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[duchesskitty16]

A Cranberry Christmas

Happy 2020 Advent! Here’s a Christmas fic to keep you warm. A new chapter each day of Advent.

[infinityuserboxes]

[simonghostrileys]

Incredibly fucking slow at it 🤧

[slagginbitch]

i fixed it

[duchesskitty16]

Your Black friends are exhausted

Your Black friends are exhausted

 Exhausted from your questions

Exhausted that sometimes even when you try to be a good ally, sometimes it just causes more harm

Exhausted from having to constantly explain things

Exhausted by the fact that there is always an expectation for them to prove they belong to be in a particular place and are allowed to occupy and share space with white people

Exhausted from being followed around in stores

Exhausted because their constant hyper-vigilance drains every ounce of energy they have

Exhausted from the fear that’s always lurking under the surface, keeping the adrenaline spiked, every single time they step out their front door.

We’re TIRED. We’re just so damn tired.

[rogueofcrows]

Me lately

[ruffboi-mags]

#adhd and delayed sleep phase folks are SUFFERING now guys #everything has been overturned and we have no reason not to become the nocturnal goblins we all want to be deep down #I haven't slept properly in three days #pls be kind to us bc we are so tired and there is no longer any external structure to orient ourselves with (via @taibhsearachd​)

[thelarriefics]

FIC REC MASTERPOST: Below you’ll find links to all fic recs that have been made so far.

📕 ABO

📕 ABO Part II

📕 Actor

📕 Angst

📕 Autumn

📕 Bakery

📕 Big Bang 2018

📕 Canon 

📕 Childhood Friends

📕 Coffee Shop

📕 Doctor 

📕 Enemies to Lovers

📕 Established Relationship

📕 Exes to Lovers

📕 Fake Relationship

📕 Famous/Non-Famous

📕 Fantasy

📕 Fashion

📕 Fluff

📕 Halloween

📕 High School 

📕 Historical 

📕 Historical Part II

📕 Holiday

📕 Holiday Part II

📕 Holiday Part III

📕 Hogwarts

📕 Marcel

📕 Movie/TV

📕 Movie/TV Part II

📕 New Classics

📕 Parent

📕 Roommates

📕 Royal

📕 Royal Part II

📕 Slow Burn

📕 Soulmates

📕 Sports

📕 Summer

📕 Teacher

📕 Travel

📕 University

📕 Valentine

📕 Valentine Part II

*updated March 2020*

[thefemweekend]

This moment right here always takes my breath away. Cause watch closely. No I mean watch really closely at Harry’s eyes. His eyes flicker from Louis’ lips then to his eyes then back to his lips. & for some reason everything just seems to go in slow motion. And at the very beginning they’re both looking at each others lips but Louis looks up and harry just keeps going back and forth. It all just seems too beautiful…

[dutchster]

[robynjaja]

This is one of the most adorable comics I’ve ever read

[28proposalsfest]

to love you in word and deed by YesIsAWorld

on the same page by hereforlou

Brring Brring (that’s the land line) by LadyLondonderry

Keep Me Yours (And I’ll Keep You Mine) by Harryskiwiposes

Summer Love by someonethatsfunny

High Heels, Red Dress by jaerie

I Knew From The First Time by Femstyles

Sure Feels Good To Love Someone by LiveLaughLoveLarry

From the Start by allwaswell16

For You Are Mine by lovelarry10

Hello, My Old Heart by Jesapeak

Thank You (To the One Who Let Him Get Away) by FallingLikeThis

And I’d Marry You Harry (Because You Forced Me) by 2tiedships2

Any Better Than This by mynameispiaivy

For a lifetime I’ll be by your side (I do) by SadaVeniren

So baby, say you’ll always keep me by lightswoodmagic (sarah_writes)

Looking for something dumb to do by rainbowslovehl (Larrymateforlife)

Like It’s The Only Thing I’ll Ever Do by cherrylarry

I Want To Be With You Everywhere by haztobegood

It’s About Time by kingsofeverything

Every Lonely Place by HamPalpert

Won’t You Help Me Make This Wish Come True? by DuchessKitty16

Everything I Do by jacaranda_bloom

Just Say Yes by GMTYUniverse

if my heart was a compass, you’d be north by warmcuppatea

Even at my worst, I’m best with you by kingsofeverything

“Daddy, will you marry Papa?” by DuchessKitty16

Foolishly Laying Our Hearts On The Table by runaway_train 

An enormous thank you to all of the authors who wrote for this fest! 

All 28 fics are located in the 28 Proposals Fic Fest Collection on AO3

[thelarriefics]

FIC REC MASTERPOST: Below you’ll find links to all fic recs that have been made so far.

📕 ABO

📕 ABO Part II

📕 Angst

📕 Autumn

📕 Bakery

📕 Big Bang 2018

📕 Canon 

📕 Childhood Friends

📕 Coffee Shop

📕 Doctor 

📕 Enemies to Lovers

📕 Established Relationship

📕 Exes to Lovers

📕 Fake Relationship

📕 Famous/Non-Famous

📕 Fantasy

📕 Fashion

📕 Fluff

📕 Halloween

📕 High School 

📕 Historical 

📕 Historical Part II

📕 Holiday

📕 Holiday Part II

📕 Hogwarts

📕 Movie/TV

📕 Movie/TV Part II

📕 New Classics

📕 Parent

📕 Royal

📕 Royal Part II

📕 Slow Burn

📕 Soulmates

📕 Sports

📕 Summer

📕 Teacher

📕 University

📕 Valentine

📕 Valentine Part II

*updated December 2019*

[ms-mazarin]

Words to replace said, except this actually helps

I got pretty fed up with looking for words to replace said because they weren’t sorted in a way I could easily use/find them for the right time. So I did some myself.

IN RESPONSE TO Acknowledged Answered Protested

INPUT/JOIN CONVERSATION/ASK Added Implored Inquired Insisted Proposed Queried Questioned Recommended Testified

GUILTY/RELUCTANCE/SORRY Admitted Apologized Conceded Confessed Professed

FOR SOMEONE ELSE Advised Criticized Suggested

JUST CHECKING Affirmed Agreed Alleged Confirmed

LOUD Announced Chanted Crowed

LEWD/CUTE/SECRET SPY FEEL Appealed Disclosed Moaned

ANGRY FUCK OFF MATE WANNA FIGHT Argued Barked Challenged Cursed Fumed Growled Hissed Roared Swore

SMARTASS Articulated Asserted Assured Avowed Claimed Commanded Cross-examined Demanded Digressed Directed Foretold Instructed Interrupted Predicted Proclaimed Quoted Theorized

ASSHOLE Bellowed Boasted Bragged

NERVOUS TRAINWRECK Babbled Bawled Mumbled Sputtered Stammered Stuttered

SUAVE MOTHERFUCKER Bargained Divulged Disclosed Exhorted

FIRST OFF Began

LASTLY Concluded Concurred

WEAK PUSY Begged Blurted Complained Cried Faltered Fretted

HAPPY/LOL Cajoled Exclaimed Gushed Jested Joked Laughed

WEIRDLY HAPPY/EXCITED Extolled Jabbered Raved

BRUH, CHILL Cautioned Warned

ACTUALLY, YOU’RE WRONG Chided Contended Corrected Countered Debated Elaborated Objected Ranted Retorted

CHILL SAVAGE Commented Continued Observed Surmised

LISTEN BUDDY Enunciated Explained Elaborated Hinted Implied Lectured Reiterated Recited Reminded Stressed

BRUH I NEED U AND U NEED ME Confided Offered Urged

FINE Consented Decided

TOO EMO FULL OF EMOTIONS Croaked Lamented Pledged Sobbed Sympathized Wailed Whimpered

JUST SAYING Declared Decreed Mentioned Noted Pointed out Postulated Speculated Stated Told Vouched

WASN’T ME Denied Lied

EVIL SMARTASS Dictated Equivocated Ordered Reprimanded Threatened

BORED Droned Sighed

SHHHH IT’S QUIET TIME Echoed Mumbled Murmured Muttered Uttered Whispered

DRAMA QUEEN Exaggerated Panted Pleaded Prayed Preached

OH SHIT Gasped Marveled Screamed Screeched Shouted Shrieked Yelped Yelled

ANNOYED Grumbled Grunted Jeered Quipped Scolded Snapped Snarled Sneered

ANNOYING Nagged

I DON’T REALLY CARE BUT WHATEVER Guessed Ventured

I’M DRUNK OR JUST BEING WEIRDLY EXPRESSIVE FOR A POINT/SARCASM Hooted Howled Yowled

I WONDER Pondered Voiced Wondered

OH, YEAH, WHOOPS Recalled Recited Remembered

SURPRISE BITCH Revealed

IT SEEMS FAKE BUT OKAY/HA ACTUALLY FUNNY BUT I DON’T WANT TO LAUGH OUT LOUD Scoffed Snickered Snorted

BITCHY Tattled Taunted Teased

Edit: People, I’m an English and creative writing double major in college; I understand that there’s nothing wrong with simply using “said.” This was just for fun, and it comes in handy when I need to add pizzazz. 

[duchesskitty16]

Hello dear Author)I really liked your FIC Searching For Lost Time! he is amazing!Is it possible for me to translate this story on Russian language? I was a translator Larry fanfiction in a very long time, you can check my profile on archiveofourown malishka1011. In Russia there is an analogue archiveofourown under the name ficbook.I will point out that you're the Author, And the fact that it is a translation. After finishing, I put the translation on AO3 with a link to the original!!

Yes, you can translate this fic. Thank you for asking.

[tahwan]

types of fic titles

title is a literal description of the story (”5 times x did y”, “first kiss”, etc)

perfect formatting, title is evocative of the story’s main themes

song lyrics

3 feet long all lowercase (overlaps w/ song lyrics)

one word. only one.

title seemingly has nothing to do w/ the content of the story until it gets dropped during a high-tension dramatic scene 70k words in, making you feel like the world meant for you to be born in time to read it

[disgruntledkittenface]

just one look (and i fell so hard) by @disgruntledkittenface

Louis takes a small step back, breaking the moment first. “Well, I should–”

“Do you want to come up?”

The words are out of Harry’s mouth before he’d even planned them, and he bites his lip.  

“Oh, thank god,” Louis laughs, stepping back into Harry’s space. “I wasn’t, um…”

“Wasn’t ready to let go of you yet,” Harry finishes quietly, glancing up at Louis.

“Yeah,” Louis nods, reaching up and twirling one of Harry’s curls in his fingers. “Yeah, exactly.”

Harry has wanted to go to the Shubert Theatre ever since he moved to New York and lucked into a rent-controlled apartment just outside of the Theatre District. When he finally gets his chance, he hopes the night can meet his sky-high expectations. But the last thing he could have expected was the man seated next to him.

written for @larryabroad challenge // prompt: Broadway theatre

15k // READ ON AO3

[postllimit]

why iphones gotta take two million years to turn back on after they die like you plug em in and you’re all ready to start texting again but they’re like “nope. i gotta take some time for myself. figure out who i am. you hurt me too much the last time. let me think.”

[duchesskitty16]

How to Write a Sex Scene

When you need help in this department because you’re better at reading sex scenes than writing them.

[britainfucking-deactivated20180]

when you’re reading a fake relationship fic and one of them suggests kissing for practice

[lyrium-deactivated20230102]

how have i never heard of archive.org until today.. it’s an internet library that functions just like a real one, as in you borrow the books for 2 weeks and then they are returned to the archive. you can dl pdfs as well, but you’ll lose access after the 2 week period. it’s all free tho, literally just like a real library. i was searching for a cheap copy of this serial murder book from the 90s for my thesis and i found it for free on here. there’s like.. no gimmick at all? i’m so amazed. i literally just signed up and now i’m reading a super hq scan of this book for free. i love libraries.