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[shadowofthelamp]

Tag Game

This one looks interesting so I’ll bite, tagged by @isisishtar. Done mostly by looking through my recent youtube history.

Rules : spell out your URL using songs and tag some friends!

Safe and Sound by Capital City

Here’s to Never Growing Up by Avril Lavigne (open in another tab, actually)

Alexander Hamilton, from Hamilton

Die Young, Ke$ha

Oh No! By Marina and the Diamonds

Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go by Wham! 

One Week by Barenaked Ladies

Fallin’ For You by Colbie Caillat

There’s Nothing Holding Me Back, Shawn Mendes

How to Save a Life by The Fray

Elastic Heart by Sia

Losing My Religion by R.E.M.

Ain’t No Mountain High Enough, Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrel

Mr. Sandman by The Chordettes

Play That Funky Music by Wild Cherry

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[justapalspal]

spoiler! c:

OH MORE SPOILERS OKAY UHH YEET!

In spoffee shop (spooky coffee shop au) Bakura finds out Ryou has an antique ouija board in the worst way possible. ...maybe second worst actually, hmm

[itsmechmech]

Comparison between the original version and mine ;)

[shadowofthelamp]

17 and 40~

17. Did you make any big permanent changes this year?

I changed my minor twice! From environmental science to sociology. I don’t know if that counts as permanent, though. School is basically the same as last year, just harder and more oriented towards my major.

40. Did anything happen that you were sure would change you as a person but it really didn’t?

Not really? Again, there hasn’t been any huge changes for me, I’m now a week from my twenty-first birthday and I definitely don’t feel like it.

[shadowofthelamp]

24 and 47 c:

24. favorite scene you’ve ever written

Oooh I just remembered another one! Okay, so the plot of painful echoes is that Vlad was being an asshole and made it so Danny only had a few days to choose between being just a ghost or just a human, because he figured it would be easier to deal with that.

Danny ended up picking being a ghost, but he also wanted to be an ass right back, so he painted his hair and wore clothes over his spandex suit. Vlad started laughing at him ‘haha, you chose to be a weak human’ and Danny just BLASTS THE SHIT OUT OF HIM, taking him completely by surprise. Man, that one was great.

47. how many unfinished ideas/stories are you working on at the same time?

I do intend to finish Civil Conversations at some point, and hopefully Reinvention. I know mosty how Crushing the Code ends but... sort of forgot parts, but I do want to tie that up since there’s only maybe 3 chapters left. So 3, I guess? Besides AiP, which I’m still actively working on.

[shadowofthelamp]

Partners

So, it’s @isisishtar‘s bday! (I kind of have the same feeling as you do a lot of the time, about bdays, so know it’s not just you) I really liked that little cute scenario from your au we talked about, so have a gift ficlet! Context: In Egypt, Bakura rescued Malik as a kid and now they’re growing up together. Not really shippy as they’re both still kids in this.

Wordcount: 577

Bakura was ten when he robbed his first tomb. At least he thought he was ten, anyways- it’s hard to keep track of time when there aren’t any adults around. He doubted he’d be able to do it without Diabound, but he was light enough (too light, really, but he could only ask for so much) to not trigger some of the traps, and his Ka was strong enough to carry him over others. He returned to Malik with a sack full of gold, a jug of wine, and wearing enough jewelry to stoop low when he walked. Diabound vanished as Bakura let himself be set down by the front door to the hut they shared.

Malik rushed forward. “You’re alive!”

“I wouldn’t die like that.” Bakura made a psssh noise, blowing air through his teeth and pulling a necklace laced with lapis lazuli over his head and draping it over Malik’s neck. “ ‘sides, then who’s be here to save you from scorpions and cobras and-”

“Those were one time! I’ve saved you from a scorpion once!” Malik planted his little hands on his hips, and Bakura laughed.

“We’ll get plenty of food with these, maybe even meat.” He wiggled in a half-dance, gold clinking against itself. 

Malik looked down at the necklace hanging around his own neck, breaking into a gap-toothed grin. “I could get a bigger mat so we don’t have to push two together.”

“We could get spices.” Bakura chipped in.

“And new games at the market!” Malik said, watching as Bakura pulled some of the jewelry off. When he was down to two of everything, Malik stuck out his tongue. “You look like a Pharaoh now.”

“Really?” Bakura cast his gaze around, finding a rock with a particularly smooth top and swaying his hips in an almost mocking way, looking more like a dancer than a Pharaoh. He settled down on the rock, striking a pose. “Well, I’ll be in charge then.”

“You’re always in charge!” Malik grabbed a pair of bracelets, pulling them on to his wrists before plopping himself right down in Bakura’s lap. “If you’re a Pharaoh, I’m a God.”

“I’ll execute anyone who’s mean to us, or wants to hurt people,” Bakura said.

“Mmm, not bad.” Malik said. “If you’re good, then I’ll tell Ra to always cool a bit on your birthday, so you can have a nice party when it’s not too hot and gross.”

“I’ll be sure to give you plenty of good sacrifices, then.”

Malik licked his lips. “Make sure there’s plenty of sweet fruits.”

“ ‘course there will be.” Bakura hugged Malik tight, and Malik felt the jewelry against his back. “And then when you get bored of the other gods, you can visit.”

“Only if I think you’re worthy.” Malik said “You have to be real good at your job first.”

“I’m a god on Earth.”

“And I’m a god in general.” Malik retorted. “I outrank you.”

Bakura reached around to poke at Malik’s cheek. “Sure you do.”

“I do!” Malik ground his butt down on Bakura’s lap. “I’d tell you what to do, but we’d be partners to make everything better!”

Bakura laughed, burying his face in Malik’s sandy hair.

“We’d be much better than whoever’s running things now.”

They sold the gold over the next few months, but as the years passed, Malik kept the lapis necklace tucked away, preferring to keep it to remember when they were gods instead of men.

[shadowofthelamp]

Tagged to do an author meme by @sadistikitteh! I’m not tagging anyone but if you do follow me and want to try it out, feel free to tag back so I can see!

Author name: Shadowofthelamp! Look, I like what I’ve got.

Fandoms you write for: Yugioh, Invader Zim, Steven Universe, Gravity Falls... my ao3 fandom list is pretty long.

Most popular one shot: A venom kinkfic, which kind of makes sense. (That’s for ao3, since the stuff on ffnet is all old and had more time to accumulate views.)

Most popular multi-chapter: Adventures in Parenthood, by a loooooong shot, with 2k more views than my collection of smutty SU oneshots and everything else is less than 2k in general. When compared to ffnet, though, Dib’s Birthday has it beat by 12k views. That story also has more chapters and is eight years old, though.

Favourite story you wrote:  I still have a big soft spot for Crushing the Code, honestly. Although weirdly enough, the abridged feefshipping thing for that trade last year is probably right up there.

Story you were nervous to post: The one involving self-harm and Ymalik, just because it was really personal. I don’t know what I would have done if someone had come after me for being trivializing or whatever.

How do you choose your titles: I just try to pick a few words or a general idea that represents the fic somehow.

Do you outline: Most of the time, I write oneshots, so I don’t really need to.

Complete: Most of my multichapters don’t get finished if they’re more than a couple chapters, which is why I really want to be sure AIP does.

In progress: Currently, AiP is the big one.

Coming soon: The potential AiP sequel, as well as something to do with vampire bee Dib.

Do you accept prompts: Yeah! I can’t guarantee anything but I always like getting them.

Upcoming story you are most excited to write: Bee boyyyyyyy, mostly because I’m having a lot of fun with the time au stuff here already