Stormbless This Mess

Fandom Old • he/she • occasionally NSFW • yes/and-ing the cosmere fandom since 2020 • I write Stormlight Archive fanfic on ao3 • Header ID: a closeup of Jasnah by @cosmereplay. She presses the fingertips of her ungloved safehand to her temple and stares into the middle distance as if having just seen something horrible. • profile pic ID: a closeup of Hoid's face by @cosmereplay. He's light skinned with white hair. He's grinning and sticking out his tongue as he winks. He looks positively pleased with himself. End ID.

[cosmereplay]

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#wat spoilers

#wind and truth

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If a post contains paragraphs of spicy writing I will tag it Mature/Sexual themes as per the Tumblr TOS.

Yeah I am on ao3! You can check out my works on ao3, or see a curated list of my fics as of June 2025 right here on tumblr.

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[cosmereplay]

Uh you got any more of those... Gender.. cosmere fics..?

That nb kaladin and lift fic was so good pls

✨✨DO I!✨✨

An Early Ideal, An Unexpected Truth by TrishHankins

Rated Teen, 17,000 words, Oathbringer, CW suicidal thoughts

Transfem Elhokar, nonbinary transfemme Adolin

This fic follows an alternate canon and it has a thoughtful and loving portrayal of Elhokar's transition to Kari that doesn't shy away from difficult topics. And it has a happy ending!

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Perceptions of Self by Wandering_Channeler

Rated General, 1000 words, Oathbringer

Nonbinary Nightblood

Nightblood wants to try to understand pronouns and gender, and asks various people to explain. This one's funny and sweet!

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Series: [slaps cosmere] this baby can fit so many gender by werealldreaming

(only visible to logged in ao3 users), 4 fics, all rated General.

Transfem Kaladin; nonbinary Vivenna; transmasc Spook; nonbinary Lift.

Short and impactful moments throughout the cosmere, I'm linking to the whole series so you can read them all in one sitting.

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Unto Themself by freoduweard

Rated General, 1000 words, Oathbringer

Nonbinary Renarin?

A mother has questions and worries about her child, who may face many challenges as they grow.

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Self-Soulcasting by TrishHankins

Rated Mature, 18,000 words, WoR canon divergence

Transfem Kaladin

Kaladin ends up in Kharbranth to finish her training, and happens upon a young woman who is in training as a scholar. Spats, pins, and friendship (maybe other things too?) ensue. It's a smart and tender fic that takes great care with characterization. Also it has amazing epigraphs from an in world book about gender and transitioning called Self-Soulcasting. So good!

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An Edgedancer's Tale by Susanoko

Rated Mature for violence, 22,000 words, set in Alethkar without references to canon events, CW well-marked descriptions of self harm/suicide

Transfem OC Radiant

Thalkum is a ranked duelist in the city of Rashir. His overbearing father wants him to compete harder, and something inside Thalkum breaks. Fortunately, he...she discovers good friends and a spren named Willow, who help fill the cracks. This fic is quite dark at times, which makes the moments of celebration shine all the brighter.

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Urithiru Pride by Wandering_Channeler

Rated General, 1000 words, references RoW

Nonbinary Lift

Just a fun crack fic! Dalinar and Szeth are not invited but just about everyone else is!!

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I want to learn to love the way you love by taleisinlefay

Rated Explicit, 6000 words, no spoilers iirc, CW oblique references to past sexual abuse

Transmasc OC

Taleisin and Kaladin confess their love and have gender affirming sex. Just very sweet

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And of course the ones mentioned in the replies to that original post:

A journey of self-discovery by Wandering_Channeler

Rated Teen, 19,000 words, canon divergence around RoW era

Nonbinary Kaladin, nonbinary Lift

Kaladin unexpectedly finds a community, and they help them figure out what's been feeling off.

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A Strapping Young Man by whoreship

Rated Explicit, 5000 words, modern AU

Transmasc Renarin

Renarin buys sex toys and figures out how to use them in a way that gives him gender euphoria. This fic has such a special place in my heart

[stormlight-queer-a-thon]

THE QUEERATHON STARTS TODAY!!!

The collection is OPEN at https://archiveofourown.org/collections/StormlightQueerathon2026! You have until the end of June to post something!! Go start writing!!!!

[vendetta06]

the world is getting so ugly and bleak and it’s hard not to feel so hopeless. but we have to remember that they want us to feel that way.

it reminds me of this quote by dan savage - “During the darkest days of the AIDS crisis we buried our friends in the morning, we protested in the afternoon, and we danced all night, and it was the dance that kept us in the fight because it was the dance we were fighting for.”

joy is resistance. it’s really scary times but we are all in this together.

[snevlaxs]

i read this one fic by blindradiant and i love the concept of szeth having a crush on dalinar and writing self insert yaoi fanfics about it 🥹🥹🥹🥹 Ok? ok

[cosmereplay]

[ID: A sketch of Szeth, angling himself away from the viewer with his arms impossibly tight to his sides and an embarrassed expression on his face. Nevertheless this sketch of Szeth is graceful and smooth!! Anyway he's imagining Dalinar with a square jaw and a distant, thoughtful expression. End ID]

[therealtwontie]

Renarin canonically likes to paint figurines and people don't talk about this enough!

I know many people who love painting figurines and they're all so cool, as is Renarin

[cbd-ouppy]

forcefreak that moralist. flip all of her performative disgust into uncontrollable lust

[xxcbd-puppyxx]

she will be happier when she embraces her sexuality. when she stops policing her own thoughts and desires and starts to explore and play! the world is so beautiful if you let yourself feel it 💜💜💜

[xx-weed-wuppy420-xx]

a lot of the girls in my life have gone through this change. we start out sexually repressed and self hating for elements of our sexuality that are a little controversial or 'problematic' and so we turn that anger and hatred outwards and do performative disgust and harrass people who are out and proud freaks. but i know that all of us are happier on the other side of the fence. people harrass us and hate us and ban us but they can never take away our pride. they can never take away the joy and whimsy. they can never take away the beautiful freaky sex. we have each other and that's everything to me

[wiggly-weed-wuppy]

it's pride month go forcefreak some sexually repressed girls

[virtualtear00]

can't stop thinking about Maya having mastectomy scars, so I'm going to draw them

[virtualtear00]

here is a quick sketch

[stormingfemboy]

Jasnah (closeted asexual), Adolin (closeted bisexual) and Elhokar (closeted gay/trans woman) when anyone asks them who's the queer cousin: oh yeah definitely Renarin

[nooneinnportant]

✨️SHAKADOLIN✨️

[lamaery]

huh, and here I am not knowing if I ever posted this one. Anyhow, happy pride to all of you :D ID by @priscellie

[isdalinarhot]

Happy pride! You WILL read my baby Sadeases egg cracking fic. It’s NOT optional 😈

[booplet]

more Shallan 🙂‍↕️

[cosmereplay]

[ID: A digital illustration of Shallan by @booplet. She is shown laying pretty much the opposite of how one might be expected to sit on a couch. Her legs hang over the back of the couch; her head is on the floor, and her back arches over the seat. One arm flops across the floor behind her head, and with her other hand she’s holding a book open as she reads raptly. She has pale skin and long auburn hair. Her aqua eyes match the colour of her havah, which is hanging extremely casually while she’s in the privacy of her couch. One leg is completely exposed, revealing she’s wearing blue leggings, and her safehand is uncovered. End ID.]

[fairyplam]

Kaladin & Adolin Chibi’s <- can be found right here

I missed drawing chibis ✨ so here are some additional characters 💫

[cosmereplay]

[ID: Five digital chibi illustrations of various characters by @fairyplam.

Jasnah floats in the front, flanked by a floating Shallan and Renarin. Jasnah looks forward with a determined expression, and Stormlight rises from her upturned hand. Shallan holds a sketchbook. She looks upward with a delighted smile, and creationspren surround her. Renarin looks down softly at Glys, who is floating above his hand.

Just Jasnah. She is the same as the image above. She has brown skin and violet eyes, and her long dark brown hair is pulled back in a half-bun, with the rest falling in waves behind her. She wears a purple split havah with long gloves. 

Just Shallan. She has pale skin and light blue eyes. Her hair is pulled back similar to Jasnah’s, floating around her.. She wears a blue havah with gold trim and Pattern is on her sketchbook.

Just Renarin. He has tan skin and light blue eyes. He wears a Bridge Four uniform with a blue scarf, and he has short black hair with blond streaks. He wears glasses.

Shallan, Adolin, and Kaladin. Kaladin floats in front, wearing a Bridge Four uniform. He has tan skin and brown eyes and his long black hair floats around him. He holds a wooden spear, and Syl flies around him like a ribbon. Adolin wears blue Shardplate and wields Maya with a determined smile. He has blond hair with black streaks, tan skin, and blue eyes. He is surrounded by sparkles, presumably beautyspren. Shallan is as above.

End ID.]

[moldystormlight1942]

Sadeas treads upon justice

From one of the best scenes in The Way of Kings

[cosmereplay]

[ID: A painting of Sadeas by @moldystormlight1942. In the first image, he stands alone, arms crossed, wearing full armour with a cape and a large feathered plume in his helm. He stands upon a large painted glyph. The second image is a closeup of his face, highlighting his curly hair, his bulbous nose, and his resolutely determined expression. End ID.]

[ontologicalsynaesthesia]

Yesterday I told a guy I was ace/aro and he asked what “aro” meant, so I told him, and he responded, “Oh, I thought it might be like A-E-R-O and I was confused.”

Yes.  I am asexual/aerodynamic.  At the slightest hint of sex or romance I launch myself into the air and land several miles away.

[cosmereplay]

[ID: A detailed black and white pencil drawing of Kaladin Stormblessed’s face by @mellonmellonmellon . He’s facing ¾ to the viewer and he’s laughing as though he was caught off guard by something someone said. A speech bubble has been added above his head to indicate that the post above is what Kaladin is saying.]

[kaladinstorms]

this pride month I think it's important to remind everyone that the nahel bond says trans rights. radiant spren say trans rights. stormlight, honor's own investiture, literally said "trans rights now" when the king of the reshi isles bonded an ashspren. just think about that.