Lady Midnight

Midnight_Wishes on AO3 | ACOTAR Fanfiction and Fanart | Inspiration Central: Where Anything Goes | Icon Art by Kinuko Y. Craft, Header Background via Pixabay

[goforth-ladymidnight]

My artsy sideblog: @ladymidnight-goesforth​

My vibe-y sideblog: @nocturnal-moodboard​

My ACOTAR Fanfiction on AO3 and Tumblr:

Feycien

A Court of Frost and Embers (ACOFAE): a retelling of ACOTAR featuring the rare pairing of Feyre x Lucien. In progress.

Together for Solstice: the ACOFAE Christmas/Solstice special featuring Feyre x Lucien. Complete.

Feylin

I Will See You Again: an ACOTAR AU one-shot featuring Feyre x Tamlin, in which she tells him she loves him before the seven times seven years are up. Complete, but may be expanded upon in the future.

Forever: a canon-compliant one-shot featuring the Feylin engagement scene we heard about but never saw. Inspired by this prompt. Complete.

The Perfect Gift: a holiday one-shot in which Feyre tries to give Tamlin something special for Solstice, but what do you give someone who already has everything? Complete.

The Gown: a Tumblr-inspired Feylin-positive one-shot that shows how Tamlin reacted to Feyre’s gown when he first saw it. Complete. 

Brilin

A Garden of Thorns: a Beauty and the Beast retelling that takes place after ACOWAR. A Tamlin x Briar story. Please know that this is not a Tamlin redemption arc story. This is a story of healing for two lost people who happen to find each other. (The prompt that inspired this work is here.) In progress, on hiatus.

“Take me away from here, please”. Based on a writing prompt featuring Briar and Tamlin, exclusive to Tumblr. Complete.

A Winter Court Tradition: a Christmas-y one-shot inspired by this fanart, featuring Briar and Tamlin on the eve of Winter Solstice. Complete.

Love Bite: a spicy Brilin one-shot inspired by this kiss prompt. Complete.

Stay the Night: the emotional hurt/comfort sequel to “Love Bite”, this time from Briar’s POV, inspired by this prompt. Complete.

Tamcien

Still Beautiful, Still Mine: a Tamlin x Lucien oneshot inspired by this image as drawn for Tamlin Week 2023, in which Tamlin comforts a grieving Lucien over the loss of his eye. Complete.

A Second Chance: a gift fic written for the ACOTAR Secret Santa Gift Exchange, Christmas 2023. This modern holiday AU (with detective noir vibes) finds Tamlin and Lucien reconnecting in ways they never expected, and features Jurian x Vassa in supporting roles. In progress.

The Wolf and the Fox: a gift fic written for the ACOTAR Secret Santa Gift Exchange, Christmas 2024. It features Lucien’s POV as he navigates the events of Winter Solstice with the Inner Circle (as seen in ACOFAS), meanwhile grappling with his loyalty to Tamlin and his conflicting feelings between him and his mate. In progress.

Elucien

The Golden Thread: a Solstice-themed ACOFAS AU one-shot, inspired by this writing prompt, in which Elain and Lucien finally air out their grievances. Complete.

The Third Night of Solstice: a gift fic written for the ACOTAR Secret Santa Gift Exchange, Christmas 2022. A dual POV in which Elain and Lucien struggle to give each other what they think the other wants. Complete.

Helion x LoA (Lady of Autumn)

The Faintest Blush of Rose: a pre-ACOTAR fic that explores how the Lady of Autumn (named Melora) met Helion and what happened to her afterwards. In progress; on hiatus.

Please note: I am a Pro-Tamlin writer. I refuse to turn him into a villain, even if SJM has, just so you know what you’re getting yourself into. He’s a flawed, fascinating character that I enjoy writing about. I also like to expound on the worldbuilding and lore, especially in ACOFAE. Thank you!

My Headcanons and Essays

An essay on ACOTAR faeries and lying (and why removing that aspect weakens the story)

A short rant about ACOTAR faeries and aging (and a suggestion to make it consistent)

An essay about ACOTAR faeries and the power of names (and what I think could have made the original story better)

My thoughts on the official ACOTAR Coloring Book (and what I would have done differently)

A mini-rant about the Ballad of Tam Lin and ACOTAR

Thoughts on Feyre’s wedding dress in ACOMAF

Theory (with proof): Tamlin sent the music to Feyre’s cell UTM

Theory (with proof): Rhysand’s appearance on Fire Night was edited in

Theory (with proof): Nesta and Lucien were endgame ft. foxglove

A Nesta/Lucien Headcanon (my thoughts)

Theory: Amarantha is the reason Rhysand’s family was killed

Thoughts on Amarantha’s backstory (future fic idea)

Thoughts on Amarantha as a villain (a Book 2 AU)

What I would do differently in Book 2 if Feylin was endgame

Headcanon re: the Dusk Court (that doesn’t involve SJM’s multi-series crossover)

Header and Dividers by @saradika​.

[goforth-ladymidnight]

My new Elucien chapter is almost ready to be posted! 💖 What takes me so long to actually post new chapters, though, is formatting them for Tumblr, too. 🫠 (Darn limited free time outside of work, grumble grumble...)

For my fellow writers: Does anyone else post on AO3 first, and then get around to the Tumblr update later? Or do you always do both at the same time?

[kosmogrl]

mutuals, out of curiosity what season were you born in and what's your favorite season?

[carygrantsbeard]

Me reading my mutuals’ blogs in the morning

[bonfish-exe]

Sketch im too lazy to finish of lucien!

He is my all time favorite character in acotar and i love him so much, I will probably play around with his design more in the future but I really like giving his hair layers. (Tbh I am not a fan of the totally straight hair all the long hair baddies have in acotar)

[hazeldomain]

If you can’t think of anything to say about a fic, writers also like to know:

- what time it is

- how long you’ve been reading

- how many chapters you’ve covered in the last 24 hours

- what you were late for because you were reading

- the woeful few hours you have left to sleep

- the emotional outbreaks you’re experiencing

- the inappropriate place you’re having said outbreak

- the general public’s reaction to your outbreak

- how much phone battery you have left

[secretstudentdragonblog]

…is this sarcasm, or?

[hazeldomain]

No this is completely legit. One of my favorite reviews to a chapter goes “I finished this with 5% battery and now I am crying in Target HOW DARE YOU”

[jemariel]

Can confirm. Not sarcasm.

I think this relates to the fact that fic writers are generally fic readers too. If you tell me “I loved this and that and the other thing” I will be very flattered. But if you tell me “It’s 2:30 am and I have to be up at 7 but I’m still reading” I know EXACTLY where you are, emotionally, because I’ve been there too. Knowing that I’ve put you in that place is

[dear-ao3]

[unfriendlyamazon]

sometimes it's important to reread your own work and go damn bitch you're onto something

[polytrixaf]

dont forget that YOU 🫵 are the backbone of this fandom. oh but im not a- DONT CARE. write a bad fic, draw that silly art, make that tumblr post with your headcannon. oh but i have nothing to share- DONT CARE. kudos that fic, write a nice comment, gush in the tags of a reblog.

YOU 🫵 ARE CREATING A FANDOM SPACE BY EXISTING AROUND AND ENCOURAGING CONTENT CREATION

what YOU 🫵 say has impact. make it a good one.

[olderthannetfic]

To anyone who apologizes about the fic that gets away from them, for the ever increasing chapter count, for turning the one-shot into a series....

Know that to some of us, there is never a fic too long. We always want more. I've read creations that have gone into the million word wordcount and it wasn't enough. I'd read a million more.

If you feel like you need to wrap up the end quickly because the beginning meandered for four extra chapters, there is no need. I want it. Please make my day/week/month. ✨

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[novelconcepts]

Hey, man, c'mere. Listen. Get in real close, this is important.

You're gonna make stuff again. You're gonna make stuff you're proud of. You're gonna make stuff you're excited to share. You're going to feel that overwhelming drive to create, not just the frantic I want to want to you're stuck in now. You're going to have awesome ideas, and you're going to make them into reality. You're going to create again. You're still an artist. You're still a writer. You're still home to the same passion you had before. You'll find it again. It's not gone. It's just resting. Let it rest. You're going to make stuff again. I promise.

[iamaine]

my most Millennial trait is that i want big screen to think properly. to compose my thoughts. app exists for your thing but no website? bad bad bad not good for think, need big screen for think. i wrote this post on the small screen btw

[robotslenderman]

I read somewhere that one thing that really pisses off companies about Millennials is that we won't make big purchases on our phones, we always feel compelled to get out a laptop or hop on a desktop for it

[snowwhitewithanxiety]

Lucien Vanserra is so good and so hot.

Forever and always an icon

[snowwhitewithanxiety]

You know who is also so good and so hot?

Elain Archeron.

We Stan.

[anastmeko]

[bleekay]

its so shiddy when u have to convince yourself to do your hobbies. like, its fun, you like it, why cant you just do it. do it. do it. but what if.... mindless media consumption instead....

[bleekay]

im so sorry to the seven thousand of you so far who relate

[g1sunstreaker]

upset at the accuracy of these tags

[katebeckets]

In theory, maybe I get the “we’re all just playing with barbies, they’re fictional characters, no interpretation is incorrect because it’s an interpretation” argument. But actually no, not all takes are equally valid. Framing something as an interpretation doesn’t mean it inherently has merit. Some takes are completely incorrect and betray a fundamental misunderstanding of the source material. They just aren’t a reason to harass people or send death threats

[cornerstorebitch]

no offense but reading is literally the cure to brain rot and there’s no work around to reading books