A Softer Hibou

Mostly The Magicians and cat pictures. I'm many years past the legal drinking age of any country.

[rhodeys]

can't even be superstitious in peace these days

[writingdose]

a writer’s struggle

[iphigeniacomplex]

if everything is going to gradually become outrage marketing can we at least have some fun with it and do the movie remakes with all-women casts again

[iphigeniacomplex]

this summer delainey hayles and bailey bass play the narrator and tyler durden

[pavlover-boy]

happy canada day. please consider donating to an indigenous-led charity. fuck colonialism.

indian residential school survivors society (BC)

toronto indigenous harm reduction (ON)

native women's resource centre of toronto (ON)

water first (nationwide)

indspire (nationwide)

miskanawah (AB)

ma mawi wi chi itata centre (MB)

manitoba indigenous cultural education centre (MB)

native women's shelter of montreal (QC)

native friendship centre of montreal (QC)

first light (NL)

list of indigenous charitable organizations sorted by cause (nationwide)

[pavlover-boy]

thank you for the info!!

first light (merchandise store only; unfortunately there is no direct donation link that I could find)

nfc montreal (updated)

please share this version instead if you can!!

[molags-balls]

big things happening in england

[apricops]

sentences that are largely recognizable to a medieval peasant

[the-semicolonoscopy]

There is so much happening in those two sentences, I'm all tuckered out just from reading them.

[nobrashfestivity]

Jerboa figurines Middle Kingdom; Dynasty 12–13 ca. 1850–1640 B.C. Egypt Possibly from: Memphite Region, Heliopolis (Iunu; On) Faience L. 4.8 cm (1 7/8 in.); W. 2.7 cm (1 1/16 in.); H. 3.6 cm (1 7/16 in.) Repository The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[annasinthewalls]

It's that time again

[to-orrr]

summer sketches 🌾

[lucylehane]

Catherine Tate and David Tennant as Beatrice and Benedick

Much Ado About Nothing (dir. Josie Rourke, 2011)

[lamignonette]

[magiciansfanworksextravaganza]

Queliot Week 2026 by Type of Work

From June 15-21, 2026, we held our first Queliot Week revival, during the timeslot brought to us by Queliot Week 2019, with the blessing of one of the original mods! (Thank you so much, @believesinponds! ❤️❤️❤️) For seven days, we celebrated the love of Quentin Coldwater / Eliot Waugh of The Magicians (Lev Grossman, SyFy) with fanworks of every type.

Please visit our Queliot Week 2026 Recap to learn more about the event; experience the fanworks in lists organized by arrival time, creator, and prompt (as well as by type of work, below); find links to the AO3 and Tumblr collections; enjoy works from prior Queliot Weeks; and more!

Queliot Week 2026 by Type of Work

Arranged by type of work, then alphabetically by title, here are the new fanworks revealed from June 15-21, 2026, Eastern time, for Queliot Week Queliot Week 2026.

The event saw 31 entries from 9 creators. We welcomed 14 artworks, 12 fic or fic chapters, 1 filk song, 1 gifset, 2 podfic, and 1 poetry chapter. These works filled 16 separate prompts!

If the work is on more than one platform, the title links to the creator's preference of Tumblr/AO3, with the alternate platform linked afterwards.

Artworks

Eliot and Quentin contemplate going through the clock (Watercolor edition) (AO3) by @eliotqueliot (AO3: EliotQueliot) for Day 2, Prompt 1: Mosaic era/flavor/AU and Prompt 2: Brakebills era/flavor/AU

Eliot holds Quentin’s namecard (Drawing) (AO3) by @eliotqueliot (AO3: EliotQueliot) for Day 2, Prompt 2: Brakebills era/flavor/AU

Eliot kisses Q before the door opens (Watercolor edition) (AO3) by @eliotqueliot (AO3: EliotQueliot) for Day 4, Prompt 1: XOXO, aka “Love, Eliot”—Queliot hugs, kisses, and/or ways they say “I love you”; Prompt 2: Cuddling; and Prompt 3: Hurt/comfort

Eliot listens to Quentin with delight (Drawing) (AO3) by @eliotqueliot (AO3: EliotQueliot) for Day 2, Prompt 1: Mosaic era/flavor/AU and Prompt 2: Brakebills era/flavor/AU

Eliot worries about Quentin (Drawing) (AO3) by @eliotqueliot (AO3: EliotQueliot) for Day 2, Prompt 2: Brakebills era/flavor/AU

Eliot worries about Quentin (Painting) (AO3) by @eliotqueliot (AO3: EliotQueliot) for Day 2, Prompt 2: Brakebills era/flavor/AU

"I love you. Don't die." (Watercolor edition) (AO3) by @eliotqueliot (AO3: EliotQueliot) for Day 4, Prompt 1: XOXO, aka “Love, Eliot”—Queliot hugs, kisses, and/or ways they say “I love you”

Queliot hug in the Armory: Eliot (painting) (AO3) by @eliotqueliot (AO3: EliotQueliot) for Day 4, Prompt 1: XOXO, aka “Love, Eliot”—Queliot hugs, kisses, and/or ways they say “I love you”; Prompt 2: Cuddling; and Prompt 3: Hurt/comfort

Queliot hug in the Armory: Quentin (painting) (AO3) by @eliotqueliot (AO3: EliotQueliot) for Day 4, Prompt 1: XOXO, aka “Love, Eliot”—Queliot hugs, kisses, and/or ways they say “I love you”; Prompt 2: Cuddling; and Prompt 3: Hurt/comfort

Queliot Reunion (Quentin rushes into Eliot's arms. Eliot embraces him with deep emotion.) (Drawing) (AO3) by @eliotqueliot (AO3: EliotQueliot) for Day 4, Prompt 1: XOXO, aka “Love, Eliot”—Queliot hugs, kisses, and/or ways they say “I love you” and Prompt 2: Cuddling

Queliot Reunion (Quentin rushes into Eliot's arms. Eliot embraces him with deep emotion.) (Painting) (AO3) by @eliotqueliot (AO3: EliotQueliot) for Day 4, Prompt 1: XOXO, aka “Love, Eliot”—Queliot hugs, kisses, and/or ways they say “I love you” and Prompt 2: Cuddling

Quentin Coldwater and Eliot Waugh in my illustrations of The Magicians by Lev Grossman by @unlifeira (AO3: EiraLloyd) for Day 3, Prompt 1: Book Queliot

Quentin examines the golden tile (Drawing) (AO3) by @eliotqueliot (AO3: EliotQueliot) for Day 2, Prompt 1: Mosaic era/flavor/AU

Quentin thinks about giving Jane the key (Drawing) (AO3) by @eliotqueliot (AO3: EliotQueliot) for Day 2, Prompt 1: Mosaic era/flavor/AU

Fic or Fic Chapters

...Baby One More Time, Chapter 20 (AO3) by @eliotqueliot (AO3: EliotQueliot) for Day 4, Prompt 1: XOXO, aka “Love, Eliot”—Queliot hugs, kisses, and/or ways they say “I love you”; Prompt 2: Cuddling; and Prompt 3: Hurt/comfort

Hold Me, Hold Out (A Little While Longer) (Chapter Two) (Fic, Tumblr) by @violetsarepurple-fuckyou (AO3: violetsarefuckingpurple) for Day 3, Prompt 2: There was only one bed; Day 2, Prompt 1: Mosaic era/flavor/AU; Day 4, Prompt 2: Cuddling; Day 5, Prompt 3: Forced proximity; and Day 5, Prompt 2: Idiots to lovers

in ways that can't be said (Tumblr) by @unlifeira (AO3: EiraLloyd) and @me1och (AO3: me1och) for Day 4, Prompt 1: XOXO, aka “Love, Eliot”—Queliot hugs, kisses, and/or ways they say “I love you” and Prompt 2: Cuddling

light them up and know that it's done (Tumblr) by @unlifeira (AO3: EiraLloyd) for Day 1, Prompt 2: Queliot "for want of a nail" AU: one thing changes somewhere, but that changes everything

Nectar of the gods by @magicians4time (AO3: Librarity) for Day 6, Prompt 1: Immortal/Mortal; and Prompt 3, Magical creatures

The Night Eliot Drove Q Home in a Bel Air, and Quentin Came Out of the Woods (AO3) by @eliotqueliot (AO3: EliotQueliot) for Day 3, Prompt 1: Book Queliot

Overthinking (Tumblr) by @unlifeira (AO3: EiraLloyd) for Day 5, Prompt 2: Idiots to lovers

the reason i was born (Tumblr) by @unlifeira (AO3: EiraLloyd) and @me1och (AO3: me1och) for Day 6, Prompt 3: Magical creatures

Secret Admirers, Chapter 5: Quentin (AO3) by @eliotqueliot (AO3: EliotQueliot) for Day 2, Prompt 2: Brakebills era/flavor/AU

A Tale of Two Knights (Tumblr) by @itsminimes (AO3: itsminimes) for Day 1, Prompt 1: History AUs; Day 3, Prompt 2: There was only one bed; and Day 5, Prompt 3: Forced proximity

we've got the vision (now let's have some fun) (Tumblr) by @unlifeira (AO3: EiraLloyd) for Day 7, Prompt 1: Queliot Week 2019 prompts, Day 2: Hedge Witches

you want it darker? || dark king eliot, Chapter 7: Eliot (Tumblr) by @eliotqueliot (AO3: EliotQueliot) and @juliawickers (AO3: alicequinns) for Day 7, Prompt 2: Queliot Week 2020 prompts, Day 6, Prompt 2: Death

Filk Song

Sacrifice (Instagram) by halliehdolin (Instagram) (Bandcamp: Hallie Dolin) for Day 7, Prompt 2: Queliot Week 2020 prompts, Day 5, Prompt 2: The Monster

Gif Set

you want to live your life, live it here by @unlifeira (AO3: EiraLloyd) for Day 2, Prompt 1: Mosaic era/flavor/AU

Podfic

[podfic] In Another Life, I Would Make You Stay (Tumblr) by @carcrash429 (AO3: 429_CarCrash) for Day 2, Prompt 1: Mosaic era/flavor/AU. Inspired by In Another Life, I Would Make You Stay (Fic) by @wolfnprey (AO3: UisceOneLove)

[podfic] To Feel the Same (Tumblr) by @carcrash429 (AO3: 429_CarCrash) for Day 4, Prompt 2: Cuddling. Inspired by To Feel The Same (Fic) by @nellie-elizabeth (AO3: Rizandace)

Poetry Chapter

Mosaic Haiku, Chapter 25: Queliot Week 2026: Brakebills Era and Mosaic Era (AO3) by @eliotqueliot (AO3: EliotQueliot) for Day 2, Prompt 1: Mosaic era/flavor/AU and Prompt 2: Brakebills era/flavor/AU

More about Queliot Week 2026

Here are the full guidelines with the list of prompts, including links and instructions on how to enjoy works from Queliot Week 2019 and 2020. And here is the full Queliot Week 2026 Recap.

Thanks so much for enjoying these new fanworks!

[katebeckets]

how to say "I love you" in x-files [280/?] ⤷ The X-Files: Fight the Future (1998)

[quixoticanarchy]

the author’s poorly disguised unchallenged ideas about how the world works, what is natural, what should go without saying

[circe-and-the-wolf]

Work/Scribble in progress ✍️ - Doolally Academy 🩵

Working on this drawing of three epic Dept. Q characters using a BTS post from Catriona Stirling. It’s too scribbly and muddy but I like their bad ass vibes. Doolally Academy is needed in Series 2.

Also, it’s compulsory to listen to Eye of the Tiger when contemplating Doolally Academy…

[hellenhighwater]

Sometimes she likes to sleep all by herself in the guest room

[hellenhighwater]

She's heard there's more to life than being really really really ridiculously good looking, but she's not convinced.

[hellenhighwater]

[filmgifs]

Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (2017) dir. Angela Robinson

[didipenny-blog-blog]

exchanging headcanons and AUs with friends like

[alamuts-lair-of-madness]

Alternatively:

[veamers]

ok but what about:

[frowningfox]

but sometimes also