It'd be an awfully empty galaxy without you

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[raksh-writes]

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

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: 燕云十六声 | Where Winds Meet (Video Game) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Female Shao Dong Jia/Yi Dao (Where Winds Meet), Shao Dong Jia/Yi Dao (Where Winds Meet) Characters: Female Shao Dong Jia (Where Winds Meet), Yi Dao (Where Winds Meet), Emperor Taizu of Song | Zhao Kuangyin, Wen Wuque | Yingying, Granny Turtle (Where Winds Meet) Additional Tags: Grief/Mourning, Heavy Angst, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Dreamscapes, Yearning, so much yearning over here, a tinsy bit of Outsider POV, Main story spoilers, Angst with a Happy Ending, no beta we die like Aunt Han's patience for Young Masters antics Summary:

“There is nothing left here for you but ghosts, pup. It’s time you finally moved on.”

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At night, they meet in dreams. They talk and they drink — and they fight. His smirk is sharp, amused — his eyes narrowed down, considering and challenging all at once.

“Girlie, you fight like you have something to prove,” he remarks, fresh sweat on his forehead and smile self-satisfied. He’s steady and infuriating and so, so alive.

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Weeks after her home burns down and all her precious people are gone, the Young Master of Blissful Retreat and the man that saved her keep meeting in a dreamscape that feels too real to house just a ghost — a simple impression of life conjured by a grieving mind. With the Killerblade on her back and Yi Dao’s refusal to consider even a possibility of it being anything more, she is determined to hold on and not let him go. Not when there is still a chance.

After months of writing, and teasing some snippets (here and here), it’s finally here!! 22,5k of angst and feels that Im actually pretty proud of ^^ Hope it’s gonna be a worthy offering for the english fandom and fellow Yi Dao fans 💗

[raksh-writes]

Ive just bought tickets not only for my first ever Fantasy Con but also for a photo op with Nick Apostolides sjdjdormdjjsjfjd

Im gonna die from anxiety before I ever reach that photo but oh my god I could Not let this pass me by, Im gonna meet Leon S. Kennedy in the flesh and survive to tell the tale or so help me 😭 I cant believe it, this is so wild djendjdkdisjjf

Now to survive until July 12th, universe willing 🙏🙏

[digitalkiddo]

If you're writing anything involving cons, scams, heists, or morally questionable characters who are very good at lying, here are some free resources I've been using for research. Saving you the "why is this in my search history" anxiety.

1. The FBI's Famous Cases & Criminals archive (fbi.gov/history/famous-cases) has detailed breakdowns of real fraud cases, Ponzi schemes, and confidence operations. The language they use is clinical and precise, which is perfect for getting the procedural details right.

2. The FTC Consumer Sentinel Network publishes annual reports on the most common fraud tactics in the US. Great for understanding how modern scams actually work and what makes people fall for them.

3. The Smithsonian's American Art Museum has a free digital collection of forgery case studies. If your character forges documents or art, this is gold.

4. Court Listener (courtlistener.com) is a free legal database where you can read actual court transcripts from fraud trials. Want to know how a real con artist talks under oath? This is where you find out.

5. The Internet Archive's collection of old newspaper crime sections. Search for "confidence man" or "swindle" in papers from the 1920s through 1960s and you'll find incredible real stories that would feel too dramatic for fiction.

Bonus: The Psychology of Fraud section on the Association for Psychological Science website has accessible articles about why people trust, how deception works cognitively, and what makes someone a convincing liar. Essential reading if you want your con artist characters to feel psychologically real.

Reblog to save for later. Your WIP will thank you.

[womanguy]

you should get a second evening for reading fan fiction. And you should get an extra day in the week to do arts and crafts.

[naphthalen]

in fanfiction we must sometimes ask ourselves not if he would do that but under what conditions would he would do that

[station18908]

The small voice in your head that says: "I don't need to write down every small detail of this plot idea, I love it so much, I'll remember this."

That's the devil speaking.

[scunthotter]

People who are making posts telling us what is happening over on threads, twitter, and Instagram are like war correspondents sending us reports from the front.

[unicornwithtits]

As a writer, I spend 90% of my time googling synonyms or searching for words I know but have incidentally forgotten right in the moment that I need it for once.

[charseraph]

[not drawing voice] I miss my character.

[coldgoldlazarus]

[not writing voice] I miss my character.

[cookiedough77]

write that self indulgent fic, you would be insanely surprised how many people are waiting for THAT Fic™

[berlynn-wohl]

the number of times I have posted a fic that I'd written just to stop being haunted by some extremely specific demon from my distant past, and then got comments like "this meant so much to me, thank you for this, it really resonated, screaming crying throwing up etc"

it's almost like we all have feelings we keep to ourselves out of embarrassment but we do in fact all have them, so WRITE THE FIC

[xanaxfarts]

4000cc breast implants :)

[mackie-ds]

[brblifuk]

[cosmic-aria]

[aariatov]

I don't know how to tell you this. But the wizard in the picture is canonically Saruman.

[metatextuality]

#saruman's big artificials vs. gandalf's big naturals

[ciricearts]

after trainiiing

[sheydi0]

[littledisasters]

Hear me out, Leon who finds a stray kitten and becomes a cat-dad (he knows nothing about cats)

[rogers-carter]

Wolves and girls. They both have sharp teeth.

[saucefunk]

spin

[rowanclair]

In an ancient forest, shallow pools reflect not the trees above, but a luminous city of elsewhere.