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I post writing updates veeeeerrrrrrryyyyyyyy sporatically but hey, if you're interested in unhinged and questionable rarepair ships, this might just be the place for you!

some tags to check out are:

anything #the lunar chronicles related

the wide variety of #rarepair content

and my indefinitely incomplete ATLA long fic #stormy weather makes for rocky waves

I'm always happy to chat!

you can find my art blog here: @boardthatsinkingship

my ao3 here: distancing_reality

and my ff.net here: distancingreality

#pinned intro #I realized I never made one of these

distancingreality

does this person hate me. like damn, TWICE?

distancingreality

so, I know that it is ungrateful of me to complain but this just feels so strange ?? why did this person choose to seek out all three of my HP works to say something negative about them? I would think if they didn't enjoy the first two, that they would know they wouldn't enjoy the third one...

#am I allowed to be confused?#or is that bad fandom etiquette

does this person hate me. like damn, TWICE?

#like both stories are under 500 words :( what did you expect #something profound?#I get it for the first one though because it is pretty much nothing if I'm being fair #it is 100 words #complaining about comments tee hee :)#fanfiction

not to jinx myself but 👉👈 I just finished the rough outline for my One Thing Different extended AU!!!!!!!!! and now I get to write it!

#so that’s exciting!#now I’ve just got to do the hardest part 💀 which is actually writing the story #no promises #I am hopeful though because outlining is actually the hardest part for me #one thing different: jacin kills sybil #jacin clay #cress darnel #jacress

I just finished with all of my ship weeks fics and so I was inspired to go back to my other TLC wips—which I have been rudely ignoring the past couple of months. it just occurred to me that I have another "Kai has a son" AU where his kid is named Adonis... uuhhm, I promise they're different kids lol (not to be confused with Akira from my Kaider Happily Ever After Fic)

#now I have to write a spin off Multi-Verse AU where Akira and Adonis meet #but it's literally just that spiderman meme where they're pointing at each other #anyyyywayyy the story with Adonis is already seven thousand words and it's probably 30% written so I might just make it a multi-chapter fic #I've honestly just been vibing it out so far but I think it's time to do some serious plotting so I actually end up completing it #this one is Kaider too but with an evil twist 👉👈#the lunar chronicles #kaider #current wip

AO3 | FF

TLC Ship Weeks 2025

Winlet + Parallel Hearts

hearth fire or frost

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

It's been almost a year since the war on Luna ended, but Scarlet still hasn't found a rhythm. She invites her friends to join her for the holidays to chase away her loneliness. Amid holiday chaos, old wounds, and fleeting touches, Scarlet finds herself drawn to Winter. Can two parallel hearts bridge the rift between before sorrow, and after?

written for @winterrhayle

thanks for organizing ship weeks this year!💖💗💕💕✨✨✨✨💗💖💕 I had so much fun participating

AO3 | FF

TLC Ship Weeks 2025

Kaider + Phoenix/HEA/Prosperity

all it takes is you and me

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Cinder holds her newborn baby as fireworks burst and New Beijing celebrates. Beneath her joy stirs a single fear: can she shield her child from the crushing expectations that shaped her own life? And what will Kai put first: his obligations, or love?

AO3 | FF

TLC Ship Weeks 2025

Wolflet + Nurture/Family/Danger

tooth and claw and every frayed thread

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Graphic Depictions of Violence, Major Character Death

Blood and pain and loss are all-consuming as Scarlet flees through the ruined opera house. She has no choice but to face the man-turned-wolf. Will he devour her, or will she be the one to bring him back from the brink? Fear and hope are equally as dangerous. A rewrite of the opera house scene in book 2

updated the fanfic preview posts on my blog from like the past year to include the rating/warnings :)

#since I was working on the draft of my next ship weeks post and I realized it would need a warning #thought I'd better do it for all the ones with a similar format just to be safe #I wonder if the rating missing has dissuaded anyone from reading them

AO3 | FF

TLC Ship Weeks 2025

Jacinter + First Meetings/Crazed/Mourning

madness is a slow descent into you

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Major Character Death

Winter’s life is summed up in moments. Happiness and grief. Desire and hopelessness. The freedom of childhood and the gilded cage of aging. But one person carries her through it all: Jacin. Or a collection of moments spanning Winter’s childhood and teen years as she experiences the ups and downs of love for the first time.

ZoNa + Thriller Bark + Wedding Dress

an idea for a fic but it doesn’t have a plot

It’s strange. Zoro sees the wedding dress later, after the fact. It’s crumpled in a ball on the floor. Discarded and limp. Forgotten.

He stares at it. Just stares for a long time.

He crouches and picks the dress up. It’s soft to the touch, slippery. It still smells faintly of her.

The white silk is dirty from the grime that covers everything on this floating island. It must have been pristine once. Must have looked beautiful.

He’s brought up short by a thought.

Nami must have looked beautiful in it too.

He can’t reconcile that thought with the inexplicable urge to break something. Some bastard had tried to marry her. His crewmate. His navigator. His—

It leaves a bitter taste in his mouth.

(my completed zonami works)

#feel free to chime in with ideas #or message me about zonami :) I’m always down to chat #zonami #zona #zoro x nami #roronoa zoro #cat burglar nami #one piece #thriller bark #fan fic wip

you know it's been like six years and occasionally (more than I should) I think about my Obidala fanfic I'd say yes but you wouldn't want me anyway where I explore the iconic thigh stroke

and I'm still not over this

the comments I got on ff.net:

vs the comments I got on ao3:

#I'm haunted :|#like is it a difference in platform? are people just nicer on ao3?#and it's kinda funny how the three guest comments almost look like the same person came back to reread the fic three years in a row #the sad part is that I'm too nervous to reread it myself #I'm scared it's cringe #also why did I even bother to cross out the names when anyone can just go look at the comments ??#obidala #obi wan kenobi #padme amidala #ao3 #ff.net

inspired by this artwork

AO3 | FF

specks of starlight out the window

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Cinder/Thorne + Missing Scene

Cinder and Thorne sit and play cards while the stars pass by

#go look at the fanart !! it's so pretty #the lunar chronicles #takes place during book 2 #inspired by fanart #missing scene #the rampion #ficlet #cinwell #captlinh #the everything captlinh tag #captain carswell thorne #linh cinder

me irl

#like I’m devastated #what not even a hate comment?#like I have this fic that has 1688 hits on AO3 but zero comments 🥲#I mean it does have 92 kudos so maybe I’m being unreasonable #like there is one that has 42 hits and zero interaction #I just wanna know if it was bad okay #but that’s what I get for writing rarepairs #complaining like an ungrateful person #ao3 #writer things #writing memes

AO3 | FF

walking with my hand in yours

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Cinwell + Snow in New York City

Time moves on and people change but some things remain the same Or Cinder and Thorne take a walk in the snow in New York City after the war

#wrote this today while I was snowed in :)#just wanted some cozy vibes and all that #and you know to further the cinwell agenda by writing more fic for them #Captain Carswell Thorne #Linh Cinder #The Lunar Chronicles #Past Kai/Linh Cinder #Past Crescent Moon “Cress” Darnel/Carswell Thorne #Post-Canon #Takes Place After Winter #Snow in New York City #Friends to Lovers #Ficlet #Cinwell #Captlinh #The Everything Captlinh Tag #walking with my hand in yours

new ficlet ya'll !!

AO3 | FF

death reminds me this is a tragedy

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: Major Character Death

Hermione/Harry + Hurt/Comfort

Dumbledore is dead and Hermione is his only comfort

#it's short but I feel like it packs a punch #I'm really happy with this one #Book 6: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince #Hurt/Comfort #Grief/Mourning #Harmony #Harry x Hermione #Ficlet #Fix-It of Sorts #death reminds me this is a tragedy

it’s finally 2025 and to celebrate I wanna shout out myself for writing a Jeb/Wanda Crack Fic it's the principle of the matter (the pinnacle from which I fall) in 2024 that has gotten 309 views collectively on A03 and FF.net and 0 comments but 1 kudos

truly one of my favorite fics I wrote last year 👍 glad I did it. don’t regret it for a second.

#it was a good time!#no really I’m devastated no one even left a hate comment on it #nothing. nada. just silence.#three people did bookmark it but what does that mean #like what is the concensus y’all #I would 100% write more jeb/wanda if inspiration struck #with zero shame #the host stephenie meyer #jeb stryder #wanda the host #wanderer the host #jamie stryder #melanie stryder #ian o’shea #jared howe

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