#things that inspire my brio mind

[inspiremebrio]

My dearest friend @abi1821 sent me this song as it was suggested to her and this is what it makes me think of and ugh!!! I just cannot. My ❤️.

#good girls nbc #beth x rio #brio #nbc good girls #rio good girls #rio x beth #beth boland #things that inspire my brio mind

[michelleelizabethtanner]

idk if this has been asked before but will you ever write an AU fic? and if so, can we know what it is about?? 🥹

I just read your new brio fic and im so in love with everything that you’ve written, you’re easily one of my top authors 💖

Thank you so much, Anon! That’s such a sweet thing to say and I’m so flattered you’ve liked my fic writing. And thank you for reading Crystalline!

I really struggle with AU, even as a reader. I’m a fairly rigid person who sticks pretty closely to set rules, so for AU to land for me all the stars have to align just right. Even with correct characterization, I often can’t buy the imagined universe of an AU. I tend to enjoy AU most when it’s clear the author is writing from a unique personal perspective that’s very specific to them. Thinking here of Both Sides of the Law, or of Delinquents. Both worlds are so well-built, so homey and familiar because the authors really knew what they were talking about. There’s a reason these fics always come highly recommended, are always well-spoken-of and greatly beloved. I would have liked these universes even without Brio. The exceptional world-building made it easy to accept Brio in a new setting.

Another good one that started canonic but I think has been slowly building to an AU is Kingmaker. I quite literally am obsessed with that fic. It builds its own world for Rio that’s so much more authentic to who his character should have been. I believe that universe, understand why the author chose that universe, and am willing to accept the character changes that stem from the rules of that universe.

I simply don’t have the imagination nor skill it takes to craft an entire new world. Never say never, but at this time I’ve had no inspiration for any AU setting to cast Brio in. They speak to me closest in their canonic setting. I just relate to them somehow. In my mind, I understand why they are the way they are and why they behave the ways they do. It makes it so much easier to just cast them in a trope and watch them dance. If that makes sense…? I have a lot of trouble changing the rigid way I see them and accepting that they could have a different reality. I’m too rules-oriented and can’t easily move past canon.

What are everyone’s favorite AUs? And why? I need to read more of them and expand my imagination.

#fic writing #fic #fanfic #ao3 fanfic #AU #woman tragically born without an imagination #good girls nbc #brio #beth x rio #asks

[septiembrre]

Hi!! Are you still writing brio fic? 😭😭 are you still gonna update one of your stories?

Hi, friend! Ergh, the honest answer to this right now is no. I don't want to keep stringing folks along. I still think about my wips a lot... but truthfully there's been no writing happening.

Okay, but right now I opened one of my WIPs (please, don't let this inspire any hope in me). A fandom friend had given me a writing prompt for an alternate perspective of Satisfied through the weekend. And like...

He thinks about her a lot–petty thoughts mostly–trying to undermine her and shit. He sees her everywhere, even when he’s with other people. It’s the worst.Sometimes he can even sense when they’re in the same room. Like now–his palms itch and a pinprick of tension snags deep in his left trap–tell-tale signs Elizabeth’s lurking about. 

His gaze casts out into the bar. It fades away when he sees her.

First off, he’d pick her out of any crowd. 

Second off, what she’s wearing—

Hijo de su puta madre. 

He can’t help it. His gaze drops to caress the outline of the dress. A few seconds pass before catches himself. But, it’s no use. There’s already something simmering, deep and twisted inside of him. 

She’s all dressed up. The usual blue, the gold and now the little accents of red? Fuckin’ incandescent. 

 The dim light of the restaurant catches on the gold of her hair, washes her pale skin making her look like something out of some. 

He ain’t ever been a guy into Singer Sargent or Rosetti. They ain’t his people. But if one of those dudes had painted a portrait of Aphrodite? It’d look like her. 

+

Except the guy sitting with her ain’t the typical dumbass.

Except – 

No fucking way.

+

A sigh answers him. “Chris. Pura basura, remember?”

“I don’t need a fuckin’ pep talk.”

He hangs up, puts the phone in his pocket. It’s quiet in the alley, but his his blood is hot, furious and pulsing. Rage, muffled like cotton balls, fills his ears, tunnels his vision. For a moment, he sees red.

Then, he laughs. 

He hates her. And he also really doesn’t hate her. Like sometimes… sometimes he even– It’s like he can’t make up his mind. 

Except that he has and it’s both. 

And the thought, of her trading him in for some fucking bottom feeder. A gun for hire. Serial-killer-ass white dude. Like?

Why can't I let myself have nice things? Eesh, I can update if I do actually start sincerely working on a WIP.

#preguntitas

[riosnecktattoo]

What’s your top 3 fics you’ve ever written and why?

oh jeeeezzzzz! this is so tricky!

in no particular orderrrr I guess the first ones that come to mind are:

Invitation to a Beheading

When I read the excerpt I quote at the start of each chapter it screamed Brio to me and I wanted to write something angsty and messed up and sexy. I wanted Brio to fuck while covered in blood and be gross. I think we deserved that. I just think it’s neat.

Do No Harm

This fic has a very special place in my heart because it was my first attempt at a multi-chapter (only 3 but baby steps) and it’s based on what was a beloved headcanon of mine after S3 (Rio going to a PT and my daydream of Beth seeing that and then helping him with it.) Chapter 2 is one of my fave things I’ve written in general.

Jawbreaker

It was just the most fun! I never ever thought I’d write a High School/College AU and I find it SO funny that it was totally inspired by a 1 minute random scene of Rio playing basketball.

It’s also the most enthusiasm I’ve ever gotten from readers. Which is just lovely. It was so heartwarming and fun to feel like a bunch of people enjoyed the little world I made. 

Also I just think I did a really good job with it! I think I’ve come a long way as a writer and I put SO MUCH effort in to Jawbreaker. I loved writing it so much. And I like rereading it for myself haha

#asks #my fic #Invitation to a Beheading #Do No Harm #Jawbreaker #brio fic #nbc good girls #Welcome to my TAY talk #i love my domestic series so this was HARD #like heart and soul is also here in spirit #my inspiration for fics is so weird #like I know Do No Harm was a seed of a thought but it only got written when i knew I wanted Beth to be in a situation #where she says 'Lie to me' to rio sadly #cause I had watched Buffy lol

[bourbon-ontherocks]

time to shine ‘thursday’ Friday

This tag game was created in hopes of reaching at least a few people and creating more awareness for the creator-side of tumblr. Time to Shine Thursday is inspired by these posts and meant to be for all artists alike: writers, editors, poets, GIF makers, cartoonists etc. This is me giving you all an excuse to show off!

Only rule: Be as thirsty for attention as you want to be! Link your old fics/art pieces or anything that didn’t get enough attention, or link a work you loved to create or share a draft from your newest WIP. Or do all of these. Be greedy. Show your art. Crave attention. Be proud. And don’t forget to give your friends an excuse to show off theirs!

Additional note: Please consider dropping one of your favourite hidden gems by another author along with your own work so others can enjoy it as well and so that it doesn’t stay buried any longer!

I was tagged eons ago by @misshazelevers20 @juuuunaaaaoooo and @whiskeyjack (thanks lovelies! 😘😘😘)

I am proud of:

My two favourite fics It Hurts When I See You Struggle and I hear her scream (and I feel nothing). I love them so much, to me these are the fics where my writing is at its finest, and I really managed to make these fics look exactly like what I had in mind in terms of plot, atmosphere, emotional journey, so I’m very proud of having hit my own target in the middle with them. In that regard, it makes me particularly happy that the first one is my most bookmarked fic of all.

I am beyond honoured that the talented writers and wonderful human beings that are @whiskeyjack and @septiembrre trusted me into betaing their respective fics. I love these stories so much and the fact that I, a non-native English speaker, could be of any help in their writing process makes me the proudest. Also betaing someone else’s work is an amazing experience that teaches you a lot and everybody should try it. Go read these amazing stories asap everyone, and I’m looking forward to the next chapters!

I am very proud of my Cold Showers Lead To Crack crackfics series because being funny is pretty often harder than being angsty, and also the writing process of these fics involved much cackling to myself. In particular, I am super proud of the Bourbon glass POV Pour Me A Drink, And I'll Tell You Some Lies and the Dean x Reader self-insert But the tigers come at night with their voices soft as thunder because both were kinda out of my comfort zone and lead me to explore new things and have a lot of fun. Also I gifted both of these to @sothischickshe  and I am beyond psyched and proud that they seemed to make her laugh at least a little ❤️

My Cyborg!Rio edit because I spent an unreasonable amount of time on it and I find it so funny

I want to shoutout:

@sothischickshe​‘s upon your ignorance (and the gray despair) of your ugly life (Dean x Rio bodyswap, it’s amazing, hilarious, and totally underrated) and the underrated gem that is Maybe it’s something in the water, I re-read it recently and it got me cackling so hard

@ama-ssiempre​‘s art, which is my favourite, in particular the BRIO HUG and the kiss for the Mystery box prise, but also everything she draws (check it here) ❤️

This little gem I recently discovered: PTA Vibes by greyish, it’s clearly not underrated since it has 1k+ kudos but it’s been posted quite a while ago so I thought I’d dust it out a bit. Rio gets in Beth’s PTA (mostly) to mess with her. That’s it, that’s the plot, and it’s absolutely hilarious.

@sdktrs12​‘s GG edits. There's just something so crispy and pretty and fun/ny about them, and sometimes they hit me where it hurts too, and the colouring & fonts are always gorgeous, and I love especially the Fuck It series (Beth and Rio’s versions), and the Bitch!edit and the Man...!edit and so many others! 💖💖

@misshazelevers20​‘s hilarious @textsfrompaperporcupine​ and The Onion headlines GG edits. These are always so fun and on-point!!

@icanthearyoufromhereplease​‘s moodboards!!! Especially the A Rational Choice one, but reallly, all of them!!

I tag: I don’t know, I assume everyone’s already done it, but in case you haven’t/want to do it again, I tag @missmaxime​ @sdktrs12​ @septiembrre​ @ama-ssiempre​ @mamey2422​ @daydreamstew​ @sothischickshe​ and YOU if you read this

#time to shine thursday #about me #writing #Miscellaneous #tagging games

[hereliesbb]

Found this old ask in my docs from my Brio-writing bestie @entwinedloop — I’d really wanted to start writing and she was so encouraging and sent me this ask To inspire me. This is the first thing I ever wrote for Brio.

“Imagine a perfect Brio date. Where would they go? what would they talk about?”

Ah.

I’m imagining it. And it IS perfect. How could it not be?

A perfect Brio date in my mind is one where both of them are in denial that it's a date. They need to meet to discuss business and hey..Everyone's gotta eat, right?

He hasn’t eaten at his favorite Mediterranean spot in Midtown for a hot minute, and since he overheard Annie teasing her sister for being “the only weirdo to bring homemade hummus to the PTA meeting” it sounds like a good place to meet.

And Beth, well, usually the idea of discussing business with Rio after a long day of working would be exhausting, but she is hungry… it is Friday after all, so she can sleep in tomorrow. Plus, Dean has the kids at his parents’ cabin this weekend and the girls are both busy with their own families. It beats watching Cupcake Wars in her PJs. (debatable that sounds amazing)

And really, if she doesn’t go he will just end up popping up on her at some point. So sure. Why not.

But instead of meeting there, he says to be ready at 8, her house. It's on the way anyway. She doesn’t know where he lives but she chooses to believe him. I mean, why else would he go out of his way to pick her up?

And it's not. On the way. Not really. But parking along Midtown is a bitch and he doesn’t feel like waiting around for her to parallel park the mama van.

He’s home by 7 after handling some unpleasant business. He showers, throws on his signature Ramskull button up in navy, and is out the door by 7:30; smelling like gunpowder and cologne no one can afford.

Beth? She’s a different story. Because she was just gonna wear what she wore to work, I mean, she was already dressed. No point in changing, right? But then she remembers that one dress.. The one she wore to Kenny’s birthday party. It's a great dress, super comfortable, and she has only worn it once. Might as well just throw it on, it being spring and all. She should probably shower also, so she didn’t have to do it later when she’s tired. And she definitely does not want to spend her weekend without the kids having to do things like shave and paint her toenails. So she might as well do that, too. While she's at it. Two hours later and she is ready for this business meeting.

He knocks on her door which is… different. And when she answers she smiles small and slightly confused at him and he just gives her a look like “You got somethin to say?” but she doesn’t so they walk to his car.. His hand coming up near her lower back but never quite making it there.

Of course, he isn’t completely on his game because he forgets for a second, and opens the door for her. And then he's watching her dress ride up her thigh and trying not to think about why her breathy-sweet “thank you” makes him feel like he's on his way to senior prom.

Because this is a business meeting. They have quite a bit to discuss; namely the guy she recently “hired” to deliver the cars. Rio didn’t like the way he eyed Elizabeth that time she bent over to pick up her pen. Nah he wasn’t trustworthy. He needed to talk to her about him. Also there were other things probably.. He was pretty sure he it would come to him.

Inside Rio’s car the warm rhythm of Latin Jazz is faintly beating and she thinks it makes sense. The desire to tell him she thinks he has an old soul weighs heavily on her tongue.

He only looks over at her once. When she tells him his car smells good.

“Pretty sure that’s me, darlin’.”

She blushes when she realizes what she actually just said to him and is grateful for the darkness.

Rio though, he doesn’t need light to feel her embers burning.

What do they talk about? Well business, of course. The drinks arrive and when they do he brings up the delivery boy. Her response is to wave him off and he has to tamp down his annoyance at her “I like him. He’s sweet. And not only that, he has done everything I've asked with no push back. He’s staying.”

Her eyes tell him ‘That’s that’ and Rio is grateful she doesn’t ask him why he thinks the kid is untrustworthy, because he's not sure that's the reason he wants him gone.

After that, it's mostly soft glances and companionable silence. The words that are spoken, are loaded. He asks her why she is still married to someone she despises. She tells him she’s not really sure why. She asks him what his last name is and he looks at her, teeth catching his top lip and releasing it slowly, he reaches his hand across the table and introduces himself.

“Mario Saez.”

She smiles wide, meeting his hand with her own and answers back softly, “Elizabeth Marks, pleased to meet you.”

When she winks at him, her hand cold and soft in his, something foreign fills his chest.

On the way back, she thinks of something she wanted to discuss; it could probably wait but since she had him here, now… she invites him in for tea.

He drinks tea before bed every night anyway so

“Alright, Ma”

But somewhere between his car and the tea, something breaks open in one of them. One reaches for the other and they’re holding on. Hard lines against soft curves. Heartbeats and heavy breaths echoing the other’s. His face in her hair, her nose in his neck.

And it feels like inception.

#beth x rio #brio #pls excuse the Mario thing hahaa #In honor of writing improvements #I really wanted to edit this🤣🤣 #gg fandom #first fic

[mrslackles]

Ahem.

Heh. It's not that deep, but I thought I'd just made a post updating anyone who wants to be updated because I love my lil community and want to share what's been going on.

Why haven't I been on Tumblr in months?

A lot has happened in my life, mostly personally and professionally. I had a very demanding job and complicated love life, followed by unemployment and depression, which I'm still pretty much in the thick of. There was a period when I no longer found any joy in actively doing something. The thought of doing anything I'd once enjoyed exhausted me, so I wasn't coming on here, I wasn't writing and ultimately it led to a breakdown which got me into therapy and now I'm somewhere slightly better.

Will I still be finishing my fanfiction?

It's the plan! Every day brings a new challenge, but I hope to have the next chapter of You were my life (life is far away from fair) out really soon. EDIT: (Yes, my life is so crazy that halfway through writing this post days ago, I had to abandon it and have only been able to come back to it now.) The new chapter is now live! I'm actually super nervous because I haven't published anything in months so I really hope you guys like it. Probs won't sleep tonight, lol.

What then?

Something that has given me real joy recently is crafting my very own characters in my very own world. They're Brio-inspired but I breathed fresh life into them. I'm still figuring out where I'm going to be publishing that, though (if you have ideas, let me know!).

In the future I'm also hoping to start doing new stuff on my YouTube channel, so please subscribe if you haven't already.

And then lastly but most importantly, I really want to get back to being on here more regularly. I've always seen my blog as somewhere people, particularly minorities, can come to feel seen and heard, so I'd love to continue that for anyone who needs advice or just a listening ear. I know this time is incredibly tough and I know therapy is a huge privilege -- so if you're going through anything akin to what I'm going through (the entire gamut of emotions relating to joblessness and some other fun childhood trauma scattered in, plus sometimes near-crippling anxiety) then I would love to share some things I've learned in therapy that have really helped me. And if something else is bothering you, I'll do my best to just be here and listen. So feel free to come into my Ask box with anything that's on your mind.

And if you don't feel comfortable doing so yet, just know that if you're reading this, you're important to me. You matter. You're worthy ❤️

#I actually have two (2) therapists #you have to play them off against each other otherwise they think you're easy #if you got that reference #we're soulmates #anyway yeah!! #insecurity dump lol #life can be a shitstorm #but we'll get through it together

[mego42]

Hi!! Was just wondering if you have any Brio fic updates you’ll be posting soon? Obsessed with your writing!

ahhhhh thank you!!! you are too kind!!!

I guess it depends on your definition of soon? I have a lot of stuff I’m working on and am pretty far along into, it’s just been going a bit slowly for life reasons (we’ve been temporarily short-staffed at my job which has unfortunately coincided with bringing on some big new clients so I’m working crazy hours and then also took on a p big freelance project at the same time bc I make questionable choices but also bc it’s a v awesome project and I’m hoping to be able to brag about it soon)

THAT SAID I’ve got a lot of stuff p far along including:

ch 2 of swear! fully drafted, def in need of another major editing pass though. there’s a tension/tone through-line that’s not quiiiiiiite right and I’ve been trying to sort it out by writing Rio POV outtakes bc why not

ch 3 of swear! I’m trying really hard not to post for this fic until I have a chapter banked both for accountability reasons and also bc I’ve got a lot of threads woven into the fic that I’m trying to keep track of and it’s helpful to be able to bounce back a chapter and tweak things to properly set up stuff in the next chapter. I’m about a quarter/third or so into it but I’ve lowkey dropped it for now to focus ooooooooon...

the last chapter of song!! at last! it’s happening! highkey inspired to jump back in by a truly lovely comment @whiskeyjack left me and @xenalovesoq and her group chat’s unflagging enthusiasm, I am about 15K into the draft and *laugh nervously* a third of the way through my outline so that’s gonna be a monster

I’ve also got a bunch of other projects in various stages of outlining and drafting that are v much on my mind but def not a current priority like the others (Beth POV for listening, buffyverse if I can detangle the plot, the pacific rim AU I add a sentence or two to whenever I’m stuck on something else, the sex pollen I wrote half of and then paused to write swear).

so yeah, lots of stuff happening but nothing close enough that I’m comfortable predicting a timeline I’d inevitably fail at anyway. I’m not sure what’s going to get posted first tbh, I’d say probably song because that’s what I’m focused on rn but editing is going to be a bit of a thing given how long it’s shaping up to be (jfc oh god what am I doing) so idk!!

I wish I had a better answer but here! have a (rough, unedited) snippet from song for your troubles!

"What are you doing here," she hisses.

Her eyes dart from Rio's face to over his shoulder, sweeping the midway to see if anyone's watching them, and then back. The corner of his mouth tugs up like he knows what she's doing and it's funny. She locks onto the motion, the shrieking sounds of the carnival around them falling away. Midday sunshine giving way to deep, dark midnight blue in her mind’s eye.

Between her kids and then Rio having Marcus for a few days, Beth hadn't seen him since that night at the bar a full week ago. After she'd explained her plan to his satisfaction, she'd realized it was getting late, and she had to get home. He’d walked her out to the van and the unexpected gallantry of the gesture caught her off guard, and something bloomed, warm and sparkling in her chest. Then, alone in the parking lot, he'd pinned her up against the side of it, burying his face in her neck and pressing his hips into hers. Her moan when she felt him hard against her mingled with his answering one when she rolled her own hips right back, echoed together through the still, silent night. 

Beth thought about yanking open the door of the van and tugging him inside. She knew he wouldn't object from the nearly frantic urgency of his hands gripping her waist, shoving up under her shirt, hot and rough against her skin. He'd cupped her breasts, his thumbs swiping across her nipples and pressing down. She'd gasped and arched against him, her nails digging into his shoulders through his shirt when he'd bit down on her neck in response. 

A part of her wanted that—him—quick and furtive in the back of the van, too desperate for each other to wait. But another part thought of the reality of Emma's Barbie's digging into her back, the graham cracker crumbs she’s pretty sure the seats spontaneously generate at this point embedding themselves in her skin, the smell of apple juice and kid sweat that never entirely dissipates hanging around them and that isn't—she doesn't—

This thing between them feels different now. New and precious and somehow heavier and more fragile than it ever has before. It's a beginning, and Beth wants more for it—them—than a rushed hookup in a parking lot before they go their separate ways. 

So she’d gently pushed him away and he'd let go of her immediately, even if he'd taken a beat to inhale deep against her skin before stepping all the way back. 

When he'd met her eyes, Beth had known she didn't need to explain, and when he reached out a hand, pinky extended, her own had fluttered closed as he'd gently nudged her hair back, tucking it behind her ear.

"Next time."

Impact against her thighs snaps her back to the present, and Beth realizes she's swayed forward into the table between them. She can feel her blush flare, heating her cheeks and chest, but can't bring herself to be too embarrassed when she sees the way Rio's eyes have gone dark and hooded. 

His lips part, and Beth can see the tip of his tongue pressed lightly against his teeth. She imagines leaning in, closing the distance, and sinking her teeth into his full, lush—

“Jesus Christ!” 

#writing this out was a v illuminating experience #related WHY AM I LIKE THIS #why can't i write simple things anymore #even this ask answer is a bonkers over explanation #BUT ALSO the freelance thing is now in a lull stage #so i will hopefully start getting more than 4/5 hours of sleep a night #and hitting snooze through my morning writing hour #WHEEEEEEE #but seriously thank you #💖💖💖 #a song inside the halls of the dark #swear on a silver knife #my fic #shut up meg

[ejunkiet]

I was tagged by the lovely @foxmagpie to talk about mourning bells, which I still really like as a story, and may be my favourite brio fic. thank you for the tag!! 😘

This was a short character study of Rio/Christopher, written just after we learned his name when I was still deciding which one I wanted to use (in the end, I just avoided the matter entirely, haha!)

So.... what started this was a prompt from hereliesbethboland (who has since changed usernames) about Rio getting drunk at a funeral and then contacting Beth to admit some things. (It was a great prompt!)

What this turned into was something more personal. It opens with Rio getting contacted about a death in the family, which he then learns is because the kid got caught up in trouble, similar to the kind of trouble he deals with. But-

The thing is - the thing is, he didn't know about this. He should've - he's got a finger on the pulse of this city, knows the inner workings of its demons like the back of his hand, but this, this he didn't know.

And so there’s that conflict, which on his mind as he attends the wake. And drinks. And gets butt-dialed by the suburban housewife he’s sleeping and working with. And then they talk.

This whole fic was basically written for that moment - him walking through the garden, drinking, sharing a little more of himself than he usually would.

thank you again for the tag! :D

i’m tagging from recent bookmarks (no pressure!):

@seameetsearth to talk about better me than you

@dwellordream to talk about the cold and the clean

@tuagonia to talk about darling, darling

@queerbrujas to talk about then it vanished away from my hands

@evilbunnyking to talk about leviathan, bound

questions under the cut~

recently I have become really fascinated with fanfic authors and what exactly was rumbling around in their brain that inspired a fic?

Was it a line of dialogue you couldn’t get out of your head?

A scene you wrote WAY in advance and then crafted the whole story around?

An image in your mind?

Inspiration from another form of media?

Maybe someone suggested something to you and it just TOOK off from there?

What is the root of your fic? The cornerstone -what is it all built around? The idea that started it all?

Tag an author & their fic. Let’s hear about what sparked your story. What exactly got your booty movin’ shakin’ motivated and writin’

#brio #nbc gg #nbc good girls #good girls nbc #brio fic #writing #mmmm! #thank you! #writing games #writing memes #I need to sort out those tags at some point omg

[misshazelevers20]

8. Do you listen to music while you write? If so, share a song that’s been inspiring you lately and 12 Is there a trope you haven’t written yet but really want to? please and thank you!!!!

8. Do you listen to music while you write? If so, share a song that’s been inspiring you lately.

Yes, I love listening to music, and sometimes I would write a fic just cause I was obsessed with a song and got my inspiration from it ( my hitman AU was inspired by Cell Block Tango- originally I wanted to kill Dean, but then I changed my mind). I’ve been listening to Crazy in love by Beyonce because it helps me with my High School Brio AU ( it brings me a lot of memories from high school and I was in love for the first time in my life). 

12 Is there a trope you haven’t written yet but really want to?

Hurt/ Comfort, I was just thinking about writing a fic where Beth comforts Rio after Nick did that awful thing to his face, and she would gently kiss his face and cuddle him ( and maybe prepare a bath for him??? obviously it would be an AU) But I don’t think I would write it, because I have too many WIPs already. 

#mego42 #answered #thank you!

[inspiremebrio]

You can’t write a book from a single page, but you sure as hell can try.

The way they look at each other… I just 😩😩😩.

#good girls nbc #beth x rio #brio #nbc good girls #rio good girls #rio x beth #beth boland #things that inspire my brio mind

[michelleelizabethtanner]

LOVE SEEING YOU POST!!! (And I don't know how Tumblr works either lol). For the fan fic ask game please?

❤️ What is your favorite line that you’ve written in a fic?

👻 What is your wildest headcanon?

🎨 If someone were to make fanart of your work, what fic or scene would you hope to see?

@joeyjoeylee I first need to tell you that I am incapable of not fangirl squealing any time I see you across platforms. I love your Brio takes and I love your fandom interaction. You’re such a class act.

❤️ My favorite line I’ve written… Hmm. Ok, this is gonna be so anticlimactic but my favorite line I’ve written is: “‘Baby…’ he murmured, his voice hoarse, and she closed her eyes.” It’s my favorite because I saw that moment in my head months before I ever even considered writing a fanfic. It was one of my favorite pet moments in chapter 13 of Rough Night, where Brio have their first fight as a couple and Rio (also Beth but mostly Rio) is so defeated by it. They argue, they stomp away, Beth overreacts and is ready to just give up on the whole thing. In my mind, that moment carried so much heaviness for Rio of their entire relationship. It’s like, he’s been endlessly serving her, fighting for her, forgiving her, choosing her. And just as he allowed himself to get close to her and let his guard down just a bit, she’s pulling her old crap again and running away again. So in my Brio brain that was such a moment of sadness and desperation and unwillingness to resign himself to a loss yet again. It’s not much of a line but it’s fraught with meaning for my fandom heart.

👻 My wildest headcanon is probably not too wild. I think Rio was drunk or high (or both) for the majority of his most vulnerable or impactful interactions with Beth. His “I’m gonna teach you” moment, his entire “you wanna be the king” speech, all the times they sat in his car and he rolled his head on his headrest to look at her all meaningfully. His “who’s more fun, me or the van people” moment in my favorite episode (4.08) he was so inebriated he staggered a little when he stepped down from his car. For sure 2.13. He was almost irrationally impaired.

🎨 If someone made fanart of my work I would probably explode. It wouldn’t matter which part. Someone being moved enough to make art based on anything I inspired in them is beyond an honor. That being said, the final moment of Rough Night in the upcoming closing chapter is actually based on a piece of show fan art by Septiembre. I wrote fanart of their fanart. I need to remember to post it when I post the final chapter!!!

[septiembrre]

what are your favorite brio songs? do you listen to music when you write? if yes, what type?

Hm, I have to take a rain check on the first question. There have been so many songs that have felt SO Brio vibes to me but none of them immediately come to mind. Except for Masego's Prone which was featured on the show (for a non-Brio scene but it feels very them).

That being said...

Like a lot of folks, most of my fics are titled with lyrics that inspired or influenced the text.

1.) Go in and through her garden, lyrics from Prone by Masego.

2.) If it feels good, directly from Leon Bridges' If It Feels Good which is very tonally different from what is planned with the fic. I originally was going to name this fic Quererme como a mi me gusta which is MUCH more the tone of the fic and what I imagine playing in the future scenes at the Detroit Institue of Arts, but it was for the Mystery Box challenge and I thought the title in Spanish would immediately give me away.

3.) Satisfied through the weekend, from Sza's The Weekend. This fic also featured My Girl by the Temptations.

4.) Y por fin volvere a verte, from Reik's Un Año. This one was funny to me! I liked taking the sappy summer pop hit and turning it into a twisted horror-lite angsty thing.

5.) The collection On a One-Last-Time Basis features references to Fools Rush In by Bow Wow Wow and Lose My Cool by Amber Marks

Okay, so besides those individual songs, I definitely listen to music while writing.

I have a Brio playlist that I use to get into writing them. It's not organized and it's a little outdated (ex. I haven't put the Perfume Genius song on there but like duh it belongs on it) but I do often put it on when I'm writing -- especially prompts.

Ha, for the last chapter of Get To Be Mine I put on Nat King Cole and Spotify V'day playlists because it took place during Valentine's Day. I wanted to know what Beth would have been listening to at the store while she was spiraling.

And otherwise, I listen to Nujabes. I queue his albums to play over and over and over again bc they're super chill and have a good beat.

#preguntitas #my writing

[carry-the-sky]

Hi do you mind if I ask if you are working on any good girls fics right now?

hey, anon! i would love to write for brio again, but my brain is sadly head-empty-no-ideas. the last vauge-ish thing i was toying with was a butterfly effect au of sorts (which sidebar, that movie low-key traumatized me but i like the concept okay) where beth?? or rio???? lol who knows, definitely not me ANYWAYS one of them goes back to key moments in their relationship and changes something, which may or may not make things better and/or worse for them. but the more i think about it the more ehhhhhh i feel? idk, i’m in a writing slump right now so that feels a little ambitious hahaha. me @ my brain why can’t you just write pwp and call it a day.

that was a very long-winded way of saying no, haha, but maybe after the new season starts up i will feel more inspired. :) thanks so much for the ask!

#does anyone else have major imposter syndrome for writing bc they never have ideas #like #can i call myself a writer if i can never think of anything to write about lol #i am that lin manuel miranda vine where he's like C'MON BRAIN THINK OF THINGS C'MON BRAIN BE SO SMART #writing woes #ask #brio

[gabrielllas]

Fic Writer Challenge

rules: list your three fave fics you’ve written

tagged by @foxmagpie ☺️

one step at a time

the first chapter is the best thing i’ve ever written (megan was a massive help)

i adore that the rio&marcus moments are actually me&my little brother

i love that marcus gets to know beth before rio and rio doesn’t know how to handle that

i love that rio is obsessed with his son & loves spending every second he can with him

rio’s family are my fave and are actually inspired by my own family

the reveals i have planned i’m so excited to write and to see everyones reactions

i love that rio will think of beth and lie to himself that the only he is is because shes marcus’ teacher (a lie)

youtube au verse

even though it’s a very fluffy au i still feel like it’s them? a little bit lol i go back and forth

i just love the concept of writing them doing something i think they’d hate if it were canon verse lol

i love the different writing style i do in this fic

beth ‘pranking’ rio with cute moments and yes it is a prank rio it made her laugh so obvs thats a prank in her eyes

adore the idea of beth being in control of her content and what she shares with the world

honestly this whole verse is just very silly and should not be thought about too deeply because the cracks will show but omg i love it

your soul haunting me (ending hitman plot)

i started writing this fic as wanting brio to bone at the end of season 3 but as i wrote it i found out i just really wanted them to be partners again and i love the change

throughout this fic beth thinks of rio A LOT but i never let her think of him with his actual name. its always he/him because i wanted the moment she thinks/says his name to become a new starting point for them. in the fic i write that the last time she said his name is when they were having sex in 2.09 which is why its too hard for her to even think his name nevermind say it and i just love my mind for this

i love that i reused many iconic brio moments from across season1&2 as a callback to what their dynamic was and how the fic ends with them at that point again

my first canon fic and not an au and i think i did a good job???

tagging: @wakeupflawless @pynkhues @bethsuglywigs @missmaxime @septiembur @riosnecktattoo

#this was harder than i thought #because i end up hating everything i post hahaha #which is why chapter 2 still aint done cause chapter 1 was that bitch #and chapter 2 could never be on her level #anyway #i did remember i liked my post season 3 fic i’ve done which was fun #tagged #ask meme

[mrslackles]

Got tagged by the amazing @inyoursheets and @00gangfriend00 to do the author tag game for the Happiness is a butterfly (I try to catch it, like, every night) series, thank you!

Recently I have become really fascinated with fanfic authors and what exactly was rumbling around in their brain that inspired a fic?

Was it a line of dialogue you couldn’t get out of your head? A scene you wrote WAY in advance and then crafted the whole story around? An image in your mind? Inspiration from another form of media? Maybe someone suggested something to you and it just TOOK off from there? What is the root of your fic? The cornerstone -what is it all built around? The idea that started it all?

Tag an author & their fic. Let’s hear about what sparked your story. What exactly got your booty movin’ shakin’ motivated and writin’

This is such a cool game, first of all! Kudos to OP. 

I originally wrote You and I were made of glass, we’d never last for two reasons: 1) I don’t ordinarily like AUs but the show was depressing me and I needed to get away from its lies & 2) I’m obsessed with stories that are told over two different time periods.

I loved the thought of combining these two for Brio because I just felt like their love story could’ve been so rich and beautiful if they’d met in any other way. (Tangentially related: One of the most interesting things to navigate in this story was writing them as a couple first and not business partners at all! What a revelation!!) Like, what if in the exact same world the show takes place in, they’d just, like, met at the grocery store? Or a PTA meeting? 

I was fascinated by this concept, BUT. That was not enough, oh no. They needed to have a history for the time periods to come into effect and I knew it had to be a really painful one in order for them to have ever left each other. And so it became this heartbreaking story about what happens when two people are entirely in love, were once interwoven down to their souls, but now absolutely cannot be together precisely because of the path their lives went on after breaking up. 

Everyone who thinks I intentionally set out to hurt you guys will feel validated by this, haha, but the first scene that thus sprang to my mind, fully formed, was in the last chapter. I knew they would be against a fridge, post-sex, post discussing their past, post baking, post resolution, post everything -- and yet still completely unable to be together. 

So this dialogue is what brought it all to life:

“Please don't do this. Please don't leave me again.”

“Whatchu want, I don't got to give. I don't got no white picket fence for ya.”

The Brio of it! Two people so meant for each other but from such different sides of life and can’t seem to find a middle! Gah.

And then the AU of it: 

“You said we'd be at the top together.”

He sighs.

“I was wrong.”

“You said there was nothing we couldn't do together,” she accuses.

“And I believed it when I said it,” he admits, face twisting. “But we ain't kids no more, mami. This is real life.”

She hates it. She hates that she wants to refute it but he’s right – she wants a life he can never have. That it might not be better this time. That it might not be him hurt, but him being dragged off in cuffs; that this time her child could make it and only know their father during visitation hours.

But, god, she can’t let go. She loves him too much.

“You said I was your future.”

There's something all across his face and, god, she thinks it's the purest regret she's ever seen.

“It's the one I wanted.”

Also, in case anyone cares, one of the first scenes that came to me for You were my life (life is far away from fair) was the one @sothischickshe very aptly described as “icy bone benching” 🤣🤣 The two of them having very public very drunk sex while being in completely different frames of mind was one of the most important scenes for me when I first started writing (yes, it was v annoying that it only came 4 chapters later, I hate writing).

#quarantine tag games #Brio fic #my fanfiction #my writing #I think I probably cry writing this story more than I did with any of my others #also why that fake miscarriage in the show will forever BOIL MY BLOOD #but anyway #deep breaths #...here is how I made my house of sand #t'was a process