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

A little first date awkwardness for Screeny @detroit-becomenerd as part of the @convin-secret-santa-2020! I hope you enjoy this little piece of nonsense! :D

reed900reversebigbang

Come join the Reed900 Reverse Big Bang!

Hello hello all you lovely people! Do you want to come join us in celebrating the Reed900 ship? We’re running a Reverse Big Bang! This is where artists draw a picture and writers base a fic off the artist’s work.

If you want to come join us for this adventure, please see the form linked here. This link is for artists, writers and betas wanting to join the event!

Sign-ups for artists is open until the 23rd of June and writers are open until the 7th of July.

Artists should then submit their drafts for the claiming phase (you don’t need to have a finished piece, as long as there is enough to give the writers an idea of what you want) by the 12th of July.

Writers will be able to claim from the 14th of July before the pairs are announced on the 18th of July. We are looking for writers to write a minimum of 5k for the event.

Come mid-September we will then be sharing everyone’s amazing creations!

We’re running a Discord server for this event and if you just want to join in the hype, not necessarily participate, leave a message in our ask box with your Discord ID (name plus number) and we can add you to the server!

Looking forward to seeing all of you sharing your creativity!

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

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Detroit: Become Human (Video Game) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Upgraded Connor | RK900/Gavin Reed Characters: Upgraded Connor | RK900, Gavin Reed, Connor (Detroit: Become Human), Hank Anderson, Elijah Kamski Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Magic, Niles is stubborn but lovable, Connor and Niles are twins, Witches and other magical creatures, Mild Angst, Fluff and Humor, Slight injury at the start but its not bad Summary:

What does that old saying go- fight like cats and gods? Of course it's also true that opposites attract.

A cat takes an interest in Connor, and his somewhat narrow-minded, shapeshifting twin brother attacks it.

Not Niles' brightest idea when the cat turns out to be a lonely familiar looking for a new witch.

A gift for the lovely @embershx for the Reed900 Winter Gift Exchange! Hope you enjoy the mayhem!

#reed900wintergiftexchange19

trifectafiction

Welcome to Trifecta Fiction - a short story subscription service run by three friends, Skye, Charlie and Teddy. Here you will find previews of our weekly short stories or up and coming chapters which can be accessed by hitting the Subscribe button over on our website.

Currently there are 3 stories for you to enjoy and the next one is coming on Monday 18th November courtesy of Charlie Kilner! It’s one you definitely don’t want to miss out on.

You can also find us on Twitter and Instagram, come say hello if you’d like!

skyewillows

Hey guys! I’m super stoked to announce that this awesome venture that has been in the works for a while is finally live!

Come join us for weekly updates from one of myself, Charlie or Teddy. Charlie will be the first post a new entry on the 18th of November!

boisteruse

it is time TO SUFFER!! here’s my second contribution for the HANKCON REVERSE BIG BANG!! this time i’ve worked along the wonderful @skyewillows, who created this piece!! i hope you all enjoy the heartbreak as much as i do!! thank you so much for working with me!!!

fishfingersandscarves

commission from @skyewillows of a scene from her fic Divergence Catalyst

skyewillows

The amazing @fishfingersandscarves drew an incredible rendition of the finale to my fic, Divergence Catalyst. Please go and support them, and shower them with love! 💗

reed900bb2019-blog

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

Our second entry brings us a thrilling reverse au case fic from another magnificent trio. This time, the author is @skyewillows And the artists are: Miro (miro_does on twitter) and @lalalaurieart

connorssock

Eat sith and die.

Click “keep reading” for the thrilling conclusion to this thought.

Standing at the podium, Fowler watched as people filed in. It was the annual harassment policy retraining. This time, the SWAT team and the FBI were joining them in a group venture. It made sense, saved money and could also be marked down as an inter-agency exercise to please the powers that be. They nagged often enough about collaboration. The meeting room was pleasantly full and Fowler cleared his throat. Next to him, Allen and Perkins were standing around a looking bored and waiting for their turn to speak in the presentation.

“Thank you all for coming, I know these things feel like a waste of time but we need to keep our training current. Today’s topic is harassment and, you’ll be pleased to know, we’ve had a slight update to last year’s content.”

A few cheers and groans went up and Perkins took to the podium. He clicked the pointer and the display showed the definition of cyberbullying.

Cyberbullying: “posting a message or statement in a public media forum about any other person" if both “the message or statement is intended to place a person in fear of bodily harm or death and expresses an intent to commit violence against the person” and “the message or statement is posted with the intent to communicate a threat or with knowledge that it will be viewed as a threat.”

Reading it loud, Perkins turned back to the room. “As you can see, it is fairly self evident what constitutes cyberbullying. Does anybody have any questions?”

Nobody raised a hand. Nodding firmly, Perkins passed the pointer to Allen who took it with a grin.

“I’m now going to show you a few examples and we’re going to discuss what they fall under.”

He clicked and a message appeared on the screen.

Eat sith and die.

“Does anybody see anything wrong with this?”

Immediately, Connor’s hand shot up. Slower, more measured, Nines’ hand went up too and, to everyone’s surprise, Sixty’s joined.

“How do you eat a Sith if they don’t exist?” Gavin called out from the back, legs up on the desk and leaning back in his chair. Next to Allen, Fowler pinched the bridge of his nose, knowing what was coming.

“Wouldn’t it be cannibalism anyway?” Hank piped up, relishing the idea of derailing the lecture.

“Not all Siths are human. Darth Maul was Dathomirian so we could legally eat him,” Allen cut in with a smile, enjoying at how the other two hadn’t expected to be joined like that. “Now, Connor, I believe you were about to say something?”

A balled up piece of paper sailed through the air and hit Connor in the head. Behind him, Sixty hissed “over-achiever” in his ear.

“I think it is safe to extrapolate that the writer of this message had meant to write “eat shit” but had made a spelling mistake. And they possibly are a Star Wars fan if this is the doing of autocorrect.”

“Very good,” Allen nodded and looked to Nines.

“The whole message can be seen as cyberbullying, maybe even bating for self-destruction.”

Nodding again, Allen sighed, “Indeed. This kind of messaging most definitely falls foul of Michigan laws. And Captain Fowler will now tell you about the consequences of engaging in such behaviour.”

Stepping back into the focus of the stage, Fowler took the pointer and clicked to show the next slide.

Cyberbullying is a crime punishable by 93 days in jail and a $500 fine.

“As you can see, it is not a cheap thing to get caught doing. And it only gets worse.”

A “pattern of repeated harassment” is a felony punishable by up to five years in prison and a $5,000 fine.

He allowed the group to read it and let it sink in. It was unnecessary to remind them that repeated or pattern of harassment meant two unconnected incidents. With a final click, he brought up the third line.

Cyberbullying that is found to cause a victim’s death is punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

“Just remember, these are the laws in Michigan. They vary from state to state and are different abroad. But nowhere is such harassment looked upon kindly by the law.” He finished the speech and looked around. “Now, any more questions?”

Tentatively, Sixty put his hand up and Fowler nodded in his direction.

“Can we really legally eat Darth Maul?”

Cackling erupted around them and Allen had never been more proud to work for law enforcement.

jordans-zengarden

yes.

dihydrogenmonoxideawareness

Why would anyone want to consume it!?

etherealastraea

I teach my 7th graders about the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide.

I bring in a graduated cylinder of it and we talk about how it’s used in nuclear power plants and gmo crops. How inhaling even the small amount I’m holding can lead to suffocation or even death. It’s found in vaccines and cancer cells, but also in infant formula and pet food. It is a huge component of acid rain, can cause severe burns, and has been found in places that were thought to be the most pristine and unpolluted locations on earth.

We talk about how there are little to no regulations on this chemical. No bans, no warning labels, and most manufacturers don’t even have to disclose their use of it in their products.

My students are outraged. We talk about what we can do. Create posters and flyers to spread awareness. Contact our senators with petitions to ban DHMO. Spread this information all over social media.

Then I explain that the real problem with dihydrogen monoxide is that….when I am thirsty…there is just nothing else as refreshing, and then I watch their looks of absolute shock and horror as I drink the entire vial down.

bluegone

I. Fucking. Love. This.

This is how misinformation works. How propaganda works. How manipulation works.

nerdy-pharmacy-daydreams-deacti

may our education be stronger than fake news

darthlenaplant

Amen.

chubby-aphrodite

To those who don’t get it:

“Dihydrogen monoxide” is the chemical name for water, AKA H2O.

mod2amaryllis

another important element of understanding the joke is understanding how pH levels work

yup. that’s a higher number alright.

youngalientype

“Everyone who has ever touched or consumed this chemical has died”

sewickedthread

Every serial killer known has consumed it.

connorssock

Why are your prompts open when you're not filling them? You haven't posted anything good in a while either. Maybe close prompts to avoid disappointment. Just a friendly suggestion.

I honestly don’t know how to take this, Nonnie. So I think I’ll take this one sentence at a time and reply to it that way.

Why are your prompts open when you’re not filling them?Prompts are open because if people want me to write for them, I try to do so. They’re not commissions, there’s no promise of filling them by a deadline or even filling them at all. Fandom (in my opinion) is a collective, collaborative past time to be enjoyed by all. Consumers and creators alike. So my prompts are open for everyone to throw their ideas my way and I will do my best to fill them if I can. But it’s worth remembering that I’m only human, I have a life outside of writing. I’m not a word machine and I have my own preferences for what I write. I can’t write for everyone else all the time. Sometimes I need to write my own benefit. To give you an idea of the volume of prompts I get, here’s a snapshot of my inbox:

As you can see, I have a lot to do. While Dumb Ways to Deviate is a daily, short ficlet, this blog tends to take prompts that are a couple of thousand words long to fill and sometimes need a fair bit of research.

You haven’t posted anything good in a while either.I’m sorry you feel that way. Not everything I create can be to everyone’s taste. We’re all responsible for our own experiences online and curate our feeds as we see fit. If your tastes are changing or you find that what I create is no longer to your liking, I can only suggest you unfollow and find others who make you happier.

Maybe close prompts to avoid disappointment.My inbox is always open for a chat if people want to discuss their ideas or follow up on something. I promise I don’t bite. But I’m not going to close my prompts because some people feel I don’t work fast enough on their ideas. As I said before, this is done out of fun, not for money or with a promised deadline. On my blog, I decide when to close prompts and for now, they’re staying open.

Just a friendly suggestion.In text, tone is always nigh on impossible to hear. So I’m going to take this at face value, say thank you for your advice but I hope you realise that asks like this can be immensely hurtful. We’re all here to have a good time, there’s no need to ruin it for other people.

skyewillows

Seeing posts like these make me so sad and angry at the same time. As a fan fiction writer myself who has often been criticised for my content, I’m used to getting some negative comments and expect them given I purposefully write about potentially difficult topics. But seeing this on another blog has highlighted something truly toxic about the nature of both social media and fandoms. While combined in the right way they can leads to amazing communities and bring people together. I’ve made so many incredible friends out of the D:BH fandom and I know many of them will be lifelong. That is truly a gift. In this way, however they can also drive away fantastic people who create out of nothing more than love and passion for the content of the fandom that they are in. Not everything created will appeal to everyone - that’s why we have tags for our content. Everyone follows different creators for varying reasons, and it is perfectly natural to not enjoy everything someone does. ESPECIALLY when filling prompts and taking on suggestions. One person’s ideal scenario is not another’s, and that should always be kept in mind when viewing any sort of fan material. Be that fics, art, mood boards, videos, music: any medium that the thousands of fans out there use. We shouldn’t be using this power to be able to actually speak with those who dedicate so much of their time and effort to be scathing and negative. Communities are built on constructive criticism and support, that is how they grow and prosper. I know that many people in the fandom are fantastic at spreading this, and we should treat negative messages like this in the same way. Rather than spout anger and hatred back at the sentiment expressed, we should instead rally around those who are being called out unfairly for giving us the gift of their creativity and sharing it with us. As fans, we should all do our part in standing up to those who try to bring creators down by shouting out appreciation for them. Let’s not start cycles of hate, but instead show our solidarity together against it. Hateful words and vitriol only start vicious circles, we can all be better than that.

#d:bh #detroit become human #fandom #support the creators

thehikingastronomer

What are the stages of drafts? I'm trying to write my own book but I dont know how to draft properly and I feel like I'm gonna be stuck in a gutter if I don't know

Yesssssssssssssss someone finally asked it!!!

I’ve been waiting for the perfect opportunity to explain this and show everybody my inverted pyramid :D :D :D

I present, The Inverted Pyramid of Revising a Book

Now I’ll explain each section of the inverted pyramid:

THE FIRST DRAFT

This should be self-explanatory. You write the first draft. For novels, 75-150,000+ words of the world inside your head.

PLOT, CONTENT, SCENES, AND MAJOR CHARACTERS

Go back and fix it all up. Did you tell the story you wanted to tell? Did you include scenes and events that add up to the conclusion you present?

Are there any unnecessary scenes you could delete, or scenes that are redundant to other scenes? Get rid of them. If this means entire chapters have to go, wave bye-bye.

Do your main characters have believable back stories and arcs, and do they act appropriately in character at all times?

Is there any point in time when your characters do something that they literally WOULD NOT DO? Change that up.

WORLD-BUILDING, CHARACTERIZATION, HONING IN PLOT POINTS

Now pay attention to the deeper aspects of the story. Delve into the world your characters live in. Do they react appropriately? Does any part of society influence them more than others?

What does your world look like? Delve into the setting. The cultures, the technology, the history.

Work with your secondary characters and how they interact with your main characters. What role do they serve overall? Does the main character’s journey affect them at all, or vice versa?

Tighten up plot points. Stay concise if possible.

SENTENCE STRUCTURE, FLOW AND PACING OF SCENES

Now that the major parts of your story have been patted down, you can begin focusing on the technical stuff. Start broad.

Do you have redundant sentences? Do you start multiple sentences the same way?

Throw in short sentences.

Drop the pronoun from the beginning of a sentence every now and then.

Use commas instead of ‘and’ if you find you use ‘and’ a lot.

Does the flow of sentences and paragraphs fit with the tone of the scene?

Chop sentences apart. Use quick, sharp words.

Or combine sentences and flowery language and soft words.

BETA READER CRITIQUES AND SUGGESTIONS

Now that you’ve really patted this thing down, find people willing to read your work (hopefully for free).

Ask them to point out inconsistencies. Are they confused by anything?

Beta readers can tell you when things are boring or exciting. They’ll laugh. They’ll fangirl. They’ll beg you for more chapters.

Your brain is soft from so much revising. Beta readers are fresh, and will pick out things you’ve glossed over from seeing it so many times.

Shake things up and host a video chat for you and your betas! It’s a great way to make friends :)

PUNCTUATION AND MISSING WORDS

NOWWWWW you’ve finished all the major revisions and your story makes sense!!! All that’s left to do is get the broom and sweep it up (or the vacuum cleaner, or generate a black hole from the Large Hadron Collider to suck out all the errors because that’s super-effective**).

This is the nitty gritty stuff, and I highly recommend either forcing yourself to read really, really slow, or better yet, read your book out loud, start to finish.

You’ll trip up over misplaced commas and periods.

You’ll literally hear when a sentence is awkward.

Your brain will get confused when there’s a missing word.

Fill in the gaps, hammer down the boards, tidy up the place like you’ve got guests coming over.

THE FINAL DRAFT

OMG

OMG IT’S FINISHED AND YOU CAN SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD AND BUY PHYSICAL COPIES THAT YOU CAN HOLD AND SMELL AND RUB ALL OVER YOUR FACE AND DRAW IN AND DOG-EAR AND TOTE AROUND TO SHOW PEOPLE AND SIGN AUTOGRAPHS AND BECOME YOUR OWN LITTLE CELEBRITY!!!

Email the newspaper (I’ve appeared multiple times).

Email the local TV station (I’ve appeared on live TV).

Email book talk radio shows (I’ve had a Q&A for an hour on live radio).

……..Marketing is hard.

I hope that helps!

N.B. **please do not ask CERN for permission to use the Large Hadron Collider to create black holes that suck out all the errors in your book. You’ll look silly, and you might destroy Earth in the process.

I’m not dead or run away!

Hey guys, so AO3 is being a bit of a pain in the ass at the moment. I’ve been trying to update a few of my WIPs for a couple of days now, but I’m getting an error message saying that the ‘function is unavailable, please try again later’ when I try and add a new chapter. New works are fine, weirdly, but I can’t add chapters.

So I’m still here! Just quietly stewing at the fact I can’t update things. The support team at AO3 we’re hopeful they could fix the issue in the next day or two, so keep your fingers crossed for me!

💗

julientel

Level of stress 89%

critgemhero

You know what Good Omens does NOT get enough credit for? How it never, not once, makes gender presentation the butt of a joke.

Crowley presenting as female to be Warlock’s Nanny? The way this was filmed, acted, and written wasn’t made to be funny whatsoever. She was stunning, I loved the hat!

Pollution using they/them pronouns while the postman used the gender neutral honorific of sir for them? What’s there to make fun of? They’re royalty.

Archangel Michael, who has a traditionally male name, played by a female actress? Never questioned.

Lord Beelzebub’s androgyny? Only respect for the Lord of Hell.

Aziraphale sharing Madame Tracy’s body? Crowley recognized his angel and accepted it no problem. He was right about the dress too, it did suit him!

Crowley’s pure, unfiltered non-binary/gender-fluid energy in general? Fucking fabulous. Who could seriously make fun of this demon’s style? As someone once pointed out to me, you could swap him with Tilda Swinton and I’d see no difference. What an icon.

Good Omens is the first big show I’ve seen to basically avoid transphobia all together when the opportunity presented itself, and even say fuck you to the gender binary as a bonus. If the biggest binary in all the universe, Heaven and Hell, don’t give a damn about it then why should you?

neil-gaiman

Thank you! That was definitely what we were going for. I’m not certain we always achieved it – or at least, people didn’t always seem to see that was what we were doing. (It made me sad when a few people on Twitter reacted to Crowley-as-nanny as if it was meant to be a transphobic man-in-a-dress joke.)

For our angels and demons, it was intensely liberating having male and female actors auditioning for the same roles, and just picking the ones who we felt nailed the characters best.

Also, can I just hear a wahoo for the wonderful Archangel Uriel, Gloria Obianyo?

katy-133

Okay, so Gavin Reed is a 2-dimensional jerk in Detroit Become Human, with no redeeming qualities, but fans have ended up creating this narrative where him getting partnered up with RK900 has him go through a buddy-cop-style character arc that makes him a better person.

And it’s quite amazing.

Gavin in the source material is a jerk who pulls a gun in the middle of a police interrogation, and tries to spill coffee on Connor in That One Scene in the game. He does not go through a character arc by the end of the plot.

Gavin in the “fandom expanded verse” (which I am only just now deciding to call it) is a sweary, hot-tempered cop, but is loyal, ambitious, and is a legitimately skilled detective who can follow obscure clues. A lot of his argumentativeness springs from insecurity and pride.

At first, he absolutely hates getting partnered up with RK900, who resembles Connor. Karmatic punishment for Gavin’s rudeness towards Connor.

But as they solve cases together, Gavin ends up developing a good comradery with RK900. Saving each other from gunfire and both being sharp-tongued enough to banter with each other.

Gavin comes to realise that RK900 is not Connor.

Gavin is a cat person. He has past experience in dangerous, high-tension hostage negotiations. And he got that scar on his nose from a bar fight. He’s still a jerk, but it’s rounded.

And just why oh why are fans able to weave a more complex narrative for this character than David Cage?!

The fandom for this game amazes and fascinates me, because I continually and consistently find the stuff they explore and expand upon more interesting than the source material they are provided with.

The closest thing I can compare this phenomena to is how writers sometimes adapt public domain works and explore aspects of it that the original didn’t touch upon.

So yeah, thank you for coming to my TED talk on how and why I ended up drawing fanart for a side character that appears in like 4 scenes of the whole game.