Thank you for the tag @amalthea-felsblood and @herno-zeph !
Since I've been back and have more time, I'd been consider making a writing Wednesday prompt to hold myself accountable to doing a little writing blurb probably at least every other week at first. I wasn't sure if I wanted specific sentence prompts to help with this, a word list to go off to help with inspiration, or go with the flow on whatever I'm feeling up to writing that day. I'm still thinking about everything and will see!
Since I'm not sure who's all done this already, if you see this, I'm tagging you for your WIPs!
A Spark Against Stone (10510 words) by bittersweetinsomniac
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Palia (Video Game)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Hodari/Player Character (Palia)
Characters: Hodari (Palia), Player Character (Palia), Ashura (Palia)
Additional Tags: Romance, Yearning, Angst, Slow Burn, Soft Hodari (Palia), POV Male Character, POV First Person, One Shot
Summary:
Hodari has been alone for longer than he ever cared to admit, always convinced he was content with his quiet, hard-working life in Bahari Bay. But the phoenix-haired human woman he's been keeping his distance from is making him realise there may be a difference between being alone and being lonely.
My first one shot Palia fanfic that I've been working on for a while, posted to AO3 under a different name (because I didn't want to use my own) accompanied by this incredible artwork by @palian-fairy!
I'm sorry if this has been asked before! Who from other IFs can you see the LIs with?
This hasn't been asked before! Hmm, okay, there's a lot that I think would work well or be interesting pairings, but here are the first few that came to mind (side note, would highly recommend all of these):
Dev
Narcissa from Exiled from Court (@beeanca-writing )
Haru + Kide from the Night Shift (@thenightshift-if)
Zane from Ingenio Academy (@ingenio-if )
EJ
Roan from Sinners and Saints (@sinnersandsaints-linwrites)
The Healer from The Nameless (@parkerlyn)
Raymond from Crimson Rose White Lily (@crimsonroseandwhitelily)
Adam/Eve
Imric from the Harrowed and the Hushed (@lapinlunaire-games)
Rylan from When Twilight Strikes (@evertidings)
K from Novaturient (@kalorphic)
Lucía
Khalida from The Moonless (@moonless-if)
Lea from The Northern Passage (@northern-passage)
Y from Villain's Promise (@villains-promise)
Ciel
Grey from Sinners (@sinners-if)
Ashheart from Vespertines (@mondaysandwich)
The Reverie from Tell Me If There's a Way Home (@blood-teeth)
Danny
Yniol from The King's Hound (@the-kingshound)
Ronan from These Crimson Strings (@thesecrimsonstrings-if)
Gremory from Vespertines (@mondaysandwich)
The Celestial
Sysba from Attollo (@attollogame)
Ae-ri from Fell Star (@fell-star-if)
Rem from Magician's Voyage (@magiciansvoyage)
Rose
Stacy from Thank You For Today (@thankyoufortoday-if)
Luc from Magician's Voyage (@magiciansvoyage)
Sam from the Harrowed and the Hushed (@lapinlunaire-games)
I drew @antique-symbolism’s main characters from her 1920′s sapphic vampire/scientist romance, Miniature Roses!
Minnie Teasedale the scientist:
[ID: a digital pencil sketch of a white woman with short dark hair and large dark eyes. She’s wearing a button-down and is looking off to the side, head tilted. end ID]
And Ruzena Vitova the vampire:
[ID: a digital pencil drawing of a white woman with dark, curly hair drawn up with a bow, heavily jeweled earrings, and a dress with a ruched neckline. She’s looking off to the left with a serious expression. end ID]
You should check out Miniature Roses when you get the chance!
inspired by this post and this one, and many other ones where authors share the ‘who would I ship with my ROs’, I just couldn’t resist making one of my own
(I would like to apologise for the spam that might ensue </3)
ARIEL with;
Opiel from Ballad of the Judgement Night @nikkefort-dev - I mean… they have a lot in common, and I like to cry, and they make me cry, so.
Agent X & Noah from Novaturient @kalorphic - the angst potential, the heartbreaks, the tension, but also the unexpected fluff because of Noah’s ‘dumbness’ and X’s surprising genuine side mixing with Ariel’s protective nature.
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KHARI with;
Blane from When Twilight Strikes @evertidings - I just feel like Khari would get everything about Blane before even talking to them, and Blane’s demeanor would just not work on Khari, they’d get protective over Blane instead
K from Golden @milaswriting - a push & pull type of dynamic, with K’s tendency to take risks clashing with Khari’s sense of being overly protective. just the vibe of the trope of shouting ‘…because I care about you!’ mid argument
Nico from The Soulforge Order @thesoulforgeorder - Khari would genuinely not understand why Nico dislikes how pretty he is or why he is so hard on himself, they would feel protective towards him (even if infuriated by him at the same time) and explain at length that he is already the perfect version of himself.
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MORGAN with;
Rivka from When the Sun Rises @if-whenthesunrises - Necromancer x Psychic who sees and hears the dead? Bring it. This has soft angst potential, hurt/comfort & fluff as the leading theme, I love it.
Sam from Inner Demons @innerdemons-if - I feel like their personalities would compliment each other in a very specific way, and also both of them being so angst and having complicated relationship with parents gives the potential™
Bakkoush from These Crimson Strings @thesecrimsonstrings-if - I have no idea why but it just makes me thing of a relationship with vibes of cat & bird, but the bird has no survival instinct so it snuggles to the cat and so now they go everywhere together.
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ROAN with;
Nelly from Strange Case at Harbord @lacewing-if - it just gives me the ‘fluff disaster’ potential, like my teeth would rot from watching them but I’d love it.
Catherine from Birdtown @birdtown-game - a!dora!ble! Just this ‘they were married before they even dated’ vibe, and ‘others want what they have’.
Winters from Shadowmancer @shadowmancer-if - Roan would make it their absolute mission to make Winters feel as comfortable and safe as possible, and would genuinely enjoy just watching them study.
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SASHA with;
Dylan from A Life Supreme @lifesupreme-if - the chaos potential, the mix of their sense of humor, and the fact that Dylan is so genuine where Sasha craves it? Love it
Lucy from Gold Rush @goldrush-if - I just feel like it would be very entertaining, and Sasha would try and poke Lucy all the time, just to see how long it takes for her to join them in shenanigans.
Dominic from Larkin @larkin-if - gasoline meet the firework. Sasha would absolutely fuel every bad/risky idea Dominic would have, and they would adore him in this “you are the hidden gem that others miss? Their loss my gain, then” type of way <3
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RIVEN with;
Davy from Citadel @bouncyballcitadel - it just gives me chaos energy, and the angst fuelled by their personalities would be immaculate. and the innuendos? They’d make everyone in the hearing-distance burn red.
Drew from Wolfwater @carrs-universe-if - I just know they’d be arrested together one time, or nearly arrested, I can’t explain this. One would be a match, the other would act as a fuel 24/7.
Farro from Blood Moon @barbwritesstuff - Riven would give Farro a headache at least once a day and I live for it, they’d also spoil Farro’s daughter, and just melt from how much and strong Farro can love.
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SAGE with;
Caspian/Catherine from Villain’s Promise @villains-promise - Sage would just enjoy the hell out of corrupting them, flustering them and would just feel like a cat sat in front of a Christmas tree
Rick from Cantarella @cantarella-if - I like to watch the world burn and this would be the clash of titans, involving tension so thick it could be cut with a knife.
Morien from The King’s Hound @the-kingshound - Sage would poke and poke Morien and never get bored, but also they would threaten bodily harm to anyone who dares to cause Morien any discomfort. Also, they would empathise with the physician — Sage’s cane has its own history, even if now it’s something they keep more out of habit and sentimentality than anything else.
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hope this will also just bring more attention to these amazing IFs (a lot of them are underrated imo) <3
