i'm a writer. really. promise.

My name's Flora, late 20s, they/them. I think more about writing than I actually write, but I guess that's a universal thing with writers.

[floraobsidian]

Fic / Taglist Masterpost

Fics (by fandom)

Critical Role a trust slowly gained -- oneshot AU in which Bren Aldric Ermendrud, Scourger of the Empire, joins the Mighty Nein under the alias Caleb Widogast to spy on them [read on AO3]

here, at the end -- oneshot, SPOILERS for Campaign 2 epilogue [read on AO3]

Dragon Age Crown of Laurels -- slowburn enemies to friends to lovers, Nathaniel Howe/Aedan Cousland/Morrigan. Begins during Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening and continues into the years of aftermath. [read on AO3] [blog tag]

Spearmaid of Alamarr -- DA:I, Revas Lavellan dies in the Fade. The woman who remembers being Revas Lavellan walks out. [read on AO3] [blog tag]

The Precipice of Change -- affectionately titled Inquisitwors and a collab with thedivinewhitetail. A Vashoth mercenary and a Dalish spy hear rumors of something gone wrong at the Conclave and go to investigate. Then they wake up, marked with strange magic. What are a couple of non-Andrastians to do when everyone is suddenly looking to them to fix things? [read on AO3] [blog tag] [sideblog for the fic]

Doctor Who when she needs me -- oneshot, the Thirteenth Doctor and Jack Harkness and a much-needed moment of comfort. [read on AO3]

in darkness we see starlight -- oneshot, AU, Thirteenth Doctor/River Song. The Doctor regenerates. River is with her. [read on AO3]

Truce in Time -- oneshot, a Christmas gift for one of my housemates, featuring his Rory-as-the-Master and the Thirteenth Doctor. [read on AO3]

An Awful Lot of Running To Do -- on hiatus, a series in which I present the changes to canon if the Doctor had stayed around on Messaline for a few extra hours after the death of his daughter, Jenny. currently sitting at two whole chapters, but the outline extends well into Capaldi’s time and a little bit into Whittaker’s. [read on AO3] [blog tag]

home is where your hearts are -- two-part series, a fiftieth anniversary AU in which Gallifrey rebuilds, the Eleventh Doctor goes searching for home, and the Master is adopted by some refugee children. Featuring: the Moment as the deus ex machina it deserved to be, Romana, the Doctor’s mother, and Susan Foreman, along with a few other cameos. [read on AO3] [blog tag]

Good Omens when this is blown over -- oneshot, episode 6 missing scene. Aziraphale and Crowley and the night after the last day of the world, and some much needed rest. [read on AO3]

Star Wars the found families ‘verse -- on hiatus, series, my heart and soul went into this and then Disney killed my inspiration but by god I’m going to write the rest of it one day. Rey is a Skywalker, raised by the ghost of her grandfather on Jakku. Many things are different. Many things are the same. Queerplatonic Jedistormpilot, stormtrooper rebellions, Force ghosts in abundance, Mara Jade, and much much more. [read on AO3] [blog tag]

Welcome to Night Vale chill radio host times -- on hiatus, a series AU set sometime after the events of Triptych, featuring Kevin in Night Vale, angels, and the act of finding one’s self again. [read on AO3]

Misc Tags

flora rambles (for nonspecific writing posts), flora writes (maintag for writing excerpts and fic updates)

[8nin]

do you guys ever like forget you’re interested in something until you start engaging with it again and you go “oh wait i’m like crazy crazy about this yeah”

[therandomfandomme]

i encourage you to go to your favourite writer's ao3 page and comment on an older fic, because i can assure you that it will make their day. It can mean so much to see your work doesn't disappear into the void to be never seen again after a day of people interacting with it. Just, if you have the time, go comment on an older work

(pls reblog this to try and get as much writers a bit of appreciation)

[valoisfulcanellideux]

This.

AO3 is an archive, not social media. It's not 'creepy' or 'weird' to comment on an AO3 author's older fics.

It's no different than going into a library and working your way through your favourite trad-published author's back catalogue of books.

As an AO3 author, seeing a comment on a fic that dropped off the front pages of a tag search months (or even years) ago is like thinking everyone has forgotten your birthday and then walking into your house to find a surprise party waiting for you.

[tryan-a-bex]

Someone went through and kudos’d 25 or so fics of mine, and they didn’t leave a comment so I have no idea what they were reading or who it was. But I’m still so very grateful to them!!! Thank you, mystery reader!

[floraobsidian]

writing outsider POV on the doctor and rose is…something. now, I love the softness and the tragedy and the messiness of it all as much as anyone who got their heart ripped out by doomsday, but it’s like-

she’s nineteen in s1. there’s leeway in how much time passes between then and doomsday and stolen earth- depending on how you headcanon how much travel time took place ‘off screen’ before doomsday and how time might move differently in pete’s world. but if you go with the loose canon that the year the episodes air irl is the in-universe year for the characters, 2008 for stolen earth. she was twenty two.

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

[floraobsidian]

temporarily back on my doctor who bullshit and thinking about the dynamic of Jenny and the Doctor and chewing on the drywall over it. he keeps leaving her behind so she'll be safe--he sends her away so she doesn't have to see the worst parts of him--and she keeps coming back. he's the template for her. he's all she's ever known. and much like any child, eventually, Jenny is going have that illusion of her parent broken down so she can see him more for what he is. eventually, she's going to have to fly the nest and stand on her own two feet.

[ninjasmudge]

worlds slowest fanfic author tries really really hard

[ninjasmudge]

everyone in the notes we are all holding hands. everyone who hasnt worked on a wip in weeks or months or years, its okay. we are going slow but we are going

[kuno-chan]

Some of us really need to be doing “Finish That Fanfic We Haven’t Updated in a Year November” 💀

[sackclothandasdfjkl]

[nicijones]

Ao3 version that lets you open the 'director's cut' where I, the author, explain every detail in excruciating detail to you and what it is in reference to.

[awordwasthebeginning]

@bonsaibovine being absolutely correct in the tags

[dreamtigress]

Legit. Ask me anything you want to know about my fics.

[animentality]

[fellshish]

I don’t know which author needs to hear this right now but even if you never update your wip i would never regret reading it a time of joy is never wasted

[notebooks-and-laptops]

I truly do love how the dragon age games are just:

Origins: you're dead. You have been since the beginning. You should be by the end.

Dragon age 2: you failed and there's nothing you can do about it. You lost your home twice.

Inquisition: you're erased. You are the most important person in the world and nothing you are matters.

And it fucking slaps!!

[isabellebissonrouthier]

WRITERS

If you see this, spoil your WIP's biggest plot twist using ONLY ONE WORD

Here's mine!

Dying

[byeler]

really crazy how much i’ve imagined this fic. like it’s soooooo imagined you wouldn’t even believe. not writing it though

[chaoticbis]

im sorry for not updating any of my fics (specifically my lv one). i have no motivation lol.

[airlocksandaviariesarchive]

2 genres of fanfiction:

1) put that guy into situations

2) take that guy OUT of situations for the love of GOD let them REST 

[ckret2]

#you put the sad guy in #you take the sad guy out #you put the sad guy in and you shake him all about