"You can't wait until life isn't hard anymore before you decide to be happy" - Jane "Nightbirde" Marczewski
Fanfic writer CrystalEclipse on AO3 (20, she/her)
My main fandoms: Ninjago & Sonic
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thinking about trying some short one-shot requests again, this time on tumblr to celebrate 100 followers ^-^
if you have any ideas you want me to write, send an ask! i'm gonna try to keep them <1000 words. they'll be answered in the order they are received and i reserve the right to not write a prompt
angst preferred cause i suck at writing only fluff (a mix is okay tho)
I've already started the next fic in my IMBSACO series HELP (What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger, When Does a Man Become a Monster?, and Lost in the In-Between)
i know LITIB isn't fully published yet but it is 100% written (will be posted very soon!)
so i started the next one (Walk Forward Through the Cold Dawn)
i'm very excited for this… i got the plot fully planned and already got chapter names :D there will (if everything goes as planned) be 13 chapters
the title is a lyric from a song; if you know what fandom the song is from, you have a hint for what the plot is similar to
if anyone is interested (if anyone even sees this and cares lol) feel free to send questions my way >:3
writing warm-up that i liked but it's too short to be a fic, so i'ma put it here
Protective dragon dad Lloyd incoming
Starts right at the end of Dragons Rising season 4 ep 10
Word count: ~650
In a world of pain and Destiny forcing his hand, Lloyd cherishes small, happy moments.
He’s long learned that he can’t take peace for granted. They never know when the next villain will arise or what challenges lay ahead. So, in between fights, he loves to relax and enjoy those precious moments of peace.
Since the Merge, it’s been hard. There’s always loss at the back of his mind, constantly telling him that he can’t stop to rest, not when there’s still missing Ninja out somewhere in the merged lands. It was easier when he reunited with most of them, but there was always one more to go.
Until now.
Jay’s back, and he has his memories again.
The entire family is together for the first time in years. No one is missing and they’ve even picked up a few kids along the way.
It’s not entirely peaceful—Ras is still out there and the Source Dragons are still mad at him—but there’s no background nagging to find his missing siblings.
He cherishes this as he stands in the courtyard of the Monastery. Pixal and Zane paint together. Kai trains Wyldfyre and the teen yells in excitement as she blasts targets with fire. Arin is with his parents. Cole is with the Finders. Jay and Nya whisper to themselves over to the side. Frak and Sora and Riyu are all together as well.
Everyone’s here.
He’s confused when someone knocks on the door. Curiosity wins over his caution as he peers around Mr. Frohicky, who opened the gates for the newcomers.
A man and a woman, both wearing Imperium’s old black and gold uniforms, smile awkwardly.
Lloyd hears a sharp inhale. He glances at the source and discovers Sora stone-still and stiff, wide eyes staring at the couple. Lloyd immediately puts his guard up.
“Mom? Dad?”
Her birth parents.
A lot happens in Lloyd’s mind within the next seconds. He recalls Sora’s stories of how her parents were never satisfied with their daughter; how her efforts were never enough. How they abandoned her as soon as she realized what was really happening in Imperium. The way she had approached him one night, shaken and teary-eyed, and told him that she didn’t like her parents and wished she wasn’t their daughter. He had told her that she doesn’t have to like them, she can choose her family. He remembers the way she looked at him with complete trust in a way that no one’s looked at him before.
Sora doesn’t like her parents.
Her parents are cruel.
Not. On. My. Watch.
Lloyd firmly plants himself between the Imperians and Sora, already in a defensive position. A low growl escapes from deep in his throat. Maybe a few days ago, he would’ve been surprised, but not anymore. Not after the Rite of Unrooting. He doesn’t question the dragon trait.
Sora’s parents give him a matching uneasy and distasteful expression. Lloyd doesn’t care.
“Go away,” he demands. “You’re not welcome here.”
His siblings come to stand by his side. They’ve caught on just because of Lloyd’s sudden reaction. They create a defensive wall in front of Sora’s parents.
“We just—”
“No,” Lloyd growls. He glares at the mother. “Leave now.”
He feels a gentle tug on his wrist. He glances to the side where Sora gives him a conflicted look. “Lloyd, it’s o-okay,” she whispers.
Lloyd softens his expression and turns fully to his kid, taking her hands in his own. “No, Sora, it’s not. They’ve hurt you and I won’t stand for it.”
He doesn’t know what to think of the amazed and awed stare she gives him.
“Go inside,” he urges. “We’ll handle this.”
Sora nods and gives her parents one last look as she scurries indoors, followed by Frak and Arin.
Lloyd turns back to her parents. They look mad that their daughter left.
So I just saw a post by a random personal blog that said “don’t follow me if we never even had a conversation before” and?????? Not to be rude but literally what the fuck??????????
I’ve had people (non-pornbots) try to strike conversation out of nowhere in my DMs recently, and now I’m wondering if they were doing that because they wanted to follow me and thought they needed to interact first. I feel compelled to say, just in case, that it’s totally okay to follow this blog (or my side blog, for that matter) even if we’ve never talked before.
Also, I’m legit confused. Is this how follow culture works right now? It was worded like it’s common sense but is that really a thing?
Saw a sharp increase in my follower count after posting this. The legitimacy of it is driving me nuts so I also feel the need to say that you can follow anyone on here regardless of whether you’ve interacted with them or not. People like the above mentioned blog are exceptions. Perhaps they themselves think they aren’t and therefore will act like they aren’t, but they are, trust me.
Just follow anyone you wanna follow. The worst thing that can happen is maybe getting soft-blocked by the other person, but if they do soft-block you, then they were never that worth following in the first place.
any fellow readers and writers out there, i'd like to know your opinion if you can spare a minute
suppose I'm thinking of making a fic that includes the last half of Crystalized but changed. What parts of the original season would you keep, and which would you change?
Perhaps with the addition of another character. Ahem. Maybe someone that has shown up in a fic before, one that was finished December 2024.
Harumi's arc and her relationship with Lloyd would be changed for sure. But what else? I'm trying to come up with the plot so I can start writing.
Fic would start at episode 17, "The Coming of the King"
if anyone would like to throw out some ideas, it would be greatly appreciated :3
