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It will probably take me a bit of time to acknowledge and write requests because I am slow and busy. But if you want to ask please please do <3

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Star Trek Discovery/Strange New Worlds

Captain Pike x Reader

Common Knowledge (5.8k words). You and the Captain are a thing, right? Everyone knows! But is it true?

All Work (790 words). Captain Pike is working late.

Hold My Hand (6k words). Fake dates, a party, mistletoe. What could go wrong?!

Curtain Call (8.5k words). You're a singer. Captain Pike is in the audience...

Chanced (35k words). You and Christopher Pike meet on five starbases and one starship... Rating: Mature (minor moments in later chapters) A prequel to...

Fierce (1950 words, request). Five times Christopher Pike freaked out over your injuries and one time he grudgingly understood. Rating: Teen

Birthday Candle (1k words). Dating in space is tricky. Both the temporal kind and the other kind... Rating: Teen

Tangled Web (5.4k words, request). You join your husband Christopher Pike on the USS Discovery. But can you keep your marriage secret? Rating: Teen

Side Effects May Include (1660 words, request). The Enterprise is hit by a virus, and you get nasty side effects from your vaccination against it. Lucky your husband the Captain is on hand to help you feel better. Rating: Teen

The Engineer’s Adventures (series)

Other

Michael Burnham x Christopher Pike

Joann Owosekun x Keyla Detmer

Misc (inc Sarek x Reader, Spock x Reader, Mirror Universe)

Marvel

Captain America x Reader

Christmas Treats (6.3k words) You’re the only one available to bake for the kids’ Christmas party. You hate decorating. Luckily, an Avenger comes along to help... Rating: Teen

Quiet Wednesdays (1.7k words). Wednesdays are quiet in your bookshop. That’s until a certain Avenger needs a copy of Lord of the Rings... Rating: Teen

Sylvie x Reader

Fade, Wither, Fall (6.5k words). Five apocalypses you and Sylvie leave, and one you don’t. Rating: Mature (for themes)

The Mentalist: Marcus Pike x Reader

Cards on the Table (2k words). You suck at playing cards. And keeping your mouth shut when you’re drunk... Rating: Teen (cursing)

The Mandalorian: Din Djarrin x Reader

Breathe Underwater (1k words). You’re swimming in your secret pool when someone falls in… Rating: G

Non Writing

Gifs by me

Captain Pike gifs by me

Strange New Worlds gifs by me

Dividers by me

Tracking #userelen for anything Star Trek Discovery, Strange New Worlds, Voyager; Doctor Who, Wheel of Time and I guess anything else you think I’d like 💕

#writings of the girl from outer space

xalatath

I have never, and will never, use "ofc" to mean "of fucking course". It literally stands for OF Course...

derinthescarletpescatarian

Destroying my home's "resale value"* by painting it in colours that only I can love.

* Painting your home fun colours will not destroy its resale value even if you do care about that. Your home's value is primarily derived from its location and the structure/materials of the building itself. Paint your home however you want and if you do choose to sell it to somebody with better taste then repainting can be their problem.

derinthescarletpescatarian

This kitchen is going to be So Orange,

derinthescarletpescatarian

Took this photo to show you all that it is indeed So Orange but. I guess this shows how light can affect a photo because. I did not change wall paints.

produdfctititty

Oh shit this is looking SO GOOD Derin!!! Renovation win! (Part of the colour change will just be having the huge amount of white paint affecting colour balance in the photo too)

derinthescarletpescatarian

Gonna splurge on average floor tiles instead of el cheapo floor tiles I think, because then they don't have to be slate grey. Gonna lean into a cream colour if I can find an affordable one. Might even get them in two colours and do a pattern.

fleurdelucienne

STORYTIME. Last February, I sold a mug on Etsy. Common occurrence. Great. After it arrived at its new home, I got an email from the woman who bought it. She thanked me for the beautiful piece and remarked that the handle was perfect—she struggles with arthritis and finds many mugs difficult to hold. I was so touched!

Fast forward to six weeks ago—I receive an email from her husband, explaining he broke the mug (lol) and asking if I’d be willing to take on a commission to replace it. He reiterates how she has arthritis but also shares she used to make pottery, herself, but can only really paint, now. I say of course! Come to find out, he wants a WHOLE SET of mugs to replace the broken one. Even better! I end up making the whole set twice (I wasn’t satisfied with the first attempt), but finally get them packed up and sent off across the country.

I just received the kindest message from the husband, saying “It is not often in today's world that someone does 100% of what they have promised,” thanking me profusely, and sharing that his wife is already happily using the new mugs.

Anyway, I guess the point is that making art is hard. And commissions always cause me a lot of undue stress, but things like this remind me why I love creating and connecting with people. 💙

knittymonstah

Op those are GORGEOUS 😍. Can we please see the handles?

God that glaze is amazing. I'm so happy that they ended up buying an entire set. Best wishes to you and the customer!

fleurdelucienne

Thank you so much! 😁🩵

If I was a thinking woman, clearly I would've been more strategic in the picture I chose to include haha. But, of course! Happy to share more pics! I was simply too enamored by the glaze to not post that close-up...

#Gorgeous 😍

thestuffedalligator

I’m going to level with you. I have listened to The Devil Went Down to Georgia for most of my life. We were a country music household, this was a staple of my childhood along with Johnny Cash, Garth Brooks, and that one Chipmunks country album.

I have no idea what “Fire on the mountain run boys run/The Devil's in the house of the rising sun/Chicken in the bread pan picking out dough/Granny does your dog bite no child no” means and at this point I’m too scared to ask.

dementian

For once I can be of assistance.

Each of the lyrics comes from an old-time hickory song for fiddles, and is a lyric from that corresponding song.

"Fire on the Mountain" --> "Fire on the Mountain, run boys run"

Fire On The Mountain - Fiddle Player POV

"The House of the Rising Sun" --> "The Devil's in the house of the rising sun"

House of the Rising Sun

"Ida Red" --> "Chicken in the bread pan peckin' out dough"

Ida Red - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys

"Granny Will Your Dog Bite" --> "Granny does your dog bite? 'No child, no'."

FTC #149 Granny Will Your Dog Bite

And for your furthered education, The Mountain Whipporwill.

Mountain Whippoorwill (aka How Hillbilly Jim Won the Great Fiddler's Prize)

impossiblepackage

this is the key part of the song, that a lot of people miss. people have this misconception that the contest between Johnny and The Devil is about who is the better fiddle player. but it isn't. its about who is the better fiddler.

in a time before things like radios and record players, every time you heard music was because there was somebody in the room with you playing an instrument. and many, many, many social events involved dancing, which requires music. so, if you're planning any kind of gathering in the american south or appalachia, you need to find a fiddler. and the fiddler's job is to play music that everybody knows and likes and can dance to.

the mistake The Devil makes in his bet with Johnny is that he misinterprets the contest as being about technical ability, so he has this big flashy song. he plays fast and impressively with a band of demons playing unfamiliar instruments in unfamiliar rhythms. he's definitely more skilled at playing than Johnny, and thinks he has it in the bag.

but Johnny wins because the contest is about being the best fiddler. the song uses these lines mentioned above as a shorthand for saying that Johnny is playing these songs. Johnny launches into a set of the most popular songs, played well, and that's what gives him his big win. A good fiddler knows all the hits, and can read the room to know what to play next. The Devil loses because he completely fails to read the room, and doesn't know the right songs.

prokopetz

"You can't ship those characters because they have a problematic height gap" well, strictly speaking we can't ship one of them. The other is well within the size and weight limits of most domestic parcel couriers.

spaceshipsandpurpledrank

zigdirty

We're not leaving this gem to languish in the comments:

aenslem

...and I have loved being me. • JODIE WHITTAKER as The Doctor •

somecutething

A cat waking up from surgery

daco-broman

I am losing my shit

yeahiwasintheshit

everyone trying to get me in the uber

queerspeculativefiction

My cat Nosse had tooth surgery, and had a very strong reaction to the drugs given so he was high as a kite for a lot longer than expected. Apparently he was so desperately cuddly for people that they put him around the neck of one of the nurses doing paperwork, and he just hung there for an hour, purring like a chainsaw, drooling on her shoulder.

elleldoe

absolutely love abusing the power that comes with 3rd person limited pov and just ignoring things and being vague sometimes. does the character know all the details? no? then I don't have to either.