here there be dragons

nicknames: zariah, mysteries, cookie || she/her || officially obsessed with dragons & httyd || fanfiction writer

[dragoneyemysteries]

Intro + Fanfiction Masterpost

Hi there, I'm Mysteries! This is my everything blog, so you're going to find all my fandoms here in a very chaotic mashup. So, uh, keep that in mind when you're following me for stuff I guess? I promise all my fandoms are fun and exciting and things you should totally check out! That being said, I also write fanfiction, and I'm a little more organized when it comes to that. All writing posts are tagged with #mysteries writes.

An asterisk (*) indicates a story I may return to and expand upon in the future.

Arcane:

The Change That Comes From Loss || 5 Chapters || Ongoing

How To Train Your Dragon (Books):

Furious || One-shot || Complete

How To Train Your Dragon (Movies):

Discovery || 7 Chapters || Ongoing

how to let go || One-shot || Complete*

How To Name Your Deadly Nadder || One-shot || Complete

The Lands Beyond Our Borders || One-shot || Complete*

Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom:

Shattered Reflections || 2 chapters || Ongoing

and if you say we'll be alright, i'm gonna trust you || 2 chapters || Ongoing

Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom:

The Lands Beyond Our Borders || One-shot || Complete*

The Magic Winter Brings || 3 chapters || Complete

Stormlight Archives:

Courage Is Not Easily Recognizable || One-shot || Complete

The Truths We Seek || 1 chapter || Ongoing

[scribeherself]

There is no drug on earth that can replicate the absolute euphoria of hitting a writing flow state at 2:00 AM. You aren’t even typing anymore. You are a vessel. You are a channel for the gods. The characters are speaking directly into your brain and you’re just the stenographer trying to keep up. You feel like you could fight a bear. You feel like you invented the alphabet

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

I don't think people who come from wattpad after the purge and now want ao3 to have its own official app understand that one of the main reasons behind the recent wattpad purge that drove them to ao3 was due to pressure from appstore demanding wattpad to be more strict and follow appstore's policy. wattpad complied in order for its app to be able to remain on appstore. thus the wattpad purge.

ao3 doesn't have an app because for it to have an app, appstore will have to approve it first. and if, hypothetically, ao3 needs appstore to approve it, it will also have to abide by appstore's pro-censorship stance and start banning dark and taboo fics, which is against its own core principle of being completely against censorship.

ao3 doesn't need an app. it works more than fine without an app. the reason ao3 can allow dark and taboo fics, the reason it can allow the most disgusting and shockingly vile fics, and be completely against censorship is because it doesn't need appstore's approval. it stands on its own as a non-profit organization with functioning site and a team of lawyers protecting its platform, its users, and every single fanwork on its platform.

everybody say thank you ao3

here's the list of things you need to know about ao3 if you're new to the platform

[wuxia-vanlifer]

I must admit, I'd started reading Sanderson earlier if someone told me Mistborn is "a thousand years after Sauron won, the Ocean's Eleven plan an heist to overthrow the government"

[scorpiaok]

A friendly PSA for everyone migrating from Wattpad to AO3!

Commenting Etiquette

No Unsolicited Concrit: Authors post fanworks for free as a hobby. Unless an author explicitly asks for constructive criticism in their notes, keep comments positive and critique-free.

Don't Like, Don't Read (DLDR): If a story, relationship, or trope bothers you, hit the back button. Leaving negative comments over subjective preferences breaks core fandom norms.

Phrase Update Requests Politely: Demanding "Update soon!" can feel transactional. Pair your excitement with appreciation for the current chapter (e.g., "Loved this chapter, can't wait to see where the story goes!").

Short Comments & Emojis Are Welcomed: You don't need to write an essay! Leaving a kudos or a single heart emoji in the comment section is a totally valid and appreciated form of comment.

Tagging & Relationships

Accurate Warning Tags: Always select the appropriate Major Archive Warnings or explicitly mark "Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings."

Distinguish / vs &: Use / strictly for romantic or sexual pairings (Character A/Character B). Use & exclusively for platonic or familial relationships (Character A & Character B).

Site Rules & Features

No Monetization: AO3 is a non-profit archive run entirely on donations. Selling physical copies anywhere on your profile or story text violates TOS and risks account suspension.

Public vs. Private Bookmarks: Bookmarks are public by default, and authors can see everything written in them. If you use bookmarks for personal ratings, critical notes, or reading progress, remember to check the Private box.

AND DON´T USE AI.

[evilwriter37]

Imagine if Viggo and Hiccup were lycanwings (night furies? Maybe?) and, instead of being the big scary monsters lycanwings are described as, they just continuously fight like cats whenever they see each other in dragon-form.

Just... Hiss and slap at each other's faces. Yeah. That's it.

You expect them to tear each other to pieces with the amount of growling they’re doing, and then it’s a light kitty smack fight. 😂 Love it!

[jayalaw]

When they're getting along, who grooms whom?

[evilwriter37]

They probably take turns, though Viggo would fuss over Hiccup’s cleanliness more.

[corneliaavenue-ao3]

Reblog to give prev the power to write their fanfiction

[gnar-slabdash]

Reblog to give prev the TIME to write their fanfiction

[cutebutalsostabby]

Reblog to give prev the hocus focus to write their fanfiction.

[septic-dr-schneep]

Reblog to give prev the energy to write their fanfiction

[imsopopfly]

Reblog to give prev the executive function to write their fanfiction

[andmaybegayer]

I think an important instinct you have to build up when you read/watch sci-fi is discerning which things are givens. If Arrival tells you that the alien language is atemporal, it is, that's not a puzzle for you to pick apart, it's a prerequisite to getting the rest of the story. When I talk sci-fi with people who don't consume a lot of it this seems to be a thing they get hung up on.

[lew-basnight]

“But why—“ because it make story go. “But I don’t understand what—“ because that’s how the society works. I told you the important parts, the parts that are relevant to the story. I’m not interested in writing a 200-page speculative history Re the entire course of galactic civilization to explain why it’s rude at dinner time to eat before the ambassador eats. “But I don’t understand how (whatever) works—“ it works because it’s science fiction and that’s how it works. The propulsion systems work because the story requires interstellar travel.

I am more interested in the people and the events and the weird ideas. The weird ideas are just weird ideas, this made up fiction story isn’t a thesis statement predicting why cockroaches will be skilled surgeons 10,000 years in the future.

[sacrificethemtothesquid]

I think this is really important for writers, too. I know I get hung up on worldbuilding details and it's good to have a reminder that I don't need to reinvent DNA just for an alien to have green skin.

[evilwriter37]

This goes for high fantasy as well. You don’t need to talk about farming and supply chains and plant evolution, especially if it is just not relevant to the story at all. I have seen so many posts of people getting hung up on how to have the most “realistic” fantasy world possible, and at that point, it seems like they have forgotten what fantasy actually means.

[lamine-19]

please stop making people feel weird for getting excited about the things they love

[evilwriter37]

It would be great if it wasn’t so popular to dunk on people having passion for something.

[luxiomahariel]

"why do girls always talk about their periods"

brother if you had diarrhea for a week straight every single month, including all the stomach pain and the uncontrollably loose stool that comes with it, you would find it very fucking difficult to avoid talking about it too.

[evilwriter37]

And it’s also extremely beneficial for people to talk about their periods! It breaks down the shame of it in society, and can also teach people what’s a normal period and what’s not.

Keep talking about them!

[holdoncallfailed]

ever since i was a little girl i knew i wanted to deny location sharing and turn off personalized ads and reject all non-essential cookies and not set up siri and face ID

[moash]

literally how can anyone see moash’s pov and not understand why it’s a better story on every level if he lives and redeems? remember when he grabbed the slave driver’s whip and pulled him down and said “you’re supposed to be better than this”? remember when odium said he wanted moash to recruit kaladin and moash said he would rather kaladin die than be like him and that would be a mercy? remember when he was bleeding out in the snow, struck with all his emotions at once—guilt, shame, fear and anger at himself—unable to cry from his burned out eye sockets? like what about all this makes people say “yea he should just die.” ok what happened to the most important step a man can take is the next one, journey before destination? are you not all buying into odium’s ultimate lie that there’s no more journey worth taking?

[theboredvoid]

I think that he is the one in the story that refuses to take that next step, a man who has let himself wallow in his self hatred and despite numerous chances to redeem himself, he won't take them because it isn't what he wants anymore.

[moash]

sure. can you quickly remind me what dalinar did for years after rathalas?

[theboredvoid]

Wallowed in self hatred

[moash]

[taravangians-storming-balls]

In a perfect world moash killing people like leyten would serve to show how emotionally impactful every singer killed by someone in bridge four was to the singer who loved them. instead of "wow look at that guy who is uniquely evil, unlike our good and pure main characters"

[neenarchive]

maidens if you are going to flee dramatically from my castle in the middle of the night once i reveal my true nature to you please leave your candelabra on the little ledge by the portcullis we are running out of them

[neenarchive]

starting to think these maidens are stumbling in soaked through from the rain just to steal my beautiful gowns and homewear are any of you actually lost

[elektrashocktherapy]

At the checkout in Home Goods loading the belt with nothing but candelabras in all shapes & sizes while the cashier watches sympathetically and asks if it’s the maidens again

[autisticfanperson]

saw a video on tiktok today that basically said “hiccup trying to stop his dad from pushing him away before toothless fires a plasma blast because he knows how long it takes for toothless’s blasts to release and he was gonna dodge” and i dont think ive been the same since tbh

[taravangians-storming-balls]

I could fix moash 😏🫦🥵🔥 *completely rewrites the last two books*

[shreekofjoy]

Reblog with how you'd fix Moash

[taravangians-storming-balls]

My fault for sending this out without making my joke clear, but in my original post my intentions were fully "brandon took the only darkeyed character still angry about the very real ways darkeyes are oppressed and killed for being darkeyed and turned him into a character the readers are supposed to villainize as a hateful evil man which also furthers the way the last two books turn away from oathbringer's theming of the nuance of the war into something where well all the fused and higher ups on the odium side just love killing innocents so obviously we have to keep killing the average singer who just wants freedom from human oppression. Ignore how bad these politics look and ignore the questions the first three books posed"

The joke is that moash needs fixing only because the books themselves need fixing. Sorry to be a buzzkill lmao

[knightsgaydiant]

*sigh* so I've been seeing some earnest posts that are like actually this character really is someone's tien- no, NO

no light-eyed character in a position of power is anyone's tien because kaladin's statement fundamentally misunderstands why tien died. when kaladin says "the king was Dalinar's tien" he takes "tien" to mean someone who is a liability to the safety and success of those around them and yet is personally important to someone. but this is BULLSHIT. because tien wasn't randomly a liability, he wasn't given training because he was part of a racist SYSTEM that viewed dark-eyed lives as disposable. tien didn't do shit. he died for just existing. elhokar isn't just existing, he abused his power. tien had no power. this issue is SYSTEMIC, and the comparison is BULLSHIT.

I really thought I was over doing any analysis of this line and could just meme about it, but I see takes that drag me right back in, I'm so sorry, I'm sure I'll be back with the silly jokes soon