#i have 24 chapters actually

[morverenmaybewrites]

Hiya! First of all your blog’s interface is so cute i’m rolling on the floorrrrrrr

Second of all your writing is absolutely amazing, i’ve just finished reading “the pizza delivery girl’s survival guide to gotham city” and lemme tell u i can’t wait for the next chapter cause absolute gold-

I wanted to ask what your thoughts are on Jason and day-to-day life outside of costume. Like, dude HAS to go outside as himself at least every once in a while, out of pure necessity. How do you think he goes on about it?

Aw, thank you, I'm glad you like my blog interface and my fic. I think it depends on how much he's progressed in processing his trauma, to be honest!

I imagine when he first moved back in Gotham, he avoided going out as much as possible, for a multitude of reasons. First, because he was still reeling emotionally from Bruce enacting project Knightfall (aka faking his own death), he was recovering from the injuries he sustained during the events of Arkham Knight (and of course, the injuries he got from the Joker). Most importantly, he is adjusting to living in a city he once hated enough to want to destroy.

I feel like those first few weeks were painful for him. Every place is filled memories, and while not all of them are bad memories, they often feel too painful to revisit. He likely spent most of his time cooped up in a safehouse (which was established as something he makes no effort to make comfortable), only going out when he absolutely had to. Interacting with the city and its people as little as possible. While I don't think the Joker ever meant him to survive his torture, the amount of scars and physical injuries he bears means that a lot of his interactions bring a lot of (misplaced) guilt and shame. Did that shopkeep spend too long looking at his face, his scar? Maybe he'll pass by some hole-in-the-wall shop and remember that he and Dick and Barbara would cool down there after patrols. The ramen, he'll think, is surprisingly good. The owner is a smiling, heavyset man who insists that they never pay for their meals. Maybe he'll even take a single step toward the shop, only to remember that the scars on his hands make it so it's hard to hold cutlery without shaking. That there are days when it's physically painful to eat. And he'll shake his head and walk away.

But I think the more he interacts with PG in the story and the more he fixes his relationship with his family, the more he'll be able to interact with Gotham City. Maybe going to the grocery won't be treated like a military supply run. Maybe he'll look up from his carefully-curated list and realize a type of candy Barbara used to be obsessed with is back in stock now. Maybe he'll put it in his cart, and for the first time in a while, he doesn't have to think about what he did to her as the Arkham Knight. One day, he'll wake up before his alarm and remember that you used to talk about watching the sun rise over Gotham Bay. He'll take a long walk along the shoreline and watch the way the sky turns into soft shades of pink and orange, and he'll be surprised at the realization that there are still beautiful things in Gotham. Maybe your face will flash in his mind, and he'll think that perhaps he shouldn't be so surprised, after all. Maybe one day, after a long night of patrol, he'll pass by the ramen shop again and this time, he decides to stay. The only thing that has changed is the owner, who's gained weight and a few gray hairs, but his smile is still the same. He'll bring Jason's order without asking, and he'll insist that he doesn't have to pay for it. Eating doesn't hurt as much as he feared. In fact, some days, he can move his hands without feeling pain. This is one of the good days. Maybe on that good day, he'll be surprised to find that the ramen is still good. That he can think of the days he used to stay here with his family after patrols, exchanging combat tips and juicy bits of gossip. And this time, he's able to smile.

#ask #anon #jason todd #jason todd x reader #it is actually SO important to me that PG loves gotham city while for the early chapters jason mostly sees it as a duty to be borne #jason learning to fall in love with gotham city all over again #jason finding beauty in the mundane #i just woke up after a 24 hr shift the other day so here have some word vomit

[thestoriesthatweweave]

"It's three seasons old, at least," said Phillip, in a pained voice. "What sort of provincial backwater did you buy it in?" "The Little Dover Dress Shop." Visander bit out each word, fuming that he knew the answer. "It still has an empire waist," said Phillip, a kind of agony on his face. "You know, here we have fashion, we don't just go about wearing robes for ten thousand years." "I care nothing for your human fashions, worm," spat Visander.

Dark Heir by CS Pacat is a comedy. Or, in other words: if book 3 is not a married-life sit-com between Phillip and Visander I riot.

(In other, other words: there are so many fantastic romantic dynamics in this book, but the one couple I have imprinted on like a baby duckling is the queer murder-machine with tunnel vision stuck in the body of a Victorian ingénue and his husband Who Really Does Not Want To Be Here and can endure his wife being "a dead man from a defunct world" but draws the line at him not dressing for dinner.)

#dark rise #dark heir #me when Visander was introduced: oh no he's going to take time away from the characters I love #me after like two chapters in his pov: he is the character I love actually #same with Phillip except he's not even a pov character #introduction: oh no who cares about Simon's brother no one mentioned in book 1 #I do I care #oh no a character who is being forced to fill his dead brother's shoes when that brother was obviously their father's favorite #and who is obviously so much better than his brother but because his interests run to fashion and balls and carriage #instead of to world domination he's been discounted by the people around him his entire life #who is fundamentally kind and compassionate and no one seems to appreciate it #anyway I have finally gotten around to reading this book and inhaled it in less than 24 hours and I'm going to be very annoying about it #visander #phillip creen

[lyr-caelum]

Pov: I don’t upload the ATYD COMIC in 4 months

Ok u guys… i get it.. but just for the record… i have a full time job, i draw other things in between the comic, (like in every universe series) and im working on a secret project at the same time that i hope it turns out fucking awesome… im so glad that all of u are very kind and patient … but im doing my best… ok? 🥲

I’m just letting u guys know whats going on and why it took me a while to upload

Love u ✨

#this actually made me laugh so hard #i get it really… but the day has only 24 hours #i have a big girl job that takes away 11h a day #and im sleeping between 4/5h a day.. so SO! #the rest its drawing #and i had to chop chapter 9 in 3/4 parts dont know jet a 100% but this chapert its over 80 pages… #part 1 is 23 pages.. #dont get me wrong im so very gratefull of the amount of love my works get every time.. love u all #🫠 #i love people being savage.. im one myself but im trying my best #atyd comic #wolfstar fanart

[archiveofrasa]

thinking about how griffin and robin are connected through their whiteness, but what actually brings them together is their shared chinese heritage

that even though they were born from of two different women, they have this mutual understanding of what that means and they have a shared resentment for it (the older's resentment is always, always stronger, but the younger's resentment actually has an impact)

and how robin craved the cultural significance of family and just nearly got it until the empire took that away from him too

#babel r f kuang #robin swift #griffin lovell #i guess i can see why ppl didn't really care for griffin but i did #it was just so nice to robin to finally have family and it hurt so much when that too was taken from him #good lord this book drives me insane #i feel like western individualism culture is why some didn't care abt griffin as i did bc they needed to actually care abt him as a person #which i understand tbf #it's just that for me it was enough that griffin was related to robin who had no other family #that made me care when chapter 24 happened #also i'm the older sibling i can't imagine how my younger brother would feel if i d worded and #he would have to continue on his own without guidance #babel an arcane history

[strawberri-draws]

Some color explorations, with just color and lineart :)

Tysm to @demi-ghosty for the color palettes!!!

#my art #strawberridraws #my ocs #OC art #ocs #demi let me brain vomit my comic idea onto them at a coffee shop today #and then helped me turn that mushy vibes into a Coherent Plot??? #with a ??? plan?? #impossible #they’re really good at little details and connections #whereas I tend to go off. vibes and overall themes and sooo many ideas lmao #but together our power is scary fr… #like they r epic at coming up with simple designs (I struggle) and colors #and I can draw . really fast #anyways All this to say I … actually have an entire like. 5 chapter short comic mostly planned out now??? #in less than 24 hours it’s crazy bro #but I liked drawing these #I can’t tell which I like better #cause the inking works wayyy better for some #but the lineless looks nice on others…

[essenceofarda]

To Be Loved: Ch12

Chapter 12 | Read from the Beginning

Before she was born, it was foretold that Princess Lothiriel would suffer greatly from the love of men. Her mother's dying words were words of power, to keep her daughter safe from suffering, to never trust the love of men. Now the Princess Lothiriel has become the Queen of the Riddermark. And though her heart is filled with love, will she learn to accept the love others have for her? An Eothiriel + Post-War-of-the-Ring Fic

New chapter up :) We're (finally???) getting to the more meaty part of the actual plot now haha. Only taken me like 4.5 years 😳😅😬

Anyway, would love to hear y'all's thoughts!!

#eothiriel #eomer/lothiriel #eomer x lothiriel #lothiriel of dol amroth #eomer eadig #lotr #lord of the rings #tolkien fanfic #tolkien fic #lotr fic #lotr fanfic #lotr fanfiction #my writing #i'm actually a bit proud of how this chapter turned out... #also: Thank you to all the kind messages on my most recent post :') #not to be tmi but like within 24 hours of making that post i got my period so like... yeah lol feeling a bit better now #I have pretty severe PMDD for context which is why some of you might notice i sometimes make posts like that like clockwork lol :') #It's funny i'll be severely depressed or worse for a week or two. not sure why. all the bad stuff. And then my period comes and I'll just #be like 'oh how didn't i see the REASON before now' #as if this hasn't been happening every month since i was like 13 😅🤔 #anyway. i need to develop a keen sense of self awareness so i stop whining about stuff online #note to self: stop being a lil bitch! #that or Finally commit to getting my ovaries yanked out 😬 #anyway--feeling a touch better now that my period is underway #but i still appreciate the encouraging and thoughtful comments #even if i feel a lil guilty bc it the hormones talking more than I'd like to admit :| #tho to give myself a little consideration i suppose it does truly feel real in the moment

[rogueddie]

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#wanted to try and do the cheerscoops week thing but im an insane person so what was gonna be a oneshot is gonna be like 4 chapters long now #i only just finished planning out a last of us el&hop au too ahshshsjsbs #someone needs to put a gun to my head and make me actually write one of these ideas and not just make more #if you include my bb i have 24 fics planned out. genuinely someone needs to stop me

[theflyingfeeling]

fanfic rambling in the tags, nothing interesting really, just me talking to myself lol, okay to ignore or read as you please ✨

#so i've found the perfect prompt list for an olli/allu fic advent calendar sorta thing #but i'm too intimidated by my own expectations and ridiculously high standards to even start writing any of them 😭 #honestly these prompts are so insanely cute and fit olli/allu PERFECTLY #like. i'm actually having trouble deciding which ones to use because i want to write them all 🥺💞 #but i'm so so scared that i'll just end up writing the same (boring) story over again for 24 times 😔 #i wish i could just write without thinking and trying so hard to write a literary masterpiece #when i KNOW it's alright if it's just a silly little story about my blorbos #that's perfectly enough and i know this but my brain's just not having it 😩 #also if i were to write 24 independent fics i'd have to keep them short and simple but. that's not how i do fics. unfortunately (for me) #to overcome this i guess one option would be to write just one longer piece with 24 chapters #and somehow try to include the prompt of the day in each chapter 🤔 #but i don't want to make this even more complicated to myself lol especially because i'm planning to write AUs for a couple of the prompts #i REALLY want to do prompts (of any kind!!) but i'm just so scared of stressing myself out to another months-long writer's block 😭 #fair enough the last time that happened (last winter/spring) i was in a shitty place mentally anyway #and so far i've been happy to be writing on random bursts of inspiration. that's how it's the easiest for me. the words just...flow out #i'm so insanely jealous of anyone who can just create stuff when given any prompt 😭 #y'all are super humans to me how do you do it pls spill your secrets #and anyone tempted to comfort me by saying i shouldn't stress myself over this and that i don't have to write anything i don't wanna write: #i knoooooowwww and i appreactiate the sentiment but the thing is i actually DO want to write these prompts 😭 #in theory at least. because they really are cute as fuck wth 🥺 #the problem is that i can't /force/ myself to write something at the snap of my fingers without a clear idea besides the prompt #and also because i know it can take me days to finish even one story let alone 24 💀 #so to even START on this project is a little intimidating 🫣 #i just fear i won't have the patience :( #and when i realise i won't be able to finish the project i'll become frustrated with myself #if only i knew how to write shorter one-scenes in order to not tire myself out #but often i find those kind of fics somehow...unsatisfying :( #i'm just a sucker for crafting the context/background for stories. a little flesh around the bones if you will 🤧 #okay that's all now i'm gonna go stare at a wall while doing nothing useful for the rest of the weekend byeeee #if you read this far i hope you're having a nice saturday

[ratgirlcopia]

i love ranting and raving.

i wouldn't mind never finding out definitively if nihil is copia's dad. if i'm honest. my stance is always gonna be that he wants to believe nihil is his dad and that does more than enough for how i interpret that whole family structure. and i also think his antichrist deal is symbolic and non-literal.

buuut beyond that, kaisarion/caesarion being "probably" caesar's son but no one ever actually finding out either way is a narrative that appeals to me. like. does he have a legitimate claim to his title? does he not? does it even matter, when someone's gonna wanna usurp him anyway? does it even matter, when family and dysfunction and the other things that tie copia to the emeritus line are there and impacted him and his view of them, and genetics won't change that?

like. copia and nihil are connected in ways that go beyond genetics. nihil's presence and absence in copia's life shaped who he is. you don't have to be biologically related to someone in order to have a dysfunctional familial relationship with them.

ultimately, "chapter 14: road trip" demonstrates this in the simplest and most impactful sense. copia farts so horrifically in that car that he has to pull over. and then nihil sharts so horrifically in the car that he has to pull over again.

research has found limited evidence of irritable bowel syndrome as a hereditary condition. greater evidence suggests it is heavily impacted by psychological factors. anxiety. maladaptive behaviors. stressful life events. genetics don't matter when it comes to ibs, and they also don't matter when it comes to the ties that bind the emeritus line.

copia's part of the family whether he wants to be or not, whether THEY want him to be or not. because they have written their dysfunction all over his digestive system, as they have for generations prior. fin.

#copiaposting #i'm on a kaisarion 24-hour lockdown and having thoughts. #people keep saying he started randomly saying nihil was his dad. but i believe it was in that car that he realized the truth. #everyone is afraid to talk about this. literally erasing a key part of copia's struggles + identity + connection to the family. #if no one else will speak on chapter 14 then i will and i am actually so deadly serious about this. #like i really think this more than anything just. sums up how i feel about the whole deal. and i think people ignore it intentionally. #because it's uncomfortable. and if genetics don't determine family then it doesn't matter if you say “well *i* don't see them as related.” #[astronaut meme] “wait genetics don't matter?” “never have.”

[chloecorvid]

So this is actually a MAJOR spoiler for my comic, but it's fairly end game AND has like... zero context. So why not share a bit of my comic's darker side? (as if I ever share the cute concept art amirite lmao)

Anyhow... This mystery dude uh... well quite frankly he's going through it. But not nearly as much as the people below him...

#chloecorvid #thosesweetsatyrs #this is like... mega end game yall like final 15 chapters ever end game. #arc 1 / the introduction arc has 24 chapters ALONE so... yeah #that said if the comic were in a printed form each chapter (double sided) would be like... 15-25 pages #so dont worry im not doing hundreds of pages a chapter. they're shorter than expected #concept art #centaur #fantasy #centaur oc #i will give a SMALL summary... what if the 'heroes' in history... actually committed a big bad crime #thinking they were being the GOOD guys... which technically they still are... but mistakes were MADE #... you can tell even now how much of an affect the storytelling elements of FMA have affected me

[zoanzon]

An idea I just had that I've already decided is the funniest fucking premise for Stranger Things fanfiction? Have national events from other fandoms unexpectedly happen in later seasons and derail post-S1 plot, or zoom out of S1-2 Hawkins to show the town's just in the background of other weirdness.

Like...Hawkins kids through adults have all seen footage of when a mutant picked up a sports stadium and dropped it around the White House and nearly killed Nixon, and then the Party meets 011 and sees that she has powers.

Or a year or two into Hawkins bullshit, when news goes worldwide of a glowing golden man who appeared in the sky above a cruise ship, and shortly after trauma-derived powers become a thing that derails the next Upside Down misadventure.

Hell, what happens if Hawkins gets visited by that pesky Department of Scientific Intelligence, and the Party learns the National Lab isn't the only government agency populated by inhumanities wearing human faces?

#in order of veiled reference: xmen days of future past movie; worm by wildbow; and 'the shop' from stephen king's cosmology #all this is to say i think the idea of getting 2-3 chapters into a stranger things setting only to show its actually a stealth fusion #where the stealth aspect is rapidly being disassembled as to better aim its main guns at the 'canon timeline' #and make you go 'oh. oh shit is going off the RAILS' #but yeah god can you IMAGINE the genre dissonance of 'stranger things is concurrent with golden age of parahumans?' #or 'stranger things but fassbender!magneto is like 'what the FUCK' when he arrives and gets attacked by a demogorgon #(man has seen a LOT but this group of kids and children are leaving him wondering if he's having a fucking stroke) #meanwhile genre interaction of stranger things and kingsverse...uh i think the body count goes up a LOT for the hawkins crew 💀 #but yeah will i ever follow up on this? probs not #but GOD DO I WANT TO #(too many other ideas on my plate already alas alas lol) #2/18/24 #the monkey speaks #stranger things #xmen days of future past #worm by wildbow #worm web serial #fanfic writing inspiration

[ruohosta-nauttija]

Holy shit i just experienced the most wellwritten naruto fic ive ever seen my brain doesnt even have words i tried ro compliment the authro but all my brain could come up woth was amazing and holy shit i have been my brain is completely in shambles

#no thoufghts head empty holy shit what the fuck was that #owo post #anyway the last chapter was posted 21st of last motnht but it's the first fic of a series #my heart was beating HARD at one point wow #brain in shamblws as in im processing #and probably also should go to sleep ive a dentost appointment tomorrow at 9 50 #not that ive read many naruto fics #i actually just started reading naruto fics #which is a bit surprising since ive been reading naruto a bit lonnger than that #but fellas. guys. #That fic was started last year it has 24 chapters over 200k words and #it has 55th most kudos in the akatsuki tag #2149 kudos #on the third page of the tag #started december 25th 2022 #(ignor the fact that i said laste yer you know were all still mentally in 2023) #ive been i don t have the words even id say flabbergatse d but thats not right #and my typing terrible because theres no way i. bothering to spellcheck this shit i am just so fucking stumped #it is woagh #my brains going is vitcles right now #circles #that was oh woag #im #ô-ô <- thats me rn #hey that looks like a cat woth wither very small ears ors very bog eyes #big #not bog

[hardlypartying]

want to pop in and say im alive!! barely, but im still here!

i’ve been swamped with some real hard-ass frighteningly-real-life shit that have all decided to show up all at once.

for me writing is something i find time for because it’s completely therapeutic but right now i’ve been having to delegate my time to some not-so-fun stuff and i haven’t had the time to write. im hoping that changes soon but just want to give y’all a heads up that there’ll be (even more) of a lull in the near future :( but the light at the end of the tunnel is that krcg will 100% be completed—i have everything mapped out and it’s just the logistics of time that stands between me and the story being completed!

#if I could quit my big girl job and just write 24/7 I would #I’m already up until 4 doing it so what’s the difference #I haven’t had time to even edit the next chapter and it’s killlinnnnggf me #I have all these thoughts and lines and my notes app is overflowing with them bc I haven’t been able to sit down and actually write #I’m about to burst #so sorry I’ll be MIA until I get my irl shit under control which is a good thing bc then I’ll be able to have this under control #say a little prayer for me #also pls don’t be nasty in the ask im literally human and trying my best™️ #thank you all for sticking with me <3 #hoping to sneak in some time here and there to edit for this next chapter

[pepprs]

lmaooooo i think i need to quit teaching forever and also bury myself in a hole. lol

#purrs #grading papers on a sunday and the WAYYYYY this one students paper just hurt my feelings so fucking bad. i mean it’s not just hers but like. #god. it’s the most childish thing in the world (which makes sense / is the literal problem. that i am a child.) but im coteaching this class #(WHICH I TOOK and my co-instructors were MY instructors and now im replacing one of them who’s also the one who left in july lol 😍😍😍😍😍😍) and #ive had WICKED impostor syndrome bc… not to air it all out but im airing it all out bc im so mad lol. they’re both older men with phds and w #wives and families and im a 24 year old in the first year of her career with a bachelors degree who stilllives at home w her parents and #also the two of them and the third instructor literaly developed this class together and again i TOOK IT as a student in their class 2 years #ago. so again… WICKED impostor syndrome. and the class is all abt figuring out how to thrive in different contexts that are constrained by s #social norms so it’s relevant to talk abt impostor syndrome and i have talked about it. and also i get substantial parts to lead in the #classes and whatever and take attendance and grade papers and send out emails to the whole class etc etc. so WHY are the other two #instructors getting shoutouts in the papers and i am getting… NOTHING!!!! naught a SINGLE mention. when i am literally fucking LIVING #THROUGH the things we’re taking abt in class abt the first year of ur career and impostor syndrome and shit……. oh iknow why! because they #don’t actually see me as an instructor because im short and a nothing girl and an IMPOSTOR!!!!! LOLLLLL 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 and the book chapter was the #same too lol like im the only co-author who doesn’t actually get individually named as making a contribution in the text of it and nobody #noticed but me because it’s a stupid thing to notice but i still noticed. awesome. i love being invisible and not actually mattering ♥️ < #<- has the mental illness that makes you utterly unable to see evidence of how you actually do matter and only hyperfocus on the evidence th #that you don’t <- but also is trapped in the psychijc prison of some parts of her environment telling her she does matter and other parts t #telling her she doesn’t so can you blame her for going CRAZY!!!!!!!!! like is this literally not the normal well adjusted reaction to have #to GENUINELY LEGITIMATELY JUSTIFIABLY upsetting thigns. when the circumstances are fucked up and deleterious 😍😍😍😍😍😍 #delete later #oh also im apparently not even an official instructor in Da System (which is a problem and it is not supposed to be that way) so i won’t #even get to read abt how the students fucking forgot about me and think im a nothing girl because they won’t even have a chance to give me #that feedback!!! lol. i think * and * should just do everything together because they are both qualified to do it. and i should spin off #into the abyss and quit my job and never be heard from again. that’s how this shit makes me feel. like ik it’s just a couple of students and #their opinions literally don’t matter but im like hm how about i go fuck off then since clearly i don’t make a difference to you. lole <3 #* i won’t get that feedback etc etc bc i am not going to get course evals because im not in Da System. lol ♥️

[gay-victorian-astronomer]

pale latitude compressor gives kim amnesia au is 4000 words and counting! finished writing chapter 1 but I am not posting to ao3 until the entire work is done. doing the posting thing makes my brain think the task is done and then I never finish actually writing the fic (plus I would like to be able to update it consistently and that Will Not Happen if I post as I go).

#compression fracture #writing process #I’m not posting it yet for the reasons above but I also have an insatiable need fo bother everyone around me about this sucker #and what is tumblr for if not posting updates for creative projects no one cares about #wild to think it’s 4k already- I’ve written entire stories that were shorter than that #but writing in game style takes up a lot of words I guess #this is also the one I’m doing actual dice rolls for #except for two in the next chapter where the story I’m trying to tell would change fundamentally for the worse if Kim failed them #which yeah he also has skills in this one #which has very much Been Done but like there’s Pale fuckery going on I feel like it’s kind of asking for it #and writing in game style is fun #more so when you only have 16 voices to make talk and not 24 because Jesus Christ Harry

[twpsyn-who]

I did a little something and I lowkey hate myself for it

I present to you : Eddie is a Wheeler AU.

#also Eddie being friends with Jonathan (cuz Mike is friends with Will so of course they became friends too) and having a crush on the guy #(just like Will does on Mike which is lowkey funny) #I know some people complained about the last season fucking up Jonathan so I'm reversing shits. He stopped getting high after they found #Will alive and well. He's the best brother alive now (not like he wasn't before but yk he's no longer high 24/24) #the jeddie is one sided tho :( BUT we have the 'Wheeler were made to be in love with a Byers' (Mike dating Jane ; Nancy dating Jonathan ; #Eddie having a crush on Jonathan) #and 'maybe Harringtons are also made to love a Wheeler' (Steve's failed relationship with Nancy and him getting feelings for Eddie ^^) #idk if Eddie stays alive by the end of it tho 🤔 #Karen is Wayne's sister. Idk their ages or if makes sense and I don't care. Imagine Karen is older if the math doesn't add up with Eddie #touch starved Eddie Munson 😊 #cuz the Wheelers don't know how to show affection and Eddie would do anything for a little bit of love #wip #idk if I actually wanna tag it yet as something from stranger things #i love how it turned out #but is only one chapter and idk if it will go anywhere #OH we also have Nancy 'Is bullshit' Wheeler and Jonathan 'Is our fault' Byers. Don't let these two get drunk ever again #Nancy blaming herself and Steve for Barb's disappearance 🤝🏻 Jonathan blaming himself and Eddie for Will's disappearance #Eddie is a Wheeler AU