Revive Me

Stories and Art of No Importance. Or if I want to be less pretentious: just a blog for my own amusement. I write fanfic occasionally, if you're interested in reading, you can find everything I've posted in my fics tag. I'm also let's playing 999 now, apparently. You can find the playlist among my links and any posts concerning it in my let's play tag. Links: my fics 999 let's play let's play tag

[cooliogirl101]

Posting this because I’m seriously tired of people thinking fanfiction authors are machines that pop out stories for your enjoyment. No, you can’t just go to Settings and adjust our update times to your liking, that’s not how it works. We’re human too.

[renewalxvii]

Neil Gaiman said it best.

Writers are not your bitch. This is not a difficult concept.

[a-redharlequin]

THISSSSS

[smile-lifegoeson-deactivated202]

Oh my gosh seriously? Preach it. People like that need a good slap of reality to the face,

[kagayakuseiza]

This. If someone is providing any form of free content, pestering them for updates is just bratty and entitled. People have lives. They can’t always work for free just to constantly entertain random people on the internet. Be grateful that anyone is even willing to do that to start with.

[honyakusha-eri-deactivated20190]

OP gave a much nicer response than that message deserved.

[myriade]

me: (writes fics in my head while running)

me: (writes fics in my head while driving)

me: (writes fics in my head while brushing my teeth)

me: (sits down to write a fic at my computer) I got nuthin

[darkicedragon]

[myriade]

darkicedragon:

So one of the things @hellse-bunny associates me with is ‘tea cup/ cat sized dragons. Smol but tuff and ready to throw down.‘

I had to draw it, bwhahah. 8D

[cleavagewithfirepower]

You know what I wish had stopped being a thing years upon years ago? Using the following to describe just how good looking that one male character is:

“[Male character] was, according to every woman—and a number of men—the single most attractive person at [place].”

Good job, you’re sooo inclusive for remembering the Gay Guys™, but maybe, just maybe, you could consider remembering THE LESBIANS.

[myriade]

Pick 10 Characters from 10 Fandoms:

Tagged by @darkicedragon

Pick 10 Characters from 10 Fandoms:

1) Snake – 999: Nine hours Nine persons Nine Doors

2) M-21 – Noblesse

3) Phoenix Wright – Ace Attorney

4) Raziel – Legend of Kain

5) Jolyne Kujo – Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure

6) Toph Beifong – Avatar: The Last Airbender

7) Sissel – Ghost Trick

8) Dorian Red Gloria – From Eroica With Love

9)  Evelyn Carnahan – The Mummy (1999)

10) Tula – Pirates of Dark Water

They’re not in any specific order, mind-you. Not tagging anyone either, because I’m a rebel. ;)

See if you can find a pattern, I actually don't think I can. X'D;;;

[myriade]

Thanks for the tag, @darkicedragon. I can’t write straight, ahahaha

(I actually had to look up what my blog title is, lmao)

[myriade]

Fic: Communication

Title: Communication

Fandom: Noblesse

Summary: Moving into the modern human world takes some getting used to.

Rating: Gen

Characters: Kentas, M-21. Hints of Kentas/M-21 or at least Kentas->M-21

Notes: Birthday fic for @darkicedragon because they’re awesome! I hope you had a good one, D~

Genre: Uhm… Calm. General?

Word count: 323

Status: Complete

Keep reading

[darkicedragon]

“ Kentas stared at the small machine M-21 had handed to him. He turned it over a few times; one side was a shiny black surface and the rest a lighter grey with several buttons on the sides. What was it? “ Okay, I’m grinning already, bwahaha. XD YES, KENTAS LEARNING ABOUT TECH.

“ told Kentas that M-21 probably expected him to know what a ‘phone’ was. “ XDD Awww, Kentas!

“ “No.” No point in beating around the bush, really. “ Ahhaha, pretty much. (And hey, that means less chance of a hole getting blown through a wall, pfft.)

“ when he wanted to get a hold of the other werewolves, he had just gone to see them. “ And also probably used it as a mini training exercise at the same time. *snerk*

“ Kentas caught a whiff of his scent: a mix of both human and werewolf—quite unlike any Kentas had ever known before—much like the man himself. “ Hnnnng, yesss! 83

“ Kentas smiled. While he would always miss his clan—as it were before everything fell apart at any rate—he could really get used to this. “ Yessss!

Aaaaah, thank you for this! 8D

[myriade]

Oh yay, I'm glad you liked it! :3 And thank you for not minding that I'm a day late, ahahaha. XD;

[myriade]

Fic: Communication

Title: Communication

Fandom: Noblesse

Summary: Moving into the modern human world takes some getting used to.

Rating: Gen

Characters: Kentas, M-21. Hints of Kentas/M-21 or at least Kentas->M-21

Notes: Birthday fic for @darkicedragon because they’re awesome! I hope you had a good one, D~

Genre: Uhm… Calm. General?

Word count: 323

Status: Complete

Kentas stared at the small machine M-21 had handed to him. He turned it over a few times; one side was a shiny black surface and the rest a lighter grey with several buttons on the sides. What was it?

“It’s a phone.”

Kentas stared at the ‘phone’. The name didn’t really say much about its intended purpose, so Kentas still had no idea what the machine was used for or why M-21 had given it to him.

A quick glance at M-21’s face—narrowed eyes, pursed lips, head tilted just slightly to the side—told Kentas that M-21 probably expected him to know what a ‘phone’ was.

He cleared his throat and glanced between the ‘phone’ and M-21 again. Just as he opened his mouth to ask—

“You don’t know what a phone is.” M-21’s face had smoothed out into a blank mask—unreadable.

“No.” No point in beating around the bush, really.

M-21 sighed and rubbed a hand across his face. He glanced off in the distance, clearly gathering his thoughts.

“It’s a device used for communication. Primarily, anyway. It has a lot of secondary functions, but I’m giving it to you so that I—and everyone else—can easily get a hold of you, and vice versa.”

Huh, made sense. Kentas nodded slightly, both to show that he understood and in contemplation. This type of communication wasn’t something he knew much about; when he wanted to get a hold of the other werewolves, he had just gone to see them. Clearly, this ‘phone’ was a shortcut.

“How does it work?”

As M-21 stepped closer and started to explain the functions of the phone, Kentas caught a whiff of his scent: a mix of both human and werewolf—quite unlike any Kentas had ever known before—much like the man himself.

“Are you listening?”

“Yes.”

Kentas smiled. While he would always miss his clan—as it were before everything fell apart at any rate—he could really get used to this.

[tashaneva]

sometimes i wish my brain had a switch off button or something

[cleavagewithfirepower]

What I like to do when my brain goes into “obsessively thinking about things I don’t want to think about because reasons”-mode is the mental equivalent of sticking my fingers in my ears and going “LA LA LA” to drown out something I don’t want to hear:

I start narrating in my head. I start plotting fanfiction in my head, or even original stories. Not something I plan to ever write, not necessarily anything good, just something that amuses and/or makes me happy. Something I enjoy.

If I can’t think of anything, I start thinking about fanfiction I’ve read or series I’ve watched and I narrate them instead. It doesn’t have to be one long narrative, you can start with a coffee shop au and end up in an epic adventure fic and then back to high school au. Doesn’t matter, just keep narrating/plotting something.

The intrusive thoughts will still pop up in the middle of my mental story, but I just keep going. I keep going and going until I forget the things I don’t want to think about right now.

This might not work for anyone else, but it does for me so I’d still like to put it out there in case someone else finds it helpful.

[onewordtest]

“Unless you are following the dialogue with an action and not a dialogue tag.” He took a deep breath and sat back down after making the clarifying statement. 

[joehywheelah]

“However,” she added, shifting in her seat, “it’s appropriate to use a comma if there’s action in the middle of a sentence.”

[tenoko1]

“True.” She glanced at the others. “You can also end with a period if you include an action between two separate statements.”

[cj-amused]

Things I didn’t know

[prismatic-bell]

“And–” she waved a pen as though to underline her statement–“if you’re interrupting a sentence with an action, you need to type two hyphens to make an en-dash.”

“This is your daily, friendly reminder to use commas instead of periods during the dialogue of your story,” she said with a smile.

[erisis]

Actual, professional writer here, reblogging because I somehow ended up as a professional writer without any college education, and I’ve never had this spelled out to me so clearly!

[ashearmstrong]

You can also add en-dashes using an alt-code, ALT+0150.

[cleavagewithfirepower]

I just want to point out that that’s technically not how you use the en-dash. That’s how you use the em-dash (—). The em-dash is the longest of the three horizontal “lines”: hyphen (-), en-dash (–), and em-dash (—).

The tip of “two hyphens make an em-dash” is incorrect for Word. I just double checked and in my Word 2007 two hyphens between words make an em-dash. You create an en-dash in word by typing “ - “ between words instead of “–”.

Another way to produce an em-dash (at least in Word 2007) is CTRL ALT - (numpad - only) , where the en-dash is CTRL - (numpad only). The alt-code for the em-dash is: ALT 0151 on the numpad (aka almost exactly like the en-dash).

This means that the correct version would be:

“And—” she waved a pen as though to underline her statement—“if you’re interrupting a sentence with an action, you need to type two hyphens to make an em-dash.”

I love the em-dash. I would wear a shirt that says “I ❤ the em-dash”. It’s a highly versatile and extremely useful punctuation mark that needs a lot more love. I use it all the time—especially when I write fic—and I would love for more people to use it.

The en-dash and em-dash are used for very different things, though apparently some places like to replace the em-dash with the en-dash so I guess the previous example isn’t really wrong even though it is? I can’t for the life of me understand why you’d want to do this replacement; it just muddies the water.

I have linked two different websites for the usage of both the en-dash and the em-dash. They are (should be?) wildly different punctuation marks, even if they look similar.

I hope I don’t come off as a dick. I just really love the em-dash.

[blackcrowcalling]

Describe your writing process in three words or less.

“Well, fuck.”

[agorgonwitch]

“USE THE SPOONS”

[thegladhatter]

“oops okay nevermind”

[cameoappearance]

“throw things together”

[g-g-freak]

There we… are?

[fatal-blow]

“Just fake it”

[toastyhat-deactivated20180203]

“Someone should cry.”

[nothing-is-alwrite]

“What just happened?”

[andloveisalwayswise-deactivated]

“someone should die”

[ackleholics-anonymoose-blog]

All the gays

[hazeldomain]

PLEASE FUCK ALREADY

[holywillow]

writing? what writing

[soalsoandmoreover]

………………..WAIT

[pride-commons]

Don’t fight please.

[ukulelekatie]

“Needs more fluff”

[deactivateddaniel-deactivated20]

“What a mess”

[daughterofdrearburh]

“This needs help”

[ladyblrds-deactivated20230622]

someone help me

[gh0st0f1uk3]

thats……..not right

[corpseinrepose-deactivated20161]

i…guess?

[minim-calibre]

So that happened.

[violent-darts]

Zeno’s fiction paradox.

[awfullythick-deactivated2017111]

What are words

[gerec]

Boom or bust.

[chase820-deactivated20161117]

Let’s try that again.

[widgenstain]

What is English?

[nextraordinaire]

Be more subtle

[pearlo]

Okay, now what?

[cacchieressa]

*adds dick jokes*

[waldorph-deactivated20171216]

burn it down

[rcmclachlan]

Not today

[myriade]

*gross sobbing*

[partytilfajr]

“Opposites attract” should be reserved for like “she’s messy and he’s neat!” Not like “she’s supportive and he’s a soul-sucking toxic person!”

[myriade]

Trioships! :D “Hey, I’m with you, okay? Always.” “It could be worse.”“We’re in the middle of a thunderstorm and you wanna stop and feel the rain?” “I can’t believe you talked me into this.”“It’s not what it looks like…” Any one is fine, I just threw a bunch in so you'd have a choice to pick from, haha. Though together they're getting an interesting narrative going, pfft.

”It could be worse!”

M-21 and Takeo both stopped and stared at Tao, incredulity written all over their faces—in their wide eyes, raised eyebrows and open mouths with downturned lips.

“What? It could be!” Tao said defensively, a slight pout making its way across his face.

M-21 pinched the bridge of his nose and gritted his teeth; the chains around his wrists jangled loudly.

“How could it possibly be worse? We don’t know where we are, you’re both injured and bleeding and I’m wrapped in heavy chains that none of us can break. The chains limits my ability to move, which slows me down. Your wounds slow you down, and we probably have a horde of enemies trying to find us. We have no way of getting help and, again, we don’t know where we are! How could it be worse?!”

The was a pregnant pause.

“Well… At least it’s not raining?”

M-21 closed his eyes and turned his face to the sky as if begging for patience.

“Let’s just keep moving. Standing still in a defenceless location is a very bad idea considering our circumstances,” Takeo said and made a waving motion forwards with one hand.

M-21 let out an ugly snort and started walking, the other two quickly following.

“I still think it could be worse,” Tao mumbled and crossed his arms over his chest.

~~~

When it started raining about thirty minutes later no one said anything, but M-21 shot Tao a look that could only be described as “livid”.

~~~

Tao flopped down on the bed—right on top of M-21 and Takeo—and buried his face in his pillow.

Some seconds of flailing, twisting and grunting later, all three of them were curled together and comfortable.

“See?” Tao mumbled a few moments before they dropped off into sleep. “It could have been so much worse. We made it out alive, so it definitely could have been worse!”

M-21 snorted, but ruffled Tao’s hair affectionately, and Takeo laughed gently.

Fair enough, it could have been worse.

————-

Look at me, writing something less than 500 words even! Thanks for the prompt, D. <3 this is kinda platonic but whatever

[myriade]

I swear, tumblr keeps trolling me. It turns the ads back on and turned my askbox off. Great. :I

[alwayskaysanova]

send me a pairing and a number and i'll write you a drabble

“Come over here and make me.”

“Have you lost your damn mind!?”

“Please, don’t leave.”

“Do you…well…I mean…I could give you a massage?”

“Wait a minute. Are you jealous?”

“Is there a reason you’re naked in my bed?”

“I almost lost you.”

“Wanna bet?”

“Don’t you ever do that again!”

“Teach me how to play?”

“Don’t you dare throw that snowba-, goddammit!”

“I think we need to talk.”

“Kiss me.”

“Hey, I’m with you, okay? Always.”

“So, I found this waterfall…”

“It could be worse.”

“Looks like we’ll be trapped for a while…”

“This is without a doubt the stupidest plan you’ve ever had. Of course I’m in.”

“The paint’s supposed to go where?”

“You need to wake up because I can’t do this without you.”

“We’re in the middle of a thunderstorm and you wanna stop and feel the rain?”

“I’ve seen the way you look at me when you think I don’t notice.”

“Just once.”

“You’re the only one I trust to do this.”

“I can’t believe you talked me into this.”

“I got you a present.”

“I’m pregnant.”

“Marry me?”

“I thought you were dead.”

“It’s not what it looks like…”

“You lied to me.”

“I think I’m in love with you and I’m terrified.”

“Please don’t do this.”

“If you keep looking at me like that we won’t make it to a bed.”

“You heard me. Take. It. Off.”

“I wish I could hate you.”

“Wanna dance?”

“You fainted…straight into my arms. You know, if you wanted my attention you didn’t have to go to such extremes.”

“Hey! I was gonna eat that!”

“Have I entered an alternate universe or did you really just crack a smile for me?”

“You did all of this for me?”

“I swear it was an accident.”

“YOU DID WHAT?!”

“If you die, I’m gonna kill you.”

“Tell me a secret.”

“Hey, have you seen the..? Oh.”

“No one needs to know.”

“Boo.”

“Well this is awkward…”

Writer’s preference

[dorkabeth-deactivated20160816]

I iwll do them this time I’m sorry!!

[elfpen]

I will also do platonic ships! So send me whatever two characters you’d like to see in a drabble together.

[thesheergumption]

Reblog if you’ve ever read fan-fiction that actually set the bar higher.

[sheliesshattered]

#yup#it’s so hard to read published fiction now#so much of it is just sooo baaad#but like#part of the gate keeper effect to publishing#is that they don’t get inundated with all these stories using similar tropes#tropes don’t get refined like they do in fanfiction#published fiction ends up feeling cliche and clunky and incredibly slow#where fanfiction works through every possible iteration of a trope or a technique in a matter of months#and then comes back and turns old beloved tropes on their heads#while published fiction is still floundering with the basics of something that fanfiction explored in depth years ago#it’s like when someone shows you a ‘cool new funny meme’ from fb#and you’re like#that was on tumblr in 2007#and it’s not even a particularly good example of the meme#it’s a mediocre example at best#from before the meme really got going and people got really imaginative#that’s how published fiction feels to me these days#in comparison to fanfiction#anyway#tag talking#fanfiction#reading (via)

[audiaphilios]

This is so true. I beat myself up over how much I’ve had to stop reading books now that I’ve been traveling for over a year, but then I did the math and realized I still read anywhere between 500,000 and a million words of fiction each month, and its fiction that deals not only with refined tropes, as the commentor above notes, but also marginalized communities and identities that are too “edgy” for mainstream fiction when what they should be is normalized. 

Beyond that, fanfiction gives voice to far more writers, with far more feedback and interaction between writers and fans, than most mainstream writers can dream of achieving. Fanfiction isn’t Auteur->Gatekeeper->Grateful Recipient, it’s a community. And that’s worth far more to me these days than the number of bookshelves I own.

[oppergod]

[rcmclachlan]

My final form.