isthisclever

Whether you like outlander or love it, I wanna be your friend. And also ACOTAR. And sometimes random other fandom shit too. Follow me at AO3 || Fic Masterlist

[isthisclever]

Just a wee WIPdate for you lovely people.

Hello, my good friends! I’ve had several comments on several of my more neglected WIPs, and so I wanted to give a little life/writing update.

First off, please be assured than any multichap story not marked as COMPLETE on AO3 will be updated! This includes Here and Gone, Power Jam, and 39 Days for the Outlander fandom, and Of Talons and Light in the ACOTAR fandom.

Life has been super chaotic the last several weeks. I work on a freelance basis, and I’ve been absolutely slammed through February and March. And on top of that, we bought a house and finally moved this past weekend! So between having four active WIPs (because I just can’t control myself) and life being just a smidge extra busy, my writing schedule has suffered. But all of these stories have much much further to go before I close them out, so never fear!

If you want story-specific updates, please read below the cut.

Here and Gone

My poor, poor neglected Jamie and Bree fic! This one went on an unplanned hiatus before NYCC, largely because I knew where I wanted the story to be, say, five chapters from now, but I wasn’t sure what to do in the meantime. So while I do have more of a handle on what’s coming up immediately next, I am going to hold off on updating until I can finish up one of my other finite WIPs. This one and Power Jam are both basically going to keep going until I run out of steam or ideas, whereas 39 Days and OTAL both have a very definite and finite plot that will come to an end much sooner. So once I ease my WIP burden a hair, Jamie and Bree will be back, I swear!

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Power Jam

I am honestly so floored by y’all’s love for this one. I’ve received AO3 comments, Twitter and Tumblr DMs checking in and making sure it’s coming back. It is! I have been working on the next chapter and outlining the arc that will cover the next several chapters, and I’m hoping I’ll have an update in the next few weeks. Thank you for your support and patience -- it is so appreciated!

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Of Talons and Light

ACKKKKK I so did not mean to let two months go by on this one! I just ran into a wee plot snarl and it took some time to unfurl. But the next chapter is 99% DRAFTED and is my top publishing priority at the moment. Maybe by next weekend? (No promises.)

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39 Days

Well, this one has had both the most recent and most frequent updates so I doubt anyone’s afraid of this one going away LOL but I will be getting another chapter out to you soon!

[isthisclever]

Plaintext version of 39 Days thread

Post-episode Reddit threat on r/Survivor

blowmytorch23143: dude claire skaaaaaaated by that tribal. my heart was pounding omg

/ chrissydontwakeup: Well no way was Jeff gonna let her walk. C+J is  *the* drama this season. They’re not gonna wanna lose that. 

/ / blowmytorch23143: yeah ive beeen convinced for ages that the idols are prolly fixed to keep the faves around. some of these people its like, oh honey you did NOT find that on your own lol

/ / / ReadySurvivorOne [Top Fan]: If not purposefully, then accidentally for sure. Wentworth did a whole video after her second season about paying attention to the cameras to find hidden idols bc they always pan to the hiding spots for the ep. WILD.

damp_dreams69999: Glad they didn’t vote out claire. WHo cares if she’s a hoe shes hot

/ chipper_pippa: Misogynistic much? Do better. 

/ / damp_dreams69999: is it sxist if its true

/ GoldN_Ours: um hello did we even watch the same epp? it showed that she CLEARLY was telling the truth. old dude was creepy af

/ / damp_dreams69999: lmfao chill out its not that serious

/ / / GoldN_Ours: Claire’s convo with the bf was basically proof that she has been telling teh truth. He was dismissive and condescending, and he was WAYYY to excited that gillian and her sister were drooling all over him. mega douche and honestly, perv vibes all the way.

user1930188401: WOWOWOWOWOWWWWWW. Hate to see Phaedre leave but I’m super glad Claire survived tribal. She clearly needed to chat with her alliance tho. She wasted an idol when they had the votes already.

/ hrd2bsft: Yeahhhh that’s gonna cost her with the jury. Guess the important thing is she made it through to day 33. 

Silvvver_ lyon [Top Fan]: am I the only one who was super uncomfortable with that pre-vote convo? like…why did they have to drag her over the coals like that? 

/ user1012912318: for the views dawg

/ / Silvvver_lyon: kinda gross still idk. survivor has a misogyny problem anyway and this reeeeeally didn’t help 

yesimawitch: These suckers dont watch out, Jillian’s gonna win this game. 

/ Outplayaaaa: Right?!?! She is ALWAYS on the right side of the numbers. How???

/ whatsmyrageagain: Wonder if she knew Claire had found the idol. She was like *right there* when Claire snagged it at the challenge. That would make sense why she worked w Jamie and joe to protect her. 

/ / Outplayaaaa: I want her to win for the snark alone. 12/10 comedy.

/ / / yesimawitch: Gillian to Claire: “Fantasies aside, I don’t think the game would be a pleasant one with your two men at my back.” I C O N I C. 

justhereforthekarma12313: Am I the only one who hates J & C not talking?? God I know its all tv and its probably fake anyway but the way that man looks at her…

/ Heiiiidiiiii_isonreddit [Top Fan]: I want it to be real so bad. If they come back after the show and it was all an act imma riot

/ / user12334481: I’ll bring the pitchforks, you bring the torches

/ / / Tooney___lunes: I’ll bring snacks. all good riots needs snacks.

/ Levi_not_the_jeans: The way *he* looks at *her*??? If I had a woman who looked at me the way Claire does to Jamey…well…I’d still be gay af but I’d feel very good about myself ok?

angels__wear_red: *sigh* these two idiots make me believe in love. please for the loVE OF ALL THAT IS BEAUTIFUL AND JOYFUL DON’T CRUSH MY DREAMS!!!1

Read the newest update to 39 Days here.

[isthisclever]

hey!! i stumbled upon your acotar fic of talons and light and i was wondering if it’s still ongoing?? love it so far and no worries if it’s not haha!!

Hi there! Thank you for messaging :) I do plan on finishing OTAL. Life has been A Lot™️ and fic has been on hold for me, but I do intend to get back to all my ongoing fics. :)

[isthisclever]

So…this may be a thing?

[ayeforscotland]

[official-mudskipper]

OP PLEASE GIVE US THE BREAKDOWN!!!!!

[ayeforscotland]

Before JK Rowling fell into the anti-trans blackhole, she campaigned against Scottish independence.

She helped bankroll the campaign to keep Scotland in the UK, and a lot of pro-independence campaigners who were fans felt disappointed and let down.

During the campaign she referred to pro-independence voters as death eaters, and became good friends with misogynists who frequently targeted women in political roles (councillor or member of Parliament)

Scotland recently passed a law to reform the Gender Recognition Act. This makes this process for trans people in Scotland easier by reducing the bureaucratic red-tape and invasive procedures that people have to jump through to obtain a Gender Recognition Certificate.

JK Rowling and her bigoted friends have been attacking this legislation and trans people for some time.

The British Government, in an unprecedented move, have decided they are going to block the legislation. They have not done this to any law since the Scottish Parliament was reinstated.

Scotland leans more to the left than England does. By doing this the British government (and the opposition parties that aren’t fighting against it) are surrendering the progressive case for the United Kingdom to still exist.

If they can override this law, they can override any law. With over 50% of Scotland supporting independence and younger, more progressive people becoming eligible to vote every day, the death of the United Kingdom is inevitable.

[shadysadie]

At least some good is coming out of her becoming the absolute worst. 

Free Scotland!

[isthisclever]

Weeeeell.. I was up last night at 2am finishing 39 days (or at least what's published so far) and Ioved it so much! Looking forward to upcoming chapters! 😍

Omggggg this makes my dayyy 🥰🥰 thanks so much, lovely!

[isthisclever]

39 Days | Outlander Fanfiction

Ch. 13 // Days 31 & 32

Claire had never been a lucid dreamer. No matter if she was struggling to run through quicksand or hopscotching across turtles over a bubbling orange lake suspended in midair, her dream-self accepted the dream-world at face value, never suspecting it was nothing but mist and fancy.

But standing on the beach after Gillian called her name, half a dozen pairs of eyes lancing right through her, she wondered for one hysterical moment if this was what lucid dreaming felt like: the world’s surreality closing in around her, a frantic need to claw herself back onto safer ground. Her hand itched with the temptation to slap herself awake. She restrained herself. It would’ve been futile.

This was a nightmare, but it was no dream.

She should’ve refused to go along on the reward excursion. Maybe Gillian would’ve picked someone else, someone who actually wanted to enjoy dockside brunch and uninterrupted time with their loved one. But in the moment, dread paralyzed her. It seemed to move her instead of her own will to step forward, meeting no one’s eyes even as their resentful stares bored into her back.

And how could she blame any of them?

The day was incongruously gorgeous, as though the island itself had put on its very best to impress their visitors. A cloudless sky cradled the sun, its heat tempered by a constant salty breeze. Perfect teal waters lay calm beneath their boat; the only white-capped waves in sight came from the wake off the back.

Claire wished she could relish it all.

As the speedboat listed slightly to the right to follow the curving shoreline, Claire stole her first glance at Jamie. He looked much as he had the first time she’d seen him on a boat: tense, and a mottled combination of green and grey. If today had gone how it was meant to—if Lamb were beside her—she’d have teased him about it.

Almost as if he could hear the longing and bitterness of her thoughts, Frank wrapped an arm around her waist. The reminder of who actually stood at her side tightened in her chest like a python squeezing the life from her. She shuddered and stepped out of his reach, bracing herself against the seat several inches away. In the very edge of her periphery, Jamie and Will shifted with identical terse rolls of their shoulders.

She wished she could’ve ribbed him about that too.

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[isthisclever]

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[isthisclever]

A Thing™️ I’m doing today

7 pm central time

[toomanyf4ndoms7]

Now that I have TLOU, I am required to make this post.

[duskcowboy]

I’m sorry, I don’t understand, were Feyre and Elain supposed to just let Nesta completely deteriorate? Imagine you have a family member who has ptsd. They refuse help. They are an alcoholic. They shun their family and spend endless amounts of your money on sustaining their addiction. Are you supposed to just shrug and leave them be? Aren’t interventions a thing for a reason? It’s not like the IC jumped straight to forcing Nesta to get help. They tried to talk to her, visit her, but she rejected them and their desire to help. They gave her time and space at first, but it wasn’t working. She was getting worse. Nesta said herself she wanted to inflict self-harm. She would’ve just gone deeper into depression. This is something that happens in the real world. Do we force people to get help? Or just leave them and hope they don’t inflict harm on themselves or others? I’m not saying it’s an easy answer, but you can’t just jump to the accusation that forcing Nesta to the HoW with a job, connection to others, physical exercise, food, etc. is somehow horribly traumatic.

[nikethestatue]

Ive seen this argument a million times and it's always the same 'but they should've...' or 'they could've...'

But the thing is--they did. They tried. For a year. And nothing worked.

Sure, it wasn't elegant or perfectly done, but when do interventions go well and smoothly? NEVER. It was actually one of the more real episodes in ACOSF--the fighting, the resentment, the annoyance, the anger, the accusations, the explanation. It was messy and ugly, and that's how it usually is.

[balfeys]

Did you notice in the Outlander Season 7 teaser that Jamie is going to be present this time for his grandchild’s birth when Brianna goes into labor? Finally, they are getting it right. Their relationship, between Brianna and her Da. I am so happy and beaming with joy!!! 😁

YESSSSS IM SO HAPPY WE’RE FINALLY GETTING CRUMBS OF DAJAMIE AND BREE🥹🥹🥹

[isthisclever]

The way I need sweet Jamie and Bree/father-daughter footage 🥰🥰

[andrew-garfielld]

Pedro Pascal as Joel Miller in THE LAST OF US (2023) Official Trailer

[paper-mario-wiki]

scrolling twitter today and then coming over here is like walking out of a burning building and then walking into the calm remains of a building that burnt down 5 years ago and has been reclaimed by nature.

[isthisclever]

Well hello friends

It’s been a while here. How ya been?

[adamjpark]

“For so many years, for so long, I have been so many things, so many different men. But here,“ he said, so softly I could barely hear him, “here in the dark, with you… I have no name.”

[adamjpark]

“I am a chief. God has made me what I am. He has given me the duty—and I must do it, whatever the cost.” [insp.]