Piper's Notebook @pipermca - Tumblr Blog

Hello and welcome to my pinned post.

I am Piper, and I mostly write Transformers fanfic on AO3. Bluestreak is my favourite character, and he features very prominently in a lot of my stories.

Because I have 100+ (!) stories on AO3, I wanted to do a little bibliography of a few of the stories I am most proud of. 🤗 Note the ratings and tags on these if you decide to read them, please!

I divided the list into shorter fics and longer fics.

Shorter Fics (10,000 words or less)

Do You See What I See? (Rated G, Bluestreak/Hound). I like this one because I leaned heavily into the alien aspect of the Cybertronians, which meant I got to do some fun worldbuilding.

Datastream (Rated Teen, Jazz/Prowl). I got to do (kinda) spoken-word poetry in this story, sketching out how Blaster and Prowl's minds might merge and work as one. I liked how it turned out. It has an illustration done by @myladraws!

Debts (Rated Mature for body horror, Smokescreen & Prowl). I love horror, and I played with tension and anticipation in this one. I have been told this is one of my most disturbing fics, so keep that in mind!

Longer Fics (10,001+ words)

Mind, Body, and Soul (Rated Explicit, Barricade/Bluestreak/Prowl/Smokescreen in various configurations). This is the story I am the most proud of, and it's also the longest by far. It is a sprawling tale about love and betrayal and forgiveness and perseverance, and I am so so happy with how it came out. It has fanart done by @/Klick_tack on Twitter!

The Spark Remembers (Rated Teen, Bluestreak/Hound and Bluestreak/Prowl.) I had fun weaving Bluestreak's past into what his new future was, and I loved the screaming from the readers at the reveal. 😅 This was a Big Bang story so it has artwork from @chaoswolf12 and @tfadi!

The Colour of Your Optics (Rated Explicit, Bluestreak/Sunstreaker) This is a story in my "there's a dating app called Sparkr" series with a bunch of loosely-related fics, but this one in particular is sickeningly and adorably sweet. In my opinion. :)

My ask box is almost always open, so if you want to come in and scream at me about robots, please do. ^.^

#pinned post #my writing #maccadam

welcometothejianghu

Small Fandom Summer 2026!

For the fourth year in a row now, it's time for Small Fandom Summer! Join me for Small Fandom Summer! It's real easy to play:

Make a fanwork for something that has fewer than 1000 English-language works on AO3

Post it to AO3

And then you've done it! You've made a thing and you've diversified the fandom ecosystem! You're basically a hero.

Q: The fandom I want to create for has more than 1000 English-language works on AO3, but the specific pairing I want to write for has fewer than that. Does that count? A: Yes! Q: What if it has more than 1000 English-language works on AO3, but, like, just barely? A: Okay! Q: What if it actually has a lot more than 1000 English-language works on AO3, but it still feels small? A: Sure! Q: What if I don't want to post it to AO3? What if I don't even have an AO3 account? Can I post it somewhere else? A: Wherever! Q: What if-- A: Just do a thing, friend. Make a thing. Share the thing. This is not meant to be restrictive; this is meant to be inspirational. Create the fanworks you want to see in the world. Make a stranger happy by appealing to their niche interests. Bring joy.

And if you want to give yourself some silly little Steam-like achievement badges to commemorate your accomplishments, well, you're in luck! I've made a bunch of them right here! You can grab the ones that apply to your work and paste them wherever you like and feel good about what you've done. Here's a few of my favorites:

So you see? This is meant to be silly and fun.

There's nowhere to sign up. There's nothing to commit to. There's zero pressure. You just do it if you do it, and don't if you don't. But if you do want to play (yay!), tag your stuff with #small fandom summer so we can all swoop in and appreciate everyone else's efforts.

Here's to creativity!

welcometothejianghu

Since some people have asked: There's now a Small Fandom Summer 2026 AO3 Collection! You can post your stuff right here! It's completely open and unmoderated, so if you think something goes there, well, go on and add it! Hopefully by the end of the summer, we'll have a nice little collection of stuff there.

And since some other people have asked: There's no start date for this, nor is this an end date. "Summer" in this context is an extremely arbitrary unit of measurement. I'm starting now because my personal summer runs from about mid-May to mid-August. Yours may vary.

I'm thrilled so many people have seemed excited about this! I hope it inspires the creation of a whole bunch of good stuff!

#oh interesting!#maybe I'll finally work on that centaurworld fic #on writing

kritzenkriegen

*thinks up an idea for a silly quick piece* okay haha let's whip something up real quick

*idea gets more complicated*

oh no

#oh no

Writing Update - May 2026

Making this brief because it's Monday and it's late and I gotta go to bed. 😅

While I had a week of vacation in May, I ended up doing a lot of errands and other sundry instead of writing. Which is fine, the other things needed to be done, too... I just wish I'd been able to get some more progress done.

In May I wrote a total of 8,026 words, all of it in The Two of Us and Him. I've been taking longer gaps between chapters now, since a) I'm into the longer, action-oriented chapters, and b) I want to make sure I'm wrapping things up satisfactorily. Once I get the draft completed I will start back on the weekly posting schedule.

Posted/ing

The Two of Us and Him. I've posted 27k words so far, and I have about 10k unposted. I added a final chapter count of 11, but I might bump that to 12 depending on how these last chapters play out.

#my writing #progress report #fan fiction

exhuastedpigeon

Sometimes you hear a song and a fic pops into your head full formed. This is a trap. The fic may be fully formed in your brain, but you still Have to write it down. This is an important step that most people forget about.

#this has happened to me SO MANY times #lol #on writing

I don't know what has caused it but I am loving all of the art I've been seeing of Bluestreak lately. (I reblog a lot of it on my main blog). I follow both the #bluestreak and #tf bluestreak tags, and both of them have been really busy lately. Love to see all the different versions of Blue out there. :3

Behind the cut I threw five of my favourite Bluestreak stories, from some of my oldest ones to a newer one, from silly to serious. I need to write some more fun Bluestreak fics!

#but seriously more Bluestreak art and fics are always welcome #he deserves more love!#number 1 bluestreak enjoyer here #tf bluestreak #my writing