27. he/him. Geeky, gay, kinda groovy. Word artist, film idiot, trying my best. This is my personal...
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I have been writing. Iâm just really not great a running a separate writing blog.
So this account will stay up as a historical log of previous posts. But if you want updated content, youâll have to follow my main blog. Disclaimer, 99% of my main blog is not writing stuff, most content will be in the fanfic tag. No pressure to go follow or anything, but the magpiewords blog will not be updated again.
noun. a development of events by chance in a beneficial way.
College is about finding yourself, but how do you find something you havenât defined yet? A music student and a culinary student have no reason to meet, and even less reason to become friends. Somehow, something that wasnât meant to happen leads them to finally define what their lives will become.
Written by the talented writer @magpiewords and art by yours truly in collaboration for Reverse Bang by @do-it-with-style-events. A ineffable wives story , college au filled angst and fluff but most of all full of love and self-acceptance. Chapter 1 was just posted, hopefully you guys have time to check it out ;)
[id: a tweet reading âReply with a fic premise that 100% sounds like the kind of thing I would write, and Iâll tell you how embarrassingly accurate it is.â]
Did someone ask for Toni Stark tied to a chair at the Winter Soldierâs mercy? no? are you sure, cuz itâs good stuff
âYour boss wouldnât know a good idea if it slapped her on the ass.â
âMiss Stark,â her brain must still be foggy, she didnât have time to flinch away before cold metal gripped her chin. The Soldierâs thumb traced along her lower lip, and Toni simply let it happen, pressing further into her mouth. âThatâs no way to talk.â
âIââ She started, but the finger in her mouth pressed down firmer, parting her lips.
âNo no, weâre done with that now. No more small talk, no more wine.â She leaned in closer, lips brushing against the edge of Toniâs own in a parody of a tenderness. âGive me the location.â
Did someone ask for Toni Stark tied to a chair at the Winter Soldierâs mercy? no? are you sure, cuz itâs good stuff
âYour boss wouldnât know a good idea if it slapped her on the ass.â
âMiss Stark,â her brain must still be foggy, she didnât have time to flinch away before cold metal gripped her chin. The Soldier's thumb traced along her lower lip, and Toni simply let it happen, pressing further into her mouth. âThatâs no way to talk.â
âIââ She started, but the finger in her mouth pressed down firmer, parting her lips.
âNo no, weâre done with that now. No more small talk, no more wine.â She leaned in closer, lips brushing against the edge of Toniâs own in a parody of a tenderness. âGive me the location.â
This challenge was so fun, but with all the things going on my life, it was hard to hit to finish every prompt. Iâll reblog this post with links to everything, but hereâs a summary of my stats:
Prompts Filled : 17/31
Unpublished Ideas : 8/14
Total Words Published :Â 43,828
Fandoms Written for : 7
AU with the most hits : Coffee Shop
AU with the highest word count : Soulmates
AUs I definitely plan on writing more for (eventually) : Post-Apocalypse and Rock Band
And last but certainly not least, the ideas I didnât publish (yet):
(want to see one of them sooner? Send me an ask and Iâll share what Iâve got so far!)
8 - Superheroes/superpowers
So this one is hard because most of the content I read is in that genre already. But then I saw about that said âTUA fic in the style of the Avengers 2012 âeveryone lives in the tower a la sitcomââ and I wanted to do that so badly. It was going to be inspired by the shenanigans my own sibling and I got up while we were visiting out parents.
9 - Royalty
Didnât have a solid plan for this one. Was thinking something along the lines of Aziraphale as a prince and Crowley as some sort of theft that had been captured and brought before him. Sexual tension?? very likely.
10 - Pirates
I actually had a lot written for this one! Take the previous concept and flip it - Crowley is a pirate captain and has recently taken Aziraphale prisoner. Had theming of The Dread Pirate Roberts from Princess Bride
12 - Crime
Also had a good bit written for this. Fem!Tony Stark as a mafiosa, getting kidnapped by Rogerâs rival crime group. Was actually going to be WinterIron, might have gotten smutty.
14 - Vampire
Ya know that post about âoh no im caught in the rain and the only building is this gothic castle and ooh noooo the vampire lady inside is hottt?â Yeah, I was gonna do that but Harley Quinn was a vampire (recently turned and then abandoned by the Joker) and Ivy is on the run from whatever and got lost in the rain.
15 - Role Reversal
Would have been an easy out for Good Omens (again) that I turned into TAZ (again). I got tripped up because I had no idea what to do with the plot, but I figured I was going to rewrite a boss fight from the series, except Merle was a fighter, Magnus was a abjuration wizard, and Taako was a cleric of Istus. Mostly wanted (another) excuse to write Taako bantering with Istus.
19 - 19th Century
Okay, Iâm actually really made I didnât get to post this one, but itâs actually for the best because this fic deserves more time. I have maybe 5k written? And itâs not even half done. Imagine the play 12th Night, except Kravitz is the Duke, Barry is Olivia, and Taako is pretending to be Lup since she has the qualifications needed to be the assistant Kravitz is looking for. BUT! Instead of a love rectangle or whatever, Krav is not in love with Barry. Oh no, heâs been trying to catch Barry for being a lich! And since heâs been unsuccessful, he sends âLupâ in to seduce him. Taako, having immediately fallen for Krav, is not into Barry. However, he is nice to Barry, who immediately assumes âoh, someoneâs nice to me? We must be in loveâ. Hilarity ensues, particularly when itâs revealed that Lup is not actually dead.
22 - Futuristic AU
Another one that I wrote a ton for. Itâs based on the joke post that was like âwhat if damnation was just timeout for demons, and god comes back to say theyâre punishment is over and they become angels againâ. So itâs starts pretty meme-y and god accidentally got written as a suburban midwestern mom? But I was planning on moving more into angst territory as Crowley grapples with the fact that heâs still mad at god and doesnât think he wants to be an angel again.
I am also aware this is a suuuper loose qualification of âfuture AUâ since itâd basically be set five years from the end of good omens canon.
23 - Arranged Marriage
Had almost nothing for this. Thought it could be interesting to do something with fem!Crowleyâs POV? idk
24 - Private Detective
Not sure what I was going to do with this, but thought itâd be fun to have Harley trying for a redemption arc by âbeing more like batmanâ who is a detective. Also I wanted an excuse to write handcuff jokes with her and Ivy.
25 - Circus
I got nothing, my dude :(
26 - Monster Hunters
Also basically nothing, but I thought doing something x-files themed, namely with the âScully you wont believe this!â character paired with the nonbeliever. Thatâs always fun.
27 - Flower Shop
Another one Iâm bummed I didnât get to, because I swear to you it was going to be amazing. Itâd be a rewrite of Little Shop of Horrors, where Ivy is Seymour, Harley is Audrey, Joker is the Dentist, Sy Borgman is Mr. Mushnick, and Frank is Audrey II. See?? Doesnât it fit perfectly??? If only I had time to write it, ugh.
Also low key want to make this concept a screenplay and sell the idea to WB - sure the money from being a paid screenwriter would be cool, but I care about making this idea a reality way more than I care about the money. I want to see Harley and Ivy sing about wanting a better life and for Ivy to realize how absolutely valid killing the joker would be.Â
28 - Fashion & Models
Again, nothing. But letâs be honest, it would probably be something involving Crowley as a model.
#10, #12, #19, #22, and #27 will all definitely be written sometime before 2021 (I hope) but if you want to see snippets of them sooner, or have questions/requests/prompts for any of these ideas, shoot me an ask!
This challenge was so fun, but with all the things going on my life, it was hard to hit to finish every prompt. Iâll reblog this post with links to everything, but hereâs a summary of my stats:
Prompts Filled : 17/31
Unpublished Ideas : 8/14
Total Words Published :Â 43,828
Fandoms Written for : 7
AU with the most hits : Coffee Shop
AU with the highest word count : Soulmates
AUs I definitely plan on writing more for (eventually) : Post-Apocalypse and Rock Band
Mages and Myths : Set in the lore of Dungeons & Dragons, the Avengers are sent on a mission to defeat a powerful mage (spoiler alert, the mage is Tony)
2 - College
itâs a liberal arts degree, aziraphale. what could it cost, ten dollars? : Easily one of my favorite titles. Crowley and Aziraphale are college freshmen, arguing with the dean about their roommate situation. (spoiler alert, the dean is a metaphor for god)
3 - Soulmates
Next Time : A 5+1 fem!Tony Stark and fem!Bruce Banner story, where soulmates are split into seers (who can see the future of where their soulmate might be) and canvases (who carry all the scars of their soulmateâs past). Itâs actually a pretty sad story.
4 - Angels and Demons
Hard to Give You the Cold Shoulder : Youâd think Iâd do Good Omens for this fic and youâd be wrong! That was the easy option, the obvious option. I did TAZ instead - Taako and Krav work for different deities, pitting them against each other as the cliche âangel and devil on your shouldersâ. Itâs mostly just banter.
5 - Post-Apocalypse
luck consists not in holding the best cards : A story that is so much more than the single chapter I was able to post. Crowley and Aziraphale fail to prevent the apocalypse. Heaven wins the war. Now, with Crowley posing as Aziraphaleâs âcaptive,â the two must find a way to eek out their own existence in eternity despite Heavenâs constant watch.
6 - Hospital
Smoke Break : Dr. Sam Wilson and Dr. Tony Stark talk about their stressful job and why they do what they do.
7 - Childhood Friends
Mutual Pining is Stupid : LUP AND KRAVITZ ARE BEST FRIENDS!!! A midnight conversation where Krav confesses to Lup that he has a crush on her brother - another fic that is mostly banter.
11 - Farm/Ranch
I Won't Know How to Quit You : Harley is a new hire for the season and Ivy is not impressed with her, until they slowly fall in love. The summary is âWhat if Brokeback Mountain was lesbians and nobody died?â and itâs exactly what it says on the tin. (clarification - itâs not all of brokeback, itâs only like the first thirty minutes, lots of nature shots and being alone togehter)
13 - Rock Band
Meet Your Heroes : Aziraphale is one of the greatest rock guitarists of all time. Crowley, who runs a record shop, does not believe that the man standing in front of him is who he claims to be. Iâd love to turn this into a longer series.
16 - Treasure Hunters
Dead Men Tell Some Tales : Tony Stark runs one team, while Steve Rogers runs another, in a Civil War AU about finding buried treasure.Â
17 - Firefighters
Take Me in Flames, Bury Me in Ash : hello naughty children, itâs angst time. A rewrite of the scene where Aziraphaleâs bookshop burns down. Except theyâre both humans - no being discorporated to heaven, no being a demon immune to fire. Heed the tags.
18 - Bodyguard
Just Enough : to be really honest, I wrote this fic trying to encapsulate the idea of seeing something you want and knowing youâll never be allowed to have it. But what is Crowley for if not giving Aziraphale everything she wants? Itâs soft elderly wlws, youâre welcome.
20 - singleparents Joker: Coffee Shop
benefits include medical, dental, and the most gorgeous man youâve ever seen : another title Iâm really proud of. Set post-S1 of Umbrella Academy, where the team successfully avoided the apocalypse because there is no Commission. Allison finds Klaus a job and, despite his doubts, he loves it. It was supposed to be a Klaus/Dave fic (and it is) but it mainly focuses on good sibling content.
21 - Professional Rivals
James v. James : Set in the same AU as âDead Men Tell Some Talesâ. James Barnes and James Rhodes are lawyers! And they do not like each other! When Rhodes loses a case against Barnes, he drinks to cope. When Barnes shows up at the table, they have a drinking contest.
29 - Tattoo Parlor
Perpendicular : Bryan Fuller is quoted as saying âEvery director who comes to the show gets the same lecture. We are not making television. We are making a pretentious art film from the 80s.â (source). I channeled that energy into a fic about Will getting tattoos to cope with the horrors of his job, and Hannibal as his tattoo artist. I also used the recent âtalk like Hannibalâ meme as much as humanly possible. This fic is probably the most erotic of the entire challenge.
30 - Magic
Abjuration as a State of Mind : Every TUA fic I write starts with one idea and turns into something else. Once again set in the lore of Dungeons & Dragons, the Hargreeves children are each specializing in a different school of magic. It was supposed to be about Five trying to learn more, but turned into a story of Luther wanting to protect his siblings while they go off to save Klaus.
31 - Combo! Professional Rivals x Coffee Shop
Does a rival count as a hobby? : This fic is a gift to my sister, who asked for the one thing I didnât want to write. But man, am I glad I wrote it. Making fun of Kylo Ren is self care, Rey being a bad ass and a mess all at the same time is a delight, and I care more about Poe/Finn than anything else. Coffee is regularly used as a metaphor.
This challenge was so fun, but with all the things going on my life, it was hard to hit to finish every prompt. Iâll reblog this post with links to everything, but hereâs a summary of my stats:
Prompts Filled : 17/31
Unpublished Ideas : 8/14
Total Words Published :Â 43,828
Fandoms Written for : 7
AU with the most hits : Coffee Shop
AU with the highest word count : Soulmates
AUs I definitely plan on writing more for (eventually) : Post-Apocalypse and Rock Band
my dadâalso a writerâcame to visit, and i mentioned that the best thing to come out of the layoff is that iâm writing again. he asked what i was writing about, and i said what i always do: âoh, just fanfic,â which is code for âletâs not look at this too deeply because iâm basically just making action figures kiss in text formâ and âthis awkward follow-up question is exactly why i donât call myself a writer in public.â
he said, âyou have to stop doing that.â
âi know, i know,â because itâs even more embarrassing to be embarrassed about writing fanfic, considering how many posts iâve reblogged in its defense.
but i misunderstood his original question: âfanfic is just the genre. i asked what youâre writing about.âÂ
i did the conversational equivalent of a spinning wheel cursor for at least a minute. i started peeling back the setting and the characters, the fic challenge and the specific episode the story jumps off from, and it was one of those slow-dawning light bulb moments. âiâm writing about loneliness, and who we are in the absence of purpose.â
as, i imagine, are a lot of people right now, who probably also donât realize theyâre writing an existential diary in the guise of getting television characters to fuck.Â
âthatâs what youâre writing. the rest is just how you get there, and how you get it out into the world. was richard iii really about richard the third? would shakespeare have gotten as many people to see it if it wasnât a story they knew?â
âas, i imagine, are a lot of people right now, who probably also donât realize theyâre writing an existential diary in the guise of getting television characters to fuck.â
I laughed loud enough to scare my dog. I love this. I am writing about anti-authoritarian revolution and found family. But also. I wanted. These television characters to fuck. And be knights and sorcerers in a medieval fantasy setting.
everyone writes such lovely comments on my fics and i dont always have time to respond but pls know i read them all and i reaaaally really appreciate every single one. they get emailed to me, so thatâs nice for instant gratification, but not so nice for remembering to actually reply... thank you for your patience
Day 1 is here! If youâre not shy, tell us about your Fantasy AUs, headcanons, ideas, or the stories you would write if you werenât too busy (or procrastinating)! Itâs alright, weâve all been there. ^.^â
this human heart built with this human flaw (a Good Omens fanfic)
all anathema has ever been and ever will be is what a dead woman tells her she should be--until she burns the second book. (a story about freedom, choice, and finding yourself)
Rating: G
Warnings:Â None
Read it here or listen to it here
Please enjoy this moodboard for this human heart built with this human flaw! Itâs been so fun to read - living vicariously through Anathemaâs adventures was so fun! Thanks for collaborating with me Nagi, Iâm glad I met you through @do-it-with-style-eventsâs mini bang!
[Image Description: Three rows of photos. The first row features a book on fire, an hour glass with blue sand tilted at an angle sitting in gravel, and a black and white photo of a vertical chain. The second row has a woman running joyfully, with a scarf trailing behind her, and a black background with white text saying âYou didnât come this far to only come this farâ. The final row features messy, rainbow color paintbrushes, a single old fashioned camera on a white background with a magazine, and a collection of multicolored scarves.]
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