ty @shivunin and @flowersforthemachines for the tags! writing is on my to-do list for today.... gods willing it will come to pass 🙂↕️ a bit more about each WIP under the cut, if you so desire context!
passing tags forward to @grad-writes · @larkinna · @veil-song · @wolfmoonwildflowers · @hekaerges · @thebookworm0001 · @pickelda <3 hand over the wips and no one gets hurt 😌
Which WIP should I work on next?
arlow crashing out after lucanis dies
viagosol bird & the sword AU
adiago escort AU
viagosol knight AU kisses
adiago smut chapter that's 6 months overdue for viarook week
actually write the crow civil war divorce instead of just talking about it in ta
viagosol burn scar softness
stop edging teiagosol by actually finishing though I burn ch 4
lucanisol knight AU proxy sex
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arlow crashing out after lucanis dies:
in which viago gets the pleasure of informing arlow that her best friend died on a contract, and not only are they not retaliating, she is also not allowed to publicly grieve about it!
aka the start of arlow's 6 month borderline-suicidal crash out before the Antaam incident (:
viagosol bird & the sword AU:
I recently reread The Bird and the Sword by Amy Harmon (ps everyone go read this book, it's fantastic) and an AU with Marisol as Lark of Corvyn and Viago as King Tiras immediately spawned in my brain 😌 the push-pull, not quite enemies-to-lovers, "stubborn woman" of their relationship suits viagosol very well, and Lark finding her freedom through words once she's out from under her father's thumb parallels mari's escape from the Circle.
Basically planned as a re-telling of the original story, with some tweaks and twists to suit Thedas and viagosol!
adiago escort AU:
a modern AU concept that spawned in my brain the other day, in which addie thorne is a private escort and viago is her most particular client. likely to feature a fair amount of smut, of course, but also addie ending up a target of viago's enemies, overprotective!viago, and some exploration of grief/healing (bc it wouldn't be addie otherwise)
viagosol knight AU kisses:
moss and I were discussing (read: making worse) a shared knight AU the other day, and we decided that after lucanis tries to assassinate viago, but before the crowlycule proper is together, mari sleeps with lucanis again. She was already with rosa at this point, though, and literally sleeping with the enemy is a crazy betrayal of rosa's trust (for reasons that will make this context longer than it already is adfsjkl), and viago is so mad at mari for that, and basically lays down an ultimatum to fix things with rosa (or else)
Fast forward to the point where mari has done that, and she and rosa have a Very Intense kiss and viago sees that. Fast forward again to a point after that, when mari and viago are alone, and viago, in his Most Pining and Yearning Form Ever, asks mari what kissing rosa is like, and she very helpfully gives him a demonstration 😌
adiago smut chapter that's 6 months overdue for viarook week:
okay so it's not overdue, bc you can't have an overdue work for a theme week BUT it was started for viarook week back in january 😂 the final chapter of in loving me (in loving you), inspired by the "quiet sex" prompt - essentially just some emotional porn where viago fucks addie in the garden after she walks out of the dining hall
actually write the crow civil war divorce instead of just talking about it in tags:
a post-canon rookanis AND teiago divorce fic, ft. evanthia ingellvar, in which she's sent back to Treviso on assignment for the Mourn Watch ~9 months after breaking up with lucanis because she couldn't watch him kill himself for the Crows any longer 😔 while she's there, a civil war sparks off within the Crows between two factions headed by Viago and Teia, respectively - endgame teia/vanthi (/spite), and some form of viacanis (probably toxic, at least to start)
currently sitting at juuuuust over 11k words, but the scope keeps psyching me out. also did you know that to write a big complicated politics fic, you have to come up with the big complicated politics? terrible and evil.
viagosol burn scar softness
@wolfmoonwildflowers wrote me a stunning teiagosol gift fic for an OC swap earlier this year, part of which involves viago having noted that the burn scars/callouses mari has on her hands & arm from escaping the Circle can be physically debilitating, and making her a salve to ease the pain. And immediately upon reading I was seized with the need to write him actually noticing, and doing that, and mari's reaction to viago caring enough to do that, because aaaaaaaaaaaAAAAA
ahem. anyway it's been haunting me since may, it's fine
stop edging teiagosol by actually finishing though I burn ch 4
my pre-canon teiagosol fic, which has been patiently waiting for an update since september of last year 😔 chapter 4 features:
▸ the open nature of early teiasol (mari/natale and teia/dante)
▸ dante giving teia the scars referenced in @flowersforthemachines' post here and mari's emotionally fraught reaction
▸ teiagosol on screen together for the first time!!!
▸ viagosol lou de riva sibling reveal
▸ mari being left behind during ELT + subsequently hearing that half the Talons have been killed (but not which half) and having a super well-balanced reaction to that
▸ AND FINALLY some emotionally intense viagosol smut when Teia and Viago come back from Lago di Novo
lucanisol knight AU proxy sex:
also set in the aforementioned shared knight AU, but much earlier in the timeline, before caterina arranges the marriage between teia and viago! both lucanis and marisol are pining for teia, and they both know they'll never actually be with her, so they start sleeping together about it. being with someone who is yearning for the object of your affection as hard as you are is basically the same thing as actually being with that person, right?
good evening here are my bad batch season 3 episode 1 thoughts:
OMEGA MY BABY GIRL MY DAUGHTER OMEGA!!!!!!! she’s been trapped for so long her hair has grown so much i can’t take it. she made her own lula 😭😭😭
i won’t lie when they showed the clones getting blood samples taken i said to my brother “it’s me!” just some phlebotomist humor for ya. though i wish it was actually that easy to draw blood
so the imperial cloning division is trying to raise the M-count of the blood samples they take and nala se doesn’t want to test omega’s blood. maybe because her dna is unaltered from jango fett unlike the other clones it’s more likely to succeed? and nala se doesn’t want that. she has nothing against scientific improvement, so this breakthrough would likely put omega in danger, the only thing she cares about enough to sabotage the experiments
ohhh crosshair my crosshair 😢 he’s just so defeated and he’s convinced he doesn’t deserve to be rescued. and he’s still trying to pretend that he doesn’t care about omega but he so obviously does. he literally tells her not to risk her life to help him. he has a heart under that cold exterior
speaking of the detention level, seeing the clones in so much pain from the experiments broke my heart. i hope that not only omega and crosshair escape, but they’re able to help as many clones get out as possible
omega befriending the lurca hound was so sweet. even in a terrible situation, she expresses kindness to innocents. she definitely has a strong connection with animals (sounds like a certain jedi i know) (i’m not saying omega’s force sensitive but also i am). the way she refused to let batcher be euthanized and chose to heal her and help her escape. she has such a heart of gold that no one else in the facility can understand. crosshair goes as far to say she’s getting distracted from her objective of escape
and then we come to hemlock. what an interesting villain. his opening scene does a good job of establishing just how expendable he views most life forms to be, by letting the stormtroopers die in the jungle without a bit of remorse. the clones aren’t human to him, just a tool used to complete his objective. he has no regard for the pain he puts them through. as soon as a lurca hound is injured or too domesticated, he orders it to be killed. after all, these things can be replaced. what’s fascinating is the way he frames omega’s act of defiance by freeing batcher not as a loss for him, but a mistake for her. he calls omega cruel for subjecting a domesticated creature to a gruesome death in the jungle. according to him, batcher would have died either way. but omega refuses to follow this hopeless mode of thinking. she has faith batcher can survive. she has faith in crosshair. she even has faith in emerie, who so far has aided in holding omega against her will. maybe this faith is futile, but it’s all she has. giving up is not in her nature. for now, batcher is alive and free, and emerie chooses to break the rules by allowing omega to keep her replacement lula doll. crosshair says omega trusts too easily, but she may be right that crosshair doesn’t trust enough. after all, her trust in emerie seems like it could pay off
emerie is intriguing. as the only other female clone we know of, she was transferred off kamino early on for undisclosed reasons and now works for the imperial cloning division. i suspect she may be just as much a prisoner as omega is. after all, hemlock views most clones as expendable, why would emerie be any different? and i think omega’s defiance is starting to inspire her to fight against her shackles. curious to see how this plays out
the best way to discourage omega from her rebellion is to weaponize her kindness against those she loves. hemlock threatening crosshair if omega acts out again is the perfect way to get her to comply. she wants to escape, but i think her love for her brother will outweigh her mission
wow that was long winded but i think i’m done. i’ve only seen episode 1 but i’m planning to watch episodes 2 and 3 tomorrow afternoon. so i still have to filter my dash for spoilers and i can’t see what others are saying about the season so far, but i’m excited to see people’s thoughts! i for one am loving it. also shoutout to kevin kiner’s score as always. the almost old-timey sounding piano was haunting and beautiful, he truly never misses
Gives nose/forehead kisses - Simon, because height difference *_*
Gets jealous the most - Simon (and you bet that he’ll make sure to... reassert his claim at the earliest opportunity)
Picks the other up from the bar when they’re too drunk to drive - in an AU setting that’d be Kitty
Takes care of on sick days - they have staff to fend for the basic needs, but they’d both have to be pried from the other’s side when they’re sick
Drags the other person out into the water on beach day - Kitty, but Simon doesn’t mind
Gives unprompted massages - Simon, he’ll do anythng to get his hands on her and Kitty isn’t complaining
Drives/rides shotgun - they both sit in the carriage (they’re probably making out, lbr)
Brings the other lunch at work - again, they have staff, but Kitty will visit Simon in his study for tea time or to take a light snack with him on days where she knows it’s going to be a late dinner
Has the better parental relationship - well, Simon has an awesome mum and Kitty doesn’t really know her parents, soooo...
Tries to start role-playing in bed - we all know it’s Simon, but Kitty is a quick study
Embarrassingly drunk dancer - Kitty, though it’s not so much that she is a bad dancer, she just gets increasingly silly, but Simon thinks it’s endearing
Still cries watching Titanic - again, in an AU setting, Kitty will outright bawl pretty much starting the second “Rose” is playing and Simon will throw hands with anyone who mentions he got very misty eyed when the old couple hugged on that bed as the ship went down
Firmly believes in couples costumes - Kitty, but Simon doesn’t hate it nearly as much as he pretends and she sees right through it real quick
Breaks the expensive gift rule during Christmas - Simon, every damn time. he just loves to spoil her and see her light up, even as she scolds him
Makes the other eat breakfast - Kitty will not let Simon set foot out of the house unless he’s had breakfast (fool-proof way is breakfast in bed)
Remembers anniversaries - both of them and in the beginning Kitty is really surprised that Simon keeps track of these things as well
Brings up having kids - well, we all KNOW, but we also know pulling out is NOT contraception, so their first pregnancy is a) not planned and b) sets off a whole lot of (graciously rape-free) drama. to be very correct, Simon brings them up first by bringing up his whole “no kids” thingTM
maybe for the fanfic tropes mash-up zonami nr.8 hospital au + nr. 75 bed-sharing? I hope i‘m doing this right, it‘s the first time i am requesting something
If you guys want a part two, just request it and I’ll be happy to write it! I totally accidentally invested myself in this story ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
Warmth. His strong arm draped over her shoulder, his breath stirring the stray hairs on her pillow. She sighed happily and curled up tighter under the weighted blanket.
Nami?
"Laisse-moi," she mumbled, turning her back to the voice so her front was pressed against Zoro's chest.
Nami!
“Maman…?” She shuddered. Suddenly, the blankets weight seemed oppressive, the air thick. A whimper escaped her lips.
“Nami! Are you–?” Usopp’s voice cut through the fog of her mind. With a gasp, Nami bolted upright, throwing the blankets off her body.
“–okay?” He stared at her, confused. “I didn’t know you spoke French.”
“I forgot,” she said simply. Partially true. It was just that forgetting was harder when you slept. She wiped her face and was surprised to find tears wetting her palms. “What am I doing here?”
Usopp sighed. “Long story. How do you feel?”
“I’d feel better if I knew what was wrong with me,” Nami shot back.
“You really don’t remember?” he asked, then shook his head. “Chopper said that might happen. You remember that mist, though, don’t you?”
“Of course,” she replied, surprised. The blob that haunted the peripheral of her maps confused everyone on board, but it especially frustrated Nami. The crew had tried to avoid it, but eventually they had no choice but steer the ship through its mass. Nami could recall the crew on deck, everyone assigned to a station, all anxiously watching the horizon. Then–
She rubbed her eyes, pressing her fists against her head until spots bloomed in her vision. “I remember we saw, like, this reddish fog, and then I felt…”
Heat. Burning, searing heat. It stole the air around her and pressed against her skin. Her lips cracked and her skin tightened on her bones as she choked on the air, suddenly too heavy for her to inhale.
They had been expecting monsters, Marines. Not nature in its full force.
“The heat got us all.” Usopp’s voice faded back into existence as her memories reached a dead end. “Chopper got the brunt of it, with his fur and all, and most everyone ended up with a variety of burns.”
Nami looked down at her skin, noticing, for the first time, the red patches on her skin. “So, why are Zoro and I…?”
A thought came to her, back from the day she dedicated herself to an anatomy textbook she had bought (more like stolen, but that merchant deserved it) and read while leaning on Zoro’s shoulder, reading aloud the most interesting passages while he pretended to understand, the sound of water lapping at the portholes of his bedroom lulling him to sleep. He had made an off-handed complaint about his arms feeling sore, and she pointed at a line about heat’s loosening effect on muscles. All the heat from the mist, enveloping him in a matter of seconds….
She rested her hand on Zoro’s arm, panic rising in her throat. Sure enough, the muscles under his skin felt different–looser, deflated. Weak.
“You steered the ship away from the mist,” Usopp continued, his voice soft. “I saw you stumble to the mast and grab the wheel and just….” Nami could detect a hint of awe and pride as he spoke. “You dragged yourself through the worst of the storm to save us.”
She didn’t feel brave. “Will he be okay?” she whispered, scared of his answer.
Usopp coughed to cover his knowing smirk. “He’ll need physical therapy, a lot of work, but we can fix what the heat did.”
Nami choked back a sob of relief. “Thank you,” she murmured. She buried her head in Usopp’s shoulder, squeezing him in a tight, shaky hug. He mussed her hair playfully when she released him. “Please don’t tell anyone else I’m awake,” she said, and he nodded, closing the door behind him with a quiet clack.
She waited until she heard his footsteps recede from the doorway, heard her crewmates’ voices rumbling through the floorboards, before she collapsed back into bed. She pressed her lips against Zoro’s chest, letting her hot tears soak the thin shirt covering his skin, and prayed, prayed to anyone she could think of. Bellemere, Nojiko… heal him, please, please, don’t let him suffer like this, please, save him….
Under the fabric of his shirt, Nami felt his arm twitch.
affirmations: it is OKAY to start two sentences with "she" back-to-back. no one will think you are a bad writer for doing this. no one will even notice! you are a regular guy
