Fanfiction sideblog of starsfromuncle. My AO3 is AvatarSkywalker78, and this blog is where you'll find new stories, extracts, fancasts, and anything else to do with my fics. Feel free to ask me anything about my stories or my OCs. Current icon is Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin from 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.'!
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@shrinkthisviolet (All)
@starstruckpurpledragon (All)
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@negative-speedforce (Steph Taylor, Alyssa Clayton, Charlie Kumar, Tanya, Theodore Edward Thawne, Teri Merlyn, Brianna Thawne, Zoe Thawne, Ashton Thawne)
@daughter-of-melpomene (Steph Taylor, Alyssa Clayton, Charlie Kumar, Tanya, MCU, Brianna Louise Wilson, Meri Solo, Nellith Skywalker, and Mel Hathaway)
@vexic929 (Steph Taylor, Alyssa Clayton, Charlie Kumar)
@dream-beyond-the-fantasy (Miyagi-verse, Emilie Brooke, Hannah Edwards, Lissa Blackwood, Alex Thompson, Maia Curry, Magni Thorson, Sophia Reynolds, Meri Solo, Nellith Skywalker, and Brianna Louise Wilson)
@ofbriarandrose (Nicky Connors, James Connors, Leah Barnes, Elaine Barnes, Sarah Barnes, Alex Barnes, Javed, Gemma Laura McKinney, Lizzie McKinney)
@dawnquafam (Maia Curry, Tina Curry, Teri Merlyn, ,Magni Thorson, Módi Thorson, Thrúd Thorsdottir, Fenrisúlfr Lokison, Mel Hathaway, Devon Avery, Brianna Louise Wilson)
@captainsophiestark (Sarah Matthew Thompson, Christina Thompson, Nathaniel Thompson, Olivia Thompson, Alex Thompson, Kathy Williams)
For most of her life Charlotte was always something of a free spirit and never really wanted to settle to any one thing, be confined in any way - never wanted the white picket fence life, never wanted a husband and most certainly never wanted kids. She didn't mind them, loved being the 'cool aunt' to the children of family and friends, but the idea of actually being a mom herself? Absolutely not, and so she always figured that would how her life would pan out and that was just fine by her.
But things started to change when Nicky was born in '67 because it was patently clear the kid was not only unplanned but unwanted by both her parents, something she never once expected to happen given Nicky's father - Charlotte's older brother - always seemed to me the more responsible one (or certainly claimed to be) yet that was what was happening. Sensing that she ought to stick around, she saw how much Nicky struggled because of course the kid picked up on that even at such a young age because kids always pick up on things, and when her parents finally gave up on her aged six, Charlotte figured someone would step in at last, give the kid the love she deserved.
Instead, poor Nicky was shunted around to various family members who clearly could not be less interested, and maybe Charlotte she'd never wanted to be a mother, but she'd be damned if she let her own niece be given up to the foster system when she didn't have to. So she made a decision, took Nicky in and moved from San Diego to the San Fernando Valley for a fresh start...
It's been far from easy, of course, because even reading parenting books doesn't mean you're prepared - Nicky's early experiences shattered her trust in adults and despite Charlotte's best efforts it's clear she still doesn't really trust her, that she seems to think she decided to raise her out of obligation, and Charlotte often feels like she's screwing up one way or another. Attempts to try and give Nicky as much independence as possible by not enforcing curfew (or by encouraging her to earn her own money) seem to just be taken as yet more proof that Charlotte doesn't care about her, and she's not really sure how she can prove otherwise.
And while she's glad Nicky's making friends, the fact she's getting into fights worries her, and she can't help but fear she's going to end up down a bad path some day, even if these boys do seem to genuinely care about her - but all she can do for the time being is keep an eye on things best she can...
(And continue to be there for her niece.)
Tagging (let me know if you want to be added or removed): @shrinkthisviolet @starstruckpurpledragon @dream-beyond-the-fantasy
Hey, man, c'mere. Listen. Get in real close, this is important.
You're gonna make stuff again. You're gonna make stuff you're proud of. You're gonna make stuff you're excited to share. You're going to feel that overwhelming drive to create, not just the frantic I want to want to you're stuck in now. You're going to have awesome ideas, and you're going to make them into reality. You're going to create again. You're still an artist. You're still a writer. You're still home to the same passion you had before. You'll find it again. It's not gone. It's just resting. Let it rest. You're going to make stuff again. I promise.
Doesn't celebrate or even like her birthday (July 12th) despite her aunt's efforts to try and make it enjoyable - for her, it's just a reminder that she was an unwanted child and that if her parents had been able to they would've gotten rid of her outright. So she rarely even shares the fact it is her birthday to people, not even close friends - Johnny finds out by accident and she'd sooner not even that had happened.
Send 🥲+ an oc and I'll give you a random angst headcanon/fact about them.
Tagging (let me know if you want to be added or removed): @starstruckpurpledragon @dream-beyond-the-fantasy
It's Work-in-Progess Wednesday and I was hoping to have actually uploaded my 2x28 Muncle fic by now except guess what? My falling to bits laptop finally got a bit too broken and stopped charging so it's in for repairs...and despite my best efforts I really just cannot write on this spare laptop of mine, it is Wrong and I really do struggle so unfortunately there's gonna be more of a break, which is really pissing me off-
But I've started the third draft!!!! So here's an extract from it so far!!
Most important thing Granny had taught her?
Was to listen to her instincts.
Cuz havin’ the knowin’ way was important an’ all, but it weren’t infallible - Granny had always stressed that part, that it weren’t as powerful as some of these films and that claimed to be, that to only go by what it seemed to be tellin’ you, that was how you’d misinterpret things. The knowin’ way was a gift, but all such gifts, she’d said, could only go so far when their users were only human-
“Y’know, it’s like any other tool, Clemency’ Granny had added, once, ‘even Grandpa could tell you that much - ain’t no use havin’ one if you don’t know how to use it properly, elsewise you’re just gonna get people hurt.”
Well, Clemency never wanted to do that, so she listened an’ learnt how intuition and instinct played a real part in things, ‘bout how to heed what these were tellin’ her so as she could truly hone her gift-
And Clemency weren’t as good as Granny yet – least she didn’t think so yet - but knew it would just take time, you couldn’t never rush these things an’d she’d helped a whole lotta folk since Granny passed, knew if the harvest was going to be good or bad, whether a baby would be a girl or boy, if the weather was ‘bout to suddenly take a turn for the worst-
And if someone was in need of bein’ found if that were the case. Didn’t take much for a simple hikin’ or campin’ trip to go south if a storm came in, an’ she’d dealt with plenty of those when Granny was alive.
Somethin’ else Grnany had taught her – second most important thing – was to be wary of strangers too curious about the knowin’ way.
‘Those askin’ questions ‘bout how it works,” she’d warned, eyes hard as steel ‘they’ll use it for their own ends to hurt others, an’ no mistake. These people don’t have no scruples an’ no respect for anyone ‘cept themselves – you watch out for ‘em and you don’t give ‘em an inch.”
Yes I am having a lot of fun expanding on the background,thanks for asking!
Also of course just because I'll be struggling writing with documents doesn't mean there's no writing at all because I write by hand!!!! So there's gonna be something from the second fic focused on 3x04 because hoo boy, that's gonna be even angstier than the first part >:D but! It's gonna be worth it.
TST: how is Johnny and Robby’s relationship different in the Nicky Connors AU vs canon?
Oh it's very different because Johnny is actively there for Robby from day fucking one and that is directly because of Nicky because...because, see, although he fares somewhat better post '84 due to the changes to canon and Nicky's presence, it's still not one hundred percent great, he's got his struggles and unfortunately still loses his mother (because in all my Miyagi-verse fics, OC verses included, all canon deaths remain because sometimes the story has to be sad!) so that's a real blow to him and so it very nearly ends up like in canon, he very nearly misses the birth of his own kid because of his grief...
Except Nicky is absolutely not having it. Gathers the rest of the Cobras and tracks him down and when she does she. Is. Pissed. Because remember - she was abandoned. Ditched by her own parents at age six because she was unwanted, shunted around to various family members who were equally as uninterested before Charlotte arrived and took her in and so shitty parents and kids being left to fend for themselves is not just something she dislikes it is an active Berserk Button of hers but it's the last thing she expected with Johnny. Not just because of his own parental issues but because until this point there was no indication that would happen, he'd seemed genuinely invested on being as best a parent he could be and so finding him apparently prepared to do the exact same thing as her own parents did to her? That makes her really truly angry, and she really goes off at him when she finds him, it's one of the angriest moments of her life and if the events of '84 were the closest the friendship ever came to shattering for good, this is the second closest- she is furious with him for even considering it-
In a twist it's the Cobras who manage to calm things down, but she basically drags him to the hospital and things are pretty frosty between them for at least a couple months afterwards because again, her trust in him has taken a knock...but it works out. Johnny listens, takes her words on board - those of the Cobras as well because here not exactly happy either, especially not Bobby or Jimmy - is ashamed of how close he came to being the exact kind of parent he never wanted to be and vows to do better and so does exactly that! Robby grows up as a Lawrence and has a very positive relationship with his dad - still thinks he's a dork, but that's what teenagers think about parents in general, and he's proud to be his kid.
Still chooses Miyagi-Do as a karate style, but that's because he feels it's better suited to him, and that's fair enough - Johnny's reopening of Cobra Kai actually has nothing to do with one-upping Daniel in this 'verse, it's simply to try a and reclaim the legacy from Kreese, so it's not really much of a blow (though ribs Daniel about 'stealing my kid' once they become proper friends, but that's later.)
Talk Shop Tuesday
Tagging (let me know if you want to be added or removed): @starstruckpurpledragon @dream-beyond-the-fantasy
i DO believe that a good writer can make mischaracterization work. oh there's a character who doesn't normally cry? figure it out!! disect the character. make the situation cryable for them. make that character cry ugly tears even if it goes against their very nature. YOU CAN MAKE IT WORK!!!
Talk Shop Tuesday: the day of the week where you send fan creators (fic writers, fan artists, anyone that creates things for your fandom) questions about what they do! It can be fic-specific or general but either way: send them a question talking "shop" about the things they create! You never know what you might learn!
