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lifewouldbebetteronmars’s Master List

These are mostly Thomastair, Joshwood, Gracetopher, and The Real Found Family™️. Now including other fandoms!!! (if you scroll lol)

Thomastair and TLH Gang Fic Ideas

Fluff Prompts

Angst Prompts

Fic Request Reminders

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Other Blogs

@meadow-of-rye - Naming Blog

mysaturnhasreturned - ao3 (currently reposting all fics & adding new ones)

The Hunger Games Fics

Feed Me Promises (Keep My Heart Well) - Wiress & Beetee after SOTR, multi-chapter, in progress

The Last Hours Fics

Castle Towers Fall (Alastair is a Verlac™️ fic)

Just For A Moment (Missing scene from Castle Towers Fall)

Seasons of Love (Modern AU; Alastair dies, Thomas reminisces)

We Wish You A Merry Christmas (Modern AU; Christmas Card Inspired)

Always On My Mind (Thomas slips up while at Devil’s Tavern)

Everything is Blue (Modern AU; Alastair dyes his hair, Thomas loves it)

Mauve Is The Absolute Worst Color To Exist (Alastair hates the color mauve)

Where’s My F*cking Teenage Dream (Modern AU; based on “brutal” by Olivia Rodrigo)

Doubt Comes In (Modern AU; Thomastair)

You Were Just A Small Bump (Modern AU Gracetopher; Please read the trigger warnings)

The Left-Me-Wanting-More Feeling (When She Kissed Me) (Modern AU; Joshwood)

Charlie Boy (aka what should’ve happened to Charles in COI)

And Someone Will Love You (But Someone Isn’t Me) (Post-COI, new snippet theory)

I Still Remember The Third of December (sequel to And Someone Will Love You)

And I Got A Boyfriend; He’s Older Than Us (Modern AU; Alastair and Thomas meet again at a gay club)

Me And My Husband, We’re Doing Better (Modern AU; Please read the trigger warnings)

The War Outside Our Door Keeps Raging On (Sequel to Me And My Husband; Read the trigger warnings please)

Can We Skip To The Good Part? (Thomastair Angst; One dies and the other has to learn to live on their own)

Fire On Fire Would Normally Kill Us (Firefighter!Thomas AU)

Atticus (Pt. 1) (Theory time 😈)

Are We Too Wounded Now To Ever Come Down? (Modern AU; Risa snaps at Sona)

Would You Like To Hear My Story, Filomena? (Twilight AU; Please read the trigger warnings)

My Love Has The Power To Keep You Tied Down (Twilight AU; Sequel to Would You Like To Hear My Story, Filomena?)

Your Sugar Still Burns; Your Love Still Hurts (Modern AU; Filogenie Angst)

I Dropped Your Hand While Dancing (Thomastair set to Taylor Swift)

Kiss Him Goodbye (Thomastair; angst, if you didn’t already know)

You Bring Me Home, Sweet Creature (Modern AU; Alastair with a hint of Joshwood)

You See Me As Your Lifeline (Sequel to And I Got A Boyfriend)

Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful Boy (Theory Time Pt.2 😈😈)

I’ll Die Like Dylan Thomas (Modern AU)

It’s Your Bed, Babe, It’s Your Funeral (Modern AU; Sequel to Are We Too Wounded Now To Ever Come Down?)

I’ll Cry You A River (Then Drown You In It) (Modern AU; Thomastair Angst, you all know the drill)

The Kingdom Will Fall For A Song (Hadestown AU; Lucelia)

Water Fountain (Post-COI; Anna featuring Joshwood)

If I Catch Fire, Then I’ll Change My Aim (Carry On AU; Please read the trigger warnings)

You Used To Love Christmas (Modern AU; Angstmas Finale)

A Rose And A Princess (Thomastair)

I Love You, But… (Thomastair)

No One’s Ever Gonna Hurt You, Love (Thomastair)

You Stopped My Heart From Fifty Feet (Thomastair; First day of Fluffbruary)

I Live For You, I Long For You, Esfandiyār (Thomastair, ft. Cordelia and Baby Carstairs)

There’s A Tea Party Along Down The Road (Thomastair, ft. Soraya Lightwood-Carstairs)

The Man Who’s Gonna Marry You (TLH Hadestown AU; Thomastair)

We Made A Garden Of The Love We Found (Sona x Risa, ft. Jordelia and Thomastair)

A Soldier’s Coming Home (Thomastair, Military AU)

I Could Be A Better Boyfriend Than Him (Lucelia, Herondale sibling/Jordelia angst)

Darling, You Mean The Whole Wide World To Me (Thomastair fluff, featuring babies)

I Have Emotional Motion Sickness (Carstairs Sibling Angst)

Remember Me Each Time You Hear A Sad Guitar (Thomastair Angst™️)

Before I Say Goodbye, My Star in the Sky (Thomastair, A/B/O AU Angst)

But You Show Up Today, Just To Ruin Things (Charlestair Angst, Read Trigger Warnings)

Everyone Hail To The Pumpkin King (Modern AU; Thomastair costume fluff)

How Many Miles To Wonderland? (Modern AU; Gracetopher costume fluff)

Her Exes Say She’s Wicked (Modern AU; Lucelia costume fluff)

I Know My Girlfriend Is A Witch (Modern AU; Joshwood costume fluff)

Hold Me Steady When I’m Freaking Out (Thomastair Angst; Between COI and COT)

My Time, My Wine, My Spirit, My Trust (My first Matthew fic!!! Angst)

I Always Felt I Must Look Better In Rearview (Thomastair angst; prompt based)

Friends Don’t Look At Friends That Way (Lucelia Angst; ft. Grace and Kit)

To The Brilliant, Kindhearted, Tortured Alastair Carstairs (Evelyn Hugo AU; Alastair and Kamala)

Hey Jude, Don’t Be Afraid (Matthew Fairchild, TLH A/B/O AU)

I Think He Did It But I Just Can’t Prove It (Did he do it? READ THE TRIGGER WARNINGS)

(I Stayed There) Dust Collected On My Pinned Up Hair (Grace and Thomas grieve Christopher)

I Swear Sixteen Was Yesterday (But Now I’m Closed To Twenty-Eight) (A look at two birthdays in Alastair Carstair’s life)

You Did Some Bad Things But I’m The Worst of Them (Alastair kind of sucks in this one)

The Moon Doesn’t Mind That I’m All Alone (Grace thinks she’s going to be abandoned)

I Wish I Were Heather (Grace’s version of Heather, ft. Lucelia)

Black Lipstick Will Never Be A Sin (Grace’s last tattoo from Lucie, a snippet for a longer fic)

I’m Not Catastrophizing (Matthew is not okay)

The Infernal Devices Fics

If I Could Trade His Life For Mine (Sophideon Angst, ft. Thomas)

And I’ll Still See It Until I Die (You’re The Loss of My Life) (Sophie Lightwood Grief & Angst)

What They’d Give For The Right To Hold You (CharHen, Henry Fairchild centric; Omegaverse Angst with A Happy Ending)

Historical Hyperfixation Fics

Even If You Call It Love - Modern AU!Catherine of Aragon x Anne Boleyn, multi chapter (in progress)

Ask Games and Tips

Tarot Ask Game (Still accepting asks!)

Writing Tips (To be added; can be requested)

Pick A Number, Get A Quote From My WIP (Have fun!)

Book Rec Ask Game (Always accepting asks!)

Playlists

Alastair Carstairs As A Villain

Like A Canary In One Of Your Coal Mines

Masterlists/Indexes

TLH Tattoo Shop AU Index (Modern AU)

Riley’s Angst Wars Masterlist (Incomplete; Updated Regularly)

Angstmas Masterlist 2021 (Completed)

Fluffbruary Masterlist 2022 (Incomplete; Abandoned)

Summer of Angst 2022 (Complete)

Costume Party Fics 2022 (Complete)

Angstmas Masterlist 2022 (Incomplete; Abandoned)

Angstmas Days of Summer 2023 Masterlist (Complete)

Omegavember (in progress)

Angstmas Masterlist 2024 (In Progress)

Villain!Alastair/Morally Grey!Thomas AU Masterlist (incomplete)

Hadestown AU (Incomplete; out of order)

TLH A/B/O AU (incomplete; in progress)

Seasons of Love ‘verse (in progress)

[lifewouldbebetteronmars]

How I Would’ve Named Renesmee in Twilight (except I know ball):

Renesmee Carlie Cullen. A name that has divided a fandom for years. And controversially, I don’t actually hate this name-

I know, I know. It sucks. But it is exactly the kind of name that a teenager would pick for their baby; which wasn’t SMeyer’s intention

But that’s not the point of this post. The point is how I would’ve done it better

What’s important to note is that Bella placed an emphasis on family names when naming Renesmee. She wanted to honor their parents and she did, in true 18 year old fashion, by creating a portmanteau

However, she really didn’t need to do that because there’s a better option:

Charlotte Elisabeth Cullen, “Carlie” for short

Charlotte, for Charlie, and the nickname Carlie to honor Carlisle.

Elizabeth was Edward’s mother’s name and its known that they had a very close relationship before her death

Soften Elizabeth with an “s” to honor Esme, the mother whose raised him for nearly a century, giving us Elisabeth

And don’t include Renee because wow, she sucks, and so does book!Charlie but that’s not the point

And that’s how I would’ve renamed Renesmee without giving her a name that will get her relentlessly bullied in the decades of high school that she has to look forward to

Which name is better?

Renesmee Carlie Cullen “Nessie”

Charlotte Elisabeth Cullen “Carlie”

Remaining time: 3 days 3 hours

[gardenofradiostatic]

for the record i was a zaundads truther back when the only evidence we had was homoerotic stabbing and betrayal btw

[lifewouldbebetteronmars]

the concept of will and jem doing this

Doing what-

[tessherongraystairs]

im not crazy i swear

the money I would pay for this band to be real #daisyjonesandthesix #letmedowneasy #billy #daisy #primevideo @daisyjonesandthesix @ReesesBookClub @Prime Video

[lifewouldbebetteronmars]

OH THEY WOULD SO DO THAT

They’re constantly sharing the mic, there wouldn’t even be a need for a second one-

[lifewouldbebetteronmars]

the concept of will and jem doing this

Doing what-

[vamplire]

i lied, put ur clothes back on. i’m going to educate u on the origins & differing cultural lores that shaped what we know today as the vampire.

[lifewouldbebetteronmars]

THE HALLWAY SCENE

"she thinks im in love with you" "and what did you say" "well, i told her the truth. that nothing happened. and nothing ever will"

EXCEPT SOMETHING DID HAPPEN KAT

EVERYTHING HAPPENED!!!

[tessherongraystairs]

the concept of tessa being the one to tell jem that he’s in love with will

[lifewouldbebetteronmars]

The concept of Jem expecting Tessa to be upset with him for being in love with Will, only to be met with love and acceptance because she loves Will too

[lifewouldbebetteronmars]

someone hitting on gideon and sophie realizes that it’s not so casual anymore

Gideon being the one to take Sophie to her abortion appointment because she doesn’t want to be a mom right now and he’s supporting her choice and realizing it never was casual

[lifewouldbebetteronmars]

THE HALLWAY SCENE

"she thinks im in love with you" "and what did you say" "well, i told her the truth. that nothing happened. and nothing ever will"

EXCEPT SOMETHING DID HAPPEN KAT

EVERYTHING HAPPENED!!!

[lifewouldbebetteronmars]

jem singing let me down easy the first he finds out about wessa and staring them DOWN but it’s him trying to tell them to go easy on him if they’re gonna leave him I COULD WRITE A WHOLE ESSAY

And let me suggest:

Will writing Regret Me after Jem (hurt and more than a little jealous) infers that both he and Tessa are using Will to make each other jealous (untrue) and he decides he wants to ruin his music for the both of them forever

He’s self-destructing at the moment

Jem tries to get everyone to vote against using the song on the album but no one agrees with him because it’s a good song

[tessherongraystairs]

Mina’s documentary ends with a home video of a barbecue with the band reunited and all of their children there

that is so cute

at least they all got their happy ending

[lifewouldbebetteronmars]

Or do they? I mean, I’m still me after all *evil laughter*

[tessherongraystairs]

yes they do❤️

[lifewouldbebetteronmars]

Or is it??? *more evil laughter*

[tessherongraystairs]

Mina’s documentary ends with a home video of a barbecue with the band reunited and all of their children there

that is so cute

at least they all got their happy ending

[lifewouldbebetteronmars]

Or do they? I mean, I’m still me after all *evil laughter*

[lifewouldbebetteronmars]

Unpopular opinion but I think Arcane s2 would’ve been better if they switched Vi & Ekko’s storylines for act 2

[lifewouldbebetteronmars]

imagine gabriel being the one to comfort will after he kicks woolsey out LMAOAOAOAOAO

He def looks around first to see if anyone else is around to witness it lmao

[tessherongraystairs]

he makes sure there are no witnesses before he hugs Will then also lightheartedly threatens will that if he tells anyone, he’s gonna regret it

[lifewouldbebetteronmars]

Gabriel is like no one must know that I secretly care about Will-

[lifewouldbebetteronmars]

imagine gabriel being the one to comfort will after he kicks woolsey out LMAOAOAOAOAO

He def looks around first to see if anyone else is around to witness it lmao

[lifewouldbebetteronmars]

and when Will starts seeing someone else to "move on" from jessa and it would be his nicky

Yup

And you know who that Nicky is? Woolsey Scott

[tessherongraystairs]

oh yummy

and we all know woolsey is too nonchalant and has his own issues and not a good influence on Will but Will swears he's happy

[lifewouldbebetteronmars]

Exactly!!!

And Woolsey is the person who canonically told Will that if Jem dies, he can have Tessa

So we KNOW he will be bringing the drama

[tessherongraystairs]

he’d probably say something similar about that to Will especially once the tea comes out that will and tessa had a thing

and just like billy and daisy having arguments over that, will and jem def start fighting more over that

[lifewouldbebetteronmars]

Cecily HATES Woolsey, just like openly hates that man and it creates a rift between her and Will

Just like it does with Daisy & Simone

Jessamine leaves the band to go solo halfway through the album, Henry and Charlotte get eloped

Sophie is heartbroken and takes to teasingly flirting with Gideon to mess with him (but how long until it isn’t a game anymore?)

And Gabriel? He wants everyone to shut up, calm down, and make some fucking music

[lifewouldbebetteronmars]

and when Will starts seeing someone else to "move on" from jessa and it would be his nicky

Yup

And you know who that Nicky is? Woolsey Scott

[tessherongraystairs]

oh yummy

and we all know woolsey is too nonchalant and has his own issues and not a good influence on Will but Will swears he's happy

[lifewouldbebetteronmars]

Exactly!!!

And Woolsey is the person who canonically told Will that if Jem dies, he can have Tessa

So we KNOW he will be bringing the drama