed.
Word Count: 2488
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Title: My Two Dads
Collaborator: ceealaina
Link: AO3
Square Filled: 017 - Cheeseburger
Ship: IronHusbands
Rating: Teen
Major Tags: Alternate Universe - No Powers, Alternate Universe - Coffee Shops and Cafes, Fluff
Summary: Tony doesn't know how many times he can explain to the idiots in his life that no, he Rhodey are not actually a couple. But then there's a snowstorm, and only one bed, and suddenly Tony's wondering if maybe HE was the idiot in his life all along.
Word Count: 1162
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Title: Hello, Nice to Meet you Again
Collaborator: darthbloodorange
Link: Tumblr
Square Filled: 017 - Coffee Shop AU
Ship: Stony
Rating: PG
Major Tags: Art
Summary: Cap-Tsum and Tony-Tsum keep meeting at a coffee shop.
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Title: Of Mushrooms and Magma
Collaborator: 27 dragons, tisfan
Link: AO3
Square Filled:
Chapter 1 - 020: Dark Secret
Chapter 2 - Adopted: Ivan Vanko/Whiplash
Ship: WinterIron
Rating: Teen
Major Tags: Alternate Universe - Magic
Summary: Tony's been in the Underdark for a while -- and is trying to find an excuse to stay longer.
Word Count: 7662
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Title: a pavilion of nervous butterflies (only seen in lucid dreams)
Collaborator: deehellcat
Link: AO3
Square Filled: 020 - Dark Secret
Ship: Pepperony
Rating: Teen
Major Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
Summary: Ginny Potts, Obadiah Stane’s personal assistant, keeps clashing with the villainous Iron Man, intent on destroying his company; but are things as they seem?
Word Count: 7410
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Title: Guarding You
Collaborator: Fighting_for_Creativity, Purple_ducky00
Link: AO3
Square Filled:
Chapter 1: 019 - Howard Stark
016 - Bodyguard AU
Chapter 2: 019 - Neighbour/Roommate
Chapter 3: 016 - Locked in A Room
Ship: WinterIronHusbands
Rating: E
Major Tags: AU Bodyguard, AU College/University, College Student Tony Stark, College Student Rhodey, Bodyguard Bucky Barnes, Fluff, Angst, Happy Ending, Dorks in love, Falling In Love, Fade to black sex, slices of life, Mention of alcohol, creep tries to creep on Tony, James "Rhodey" Rhodes is a Good Bro, Pining, Minor Carol Danvers/Maria Rambeau/Nick Fury, mentioned dog, betrayal, Violence, Natasha Romanov Is a Good Bro, Steve Rogers Is a Good Bro, Injury Recovery, Clint Barton Trolls People
Summary: As Tony Stark always managed to get rid of the bodyguards Howard sends, the older Stark decided to try a different agency, one he knew had specialized bodyguards.The man he ends up hiring seems competent enough.James "Bucky" Barnes gets a job which leads him back to college. He might or might not gets into trouble with his neighbors Tony Stark and Rhodey Rhodes. And those troubles might lead to something neither of the three could have anticipated.
Word Count: 8604
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Title: Penny for a Thought
Collaborator: hddnone
Link: Tumblr
Square Filled: 017 - Ultron
Ship: Stony (pre-relationship)
Rating: Teen
Major Tags: can be read as not Wanda friendly, post A:AOU
Summary: Steve has to figure out how to handle Wanda telling him that Tony has been thinking about rebuilding Ultron.
Word Count: 817
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Title: Of Life and Death and Doors
Collaborator: hddnone
Link: Tumblr
Square Filled: 017 - Bed-sharing
Ship: WinterIron (pre-relationship)
Rating: Teen
Major Tags: character death but not really, Under Grounds verse, Steve & Bucky friendship but Tony doesn’t know that~
Summary: Tony can hold off Life for one day.
Word Count: 723
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Title: Through Rainbow Lights
Collaborator: hddnone
Link: Tumblr
Square Filled: 017 - Cheeseburger
Ship: None
Rating: Teen
Major Tags: character death but not really, Under Grounds verse
Summary: Running into Thaddeus Ross is never a fun time.
Word Count: 1211
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Title: Meet Your Soulmate
Collaborator: EachPeachPearPlum
Link: AO3
Square Filled: 020 - dark secret
Ship: Peggy/Daniel, Peggy & Steve, emphatically not Steve/Peggy
Rating: Teen
Major Tags: Good Place AU so all on-screen characters are dead, mourning for a partner who is still alive?
Summary: Following her death and subsequent arrival in the Good Place, Peggy is still grieving the husband she left behind, and has no interest whatsoever in meeting someone new. Even if he is her soulmate.
Word Count: 625
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Title: Emphatically Not a Nun
Collaborator: EachPeachPearPlum
Link: AO3
Square Filled: 020 - Thanos - replaced with adoptable psychological torture
Ship: none
Rating: Teen
Major Tags: Good Place AU so all dead, Good Place spoilers
Summary: Wanda is not and has never been a nun.
Word Count: 288
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Title: Shellhead
Collaborator: EachPeachPearPlum
Link: AO3
Square Filled: 020 - shellhead
Ship: none
Rating: Teen
Major Tags: Good Place AU
Summary: Tony doesn’t understand how humans manage it, being so soft and squishy, nothing but a few easily breakable bones to protect their vital organs. And the men, with all their dangly vulnerability… Tony has no idea how the fork evolution could have resulted in something so utterly impractical, but apparently it has, and all he can really say about it is yikes.
Word Count: 201
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Title: King of Antioxidants
Collaborator: EachPeachPearPlum
Link: AO3
Square Filled: 020 - blueberries
Ship: pre Steve/Tony
Rating: Teen
Major Tags: Good Place AU, dumbassery, crack
Summary: What,, Steve wonders, is with the number of places selling only blueberries products here?
Word Count: 282
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Title: Defection
Collaborator: JacarandaBanyan
Link: AO3
Square Filled: 021 - Science Fiction AU
Ship: Nebula & Tony
Rating: Gen
Major Tags: scifi AU, implied/referenced torture
Summary: Nebula has been sent by Thanos to kill genius inventor and only permanent resident of Novathela’s outer moon Tony Stark before he can oppose the Mad Titan.
Word Count: 1728
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Author Meme!
Tagged by loml @gideongrace @memes-saved-me @ummmm-no-thanks ! Thank you so much for tagging me, this is by far my favourite ask game so far and thank you for giving me a fandom friend again so tumblr doesn’t feel so lonely 💜
Author name:
Yikes. My SoA imagine blog is @anotherredwoodoriginal . AO3 is kyungscultleader. AFF is Jongups_Girl (i was young but now it’s iconic I can’t change it!!). FF.net...I am not comfortable disclosing that monstrosity because I plan to eventually clean up and repost my old fics.
Fandoms you write for:
LOOK. Mostly Kpop (B.A.P, SHINEE, EXO), Sons of Anarchy, Supernatural, Buffy, Charmed, On My Block and I’m attempting to write Harringrove.
Where you post:
tumblr, AO3 and Wattpad for my OMB fic.
Most popular one shot:
A smutty SoA imagine I wrote about Chibs/reader that fandom is so thirsty
Favourite story you wrote:
breakthrough - it’s a labor of love, it’s hard to write at times but it excites me and it’s the longest fic I’ve done so far at 75k and about halfway through.
Story you were nervous to post:
Also breakthrough. It’s an exploration of the aftermath of trauma when you’re in a new environment and kind of realising and accepting that the shit you’ve been through is fucked up and not everything is like that and learning to love yourself. A lot of things the main character thinks and feels are thoughts and feelings I’ve had, so I’m kinda processing my shit via Mari. Posting this feels like opening up my own ribcage and going “look at all my heart pls don’t hurt it”, then being afraid it’ll get hurt yet still leaving it unprotected bc I want to share it with others. That’s also why it’s hard to write sometimes lmao. Wow that was long sorry.
How do you choose your titles:
If one doesn’t just come to me, I use song lyrics. Even breakthrough comes from the song Breakthrough by Jake Edwards.
Do you outline?
I DON’T UNDERSTAND PEOPLE WHO DON’T!!!! If I don’t outline, I write 1000 words of Oscar and Mari making paella and kissing and don’t get to anything I wanted to address the chapter.
Complete:
19 on AFF
7 on FF.net
32 on the SoA blog
In Progress:
Something for the stucky big bang
A Harringrove drabble inspired by Falling by Harry Styles. I have an idea for a longer fic for this but idk if I’ll write it.
breakthrough (and im so emo it’s gone from wattpad)
Filling In the Blanks - a romcom about Baekhyun and Chanyeol (don’t remember) getting married in Vegas and trying to connect the dots of what happened.
Boyfriend Material - jongkey friends with benefits to ‘unrequited’ love to lovers ft misunderstandings and Onew just trying to be a good friend
An edmett/emward fic with @gideongrace and @ummmm-no-thanks . Emmett/Edward is not anything I ever thought I’d write but by god i will go down with this crack ship
And a whole heap more but I’m not gonna go into it all.
Coming soon/not started yet:
YIKES.
An original wlw story about a siren and a pirate falling in love
An original story about a magic circus and cursed bloodlines and forbidden love
A series of disney-inspired one shots that are super angsty, no magic au, modern au
The rest of my SoA requests rip
Also more but those are the main ones that I can think of!
A Harringrove fic ft a cat with @gideongrace @ummmm-no-thanks and some other people whose urls I don’t know (please tag them I updated this 🙏🏻)
Do you accept prompts?
Not really. I’m afraid that obligation will smoosh my passion.
Upcoming story you’re most excited to write:
All of them!
Tagging:
I think everyone I would tag has already done this but if you haven’t, say I tagged you! :)
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I did not get around to this yesterday but, a short selection of fictional things that meant a lot to me over the last decade! ...it is going under a cut bc it is Too Long sorry lmao.
Books
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng: this book came out in September 2017 and I have read it four times already. It’s the kind of book I want to write but I’m not sure I’m clever enough to: every event and every character is so purposeful and you won’t catch everything the first time through. Every time I reread it I find something new to marvel at. I hope the Hulu series is half as good
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng: this was the first piece of fiction I ever found with a family with a Chinese father and a white mother. This family is a lot less functional than my family, but I've read this three times because that means the world to me.
Ash by Malinda Lo: I discovered this in 2011 and it was the first f/f novel I ever read, and as I would later learn, one of a handful with a happy ending at the time, particularly in YA fiction. For a long time, I reread it every time I felt hopeless. I just reread it again last month and it is still as beautiful and meaningful to me as in 2011.
Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan: This is an Asian-inspired fantasy (becoming more common now, but still irritatingly rare) written by a queer Asian woman, with f/f. I think it is only the second one of these, after Ash? It is frustratingly rare, anyway. The worldbuilding is incredible also.
The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan: We are getting more stories about biracial Asians, but they are still pretty rare and I treasure every one. This one felt so real to me.
The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth: The first half of this book captures so beautifully what it’s like growing up queer in a religious environment when you don’t even have the words or self-awareness to know what you’re feeling. This was another one I read over and over again when I was feeling low.
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater: this is just a book for horse girls. I don’t know how else to describe this lol. I also feel like the romance is super downplayed until the very end, and honestly barely feels like a romance to me, so that’s refreshing!
Movies:
Pacific Rim (2013): I remember having this weird feeling when asked to give my top 3 movies once in high school, like maybe my favorite movie hadn’t come out yet so I couldn’t answer properly. I was right; this is the movie I was waiting for. This is my favorite movie. The feelings this movie gives me is the standard I hold all movies to.
Terminator: Dark Fate (2019): but Megan, didn’t this just come out? Yes, and it’s my other favorite movie now. I love (almost) every second of this movie. This movie made me feel a way that I thought maybe I might never feel again, after a certain other franchise movie this year took a dump on my heart. I don’t care that we’re never getting a sequel, we got this and that’s enough for me.
Thor (2011): Those of you who have been around awhile know that I really love this movie. I loved it before we all jumped on the Thor train after Ragnarok and I will continue to love it probably my whole life. It just makes me happy.
Aquaman (2018): This is Thor but underwater and with a biracial hero. It made me cry in the theater and I do not want to hear any negative opinions about it, I find them personally wounding.
Belle (2013): The fact that Gugu Mbatha-Raw isn’t a superstar is tragic, and this movie is gorgeous and lovely and made me feel a lot of things as a biracial person.
Mad Max Fury Road (2015): I remember seeing the trailer for this in the theater and going “yikes that looks like a thing I would never watch.” Joke’s on you, past me!!!! I find this a deeply stressful but glorious film that I can only watch like, once or twice a year.
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010): I do not need or want to hear about how this movie is Problematic, I know all of its issues, and yet. It brings me joy and it was one of the first movies I saw when I was just starting to break out of my religious upbringing and I laugh until I cry every time I watch it.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015): I am starting to realize that I am not and never really was a Star Wars Fan, which is to say that like...I love this movie specifically, I love the characters, I love the interactions, I love the stuff that happens. I do not so much love Star Wars as a whole? I like it fine! But this movie is the only part of the franchise to really make me go “oh, I get it.”
Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (2017): This was a weird little movie that nobody saw and nobody talked about, but I adore it because it’s so gentle and romantic. I don’t know how accurate it is to history and frankly I do not really care.
Big Hero 6 (2014): are you tired of me mentioning I’m biracial yet? This movie has biracial protagonists and a cute squishy robot and no romance and superhero stuff and I love it so much.
F8: The Fate of the Furious (2017): I went to go see this on a whim with my wife and it was one of the most joyous theater experiences of my life. I don’t know, I just love everything about it.
TV shows:
Community: This only kind of counts because it started in 2009 but I started it mid-s2 so eh. Seasons 1-3 of this show are written on my heart, I can quote a ridiculous amount of dialogue from them and these characters will stay with me forever. Warts and all, this is my show.
Dollhouse: Another technicality but like, I met my wife because we both loved Bennett Halverson so I gotta put this on here. It’s pretty significantly affected my life! Also I find that it holds up fairly well, if you’re down for the admittedly iffy premise and an ending that’s a bit of a mess narratively due to sudden cancellation.
Agents of SHIELD: I would never claim that this show is “good” but I do think that it has mostly figured out what the hell it’s doing. And it has been a pretty significant part of my fandom life for the last 6 years, so to leave it off this list would feel wrong. It gave me Daisy Johnson, first canon biracial superhero as played by a biracial actor, and for that i will always be grateful.
Warehouse 13: I could not tell you why I fell so deeply in love with this dumb, badly written show that shit the bed in the final episode more spectacularly than I could have imagined, and yet I did! I think probably it is because I love found family so much, and also I find goofy camp charming more often than not. And of course, there is Bering and Wells, the femslash ship that fandom forgot. I will never be over how no one knows what we have suffered!!!!!
Runaways: wow was this a surprise! The Runaways comic is my favorite comic besides Marjorie Liu’s X-23 run, and this show has basically nothing to do with it, and normally that would piss me off but they got my kids’ personalities down so well and all of the actors are so perfect that I really can’t complain. And also, this show has canon f/f and neither of them die at the end! Which is...better than some other shows I could mention!
Doctor Who series 1 and 5: I had a very intense Doctor Who phase in college, and after all was said and done and I quit the show for a time, I realized that although I love a lot of the characters, and Thirteen’s run is pretty good so far, what I really loved was Nine’s run and Eleven’s first season. That is the show at its best to me. Eccleston is my Doctor and Amy is my favorite companion.
Legends of Tomorrow: Look, I am as shocked as anyone that this, the scrappy underdog of the DCTV lineup, is the one that’s most emotionally competent and has the best character arcs! But here we are. Season 4 was some of my favorite TV I’ve seen, uh, ever.
Albums
Dirty Computer by Janelle Monae: I listened to this for basically a year straight after it came out. It’s just ridiculously good.
Something Fierce by Marian Call: This was my on-repeat album in college. i drew a lot of strength from it, and I think that it’s still the best album to recommend to people who ask me about her.
Standing Stones by Marian Call: I heard most of these songs live at concerts before they were quite done yet, so it was really special to get to hear them all collected together like this. I’m going to get a tattoo with a lyric from one of these songs because no one’s quite been able to put my basic philosophy into words quite like Marian.
Heartthrob by Tegan and Sara: Hot Take, I know, because a lot of people hate this album, but it was so affirming to go out and buy A Lesbian Album from A Lesbian Band in 2013.
The Rent movie soundtrack: I know, I KNOW, but in my defense, my parents got me this for my birthday my first year of college and I needed it so desperately. I can definitely still do “La Vie Boheme” from the beginning and probably most of the other songs too.
In the Heights OBCR: I can only listen to this when I want to cry, but it’s my favorite musical. I got to see the show in 2018 and it was incredible. I think it’s better than Hamilton and I can’t wait for the movie to come out.
Trouble by Natalia Kills: this album is really great and also it says fuck a lot, which I used to be very nervous about hearing or saying, and this helped immensely!
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author meme oh shit
ooooooo i haven’t done one of these in forever im here for it.
tagged by @kauriart
Author name: sarsaparillia (both AO3 an FFN), and also wordbends (on FFN, which i should really... really update one of these days lmao)
Fandoms you write for: oh god. okay. right now it’s mostly Dragon Age and Oxenfree, but i’ve written for so many fandoms i actually can’t count
Where you post: AO3 andd FFN. i’m uh, pretty bad about posting my drabbles to tumblr, sorry about that.
Most popular one-shot: hm. oneshot? on AO3, probably into the endless night, which is the second part of thunderbird and whale, my absolutely terrible Oxenfree series. on FFN, it’d be spare me your judgments, which is catelyn stark AS SHE SHOULD BE EAT MY ASS GRRM.
Most popular multi-chapter: uh. okay. AO3: once more with feeling, and FFN. um. hm. do i really wanna cop to what my most popular multi-chapter is? god. fuck. blink and you’ll miss me. i’m not linking that, it’s too old, it doesn’t count.
Favourite story you wrote: for my own stuff, i’m really fond of templar!au as a whole, because that’s where i live right now. but honestly, i also really like a lot of the oneshots i wrote for sailor moon half a millennia ago. it’s still good shit, and i am still pretty proud of it! OH also i really love the goddamn rich people au, because i love that verse. for stuff i’ve written with other people (sspecifically @persephonesnow), FUCKING ANKLE DEEP GOD WHAT A MASTERPIECE I LOVE IT.
Story you were nervous to post: i have never been nervous to post anything in my life. i have the confidence of a mediocre white man in my writing ability. also i have ADHD, which means i crave validation, and the rush of dopamine from posting something is EXCELLENT. if i have ever experienced nerves, i forgot about them about three minutes after experiencing it.
How do you choose your titles: i. okay. i can’t start writing ANYTHING without a title and a summary. i don’t know why that is, but it is the unfortunate case! sometimes it’s morphed song lyrics, sometimes it’s bits of poetry, sometimes they’re just words i like in an order that i enjoy the sound of. titles are a Big Deal to me, i have a whole document where i just keep titles i’ve come up with for later use. it is... currently three pages long.
Do you outline: i didn’t used to! but as i’ve gotten older i’ve started to... it’s not outlining, exactly? i don’t outline so much as i just like. write really horrible shitty notes about the things i want to put in a chapter. seriously, they’re awful. i meme my way through outlines, please don’t ask me to post them. i personally think they’re hilarious, but i am also The Worst.
Complete: oh god. oh god please. i have been writing since i was fifteen, it has never stopped. i’ve written a lot of stuff that’s complete, and also a lot of stuff that is NOT complete. generally i don’t post things that i don’t plan on finishing, if that’s any consolation. the one exception to this is fifteen acres of broken glass, which ended up being a photograph of my mental state at... twenty. yikes.
In progress: hm. chapter 5 of cradle my heart is open on my laptop right now? the first chapter of the next part of thunderbird and whale is on the docket, too, tentatively titled keeping it surreal. there’s also a couple of codas to templar!au coming: let’s get this bread (cullen/f!trevelyan + a cat called bread whomst i adore), the last romance (f!hawke/isabela), and dreadfully unsolicited advice (which lmao is just... leandra being leandra at fiona over tea)
Coming soon: that chapter i was just talking about. probably within the next two weeks, so long as my brain decides not to fuck off to bermuda or something
Do you accept prompts: quickfic prompts, sure. there’s no guarantee they’ll ever get done, though.
Upcoming story you are most excited to write: hhhhhhhhh i am so stoked to write let’s get this bread because it’s going to be so STUPID and hilarious i can’t wait bread is the WORST CAT I LOVE HIM
taggin @persephonesnow and @kendrasaunders and @swingsdown aaaaaaandd @chlohoh! ACTUALLY also @swoerdfuecker, tho idk if you write fic, laure???
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Content Creator Interview #5
Welcome back again folks! This week in our fifth interview @vermofftiss chats to @mizjoely about her love of lists, her fantasy season five finale, and reveals the truth about who really writes her stories...
Hi, @mizjoely here, chatting with @vermofftiss about my sherlolly writing and fandom experiences, and answering some questions submitted by a few other folks. I’ve been involved in fandom in one way or another since the early 1980s, which is also when I started writing fanfiction - for classic Doctor Who and Star Trek in its various incarnations.
@vermofftiss here, putting forward the aforementioned questions. I’ll also be trying to weasel some advice out of @mizjoely that I can use for my own writing, which has been a casual ongoing thing since I published my first sherlolly fic in 2014.
Vermofftiss: I think our first encounter was in the Sherlollychat in the fall of 2014, around the time I got onto AO3. Which means series 3 was five years ago. How does it feel knowing that series 4 was already two years ago? What’s changed in the time since it aired?
Mizjoely: Oh, I miss the sherlollychat, or at least I did until Channy came up with the discord version! It’s hard to fathom that so much time has passed since I joined the fandom! (I became active on tumblr in November 2013 after discovering Sherlolly earlier that same year, btw.) Series 3 was five years ago. Series 4 was two years ago. Crazy!
As for what’s changed since then, I’d have to say one positive thing is that the fandom wank has calmed way the hell down since S4…. Another change that I’ve seen is probably common to all fandoms over time - new writers and content creators have joined the fandom while (sadly) many others have moved on to other fandoms. Of course, that’s to be expected when your show is essentially over, but it’s still kind of sad to lose folks completely to other fandoms.
V: Which series was your favourite to play with as a writer? When did you really get into writing Sherlolly?
M: I would have to say Series 4 has definitely been a great series to write for - so much angst! The I love you! Mary Watson’s very sad death, Rosie Watson becoming a character, Mrs. Hudson showing us what a badass she is, and of course Eurus Holmes entering the picture. We might not have gotten as much Molly Hooper as we wanted, but the scenes we did get with her were tremendous and gave so much inspiration to me and many other writers.
I really got into Sherlolly as a ship after seeing TRF, as I’m sure is true with many folks - especially the “what do you need” scene. And it was so much fun to dive into the possibilities of life after Sherlock’s ‘death’ between Series 2 and 3, I consider that a real golden age of Sherlolly writing. My first published Sherlock/Sherlolly fic was “Conversations With A Dead Detective”, set Post Reichenbach, which according to fanfiction.net I published on 04/11/13 (so I’m nearly at my five year Sherlolly- versary, woo hoo!).
A quick look at my spreadsheet (don’t judge me, I love my lists) shows that I wrote or at least started 37 fics that year (one of which I’m still working on, yikes! - The World As We Know It, a vamp!lock fic). I’m currently sitting at almost 500 fics for Sherlolly, which still amazes me, that I could be that inspired by a pair of fictional characters! (For comparison, my second most prolific fandom is Doctor Who, for whom I wrote a total of 25 stories over a period of 20 years. And of those 25, only about a dozen were for my main ship, Five/Tegan).
V: A couple of questions from @ohaine -
1) Based on the sheer volume of your work, I have this theory that you’re actually some sort of artistic collective rather than just one person, please tell me I’m right!
M: You have discovered my secret: I'm actually four raccoons in a trenchcoat! Seriously though, until I was bitten by the Sherlolly bug, my output was much, much lower, even though I've been writing fanfics since the early 1980s. For example, I love the Zutara ship for Avatar: Last Airbender, but I only wrote three fics for that. I wrote about 25 fics for Doctor Who, and about the same amount for the various Star Treks (not including Khanolly). Nothing set my writing muse afire like Sherlolly, and I doubt anything ever will again.
and, 2) You write a lot of AUs, and I’m wondering what inspires them?
M: Considering that I started off as a strictly Canon Universe/Canon Compliant writer in all of my other fandoms, it still seems funny to me how much I enjoy writing and reading AUs now. I started reading them after finally running out of canon compliant fics to read and discovering how much fun it was to transplant the characters into a different universe. And that, of course, made me think about what sort of AUs I could fit Molly and Sherlock into.
In fact, the very first BBC Sherlock story I started to write (never finished or posted) was an AU because I was nervous about trying to write Sherlock and figured no one would complain too much about him being OOC if it was a fantasy setting. (I ended up taking the plunge on a canon universe post Reichenbach fic and posted that and a lot of other canon universe fics before returning to AUs.)
Wait, that doesn't answer the question! What inspires them? The same things that inspire all my writing: wanting to read a specific kind of fic and not being able to find it; fics that other authors have written that make me itch to put my own spin on the idea; dreams; books I've read or movies or TV shows I've watched...inspiration is everywhere when you really, really, really love a ship. (Gawd that's cheesy but it's true - no love, no writing fanfic, period end of paragraph.)
V: This past spring I finally got the nerve to start working on my first proper AU (not CC, CU, or UA) after sitting on the idea for about 3 years. Have you ever had to wait to be “ready” to start working on a concept? How much do you need to know about a project to get going on it?
M: I have absolutely had to wait to be ready to start working on a concept. My very first attempt at a Sherlolly fic (never finished or published) was going to be an AU because I was so intimidated by the idea of writing Sherlock Holmes in the canon universe set up by Moffat & Gatiss. I was terrified I wouldn’t get his voice right, that he would be too OOC for folks, that I wouldn’t be able to make him clever enough or that I’d mess things up a dozen different ways. So I started writing the AU instead, and in doing so (over a course of several months), I finally realized that no, I wanted to start off in the canon universe. Just trying to write him at all, in any setting, made me a little less intimidated by him. But I might never have written anything if I hadn’t started that abandoned AU. (And I look forward to seeing your AU when you’re ready to post it!)
V: Does reader feedback ever impact the plots of your stories or the building of your AUs?
M: It absolutely can, especially when someone leaves a comment that makes me think about my story in a different light. I won’t go so far as to say comments have caused me to redo anything on a larger scale (such as change the ending) but certainly I’ve thrown things into the fic or expanded on ideas expressed in a comment to make the story that much richer.
That’s one of the best things about being active in fandom - the interactions between readers and writers. Of course, the reverse can also be true - I remember needing a LOT of fan-friend coddling when some folks were unhappy with the ending of my story ‘Abandoned’ (i.e., my Molly let my Sherlock get off too easily). But you have to have thick skin to be a creator, and remember that not everyone likes the same things. And you also have to be able to say yes, I could have done this better, or if I had to do it over I’d do it differently. It’s all part of the creative process.
V: Are there any scenes or aspects that were cut from a story that you regretted leaving out at the end?
M: Not really. Most things that I cut have been vetted by my betas (shout-out to ALL betas for being willing to help you make your story better!) and jettisoning those things has always made my stories better. (Plus I keep a folder of scraps that got cut and periodically review those scraps to see if I might be able to salvage them.)
V: On top of being one of the better-known Sherlolly writers in the tag, you’re also the single person behind the Sherlollbrary. As much as I love to organize my life and everything else I can get my hands on, that’s not something I think I’d ever actually want to do. So what made you decide to start cataloguing Sherlolly fics?
M: My love of lists. Seriously, that’s it. I love making lists of things - like, how many stories did I write in 2013 for Sherlolly (37, as you now know!), how many one-shots have I written vs. multi-chapters, how many were prompts...and then I started seeing people doing lists of various tropes. The one that made me decided to start my Sherlollilists side blog was one put together for Sherlolly omegaverse stories. As more and more lists were created, edited, and added (I’m currently at 140 official lists, with more than a dozen unofficial lists), I decided it would nice to organize them all (not realizing quite what I was getting into!) as one spreadsheet, with other tropes and tags and keywords for folks to help narrow down their searches. It always give me a little thrill when I open the library and see folks are browsing, so I like to think it’s a useful tool (although I am looking forward to finishing it someday!)
@writingwife-83 asked: You work tirelessly to organize all the multitude of writing this ship produces, but how do you feel that affects you as a writer? Does it make you less interested in writing your own fics? Or does it tend to help get the wheels turning and inspire you?
M: I have to admit, sometimes curating the lists can completely put me off writing, simply due to feeling oversaturated. This is especially true when I am reading or skimming over fics that are, shall we say, not the best of the bunch. Or the times when I'm just pushing myself even if I'm not really enthusiastic about doing it. Those times, I've learned to just step back, which is why sometimes the lists don't get updated very quickly.
On the other hand, rereading a favorite or a forgotten gem can really get my creative juices flowing. At times like that, I fall back in love with the ship and the fandom all over again.
V: When you’re stuck with writer’s block or just a lack of motivation, does it help you more to reread an old fave or to go back through some of your own works? Have you noticed your style has changed much?
M: It does help, absolutely. It reminds me why I love this ship so much, and helps me reconnect with others in the fandom. People think of reading as passive and writing as solitary, but to me it’s an interactive process. Reading great fics, new can old, helps feed your creativity. And nowadays the internet helps so much as well - there are awesome resources and fandom spaces to talk to other folks about their works and your own, reminding you that you’re not creating in a vacuum. (And I REALLY love the cheerleading section of the Sherlolly Discord site. That can help unstick my creativity like nobody’s business!)
As for my style changing - yeah, it definitely has. I feel like my writing has become more streamlined and less clunky since I first started. I still do a lot of semicolon abuse but at this point I’ve decided that’s just my style and will likely never change.
Thanks for the excellent questions and for letting me ramble on!
V: I’m sure we can do a lot more rambling if left on the trail. How about one last one: In the currently hypothetical series 5, how would you continue the story from where it left off?
M: Oooh, good one! If I was in charge we would see that Sherlock and Molly are continuing their relationship, culminating with a wedding at the end of the third episode. But since I’m not in charge, I’m thinking that Mofftiss would give us some subtle hints, like John casually mentioning to Sherlock that he and Rosie can’t join ‘them’ for dinner that night for whatever reason. And maybe some small changes to 221B to show hints that someone else spends time there other than Sherlock and the Watsons - a cherry patterned pillow, perhaps? A Bart’s ID card with a woman’s picture to show that no, it isn’t one Sherlock nicked to get access to a place he otherwise couldn’t get to? A woman’s coat hanging next to Sherlock’s? Something like that. And some private smiles between Sherlock and Molly, little things like that. Enough to give us hope but not enough to give us proof! They do like to tease that way!
Non-shipwise, I think Eurus would make a return because come on, how do you leave a character like that catatonic? I also think they would return to ACD canon to revise a few more cases for the modern age, and maybe (maybe!) have John start dating again (especially if they’re so married to canon that they killed Mary off - since John seems to have been married at least twice, they would probably explore that option).
I know, that last part is a bit vague but honestly? I hope they surprise the hell out of us in a good way if we ever get that fifth series!
Next Week, Friday March 22nd, @ashockinglackofsatin talks to @sunken-standard
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Fictober18 #22 - “I know how you love to play games.”
This is today’s entry for fictober. I’m going to try to post a short story every day during October based on a quote provided by the organizer of Fictober18. All stories will be from Arrow based on the Olicity Fandom.
Today’s quote is “I know how you love playing games.” An AU where Felicity and Caitlin go see the Starling City Rockets hockey game and take a special interest in some of the hockey players. Also available on AO3.
Ever since Felicity moved to Starling City from Las Vegas a couple of years ago, her roommate had been bugging her to go to a hockey game. Las Vegas didn’t have a hockey team when she was growing up so she knew nothing about hockey other than Caitlin loved it. So, when Caitlin suggested for the third time that week that they try for tickets for Saturday night’s game, Felicity caved.
The Starling City Rockets were the team to beat this year, the city was abuzz with excitement. An excitement that Felicity was now in the middle of. Felicity and Caitlin had just taken their seats after getting some beer and chips. Caitlin really should have mentioned the snacks earlier, it would have gotten her here sooner.
“Great, we made it before puck drop. In case you are wondering we are going for the guys in red.” Caitlin pointed at the ice.
“Haha. I’ve watched enough games at home with you to know that. I Googled the team today, Oliver Queen, the captain is quite the womanizer.” Felicity took a sip of beer.
“Felicity Smoak, look at you reading the gossip pages. I thought you had no interest in that kind of thing.” Caitlin laughed.
“I don’t. It’s just when you Google Starling City Rockets all these pictures of Oliver Queen appear, each with a different model. That guy gets around, it’s just an observation.” Felicity defended herself.
“Or maybe he just has his picture taken a lot.” Caitlin turned to look at Felicity. “#15 is Barry Allen, we grew up together. He speaks highly of Queen. Says he’s a class act. That the papers get wrong. I tend to believe him.”
“Woah. Sorry, I didn’t mean to attack your friend’s friend.” Felicity smiled teasingly at Caitlin. “Clearly, Barry would know way more than me. The only thing I feel confident saying is Oliver Queen is not hard on the eyes. I hope he’s as good at hockey as he is good looking.”
“Well, if you’d like to meet him in person. I have an open invitation to after game drinks thanks to Barry.” Caitlin said hopefully.
“Let’s see how the game goes. You might be able to persuade me.” Felicity smiled turning her attention back to the game.
*****
By the end of the second period, Felicity was hooked. Jumping up, screaming at the refs. As the buzzer rang she turned to Caitlin. “I’m going to run up to get something, you need anything?”
Caitlin shook her head. “I’m just going to text Barry to tell him congrats on the goal. I’ll also let him know that we might see him for drinks later.”
“There’s no might. I’m in.” Felicity smiled, heading up the steps.
Felicity came back with Starling City Rockets jersey for her and Caitlin. Queen for her and Allen for Caitlin. Caitlin was shocked. “Hey, we have to support our team. Before you ask, I only had the one beer.”
“I’ve created a monster.” Caitlin laughed as she slipped on her new jersey.
“It’s just that I never really paid attention to what was going on before. But now,” Felicity smiled. “I love it!”
“I don’t know what’s come over you but I love it.” Caitlin smiled.
Felicity jumped up cheering. “Did you see that? Queen scored his third goal! That seems impressive. Is it impressive?”
Caitlin laughed. “Yes, it is impressive. It’s called a hat trick. You can congratulate him at the bar.”
Felicity wasn’t sure if she’d have the nerve to talk to Queen at the bar. She’d never been great talking to guys, clearly, this guy liked models. At 5’4 no one would ever mistake her for a model.
*****
The Rockets ending up winning 6-2. It was a very exciting game, Felicity enjoyed part of the happiness in the crowd. They stopped in the bathroom to freshen up before heading out. Felicity looked at herself in the mirror in her oversized jersey, jeans, hair in a ponytail. She pulled the tie out of her hair, used the water from the tap to help straighten it out. Finally, she replaced her red lipstick. It matched the jersey but she still wasn’t sure. She turned to Caitlin as she exited one of the bathroom stalls. “Do you think we should wear our jerseys?”
“Oh, we are definitely wearing our jerseys! The boys will love them.” Caitlin washed her hands, then reapplied her lipstick. “Plus, we look super cute.”
*****
When they walked into the bar it was packed solid with fans who were screaming over the loud music. This wasn’t Felicity’s usual scene but Caitlin was so excited and she was high on adrenaline from the win.
Caitlin led the way through the crowded bar. Felicity held onto her friend’s purse strap to ensure she wasn’t lost in the crowd. Just when Felicity started to feel claustrophobic, they were led into the VIP section.
A tall thin guy approached them as soon as they entered. “Caitlin so nice to see you. So glad you made it to the game.” Then he turned to Felicity. “You must be Felicity, I’m Barry Allen.”
“Nice to meet you,” Felicity smiled, nervous to meet a hockey player in real life. “Congrats on your win and your goal, I cheered.” I cheered? Felicity could kick herself.
Barry smiled at them both. “Thanks for your support. You look good in red.”
“Oh, the jerseys were Felicity’s treat. Check it out.” She turned to show Barry his name on the back of her jersey.
“Wow!” Barry was practically beaming with pride. He turned to Felicity, “does yours say Allen too?”
Felicity shook her head, turning to reveal Queen on the back of her jersey. “Well, it’s good to know I have at least one supporter.” Said a voice that clearly wasn’t Barry’s. Felicity began to blush. Oliver Queen was right behind her. She wasn’t sure she could turn around. Mini freakout happening.
“Oliver Queen, so nice to meet you. I’m Caitlin Snow and this my friend,” Caitlin tugged Felicity’s arm forcefully to turn her around. “Felicity Queen, I mean Smoak. Her last name is Smoak.”
Felicity forced herself to look up at Oliver Queen. Yup, he was even better looking in person. “Hi.” She said so softly he may not have heard her.
Oliver smiled. “Can I get you ladies a drink?”
“Two beers please,” Caitlin spoke up. Felicity nodded. Oliver left to get the drinks. Caitlin turned to Barry. “Can you excuse us for a quick second? Promise we will be right back.” Caitlin led Felicity away from the crowd. “What is up with you? This could be your chance. Forget about my slip. You look amazing, you are a smart and unbelievable catch. You should let Oliver Queen know that.”
Felicity smiled at her friend. “You really are the best, you know.”
Caitlin chuckled. “I know. Now go help Oliver with the drinks.” She gave Felicity a friendly push toward the bar.
*****
Felicity got the bar just as Oliver was turned with the drinks. “I thought, thought I’d help you.” Felicity managed to stumble over her words. “Great game tonight. I know how you love to play games. Not play games, games. Hockey games, I mean. You got the hat trick.”
Oliver smiled. Felicity Smoak was adorable and so real. She was unlikely any of the women he met in his profession. She was just lovely. “Yes, I got lucky scoring a hat trick at the game you were at.”
“It was actually my first hockey game ever. Caitlin had to explain it all to me. But I really enjoyed it. Thank you for the hockey game and the beer.” She took a sip of beer to stop saying embarrassing things. There something about this guy that made her want to talk but yet unable to talk at the same time. So many feels.
“You are very welcome, I’m glad you enjoyed the game. I hope you come again.” He handed Caitlin her beer before taking a sip of his own. He turned back to Felicity, “Do you want to sit over there where it’s not so loud?”
Felicity nodded, following him to a table a little out of the way but still with eyeshot of Caitlin and Barry.
Oliver pulled out a chair for her to sit. “So you know, I’m a hockey player. What do you do?”
“Oh, I’m the CEO of Smoak Consolidated.” Felicity wasn’t sure if she should have told him that. Her grandmother always told her not to tell men how smart she was. She claimed that’s why Felicity was still single.
“Wow. That’s really impressive. I’ve heard of your company. You make the spinal implants, right?” Oliver suddenly realized this woman was out of his league. But he wanted to try anyway. It just felt right talking to her. “Does your company take outside investments? I run a few charities, I’m always looking for a worthy cause, I have to say I was already thinking about your chips. They really are a miracle. It’s truly an honour to meet the woman behind them.”
“Wow. Thank you. I’m surprised you heard of my company but equally flattered. Yes, the chips cost a great deal of money to produce. I keep trying to lower the cost so they are affordable to the everyday person but so far I haven’t been able to do that. We should talk when you have time, I know you travel a lot. I can tell you some ways you may be able to help.” Felicity felt lightheaded. He seemed impressed, genuinely interested in the chip.
“Why don’t you give me your phone, I’ll give you my number.” Oliver quickly typed his number in then handed it back. “We are on the road for the next week starting Saturday. But I can meet you tomorrow or when I get back. I understand tomorrow is short notice.” Oliver really hoped she said yes to tomorrow. First, he’d set up his investment then he’d ask her out. He didn’t want it to appear as the two were connected.
Felicity quickly looked down at her phone. “I can do a late lunch at two o’clock if that works for you? Yikes!”
“Yikes?” Oliver couldn’t help but ask.
“Yes, I apparently have a nine am meeting tomorrow. I should get going. Do you mine coming downtown for lunch? I really have to run.” Felicity stood up, looking around for Caitlin.
“Hey,” Oliver grabbed her hand. “I’ll help you find her.”
“Thanks.” Felicity looked at him with relief. “I’m sorry, I just realized I need to review a report before the meeting.”
“No apologies necessary.” They began walking through the bar still holding hands. Felicity hadn’t pulled away which made him smile. “There they are.” Caitlin and Barry were playing pool.
“Thank you so much, Oliver. I’ll see you tomorrow. I look forward to working together.” As she turned to leave she noticed they were still holding hands. Felicity blushed, Oliver released her hand.
As he watched her walk over to Caitlin and Barry. He was already thinking of ways to keep Felicity Smoak in his life.
To be continued tomorrow :)
Hope you enjoyed. I’m going to tag a few people. Let me know if you want to be tagged or untagged!
@mindramblingsfics @memcjo @mel-loves-all @wherethereissmoak @green-arrows-of-karamel @spaztronautwriter @wrldtravler @tdgal1 @vaelisamaza @oliverfel4 @lucyyh @swordandarrow @smoaking-greenarrow @it-was-a-red-heeler @miriam1779 @coal000 @blondeeoneexox @laurabelle2930 @loutendiena @oliverandhisqueen @crys4728
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WIP Challenge
I got tagged by @kikithedeceiver to do this!
Challenge: post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous.
Here’s the thing. I don’t have many separate WIP files; most of them are in one huge doc. and most of the separate wip files are... pretty dead? but ok whatevs. under a read more since it’s long...... and my ego won’t let me skip snippets hjkhkhk thanks for the idea Kiki
From my main miscellaneous folder:
50 Grades of Steele. 1 and a half chaps of a role-flipped 50 Shades of Grey rewrite (i haven’t read the books so I extra don’t care about the characters lol). why do i still have it i’ve lost interest.... *side eyes her entire wip ecosystem*
...Then I see my interview subject, seated at her desk.
"Mr. Grey. I'm pleased to meet you."
And I stop breathing. [end CH1]
[open CH2) I forgot to mention something: I exaggerate occasionally. But I'm not now. I literally stop breathing for a few seconds. A thousand thoughts are racing through my mind, which doesn't help my chest stop seizing, but the main problem here is that Anastasia Steele is quite possibly the most beautiful woman I've ever seen.
Fanfic idea masterlist. my most active file and where I keep most of my WIPS, unless they get too “large”. Organized by fandom. lotta stuff i keep passing by & may as well be dead but don’t wanna delete. here’s a zero-draft snippet of probably the next chapter of my G-rated yukyoru fic collection
He grabbed a pillow and placed it to his chest, grabbed her arm, and yanked her to him, praying his idea would work.
Seconds passed and he didn't transform. He put his arms around her gingerly. Should he try to immobilize her or would that make it worse?
She made the decision for him. "Mom," she sobbed, clutching him with an iron grip. "N-Need to help...!"
His stomach dropped to his shoes.
Thudding footsteps announced Yuki's arrival. "What's wrong?! Honda-san--"
He didn't say "What did you do?" The thought raced by and Kyo said, "Grab a pillow and help me!"
As Yuki positioned the pillow and himself without having to ask, Kyo said, "She won't wake up. I don't know what to do!"
"Night terror," Yuki said tightly. He was too close but it almost didn't matter. "Not much you can do besides wait."
MayxWard BDSM fic
agents of SHIELD. mix of notes and actual writing. kind of a half AU.
Melinda climbed into the driver's side and buckled in, then started up the car. "If you've not ridden on the left before you might have motion sickness. It's normal. Just close your eyes until—" She paused as she looked at him; his hands shook so much he couldn't manage the seatbelt. "Here, let me."
"Thanks," he muttered with a sigh, looking rueful.
Modern AU Zelink. What it says on the tin~ Teenage-ish Zelink, with a mash of supporting characters from other games. another mix of notes and fic.
Link wasn't sleeping tonight. Tonight was the night he'd been planning for and awaiting for weeks. He was going on a quest: the quest to meet Princess Zelda.
She wasn't really a princess, of course. That was just her nickname. Zelda Nohansen was Hyrule's sweetheart, the most sought-after young actress in the movie business. And Link had fallen in love with her the first time he'd seen her, two years ago in a tiny theater in Kakariko.
PMMMfic homumado. Madoka Magica. AU, been around since about an hour after I finished the series (5 years yikes, still gotta watch Rebellion). Homura's time power still somewhat involved, but Mami's an adult, everyone's at a boarding school (I think?) where ~things aren't as they first seem~ and Madoka has mysterious powers and night terrors. just notes at the moment.
SoubixHitomi. Loveless. 3 unfinished/dead first-person Shinonome-senseixSoubi snippets, all of ‘em spicy.
yvy abo. Yuri On Ice. Yuri (Katsuki!!)/Victor/Yuko(!!?!), my attempt at. well. omegaverse(!!!!!!!). orignally started as part of a “bad YOI fic” bigbang and now I’m taking it seriously dgdgfg. Alpha Yuko.
“Please, please stop,” she whispered, like saying it aloud would make any difference. But the pressure in her head kept building. Her limbs had begun to itch restlessly.
And Victor wouldn’t let go of her hand.
With the last scrap of her control, she straddled him quickly and kissed him awake.
Even in half-sleep he arched to meet her, and when he opened his eyes sapphire blue had already turned stormy with lust.
yvy canonfuturefic. Yuko-focused following of canon, or: how canon can I keep YOI while still rareship OT3ing it. She and Yuri fall in and out of love, in between falling for Victor. Victuri is still my life I swear
“You have got to watch this,” she tells Yuri. She watches Yuri’s face instead of the video, having seen it at least forty times by now.
Yuri’s eyes transform into beacons of awe, and Yuko swallows around her rapid heartbeat, breaths coming too short. She sees everything she’s feeling and more on his face. She remembers that she loves him, that he’s real and here and more important than the beautiful boy on her phone who’s trying to pull her under to a scary new world.
ZnT ot3 bdsm AU. Zankyou no Terror, 9/12/Lisa. mix of notes and fic, not just PWP. in heavy need of editing bc a lot was inspired by a non-spicy book.
“But it’s not just me. It’s everyone. You need everyone because you have no idea how to need yourself. Or even how to be yourself.”
“You’re wrong.” The force and volume of her voice shocked her and pushed her onward. “You and Touji. I don’t need anyone except you and Touji! Because you both taught me how to be myself-- no, how to find that on my own. I know exactly who I am, and that me isn’t complete without both of you!” She could feel the tears streaming down her face, yet somehow her voice didn’t waver. She felt so full of conviction she could burst into flames. “Don’t you understand, Arata? We’re all meant to be together.”
From my SnK folder:
Cave of the Crystal Maiden (working title). Aruani. Modern AU. MMORPG shenanigans with a dollop of magical realism/supernatural. Just notes. @portraitofa-girl suggested “meeting online” and it’s been there literally for years oh lord im sorry. no fic yet, just notes.
Falling Anthem (working title) Modern AU Levihan, art student Hange and young professor Levi. just notes. fic one in a planned series. also has been years ;_;
Raindrops and Soft Steps. Jearmin. unsurprisingly, modern AU.
One morning, when Jean looks out of his bedroom window, he sees a boy dancing across the street. In the street, to be exact. There wouldn't be anything unusual about that, Jean supposes, except it's raining cats and dogs outside.
In my IAMXfic folder (fff i almost skipped this):
2ndPOVCalberto (DO NOT CORRUPT WITH HET) ChrisxAlberto? not much to say?? yes i know they’re real people??? which applies to everything after this oh my god *crawls under desk*
Of course she knows; she is annoyingly perceptive when it comes to romance. The only thing preventing you from asking her (like a fucking lovestruck teenager) if Alberto likes you back is emptying that beer bottle. By then the only thing on your mind is ordering another.
CalbertImmi. i can’t even keep my poly shit outta RPF ahaha omhg
Imogen has a conversation with her lover's lover. (AlbertImmi, sequel to...)
Imogen finds herself in an unenviable position. (emerging CalbertImmi)
Alternate summaries (CC POV, first fic?):
Chris loves two people. He doesn't want to choose.
Chris has fallen in love a few times in his life. But he's never fallen for two people at once. (Chris also isn't good at choosing.)
ChrisxJ. several self-insert fics bc CC is just that powerful, apparently. haven’t looked at the file in a long time,,,,,
He started calling people to the stage with him, and one by one, my row emptied.
"Come on, yeah, come on," he was saying, waving his hand in an inviting gesture and grinning like a little kid. "Hey, you want to?" I did a double take.
"Me?" I mouthed, pointing at myself just to be sure. He nodded, smiling wider.
So it was that I walked unsteadily down the ramp and waited in line, feeling like I didn’t belong there. Soon I was next in line. What would I say? What would I do? I was sure if I opened my mouth I’d either burst into tears or faint.
Genderswapped IAMX sci-fi. The sci-fi was inspired by a word prompt, genderswapping by my own brain. (play spot the Immi lmao)
Across the aisle, Sam rolled his eyes. “Leave Chris alone; she’s nervous.”
“And put on your own seatbelt, Johann,” shouted Jess, two seats back and in Sam’s aisle.
Patrick turned to look at Chris. “Subspace travel is a bitch,” he said simply, and turned back to his book.
“Oh, I feel much less nervous now,” Chris said with a sardonic grin. “How do you know that, anyway?”
"I'm not exactly what I seem to be." He didn’t look up.
Chriimmi (While I Was Gone inspired). Chris/Imogen, inspired by scenes from Sue Miller’s While I Was Gone.
"You really ought not to do that, you know," he said softly.
"Do what?"
"Sneak up on me."
My eyes slid from his face. "I didn't mean to. It just... happened."
"Mm." I glanced back at him; he wore a lopsided smile. "Not that I minded." The tension was so strong the air nearly vibrated with it, yet I held my tongue, terrified that I was the only one feeling it. He took a breath, deep, nearly rising on his toes. "No. I didn't mind at all." He took my hand, circled his thumb over the back. My breath caught as I felt it, as I watched him looking down at our hands.
Chriimmi bathtub dream. dream inspired Chris/Immi smut.
Chriimmi twitter. twitfic plus some, inspired from an actual tweet iamx made that i’m still not over.
@ imogenheap Come sing your lovely lyrics with us in London. @ IAMX misses you. CCx
ChrisxImmi main. grab bag of Chriimmi I was too lazy to put into separate docs.
“What do you think?” She grinned, twirling.
He cleared his throat. “Ah, I-Imogen, what are you wearing?”
“Well, I didn’t want to clash with your theme… Janine helped me. Does it work?”
Scandalously short skirt, midriff-baring top, knee-high boots.
“You’re trying to kill me, aren’t you? You’re trying to fucking kill me.”
Her grin only widened, even though a blush had started.
Fic edit chriimmi ver. yeah. editing someone else’s original fic to be chrimmi. either never posting or editing the frick out of. ~_~
He kissed her neck, whispered into it, “I love you.”
Imogen laughed. “Bollocks,” she said lazily.
”I do!” Chris protested. She looked down at him, nestled on her shoulder. He looked back, open, a little adoring. “I fell in love with you halfway through the show; I sang every note just for you.”
”Oh, please. You couldn’t have seen me.”
”No,” he said. “But I knew you were out there… I knew it had been you the minute I saw you backstage.”
Hospital Chriimmi. In which my guilty feeling over RPF are even worse bc of the inspiration ^_^U
“Ms. Heap. What a pleasant surprise.” It’s surprising, how well she remembers his voice.
“Mr. Corner, what have you got yourself into?”
“Oh, just a bit of lingering insomnia. You know how it is.”
She takes a seat in the chair near his bed, crossing her legs. “Well, I’ve certainly had a sleepless night here and there, but I’ve never ended up in hospital from it. So no, I don’t suppose I do know.” Her tone is light, but her smile has begun to crack.
ImmixChris genderbend smut. the my secret friend video is... fertile material. have not actually written the smut yet.
...he saw us as characters– we put on those clothes and become separate from ourselves, removed. Whereas I simply felt like myself in men’s clothes, and instead of feeling what He felt for Her, I just kept right on feeling what I felt for Chris, amplified to a distracting level.
ReluctantdommeImmixSubCC. ...shrug emoji? notes and uh. visualizing.
Vampire Chriimmi. based on a dream. smutty. inspired by True Blood so wow that’s old.
From my Markipairings folder:
demon dream. markiplier self insert...... ughhhhhhhh o///o
"You can have me," I tell the creature. "But this one," I jerk my head toward Mark, "comes with me. He's mine, you see." A bold proclamation to make, but in the moment I know that the truth in those words surpasses everything I've ever said. He is mine, and saying the thought out loud fills me with courage. He squeezes my hand, two short and a long one so strong I think he might break it.
I know we’ll win.
DommeJujY. same as above, same as the next four. smutty.
Fight team AU. i forget where i got this one from. vaguely inspired by loveless i guess.
The first clear thought I had was, He shouldn't have gone ahead of me. The second one was, I should have been able to protect him. But these came later, after the rage went away, after I hugged him and apologized, after I bandaged him…
Gaming meetcute. i win some contest or whatever to secretly tagteam w/ Mark. stuff happens and yeah......
The adrenaline surges through my veins as I take in the scene. Mark's avatar is flailing around, backed into a corner by some Eldritch Abomination and holy shit, the graphics in this game are amazing.
"This is not good, I can't move, I can't move…"
There's a voice in the back of my head screaming to shut the game down, to get that horrible thing off the screen. I ignore it.
Markinpanties. .......smut.
shifter-slight sci-fi AU. shrug emoji.
I looked up from the ground and saw I was heading straight for a brick wall. There was no time to slow down. I braced for impact...
It didn't happen. I opened my eyes and found myself in a café.
What.
Looking behind me, I saw a door. On impulse I walked over and opened it; the tree-lined street I could see through the glass was indeed there. No brick wall to smack my face into. Bewildered, I turned around and looked for a seat, choosing one near a window.
Gouldiplier~. master doc of ficbits of my cracky mccrackship, MarkiplierxEllie Goulding.
I check my phone during break time again. My selfie has been liked and retweeted thousands of times, and I shake my head in disbelief; I don't think that will ever stop surprising me, deep down. To make things even better, Mark's liked it! I'm in the middle of a happy jig when I realize there's a text from him and a squeak of joy slips from me.
hellooo gorgeous
looks like you're having fun. Hope the shoot's going great! <3
I quickly send a reply. it has been. Be glad when it's done tho. Missin u lots xo
Markipicbunnies. fanart of Mark for Gouldiplier insipration. photographer au.
"Ms. Goulding, I'm really not sure about this…"
"I produce pictures that are intimate because I'm an intimate being, Mark." Ellie looked at him directly, a hint of a smile shaping her lips. "Deep down, I think you are too. We just need to draw you out a bit."
showersexgouldiplier. WELP. IT’S SMUT.
Also I have folders for my 2010/11 nanowrimo novel that are kinda still WIPs but also kinda not
i’m gonna tag.... @kippielovesyou @kiridork and @mistergrass and anyone else who wants to do this can too :3
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hey did you see chloes instagram about how sadness was coming and her eyes were insanely swollen? im really nervous that fitzsimmons is gonna die, one of them at least, because who else would leave other than iain who has been filming for something else and it also explains why gemma looks so sad in the poster. im kind of freaking out. do you think theyd do that???
Yikes I knew id end up getting a question like that. So as you are currently one of four in my inbox, and I don’t want to repeat my thoughts here’s everything that is going through my head since I saw her instagram post.
1. Yes i think someone is dying. She said it was sad which carries the connotation, especially how she said it, that it is bad.
2. That type of crying and look on her face screams that it’s a death to me and that it’s of someone close on the cast. You don’t look like that for someone who isn’t a regular. That was very much the look of saying goodbye to someone you’ve been with for a while.
3. Yes i am concerned about FS. For a few reasons other’s have voiced. 1. I don’t believe they’d kill Mac. He had an almost death scare recently, it would be silly to do that again and he really is the only ass kicking super macho man on the show. 2. Yoyo just became a regular. It wouldn’t make sense to kill her off. 3. Coulson is the head of show essentially, it was literally built off of his character presence in the existing Marvel movies. 4. Daisy is really the icon of the show. The main superhero and Chloe is too in love with her job to want to leave. 5. So that leaves FS. Who some people before this were already concerned about because they thought the “I don’t want to live another day without you” line sounded already slightly ominous when said. And I’m scared because while Fitz is an amazing unique character. His skills could be replaced. Same with Jemma.
HOWEVER! And i want to make this perfectly clear, i don’t in my heart think that SMART people would kill either one of FS. Here’s why.
1. Iain was filming for a movie. So don’t even worry about that as it’s over and now in post production.
2. It is literally awful writing. Can you imagine someone after 5 years getting the two of those finally together and engaged after continuously toying with the audience regarding separation. Having Fitz make that huge beautiful speech. Literally having him say that he refused to let anything get in the way for them to kill him off. As a writer I want to be clear that I think that is ABSOLUTE trash writing if that were to happen. An Unbiased awful premise honestly.
3. They are the heart of the show. I really dont care what anyone says there is a HUGE part of this fandom that watches because of these two. Without them I imagine ratings and viewership would do absolutely awful. It’s not a smart business move. Which brings me into my next point.
4. They have put too much stock into it. First off they gave it to Clark Gregg for his directional debut. It was something that they knew was a long time coming. All the cast were so absolutely excited about it. Lil wouldn’t stop liking stuff about Fitzsimmons. Marvel made a video dedicated to the ship and tweeted about it multiple times. They had a panel just for these two because of the fandom support. The ratings ticked up just because of this recent episode. Chloe made comments about how many cute moments were coming and said she wanted to be involved in the wedding. Lil mentioned the wedding. Iain mentioned he didn’t see them ever breaking up. Literally all the cast and the people who support the show both as staff and as financial backers, have mentioned Fitzsimmons in positive light.
5. Iain has been that way since day one. He is shy and not really involved in anything something social media related. Nothing has changed. And because he’s shy and doesn’t really put himself out there into the public eye I can’t imagine he’d want to leave the comfort of a role and a cast he knows so well and start over in whole new position somewhere else. Just doesn’t seem like someone with his personality would opt out to do.
So overal, yes I’m nervous. And as much as I love Daisy and I love Chloe who plays her I will say I really find it a little bit of a bad decision to have put that out there but who knows maybe it will attract viewers or some shit. But overall I can confidently say that at the end of the day I dont think they’d do that and if they did, then they really have become horrible storytellers and quite frankly a little bit wicked in their ways because continuation wise it makes no storytelling sense to do so.
THOUGHTS that anyone else would like to add?
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ummm…..hi
yeahh i know i got quiet on literally every platform i exist and i have no idea how to come back from that. i didn’t want to suddenly resume posting as if nothing had happened. the amount of inbox notifications tell me some of you might know what‘s going on since my friends posted about it and tbh i’m too nervous to read them right now i’m already a little anxious about writing this but i owe an explanation especially since my last 2 posts from 3 months ago (now deleted) were quite worrying, i guess? i initially planned on posting this a while back but the original thing was written on a particularly bad day so it was just one long super depressing vent ahaha. also school got in the way and more stuff happened so i just couldn’t be bothered with rewriting. today is a better day so it’s best if i do this now.
a lot went down around the third week of september; i don’t want to go into specific details since most of it is done and over with but it lead me to attempt suicide, and i can’t really say that i’m 100% fine now even though it’s been almost 3 months but i’m definitely feeling better in comparison to how i was handling everything at the start (ESPECIALLY during october god i was a big fucking M E S S™). it's a slow progress and there is still much to work on. i was told only a handful of people knew about this but all the looks i got when i came back to uni made me feel in the spotlight. i was extremely guilty and ashamed and i still am, i apologize profusely even if i’m told it’s not my fault. some of my friends became distant, going as far as refusing to even talk to me and i...really don’t handle rejection well, it’s one of my biggest fears. i also had to take a break from all my online platforms because i knew if i kept coming back and ignoring what was going on irl rather than doing something it would make things worse.
the problem i have with the most is that despite my efforts to “keep going” life just keeps hitting me with one thing after the other. i try to handle them but i'm starting to feel futile, you know? like nothing i do is helping so i wonder what i doing wrong. even though i told myself i wouldn’t do it, and i swear, i don’t want to go through the aftermath again, there are still nights where i come close after a really bad experience and it scares me sometimes. but like….i’m just really grateful to have forced myself into stop being a little shit about getting help bc honestly, the initial recovery fucking sucked.
OK WOW aside from that, sorry for all the bad boods rn yikes the vent’s over i promise ;v; i’m just not in a position where anything is fun?? not even my favs or whatever because god all that’s been on my nerves recently, i had some bad encounters with members of one of my biggest fandoms so i’m just turned off by the whole thing now i have no idea what to enjoy lmao. it’s also exam season and holy shit i'm dying scoob. i’ll follow up when i’m not drowning in papers because i need to do a mass post clean up for my blogs since they’re all messes, maybe change their themes too, and my friends who I left my bd dio and worldy blog to didn’t post anything because “we can’t do it without you” smh haha so now i have to deal with that as well
so yea if you’re still reading ty for your time sorry for being an xxl fool, leaving my last two posts here like that was a bit of a dick move on my part but i just didn’t want to open any of my social media. and to my friends and mutuals who haven’t forgotten about me *muah muah* i don’t deserve you why do you still follow me fjshfhs;’ ;A; kthnx à bientôt.
#under the cut bc yikes sorry yall this is a bit long#// suicide mention#when will things stop happening to me lol!!#i'll b back soon. maybe. idk hopefully after my final papers are done
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Here’s my breakdown of what happened at C2E2!
I spent Friday attending professional panels for the comics industry, which probably deserves a post of its own, but I don't think anyone is interested in me talking shop. But Saturday was devoted to Agents of SHIELD stuff with Iain and Liz. I had an amazing time and so many awesome things happened. Truly it was the best con experience I’ve ever had and, as @bigfunnywords (HEY Tumblr finally let me tag you!) said, I lived my best life. I'll try to do the tl;dr version but this will probably get long.
Putting the rest behind a cut for your scrolling convenience.
So first thing in the morning I met up with some cosplay friends of mine and also the lovely @whatlighttasteslike and @nanorii, and we went straight to Iain's autograph line. We were pretty near the front. I think we were all highkey nervous but trying to stay chill. I forget which one of us went first up to his table--I think it was my friend Karen--but Iain saw that she was dressed as Jemma, then saw me and my other friend right behind her also dressed as Jemma, and he got REALLY excited and was like "omg, look at all of you, you’re great, come here! I want to take a picture for Liz."
So yeah, that's how we ended up on Iain's phone. Friendly reminder to myself that that actually happened.
I've kinda blanked on some of what we talked about when it was my turn to go through, because I was so nervous, but I thanked him for how they depicted Fitz's recovery from his brain injury in season 2. I have a chronic stutter, and while that is nowhere near a TBI, there's some similarities when it comes to difficulty communicating, and I appreciated how they showed that. Ironically, I don't think I stuttered at all while I was talking to him (small mercies), but whatever. Then he signed my artwork, which he loved (I'm still laughing at his "I concur!" and arrow on the painting Liz signed last year). Then he shook my hand and I went off to the side to wait for the rest of the Tumblr gang.
While we were waiting, Liz came out to her table, and @nanorii told me to turn around--Iain was pointing and waving for me and my friends to come back over so he could show us off to Liz (and he was excited AGAIN). So that happened too. Good times.
We got in line for Liz after that but staff said we probably wouldn't make it through before their panel, so we all went and got in line for that. It got delayed a bit because during the panel before theirs (Stan Lee), the projector started smoking and they had to evacuate the room. Yikes. As a result, Iain and Liz's panel had to run short, but it was excellent. I know it’s online and you’ve all seen it now, but they're both so funny and it was really nice to see how well they get along with each other. So many good one-liners. So many good giffable (?) moments.
After that, we went back to Liz's line. The first words out of her mouth when she saw me was "that is a REALLY expensive jacket!" (Bahaha she knows.) Me: “Wanna know how much I paid for it?” Liz: “Yes and no!” She boggled when I told her how much I got it for (waaaaay below retail price), we commiserated over the Murder Heels and she complimented the flats I got to replace them, and she told me I looked awesome (yay!). She really liked the Science March art I had her sign (both she and Iain screamed a little when I gave them their copies to keep). OH--and I told her that I was the artist whose work she tweeted back in January without knowing who'd done it, and she yelled a bit. I love her, she's so nice and genuinely excited about everything.
I also got to see @whatlighttasteslike give Iain and Liz their fandom message scrapbooks, which was so sweet. That’s her story to tell, but they both looked genuinely touched to receive them, and I was so happy. We did good! And wasn’t Liz’s video message lovely?
Photo op time! Iain was like "Simmons!" when I came in and I asked if he was cool with hugs, but I still can't believe I actually did that. I think it turned out okay.
I should mention at this point in time that in the morning we'd learned that one of the booths on the con floor had a live capuchin monkey, and we were like SOMEONE NEEDS TO TELL IAIN. So when I went back for my duo photo op, I was just outside the booth curtain when THE MONKEY ARRIVED. So, I got to see Iain take photos with the monkey, which I know we’ve all seen by now too. It was sitting on his shoulder and kinda beating him on the head with an empty plastic bottle, but even though he was kinda like “uh help” he looked SO thrilled. When the handler came to take the monkey back, both Iain and Liz gave it scratches and they were all smiles. Best reason for a photo op holdup ever. Honestly I feel blessed to have witnessed it.
After the photo ops, we all started to go our separate ways. After awhile of walking the floor (looking for the booth with the monkey, actually), me and one of my cosplay friends ended up near the autograph tables again, saw that hardly anyone was in Iain's line, so we decided to go and say hi again.
It was really nice; we got to chat for about five minutes or so. He was drinking a beer when we came up (LMAO) so the conversation between us, Iain, and his handler went like beer > beer at cons > party cons with more alcohol > no Iain this is not a party con > DRAGONCON. I think me and his handler actually warmed Iain up to considering DC (he asked if there were more costumes at DragonCon, and said it sounded interesting), though when I told him that Brett had attended last year, he was like “mmm nope sorry I don’t think I can do it.” (What a troll.) Then we talked about the monkey some--Iain said he had actually met it before the photo op and fed it cheese popcorn, and honestly I don't think I've ever heard anyone sound so delighted about something. I told him the show is stressing me the hell out but he’s so good at playing evil, and he just laughed and said it’s been fun to do. After that he watched his handler tease me about where I live and where I'm originally from in Alabama (he's from Birmingham as well) (”do you live in Montgomery on purpose?” “No.”) (Iain was like lol whaaaaaat). Then some other people came up so we said our goodbyes, he gave us each a high five, wished us a safe trip home, and that was that.
So that was basically my experience. I am SO glad I was able to attend, and that I got to see and hang out with so many awesome people--my cosplay friends, the new friends I made through them, the Tumblr gang, and also @jsimmonss and @msdevindanielle who I got to say hi to! Also @bigfunnywords and @pobmmm deserve a special shoutout for being the best enablers and cheerleaders ever. YOU ARE ALL LOVELY. Truly, this was the best weekend, and I still can’t believe it all happened.
(And if you actually made it this far in reading, I salute you.)
#aos cast#Iain de Caestecker#Elizabeth Henstridge#c2e2#about me#my cosplay#I didn't choose the con life the con life chose me#please excuse my face#I don't even know what to tag this#because my whole entire brain is still screaming#I barely slept at all last night I was so tired#RIP me#and let me please stress how happy Iain seemed to be there#I still can't believe HE TOOK A PHOTO OF US#and then literally WillSmith.jpged at us to Liz#he was way more excited about stuff than I thought he'd be#okay tags are over#what is my life#all of this actually happened
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