Sparkling In The Kitchen

writer, Jesus freak, wrestling nerd, wife, dino mama, amateur baker, F1, she/her, 40

[dinomighty]

Fic: Old Loves, New Wounds, New World (Critical Role, C4, Bolaire/Hal)

Title: Old Loves, New Wounds, New World

Fandom: Critical Role (Campaign 4)

Rating: G

Characters: Bolaire Lathalia/Halandil Fang, Elodie D'vyen, Shadia

Summary: Elodie wants to thank Bolaire for all he’s done for Hero and invites him to lunch, noting his unusual mood. This sparks a mighty chain reaction of truth telling, secrets revealed, and Hal and Bolaire finding themselves in a new state, for their cause and with each other.

[dinomighty]

Fic: Good Mourning (Critical Role, C4, Occtis/Julien)

Title: Good Mourning

Fandom: Critical Role (Campaign 4)

Rating: G

Characters: Occtis Tachonis/Julien Davinos

Summary: Julien’s mouth twists, the wound deepening, “You’re mourning your brother and your cousin, with a fairy mourning ritual?”

Occtis nearly upsets several candles in his surprise, “What? No! Why would I be-? I’m mourning your father.”

A conversation by candlelight, an honorable ritual and the things people can still actually feel.

Author Note: My first try at anything Seekers, a little bit of Julien & Occtis getting slightly closer and includes a fairy mourning ritual that I made up entirely. Hope people enjoy :) Please feed the author, comments and kudos welcome :)

[dinomighty]

I'm definitely feeling more frantic while writing some Schemers stuff because I know its all going to end up non-canon or an alternate version of what actually happens because its the strong feeling I've got. And part of me is throwing my hands up and thinking 'why am I torturing myself with this writing then' because this current Schemers fic I'm attempting is really taking it out of me. But I also know I want to find the ending of this fi c and once this Schemers arc is done, I'm gonna have a bunch of stuff to work with which could help or make it all worse. I'm starting to feel as mentally drained as the Schemers lol. They were relatable before as the Employed Table and all that comes with that, and they really are now. It's way too symbiotic lol.

[dinomighty]

My fics are continuously a table behind the current table. I posted a Soldiers fic while the Seekers were airing, and it looks like I'll be posting a Seekers fic while the Schemers are airing. And I'm working on something Schemers and who knows when I'll post that but it won't be while they're the current table.

I'm on a delay but I'm enjoying myself.

[dinomighty]

Me watching Campaign 4: Well, I'm definitely gonna write Hal/Bolaire. I can't wait. They hit so many of my buttons!

Also me: Proceeds to draft a fic all about the Soldiers table.

Me: *blinks* Sure, that makes sense.

[dinomighty]

I'm realising that most of my fic writing is currently 'Essek emotionally beats himself up because he's convinced he's unworthy of being loved by Caleb and Molly who definitely can't be in love with him. Only they are and have no clue he returns those feelings because they are respecting how much he needs personal and emotional space.'

It's specific and I'm okay with it.

[dinomighty]

Fic summary: When Essek experiences a sudden stress heat and locks himself in the heat room in Caleb’s house in Rexxentrum, Caleb stays to guard him. Things will truly never be the same again between them, which might not turn out to be a bad thing

Chapter 2 is here

Chapter 3 is here

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

why are we forgetting that fanfic writers write whatever they want to read because they write for themselves and are just kind enough to share their hours of hard work with us to read for free?

don’t like something? don’t read them

realizing you don’t like what you’re reading? click that back button

not understanding why there are so many fics about x and not enough about y? read the beginning of this post, “fanfic writers write whatever they want to read because they write for themselves”

wanting more fics about y? then you write fics about that thing you want to read for yourself the way others write fanfics about things they want to read for themselves. that’s the point of fanfiction

fandoms become more toxic when we think we have the right to shit on fanfic writers just because what they write for themselves isn’t to our personal liking. so here’s the thing, it’s not to your liking because they didn’t write it for you.

[bebx]

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

fanfic writers, here's your reminder to write whatever you want, however you want

"but I fear people will —" well, fuck them. you write for your own enjoyment, not theirs. and you certainly don't need a stranger's permission to write about fictional characters, no matter how wild or cliche or crazy or disturbing or violent or fucked up that thing you want to write about is. write it proudly and write it unapologetically. no one can stop you.

you have the powers to write and the powers to block anyone who tries to shame or tell you what you can or can't do. (fun fact: these people are just noises. you can hit mute anytime by blocking them)

repeat after me, you have all the powers.

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

fanfiction is a rare gem and a solid, living proof that, in a world of tiktok, influencers and content posting, not everything is about money and going viral. art can still be art just for the sake of the artists’ pure love, joy and passion for the art they create. fanfic writers write 100k words and more about the characters they love for free. just because they love these characters and the art of writing so much. art is not dead and the world is still beautiful.

shoutout to fanfiction and fanfic writers

[dinomighty]

Fic summary: When Essek experiences a sudden stress heat and locks himself in the heat room in Caleb’s house in Rexxentrum, Caleb stays to guard him. Things will truly never be the same again between them, which might not turn out to be a bad thing

Chapter 2 is here

[mayapapaya33]

Liam: Insight check!

The Dice: Your character is too smitten to function sorry, nat 1 for you!

[dinomighty]

Just finished my drafting of my Essek/Caleb/Molly fic which is a sequel to another drafted fic. One over 100 pages, and the sequel is over 60 pages. I feel like I've just broken the surface of the water after being under for ages. Getting the usual 'argh its all rubbish' feeling but I also feel like its an achievement to get it all out and see it through to the end. I'm gonna force myself to post it once I've let it sit for a couple of months. And now I'll start on the next, because they won't be quiet in my head lol. There are much worse voices to hear.

[dinomighty]

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

Title: The Big Jump

Fandom: Critical Role

Rating: M

Chapter: 1/3

Characters: Caleb Widogast/Essek Thelyss

Summary: When Essek experiences a sudden stress heat and locks himself in the heat room in Caleb’s house in Rexxentrum, Caleb stays to guard him. Things will truly never be the same again between them, which might not turn out to be a bad thing.

Author Note: In every fandom I love, I must write a/b/o lol. I hope people enjoy this version, set post-canon and full of love for them. Chapters should be posted every couple of days and tags updated accordingly. Please feed the author, all comments and kudos welcome :)

[averysillygoose]

it has gotten better before and it will again. it has gotten better before and it will again. it has gotten better before and it will again. it has gotten better before and it will again. it has gotten better before and it will again. it has gotten better before and it will again. it has gotten better before and it will again. it has gotten better before and it will again.

[dinomighty]

Wait, it's the Soldiers table next week (the week after for me because I'm Monday crew). So that probably means we don't get the other two tables until at least the week after (I'm assuming it'll be an episode per table now we're past the Overture but I could be totally wrong). But I wanna see Hal actually respond properly to Bolaire's info dump and see how Julien and Occutus are gonna react to all that they've been through. Argh.

This might be the hardest part of this campaign, not getting to catch up with everyone each week, though we should get more time with a set of characters in exchange (again, assuming one table per episode).

I am both so excited and full of anticipation and also so frustrated. It's gonna be a theme. I'm so grateful for all the fic writers who helping me deal with all this. I'm trying to push myself to join in, while also working on my endless list of Campaign 2 fic ideas and WIPs. Again, a theme.