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haysey-draws · 1 year
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This year has been insane with how many artworks I did, as well as how much I’ve improved in anatomy, sketching and rendering! Even my style has evolved so much since the start of the year with the Finger Maiden up to all the Goth alts (picking just 2 of them was SOOOOO difficult!) Here’s to 2023 where I can only get even better!
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pikapeppa · 1 year
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Fic writers' end-of-year roundup: 2022 edition!
It’s that time of year, writer friends — time to take stock of what we’ve been up to this year! Tagging to literally ANY AND ALL WRITERS who would like to participate, but I’ll throw down some tags from the top of my head: @contrivedchaos @kittynomsdeplume @little-lightning-lavellan, @varric-tethras-editor @lavendreapark @hobo-apostate @ranaspkillnarieth @iamcayc @ocean-in-my-rebel-soul @hollyand-writes @elveny @johaerys-writes @charlatron @noire-pandora @hellas-himself @crackinglamb @barbex @mogwaei @alyssalenko @musetta3 @iarollane @about2dance @mythicaitt @cthu-boo !
Words written (published or not, WIPs included!): 1 012 607. I was hoping to crack a million this year and I FINALLY DID IT. 😂
Smut scenes: 41! Less than other years, but not the least.  
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New things I tried:
I wrote fanfic for anime for the first time this year — for Samurai Champloo (Fuu/Jin/Mugen) and for Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (David/Lucy). On a related note, this year was the first time I wrote for a form of media that I didn’t originally watch in English. I was always a little scared to write in English for something that I hadn’t watched in English, because capturing characters’ voices and speech patterns is so important to me, and it’s hard to translate that across languages. But CPER got me by the throat, so I watched it in both Japanese and English so I could capture the characters’ voices as best as I could. I watched Samurai Champloo dubbed in English, though, and I am a sucker for Jin’s English voice, so that was a snap to write. 😂
For the first time, I also wrote for a game that I’ve never played before: Far Cry 5! @schoute got me reeled in with her raving loving descriptions of cheeky shithead John Seed, and I was compelled to write some smut for her. I had a blast watching a playthrough of FC5 with her (LOVE YOU BB ❤), and writing from John Seed’s POV was A MINDFUCK AND A HALF, let’s just say. GOOD TIMES. 😂
Fic I spent the most time on: 
Becoming Whole (Aloy/Kotallo), which has been my main focus since March and is more than 500k words now. I genuinely did not expect or intend for this fic to be this long! I’ll blame the party banter for this. My outline will say “GAIA Gang chat over dinner”, and this single note will translate into 10k words in the chapter 😂💀 In any case, VERY honoured by everyone who has stuck with this extremely long fic!
Fic I spent the least time on:
The Wisdom In A Bowl Of Pudding (Felassan/Tamaris Lavellan). I was inspired by the news about the DA:D milestone and got so excited that this oneshot came together in… one day, I think? One or two. I JUST LOVE FELASSAN OKAY.
Favourite thing I wrote: 
It’s a tie between two fics. I loved writing Finding Something In Common (Aloy/Nil/Drakka) because a) writing Nil again after 5 years of being “away” was like coming home 😭❤ and b) I fucking love Drakka with a burning passion LOL. But I also loved writing my Samurai Champloo fic Just Hold On, We’re Coming Home because it was purely and entirely for me. There are so few fics for that anime and even fewer explicit fics for the OT3, so I knew that basically nobody was going to read it and that anyone who did would be really grateful to see a rare fic for the OT3, but I had to write it because I just had the urge and couldn’t rest until I did. It was a gift to myself to kick off the year. 😂
Favourite thing I read: 
I’ve actually done some actual reading this year!!! Both of fics and published books, because I wanted to start working my way through my bedside tsundoku, with mixed results: I read a couple of books from my tsundoku pile but then bought the entire Sailor Moon manga set and have only read 6 issues so far 😂😭💀 one step forward, 10 STEPS BACK. 
Anyway! Fave fics of the year:
I read a few fics for Samurai Champloo. As I mentioned before, there aren’t many fics for this fandom, but one of the fics I read was both the shortest and the most drop-dead gorgeous fic I’ve ever read: Bodies of Water by moemachina. I genuinely envy this writer for their ability to pack so much emotional punch into so many words. 
Where The Time Goes, a Chloe Fraser/Nadine Ross fic by @contrivedchaos. OH MY GOD WAS IT EVER LOVELY. Cat used a repeated phrase/theme throughout the fic that just had me on the edge of my seat the whole time, and MY GOD was the ending ever wonderful and satisfying. 😭❤
Written In The Stars, a Kotallo/OC fic by @iamcayc WHICH IS SUCH A TREAT. Caycee has created a wonderful OC to pair up with Kotallo and expanded on Tenakth lore in a way that had me squealing!
HZD Terraforming Base-001 Text Communications Network by Discar. It’s a texting fic between the GAIA Gang and it’s SO GOOD. Hilarious, great characterization of the crew, incredible expansion on the worldstate and lore. I stopped reading halfway through because I was afraid that I’d start accidentally stealing their headcanons/lore expansion since it just makes so much sense, but I just recently noticed that the fic finished, so I might get back into it soon!
Writing goals for next year: 
Oh man there are so many things I want to write and so little time and I’M SO MAD ABOUT IT.
Finish Becoming Whole. Now that we know the DLC is coming out in April, I am DETERMINED to finish BW before then so my slate can be clear for new fics ideas 🤩
An Aloy/Avad sequel to Window Bird. The conversation that Aloy and Avad have at the start of HFW makes MY ENTIRE HEART HURT. I will stubbornly maintain that Avad is the most tragic character alive in the Horizon universe, and I’m going to give him some love because he deserves it, the poor sweet man.
More Aloy/Drakka. This entire fic has been my treat to myself, and the next oneshot is in progress -- probably the first thing I'll publish in 2023!
Aloy/Nil. I fucking love Nil to the moon and back, but writing this ship again is going to take some mindfuckery because I’ll be rebooting my take on the ship as though Stormbirds and Stalkers didn’t happen 😅
I’m sure this won’t be all; I always end up getting blindsided by a desire to write something I didn’t expect (e.g. Cyberpunk this year), so we’ll see what else comes up as the year progresses! 
Can't wait to see what everyone else has been up to!!! Please tag anyone you think would like to participate, and tag me back so I can spy on what you've been up to as well! 🥰
-- love from your friendly Pikapeppa xoxo
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threewaysdivided · 1 year
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Deathly Weapons Writing Roundup 2022
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Total Wordcount: 83,458 Published Chapters: 19/45
New Chapters Released This Year
Ch19: Chapter 18: Black Gold
MISSION 1 High seas and high stakes!  Learning to work with a new Teammate always comes with challenges, but when eco-terrorists commandeer a deep-water oil rig, the pressure has never been greater.  With lives on the line and fingers twitching on triggers, will Phantom’s powers let them swim… or sink?
Wordcount: 21,176 Release Date: 25 Feb 2022 Concept Art Piece
Sure feels like a decade has passed between then and now but nope, this was only published in February. In which I kick off Act II proper by adding 25% to the total length of the story!
I’m really proud of how this one came out.  Black Gold is the first of a series of planned mission-episode chapters with semi-self-contained A-plots that feed into the larger Arc Plot of Act II.  We’ve got some brand new antagonists inspired by characters from the wider DC Comics catalogue, in an entirely original story.  With this one I tried hard to mimic the feel of a YJS1 TV-mission, and based on the comments it seems I swung pretty close to the mark.  I didn’t talk about it in the chapter notes, but I also sought out some sensitivity-writing advice for this one, as well as having a friend sens’-read a few key scenes, and I think it resulted in overall better handling of the civilian OCs.  It might have taken a while to put together it’s almost the size of a Deltora Quest book all on its own but I think the result was worth the wait.
(Fun fact: Act II is deliberately structured to emulate a TV episode experience so if I do it right you should be able to pick up any given mission-block and enjoy the A-plot as a standalone story.  Black Gold wouldn’t be a bad jumping on point if you wanted to try Deathly Weapons out without committing to the full 83K read.)
Roundup of other 2022 development for this story under the cut:
Overall Structure
Structure has now been fleshed out enough for me to formalise the breakdown of chapters. I also decided to write episode teasers for each mission-block, which you can find here.  Currently looking like it’ll be 45 chapters in total, but that may expand to 46 if Mission 9 turns out to need a 2-parter.
Former Mission 5 (Enemy Lines) and Mission 6 (In the Mists) have had their places swapped. In the Mists was a bit of a floating mission structurally, and it turned out to work better when placed before the China and Emeralds interlude.  Meanwhile, the character-chapter following Enemy Lines felt better once placed later.
Our much neglected but no less beloved sorceress Zatanna now has a mini character arc about ghost-magic, starting at Mission 3 and cropping up as a background thread throughout later chapters.  As a side bonus, it comes with some fun meta-implications for my headcanons about Nabu and Clockwork being petty work-rivals.
The memento-shelf has now become a recurring motif in Danny’s character journey.
A set of “story bible” documents have been fleshed out with more detailed character profiles, plot summaries and the overall scheme of the villains.
Act II: Mission 2
Drafted the first scenes for Chapter 19: Flashpoints.
The three key OCs for Chapter 19 have been developed.  The police officer has been swapped out for an investigative journalist.  The other two were somewhat less-anticipated additions but I quite like them in a spiteful sort of way.
Artemis’ chapter 19 scene now gets more in-depth character focus.
Chapter 20 remains already in detailed outline.
Chapter 21 is now in full detailed outline, with 2 scenes in rough draft since 2021.
Act II: Mission 3
Opening outline has seen more development, feat. cameo appearance from Detective Montoya.
Zatanna now gets a character-focus thread to do with expectations and her growth as a sorceress.
The Arc-clue and the souvenirs have been adjusted.  Zatanna now also gets to take something home.
Act II: Mission 4
More development to the opening scene.  Artemis now reads a thematically-relevant part of Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There rather than a generic magazine.
Added a continuation to Zatanna’s arc.  She gets to take home another souvenir.
The Kaldur-centric post-mission chapter (Il-Lit Ships) has seen more outline development.
The Sam-centric post-mission chapter (Withered Red Rose) has also seen more detailed outline development.
Act II: Mission 5
This is now In the Mists.
Conner now has a detailed character thread providing emotional beats.  Galagos, Gorillas and making fun of the Team’s mentors ensue.
Interlude: China and Emeralds
Added more details to the opening scene, feat. gymnastic calisthenics.
Conner and Superman now have a scene together.
Act II: Mission 6
This is now Enemy Lines.
The M’gann-focussed post-mission chapter (Humans) is now in full detailed outline.  Accompanying Meta on Martian Bigotry in the DW!verse was written up to better underpin the discussion of her experiences.
Act II: Mission 7
Added more detail to the post-mission reveal discussion, particularly Phantom and M’gann’s similar experiences.
Act III: Mission 9
Structural outline for the mission-chapter and character interactions have been developed in more detail.
Zatanna’s arc about ghost-magic continues.
The first of two Conner-centric post mission chapters (Alliances) is now in full detailed outline.
Act III: Mission 11
Detail development for the post-mission character-centric chapters, including Dick, Danny, Bruce and the Team.
Development of detailed outlines for the first of three epilogue scenes.
Other stuff
Art things: Deathly Weapons now has a new Banner-Style Fic Cover and Book-Style Fic Cover
Community: There is now a DW Discord.
Lovely gifts: I’ve said it before and I shall say it once more: endless thanks to the inimitable @doodly-doop​ for their wonderful gift art of Wally’s wall-slam manoeuvre from Chapter 18  and @cryxdraws​ for their art of Danny’s upgraded costume from Chapter 16.
And of course, thanks to you (whoever, wherever and whenever you may be) for joining me on this ride.
Here’s to a productive 2023.
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agblend13 · 1 year
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My top ten tumblr posts of 2022 ❀ Thanks to everyone for your support! ♡ Anka
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doctorhelena · 1 year
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Doctorhelena’s 2022 Fanfic/Fanart Roundup
It’s that time of year again! Here is my annual fanfic/fanart roundup. (And here are the 2018,  2019, 2020, and 2021 versions!)
This year I posted:
7 different stories (including two drabble collections), with a total of 49,901 words 
10 different pieces of fanart!
and 4 Action Figure Adventures, which are - also some content I created. 😂
Fanfic:
1. All I Want For Christmas (Peggy Carter / Steve Rogers) - 22649 words Perhaps this was what settling down looked like, to them.
2. Caps out of The Bag (Peggy Carter / Steve Rogers) - 9277 words Captain America and Captain Carter have been successfully hiding their romantic relationship for just over a year. Until today.
3. Comfort and Joy: The Lost Chapter (Peggy Carter / Steve Rogers) - 6042 words Chapter 9.5: In Which A Scandal is Averted and a Mission Prepared For
4. Between the Acres of the Rye (Peggy Carter / Steve Rogers) - 5606 words “Hey, Barnes stole a jeep! Come on, Steve, let's go! You, too, Carter.”
5. A Stutter in Time, chapter 15 (Peggy Carter / Steve Rogers) - 4327 words (in this chapter) 1945 Peggy Carter appears in Tony Stark’s lab, and immediately throws a wrench into everything.
6. "I’ve Got the Shield. You’ve Got the Sword" (A Collection of PeggyNat Drabbles) (Peggy Carter / Natasha Romanoff) - 1000 words PeggyNat drabbles written for the Wednesday 100 Drabble challenge on Tumblr.
7. One Hundred Words to Say "I Love You" (A Collection of Steggy Drabbles) (Peggy Carter / Steve Rogers) - 1000 words Steggy drabbles written for the Wednesday 100 Drabble Challenge on Tumblr.
Fanart:
1. Battle of the Blades (Steggy) A figure skating AU (and fic preview!)
2. “Howard, I’m going to kill you for making me wear this bloody hat.” (Peggy Carter) A celebration of Peggy’s 101st (or possibly 103rd) birthday
3. “I assure you, Private, this is not what it looks like.” (Steggy) Peggy and Steve “getting office supplies” during the war.
4. “I spent three years in the mud of the European Theatre… the Eastern Front, the Western Front, and everything in between." (Steggy, Howling Commandos) A quiet moment around the campfire.
5. Washington DC SSR Chief Peggy Carter, her mysterious husband Grant, and their possible spy baby Jane. (Steggy) A family portrait (and fic illustration!)
6. What If… Captain Carter Had Met Bernard Stark? (Peggy Carter, Natasha Romanoff, Edwin Jarvis, Bernard The Flamingo) “Bernard in accounting was asking about you.”
7.  “Peggy donned a floppy brimmed hat trimmed with red ribbon, candy-apple colored sunglasses and a new two-piece bathing suit decorated with cherries.” (Peggy Carter, off-screen Steggy) Peggy and her toddler daughter looking fabulous on the beach (a fic illustration!)
8. “I could finish this a lot faster if I didn’t keep getting kicked.” (Steggy) Steve, a very pregnant Peggy, and a Halloween art project.
9. Captain Carter and the Christmas Alligator (Peggy Carter) A Little Golden Book written and illustrated by Steve Rogers (a fic illustration!)
9. Cozy Christmas Eve (Steggy) Peggy and Steve enjoy some much-deserved Christmas Eve downtime.
Action Figure Adventures:
1. “I can do this all day.” (Steggy)
2.  “So, any plans for Saturday night?” (PeggyNat)
3.  “Public displays of affection make people very uncomfortable.” (PeggyNat)
4.  “I’ve got the shield. You’ve got the sword.” (PeggyNat)
(Yeah, I don’t know what these are. Basically, playing with Barbies out loud, I guess. 😂)
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contrivedchaos · 1 year
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Fic writers' 2022 roundup:
I've never done one of these before, but I was tagged by @pikapeppa, so I'll give it a shot!
Words written: 54,050. It's not a lot, but other than the year I wrote my master's thesis, it's the most actual writing I've done in a long time, fanfic or otherwise. I'll count it as an accomplishment!
Smut scenes: Oof. Let's see. 6? We'll go with 6. Across four different fics.
New things I tried: Within the last 12 months, I've dipped my toes into the Arcane fandom and finished/posted 3 parts for my (ongoing?) three-part CaitVi series: Every Small Disaster, Say My Name (Like an Elegy), and It's Psychosomatic. It's been so much fun! Hopefully I'll find another opportunity to do more for this pairing. I definitely want to write more of them in the future!
Fic I spent the most time on: My longest fic was Where The Time Goes. I started Chlodine Week 5 years ago for this tiny, desperately-hanging-on fandom, but never wrote anything substantial for it beyond a few oneshots. This year I spent 2-3 months working on a labor of love that I never expected to go anywhere. It was a fic almost entirely for myself, and so far it's my favorite thing I've ever written. I was so happy when it was finished.
Fic I spent the least time on: The first fic for my CaitVi series, Every Small Disaster. (This was technically posted Christmas of 2021, but I'll count it) It was my first time dipping my toes into the Arcane fandom, and I think it came out swimmingly!
Favorite thing I wrote: Definitely Where The Time Goes. Chlodine will always have a special place in my heart. I can't think of a fandom that's more dear to me than the Uncharted fandom. It's been a light through the toughest years of my life so far. I owe a lot to it, and particularly the Chlodine ship. I don't see it being outranked as my OTP any time soon.
Favorite fic(s) I read: I've read so many AMAZING things this year. This list will be DIFFICULT to narrow down. Here goes:
Violence and Variations by Thisisatree (@dancing-b0nes): The Locked Tomb has made up the majority of my fic and book re-reading in 2022, and this one is no exception. Technically started this one in 2021, but it's still ongoing, so I'll count it. While it's like 60% a Griddlehark fic, and sort of a re-imagining of their lives post-TLT, practically every ship, in all their wonderful configurations, gets their dirty day in the sun. I have been on the edge of my seat for more than a year with this one, and it shows no signs of stopping. Also extremely spicy! I'm so hooked!
Twice by BonesforTime: Another TLT fic, this one's a re-imagining of the events at Canaan House in Gideon the Ninth, with such a unique take on what it means to be a Lyctor and on the dynamics of the cavalier/necromancer relationship. And lore and world-building! Another Griddlehark-focused fic, this one constantly has me in stitches, combined with such a raw, intimate writing style for the smut scenes. Bones has such a way with words, and they continue to amaze me with each new installment. Definitely continuing this one into 2023!
Table Manners by Armengard (@armengard): Y'all know I go absolutely feral for anything by Armengard. Their first contribution to the CaitVi space is no exception. They took me out with a one-shot earlier this year that will undoubtedly be on my fic re-read rotation for years to come. Can't say enough positive things about their entire catalog, so this one is also definitely worth a read. And sooooooo spicy! Whew!
Even The Hardiest Desert Blooms Need to Get Wet Sometimes by Pikapeppa (@pikapeppa): Literally the only writer of MLW ships this lesbian will read these days. Their writing style is just that good. It's so refreshing and engaging that if they decided to author a dictionary, I'd probably read it. I jumped back into the Horizon fandom (extremely late, forgive me) after a major surgery over the summer, and the first thing I did upon playing Forbidden West was dive back into their fics. This one is a Drakkaloy fic, and is not only entertaining, but also extremely spicy. Definitely a must-read!
Your Mouth and Its Flowers by driluth (@driluth): Technically late 2021, but I'll count it. This is a CaitVi AU based on one of my favorite books of 2022, This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone. The symbolism! The way Red and Blue are literally Vi and Caitlyn, and are so amazingly portrayed in this AU! Definitely a hidden gem for me to find in 2022! But I'm so glad I did!
Writing goals for next year: I don't have any particular writing goals for 2023. I'm looking forward to the Horizon Forbidden West DLC, so if I can get my hands on a PS VR 2, maybe I'll get inspired to dip a toe into the Horizon fandom. I'm definitely tempted by all the WLW potential for this series. Also more TLT...Alecto is coming in September, so there is still more to work with. We'll see!
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fullsunsunoo · 1 year
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2022 Roundup : Favourite Releases by Male Artists
VERIVERY - O
from20 - WEOL
CIX - 458
&TEAM - Under the skin
ATEEZ - Guerilla
P1Harmony - Doom Du Doom
TXT - Good Boy Gone Bad
ONEUS - Same Scent
TEN - Birthday
SVT LEADERS - CHEERS
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loisfreakinglane · 1 year
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@marvelsamwilson​ I took out Cyrano and Marcel the Shell with Shoes on as they were TECHNICALLY 2021 releases......... but if not they would have made this list somewhere in the middle <333
honorable mentions:
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lavendernix-art · 1 year
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Some of my favorite arts from 2022! WIPs, sketches and finished pieces included
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jadelotusflower · 1 year
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2022 Roundup - Writing
It was a mixed writing year for me - on the one hand I picked up some old projects, on the other hand I didn't actually finish the fics I intended to complete by the end of the year, and didn't meet or exceed my 2021 output.
I also didn't actually get much of my poor neglected novel written, however I have joined a writer's group irl and gotten some great feedback on what I've done so far, as well as some editing and have really thought through some of the plot/character issues that were blocking me.
So now 2023 is the year I complete this thing and start making a genuine effort to get it published!
2023 is also the year of finishing unfinished wips, including all of the below (except ttbw which was a one shot) and some I have in my docs that I didn't get any significant work done on this year.
Turn Your Face to the Sun - 8,518
Here I Go Again - 24,664
Nottingham Quintet - 5,146
Take these broken wings (and learn to fly) - 4,092
Novel - 3,140
Total: 45,440
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unspeakable3 · 1 year
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2022 roundup
the years just seem to get tougher, don't they? fandom and writing have been bright spots in an increasingly bleak year for me, so thank you for being here 💛
here are some things i wrote in 2022:
total words written: 401k total words published: 115k (goal for 2023: finish those wips!!)
published fics:
stars shine darkly (complete: 190k, canon-compliant, regulus pov) how regulus became and unbecame a death eater. this is pt.1, and covers the summer before regulus begins at hogwarts to the winter sirius leaves home.
stars shine more darkly (in progress: 19k, canon-compliant, regulus pov) how regulus became and unbecame a death eater, pt.2. covers the aftermath of sirius leaving home to the winter regulus receives the dark mark. currently posting a new chapter on the last day of the month.
i am terribly sorry for dying (complete: 24k, ghost!regulus, regulus pov) written for @regulusblackfest after his death, regulus became a ghost and returned to grimmauld place. to maintain a level of sanity, he keeps a diary.
december, 1983 (in progress: 58k, regulus lives, regulus pov) written for @hp-yuletide-bliss the happy alternate ending to stars: regulus is alive and in love.
unpublished wips:
is this hell pt.3 regulus goes to university and helps the order to defeat voldemort.
untitled professor black regulus survives the war and becomes potions master instead of snape. he has to endure a parents' evening with all his students' parents who he's been trying to ignore for the past 10+ years.
untitled first wizarding war multi-pov (regulus, sirius, narcissa, walburga) beginning with regulus fleeing britain with the locket horcrux.
untitled tedromeda canon-compliant: how andromeda fell in love so hard she decided to leave her family. hoping to eventually make this a triptych with narcissa and bellatrix's love stories woven through it.
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suzteel · 1 year
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threewaysdivided · 1 year
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I find it highly amusing that I'm in almost half your top posts of the year lmao. As always, I frequently haunt your page looking for updates or tidbits on how YJDW is coming along :P
(Year in Review 2022)
Nuisance (affectionate and adoring).
To be clear: I absolutely love it when you and the other friendly ghosts (yes, you. you know who you are) come to haunt my notes. Whether that be with asks, @s, tag-rambles, general thought-sharing or anything in between. It makes me really happy that my blog is a place where you feel comfortable reaching out, and that people like my meta-rambles, stories and general nonsense enough to come asking for them. 10/10 please haunt again.
As for Deathly Weapons, I recently did a big end-of-year progress roundup if you want an overview of how things are coming along for the story. The current WIP chapter hasn't seen much change of late but there has been a lot of movement on future-entries and meta happening behind the scenes.
Have a great 2023! 💜👻🖤
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miqolena · 1 year
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2022 roundup
Someone put together a little "Ao3 Wrapped" questionnaire on twitter, and I thought it was cute, but most of the answers to the questions for me would be "The Seduction of Gaius Baelsar" which would be boring. So I decided instead to reflect on the work I've done this year with approximate numbers.
The Seduction of Gaius Baelsar (431,940 words, 240k this year)
In Moments, Primal Desires (28,350 words, 7k this year)
Should've Worn a Mask (1,505 words)
With Fire All Around You (592 words)
I wrote 249 THOUSAND words this year. Holy crap. That's more than some published authors put out in a lifetime. When I saw The Seduction's 240k I couldn't get over the awe at myself. I spent this entire year fretting that this stint of my writing was over, that my inspiration was leaving me again for depression or lack of... something or whatever else - when in fact I was being more productive than I have ever been in my entire life. I can't believe it. What a time to be alive.
In the last steps of this year I also started on a visual arts journey. I think this year I've seized upon a creativity that I haven't seen since I was little, when I had no responsibilities aside from earning good grades. It must be even bigger than that; little me couldn't even dream of writing 249k words in a year.
I want to keep holding on to this going into the new year. There are new stressors entering my life, but I can't let them get to me. I feel like I've broken partway free of my life's tragedies. I've started running and I must not stop. I'll take breaks - it's important to take breaks - but I'll chug on.
Life is a marathon, but sometimes I get to sprint.
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walrusmagazine · 1 year
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2022: Environment Stories
With the climate crisis top of mind for many Canadians, The Walrus has explored a number of different facets of how humans are impacting the natural world. Some of these stories are smaller in scale—covering a bug that can be found in your backyard—while others soared as high as one of the ancient cedars in BC’s inland rainforest. Our environmental coverage has also touched on other spheres of influence, including education, municipal politics, and the world of business.
Here are some of those conversations.
Read more at thewalrus.ca.
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2022 Writing Roundup
Tagged by @here4theheartbreak forever ago!! I’ve had this sitting in my drafts for a bit but only getting it up now because I just couldn’t come up with answers for some sections, but since I have some I wanted to post it anyway! It’s always nice to look back on the year😊
Fandom: bts
Total fics: 11
Total words: 43,143 note: I only included word counts of what I published because I am lazy :)) I have written some wips this year that have yet to see the light of day, but some of them have been going since 2021 and I cba to try and figure it all out
~Favourite Things~
What’s your favorite story this year? Not the most popular, but the one that makes you the happiest. Why? This has got to be Still Waters Run Deep, written for the ghibli collab this year. It’s a only fic I really got my teeth into this year, while a lot of my other work was quite short. Not that that’s a bad thing, but Still Waters felt like much more a labour of love for the fact I pushed it longer than I intended, and it’s still something I enjoy reading!
Top 4 current WIPs - if anyone’s been paying attention to my blog, you’ll have heard a lot about certain wips, which still haven’t made it out and I’m sorry! Here they are:
Supercharged is the big one - and by big I mean it!! This is the longest thing I’ve ever written as it stands and it’s still not finished! Started in 2021 and still persevering, this is a Jungkook x reader enemies to lovers with superheroes, villains and all the trimmings! Highway to You drabbles (I’m grouping this into one here) - I have more in the works for my Highway to You universe (2 stories are already out), which I’m very excited for. It’s a Yoongi x reader mafia au, childhood friends to lovers and stuffed with my fave hurt/comfort Sunken Heart - another story that’s been kicking around since the dawn of time, demigod!Namjoon x royalty!reader mythology au set in atlantis. I promise I haven’t forgotten this one! Autumn drabbles - I had a great time writing 3 bullet fics for 3 hyungs this autumn, and I planned one for every member, so maybe you’ll see those this fall!
Favorite Line - I have a few lines that make me smile this year, but I’m gonna pick the most dramatic one haha: Lightning washed the nightmare in white. - from Still Waters Run Deep. I liked it when I wrote it, but I appreciated it even more when I was reading this part to my bf and he paused at that sentence to tell me how effective he thought it was!
~Question and Answer Time~
Top 2 Resolutions for 2023
Hmm, actually write? I’ve had big chunks away from writing in 2022 and while that’s okay, and breaks can be helpful, mostly these were not. I wanted to write, just never got down to it. When I took part in a november writing goal event, I loved it! just getting myself motivated without that is a challenge Start daydreaming again! In line with my first resolution, I think this is a way to get me motivated. I still daydream of course, but it has shifted to some other fandoms, and while I still love bts, I don’t have their stories on my mind all the time, even though they are stories I like. When I start dreaming up scenes, the need to write them follows, and it’s fun besides :)
Looking back, did you write more fics than you thought you would this year, less than, or about what was expected? Why? I can’t say I really had any expectations, but I have to say less than what I expected. I had been tailing off but I thought I might naturally swing back up again in terms of writing, but alas.
What pairing/genre/fandom did you write that you would never have predicted last year? How was it? I haven’t really done anything on this blog that I couldn’t have predicted.. maybe the bullet fic series? I usually am a bit of a completionist but I found the bullet fics gave me some freedom when working from just a concept/aesthetic, as I did in my autumn drabbles. It was a refreshing change to write! Oh, and they were all in present tense? took a while to get used to and a while to switch back, but it fit the ~vibe~ in terms of other differences, I’ve written a few things behind the scenes for new fandoms, but that’s just for my personal enjoyment at the moment :)
What’s your most popular story with readers?
Heaven’s Open - 534 Number 45 - 178 Won’t Tell - 170 Ride or Die - 139 Still Waters Run Deep - 124 The Web part 6 - 121 Say it with Flour - 94 Autumn with Namjoon - 78 Autumn with Hobi - 58 Autumn with Jin - 36 Trade my Life - 10 (at time of writing, notes are probably a bit different as of posting date)
The magic of Jungkook wins out this year with 534 notes on Heaven’s Open!
What was your most productive days/day of the week/month, etc in terms of writing? October and November! In October I got inspired again by the season and I was buzzing to create again, I started with the seasonal drabbles and then in November I took part in the BTS Writers’ Club’s wrimo challenge, where I wrote something every day! I only posted one fic off the back of that but I wrote over 10k words that month, mostly behind the scenes with longer wips :))
~ Fics Written in 2022~
In chronological order of posting
The Web (part 6) - Jimin x reader You made it out of the web, mostly whole. But will you be able to overcome the damage done to you and your family?
Say it with Flour - Namjoon x reader This had always been a bad idea. You, notorious for kitchen disasters, attending a cooking class. Maybe it could be what you needed to fix your terrible cooking skills - or maybe you could meet someone who makes it so much worse!
Won’t Tell - Jin x reader You aren’t the only one sneaking out at night at hogwarts. In fact, it appears to be a popular pastime - shame it also happens to be extremely banned. Oh well, he won’t tell if you won’t…
Number 45 - Namjoon x reader The man at number 45 becomes the highlight of your shift… Five times you delivered something to Namjoon, and one time he gave something back to you!
Still Waters Run Deep - Taehyung x reader down at the riverbank is a boy whose eyes hold each swell of the waves, whose hair ruffles like the reeds. but the peaceful magic of the river may become your only sanctuary when wilder forces come into play
Heaven’s Open - Jungkook x reader it’s never a good time for the heavens to open, trapping you to wait out the storm. but your own piece of heaven is stuck right there with you - maybe the rainclouds will shed some light on the cold front that has formed between you and Jungkook
autumn with: hobi - “are you cold?” - college au ft. apple picking, chasing leaves, wearing each other’s clothes
autumn with: namjoon -  “you kept this?” - established relationship ft. a carnival, getting lost in a good book, a kiss for good luck
autumn with: jin -  “I hate you - I love you too” - childhood friends au ft. a graveyard, a thunderstorm and seokjin’s sweater paws
Ride or Die - Yoongi x reader yoongi isn’t sure when he became so accustomed to your ineffably cheery presence. until he sees that innocence crack, he hadn’t realised how far he would go to keep it there.
Trade my Life - Jin x reader once, you were just two children giggling in the corner of the dojang, trading equally in punches and hugs, everything a game. but that was long ago, and now that man stands day after day outside the door which separates your two worlds. is the throne really worth leaving the barrier unbroken?
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