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[paintedlight]

elle(paintedlight)’s fics

heyyy 😌 over the past few years (and also now. lol) I’ve been all over the place fandom-wise, so I thought I’d put links to all my fics & content in one place!! 💖

Avatar: The Last Airbender

Some Say Love is a Burning Thing (E, 94.7k): My one completed long fic!! It’s a zukka AU of the Boiling Rock arc where Mai makes a deal with Sokka— she’ll free his imprisoned father in exchange for Zuko. It’s a wild ride but has a happy ending :) fic art | moodboard | excerpt

Love Amongst the Dragons (T, 2.5k, WIP): Yes, I did try and write this in-universe play for myself, the version referenced by Zuko in my long fic, Some Say Love is a Burning Thing. I might finish this WIP… but I might not. It’s written like a fairytale if that intrigues you :)

Supernatural

moonlight in the kitchen (T, 6.6k): My favorite oneshot I’ve ever written (very proud of my first and last lines haha)! Dean & Cas get stuck in a snowstorm, Cas almost dies, Dean panics, the usual. excerpt

hot coals (T, 5.5k): The first installment of the north of savanna series, a destiel summer camp AU. It’s a oneshot too & can definitely be read on its own! Probably my favorite fic as far as atmosphere goes :) moodboard | excerpt 1 | excerpt 2

a wasp with his wings outstretched (T, 8.2k, WIP): The second installment of the north of savanna series, in which Dean is a repressed and religiously traumatized camp counselor and Cas philosophizes about fireflies when he’s not being a nurse. May or may not continue this one- the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak or whatever! moodboard | excerpt

any kind of wishful prayer (T, 1.1k): My shortest fic & my only unhappy/unresolved ending. Cas believes he is stuck in the Empty, losing everything over and over again. It’s also the only time I have published a first draft lmao

Dungeons & Daddies (tinymushroom)

Thought I’d have a pseudonym for these!

can you do no harm? (T, 5.3k, WIP): An oakson in the forgotten realms AU in which Darryl is a bodyguard to Hen, Prince of Oakvale (inspired by this post). I may or may not return to this, and may eventually rework it, but we will see :)

quiet light (T, 3.4k): A nark oneshot set in between seasons 1 and 2, in which Nicky gets hurt during a mission at an aquarium, so Lark carries him to a shark tunnel & a character study on their identity issues ensues :) excerpt 1 | excerpt 2 | excerpt 3

closed fist, split lip (T, 5.2k): A nark oneshot that is set before the events of quiet light, in which Nicky catches feelings and maybe Lark does too? Featuring force feeding healing potions, beating each other up, and giving a hand massage (not a euphemism) <3 excerpt

demonic endurance (T, 0.3k): A triple drabble set 1 month before closed fist, split lip!

how I get myself killed (T, 0.6k): A very short fic set directly before demonic endurance! yes I am just writing this series backwards lol

on a midnight walk alone (T, 1.6) A Cowboy Lark/Crossroads Demon Nick AU demon deal ficlet because I was missing writing Americana vibes… excerpt

[comfytaire]

oh sufjan we're really in it now

[cosmonaut-observer]

If you live in the UK you need to see this

Protect Internet Freedom from now until forever. It's important existentially! Americans stand with UK citizens in our struggle against government censorship

[russettrush]

Growing up in the online world: a national consultation

We are consulting on further measures to prepare children for the future in an age of rapid technological change. This includes potential ag

Got the link via @finalducc

If you live in the UK, please be sure to take part in this!

[fading-bisexual-queen-milkshake]

@daysleftofsecondterm

[starlightshadowsworld]

You guys have my whole heart for sharing this I had no idea will be filling this out and encourage all my fellow brits to do soo too. If you’re not from the UK please keep sharing this around we have till the 26th May to submit these in.

This whole thing was set up without our say we all need to make sure we’re heard.

[orcboxer]

it's meee I'm your guardian angel hiiiiii 😇 okay🙏 so. in about six months, you're gonna die of starvation. 🥺 and if I don't protect you, I will get: #fired! 🫢 and that is No Good 🙅‍♀️ hahaaa So. 🙏 I looked into causes of starvation, and it turns out: Your death is totally preventable! 😯 Uh oh! 😆 There's more than enough food to sustain you without interfering with anyone else's survival, but you're not allowed to have it! 🤨 Whaaat? 🤷‍♀️ Apparently, your death is premeditated by thousands of things called "shareholders." So. 🙏 I've been killing people,

[arroscnleche]

soy yooo tu ángel de la guarda holiiiiii 😇 okay🙏 bueno. en como seis meses, vas a morir de hambre. 🥺 y si no te protejo, me van a: #¡despedir! 🫢 y eso No esta Chido 🙅‍♀️jajaaa Entonces. 🙏investigue acerca del tema y resulta que: ¡puedo prevenir tu muerte al 100%! 😯 ¡Uh oh! 😆 Hay más que suficiente comida para que sobrevivas sin que interfieras con la supervivencia de los demás, ¡pero no puedes teneral! 🤨 ¿Queeeé? 🤷‍♀️ Al parecer, tu muerte fue premeditada por miles de cosas llamadas "accionistas." Y bueno. 🙏 empeze a matar personas,

[tracing-rivers]

c'est moooi ton ange gardien coucooou 😇 bon 🙏 alors. dans genre six mois, tu vas mourir de faim. 🥺 et si je te protège pas, je vais me faire: #virer ! 🫢 et ça c'est pas Pas Super 🙅‍♀️ hahaaa Donc. 🙏 j'ai fait mes recherches sur les causes de famine et devine quoi: Ta mort est 100% évitable ! 😯 Oh-oh ! 😆 Il y a largement assez de ressources pour te nourrir sans interférer avec la survie d'autrui, mais tu n'y as pas accès ! 🤨 Quoooi ? 🤷‍♀️ Apparemment ta mort a été préméditée par des milliers de trucs appelées des "actionnaires". Du coup.🙏 j'ai tué pas mal de monde,

[clockworkspider]

hiiiiii 😇 我是亲的守护小天使！okay🙏 嗯。您在差不多半年会饿死哈🥺 若我不能救您我会被#炒鱿鱼！🫢 那可不行哦🙅‍♀️ 哈哈。所以昵🙏我查了一下人类饿死的原因，然后发现：诶呀呀😯亲的死是可以避免哒！😆 这世上有足够食物给亲吃，一点儿也不需要影响别人的生存率哒！但不给亲！🤨 怎么会这样昵？ 🤷‍♀️ 原来，亲的死是被一帮叫“股东”的东西计算好滴！ 所以昵🙏 我杀了一些人，

[orcboxer]

y'all are doing some rosetta stone shit to me

[cyanide-sippy-cup]

For anybody not caught up: Tennessee just passed a new map that pretty much makes it so black neighborhoods have no power in local votes. Two things about this. While protestors were chanting "No Jim Crow", white Tennessee lawmakers were caught laughing on video. On top of this, Representative Justin Pearson and his brother KeShaun Pearson were arrested for trying to give their takes on the matter (which is not only their legal right but literally his job). If you give a shit about black people, help fight this. We can't allow a return to Jim Crow.

[icemankazansky]

Heyyy guess where I live

A local paper had some great photographs, all taken by Nicole Hester:

The day before, Rep. Justin Pearson tries to attend a Senate Committee meeting and is barred access by the Sergeant at Arms.

Lawmakers and protesters link arms as the descend the capitol steps.

Once inside the chamber, Democratic representatives continued to stand together with arms linked.

They continued standing together with arms linked as votes were cast.

Democratic representatives take a group photo protesting the redistricting.

Rep. Justin Jones burns a photo of the Confederate flag with the words, We will not go back.

And stomps the ashes.

KeShaun Pearson being escorted from the building by the Staties.

KeShaun Pearson (left) being taken into custody. Rep. Justin Pearson (right) showing his support of his brother.

Additional information: State lawmakers have been gunning for Pearson and Jones nearly their entire terms. Most notably, in 2023, the House expelled them for participating in a protest at the Capitol. Their districts had to have special elections to have them reinstated.

Pearson is one of the plaintiffs of a lawsuit seeking an injunction against the redistricting.

The city most affected by the redistricting is Memphis, where locals are fighting against xAI's data center, which has been operating with very little oversight and is poisoning the people who live there. Here is a previous post on that with more information and more sources.

[mollybeenoel]

[themoonandmyman]

@latenightsimping

[marsipanart]

if i see more reels of this im gonna implodee

[whereserpentswalk]

Fuck hostile architecture, I want unhostile architecture. I want benches to be designed to be as easy as possible to sleep on. I want little places for pigeons to nest to be purposefully put on buildings. I want people designing public spaces to think about what they'd be like to skateboard on. I want "Please loiter" signs. I want people to be kind. I want...

[awritersbro]

We need cities that do not resent the fact that people live in them

[bread-and-roses-too]

Not feminist as in "women should be included in the draft" but feminist as in "being drafted is a violation of bodily autonomy for any gender".

The draft should not exist. Drafting people into the military is a violation of human rights. You should not be able to force someone to risk their life. If you can't find enough people who care about a conflict to keep it going then it simply shouldn't keep going. You can't even force someone to donate a kidney using government power, why the fuck can you force them to donate their whole body and life to a cause they don't agree with or don't care about?

[clacy2812]

They never gonna crack atp

[erlie]

Meeting notes.

[passion-green-tea]

zukka my beloveds

[seannawatters]

[valkyrie1435]

Food for the Zukka nation

[soldierboys]

THE BOYS 5.05 One-Shots

[fallenangelruby]

[paintedlight]

okay hold on. isn’t it taboo in the fire nation for anyone but close family/lovers to touch each other’s hair. and Sokka is yankin on Zuko’s hair in public

[ultfreakme]

I'm 100% sure that's fanon but we are a nation built on delusions

[electro-strike]

On the avatar wiki it says "It was unseemingly for lower-status individuals to touch the hair of a higher-ranking person." and it has that a source so its based on that I think? But fanon almost most definitely takes from irl cultures in this case too

[paintedlight]

omg thank you for checking The Sources!!

[yesornopolls]

Do you currently have an earworm (a piece of music or a song playing in your mind)? If so, what is it?

Do you currently have an earworm (a piece of music or a song playing in your mind)?

Yes

No

Voting ended onApr 24