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m | she/her | myheartalive on ao3 (mostly) RWRB fanfic writer I reblog writing advice, tips etc here

[myheartalivewrites]

Hello, hello, felt like about time I made one of these. Here are all the fics I have up on ao3, sorted by fandom then length, because... I don't know, I felt like it? These are mostly E rated, so remember to check the tags and read only what you're comfortable with! 💚

(title links will lead you to ao3)

RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE

Long (over 50k words)

Deep Blue (~76k, E rated) - AU, FWB to lovers, beach setting, pining while fucking, Henry POV (tumblr tag)

Down by the Water, I Saw You (~63k, E rated) - AU, exes to lovers, set over multiple vacations/holidays, mutual pining, split POV

Foxden Park (~50k, E rated) - Victorian AU, house party, country games, featuring moodboards created for the RWRB Big Bang, Alex POV (tumblr tag)

Medium (10-25k words)

Have One (On Me) (~10k, E rated) - AU, NY bar setting, mutual pining, miscommunication, bartender!Henry, Alex POV

Happy NY (~11k, E rated) - AU, New Year's Eve in NY, aged-up, missed connection, a little bit of angst, split POV

In His Wildest Dreams (~11k, E rated) - post canon, set at the brownstone, very horny, very smutty, Henry POV

Just like that. (~10k, E rated) - AU, roommates, getting together, feelings realisation, sex talk turning into actual sex, silly + soft + sappy, Alex POV

Love and Hate at the Farmers’ Market (~11k, T rated) - AU, farmers' market, rival stall holders, Christmas/holiday vibes, Alex POV

Love and War (~11k, E rated) - AU, WWII training camp setting (no actual fighting though), getting together, a bit of pining, captain!Henry, Alex POV

Paper Chains (~25k, E rated) - AU, co-workers, friends to lovers, NYE, non-linear narrative, ALL the pining, split POV

Pumped (~22k, E rated) - AU, climbing buddies to friends to lovers, pining, set in London, Alex POV

Twice the speed (of you and me) (~17k, E rated) - post canon/slight canon divergence, Alex + Henry + Pez threesome, very smutty, split POV

you and me, babe, how about it? (~13k, E rated) - post canon, A + H + OMC threesome, smutty smut, Alex POV

Short (anything under 10k words)

Awakened (~2k, E rated) - post canon, a coda to In His Wildest Dreams (see above), a crucial scene but told from the flipped POV, almost purely smut, Alex POV

Don’t Wanna Be A Fool For You (~6k, E rated) - AU, roommates, angsty Henry pining super hard, getting together, Henry POV

Have One (On Me) REMIX (~6k, E rated) - AU, NY bar setting, bartender!Alex, shy/pining Henry, Henry POV

Oxford Days (~6k, E rated) - AU, roommates, an ode to Henry’s Oxford slut phase (as CMQ put it), slutty Henry, clueless Alex being into it, Alex POV (tumblr tag)

"Please, I need you to." (drabble-ish, E rated) - missing moment, the rimming we all wish we'd gotten to see in the book, Alex POV

Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secured (~3k, M rated) - AU, enemies to lovers, co-workers trapped in a cab together, Henry POV

Total Eclipse (~1k, T rated) - AU, karaoke-based meet cute, Henry's a disaster, Alex is obsessed with it, Alex POV

Tumbled Down and Tangled Up (~4k, E rated) - canon divergence, alternate events in that hospital cupboard, getting together, Alex POV

You Spin Me (Right Round) (~5k, E rated) - AU, gym/spin class setting, spin instructor!Henry, Alex POV

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A MARVELLOUS LIGHT (THE LAST BINDING SERIES)

in your room, like a temple (~4k, E rated) - post book 1 canon, set at Sutton, magic smut, a result of me being obsessed with the blue light spell

(you are) the river of light (~6k, E rated) - second in my post book 1 canon series, set at Sutton, more blue light smut, magic lube, and an ending that’s so romantic even I can’t believe it

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And if you're after MORE recs: here are my favourite reads from 2022 and 2023; I reblog fics I love on this blog with the tag rwrb fic rec; and my ao3 bookmarks are public. Or you can always hit me up. I'm happy to share my enthusiasm for RWRB fics

Happy reading!

[hymnism]

making a collection

[putridghost]

Wait I have more

[acemingo]

[view-from-up-here]

[allieargents]

queue this post when it’s your birthday and be surprised

[memeuplift]

[aphony-cree]

A tip to make this a good experience for your kids: do it before they write their letters to Santa and teach them that part of cleaning out the closet is thinking about which toys they don't play with anymore and what kind of toys they still enjoy. It can help them figure out what they really want for Christmas instead of getting sucked in by glitzy ads. It also helps you learn how the child's tastes have grown because you can't always rely solely on their Christmas list

[inspired-lesson-plans]

Social Emotional Learning (SEL), Grades 2-6

HW:

This.

[booty-uprooter]

[roseverdict]

i've had this queued up since nov 1 last year :D

[berrycobbler]

it's so hardcover –> we're so paperback

[myheartalivewrites]

hey tumblr WHAT THE FUCK is happening today?

[cheese-greater-official]

*cough gay cough*

[oceaneyes1834-deactivated202312]

*cue vine voice* Oh my god, they were roommates...

[cheese-greater-official]

Cary grant and Randolph Scott lived together for 11 years in their mansion entitled the bachelor pad there are press pictures of the two of them living in a completely wonderfully domestic setting

When Cary grant has to marry as to stop the rumours of their gayness he became very depressed, him and his wife divorced 13 months later

[cheese-greater-official]

Putting more pictures here because yes

[ladyoftheharbour]

Also they reason said wife divorced Cary is bc Randolph “refused to leave” their home and Cary wouldn’t kick him out.

[theparadigmshifts]

[lamardeuse]

I’d seen some of these pub stills before but not all of them, imagine middle America looking at this and thinking they were just bachelors sharing a house holy fuck

[sashayed]

just gentlemen being friendtlemen

[deejay]

[krakensdottir]

Okay, so because of comments, I looked this up.

This beaver is a rehab animal. He was found on the side of the road when he was no bigger than a potato. He is still young in this video (you do not realize how big adult beavers are, trust me) and is not ready to leave his home or family. Yes, beavers are social and they live in families. For him, his rescuer is his family. But he will be ready to leave at the age of two or three, when a wild beaver would leave his parents and seek out a territory of his own.

Anyway, he gets plenty of outdoor time and is also being taught to swim and do normal beaver things. He WILL eventually be released. So him building a dam out of plushies is not as sad as it might seem.

The truth is, animals are typically happy if they get to exercise their instincts, even if the environment is an artificial one. But in general, a wild animal should be either in the wild or in a captive setting that replicates its natural environment. Beavers are NOT good pets. Fortunately, this guy is not being kept as a pet. So it’s okay. Enjoy the video, and check out Raising The Wild on YouTube if you want updates.

[onyxbird]

[Video description: A small beaver inside a house drags and piles a variety of objects, including multiple stuffed animals, wrapping paper, rugs, towels, one flip flop, and an entire undecorated Christmas tree to form a dam between the edge of a doorframe and the bottom of a staircase. The caption above it says "Not a single drop of water is getting past that bad boy." /end description]

And this little gentleman is both adorable and helpfully giving an example of not being a good pet, since most people 1) don't want their house wrecked because their pet decided their stuff should become part of its dam and 2) would like their house's doorways and walking paths to remain doorways and walking paths instead of becoming low walls made out of random stuff. 🤣

[depsidase]

[spookyteeths]

Feminist icon Judith Butler slams liberals who want to abandon trans people: That's "fascist logic" - LGBTQ Nation

Butler called denying health care to trans kids "an act of cruelty."

[queeranarchism]

For those wondering: yes, she is saying that Democrats who abandon trans rights are using fascist logic.

[catchymemes]

[send-noodles-not-nudes]

I love the dad but his response made me immediately think of this:

[a-literate-chicken]

*walks across your dashboard*

[maybequinnidk]

[playtwewy]

[pixxeidust]

[ms-demeanor]

Hey, in case you didn't know it: Ao3 allows you to make bookmarks private.

And, in case you didn't realize it: if you're going to give the fics you bookmarked a letter grade, you SHOULD make your bookmarks private.

[ms-demeanor]

Actually, genuinely though, in case you didn't know it: Ao3 shows authors all the tags and notes you make on any fic you publicly bookmark. Your notes are visible when I scroll through the public bookmarks on my works.

The only way an author has to stop seeing this is to mute you, so it's kind of shitty to use bookmarks to say how you wished the author had killed both parts of the main pairing instead of giving them a happy ending (a real thing that has happened on two of my fics).

Authors can see a count of private bookmarks but not the notes or tags on those bookmarks, so if you have some commentary about hatereading your NOTP or want to make a note that the concept is good but the execution is poor, that's an inside thought and should stay in the private bookmarks.

[the-tenth-arcanum]

t-shirt that says "i love interpersonal conflicts"

[the-tenth-arcanum]

and on the back "IN FICTION!!!!!"

[maureen-corpse]

i’ve said it before and i’ll say it again fiction readers don’t want to read about realistic relationships they want to read about dubcon in a country house library with a mysterious baroness

[marzipanandminutiae]

#saying it again#the book about the mysterious baroness should have zero evidence of anyone ever having been to therapy

nobody in this crumbling manor has ever heard of journaling or Setting A Boundary (except the boundaries of the estate, past which the Gothic Heroine is forbidden to stray)