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vriddy1. If there was a K-9 comm, I would post stuff like the translations there. And if there were like at least TWO just two other Dreamwidthers as much into it as I am, I'd go for it and create it. But most people I got my claws into are on Discord only/mainly, and thus so it goes. I don't have it in me right now to create another comm where I end up doing most of the posting XD But it's funny to imagine creating a weekly reaction post for the new chapter, then the only reply is a self-reply of me losing my shit on my own. Actually not that far from reality really. I shall continue monitoring the Dreamwidth K-9 temperature XD
2. I'm posting a lot right now both here and on AO3, but I assume it will all go very quiet again once I return to working on the novel(la)s?? Takes longer to form insights and also no finished projects to share heh.
3. I am thinking about those original projects again, which is good!! Unfortunately my mind is looking for wider, very high-level themes unifying the drafts of every original novella/novel I ever finished and oh my god I found it and I need to stop thinking about it or I will never write again. Feels like strolling down main street in my underwear even just mentally.
4. You! Do you write fic? Are you suffering reception anxiety after posting?? Try This One Neat Trick: read or watch something obscure, then create a new AO3 fandom tag for it and write! Obviously, I'd like to connect with readers, but there's also something liberating to posting something that has a single digit audience at best. Possibly literally, as in max one digit on one hand XD
5. A friend gifted me a really cute 2026 late last year. It's about the size of my palm. I knew I wasn't gonna use it for my actual TODOs because incredibly, my Bullet Journal system is still working super well for me, and as cute as it is it would be a downgrade. I thought I'd use it for something writing-related, since writing is happy-inducing and so is this little planner thing but... I can't figure out what, still T_T I thought I might jot down notes on what projects I do or times or word counts, but that feels like a chore and not joy-sparky. I'm already tracking the few writing stats I'm actually interested in. And now we're mid-January and every day is a missed page opportunity and I still don't know what to use it for orz Suggestions welcome! Even if not writing related at this point. I guess maybe I could do a gratitude journal...? I like to do that randomly in my paper journal though, rather than on command daily. Hmmmm.
6. If you like Wind Breaker and are looking for icons, there's been quite a few posted over on![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
malagraphic lately! I snagged crying praying Endou as used on this post :D To be used when Grateful, keeping in theme here.
2. I'm posting a lot right now both here and on AO3, but I assume it will all go very quiet again once I return to working on the novel(la)s?? Takes longer to form insights and also no finished projects to share heh.
3. I am thinking about those original projects again, which is good!! Unfortunately my mind is looking for wider, very high-level themes unifying the drafts of every original novella/novel I ever finished and oh my god I found it and I need to stop thinking about it or I will never write again. Feels like strolling down main street in my underwear even just mentally.
4. You! Do you write fic? Are you suffering reception anxiety after posting?? Try This One Neat Trick: read or watch something obscure, then create a new AO3 fandom tag for it and write! Obviously, I'd like to connect with readers, but there's also something liberating to posting something that has a single digit audience at best. Possibly literally, as in max one digit on one hand XD
5. A friend gifted me a really cute 2026 late last year. It's about the size of my palm. I knew I wasn't gonna use it for my actual TODOs because incredibly, my Bullet Journal system is still working super well for me, and as cute as it is it would be a downgrade. I thought I'd use it for something writing-related, since writing is happy-inducing and so is this little planner thing but... I can't figure out what, still T_T I thought I might jot down notes on what projects I do or times or word counts, but that feels like a chore and not joy-sparky. I'm already tracking the few writing stats I'm actually interested in. And now we're mid-January and every day is a missed page opportunity and I still don't know what to use it for orz Suggestions welcome! Even if not writing related at this point. I guess maybe I could do a gratitude journal...? I like to do that randomly in my paper journal though, rather than on command daily. Hmmmm.
6. If you like Wind Breaker and are looking for icons, there's been quite a few posted over on
malagraphic lately! I snagged crying praying Endou as used on this post :D To be used when Grateful, keeping in theme here.
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fardell24Challenge # 8
Talk about your creative process.
Post your answer to today’s challenge in your own space and leave a comment in this post saying you did it.
Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so. Also, feel free to entice engagement by giving us a preview of what your post covers.
And please do check out the comments for all the awesome participants of the challenge and visit their journals/challenge responses to comment on their posts and cheer them on.
And just as a reminder: this is a low pressure, fun challenge. If you aren't comfortable doing a particular challenge, then don't. We aren't keeping track of who does what.
I'm a plantser. I often write according to my muse, while also planning out where the story would go. But it varies from story to story. Sometimes I plan, other times I don't.
I post first to forums and my blogs, but these days there is hardly any feedback on the WIPs that way. (Most likely because I'm writing for a niche fandom, or if for a more popular fandom, writing a niche storyline or in a niche genre for that fandom.)
Then it would go to beta once an installment (or a sufficient portion of an ongoing saga) is complete, but that can be hit or miss.
Talk about your creative process.
Post your answer to today’s challenge in your own space and leave a comment in this post saying you did it.
Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so. Also, feel free to entice engagement by giving us a preview of what your post covers.
And please do check out the comments for all the awesome participants of the challenge and visit their journals/challenge responses to comment on their posts and cheer them on.
And just as a reminder: this is a low pressure, fun challenge. If you aren't comfortable doing a particular challenge, then don't. We aren't keeping track of who does what.
I'm a plantser. I often write according to my muse, while also planning out where the story would go. But it varies from story to story. Sometimes I plan, other times I don't.
I post first to forums and my blogs, but these days there is hardly any feedback on the WIPs that way. (Most likely because I'm writing for a niche fandom, or if for a more popular fandom, writing a niche storyline or in a niche genre for that fandom.)
Then it would go to beta once an installment (or a sufficient portion of an ongoing saga) is complete, but that can be hit or miss.
snowynightChallenge #8
Talk about your creative process.
When I come up ith n idea, I ususally brainstorm a bit about scenes and form a vague idea about the ending. I also like doing research for inspiration and details. Then I put my notes and vague scene list into a plain text document for further reference.
I'm a panster and write out of order, because somehow my brain lose interest if I try to outline. I usually only know wht the next scene should be. When I get stuck (often), I rewrite and add other scenes to try to fix it. I'm always looking for a more effective proccess and writing advice.
When I come up ith n idea, I ususally brainstorm a bit about scenes and form a vague idea about the ending. I also like doing research for inspiration and details. Then I put my notes and vague scene list into a plain text document for further reference.
I'm a panster and write out of order, because somehow my brain lose interest if I try to outline. I usually only know wht the next scene should be. When I get stuck (often), I rewrite and add other scenes to try to fix it. I'm always looking for a more effective proccess and writing advice.
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svgurlcultivativity is a community for cultivating creativity. 5soulmates is a prompt table writing challenge that focused on the soulmate theme kingstoken has posted their 2026 Book Bingo Challenge.kitarella_imagines is running Funuary, a fun/funny themed prompt challenge, through the month of January. traumaticexperiences, a (psychological) trauma themed multifandom exchange, is open for sign-ups until January 16th, 8PM PST. threesentenceficathon has posted their 2026 schedule. Prompting will open on January 17th.seasonsofdrabbles, an exchange for the creation of drabbles and drabble variants which runs 4 times a year, is open for sign-ups until January 18th, 11:59PM EST. Nominations will also remain open until sign-ups close. seasonalremix is a quarterly, trope-based multifandom event where you sign-up and write a 1-5k work that is a remix of some sort. The Winter Round is currently open for sign-ups until January 24th, 11:59PM GMT and you can find out more info (including where to sign up) HERE. lul_soulmatesex, a soulmate themed exchange, is accepting nominations until January 25th, 11:59PM AM CST.smallfandombang, a big bang for small fandoms, is open for artist sign-ups until January 31st.ksspringfever, a Kirk/Spock community, is open for sign-ups and prompt collecting for Kirk/Spock Spring Fever until January 31st. wipbigbang is running International Fanworks Day Mini Bang for works that are too short for the regular big bang (has to be less than 7.5k). The writing period started on January 9th and the earliest posting is February 1st and will go till the 15th. crackthewip, a challenge to help you finish your WIPs, is running and accepting sign-ups during the first half of the year.Tags:
dustbunny105Challenge #8
Talk about your creative process.
I sat for a good minute thinking about my writing process, realized it'd be easier to explain the Summers family tree and so decided to talk a little about my crochet process instead.
Or, rather, my favorite crochet process. Because sometimes I do just see a pattern I like, buy or go through my stash for the appropriate yarn and make the thing. And sometimes I see a pattern I like, decide that whatever yarn I have on-hand is Good Enough and then make the thing. But the most satisfying projects are the ones that start as an idea born from my own mind. Sometimes those ideas are inspired by patterns or projects I see, sometimes they spark to life on their own. Not having the most robust visual imagination, I'm always very pleased with myself when this happens.
So, that's step one-- get an idea. Step two is research: Has anyone done this or something like it before? And if so, how did they do it? I think it's the most fun when I can find something similar to but not quite the same as what I want. I'm always a little nervous about free-handing, no matter how often I've done it, so being able to look at an existing object as a sort of proof of concept helps me to get past that. But then not being able to find exactly what I want means that I get to ~experiment.
That second point is why I'd say I have the most fun when the "proofs of concept" are only for bits and pieces of what I want my finished project to be. Something that's the right shape but not applied the way I want to apply it, for example, so I have to patchwork different patterns or different stitches, even if just in small ways for the sake of small but significant differences. It's always a thrill when in the midst of the third step-- make the thing-- I come to That Part in a pattern that's, y'know, fine for what it is... but not for what I want. That Part where I look at it and know that I could follow it as written and it'd do the job but instead I say, "No, I don't think I will," and I do something else that makes it-- at least for me-- better.
Granted, this process hasn't always been successful, where success is defined by a satisfactorily finished item. Sometimes things don't work out the way I think they will. But, hey, even a failed experiment yields data, amirite? That's all just part of the process.
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dirty_dianaOkay, I have successfully not defaulted on festivids and am trying to shake off the doomscrolling, and now I am going to rescue some drafts and catch up on January Posting! In order because that is simply How My Brain Works.
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snowflake_challenge
1. The Icebreaker Challenge: Introduce yourself. Tell us why you're doing the challenge, and what you hope to gain from it.
I'm dirty_diana or sweeter_than. I write, draw, and vid, read and watch a lot of tv. I am hoping to get back into using dreamwidth a bit more steadily with this challenge, and also I guess enjoy some transformative fandom community vibes? Since I have been very much on the edges of that recently. Been reading other people's posts and feeling warm and fuzzy about everyone. ❤️
2. Loosely defined! Post about your pets, pets from your canon, anything you want!
I've never had a pet. Allergies. I do have a horrible antisocial roommate and surprise! she has a horrible antisocial cat that hates me for some reason. Pets from canons, hmm, Rivals has this very cute shaggy dog, Gertrude! Played by a cute little doggie actor named Ponti. Also in Rivals is the character of Rocky the horse, I think Rocky is actually a retired showjumper but now he gets to chill and eat grass and get pats. The Rutshire Chronicles series is generally full of animals, but in a very English way where it's all dogs and horses and many of them have jobs, lol.
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and Talk Meme! still open for questions I can belatedly fill here.
Tell me about a small, nice thing you did for yourself recent(ish)ly? fromchase_acow
Do I do enough nice things for myself? Now I'm not sure. I am recently enjoying bulking up my art supply collection, even though frankly I owned enough art supplies to begin with. But I hang out on art tik tok, and to a lesser degree art youtube, and man those people are always showing you cool products. I am trying to not get sucked into the Being a Consumer of it all, but it is also worth it sometimes to not overthink whether you Deserve the fun thing, whether you'll use it enough or with the right skills, etc. I am currently messing around with acrylic paint markers? (Markers and pens are in general great for me because my nemesis chronic fatigue is never going to pull out an entire set of paints.) I did this raspberry lemonade piece fordoodle4doodle. I will show you all some more acrylic pen art at some point, but if I stop to scan things now this post will never get up, lol.
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And I should say: for Yuletide I wrote The Heart of the Matter, a Rivals Rupert/Taggie fic. Pining, kissing. And featuring Gertrude and Rocky, in fact.
I got whatever you ask for, that’s what i’ll be by vialethe, also Rivals, Rupert/Taggie. RuTag are adorable in London, topped with a spicy daddy kink garnish.
It was a year where I didn't recognise many fandoms, but this Travelers fic was quite nice? Marcy figures out the holidays. And both the Blood on the Clocktower fics were just the right amount of mysterious and creepy.
That's it for now, the catch up will continue!
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snowflake_challenge1. The Icebreaker Challenge: Introduce yourself. Tell us why you're doing the challenge, and what you hope to gain from it.
I'm dirty_diana or sweeter_than. I write, draw, and vid, read and watch a lot of tv. I am hoping to get back into using dreamwidth a bit more steadily with this challenge, and also I guess enjoy some transformative fandom community vibes? Since I have been very much on the edges of that recently. Been reading other people's posts and feeling warm and fuzzy about everyone. ❤️
2. Loosely defined! Post about your pets, pets from your canon, anything you want!
I've never had a pet. Allergies. I do have a horrible antisocial roommate and surprise! she has a horrible antisocial cat that hates me for some reason. Pets from canons, hmm, Rivals has this very cute shaggy dog, Gertrude! Played by a cute little doggie actor named Ponti. Also in Rivals is the character of Rocky the horse, I think Rocky is actually a retired showjumper but now he gets to chill and eat grass and get pats. The Rutshire Chronicles series is generally full of animals, but in a very English way where it's all dogs and horses and many of them have jobs, lol.
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and Talk Meme! still open for questions I can belatedly fill here.
Tell me about a small, nice thing you did for yourself recent(ish)ly? from
chase_acowDo I do enough nice things for myself? Now I'm not sure. I am recently enjoying bulking up my art supply collection, even though frankly I owned enough art supplies to begin with. But I hang out on art tik tok, and to a lesser degree art youtube, and man those people are always showing you cool products. I am trying to not get sucked into the Being a Consumer of it all, but it is also worth it sometimes to not overthink whether you Deserve the fun thing, whether you'll use it enough or with the right skills, etc. I am currently messing around with acrylic paint markers? (Markers and pens are in general great for me because my nemesis chronic fatigue is never going to pull out an entire set of paints.) I did this raspberry lemonade piece for
doodle4doodle. I will show you all some more acrylic pen art at some point, but if I stop to scan things now this post will never get up, lol.*
And I should say: for Yuletide I wrote The Heart of the Matter, a Rivals Rupert/Taggie fic. Pining, kissing. And featuring Gertrude and Rocky, in fact.
I got whatever you ask for, that’s what i’ll be by vialethe, also Rivals, Rupert/Taggie. RuTag are adorable in London, topped with a spicy daddy kink garnish.
It was a year where I didn't recognise many fandoms, but this Travelers fic was quite nice? Marcy figures out the holidays. And both the Blood on the Clocktower fics were just the right amount of mysterious and creepy.
That's it for now, the catch up will continue!
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lightbirdChallenge #8
Talk about your creative process.
Post your answer to today’s challenge in your own space and leave a comment in this post saying you did it.
lol, I don't exactly have a process. Sometimes I've tried the outline method for creating a story, and sometimes that even works. A lot of times it doesn't. Other times something sparks an idea and I'm able to just start writing.
A large part of the time I'm wracking my brain over what I'm going to write for the many bingo card prompts I've collected.
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seraphikissso i've been kind of thinking about it for some time now, and i think i need to take a long break from the internet. meaning, i might check my dreamwidth once a day, but that's it. i'll still use discord, just not as often. and i also will write here and there using ellipsus.
i bought the first six books of heaven's official blessing and i want to read more anyways. i need to get into a new fandom, and i'm really excited to read these books.
i might try to set a schedule. maybe i'll start by maybe posting once a day, if not maybe i'll just post when i have something to say (which... i always do).
something else: it would be kind of fun to treat DW like a proper journal. i might share pictures of travels and miscellaneous things. i also want to maybe keep a reading journal, i have one somewhere in my room that i haven't touched yet.
i'll also write my live reactions to the books i'm reading!
after i post this, i'm going to make a masterlist of things i need to get done. i do have a list of events i've signed up for but i kind of want to compile a large to-do list. i also have a private entry that contains journal entry ideas too (you can't see it since it's for me, but it's nothing exciting).
so... yeah that's it i think.
i bought the first six books of heaven's official blessing and i want to read more anyways. i need to get into a new fandom, and i'm really excited to read these books.
i might try to set a schedule. maybe i'll start by maybe posting once a day, if not maybe i'll just post when i have something to say (which... i always do).
something else: it would be kind of fun to treat DW like a proper journal. i might share pictures of travels and miscellaneous things. i also want to maybe keep a reading journal, i have one somewhere in my room that i haven't touched yet.
i'll also write my live reactions to the books i'm reading!
after i post this, i'm going to make a masterlist of things i need to get done. i do have a list of events i've signed up for but i kind of want to compile a large to-do list. i also have a private entry that contains journal entry ideas too (you can't see it since it's for me, but it's nothing exciting).
so... yeah that's it i think.
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donutsweeperSo... ummmm... this January has been something, huh? Although I don't go out of my way to talk about where I live I don't try to hide it either so let me just say that while things are chaotic in my general area, it's not in my (very) specific immediate area and me and mine are fine. Generally speaking, there's the potential for things here to get as bad, if not worse, as when there were the riots a few years ago but here's hoping it all dies down before then. With the egos involved it seems unlikely (which really says something about the world today that I am even typing that) but, hey, it's possible.
But, in trying not to dwell on any of that or going into details on an unlocked post... craft spam time!
Feast your eyes upon this adorable Werewolf in a Top Hat (made by request and done by adapting a few different patterns)
He's a fine gentleman and tipping his hat to you in greeting. :)
I've also made two rugs
The pictures are a bit deceiving, the white and grey one is small-medium sized, 27"x17", while the following blue and white one is one of the larger I've made, 43"x30".
I don't really have a plan or a place for either (nor for the one I'll make out of the fabric strips I'm currently cutting) but upcycling stained/torn sheets and shirts is better than tossing them and I enjoy doing it so who cares.
Have two weeks ofrecthething recs! One MDZS/Untamed fic and tumbr art for that, Merlin, Murderbot and ST:TOS:
And, not rec related, but I know there's some due South fans here and I wanted to share an excellent fandom-specific resource I just discovered: A due South tumblr that posts archival stuff from the show like making of episodes and scripts as well as character bios and episode storylines and whatnot. (I really love the first 5 pages of the second draft to the pilot posted here)
But, in trying not to dwell on any of that or going into details on an unlocked post... craft spam time!
Feast your eyes upon this adorable Werewolf in a Top Hat (made by request and done by adapting a few different patterns)
He's a fine gentleman and tipping his hat to you in greeting. :)
I've also made two rugs
The pictures are a bit deceiving, the white and grey one is small-medium sized, 27"x17", while the following blue and white one is one of the larger I've made, 43"x30".
I don't really have a plan or a place for either (nor for the one I'll make out of the fabric strips I'm currently cutting) but upcycling stained/torn sheets and shirts is better than tossing them and I enjoy doing it so who cares.
Have two weeks of
recthething recs! One MDZS/Untamed fic and tumbr art for that, Merlin, Murderbot and ST:TOS: I'll Stop the World (And Melt With You) by Rainewritesfanfics (28k)
Summary: Lan Zhan comes from a long line of aerokinetic heroes. Over time, his family came to found the Cloud Recesses School for Young Heroes. Lan Zhan will now be attending this very same school, however he, unlike his relatives, has no powers. To make matters worse, even though Wei Ying is only steps away, they are barely on speaking terms since the incident before summer break. Add in a dash of conspiracy, a school full of ghosts, and cryptic fortunes, and Lan Zhan and Wei Ying are in for a lively first year! (This is a Sky High fusion but I only know the broad strokes of that movie and still thoroughly enjoyed this fic and its accompanying art)
tumblr art:
MDZS/The Untamed
- Something is gained when something is lost (3 panels, LWJ and A-Yuan, oh my heart)
- When had children started growing up so fast? (two LWJ raising A-Yuan sketches, adorable)
- Wei Ying and his ducklings (adorable wwx and the juniors art)
Merlin
- Still waiting for his king… (hauntingly beautiful)
Murderbot
- I just want to watch my shows I can relate, Murderbot. I can relate. (too valid these days)
Star Trek:TOS
- uhura sketch ^^ (love this style)
Summary: Lan Zhan comes from a long line of aerokinetic heroes. Over time, his family came to found the Cloud Recesses School for Young Heroes. Lan Zhan will now be attending this very same school, however he, unlike his relatives, has no powers. To make matters worse, even though Wei Ying is only steps away, they are barely on speaking terms since the incident before summer break. Add in a dash of conspiracy, a school full of ghosts, and cryptic fortunes, and Lan Zhan and Wei Ying are in for a lively first year! (This is a Sky High fusion but I only know the broad strokes of that movie and still thoroughly enjoyed this fic and its accompanying art)
tumblr art:
MDZS/The Untamed
- Something is gained when something is lost (3 panels, LWJ and A-Yuan, oh my heart)
- When had children started growing up so fast? (two LWJ raising A-Yuan sketches, adorable)
- Wei Ying and his ducklings (adorable wwx and the juniors art)
Merlin
- Still waiting for his king… (hauntingly beautiful)
Murderbot
- I just want to watch my shows I can relate, Murderbot. I can relate. (too valid these days)
Star Trek:TOS
- uhura sketch ^^ (love this style)
And, not rec related, but I know there's some due South fans here and I wanted to share an excellent fandom-specific resource I just discovered: A due South tumblr that posts archival stuff from the show like making of episodes and scripts as well as character bios and episode storylines and whatnot. (I really love the first 5 pages of the second draft to the pilot posted here)
seraphikissday eight of the snowflake_challenge! a bit late but it's fine. click here to see all of my snowflake 2026 posts! ✧*。
snowflake_challenge challenge #8: Talk about your creative process.
hmm... this one i'd have to really think about, since i'm a huge pantser and i tend to just wing all of my fics. in my previous snowflake entry, i mentioned that a lot of my fic ideas are based off dreams. which is true! my joscarl fantasia au was actually based on a dream i had about the manhwa, the queen's knight.
but let's talk about the process. which... isn't a lot, to be honest.
( my writing process )
snowflake_challenge! a bit late but it's fine. click here to see all of my snowflake 2026 posts! ✧*。snowflake_challenge challenge #8: Talk about your creative process.hmm... this one i'd have to really think about, since i'm a huge pantser and i tend to just wing all of my fics. in my previous snowflake entry, i mentioned that a lot of my fic ideas are based off dreams. which is true! my joscarl fantasia au was actually based on a dream i had about the manhwa, the queen's knight.
but let's talk about the process. which... isn't a lot, to be honest.
( my writing process )
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seraphikissi posted about this on fandom.ink, a mastadon server that i'm giving a try. it's very quiet and i enjoy it a lot. not much traffic. but since it has a 500 character limit i might as well talk more about my writing here.
forficwip's genuary jubilee event, i wrote yet another fic of miklan and byleth as a duo. this time the prompt was found family, which is one of my favorite platonic tropes. i found is kind of a shorter fic than i wanted it to be, but i'm really proud of how it ended.
it has a simple ending, and it's a quiet conversation between miklan, someone who has never really had a family, and byleth, someone who has a father to protect her.
miklan feels out of place in a lot of my fics. he's a bandit, thug, criminal. byleth is the opposite; she delivers justice, whether it's in the name of the goddess or underneath edelgard's banner. i kind of imagine that i found is an AU where, for the longest time, byleth and jeralt were still mercenaries long before byleth met the three house leaders.
i imagine that at one point, byleth was the one who found miklan years ago, wounded and on the brink of death. hence where the title of the fic comes from, which is also named after an amber run song.
miklan is sometimes difficult to depict in situations involving family. i imagine that he hasn't felt the love of a mother in years, and so love is a foreign concept to him. when byleth tended to his wounds when she was nine years old, i feel like miklan, at the time, suspected a trap. that byleth would patch him up and kick him into the dirt. miklan is a cynical person, he always has been, and i do think he wouldn't have trusted byleth if he were older.
since this story takes place during the pre-timeskip, i kind of imagine that miklan is around his mid-20's and byleth is 21. even though it's been over a decade since they first met, miklan is still not used to the mercenary life. he's used to raids, theft, murder. he isn't used to honor codes or protection. sure, he's a brilliant leader and he does care for his crew, but do they care about him?
that's the question i kind of wanted to answer in my other miklan/byleth fic.
i posted chapter two of my orpheus/joseph/frederick fic, someone to hate. it's a slow burn, and i will admit, this chapter was a little slower than i'd like it to be. it explores more of how frederick feels about joseph, about how orpheus's behaviors are making frederick feel uncomfortable and replaced.
joseph, who i'm portraying as autistic (using my personal experiences and symptoms), is very observant. i imagine that frederick thinks that he might be too observant.
on the other hand, frederick can't blame himself for being captivated by joseph. in this fic, joseph is frederick's new housemate. orpheus suggested that joseph could fit in with frederick.
but it's later revealed that joseph and orpheus are collaborating together on orpheus's novel, identity v (yes, this is a little tongue-in-cheek easter egg). joseph takes photographs for the novel, while orpheus writes it.
frederick, a musician, isn't sure where he stands.
he's been orpheus's best friend for over two decades, and now it feels like the relationship is slipping. but is it?
i'm pretty happy with how chapter two turned out. and i'm also pretty excited about writing chapter three.
i found | miklan & byleth
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ficwip's genuary jubilee event, i wrote yet another fic of miklan and byleth as a duo. this time the prompt was found family, which is one of my favorite platonic tropes. i found is kind of a shorter fic than i wanted it to be, but i'm really proud of how it ended. it has a simple ending, and it's a quiet conversation between miklan, someone who has never really had a family, and byleth, someone who has a father to protect her.
miklan feels out of place in a lot of my fics. he's a bandit, thug, criminal. byleth is the opposite; she delivers justice, whether it's in the name of the goddess or underneath edelgard's banner. i kind of imagine that i found is an AU where, for the longest time, byleth and jeralt were still mercenaries long before byleth met the three house leaders.
i imagine that at one point, byleth was the one who found miklan years ago, wounded and on the brink of death. hence where the title of the fic comes from, which is also named after an amber run song.
miklan is sometimes difficult to depict in situations involving family. i imagine that he hasn't felt the love of a mother in years, and so love is a foreign concept to him. when byleth tended to his wounds when she was nine years old, i feel like miklan, at the time, suspected a trap. that byleth would patch him up and kick him into the dirt. miklan is a cynical person, he always has been, and i do think he wouldn't have trusted byleth if he were older.
since this story takes place during the pre-timeskip, i kind of imagine that miklan is around his mid-20's and byleth is 21. even though it's been over a decade since they first met, miklan is still not used to the mercenary life. he's used to raids, theft, murder. he isn't used to honor codes or protection. sure, he's a brilliant leader and he does care for his crew, but do they care about him?
that's the question i kind of wanted to answer in my other miklan/byleth fic.
someone to hate | orphjosrick
i posted chapter two of my orpheus/joseph/frederick fic, someone to hate. it's a slow burn, and i will admit, this chapter was a little slower than i'd like it to be. it explores more of how frederick feels about joseph, about how orpheus's behaviors are making frederick feel uncomfortable and replaced.
joseph, who i'm portraying as autistic (using my personal experiences and symptoms), is very observant. i imagine that frederick thinks that he might be too observant.
on the other hand, frederick can't blame himself for being captivated by joseph. in this fic, joseph is frederick's new housemate. orpheus suggested that joseph could fit in with frederick.
but it's later revealed that joseph and orpheus are collaborating together on orpheus's novel, identity v (yes, this is a little tongue-in-cheek easter egg). joseph takes photographs for the novel, while orpheus writes it.
frederick, a musician, isn't sure where he stands.
he's been orpheus's best friend for over two decades, and now it feels like the relationship is slipping. but is it?
i'm pretty happy with how chapter two turned out. and i'm also pretty excited about writing chapter three.
dani_meowsI set a timer that locks me out of Tumblr after 45 minutes as my stress has risen through the roof and I was beginning to feel hopeless.
And my overarching goal this year is to find joy.
And stressing out over my country to the point I can't function is giving them what they want. They want us afraid and helpless to quit protesting and crying out and voting in the midterms.
So mental health break today and tomorrow and then back to shouting and making it clear that this isn't right.
According to polls Republicans also Don't think Trump should take Greenland by force and another poll shows he's loosing support amoung the Gen z men. It's dropped 40 percent.
Here in my area of Florida, close to Tampa, in a region that overwhelmingly went for Trump, my neighbor is no longer flying his big black Trump flag and the pro Trump bumper sticker has vanished. Same thing with a few other areas that had pro Trump stuff still up in December. May they continue to open their eyes and help us keep Democracy.
In other news, I started listening to the full cast audio of Harry Potter and I'm enjoying it so far.
I'm debating going to the cinema to see the extended edition of Lord of the Rings in the theater. Seeing that 25 year in front of the signs though.
I'm old, Gandalf, I may not look it but I feel it.
I turn 42 in May. I have to schedule my first mammogram this year.
We have a freeze warning tonight brr.
And my overarching goal this year is to find joy.
And stressing out over my country to the point I can't function is giving them what they want. They want us afraid and helpless to quit protesting and crying out and voting in the midterms.
So mental health break today and tomorrow and then back to shouting and making it clear that this isn't right.
According to polls Republicans also Don't think Trump should take Greenland by force and another poll shows he's loosing support amoung the Gen z men. It's dropped 40 percent.
Here in my area of Florida, close to Tampa, in a region that overwhelmingly went for Trump, my neighbor is no longer flying his big black Trump flag and the pro Trump bumper sticker has vanished. Same thing with a few other areas that had pro Trump stuff still up in December. May they continue to open their eyes and help us keep Democracy.
In other news, I started listening to the full cast audio of Harry Potter and I'm enjoying it so far.
I'm debating going to the cinema to see the extended edition of Lord of the Rings in the theater. Seeing that 25 year in front of the signs though.
I'm old, Gandalf, I may not look it but I feel it.
I turn 42 in May. I have to schedule my first mammogram this year.
We have a freeze warning tonight brr.
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svgurlChallenge #7:
LIST THREE (or more) THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF. They don’t have to be your favorite things, just things that you think are good. Feel free to expand as much or as little as you want.
I kind of struggle with these things but I'll try. :D
1. I'm punctual. I like that I'm on time and even if I stress myself out a little when I work backwards, it's less stressful than the alternative. I don't mind being at the airport two hours early and I'm glad I can tell someone a time and unless there are certain unforeseen circumstances, I will be there then.
2. I'm fairly easy to talk to and am a good listener. I am best with at one on one or a couple of people, but I can carry a conversation if they're engaged and am happy to listen to other people/be a shoulder/offer advice if needed.
3. I'm a good baker and a decent cook. I can follow a recipe and can make the right modifications if needed and am aware of my limitations/can do what I know how to do well.
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badly_knittedTitle: Losing Hope
Fandom: The Fantastic Journey
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Jonathan, Varian.
Rating: PG
Setting: After the series.
Summary: They’ve been travelling for so long that Jonathan is beginning to lose hope.
Written For: The prompt ‘Blend’ on my
1character table.Disclaimer: I don’t own The Fantastic Journey, or the characters. They belong to their creators.
A/N: Triple drabble.
( Losing Hope... )
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badly_knittedTitle: Rest In Peace
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Owen.
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1116
Spoilers: Fragments, Exit Wounds.
Summary: Trapped in Turnmill nuclear power station, Owen faces the end of his unlife and realises he’s okay with it.
Written For:
raisedbymoogles’ prompt ‘any, any, diving in, I'm reaching for the core of a nuclear reactor / I wanna melt away all these useless memories and finally rest in peace tonight’, at threesentenceficathon.Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
( Rest In Peace... )