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main & ao3: @arsenicalbronze works in progress, notes, etc

[sartorialadventure]

Stockings, 1830, cotton/silk.

[duesouthladies]

Hello Hello Due Southers

Made this blog to gauge some interest in a fest celebrating the women of due South.

I'm considering whether the first week of February (2nd-8th) might be a good time -- gives everyone a solid month and a bit to think up what they might want to do.

I'll set something up on Dreamwidth, but it'd be greatly appreciated if anyone could help with that as I do not know how it works!

Will also be putting together an AO3 for fics and artwork.

Any work will be shared in this space for people to find -- simple!

Prompts below, one for each day (you're free to focus on one or do multiple).

FAQ to come as well, this is just a "hey everyone" post for now!

a lead major female character -- ex. meg, frannie, elaine, victoria, stella

a female character you'd like to know more about (ex. mrs vecchio, maggie, chapin, mackenzie king, angie, caroline morgan, etc...)

single-episode ladies (ex. janet, denny, ms fraser, irene zuko, anita cortez, brighton, mrs gamez, beth botrelle, etc...)

femslash

group dynamics (multiple characters in the same space)

AU

[free slot -- anything you want to create for, any new pieces you want to put in, any piece you haven't quite managed to finish, anyone who deserves an extra mention/meta/artwork/fic/video/etc]

[arsenicalbronzeworks]

Babylon Chapters: 1/? Stargate (1994) Sha'uri/Daniel Jackson, Daniel Jackson & Jack O'Neil

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Dan’yel looks up at Nabeh from where he’s dipping a bowl into the water jar beside the fire, his gold hair shining in the light. “Why are you laughing?” he asks, amused. “Husbands don’t do this work,” says Nabeh in his slow way, gleeful at the new joke he’s discovered. Sha’uri stops in the opening, suddenly exhausted. Nabeh... Dan’yel looks stunned. “Husband,” he repeats, as he looks around at them and then up at her. ----------------------- or, Sha'uri and Daniel, and their year on Abydos.

[lovely-v]

It’s crazy and fucked up that being yourself is actually the solution.

[lovely-v]

It’s like. When I was told to “just be yourself” as a kid I thought it was a passive thing. Like oh easy I just have to sit here and be myself. but the reason so many people think that “being yourself” is bullshit advice is because you actually have to make active choices to do this and it WILL make your life way more fun. You have to wear t-shirts of bands that were popular ten years ago because you like them. You have to do your hair in a way that you find cute or comfortable even if it’s “so nineties”. If your friend says a food you enjoy is gross to them, you can’t be afraid to admit you casually disagree. You have to do hobbies that you’re interested in even if you’re bad at them and you cant feel like you have to get good at something before you tell people it’s an activity you do. You have to read manga and comic books in public and get piercings your relatives think are unattractive. You don’t have to tell people you dislike that you dislike them, but you don’t have to give them your time and attention either. You have to rewatch that kids show you’re nostalgic for even if you’re in your 30s. You have to change your name if you hate it, even if only a few close friends can know. You have to get fun girly drinks at the bar. You have to order hot chocolate when you don’t like coffee and black coffee when you don’t like sweet things. I am still bad at practicing this but it is the only way to make it all tolerable.

[lierdumoa]

First you have to realize that "yourself" is a construct built by the decisions you make. Then it becomes clear that being yourself is a deliberate and intentional practice, not a passive state of existence.

[purlturtle]

^ this.

Don't tie yourself into knots trying to figure out "who you really are".

Who you are is mostly the decisions you make in the present, for the present and/or for the future. It is connected to the past insofar as your previous decisions and your memories can influence current decisions, but in many, MANY cases you are not beholden to those decisions. You can make other ones. Including ones that are diametrically opposite.

The flowchart here is roughly:

Can I make this decision as I please, or are there circumstances that put limits* to it?

Taking into account any potential limits from (1), which decision works best for me (as I currently am/as I want to be in the future**)?

What consequences does this decision come with? (For me, and/or for others that are important to me)

Taking into account the consequences from (3), do I still want to make this decision this way?***

Yes > Go for it. Even if it's scary. Even if no one expects you to. Take the leap.

No > compromise possible? Run flowchart again for that compromise.

Compromise not possible? You might have to postpone this path. Keep it in mind, and see if you can make it happen some other time, IF at that time it is still important to you (plans can change, circumstances can change, your priorities can change. Abandoning an idea or plan is a-okay.)

*- concrete circumstances/limits like financial or legal obligations, but also emotional obligations, missing skills, etc. You know best - but, be honest with yourself if those are *truly* limitations or just you being scared and finding arguments.

**- who you are now and who you want to be in the future is the result of your choices. You can always make different choices from past you.

***- try to find a good balance between "I hold back from doing this for the sake of a partner/child/parent/fur baby etc. and I'm okay with that" and "I feel stuck/caught/trapped by a perceived emotional obligation to a partner/child etc." - It's okay to do things for your own sake, even if that sometimes comes with disappointing someone else. You know best which decision feels too egotistical or too sacrificial for you. You're worth making decisions in your own interest.

[what-even-is-thiss]

I hate I when I get an idea for a novel. Like oh no here starts the slow sad slip n’ slide to dissapointment again.

[what-even-is-thiss]

You ever been 30,000 words and hundreds of research hours into a project when you realize hey wait a minute. I don’t like this. This is bad.

[fassina]

Ok adding to this though that even though it is extremely relatable, this is a KNOWN thing with professional writing. 10k is often referred to as "having a pot boiling" or "having a stew" - it's the point where you often see an idea coming together and it's exciting! But THEN... 30k-50k is the point where that fun has to start coming together. In theatre, it's usually week 3 of a 5 week rehearsal period where you have to stop talking about the play and really get it all up on its feet and cohesive. In art, it's committing to what are going to be the final visible layers of colour and texture, in sculpture the moment where you're truly at the point of no return with carving out the shape.

It usually feels really bad. Because this is the point it becomes real craft. It's so, so difficult to really be able to identify if it's truly not going to be anything or you're just in the hardest part of the process, and really the only way to know is to... write through it. Write it badly. Or, if you really can't, put it in a drawer and come back to it after a few months of breathing space. Remember, you can fix so much in the edit, but you can't fix nothing!

(I say, fully looking at my latest draft of my book and considering throwing it in the bin. But my editor said exactly this to me, so I'm passing it along.)

[tjalexandernyc]

this is 100% true. I've written 6 complete novels at this point and every single time around the 40k mark I feel lost in the woods. Nothing seems to be working. I feel awful; I can't sleep. I keep going even though I'm convinced I'm going to fail. And then... It's like leaving a tunnel and getting back out in the sunshine. Stuff starts coalescing. Things that weren't working have obvious fixes. I "can write" again, except I was writing the whole time. It just felt hopeless in the moment. It's not. You just gotta get out of the woods.

[ariaste]

Ah yes the Slough of Desponds. Professional author with 13 books, and this is normal for me as well. (Checking for tension issues usually helps!)

[blignick]

[otherwindow]

I loveee fantasy settings doing magical exhaustion:

burnt out pyromancers emitting steam and smoke

tired cryomancers shivering with visible foggy breath

weary necromancers looking ill and hearing voices

frazzled healers receiving the same cuts, bruises, and injuries of their patients

[otherwindow]

Druid, low on magic: I'm [coughs up flowers] fine.

[osinthewhite]

The difference between Nine and Ten is

Nine loved Rose to the point he would do anything for her but he didn't know if she felt the same. And that scared him to death.

Ten knew that Rose loved him back and knew that she would do anything for him. And that scared him to death.

[arsenicalbronzeworks]

Don't Need Another Perfect Lie Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010) Chapters: 1/12

Teen and Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply Becky Barnes/Dave Stutler, Balthazar Blake/Veronica Gorloisen, Maxim Horvath/Morgana le Fay (past) i wrote this for me and you can read it if you like, Mind Control

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Mr. Horvath settles onto the couch beside her, ignoring her as he straightens a red thread between his hands. A silver medallion dangles from the end as he wraps it around the cane, threading it methodically around one of the points of the five-pointed star in the middle. Becky can only watch, pulse pounding in her ears. He ties off the red thread before rising, making the couch cushion shift underneath her. "I do believe Dave and Balthazar are on their way up. Shall we see how valuable you are to him?" Balthazar? Dave's been acting weirder and weirder for days- trying to get her out of the lab even after he'd invited her there, trying to keep her away from his uncle, acting so strange when she'd showed up last night- He's not his uncle. He's bringing Dave up to kill him.

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Part 1 of maxim, balthazar, and berenike

[arsenicalbronzeworks]

halocline Chapters: 1/1 National Treasure (Movies) Abigail Chase/Benjamin Franklin Gates, Abigail Chase & Riley Poole, Benjamin Gates & Riley Poole Additional tags: Cibola aftermath, National Treasure Week 2024, Day 2: buried/hidden/underwater, Canon-typical near-drowning, Hypothermia, Canon-typical violence

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-the water laps cold against his neck as he treads water with one arm, the weight held close in his other. "At any time in the water, you might be someone else's only chance of survival. You have to be able to tread water with weight for as long as it might take for help to reach you," the instructor calls over the pool.- - The water is rushing straight through the fabric of his clothes, swirling frigid around his knees. Abigail and Riley and his parents are all saying something at once, voices overlapping over the rushing noise and bouncing off the walls. ------- Ben Gates has Navy dive training. When his family is in the water, it can't help them.

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[arsenicalbronzeworks]

autoprotolysis: chapter 2 is up!

[arsenicalbronzeworks]

halocline Chapters: 1/1 National Treasure (Movies) Abigail Chase/Benjamin Franklin Gates, Abigail Chase & Riley Poole, Benjamin Gates & Riley Poole Additional tags: Cibola aftermath, National Treasure Week 2024, Day 2: buried/hidden/underwater, Canon-typical near-drowning, Hypothermia, Canon-typical violence

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-the water laps cold against his neck as he treads water with one arm, the weight held close in his other. "At any time in the water, you might be someone else's only chance of survival. You have to be able to tread water with weight for as long as it might take for help to reach you," the instructor calls over the pool.- - The water is rushing straight through the fabric of his clothes, swirling frigid around his knees. Abigail and Riley and his parents are all saying something at once, voices overlapping over the rushing noise and bouncing off the walls. ------- Ben Gates has Navy dive training. When his family is in the water, it can't help them.

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[arsenicalbronzeworks]

bicameralism Chapters: 1/1 National Treasure (Movies) Abigail Chase/Riley Poole/Benjamin Franklin Gates, Abigail Chase/Benjamin Franklin Gates Riley Poole, Abigail Chase, Benjamin Franklin Gates Additional Tags: National Treasure Week 2024, day 5: dangerous/daring/unexpected, Formalwear, Pre-OT3, ended up posting for day 1 instead!

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The Templar Treasure exhibit opens at the Smithsonian. Riley discovers that outside of a heist, black tie is a dangerous thing.

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[arsenicalbronzeworks]

first, do no harm by Arsenicalbronze Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Tales of Arcadia (Cartoons) Rating: Gen Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Barbara Lake/Walter Strickler | Stricklander, Barbara Lake & Jim Lake Jr, Jim Lake Jr & Walter Strickler | Stricklander Characters: Barbara Lake, Jim Lake Jr, Walter Strickler | Stricklander, Bular, Blinkous "Blinky" Galadrigal, Aaaarghhhh Additional Tags: Trollhunter Barbara Lake

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Waltholomew Stricklander limps into his apartment a full six hours after the Trollhunter fiasco, fumbling through the freezer for an ice pack and pressing it his aching head. He’s still reeling, and not just from the concussion.

It was hard enough, the (false) realization that his favorite student was the Trollhunter.

It was infinitely, infinitely worse to see Barbara, glowing blue and bringing her sword to bear against a strike from Bular before their battle disappeared into the museum.

He needs a drink.

[arsenicalbronzeworks]

Chapter 2 is up!

[thenationaltreasuregazette]

National Treasure Fanworks Week 2024

November 18th-22nd, 2024

A celebration of National Treasure to mark the 20th anniversary of the movie!

How to join the hunt:

Pick any theme or prompt that strikes your fancy (as many as you want!)

Make a fanwork inspired by the theme

Post it on that day

Tag it with #NT20th and #treasureweek2024

Enjoy the rest of the fan creations

Reblog this post and spread the word for maximum enjoyment!

Each day features a theme, prompt, and a meta question to get you thinking. They definitely DO NOT all need to go together.

Themes:

Monday 11/18

Squad

cozy/down time/snuggles

favorite quotes & moments

Tuesday 11/19 ✨the treasure-versary

Treasure

buried/hidden/underwater

what go you into NT? What do you love about it?

Wednesday 11/20

Secrets

memories/scars/injuries

headcanons, AUs, crossovers, etc

Thursday 11/21

History

study/research/discovery

Your Ben Gates-iest history facts and interests

Friday 11/22

47

dangerous/daring/unexpected

theories! What could the future hold?

All fanwork types and flavors welcome! Just tag what seems like it needs tagging.

This is mainly a celebration of the original National Treasure, but Book of Secrets and Edge of History stuff is welcome too!

[arsenicalbronzeworks]

it's all fun and games until you forget to check your fanfiction writing email for a while and end up sifting through eight months of ao3 emails

which is to say i am currently luxuriating in my embarassment of riches re: fic i was following that has been updated and 'you've got kudos!' emails

[arsenicalbronzeworks]

welp, thank you to the two wonderful crazy people who decided to subscribe to el mismo idioma (or, four languages in the life of claire nunez), because you've inspired me to collate my other miscellaneous scenes and ideas that didn't fit into the fic into drafts of more installments.

i know not your names but ily nerds

[arsenicalbronzeworks]

el mismo idioma (or, four languages in the life of claire nuñez) (7515 words) by Arsenicalbronze Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Tales of Arcadia (Cartoons) F/M, Gen; No Archive Warnings Apply

From the day Claire Nuñez is born, she grows up bilingual. Her parents and grandparents and cousins all speak en espanol in the house and en ingles to everyone outside and she learns to lull herself to sleep to the soft tune of 'duermete mi nina.' When Morgana is exorcised from Claire's head by the boys, she leaves something behind.