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Bishova fic rec game!
Send me a word on my ask, I search it on ao3 and I recommend my favourite fic from the search!
The goal is showcase fanfics that we might have missed as well as celebrate the works of the wonderful writers ❤️
Keep Safe From the Devil [3/?]
Pairing: Yelena Belova/Kate Bishop
Chapter Rating: Teen
Chapter Words: 4,325
Summary:
It's easy to stalk Kate Bishop, vampire hunter, no The Slayer. It would be sad if it weren't also so lacking in action. Three stores and two churches and now she's heading back to her house. Then Kate surprises her by speaking in a low voice, like she's speaking to herself. "Following me now, Yelena Belova?"
"Now?" She says, a prod to her lack of general self-awareness, hoping down from the balcony she was standing on and landing on her feet.
The pair continue heading toward Kate's house. "It's dangerous for a vampire to do that in this city." A stray hand hovers at the stake in a hidden holster at her side. "Or anywhere."
A Buffy AU
Preview:
Valentina continues like Yelena hasn't spoken. "What are you wearing? I mean, I knew your life was kind of in the dumps since, well, you know. Dead sister, the curse, blah blah blah. I don't need to remind you of all that!"she chuckles blithely, "But seriously? Garage-chic?" She scoffs and shoves her hands into her pockets, wondering what has drawn Valentina out here. Surely not a conversation like this. "What do you want this time?" "Want? Well!" If Valentina is annoyed, she doesn't sound like it, even as she gives a sharp tsk with her tongue at Yelena's rudeness. "I should think that's obvious, right?" Yelena continues to stare ahead as she walks at a relatively brisk pace. "Please, spell it out to me." "Just the same offer I gave to your friend, John Walker! Complete control over your territory. Join me, and I'll even see about lifting that little curse."
Link: here.
Yelena: I love you.
Kate: How many people do you tell that same thing to?
Yelena: Everyone.
Kate: Everyone?
Yelena: Yes, I tell everyone that I love you.
In honour of pride month I will be giving up all aspirations and devoting my life to reading gay fanfiction
the most alive i've ever been
kiss me and i might drop dead
happy pride and something something bishova rooftop kiss!
happy prideeee gays<3
The soccer team's colors are yellow and black just like the Sentry/New Avengers colors?????? 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Kate and yelena play twister one night and are getting extremely competitive until fanny accidentally knocks Kate onto yelena
A rare perspective - Bishova
For the ask ! 18 and 61 about your favourite fic that you wrote :D (I love so many of them I couldn’t choose one)
18. Do you enjoy research? Which fic of yours required the most research?
Yeah I’m gonna be honest I do pretty much 0 research and planning and I keep 0 notes other than the ramblings of like 1-2 people’s DM’s. I can’t even think of what fic required the most cuz it’s like… none of them…
61. In [insert fic], what’s your favorite scene that you wrote?
This is very hard bc I’ve written A LOT across a lot of genres and tones… I love comedic/fluffy stuff like the college au but I do feel the most fulfilled with a deeper, more introspective tilt like in 75% of my oneshots and the last part of All of My Devotion Turns Violent.
From my long-form aus, the 3rd and 9th chapters of In Perfect Time are very synesthetically pleasing to me. From the college au, I love the bathtub scene, the (second?) party, the corn maze, and the kickball chapters.
This is cheating and way too long of an answer, but the last like 7 chapters of the zombie au is some of my favorite stuff— the longing and the depth and the seriousness, I guess. That first kiss caused me months of stress from the buildup. I got in my bag. I love them. Spoilers under the cut
Kate: You need me on your team. I have incredible observation skills.
Kate: I can determine a person’s character and emotions from a single glance.
Yelena: I’m in love with you.
Kate: You’re WHAT.
Chapters: ¾ Fandom: Hawkeye (TV 2021), Thunderbolts (Movie 2025), Marvel Cinematic Universe Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Yelena Belova/Kate Bishop, James “Bucky” Barnes & Yelena Belova Characters: Yelena Belova, Kate Bishop, James “Bucky” Barnes, Lucky the Pizza Dog (Marvel), Minor Ava Starr, Minor Cassie Lang, Minor Agatha Harkness Additional Tags: Post-Movie: Thunderbolts (2025), Song: Somewhere (Vincent Lima), The author is projecting their quarter life crisis, Bucky Barnes and Yelena Belova are Like Siblings, POV Alternating, But mostly Yelena POV, Canon Compliant if you ignore Daredevil Born Again S2 Summary:
Yelena squares her shoulders and lifts her head up, ready for a fight. There’s a hundred arguments on the tip of her tongue, but when her eyes lock with Kate’s every single one of them falls away. What she sees on Kate’s blue eyes is so familiar that she had never seen it anywhere but in the mirror, and it feels like diving head first into ice cold water.
She takes a step back and raises her hands as a sign of peace much like Kate had done a few minutes earlier, choosing to deescalate the situation before Kate draws her bow and she finds out if third time really is the charm.
“You really should’ve just given the flash drive to us,” Yelena says with a tired sigh.
“You should’ve asked nicely.”
Or: Set after the events of Thunderbolts*, Kate and Yelena are searching for their purpose when they cross paths and find that maybe they’re more similar than they once thought. And maybe they don’t have to search alone.
it’s so nice being fond of people on here :-) like yeah maybe we only know each other in a very limited way but i care abt you guys & hearing abt your lives makes me happy & i like listening to the things u have to say & i really truly wish the best for you all!!! sending my love from a couple states, countries, oceans away
FLORENCE PUGH Hair styled by Faye Browne and makeup by Lauren Buckley ahead of Harris Reed's 30th birthday in Ibiza, May 2026
“Aw, he’s sensitive. See why you keep him around.”
So... I found this and now it keeps coming to mind. You hear about "life-changing writing advice" all the time and usually its really not—but honestly this is it man.
I'm going to try it.
I love the lawyer metaphor, because whenever I see “John knew that...” in prose writing I immediately think “how? How does he know it?” Interrogate your witnesses. Cross-examine them. Make them explain their reasoning. It pays dividends.
All of this, but also feels/felt. My editor has forbidden me from using those and it’s forced me to stretch my skills.
This is your "show not tell" advice explained!
Editor here.
First, let me preface this with something very important: you can treat all of this advice as SECOND-DRAFT ADVICE. It is so much easier to rewrite this kind of stuff once you have words on the page. Telling yourself the first draft is totally appropriate and acceptable.
What we’re talking about here are FILTER WORDS (and to some degree verbs of being). Yes, “thought” words are included. But so are “heard, saw, looked, tasted, smelled” etc.—most words having to do with the senses.
This isn’t black and white advice; sometimes you’ll use these words and that’s okay. They’re not WRONG. They’re just weaker. And they’re weaker because they create distance between the reader and the experience of the character.*
If you want your reader to feel like they’re experiencing the story right alongside the character, you want to cut down on filter words.
*This is particularly important with first person and close third POVs. The reader always knows whose eyes they’re seeing through and thoughts they’re privy to. So you don’t need to tell them “I saw X.” Or “I heard X.” Or “I thought Y.” You can just jump into the action/observation as it’s happening.
This is also where you want to pay attention to verbs of being.
“It was rainy.” Versus: “The rain pounded against the roof.” Or “The rain howled like an injured animal.” Or “The rain tapped against the window like an anxious lover.” All of these are inviting the reader deeper into the experience of the story by using stronger verbs and similes. And, at the same time, they stir feelings (instead of TELLING feelings). And feelings keep your reader engaged. Engaged readers keep turning pages; engaged readers become FANS.
This is also where
you want to pay attention
to verbs of being.
Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.
The most valuable advice that Author Ex gave me through the years that we wrote together was this: the problem with all these filter words is that they create distance in the POV.
That means that when you read a line like
John saw that the curtains were open.
It immediately takes you OUT of the character's perspective and instead tells you what they experience as a secondhand observation.
You don't have to get fancy or purple with how you rephrase things like this. Not everything needs a ton of breathing room.
You wanna know what's perfectly impactful while keeping a tight POV?
The curtains were open.
Simple as that.
