All the Truth in the World is Held in Stories

Bi/Queer/Pan She/Her/Hers   Traveler of Paths, Explorer of Books, Lover of Stories, Spinner of Tales. Current Fixation: Roswell NM/ Malex and More

[mythsoc]

Online MidWinter Seminar 2024

Something Mighty Queer: queerness in fantasy, science fiction, speculative fiction, and other mythopoeic work

February 17-18, 2024 Via Zoom and Discord

Guest of Honor: Taylor Driggers

Join us for a virtual conference centered around queerness in fantasy, science fiction, speculative fiction, or other mythopoeic work. “Queerness” is an intentionally ambiguous term, demonstrating the diversity of queer experiences, and the necessity of situating queerness as a liminal, complex paradigm. Queer theory is wider than the study of gender identity or sexuality, extending to taking positions against normativity and dominant modes of thought, and engaging with the indefinite.

Register online: https://mythsoc.org/oms/oms-2024.htm

[daughterofelros]

Y’all. I need us to recognize how awesome it is that an organization like the Mythopoeic Society is standing up to all the fuss and bigotry that happens when you talk about Queer Readings of Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Speculative Fiction/Mythopoeic Works, and saying “not only do these readings continue to be important, but here’s a whole entire online seminar we’re having to make sure those voices of both fans and academics are centered, documented, and included in the record.”

And like… you don’t have to be a society member to attend these two days or programming. The cost for the entire conference is like…$20.

[daughterofelros]

I Need It So Bad I Can Taste It || RNM Kaliz fic

Have some Max/Kyle/Liz Orgasm Delay/Denial with cock rings and cock cages for RNM After Dark 2023

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@rnmafterdark

[ahhhsami]

A Simple Trick for Fic Writers

Hey, if you're a fic writer and a character speaks in a different language, you don't just have to add the translation in the notes. Use the following HTML coding to add 'text on hover' to the word(s). If the reader is on a computer they can hover over the text to see the translation.

<div title="This is the text in the box!">This is the text that shows in your fic!</div>

Here are some examples from a fic on my AO3.

This coding here <div title="a fool, idiot (lit. emptyhead)">Eyn utreekov</div> will show this on hover.

This next example shows that you can add a lot of text. The formatting is the same as above.

PS: When doing this, there may be spacing issues, but you can edit the text through AO3's html or rich text editor. From there you can add italics (like I did), bold, etc, and fix any weird spacing issues. Just be careful not to delete the coding that you worked so hard on 😂

[artisfaction]

'Sensitive ears' | Full pic here in my twitter

Yes I am shipping trash. No, I do not care. I do this for me and maybe, the other 5 people I know who are into this ship or the precious OT3 that happens when you add Disa ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[filmsrobin-deactivated20240116]

“he’s an accessory and not even one of the cool ones” he just gets it

[daughterofelros]

I played with Ken. My Ken dolls kissed and my Barbie dolls kissed.

Anyone who was surprised I turned out Bisexual was t paying attention

[naivety]

do you, as a woman (cis, trans, vague kindred spirit compelled to arbitrary feminine beauty standards, etc), shave

yeah lol. the brainwashing got me....

yes. it's a texture/convenience thing yeah

eh.... weather permitting

no. too eepy

all my homies full bush hairy leg as god intended. we are literally creatures

wouldn't you like to know. weatherboy

Voting ended onApr 15, 2023

shave meaning full shave, not trimming or maintenance UNLESS it's eyebrows. if you trim or maintain ur eyebrows u don't get to check no. it's the rules yeah

[naivety]

the amount of people saying none of these options apply because their parents make them shave is making me violent 👍

[ndiecity-deactivated20241101]

I hate when people refer to exploiting a concept for money as "milking" cuz I'll put on a nerd video to listen to in the background and I'll hear "Disney's really milking Luke Skywalker these days" and I'll think "if they actually were maybe I'd pay for Disney+"

[daughterofelros]

In fact, Luke Skywalker aggressively milks other creatures, and I still have qualms about it.

[amvs]

hold on i have a take that’s going to upset people

[amvs]

a queer woman dating a queer man is just as queer as two people of the same gender dating

[amvs]

btw it’s not “straight passing” or a “straight relationship” it’s a queer relationship. cause we’re queer. cope and seethe etc ✌️

[zeekayart]

[daughterofelros]

I live to about 400 years old, and am good at boats. Possibly bad at relationships, if the worst of my line are anything to go by.

[mishoru]

[iraffiruse]

[the-goddamazon-deactivingsoon-d]

This post is so important.

[0v9]

[mevima]

List of Vocal Sounds for Smut

I present to you a - probably quite incomplete, I’m sure I’m missing a lot of speech sounds - reference list and a bit of a guideline for the different ways one can describe the sounds your characters make whilst writing smut. I’ll definitely be referring to it, because I sometimes get stuck on exactly how to describe a particular noise. (aka, “he can’t groan again, he just groaned last paragraph”)

Sounds (noun, both independently and describing speech): breath/breathe, gasp, moan, groan, pant, whimper, whine, shout, yelp, hiss, grunt, cry, scream, shriek, sob, growl, curse, sound, sigh, hum, noise, squeak, snarl, howl, roar, mewl, wail, choke, keen, purr

Sounds (noun, describing speech): rasp, husk, drawl, plea, murmur, whisper, beg

Descriptors (adjective): loud, hushed, quiet, low, high, high-pitched, little, tiny, soft, deep, unrestrained, restrained, strained, breathy, rough, sudden, short, drawn-out, sharp, harsh, hard, thick, smooth, thin, heavy, impassioned, insistent, hungry, passionate, repeated, filthy, debauched, sweet, slow, deliberate, guttural, languid, surprised, husky, distracted, happy, pleased, satisfied, wordless, cut-off, bitten-off, contented, hoarse, extended, long, depraved, aching, choked, strangled, broken, helpless, shuddering, shaky, trembling, urgent, needy, desperate, wanton, shattered, pained, eager

Combine a descriptor and a sound for best effect - for example, “needy moan,” “pleased hum,” or “sudden scream.” You can even use two: “low, rough grunt,” “sweet little cry,” “desperate, filthy noise,” as long as you don’t repeat a word that means the same thing, unless you really want to emphasize it. Avoiding repetition is pretty key here. You don’t usually want to say “hushed, quiet gasp” except on rare occasions when it’s very important how soft the sound was.

Use your own common sense, as well; some sounds and descriptors don’t generally work well together. “Deliberate shriek” probably wouldn’t work well, and neither would “languid grunt,” but again, this is all very situational - play around! Have fun.

Feel free to add to my lists, use for your reference or pass them around. It would be fun to see a randomized generator made, too, I’m just too lazy to do it myself. ;)

[dr-lemurr]

I promised to post this alternate version of the cover art just as soon as @daughterofelros posted the next chapter. So here it is!

Read the excellent Bourne Identity/Roswell New Mexico fusion on Ao3.

Both versions of the cover art on Ao3

[daughterofelros]

I love it so much!!!!

[ur-daily-inspiration]

“Someday you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.” ♡

[daughterofelros]

Malex Bourne Legacy AU - What They Make You Give, Chapter 10

There are changes to Alex’s body. He’s seen them before, tracked them when Alex came by the lab. But seeing him moving in the wild, it’s impossible not to notice how Alex’s always-capable body is slightly leaner, muscles slightly more pronounced from the changes the program has wrought upon his frame. It’s not some type of Steve Rogers Captain America bullshit- the changes are more subtle than that. Project Shepherd’s purpose had been utility and practical capability, not setting obvious Hollywood thirst traps.

Still, Alex’s physique is something he won’t pretend he doesn’t notice. That his mouth doesn’t go dry sometimes when the attraction catches him unprepared. It’s a double-edged sword though, because it’s all a reminder of how much has changed. How much they’ve had to give and sacrifice. How much has been taken… right down to the shape of their bodies, the style of their hair.

One of the first things Michael did to change his appearance at the cabin was cut his own hair back to the length where his curls are free again. He’d also shaved the scraggly beard that he had grown to become the stereotype of a cerebral science nerd. But he still chafes under the aesthetic choices he’d had to make to go undercover, and what they represent. Alex’s leaner, trimmer, even more military-issue body is unsettling as much as it is hot, a constant reminder of the changes they’ve both undergone. It’s all a complete mindfuck.

Alex, of course, has no such hangups, because he doesn’t have the memories to go with them. Whatever he is thinking is battened down behind his impenetrable expression and the ever-present careful blankness of his features.

Read it on AO3

[daughterofelros]

Shadow and Bone Fic || Hidden in Plain View

A Nikolai/Mal/Alina OT3 fic in which Nikolai, Mal, and Alina try to figure out how to navigate their relationships following the marriage propsal.

“That…actually makes sense,” Alina says grudgingly. “At least the part about people not suspecting the actual truth.”

“You mean the utterly ludicrous idea that a Prince of Ravka is actively supporting a torrid love affair between his queen-to-be and her sworn protector, that he’s not only aware of the match, but is willfully providing the lovers sanctuary?” Nikolai grins. “What about that would be hard to believe?”

“Possibly the part where there are three of us and only one bed might strain credulity?” Mal notes dryly.

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Thank you to the wonderful @myrmidryad for the beta <3