#This was written sometime last year.

[speedy-writing]

A Fishy Surprise (A Merbon AU Short Story)

[Story Link]

Plot Synopsis: Midoribon and Mizuirobon discover something shocking about their child, Tiirubon, after they get knocked into the ocean.

#OC Writings #AU Writings #Bakugaiden #I don't think I ever posted this here oops. #This was written sometime last year.

[maingh0st]

I could have sworn you had a Zoyalai fanfic on your AO3.

I’m the author of tangled in the bones of this love & its companion, head on my heart (tell me we're worlds apart) ! both are zoyalai fics

I’m still quite proud of them, but sometimes i like to let my fics loose into the world under anon because… idk how to explain, it just feels like a way to let myself grow beyond them, if that makes sense

#I’ve grown quite a bit in fiction writing in the last few years #and I’m not ashamed of the things I’ve written #but sometimes it just feels right to let them go i guess? it’s hard to explain #but yeah i put those fics under anon a few months ago i think #like i said tho - still proud of them and what they represent in my journey as a writer ! #ask tag #zoyalai #grishaverse #shadow and bone #anon

[introspectivememories]

My fear is that DC makes Bernard such a beautiful well written character that mixs his old asshole personality with his newer tamed personality and people start actively liking him because he is own person with his own hopes and dreams and then fans want more of this Bernard only to be met with a shitty shell of a character and starting back at square one by forcing him just to be Tim’s love interest

this too actually

#a well written bernard... but at what cost? #sometimes the more popular a character is.... the worse they get treated by both the fandom and the editors #bernard getting popular and then the fandom flattens him into one personality trait? im literally quaking #a good writer other than fitzmartin gets their hands on bernard and we finally get a well rounded character? #and then more people start coming for bernard #and then they see this and they fuckin idk reboot the universe again #and now we have to start over from scratch #if real life had fear toxin i think that's what i would see #he's already only 'tim's bf' to them #every bit of character info on him is like inferred #or from like throwaway lines #like when he's patching up tim in tdr3 and tim goes 'but you're okay now right?' and bear says 'some days' #or the holy grail of bear info tdr7 #and then a little bit of urban legends 4 #all of the rr run from way back then is like a good starting point for bear but like he was 16 and the worst thing that ever happened to hi #at that point was his parents being shitty and when we meet him again he's like 20/21 #so i don't really enjoy it when people say he's lost his flavor or whatever because he's clearly been through some shit in the last 5 years #but like tdr7 when bear tell tim to 'have a great piss!' that was fitzmartin briefly being possesed by the real bernard dowd for a sec #these tags are getting too long #dc #bernard dowd #tim drake #timbern #asks

[shaunashipman]

With the last couple years bringing us many very frustrating shows, it is so refreshing with good omens to be frustrated for the right reasons.

We're not frustrated with the writers for making nonsensical characters decisions that fit only with their vision of the show in their head and not what is actually on screen. No, we're frustrated with the characters for making perfectly understandable, in character decisions, that are only frustrating because we can see the whole picture as an objective viewer. We're never stuck going "what the fuck were they thinking" cause we can see perfectly well what they were thinking.

I don't know, it's just nice to be able to say "fuck you (affectionate)" to the creator, instead of "fuck you (derogatory)"

#good omens #good omens spoilers #just in case #idk media the last few years have made me so cynical #not helped by the 1 dimensional 'analysis' they do get when they try to go any deeper than surface #(sideyeing some of the aziraphale opinions i've seen about the finale) #but this was just such a refreshing season #written with love and care that we could feel #and it's nice to remember that media is supposed to make you feel negative emotions sometimes #instead of the impotent rage and disappointment i've been getting lately #anyway my long weekend starts in 20 minutes #so i'm off to rewatch s1&2 and cry into my pizza

[absenthearted]

THE TIES THAT BIND || a travis x laura playlist about the pull of fate, the lines drawn in the sand, a home you can never return to, and finding hope and trust and love again in the last place you would ever look. [read] [listen]

master & a hound - gregory alan isakov where were you when I was still kind?

promise - ben howard who am I, darling to you / who am I

little lion man - mumford & sons but it was not your fault but mine / and it was your heart on the line / I really fucked it up this time / didn’t I, my dear?

wish it was true - the white buffalo mother, I tried to do right by you / to do what you asked me to / I did wrong, and I knew

poison & wine - the civil wars I don’t have a choice but I still choose you

the savior complex - phoebe bridgers all the bad dreams that you hide / show me yours, I’ll show you mine

happiness is a butterfly - lana del rey do you want me or do you not?

shrike - hozier I couldn’t utter my love when it counted / ah, but I’m singing like a bird ‘bout it now

peace - taylor swift all these people think love’s for show / but I would die for you in secret

heal - tom odell and take my past / and take my sins / like an empty sail takes the wind / and heal

to build a home - the cinematic orchestra this is a place where I don’t feel alone / this is a place where I feel at home

last sunrise in the wasteland - at the end of times, nothing instrumental.

#hackearney #travis x laura #travis hackett #laura kearney #the quarry #the quarryedit #the quarry fanmix #the quarry playlist #sometimes i make things #yes this is a shameless post for my own soulmate au lol #the ending of that was the cheesiest thing i've ever written and i stand by it #if you like sad indie folk... i'm your girl lmao #most of these songs are actually on my general travis/laura playlist #(...which is actually my bthtny playlist really) #with some changes #no my general otp songs have not changed in the last 10 years #sorry for the clichéd choices #but this has been my writing playlist for the last eight weeks #that and hand covers bruise from the social network soundtrack playing on repeat for five hours straight 🙃 #i did have something more ambitious planned for these gifs and then my ambition slammed against my actual photoshop ability #i'm very out of practice #hackearney fic exchange

[imwritesometimes]

when you know a little bit abt the history of something you wanna include in your fic and then you do some research and it turns out the more in depth historical facts actually help bolster what you envisioned for the fic

#this is not me up at 1:30am doing research for a fic. absolutely not. not happening. I am actually asleep. as I should be. #I haven't written a fic in almost a year ok. I'm just. a touch excited. #watching all those docu series over the last year actually paid off for fic lmao who'd have thought #I'm actually getting a little tiny teensy bit like hmmmmmm okay yeah abt this #I'm trying not to fck this up for myself and get too excited and then abandon this too but omg #I kinda wrote like. a whole page of notes & ideas and outline and even some dialogue snippets tonight #like who is this bitch? #special shout out to my WIP buddy lol got me thinking today!! #erin explains it all #i write sometimes #jfc i haven't used that tag in so long I forgot it was even one I used for a minute......

[novelconcepts]

i don't make resolutions, but if i did

it would be to finish this fic

(and to be kind to myself for however long it takes to actually do so)

#i'm finishing it if it kills me #i know i've been writing this makeout scene for 3 weeks but baby that can't last forever #if we want to get deep and dark and serious for a second i do think a lot of my struggles to write lately have to do with engagement #and how incredibly low engagement has been on the last few things i've written #which like. is what it is. i'm not entitled to anybody's time or comments or kudos. #but when you write stuff you're proud of and it feels like it's barely getting read it's hard to keep momentum. #this isn't intended as a woe is me or whatever it's just kind of like. there. hovering. #happens enough times you start to wonder if it's you. am i just writing for the wrong fandom/ship? #(too bad if so. they're in my bones i'm writing for them and no one can stop me.) #but yeah. if you ever wonder if authors do care or notice about hits. comments. kudos. buddy i am here to tell you #not only do we care and FLOURISH we also notice when those things drop off and readers vanish #and it is a giant bummer. and sometimes makes us wildly paranoid about why that might have happened. #so if you liked a fic today--not even one of mine. just. anybody's. share it. comment on it. #kudos at the VERY least (cuz frankly kudos is there to be an 'i got to the end and this was nice' feature. #so when you get 500 hits and only like 30 kudos? it feels like 470 of those people hated your work) #anyway. that got out of hand. lil' too raw lil' too honest. happens when you let yourself ramble at 11:30 instead of sleeping #to sum: let your local fic writer know if they've made you happy #and as we go into 2024 i am swearing to myself that this fic (and probably several others) are getting finished #come hell. high water. or dishearteningly low engagement numbers. #(and then maybe we...actually work on something original. cuz why not. new year same old me but i'll do my best.)

[bigcats-birds-and-books]

NaNoWriMo 2023 Victory!!

Behold: The carnage of my desk at 11:04PM last night, immediately upon finishing a book! Tomorrow it will be Onward To ~Typing~

#photography #my photography #nanowrimo #nano2023 #nano #wf #my writing #anyway the orange was fun i Liked That #which is wild because orange and red are my least fave colors in general but sometimes they're Just The Vibe #(i would've written this in yellow but. that's not a Thing) #(last year's nano was red (because it was a little red riding hood retelling lmaooo)) #*also TOMORROW is typing because today was sposed to be knitting #knitting turned into a bunch of online shopping though #IT'S FINE IT'S VICTORY REWARDS #and gifts lmao

[crows-of-buckets]

I always worry I am slightly mischaracterizing Daeran and it bugs me but like. I may also just be overthinking things

#everytime i write i just sit there and go “would he fucking say that? WOULD HE FUCKING SAY THAT???” #over and over again #idk its veen so many years since ive written #the last time i weote this much i was. 11. #i turn 20 in a few months it has been a LONG fucking tim #sometimes its just. idk harder #i kinda wish i had wrote more in highschool but i didnt really have anything i wanted to write so #I've written a few like. drabbles in the past few years #but not like i have recently

[bogglesgate]

Yllis sad backstory unlocked???

AAAHH okay so the short version is 'girl performs a feat of experimental magic that ends up killing her brother (who raised her and was the most important person to her in the whole wide world), proceeds to lose her hinges'.

She and her brother lived in a little place in the Lower City in Baldur's Gate while she pursued her career and apprenticeship as a wizard, but even before The Incident, she was a wizard, which meant she was subject to a certain level of self-assuredness bordering on hubris, and like many wizards, this manifested in trying to perform magic she was unqualified for. She doesn't remember what it was she was even trying to do, but it ended up with her half-blind and her brother dead.

Her response to this while nearly bleeding out from a magically-induced facial laceration was not just, "Dear gods what have I done?" it was, "Dear gods, what have I done? I have to fix this," because even having clearly just Found Out, she was still a wizard, which meant she wasn't about to stop Fucking Around.

And to a wizard who is heavily grieving and fresh out of an incredibly traumatic event, Fucking Around looks a lot like enchanting a loved one's dead body so that it won't rot and speaking to it every day while you direct increasingly concerning questions to your teacher/employer until they finally notice the haunted look that has begun settling over you and make the wise decision to cut off the arrangement before that particular pot boils over.

She got better. Eventually. Ish.

#she's in that same kind of flux state as many of the others where she's very much got the potential to be really awful. #she's ultimately a good person who wants to do right by people. quiet and sometimes harsh but a good and warm person. #but she's also spent the last like. 40 years obsessively reading books written by freaky death cultists and whatever #so she's maybe a little bit less than sane. she hides it well. #don't ask her how many bodies she dug up/experimented on/reanimated in that little house in the lower city #she'll answer you honestly if you ask but neither of you is going to be pleased with the answer. #my tav: yllis #oc lore

[aphel1on]

"i am going to write a fix-it"

7k in my pov character is attempting suicide

#this has happened. more than once. #listen sometimes you have to hit rock bottom before you can go up #suicide cw #'babe are u ok uve written characters trying to kill themselves multiple times in the last year' #no i am not thank you for asking! but im outsourcing all my breakdowns to fictional characters so it's gucci #no to be honest tho it is not as drastic as that potentially makes it sound #when i am going thru a rougher patch of mental health #i DO end up writing more 'darkfic' or whatever #where my characters are going thru it even worse than i am #and honestly its just cathartic. and helps me process things #and most of the time i even DO get to the comfort part of the hurt/comfort eventually #which is like a big psychic hug or blanket draped around my shoulders #so anyway #aphelion.txt #writing #fanfic

[itstimeforstarwars]

Some of my favorite stories are the unfinished wips in my drafts folders. One day I'd like to share them with people. Probably not today tho.

#chit chat #i have a 17k story that i like to reread about every other month #it's been in my folders for 5 years now almost to the day #i wrote 16.5k of it in the first month #and since then i have added about 500 words lol #sometimes I think about posting it even unfinished but it's for a dead fandom and I'd hate to disappoint my One Last Reader #with a fic that will never be finished #which is why #in five years #it still remains a draft #it is however one of the best things I've ever written and even though I've read the jokes a hundred times in five years i still laugh #and really as the writer i am also the most important reader so at least there's that

[rosykims]

ELSPETH COUSLAND, WARDEN COMMANDER OF THE GREY

There is no Ferelden son or daughter alive who does not know the name Elspeth Cousland. Though still walking amongst us in the world today, feat after impossible feat has elevated the Warden Commander's name to the heights of near myth. Like the Dwarven Paragons, Ser Aveline the chevalier, Dane and the werewolves and beloved heroes of old, the Highever woman known simply as Ella to her friends is regaled by taverkeep and teryn alike for her legendary exploits during the Fifth Blight. [template]

[Except from ‘Faces of the Dragon: Figures of Fame and Notoriety Throughout the Dragon Age’ by Brother Genitivi]  

#EDIT: changed her fc ! #dao #oc: elspeth #yes i stole genitivi's identity and brand to make these lame codex entries. and i'd do it again ! #aka i will bc ive written for cillian and ashara too #anyways hi. new years resolution is im going to be SO much more annoying about tempates #i dropped the ball so bad in 2022 but no longer ! #this has been in my drafts forever but i never posted it bc i kept making last minute additions and being extra in general #but yeah. um. i love her #shes changed so much since i first made her back in ye olde 2018..... for the better altho she would likely not agree <3 #also i need a disclaimer that honestly she's a 4 or 5 in humor when shes in a goofy mood.. i just put her as a 3 #bc she can also be incredibly broody and woe-is-me sometimes which kind of takes away from the memery :( #im still leaving the possibility of her becoming queen consort in the future. she just needs to mope around ferelden a bit first lol

[pendinganchor]

facing my fear of sharing my writing real quick 🫡

note: idk the exact timeline for this fic yet . i’ll worry about that if i ever actually write it . also *insert i hate jkr statement* but as a trans man i feel that should go unsaid

Draco was trying, and failing, to remain focused on his book when he felt someone sit next to him. He still didn’t feel like he belonged in this house so he was keeping to himself. “You seem to have something on your mind.”

“Sorry?” he asked as his attention moved from the book to the man who spoke to him.

“You haven’t turned a page in over ten minutes. And you’re usually quite the fast reader.”

“Oh.” Draco glanced at the page number then carefully shut the book. He shifted his body to be more comfortable— he hadn’t noticed when his back started hurting because of his position. He gave his former teacher his full attention. “Observant are we?”

“When you’ve experienced the things I have, you learn to be.” Draco nodded in silent agreement— he did know. “So, what’s got you distracted from a good book?”

“Normal angsty teenage things.”

“Care to share?”

Draco made a face. “I hardly believe you care about this sort of thing.”

“I was an angsty teenager once. An outside perspective might be helpful, try me.”

“It’s about my love life.” Or more accurately his lack of one.

“Ah. Not sure I can help, but give it a shot.”

Draco paused for a moment, deciding if he should say anything. “How do I get rid of this stupid pull I feel towards him?”

Remus let out a soft laugh— like he knew what Draco wasn’t saying. “I fear it’s in your genetics, Draco. You can’t get rid of that.”

“What?”

“You aren’t the first Black to fall in love with a Potter. You’re not even the second.” Draco opened his mouth to protest— to say he wasn’t in love with Harry. But stopped when Remus gave him a pointed look. “I am all too familiar with the look of love on a member of the Black family.” Draco followed the man’s gaze to Sirius— who was waving his arms around as he said something to one of the Weasleys. Draco couldn’t tell which one from this distance.

“Is it worth it?” He felt a sudden urge to cry. An urge to say never mind, he didn’t want to know the answer.

“Is what worth it?” Remus asked as they made eye contact with each other again.

He thought about not elaborating. Just walking away. “Falling in love with a Black?”

“Every second.”

#‘fear of sharing my writing’ he says as he shares it all the time #BUT i have soooo much that never sees the light of day #i have written at least 300 words every day for almost a year and have shared barely any of it #anywho! #that last line makes me adjdlausvdk #i think this is the longest piece i’ve shared in a while #it originally started with Remus laughing but then i decided the beginning needed more context and it got longer #draco is essentially asking if he’s worth loving any i hate it here but i only have myself to blame #drarry #draco malfoy #harry potter #remus lupin #hinted jegulus #and by hinted i mean blatantly obvious #wizarding world #userkarson #karson writes things sometimes

[septembersghost]

was looking at presley's insta and the first thing i clicked on was this:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Csr9vaGJmmy/?igshid=YmM0MjE2YWMzOA==

the first lyrics r so elvis inspired i love it sm!!

ahhhh i love this! it never ever stops astonishing me how powerful his presence continues to be in music and as an inspiration to other artists, it's such a vibrant way to keep love for him alive. 💖

#chelsea and i were talking about tribute songs the other night #because i looked up wynonna judd's cover of burning love and came up with a song she wrote inspired by him instead #called sometimes i feel like elvis #and last year she said: he had more soul in his pinky than all of us combined #what particularly moves me is how an overwhelming majority of songs about him or reflecting on and capturing him #are written/performed by women #and even current artists (lana/phoebe/florence/gaga/miley/etc etc) referencing him and being influenced by him and dedicating lyrics to him #of course it makes sense presley would given her name!!! #i just love it so much...he's still with us because he's so influential and remembered #anonymous #letterbox #i was a dreamer

[damnfool-of-a-took]

@hashtagloveloses @squashonesquashtwosquashthree

it is not, I'm just like this as a person, but as a dunmeshi enjoyer the comparison does make me laugh

I can't decide if Marcille would be more conflicted or relieved about eating a Pasta Beast 🤔

#i didn't get into dunmeshi until this year and the poem was written last year #while i was waiting on my food to show up at an olive garden #sometimes hanger manifests as poetic inspiration idk what to tell you #we hunt the mighty pasta beast #kai mutterings #i love that this silly poem has Lore now and has been compared to like four or five different fandoms #only some of which I've even heard of before lol