SlowWolverine

31 | Leo | Writer God I’m old. slowwolverine on AO3

[robo-dino-puppy]

horizon forbidden west | talanah 41/?

[m00nsitt3r]

kotallo in a cute seashell tight shirt. thats it thats the whole post

[slowwolverine]

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

Chapter Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/86951151/chapters/239937351

Chapters: 9/? Fandom: Horizon (Video Games) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Kotallo (Horizon)/Original Female Character(s), Aloy/Seyka (Horizon), Abadund/Morlund (Horizon) Characters: Kotallo (Horizon), Erend (Horizon), Aloy (Horizon), Morlund (Horizon), Abadund (Horizon), Stemmur (Horizon), Zo (Horizon), Alva (Horizon), Seyka (Horizon), Drakka (Horizon), Hekarro (Horizon), GAIA (Horizon), GAIA Gang (Horizon), Tekotteh (Horizon), Atekka (Horizon), Delah (Horizon), Boomer (Horizon), Original Characters, Beta (Horizon) Additional Tags: The Oseram (Horizon), Oseram Culture & Customs (Horizon), Canon-Typical Violence, Canon-Typical Ableism, Eventual Smut, Romance, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, The Tenakth (Horizon), Tenakth Culture & Customs (Horizon), I Promise That Grisly Is a Teddy Bear, You Will Take My Canadian Spelling And You Will Like It, Stalking, Power Dynamics, Canon-Typical Oseram Misogyny, Oseram FMC, No beta we die like Rost Summary:

Firalin Steelweaver is no fool. She's spent the better part of her thirty years of life honing her skills as an Artificer and steel singer, all while carefully dodging the sorry fate that usually befalls any Oseram unlucky enough to be born a woman: going from being property of her father, to property of some husband.

At least right now, Fira is technically her brother Abadund's property. And at least Abadund doesn't delude himself into thinking he has any control over her. Hell, he can't even keep his theatre troupe from venturing into the heart of Tenakth territory after some ancient family delve.

But when her shop is stolen and her forge decommissioned, Fira is left with no choice but to follow Abadund all the way to the Forbidden West. Which might actually make her the biggest fool on the continent.

[gatoburr0]

The Horizon games are like “so to get by mount to the location you wanna go you have two paths, it’s either a trail monitored by three giant Fuck You And Your Whole Family birds who will inevitably see and attack you or the other one where the Eat Shit And Die cat on steroids will also inevitably see you and possibly attack you”

[espeon804]

If you feel like the emotional moments you've written aren't hitting hard enough, that they aren't making you want to cry, that they aren't making you want to grab a character by the shoulder and shake them, that they aren't making you want to run out your room and scream to the heavens... it's because you've read those moments a hundred times before. You know what's going to happen. You know how it ends. It doesn't surprise you. It probably doesn't faze you. The scene isn't bad at all. You've just grown immune to it. But, your readers will feel like you stabbed them with a knife and twisted the blade. That's what matters.

[willgrahamscock]

I think we are focusing on the wrong thing when talking about mainstream romantasy adult books, instead of shaming straight cis women for reading kinky books, we should tralk about how most of the newer books aimed at that demographic are just conservative propoganda, rebranding patriarchy as a kink.

[willgrahamscock]

There's nothing inherently wrong about liking the types of kinks that are present, control, power imbalance, dark themes, but when you really look at the top performing novels (which they are mass prodicing at questionable speeds) it's hard to ignore the ever present morally grey man, who's posessive over the heroine who starts off as otherworldly different from the 'regular woman' aka damsel in distress), is cruel to everyone except her, and the fantasy world revolves around the control of women, especially when it comes to forced pregnancy.

[willgrahamscock]

I'm seeing a lot of responses to this saying "this is why I read queer stories" but you're missing the point! You can relate to queer media because you're queer, cis straight women should also have material that aren't turning their opression into kinks in almost every. single. book. If they want to choose to read those stories, that's absolutely fine, again nothing wrong with exploring those dynamics, but the concerning part is how fast they're being made with the rise of booktok, and the looming threat to women's autonomy.

Remember when all mlm stories were borderine assault stories in the early 90s-2000s? and how long it took for other queer stories to be made? we all used our voices to make a change, it didn't magically stop we fought for it to not be the only type of story.

[lyricwritesprose]

And the solution to this, for people who are wondering, isn't to try to suppress romantasy books because they're not "good for women." That's an old, old game and never goes anywhere good. The solution is not less kink and less porn. The solution is more kink and more porn.

Because when you think about it, the problem isn't that you can go to your chosen bookseller and find a story where Sparklia Special gets semi-forced to have babies for Broody McDarkenfay (it's okay, she's into it). The problem is that it is unnecessarily difficult to look a little further down the shelf and find a vampire princess domming the hell out of the hunter who knows he shouldn't love her. Reducing people's choices always serves the reactionary agenda one way or another. Expanding choices. That's where it's at.

(If this sounds like I am making a pitch that we should write porn to defeat fascism, that's…not entirely a mischaracterization. I mean, of course it won't defeat fascism, but I do feel that while we work to defeat fascism, we should at least have diverse and satisfying porn.)

[gremlininho]

let me. innnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

[dasloddl]

op disabled reblogs but I think the point still stands

[eepyenbyfox]

reminder that the books themselves also suck ass actually. there's an entire plotline endorsing slavery. the one character who advocates to end slavery is bullied and made fun of. the one slave who doesnt like being enslaved is bullied and treated as an outcast. the bankers are the picture of racist stereotypes of jewish people. the one asian character is named fckn Cho Chang. the worldbuilding SUCKS. fuck harry potter and fuck rowling. stop giving her your money.

[romulusthewolf]

god smut is so hard to write.

first you gotta do the build up and then the actual fucking and the fucking is pretty easy but you never know how long the fucking should last, and eventually you're like "okay I'm tired of this" so the characters cum, but you're not done yet because you can't just end it at "he fucking nutted everywhere" you gotta keep going, and the characters have to chat a little or cry or think about how horrible they are or something and then you kinda don't know when to end that either so now you're 2k words in and you might have put too much self hatred and not enough sucking dick. so you wrap it up, and think well it's done now.

or sometimes you have it all perfect in your mind and you knock the whole thing out in 2 to 3 hours.

[cactusringed]

(writes something) god this sucks so bad. this is awful. i'm the worst writer ever. this is nothing. (rereads it a while after writing it) oh dude this is fire. i'm the god of writing. (writes something again) god this sucks so bad. th

[justslightlyconfused]

That ‘comment on your a03 work’ email hits like a line of cocaine every time. unmatched dopamine increase. shoutout to everyone who leaves a comment on fics. you deserve the world

[write-on-world]

[moonlit-spirals]

A Long List Of "Said" Alternatives

Organized by emotions!

ANGRY/ANNOYED:

Insulted, goaded, jeered, argued, bickered, raged, scolded, complained, nagged, quipped, chided, snarled, ridiculed, snapped, retorted, protested, grumbled, whined, accused, badgered, threatened, lashed, ranted, scoffed, retaliated, stormed, sneered, boomed, roared, yelled, shouted, barked, grilled, fumed, heaved, insisted, bellowed, taunted, sassed

HAPPY:

Beamed, cheered, gushed, bubbled, chirped, resounded, praised, sang, trilled, chorused, tittered, complimented, effused, jabbered, rejoiced, approved, chimed, chatted, exclaimed

SAD:

Bawled, cried, blubbered, sobbed, wept, sniffled, wailed, agonized, grieved, mumbled, groaned, sniveled, apologized, lamented, fretted, gurgled, croaked

CALM/NEUTRAL:

Added, began, addressed, agreed, called, announced, confirmed, described, continued, disclosed, echoed, greeted, emphasized, informed, mentioned, implied, mused, observed, prompted, offered, recited, started, recalled, uttered, reckoned, ventured, went on, pronounced, voiced, noted, remarked, commented, interjected, shared

SCARED:

Cautioned, gulped, swallowed, keened, panted, gasped, shrieked, trembled, shuddered, yelped, warned, hesitated, stammered, stuttered, pleaded, murmured, sputtered,

CURIOUS:

Hummed, questioned, inquired, quizzed, queried, wondered

NOTE: You don't always have to use an alternative to said in order to get your point across! Please avoid overusing dialogue tags, and remember to spice things up in other ways.

[transformativeworks]

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[luna-azzurra]

The two wolves inside every writer: "this is genuinely the best thing i have ever written. i am gifted. i am changed. this paragraph alone justifies my entire existence on this planet." and then five minutes later, same paragraph: "who wrote this. who allowed this. this reads like a golden retriever trying to describe grief. i need to lie down and reconsider everything." both wolves are always wrong. the paragraph is fine. you need a snack.

[frederickchiltonsdivacup]

AO3 Writer Affirmations:

I do not have to reinvent the wheel every time I write fanfiction

I do not have to make every chapter's word count above 1,000 in order for it to be good

It is okay if some things don't make sense

I can write whatever I want

I am writing this shit for free

If people don't like my stuff, they can block me. If they're being mean about it, I can block them.

The most important part of writing fanfiction is having fun

Writing fanfiction is supposed to be fun

I do not have to appeal to people

This shit is fun

I am doing this all for free, and anyone who objects can go eat wet sand and worms from the sidewalk

[prophetic-writer]

When you've been a writer for long enough, commas become more of a spiritual practice than a grammatical one.

Could I explain the actual rules of how they’re used? Absolutely not.

Do I rely on sensing a tremor in the force to tell me where to use them? Yes and this has never failed me even once.

[writingdose]

writers, instead of asking ai for help, you can always use your childhood trauma and repressed issues to help you with that fic