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[tabine-writes-old]

[fic] ▸ the secret life of teachers

Romance is a bit difficult to do when you spend a majority of your time within fifty feet of the object of your affections and somehow still don't quite understand that you're falling in love with them, if only because being a full-time high school teacher while taking graduate school courses takes precedence over everything else. A Nejiten high school teachers AU.

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[tabine]

drabble collections and the like

Took a break to create/update some of my drabble collections on AO3 with things I’ve posted here to tumblr but haven’t yet cross-posted.

on top of the universe, on a shooting star (Steven Universe – assorted)

drinks all around (Fairy Tail – Baccana-centric)

(I’ll update this list later – I’m doing this just for my own organization and such. In the meanwhile, I’m probably going to reblog some writing memes for to fill out later, so please send me prompts! Especially since what I did cross-post is, like, a year old at least and I desperately need to write something new.)

[alwayskaysanova]

send me a pairing and a number and i'll write you a drabble

[tabine-writes-old]

brokenbellamy:

“Come over here and make me.”

“Have you lost your damn mind!?”

“Please, don’t leave.”

“Do you…well…I mean…I could give you a massage?”

“Wait a minute. Are you jealous?”

“Is there a reason you’re naked in my bed?”

“I almost lost you.”

“Wanna bet?”

“Don’t you ever do that again!”

“Teach me how to play?”

“Don’t you dare throw that snowba-, goddammit!”

“I think we need to talk.”

“Kiss me.”

“Hey, I’m with you, okay? Always.”

“So, I found this waterfall…”

“It could be worse.”

“Looks like we’ll be trapped for a while…”

“This is without a doubt the stupidest plan you’ve ever had. Of course I’m in.”

“The paint’s supposed to go where?”

“You need to wake up because I can’t do this without you.”

“We’re in the middle of a thunderstorm and you wanna stop and feel the rain?”

“I’ve seen the way you look at me when you think I don’t notice.”

“Just once.”

“You’re the only one I trust to do this.”

“I can’t believe you talked me into this.”

“I got you a present.”

“I’m pregnant.”

“Marry me?”

“I thought you were dead.”

“It’s not what it looks like…”

“You lied to me.”

“I think I’m in love with you and I’m terrified.”

“Please don’t do this.”

“If you keep looking at me like that we won’t make it to a bed.”

“You heard me. Take. It. Off.”

“I wish I could hate you.”

“Wanna dance?”

“You fainted…straight into my arms. You know, if you wanted my attention you didn’t have to go to such extremes.”

“Hey! I was gonna eat that!”

“Have I entered an alternate universe or did you really just crack a smile for me?”

“You did all of this for me?”

“I swear it was an accident.”

“YOU DID WHAT?!”

“If you die, I’m gonna kill you.”

“Tell me a secret.”

“Hey, have you seen the..? Oh.”

"No one needs to know.”

“Boo.”

“Well this is awkward…”

Writer’s preference

[charlesoberonn]

The problem with being a writer is that you have to be your characters.

You can’t write a charming character by saying they’re charming, you actually need to be charming and write them charming dialog. You can’t just state somebody is smart, you need to write smart things for them to say and do.

[tabine-writes-old]

Apparently, I have a tendency to try and write Baccana porn when I’m trying to fall asleep. Or something.

Whoops.

[toxixpumpkin]

Apartment AUs to consider

The pet bird that you have overlooking your balcony shit talks me whenever I go out on my own balcony.

Please do something about your cat it keeps breaking into my apartment via the windows and I don’t know how. Plus it knows how to open fridges.

Look I know that life is difficult and we all have ways to cope but do you really have to do so with loud Dupstep music  at 3 in the morning? (Bonus points if the dubstep listener is the cute/tiny one)

Every time you cook you set off the smoke alarm so you know what I’m just going to teach you how to cook.

I found you passed out in front of my door so I just dragged you into my home and put you on the couch please don’t scream.

I don’t know if you know this but I can hear you singing anime theme songs in the shower every morning and I like almost all the shows you watch.

Wow my pet snake looks so cute this morning and I’d be even happier if I actually had a pet snake.

My apartment key apparently also works on your apartment door? (Also I accidentally let your cat out.)

We both have 3DSs’s and Street pass each other every day and have conversation using the personal message feature (and sometimes we play games together)

You sleepwalk a lot and sometimes you knock on my door so I have to lead you back to your apartment.

You took the last of my favorite snack from the vending machine next to our apartment. Battle me in Pokemon for it?

Someone keeps printing out cute cat pictures/messages on my wireless printer and I’m determined to find out whom.

[thefrontmun]

Draw You Near Me

Character/Pairing: Corney Note: Fallen Rock God AU, nsfw-y but not as much as I wanted to. Everyone is 20+. Corey is 10,000+. Beta’d swiftly by my darling dearest ask-carrie-b! Here is a really brief explanation of the au, courtesy of frickthepopo, with the additional explanation that theoretically upon learning his lesson, Corey would be allowed to go back home. Count: ~2800 Music: Vienna Teng’s Lullaby for a Stormy Night (male cover) (original)

Summary: Everything’s fine in the morning. The rain will be gone in the morning.  Corey is closer and closer to finding his way back where he came from. Laney is closer and closer to losing it.

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[alwayskaysanova]

send me a pairing and a number and i'll write you a drabble

[tabine-writes-old]

brokenbellamy:

"Come over here and make me."

"Have you lost your damn mind!?”

"Please, don’t leave."

"Do you…well…I mean…I could give you a massage?"

"Wait a minute. Are you jealous?"

"Is there a reason you’re naked in my bed?"

"I almost lost you."

"Wanna bet?"

"Don’t you ever do that again!"

"Teach me how to play?"

"Don’t you dare throw that snowba-, goddammit!"

"I think we need to talk."

"Kiss me."

"Hey, I’m with you, okay? Always."

"So, I found this waterfall…"

"It could be worse."

"Looks like we’ll be trapped for a while…"

"This is without a doubt the stupidest plan you’ve ever had. Of course I’m in."

"The paint’s supposed to go where?”

"You need to wake up because I can’t do this without you."

"We’re in the middle of a thunderstorm and you wanna stop and feel the rain?"

"I’ve seen the way you look at me when you think I don’t notice."

"Just once."

"You’re the only one I trust to do this."

"I can’t believe you talked me into this."

"I got you a present."

"I’m pregnant."

"Marry me?"

"I thought you were dead."

"It’s not what it looks like…"

"You lied to me."

"I think I’m in love with you and I’m terrified."

"Please don’t do this."

"If you keep looking at me like that we won’t make it to a bed."

"You heard me. Take. It. Off."

"I wish I could hate you."

"Wanna dance?"

"You fainted…straight into my arms. You know, if you wanted my attention you didn’t have to go to such extremes."

"Hey! I was gonna eat that!"

"Have I entered an alternate universe or did you really just crack a smile for me?"

"You did all of this for me?"

"I swear it was an accident."

"YOU DID WHAT?!"

"If you die, I’m gonna kill you."

"Tell me a secret."

"Hey, have you seen the..? Oh.”

"No one needs to know."

"Boo."

"Well this is awkward…"

Writer’s preference

[tabine-writes-old]

[wip] ▸ kunzite+shitennou+senshi backstory fic.

Fandom: Sailor Moon (BSSM, Crystal, misc.) Characters: Kunzite, Sailor Venus/Aino Minako, others. Pairings: Aino Minako/Kunzite, Senshi/Shittenou, etc. Genre: Drama, romance, etc. Summary: Semi-obligatory Silver Millennium fic -- a proper summary to come later. Rating: T Warnings: N/A Wordcount: N/A Notes: I've been wanting to write a Silver Millennium-era story about the Shitennou and the Senshi for a while, now, particularly about Kunzite and Sailor Venus, if only to be self-indulgent with my headcanons and the like, and how they, in turn, pertain to various mythos and ancient religions and such from various areas around the world, and somehow I finally figured out how I wanted to go about doing that tonight. Which is good, I suppose. And also draws rather heavily form ancient Sumerian/Mesopotamian/Babylonian theology and mythology. Just so you know, since this is just a snippet and all, and I don't really want to go into details right now anyway. So, yeah. Have at it, I suppose.

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[tabine-writes-old]

Please please write more about bacchus/cana, your stories are amazing!

Well, thank you for such a nice compliment, anon! c:

You're in luck as well, by the way -- I love Bacchus and Cana a lot, as a pairing and as individual characters, and I definitely hope to write more about them as such in the future. Especially considering the extreme dearth of fanfiction there is about the two of them out there, which really isn't even nearly enough to meet my rabid fan and shipping needs. Especially when you take into consideration the fact that I don't often get this obsessive over a pairing at all, you know.

At the very least, I plan to do exactly that, provided that I can find time to do so: my last exam is tomorrow morning, and even though I'll be out of town for the holidays for about two to three weeks starting next weekend, I definitely plan on utilizing all that free time to get as much writing done, for both original projects and fanfiction, and chief among those is writing more Baccana. :D

So fear not, anon -- you can hopefully expect to read some more Baccana from me before the year is out, and if you don't, well. I'm now giving you full permission to pester me until I do. Heh.

[tabine-writes-old]

[wip] ▸ makoto+nephrite au.

Fandom: Sailor Moon (BSSM, Crystal, misc.) Characters: Kino Makoto (Sailor Jupiter), Nephrite, Tsukino Usagi (Sailor Moon/Princess Serenity/Neo Queen Serenity), Chiba Mamoru (Tuxedo Kamen/Prince Endymion/King Endymion), Sailor Senshi, Shittenou. Pairings: Kino Makoto/Nephrite, Senshi/Shittenou, etc. Genre: Romance, humor, etc. Summary: Makoto is not particularly pleased when she discovers exactly who has recently gotten a membership at her gym; Nephrite is just surprised. Rating: T Warnings: Language, mature content (eventual). Wordcount: N/A Notes: I actually started writing this before SMC episode 10 came out, but, well, despite some of the other issues I have with the way some of the things have been portrayed thus far in Crystal, this raging nostalgia bias of mine concerning the Shittenou/Senshi pairings (which is one thing I'm kind of iffy on as far as portrayal goes, admittedly, as far as Crystal is concerned, but I digress) demanded that I keep working on this some more. Because, as I said, raging nostalgia bias is very heavily at work, here. And, as many of you already probably know, Nephrite is my baby, and I love him way too much. Thus, this AU -- which is just one exploration of the idea regarding the Shittenou getting their bodies back and adjusting to life in this world/with the Senshi and such after everything is all said and done -- was born. It really should not be this enjoyable to write, yo.

Also, my apologies for getting lazy with the tagging -- there's just so many characters who are known by so many different epithets, and so I'm just going mainly with the Japanese names + main titles for ease of this tagging system of mine, Yeah.

Shout-out to yeah-well-hey's own AU(s) that explore similar themes and concepts, but in much more detail and with much better writing than I can ever hope to achieve with mine, and were most certainly a heavy inspiration/motivational force when it came to me finally deciding to work on mine. :x (Seriously -- go read them.)

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[tabine-writes-old]

[rec] ▸ hopeless maine.

Fandom: Hopeless Maine Characters: N/A Pairings: N/A Genre: Assorted; supernatural, friendship. Summary: The island of Hopeless, Maine, has been known to native peoples of the area ever since they started messing about in boats. Its several names in their languages translate roughly as ‘The place we go to only when we are young, stupid and trying to prove something.’ Read more here. Rating: T* Warnings: Lovecraftian horror, death, body horror. Wordcount: N/A Notes: Funny story, actually: I actually came across Hopeless Maine while perusing my Facebook newsfeed. You see, I follow "Steampunk India" over there, (I know, how obviously typical of me) and the webcomic was one of the more recent suggestions/recommendations. And, well, being a fan of Lovecraft, I was immediately intrigued, and I am very glad to say that I am so happy I gave it a go: the artwork and style is gorgeous, the story and characters are really compelling, and, well, I don't want to give away too much, but. Yeah. You should definitely give it a go, I think. Most certainly worth it.

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blog | hopeless maine | nerdbong

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Read more about Hopeless Maine and its creative team here. Alternatively, if you'd like to start reading, you can find the prequel ("The Blind Fisherman") here, or read up more on the books themselves here.

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*This is just my own personal rating for purposes of tagging and convenience for this blog, as well as a general warning for any of you potentially interested in reading the comic.

[jjikook-remade-blog]

☆*･゜ﾟ･* space *･゜ﾟ･*☆

[writerswritecompany]

You know you’re a writer when…

[writingcareer]

The Narrative iStory Contest Opens for Entries - Free to Enter - $250 cash prize

Narrative magazine (est. 2003) has opened a two-week submission period to The Narrative iStory Contest, which is a no-fee writing contest encouraging writers of all skill-levels to submit concise, expressive narratives.

Word length must not exceed 150 words. The judges are open to fiction and nonfiction iStories.

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[tabine-writes-old]

[replies] ▸ artsypaige.

artsypaige replied to your post: [fic] ▸ aleheather week 2014.

Oh my god the queen of aleheather fan fics has made something *hallelujah*

Oh, gods, no -- I am hardly a queen of anything. More like overlord and dictator, in my opinion. I'm glad you enjoyed it, though, my friend!

[tabine-writes-old]

[fic] ▸ aleheather week 2014.

Fandom: Total Drama Characters: Alejandro Burromuerto, Heather. Pairings: Aleheather. Genre: Humor, romance. Summary: Written for Aleheather Week 2014 -- day 001: booty [09.21.14]. Rating: K+/T Warnings: Minor (super minor) alcohol reference. Wordcount: (~) 275 Notes: I'm not happy with this at all, mind, and I have an idea for the selfies prompt that I think I'm going to work on/flesh out later, but have this as at least a minimal contribution for Aleheather Week 2014.

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And, sure enough, there was Heather in the living room, finishing off the last sips of her wine and cellphone in hand with the television set blaring some over-autotuned garbled mess that apparently passed as music, though she was hardly curled up on the sofa as he’d had initially assumed, and Alejandro found himself entirely forgetting the question he’d planned on asking her originally as another one took precedence in his mind as Heather, completely oblivious to her boyfriend’s presence, continued to sing and move her body in time with the beat.

Since when has Heather been able to move her hips like that?