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MASTER POST

Absolutely every post on this blog is tagged with ‘reblogs’, ‘fanfic’, or ‘ramblings’. Missing a post? LMK.

general tags

reblogs, original, relatable, ramblings

asks, anon

reference, resources, contests, exchange, promptlist, [x] day writing challenge

fanfic, ao3

fanfic rec, snippet, fanfic ideas, drabble

fund me, support my work, ko-fi

oc, kh oc

fandom specific tags

bnha, bnha au, midoriya izuku, aizawa shouta, midoriya inko, shimura nana, todoroki touya, dabi, dabi is todoroki touya

[ghost izuku]

[shimura inko theory]

[hide away au] [notebook of names au] [the early grave au]

cannon busters, philly the kid

[fic: born to live born to die]

dcmk, dcmk au, shinichi

[broken memory au]

dragonfable, tomix, piotr, katia, barvra

[fic: strange children]

fma, fma au, edward elric

[android edward elric]

[clockwork heart au]

kingdom hearts, destiny islands, hollow bastion | radiant garden, keyblade graveyard, yggdrasil

boy in black, ienzo, kairi, riku, sora, kh oc, kh chirithy, kh brain, kh blaine, kh skuld, kh ventus, kh player, kh ephemer, kh strelitzia, kh lauriam, kh elrena, kh vanitas, kh dandelions, kh luxu

[ser: ienzo destia] [fic: love]

magi, magi au, alibaba saluja, kassim, mariam

[ghost channel au]

[ser: broken pottery]

naruto, naruto au, obito, kakashi, sanbi, isobu, kankuro, jinchuriki, ichibi, shukaku

[bijuu-nin au] [kettle-pot au] [sandstone au]

tma, gerry, beholding

[eric delano] [avatar eric delano] [child eric delano]

[fic: seventh moon]

vld, keith kogane, matt holt

voltronsecretsanta2020

non-fandom specific tags

alternate universe, steampunk au

androids, ghosts, murder, shinto shrine, time passing, mourning customs

[ser: vastitudes]

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Kingdom Hearts (Video Games) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Brain & Luxu (Kingdom Hearts) Characters: Brain (Kingdom Hearts), Luxu (Kingdom Hearts) Additional Tags: Sick Character, Big Brothers, Little Brothers, Siblings, Adopted Sibling Relationship, Grief/Mourning, Cuddling & Snuggling, Comfort Food Summary:

Luxu's snickers were really soothing, actually: Brain might even be able to sleep now.

IT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION

that apparently i didn’t share this here yet??? wild.

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Cannon Busters (Cartoon) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Philly the Kid (Cannon Busters) Additional Tags: Mourning Rituals, Self-Reflection, Smoking, Swearing Summary:

Philly is confronted with the (mourning) laws by which he has governed himself.

So I was doing a fic exchange with some friends, and here’s the result! It’s not much, but I’m fairly happy with it. Enjoy!

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Kingdom Hearts (Video Games) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Brain & Chirithy (Kingdom Hearts), Skuld & Ventus (Kingdom Hearts), Elrena & Lauriam (Kingdom Hearts), Lauriam & Strelitzia (Kingdom Hearts), Elrena & Strelitzia (Kingdom Hearts), Vanitas & Ventus (Kingdom Hearts), Brain & Strelitzia (Kingdom Hearts), Brain & Elrena & Ephemer & Lauriam & Skuld & Ventus (Kingdom Hearts), Strelitzia & Vanitas (Kingdom Hearts) Characters: Chirithy (Kingdom Hearts), Brain (Kingdom Hearts), Skuld (Kingdom Hearts), Ventus (Kingdom Hearts), Keyblade Wielder(s) (Kingdom Hearts), Player Character (Kingdom Hearts), Ephemer (Kingdom Hearts), Strelitzia (Kingdom Hearts), Lauriam (Kingdom Hearts), Elrena (Kingdom Hearts), Vanitas (Kingdom Hearts), Dandelions Ensemble (Kingdom Hearts) Additional Tags: Songfic, Song Lyrics, Game: Kingdom Hearts χ, Daybreak Town (Kingdom Hearts), Keyblade Graveyard (Kingdom Hearts), Found Family, Post-War Series: Part 1 of Vastitudes Summary:

Storyboarding notes for an animatic of the song ‘In Our Bedroom After the War’ by Stars.

Happy birthday to ME! OY OY OY!

Taking a page from Pippi Longstocking and giving you guys a gift this year. Enjoy!

[kaijuusandkryptids]

Happy New Year @chaotetothecore! I was your @voltronsecretsanta this year! Aha ha ha So when you asked for a Space Pirate Opera, you meant a Treasure Planet AU right? Right?? Uhh haha I hope you like this anyway!

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:O!!! This is gorgeous! I love it, thank you!

I especially love how they’re standing with the rigging, and how their hair is flowing in the space wind!

(and, yes, I would say that Treasure Planet AU definitely falls into a Space Pirate Opera! the drama is through the roof...)

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Mariam & Alibaba Saluja Characters: Alibaba Saluja, Mariam (Magi) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Childhood Trauma, Drinking, Underage Drinking, Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism, Hallucinations, Alibaba Saluja Dies, Mariam Lives (Magi), Drabble, Poetry Series: Part 2 of Broken Pottery Summary:

Amber liquid like rebuking golden eyes. Hers or his, she could not say.

BOOM its a series now.

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 2/31 Fandom: The Magnus Archives (Podcast) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Major Character Death Characters: Gerard Keay, Eric Delano Additional Tags: Child Gerard Keay, Gerard Keay Has EDS | Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Monster Gerard Keay, Beholding Avatar Eric Delano, Child Eric Delano, Ghosts, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Implied Childhood Sexual Abuse, Implied/Referenced Incest, Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con, POV Child Summary:

hungry ghost festival hell note ashes taken by the night wind

~John Tiong Chunghoo

Listen, people, this collection is not getting any happier.

Using the September 2020 Prompts from @downwithwritersblock.

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Bijuu-nin AU [海深 外伝]

He is tired. He’s been tired for so long, and he thought a nap would help. Is he less tired now? More awake, more aware? Probably not. He’s not sure what went wrong. He fell asleep, and now he’s trapped. The one he’s bound to (Guard or Cellmate?) feels like lightning, but it doesn’t have the fluidity to be truly safe with him. He is tired. He is also scared.

He doesn’t want to be here, with a seal that sends waves of pain so frequently, with a child(?) that’s as scared as he is, and maybe more confused.

Obito is small, the way so many of the veteran shinobi ambling through the streets are small. The Village was meant to protect them, Obito thinks, Obito is sure he’s heard. It’s not like his memory goes back far enough to know the truth. To know if there are more children who came back than before. To know if Hashirama was not simply a clan head who wanted more.

What does Hokage even mean if a Hokage can’t stop this?

He looks at his small hands and swallows.

He’s sitting at the memorial stone, has been reading and rereading the same names (really just the one) since before dawn. Shisui (so small, so little, so deadly fast and smart) had stopped by not long after, dropped off a bento bearing all the hallmarks of Mikoto’s cooking. He, Shisui, had cocked a head at Obito, like the birds who signed his back. He, Obito, had felt nothing, felt like a small animal. He, Obito, was grateful when Shisui left. Even if it still felt like nothing but a yawning cavern opening beneath his feet but leaving him standing.

His hands are trembling, chopsticks laid across the open bento at his side. He’s barely picked at it, but he hasn’t felt hungry (liar) since he woke up after Kannabi Bridge.

He wonders if he should go visit Rin at work, at the hospital. He catches a whiff of antiseptic blowing on the wind and swallows, clenching and unclenching his (bloody, clean) fists. That’s right, he doesn’t need to go there. Rin said she would pick him up for dinner later. He’d be late otherwise. He’s always late.

He reads the name(s) on the stone again. He looks at small hands. His hands were tiny.

If Village couldn’t save children, then what were they there for?

SUMMARY: Kannabi Bridge. Obito (13/14) isn’t fast enough to save Kakashi (9/10). As per flipped canon, Kakashi is (rightfully) presumed to have been crushed to death (although none of Team Minato actually see him dead/dying). Kiri-nin pick up Kakashi, planning to use him as leverage (maybe just for Madara’s Sanbi bomb). - 1 year later, Kakashi has realized he’s a bomb and manages to successfully escape Kirigakure. He avoids Konoha, because he was the Yellow Flash’s apprentice and he knows where must be the most dangerous place for him to be. (He’s heard things, too, and councilman Shimura Danzou just keeps coming up.) He avoids the Konoha-nin too. - 3 years later, Kakashi (13/14) has mainly stuck to civilian areas and wild lands, though he’s kept an ear to the shinobi ground (so to speak, sometimes literally). At some point, he began regular work as a shiphand on the cargos running between far North and far South. - Due to the poorly designed seal (Madara may see intricate seals but he can’t replicate this and Zetsu was never inclined to study the art) he and Isobu swing from not hearing each other at all, to hearing the other too much too closely too loud. When Madara (who has other plans in motion) begins a chase on the Sanbi, it takes a full year. Only a year. Madara tries to break the seal, pull out the Sanbi, but only manages to fuck with the seal until it’s worse than it was. The faulty seal blends Kakashi and Isobu’s personalities into a single entity, a bijuu-ghost barely held to their corpse by an inert bomb seal. - Now Kaibuka [海深] (14/15 give or take a super long time), they’re perpetually youthful~~ until they can manage to ditch the fleshsuit. (They can’t quite figure it out yet, bc whenever they’re hurt too much like whatever hurt their eye they automatically heal from it.) Due to the blending, their memories have been mixed and crushed up together, so that even many of their memories of Isobu have been altered by their memories of Kakashi. - They wander the Nations once more, this time stealthily hopping around Ninja areas as much as they poke around Civilian areas. They make a (rather comfy, thank you) nest in the remains of what could only be Uzushiogakure. They primarily avoid Konoha (something, something, dangerous? they’re not sure anymore. it’s all a little fuzzy), though they occasionally swing through Land of Fire. They go through Kiri more than there. - Back at Konoha: The rest of Team Minato has managed to survive both the Second and Third NWWs. Obito is on the Hokage succession track (determined to become the leader that can end wars before they begin), and Danzo is too pressed for space to take out anyone, least of all Shisui. Madara attacks, but is repelled by greater forces. Kushina survives with a healthy little Naruto to learn sealing at her knee, and Minato looks into who exactly gave the order for the Uchiha to stay entirely away from the fighting. The Hatake Home and Properties have been placed under the ownership of the Civilian Branch, and the sensitive scrolls (including Pakkun +) have been closed away.

(A/N: That election, huh?~~~ I’ve had this sitting since May of last year, so you know it’s been marinating. *pads off to down some celebratory brandy* If you didn’t catch it, that is Isobu narrating at the top, and Kakashi is both Lightning and Water inclined. I say inclined, bc I doubt that people will fit squarely into the predetermined holes in any system. Obito is both older than Kakashi and coming from a different background, so his reaction to this trauma is a bit different from Kakashi’s. Namely, Obito is disillusioned with the system. He’s understanding now that things in the Village were never as good [or righteous] as he thought they were.)

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Angsty art meme

Send me an emoji and a character!!!

👣 - Broken ankle

👽 - Alien infection

💫 - Dizzy

😷 - high fever

💋 - Bloody lip

💀 - Head wound

😭 - Acid tears

🙏 - Possession

😵 - Barfy

🍴 - Creative stabbing

🐻 - Animal attack

🍄 - Poisoned

🐺 - Painful transformation

👅- Vampire attack

✨ - Glittery blood

🍭 - Candy gore

🌹 - Hanahaki disease

🌺 - One with nature

🌊 - Drowned

🍳 - Fried

❄️ - Frostbititten

⚽️ - Sports injury

🎧 - Burst ear drums

👀 - Eye pain

👻 - Dead

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Interview with Child Character

These are questions specifically meant to be answered by child muses (characters aged 12 or younger). Whether the character is a actual child, a younger version of a adult character, or simply a child at heart it doesn’t matter.

At what age is a person an adult? Why do you think so?

Are you a good friend? Why do you think so?

If you could grow up to be famous, what would you want to be famous for?

What is the best gift you have ever given? Why was it so special?

What’s the funniest thing you saw this week?

If you could have any animal in the world as a pet, where would you go to get it and what would it be?

If you wrote a book, what would you name the main character and where would he go?

Can you name one thing that scares you?

Do you think that telling the truth is always the right thing, even if it hurts someone’s feelings?

Did you ever something you knew was against the rules before?

If you had the attention of the world for a whole minute, what would you say?

What is the most annoying thing you can thing of?

What do you think your life will be like in the future?

What’s the most important part a family?

What’s your idea of a perfect day?

What’s your most embarrassing moment?

Do you have any siblings, cousins? What do you like best about them? What do you like least?

What’s your favorite thing to eat? Least favorite?

What job looks like it’s very difficult?

Do you like being alone or being with a lot of people better?

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Autumn/Halloween Sentence Starters

Feel free to suggest conversation subjects for a part two.

“Autumn is my favorite season.” “Do you call it Fall or Autumn?” “I love it when the trees change.” “Don’t tell me you’re not dressing up for Halloween.” “It’s the mooost wonderful tiiime of the yeaaaaar~” “I miss when it was actually warm outside.” “I’m in pumpkin spice hell.” “How many caramel apples do we need? Two? Twenty? Four hundred? I’m buying four hundred.” “I’m having a bonfire tonight. Wanna come?” “If you don’t carve pumpkins with me this year, we’re not friends anymore.” “If you don’t carve pumpkins with me this year, I’m breaking up with you.” “I drank a gallon of cider all by myself. I regret nothing.” “Let’s do a couple costume this year.” “Did you know they used to carve faces on turnips?” “There’s nothing quite as satisfying as stepping on a super crunchy leaf.” “October is when the creeps come out of hiding. Hence, I am here.” “Want to have a horror movie marathon with me?” “You ever realize that the fall smell everyone loves so much is just the scent of dying plants?” “We need to add more Halloweens to the year. 30 more to be exact.” “I’m not really superstitious. I think the whole ‘spirits returning to earth’ thing is ridiculous.” “Whether or not I believe in ghosts, I’m not going to risk it with a Ouija board.” “Let’s go to the Halloween store.” “You know, there are a lot of spooky legends about this time of year.” “Everything just seems more eerie in the fall.” “Ooh! I like this pumpkin pattern. I’m getting it.” “Something about Autumn just makes me melancholy.” “October is the best time for blankets and [hot beverage of choice].” “Take a walk with me. It’s so crisp and nice outside.” “Ah, October. The harvest season. Perfect for harvesting souls.” “Let’s go get lost in a corn maze. It’ll be fun!” “I want a pumpkin spice latte and I don’t care what anyone thinks.” “I’m still undecided on my Halloween costume this year.” “I don’t dress up anymore. That’s for kids.” “I’m so excited to see all of the adorable trick-or-treaters.” “I’m decorating the house as terrifying as possible to scare away trick-or-treaters. More candy for me.” “You give kids apples for Halloween? What kind of monster does that?!” “If you jump in this leaf pile right after I finish raking, I will spear you with this rake.” “Tell me the scariest story you have.” “Do you want to hear something scary?”

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hospital themed starters

“ stop messing with your IV. ”

“ hey there - you gave me quite a scare. ”

“ this IV itches. ”

“ i think my nurse is trying to kill me. ”

“ i don’t want to have another surgery. ”

“ i’m tired of laying here in this stupid bed. ”

“ this medicine makes me feel so out of it. ”

“ i just want to go home. ”

“ i’m not leaving this room. ”

“ i feel so tired all the time. ”

“ i’m pretty sure this place is haunted. ”

“ i keep telling them i’m fine. i can go home! ”

“ you’re not fine. you need to rest. ”

“ it’s just a few more days, then i’ll take you home. ”

“ will you stop playing with the bed settings? ”

“ they said i might need another surgery. ”

“ the doctor said it could be worse. ”

“ the doctors are still running some tests. ”

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Stuff I Learned at My Writing Workshop (That I’m Kicking Myself in the Head for Not Realizing Sooner):

-  The difference between a book that grabs you from the beginning vs. one that you’re on the fence about tossing out the window is winning your trust. It’s why it’s “easier” to read books by authors you already know, or fanfic where you’re familiar with the characters. Winning the reader’s trust as quickly as possible should be your first goal as a writer when you’re going back and editing your first draft. This can be accomplished by things like: speaking authoritatively about the subject (even if it’s utter bullshit), graceful prose, or establishing quickly in the story what it’s about. For example,“Character A had a problem. Character B didn’t love them back, so Character A was going to kidnap them so they would.” Maybe it’s not a story you want to read, but you are now firmly couched in what you signed up for in this story and the promise the author is going to deliver on before the end. 

- Characters need goals. They need goals in every moment and in every scene. Every character needs a goal in every moment and in every scene. Maybe they’re not directly pursuing that goal right this very moment but it’s probably always at the back of their mind. Romances and detective stories are the easiest to deliver on this need. Character A wants to win their love. Detective A wants to solve the case. Even when they’re having tea with grandma, their thing is at the back of their mind. Keeping your character and your story focused on this thing they want helps pull your reader along and keeps them engaged on the “So what?” and “Why are we reading this scene?” questions of why they should keep reading.

- Characters shouldn’t just have things they like, they should have obsessions. This is the one I’m kicking myself for. The scientists in Pacific Rim are eccentrically obsessed with studying their thing. Thorin in the Hobbit is obsessed with regaining his home. Katniss Everdeen is obsessed with protecting her sister. Every crazy whackadoodle fandom darling character is obsessed with something. What do they have in common? They’re intensely obsessed with the thing that they care about. We love characters who are obsessed with things beyond reason, whether it’s reclaiming their home stolen by a dragon, or building artisanal bird houses, saving your sister, or studying monsters. Everyone “likes” things, but people and characters who are obsessed with something fascinate us. Examine the characters you’re most attracted to writing in fanfic, and examine your original characters if you’re trying to build those, and figure out what are they obsessed with and how does that inform their character. That’s the thing that’s going to make readers care about them. 

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Hey, I need a bit of advice. I'm kindof new to writing, and I know that there's a lot of stuff that goes into writing before you start the story, such as building the characters etc. Do you have like a basic overview of the things that should definitely be done before I try to write things out into a story? Also, what is a character arc and how do I write one? I hope this ask makes sense.

Hi!

There is so much going into a story. But this is not the format to analyse every little detail of it and you also just wanted a basic overview before you start, so here it is.

Basic overview: How to write a story?

Theme

What kind of story do you want to tell?

What do you want to write about?

What genre do you want to write in?

What is your target audience?

Is there a message you want to convey?

Specific issues you want to highlight?

What narrator do you want to tell the story?

 Structure

Before you start you need a rough idea on where to start and where to end

Beginning

Who is there in the beginning and where are they?

Ending

Who is still left and where do they end up?

Bear in mind that a story doesn’t need a happy ending, it just needs a satisfying one

Middle part (you don’t need to know this in detail)

you just need a few scenes to make a timeline

you need to kind of know how to get from the beginning to the end

you will need ups and downs and twists

Some major plot points for the middle part

Places/stops

Plot twists

When and how does the MC meet the other characters?

Key scenes to further the plot

A few scenes you already know you want to be in the story

Characters

How to create a character? (Tips for creating and developing characters)

Who is your MC?

How many MCs do you have?

How many important characters do you need?

Character arc – your character can’t stand still; they need some kind of drive or problem that is a change to what their life was before

You have to send them on a journey, they have to overcome things you threw in their way

At the end of the story something has to have changed for them

 This is just some basic stuff, so if you or anyone else wants some part of this a little bit more detailed let me know.

- Jana

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Hi, I was paired with you for the VLD Secret Santa. What do you mean by "Space Pirate Opera" would that be like a Charity Event?

It could be, in-fic? Tbh, I just reaaally like space pirates, and drama is only right with space pirates.

Hope this helps! Throw another message bottle at my head if it doesn't.

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Right. So.

Shouto's wiki is. So petty. 😂

The fuck is that extra 1/4" on height coming from?? ?

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Notebook of Names AU

There's word on the streets, if you care to listen.

Word of a child, and word of a wraith.

Word is, there's a kid asking around, taking numbers and taking names.

Word is, midnight will clock the end of Cinderella's game.

(A/N: Posting in order of latest saved. 4/4 Whew that’s done with.)

WHAT EVEN IS THIS(?): Izuku knows everybody and everything they’ve got going on. People don’t realize how dangerous that is (for him, for them) until he starts doing things. Disappearing people, or worse. Antihero Izuku.