sae writes (sometimes)

sae ☆ they/she dandeliongirl on ao3 writing side blog for @inthecornerstone

[dandelion-writes]

hi everybody! i’m sae and as you may have gathered, i like to write. i also go by birdy, so in certain projects you may see me using that name as well.

i am on ao3!

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

fandoms & ships i write for include:

agent carter (peggysous, jackdaniels, ot3, carterson, cartinelli, carterwood, gen)

the conjuring (mainly lored and case fics)

nbc hannibal (hannigram, gen)

white collar (ot3, peter/el, peter/neal, neal/sara)

i also write original stuff & will post about my own characters sometimes

i love to discuss my fics and i will take prompts for any of the above media/ships ! if you aren’t sure if i’ll write something, send it in and i’ll see. my asks and messages are pretty much always open because i want to make more friends who like the same stuff i do :)

oh and tags! #sae writes is for when i’m posting about my writing experience or original work. #sae’s fic is for my fanfic! i think that’s mostly it!

welcome to my blog 💛

[digitalkiddo]

If you're writing anything involving cons, scams, heists, or morally questionable characters who are very good at lying, here are some free resources I've been using for research. Saving you the "why is this in my search history" anxiety.

1. The FBI's Famous Cases & Criminals archive (fbi.gov/history/famous-cases) has detailed breakdowns of real fraud cases, Ponzi schemes, and confidence operations. The language they use is clinical and precise, which is perfect for getting the procedural details right.

2. The FTC Consumer Sentinel Network publishes annual reports on the most common fraud tactics in the US. Great for understanding how modern scams actually work and what makes people fall for them.

3. The Smithsonian's American Art Museum has a free digital collection of forgery case studies. If your character forges documents or art, this is gold.

4. Court Listener (courtlistener.com) is a free legal database where you can read actual court transcripts from fraud trials. Want to know how a real con artist talks under oath? This is where you find out.

5. The Internet Archive's collection of old newspaper crime sections. Search for "confidence man" or "swindle" in papers from the 1920s through 1960s and you'll find incredible real stories that would feel too dramatic for fiction.

Bonus: The Psychology of Fraud section on the Association for Psychological Science website has accessible articles about why people trust, how deception works cognitively, and what makes someone a convincing liar. Essential reading if you want your con artist characters to feel psychologically real.

Reblog to save for later. Your WIP will thank you.

[allthewhumpygoodness]

Hey so I know we All Know This but I will NEVER be over a character being feverish and delirious and making No sense. I will never be over a glittery-eyed, shivering, distressed character weakly gripping another's arm and asking them questions they don't know the answer to, and probably don't mean anything at all. I will never be over characters calling out for people either long gone or right next to them, but unrecognizable in their delirium. I will never be over a character crying in frustration and fear over something in their head they can't explain to whoever is helping them, and all they can do in return is stroke their hair and shush them gently.

[nikoisme]

Being obsessed with your own ocs is so so good for you i seriously can't recommend it enough

[nikoisme]

The only downside is that you have to do Everything around here

[lesspopped]

affirmation: I am capable of finishing the works of pornographic fanfiction I start writing

[valtsv]

basically the best thing any character can do is decide they don't want to be afraid anymore - in fact they never want to be afraid of anything ever again - and take action so drastic they fail to realise that this too is a decision motivated by fear. or to account for the Consequences of that.

[valtsv]

[with obvious perverted intent] hey. don't you want to release the safety catches on that character. don't you want to flip off all the switches holding them back and let the control rods go.

[bubble-up]

Someone feeling so tired and woozy and close to passing out that they have to keep deliberately reminding themself to breathe deeply and not lock their knees and not lean on anything too heavily……..

[ticklefighthockey]

writing in 24 pt bold font at the top of my google doc: THE CHARACTER SHOULD BE LYING TO HIMSELF AT ALL TIMES

[ticklefighthockey]

also THE CHARACTER SHOULD BE AFRAID

[callmehopeless]

[dandelion-writes]

hey. shoutout to the person who commented on my norma bates fic “are most mothers not like this”

awesome time to mention that extreme emotional outbursts that immediately devolve into “i had a bad day”/“this is your fault” are actually textbook methods of emotional abuse and a very common manipulation tactic. this is not an okay way for someone to behave on the regular.

pls talk to someone if you are experiencing this kind of behavior from someone trusted in your life because you don’t know how much i wish i had realized this and gotten help earlier <3

[pain-in-the-everywhere]

whumpee whose immune system is absolutely shot to pieces after being under so much stress for so long. they're not in danger anymore. they're recovered (mostly). but they're sick all the time.

a simple cold goes around the neighbourhood, and whumpee is out for weeks. a stomach bug sends them to hospital because they're throwing up so much. they catch everything and it hits them ten times harder, and god do they just want to rest.

[frodo-of-the-nine-fingers]

it is always narratively correct to make your characters sleep together before they sort through the hundreds of lies and misdirections between them. make things worse make things worse make things worse #i love betrayal #i love lying #i love people feeling bad about themselves

[write-u-2-the-moon]

Young Demon Whumpee approaching Religious Extremist/Heretic Whumper, thinking that they could make a new friend to bridge the two races together! Surely this will work out just fine.

Whumper is disgusted and furious at first, before they realise Whumpee is painfully naive and idealistic. Whumper plays along at first, as Whumpee is stronger than them.

Whumper is pleased to have finally found the most wonderful opportunity to prove themselves to their Deity.

[permanent-fire-hazard]

Robby working at some boy version of Hooters to pay for Med School, and Jack is there every Friday without fail.

[club-medical]

#med school era rabbot# OR we could age gap-ify this one of y’all are into that #20 something y/o Noah w 50y/o Shawn… I could get into it

Oh let’s do age gap…

Credit:

@lauraneedstochill Shawn gifset

@the-robinavitch Noah gif

[kujakumai]

btw if you comment on my fanfic to say you've been talking about it with your friends then i do love you but you do need to tell me what they said also. in fact when you make such a comment you should send authors the discord logs. its important. for our health

[veliseraptor]

that ‘pakige?’ post but me, a couple hours after posting a fic, like ‘comints?’

[kitten-kin]

[leahazel]

F5 F5 F5

[kitten-kin]

… F5 F5 F5 F5F5F5F5F5

[batcii-archive-deactivated20210]

people in fanfiction are so good at identifying v specific smells. I literally struggle to identify vanilla when I’m sniffing a candle labelled “VANILLA” how are these kids getting woodsmoke, rain, mint, and a whiff of byronic despair from a fuckin tshirt

[archouai]

Once I read a fic where they were like “he tasted like” and I’m expecting the typical formula (1 cooking ingredient + 1 natural phenomenon + “something uniquely [character name]”) but instead they said “he tasted like mouth” and it was one of the greatest fic moments of my life

[nicetobealive-deactivated201710]

click and drag to find out what your shitty fanfiction kiss tastes like

[nerdgul]

*if ur on moble screenshot it

[justgot1]

Sugar, soft rain, and AMBITION

Ngl that’s kind of great.