I keep seeing people on social media complain about all these readers on ao3 suddenly complaining about fics not being finished and TAKING their fics and saying they'll finish them. Oh my god, that is terrifying. Obey Me, Fandom, DON'T DO THIS. ANY Fandom DON'T DO THIS.
Hi! I love your all your works so much, and I hope this doesn’t sound too pushy, but I was wondering when you’re planning to upload the next chapter of Tainted Reflections
I’ve loved reading it so far and adore the way you’ve characterised everyone (especially enjoying the twins, Lucifer and Diavolo but I can’t wait for more Asmo and curious about what’s going to happen to Simeon and Satan). I remember a while ago you posted a snippet mentioning it’s almost done, so I’ve been curious, it’s been really exiting!
Also the sin eater lore has been imbedded into my brain as canon, it’s so creative and fits in with the lore so well I can’t let go of it, haha.
Of course, no rush at all, health and wellbeing take priority and always come first. Thank you for sharing your writing!
Hi, lovely anon, so sorry its been so long. I'll be honest, I haven't touched it in a hot minute, life being its never-ending roller-coaster of ups and downs. I transferred all my works to a brand new computer and thought I almost lost it all! (So terrifying, oh my god)
I haven't written *anything* in a hot minute. I miss it. Its soooo difficult being your own support and encouragement for hobbies. Humans truly are social creatures.
Not saying that I'm giving up on it though! Perhaps its due time for me to dust off the drafts and do some warmups to get the story brain back in business.
And maybe I'll stop binding myself to the rules and limitations I set for myself and just go with the flow for the chapters? Not always feeling pressured to outdo myself constantly.
This is just a little fun thought I had about Upside Down:
Imagine MC experiencing an Alexa for the first time the same way the brothers did with Crowe. They’re absolutely terrified the first encounter lmao. Mammon laughs until his insides hurt, while Levi is genuinly concerned once it really hits him that MC doesn’t live with technology at all. Like, how do they even survive?!? (it’s also funny, but the thought is giving him way too much of an existential crisis for him to break into hysterics like mammon right now)
I just love the season 3 moments where the brothers were so hopeless with human world technology, even though the Devildom have some of their own technology. Meanwhile, in Upside Down, MC doesn’t even know what a phone or PC is, so I think they’d freak out 10x more lmao.
Anyways I love your fics and writing and Upside Down is absolutely peak I love to think about it a lot it’s amazing!! (I hope you didn’t mind me sharing a sort of headcanon haha) <333
I love headcanons! And yeeees, I loved those typed of moments so much, and I do think about all the things that would be so foreign to Demon!Mc
I got a good smile out of this, thank you, anon! Always feel free to share <3
I just recently discovered your writing and blog in general and can I just say that I love love LOVE the way you write and your stories? Especially Upside Down which I finished reading to the most recent chapter just today! It's just something about your story-telling and the way you characterize our beloved demons so well that brings me joy amidst the chaos that is today's world.
I wish you so well as you proceed to get your life more and more together! I also hope your life calms down enough for you to do what you love again!! ^^
Anon, you are so so so sweet. I can never tell you guys enough how much these kinds of comments mean to me. Its... a dream to have readers, even after being on a hiatus.
BTW I'll probably be posting reactions, initial thoughts, pictures, etc. when the game drops. I will keep any pictures under a post cut, and I will be tagging anything as #obeymespoilers so make sure you keep an eye out for those!
Need to hear all your thoughts on the new game now that you’re better!!
Cautiously optimistic? I haven't done a lot of research on it because honestly I was afraid it wouldn't be able to go through. I've heard that they aren't being held down by Solomare anymore? Which is why they were forced to shut down suddenly? Not sure how true that is.
At the end of the day, its still free, and I am excited to see my boys again!
Hihihihihih :D I am still here and I read ur recent post.
And GOSH I am so happy for u!!!! U deserve all the best things in the world and then some more!!!
It takes great strength to give life another shot after everything goes downhill. I don't wanna be patronizing but u should be super duper proud of urself!!
Glad to see u back on the dash loves ^.^
Hiiiii, thank you, hun, you've always been so nice to me. I don't think that was patronizing at all! And I do feel proud of myself, its been a lot of work, and above all, not giving up is perhaps the hardest thing ever.
Hey, everyone, happy Thanksgiving for my American folks! Small update for those who somehow still see this blog.
I'm doing better! Its been a few years of hell (actually my life ever since high school has been an uphill battle) dealing with mental and physical chronic illness as well as just family and life issues that had me in the deepest trenches.
New medication and a LOT of personal work and I'm seeing some payoff! God it feels good to love life, is this how some normal people feel? Sleeping at normal times, being able to do stuff without feeling sick, not having to take a nap when it gets painful just to function two hours at a time, feeling hungry?? I never actually knew hunger was a thing, I just thought hunger was pain and nausea until you ate. Turns out hunger is, well, hunger! Wild.
Things are still not perfect, but I think with my body they never will be fully normal. But my drive and passion has come back! I have stories in my mind and the itch to bring them to life with my words! I look forward to every new day!
God, I love love, I love all of you! I love doing things!! Its amazing! Truly never take health for granted, never take passion for granted. It's a phrase beaten to death, but you truly never know what you have until its gone. Although, I'm not sure if I've ever had this level of health. It's world changing.
I can write again! My mind and body don't feel like they've been stuffed with cotton anymore.
So this year I'm thankful for what I've been given. The option and privilege to have tests and exams, even though its been hard paying them off. I'm thankful for myself, and not giving up on myself, even though there have been times where I've been close. I'm thankful for some people I've met, even though the friends I have could be counted on one finger, and I've never been in love, I have felt love, even if its been fleeting, that helped to show me ways to move forward. I'm thankful for people here, and Tumblr itself for all its faults, to let me have support through people's words and comments. Hell, I'm grateful just for sleep! Its been- I kid you not- about 4 or 5 months without good sleep, 2-4 a night if any, and naps during the day just to stay alive. Not exaggerating.
So thank you! And I hope you all have many many things to be grateful for, even if they are small.
okay so...I read an AMAZING fanfic by @obae-me thats a swapped AU called "Upside Down"...my poor friends have been hearing about it so I had to draw my favorite parts from it. the demon MC in my drawings is my own lol (Judas, He/Him)
Bel... what in the seven hells is this outfit? I love the design *under* the tassels. No wonder you can't get out of bed, you have to spend an hour getting untangled from this mess...
Also, yes, I did pre-register for the new game. Who's excited? I know I am.
NOOO Mara omg you’ve been cursed with the ao3 author curse 😭😭
jokes aside I really hope ur doing okay or better and your writing is the best I can’t wait for literally anything you post but don’t stress yourself and remember to take things at your own pace :33
Yes truly, its a lot more annoying than I thought it would be. Its been really difficult these last two years. But I want to push through and get stronger so I can focus on my favorite thing: writing. I know I probably don't have many readers or followers left in this dying Fandom (we'll see if maybe if it gets rekindled with the new app), but I still refuse to give up on my works. Even if I crawl through every chapter and it takes me forever, I'll keep going.
Probably should try to brush up on my writing soon. Even if its tiny little blurbs here and there...
Promise I'm not dead. Health has been iffy as per usual, but I'm slowly working on projects. In fact, the next Tainted Reflections chapter is almost done! To get those looking forward to it excited, here's a small snippet.
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A single cottage raised out of the snow. The wooden walls and beams were worn; gaps yawning throughout the frame. More peculiar than its age was the undeniable fact that it had not existed in that spot just two seconds before. Creepy bones of old structures abandoned in the woods were rather high on your avoid-at-all-costs list, but…something about it was calling to you. The typical churning in your gut that served as your survival mechanism wasn't present here. Was it hope? Destiny? Divine guidance? Or simply the work of something more sinister lowering your guard and beckoning you towards your doom? Hard to tell… It wasn’t like there were several hundreds of stories already forewarning the dangers of foolhardy souls wandering towards sequestered buildings.
Your company who followed your gaze seemed just as skeptical. Gluttony’s eyes scanned the square inch of every surface, as if he could spot the sign of curses or monsters before more problems popped up in front of you. His expression told that he’d much rather hop up in a tree and rest in a nest of branches than try going inside. He had come here expecting a demon before, not a cottage. “I don’t like this place.”
This isn't an ask or request just something funny I came up with.
MC: *on the phone with Lucifer* I can't find my DDD! Mammon and I are looking for it everywhere have you seen it?!
Mammon; WELL HUMAN DOES HE HAVE AN ANSWER?!
Lucifer: MC... How are you talking to me right now?
MC: on my pho.... Oh! Mammon I found it!
Mammon: I knew it was there the whole time. I was just testing you. *Insert bushy Mammon here*
Lucifer: Don't do anything stupid with Mammon.
MC: *already hung up*
I can totally see that happening! We've all been there and done something like that at some point, don't lie. I've definitely had my phone in my hand or pocket and freaked out when I couldn't find it at least once in my life.
Thank you for sending this in. It made my morning!
Happy Birthday to my favorite boy who I love with my whole soul!
He's ostentatious, yes. It's hard to think otherwise with his title of Pride, his extravagant clothes, his dramatic entrances, and his peacock-like aura; always strutting about with his head held high and his metaphorical and oftentimes literal wings held out fluttering behind him.
So, it's easy to forget how much he loves simplicity. How he craves normalcy.
You'll fully admit you had misjudged him when his first birthday with you rolled around. Rumors forced visions of Diavolo putting a screeching halt over the whole kingdom, making everyone come out of their homes and business in droves just to celebrate. He'd have a limo or flying carriage take him to an exclusive five-star restaurant, drinking millennia old Demonus so expensive, one drop could have Mammon rolling in money for months. All the while decked up to the nines- the tens, even.
But, you quickly learned that those symbols of opulence were not what he wanted.
However, this year, you still found doubt clawing at your insides. Was this enough? His brothers assured you that what you all had planned was more than adequate, but it was still difficult to think so. You wanted to give him the world... Now you knew Diavolo's struggles firsthand when it came to the fallen angel.
After he had fallen asleep, you'd rolled over and disabled the timer on his phone. Mammon had already somehow snuck in and stolen Lucifer's alarm clock, eliminating his backup (which might already be sold at this point). He could sleep in now. Diavolo had already given Lucifer the day off, but old habits died hard, and everyone assumed he'd be up before he needed to.
The plan was set. He'd wake up to already-made coffee he could sip in bed before lumbering down to breakfast in his pajamas. There would be no arguing, the house would be clean, and everyone was ready to participate in a historical museum tour that was showcasing demon adaptations of human technologies. One of which was the first magical rendition of an assembly line.
Then you'd head out to have tea and snacks in the Royal Gardens. It would be just you, him, and Diavolo (with Barbatos serving of course) while the others set up a party at the House. The only ones attending would be family and close friends. It would be then that he opened presents, ate his favorite homemade dinner, and drank a little in the company of others while playing different games. Then while the night was fairly young, you'd offer to take him away.
As you rolled over in bed, listening to his light breathing as he slept soundly, you couldn't help but feel both nervous and excited for what you had planned for him. For months, you had tried scouting for the perfect gift. Was this...enough? It deviated from what you would normally plan to get him. It wasn't a cursed record or a set of cufflinks or a tie or anything like that. This year, you'd managed to find a music box. It played a lovely little tune that had the sort of melody that forced you to go quiet, chills running down your spine. But this wasn't just any music box. No. Under certain conditions, it would show the listener the memory that would make them the happiest in that moment. And the conditions were easy, one only needed to turn the winding key exactly six times.
Thinking about presenting it to him made you all giddy inside, knowing that he could use it whenever he felt particularly stressed...but also more anxiety allowed itself to flood your nerves. What if it had somehow broken in the spot you'd hidden the gift in?! Did you check it twice last night? Yes. But stranger things had happened in this house, broken things were actually quite common. So, you'd check on it again...just to be sure.
You eyed Lucifer as you slipped out of bed, keeping the mattress from bobbing too much as you tip-toed your way out of his room. Straight to the planetarium you went, assured by the youngest sibling that he'd keep it safe by shooing Lucifer out of the area if he got too close, which was so common already the eldest shouldn't get suspicious. Slipping your way into the room, you rushed over to the specific chair you had hid it behind. The ground was cold as you sat down on it, your legs crossed over each other as you sighed in relief as the intact music box was pulled into your lap.
"Might as well give it a test run," you muttered to no one but yourself as the key clicked six times. Music poured out into the room as you opened the lid. Mist seemed to shimmer a little in the air, a scene projected into the magic. Faint voices played into your mind, syllables almost twinkling in time with the notes.
"You worry too much." A familiar voice had you smile a bit sheepishly, an old memory of Lucifer shaking his head at you being the music box's memory of choice. "I've told you time and time again that you don't need to fret over impressing me, or whatever that silly word you said was." Ah, yes...you remembered this now...it was some time ago, worrying over some kind of RAD gala. Even now you weren't exactly sure what the specific thing you had panicked so grievously over was, but you had been so anxious over letting everyone down, especially the one who you held so close to your heart. In the image, Lucifer grabbed your face, looking so deeply into your eyes, it was as if he were reaching through the haze to assure you all over again. "And if I must, I will continue to tell you time and time and time again, even if my jaw must break from the strain. So take a breath, relax your shoulders, and remember that--"
"I love you," something echoed. You jumped, your arms pulling the music box close to your body instead of launching it in the air. You shut the lid as you glanced over your shoulder.
"L-Luci..."
The demon chuckled a bit as he tucked the fabric of his robe tighter against his body as he came up behind you, getting on his knees and resting his chin sleepily on your shoulder. "Should I be offended or pleased that you're sneaking off in the middle of the night to meet up with another me?"
You audibly sighed. So he saw... "Shouldn't you be asleep?"
"Answering a question with a question are we?" As he mused he wrapped his arms around your torso.
"Answering my question to your question with another question?" you quipped right back.
Even without fully seeing him you could feel his eyes roll. He gave you a squeeze and pressed his cheek right next to yours. "Am I to assume...perhaps rather selfishly...if all the secrecy is to imply that this interesting little thing is mine?"
A long pause settled between you. Was this...a bit of disappointment bubbling inside you? "It was supposed to be a surprise..."
If anyone knew the tragedy of derailed plans, it would be him. He hummed in apologetic understanding. "I can pretend like I didn't see it."
That actually had you chuckle a bit, shaking your head. You scooted on the floor to turn around to face him. Grabbing one of his hands, you placed the gift inside his palm. "Happy birthday, Lucifer. May this uplift you in those darker moments when I can't be there. May your birthday this year add to the pool of happy memories to choose from. May I be by your side for another birthday, and the birthday after that, and so many more to come." You leaned forward and kissed his cheek, chuckling at his slightly wild bed-hair that you were just now getting a good look at.
He went a bit silent, and you could've sworn as his eyes shut for a moment, a little bit of color came to his cheeks. He set your gift off to the side of himself as his arms wrapped around you once more, pulling you into a tight embrace. "And may I get to tell you time and time and time and time again...how much I love you."
Reblogging for Luci's birthday! I also realized I never put this in my masterlist, so shame on me, it's such a sweet one. Might write a new belated birthday fic over the weekend...
