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Darcyland AU Challenge

Everyone loves AUs. Be it coffee shop, High School or space opera. Hell most of us in Darcyland are writing AU or crossover ships for Darcy. People she has never met in canon. So lets all have fun exploring different worlds, different Darcys. (Dig up seldom used tropes or rarepairs too).

What’s an AU? an AU (alternate universe) is a form of fanfiction where the canon facts are taken and changed. Where possibilities, what-ifs, are explored.

Pushing characters in new directions and exploring new realms.

Crossovers and fusion fics fall within the spectrum of AUs.

What can you do? Write (gen, het, femslash, any and all Darcy ships), create graphics, draw illustrations, make fanmixes, podfics, vids, gifs (or gifsets), write up AU rec lists (tell everyone why you love those fics).

Whatever you create needs to be an AU and Darcy needs to be the central character. Other than that have fun creating for all our lovely ships and friendships.

When does the challenge start? And end? Lets say any time from the first of February. There is no time limit on this challenge. It’s all about having fun and twisting things up in all our various ships/friendships.

Tag it: Tag your posts with #Darcy Lewis au challenge (#darcyland au challenge) or #Darcy Lewis (so usedkarma aka fuckyeahdarcylewis can find it to reblog and the rest of us can have a look too)

Good luck and have fun.

themonkeycabal

Hello all, I am, unfortunately, still unemployed, though my employer … Nina Lumpp needs your support for Standing with Nina Through

So, my doctor just prescribed me a drug that costs $300 per pill. She ordered 49 of them, that’s $14,700. I have insurance, but I think that copay is gonna be heavy, so I guess it’s GoFundMe time. This will eventually try to cover my copay for 2026, so the goal that’s up is not an immediate sort of thing, and I started with just a portion so as not to be overwhelming. Let’s hope I don’t have to go out of network for my surgery. Lord have mercy.

This drug will, hopefully, address the surgeons’ concerns. Though, apparently, it can be pretty toxic with the side effects. Oh goodie. This is a one month order.

I realize this is such an awkward time of year to ask for anything. I honestly feel a little gross about it. Elements of the book project have begun, so hopefully I can get that up sooner rather than later. I wish I was a faster writer.

Anyway, if you can’t donate, no worries, I totally get it. I wouldn’t mind a boost, but again, no worries. If you want to hold off until the patreon, that’s cool. But if you can do a little something, I’d be grateful.

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faustandfurious

Basic rules for analysing fiction, an incomprehensive list jotted down in a hurry:

The protagonist isn’t always right

The protagonist isn’t always good

The protagonist isn’t always written to be relatable or likeable

The narrator isn’t always right

The narrator isn’t always good

The narrator isn’t always telling the truth

The narrator isn’t always the author

The protagonist’s moral compass, the narrator’s moral compass and the author’s moral compass are three entirely different things that only occasionally overlap

Pay attention to what characters do and not just what they say

Pay special attention when what the characters do is at odds with what they say

A lot of the time the curtains are blue for a reason. If they aren’t, you should read better books

glynnisi

Happy ChrismaHanukkah

ShieldShock Holiday Ficlet w inspiration images

"Let me guess. There's only one bed." Darcy rolled her eyes and looked pained. She texted to Jane and Natasha, 'you're hilarious.' "I just texted to tell Jane and Natasha they're hilarious."

Steve nodded, brow furrowed as he returned to her side from talking to the inn owner. "How'd you...?"

"Because we are being match-made, or Yenta'd, or 'given a push'- whatever you call it. There's only gonna be one bed left in this incredibly charming inn where we're snowed-in with one room reservation instead of the two we expected." Darcy shrugged. "Our friends think they're being helpful. You may not agree, but that's obviously what they think."

Steve noted that Darcy gave no sign of her opinion of the situation. She walked over to the sideboard and grabbed a chocolate chip cookie. Speech muffled as she took a bite, she cheered, "yass, still warm. And, yum." She looked around at the menorah and the lights and lanterns and trees, waving her hand. "Charming."

"Why would Natasha and Jane give us a push that involves only one bed?" Steve had his own ideas about that, but wanted to hear what Darcy would say. He followed her to the sideboard and had a cookie. "These are amazing."

"I know. Right? At least they didn't leave us stranded at a charm-free and cookie-free bug motel during the holidays. That would have been depressing." Darcy had another bite of cookie to stall answering.

When she'd licked crumbs from her lips, she looked up into Steve Rogers' incredible blue eyes and confessed. "It's my fault. I know better than to drink too much around Natasha. Alcohol makes me blab things, like my ChrismaHanukkah wish being that you'd give things a go with me." She grabbed another cookie and avoided his gaze. "So, since Jane adores me and Natasha has vetted me thoroughly and I have her stamp of approval? She scared my mother and my favorite English teacher to pieces, by the way... I guess the two of them double-booked us here in hopes that we'll hook up. Sorry."

Steve blushed to the tips of his ears. "What are you sorry about?"

"I'm sorry that my unrealistic crush puts you in an awkward spot stuck here with me tonight. Don't worry. I'll just sleep in a chair down here. This place is so darned cute I might get to meet Santa dropping off gifts." Darcy peeked into the next room. "Aw. 'A Christmas Story' on loop. It's funny. Have you seen it?" She turned and looked at him, surprised when she saw his expression. "What are you smiling about?"

"I thought I was the one who owed you an apology since I got caught ogling you weeks ago." Steve ducked his head, blushing more. "Natasha saw me about swallow my tongue one day when you reached up to get something from a high shelf. You're beautiful and it was obvious I desire you. So, I assumed this was her pushing me to do something about my unrealistic crush on you."

It was Darcy's turn to smile. "Why unrealistic? You're the nicest guy on base and have a delicious, dry sense of humor- on top of being an Avenger and a hottie. I'm just an astrophysicist intern fighting to get her doctorate."

"You're spirited, smart, and pretty. And you have more important things on your mind than dating. I've heard you say that multiple times." Steve volunteered, looking at her for clarification.

Darcy frowned, "you might have missed the part where I said I had more important things on my mind than dating Johnny Storm. He's a playboy and an egomaniac. That's the opposite of what I like in a man. I like someone who's honest and loyal to his friends, someone who looks me in the eye rather than the cleavage, nine times out of ten."

"I'm sorry about that. I..." Steve shrugged. "I respect you, Darcy. And, I like the way you're direct and funny and loyal and..."

"Huh." Darcy nodded, "interesting. Keep going."

He gave her a tight smile. "I can stay down here, if you like. I couldn't ask you to."

"Or..." she grinned and bit her lip.

A smile lit Steve's face. "Or?" He took a deep breath, mock serious and very hopeful. "ChrismaHanukkah wish? That kind of thing should be granted."

Darcy laughed, blushing happily. "Yes, please. You know that they'll be unbearably smug about their success setting us up. Right?"

Steve nodded. "Don't much care. I want you and you're interested, too. I'd be an idiot to let the opportunity slip away." He offered Darcy the key to their room and picked up their backpacks.

She gave him a teasing look as she accepted the key. "Well. Come on, then, roomie."

He glanced around to make sure no one was watching and gave her a scorching kiss. "Merry ChrismaHanukkah."

"The merriest," as they made their way to the room and she recovered from the toe-curling heat of the kiss, Darcy sent a quick text. 'You're forgiven. Thank you and Merry ChrismaHanukkah to you two, too.'

-fin

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I just couldn't bear to get to Christmas w/o writing some little bit of ShieldShock Holiday fluff. Merry ChrismaHanukkah @mcgregorswench @aenariasbookshelf@typhoidmeri@littleplebe @idontgettechnology @janeykath318 and all #ShieldShock OTP lovers.

littleplebe

I'm all heart-eyes over this.

inber

missed opportunity to recast Gwendoline Christie as geralt tbh

write-on-world

ironhoshi

@blackkatmagic

tracing-rivers

azure-dragonsinger

I think dragons should bonk like cats do.

azure-dragonsinger

Like this

glynnisi

Marvel finally confirmed when Steve Rogers' Captain America lost his virginity.

I feel like I just won a bet.

#SteveRogersNotAVirgin #LuckyUSOGirl

stillsixpm

#Darcy Lewis

#DarcyUSOGirl

katherinedennings

narrator: that’s exactly what she meant

buckymilf

this version of bucky should never be forgotten.

nostalgicmess

sometimes i need to remind myself that i’m writing fanfiction for free and i’m allowed to have a shitty sentence or two

captaingondolin

so many of my fics have remained buried in my drafts because i wrote the cool scenes first and then didn’t have “connective tissue”. but i’m freeing myself from that and just adding shitty “and then a week passed” or “they got to their destination” connections and just posting them and it’s so! freeing! try it!

shadowen

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve agonized over a scene transition, only to fill in the missing space with, like, a sentence.

sister-dear

Write the parts you wanna write and then go in and slap scotch tape over the rest of it.

freudensteins-monster

I’ve literally inserted gifs to get past a fight scene I couldn’t write, and just put *one sex scene later* to keep things moving.

Lazy? Maybe. But like op said, I’m doing this for free. So whatever stops me from getting stuck and never finishing because it’s not perfect is fine with me.