Insomniac Lark

Worbs, Mid 20s, they/them, Kabuto & Naruto fanatic, Team Kabuto fan, Aroace Kabuto agenda

[sleeplesslark]

Redoing my pinned:

Hi, I'm SleeplessLark, if you want to talk 'Lark' is fine but I'll answer to most things if I know u mean me. Open to DMs and Asks! Especially about my fics and pairings.

I write a lot. I'll update this post with ongoing projects that're longer than a chapter or two so it's easy to track where my head is at.

I write a lot of Naruto Uzumaki & Kabuto Yakushi centric fics, and I hope to branch out into Naruto/Kabuto or Naruto/Kabuto/Sakura. Kabuto&Sakura and Kabuto & his chunin exam teammates are also of deep interest to me. If you have requests for a fic along those lines send it along and I'll likely get to it eventually.

This is my ao3:

https://archiveofourown.org/users/SleeplessLark

My current posted WIPs are:

Loyalty's Price: Canon divergent, series rewrite, where Kabuto joins team 7. Just finished the Tenchi Bridge arc. (Not in progress atm)

Inverted: You can never look back: Canon divergent, Kabuto is captured at the end of the Tenchi bridge arc and passed into Root's custody. Years later Naruto, now 19, pulls him out of prison and the pair rebuild their lives together. 4/13 chaptefs posted (fully drafted).

Resonance: AU with Soul Eater powers. After Sasuke leaves Naruto ends up using Kabuto as a weapon partner. 8/23 chapters posted.

Luck of the Toss: Fear and Hunger Termina au where Naruto, Kabuto, Misumi, and Yoroi arrive slightly before the contestants. Won't infringe on canon events from the game. 1/? chapter posted.

Fics I'm currently writing in notebooks:

Expectations series: after Naruto fails the genin exam for a fourth time, Iruka hires Kabuto to tutor him. 1/3 fics drafted. Going to type it then work on the next in the series.

[pangur-and-grim]

I swear to GOD I’m not vagueing my situation, but I made a post recently about books I was planning to read this year, and I find it very….. interesting that multiple people came into my inbox afterward to tell me that all the queer authors in the bunch had sinned. like maybe they had, I dunno. it wouldn’t stop me reading (I love Interview with the Vampire, I have Thoughts about Anne Rice, etc). but it is interesting that none of the non-queer authors merited this whisper campaign, despite some of them honestly deserving it. not saying anything outright here, just making an observation. listening and learning. you know

[pangur-and-grim]

[pangur-and-grim]

I'm still thinking about the time that someone came into my dms to tell me that Gideon the Ninth's author had written problematic fanfiction.

maybe it's because I don't read or write fanfiction, so all related discourse has always been an iceberg sailing past me, but I just can't imagine who would give a shit. like oh, they wrote about a taboo topic? is it well written? should I read it?

and also, I'm reading work by wife abusers, religious fanatics, old timey racists, antisemites, misogynists, fascists, murderers...... knowing how these people conducted themselves in life gives context to better understand their writing, but that's about it. the only authors I'm actively boycotting for moral reasons are Neil Gaiman and J. K. Rowling, because they're using the money from their book sales in present day to harm people.

[shitpostenjoyer98]

i mean yeah

[ddeck]

there's like a thousand ways for a shower to work and you wouldn't even imagine half of them until you have to take a shower at a new place

[sleeplesslark]

In the spirit of using Tumblr like a diary and that at the start of the ship ask game I said I'd use it to try and think of Kabuto and Naruto romantically more, going to share some of my thoughts.

I still prefer them platonically. I'd like it immensely if someone else wrote them sexually or romantically, but I also am kinda seeing that's not something I am interested in writing. I don't really feel excited for it in the way I do with writing them as friends or brothers or teammates or mentor and student. When I think about whether I'd prefer writing naruto having a secret romance with kabuto or secretly sneaking off to be taught by him I know I find myself more engaged with the second.

Having now written smut of them and chatted with someone about writing smut I think I'm just not naturally very engaged with the topic? I have to kinda wonder if I was pushing myself to try and see them romantically because being fixated on a platonic pair feels so out of place in fandom. Like when people say "not as a ship" when they make fanart or "they're best friends to me" it's usually like, a means of deflecting the romance angle for shipping or homophobia reasons and I get that, I get how people who talk that way seem suspiscions. And I do think I'm very engaged with the pair as a duo, not just me wanting one out of the way for a romance, just not in a "I'd write them kissing or fucking" way? I'd read it dont get me wrong but....

Like it genuinely feels weird to say I just don't find them romantically or sexually engaging to create for? Maybe I just need to do it more? I was nervous when I put out fight scenes but I also feel like I'm engaged with what it means when characters fight beyond the mechanics, that I've gotten more mentally into what combat can do for a story. Having just written smut it doesn't carry that same vibe for me but maybe I just need to write it more?

It might be a kind of internalized aphobia, but it defo feels like I'm missing something. Other asexuals I know write smut with no issue and have a deep interest in and ability to write sexual dynamics in an engaging way consistently. Maybe I can too, but I do notice that the stats on that fic are bad, like bad even for me, and I notice that I don't think I really did a good job on it once the smut came up. I'd probably be yammering about it if someone else wrote it but.....

And while I do enjoy concepts where Kabuto and Naruto become friends I feel like I'm maybe unable to tap into a layer of intimacy? Maybe it would be different for a different ship, maybe this is internalized aphobia, maybe I just need to write more smut until, like combat, I can pull those elements together more.

Or maybe I need to embrace being a gen writer and focus on the elements I do enjoy? But miss out on the intimacy and plots available when it comes to being able to write Kabuto and Naruto in a sexual relationship. Idk.

[starlightinthetunnel]

[everynart]

[insanitysilver]

When I was younger I used to be part of the “only-reads-complete-fics crowd” but as I’m getting older I’m realizing how powerful it can be to have consistent things to look forward to…

[insanitysilver]

All the ppl in the tags laughing abt how fic updates aren’t consistent are cowards. I aim to be subbed to at least 365 fics. One for each day of the year. And that’s just my starting point. Your inbox? Empty. Barren. Fallow. Mine? Bountiful. Overflowing. A cornucopia of ripe treats awaiting my tender consumption. I wade through honey-rich excess while you starve of your own volition.

[hrfiction]

“I wade through honey-rich excess while you starve of your own volition”. 

This line is the sexiest way to say “You fucked up” that I have ever read. I have to start using this in my life when pointing out the follies of others.

[herssian]

you're allowed to draw. draw badly even. draw and then delete it. draw and rework it and then delete it anyway. draw only half of it and the other half three years later. in one style or another. in different styles in the same week. traditional or digital. you're literally allowed to draw however you want

[herssian]

original art after many years of fanart, fanart every five summers, both, only one, canonxoc. the only jailer in the room is you and the cell's empty

[ur-favorite-fishgirl]

sex is a distraction from your true purpose in life which is to go to the aquarium and look at the fish and go "wooooooaaah.... fishies". cmon guys we all need to lock in.

[sleeplesslark]

Thinking about it more I think weather imagery generally suits Kabuto&Naruto. Kabuto's colors are kinda stormy, blacks and greys where Naruto's are bright and sunny. Also the obfuscation inherent to Kabuto's character as "clouding" judgement and Naruto seeking clarity and being generally upfront, shining a light on things. There's also something to Kabuto concealing a truth in his past about Danzo and root, how his goals remain very straightforward when viewed from that perspective. How Naruto's upfront nature can have people not see it when he is lying because they're not looking for it. Can't put it into words properly but its there.

[sleeplesslark]

Card where Yoroi gets KICKED, 70 dollars.

[stupidlittledoodles]

He’s not very good but I like himb

[everynart]

[thetimeisnowsomehow]

Kabuto is genuinely terrifying and we didn't get to see that enough. Anyone other than the main cast can't fight him, and that's only if he decides to fight at all. Which he usually does not. Far better at stealth.

and this was far before he gained sage powers. His regular dude disguise was by far the most effective and terrifying.

[morarenga]

i love their "friendship" :D

[serpi-crow]

She’s genuinely like a weird bug that could eat me.