#faejilly

[pearwaldorf]

Octopus: Getting into, or out of, a tight space

You never picked a fandom so I picked one :D

--

“Ow! Watch that elbow, Garrus.”

“Just in case you hadn’t noticed, Shepard, space is at a premium here.”

“I don’t know, can’t you like flatten your plates or something?”

“You should be familiar enough with turian biology by now to know that’s not how it works. Can’t you suck your stomach in to make yourself smaller?” 

“...That’s not how it works either, no matter what Joker says.”

“Fine. How long did they say it would take?” 

“I don’t they said. I’m pretty sure they’re just waiting behind the door laughing.” 

A pause. “I’m never helping you calibrate the cannons again.”

#replies #faejilly #i wrote a thing #mass effect #otp: i've got your six #i missed these dweebs

[lynne-monstr]

The Boopening Continues!! ✨🌈YOU ARE WONDERFUL! LET'S KEEP THE GAME GOING 🐾💜😊 🐙🦑

yayyyy the BOOPS!! i love the boops! thanks jilly, and right back at you. i love seeing all your life updates here on the tumblr :D

#faejilly #thanks for the ask! #BOOP #yay boops! #🐙🐙🐙 #i've never seen this tentacle friend emoji before while on desktop i wonder what it will look like on mobile. how exciting

[angstmongertina]

@faejilly mentioned you on a post “Rules: Make a 24-hour poll with the names of your...”:

@angstmongertina I am in fact hilarious. And also really good at avoiding my WIPs 😅😅😅

​For the sole purpose of saying it worked: IT WORKED. Not entirely sure what fixed it, but it works now! Thank you! :D

#faejilly #Tina replies to things.

[loquaciousquark]

WIP Game: water

Water! Can't live without it or its 57 occurrences. This fic is wet.

The lamps had been lit in the gardens as twilight fell, and they peeped out now like stars, beautiful iron-wrought cages fitted over glass as clear as water. Their warm glows had been set adroitly between bushes, on tall elegant poles, on long strings above their heads to light their way. The polished white stone paths gleamed beneath them; the pools of the standing fountains caught their shine, held it wavering in the black water, and gave it back again, brighter, glittering.

#quark replies #wip meme #faejilly

[leahazel]

shadow

[For this meme.]

Ooh, a fun one. I had to search around a bit.

A shadow passed over Cordelia's face like a thunderstorm.

2. Down in the lower city, she could see patches of dark between the lights, like the shadow of a crescent moon in a starry sky.

3. Past that, she could see low, rolling hills and the shadowy outline of a large house.

4. At his call, a man with inky black hair and a clean-shaven face detached himself from the shadow of the building and strode forth.

5. In a shadowy, abandoned alley, they finally stop, slamming you back against a dirty stone wall, their blade back at your throat.

#memes #asks #faejilly #writing #wips #work in progress #4 & 5 are origfic

[sekritjay]

24 & 42

Fill Me Up - Hannes - Another restaurant playlist entry since I've never heard of this one. Listening to it now... I don't like it. I always try to give a song I've not heard of a fair shake* and I do have a soft spot for indie/acoustic soul but I can't get into this one. Once I dump this restaurant the first thing I'm purging is the restaurant music. It's all shit

42 has already been done but I want to highlight something that is genuinely me - Signals (acoustic) - Kwabs. I've put this song on a fanmix for a ME: Andromeda animated reimagining - Ryder's lack of self-confidence clashes with the responsibilities placed on her and the need to live up to her father's legacy

I've actually got the playlist completely set up along with episode synopses that would accompany the playlists. Three tracks each, ten episodes, all I'm missing are images to go with them. Been thinking about using those new-fangled AI image generators to do so but I lack patience. And time. That's kind of in short supply too

*Except Ed Sheeran. I fucking hate Ed Sheeran

#replies #faejilly

[sharona1x2]

Malec and words from this writing prompt list.

#shadowhuntersedit #shadowhunters #nephilimdaily #shadowhunterstvsource #dailyaleclightwood #banedaily #dailymagnusbane #malecdaily #dailymalec #aleclightwoodedit #magnusbaneedit #malecedit #multi malec edit #sharona1x2 edits #userairam #izzymalec #userpurple #useranica #thanks to faejilly for the inspiration

[tamsinwilloughby]

Thanks for tagging me @alastaircarstairsismybff!

10 characters/10 fandoms/10 tags (in no particular order)

Magnus Bane (Shadowhunters) Miss Marple (Agatha Christie) Yassen Gregorovich (Alex Rider) Diefenbaker (Due South) Gwen (Merlin BBC) Giles (Buffy) Teyla Emmagan (Stargate Atlantis) Rogue (X-men) Penelope Garcia (Criminal Minds) Gimli (Lord of the Rings)

tagging (only if you feel like it!): @sharpestasp @fredmouseoz @havocthecat @rubynye @bytheangell @justmori @vex-verlain @palis-delon @la-muerta @faejilly

[faejilly]

y'all

I had to get up and go to an appt this morning

and I made it on time and everything

and now I am sitting in my car in the ramp

because now I have to drive home

and I just don't wanna

/I am so tired

/I am so tired *of being tired*

I mostly like non-city driving (which is what I have here)

I have an audio book to listen to!

And yet

😭 <- @faejilly #gpoy

#jilly spam #mental health post #the only way out is through! #the only way home is to drive! #ugh

[michellemisfit]

Got tagged for PICREW duty by these loves

@heymrspatel @lingy910y @creepkinginc @deedala @mybrainismelted @look-i-love-u

I’m tagging @rutherinahobbit @faejilly @too-schoolforcool @darlingian @sluttymickey @the-rat-wins @thepupperino @heymacy @gallawitchxx @mickeysgaymom @crestfallercanyon @crossmydna @sgtmickeyslaughter @gallavichonly @ian-galagher @jrooc @tanktopgallavich @mmmichyyy @deathclassic @captainjowl @mikhailoisbaby @ohkate @rereadanon @sam-loves-seb @tsuga-of-mars @lupeloto @vintagelacerosette @squidyyy23 @energievie @sleepyfacetoughguy

#picrew #tag games #Mys face #meme #tag you’re it

[alexanderlightweight]

@faejilly so @saeths and I were talking about how Magnus has a reputation in the mundane underworld because sometimes he has to get involved when magical drugs and etc move over. Plus business deals.

And Alec has like no mundane identity and at first they (mundane ppl) think he’s muscle/bodyguard but Alec gets huffy the first and only time they try to send ‘entertainment’ to him and Magnus and Magnus has a very quiet and intimidating word.

So Alec becomes known through mundane circles as Magnus’ mob wife (cause it’s a position not a gender) and everyone tries to avoid saying it around alec ‘cause he’s scary and stereotypes’

And when alec ‘finds out’ —he’s actually knows for ages— He’s 100% okay with it because 1) it’s a mundane title and he could care less what mundanes think of him unless it could hurt Magnus’ rep 2) he’d rather be called Magnus’ wife than his bodyguard 3) it means he doesn’t have to bother the clave or magnus for a mundane identity

Alec keeps getting chatted up by trophy wife’s and arm pieces and is So Confused™️ because on one hand, he totally gets these really weird mundane women who aggressively Support their husbands, but also they all start crying when he mentions that he and Magnus had to get new rugs because he tracked too much blood in the house and brain matter is apparently a biohazard

Alec with all these super jeweled up women flipping out three throwing knives: Magnus wanted to put diamonds on them, but it would have thrown off the weight

An actual mob wife later to her mob boss husband: honey look, the girls and I can’t take much more of this. Just let Magnus bring his boy in with him

Mob husband: magnus talks about him like he’s crystallized honey. No way trophy wife like him can handle our convos

Mob wife the next event chugging Chardonnay and long islands

Alec: Magnus got me this new poison, apparently it can’t be tasted once it’s added to water and turned to ice.

Mob wife to waiter: another Long Island. On the rocks. Double rocks. No make it triple. (Yes this is in response to Alec mentioning deadly ice. She has Hope).

This has only been like, four meetings btw. Alec was trying So Hard™️ to blend in with mundanes.

Alec also hates Long Islands ice teas and Chardonnay. And Pinot noir. If you offer him an old fashion (he hates Lorenzo) he’ll pour it on your shoes.

He also fits in very well because he talks about how Magnus sometimes helps picks his clothes and takes him shopping. And how he makes breakfast. And is constantly picking up whatever Magnus tosses (a few spell books and always Alec’s work phone). Magnus normally orders drinks for him to try (he has more experience and knows Alec’s palette) and Alec is generally just very quiet for the most part because he 1) has no interest in talking with mundanes and is only doing this because he knows it’s important to Magnus and he didn’t like Magnus being offered entertainment (he trusts Magnus 100% it’s just irritates him). 2) is naturally quiet and likes to observe 3) it takes the women two times to notice he’s there and two times for them to beg for him to never come again 4) Alec has no understanding of mundane gender roles, mundane underworld roles, mundane life, crime life or etc so he doesn’t make sense and no one makes sense to him.

Magnus just loves Alec and likes him being involved in all aspects of his life and Magnus and Cat are both are giant trolls. They dish over brunch every month that these meetings happen. Magnus has surveillance spells so she and cat can watch Alec and mob wives talk. Alec knows that Magnus has spells.

They are all awful trolls of mundanes and it’s 100% amazing.

Alec when he’s ‘allowed’ in the ‘important’ meeting and he doesn’t give a single solitary fuck and just snuggles up to magnus and reads his book because he’s bored af.

Magnus: he won’t be pulled away from his book for anything less that a natural disaster, you mentioned there was a chemical explosion?

#shadowhunters #lumine rants about words #tw drugs #tw alcohol #malec

[pearwaldorf]

whichever of 14-19 you feel like answering (or haven't gotten yet) :D

fic you didn’t expect to write

For sure, until I saw you in my thunderstorm. A non-D&D TTRPG run by a bunch of randos for a UK gaming website? And about two NPCs we never see again? There was no way I could have expected that one.

something you learned this year

I took a year off writing because of real life (and because I just wasn't feeling it) and in between that, I was diagnosed with ADHD and got on medication. So it's been real interesting coming back to it! Having an approximation of neurotypical function has been interesting, because I can just... stop? And pick up the next day? And not have to try and keep pace with my hyperfocus to finish before I got bored like I used to? It is wild, and I'm still figuring out how it works.

fic(s) you completed this year

12ish and two vids! I have not made a vid in six years! I'm so excited to be back at it!

17 isn't relevant because I don't post WIPs.

current number of WIPs

5ish. I didn't know why three of them were stalled until I realized they're all from one character's POV. Still haven't figured out what to do about it, but at least I know the issue!

any new fics to start next year?

Certainly, although I have no idea what they'll be.

fanfic end of the year asks

#replies #faejilly

[lynne-monstr]

(I almost sent Blue just to see how many different versions of "Blue Rain" you willingly posted, because I have a terrible sense of humor. Consider this the optional version of my submitting that?) 😅😅😅

since I couldn't fulfill any hugs I am going to take this ask seriously hahah!

.

Most pros quickly learn that if they find Huang Shaotian noisy and irritating, it's best to keep their opinions to themselves when Blue Rain’s captain is in earshot.

give me a word and I’ll give you a sentence from a wip it’s in!

#the king's avatar ramblings #wip game #faejilly #thanks for the ask! #hahah now i can say i have won the wip game once!!

[angstmongertina]

Wow, I am terrible at technology, that last ask was supposed to be for Lia/Lyon I just... Hit send early? Or something? Idek anymore.

I randomed an "11" for you this time!

(Feel free to 🌀 yourself if you don't like 11 though)

So I absolutely meant to write additional scenes for this but I've been wholly distracted by a separate Cinderella AU for them now, so I will just post what I have so it doesn't burn a hole in my fic folder while I work on the whole AU lol. Thank you for the prompt! <3 I did, in fact, decide to run with 11 and it ended with me realizing what exactly Lia saw in Lyon in the first place, so thank you for that as well! :D

11. Heartbeat

At first, she approached him out of a sense of propriety. After all, as a delegate at the Seven Kingdoms Summit, she had a duty to meet as many of her fellows as possible, as soon as possible. And, given the circumstances surrounding her attendance, that Included the rest of the delegation from her own kingdom.

What possessed her to approach the Duke first and foremost was less apparent. It was certainly not from any encouragement on his side—while few of the Jiyelese delegation seemed to possess any more enthusiasm for socialization than she, a young lady who was attending out of obligation rather than desire, did, the duke was hardly one of them, though his expression seemed more… guarded, more uncomfortable, than anything else.

Perhaps that was it; it was not immutable, his attitude towards their fellow delegates. It was born of discomfort, likely of longstanding isolation, and she couldn’t help but try.

And shockingly, wonderfully, it worked. Oh, he had few words at first, his conversation stilted enough that it seemed to be an intentional obstacle on his part, but he was not immune to light coaxing and gentle teasing, even allowing a subtle smile to soften his features at her most pointed comments. And the words came easily, once she noticed his faint hint of interest. It was guarded, of course, carefully buried beneath stoic masks and, very likely, pointed reminders of what topics were and were not appropriate for social niceties, but once she did notice, it seemed almost impossible to not see the subtle shifts in his expression, the flicker of genuine enthusiasm in his eyes, as she ventured to ask his opinion on Mozi and Lisi, and offer hers in return.

It was a strange thing, to engage in such a discussion. After years of having only her family and servants as company, years where her conversations were on crop rotations and book balancing rather than philosophical treatises and academic debate, it was unfamiliar to banter and quip, to speak of theories and abstractions that she had only managed to glean through books borrowed and perused on late nights, made later by extra work. It was strange. It was enjoyable.

It was… right, somehow.

Still, she was not so deeply enthralled in the discussion that she missed the glances they received from the others, a mix of curious and calculating, particularly from other, no doubt more eligible, young ladies.

Then again, she did not require training for the summit to know that she was close to overstepping the bounds of propriety with the length of their conversation.

As she excused herself, he returned her formal farewell with alacrity, bowing and excusing himself a retreat into his self-imposed exile, in a corner far from the rest of their fellows, with a speed that perhaps should have been discouraging. And yet, even so, there was a change in his posture, in the manner with which he held himself, that lessened the disapproval which had earlier seemed to radiate off of him. For a moment, she granted herself a moment to pause, allowing the success of the interaction to bolster her nerve.

Maybe, just maybe, she was not quite so out of her league. Indeed, perhaps, she could make a small difference in her own way, could make some… pleasant memories, or even friends, from the unfortunate circumstances. Even if she did still have the rest of the gauntlet to face.

Taking a deep breath, she turned back to the rest of the hall and summoned her most friendly smile, though even so, she couldn’t stop herself from glancing back towards the corner, towards him, with a silly smile that she couldn’t fight, even if she wanted to.

And, strangely, wonderfully, she had no desire to.

#faejilly #Tina writes stuff. #Tina plays 7KPP. #awkward duke of my heart #otp: not intolerable #Lady Camellia of Jiyel

[loquaciousquark]

Shepard/Garrus 17

17. who uses all the hot water?

Hahaha! I glanced over to the window where I have the questions, pasted the text here, and typed out, "FEEEEEEENRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSSS" before I read your ask again. Still. FEEEEEEENRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSSS. Hawke would shower happily in freaking icicles.

For Shepard and Garrus--what a great question! My Shepard grew up Earthborn and exceedingly poor, so half the time her hot water was likely shut off. Between that and military water restrictions, I don't see her ever really taking long, luxurious, hot showers. Even when she does want the heat (which in my head is almost always when she's very unhappy), I think it's more a five-minute 200 degree lobster boil instead of something drawn out long enough to drain a hot water reservoir. Go in, scald off every layer of skin, get right back out and get to work. I think she'd be annoyed at the time wasted more than anything else.

After all this time, I still haven't decided how Garrus bathes. I've read fics before where he takes dust baths, like birds, but I think that's a trifle too weird for me, lmao. I don't want to research ornithological dust bath habits and procedures before I write a shower scene! If he does just take regular showers (I think I lean this way), I can definitely see him trying to get the water as hot as he can for as long as possible. Turians run hotter than humans anyway, and even for a turian/human joint project I bet the Normandy has some safety features he IMMEDIATELY disables for his showers.

Ha! If he ever does move into Shepard's cabin full time (not generally my personal preference during the games, but maybe after), I bet the longer showers are a major draw. I vote Garrus.

#quark replies #faejilly #mass effect for ts #domesticity meme

[junemermaid]

Writing patterns

Rules: List the first line of your last 10 (posted) fics and see if there's a pattern!

1. "He won't be coming back. You know that, don't you?" Xia Dong spoke behind Mu Nihuang. (Flowers in Dreamland Weather, Nirvana in Fire, Mu Nihuang x Xiao Jingyan x Mei Changsu, ot3 porn that grew a backstory)

2. This is the story: in the holy heart of the world, a heretic kneels down, and entreats the exalted dead for power. (Servant of the Spiral, Shadowhunters, Alec x Magnus, SH/Final Fantasy X fusion)

3. On the day that is going to define the rest of his life, Alec jerks awake to the gentle chiming of his phone and proceeds to fall off the couch. (Talking With Strangers, Shadowhunters, Alec x Magnus, university AU w/ fake marriage)

4. Magnus stepped off the coach onto the grizzled asphalt of the tiny bus station and thought, not for the first time, You're out of your head, Bane. And the next bus service out of this place is the day after tomorrow. (The Stair Into the Sea, Shadowhunters, Alec x Magnus (& Maia), The Novel about ghosts and lighthouses and second chances)

5. Magnus stepped out of the bathroom, clad only in a towel, anticipation prickling his throat. (the black honey of summer, Shadowhunters, Alec x Magnus, porn with a tender D/s vibe)

6. Far across the ocean, in a kingdom whose name is lost to time, there lived a young prince. (The Underwater Heart, SH, Alec x Magnus, fairytale AU)

7. Isabelle has a problem. Like a not insignificant number of her problems, it starts with a kiss. (Bramble, SH, Clary x Isabelle, canon divergent first kiss w/ complications)

8. Magnus weaves through the crowd, a tin mug held high in each hand. Alec watches his progress as he ducks around a server with a flourish of apology, a quick, glittering smile. (From the Green Shadows, SH, Alec x Magnus, SH/The Witcher fusion)

9. Magnus collapses into the pillows with sticky, boneless satisfaction, limbs going every which way. Alec presses a damp kiss on his brow. "Be right back." (is it bright where you are, SH, Alec x Magnus, tough pillow talk)

10. On his thirtieth day as a lightkeeper, Alec woke to find a girl in the parking lot. (The Birthday of the Sea, SH, Alec & Maia, side story to The Novel)

God, I really haven't written much in the last few years. The oldest of these was posted four years ago! (The counterpoint is that I have several long-running longfics right now, which means a smaller number of stories.)

I think these show I tend to start in medias res, or else with a distinct image or line—the hook, as it were. I am also amused that two of these have Alec waking up, and a whopping four start with Magnus and some kind of movement. The two fantasy/fairytale stories pull back a bit to establish worldbuilding and backstory first.

Overall, this is a reminder to finally rewatch Shadowhunters and get serious about finishing at least some of my WIPs in that fandom. Had I but world enough and time.

Tags for: @electricshoebox, @lynne-monstr, @faejilly, @neekerbreeker, @pikkugen, @sleepsonclouds, @lightwormsiblings, @frudence, @vaynglories, @circumference-pie

#shadowhunters #nirvana in fire #june fic #fic by j #I need to re-establish my fanfic tag #fic snippet #june does a meme #june rambles