musings, morbid and mellow.

twisted wonderlair.

[mriachka]

hi! i'm mriachka, a woman who loves talking about her love for other women. i'm primarily writing for atla/tlok as well as twisted wonderland as of now; for the latter, my works feature "twisted" female counterparts to original twst characters. i am open to discussing the cast as they are in a platonic sense, but romantic and sexual conversations will involve female!twst only. all characters in my works are written as adults.

dni list: russians (i am ukrainian and currently living in ukraine. russia and russians are responsible for the daily military air raids and consequent deaths of people in my country).

request and ask rules: no incest (themes of inheriting unhealthy family dynamics are fine; incest itself is not, including fauxcest), no pedophilia (age gaps are alright between adults only), no discrimination (okay to discuss; not okay to sexualize). unless it's a commission, nothing too detailed (ocs, arbitrary yet very specific requests etc), because i feel that at that level of reader customisation you might as well just give it a shot yourself :)

flower prompt requests are open. my ao3. not spoiler-free.

#mriachka's writing — my fiction tag.

foreword: since i write stories which describe unhealthy, toxic, and abusive relationships, i feel that the onus is on me to make it clear that none of those things are normal. your partner should view you as their equal. if they ever raise their hand at you, coerce or outright force you to have a sexual encounter with them, treat you demeaningly and cruelly, they are not somebody you should stay in a relationship with. it doesn't matter whether they genuinely love you or only claim so. you deserve better anyway. i'm rooting for you!

don't repost or translate my works without explicit permission. don't use them to train or interact with ai.

header image — "PÅ OMVÄGAR" by Leif Engström.

[mriachka]

I would like to know the name of that wlw beauty and the beast book 🎤 please please please

"thorn" by anna burke! i am halfway through, and i'm obsessed. i might have to read everything this woman has ever written (which is all wlw, seemingly. everything she's written is wlw). she has a vampire series, too, and her own spin on robin hood. goldmine.

[mriachka]

realized that autumn is nearing, and therefore so is the month of spookiness and horniness, which i am (optimistically) hoping to celebrate with the weekly fics. if you ever wanted to share a thought on whatever sexy horrors you'd like to go through with a character from twst/atla/tlok, now's your time. i am listening.

[glue-bubbles]

All my parts of yueki with bodyguard suki and avatar yue au

[glue-bubbles]

Old yuezula panel ideas (sorta abandoned) for a twisted au that I hope to just continue draw more of when I’m not hit with exams every week :)))

[menopausalpup]

she's chill now

young adult lin's just so facking easy to draw... darn.

[the-twst-cast-needs-therapy]

If you swim in the sea and feel a bite in your knee, that's a mooooraaaaayyyyy.

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[mriachka]

undoomed yue concept, in which the finale explores yue's spirituality instead, having her be the one leading aang to his connection with tui and la. after yue helps save tui (minus the deadliness of the sacrifice), she goes on to redefine her perceived duty: if she thought before that her obligation to her people was in following through with her gendered role obediently, now she finds it in her quest to help avatar end the war, finally bringing safety to her people, and in becoming a better leader for them. she renounces her engagement, and she joins the gaang. there, she functions as a foil to season one's zuko (who still understands "duty" and "honour" as concepts prescribed to him, not chosen) and a complimentary character to toph (with whom she shares a background story of being infantilized and disregarded due to their health issues).

[mriachka]

Low-key, Lilia also has insane puppy eyes, but idk how much they work with someone able to sense the evilness emanating from within her spirit as she's pulling them out

it's a shame we rarely get to see lilia interacting with somebody innocent enough to fall for her ruse. the one time we did, it was with npcs (who underestimated her strength on the basis of her seemingly frail build). the main cast, on the other hand, can sense the ominous aura coming off her from a mile away, even if they can't pinpoint what exactly the source of the discrepancy is. regardless, i think that lilia would delight in having a darling who's unaware enough to perceive her as a peer (or perhaps even a younger lady? a cute girl who's just finished uni and is now trying to get her first ever job as a teacher?), and i don't doubt that she'd do her best to milk as many benefits as she can out of her naturally sweet-looking elderly face. the question is whether her best acting efforts are enough to overcome the effects of all the scary lore about fae in general and her personal inability not to slip into topics much heavier than the ones suited for a young person specifically. can you really keep on falling for the cutesy pretense of somebody who regularly drops down from the ceiling on you just to spook ya?

[mriachka]

dual horror-comedy of yan lilia developing an interest in her single mother darling during her internship at the school, where the comedy comes from the inherent ridiculousness of having lilia be talked out of dating an older divorced/widowed woman with a kid (...who is actually around 670ish years younger than lilia), and the horror comes from lilia acting like a fucking cryptid.

[mriachka]

Low-key, Lilia also has insane puppy eyes, but idk how much they work with someone able to sense the evilness emanating from within her spirit as she's pulling them out

it's a shame we rarely get to see lilia interacting with somebody innocent enough to fall for her ruse. the one time we did, it was with npcs (who underestimated her strength on the basis of her seemingly frail build). the main cast, on the other hand, can sense the ominous aura coming off her from a mile away, even if they can't pinpoint what exactly the source of the discrepancy is. regardless, i think that lilia would delight in having a darling who's unaware enough to perceive her as a peer (or perhaps even a younger lady? a cute girl who's just finished uni and is now trying to get her first ever job as a teacher?), and i don't doubt that she'd do her best to milk as many benefits as she can out of her naturally sweet-looking elderly face. the question is whether her best acting efforts are enough to overcome the effects of all the scary lore about fae in general and her personal inability not to slip into topics much heavier than the ones suited for a young person specifically. can you really keep on falling for the cutesy pretense of somebody who regularly drops down from the ceiling on you just to spook ya?

[mriachka]

i got my peach riot sleepover box today, and the gigi i pulled is the spitting image of female!cater... there truly are cathedrals (i.e. twisted yuriland girls) everywhere for those with eyes to see.

[gigi image for verification purposes:]

[mriachka]

have you watched arcane?

the reviews i have observed from fellow lesbians range from "the best tv series/wlw couple to have ever been created" to "the worst tv series/wlw couple to have ever been created", so i've mostly been living with the vague awareness of arcane's existence for now. the clips of the visibly neurotic dark-haired woman looking mildly alarmed by her own emotionality do seem nice, though, and i can't deny that her slight resemblance to a woman after my heart (kuvira) certainly helps.

what does my local council of wise women-loving women think? is it worth it? will it change my life for the better? will i develop an unhealthy attachment to the women in it?

[mriachka]

thank you, wise women. i shall heed your counsel.

[mriachka]

Speaking of puppy eyes, have you ever considered IDI-

Ok ok I’ll stop.

-💀

idia has incredibly sympathy-sapping eyes as long as she's not aware of it. which is uncommon, since she's both self-aware and self-conscious. so. idia does something quite sweet and endearing → idia immediately makes an "ew!!! gross" face at herself/says something cruel to break the mood and bully herself first before her darling gets a chance to. i don't think she's above emotional manipulation, but she has so many so much more comfortable ways of getting what she wants that, unless it's a deliberate performance, she doesn't utilize her acid eyes and christmas tree hair (in the ability of which to turn some other color to signify her deep sadness i believe) all that often.

other strong contenders for the "eyes so wet and sad they should be classified as a lethal weapon": epel (laughs like a villain right after you buy into it, which ruins the effect a little. she knows how to use her frail beauty charm, but she also has an irresistible urge to make you feel stupid for finding her cute.), ruggie (she's not too endearing, but she's had a lot of experience making herself look gentle and trustworthy. plus. have you seen her eyes. they are HUGE.), and kalim (so quick to start tearing up that you are forced to reconsider your actions, lest you look like an absolute piece of shit to everyone nearby). other worthy mentions include cater (mostly does it as a joke. she carries so much sadness inside that letting it slip through on her face is easy-peasy for her. laughs it off and praises you for being such a good little underclassman afterwards.), malleus (has that natural moe. a bit naïve and childish, which is especially noticeable in her surprised+disappointed expressions. they feel incongruously immature for her elegant, adult face), and jack (her tail drops and her stature diminishes. everyone in savanaclaw can tell if she's sad).

[mriachka]

tlok's mega moe trio.

[mriachka]

Speaking of puppy eyes, have you ever considered IDI-

Ok ok I’ll stop.

-💀

idia has incredibly sympathy-sapping eyes as long as she's not aware of it. which is uncommon, since she's both self-aware and self-conscious. so. idia does something quite sweet and endearing → idia immediately makes an "ew!!! gross" face at herself/says something cruel to break the mood and bully herself first before her darling gets a chance to. i don't think she's above emotional manipulation, but she has so many so much more comfortable ways of getting what she wants that, unless it's a deliberate performance, she doesn't utilize her acid eyes and christmas tree hair (in the ability of which to turn some other color to signify her deep sadness i believe) all that often.

other strong contenders for the "eyes so wet and sad they should be classified as a lethal weapon" title: epel (laughs like a villain right after you buy into it, which ruins the effect a little. she knows how to use her frail beauty charm, but she also has an irresistible urge to make you feel stupid for finding her cute.), ruggie (she's not too endearing, but she's had a lot of experience making herself look gentle and trustworthy. plus. have you seen her eyes. they are HUGE.), and kalim (so quick to start tearing up that you are forced to reconsider your actions, lest you look like an absolute piece of shit to everyone nearby). other worthy mentions include cater (mostly does it as a joke. she carries so much sadness inside that letting it slip through on her face is easy-peasy for her. laughs it off and praises you for being such a good little underclassman afterwards.), malleus (has that natural moe. a bit naïve and childish, which is especially noticeable in her surprised+disappointed expressions. they feel incongruously immature for her elegant, adult face), and jack (her tail drops and her stature diminishes. everyone in savanaclaw can tell if she's sad).

[mriachka]

I was rereading "A helping hand", and I'm not sure if you've mentioned this already, but when it says: "“how come you’re not drunk?” for a moment, a complicated look crossed her face. it’d happen sometimes. expressions you couldn’t decode, emotions you didn’t recognize. there one second, gone the other.", is Kalim's initial reaction to being asked why she's not drunk related in some way to her history of being poisoned/having to be alert/generally endangered?

i adore when readers pick up on those details :) yes, my intention there was to have kalim's experience with discerning mind-altering substances and the effect they have on her come through in how much more lucid she is compared to reader. reader is stumbling through the corridors and plopping down the moment she sees a bed; kalim leads reader easily up to the room and then moves through it energetically in her search of the movie-inspired and thematically-relevant ring. they are both drunk, but their levels of drunk vary greatly, contributing to the dubiosity of the situation and the power imbalance between the two. another reason for reader's lower alcohol tolerance (lack of carefulness around kalim, whom she perceives as innocuous, aside) is that she's still getting used to discerning the variety of drinks served in scarabia. it's reasonable enough to assume, i think, that jamil would be the one in charge of sourcing alcohol, kalim pointing the things she wants by her side, so it's likely that their beverage assortment would be that of scalding sands specialties and country-specific curiosities, neither of which reader would know a lot about. it's easy to underestimate a sweet, light-tasting, foreign drink, even if you are generally pretty okay at drinking. and, obviously, since kalim has a good eye for those sorts of things, she doesn't make the same mistake, resulting in her staying buzzy yet in control of herself (her most favored state, in my opinion).

as a side note, i quite like those moments when kalim's intelligence and experience get to come through. she's not studious, but she's good at memorizing the things that matter to her, and she pays a lot of attention to the reactions of people around her. she has her logic, and she has worries and reservations bubbling underneath. she's also the oldest sibling in her family, which shows through in her treatment of others. jamil viewing kalim as a helpless child doesn't mean that she's actually that, and it's nice to have an opportunity to bring that up in my writing.

[mriachka]

Omg wait no I really like more gentle/"pushover" darlings sorry😭 I was just joking around

no worries!!! it's just a topic that's on my mind a lot as i write, since in those slightly longer fics you do have to give your reader at least some agency for the sake of the yan-darling dynamic, and in that case i tend to go for the "internally conflicted, externally passive" kind the most, which was something i thought i'd share my perspective on. i should have livened my post up a little, though. looking back, a lack of any "!"s or ":)"s makes me sound somewhat crestfallen haha.

[mriachka]

Is korra like katara, or is she more similar to aang or toph or zuko? (in terms of personality i mean).

i believe that korra has a lot of similarities with the beifongs, as pointed out by tenzin to lin: she is, fundamentally, a heroic figure (which is the urge we see both toph and lin exhibit) with a strong personality ("that girl is tough as nails!") and a willingness to put her own feelings and desires aside to achieve her goals (as seen in zaheer's ultimatum for korra, toph's approach to accepting zuko, and lin's continuous stay in zaofu). all three of them also have their vigilante moments (korra apprehends the triad thieves on her first day in republic city, lin gives her badge up specifically to save her officers as quickly as possible, and toph goes undercover in order to unveil the plot against non-bender businesses, such as her father's) and all four of them, suyin included, are heavily motivated by the compassion and care they feel for their loved ones (toph can be counted on if "her family, friends, or avatar are in dire need"; lin will come to zaofu, but only if "the beifong clan demands her reluctant involvement"; suyin is pretty much consistently putting her family over the rest of the world, such as with baatar's gentle recovery and immediate forgiveness; and korra's conflicts in the first two seasons can be boiled down to her family and her friends being used against her).

their biggest differences, i'd say, are in the extent to which they are willing to go scorched earth for their goals. toph and suyin are completely ruthless (not a tremble of hesitation in murdering people who have threatened/harmed their family); lin is ruthless, but has a bit of a morality to herself (she's not a schemer and she prefers a fair fight); and korra is ready to sacrifice herself, but struggles with alternating between her role as the avatar and her role as the daughter/lover/friend (as shown in "turf wars"). ultimately, i think it's for a good reason that we see the most of korra and toph. the grumbling, miserable beifongs feel for korra very strongly (lin rushes out on a republic city police aircraft to get to her before zaheer does; toph takes her on as a student to help with her recovery + allows korra to drag her into politics despite really, really hating them); the one pleasant, somewhat manipulative beifong charms her almost immediately (with korra practically jumping into su's arms to hug her); and the next generation of beifong ladies either has a sweet bond with her (opal) or functions as her narrative foil (kuvira). she's a beifong magnet.

i will say, though, that i shall always mourn us not getting many interactions between korra and aang. i know he would have adored that girl. they may not naturally be of a similar personality type (if anything, i'd argue that korra's hot temper is closer to katara's), but korra manages to grow into a very empathetic, very spiritual person, and aang would have been extremely proud of that. otherwise, sokka would have been the closest to korra's humour, i think, with the slightly awkward yet genuinely charming comedy, and post-atla zuko would relate to korra's difficulty in carrying out the duty which is sometimes bigger than one's own self (and that makes a lot of sense: he is, after all, aang's foil).

[mriachka]

it's nice to be proven right.