#nem recs

[nemaliwrites]

Heyy! I really enjoyed your fic "The Parable of the Caller" so I wrote a poem inspired by it. Hope you like it!

A Forgotten Past

The chronicles of a life

that were once secured.

Now they lay raw and bare,

stories of what’d been endured.

Something new is revealed.

But nothing shocking, really.

More like seeing with clarity,

through a fog of uncertainty.

It challenges his reality.

Something new, he heard

everyday, leaving him confused,

curious even, but he persisted.

A bond is formed

with this unfamiliar voice.

He listened to it, despite the noise

screaming that he was who destroys. 

His hand trembles when

he gets to the end, the last

message to him that’s passed.

“I am you, from a forgotten past.”

i've heard, once, that it's an unparalleled feeling, to have someone inspired enough by your art that they create their own. something something inspiration to the point of creation.

all that to say, this is so so beautiful.

i loove that you've employed a rhyme scheme here - in the bit of poetry i've dabbled in, i always shy away from it because it scares me :3 memory as the 'fog of uncertainty'..YEAH! 'the noise / screaming that he was who destroys'.... I AM YOU FROM A FORGOTTEN PAST!!! fuck yeah. this is sooo good. i'm so honored that you shared it with me, thank you so much!!!

[nemaliwrites]

i swear i'm N O T a creep but i was gonna sit down to read '100% perfect' again and i pressed the kudos button like the lovesick fool i am when it told me that i've already left a kudos and then, as is my habit, i scan the list to look for my name WHEN I SAW YOURS

OMG

MY WORLD'S ARE COLLIDING (once again)

yeah

that's all.

lots of love, bye bye

girl you should have seen my face when i got this ask... i was like FUCK what devil's sacrament did you see me at

but ooh yes 100% Perfect by @sometimesiship is SUCH a good fic!! thank you for giving me an excuse to reread it hehe.. there's literally this one passage from that fic that i copied into my docs and i think about all the time.. let me find it

Winter becomes spring. She buys a new bed, a new couch. Rearranges the furniture. Sometimes she scrolls through that website again, looking through every section, not just the Twilighting models. She hopes he’s had a surge in popularity. She hopes somebody else loves him now. She hopes lots of others might love him next, hopes he’s finally seen the ocean at night.

HOPES HE'S FINALLY SEEN THE OCEAN AT NIGHT fuck my life. anyway. yes. everyone should go read this. and the author's other fics because if memory serves, they all fuck.

[nemaliwrites]

3 12 24 25 30!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Give Me All Of The Answers Posthaste

sunnie.... my sunniefriend... :LOVEOVERLOAD:

3. favorite line/scene you wrote this year

ooh fun... hm. let's see. i'm quite fond of the whole thrift store scene in chapter 4 of Should I Wade No More. it was a fun challenge - as is everything about writing the re-verse universe to me - to consolidate things that are so inextricably Marinette with her upbringing and her life in this world. in this case, it was her love of clothes/fashion/design. and, you know, throwing in as many fairy tale references as i can - which is actually this entire fic.

and the meeting with adrien! interesting, i think, to translate the toxigriffe dynamic to the other side of the love square. the first instance - out of what will be many - of them Matching Each Other's Freak. and like okay, this is a spoiler but whatever. he's gotta kill a girl too! he's in the exact same dilemma that she is! so it's kind of like.. how do they both approach that? what is the same vs what differs in how they live what might be their last day alive? what does it mean that they do it together?

marinette showing adrien the BAKER brand carved into her skin. it's always, always about power. her holding him but their hands shift at the same time that the dynamics of the conversation do. finding out that he's been stalking her and lowkey liking it. both of them wanting to carve into each other's skin and mark each other up. adrien wanting to erase the brand from her, if only to replace it with her own.

his eyes. frog prince green. poison apple green. also.

"What is the difference," says the boy, "between me killing you and you killing me?" Marinette blinks. "One of us would walk away." "Yes," he agrees, "but neither one of us would be alive."

thesis moment of the whole fic.

12. favorite character to write about this year

surprising everyone except for autumn asukiess, maybe, it was actually Nathalie!! i had a TON of fun writing her this year. pathetic women. yearning woven into her skin. i think i usually write more male characters like that, so it was fun to switch things up.

24. favorite fic you read this year

so many...grr. but if i had to pick one, it would be just survival by @indigotigress7. so so good. cat walker and claw noir meet. you may be self aware but you are still a tool. i'm not like him, you think, but you are always, always you. insane.

25. a fic you read this year you would recommend everyone read

A LAMB TO SLAUGHTER by @aidanchaser!!!!! i will never stop thinking about this fic and i think everyone in the world should read it. soooooo good.

30. favorite fandom to read fic from this year

hmm. again. grr. tough one. i'll go with jojo's!! i forgot but this was the year that i scraped my ao3 history and revisited a lot of my past favorites, and in the process i got to reread a lot of fics that had a really big influence on my writing back in the day.

fanfic asks!

[nemaliwrites]

11 for the fic rec game?

11. recommend a fic that you think is a hidden gem/deserves more reads

ooh another fun question. i'm going to miraculous you actually anon. one of the most hidden hidden gems in my bookmarks: the gleaming truth by @caandlelit. i literally read the summary and i was like. ok buckled in this feels like something that'll be right up my alley. and i was RIGHT

god just SUCH a good character study of Adrien. beautiful and lyrical and so introspective in a way i love. go read this <3

fic rec ask game!

[nemaliwrites]

umm um um 12 ! for fic rec asks

12. recommend a fic that formed or changed your opinion on something (characterization, backstory, relationship, etc)

ok let's fucking go. i am persona'ing you, nicole. a fic that i have read so many times and never stop thinking about: three nights at the ball by @lumalees.

confession time: i can't stand akechi. i don't want to write for him, i don't want to read about him, and trying to look for fics in the p5 fandom and drowning in shuake fics makes me insane (negative. angry.). but i completely abandoned all my principles when i read this fic. (also. maybe bc i don't care about m/m unless it's genderbent. but that's another thing entirely LOL).

this fucking fic dude. i didn't even care that much about sumire when i played p5!! so this fic had approximately a 0% chance of catching my attention. but i read it anyway and i am SO glad i did. the VOICE the DYNAMICS the CHARACTERIZATION!! made me laugh. made me cry more than once. i will never stop talking about this fic actually.

fic rec ask game!

[nemaliwrites]

1 and 13 for the fic rec game? 🥺

1. recommend a fic that lives in your brain rent free

jjba time again! gotta be your heartbeat, like the tide. the characterization is SO good and i'm obsessed with how much is shown in just these little domestic moments, especially in a fandom where the source material is..Not That. just a lil new year's resolution. a month going vegan. father&daughter fics always get me.... (<- girl who loves her dad). the way jotaro and jolyne constantly try to reach out to each other in their own ways. the way they don't understand each other but still! keep trying!! ughhhhh god. i'm insane. just reread it and teared up a lil.

13. recommend a fic you've reread multiple times

ok <3 yay <3 switching gears here to venture into the naruto fandom. The Time Being by @catflorist. i have read this fic so many times it's embarrassing. but dude..it's so good. the structure of this piece is what appeals to me the most i think... the time travel and the way the narrative comes around in circles and overlaps while constantly building upon itself..... SO good.

i always ALWAYS think about the author's note at the end too: this story is about two people finding each other. it's about trusting in yourself and in your heart. it's about doing the work to shape the world and the future you want--and at the end the ocean will be waiting. THE OCEAN WILL BE WAITING. fuck my life.

fic rec ask game!

[nemaliwrites]

12 and 5!

12. recommend a fic that formed or changed your opinion on something (characterization, backstory, relationship, etc)

ooh fun question. sorry autumn i'm ace attorney'ing you. this is an author rec along with a fic rec but hindsight by ghostcatamount.

after i played aa4, i found myself waffling a bit on apollo's characterization, especially bc so much of the fandom portrays him in a way i don't really care for..... i feel like i've seen so many like 'yay the wright anything agency is all a big family and phoenix is apollo's dad <3' and i Don't Like that.

but this fic!! i love the way this author leans into a phoenix that refuses to acknowledge his own manipulation, and apollo who's just so Angry! the parallels, too: apollo had a mentor in kristoph and a mentor in phoenix, both of whom are well versed in using people as pawns for their own gain. why shouldn't he do the same?

i love all the lil worldbuilding details too, like the RABBIT METAPHORS!! because this is apollo's trick now! he's part gramarye after all - why shouldn't he lean into what he's good at?

this author also single handedly made me insane about darkfic. so.

5. recommend a gen fic (no pairings)

i'm doki doki'ing you now. ok i'm sorry. i literally will never stop talking about this fic. yeah it was a gift for me but that's NOT ENOUGH i NEED to carve it into my bones. I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead.

the prose is SO beautiful the horror is SO well done. the way the poem is incorporated into the fic itself is masterful. i know redgear and i have written for each other multiple times but. this fic. it's literally like all of my favorite things were yanked out of my brain and woven into here.

after i finished playing ddlc i wanted to write something for monika but now i still haven't and i feel like i don't need to. there's nothing more i can say. this is it. literally everyone in the world should read this i think (or hear me read it to you :P)

fic rec ask game!

[nemaliwrites]

i read your ml pirate fic and i like it a lot! i was wondering, do you have any recs for others?

oh hey, sure thing! i'm gonna preface this by saying I don't read many fics, but here are some that I've read and really love:

Bakery Enemies AU by @buggachat

honestly i don’t know if there’s anyone out there who hasn’t read this at this point, but in case you haven’t, go give it a read, you won’t regret it

the thing you love the most is the detriment (let that sink in) by @runnfromtheak

introspection + character study is always my jam, and this one certainly does not disappoint. a look at marinette post chat blanc and how she copes (or fails to)

anything by Reiaji

probably one of my favorite writers ever (i rec the last day on earth in particular, i love it, 10/10)

Flowers on the Window Sill by @lnc2

for all my fellow Ladrien enjoyers out there

1 step forward, 3 steps back. by @agnes-is-wright

if you want something that will rip your heart out but in the best way possible, read this

1000 Days by @engineerdz

angst with a happy ending + non linear narrative is a match made in heaven

how hawkmoth got his groove back by @agrestenoir

some fun crack if you wanna laugh

Hey, Ribbons by @annaethchase

an au where felix is the first chat noir and his brother adrien takes over - this might will definitely make you cry

Ping by meeble

social media au, instant serotonin

Those Benevolent Stars by @peachcitt

another one for my ladrien enjoyers out there (also recommend anything by this author, their stuff slaps)

All My Life by Faithxoxo

some real cute shit

when you're near by @buggachat

this one is super cute but also might make you cry

the jig is up, the news is out by @engineerdz

identity reveal but for the rest of the world, cool concept + awesome excecution

what's written in the stars by @agrestenoir

can i get a whoop whoop for time travel fics

first sight (we love without reason) by @agrestenoir

probably one of my favorite fics in the fandom; a soulmate fic that will rip your heart out, step all over it, and eat it for breakfast

and of course, it would be amiss of me not to say anything by this author