When It's Dark, Look For Stars

An increasingly nerdy Christian INFP disguising herself as an ENFP. A Ravenpuff with a love for writing, reading, video games, music, cosplay, grammar, & sarcasm. ACOTAR/ACOMAF fanfic writer. Currently obsessed with Final Fantasy XIV, Dragon Age, Horizon: Zero Dawn, ‘Tales of’ Series, Studio Ghibli, Professor Layton, Lore Olympus, Tamora Pierce Tortall series, & Grishaverse (especially Six of Crows). Comments, Asks, Requests (Temporarily Closed), & General Fandom Shenanigans Welcome :D Ao3: http://archiveofourown.org/users/Kitashi

[kitashiwrites]

I Finally Have A Masterlist!

It took me forever to make it work, but I finally managed to put together a basic masterlist that isn’t Ao3! lol

My fics can be found in the Fic Masterlist link on my page, or if you are on mobile like me & use the app where you don’t see the pages, they can also be found here. I’ll try to make it prettier/better later, but in the meantime, it’s a step in the right direction :)

[destiny-islanders]

Lv 1 priorities

[destiny-islanders]

priorities

[kitashiwrites]

Kitashi Updates - 4/19/23

Well, it has certainly been awhile lol Hello there! How’s everyone doing?

I’ve honestly avoided tumblr for a long time, only peeking in here and there when I have gotten the occasional tag from some very sweet people who still read & recommend my old fics. I’m actually not even sure I’m making a good choice posting now. It’s been over 5 years since ACOWAR & a lot has happened in my life. My last actual Update post that wasn’t a reblog (which was from like, what, 2017???) unexpectedly ended up documenting one of those life changing moments where your whole world turns upside down for the better. The ‘Rhysand Archeron’ player character I met while leveling up my gatherers in FFXIV (which this game is the reason my backlog of games now rivals my backlog of books 😓) had our first date less than 4 months after that post 😅 We’ve been together ever since & have been as happy as can be (though he goes by a different character name these days) 💜

The reason I’m here though is because of a few friends and family of mine (including 2 who asked me less than 12 hours apart & have no connection to each other) out of the blue about a week ago asked me, “Have you read/heard of ACOTAR?” 🤔

*cue manic laughter*

To make a long story much shorter & not bore you, after discussing with a few of them, I agreed to give the graphic audiobooks of ACOTAR, ACOMAF, & possibly ACOWAR a shot, to see if anything has changed for me in all this time. And some things clearly never do, because I made it to approximately the end of Chapter 4 of ACOTAR before I got inspiration for a fanfic. From Nesta’s POV of all things.

I’m nothing if not a glutton for punishment lol

I can’t promise how this will all go. I’m honestly very hesitant. But I’m willing to give it a second chance & see where it takes me.

Hope y’all are doing well! 👋💜

[six-0f-hoes]

“How low can you crow?”

AMITA AND KIT SLAY ME

[marvelgifs]

[susannadlpena]

Met up with @sarahviehmann, @kitashiwrites and @illyriantremors this weekend!!!! Had so much fun with these ladies ♥️

[kitashiwrites]

This picture turned out so, so cute Sus!!!! 😍 Seriously, it was so much fun!!! 💜

[sarahviehmann]

After two years of knowing each other, I finally got to meet these lovely ladies! @illyriantremors, me, @susannadlpena, and @kitashiwrites all went to Disneyland together yesterday and had a wonderful time! Fic writers unite! ❤️ you all!

[kitashiwrites]

This was such an amazing day! I really hope that we do this again, because these lovely ladies are just the best! 💜💜💜😊 (Maybe next time @sarahviehmann will get to experience Disneyland with less rain lol Or you can come to NorCal & we can show you San Francisco 😊)

[succubusvenus]

I wasn’t asked to a single dance in high school and didn’t have a serious romantic relationship until I was 22. And like, yeah that shit hurt when I was younger. I had a lot of fears that I was unlovable and that I didn’t deserve to be happy. And every time I would try to talk to anyone about it, the conversation became, “you’ll find someone”, when it should have been, “you don’t need a relationship or a date, you’re lovable & complete & beautiful on your own”.

So yeah, please normalize young people not dating, and please stop shaming them for it. There’s more to life than romance, despite what the media wants us to think.

[rowdyholtzy]

THIS

[mercuryvibes]

Some of y'all need to read this shit and understand it fully

[susiephone]

me: wow i love books

brain: okay so read one

me:

[cassianandfenrysaremyboyos]

I feel so attacked by this post

[princesshamlet-deactivated20210]

so the fact remains that jeff goldblum played the grandmaster with absolute peak perfection and absolutely no other mcu performance can top that, which is just a fact, but it means that either jeff goldblum has this fantastically nuanced understanding of this character who is incredibly ancient and powerful but still ultimately a silly hedonist OR he just rolled up to thor ragnarok like ‘i’m jeff goldblum and i’m gonna be playing jeff goldblum’ and fuckin nailed it

[princesshamlet-deactivated20210]

the fact that they actually wrote the role for him makes it even better because that means the execs were like “who should play one of the most powerful characters we’ve ever had, the ruler of an entire planet, who is more ancient and knowledgable than a literal god, and decides the lives and deaths of countless individuals” and the conclusion they came to was “jeff goldblum in a sparkly gold bathrobe” 

[minuiko]

“So you found me, dear one. I’ve missed you.” - Lady Knight, Protector of the Small by Tamora Pierce

[krems-chair]

Okay but it just occurred to me. EVERY other mention of winnowing in this series is when it’s done quietly and stealthily. Which means that Rhys consciously chose to be a loud ass drama queen when he crashed Feyre’s wedding and I literally cannot handle this level of theatrics rn.

[highladystarfall-deactivated202]

Literally this is what I picture.

[cassandracalin]

This is how I’ll be celebrating. 

Happy New Year!

[verylostpenguin]

Me: i love books! I love them so much! I am such a bookworm!

Friend: cool! How many did you read this year?

Me: OK, so here’s the thing

[not-so-innocent-bi-sander]

I did not come here to be attacked in this manner

[ruinedchildhood]

[coolsaddad-blog]

Roses are red, that much is true, but violets are purple, not fucking blue.

[feels-for-the-fictional]

I have been waiting for this post all my life.

[marzipanandminutiae]

They are indeed purple, But one thing you’ve missed: The concept of “purple” Didn’t always exist.

Some cultures lack names For a color, you see. Hence good old Homer And his “wine-dark sea.”

A usage so quaint, A phrasing so old, For verses of romance Is sheer fucking gold.

So roses are red. Violets once were called blue. I’m hugely pedantic But what else is new?

[ineptshieldmaid]

My friend you’re not wrong About Homer’s wine-ey sea! Colours are a matter Of cultural contingency;

Words are in flux And meanings they drift But the word purple You’ve given short shrift.

The concept of purple, My friends, is old And refers to a pigment once precious as gold.

By crushing up molluscs From the wine-dark sea You make a dye: Imperial decree

Meant that in Rome, to wear purpura was a privilege reserved

For only the emperor!

The word ‘purple’, for clothes so fancy, Entered English By the ninth century

.

Why then are voilets Not purple in song? The dye from this mollusc, known for so long

Is almost magenta; More red than blue. The concept of purple is old, and yet new.

The dye is red, So this might be true: Roses are purple And violets are blue

.

[squeeful]

While this song makes me merry, Tyrian purple dyes many a hue From magenta to berry And a true purple too.

But fun as it is to watch this poetic race The answer is staring you right in the face: Roses are red and violets are blue Because nothing fucking rhymes with purple.

[cryoverkiltmilk]

[young-il-long-kiyoshi]

IT GOT SO MUCH BETTER.

[farrentalon]

My reaction, only with coffee.

[thetiredpianist]

Hang on, need to send this to my literature prof