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[dani-dabbles]

“Because I’ve Never…” by dani_dabbles

a #RWRB and #FirstPrince movie-inspired oneshot

AO3 Link

Summary: The glow of Paris spills through the open window, pouring a golden hue over the room as if honey drenches every surface. The air feels thick with it, so sticky and sweet that Alex wonders if it can be tasted on their skin. Time buckles under the influence and the seconds pass achingly slow, allowing him to chronicle every glorious detail.

They are really doing this.

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The entire Paris scene from the RWRB Movie - from the café to the hotel - is just perfectly done and I have so many feelings about it. But there's the moment right as Alex and Henry begin undressing that's just overwhelmingly intimate and beautiful. I tweeted out that I could probably write an entire fic about that two second shot and the internet responded with more enthusiasm than i ever expected. So the joke was on me.

Regardless, here we are...almost 2000 words about 2 seconds of the movie. It's a self-indulgent feelings dump with absolutely no plot. Hope you enjoy.

#rwrb movie #RWRB movie fic #rwrb fic #red white and royal blue #red white and royal blue movie #alex claremont diaz #henry fox mountchristen windsor #henry hanover stuart fox #the Paris scene #dani-dabbles-fic #rwrb on prime #firstprince #firstprince fic

[foodsies4me]

End of the Year Fic Recs!!!

thank you @echo-bleu for tagging me! <3

I adore this as a game because I love reccing fics (and really should do it more often because So. Much. Good.Fic). This is going to be all shadowhunters I'm afraid though because I am still very much in the shadowhunters brainrot stage and haven't read much of anything else. (Also, sorry to those I haven't left a comment for yet, I WILL, spoons have just been low this year...) Also, I'll try to keep it to one rec per author because there are so many wonderful authors, but definitely go check the other fics of these people (if you haven't already) they're all excellent.

Recommend up to 5 series or multi-chapter fics from 2023 that everyone should read (multi-year WIPs count, if the last update was in 2023).

Running from the Night by @to-the-stars-writing. My forever fic spouse and the fic I reread themost this year goes to the fantastic, angsty Alec goes to live in a small village to get away from the Clave because the poor dude is traumatized fic from to-the-stars. This fic is my fics spouse (yes I got @to-the-stars-writing's permission to marry this fic) and I love, love, love it so much.

Flames to Embers by @notcrypticbutcoy: teenage!Alec is poofed into the timeline of his older self and it is lovely, sad, and heartwarming all at the same time. Also, teenage Alec is delightfully grumpy and Adult Alec is even more delightfully Done with teenage!Alec's grumpiness.

starshine and moonlight by she_who_reads (all_fandoms_reader) A three +1 fic where Alec isn't enough until he finally is. This fic is angsty and delves into Alec's (not all that great) self-worth issues and it hurts. Might or might not have cried reading it.

The Warlock's Cat by @dreaming-marchling. I hesitated a while which one I should pick from Marchling, but I ended up choosing this one (that said PLEASE go read Bleed for Me as well it is so goooood). The Warlock's Cat is a delightful "Alec gets turned into a cat and ends up in Magnus's care" fic. I adore it, and while it has its angsty or whumpy spots, it's mostly a nice, feel-good read.

Magnus Bane: Menace by AceOnIce To give some reprieve from all of the angst in this list, here is a fic of pure, unabashed fluff. Starring: Warlock Alec and Shadowhunter Magnus, the latter of which writes some truly ridiculous mission reports to HOTI Ragnor's grief.

Recommend up to 5 single chapter fics/one-shots (long or short) from 2023 that everyone should read.

The river cannot go back by @lawsofchaos1. Alec being Alec and completely in love with Magnus which leads to him committing treason like it's nothing. It is a short, brilliant fic that had me screeching like any @lawsofchaos1 fic does.

I'm finding it hard to breath by Honey_Hued_Hermes This one is pretty heave, but it does have a Hopeful Ending. Alec never promised he would tell Magnus if things ever got that bad...and sadly they do. Diving into Alec's Suicidal Thoughts and his Self-Harm tendencies.

A Most Fundamental Truth by autisticalec A missing scene from 2X10 when Alec tells Magnus that he's never been as terrified as when he feared Magnus had died from the Soul Sword. This one-shot dives into the "Alec was really very not okay emotionally" in this scene, so go read it!

The Difficult Task by @dani-dabbles: Another Alec is going through it emotionally fic (there are quite a lot of these on this list I just realized, oops). Thankfully, Magnus is there to offer support when Alec needs it because Magnus is still the best boyfriend. (also the repeated "not good enough"is evil and I am suing for emotion damages, please and thank you very much)

come to me (in the night hours) by @moonlight-breeze-44 Izzy is a supportive sister and is there emotionally for Alec right before his wedding to Lydia. This fic left me feeling all sad and weepy. This fic is technically part of a series, but as no other parts have been posted yet I am posting this in the one-shot part.

Recommend up to 5 fics NOT from 2023 that everyone should read (oldies but goodies).

I've Always Dreamed of Meeting Someone Like You by ColorfulWarlock A non-magical Alternate Universe this time around. Single-dad, fashion designer, and CEO Magnus needs someone to draw his designs for him after a hit-and-run leaves him unable to draw for himself. Insert Alec, the wonderful babysitter, and game designer who seems to understand what Magnus envisions and draw them into reality!

Angelus ex Machina by BlueA The series starts with the sudden disappearance of demon activity and the way that lack of activity impacts the local Shadow World. I love the way the parabatai bond is portrayed in this fic (especially in the third installment).

through the fire and pain by alxndrlightwoods is another parabatai-bond deep-dive that goes deep into how a parabatai bond can change shadowhunters. It also explains why, if parabatai are so powerful, there aren't that many of them. Love this fic!

i cannot touch because they are too near by @faejilly nobody manages to write poetry without writing poetry quite like @faejilly for me, seriously the words are always so beautiful I am in awe. This fic has to be my absolute favorite though because deep-dives into the parabatai bond are interesting to begin with but the way Jilly decides to do so in this fic makes it go from interesting to absolutely brilliant.

Greater Love Hath No Man by @lawsofchaos1 Okay, I lied, here is a second Laws fic, but considering this fic led to the demise of my laptop, I felt that it deserved to be on the list. (No, that wasn't a joke). Dad!Alec is forced to send baby!Max away to a warlock orphanage when his magic grows too strong for him and leaves him injured. The pain is real and it is excruciating, tissues are advised.

Recommend up to 5 of your own fics (completed or WIP) from 2023 that everyone should read.

As much as I adore reccing fics, doing self-recs is awkward, so I'm going to keep this to one rec before I combust into flames.

All Was Golden (everyone has probably read that one already because it's my most-read fic which makes this slightly less awkward than reccing any other of my fics.) Anyway, soulmate AU with a kind of ugly meet that has some angst.

Tagging, without any kind of pressure, the authors I tagged in the rec-list (if they haven't participated already) as well as @miss-mouse.

#rec game #foodsies rambles #I love all of these fics so much #and there were so many more I wanted to include #maybe I should do rec lists more often #even if nobody reads them

[theprinceandagcd]

WIP Wednesday <3

Happy Wednesday, my dudes! Taking the open tag from @kiwiana-writes and getting this out of the way early so that I can focus on some graduate school stuff that is a lot less fun. Also, yes, I just put some text on a screenshot bc I have no artistic ability but I wanted a lil thing for wip tag stuff :/

jesus christ, ANYWAY. I'm still slaving away over writing one single thread of gold tied me to you from Henry's perspective - title is officially "hell was the journey, but it brought me heaven" just btw :)

Turns out, Henry has VERY complicated feelings in this fic and sometimes he absolutely refuses to talk to me. Which is fine. I'll figure him out eventually. Until then, here's a snippet <3

Maybe, if he treads carefully, they can stay friends. It wasn’t their entire relationship that he shouldn’t have partaken in - being Alex’s friend was one of the only good things Henry has ever done. Taking it further than that cherished bond was a selfish and alcohol-induced mistake that will haunt him for the rest of his life.  Chewing on his bottom lip, Henry is preparing to type when he glances up at the news broadcast in front of him and sees his soul mark staring back at him.  No, not his.  Alex’s.  A perfect fucking match to his.  No. It’s not possible.  Yet, there it is.  Henry knew, though, didn’t he? Alex, the only thing in his life that has ever made sense. Alex, the beautiful and bright spot in an otherwise miserable existence. Alex, who had called him upset on Christmas minutes after Henry had started feeling nauseous and called him in a panic in February moments after Henry had woken with a racing heart.  He’d ignored every single sign out of self preservation, refusing to let himself entertain an idea that was wonderful in theory but would ultimately only cause heartache. Alex’s soul being tied to his is a punishment to them both - Alex, for wanting a soulmate and getting one that he cannot have; Henry, for being in love before he knew and now understanding that he has to be the one to take Alex’s dream away from him.

tags :) @hgejfmw-hgejhsf @heybuddy-drabbles @anincompletelist @firenati0n @dani-dabbles @inexplicablymine @ninzied

#lemme know if you'd like to be added or removed from the tag list! #rwrb #firstprince #wip tag #wip wednesday

[peachdues]

Hi Peach!

Okay okay I know you can’t answer this one on the off chance I’m right (I really don’t think I am but still god loves a trier) I originally thought it was reader having a bit of a breakdown following the events of the part III and Sanemi didn’t know how to handle it. Maybe she was in withdrawal from the poppy milk (I will come back to this)

however now you’ve mentioned a fire and I think my original hypothesis is less exciting so

Reader goes back to her village following a split with Sanemi or she asks him to take her back to her village that she left at the beginning of Part I. She burns Douma’s lair to the ground, she has a Dani at the end of Midsommar moment and just lets herself get a little unhinged in the wake of the breakdown of her and Samemi’s relationship and her frustration over her capture and maiming by Douma.

she cannot convince anyone to burn the cloak, she ends up burning down her and Sanemi’s home to the ground with the cloak in the house. Maybe after the ‘I’m sorry you wasted your mark’ scene from a snippet you posted she goes feral again and just decides to burn it all down, scorched earth so she there can be nothing left.

I remember you posted a pic of Dorothy in the field of poppies in your no context Netherwood spoiler post. I think that whatever transpires is while the reader is under the influence of the poppy milk, she may even become dependant on it for a time to cope with everything and possibly go through withdrawal

and unrelated to the meme post but a theory I have had for a while since you said you and Sam were discussing the origins of the readers cloak I think Lady Tamayo made it for readers grandmother, she may have gave it to her as a gift. i think Tamayo may end up repairing it for the reader, the same way the master will repair Sanemi’s seal. that way they will both get back their magical protection.

I know they can’t all be true at once but just throwing them out there! Much love as always

-🫧🫧

(PS I have started dabbling in fic writing - it’s so hard 😭)

interesting interesting!!

I won’t comment on any of these, but I love the theories!!

Another theme of Part IV: poor Genya

AND YAY FIC WRITING!!! Go bestie!!

#poor baby goes THROUGH it lmao #🍑’s asks #🫧 anon

[la-muerta]

WIP title tag game

Tagged by @junemermaid! ❤️ Rules: Post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! Then tag as many people as you have WIPs.

I'm in the middle of posting two Shadowhunters fics and one RWRB fic at the moment so I'm gonna skip those. These are a few of the fics across a few fandoms that I actually have something to talk about beyond just ✨vibes✨ I guess 😆

Legends Only (Shadowhunters)

Salt & Burn (Shadowhunters)

Paradise Lost (Shadowhunters)

Every Me & Every You (Shadowhunters)

a love like this (莲花楼; Mysterious Lotus Casebook)

who you are is someone who leaves (RWRB)

dirty deeds done dirt cheap (陈情令/魔道祖师; The Untamed/MDZS)

No pressure tagging: @rebelren, @sfjessii, @kasper-tag, @dani-dabbles, @sasamelons, @dragongirlg-fics, @crankyfossil and anyone else who wants to play!

#tag games #wip title tag game #shadowhunters fanfic #rwrb fanfic #cql fanfic #LHL fanfic #fandom life #I have 99 problems and my evergrowing WIP list is all of them

[dontbotherwiththepronunciation]

Was there any responses on the Theon survey that made you feel differently about a certain headcanon, fandom trend or ship?

Thank you for your patience. It is uncommon for people to ask about my opinions but it brought a smile to my face, and your politeness only added to it.

To answer your question, sadly not, but there were still some developments on my perceptions.

Fandomwise I was mostly proven right over things I suspected in the past both in things I find uplifting and things that I find upsetting (TCKs and colonialism children in the Theon corner preferring Dany over Sansa and usually disliking the Theon/Stark ships, Robb Stark being a gift as the prevalent perception among throbb shippers, most people not caring about Jeyne Poole, thramsays being unhinged but very respectful and careful about people's boundaries) but there were a few things that had a positive reaction in me and maybe prepared me for changes.

I think I've made clear how I don't like engaging with Theon/Stark ships and sadly when it came to the squid prince and the steel skinned princess this didn't change at all, on the contrary, but when it came to the squid prince and the wolf-headed boy I was confronted with smaller subsets of the fandom that I felt could actually get me into it.

I used to be a lot more open about the later ship but as time passed it was ruined for me due to many personal vexations involving interpretation, (dismissal or vilification of) characters, themes and the constant use of show-scenes and quotes, but some of the responses from throbb people came very close to things I would theoretically enjoy in them as a ship (and as a closer characterisation of how I perceive Robb, clearly not a villain or an evil-doer but not someone I'd want to spend time with).

Nothing fully changed my mind, I didn't always agree with their reasoning and I am still sceptical because this was only a minority, but I think to some extent it made me more curious and, admittedly, less judgemental.

Here are some examples I am allowed to quote:

On Throbb as a ship, by throbb people

I only mildly dabble in shipping in asoiaf at all, however Throbb Is nice as when its done well It tends to have a lot of what I like (kidfic, canon divergences with some political element and happening around the early ACOK node, very specific hurt comfort dynamics, role reversals (enjoy Robb Is the one who had to experience Ramsay AUs even) exploration of the cultural/identity issues through conflicing loyalty etc . It rigorously has to be by people who love Theon better than Robb though

I'm someone where I will take whatever I can get tbh. All of the above. I do really enjoy stories where Robb is a darker character though, and relishes in the power he holds over Theon. Also just like playing with the theme of the Starks being wolves? And how the Ironborn were called like sea wolves by those in the riverlands and westerlands. It's very fun. I also do indulge in modern AUs where Theon is an unofficial member of the Starks. It's just very comfy. I like it less-so in canon fics because I think it very much writes off Ironborn culture in place of Northern culture. I am picky with them though because some of them are very much in the lane of "the Starks can do no wrong" and nope, the Starks can and have.

I am truly here for literally any Theon ship and they all appeal to me in different ways for different reasons. Robb and Theon - Personally I think it's really interesting how Robb is upheld as this very honourable gentleman-type but he never calls out Theon on his horrible treatment of women or other uncouth behaviour and it's suggested he actually kind of admires him for it? It gives me the impression that Robb lives vicariously through Theon a little bit and I'm fascinated by the idea of them being devoted to each other but also jealous of each other? We never see Robb's POV in the books but I think he's interesting to view through a lens of a young guy with an immense amount of pressure and responsibility on his shoulders (even before Ned dies he has the responsibility of being heir and the pressure to live up to the Stark name). I imagine that Theon is one of the few people Robb felt he could be himself around without any pressure to be respectable or honourable. He probably craves the relative freedom Theon has whole Theon longs for the status and respect that Robb has. It's an interesting dynamic! Also there's the fact that Robb is literally the only person who likes Theon and trusts him when no one else does which makes it even more heartbreaking when he betrays him.

On whether Robb Stark is a gift or not, by throbb people

No. Lol. I mean, the thing is, Robb isn’t really a terrible person or anything – book!Robb especially is young and inexperienced and genuinely seems to be trying his best in a situation that is understandably overwhelming. That said, he’s careless, self-righteous, over-privileged, emotionally manipulative, a bit vainglorious and sometimes extremely selfish, and has a tendency to do things like blame the easiest, most vulnerable (as well as the one most likely to forgive him) target for his own mistakes. He’s somewhat emotionally constipated and fairly low on empathy. He's very loyal to his family (but as we see with Sansa, it’s far from unconditional) and I think he does try to do right by people, especially those he cares about, overall. However, in the context of his relationship with Theon (where this seems to be most prominent as a Concept) he fails rather significantly and the relationship is not nonredeemable or anything, but definitely toxic.

I've only got the impression that he is a gift by reading bran's, Jon's and Arya's chapters not by theon's. In book 1 he is such an asshole to him in that bran chapter... It's more fanon I think to make Robb a gift specifically to Theon and I understand it, the show gave to us a closer relationship and many liked it and projected to Robb a caring attitude we wanted someone to have towards Theon, at least that's how it worked for me idk. Also the potential for romance, angst and tragedy by making them closer is just *chefs kiss is Robb a gift? yes is he one to Theon? they definitely have love between them but I don't think he is one to Theon.

Robb Stark as a character can really be anything you want him to be. I think only seeing him through other POV characters (especially his family) was a stroke of genius on George's part, just as we first meet Stannis in person through Maester Cressen, and later experience him through Davos' eyes (two people who love him deeply). Robb was a 16 year old dealing with some incredibly high stakes situations and a number of traumatic losses. He's mostly just tragic to me.

I still think Robb's relationships to the women in his life (Cat, Jeyne, Sansa, Arya and Dacey) are more interesting to me since they are usually explored by fandom in a more ambiguous and, in my opinion, more canon-compliant light, but yeah these made me reconsider my negative feelings about Throbb.

To some extent this also happened with Theyne, a ship I do ship but always felt weird about and sometimes had this stupid and prideful type of wish to differentiate myself from the shippers who engaged with it in a more "wholesome" manner. I came to see a lot more interest in dubious and less-positive takes on the dynamic in some of the responses and it was oddly relieving, it made me less conscious about my self-perceived discredit of the text when adding romantic connotations to Theon and Jeyne's canon dynamic (although they are somewhat present in the text too. ?????weird situationship of mutual victimhood and hellish non-consensual polycule with their torturer acting as matchmaker, third wheel and sicko lurking on the window)

[...] If it happens, it will be later down the line, probably during a potential recovery arc or even at the very end of the books. I would like to see how that plays out and I think Jeyne as his co-survivor of torture would probably be the most interesting person to play that out with because there is a common history that will remain a can of worms between them, but Jeyne seems to be (just like Kyra who came to Theon with the keys even though she didn't have to do that for her rapist!) a genuinely caring, empathetic and kind person who seems to have already bonded with Theon, seemingly knowing that he just like her did not participate willingly in her rape even though he had been compliant to his torturer's demands out of fear. And all that probably holds true even if he is still in survival mode of "I have saved Lady Arya (do not take on your actual name because that will get us both thrown back to the Boltons, this charade ain't over yet, please keep this charade up for your and my safety)". Jeyne has been badly maimed and (not only, but predominantly sexually) tortured herself, of course, so I suspect that the bond they both share will be fraught with fears and pain and ugly memories that migth feel more pressing than just memories (hello, PTSD), but i can see a way forward for both of them that I cannot see for either Jeyne and anyone else or Theon and anyone else (apart from familial bonds that Theon still has. Jeyne has no-one but Theon now, her parents are both dead and any other relatives haven't stepped up when Littlefinger sex trafficked her and Ramsay ended up repeatedly raping, maiming and psychologically torturing her). They will probably at first feel not great with each other, but I truly believe that they can help each other heal as far as possible or at least manage the aftermath of such severe torture of all kings. If he (Theon) does end up in some capacity in a romantic or sexual re-exploration of identity through a relationship of some sort, I suspect that Jeyne, who was co-tortured sexually alongside and through him (not that he was a willing participant, just someone trying to survive, doing the least harmful thing for both himself and Jeyne by partaking in being forced to rape her for Ramsay while thus becoming a victim of rape himself; apart from his former strongly insinuated sexual abuse and possible genital mutilation), might be the only person able and willing to even entertain the idea of a romantic and/or sexual connection to him, even though I think that her own state after all the sexual and other abuse means that that will be very, very far into the future. Both will probably feel safer not engaging in anything sexual for a long while, if ever, and as for romance, I think it'll probably take on a very fragile, small-gestures-of-care type of form that's more reminiscent of familial love and care rather than passionate. Both will have struggles expressing their minds, their wants and needs freely, both will be scared of physical touch probably, but then there's that image of Jeyne, half-dead herself, extending empathy to Theon and stroking his cheek telling him "you saved me", so there's that part of caring about someone already that seems like some glimmer of hope for both of them. If Theon makes it out alive through the books, I can see him ending up on the Iron Islands and her married to him for protection's sake (seeing as she's got no-one else in the world, and he has proven himself to care for her by saving her from Bolton Winterfell; while nobody else will care enough about her, or him or even be remotely positive towards him to facilitate some other marriage. She's only a steward's daugther, but a minor noble house is still a noble house, so I don't see why in-world class issues would make this impossible. It would grant both of them a safe space to recover from the abuse through each other's now safe company, and maybe find a way to love and be loved despite being more or less dead to the rest of society for various reasons. [...]

Jeyne and Theon - I think their relationship is really interesting to explore as a kind of co-dependant comforting thing where no one else quite understands their shared trauma and neither of them quite trust anyone else any more. But also they have this really soft affection for each other and see things in each other that no one else does. I think they're both seen as kind of irredeemably broken and pathetic post-Ramsay but they see the strength and kindness and value in each other that no one else can.

theon jeyne: i generally prefer nonsexual interactions, however there are ways of doing sexuality that i can like: when it is initiated by and demanded by jeyne who seeks some form of reenactment or redress or nonviolent experience or corrective with theon that she considers safe/available for this and with a theon who is reluctant at best. i like intense dangerous codependency. i don't think regular romance is available to them or rather what they have is already past that.

Asides from those, not so many changes. I think the bigger and better outcome was just learning to be less judgemental and more open. I am honestly happy of having done the survey even if sometimes I wanted to stick my head in the oven.

#I don't know how to tag this #speaking #I don't know if I should tag the ships or if this would be considered as anti-ship #anyway overall more positive feelings about those two which is good. #asoiaf #theon greyjoy #Theon x Robb #theon x Jeyne

[kasper-tag]

AO3 MEME

tagged by the lovely @la-muerta 🖤

No-pressure tagging @demy85 @fiyaerrigan @mandulabogesz @dani-dabbles and anyone else who wants to play!

Rules: Give us the links to your wonderful words with the most hits, most kudos, most comments, most bookmarks, most words, and least words.

(To be fair, I only have 7 fics posted (soon to be 8 👀), and a third of all my stats comes from one fic, so... 🙃)

Most Hits: You Will Be Mine is my This World Inverted AU fic, the second part of my Otherworldly series, and is sitting at 12,091 hits! That's bananas, y'all

Most Kudos: You Will Be Mine again, with 312 kudos!

Most Comments: You Will Be Mine for a third time (sensing a pattern?), with 216 comments!

Most Bookmarks: You Will Be Mine once again, with 48 visible bookmarks! There are 86 when I look at my stats page, so 😏 a lot of y'all are private people, I guess

Most Words: and who would have guessed, You Will Be Mine! It's currently sitting at 112,019 words, which is fucking nuts. I had only planned on writing a few chapters of it and calling it a day. I'm a foolish dude for thinking that was the case 🙃 It's on a kind of hiatus at the moment while I finish up my current WIP, but I'll be hopping back to it shortly!

Least Words: Lit Up! Finally something different 🤣 This was just a random little idea that I had, and it's exactly 1,000 words long. It's one of my earliest fics, so the writing is pretty rough, but I think it's got a good premise. I might go back and rewrite it someday to my current standards

#thanks for the tag! #tag game #fanfiction #ao3 author #ao3 writer #malec #shadowhunters #youwillbeminefic #otherworldlyseries #this was fiddly AF to do on mobile BTW 🙃 #i can't wait to post my WIP and add more variety to my stats 😂

[doodlegirl1998]

I never read GoT books ( A song of ice and fire) and never will bc not only it is expensive but it dabbles with dark themes. But I need to say this, I do like to read the essays and metas and a common census is how Danny and Jon's meeting is smth that will happen and is important.

Now why I'm mentioning this?

Bc it just hit me if Hori wasnt Hori....we could have this. A journey where Izu and Shig are the pivotal forces...and they will meet, it is foreshadow, it is the story their meeting and teaming up (not talking only on a shipping sense. Like a villain and hero from 0 going "together" to 100 is sooo cool)

Bonus: Izu does see corruption but instead of the fics going "now Izu beat up everyone" he sees to destroy the real problem, the hero system. Bc is not fair everyone sit down and watches as one hero lifts building to save one life (and unlike Hori, Izu would have supporters)

Shig wpuld grow emotionally from the mindset "destroy all" and would join forces with Izu....

Afo? He dies. He should have give the last croaked in Kamino. Why? Bc he is pathetic and there a sense of bittersweet, a man with such powerful quirk is still a loser and couldn't do shit.

AM is free to now think on what to do...

This feels like a good fic idea (and I shall do it) but god, we could have this.

Hi @mikeellee 👋,

Also never read GOT but I have seen parts of the show on YouTube and read meta's like you. It does seem like, from what I've seen, that GRRM foreshadows and writes better than Hori and builds up Dany, Jon and their meeting as important through the story.

Hori really should have done this with Izu and Shig, as well as gave Shig more pivotal moments in the story where he influences Izu/ Izu's views and drives the plot himself.

As it stands the influential villains for Izu are in canon; Overhaul and AFO. Not Shig at all and as Shig is meant to be "Izuku's villain" this sucks. It's not like there wasn't any opportunities to do this either - there were! Hori just never took them! I.e have Shig kidnap Izu instead of Bkg during the training camp, have Shig tip off Izu about Eri's situation (bc fuck Overhaul) etc...

Your version with both Izu and Shig growing from each other sounds really cool - let me know when you write this as a fanfic :)

#mha critical #bnha critical

[fiyaerrigan]

I got tagged!

Thanks, @dani-dabbles!

Rules: post the names of all the files in your WIP folder regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it! And then tag as many people as you have WIPs.

asksonthismeantheworldtomeandmotivatemetogetoffmybuttandwritesendhelp.jpg

OK SO I AM GOING TO PREFACE THIS WITH THE FACT THAT I HAVE,,,, SO MANY WIPS OH BOY (doing a readmore after the first 10 and cutting it off entirely after 20 for good measure. tags alongside doc titles! so I don't lose count lmao)

No Way In Hell @help-me-nah

Alec demon blood? @howdotheyriseup6

Malec ITF AU @sapphire2309

Demon Possession Part II @la-muerta

AU-gust 2022 @milflaralorvan

Satis Caelestis (Quite Heavenly) @stan-of-many

Hanahaki Disease Continuation @the-great-lightwood-bane

Vampire!Alec but Worse @lazinesswrites

How Long Is Forever? @mildlyrebelliousmint

Lies (depressed Alec word vomit) @gospi

11. MTVRAU Writing @moonlight-breeze-44 12. Vampire!Magnus Werewolf!Alec @mumble-muse 13. hell @lit-in-thy-heart 14. Coffee Shop Continuation @kasper-tag 15. To think, all along— A short poem: 16. Malec Sickfic Everyone else that I wanted to tag? 17. The Djinn Fic They all had got tagged before 18. Magnus is the HW of Lima In titles of fic I am probably rich 19. Spies & Assassins Continuation But in taggable friends 20. LuciferSH Xover I am poor

Congratulations on making it to the end of this post! If you were tagged, this is totally optional and not at all mandatory! If you don't see your name on here, it's probably because...

A) I saw you were tagged by someone else B) I wasn't aware you wrote fic C) I know you, but not your tumblr

#ask meme #my totally normal post formatting #writing #it would mean the world to get asks on this *sobbing emoji* #my post

[mumms-the-word]

for the fanfiction ask: J & N

Ooo throwback! Thanks for the ask!

J:  What’s your favorite fanfic trope?  Have you written it?

I have so many. Probably “arranged marriage that turns into actual love.” I haven’t written it for BG3 because I haven’t dabbled in AUs for BG3 but oh my god the AU fics I used to write for Dragon Age. I probably have two or three AUs where my Warden (Nyssa) was arranged to marry Alistair and conveniently fell in love with him just before or just after the wedding.

N: Any fic ideas brewing that you’d care to share?

I’m going to post a silly oneshot of Dani realizing Gale is kinda hot sometime today or tomorrow, but otherwise…

An idea I have brewing but haven’t written yet is Gale’s POV on my Ascension, Return fic. I like the idea but I don’t know if it would be overkill and writing it with a you/reader “Tav” but inside Gale’s head seems…tricky…idk we’ll see if it goes anywhere!

#asks

[transmascizzy]

Confessions of the Heart

ao3

    The entire cottage is vibrating from the music that is blaring and the occupants are all well on their way to being blackout drunk. Eliot is at the bar mixing a margarita and laughing with a few second year boys as he spots Quentin drudge by and towards the staircase. Eliot puts down the drink shaker and puts a hand up to halt the conversation. “Sorry, boys. I’m going to have to leave you. Sad, I know. However, I’ve a sad first year to attend to.”

    Eliot then breaks away from the second years and follows Quentin’s path up the stairs and to his bedroom. Quentin got a small head start and managed to close the door before Eliot could catch up. Eliot gives a light tap to the door before opening it slowly. “Hey, Q?”

    A grunt comes from inside the room and Eliot assumes that means he’s safe to walk in. So, he does. He finds Quentin face down on the bed and not moving.

    “You okay, Quentin?”

    “Yeah, I’m fine. Just tired and drunk.” Quentin’s voice is muffled by the sheets and he shifts a little to allow Eliot space to join him on the bed. Eliot takes the cue and lounges next to Quentin.

    “What’s up? Not enjoying the party.”

    “Already told you, El,” Quentin says while turning himself onto his back. “I’m just tired. Long day, you know?”

    “Yeah, but that’s what alcohol is for. Helps you relax.”

    “Not for me. I just end up stressed out and super horny.”

    “Sorry, Q,” Eliot says and he is. He knows that Quentin has gone through a lot in his life and he knows how hard that’s been.

    “It’s fine, I’m just… I don’t know, El,” Quentin says and rolls to face Eliot who is staring up at the ceiling. Quentin rests his arm across Eliot’s chest and folds into him. He groans and relaxes as Eliot wraps his arm around Quentin’s shoulders.

    “Q?” Quentin mutters in response and Eliot continues speaking, “You you talk to me right? Regardless of what it is, you talk to me.” Quentin hums. “Quentin, look at me.” They lock eyes. “I love you, Q.”

    “I love you, too, El.” Quentin returns to his position curled up against Eliot and nods off. Eliot sighs and rubs small circles into Quentin’s back as they cuddle.

    “If only you knew how much I meant that...”

    After a few moments, Eliot hears a small, “I do.”

#queliot #quentin coldwater #eliot waugh #drabble #the magicians #fluff #my fics #mine #dani dabbles #ao3

[dani-dabbles]

A Prince Restored, A Lover Lost

Title: A Prince Restored, A Lover Lost

Artists: @capcavan and @another-random-stranger

Beta: quill_and-ink (AO3)

Rating: Teen and Up

Pairings: Magnus Bane/Alec Lightwood

Word Count: 24k+

Summary: A SH 2x12 canon-divergent story where Magnus isn’t rescued by Alec and is executed in Valentine’s body by the Clave. His last moments of life are that of absolute agony…

…until the moment he wakes up in Edom and in the company of Asmodeus. 

Given a second chance at immortal life, Magnus returns to New York only to discover that, despite the seemingly fleeting moments he’d spent in death, decades have passed in the mortal realm. 

In a desperate attempt to reconnect with the Downworld/Shadowhunter family he was just beginning to build, Magnus finds everything and everyone changed. And the one he misses the most…he can’t find at all.

Devastated and unmoored, Magnus returns to his loft. And while the place is mostly the same (aside from inches of dust and stale air), it's the pile of mail at the door that stops him short. Because among the credit card applications, coupon sheets, and charity solicitations, are letters. Letters upon letters and each is labeled to mark the passing of time - Day 3, Day 64, Day 378, Day 1104 - all written in a heartbreakingly familiar hand. 

Through Alec’s words, the events after Magnus’ passing begin to unfold. And with each painful letter, a hopeful path back to the man who had the makings to be Magnus’ greatest love begins to be revealed.

Link to AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/49775434/chapters/125643631

This fic was created for the Shadowhunters Mini Bang 2023: Presented by the @malecdiscordserver. 

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Epilogue

#shmb2023 #shadowhunters fic #malec fic #malec #magnus bane #alec lightwood #alec x magnus #shadowhunters #shadowhunters tv #sh fanart #shadowhunters fan art #malec fanfic #dani-dabbles-fic

[specialagentsoftie]

Green Eyed Girl pt. 1 | j.h.

*Gif doesn’t belong to me! Credits to the owner <3 Pairing: Jay Halstead x Fem!Reader Requested: no Warnings: single parenthood Word count: 4k ish A/N: this is suchhh an old fic that i changed a tad for this platform. It's so self indulgent / specific so I don't expect this to do well but i also hate this entire thing so its fine ahahaha. Multi-parter bc its longgggg as fuck. Loosely inspired by the song "My Girl" by Elvie Shane Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4

Every August 13th, or whatever date Monday landed on that year, you would get up early and put on a pretty outfit to bring your best friend an iced coffee as class started for the day.

It was your favorite way to start the school season, even though you weren't a teacher. You were really an interior designer. It was something that paid well, to say the least.

Before you designed extravangant rooms and matched color palettes, you dabbled in so many things. It was one of the curses of your childhood and young adulthood, never knowing what you wanted to do with your life.

You spent a few years in college learning about nursing. You became a certified nurse and although it wasn’t the career you ended up pursuing, you kept your license renewed. In your free time, when the clients were no longer breathing down your neck, you got to do what you really loved — volunteer on the peds floor at Chicago Med.

At one point, you even studied education and child development. You loved kids and at one point, you thought that was what you wanted to do for the rest of your life. Clearly that didn’t work out, but your best friend continued on to become an elementary school teacher and that was the next best thing.

Your design skills even came in handy when you started volunteering the last 1/3 of your time to helping out at her underfunded school a couple years back. It was your third year decorating the kid’s classroom and it would end up being one of your best.

Now back to the first day of school, it was one of your favorite times of the year. You’d get to class bright eyed and bushy tailed, your hair curled and makeup done with two iced coffees in your hands. You could barely get the cups set down on the table before you were tackled in a hug by Anna, like she did every first day.

All summer, you’d hear her gush about her plans for her classroom, all the new decor and games she was planning for her students. It was something that never failed to melt your heart. This year, the plan was to make everything a colorful Disney theme and you always made it happen.

You didn’t typically interact with the kids much, other than observing from your corner of the room and doing your own thing, but this year there was a little girl who caught your eye. She reminded you so much of yourself. She had the softest brown curls and the sweetest green eyes.

She was quiet and liked to listen to directions. She didn't have too many friends, but like yourself as a child, she had a few classmates who looked after her and always invited her to play during recess.

She was good at reading and art, science too, but wasn't a big fan of math. You could just tell she was special. Well, all children are special, but there was something about this little girl that always made you turn your head, even her name — Danielle Ryann Halstead. She went by Dani.

Obviously it was a golden rule that teachers weren’t supposed to have class favorites. As the honorary classroom decorator though, it luckily didn’t matter.

It wasn’t long before your best friend started noticing how much you adored Danielle and she thought it was the cutest thing, how you'd look out for her.

Anna had taught this same class in pre-K and Kindergarten, but now they were her first grade class, so she was familiar with everyone's antics. Everyone's except Dani’s because this was her first year at Primrose Elementary.

She had told you about the little girl's background, about how her father, Jay, worked hard to provide for her, and how her mother wasn't ready for parenthood, so she wasn't in her life.

According to her father, Dani had an especially hard time every first day of school. Year after year, Danielle had watched moms and dads drop off their kids together and it was sad for her to see.

As the first bell rang that morning, all the kids were seated at their assigned desks as they chattered about their summers and caught up with each other after months apart. There were some questions from the more curious children if you and Miss Anna had boyfriends yet, which made you laugh, but the two of you cleared that up pretty quick.

Right by the door was a small one way window looking into the classroom where parents could watch their kids for a moment and make sure they were ok, before leaving for work. It was a lot like daycare and the administrators thought it would make the parents feel better about leaving their kids, without being seen.

Little did you know, Jay was watching for quite a while behind that window and he saw all the things you did that changed his daughter's life forever.

"Hey class! I'm Miss Anna and welcome back to the first day of school! You're all in First Grade, congratulations kiddos! I also want you all to give a warm welcome to Miss Y/N, I hope you all remember her. Like before, she's going to help out in class sometimes and make our room look really cool. She won't be here every day or even the whole day if she is here, but I want you to always be on your best behavior in case she does come, ok? She might bring you a treat if you do." Anna says, introducing the both of you. She grins at you and you wink at the class.

"Now, I know I've had most of you in class since pre-k, but we have a new friend this year who will be joining us. Danielle, would you come up here please and introduce yourself?" Miss Anna gestured to Dani to come join her at the front of the class.

You were sitting at the teacher's desk as you listened to Anna's intro, and the second you heard her ask Danielle to come up to the front, you knew it wasn't going to go well.

Your head immediately snaps to where Dani was sitting and you saw the uncertainty in her eyes. Little did you know that in the next room, her dad had the same reaction as you. He even almost came into the classroom, but Jay didn't want to embarrass his daughter on the first day of school.

The little girl walked up to Miss Anna ever so slowly and her voice was shaky as she began to speak.

"Hi, my name is Dani. I'm 5…" she begins to say, trailing off.

5? That was so young for first grade, you thought. It made sense though, if her birthday was right before the cut-off date. Danielle’s must be in late August.

“Dani, can you tell us what you like to do on the weekends?" Miss Anna asked, oblivious as ever to how scared the kid was of speaking in front of crowds.

Danielle mumbled her answers, saying how her dad would take her to spend time with her aunts and uncles a lot, and about how sometimes he had work so she'd go with him.

Shit hits the fan when a classmate chimes in with a question, asking about Dani's mom which she obviously wouldn't know how to answer.

You watch as Dani's brave face falters. You could see tears welling up in her eyes and Jay's heart broke seeing his daughter like that in front of the class. He was doing everything he could to stop himself from bursting into the room.

Without a second thought, you quickly stand up and take Dani's little hand. You lead her to Miss Anna's desk as you take your seat again, lifting the little girl into your lap. You turn the chair around so that you could shield her from the rest of the class in case she needed to cry.

You signal to Anna to move it along and your best friend quickly changes the subject, instructing the other kids to get out their workbooks so they could practice some basic skills.

Your voice is quiet as you spoke to Dani. It was so that you didn't disrupt Anna's class, but more so the other kids couldn't hear you. You knew how brutal they could be sometimes.

Not only that, but your suspicions were correct and the little girl started to cry the second she was tucked away from the class and in your arms. She looped her arms around your neck and sobbed quietly into your shirt. You rub her back soothingly and press a kiss to the side of her head.

"You're ok, sweetheart. You're safe." you murmur as you rock slightly from side to side. She buries her head deeper into your neck and you sit like that for a few minutes.

When she had calmed down and stopped crying, she sat up in your lap, rubbing her eyes and you wipe the tears off her cheeks.

"I'm sorry for crying, Miss Y/N" she sniffled, tears welling up again thinking she did something she wasn't supposed to.

"Oh sweet girl, you can cry if you need to, there's nothing wrong about that, ok?" you say, the little girl nodding in response.

She doesn't end up crying again, but she needed another hug, which you happily provided before sending Dani to rejoin the other kids.

The second he saw Dani return to her seat, no longer crying, her father let out a breath he didn't realize he was holding.

Jay had seen everything you did to calm his daughter down — the way you held her and stroked her hair. He smiled slightly to himself and turned to leave, but not before he stole another glance at the woman who went out of her way to protect his daughter.

For the next hour or so, as the kids worked quietly in their workbooks, you took measurements of the classroom and photos of the space you would be working with for the next couple months.

When you finished, it was about time for you to leave and Anna tells the class to say bye to Miss Y/N. You make sure to let all the kids know you'll be back here tomorrow morning.

Right before you open the door to leave, Danielle runs up to the front of the room, wrapping her arms around you. That right there melted your heart, and it melted Anna's as well.

You take Dani's arms from around you and hold her hands, kneeling in front of her. "You promise to come back tomorrow?" she asks you.

"I promise, Dani. You're going to be just fine. Miss Anna is the best." you say, giving the little girl a wink. You tuck another stray piece of hair behind her ear and stand up.

"Now go back to your seat, ok? Be good!" you whisper and she turns around to run back to her seat.

"Bye bestie." you grin at Anna before heading out the door.

When her father picked her up after the first day of school was over, Dani was smiling from ear to ear. She was so excited to see you the next morning and was going around the precinct telling everyone about you.

All Jay could think about was how his daughter had never, ever had a good first day of school before. She would always cry upon seeing him, so exhausted from the day that he would have to take the rest of the day off of work to take her home.

But today was different, she was happy and excited, and it was all because of Miss Y/N. Miss Anna was nice too, according to the little girl, but she just adored you.

Jay hadn't realized that you weren't a teacher. After seeing you the other day and how great you were with all the kids, he figured you were both teaching his daughter's class.

"You must be happy to have two nice teachers this year, huh, Dani-bug?" he joked at her.

"Silly daddy" she giggled. "Miss Y/N isn't my teacher. She's Miss Anna's best friend. And she helps Miss Anna put things on the walls and shows us cool stuff too whenever she comes to class, but she's not our teacher, daddy. She works someplace else." The little girl shakes her head, as if that was common knowledge.

"She's coming back tomorrow and I'm so excited," Dani squealed. "Can we go to school early tomorrow? I wanna see Miss Y/N before all the other kids get there."

Jay was shocked to say the least. For the past few years since his daughter had started school, she would always wait to go until the last minute, crying that she didn't want to go. It made him so late to work that his boss didn't even mention it anymore.

There was nothing Jay could do about it, Dani never made it easy on him. Now that she was asking to go early, maybe he could finally show up on time again.

"Sure, kiddo. See, school isn't so bad, right?" he said with a smile.

"Not this one. This one's ok. I hope I get Miss Anna next year too so Miss Y/N will come visit." Dani chirps. "Miss Anna had the other kids last year and last last year."

"I hope you get her too, I've never seen you so happy after class before." he said, thanking the universe for you.

Even the other cops at the district noticed a difference in Baby Halstead. Trudy looked at the kid like she grew horns and Kevin was even able to get a joke in with her, shocker.

The next morning, Danielle Ryann woke up before her dad. In her 5 years of living, she had never done that before. She forced him to get up right away, grabbing his hand and pulling him begrudgingly out of bed so he could take her to school. Jay wasn't sure he liked morning-person Dani.

She even picked out her favorite outfit to wear for you and has her dad do her hair extra special, which he struggled with massively.

Of course, Jay couldn't do it right and by the time they got to school, she basically jumped out of his car red faced with a scowl.

But when she saw you walk into the school, Miss Anna's coffee in hand, all that grumpiness faded away.

Jay noticed you too. He noticed the way your leather jacket hugged your curves and the way your above-knee dress exposed your slender calves.

"Daddy, there she is! Come on! You're so slow!" Dani pouted, tugging on his sleeve. He was pulled out of his thoughts by his daughter and she dragged his sluggish body into the building.

Yep, morning-person Dani was a pain in the ass.

You were cackling with Anna in the classroom when the little girl burst in with her father. The both of you turn towards the door when it opened and you grin when you saw Dani standing there.

She runs towards you and you open your arms, picking her up and setting her on your hip.

"Hi, Miss Danielle, how are you today, lovebug?" you ask, tucking a stray piece of hair behind her ear.

"Good!" She chirped at you, wrapping her arms around your neck. Her face then twists into a frown. "Daddy messed up my hair."

"Oh no, I'm sure Daddy tried his best. It looks lovely, sweetheart." you coo, looking up at dad.

You have to do a double take when you see him, his striking green eyes were lighter than Dani's, almost blue. He had slight stubble on his face and short brown hair. He stood around 6 foot tall, looking so handsome in his black jacket and white t-shirt.

"No, it doesn't." she frowned, her bottom lip sticking out in the cutest little pout.

"I would never lie to you, Dani-bug. It really does look lovely. Do you want me to help you do it a different way?" you smile warmly at her. Danielle nods enthusiastically and you set her down on the ground in front of you, while you start taking out the small elastics from her hair.

"My daddy calls me that," she says, looking up at you. "Dani-bug. How did you know?"

"Oh, well, I always my kiddos 'lovebug' and your name is Dani, so I guess it just made sense." you laugh, making sure to give her father a small shrug.

It was probably weird that you guessed his daughter's nickname.

Jay wasn’t listening though. He didn't hear a word in that entire conversation because he was too distracted by the joy in your eyes when you braided his daughter's hair and your soft hands being careful not to hurt her.

You don't notice how much the little girl's father was admiring the way you spoke to his daughter, the way you interacted with her, and the way his daughter just lit up in a way that he had never seen before until she was around you.

You decide to braid Dani's hair into the cutest little french braid half up pigtails and you take out your phone to take a picture, showing it to the little girl since you didn't have a mirror.

"You like it?" you ask her and she nods vigorously before running to her dad to show him.

"It looks beautiful, baby," Jay says, and the sound of his voice gave you butterflies like no other. "Did you thank Miss Y/N for helping you?"

"Thank you, Miss Y/N!" she said, oh so sweetly.

"Of course, love."

"Thank you, really." Jay said, stepping forward. "Jay Halstead, I'm Danielle's dad." He held out a hand and you shook it.

"Y/N, so nice to meet you." you say with a smile.

He moves on to Anna and they share introductions as well.

"Hope it's ok that we're here a little early. This one insisted on coming early to see Miss Y/N and she's got me wrapped around her little finger."

"That is so sweet, yeah absolutely it's ok." Anna says. "Y/N/N's not here everyday, but when she is, Danielle is welcome to come by early if she would like to. I have prep in the morning so I wouldn't be able to entertain her myself, but with Y/N here, shouldn't be a problem."

You saw Jay almost every other morning from then on. Dani would come into class early and you would spend time with her. There was nothing you loved more.

5 months had gone by and Jay Halstead would bring you and Anna coffee sometimes in the morning before class as a token of appreciation. You thought it was the sweetest thing. You would talk to him about how Dani was doing in class and her favorite subjects, also about hobbies the two of you shared.

He would tell you about how he loved what you were doing with the place and how he wished all teachers brought in people like you to make classrooms more fun for the kids.

Could he be a more perfect man?

You found out from Anna what Jay did for a living, after she did some internet stalking in hopes to set the two of you up. It was surprising to say the least, but you were more worried about him getting hurt on the job. You were amazed at how well Jay had hidden his daughter away in the safety of school, where she would be with people he trusted.

You wondered if Jay was ever going to tell you what he did for a living, not that it mattered, but you were acquaintances now and on your way to becoming friends.

It just never came up in conversation for the most part, until one day, an unknown number flashed on your screen while you were putting together mood boards for a client's kitchen remodel.

You rarely answered from numbers you don't have already in your phone, but against your better judgement, something compelled you to answer this one.

"Hi, is this Y/N?" came the voice from the other side of the phone.

"Jay?" you ask incredulously, recognizing the voice, but wondering how he got your number. "How did you get my number?"

"Yeah, sorry about calling you out of the blue. Anna put her number and yours on one of the parent teacher conference information sheets from the beginning of the year." Jay said sheepishly.

"Oh, right! Duh." you said, facepalming yourself for not remembering that she did that every year. "Nobody's actually needed to call me for anything so I guess I forgot."

"You probably didn't just call for nothing though, right? What did you need? Shoot." you continue.

"Are you at the school today?" he asked.

"No, actually. I'm just at home working on a client's house." you said.

"Shoot… do you know if Anna's going to be able to stay after class for while?" You can hear the frustration in Jay's voice and you take a moment to think.

"Hmm, I believe she usually has other responsibilities after class lets out, but she also isn't allowed to leave until all the kids are picked up."

"Shit…" you hear Jay whisper under his breath. "Not sure if Anna's told you, but I'm a detective with the CPD and we've just caught a big case. It's all hands on deck here and there's literally nobody to keep an eye on Dani."

"Hey, it's ok. I totally get it. If you can't make pickup today, I can stop by the school and pick her up if that would help? I'll bring her by the precinct and stay with her until things get less crazy?" you suggest.

"Really? You'd be willing to do that?"

"Yeah, of course. Especially since Anna has places to be, I know that would help her out too. Just send Anna an email, you know, one of the official ones that we need for student pickups and we should be good." you say reassuringly. "I can stay with her as long as you need. Take your time!"

"Thank you so much Y/N, I'll do that now. You're a lifesaver!" he said.

"No problem, Jay. I'll see you later."

When you get to the school, it was just Danielle and Anna waiting for Jay to pick her up.

The little girl was sitting at her desk when you walk in, her eyes lighting up when she sees you.

"Y/N/N, what are you doing here?" Anna asked in surprise.

"Hey bestie, I'm here to pick Dani up. This little munchkin's dad called and he's going to be a couple hours. I had him send you an email about change of pickup. Go do your thing." you said, flicking your head over towards the door.

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah, absolutely. I got her. Dani and I are pals, aren't we?" you say, smiling at Dani who's beaming at you.

"Yeah!" she chirped, making Anna laugh.

"Alrighty, you two. I'll head out here. Kiddo, be good for Miss Y/N, ok?" Anna said, looking pointedly at Dani. "And girlie, keep me updated when her dad's off work?"

You give her a thumbs up, before ushering her out of the room.

"Come here, bug." you say with a big smile, opening up your arms for Danielle to run into. She gives you a tight hug and you have her grab her coat, helping her put it on. "We... are off to the police department where your dad works."

"Your dad is stuck on a case for a little while, so it's just going to be you and me until he finishes, ok?" you say, fixing the tangles in her hair. You hold out your hand and the little girl grabs it, swinging her arm happily.

Dani nods before you echoed you. "You and me, Miss Y/N."

"That's right, cutie. You and me." You nod, pressing a kiss to the side of Dani's head.

Oh yeah. You and Danielle were without a doubt two peas in a pod. You were her new favorite person and you couldn't complain. Lucky for you, her dad wasn't too bad either.

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[theprinceandagcd]

WIP Wednesday

thanks for tagging me @firenati0n :)

gonna try to be productive today since my semester (my last one?!?!?) starts in a week and I have to get my life together, butttttt gonna do this really quickly first.

A few weeks ago, I posted a soulmate/soulmark AU that I'm actually very proud of and is probably my favorite thing that I've ever written, so I'm currently working on a fic of that story from Henry's perspective (slowly - Henry's voice is harder to write for me) so today's snippet is brought to you by that <3

Henry closes his eyes against the swell of emotion in his chest, and he doesn’t even believe in a higher power, but he says the smallest prayer to whatever may be listening that Alex gets his wish. If the universe is just at all, Alex will have a soulmate who brings out that radiant light in him and loves him loudly and fully, the way that he should be. Alex is worthy of someone who will love him as much as Henry does, but someone who is allowed to. He aches for some alternative world where he is not a prince locked in a high tower of a lonely palace, where he can love without fear of repercussions. Perhaps, if he is dreaming, he would even hope for a world where he doesn’t have to concern himself with soul mark matches and can choose who he wants to love purposefully, instead. “You deserve one,” he says once he’s reopened his eyes. Moisture clings to his eyelashes. His heart feels exposed, vulnerable and longing for a reality that will never exist. “I’m sure you’ll get the best one there is.” “Guess we’ll see,” Alex deflects, and Henry hears shuffling, like sheets moving in the background. “Hey, Henry?” “Hm?” There’s a weighty pause, and Henry desperately and fearfully tries to shove his heart back within the protective armor that he has spent years crafting for it, only to hear a quiet, “Thank you,” whispered over the line. Oh. “For what?” Another pause lingers, like Alex is carefully considering his words. “For listening.”

tagging @heybuddy-drabbles @anincompletelist @hgejfmw-hgejhsf @inexplicablymine @dani-dabbles and anyone else who sees this! Let me know if you want to be added or taken off of the tag list :)

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[ashleyfanfic]

20 Questions: Writer’s Edition

tagged by @hot-auntie-dany and @adecila

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

64

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

1,982,707 - until I put in the commas, I thought it read 198k

3. How many fandoms have you written for and what are they?

Jonerys (Jon/Dany - Game of Thrones) Dramione (Draco/Hermione - Harry Potter Series) Polin (Colin/Penelope - Bridgerton)

4. What are your top five fics by kudos?

Love on the Brain - 8,730 The Dragons Dark and Deep - 4,299 Dangerous Woman - 2,703 I Am A Man On Fire, You a Violent Desire - 1,909 Legend's of Winter's Peak - 1,666

5. Do you respond to comments, why or why not?

I really do try. Sometimes, though, I get a chapter ahead of actually responding and then I forget. I read every comment I get, but sometimes I answer things in my head and I think I've answered it. Sorry!

6. What’s the fic you’ve written with the angstiest ending?

Man In The Box - (Dramione)

7. What’s the fic you’ve written with the happiest ending?

In general, all my fics have happy endings, but we'll go with Legends because of all the babies!

8. Do you write crossovers? If yes, what’s the craziest thing you’ve written?

@frostbitepandaaaaa and I wrong a Black Panther/Game of Thrones cross-over but didn't finish it called What's West of Westeros.

I also started a Thor/Game of Thrones cross-over which I meant to be just cracky fun called Thunder and Dragons.

9. Have you ever received hate on a fic?

Yes. If you'd like to take a look at the hate, see the early chapters written for Sansa and Jaime for Love on the Brain or the entire comments section of Catch Us Where We Sleep.

10. Do you write smut? If so what kind?

Fic without smut... I just don't get the point. But yes, I write smut. And what kind? The smutty smutty kind. The face-sitting, spanking, hair-pulling, multiple orgasms kind.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I recall. But my memory is shit. If I have, I don't remember/know about it.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Yes, someone translated Love on the Brain to Japanese and Russian.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic?

What's West of Westeros - w/@frostbitepandaaaaa

If it wasn't for my co-writer @justwandering-neverlost, I would truly have given up.

You're My Favorite - w/@justwandering-neverlost Beginning Again - w/@justwandering-neverlost Dragon's Dark and Deep - w/@justwandering-neverlost Frost and Flame - w/@justwandering-neverlost NANANANANANANANA BATMAN! - w/@justwandering-neverlost for the Adventures of Daddy Jon Rewrite the Stars - w/@justwandering-neverlost Babes in Dance Land - w/@justwandering-neverlost for The Adventures of Daddy Jon The Pig and the Pool - w/@justwandering-neverlost for The Adventures of Daddy Jon Legends of Winter's Peak - w/@justwandering-neverlost Bound to Be Together - w/@justwandering-neverlost A Thousand Years - w/@justwandering-neverlost Need You - w@justwandering-neverlost A Knife In My Heart, Couldn't Slow Me Down - w/@justwandering-neverlost

14. What’s your all-time favourite ship?

I have to say that Jonerys has been the one I've dedicated years to, at this point. But Dramione pulls me back in even 18 years later, so...those two.

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but don’t think you ever will?

I plan to finish them all. Stop asking.

16. What’re your writing strengths?

Dialogue. I can write it for pages and pages with no blocking and still know who's talking. Battle scenes. Something about describing death and dismemberment suits me.

17. What’re your writing weaknesses?

Aesthetics. Atmosphere. If it's not hot slutty atmosphere or we're waging war, I don't know how to tell you what the pretty room looks like. There's a chair. And they sit in it. Do you really need to know about the buttons or the high back?

18. What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in fic?

Considering I don't have a firm grasp of the English language (thanks Alabama educational system), I try my damnedest to stay away from it. I think GoT is the only one I've dabbled but that's because I only make them say two or three words and not full sentences.

19. What was the first fandom you wrote for?

Gambit and Rogue - X-Men

20. What’s your favourite fic you’ve written?

If it's a fic I've written all by my lonesome, then Love on the Brain. I remember the focus I had for that fic. Like, I've never loved writing anything as much as when I started writing that story. But that sort of changed when I started writing with other people. My favorite collab I've done is definitely Legends of Winter's Peak. This story was a true labor of love for both of us. There are times where I will actually go back and re-read chapters that we wrote and I'll just think "i'll never write anything that good again".

Tagging @justwandering-neverlost, @meisiesmut, @rizzlewrites @pensbridgrton, @frostbitepandaaaaa, @xxthewolvenstormxx @jalenmara,

Do feel free to ignore if you already did it or just don't want to x

#20 Questions: Writer’s Edition #fic asks

[la-muerta]

Writing Tag Game

I was tagged by @faejilly! I feel like I’ve answered something similar before but there are a few questions that are different, so here goes!

No pressure tagging: @sfjessii @ladymatt @dragongirlg-fics @dani-dabbles​ @lynne-monstr​

How many works do you have on AO3?

115 fics (+3 fanvids and +3 fanart)

What’s your total AO3 word count?

1,250,620 words

What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

1) lovers be lost (but love shall not) | 3,076 kudos | rated T | The Untamed (陈情令)/MDZS Horror casefic set in 1910s Jiangsu, Wei Ying agrees to a ghost marriage with the recently-deceased Lan Zhan. Angst with a happy ending. I actually drew a whole blueprint of the Lan family’s siheyuan estate for my own notes lol.

2) No Refunds, Satisfaction Guaranteed | 2,614 kudos | rated E | The Untamed (陈情令)/MDZS Wei Ying is mistaken for the sexbot that he was supposed to deliver to Lan Zhan. The premise is inspired by the Korean manhwa 너와 30일.

3) All Realms of Where and When Beyond | 2,353 kudos | rated E | Shadowhunters Fantasy AU. Magnus, the youngest prince of Edom, is forced into a political marriage with Alec, the former crown prince of Idris. This is my longest fic at 106,491 words and I also drew art and maps for it.

4) Monsters | 1,910 kudos | rated E | Shadowhunters SPN-verse AU, the Lightwoods are monster hunters and Magnus is a Prince of Hell.

5) burning bright | 1,892 kudos | rated E | The Untamed (陈情令)/MDZS When the Yiling River rages out of control, Lan Zhan is offered to the dragon in the river as a virgin sacrifice. (I just really wanted to write a proper Chinese dragon where we treat our dragons as more like gods than evil monsters.) A fill for a kinkmeme prompt.

I was surprised by the popularity of the MDZS sexbot fic tbh! 

Do you respond to comments, why or why not?

Yes, I try to! The trick is not to let them build up until the inbox looks too daunting lol.

What’s the fic you’ve written with the angstiest ending?

I like happy endings, even if I sometimes put the characters through a lot of shit before they get there. I’ve only written two sad ending fics (both for Shadowhunters) - The Lighthouse on Lightwood Island and The Kingdom by the Sounding Sea.

What’s the fic you’ve written with the happiest ending?

Like I said, I like happy endings. I think the fics with an ending I was most satisfied with are All Realms of Where and When Beyond (Shadowhunters), lovers be lost (but love shall not) (The Untamed/MDZS), we’ll be carrying each other (The Untamed/MDZS) for some Yunmeng-Jiang sibling feels, our love is a harsh chord (Shadowhunters) and there is a light and it never goes out (Shadowhunters) mainly because I put them through so much shit that they deserved their happy endings.

Do you write crossovers? If so what is the craziest one you’ve written?

I don’t really do cross-overs, but I’ve done fics set in a borrowed ‘verse - Supernatural-verse Monsters and Star Trek-verse series inevitable orbits.

Do you write smut? If so what kind?

Yes, but my favourite kink is two idiots catching feelings and falling in love :P Probably the only tropes/kinks I will never ever write are non-con, incest, and stuff that belongs in the toilet.

Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Yes. Also weird people who will leave comments telling me that they’re going to write a fic exactly like mine (like ??? WHY. Go write your own shit).

Have you ever had a fic translated?

I have! I’ve had some fics from all my fandoms translated mainly into Russian and Spanish, and a few in Italian as well. And a couple of podfics (not translation but transformative I guess), and fanart for my fic from some really talented artists, which I always appreciate a lot.

Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Not really? I’m bad at writing with other people.

What’s your all-time favourite ship?

Malec. The first ship I wrote properly for, and I keep coming back to them ❤️

What’s a WIP that you want to finish but don’t think you ever will?

I am a stubborn asshole and I intend to finish all my WIPs. Haven’t broken my record yet! *touch wood*

What are your writing strengths?

World-building. And a lot of research.

What are your writing weaknesses?

Too much plot getting in the way of my porn. Why is there so much plot and all these action/adventure fighting scenes, this was supposed to be simple?? *cries*

What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic?

I had such a hard time when I first started writing for The Untamed and Word of Honour because I hear all the dialogue in my head in Chinese *facepalm* Sometimes I get stuck and I end up having to just write it down in Chinese and translate it later, and sometimes I know the perfect phrase/idiom for something I want to say but it’s in Chinese? Luckily I enjoy translating too, it’s always a good kind of challenge trying to approximate the nuance in a way that isn’t too clumsy in English. 

What was the first fandom you wrote for?

Ranma Nibun-no-ichi. This was back when you had to post fic on geocities.  

What’s your favourite fic you’ve written?

I am proud of most of my fic. I like to challenge myself with new tropes or techniques, and I enjoy writing and researching for them. If I had to choose, I’d pick three. 

All Realms of Where and When Beyond because it was my life for six months and I will always love the world and lore that I built for it.

Lost & Found // 有缘千里来相会 (The Untamed/MDZS) because it was an exploration of the complicated concepts of belonging and family in the framework of my culture and my identity as Chinese diaspora.

And our love is a harsh chord (Shadowhunters) because it was the most structurally complex thing I’ve written. It was basically like a psychological experiment? I used a non-linear narrative to mimic the way that memories come back to us in a non-linear fashion, one thing triggered by another, and the order of the scenes were chosen in a way that sort of mimicked the highs and lows of drug abuse/addiction in the way that a happy scene gets tainted with the dread of the drop that you know is coming. So that was a very fun thing to write and possibly somewhat ambitious, but I think I did pretty well with it!

#tag games #long post #I wrote a thing