100 shenanigans?? in 1 year? 63k words total? that is ridiculous. when I first started doing this, I just thought, oh this’ll just be a silly thing that I’ll do every now and then.
I didn’t expect to fall in love with it - all the silliness, the challenges, the *fun*! and above all, just how so, so supportive and encouraging everyone has been. none of this would exist without you all - i’d fully expected to have to come up with my 90% of my own prompts but y’all showed up every time i opened things up and i never once regretted it. shenanigans has helped keep me sane, helped me learn, helped me connect with all of you <3
so: thank you.
from the whole of my heart, y’all have been the absolute best. not to say that shenanigans is over! I have no idea how it’ll evolve but i’m hoping to continue doing this for a bit.
until the next <3
[Edit: Masterlist on Ellipsus here. Last updated Mar 2026]
(Masterlist here - tumblr wasn't allowing me to post the list here, perhaps there's too many links? in any case, lmk if you have trouble accessing it!)
Finished the salt and pepper shakers, need to make all my littles and patricks today and tomorrow and take them in Monday. That should all get back to me by Friday if I get them mostly dry by the time they go in on Monday. Weh.
Lately I've been a little bummed at how underrated and underappreciated Zoerumi is then I see that THE ZOERUMI LEGEND posted a new Zoerumi one shot that can be considered post On Your Side! On Your Side being mentioned gives me happiness 😊 The one shot was so good. I love the spice and classic Zoerumi sweetness and I love when you write Rumi begging and desperate for Zoey. Honestly they're both obsessed with each other as they should be.
Speaking of On Your Side I know it ended months ago but I really wanted to tell you how much it meant to me. It's one of the best and the sweetest out of all the fanfics I've read. The way you wrote Zoey's family and their dynamics was amazing. It was only 6 chapters but it felt like I'd been reading for much longer.
I reread it again a few months ago and out of nowhere I started crying. The overflowing love in the fic and the way you wrote Zoerumi loving each other is so beautiful that I couldn't help but sob! I really liked Zoerumi but I think On Your Side and the way you write them in general really cemented them as my favorite.
Thank you for your writing and for loving Zoerumi as much as you do. You and Chrys are some of the creators that come to mind when I think ZOERUMI ❤️ I'll never be over On Your Side 😭 time to reread it again ❤️ Anyways I can go on when it comes to On Your Side but I'll stop here so I don't flood your ask even more.
Sorry this turned out so long 😅
Hello anon - I know you had sent this a few weeks ago but I sat on it a little and tried to think about how to respond to a message so sweet!! 🥹 And I still don't know how - but I will try!
Firstly - thank you so much! ough you are so kind, I don't even know what to say, i think about them constantly LOL zoerumi rly is my roman empire, and there is a wonderful community of people whose zoerumi work i admire and i draw inspiration from - the true zoerumi legends!
here's a link to the zoey/rumi ao3 filter - so many awesome new fics for them!
I'll try to list down some favorites from the top of my head later in the post, but i will go through the tag sometime soon to read and support the new ones now that i'm less busy hehe!
massive ramble about OYS and other things below, and i'm happy to share that the fic was edited to have art & comics embedded in it now hehe!
I'm just so, so glad to hear the fic resonated with you like that! Thank you so much. It is very very very dear to me (the setting & family's so close to mine), also I very self-indulgently wanted Rumi & Mira to have a silly extended family lol. This fic also led me to some wonderful people who are now my friends - tagging @chrysa3tos who you mentioned by name in this post. I agree with you so much, i LOVEEEE their zoerumi art and everything they share of the ship and polytrix in general! yahoo!
but hearing that reading it has made you laugh or feel happy really is the best feeling in the world for a writer, so thank you for taking the time to write this ask and share it. i'm going to frame it. in my heart. I hope you have a wonderful day! Get some good soup! and a nap!
some zoerumis i have enjoyed
please, don't drop me home by tiefvoid - this was like. FOUNDATIONAL to me. this put the zoerumi horse blinders on me. the OG, an inspiration
this drabble by jtl07 - heartachingly sweet and fluffy the way that jt never fails to make happen!
Inception by veramoray flirty zoerumi and dates and shenanigans, syrupy tooth rotting fluff!
"So, does HR need to know?" by fencing_anon - cute office AU where zoey has a crush and rumi is workaholic :) such good character voices & dialogue!
flicker and fade by norsevvy - workaholic baby rumi brought out to touch some grass by zoey!
look me in the eye(s) [E] and (knock knock) knocking on the wall [E] by coara - very spicy but both are so sweet and love their characterization of their relationship growing!
Let's Take it From the Top [E] and your kisses taste like sugar to me [E] by xekstrin first one was an OG zoerumi fic to me my god i loved it so much both so interesting and with such clever dialogue!
start me up [E] by Ghostbitsforkicks - mehcanic zoey and car-haver rumi so well done and hilarious and hot and so so FUNNY
summer storm [E] by almostlikearen - lumberjack rumi in flannel and camp counselor zoey stuck in a storm and amazing writing!
you'll be my american boy [E] by eyexsight - a confident rumi & sweet skaterboy zoey who was indeed so good for her OUGH this was so charming
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Episode: Dumplings and dessert - a day in the life of Ava and Beatrice
[The video opens on a hand, fumbling around the screen, then suddenly: a nose. After a moment, the face backs away to reveal Ava, dressed casually and standing in a familiar kitchen. She sets the camera down on the counter, the angle different from usual - more casual, especially with how she leans against the counter with her elbow, chin resting in her palm]
"Hey everyone! So. I've been getting a bunch of asks lately and they've mostly been one of two flavors: what do I eat now that I've been learning how to cook on the Dead Mom Recipes series and can I do a 'day in the life' video. And you know what I like to do with flavors: combine them!"
[Ava claps her hands together in gleeful demonstration]
"So that's what this video is gonna be. Nothing fancy so if that doesn't butter your roll -"
[At the bottom of the screen: "See Ava put the butt in butter rolls!"]
"- don't worry: The next episode of Dead Mom Recipes will be up like usual later this week. But yeah, enjoy my day in the life I guess."
[She shrugs and laughs, waving as she leaves the frame.]
it's literally the evilest thing in the world to finally have time to write but then be tired. like wow you're telling me these two hours before going to bed are completely free but my brain is just Not Feeling It? fuck off
the first line came to me and the rest kinda followed lol - just a noodle, ~600 words
Zoey dreams in English.
The girls know this because she often talks in her sleep, nonsensical phrases about turtles and rainbows that made Rumi and Mira giggle during their trainee days whenever they’d nap in the shade of the trees to escape the summer heat. They'd ask her questions, silly things like math problems and hypotheticals, both - what's five moose multiplied by five geese? what would the world be like if dolphins could fly? - and then have to smother their laughter at Zoey's mumbled replies. They're careful not to actually pry, to give her time to share what she wants, when she wants, when she's awake.
Nowadays, when she does, it's to Rumi and Mira's faces, and this morning is no different, but the level of fondness is too much for Zoey to handle first thing out of her dreams. She hides her face in her pillow and whines. "Did I say something again?"
Gentle fingers comb through her hair. "You were very cute," she hears from her left, hears an accompanying snicker from her right. Pouts and strikes out - grins when she makes contact, at the satisfying smack and the hiss she gets for her efforts.
Frowns when she feels a tug on her ear. "Zoey."
She pouts further and burrows blindly into Rumi's arms. "It's you guys' fault for talking to me while I'm sleeping. What am I supposed to do - not answer?" Feels a soft laugh shake Rumi's chest, knows without looking that Mira's rolling her eyes.
"You could at least tell me what I said," Zoey continues plaintively. "Or what you guys asked me." Yelps when her cheek is pinched; kicks out instinctively; misses.
"Mira."
"It's her fault for being so cute," Mira says, pitching her voice up in an annoyingly good imitation of Zoey: "What am I supposed to do - not bully her?"
Zoey whines, trying to hide in Rumi's shirt. Tries not to sigh when those strong arms squeeze her tightly. "Hm. That's true - what is a maknae if not for bullying?"
"Hey -!" Zoey's yelp dissolves into giggles when the hands pressed against her back shift from reassurance to tickling her waist, turns into shrieks when two more hands join in.
(What Zoey doesn't know is that while they still ask her silly things - like, how would you make a rainbow into a bucket hat? or, which type of turtle would look cutest in rainboots? - Rumi and Mira spend most of their time now asking her questions that are less for Zoey to answer and more for her to understand - truths that have yet to fully land and take root: You know we love you, right? How did you make yet another song that is just as amazing as you? Did you know you're perfect just the way you are?)
They relent, eventually, ending up in a floppy, breathless pile amidst the tangled sheets. Rumi nuzzles into Zoey's stomach as Mira curls around them both.
"The most bullied maknae," Zoey huffs in complaint, a full pout on her face.
"The most loved," Rumi corrects with a kiss to Zoey's sternum; smiles when she feels Zoey's posturing melt away.
"The most adored," Mira adds as she combs through Zoey's wild hair and plants her own kiss there. "The most treasured."
"The most cherished."
"The most precious."
"The most -"
"Okay! Okay, geez, enough with thesaurus time," Zoey covers her burning face with her hands and tries to squirm away. Rumi and Mira just hold on tight as they exchange a fond glance. (They know what they'll be telling her the next chance they get; that the next time Zoey falls asleep, they'll make sure to speak in the language of her dreams.)
It's Aang! Sokka let me borrow Hawky. Please feed him before sending him back.
I'm writing to ask if it's okay for me to drop by. Except I'll probably be there by the time you get this, because Appa flies faster than Hawky. Still, it's polite to ask!
Write back (or don't.)
Hot regards
Your friend Aang
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Revered Avatar Aang
Hawky arrived two hours after you left. Never send me "hot regards" again. Like I keep telling you, language has changed in the past 100 years. It doesn't mean what you think. Future historians will think we were having an affair.
It's always okay to drop by. Hawky has been fed.
May your inner fire warm you (write that down somewhere)
Fire Lord Zuko
2.
Hi
need 3 fire benders (zappy) + few construction workers + a lot of copper
Delivr to harbor
sokka
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Honorable tribesman Sokka of the Southern Water Tribe, son of Chief Hakoda, Hero of the 100 Year War
No.
May your inner fire warm you
Fire Lord Zuko
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Dear Jerk Lord of the Jerk Nation, Master Jerkbender and All-Around Jerk
quit being stingy and send me what i need. seriously. the fate of your nation is at stake. LOOK:
[drawing of two pickles, a stick figure and waves]
Hot regards
Sokka
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Sokka
Your drawing makes no sense. I'm writing a law which bans you from owning a messenger hawk.
I found you three volunteer firebenders who can lightningbend. They'll be there in a week with four carts of copper. If you need construction workers, beg Toph, don't bother me.
Feed Hawky better. He's malnourished, he keeps begging me for more food.
And don't do that.
Fire Lord Zuko
3.
Dear Honorless Usurper
My, how the time flies. It seems as if it was only yesterday that I was supposed to be crowned Fire Lord, and here we are, celebrating the first full year of your doomed reign. I salute you.
Know this: you won't know peace for long. I have entered into an alliance with Admiral Noboru. He is a true patriot and has kindly offered me three ships and 2000 men to retake the throne. He has also generously offered to serve as my consort, "despite my mental deficiency."
I am writing as a courtesy, as it is obvious that the throne will soon be mine. I might even let you live.
May Agni's light shine on you*
Azula
Fire Lord-in-exile
[* common benediction for the dead during Fire Lord Zuko's reign]
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Dear Sister
Thank you for writing. I spoke with Noboru. I told him that I was allowing an Agni Kai and that you were on your way.
Noboru has fled the country. He gifted you his whole estate, see the enclosed list. He said to tell you he's sorry and not to come after him.
Please come visit any time. I hope your healing is going well.
May your inner fire warm you
Your brother Zuko
[enclosed: A list of assets including a home in the 5th Province, a vacation home on Ember Island, 20 acres of farmland, a substantial amount of gold and silver and assorted property]
4.
Zuko
this is the worst copper i've ever seen??? i want a refund. you're the worst copper merchant ever.
sokka
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Sokka
You didn't even pay for the copper. I'm not giving you a refund. And I'm not a copper merchant. I didn't even buy it, somebody else did. What's wrong with it?
I can send you more if you need?
Fire Lord Zuko
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Sokka
I sent you two more carts of copper. This is the best copper we have, so if it's not good enough, you can get your own and stop mooching off of me.
Fire Lord Zuko
5.
[on a thin sheet of metal]
Sparky! Earth Rumble 8 is two weeks from now. I'm coming to pick you up in the morning two days before.
Check it out: I can write now. Katara helped me with the characters but I've got it now. Hawky isn't strong enough to carry these, but Katara's dad is letting me borrow Seabreeze.
It's TOPH.
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Dear Lady Beifong
You can't just come pick me up! I'm the Fire Lord. Two weeks isn't enough time for me to arrange days off.
I'd like to come watch you knock some heads, but I can't. Sorry.
Feed Seabreeze. Seriously. What's wrong with you people? Every bird you send me is starving.
May your inner fire warm you
Fire Lord Zuko
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[on a thin sheet of metal]
Sparky. Thanks for sending me a sheet of paper but my privy is stocked. I can guess what it says though: "I can't go I'm so busy and I'm too much of a wimp to clear my schedule"
I'm coming to pick you up. Tell your guards they can either get out of my way or get CRUSHED. It's gonna be fun.
It's TOPH.
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A painting of Fire Lord Zuko, Lady Beifong, Master Katara, Avatar Aang, Suki of Kyoshi Island and Sokka of the Southern Water Tribe. Lady Beifong is sitting on the Fire Lord's shoulders, holding up a decorative belt and smiling widely.
Droodles by Roger Price (from his 1953 book). Droodles (a blend of “doodle”, “drawing”, “riddle”) are simple drawings with a witty, often absurd, caption. The first one, as some of you may know, was used by Frank Zappa for his 1982 album, Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch. (Zappa, a fan of Price's work, lived just a few miles from the artist and personally sought permission to use the image.)
