#fiddleabout

[princington]

the best of a small town is in your mouth by @fiddleabout , the happy parts this time

#avatrice #fiddleabout #ava silva #beatrice #warrior nun #fic art #my art #the best of a small town is in your mouth

[smallandsundry]

i wanted to do a biker kara danvers, not sure if lena is a biker too, open to ideas there

#kara danvers #supergirl #supergirl cw #supercorp #sometimes i draw stuff #a long time ago fiddleabout wrote a sam/alex fic w fast and the furious vibes and a biker kara #and this is not that but it's a fic i thought about while drawing thism #anyway i just like girls on bikes

[critter-of-habit]

I have a whole WolfWren Pacific Rim AU sketch dump coming very soooon 👀

#assuming i get them looking okay i mean #fiddleabout got in my brain and made me draw things #critter rambles

[simplyavatrice]

be my lover don’t play no game - final chapter

She knocks on Ava’s door three times and can't help but wonder if it’s the last time she ever will - for better or worse.

When it opens, she’s met with the sight of Ava first thing in the morning. It’s something she’s grown accustomed to seeing from the other side of the door.

“Hey!” Ava smiles and without another word, she and Beatrice step into each other for a hug. “I didn’t expect to see you until this afternoon.”

“I know,” they pull apart but Ava leans in and kisses her on the cheek. Beatrice feels the gesture boost her confidence. “I was…hoping to talk to you.”

When Ava leans back, she nods. “Okay, that tone sounds kind of serious though, I’m not in trouble am I? Vincent fucked the budget up more than I did.”

Beatrice smiles. “No, you’re not in trouble.” Stepping into Ava’s apartment, Beatrice shuts the door behind her and hesitates before taking off her shoes.

Normally, mornings off are rest time for Ava. She loves to enjoy her mornings on the couch with a cup of coffee and Charmed reruns on television. The episodes aired are always random, Beatrice has seen a dozen of them and has no idea what the plot of that show is.

Today though, she hesitates, because the repressed voice in her head she’s long since quieted is a little bit louder today and telling her this is going to blow up in her face.

Fortunately, it’s not nearly powerful enough to match Ava. “Do you want some tea?” Ava asks.

Ava, who didn’t have tea in her apartment two months ago now has four different brands and a kettle and a mug with a honey bee on it that she bought specifically for Beatrice.

CONT ON AO3

#avatrice #avatrice fanfiction #warrior nun #warrior nun fanfiction #avatrice au #fjlskafjsla okay i didn't plan to drop two final chapters back to back #it just worked out that way #but i'm very happy to have these stories finished #i hope you enjoy this one #writing hospital au was such a breath of fresh air for me #just so so much fun #thank you again to fiddleabout for helping me sort this one out #and to all of you for the endless support <3

[mermaidandthedrunks]

winter hymnal (ava/beatrice)

Title: winter hymnal (2/3)

Fandom: Warrior Nun

Summary: Beatrice has been very good with keeping her distance and maintaining boundaries and it's fine. Honestly, it's fine. Until Ava books a weekend getaway. In the middle of the woods. During a blizzard.

#warrior nun #avatrice #avatrice fic #please make sure to look at the amazing illustration in this chapter! #look i'm not saying this drawing is the reason i wrote this but i'm not not saying that either #@smallandsundry #@fiddleabout

[daisychainsandbowties]

any avatrice recs :)))) have already read all your fics and now i am depression (genuinely daydream abt ur star wars au daily)

i could hype each of these fics individually but basically if it’s here i think it’s incredible and you have to read it 💖💖🥰

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the sweetest taboo// 1930s au &

i know now what no angel knows// fallen angel au by @dumpsterfireofsubtext

indy au part 1 & part 2// or, ava peels an orange & makes me feel insane 🫠🫠🫠 by @estherthenormal

lemon drop boy// t boy ava au

lazarus woke with a kiss// scp/ lab rat ava au &

how to stitch holes in the sky// dragon age au, all by @the-darkness-does-not-bargain

teach me to love (as you have loved me)// this is. yeah. this is beautiful. newbea au by @birgittesilverbae (💖💖 ily)

beyond our space and starlight// eldritch au by @thistleation

escape attempt number whatever thousand, some hundred and four, probably// hades au by @foulbearobservation

do a flip// aikido gfs au by @sunsafewriting

if saints and angels spoke of love// (bea is a math teacher & ava’s basically the guy from dead poets society) by @mermaidandthedrunks

choose the devil i know (over the heaven i don’t)// firefighter au by @sapphicstacks

leave the light on (i’ll find my way home)// lighthouse au by @snowandwolves

on the run from a losing game// chef au by @fiddleabout

this must be the place// lumberjack au by @littledata

love thy neighbour// my fav roommates au. pokemon strap-on fic 😌🙏

turning sun into sugar, spinning straw into gold// pnw au by @gohandinhand

the world is just an illusion (trying to change you)// roadtrip au, &

a lover, or something of mine// reincarnation au by @smokestarrules

who needs comfortable love// sentient halo au by @the-ominous-owl

this celestial glow is blinding// firewatch au

the thought of high windows// 60s au

pull back the curtains for venus// alien bea au &

of greater marvels yet to be// fleabag au, all by @seabiscuits-us

#warrior nun #avatrice #i probably missed some i love i just went through my ao3 bookmarks & sometimes i’m so gay about the fic i forget 😭😭 to press the button #others i might just have not read 🥺 i only recced ones i’ve actually read but i have a ton left to get to #but yeah 🥰🥰 enjoy i hope you find some new stuff in here #fic rec! #anon #uhhh if i didn’t tag someone blog it’s bc i don’t know who they are 🫠

[moonchemistry]

fanart for there’s a funeral in your eyes by @fiddleabout

#warrior nun #sister beatrice #warrior nun fanart #this fanfic made me lose my mind ive reread it like twice #fanart #moonchem.art #im o for 2 on fanfic fanart wahoo #now to work on some of my own stuff lol

[avalencias]

“You can always find me in the dark,” Beatrice says, a promise she can’t possibly keep, eyes glinting in the warmth of Ava’s light.  A broken pathetic noise cracks in Ava’s throat, and Beatrice nods once and then yanks, driving the dagger into her own chest.

I’m stealthily posting this before a work call but @fiddleabout wrote grishava and blew my mind so you’re all welcome I guess

#feat. no blood bc I drew this late yesterday and completely forgot 🥴 #warrior nun #grishava #my things #like I told fiddle when I started this: I had fun with the rim lighting #just lighting in general tbh! #I love a glowy effect 🥰

[piratekane]

i got an ask in my email that never showed up in my inbox that was basically looking for book recs and since only one person asked for my opinion and because this was the year i fell back in love with reading, i'm going to do a myspace Top 8 books i loved this year, in no particular order:

Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein this is basically a love story. it's a love story and you won't change my mind. i don't mean romantic love except that i mean best friends loving each other to and through the end of the world can be romantic and we should say that more often. because this a book about war and its terrors but it's also the love story between two best friends and what they'll do to get back to each other. it has probably one of my favorite protagonists ever - actually, two of my favorites. Wein tells a devastatingly perfect story and i promise your heart will swell and sink and tie itself into tiny knots. kiss me, hardy! kiss me quick! 5 stars, i cried at the end

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo i was late to the SoC books and boy am i glad i finally showed up to the party. this book was perfection. i immediately fell in love with each crow and spent the whole book screaming that if nina and matthias didn't kiss ASAP that i was going to throw something. i also was yelling about kaz and inez, do not think i was not doing that. kex brekker you deserve love you street rat. @dealanexmachina had to deal with the screaming through this. and i think it's going to be a repeat read in 2024 just so i can experience the care and craftsmanship that went into each character, their nuances, and how it wove perfectly together into kaz's brilliant plan. 5 stars, i immediately read the sequel like a hungry jaugar hunting down a person wearing that calvin klein scent

Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson brando sando is... prolific. and it was overwhelming to jump in, but i started with tress and not any of his other books (a problem i have rectified) and what a bang it was. this book is, in a word, hilarious. the narrator is a fantastical being with an aversion to linear thought and a predilection for hilarity. the humor in this book is unlike any of sandos other work and really shows that he has the ability to stretch. the premise is very clever and very cool and just very fun. tress is brave and smart and that's celebrated, not punished. plus who doesn't love a talking rat? i'm looking forward to his other secret projects 4.5 stars, the narrator is my favorite sando character

Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak okay, this is billed as horror, but i wouldn't really say horror and would lean more into the mystery billing than anything. maybe thriller. and it's outside my usual genre and is definitely more suited to my wife's tastes but she finished this book in three days (and usually takes 3 weeks-to-months to finish books) and when she said i had to read it, i said yes dear and picked it up. i'm glad i did. it's an illustrated mystery and as the author writes in the notes, those who pay attention will be rewarded. the ending was a twist i didn't see coming, like, at all. and it was clever. but once the ending started to unfold it was a mad dash to the finish. 5 stars, my wife recommends this

The Nevernight Chronicles by Jay Kristoff now, i know. this is actually 3 books, not 1. but hear me out - they must all be read. it's nonnegotiable. these books were recommended by tumblr user @fiddleabout and am i so very glad they were. mia is unhinged. there's no other way to put that. the girl is fucking off. her. rocker. and no one in her life is any better. they're all just as freaking crazy. but they're my crazy comfort killers. i went on for hours about mia and ash, to the point that my wife shut the bathroom door in my face because i tried to follow her in there talking about them. this series is bloody and more than once i was like, he can't possibly make this any bloodier but he CAN and i think this book is better for it. found family, check. unhinged teenage protagonist, double check. endless fun, check in triplicate. 4.5 stars, i am never not thinking of ash and her vision of a house on a lake and softness

A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon obviously i read priory first and obviously i loved it but ADoFN was... mind-blowing. maybe because priory enriched the world of ADoFN and i was already familiar with all the intricacies of it (though there was certainly more to learn) but reading this just... the bridging Shannon did, the connections she made between priory and ADoFN and how we ultimately saw the way ADoFN threaded some of the loops we saw closing in priory, it blew my mind. the utter romance of it all, my god. i read this monster book in a single day, i couldn't put it down. i emerged from my ADoFN cocoon like andy samberg in that one SNL skit where he plays a teenager who just woke up. i was changed(TM) 5 stars, i was a changed man

Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo i immediately jumped into the rest of the Leigh's work (i went through SaB first but she's so strong at the end of this Grishaverse) and while i love all my SoC babes, nina was a favorite and honestly i'd recommend both King of Scars and this book. tumblr user fiddleabout was blessed to follow along with my completely unhinged livestream of this book and when (spoiler) zoya and nikolai finally got over themselves and K I S S E D, i put the book down and took a lap. then i picked it up and screamed again as nina's arc unfolded. 5 stars, i have a lot of thoughts about the kind of man nikolai is (peg)

The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by S.A. Chakraborty i'm a bit of a sucker for a pirate book. even more of a sucker about a woman pirate, and amina is a woman pirate of the highest caliber. this book is either intentionally funny or unintentionally hilarious. amina's biggest flaw is that she's constantly ogling her demon ex-husband's cute butt - honest to god. otherwise, she's perfection. badass, scrappy, jacked. amina is all of those things and then some. so she has a bit of a past that winds up coming back to bite her in the ass and then she's thrust back onto a ship where she has to chase down an old crewmate's daughter - can you blame a girl for being the most kickass pirate in all of the seas? no! should you? absolutely not! just let amina live out her life ogling ass and sailing leisurely, please. 4.5 stars, i want to sail on amina's ship even though i'm afraid of boats. and the ocean. and things living in the ocean. and generally the water.

( ͡❛ ᴗ ͡❛)👍 and now you know, cause it's mike's pirate's super short show! ( ͡❛ ᴗ ͡❛)👍

#i am not a book reviewer by trade and i think this proves that BUT i loved reading this year and i loved these books and most of them #were recommended so i hope if something catches your eye and you read it and you love it you remember that people are #always looking for something to read and you might know the story that could knock their socks off #very grateful for friends who tell you their favorite books #it's like sharing a piece of yourself and it is an honor #i hope you read in 2024 and i hope its something you want to share with other people #merry 2024 ya filthy animals from me to you #(tell me if you read any of these and like them pls) #also if you get the reference at the end i personally apologize but that is part of my daily lexicon byeeee

[random-french-girl]

Tag game: tag 9 people you’d like to get to know better.

Got tagged by @riotbrrrd thanks <3

Last song: Still obsessed with the Stray Gods soundtrack, so probably one of them.

Currently watching: Slowly working through Only Murders in the Building s3 with my wife. I'm also keeping up with Critical Role. And Dungeon Meshi has been a fun weekly pleasure!

Three ships: Laudna/Imogen is still delightful to watch unfold. I also recently rewatched bits and pieces of RWBY, which reawakened my deep deep attachment to both Blake/Yang and Blake/Yang/Weiss.

Favorite color: red

Currently consuming: I had a banana and cereal for (late) breakfast, I'm about to go to the gym so I won't eat until I'm done working out, but I'll probably have leftover vegetarian tagine for (late) lunch :')

First ship: Kim/Shego... formative in many ways

Relationship status: gay married

Last movie: I rewatched The Handmaiden last week, as a treat

Currently working on: finishing the many books i've started reading!

tagging: @sshepardcommander @hearticho @fiddleabout @gohandinhand @dearsheroozle @powerbottomblake @smirk47 @vibev @alexdumas-ghost

#tumblr diary #ask game

[itcameuponamidnightqueer]

her name, forever praise we

pairing: ava/beatrice notes: @fiddleabout and i both yelled at each other about this song & beatrice, so naturally they had to become fics. you can find hers here! summary:  She doesn’t pray like she used to—doesn’t do many things like she used to—but the instinct is still there and impossible to ignore.  “Hello, Ava,” she usually begins, nestled in a comfortable chair, with or without a mug of tea or a crackling fire, “can you hear me?” // (it's christmas and beatrice is aching)

//

Beatrice leaves the Order. Her faith is harder to shake.

She doesn’t pray like she used to—doesn’t do many things like she used to—but the instinct is still there and impossible to ignore. Prayer for her, in the weeks and months after, is less an act of worship and more a grounding ritual. That isn’t to say that she prays daily, or on any kind of regular schedule, but—when the nights are dark and cold, when Beatrice longs for the routine of her former life, when she passes someone on the street whose smile is just warm enough, just bright enough to make her ache, she returns home to pray.

“Hello, Ava,” she usually begins, nestled in a comfortable chair, with or without a mug of tea or a crackling fire, “can you hear me?”

There is never an answer. Beatrice feels listened to anyway.

read more @ ao3

#warrior nun #ava silva #sister beatrice #avatrice #fic #otp: in the next #it's finally out in the world yaaaaay #went into a fugue state on friday night and came out of it sunday with this bad boy #pls yearn with me

[princington]

the best of a small town is in your mouth by @fiddleabout

#wait i hadnt meant to post that right away #if u saw me post it no u didnt #ava silva #sister beatrice #warrior nun #fic rec #anyway the grip this ava had on me #author rec: fiddleabout #my art

[smallandsundry]

@fiddleabout wrote a very hot besweatered beatrice and i had to draw her and an ava with the correct reaction

fic link

#avatrice #warrior nun #sister beatrice #ava silva #warrior nun season 2 #save warrior nun #warrior nun s2 #sometimes i draw stuff

[critter-of-habit]

Wolfwren Pacific Rim AU sketch dump - because what is a Jaeger but a giant 'get along shirt'?

thank you to @fiddleabout for the ideas!

#rid me of this brain worm #no don't I like it #wolfwren #sabine wren #shin hati #pacific rim #mine #art #swart #SW Art

[simplyavatrice]

trespasser - chapter six

same warnings from previous chapter apply

She can't hold her head up anymore.

Ava has no idea how long she’s been here, it’s been nothing but darkness and quiet and pain.

Every few hours, the door opens and that man walks in and does something to her. He’s stabbed her, cut her, burned her and at one point he grabbed a big fucking stick and beat the shit out of her with it.

They haven’t fed her. They haven’t given her any water. No, they haven’t even taken the muzzle off of her. The beatings have torn her clothes, they just barely cover her now - the halo hasn’t magically stitched all the rips like it does with her flesh.

Though that’s not really happening anymore either.

Through it all, through the beatings and the starvation and the way this torture dude refuses to shut the fuck up - the worst part is still when she’s left alone.

Because time drags on so fucking slow.

Too slow, too much time to sit and fester and think.

To dig deep into the depths of her mind and contemplate the fact that maybe she ends up alone for a reason.

Maybe she’s just not worth it.

CONT ON AO3

#avatrice #avatrice fanfiction #warrior nun #warrior nun fanfiction #this chapter posted early exclusively for fiddleabout fjsafsafja #it can't get any worse can it? #....

[powerbottomblake]

I’m new to the RWBY fandom and I was wondering if you have any blog recs? I really ship Bumbleby but I honestly love how this fandom has so many ships and fun ship names!

ok first of all welcome WELCOME glad v9 brought in new blood. and boy do I have recs for you I'm a great recommender if I do say so meself. gonna file them by category actually.

thee artists: for bumbleby: @corvophobia @sango-blep nuts and dolts enjoyers: @cosmokyrin rosebird central: @sunnyteea great many thingies: @smallandsundry

if you're a fan of bumbleby you've GOT to go through these people's backlog of fanfiction and also these are just some of the greater people to be around ngl!: @thirteenyasmin (I'd honestly advise to start here and start with Walk Where the Wild Things Grow that fic has been living in my head rentfree for the past three years it is dire we are Fucking Under Attack etc etc) @lightsaroundyourvanity @fiddleabout @pugoata @thecousinsdangereux (haley is still in warrior nun mode but on god we're gonna get you back here)

luscious luscious VIBES, miscellaneous rwby content (and jokes!) and also some great gif makers in here: @kienava @handsomejaclyn (do you like star wars. i hope you like star wars.) @pixelwishess @almea (<- some of thee best gif making on here. uniquely instrumental to me actually making a tumblr in the first place) @yeahbumbleby (al you're not included in the luscious vibing in here jsyk)

what I like to call the rwby Think Tank or ye olde meta posters: @aspiringwarriorlibrarian @professorspork @theseerasures @alexkablob (<- not active for v9 but I'd say take a look at past meta)

mewchies if I forgot one of y'all it's not bc I don't love you it's bc I have swiss cheese for a memory but yeah anyone I follow and consistently reblog rwby content from is a yes 10/10 recc

also anon. welcome to hiatus babe. let me be your shield in these trying times of people going absolutely haywire trying to post the worst memes of your life. just stick to me you'll be all good

#on mobile and i genuinely couldn't remember half of y'all #getting up there in the years if i do say so meself