#about sands

[thesandsofelsweyr]

Hi there! 👋🏻 Thanks for the warm welcome to Tumblr. You can call me Sands. I am back writing again after a 5+ year hiatus and wanted a place to share my fics with the Tumblr community. My mailbox is always open so please don't hesitate to drop me a message!

About Me

She/Her

Millennial

AO3: SandsOfElsweyr (currently only used for publishing. I kudos & comment from another account.)

About My Writing ✍🏻

I write slower than GRRM 😅 None of my stuff is ever abandoned but the updates will be sporadic.

Arkhamverse Jason Todd is my muse! I delight in hurting (and comforting) the poor kid 😈

My stuff tends to be on the darker side. Angsty, whumpy manpain is my specialty but you may see some smut here and there. I'm also a sucker for Hurt/Comfort (Arkhamverse Jason needs all the love he can get 💗)

Fanart, fanfic, podfic, remixes, translations, moodboards, etc. are welcome as long as you credit me with a link back to my work that inspired you! And please don't forget to share with me what you created 😍

If you’d like to be tagged when I share my writing you can submit a request here! (You can also request to be removed 👋🏻😊)

My Fics

Hollowed Out (ao3)

Good Boys Should Know Better (ao3)

Remember Jason Todd? (ao3)

Misery and Ecstasy (ao3)

The Climb (ao3)

His (ao3)

The Sus Boy Next Door (ao3)

Arkham's Final Victim (ao3)

Touch (ao3)

Cocoon (ao3)

An Apple A Day (ao3)

The Final Testament of Jason Peter Todd (ao3)

Boy Toy (ao3)

Recent Scribbles

Torture Ranking (AK Jay whump)

A Good Soldier (Bruce & AK Jay angst)

Cuddlefuck (⚤ Female Reader x AK Jay)

Intimacy Issues (GN Reader x AK Jay)

A Smile in the Dark (AK Jay angst/fluff)

Tea Time (AK Jay fluff)

Self-Care (GN Reader x AK Jay)

Knightmare (AK Jay whump)

Well-Trained (AK Jay whump)

The Arkham Knight's Plaything (GN Reader x AK Jay)

Giving Up Control (⚤ Female Reader x AK Jay)

Stolen Future (AK Jay whump)

...or else it gets the hose again (AK Jay whump)

🎀 (⚤ Female Reader x Jay)

Home (AK Jay whump)

Night Terror (AK Jay angst)

A Friend in Arkham (AK Jay whump)

Pyramid Song (AK Jay angst)

Rescued AU (AK Jay and Bruce)

Torture Poll 😱 (AK Jay meta)

Favorite Scars (⚤ Female Reader x AK Jay)

Cockwarming (⚤ Female Reader x AK Jay)

My Tags

Please let me know if you want something tagged. I'll update this post as tags are added—still organizing things around here 🧹

sands writes - my fic

sands speaks - personal posts like this one

sands replies - you ask, I answer

my arkhamverse - tag for My Arkhamverse series of fics (I'll come up with a clever title eventually 😅)

series: ruined - tag for my Ruined series of fics

dead dove: do not eat - dead dove: do not eat (my darker things will get this tag)

smutty sands - nsfw writings for 18+ readers

songs for ak jay - music that reminds me of my #1 boy

my headcanons / my meta / my imagines / my wips / my panels / my screenshots

Longfics: fic: his / fic: hollowed out / fic: the climb / fic: the sus boy next door / fic: misery and ecstasy

Credits

@cafekitsune for the warning tape banners, dark content banners, hearts dividers, pink-red hearts dividers, hearts + stars dividers, sea dividers, & animated lines dividers 💕

@sideblogformindtrash for the blood dripping dividers (as seen here)

@benkeibear for the barbed wire dividers

[thesandsofelsweyr]

Me: writes AK Jay in the most fucked up torture scenarios my deranged brain can imagine 🤩

Also me: ‘bout to make this adorable bubbling cauldron Instagram Halloween decoration 🥰

[thesandsofelsweyr]

20 Questions for Fic Writers!

TY for tagging me @zeroducks-2 😘 Passing to torch along to @blahwesome, @baesonjason, @niphredil-14, @scaryscarecrows, @mrsd-writes, @igotanidea, @artzysyam, @thejasonandsladeagenda (no pressure ofc!)

How many works do you have on AO3? 11 on SandsOfElsweyr, 2 on my other top secret account 👀

What’s your total A03 word count? 47,475

What fandoms do you write for? I've written fic for Dragon Age and Skyrim, but my only published fics are in the Jason Peter Todd fandom 😉

What are your top five fics by kudos? (Only including my SandsOfElsweyr fics)

✧ The Sus Boy Next Door (ao3) 229 Kudos ✧

After coming back from a terrible blind date your asshole neighbor is the last person you want to see right now. He doesn’t have his signature scowl for you tonight, however. Tonight he seems terrified.

✧ Hollowed Out (ao3) 194 Kudos ✧

When Jason saw that photo of Batman and his new Robin, the thin cord of hope holding him together had snapped and he had broken into a million pieces. No one was coming for him. Not one single person on the planet cared whether he lived or died, or how much he suffered, or how loud he screamed. No one except the Clown. He was Joker’s now, and he would say or do anything to get a reprieve from the torment and the pain, even if it meant letting himself be reduced to something less than human.

✧ Remember Jason Todd? (ao3) 114 Kudos ✧

Joker reminisces to Batman about one of the happiest years of his life: the year he spent breaking Jason Todd.

✧ The Wrong Cell (ao3) 96 Kudos ✧

When Harley comes to fetch Batman’s annoying little sidekick from his cell in Arkham Asylum she finds someone unexpected in his place.

✧ His (ao3) 82 Kudos ✧

Jason has been beaten half to death with a crowbar, shredded by barbed wire, strung up for so long his shoulders ripped from their sockets, shocked, starved, branded… It's only a wooden paddle, it can’t hurt more than any of the Clown’s other toys… right?

Do you respond to comments? Why or why not? I get behind sometimes but I try to reply to every comment I get. If you take the time to leave me a comment, I'll take the time to give you a reply! Fun fact: I love replying with reaction gifs, hehehe

What’s the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending? lol. Almost every fic I write has an angsty ending 😂 I suppose Hollowed Out (ao3) is the angstiest so far.

What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending? Touch (ao3) or Cocoon (ao3)

Do you get hate on your fic? I'm sure I do but I've thankfully never seen it!

Do you write smut? Yes. Badly 😂 But I'm learning! Practice makes perfect~

Do you write crossovers? Personally not a fan of crossovers 🙃

Have you ever had a fic stolen? Not that I know of

Have you ever had a fic translated? Nope

Have you ever co-written a fic? Nope

What‘s your all-time favourite ship? Probably SanSan (ASoIaF). Then there's Shakarian (Mass Effect), Surana x Alistair (Dragon Age), and AK Jay x my OC 💕 Also can't forget AK JokerJay and Thramsay (ASoIaF), muwahaha 😈

What’s the WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will? I don't want to answer this and jinx myself!

What’s your writing strengths? Putting men through the ringer.

What’s your writing weaknesses? Overcoming my perfectionism 😪

Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic? I have to phone a friend!

First fandom you wrote for? Probably Mario? I've been writing for a looooooooong ass time, heh.

Favourite fic you’ve ever written? Hollowed Out (ao3) ❤️❤️❤️

[thesandsofelsweyr]

For the ask meme, 3 and 17

(from Fanfic Writer Ask Game)

3. What’s a fic idea that you have but haven’t written yet?

I really want to write a whumpy medieval Arkhamverse AU with an evil king Bruce and prodigal prince Jay, where Bruce tries to get rid of Jay through selling him or banishing him or something cruel along those lines 😈 This was an idea for an original story, but I'm not creative enough to write it so I've recently considered making it a fanfic with my beloved, oh-so-fun-to-hurt AK Jay instead.

17. Are there any writers and/or stories that you consider an influence?

George R. R. Martin of course~ I'm a HUUUUUGE ASoIaF fangirl. But honestly I'm inspired by everything I read 🙃

Speaking of which, this is a great opportunity to share a few of my favorite fics:

got me down on both knees by apinchofcyanide

Count 'Em Up by @blahwesome

Why Do They Kick Me? by @scaryscarecrows 

Something Black and Blue by @herecomesnaya

Spare the rod and spoil the child (Turn my baby weak and mild) by @knockmouth

Red by @lananiscorner

Love to Leave You Hanging by nini_pls, Onesmartcookie78 

187 by panademonium (Breaking Bad)

Gratitude by acerbitas (ASoIaF)

You Will Not Hide From This by EvilPeaches (ASoIaF)

To Tame a Raven by @foxghost (Dragon Age)

[thesandsofelsweyr]

No one tagged me but I saw this on my dash and couldn't resist 😁 If you're a whump fan then consider yourself tagged (and be sure to tag me so I can see your choices!)

(originally from victimeyez)

Okay time for choose one or the other! Bold the one in each pair you like best!

Chain bondage/Rope Bondage

Knife/Razor

Impersonal Whumper/Intimate Whumper

Physically restrained/Held by threat

Collar/Jewelry

Drugged/Restrained

Restrained/Tracker Chipped

Locked in trunk/Locked in cage

Burning torture/Drowning torture

Freezing/Burning

Emotional leverage/Physical threat

Cigarette burns/Tazer

Fantasy whump/Realistic whump

Sick whump/Injured whump

Blindfolded/Muzzled

Isolated/Hidden in plain sight

Beaten/Whipped

Hand cuffs/Zip Ties

Branding/Scarrification

Affectionate whumpee/disgusted whumpee

Affectionate whumper/Whumper who considers themselves way too far out of the whumpee’s league

Mob whumper/pirate whumper

Historical setting/modern setting

Slave whump/pet whump (don't make me choose 😱)

NSFW: Optional, of course

Forced Chastity/Forced intimacy or prostitution

Forced exhibition whump/Possesive+jealous whumper whump

Forced “relationship” whump/forced occupation whump

Intimate torture/non intimate torture

[thesandsofelsweyr]

GoT? If you've seen it

Since I answered for Game of Thrones, now I'm gonna answer for my beloved books 😍

Favorite character: Still the moon of my life, Daenerys Targaryen

Second favorite character: UGH, this is like asking me to choose my favorite child. I'll go with Sansa, but I literally adore every single character in the series so it's like a mega tie, haha!

Least favorite character: As I said previously, I adore all of the characters, but I love to hate Cersei. Don't get me wrong, Cersei deserves to be batshit crazy, and I respect the hell out of her for it, but she really pisses me off sometimes 😂 Also, I guess a character who's kinda "meh" to me is Victarion Greyjoy.

The character I’m most like: Still mulling this over 😅

Favorite pairing: SanSan 😍 Honorable Mention: Theon x Jeyne, Dany x Jorah, Brienne x Jaime, Stannis x Davos 😂, Dany x Sansa x Margaery x Asha

Least favorite pairing: Still Dany x Jon

Favorite moment: AHH THERE ARE SO MANY, HERE WE GO:

🔥🔥🔥

Asha's noncon roleplay, Sam's fumbling sex scene, Bran meeting the Three-Eyed Crow (I think this is the best written chapter out of the entire series. The imagery is absolutely beautiful!), Dany freeing the Unsullied OFC, Jon beheading Janos Slynt in the fifth book after Sansa wishes "that some hero would throw him down and cut off his head" in the first book, Reek hearing "Theon" whispered in the Winterfell godswood, THE NORTH REMEMBERS, Manderly's meat pies, Jaqen H'ghar and Arya's teamup in Clash, Jaqen takes another face, Arya goes blind, the Little Bird sings to her Dog......... I know as soon as I post this I'm gonna remember 10 more 😂

Also, when STANNIS THE MANNIS UTTERLY WRECKS THE FREYS IN WINDS OF WINTER 🤩🤩🤩

Rating out of 10: 10 ^ ∞/10

[thesandsofelsweyr]

Thanks @elusive-honeydew for tagging me 😘

Tagging (only if you wanna play): @beemotionpicture @bittercape @brutallyjulia @disniq @valorsometimes (template under the cut ⤵)

[thesandsofelsweyr]

for your ask game, got?

Full disclosure: I absolutely adore the ASoIaF books but I pretty much despise the tv series 😆 Having said that, I'm still gonna hate-answer for Game of Thrones. (My answers will be different for the books, jsyk!)

Favorite character: Daenerys Targaryen. If my girl thought King's Landing deserved to burn then King's Landing deserved to burn 🤷🏻‍♀️ (Don't even get me started on how out of character that was.)

Second favorite character: Davos or The Queen of Thorns

Least favorite character: Bran. Again, this only goes for the show. I gotta be honest, GoT nearly ruined my faves for me (Bran, Sansa, Arya, Sand Snakes, etc.) Thankfully I've since re-read the books and I'm back to loving them all again 💕

The character I’m most like: Hmm, I have no idea. Never really thought about it.

Favorite pairing: Thramsay 🤣

Least favorite pairing: Jon x Dany

Favorite moment: I liked when Cersei blew up the Sept of Baelor then wickedly sipped her wine.

Rating out of 10: Do negative ratings count? No? Okay, 0/10 🔪