#paperbrds

[chiliger]

a dogma would be delightful if you were so inclined

Why yes, I would be~

[meyerlansky]

EYYYYYYYY your writing is amazing and i didn’t realize you were the one who made that gifset also if you were in the speakeasy circa 2011-2013 we might know each other because i am also a meyer lansky fan so anyway thanks for being an all-around amazing person sending all my love. fly like an angel don’t die like one.

hehehe THANK YOU 🖤🖤🖤 i'm glad you enjoyed the fic, that one's Close To My Heart for reasons and i legit giggled and kicked my feet a bit seeing it mentioned in the gifset tags XD

!!!!! SPEAKEASY 4EVR TEAM NY 5EVR 🎉 2013 was my entry date so we might've had some overlap! i think my url was thevaleofarryn before littlelansky and then this one a few years later

[ziskandra]

19 for the rage ask meme

19. you're mad/ashamed/horrified you actually kind of like... we all know i don't really really do shame, and i feel like horror is kind of shame-adjacent, which leaves us with 'mad', and honestly the first thought that came to mind is "i'm mad that my first dragon age playthrough love interests were all blond men", but then i realised i forgot my first FIRST inquisition playthrough (yeah i'm one of those weirdos that started with DAI), so i recant my previous stance on horror and instead amend: i am horrified that i forgot blackwall. blackwall, babe, you don't deserve that. you deserve so much better 😔 [choose violence ask game]

[ziskandra]

i’m sure you’ve already gotten meredith for the bingo so maybe orsino? if you haven’t gotten him? And if you HAVE gotten him then Krem because krem hot

for you, an Orsino!!

so close to a bingo and yet Meredith blorbos harder so she wins, sorry, Orsino’s life continues to be a series of miseries!!

I’m the only one who knows anything about them is mostly tongue-in-cheek: it’s because I actually really like his canonical fate (yes, even if Hawke supports the mages). “I’m not giving up, I am giving in” lives rent free in my mind.

I might also be deep in the weeds of writing something that explores more of his mental state in the lead up to these events but like. He is very depressed and traumatised and isn’t really in a position to be making good choices. He deserves to go a little apeshit tbh.

That being said, I also really love exploring Orsino’s fate it in fics where he survives but that’s the joy of fandom, I can have it all and I will because I’m ✨greedy✨

[character bingo]

[meyerlansky]

This is a fair number so no pressure to answer them all:

4; 5; 9; 14; 20; 21; 22; 29; 34: wound; 41; 43; 49.

14, 21, 22, 29 and 49 answered!

4. Talk about or describe a project you plan to work on next year.

honestly all my WIPs. i think i have the most momentum right now on eternity AU, but cruiseverse and omegaverse are pretty close on its heels, and i WILL write more in dctctcverse if it fucking kills me.

9. Did you participate in any writing challenges this year (either group challenges like nanowrimo, competitions, or exchanges, or self-imposed challenges)? Do you plan to next year?

i am SO bad at writing on command, i never do exchanges or events because i’m afraid of letting my exchangee down. the only self-imposed challenge was good to live it again with the word/time limit, and as much as i like it on its own, it got very little play, which. is discouraging. can’t lie.

20. Do you have any writing-related goals or plans for next year?

finish ONE OF MY CHAPTERED WIPS FOR THE LOVE OF GOD. it might be svaa for patho! i’m open to that! just. one of them.

34. Share a passage where this word appears in your writing from this year: wound.

not something posted, but sneak peek of ch 3 of omegaverse AU for you:

 The ginger kid darts forward after his beta boss, eyes big and wounded when he glances Bucky's way. Like Bucky's betrayed him somehow, like just 'cause they're both omegas Bucky shoulda helped him keep the peace. Bucky just grins wider, meaner, lets all his teeth show 'til the kid flinches and puts his eyes back on his shit fuckin' alpha still on the ground. 

41. What’s your favorite title from this year?

i’m fond of “a bright horizon” for eternity au because i think it gestures at the afterlife of it all without being too explicit about it, and it ties in nicely with the nature of being a pilot. “soft serve” is also up there purely for it being fucking hilarious [To Me] and misleading about the presence of ice cream in the story itself.

43. Share a passage that was cut in editing.

......y’know, i don’t really cut stuff in editing? i’ll usually either rewrite it so it works or rework it for something else. instead i can give you a snip of the bottom bucky week ot3 voyeurism thing that didn’t coalesce in time:

"Not 'cause he doesn't wanna hear it, see," Curt adds, like there wasn't a break in the conversation to correct Gale. Like it's not a big deal he broke a rule with the first thing he said. "He loves hearin' it, don't let him hidin' fool you. He just gets shy sometimes." 

Gale's thoughts, already slow and sticky with heat, stutter to a halt. "Shy," he manages, incredulous—that's the last word he'd choose to describe the Bucky he knows. 

"Well, shy when it's you," Curt says, another slow, filthy smile spreading over his face when Bucky whines in response, high in his throat as he presses his cheek harder against Curt's thigh. Gale can see Curt's wrist flex as his fingers twist tighter into Bucky's curls. "Ain't that right, baby?" 

Bucky makes another small noise and nods, face still turned into Curt's hip.

[meyerlansky]

in mark's defense the first three games are very much about politics and it's not his fault bioware fucking tanked over a decade and three games' worth of lore and worldbuilding for some piece of shit that will almost certainly be the end of bioware.

no that is fair, though i do feel that they could have done much better with inq's politics as relates to the main choice of templars vs mages and the whole "you're the herald of ANDRASTE SPECIFICALLY no you don't get a choice" thing

EA's push for live services bullshit is, as ever, the culprit there too. really and truly wish they'd never even LOOKED at purchasing BioWare and just. let it be.

[searchingfortheuniverse]

HELLO FRIEND !!!! please enjoy the band of brothers there will be lots of bull and martin and also if you need me to tag anything just let me know

HEY THERE LOVELY!!! I am very excited for all the Bull and Martin, give those boys some love! It's what they deserve!

[selfconsciousfangirl]

19 for the favorite ask meme?

Here is where I confess that though I love poetry, it intimidates me. There’s so much to read! So many talented poets! I never know where to start and then I freeze and don’t read as much poetry as I’d like to.

I browsed my poetry tag, browsed some of my poetry books. It’s hard to choose a favourite because sometimes I fall in love with a line and never read the entire work —I just don’t have the brain power for long pieces. Sometimes I’ll remember a quote wrong and the poem turns it to be very different to what I thought it was.

So, with all that said. This is my favourite poem today

Flowers, Devils and Saints, by Mercedes de Acosta