#hmm i guess this is more than a snippet lol

[innerslumber]

You know I'll read the hell out of anything you write, but can you post a snippit of the football au? (Also 15????? Wow, I kinda feel bad only having 4!) ❤️

Hi Lis!!! Thank you so much for the ask!!

Oh my gosh hon, you don’t have to feel bad that you have 4 WIPs. It means you have actually been finishing things and posting!! That’s wonderful!! Unlike me who is constantly drowning in them lololol!! So here is a bit of my Stucky football AU and I hope you like it!

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"It should be illegal to look that hot."

Bucky looked up at hearing Becca's voice and he could see from the kitchen that she had the television on. It was showing a rerun of the NFL draft and his appetite immediately soured. He closed the fridge door, no longer interested in grabbing a snack.

Becca waved her hand up and down at the screen, emphasizing the sheer size of the man smiling on the stage. His hair shone bright golden under the lights and the jersey with #1 emblazoned in white was a beacon shouting, Here I am! Steve Rogers! First pick of the draft!

"Seriously, how is even his teeth so damn perfect," exclaimed Becca. She started cramming mouthfuls of popcorn in a way that made Bucky grimace slightly as she continued to ogle the star athlete. "I gotta say, seeing Tony Stark buy an expansion team and luring Coach Fury out of retirement was not in my bingo card this year. Now they drafted the best college quarterback in the country and holy shit, I might have to jump on that bandwagon even though the team name is weird. The Avengers? What was Stark smoking?"

Bucky rolled his eyes and tried to scroll on his phone to distract himself from the television. "Don't let Dad hear you say that. He didn't indoctrinate us from birth into the Colts fandom for you to stray."

“Well the Colts are drafting like shit this year so excuse my wandering eyes. I can’t believe they drafted that idiot out of Georgia when you are so much better than him. It’s so stupid and-”

“That’s enough, Becca.”

Becca’s mouth shut together with an audible snap when she saw the look of despair on her brother’s face. She put down the bowl of popcorn on the coffee table and slowly walked toward him. Placing a gentle hand on Bucky’s shoulder, she tried to exude as much comfort as possible. “Hey come on, Bucky. It’s only been two weeks since the draft ended. You know this is the time when free agents get picked up. There’s still a chance you’ll get a call.”

Bucky sighed and crossed his arms over his chest, his whole body radiating distress. He knew it had been a long shot when he had declared for the draft but he had hoped that maybe, just maybe, he had a chance at the big times. 

It’s not that he hated his life in small town Indiana. He had a great family and a solid group of friends he had grown up with. But ever since he had shown an aptitude for sports at an early age, he had dreamed of a life beyond the borders of his hometown. A life where he didn’t end up working at the factory that employed 70% of the local population, including his father. A life where he didn’t have to drive over an hour to Indianapolis and hook up with anonymous men off Grindr because he was too scared of being outed. People can say what they wanted about how much progress the country has made but Bucky wasn’t going to take a chance on his football prospects over if a coach was a bigot. 

Not that it fucking matters how deep in the closet I am that I might as well be in Narnia. No one is going to call.

He sighed again when he saw how worried his sister looked. “It’s okay, Becca. I’ll be fine. I mean, there’s always next year, right?”

She didn’t seem very convinced by his attempt at a cheerful tone but she let it go. Bucky patted her hand on his shoulder and walked toward the patio door. He needed some air and to get away from the television that felt like a never-ending taunt of unachievable wants.

Once outside, he took a deep breath of the crisp night air and tried to relax all of his tense muscles. His eyes landed on the homemade football training equipment that his Dad had built when Bucky was in high school. They were worn and battered, taking the brunt of Bucky’s strength and speed over the many years. It was a point of pride for George Barnes that he continued to fix them up instead of having to make whole new ones, no matter how much Bucky abused them.

Thoughts of his father made him melancholy again. He knew his family was disappointed for him when the invitations never came. No combine, no draft. Just silence where there had been excitement and hope. Bucky tried not to feel bitter about the past year and how his college coach had basically cut his playing time to a third of his usual. Bucky had never been one for playing politics and he hadn’t been willing to lick his old coach's boots. He didn’t regret standing by his principles but he had paid the price. Less playing time meant less exposure and the scouts passed you by.

And despite what he had told Becca, he knew the window of opportunity was closing fast. Every year there were new prospects, younger and faster. The older he got and the farther he got from regular playing time, the chance of him making any roster was dwindling. So instead of bright lights and the cheer of the crowd, Bucky was mentally preparing himself for a dead end job, lonely nights and being just another washed out college athlete.

He was so deep in his misery that he didn’t hear the patio door opening and Becca calling for him until she shoved him from behind. Bucky whirled around and gaped at her. “What the fuck, Becca! Can’t you see I’m throwing myself a pity party here?”

“Save your angsting for later, you jackass. Here!” She shoved the cellphone he had left on the kitchen counter by his face. “Your phone is ringing!”

Bucky took the phone from his sister and squinted at the screen. He didn’t recognize the number but he did know the area code. It was a New York area code. Suddenly, his heart started beating like crazy as the small rectangle device vibrated in his palm.

“Are you going to answer or what?” Becca yelled, her voice shrill in panic.

Bucky quickly swiped his screen and placed it by his ear. “Hello?”

“Hello. Is this James Barnes?”

He had to swallow around a nervous lump in his throat. The male voice was not familiar and Bucky’s brain went into overdrive of speculation. He coughed and finally managed to respond. 

“Uhh…yes, this is James Barnes.” 

There was a momentary rustling of sound from the other end, perhaps papers being moved about. The mysterious man started speaking again as Bucky tried to keep his cool.

“It’s nice to finally speak to you James. My name is Phil Coulson and I’m the Director of Scouting for the Avengers. Do you have a moment to chat?”

#hmm i guess this is more than a snippet lol #my outline for this fic is ridiculous #i love angsty Bucky lol #steve is gonna get tackled so much #tee hee #steve rogers #bucky barnes #stucky #sports au #football au #wip #wip game #ask game #thank you for the ask!!

[hypnostheory]

❤️🔐📝

Hey bestie 💖 okay so here we go:

❤️ How tall are you?

I’m 5’5”! This is hard to tell because I’m in heels a lot, but I also slouch, so I’m not sure if it evens out lol. I’m half a foot taller than Lamb, which I think is hilarious personally.

🔐 Something no one would guess about you?

Hmm, a hard one. I’m a pretty open book, but I guess the surprising thing is that I have a journalism degree. A lot of people guess English, but that was one of my minors - I also minored in history and political science. So basically I went to school for Writing and More Writing lol.

📝 What’s the last thing you wrote?

I’m bouncing between two things right now (as is the hyp way) so here are two snippets.

Spy part 3

“I need this,” Henry says, staring down at Alex’s warm, open, too kind face. He sinks into the hand on his throat. He’s had plenty of men hold him like that, some for fun, some as they scraped something out of Henry he’ll probably never get back. “I need you to do it and still love me after.”

And my other project is a secret

Alex cards his fingers through the hair at the back of Henry’s neck and he breaks. Henry grabs Alex, clinging to his shoulders. He can’t wail, his throat too sore to make the sound, but he makes an awful choking noise. Above him Alex hums, rocking on his heels. He whispers something against Henry’s hair, but Henry doesn’t have the wherewithal to interpret the words. He soaks in the comfort and lets himself be cradled by that easy love.

I swear I didn’t mean for both to involve choking lol, but that hyp for ya

#firstprince #red white and royal blue #hyp writes #ask game

[2n2n]

CULT AND LILY!! coincidentally I wanted to post about them...

in a power outage recently, I reread the 10 physical volumes I own. Reminiscing upon... the random snippets we get of-- AU Cult and Lily, here and there. For whatever reason, their names become 'Shinonome Haru' and 'Nishizono Lily'.... ! some real, full names! here, in chapter 0....

.... where we have Cult, 'Haru' as a surgeon caring for a terminally ill Lily, who hasn't much time left. It appears to be more significantly age-difference than in their usual canon, lol? Meanwhile, even the actors playing them are in love, I guess... hmm... it's like multiple AUs stacked....

Shinonome Haru & Nishizono Lily are back again in volume 1...

again as characters in a stage play....

"Shinonome Haru-san confesses his love to Nishizono Lily-san on the spot!! her reply?" "I could go for some shrimp"

hmmm.......... this Lily kind of looks even younger... with a big cartoon lollipop... and she also has tiara's predilection for shrimp... hm.

Cult and Lily also show up as students at Kamome, in Nene-chan's explanation of exams & remedial schooling!

seems Cult is bad at 'ethics' & Lily is bad at 'english'.... here, they share the same grade and classes, though! No age difference!

and finally, in volume 15, of course we can enjoy some crane-game plush of not only Cult and Lily...

.... but also their visual novel characters on the left, Estelio Ambrose and Princess Neige!!!!!!!! (for my sanity I have to pretend Rasphard Ambrose's sleeve is seen just as he's cut off... sob sob.....)

it's so cute how, no matter how much time passes... their oldest works are still sentimental to them.

unrelated, here is an iro-sensei (the alpaca, as they used to be nicknamed....) I also found in the background of a volume...

"MISSING ALPACA RESPONDS TO BELLS"

hmm....

here's Cult and Lily from volume 0 with matching Iro-sensei alpaca keychains as well

hmm....

#avvy's JSHK

[exp123mon]

Watched more Digimon Frontier~

12 - Roar, Vritramon! Defeat Gigasmon! -like I said before, seems like Koji can now control (or better control) Garmmon. I guess when the stakes are higher you better control raging crazy monster spirits. -Little more snippets of Tomoki's history and he snaps Takuya out of his craziness! I like that their relationship is two ways and not just the "big brother" constantly protecting or bailing out the little one -Vritramon's vision actually perceiving things as more scary/dangerous than they are is a nice touch; anybody would freak out if the world suddenly just didn't look right -OOOOH so those puzzle things are called amidakuji--Amida Forest in DW1 makes more sense now lol. -Takuya learns how to control Vritramon AND slide evolution. I guess it just comes naturally once you can evolve. Why wouldn't it? -HMM. "Defeat Gigasmon"… he did. But Grottomon escaped somewhere and DUN DUN DUN the other villains appear at last! That entire scene actually gave me the vibe of a like 80s/90s isekai for some reason. Maybe the environment and the moons? -I knew about Ranamon (in the sense that I knew she a. existed and b. is a villain) and I'm pretty sure I've seen Mercuremon before (I always thought it looks like if Rapidmon had a baby with an NGE angel haha); Duskmon is the Darkness warrior and a loner so he's gonna be the Koji analogue or foil I suppose -Not the most massively entertaining episode but it feels like a HUGE turning point plotwise so it was interesting. The threats have expanded, two Beast Spirits are actually usable now.

13 - Awaken, Seraphimon! The Secret of the Ten Warriors! -OKAY SO I don't think I've mentined before but I did notice that Seraphimon in the intro getting killed/destroyed/whatever since episode 1. So from the title alone I am intrigued. -We finally arrive at Forest Terminal, and all that's there is a Derumon making terrible noodles… wait. It puts an egg on everybody's ramen… where do EGGS come from in the Digital World? Meat grows out of the ground, so are there egg trees? "Egg plants"??? Do they grow in the ground, too, but like potatoes? Or are there just Chickenmon somewhere being mass exploited like the Kokuwamon lol -Mysterious stairway to heaven on the tree… with a super cool looking castle on top. I always love how Digimon does whatever it wants with aesthetic. So many other shows or franchises would be like "digital world… must always look like The Matrix or the inside of a computer!" Digimon's like "nah whatever looks cool" -incidentally the interior of the catle also looks very nice, love these old style painterly/crayon/pencil coloured backgrounds from older anime -I like the kids mentioning Sorcerymon looks like Wizardmon but a different colour. They're both a little antsy around one another. I dunno I feel like Frontier is doing a good job at having interactions be sensible and stuff and doing things kinda subtly. There wasn't some huge freak out or confrontation because "oh he looks like a former enemy!" or whatever, but naturally both parties are a little wary. -Seraphimon! Oh and he gets busted out of crystal prison. Oh and he drops some lore on us. Then Grottomon shows up with the gang!! oh shi--WAIT SERAPHIMON GOT EGG'D -Aww, the episode ends with the gang having their first big taste of Adventure-style trauma. "Wait people who are our friends and allies are going to die for us. :(" yep sorry kiddos that's what you get for being Digimon protags heehee -Okay but HOLY CRAP, so much happened this episode but, again, the pacing just felt so nice? There was a load of plot progression and stuff but it never felt like it was rushed or like it dragged too much. -to finish off there was a really cool shot when Ranamon first used her attack and the camera panned to the targets. She was rightside-up then it panned to the boys upside down, so it looked like the water from her attack was going "up" from the camera's perspective. It stuck out to me as a cool and creative shot.

14 - Lightning, Smash the Rock! Bolgmon's Do-or-Die Challenge -Oooooo new spirit!! -Bokomon taking care of the egg omg and Tomoki's like "looks like you're pregnant" lol -The Trailmon goes flying off a huge gap in the tracks wtf and Bokomon being all "THIS ISN'T GOOD FOR MY BABY!" had me cracking up -So it seems like the other evil dudes don't care much about Grottomon. Not surprised, seems like a consistent attitude these big anime villain groups have haha. I suppose their shtick is serving Cherubimon, though, not being bound to one another. -Mercuremon seems like the biggest asshole of them all though. He's one of THOSE characters. I dunno the name of the archetype. But all like "I'm a nasty evil bastard with no sense of fealty ohohohoho" I dunno lol -WHAMON. WHAMON IS ALWAYS FRIEND. -Arbormon's Beast form is Petaldramon, who… does nothing this ep whoops. -Bolgmon is pretty cool but feels really similar to Blitzmon, moreso than Garmmon or Vritramon do to their human counterparts. -Oh I love that Junpei gains control of his Beast spirit with the power of BEING PISSED OFF at Grottomon haha. Also GROTTOMON GETS BLASTED. He's straight up DIGITAMA'D. -It was nice that Izumi genuinely appreciates Junpei fighting so hard to get her Spirit back. No tsunderes here, thank goodness. -Once again chuckling when Bokomon is all "MY BABY!!" when the cave gets flooded haha. -WHAMON SAVES THE DAY. WHAMON FRIEND. ALWAYS. -Side(ish note), I HAVE seen there's a Patamon in Frontier… so, like, I'm assuming that's who Seraphimon's egg hatches into. Makes sense haha but we'll see.

15 - A Squid Beast Evolution! Calamaramon -Ranamon has a li'l SQUID as her computer cursor. That's such a cute detail. -IT'S A BEACH EPISODE -Bruh if those Toucanmon served me up that food I'd let them do whatever they wanted to me and my Spirit. -I dunno why but I find the whole thing with Bokomon and the egg-nancy funny. "I am eating for two" yeah me too bro but I'm just greedy haha I do feel like Neemon is just here so Bokomon can talk to somebody though. He should've hidden the digivices in his pants lol -I do feel like it's weird the kids let their guard down so much. I guess they're just tired from all the BS going on though. But. Like. YOU COULD DIE if you get caught without your Spirits!! -Oh no. The. The sexualisation. of the. 11 year old. got worse D: D: D: D: She even calls one of the swimsuits she tries on "sexy" something… wretching noises -Okay on the one hand Calmaramon being "defeated" by her own incompetence/lack of experience was super funny (not like I'd expect Ranamon to be TRULY defeated like Grottomon just was in her first battle with the kids) … but also, REALLY. REALLY. Izumi FINALLY gets her Spirit back, is the ONLY kid with her Digivice, and her first battle after not being able to fight for ages she's knocked down again. :| Like I said before this is a pattern at this point but still disappointing THIS moment of all they let it happen again… -The Toucanmon being like "lolnope not a Ranamon fan no more" at Calmaramon was def funny though.

16 - Strength Alone Isn't Enough! The Beautiful Warrior, Shutumon -OH BOY IZUMI SPIRIT EP I AM SO SCARED -The Toucanmon are pretty fun. I like that they're actually planning to sell the Digivices rather than just going "oh um sorry for being evil here's your stuff back" to the kids then vanishing forever -GOMAMON -GOMAMON -SO MANY GOMAMON EEEEEEEEE -Izumi is knocked down again D: -Izumi finds her Beast Spirit and has control over it instantly like a badass :D -Moral: strength alone isn't enough. You also need to verbally denigrate your opponent. -Oh Calmaramon leaves by… the same joke as last time… okay. Weakest two episodes so far to be honest. Like I didn't HATE them but they just felt kinda eh. A shame because I really like Izumi as a character, she just seems to get screwed over in episodes focused on her. -Ranamon is by far my least favourite character in the show so far, no contest. I like all the kids, Grottomon was pretty cool, Mercuremon is a bastard but in that kind of "love to hate" villian way. Arbormon hasn't had enough screentime for me to have a stance either way and Duskmon has literally just looked static and edgy in like, one or two still frames haha. Ranamon's just grating at this point. (I do love her voice as Calmaramon though, sounds like a character who'd be super fun to act) -ONTO AKIBA TOWN… to buy loads of weeb shit... or maybe a frosty beast spirit?!?! (I'm not watching the previews at the end of each ep btw) -YOU KNOW though Ranamon being an idol makes me suddenly wish we had a slice of life Digimon series. Like set in the Digital World, Digimon characters only, no HUGE or overarching plot of menace and fate and stuff, if if there is it's relegated to the background and a handful of important episodes (a la MLPFIM). Just these silly monsters living their day-to-day lives and the mundane drama that unfolds. That'd be cool.

#not art #digimon frontier #frontier watching

[bi-demon-ium]

fic in review 2022

I wasn't tagged by anyone I just wanted to do this again and I don't see it making the rounds anymore :(

anyway i'm posting this a touch early as i might write more snippets when i wake up, and it'll still be december 31st, but. oh well

Total Number of Completed Stories: total (on this ao3 account): 112. total (on this ao3 account) written in 2022: 83! wow! and that's just like works (some are compilations) and on this account (there's at least five more elsewhere). oh wait i guess this isn't. completed. it's posted. hmmmmm okay but consider i am tired

sigh okay so completed on this account total: 96. completed on this account in 2022: 68. however, this is not counting that some of the works not counted here as they're "incomplete" on ao3 are actually like, multiple oneshots in one work. i'm not going to tally them though bc some of them are kinda incomplete-ish snippets while others are just straight up full oneshots and i don't want to comb through each and decide what counts 😩

Total Word Count: total on ao3 (for this account lol) is 342,779, but in 2022 that'd be 252,803.

Fandoms Written In: The Mysterious Benedict Society, The House in the Cerulean Sea, Death by Dying, and Instinct. (On the other account, also Shadowhunters and Star Trek 2009.)

Looking back did you expect to write more fic than you thought you would this year, less, or about what you’d expect:

Hm... well, both, kind of. Less in the sense that I had hoped I would complete whumptober--both of them, rip--but more in the sense that HOLY FUCK 83 works. MBS has really reawakened me. (75 of them are MBS lol.)

What’s your own favorite story of the year?:

hmmm uh. off the top of my head, probably one of these:

cain's lament

a hope in hell

rust

shades of green

The Babygirl Incident™

pretty things

Did you take any writing risks this year?:

i let myself believe i'd actually finish whumptober 😔

also i dedicated more to nicholas/milligan which i am slowly but surely acclimating you all to, like boiling a frog. at this point i even daresay the frog is cooked

and "minotaur" is darker than i usually go, so i'm tentatively thinking about some darker aus (don't worry, still no tragedy for me lol)

Do you have any fanfic goals for the New Year?:

FINISH MY WHUMPTOBER PROMPTS :( and also all the ask prompts i have in my inbox

Best story of the year:

hmm. this is kind of subjective. "cain's lament" is a good fix-it, "shades of green" seemed to have had a strong positive impact, which i'm glad of. we'll get to stats in the next question, i guess, for that angle. uhhh "warm" has impressive length? surprised i finished that tbh

Most popular story of the year:

This year, the most kudos went to "technicolor" with 125, the most comments goes to "warm" with 25 comment threads, the most hits (987) and bookmarks (18) for "The Babygirl Incident™". Most subscriptions is "pretty things" at 18. (My THITCS works by far did the best, ironically.)

(These all hold the same for like. most [x] ever on this account, except for the most kudos, which goes to "paralleled", an old King Falls AM work of mine, at 139.)

Story of mine most under-appreciated by the universe, in my opinion:

I think most of my snippets get brushed over a little since they're compiled on one work. Particularly my daemon au. Maybe also look at these: 1, 2, 3, 5, 2

Most fun story to write:

All of my crackfics probably! They're just so fun to write; very impulsive but hilarious. I'm making myself cackle, particularly with "The Gang's Past Illicit Affairs" "The Babygirl Incident™" and "kate and her bucket sitting in a tree, S-P-Y-I-N-G". Also "dear abby".

Story with the sexiest moment:

On this account? Nothing I've published. I did, however, write some very silly smut on my other account.

Sweetest story:

Okay, I've written a lot of sweet things and I don't know if I can choose one. So here's a brief list. I've taken off a few I've already mentioned to make it a little shorter.

These snippets: 9, 12, 18, 8, 9.

holy palmer's kiss

a cacophony so immense

number two; love guru

“Holy crap that’s wrong even for you!” story:

I don't know if that's the right way to put it, but. I'd say my two darkest stories were "coward" and "minotaur".

Hardest story to write:

Genuinely, I'm not sure? I'd guess either something not published or not finished, like the sequel to "petals", finishing "minotaur" and my sleep paralysis series, ch2 of "pretty things" i've really been struggling with. Of my completed works, though, I've genuinely no clue.

Biggest disappointment:

Probably still not finishing whumptober :(

Biggest surprise:

I wrote so much!!!! Oh my god!!!!! Holy fuck!!!! 88 works!!!!! and 75 of them MBS!!!!!

I Tag:

no pressure! @peachygos @mysteriouseggsbenedict @mvshortcut @sqenthusiast @ragecndybars @tothetrashwhereibelong @thehouseofgrey @finger-lickin-fuckboy and anyone else who wants to do it!!

#kind of a shame i avoided linking works from my other account bc the smut fic was pretty funny and one of the crack fics is genuinely hilar #hilarious. and i'm kind of fond of the star trek oneshot #ah well #fic in review #tag game #tag games #gertspeak #long post

[penrose-quinn]

Hi Pen 😁

I'm thrilled you rb the writing ask post! I was secretely hoping you would so I could ask you some questions 😳. If you're not too busy and you still feel like it, I'd be super interested in 6), 11), 13), 50) and 58) (I hope it's not too much, feel free to skip some questions if you want)

I hope you're doing okay, please take good care of yourself and have a nice day ❤💗!

Hi Obsidian 💕

Thank you for asking! Ohh, I’m really not sure if I have interesting answers, but I’m flattered that you want to ask me anyway!! RL failed me so I’m actually bailing it atm haha. Dw not too much at all, I enjoyed the questions! I just hope I’m not overbearing with my answers. They’re a bit lengthy 👉👈

Likewise! Hoping you always have an awesome day and take care!! (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*✲ﾟ*｡⋆

6. What’s the last line you wrote?

Turned out to be more than a line, but I’ll just let this one slip! This one is from GL chap 11, just a snippet between Shin and Izana.

No one ever told him that nicotine shouldn’t be something he was supposed to crave – he didn’t mean to poison you the way he did – though he would to his little brother back then and it spared him a few more years until he could flicker one by himself on the same harbor, the same shade of night. Someday, the Black Dragon embroidered on his back.

11. Do you write scenes in order, or do you jump around?

I never write things in order lol. I jump around so much that any poor soul who takes a peek of my notes will be so confused. I see it more as stitching up a bunch scenes together and then hoping it makes sense in post-editing. I'm sadly not organized enough to plot down what'll happen point for point. I go with the flow and what feels right 😔

13. Do you listen to music while you write? If yes, what have you been listening to recently?

Yup! I rarely work in complete silence in anything. My thoughts are too loud and it's hard for me to concentrate without music or some form of noise in the background. Currently, well mostly, As It Was by Harry Styles since I'm planning to use that as a header for the next chapter in GL. Somebody to Love by Queen because I'm thinking of Shin lol. Was even debating whether I should put this as the header at first. Ship to Wreck and Delilah by Florence + The Machine for GL!MC because nothing beats a soulful song about love and self-destruction. Hmm, a few songs from Metric, POWERS, and The Smiths in between. I'm sorry this is a lot of different genres 😅 but I usually run through multiple songs to find that specific mood for scenes.

50. How would you describe your writing style?

Oof, this is a hard one. I’m not sure how to describe it, though I suppose when it’s comes to my writing I cull out as much words as possible but still try - emphasis on try :’) - to make it vivid, evocative, and surreal in a sentence. I guess this comes from attempting to emulate Japanese writers and poets since they're such masters at capturing the right words while being so descriptive and subtle in a few, simple sentences. 

Though I rely more on how people describe my writing because I don’t want to think too deeply about it haha. A friend and mutual of mine once described it as something that should be read multiple times because after every reread, they find new meanings to the words and actions of the characters, that there are these hints they have to work to find, just the 'blink-and-you'll-miss-it' nature of it. This comment always made my heart skyrocket ever since. That, and the stream of consciousness one from three respected writers (Hi Obsidian 💓) from three completely different fandoms. That one surprised me the most because all of you literally said the same thing and it made me happy :)

58. Do you have a favorite piece of figurative language you’ve written?

It's hard for me to cite a certain piece because I've already written a lot to recall something specific to be a favorite and I like my writing, even though I still think it's amateur. When it comes to figurative language, a pattern I like and notice is 'lost and found', death, distance, tenderness and violence, ghosts or whatever supernatural entity really, the act of bleeding, the act of devouring, and eyes that reveal more about the observer than the object of their observation.

It's the setting too! Seasons, surroundings, places, and even history/time as a way to convey the innermost emotions, sentiments, identities, and gradual changes of the characters and their relationships. Everything blends in so much that what's happening is surreal and a little vague which is which, what's tangible or not, is it really the rain or the sound of someone's heartbeat. That kind of thing 😊

#pen answers #i actually wasn't expecting anyone to ask me anything (i was following your footsteps in getting a mutual to rb lol) #i get excited over reading others' asks about their writing #not that i didn't get excited that you asked me 💕 #thank you again for this! #writing

[make-me-imagine]

5, 7, 15, 16? 😀☀️

Thank you for sending some in!! <3

5: Share one of your strengths.

Hmm, writing wise, I like to think one of my strengths is the ability to write characters accurately. I try my hardest to write 'in character' dialogue and in demeanor, rather than just writing the same type of "language" and descriptors for every character I write for. One of my biggest pet peeves in fics is when someone writes a character extremely ooc, so I try my best to be accurate, and I think I usually succeed.

7: Share a snippet from one of your favorite pieces of prose you’ve written and explain why you’re proud of it.

I answered this one before, but I think I will just insert another snippet from a different fic.

This is form a Benedict Bridgerton fic called 'Truth Unseen'

[Just then, your eyes stretched out along the room, locking with Benedict. Your eyes seemed to brighten a bit, your smile widened, just for him. Only for a moment, but he saw it. For the first time, he saw it.

'Oh.’

Benedict stared at you, his heart racing, his head spinning. The realization coming over him that what he had been feeling all this time wasn’t love for a friend. It was more, it was romantic love.]

I like this part because I have always been a fan of the 'oh' moments in fics, where someone realizes they have feelings for someone. And I enjoy writing it lol.

15: If you could choose one of your fics to be filmed, which would you choose?

This is a tie between my 'If Only' three-part story (Obi-Wan x Reader); or my current in progress Nine Part 'Hearts Divided' series (Benedict Bridgerton x Reader).

16: If you only could write one pairing for the rest of your life, which pairing would it be?

Well, I only write Character x Reader fics anyways, so I guess it would just be that lol.

xx

(Send me some fic writers questions!~) **I have answered 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 15, 16, 17, 27 and 29

#ask #ask game #q&a #anniversary ask game #questions #thank you! #fic writers ask game

[shirogane-oushirou]

🩷,💌, and 🎁 for the emoji asks? :D

tysm caitie for the ask!!! ☺✨💕

gonna go for a change of pace and talk about my main man oushirou, my beloved freak of almost 15 years. gives him a little kissy. mwah.

🩷 for a headcanon about f/o.

the desire to seem non-threatening is what got him to start experimenting with things like his looks and his weird-funny-guy personality... then he crossdressed for the Funnies once and realized it was fun, actually... then he started being a little more flamboyant because it came naturally to him... and this was all in the gender-rigid environment of the all-boys-except-tsukiko seigetsu academy.

so as soon as he graduates to go to college, get an internship, enter the journalism field, travel all over the world... he realizes how even HIS view of the limits of expression are... well... limited. he feels more free to try new things, wear bold patterns, paint his nails, do his hair in even more interesting styles. as he learns new languages he also learns all new ways to describe gender and expression and sexuality. in the end, he realizes doesn't really need defined labels; he's simply oushirou, and he's going to look beautiful and handsome and charming and sexy and flirty for anyone and everyone who's willing to give him their time.

when he shows up at the 10 year seigetsu reunion, wearing a zebra stripe suit with polkadot tie, red aviators, black nails, and an intricately styled hair-do, it catches everyone a little off guard... but they quickly lean into the bold changes when they see just how much more comfortable and self-assured he seems.

(tl;dr: i hc him as genderqueer and pansexual lol. and he has a VERY nonbiney fashion sense ksjnkjnsf which is canon but like. they didn't INTEND for it to be typical nonbinary fashion, they just wanted him to be a little weirdo man. no, sorry, i'm The Oushirou Guy (tm) and i declare he's Gender.)

💌 for a snippet of a conversation we had.

(ngl i'm extremely brain empty, so i'm actually going repurpose and rewrite part of a prompt i did in... uh... 2012????? jfc i'm a selfshipping grandpa.)

“Kehe! What, are you afraid to show a bit of leg, sweetheart? You know I’ve already seen them before right?”

The door closes, and the red-head strides over to the bed and, with a grunt, plops himself down where Ro’s feet end under the covers.

“Doesn’t mean you just get to see 'em for free, you know! B'sides, if I ran around half-naked all the time I don't think it'd stay entertaining for long.”

“Oh, you doubt the power of a true pervert? Kuhihi~”

He begins to move, and Ro closes their eyes and tenses, preparing for the usual onslaught of wriggling fingers and wet, sloppy, gross kisses...

The weight on the bed shifts, and two warm arms wrap around their waist.

A quick kiss at the corner of their eye.

“…Did you get a lot of work done?”

Their shoulders relax, and a sigh escapes them as they look up into his face, much closer now than it was before. “Enough…I guess. It’s hard to say at this point.” The work of a freelancer is never done, after all.

“So then,” his hands slowly, gently travel up and down their arms, “how about a nice, relaxing, eight-to-ten-hour sleep break with me, hmm?” He moves his head to the crook of their neck, nuzzling into it. Ro brings one hand to his long hair and begins running their fingers through, the other rubbing his shoulders and back. “Just you, me, and this big ol’ comfy bed. Ah, and your pants-less legs, of course~!” He grins against their neck.

“As long as you don’t look at them, mister.”

“Oh c'mooooon, don’t pull the ‘mister’ thing on me right before bed! It makes me feel so oooold and formal. You’re so mean, sir.” He looks up from his comfortable neck-crook long enough to wipe a fake tear from his eye and pout at their serious face.

A few seconds pass, the two staring intensely at each other, before Ro huffs and breaks into a small smile. They lean forward and give Oushirou a light peck on the lips, and as they lean back to lie on the bed, his lips eagerly follow theirs, wanting more.

🎁 for a gift f/o has given s/i (or vice versa).

he travels all the time, all over the world, so he tries to bring back little trinkets from all of the places he's been. just tiny painted keepsakes. i keep them displayed on a shelf as a reminder of just how much he's been able to do, how far he's been able to go, and how many people he's met.

and while bringing back cooked food with him would be... difficult, he does sometimes bring back interesting recipes from those who are willing to share. when we meet up again, he buys some ingredients, borrows the kitchen, and cooks something to allow me to experience a small taste of the places he went to.

#man... looking back at my short-lived oushirou wife blog is so strange. i was writing prompts as far back as 11 years ago. wild. #i really should repurpose / rewrite some of these and post them here sometime. i have to change pronouns and names and whatnot... #and just update the writing style in general... but it'd be nice to have everything /here/. #(also my very first posts about oushirou-zombie-au-that-would-become-my-oc-mars aughhh so nostalgic. mars has come so far.) #📌 [ my posts. ] #[ asks. ] #📷 [ phantom hearts. ] #🐐 [ been up all night. ] #[ need to draw. ] #⭐ [ canon lore. ] #[ oomfies ; caitie. ]

[kittymsmithwritesstuff]

1, 7, and 23 :3

1. Describe your comfort zone—a typical you-fic.

Hmm comfort zone is probably intimate, deep conversational type pieces and off-screen type content. I've always loved the soft, quiet moments between the action in a show/book/game, etc. I feel that's where you find out the most about characters and they're usually the most fun to write. It's a break from the conflict, and I've never been very good with conflict so it's definitely my comfort zone lol.

7. Share a snippet from one of your favorite pieces of prose you’ve written and explain why you’re proud of it.

I Am as Human as You (moicy) Chapter 19:

Moira kept laughing, like a thundering cloud, like a woman mad, like someone who had held the sun in their hands, kissed it, and landed safely on Earth. That’s what she made Angela feel like when she fell to her elbows on top of her and kissed her, like the sun. Like the moon and the rain and every significant, ceaseless thing in the universe.

I'll admit I loved this when I wrote it and still do. I read I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson back when I graduated high school and I've really admired her writing ever since, and this was one of the few times I felt I kind of got her vibe and, I dunno, that was something that made me happy.

Also, I always feel like I have trouble getting the full feeling of a scene across. Show, don't tell and all that, but I always feel like I'm feeling more about the importance of the scene than I'm able to write down. The word choice and cadence or whatever you want to call it with this piece I just...really jive with, feel like I got the depth of feeling across I wanted. And I guess it's kinda poetic and I like that? IDK.

23. If you were to revise one of your older fics from start to finish, which would it be and why?

My instinct is an old Frozen fanfic that was about 70k words and finished. I wrote it when I was about 15 and it got REALLY popular. I still get 500 or so views a month on it and I finished it in mid 2014 and it is still the most popular by the numbers thing I've ever written.

I'm proud of 15 year old me, but I did re-read it recently and tbh it is pretty good for something I had literally no outline for and just kept the 'outline' in my head but nowadays I feel I could do so much more with it. I had some OC's I still like and I could smooth out the plot and keep the characters more in character and all that. I just think it would be interesting to see the then vs. now on something that was so significant when I was younger.

Questionnaire thing: https://www.tumblr.com/kittymsmithwritesstuff/724011744410943488/40-questions-meme-for-fic-writers?source=share

#ask #kmtalks #seerofmike #auithor meme #author meme #it too late not redoing that

[themerrypanda]

2022 Fanfic Review

(I was a little busy with the last few weeks of the year. Better late than never lol)

Number of stories posted (to AO3): 29 (plus 4 Stardew Valley fics since last year)

Published word count: All time: 239,748. Year 2022: 43,460. (Another 3,952 words can be added to both for fics published exclusively to Discord for now.)

2022 fic-writing goal: Publish at least ten more chapters of Rusalka before 2023.

Met?  No, but eight out of ten chapters published isn’t too bad.

Fandoms written for this year: Stardew Valley and Fire Emblem: Three Houses (no big surprise).

First fandom ever written for: Darkwing Duck, written over ten years ago and before I knew it had a fandom.

How many kudos total received this year: 180 (565 from 2021, 292 from 2020, and 157 from 2019, a total of 1,194 since starting in 2019).

Work with the most hits: Rusalka (FE3H) with 3,493 hits and Dinner Date (Stardew Valley) with 2,181 hits.

Work with the most comments: Rusalka (FE3H) with 41 comments, followed by I Was Your Man (Stardew Valley) with 8.

Most popular stories (this should be top five by kudos/likes, but to cover a work written this year, AO3′s top five, and the top five Stardew fics (across both sites), it’s a top eight this year):

That Summer, That Night (Stardew Valley) with 88 kudos and 139 likes.

Always. For All Time. (Loki TV Show) with 157 kudos.

Luau Mayhem (Stardew Valley) with 49 kudos and 82 likes.

Dinner Date (Stardew Valley) with 107 AO3 kudos and 20 Tumblr likes.

Rusalka (FE3H) with 96 AO3 kudos and 7 Tumblr-snippet likes.

Dearest Companion (FE3H) with 91 kudos and 8 likes.

I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Blues (Stardew Valley) with 22 kudos and 70 likes.

Home (Stardew Valley) with 28 kudos and 61 likes.

Quickest work to write: I Was Your Man (Stardew Valley), probably four days for writing and editing.

Longest work to write: Rusalka (FE3H), 29 months and counting lol.

Longest work of the year: Rusalka (FE3H) even with just the 35k words published this year, followed by As Ships Sailing Past At Night (Stardew Valley) at 3.8k words.

Shortest work of the year: I Was Your Man (Stardew Valley) at 1.5k words. From all time: Our Friend Linus (Stardew Valley) at 666 words. Of FE3H’s all time: Until The Bitter End at 1.8k words.

Work I am most proud of (regardless of hits/kudos): I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Blues (Stardew Valley) and Rusalka (FE3H).

Work with more feedback than expected: I Was Your Man (Stardew Valley). It turns out, lots of people like a girlboss-Marnie and Lewis-getting-what-he-deserves fic.

Pairing written the most for this year: Ferdinand/Dorothea (FE3H) and Harvey / a farmer OC (Stardew Valley). No new pairings this year beyond a brief Marnie/Marlon (Stardew Valley).

Favorite pairing written for this year: To my surprise, Seteth/Manuela (FE3H).

A pairing I wish to explore next year: Sebastian/Abigail and Harvey/my OC Kim (Stardew Valley), followed by Claude/Hilda (FE3H) if by some miracle I get around to it. Honorary mention to Twilight/Yor (Spy X Family) which I adore, but might not write.

Number of WIPs in docs for next year: At least five.

Rusalka (FE3H)

Thirteen Meetings (FE3H)

That Summer That Night Chapters 5-6 (Stardew Valley)

When You Come Back To Me Again (Stardew Valley)

Harvey/OC Kim story (Stardew Valley)

Favorite character to write this year: Hmm... Maru? (Stardew Valley). Ferdinand (FE3H) has been fun too.

Character who gave the most trouble in writing this year: Any characters in my years-old unpublished WIPs lol, so primarily Kim (Stardew Valley OC) and Ignatz (FE3H).

Any collaborative works this year: No. I haven’t ever co-written a fic before.

Written any gifts this year: Two gifts for Stardew Valley, each Harvey and Farmer OC fics. The farmers are word-ghost’s Peach and elleasinwoods’s Elle.

Received any gifts this year: One art and one fic (yet to be publicly published), both for Stardew Valley.

Most common category: Gen (19), followed by F/M (11). Lots of overlap erring into Gen.

Most common “Additional Tags” tag: Platonic Relationships (occasionally followed by can be romantic). It’s a low number though.

Ever written a crossover: The closest you get is video game characters (Stardew Valley’s Maru and Sebastian) in one game experiencing another video game together (Subnautica).

Ever received hate on a fic: Nothing with great vitriol. I’ve had occasional corrections when I mistakenly used an incorrect tag or an opinion on how I should have worded an idea, but nothing rude.

Ever had a fic stolen or translated: No and no. I’d faint from shock the day someone asks to translate a fic of mine into another language.

What I listen to while writing: Nothing; I prefer quiet and isolation. Sometimes I listen to music before I write to get in the mood, but usually I find music distracting.

Artists’ songs used most (if any at all): I don’t often use song lyrics, but I did use three this year; a couple chapter titles from musicals, one short fic title from Elton John, and another short fic title from Bruno Mars.

Own work I reread the most: Rusalka (FE3H). I reread and edited earlier chapters for polishing up and the sake of getting a word count of 69,420 after publishing Chapter 16.

Favorite fic written this year: Yes??? I love all five!

Favorite title used: I Was Your Man

Favorite line/passage written this year:

I Was Your Man (Stardew Valley): ‘ “Do you, Marina Cabrera Armenta, take Marlon Ward, to be your lawfully wedded husband?” Marnie didn’t even pause to glance to see him in the crowd. Her eyes were only for Marlon. Without hesitation, she said yes. “By the power vested in me as Pelican Town’s former mayor by the Ferngill Republic, I hereby declare you, Marlon, and you, Marina, husband and wife. Dear nephew… kiss your bride already.” The others in town laughed and cheered as Marnie removed her veil and Marlon brought a hand to her cheek and they kissed tenderly. Marnie never looked so happy. This Marnie was not the one he had known, but had he ever really known her at all? And now Lewis has his whole empty retirement to ponder this. ’

Honorary mention to a Rusalka (FE3H) excerpt published this year, but first drafted in 2021: ‘ Ferdinand craned his neck to better look at her face. There was only a trace of the tears that dried on her cheek. Again, his heart ached. That is enough, he chided himself. He must not fall under the delusion that someday Dorothea may grow to love him back. The woman under his arm is not one falling in love with him. No; this was a dear friend who is simply tired, tired of facing the great challenges life relentlessly gave her. A dear friend of whom he could only dream of being more than a friend. His own feelings were not worth compromising what has slowly become a wonderful friendship. She may never return his affection, and he already learned to accept that fact. The memory of her like this would forever haunt him, like a shadow burned into his side, but that did not matter. What is most important is that she feels comforted and safe. Ferdinand shifted ever so slightly in his seat, to make himself more comfortable. He managed to resist the urge to kiss her forehead, but chanced on brushing some strands of hair from her face, gently tucking it behind her ear. Dorothea exhaled deeply, and the ghost of a smile crossed her beautiful face. Who knew that a heart could feel so heavy and yet so light at the same time? With a puff of smoke, the candle beside them went out, casting them into darkness. Ferdinand closed his eyes, and allowed himself to drift to sleep. Come what may, he would protect the queen who many years ago won his heart. ’

Biggest surprise while writing this year: I hadn’t been too greatly attached to Manuela’s character when I first started writing Rusalka, but even with the little excerpts this year building up to a bigger moment yet to be published... dang. She has excellent angst potential.

Top scenes from anywhere you would choose to have illustrated(TM): I listed two last year. The Stardew Valley one came true in the form of a gift art. The other is a now published scene of Rusalka (Chapter 16) of Ferdithea dancing together at a masquerade ball.

Story I haven’t written yet, but intend to: For Stardew Valley, a Hallmark-esque Sebastian and Abigail story in which years later for a Winter Star, Abigail returns to Pelican Town from Grampleton divorced and with a son and reconnects with Sebastian, who had moved to Zuzu City and is visiting his family for the first time in years and just after a nasty breakup.

Writing strengths: I tend to apply grammar rules correctly on the first draft. I also enjoy doing research for my writing, and I like to think it shows in my stories if you’re looking for it. Character details briefly mentioned in its canon? Referenced. Character from a culture I am less familiar with? Culture researched so I get a better idea of the character’s upbringing and how it affects their personality and thought processes. Affliction I haven’t dealt with personally? I research the symptoms from a scientific standpoint as well as testimonies from fictional and real life people.

Writing weaknesses: I like to be as canon compliant as possible. If a story has not yet ended, then it is difficult to write my own ending. At best I can think of a scene that could plausibly take place with what has been established in mind. (Sorry Twiyor!)  Also, I err on being overly concise with my prose and occasionally mixing up verb tenses.

Fic-writing goal for 2023: Finish Rusalka (another ten or eleven chapters). For every Rusalka chapter not published in 2023, write and publish another short-story or a chapter of a new story from any fandom.

#panda writing review #stardew valley #fe3h #fire emblem three houses #stardew

[fernweh-writes]

You could ask my question, if possible, of course. With the Slachers (Michael, Jason, Brahms, Vincent and Bo) with her beloved looking innocent and even angelic, but she is extremely jealous and possessive when a victim or survivor flirts with her slachers to the point of saying something in context: " he is mine !!" (while the reader embraces Slachers). What would be the reaction of the slachers, about the corpotamento of his beloved?

I don’t write for Jason, sorry but I can definitely do the rest. Since I don’t write for many slashers, with requests like this one I usually do a little snippet for all of the slashers I do write for. But I like this idea a lot so without further ado…

P.S. this took me so much longer than I expected, I definitely got a little invested in these lol. I left out Thomas and Jesse but I may go back and add them at a later time idk yet.

-Fern🌿

Slashers x Possessive S/O

Michael Meyers

Your innocent and kind nature would be one of the things that made Michael interested in you. You were the first person to take the time to actually figure him out rather than checking him off as Evil™️ and treating him as such. He also likes the fact that he can easily make you flustered, it feeds his need for control. Knowing that he can simply press himself against you and leave you blushing both pleases and amuses him.

We all know that Michael is very possessive. He often stalks you while you’re at work or out in town running errands. At this point, it’s no longer because he feels the need to be predatory, he’s just making sure that what’s his is safe from any harm.

One night you had decided to go out with a few friends, which Michael wasn’t very excited about, but eventually he allowed it. It was one of those busy clubs/bars that had opened recently, so of course the place was crowded. This left Michael with no choice but to ditch the mask while he followed you, another thing he wasn’t happy about.

He ended up sitting on the other side of the place by himself with his eyes glued to you. He didn’t like you being around so many people. Michael was so focused on watching you that he had barely even noticed the woman walk up and make herself cozy in the seat opposite of him. Now his attention was on her while she grinned at him like the Cheshire Cat, pushing her cleavage together to make it more apparent in her already low cut dress.

Michael could’ve sworn that you had teleported, after all he had only take his eyes off of you for a second. Now you had your arms wrapped around him with your head resting on his neck. “Can we help you,” you asked the girl in front of you. Michael had never heard your voice sound so cold.

The girl began to twirl her hair, not deterred by the fact that you were running your hands over Michael. “I was just wondering what such a handsome man was doing here all by himself,” she purred. She attempted to reach forward and grab his hand but you were quick to smack it away before Michael could even move.

“He’s not here by himself he’s with me. And if I were you I would keep your hands to yourself and away from what’s mine.” After you said that it didn’t take long for Michael to drag you back home. To him it was your way of saying that you were in fact a permanent part of Michaels life. Plus you threatening someone when you’re usually so polite was a change of pace that left Michael wanting. You can definitely expect the girl to turn up missing on the news soon after that night as well.

Brahms Heelshire

Brahms adored your innocence and kindness. You never hesitated to follow the rules and care for him, which is why he kept you around. After all he needs a nanny that is actually going to take care of him. Brahms also had an easy time revealing himself to you since after the initial shock of it all you were delighted to find out you weren’t being haunted and that you weren’t in a huge countryside mansion all by yourself.

Seeing as Brahms is a major introvert and goes absolutely feral if there’s someone new in his house that he hasn’t allowed you usually have nothing to worry about. However, suppose something happens where Malcolm has to leave for a few weeks, meaning that a new girl is assigned to deliver the groceries until Malcolm returns.

You were in the kitchen chopping up ingredients for lunch when she arrived for the first time. You had to admit that she was pretty, she was tall and athletic looking with perfect curls. It was hard for you to not notice that she was blonde, Brahms had a thing for blondes…

“So Malcolm told me that Brahms isn’t dead or a ghost, is that right?” You didn’t like the fact Malcolm had told this random girl about Brahms but you muttered in agreement anyways. She helped you put up the rest of the groceries in silence, not speaking again until she had opened the door to leave. “So is he hot? Usually people with this much money that aren’t old are always hot. If he is I might just have to stick around for a little while longer.”

That struck a nerve. “He’s not available,” you said sharply and she faltered. “What do you mean?” It was easy to tell she hadn’t expected that kind of answer, much less the attitude you had suddenly adopted. “He isn’t single. So although he is hot, trust me, I would know, you can’t have him. He’s mine.” She quickly apologized and left, slamming the door shut behind her. You could also hear Brahms moving around in the walls nearby, letting you know he must have heard everything.

Shortly after you found Brahms wrapped around you while you finished making lunch. “So now I’m yours hmm?” You could hear the amusement in his voice. You turned and wrapped your arms around him, pulling him in for a kiss, one hand finding it’s way into his hair. After pulling away you told him, “You’ve always been mine Brahmsy. My good boy.” He let out a small whine at your praise, pulling you back in for another kiss.

Vincent Sinclair

You were Vincent’s muse. He absolutely adored you from the way you acted to the way you looked. To him there was no aspect of you that wasn’t perfect. In other words he was absolutely obsessed with you. After all, you did take care of him and even helped Bo keep Ambrose up and running.

It’s no secret that Vincent was shy, but he was definitely intimidating as well. So you knew that the girl in front of him that was doing a terrible job of flirting was only doing so in a poor attempt to make it out alive. Still, watching her twirl her hair and smile at him made something inside of you snap.

“Come on handsome, you got to want some kind of company. I’m sure you’re so lonely here all by yourself… I could help with that.” She attempted to touch his chest but you grabbed her before she could. “Sorry,” you told her as you held both of her arms behind her back, “he already has someone keeping his bed warm. Didn’t your mother ever to tell you not to touch things that belong to other people?”

Vincent made quick work of knocking the girl out and carrying her down to the workshop. However, after dwelling on the thought he decided to just let Lester dispose of her body. He didn’t want to make you angry by turning her into a permanent wax figure for the town. Doesn’t mean that he won’t allow her to regain consciousness before killing her though, after all she needs to know her place.

Later on Vincent will make sure you never forget that he is yours the same way that you’re his. You can probably expect to have some trouble moving around the next day as well.

Bo Sinclair

Everyone knows that Bo is a major flirt. He enjoys watching the girls throw themselves at him, he just blames it on his “southern charm.” Although, he usually keeps you safely tucked up into the house whenever victims stumble into town. After all, “I can’t have my sweet angel in harms way now, can I?”

You never dwelled on how Bo dealt with victims, that was his business. Sure he had flirted with you a lot when you first showed up. Even now he was heavy on flirting and making inappropriate comments all the time. It was one of the things that made him Bo after all. So walking into his shop unaware of the newest batch of victims in town was a shock for you. Well not so much the victim part, it was finding Bo flirting with the girl leaning over the counter to display her cleavage that pissed you off.

She was smiling and blushing like she had a high school crush on the man in front of her. Not to mention Bo was unashamedly staring at everything she was flaunting. So yeah you were pissed, especially since he didn’t even seem to notice you were there. You quickly remembered the lunch you were holding in your hand, your reason for coming down here, and decided to use it to your advantage.

Instead of saying anything you just walked up behind him, setting his lunch on the counter right in front of the girl, effectively blocking his view of her boobs before wrapping your arms around him. Bo still didn’t shut up and acknowledge you so you decided to interrupt. “I brought you lunch baby.” The use of a pet name quickly made the girl Bo was flirting with falter.

“Oh, uhm, is this your girlfriend or something?” Before Bo could jump in you answered her. “Or something, I guess you could say. After all, he is my husband.” You looked up at Bo with the most lovesick expression you could put on your face as you pulled him in for a kiss. One kiss turned to two, to three, to a whole make out session in front of the poor girl. Bo’s hands began to roam around your body as well, making sure to squeeze all of his favorite parts of you.

When the two of you broke apart the girl was gone but Bo didn’t seem to notice. He was still to busy feeling you up. “Have I ever told you how fuckin’ sexy you are when you’re jealous? I’d never have guessed you had a possessive side to you angel.” You smiled knowing you now had his full attention, “Well surprise.”

He kissed you one more time, long and hard. “I promise we’ll continue this later up at the house. But right now I gotta go find that bitch n’ kill ‘er. You better be waitin’ on me when I get home darlin’.”

Billy Loomis

Billy was highly sought after by many girls due to his bad boy reputation. He always had girls throwing themselves at him wanting to be the one to fix him. You knew you didn’t have to worry, Billy wouldn’t leave you for someone else. He made it very clear that you were permanent. But still you couldn’t help but be irritated when they would flirt with him right in front of you.

You two were planning a movie night which meant a trip down to the video store. Apparently, Randy had the night off because some new girl was behind the counter. When the two of you first arrived she had been reading a magazine, not caring about the handful of people milling about. That was until she noticed Billy, not seeming to care that you were wrapped around his arm. She was watching him like a hawk.

You shifted uncomfortably, not liking the way she was staring down your boyfriend. Billy was observant and quickly noticed your discomfort. “Don’t worry about her babe, you know you’re the only person I’m into.” He wrapped his arm around your shoulders and pulled you into him, “Now, do you want to watch Friday the 13th or Nightmare on Elm Street?” You groaned, “Billy we’ve seen both of those movies a million times.” He smiled and held up Nightmare on Elm Street, “Well now we can watch this one and make it one million and one times.”

You rolled your eyes as he drug you to the checkout counter. The employee quickly perked up when she noticed Billy. “Will this be all for you hun?” She asked completely ignoring you. She didn’t even look down at what movie Billy had set on the counter before saying, “You have good taste, this is like one of my favorite movies ever. It’s a shame your little girlfriend doesn’t seem to like it though.”

“Cool, so who’s the main character?” You knew exactly what Billy was trying to do, elbowing him lightly. “Oh, uhm,” she finally looked down at the case, eyes lighting up, “oh, yeah it’s that really scarred dude!” Billy rolled his eyes, “No shit, what’s his name though.” You decided to have pity on the girl, “Ignore him, he’s a horror movie fanatic.” The girl mumbled, “Yeah no kidding.”

You smiled at Billy, using this as your chance to brag on the fact he’s yours. You knew him like no one else did. “He’s such a dork when it comes to the cinematography of these things but he’s my dork.” Billy hugged you from behind, “Yeah, whatever, you know you love me.”

Stu Macher

Stu absolutely loved throwing huge parties at his house. He was well liked and well known so it wasn’t unusual for a lot of people to show up, many of which you didn’t even know. Because so many people knew Stu, it also meant that they knew his family was pretty wealthy. It was pretty common to find girls hitting on him and since Stu loved attention he was prone to playfully flirting back.

Usually you would hang out with your friends during these parties, not being big on socializing with new people. Most of the time you didn’t worry about Stu wandering off, he would always show up at your side again at some point. Half the time when he would reappear you would have to pry him back off of you. He could be quite handsy at times.

Now the party was winding down and mostly everyone left was on the couch getting ready to watch a movie. You excused yourself, and headed to the kitchen to get another drink. You froze when you saw a girl running her hands all over Stu, he wasn’t making any move to push her away. You decided to help him out with that.

“Do you need something,” you asked her as Stu wrapped himself around you. “Are you his girlfriend?” Stu laughed, hopping up onto the counter. He pulled you up onto his lap, “Yeah she is dude. Isn’t she hot?” The girl scoffed, “Don’t you think that she’s a little… beneath you, Stu?”

That set you off. “I think that slutty little bitches like you need to keep your dirty hands away from what’s mine.” The girl rolled her eyes before storming out of the kitchen. You hopped out of Stu’s lap and turned to face him. “If you let mother whore rub all up on you like that again so help me I will be the next one to commit a murder in this house. Understand?” Stu stopped smiling, his goofy personality faltering for a second. He then saluted, “Yes ma’am.” You nodded. “Good.”

Stu jumped down and threw you over his shoulder, causing you to yelp. “You look extra hot when you’re fighting over me babe.” He quickly climbed the stairs and you pounded against his back. “You’re going the wrong way, the movie is downstairs.” He made it quickly to the bedroom, throwing you down on the king size bed with a huge grin. “We can make our own movie babe. I don’t know about you but I’m thinking romance,” he rambled, crawling on top of you. “Rated R of course.”

#slasher x reader #slasher x you #slashers #billy loomis #house of wax #scream #slasher hcs #michael myers x you #michael myers x reader #michael myers #halloween #vincent sinclair x you #vincent sinclair x reader #vincent sinclair #bo sinclair x you #bo sinclair x reader #bo sinclair #brahms heelshire #brahms x reader #the boy 2016 #stinky wall man #billy loomis x reader #billy x you #stu matcher x reader #stu macher #scream 1996

[k-s-morgan]

Oh, Sebastian you really do have it bad. He really is like a cat. What is it with wanting to give body parts as gifts lol. There's something so darkly romantic about your blue eyes offend me, because they aren't like my Master's, only he should have blue eyes. I guess these blue eyes are only a pale copy. To get there to hmm I wonder if he'd be darkly amused if I presented the eyes. Subtext: I love my Master's crooked smile, I would do anything to see it. Laughed at, at least they make good cups

Ask 2: I can picture Sebastian looming over the employees, saying in a low voice that this is the most important tea set they have ever made, it must be beyond perfect. The last line of as long as it meets my Master's standards no harm will come to you, you have my word. I loved that he's gotten used to challenging ( ie interesting), opponents with his Master, Lau and Under taker; that these souls were so pitiful he wouldn't eat them if he was starving. He really is a snob lol. He's proud of himself.

Ask 3: I can see Sebastian looking so pleased with himself as he presents this tea set to Ciel. Look young Master, I did it, aren't you pleased? Though he has to know this was a challenge to punish/ keep him out of the way. Sebastian really is a mix of cat/dog and full on love sick demon lol. He just wants to raise to the challenge and maybe give his master additional gifts.

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Thank you, I’m happy you enjoyed that short snippet!)) These descriptions are perfect and made me laugh  so much :D Sebastian certainly has his own idea of how to express affection. And he doesn’t even fully understand what it is yet. The first chapter from his POV has a lot of his interactions with different people - maybe there are even more scenes with them than with Ciel, but Ciel remains a part of each such conversation because he’s constantly on Sebastian’s mind. Sebastian can’t spend a minute without thinking about him and bringing him up. 

Also, here’s one more short teaser of Sebastian deciding to discuss his wonderful idea of giving Ciel someone’s eyes as a gift:

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His Master huffed.

“I don’t care about eyes. Why are we talking about eyes in the first place? Did you like someone’s so much that you want to steal them?”

Sebastian’s jaw slackened in surprise. Then startled laughter escaped his lips, and he had to press his hand to them to stop it.

Young Master didn’t share his amusement. His own lips tightened, a clear sign of dissatisfaction, and his voice got colder when he asked, “Did you?”

What an endlessly puzzling boy. Even if Sebastian did something as incomprehensible as liking someone’s eyes enough to want to collect them, why would it displease his Master?

“I didn’t,” Sebastian assured him. “No one’s eyes intrigued me enough to entice me into preserving them. Except, perhaps…” his voice trailed off as he stared at the boy, examining the vivid blueness of his iris, the multiple layers of shade upon shade. If he had a chance to look closer, uninterrupted, to hold it in his hands…

His Master let out an outraged gasp.

“You’ve just said you weren’t talking about me!” he exclaimed, scandalised. Sebastian shrugged, not feeling particularly guilty.    

“I wasn’t,” he said. “Not at that moment, at least.”

The boy growled.

“Get out!” he snapped. “And don’t bring me anyone’s eyes, I don’t want them!”

#my fics #sebaciel

[1d-discourseoftheday]

Thurs 7 Jan ‘21

Z3 Z3 Z3 Z3 Z3 Z3 Z3!!! Firstly Zayn posted a teaser of a red curtain, labeled 'tomorrow', beginning to rise with a snippet of a song-- it's Vibez! Vibez is HERE! NEW ZAYN MUSIC! And hell yeah that's super exciting (and the curtain is reminiscent of the filming at the theater last month I'm hopeful we're about to get that video) but THAT'S not the half of it-- Z3 listings are UP! 'Nobody is Listening' (friend we are ABOUT TO BE and I CANNOT WAIT) is out Jan 15 and has 11 songs (titles unrevealed with the exception of Better, already released, and Vibez). The cover art is a painting of a bright colorful sea of staring faces; everybody looking, nobody listening? Spotify also has Vibez cover art- a cool blocky noir looking painting- and a new photo of Zayn smouldering in a tank top. Happy almost Zayn's birthday to US, and thank you very much!

Liam did a long live today with an also long BEARD (oh shush on his FACE you guys) to talk about Saturday's show, but then he ends up talking to Ben Winston for most of it which is, as you can imagine, a mixed blessing. I mean all that 1D reminiscing is great for dredging up unknown tidbits for us but otoh Ben: the part where Liam puts manager Steve on to say hi to Ben and it's just the two of them is the worst content I've seen in a minute and I mean... Holivia is current..? ANYWAY, before Ben, Liam has his cousin Ross on and tells us Ross will also have cousin Luke playing drums for him at the show Sat, and snippets of all the openers' music are played. They discuss accents, and Liam, as usual, says that he was just on the phone to Louis (relatable I too immediately think of Louis when discussing strong British accents). And then the Ben chat: they talk about the We Are 1D Family fan project at San Siro and how the band didn't know it was going to happen, Liam talks about not wanting to do the Leroy piece for the BSE video (“haha remember I had a meltdown but you made me do it!”:/), and they talk about the two Midnight Memories videos-- we learn that Ben didn't have anything to do with the scrapped first one so he can't release it sorry, and “you guys didn't like it so we had to make a new one in like a week”. Liam: “no I preferred the first one!”, lol. Ben talks shit about not liking You and I (no wonder he did her so dirty), Liam: “WHAT??” and “didn’t Zayn’s high note turn you on a little bit? It had to!” sksksjfa okay calm down there, and then he turns me into the 'had me in the first half' meme when he says his least favorite 1D song is I Would! CAN YOU BELIEVE. He quickly realizes though that no! He means I WANT! Yeah okay that makes more sense but jeez Liam, don't mess with me like that! He also says (not about I Would or I Want), “when I was younger I didn't really understand the songs as much as I understand them now, they mean so much more to me later on in life than they ever have done before, the feeling, the emotions that come through, the lyric as well for some of them.” Oh and Ben mentions the Grammy awards being pushed to March 14 which btw I forgot to say yesterday so there ya go. New date. And last but not least, new LP Act 4 merch! RAINBOW HOODIE! Omg it's so good! The rest is great too but that rainbow hoodie (uh 'hoody' that is hmm why) is soooo nice.

9 am PST came and went without a single Holivia pap pic, but don't worry (darlings) they were just a little late today, though you'll be excused if you didn't realize there were new ones, as they are simply more of the same batch as yesterday's- it was a very exciting parking lot after all, they needed a lot of documentation! Harry grabbing Olivia's arm SO AWKWARDLY is a gem though, I'm starting to have doubts that they're even really friends now that I'm seeing them interact so much tbh. I think the press time excitement was supposed to be the 'candid' pics of them drinking coffee together with Harry in the spa robe (taken... maybe you can guess... YES! it was over the weekend!) but aside from being memed they didn't seem to get much traction. Even so, the press is still all over Holivia ofc and if you only read one article about it PLEASE make it the Harper's Bazaar one that marveled at today's pics “Wilde happened to be wearing the same outfit from last weekend” oh SO CLOSE YOU GUYS, defensively states that Harry was wearing a mask (in response to the many articles out there about people being mad at him for not wearing a mask which yes are very much still up and not being suppressed by HSHQ, btw) but some enterprising layout person placed a picture of him without a mask right under that line, and tells us twice in a row that their relationship is 'very organic'-- definitely 100% truly oBvIOusLy ORGANIC, 'a source' says so. So you can see that clearly it's all very organic. In case you were wondering! STRONG honorable press mention for Vogue though, who declared that Holivia were “already 2021's most stylish pair” with a picture of Harry in his paint splattered merch hoodie and pushed up sweats; but then they also said the other day that larries were people “who ship Harry with Liam Payne”...hey Vogue I really recommend getting an intern if you're struggling, so helpful!

#liam payne #harry styles #zayn #most of my dash – ugh I have holivia blacklisted I do not see it anyway the chicken #me: ugh actual updates JUST LET ME MAKE FUN OF HOLIVIA PRESS ALL DAY #yeah I know not everyone is an I would stan but I' just prefer to believe everyone appreciates as much as me it's how it should be #I'm in the 'spoiled by Icarus Falls an actual epic work of genius' camp and I'm sad this one is comparatively short #but Z knows what he's doing I'm gonna bet it's perfect as is and I can't wait to hear it #I already love Vibez it's so pretty and soft #Liam to Ross- haha this is first time I've been on the phone to you in a few weeks when I'm not drunk. :/ #he also talks about watching the San Siro gig drunk the other day #he does not however say he doesn't have access to any of his accounts he says he DOESN'T KNOW HIS PASSWORDS offhand #that he's just logged in on his phone but can't just tweet from another phone real quick while he's on live #I would say the exact same in that situation and despite tumblr oppressing me rn for the most part no one is controlling my accounts yall #it's NOT THE SAME THING he clearly states that he access to ALL HIS ACCOUNTS on HIS PHONE #Harry Lambert made a flagging joke not relevant to much just a reminder that yeah it's a real thing #and gay people def know about and about the significance of wearing bandanas #I mean the connection of the blue bandana to Louis is a whole other thing ofc but if Harry does mean that by that #he knows very well it isn't the only thing he's putting out there #probably why he steers real wide of ever putting in his pocket lol he truly said fuck your top bottom discourse #7 jan 21

[greycappedjester]

for the ask game!

F, J for tooru n the triwizard tourny, and M?

Thank you!

F: Share a snippet from one of your favorite dialogue scenes you’ve written and explain why you’re proud of it.

Honestly, Flash Facts is one of my favorite fics I've ever written for dialogue. I'm really proud of it. I really love showing a darker, more scared side of Bart. He's such a different member of the Flash family.

“Bart,” Len says quietly, “no matter what you think about me now, if you stay around long enough, you’re going to get hurt. That’s just how these things go.”

Bart sighs, looking down and there’s a long moment where Len thinks the words have finally sunk in. That Bart will leave and go on to live a safe, somewhat normal life and Len will still be here, playing cops and robbers with meta humans. The way things are supposed to be.

And then, Bart looks up and there’s something dark in his eyes now, not something added, more like...like absence. Like dropping a mask.

“Len…,” Bart says, smiling ruefully, “being around you is so low on dumb things I’ve done in my life that it doesn’t even count. Don’t worry about me, I’ve survived….well, a lot worse than anything in Central. You’re not a bad guy. You’re my friend.”

Len stares at Bart, suddenly feeling a weight in his gut that is so much worse than the one a few moments ago.

Unaware, Bart grins at him, seriousness evaporating like clouds on a sunny day. “See you at the museum next Wednesday, okay? Don’t make me track you down?”

And Len...Len nods, mind already stuck on Bart’s last words.

Bart’s not normal.

Len knew that. He knows that. And yet, abruptly, Len comes to another realization. The jagged pieces fitting together to form something larger and far more worrying.

At some point in Bart Allen’s life something went very, very wrong.

Wrong enough that he hides in museums, almost kills his friends, and talks casually with super criminals as if it’s normal.

So, no, it’s not just that something went wrong in Bart’s life. Len has the gut feeling that it’s still happening.

Len’s not the good guy.

He’s not. He’s not.

But...he’s going to find out what. Even if it means sticking around long enough for the kid to tell him.

Len nods. “Yeah, kid, see you Wednesday.”

J: Write or describe an alternative ending to Triwizard Tournament.

[WARNING FOR SPOILERS]

Hmm, I guess the big on would be Ushijima's death. To be honest, I can't imagine any scenario where Ushijima touches the cup, gets portkeyed away, and survives. I think it's because he was hit behind; but, really he just never stood a chance which I think is a large part of what makes it such a tragedy.

So, I guess the big one would have been if instead of eliminating Korai from the tournament, then Oikawa had a bit less pride and eliminated Ushijima. If that happened, then Korai would have "lost" pretty soon after that since he was literally Imperiused to help Oikawa get to the Cup. Without Ushijima there and Oikawa alone, I honestly don't see a future where he survives it. I think the distraction of Ushijima's death gave him the mental shock he needed to think of a way out where as--without it--he would be going in completely unprepared.

So, in other words, I'd say the fourth book comes down to either Oikawa or Ushijima's death. I don't see a future where they both survive once the final task started.

M: Got any premises on the back burner that you’d care to share?

....too many, lol.

Um, probably two of my favorites that I haven't talked about much is I've got a fun idea for a fae! AU with the Batfamily--I think it would work well with the whole darkness of Gotham vibes.

For Hq, I've been working on this one for years and still haven't gotten around to finishing it but I WILL...one day.

Here's the synopsis, it's an AU as apparently I'm always destined to write:

Kageyama had expected he’d be haunted. He hadn’t expected those ghosts to be literal.

And he never expected Hinata

[cadriona]

In the mora for a myth ‘verse, what mythological creatures would the Mondstadt/Inazuma characters be?

Oh boy oh boy, hmm, I don't have them determnied for all the characters, and Inazuma even less than Mond, so most of them are basically not as well researched as I would like them to be (also because I don't know the mond nor inazuma cast as well as the Liyue one because as you can probably guess, I'm biased, lol).

So, on the chance that I ever get to writing those spin-off snippets, spoilers below!

Mondstadt

Jean: griffin, lion and eagle combo, 'nuff said

Amber: wolpintinger- rabbit with horns and wings!! Was tempted to go for a Skvader but eh, wolpintinger felt more accurate ig??

Lisa: a toss up between a dryd, Baba Yaga (although that's more of an individual than a creature, so prob not), and something else I can't remember right at the moment. Dryd because it would be an interesting contrast to how her curiosity/thirst for knowledge halved her lifespan, no?

Diluc: brownie/chimera- he was originally supposed to be a firebird or something, as in, in universe he would've been on the way to becoming some sort of bird, except his brief stint with the Delusion (where he ditched his Vision at home) meant that the process got screwy and hence the chimera. The brownie is more of an inside joke, as in he operates at night, doesn't want to be seen, doesn't want to be credited for his actions (in mora or anything, really), and does "clean up" lol

Kaeya: ??? his ??? heritage is making things difficult, but probably a bird of some kind. Unsure which region's mythology to draw from considering well, Khaenri'ah, so uh, he's also up in the air

Razor: Direwolf. I know direwolves actually existed once, but fenrir is too singular of a figure (like baba yaga ig??) and I didn't really want to go with werewolf.

Klee: wil’o’wisp- she's small, she's cute, and will'o'wisp seems to fit ig??

Fischl: Guter Nachtkrapp (good night raven)- according to wiki, it "is a rare benevolent version of the Nachtkrapp tale. In Burgenland myths, this bird enters the children's room and gently sings them to sleep," which would fit Oz and a young Fischl, right?

Eula: dragon- unsure which type of dragon, but considering old lineage, Mond has dragons, noble blood, etc, dragon would be fitting

Rosaria: ...vampire?? maybe??? idk, i don't know her story well enough

Barbara: Siren- sings, water affinity, although she has to deliberately tone down her power when singing to not lure people in and stuff

Albedo: He wasn't human to begin with, so he gets to stay a homonculus lol

(oh gods im missing so many characters)

Inazuma (the first few are basically canon lol):

Sara: Tengu

Itto: Oni

Yae: kitsune

Ei: Kage onna

Thoma: Komainu or Shīsā (idk guardian lion/creatures felt like they would fit him)

Kokomi: ...whatever the loving fuck is going on in her background ig, will prob do a little spin-off chap for her meeting Beidou if I ever get around to it, but dragonheir if

Yoimiya: Either a yokai associated with fireworks or mayhaps a bakeneko??? idk it made more sense in my head lol

Sayu: Tanuki...?

For characters with animal features already, imma just gonna go with they get feral and get to freely shift between whatever they are, or something along those lines

but holy shit genshin has a lot of characters and I don't know enough about mythologies of other countries to really get at what they could be ;-;, hopefully this list makes some sense tho!

Thanks for the ask and for reading, have a great day!

#mmll #ask and i shall answer #mora!verse #character reference #i spent way too much time on this lmao #oh shit i have a meeting soon #am i missing characters? absolutely #anon ask

[atmilliways]

Tagged by: @walkwithursus​

Total number of new, completed works in 2021: 34

Total word count: 231,004

Fandoms written in: Metalocalypse

Looking back, did you write more fic than you thought you would this year, less, or about what you’d expected? 

Hmm, somewhere between less and about what I expected. I’d meant to do more for Kloktober and Dethmas but it just wasn’t in the cards this year. 

What’s your own favorite story of the year? 

I’m going to go with An Everyday Sort of Magic That You Don’t See Every Day because I love mutual pining morons. Post Metalocalypse and mainly Pickleface, with established Narles. 

Also I just realized I had it marked as Major Character Death, of which there is none, instead of No Archives Warnings Apply, because I am dumb. Happy New Year!

Did you take any writing risks this year? 

Vaguely sure I wrote more smut this year than ever before, so… yes. 

Do you have any fanfic or profic goals for the new year? 

To read more, and comment more. 

Most popular story published this year?

In terms of comments: Underwater Friends (mermen AU, Narles)

In terms of kudos: This Might Just Stick (Pickleface)

In terms of bookmarks: This Might Just Stick (Pickleface)

In terms of hits: This Might Just Stick (Pickleface)

The Pickleface fans have spoken, I guess! 😂

Story of mine most under-appreciated by the universe, in my opinion:

Ooh, tough call. Three that have some of the lowest hit counts are Talk Therapy, which is snippets of Twinkletits’ first sessions with  my three Klokateer OCs; Laundry Day, featuring Melmord stealing Twinkletits’ lucky socks; and What Matters, my angsty Lavona/Trindle fic from Dethentines. 

Most fun story to write: Johnathan's No Good Very Bad Day

Most unintentionally telling story: Probably any of the 7 with Melmord in them, lol. 

Biggest disappointment: 

Crapping out on Dethmas fics. 😔 I got stuck on my day 2 fic for a while, and by the time I finished it I was in the car for 10 hours heading down to my parents’ place for Christmas and posting it from my phone because I forgot to pack my laptop. 

Biggest surprise: 

Someone recently reblogged one of the fics I posted with the tags #please follow them #please check them out. It was Skwistok, which I don’t write as often as other pairings. 

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I’m not tagging anyone but if you see this and want to do it feel free!

#jean rambles #my fanfiction #metalocalypse fanfic