Hi there! I'm Jael.
You might know me from two nearly, vaguely "popular" works on the archive if you like Mouthwashing and/or Messmer from Elden Ring. Or, if you're a real one and a rarepair lover, you might recognize me from my notoriously tiny Lawmane fic! I'm talking sub 20 kudos baby.
Nobody coerced me to make an account except my own darn self. I always loved interacting with authors I met online or when I appreciated their works--and as I happen to love to chat, figured I'd throw myself at your mercy.
Shoot me questions, comments, concerns, quetzalcoatls, insults, hate, proposals of marriage, and any variation on a theme such as your favourite books, poems, songs, or time of day. I will answer them all.
Ask me for a fic rec! There's at least a 20% chance I've got one for your fandom and there's so many fics I've collected over the years that are so peak and need more attention.
*AS OF NOV 2025 i will not be very active or able to consistently access my accounts! please know that if you leave a comment on a fic or want to chat i will always do my best to respond eventually. i welcome them! <3
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If you were curious about my works or what I have going on, let me give you a brief overview:
POSTED:
WAITING FOR ME TO GET FAITHLESS (BUT I WORSHIP THE GROUND)
Elden Ring, 1/1 (16k), Messmer/Tarnished, Messmer/OC, Rated G.
Making her way through the Realm of Shadow, a Tarnished Witchmaid comes across the Impaler in his grim Keep and begins to wonder if there's not some way to change her fate--and his. You see, she really doesn't want to be Marika's consort.
Features: a character study into Messmer, fancy old modern English, tense yet curious dialogue, belligerent tension, unwilling intimacy that comes from fighting your not-quite-enemy for hours, and the growing desire to make the tall hot snake man your legal husband. She's just a girl.
EXCERPT:
"The darkness ahead of her shifts, fading with the light of the candles. The raised dais, like a pillar among ruins, holds a throne similar to that before the Erdtree. And in it waits Messmer, his spear thrust into the ground beside him. He rises to his feet, lanky, slender, and wholly menacing. Most Demigods and divine-adjacent had their visages ravaged by the Shattering and their part in it. Yet not Messmer."
YOU KNOW YOU'RE BETTER THAN THIS
Mouthwashing, 1/1 (34k), Curly, Anya, and the rest of the crew, Rated T, Time-Travel Fix-It with a Twist.
Jimmy kills himself and takes the easy way out. Curly, trapped in the cryopod, wishes more than anything to take the responsibility his deranged co-pilot wouldn't. Days before the crash, the Captain wonders if he's going crazy, suddenly haunted by a maimed, limbless man that none of his crew can see.
Or: Curly, Anya, and the future ghost of his mistakes.
Features: well-rounded characters that try to stay as close to canon as possible, a messy and toxic friendship between Jimmy and Curly that nonetheless tries to look at each angle, an exploration of Anya and a prevention of her canonical full assault, the friendship between Curly and Anya and how it should have gone if he listened, all orchestrated by the weird appearance of Post-Crash Curly, following himself around.
EXCERPT:
"He hopes wherever he goes after death, it isn’t nice to him. He hopes he never sees Anya when he’s there. [...] He wonders if Jimmy will be there too, and can’t find it in himself to be content about that, but thinks it's probably fair."
MAY DEATH FIND YOU ALIVE
Death Note, 1/1 (26k), Lawmane (L/Misa), slight One-Sided Lawlight, Probably Rated T, Slightly a Fix-It, Mostly Canon-Compliant, Largely a Character Study
In the dead of night, L’s surveillance is interrupted by an unexpected visit from Misa Amane, turning what should have been a one-off conversation into something that quickly spirals out of control. Neither can ignore the delicate (and very foolish) curiosity that unfurls between them—nor return to who they were before the lines blurred. And so, the quiet destruction of Light’s new world is set in motion.
Features: a no chain, no torture AU, a more developed Misa, a faithful characterisation of L from his POV that looks into his mind without making him OOC and keeps him alive, a recognition of how key Misa's loyalty and devotion is and how easily it can be swayed, ft. genuine sympathy and interest in her character, and a whole lot of gratuitous tension, physicality, stunted emotions, and fanservice (for me. I'm the fan).
EXCERPT:
"Cameras were usually so kind to Misa Amane, perfectly capturing the beauty that was so eagerly pasted across thousands of magazines in Japan. In the dim haze of the headquarters at night, though, L's feed did her no favors. He liked her better that way... [...] It wasn't any conceived notions about standards of attractiveness, or a leering hunger at the expanse of pale skin. There was just something more honest about a person when they had clawed their way out of sleep."
