Starshot

Part-time fanfiction writer, occasional artist, and all-around purveyor of smut and awful humour on Ao3 Naruto (Kakaobi), Marvel (Stucky) and other fandom stuff is on this blog.

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Pairing: Shisui/Itachi

Rating: E

Word Count: ~125,000 when all chapters are posted Summary:

With a knack for finding adventure, love, and long-lost artifacts all over the world, archaeologist Shisui Uchiha is living the dream.

In Japan, duty bound to his traditional family, Uchiha Itachi is preparing to settle for something far less.  

But the unearthing of a new clue to Asura’s Treasure by Shisui’s cousin Izumi is about to bring them all together, catapulting them headfirst into conflict with Madara—a mercenary with an army, a grudge, and a desire to see the world burn. Madara has only one goal—to get to Asura’s Treasure first, by whatever means necessary.

And the only thing standing in his way will be Shisui and his friends…

Chapter 1: A Call to Adventure

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Chapter 2: Thief, Scholar and Mercenary

Chapter 3: The Doge's Riddle

Chapter 4: When Hell Freezes Over

Chapter 5: Tangling with Time

Chapter 6: Give and Take

Chapter 7: How Bazaar

Chapter 8: Lights Out

Chapter 9: Train Trouble

Chapter 10: A Syrian Sojourn

Chapter 11: Reunion

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Pairing: Shisui/Itachi

Rating: E

Word Count: ~125,000 when all chapters are posted Summary:

With a knack for finding adventure, love, and long-lost artifacts all over the world, archaeologist Shisui Uchiha is living the dream.

In Japan, duty bound to his traditional family, Uchiha Itachi is preparing to settle for something far less.  

But the unearthing of a new clue to Asura’s Treasure by Shisui’s cousin Izumi is about to bring them all together, catapulting them headfirst into conflict with Madara—a mercenary with an army, a grudge, and a desire to see the world burn. Madara has only one goal—to get to Asura’s Treasure first, by whatever means necessary.

And the only thing standing in his way will be Shisui and his friends…

Chapter 1: A Call to Adventure

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Chapter 2: Thief, Scholar and Mercenary

Chapter 3: The Doge's Riddle

Chapter 4: When Hell Freezes Over

Chapter 5: Tangling with Time

Chapter 6: Give and Take

Chapter 7: How Bazaar

Chapter 8: Lights Out

Chapter 9: Train Trouble

Chapter 10: A Syrian Sojourn

Chapter 11: Reunion

[captainofthetidesbreath]

is that piece of media actually bad, or is it just not following the blueprint you projected onto it? is that work actually not good, or are you just demanding something from it that is absolutely antithetical to its themes, genre, tone, and narrative goal? is that story actually poorly written, or do you just dislike that it is not the specific things you wanted from it that it never set out to be, never was, and never is going to become? is it actually bad, or is it actually well-executed and you just dislike the story it chose to be because it isn't catering to your specific desires and expectations?

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Pairing: Shisui/Itachi

Rating: E

Word Count: ~125,000 when all chapters are posted Summary:

With a knack for finding adventure, love, and long-lost artifacts all over the world, archaeologist Shisui Uchiha is living the dream.

In Japan, duty bound to his traditional family, Uchiha Itachi is preparing to settle for something far less.  

But the unearthing of a new clue to Asura’s Treasure by Shisui’s cousin Izumi is about to bring them all together, catapulting them headfirst into conflict with Madara—a mercenary with an army, a grudge, and a desire to see the world burn. Madara has only one goal—to get to Asura’s Treasure first, by whatever means necessary.

And the only thing standing in his way will be Shisui and his friends…

Chapter 1: A Call to Adventure

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Chapter 2: Thief, Scholar and Mercenary

Chapter 3: The Doge's Riddle

Chapter 4: When Hell Freezes Over

Chapter 5: Tangling with Time

Chapter 6: Give and Take

Chapter 7: How Bazaar

Chapter 8: Lights Out

Chapter 9: Train Trouble

Chapter 10: A Syrian Sojourn

[nondelphic]

every writer knows the pain of having an idea that’s “too good” to write because you know you can’t do it justice

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Pairing: Shisui/Itachi

Rating: E

Word Count: ~125,000 when all chapters are posted Summary:

With a knack for finding adventure, love, and long-lost artifacts all over the world, archaeologist Shisui Uchiha is living the dream.

In Japan, duty bound to his traditional family, Uchiha Itachi is preparing to settle for something far less.  

But the unearthing of a new clue to Asura’s Treasure by Shisui’s cousin Izumi is about to bring them all together, catapulting them headfirst into conflict with Madara—a mercenary with an army, a grudge, and a desire to see the world burn. Madara has only one goal—to get to Asura’s Treasure first, by whatever means necessary.

And the only thing standing in his way will be Shisui and his friends…

Chapter 1: A Call to Adventure

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Chapter 2: Thief, Scholar and Mercenary

Chapter 3: The Doge's Riddle

Chapter 4: When Hell Freezes Over

Chapter 5: Tangling with Time

Chapter 6: Give and Take

Chapter 7: How Bazaar

Chapter 8: Lights Out

Chapter 9: Train Trouble

[antipodeanpineapplelump]

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Pairing: Shisui/Itachi

Rating: E

Word Count: ~125,000 when all chapters are posted Summary:

With a knack for finding adventure, love, and long-lost artifacts all over the world, archaeologist Shisui Uchiha is living the dream.

In Japan, duty bound to his traditional family, Uchiha Itachi is preparing to settle for something far less.  

But the unearthing of a new clue to Asura’s Treasure by Shisui’s cousin Izumi is about to bring them all together, catapulting them headfirst into conflict with Madara—a mercenary with an army, a grudge, and a desire to see the world burn. Madara has only one goal—to get to Asura’s Treasure first, by whatever means necessary.

And the only thing standing in his way will be Shisui and his friends…

Chapter 1: A Call to Adventure

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Chapter 2: Thief, Scholar and Mercenary

Chapter 3: The Doge's Riddle

Chapter 4: When Hell Freezes Over

Chapter 5: Tangling with Time

Chapter 6: Give and Take

Chapter 7: How Bazaar

Chapter 8: Lights Out

[rubyleaf]

Honestly? My main piece of advice for writing well-rounded characters is to make them a little bit lame. No real living person is 100% cool and suave 100% of the time. Everyone's a little awkward sometimes, or gets too excited about something goofy, or has a silly fear, or laughs about stupid things. Being a bit of a loser is an incurable part of the human condition. Utilize that in your writing.

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Pairing: Shisui/Itachi

Rating: E

Word Count: ~125,000 when all chapters are posted Summary:

With a knack for finding adventure, love, and long-lost artifacts all over the world, archaeologist Shisui Uchiha is living the dream.

In Japan, duty bound to his traditional family, Uchiha Itachi is preparing to settle for something far less.  

But the unearthing of a new clue to Asura’s Treasure by Shisui’s cousin Izumi is about to bring them all together, catapulting them headfirst into conflict with Madara—a mercenary with an army, a grudge, and a desire to see the world burn. Madara has only one goal—to get to Asura’s Treasure first, by whatever means necessary.

And the only thing standing in his way will be Shisui and his friends…

Chapter 1: A Call to Adventure

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Chapter 2: Thief, Scholar and Mercenary

Chapter 3: The Doge's Riddle

Chapter 4: When Hell Freezes Over

Chapter 5: Tangling with Time

Chapter 6: Give and Take

Chapter 7: How Bazaar

[ao3commentoftheday]

There have been times when I've created something in order to please other people. I had various reasons for doing that, but invariably that meant that I had to get most of my happiness from how those people reacted to what I'd made.

There have also been times when I've made something completely self-indulgent. When I've found an idea that is absolutely delightful to me, and I've turned that idea into something I can enjoy again and again. In those instances, I got my happiness from both the process of creation and from returning to the finished product to enjoy the result.

In some extremely fortunate cases, the things that I have made for myself have also prompted other people to respond to my creations, and that is when my happiness has verged on ecstasy: a wild rush of joy that carried me through dark times and propelled me to further acts of creation that I never would have achieved otherwise.

I can't expect that third scenario to be my default. There's no telling what other people will and won't enjoy, and honestly I don't always want to share the things I create. What I can control is how I spend my free time and what I do with my creative energy.

Sometimes I'll create for others. Sometimes I'll create for just me. And sometimes, when I'm lucky, the stars will align and those two audiences will want the same thing.

[creativepromptsforwriting]

I feel like every writer has created whole stories before around just that one specific scene that they thought of and really wanted to write. Sometimes I wonder what those scenes were for my favourite stories.

[hallous]

[oracle-fae]

"she read books as one would breathe air; to fill up and live."

[writeouswriter]

There was a spill at the comma factory and my WIP was right in the splash zone, oh no, oh my God, my sentences are drowning in commas, help.

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Pairing: Shisui/Itachi

Rating: E

Word Count: ~125,000 when all chapters are posted Summary:

With a knack for finding adventure, love, and long-lost artifacts all over the world, archaeologist Shisui Uchiha is living the dream.

In Japan, duty bound to his traditional family, Uchiha Itachi is preparing to settle for something far less.  

But the unearthing of a new clue to Asura’s Treasure by Shisui’s cousin Izumi is about to bring them all together, catapulting them headfirst into conflict with Madara—a mercenary with an army, a grudge, and a desire to see the world burn. Madara has only one goal—to get to Asura’s Treasure first, by whatever means necessary.

And the only thing standing in his way will be Shisui and his friends…

Chapter 1: A Call to Adventure

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Chapter 2: Thief, Scholar and Mercenary

Chapter 3: The Doge's Riddle

Chapter 4: When Hell Freezes Over

Chapter 5: Tangling with Time

Chapter 6: Give and Take

[devilcatdarling]

There is truly no greater love than taking your most adored fictional character and throwing them into the emotionally-devastating angst fueled trash compactor and pressing every single button on the machine just to see what will happen

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Pairing: Shisui/Itachi

Rating: E

Word Count: ~125,000 when all chapters are posted Summary:

With a knack for finding adventure, love, and long-lost artifacts all over the world, archaeologist Shisui Uchiha is living the dream.

In Japan, duty bound to his traditional family, Uchiha Itachi is preparing to settle for something far less.  

But the unearthing of a new clue to Asura’s Treasure by Shisui’s cousin Izumi is about to bring them all together, catapulting them headfirst into conflict with Madara—a mercenary with an army, a grudge, and a desire to see the world burn. Madara has only one goal—to get to Asura’s Treasure first, by whatever means necessary.

And the only thing standing in his way will be Shisui and his friends…

Chapter 1: A Call to Adventure

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Chapter 2: Thief, Scholar and Mercenary

Chapter 3: The Doge's Riddle

Chapter 4: When Hell Freezes Over

Chapter 5: Tangling with Time