#And a kudos for the kudos givers

[wings-of-flying]

absolutely insane that wsms has over 1k hits btw. like damn

#i had over 2k or something on a wattpad fic a while back but that wasn't something i was putting heaps of effort into #so this actually means a lot more #thanks so much to everyone who's read it!! especially to kudos givers and commenters!!! you all mean the world to me <33 #albatross rambles #where sea meets shore

[quinnathy]

sometimes i go back and read the comments on the fics ive finished for a while now like a dragon giggling over their hoard of gold, and it is here that i once again express my love for fic commenters. i get the biggest fucking stupidest grin on my face when reading comments. thank you so fucking much for all your kind words. even if im not great at replying to them, rest assured that i read and internalize all of your words, and they fuel me beyond belief to write more and more. so yeah. thank you <33

#i love you fic readers i love you fic kudos givers i adore you fic commenters #all of your words mean so much y’all don’t even know #anyways. back to writing >:) #quinn talks

[ronanception]

Awww someone deleted their comment. That’s okay - I saw it and it made me very happy and if you’re here - I wrote and rewrote that scene like, 50x so I’m really happy you found it so compelling.

#I love you commenters #I love you bookmarkers #I love you kudos givers #I love you guests #I love all of you and cherish every interaction with my fic always

[beemovieerotica]

idk if people know this but like. in my experience. 2 highly enthusiastic commenters who gush over every new chapter will have a 100% success rate of getting me to write a sequel than would 100 silent kudos-givers.

#ao3 #YES I AM WORKSHOPPING A SEQUEL TO THE HANNIBAL/PUSHING DAISIES FIC!!! #FOR ALL 12 OF YOU WHO READ IT!!

[hp-bodiceripper]

Bodice Ripper 2023: masterlist revealed

Reveals are here!

Thank you to all our wonderful participants for your skill and creativity. It's been a joy to host this fest for you again.

Thank you dear commenters, rebloggers, kudos givers, and enthusiastic supporters. We hope you feel properly romanced.

See you next year!

🖋 collarbones like a bow, skin an arrow to the heart by @lqtraintracks (Pansy Parkinson/Ginny Weasley, E, 4k)

Gin’s adjusting the lighting for their next shoot when in walks the new model Luna was so enthusiastic about, and that’s when they know they’re in deep shit.

🖋 Cool About It by @oflights (Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy, M, 16k)

Harry is so excited for his first date with Draco. But what follows isn't so much a date as it is an all-night odyssey including a malevolent lift, a Gringotts heist, a Sleeping Curse, a trip to the kebab shop, a lack of dancing, a Muggle drug, a rooftop pool party, a black eye and, eventually, a sunrise over a Quidditch stadium.

🖋 Love Me Meow by apricitydays (Arabella Fig/Minerva McGonagall, E, 2.5k)

After the students leave for the summer, Headmaster McGonagall and the new Muggle Studies professor have a chance and sensuous encounter at the beach.

🖋 Nature pricks them on to ramp and rage by @goblinmatriarch (Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter, E, 21k)

Lord Draco Malfoy may be a young man spending time in Dumbledore’s summer court, but that does not mean he needs to succumb to its licentious frivolity. He carries the burden of his lineage, the shadow of rumours, and the dignity of his betrothal to a good match. He is certainly not fool enough to be distracted by the dark curls and ready grin of the court’s stableboy, who seems to have taken up with every courtier who looks his way.

🖋 The Real Thing by @skeptiquewrites (Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy, M, 5k)

Harry only means to cheer Draco up after a terrible breakup. He doesn't mean to fall in love.

🖋 this is how we become timeless by @evadwrites (Narcissa Malfoy/Lily Evans, T, 10k)

Narcissa is in eternal servitude to the Dark Lord, bound by the tears of a burned-down phoenix. Lily belongs to the Order, bound by the tears of the same creature. They’re the only two people in the world in the position of time turners, tasked with teetering the outcome of the ongoing war into their respective side’s favor. They are light years away, yet they’ve never been closer.

🖋 Wild Horses (couldn't drag me away) by @purplehotmess (Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy, E, 36k)

Koi no Yokan (Japanese) - The feeling of excitement you get when you first meet someone and know that you will eventually fall in love with them. A more realistic version of ‘love at first sight’, it roughly translates to ‘premonition of love’. A story of magic, horses, magical horses, and two men who fight all odds to find their way to each other.

🖋 Yesterday by suhtmuikkis (Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy, T, 10k)

Harry doesn’t intentionally kidnap Draco Malfoy. Really it’s debatable if you can even call it kidnapping but the git surely seems to think so.

🎨 Harry And Draco Wearing Kilts by @ladderofyears (Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy, G, digital art)

Our favourite wizards, dressed in traditional Scottish attire.

🎨 I Bloom Pink For You by @crazybutgood (Narcissa Malfoy/Pansy Parkinson, M, craft)

Pansy has been starved for love her whole life. All she needs is someone who will give her the approval she craves. An origami comic inspired by Schmem_14's fic.

🎨 Joy Exposed by @getawayfox (Fleur Delacour/Ginny Weasley, G, Digital art)

Ginny and Fleur give an interview for Daily Prophet’s new Weekend Magazine and spend hours doing an accompanying photoshoot. When it comes to approving the selection of photos for print, they unanimously choose the candid one taken on their break, rather than all the styled and posed images.

🎨 Monday Murder Club by @vitaminpops (Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter, Lavender Brown/Padma Patil, T, Digital art)

The members of a crime-solving club find love and friendship amidst the blood.

🎨 The Professor's Passion by @digthewriter (Narcissa Black Malfoy/Hermione Granger, G, Digital art)

Hermione is a professor and Gryffindor head of house. She loves her job... until Narcissa Malfoy is hired on the school's faculty, and is now head of Slytherin. God, that woman is insufferable. Hermione despises her so much she can hardly think about anything else. (She must hate her... that's why she always feels so hot and bothered when she's around, right? And does she have to be so damn beautiful?)

🎨 You Pierce My Soul by @reliand (Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy, M, digital art)

Harry's eyes were on him almost as soon as Draco entered the ballroom. It was as if he'd been watching the door, and now Harry's eyes were wide and his mouth open.

🎵 Masks Off by @roseszain (Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy, Teen, 3h 15 min)

Draco had followed his parents to this Caribbean island as a matter of course, even though no one had told him what they were doing here or why his father’s ships were frequently attacked by masked pirates. And, honestly, Draco’d had no intention of actually finding out either.

🎵 wasps and honey by swoons by cailynwrites (Hermione Granger/Narcissa Malfoy, M, 1 - 1,5 hours)

After ten years on parole in the Muggle world, newly widowed Narcissa Black is finally allowed to do magic again — as long as she can complete all the spells on the Ministry course list. Her Ministry of Magic representative? Hermione Granger.

#hpbodiceripper2023 #masterlist #mod post #drarry #hp femslash #hp wlw #hpbodiceripper #hp podfic #hp fanart

[dronarryfest]

Dronarry Fest 2023 Masterlist & Reveals!

Thank you so much to all our participants! In our inaugaral year, Dronarry Fest '23 has had 20 fantastic works! And thanks to you, readers, commenters, kudos-givers, and bookmarkers - we're so thrilled you've enjoyed these amazing fics and art as much as we have! Here's to another year, but in the meantime... enjoy the reveals!

🐍👑⚡️

✨Dronarry Fest '23 Art 🎨

If you climb in the saddle, be ready for the ride. | G, by @digthewriter

Lavender Haze | E, by @bluebutter-art

Lustre | T, by @getawayfox

✨Dronarry Fest '23 Fic 🖊

All the good things and the bad things that may be | M, 5.7k by @maesterchill

Bad Company | E, 86.4k by @bluesyquill

A Bad Joke Waiting to Happen | M, 26k by @vitaminpops

Boy Wonder | E, 6k by @maesterchill

Dandelion Wine | E, 2.3k by @thesleepiesthufflepuff

from your smile down to your feet | M, 9.3k by @eevans22

Let Be, Let Be | M, 10k by @tackytigerfic

Mastermind | E, 10.7k by @schmem14

Of Dreams and Death | T, 2.3k by @lumosatnight

The Promise of Things to Come | T, 3.8k by @basicallyahedgehog

A Season in Amber | T, 7.8k by @astridastrolabe

Sext and Chill? | E, 3.4k by @drwhoisginnyholmes

Silhouettes | E, 16.7k by @sweet-s0rr0w

The Sun, Shining Above You | E, 14.5k by @oknowkiss

A Time, Dark and Divine | E, 17k by @moonflower-rose

Trillium | E, 13.4k by @wolfpants

Try as I might, I could not bring myself to hold you | T, 6.6k by @higher-further-faster-gayer

#dronarryfest #dronarryfest23 #dronarry #draco/ron/harry #drarry #dron #hp fests #hp fanfic #drarry fic #dron fic

[hetalia-fandom-positivity]

Lots of love fr @kitaychan I wish I could giver ehr more kudos! Consumption is one of my favorite England-centric fics it's just so good 𝖔𝖜𝖔

♥♡∞:｡.｡ 　Positivity for @kitaychan ｡･::･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆

#hetalia #hetalia fandom

[gendervapor14]

gendervapor's 2023 Fanfiction Review ✍

i saw @chromatic-lamina put something like this together and thought it was really cool!! a lot of artists do year-in-reviews, (myself included) but i haven't seen anything for fanfiction yet. so i decided to give this a go! template is from here!! i'll throw a "read more" at the bottom with links to these fics, ratings, and warnings, if applicable. i'm pretty shocked i was able to write at least one fic a month! for some months, i had a bit of an internal conflict deciding which fics to advertise 😅 hopefully i captured a good range!

01746 ~ M, canon compliant, check tags for warnings

how to bed your captain ~ T, canon compliant

all bark and no bite ~ T, modern AU

doflaminBROS week 2023 ficlet collection ~ T, canon compliant

last trip to the county fair ~ gen, modern AU

façade ~ T, canon compliant, check tags for warnings

life of a paper shredder ~ gen, canon compliant

the duties of a pool boy ~ M, modern AU, check tags for warnings

let me kill your demons ~ M, canon compliant, check tags for warnings

words cut deeper ~ gen, canon compliant

heavy-handed ~ T, canon compliant, check tags for warnings

speechless ~ E, modern AU

i was busy this year, huh? i'll put some 2023 stats on display, too!

this is just, insane to me!! i could have NEVER expected this much support!! it's downright absurd. it's not like i'm writing very popular ships or concepts (aside from the donquixote bros, they're somewhat popular to my knowledge) BUT STILL. ya'll have always been so sweet and helpful and just, so supportive. i could never have imagined i'd be this into a fandom for so long, and i think part of the reason is because of the love in this community. i've noticed my writing improving drastically! so thank you. thank all of you. thank you kudos-givers and commenters and mutuals and followers. thank you guests and lurkers and all the folks who opened my fics in a new tab to save 'em for later. i'm giving you all a hug and a treat of your choice. i couldn't have created this much beautiful work without your love ♥♥♥

looking forward to creating even more in the new year!! 💖

#genwrites #genrambles #one piece fanfiction #fanfiction year in review #donquixote rosinante #corazon one piece #donquixote doflamingo #trafalgar law #bellemere #bell mère #bell mere #one piece original character #crocorosi #corabelle #sengoku the buddha #sengoku's goat #vergo #riku viola #ignore the variety of typos on april’s entry #i saved and altered the image before i could edit those out #oops.

[lenalvthor]

tethered playlist breakdown - ch 1: chemtrails

hi hi hi! thank-you to everyone who has read, commented, left kudos, and bookmarked tethered so far (and if this is the first you're hearing of it, here's my critical role / bell's hells / imodna music au)! this beautiful, musical lil world has been knocking around in my head for a little over 6 months and i'm so excited to share it with other people 💗

so as I said on ao3, to create the Full Experience of this au the way i've been stewing in it over the past 6-odd months, i wanted to also pop chapter tie-in posts on here that give a more detailed breakdown of the music in each chapter, mainly bc I'm not someone who writes songfics rly and I don't like breaking up the flow of the fic + the suspension of disbelief with lyrics etc, so: we're gonna do it this way.

(again, if this is the first you're hearing of this au and it has piqued ur interest, would recommend giving ch 1 a read and then coming back to this post)

but okay, let's start with this first chapter ⚡🎼

i gave a bit of a generic ‘vibe’ of what everybody’s music sounds like in the end-notes, but i’m gonna elaborate a bit here + also fill in some gaps!

Liliana

in this fic, Liliana Temult gained acclaim as a teenage country star, kind of like early early Taylor Swift (vibes: TS debut, Fearless, + specifically the songs Sparks Fly, Mine, and Ours from Speak Now are songs Liliana released about her high school sweetheart turned husband (Relvin)). 

*important to note: any TS songs that are confirmed as Liliana’s are re-recording versions of these songs, as the original versions of them are how i imagine Imogen sounding if she were to cover her mom’s music, plus also draws a more distinctive line in the differences in sound between Imogen and Liliana if both of them have TS music in their discographies. if you’re super hardline abt only listening to Taylor’s rerecordings, that’s chill, but just putting it out there as my distinction between Imogen’s TS songs and Liliana’s TS songs!

as Liliana got more popular, signed to a new label (Ruidus Records, owned by Ludinus Da’Leth, and Liliana was managed by Otohan Thull), Liliana’s sound changed and she spent more time away from home, in New York and LA (vibes: AURORA by Daisy Jones and the Six, Fleetwood Mac - 60s/70s-esque pop-rock with some country tinges to it). 

Imogen

more on Imogen’s music in the fic’s present-day for the ch 2 breakdown, but for a backstory vibe: the first music Imogen releases are with songs from Kacey Musgraves’ album, Deeper Well; Imogen’s EP, called If I Let Go, has this tracklist: 

Sway

Lonely Millionaire 

The Architect

Cardinal 

Sway is fairly self explanatory, and it’s the leading single for the EP.

Lonely Millionaire is about Imogen’s desperation to not slip into the wrong side of the industry no matter how alluring it may be at times, no matter how caught up she gets in the glitz and glamour and magic of it all, she doesn’t want to forget that it’s not worth it to get lost and end up on your own (like Liliana did).

The Architect is ‘small-town grew up in a christian community and maybe has some queer religious trauma’ Imogen Temult going ✌🏼don’t know if i believe i still believe in god and i don’t know if it would make it easier or harder if i did✌🏼.

Cardinal is something Imogen had written for years and years before she ever released it, but it’s a song that’s so clearly inspired by Liliana’s later career music, and it’s very much about Liliana too, and it almost gets swapped out for a different song because Imogen’s a little terrified that putting her mother’s musical story into her own at the start of her career is as good as damning her from the beginning, but Bertrand and Laudna convince her otherwise so this song ends up closing off the EP. 

(later, when Imogen puts out the rest of her album (which includes songs I haven’t figured out yet lol), she adds Giver / Taker and Nothing To Be Scared Of also from Kacey’s new album, and both of them are written about Laudna :-). (the album is also called Nothing To Be Scared Of.) 

Laudna

Laudna also got into music as a teenager (signing to Briarwood Records under Delilah) but exactly what kind of music that was, i’m not 100% on so taking suggestions + recommendations if you have any. tethered’s present-day Laudna’s music is mostly following the sound of Lizzy McAlpine. the six feet under EP referenced in ch 1 is: 

doomsday

firearm 

ceilings 

chemtrails 

there’s more for Laudna’s music - including other songs she wrote in the time Imogen was away - but we’ll get into those as they come up in the fic 😉

The Crown Keepers

finally, for this chapter’s musical rundown: to put some context to The Crown Keepers, they are, in fact, the Full Gang. Orym, Fearne, Dorian, Dariax, and Opal make up TCK, and they started out as a folk/indie lil group who wound up being signed to Eshteross Records by Bertrand. they’re the characters i have the Most songs for bc their musical sound is my favourite kind of music, but i’ll just give you some artists to listen to + some of the key songs tied to their group’s backstory! 

vibes: Wild Rivers (both in music And in their actual Vibe as a group, go look them up, seriously) / Judah & the Lion (their song Spirit is the first song of TCK’s that blows up and they start to break into mainstream popularity) / Motherfolk / McFly / Morningsiders / Kodaline / Avalanche City (Sunset is one of the last songs they release + the very very last song they play at the end of their world tour right before they go on hiatus) / and Tiny Habits as little smaller combos of different members of the band (esp their cover of landslide). 

quick addition because I keep forgetting: the song that Imogen and Laudna sing together that Orym and Imogen text about is Call It What You Want from High School Musical the Musical the Series, and it's actually the song t hat set this whole fic off, funnily enough.

anyway! that’s some musical insight for u for ch 1!! here’s the playlist (so far) — will add more as it comes up! 

love, chim ⚡

#imodna #critical role fic #critical role #c3 #cileme writes #tethered au #tethered au; music breakdown

[70s-show-diary]

I had a thought about your tags in the post about Hyde's gift giving but didn't have the writer brain-space to turn it into a longer character analysis post. However, without having any of the BTS details like script notes or writers testimonies, I have to disagree that Hyde being a thoughtful gift-giver would be an accidental character note. He highly values being noticed and provided for, coming from a background where he was overlooked, left, and made to fend for himself. Trying to avoid my very personal bias for the character himself, I also just feel that from the effort made to paint him as the Pigpen-type character from the start of the show, it's something they would have planned to add in- having him be unusually perceptive and/or emotionally mature as an unexpected juxtaposition to his neglected rough-and-tumble persona Not to assert that anything beyond the first season of T7S was planned out in such a mastermind way, but I just have to disagree that Hyde's gift giving is an accidental thing that fell into his character instead of deeply reflecting many things that are core to why he's the character we have

Hi! I’m so glad you shared your thoughts with me! I love talking about this kind of stuff.

I can understand why my tags from this post that you are referring to may make it seem like I don’t think any of Hyde’s complex characterization was intentional by the show runners/writers of T7S. I tend to use the tags not only for organizational purposes, but for ‘throw away’ comments as well - the kind of things I wouldn’t want to ‘permanently’ include in the body of the post for the very reason that the comment is usually a bit tangential to the main purpose of the post. But tags are not the greatest place to fully-flesh out a character analysis, which can maybe cause some confusion.

And so that is why I appreciate you sending this ask because it gives me a chance to clarify the actual meaning behind that tag here in this post:

First - putting my own personal bias for the character aside as well, I completely agree with you that Hyde’s perceptiveness and emotional maturity absolutely juxtaposes nicely with his neglected rough-and-tumble persona (I love these words for describing Hyde btw; it’s so spot on). It makes for a well-rounded, complex, and engaging character, as opposed to the two-dimensional stereotyped ‘burnout’ he is on the surface.

I’m not saying that I think that some of these aspects of Hyde’s character/persona was not intentional by the minds behind the character (show-runners, writers, etc.), but I just tend to believe that it’s the fans of the show, particularly those of us involved in fandom and fanfic, that are primarily responsible for fleshing out these more nuanced aspects of Hyde’s character and persona. Not to be overtly cynical, but I think that there are minds here in the T7S fandom that have given significantly more objective thought and consideration to Hyde’s character than the show runners did.

But like you said, without having been in the writer’s room, there’s really no way to know exactly how much of Hyde’s complex characterization was intentional. I could very easily be wrong. If Hyde’s personal and thoughtful gift-giving was planned out and intentional, then kudos to the the show runners/writers because Steven Hyde is hands down one of the most interesting and complex characters I’ve encountered in media, especially considering that T7S is a sitcom.

And I have to give the writers/show runners some credit - after all, That ‘70s Show is my favorite TV show. But my passion for the show has been made considerably more enjoyable and enriching by the minds in the fandom.

TLDR; I’m of the mind that the show runners/writers planted the seeds, but it was the fandom that nurtured and grew those seeds into a garden that continues to flourish 25 years later.

Anyone else have any thoughts?

#ask #anon #That ‘70s Show #Steven Hyde #T7S

[fromepiximagines]

Kenny Liu NSFW headcannons (gn!reader)

Summary: just some headcannons because I've got brainrot over Kenny once more :)

Request: no, my braincells screamed at me again

Rating: M, 18+ obviously

Warnings: mentions of kinks, light bdsm, marking/biting, sex talk

• Kenny is SO shy at first. He doesn't know how to act the first times you guys start to go into sexy territory

• Asks for consent. Always

• "can I touch (body part)?"

• That goes two ways. Always ask for consent too because my boy is insecure and takes a while to get comfortable when it comes to showing himself more, even if it's just touching and no actual seeing

• I headcannon him as aspec, either demi or grey ace. In either of those, it takes him a long time to warm up to the thought of being intimate with you, so you'll have to go slowly

• When he gets more confident, will stop asking verbally to touch your body areas that aren't considered very intimate. Will squeeze your hips, waist, tummy, but will still look up at you to see if it's okay to keep going

• Biting/nibbling king!!!! Keeps biting your neck and the center of your throat unconsciously, it's honestly very relaxing to him and he gets happy whenever a light mark appears

• The first time he covered your neck in marks, he got so flustered. Apologized profusely because you had to wear a turtleneck around town in a 35ºC (95ºF) heat

• Was lowkey proud tho. Seeing you walk with the marks HE created on your body makes his brain go haywire and he gets even more excited, expect him to go right back to work when the old ones fade

• You forget to cover them up ONCE and never again. Jade saw it and went "what got to you, chupacabra?"

• "please shut up."

• When you actually end up doing the do, he's overwhelmed. Not in a bad way, you worked everything up to this point and he's so so so happy he has someone who loves him and wants him :((

• He's a switch, sub leaning. No buts, mans a giver all the way, you actually have to remind him this is about him, too

• Cries when he's about to cum. It all feels so good, it's so warm and he looks down to see your face scrunched up in pleasure as you just came and a drop of sweat sliding down your chest

• Ends up nutting right then and there

• Doesn't have a crazy high sex drive, but will get horny at the simplest things

• You smiled up at him, brighter than the sun, after a bad day? Boner

• Punched some asshole on the nose after they screamed at Victor? Boner

• Showed up at the station with homemade food for him? He's taking you in the archive

• Someday you ask him if he has any kinks and he's like "pshh no"

• Ends up having many

• One of them is shibari. He likes the aesthetic of it and it feels nice to have your hands all over his body as you twist the rope

• Whenever you tie him up, the night is all about him. It's usually after a rough day, he needs to get his head off things and not care about everything and everyone for once

• Praise kink. Both giving and receiving, can and will cry if you start to call him pretty and kiss all over his body

• King of aftercare!! Will clean both of you up, kiss all over your face and whisper sweet nothings as he hides his face on your neck

• Will lay his head on your lap on most nights. Sleeps the best when he's resting there

• Is a thigh man. Doesn't matter of your thighs are skinny, chubby, bony, he LOVES THEM

• Card your fingers through his hair and massage his scalp (the famous Brazilian cafuné) and he's ready to go again

• is a softie in the streets and sheets, protect Kenny at all costs.

Permanent taglist: @tiredwritersworld

Whew good God this was long

Kudos to the from discord family for making me think about these!! <3

#epix from #from epix #from (epix) #kenny liu #kenny liu x reader #from mgm #from epix imagines #from epix imagine #imagine from epix #from mgm imagine #kenny liu (from)

[mama-qwerty]

It's Thanksgiving in the US today, and it's making me feel all sappy about things I'm thankful for. Right now I wanna throw out a "HEY GUYS THANKS FOR STICKING AROUND" to all my followers and mutuals and readers and rebloggers and kudos givers.

I know I've really been sporadic with new writing, especially for my longfics. I'm gonna try and get back to those and get them updated/finished. Bear with me as I get my butt back in gear for them.

I hope everyone has a good day! Mama loves y'all!

#thanksgiving

[stevetonyweekly]

SteveTony Weekly - Holiday Edition

 Happy Christmas Eve!! Today we’ve got a list of Christmas Stevetony fic to enjoy this holiday weekend! Check it out and be sure to leave your fic author kudos or comments--or make it a Christmas miracle and leave both! 

I'll Give You Gifts Until You Know My Name by Amuly

Mr. Stark is an extravagant gift-giver: he has the money for it, after all. As Iron Man, Tony has the opportunity to gift Steve even more presents that, while less expensive, are more heartfelt. Having a secret identity means Tony gets to have his cake and eat it too when it comes to showering Steve with presents.

Until Steve starts developing feelings for his armored companion, and all the benefits of living a double life are turned on their head for Tony Stark.

If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home Now by vorkosigan 

"Hold that thought," Tony said into his phone. "I apparently just got hit by a hitchhiker."

"You hit a hitchhiker?" Happy sounded horrified.

"What? Am I talking to a wall? I got hit by a hitchhiker."

Having just broken up with Pepper, Tony is driving to California on Christmas Eve. When he picks up a hitchhiker, he hardly expects him to be the former Captain America, defrosted and on the run from SHIELD.

New Traditions by nightwalker for truthiness_aura

Tony's starting to think that tackling the whole teamwork thing, the sobriety thing and the holidays thing all at once might have been overly ambitious. AKA: Steve and Tony throw the first Annual Avengers Non-Denominational Winter Holiday Party.

Unwrapped by nightwalker

Tony and Steve each have a surprise for the other. Turns out they were thinking along similar lines.

Happy (Christmas) Lights by ladyshadowdrake

The colony pays a visit to earth just in time for Christmas.

A Budapest Christmas by shetlandowl

A Housesitter AU where Tony moves into Steve's place, charms his parents, befriends his life-long friends, and repairs the relationships Steve ruined in the aftermath of his own heartbreak. Their relationship is a happy, loving, and supportive one; or, at least it was so until Steve showed up unannounced and was congratulated on a marriage he'd never heard of.

I Saw Cap Kissing Santa Claus by Mizzy 

When Tony dressed as Santa for Queen County Hospital's annual toy drive, he wasn't expecting Steve to recognize him...as Iron Man.

Ex-traordinary Christmas by FestiveFerret

Tony is still good friends with his ex, Steve, even after four years apart, even though he's with Ty now. Until Christmas comes around, and suddenly that feels completely backwards.

All I Want For Christmas Is You by missbecky

In the space of a single moment, Steve has fallen in love with Tony. He's declared his love and it should be a magical Christmas to remember. The only problem is, Tony refuses to believe he means it.

A King For Christmas by iam93percentstardust

In 1867, Tony Stark flees New York after refusing to marry the alpha his parents chose for him. His money runs out in the small kingdom of Dacia, ruled over by King Steven of the Rogers line. Somehow, and he’s not entirely sure how, he ends up accepting the position of nanny to the king’s four children: Harley, Peter, Sarah, and Morgan.

Tony bonds with the children easily but their father is harder to get to know. Steve is still grieving his wife’s death four years earlier. His continued mourning has turned the once bright halls into dark and somber shadows of their former glory. Tony isn’t entirely certain what he can do but he knows that he has to do something or else the whole country, so attuned to their leader, will sink into despair. He begins by reconciling the king with his young children.

Meanwhile, the children have decided that it’s high time their father fall in love again—and Tony is the obvious choice. They concoct elaborate plans to force the two together, hardly realizing that Steve and Tony are falling in love, not through their shenanigans but through the quiet moments they share bonding over the love they have for the children.

#stevetony fic #holiday fic #holiday fic rec #stevetony weekly

[wisp-enclosure]

Gifts the catrats have given each other: the nicest, the weirdest, the one that was the equivalent of an engagement ring (for at least one of them), the one that has been taken in the wrong way. Go!

So Lu's actually very good at gift giving because of her particular brand of emotional trauma. LOVES being useful, that Lucasta. And since she's, y'know, got a big ol' crush on Kudo she doesn't like to talk about, her gifts are extra thoughtful.

Generally she'll collect neat swords she finds, either in a shop or during a fight, to give to him for his collection. And on special occasions, assuming it's in good shape, she'll enchant the sword too. While she INTENDS for them to be used, Kudo can't bring himself to damage/lose something so sentimental to him, so Lu-given swords hang proudly on his wall instead.

Kudo is a decent gift giver only because he's Tyria's biggest overthinker and agonizes over the perfect gift for weeks and weeks. Usually it's things that Lu has mentioned offhandedly, and when he presents them to her she's already long since forgotten she ever brought it up. The fact that he bothers to remember things like that, no matter how small and insignificant, make her swoon a little (a lottle).

So for engagement ring equivalent I've actually been back and forth on this. Initially I was thinking Kudo would do something that originates from Flame Legion, like to incorporate her background. BUT. Then I was like "well Lu hated Flame Legion and feels more at home with the rats so...something more Asuran?". But idk what that would be, really.

Then AGAIN, they get accidentally legally married in Cantha, so maybe something Canthan would be a fun little like, "let's do this for REAL".

#catrat lore

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ANONYMOUS MASTERLIST

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Under the cut you find all our 2023 entries: 8 stories, 6 artworks and 2 podfics.

🖋 Fic

collarbones like a bow, skin an arrow to the heart

(Pansy Parkinson/Ginny Weasley, E, 4k) Gin’s adjusting the lighting for their next shoot when in walks the new model Luna was so enthusiastic about, and that’s when they know they’re in deep shit.

Cool About It

(Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy, M, 16k) Harry is so excited for his first date with Draco. But what follows isn't so much a date as it is an all-night odyssey including a malevolent lift, a Gringotts heist, a Sleeping Curse, a trip to the kebab shop, a lack of dancing, a Muggle drug, a rooftop pool party, a black eye and, eventually, a sunrise over a Quidditch stadium.

Love Me Meow

(Arabella Fig/Minerva McGonagall, E, 2.5k) After the students leave for the summer, Headmaster McGonagall and the new Muggle Studies professor have a chance and sensuous encounter at the beach.

Nature pricks them on to ramp and rage

(Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter, E, 21k) Lord Draco Malfoy may be a young man spending time in Dumbledore’s summer court, but that does not mean he needs to succumb to its licentious frivolity. He carries the burden of his lineage, the shadow of rumours, and the dignity of his betrothal to a good match. He is certainly not fool enough to be distracted by the dark curls and ready grin of the court’s stableboy, who seems to have taken up with every courtier who looks his way.

The Real Thing

(Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy, M, 5k) Harry only means to cheer Draco up after a terrible breakup. He doesn't mean to fall in love.

this is how we become timeless

(Narcissa Malfoy/Lily Evans, T, 10k) Narcissa is in eternal servitude to the Dark Lord, bound by the tears of a burned-down phoenix. Lily belongs to the Order, bound by the tears of the same creature. They’re the only two people in the world in the position of time turners, tasked with teetering the outcome of the ongoing war into their respective side’s favor. They are light years away, yet they’ve never been closer.

Wild Horses (couldn't drag me away)

(Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy, E, 36k) Koi no Yokan (Japanese) - The feeling of excitement you get when you first meet someone and know that you will eventually fall in love with them. A more realistic version of ‘love at first sight’, it roughly translates to ‘premonition of love’. A story of magic, horses, magical horses, and two men who fight all odds to find their way to each other.

Yesterday

(Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy, T, 10k) Harry doesn’t intentionally kidnap Draco Malfoy. Really it’s debatable if you can even call it kidnapping but the git surely seems to think so.

🎨 Art

Harry And Draco Wearing Kilts

(Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy, G, digital art) Our favourite wizards, dressed in traditional Scottish attire.

I Bloom Pink For You

(Narcissa Malfoy/Pansy Parkinson, M, craft) Pansy has been starved for love her whole life. All she needs is someone who will give her the approval she craves. An origami comic inspired by Schmem_14's fic.

Joy Exposed

(Fleur Delacour/Ginny Weasley, G, Digital art) Ginny and Fleur give an interview for Daily Prophet’s new Weekend Magazine and spend hours doing an accompanying photoshoot. When it comes to approving the selection of photos for print, they unanimously choose the candid one taken on their break, rather than all the styled and posed images.

Monday Murder Club

(Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter, Lavender Brown/Padma Patil, T, Digital art) The members of a crime-solving club find love and friendship amidst the blood.

The Professor's Passion

(Narcissa Black Malfoy/Hermione Granger, G, Digital art) Hermione is a professor and Gryffindor head of house. She loves her job... until Narcissa Malfoy is hired on the school's faculty, and is now head of Slytherin. God, that woman is insufferable. Hermione despises her so much she can hardly think about anything else. (She must hate her... that's why she always feels so hot and bothered when she's around, right? And does she have to be so damn beautiful?)

You Pierce My Soul

(Harry/Draco, M, digital art) Harry's eyes were on him almost as soon as Draco entered the ballroom. It was as if he'd been watching the door, and now Harry's eyes were wide and his mouth open.

🎵 Podfic

Masks Off

(Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy, Teen, 3h 15 min) Draco had followed his parents to this Caribbean island as a matter of course, even though no one had told him what they were doing here or why his father’s ships were frequently attacked by masked pirates. And, honestly, Draco’d had no intention of actually finding out either.

wasps and honey by swoons

(Hermione Granger/Narcissa Malfoy, M, 1 - 1,5 hours) After ten years on parole in the Muggle world, newly widowed Narcissa Black is finally allowed to do magic again — as long as she can complete all the spells on the Ministry course list. Her Ministry of Magic representative? Hermione Granger.

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