ShatteringStardust

Hi, I'm Stardust (they/them). I normally hang around the Hermitcraft/Life Series fandom, but sometimes I post little things about life, or whatever. I also worldbuild.

[shatteringstardust]

Alright, this seems like a fun idea, so I'm doing this.

I am accepting drabble requests for my favorite ships! Send in an ask requesting the ship in question (even if it's already been requested), and I will write a drabble (~100 words). Do not request a ship that's not listed, I will delete your ask. I will also delete it if you are being judgemental about the ships I like. Ships and fandoms listed below:

Kingdom Hearts:

Sora/Riku

Lea (Axel)/Isa (Saïx)

Demyx/Xigbar (Luxu)

MCYT:

Jimmy/Tango

Skizz/Impulse

Grian/Mumbo

Legend of Zelda:

Link/Midna

Zelda/Maple

Ghirahim/Link

ALSO!! I use zero generative AI!!

If I've already done drabbles and you want to see, check the stardust writes tag on my blog.

[katchowdy]

Wdym I was watching a season 7 vod and just found out tango has a dragon tattoo? I feel like our lovely fanfic authors or artists could be doing something with this

[shatteringstardust]

Hey, writers and artists! Tango lore!

[pantserspen]

How to Fix Underwriting

1. Slow down at emotionally important moments.

Big emotions need space to land. If a scene feels rushed, pause the plot briefly to show how the moment affects the character.

2. Add reactions, not explanations.

Instead of explaining what a character feels, show it through physical responses, hesitation, or small actions that reveal emotion naturally.

3. Ground every scene in the senses.

If a scene feels thin, add one or two sensory details—sound, texture, smell, or temperature—to make the moment feel lived-in.

4. Let thoughts interrupt action.

A line of internal thought can deepen a scene without slowing it too much. Thoughts show stakes, fear, longing, or conflict beneath the action.

5. Expand consequences, not events.

You don’t need more things to happen—you need to show what matters. Focus on how events change relationships, decisions, or self-perception.

6. Strengthen setting where emotion peaks.

The environment should echo or contrast the emotion of the scene. Setting is not decoration—it’s emotional reinforcement.

7. Add specific details instead of general ones.

Underwriting often relies on vague language. Swap “they argued” for one sharp line of dialogue or a specific breaking point.

8. Let dialogue breathe.

Short dialogue exchanges without pauses can feel flat. Add beats—silence, gestures, interruptions—to give the conversation weight.

9. Show transitions between scenes.

If scenes jump too quickly, readers feel disoriented. A brief transition helps establish time, mood, and emotional continuity.

10. Clarify stakes early in the scene.

If readers don’t know what can be lost, scenes feel empty. Make sure the character wants something specific and fears losing it.

11. Use the “what are they feeling right now?” check.

After each major beat, ask what emotion is dominant in that moment. If it’s missing on the page, the scene is likely underwritten.

12. Expand scenes that feel “too clean.”

If a scene resolves too neatly or quickly, it probably needs more tension. Messy emotions and unresolved feelings add depth.

[2dadsfromaz]

Y’know what? Screw you. *puts your man in a dress*

[shatteringstardust]

This looks cool! Impulse is SLAYING in that dress!

[depsidase]

[shatteringstardust]

I have a fic!

can you breathe a little longer - Chapter 1 - ShatteringStardust - Hermitcraft SMP [Archive of Our Own]

Teen and Up Audiences | Major Character Death | M/M | Life Series SMP, Hermitcraft SMP

TangoTek, Jimmy | Solidarity, impulseSV, Scott Major | Smajor1995, Kris | ZedaphPlays, Skizzleman, Jimmy Solidarity/TangoTek, impulseSV & Kris | ZedaphPlays & Skizzleman & TangoTek, impulseSV & Jimmy | Solidarity, impulseSV/Skizzleman, impulseSV & Jimmy | Solidarity & Kris | ZedaphPlays & Skizzleman, Illnesses, Alternate Universe - Post-Apocalypse, Medicine, Jimmy | Solidarity Needs a Hug, impulseSV Needs a Hug, Post-War, Dog Tags, Grief/Mourning, Past Character Death, Not RPF, Jimmy | Solidarity is Not Okay, Past Jimmy | Solidarity/Scott Major | Smajor1995, Men Crying, Survivor Guilt

Summary:

Tango, Zed, Impulse, and Skizz wander the desert together twenty years after a disease devestated the world. When Skizz catches the illness, known as 'purple lung', the only nearby source of the precious medicine is an old military camp located in the same desert. A source of medicine that may not even work anymore.

But for "Tango" in particular, this medicine run is about far more than Skizz's life. After all, how could he possibly forget the sight of illness sweeping through the war camp, killing anyone who caught it…including his husband of choice, Sergeant Tango Tek.

The dog tags burn his skin.

I'm working on Chapter 2 of this, it'll be out soon, so I'm telling y'all about it!

[poobletoods]

i call this phenomenon "god hates me"

[marcelshorjian]

anatomy of a humiliation

[mugiwara-lucy]

Again there is NO good thing as a “good” Trump supporter or a good ICE agent and ICE MUST be abolished alongside the police.

There is NO “reforming” this

[podcastwizard]

LIKES TO CHARGE REBLOGS TO CAST

[shatteringstardust]

OUR SACRED RITUAL, BRING US THY GRACE.

[willgrahamscock]

KILL AI AND REBLOG AND CREATE ART IN 2026

[sidedere]

I found this on my country's LGBTQ+ and neurodivergent friendly organization's website

tag youself, I'm porpol

[bizarrebazaar13]

what if your doppelgänger wasn’t evil it was just a person. what if your doppelgänger wasn’t trying to replace you it was just trying to learn to be a person and you were the best model it had. what if your doppelgänger looked at you with your eyes and said with your voice that it just wanted to be loved. what then.

[themythicalcodfish]

that is horror of a different kind

[eatyourpapitas]

what the fuck is kingdom hearts

[teaboot]

I loved when “Drift Compatible” entered pop lexicon cause we were in DESPERATE need for a way to platonically express “one of us to the other is as a limb to a body; we are a left and right feet of a dancer; we do not need to speak because any one word inspires an exchange of unspoken words that conveys a full conversation in which a mutual conclusion is determined in an instant”. Huge win for the QPRs out here

[fleshengine]

I also really love that the movie explicitly shows that drift compatibility can be any form of relationship. Two brothers, three brothers, husband and wife, father and son, two friends who have lost everything to the same enemy. It isn’t about the way you connect, it’s about the connection itself. And of course, that connection lets you put boots to asses and kill alien monsters together. Because the power of human connection can change the world or something.

[rhube]

I just remembered that this was a thing that was HILARIOUS in 2006 and apparently that was ten years ago now.

Old people: join with me in remembering how funny we found this on LiveJournal.

Young people: look at this lolrus, it’s so happy, it has a bucket.

And then they stealed away the bucket and we realised we had fucked up a perfectly good elephant seal and given it anxiety.

[pipistrellus]

listen this vintage meme is high quality and i will hear nothing said against it

[rhube]

20 years. I am not happy about this.

[shatteringstardust]

20 year old meme!!

[watcheraurora]

New fic posting tomorrow. An hour and a half later than my usual time but chapter 1 will be posted tomorrow

[shatteringstardust]

1. *shake-excite emoji*

2. *does math on when it will be posted*

3. *even more shake-excite emoji*

[shatteringstardust]

Ship request for Lea / Isa. Having Lunar New Year food right now. So. Maybe them trying to get back to tradition and roast a whole fish? Or just them cooking in the kitchen.

I do not know much of anything about Lunar New Year. So I did some basic research about the fish for a recipe.

"Is the sauce done yet?" Lea asked. Isa hummed lowly.

"Not quite."

Translation: You should start steaming the fish right about now, Lea mused. He smiled. A warm glow spread through his chest, and he brought a hand up to just above his heart. The steady ba-dup, ba-dup, ba-dup only made the glow spread further.

Lea scanned the cookbook they'd pulled the recipe from, glancing between the instructions and the steamer. By the time the fish was set up, Isa had pulled the sauce off the stove. A warm, heavy weight settled on Lea's back and shoulder.

"Love ya too."