spookycat

Sara | she/her | lesbian | cis | writer | depression & anxiety | Swan Queen | Hufflepuff | X-Files | Swan Queen | Sondheim | other stuff I'm forgetting | oh, and Swan Queen

[sqsupernova]

Title: it’s a sitcom, basically [FANVID] Link: Click Here To View and Comment Artist: hermioneswanmills Find them on: -Youtube: Here  Title: it’s a sitcom, basically Link: Click Here To Read and Comment Author: happylikeafool Find them on: -Twitter: happylike_afool -Tumblr: @happylikeafoolsam Rating: Teen and Up Warning(s): No Archive Warnings Apply Words: 21k Summary: Zelena is relegated to house arrest after her failed attempt at changing the past.

Emma needs a place to live when her parents turn her room into a nursery.

They both find themselves residents of 108 Mifflin Street - one of them intent on being the perfect houseguest, and the other intent on starting a prank war.

Regina finds herself a little exasperated and a lot in love. Writers and artists spent months creating the fics and art you enjoy - it would mean the world to them if you commented to tell them what you liked! The SQSupernova team is also sponsoring a contest for commenters, and you can find out more here.

[sqsupernova]

Title: [Art] ‘Til Journey’s End Link: Click Here To View and Comment Artist: Sarconistia Find them on: -Twitter: Sarconistia -Tumblr: @sarconistia Title: til journey’s end Link: Click Here To Read and Comment Author: swansaloft Find them on: -Tumblr: @swansaloft Rating: Teen and Up Warning(s): No Archive Warnings Apply Words: 39k Summary: When word arrives that the neighboring kingdom of Therrihan might be in danger, Regina embarks on a mission to save the people from an impostor king. Unfortunately, the threat is too great to face alone, and the woman sent to accompany her a) talks too much, b) names her swords like they’re pets, and c) is generally annoying. To top it all off, she might even be able to best Regina at swordfighting, something none of her regular partners have ever managed.

If only Regina could hang onto that annoyance, because spending time with Emma seems to have it shifting into something else entirely…

(Or, The Medieval Fantasy Spy AU No One Asked For) Writers and artists spent months creating the fics and art you enjoy - it would mean the world to them if you commented to tell them what you liked! The SQSupernova team is also sponsoring a contest for commenters, and you can find out more here.

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Title: I Wish [Fanart] Link: Click Here To View and Comment Artist: powerfulmagics Find them on: -Twitter: powerfulmagics -Tumblr: @powerfulmagics  Title: I Wish Link: Click Here To Read and Comment Artist: spookycat Find them on: -Twitter: spookycatSQ -Tumblr: @spookycatsq Rating: Teen and Up Warning(s): No Archive Warnings Apply Words: 24k Summary: Divergent from 6x10.

Emma’s wish to not be the savior drops her in the middle of someone else’s fairytale, featuring some unfortunately familiar faces and forcing her to confront feelings she’s been avoiding. Meanwhile, when Regina arrives elsewhere in the same realm, she quickly recognizes it from one of her favorite musicals, where she’s playing the role of a witch who has placed a curse on two hapless bakers who happen to resemble the Charmings. Racing against a three-day deadline, Regina has to help them break the curse and juggle a handful of other fairytale characters, all while trying to find Emma to bring her back to Storybrooke.

Or that time Emma and Regina went “Into the Woods.” Writers and artists spent months creating the fics and art you enjoy - it would mean the world to them if you commented to tell them what you liked! The SQSupernova team is also sponsoring a contest for commenters, and you can find out more here.

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Title: We The People [Art] Link: Click Here To View and Comment Artist: BulletStrong Find them on: -Twitter: SwanQueenSwen -Tumblr: @amvilas Title: We The People Link: Click Here To Read and Comment Artist: happylikeafool Find them on: -Twitter: happylike_afool -Tumblr: @happylikeafoolsam Rating: Teen and Up Warning(s): No Archive Warnings Apply Words: 12k Summary: Regina never intended to be President of the United States. She was happy with her life, happy as Secretary of Housing and Development, happy as Emma’s wife, happy as the mother of their three children.

And then she is appointed Designated Survivor on the night of a State of the Union address where the unthinkable happens.

Four years later, as she awaits election results, she reflects on that awful night that changed her, and her family’s, life forever. Writers and artists spent months creating the fics and art you enjoy - it would mean the world to them if you commented to tell them what you liked! The SQSupernova team is also sponsoring a contest for commenters, and you can find out more here.

[sqsupernova]

Title: I Wish [Fanart] Link: Click Here To View and Comment Artist: powerfulmagics Find them on: -Twitter: powerfulmagics -Tumblr: @powerfulmagics  Title: I Wish Link: Click Here To Read and Comment Artist: spookycat Find them on: -Twitter: spookycatSQ -Tumblr: @spookycatsq Rating: Teen and Up Warning(s): No Archive Warnings Apply Words: 24k Summary: Divergent from 6x10.

Emma’s wish to not be the savior drops her in the middle of someone else’s fairytale, featuring some unfortunately familiar faces and forcing her to confront feelings she’s been avoiding. Meanwhile, when Regina arrives elsewhere in the same realm, she quickly recognizes it from one of her favorite musicals, where she’s playing the role of a witch who has placed a curse on two hapless bakers who happen to resemble the Charmings. Racing against a three-day deadline, Regina has to help them break the curse and juggle a handful of other fairytale characters, all while trying to find Emma to bring her back to Storybrooke.

Or that time Emma and Regina went “Into the Woods.” Writers and artists spent months creating the fics and art you enjoy - it would mean the world to them if you commented to tell them what you liked! The SQSupernova team is also sponsoring a contest for commenters, and you can find out more here.

[spookycatsq]

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

A hate-to-love fic. It starts rough:

*****

“Well, this is about as pleasant as I expected,” the woman continued. She reached down to grab a towel to angrily mop up paint from her ratty, white tank top and tight jeans with an indecent number of holes in them.

“Heard about the evil mayor, have you?” Regina snarled.

“Oh, you’re Mayor Mills? Then yeah, you sound like a treat.” The towel was tossed back on the ground as the woman returned stormy eyes to Regina’s. “But that’s not what I’m talking about, and you know it.”

Something dark drew Regina’s eyes briefly to the woman’s chest, now wiped partially clean of paint. Bold, black text snaked across the skin just above her breasts. Despite a couple of letters disappearing beneath tank top straps, the message was clear. Written in two sizable lines of ironically beautiful script were the words Regina had said only moments ago: What the hell is wrong with you?

Serves her right , she thought.

[spookycatsq]

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

A hate-to-love fic. It starts rough:

*****

“Well, this is about as pleasant as I expected,” the woman continued. She reached down to grab a towel to angrily mop up paint from her ratty, white tank top and tight jeans with an indecent number of holes in them.

“Heard about the evil mayor, have you?” Regina snarled.

“Oh, you’re Mayor Mills? Then yeah, you sound like a treat.” The towel was tossed back on the ground as the woman returned stormy eyes to Regina’s. “But that’s not what I’m talking about, and you know it.”

Something dark drew Regina’s eyes briefly to the woman’s chest, now wiped partially clean of paint. Bold, black text snaked across the skin just above her breasts. Despite a couple of letters disappearing beneath tank top straps, the message was clear. Written in two sizable lines of ironically beautiful script were the words Regina had said only moments ago: What the hell is wrong with you?

Serves her right , she thought.

[happylikeafoolsam]

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

For Swan Queen Week 11, Day 1: Fuck Destiny, I Choose You

They meet at a bar and there are instant sparks - just not the kind of sparks that lead to the world suddenly flickering from grey to filled with colour, not the kind of sparks that would mean they are soulmates, meant to be.

They are not soulmates, but they flirt, and they dance, and, at the end of the night, they end up together back at Regina’s house.

It’s just supposed to be a fling. The kind of short relationship you have when you aren’t soulmates but you are lonely.

It’s not supposed to mean anything. But it does.

[powerfulmagics]

2018 vs 2017 hey guys!! i realize i haven’t been as active on tumblr lately (cant.. remember the last time i made a gif rip in pieces) mostly bc i’ve been spending most of my time on twitter. i’ve been posting my art across platforms for about a year now (twitter, tumblr) and i recently made an instagram! i just figured i’d give that account a little bit of a shout out/self promo!! i post my ouat fanart there, along with original works!! if you’ve got an account + wanna show it some love, you can find me under the same user name! instagram.com/powerfulmagics :’)

[spookycatsq]

Look at those eyes!! Stunning, as always. Still can’t believe I get to work with this incredibly talented person!

[lesbiausten]

– “I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.” { for @hermionethequeen9 }

[spookycatsq]

There's a wedding! Conclusion to my Tegan and Sara series.

When I wrote my first fic, Boyfriend (that’s the last time I’ll link to it, I promise), I had no plans for sequels. I was just concentrating on getting one under my belt and making sure I was happy with it. Plus I was struggling with working up the nerve to post anything at all. Self-confidence is not my strong suit.

And then something else entirely, basically sex and jokes and tropes, spewed out of my brain immediately after in the form of Defying Gravity.

But the BF universe Regina and Emma just wouldn’t leave me alone, and neither would Tegan and Sara. Along came Closer, and now here’s the last little piece. Their story will continue on, but I won’t be writing it! I hope you’ve enjoyed the journey as much as I have. And thank you for reading!

Incidentally, number five will be for SQSN, and it’s already giving me a headache. But in a good way. This is far and away my favorite thing to do these days (besides reading fics, obvs), so hopefully that number will keep climbing, and maybe someday I can trick someone into publishing something I wrote.

Happy summer, y’all. 

[spookycatsq]

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

Finally.

Unless I write that little wedding one-shot I once thought I would... god.

[spookycatsq]

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

New chapter, haven’t posted in a while. One more to go, hopefully done in the next week? Emphasize question mark.

Reminder that you’ll need to read Boyfriend to understand this one.

[evergrove]

To celebrate my birthday I want to give thanks to some of my favourite authors and their excellent stories. This year for my birthday calendar I’m using some of the Fic Writers Week prompts. Four days, four different prompts, all fics included have been completed in 2017.

Day 4 (4): Spread the Word: Fic Rec Monday 50/2017

Fic Rec Mondays are a thing I started this year. I read a lot and I wanna recommend the fics I love. So it’s fitting to end the Fic Rec Mondays of 2017 on my birthday (all Fic Rec Monday posts from 2017).

Boyfriend by @spookycatsq

milf (mother i’d like to fang) by @insanetwin

The Notebook by @angstbotfic

In Time by FlyYouFools (MK47)

like a distant star (I simply cannot hold) by @coalitiongirl

every winter fades away (into the spring) by @coalitiongirl

Cat’s Out Of The Bag by bernicevella64 / @beevee110

I don’t usually recommend WIPs on Fic Rec Monday posts but I’ll make an exception now!

WIPs

Mors Certa, Hora Incerta by @absedarian

Fragile Lives by @rowark-sq

1976 by @niki-frost

Memory Cloud by @wily-one24

In the nick of time by Velace / @farewellmyswan

Feelings on Fire by @sultrysweet

[spookycatsq]

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

New chapter for the companion piece to Boyfriend.

[spookycatsq]

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

I’m working on a companion piece to Boyfriend, so here’s a little teaser to start, inspired by the Tegan and Sara song “Closer.” This fic will refer to some of the events in BF from Emma’s POV, but no scenes will be outright repeated. So if you haven’t read that one, you probably should read it first.

There will also be new fluffy stuff that takes place after Emma’s big reveal.

If all goes well, this will actually be a Tegan and Sara trilogy of sorts, but who knows if that will really happen. I have vague ideas.

PS - Still new, still don’t know all the rules. So I’m wondering... Is it an acceptable thing to make an artwork request? Like, just a general call to anyone who might be interested? Or does that only happen during SQSN? And is it just desperate and uncool to ask at all? I’ve seen some really amazing art out there, but I have zero skills to do that myself, and I would be interested to see what anyone might come up with for BF (if they were inspired at all to do so).

[spookycatsq]

Mulder and Scully saved my life. Here’s why I still want to believe.

This happened 24 years ago today. Look at them, they’re babies! She was a smartypants and he was a believer, and together they were magic.

I didn’t actually watch the show when it began; I came to it mid-run, during maybe the lowest point in my life. I was a shell of a human being, honestly. Depression was all I knew, all I could imagine or remember.

I don’t exaggerate when I say they saved my life. These nerds gave me something to hold on to. I can’t explain why. It’s not like I was into UFOs or anything. It was a perfect blend of humor, drama, and creepiness, but that wasn’t it either. It was just this intangible thing that made me feel like I could make it from one week to the next.

Fellow fans were great, too. I started reaching out to people again. Only a little, but it was a step in the right direction. And the show introduced me to fanfiction, which is something that still means a lot to me today.

This show made me passionate about something again, and I will be forever grateful for that. I still had a long and bumpy road ahead of me, but Mulder and Scully pointed me in the right direction.

So if that’s you, and you feel like nothing’s keeping you here, maybe see if there’s any one little thing in your life you can embrace. It can be small; other people might think it’s frivolous or a waste of time. Don’t listen. If it’s important to you, it’s important. And it’s probably important to someone else, too.

Every day you’re able to stick it out is a day things might turn around. You’re not alone. A big reason artists create things and put them out in the world is to connect with people, and you’re one of them. Let them in.

(And don’t forget there are other people who can help.)

So cheers to 24 years! The truth will always be out there.