#penna-nomen

[reasonsforhope]

Things that make me hopeful:

1) My TBR list - there are so many great books and authors that I’ll never run out of reading material

2) Light rail will reach my neighborhood this year, making it much easier to get around without driving a car

3) People who run blogs about hope and good news! 🥰

Excellent!!! And thank you!!

Honestly the fact that there will always be more/new books to read and discover is so important

[rowan-ashtree]

from the WIP word game: sun

sooo i didn't have "sun" but i do have "star"! this is a sneak peak of "Lin, Between Worlds" -

Usually, the Destine floated somewhere around the midpoint between the wormhole and the closest star’s orbital pull, but they’d moved closer two-ish months ago to take some precise readings. Zirconium had implied she kept the ship in the same place as much as possible to conserve fuel. Lin had nearly scoffed that day; what were they conserving fuel for?

hopefully I'll get the fic up tonight!!!

[cooking-with-hailstones]

I’d like to know more about the fic ideas from Rapport WIP!

MAN rapport fully lit my entire brain on fire and actually I did get a fic written out of these ideas (un)wavering and it became the most popular thing I've ever written. So thanks for that MB fandom!

This doc just became my dumping ground for ideas and snippets. Here's some highlights

AND I ended up helping to inspire a delightful little slumber party one-shot which I CANNOT FOR THE LIFE OF ME find right now, but if I do track it down I'll update this post with a link.

[thieves-never-say-die]

So glad to encounter another White Collar fan! I've enjoyed following your watch of the series and reliving memories from my first watch, and I'm intrigued about the fics you mentioned you're working on. Can you share a little about the fics?

I'm glad you're enjoying my watch! It's been a wild ride and I'm so happy I got around to finishing the show.

And I will take any excuse to talk about my fics SO there's a few that are just general Neal whump, one in specific that I'm still thinking about and haven't actually written anything for yet is for s5e4 Controlling Interest, because they really didn't do enough with Neal getting drugged twice in (I think) one day??? Insane that there were no side effects. Also I think it would be interesting to go into depth about what Neal tells Peter before Mozzie gets there, because we know he's talking about his childhood and they only give us like one line, but I'm kind of waiting to finish the series and see if they fill in any more gaps about his mom themselves before I go out and write that one (they have to tell us more about his mom. right? please someone tell me they give us more about his mom, we've gotten like two lines and they paint a very sad picture)

The other two are VERY angsty AU's. The first of which is 'what if Neal kills Keller in s3' (I think in ep 11? when El gets kidnapped?) because there is NO REASON for Neal to be good with guns. Why is he that good with guns. There is no precedent for Neal to be that good with guns. I just think it would be interesting (read: very sad) if Neal accidentally kills Keller while trying to protect Peter.

The second is at the end of s4 when Neal is trying to keep James around so Peter isn't charged with Pratt's murder, James shouts "don't make me do something I'll regret" which my brain immediately went "ok but what if he did something he'll regret". Which started off simple but has spiraled out into a much longer fic so that one's taking a while to write.

[toast-the-unknowing]

🎸 Bronan band AU

"Is Gansey still mainlining self-help books?"

Ronan makes a disgusted noise. Which could mean anything, from him. "No, it's all been boring history shit," he elaborates, since it lets him complain. "Didn't think anything could make me miss heartfelt interrogations about my anxious attachment style, but the fucking Spanish conquest of Navarre is getting me there."

"Oh, he's forcing you to pick between introspection or education? Poor baby." She's ready for it this time when he throws a pieces of bread at her and swats it away. "Really, you think he'd know by now that both of those are useless."

"You'd think."

Make Me Write meme

[lillytalons]

Passing along an interesting ask...

If you get this, answer with three random facts about yourself and send it to the last seven blogs in your notifications - anon or not, doesn’t matter. Let’s get to know the person behind the blog!

Ok 3 facts…

1. Archery is one of my hobbies, I prefer my traditional recurve bow but I’ve tried compound before and it is also fun

2. My front 2 teeth are fake and have been since like 3rd grade

3. I’m currently living in London but I’m from the US

[thieves-never-say-die]

Leveragetober prompt: Crossover

Have fun with it!

Thanks for the prompt! Posted here on ao3, it's a Leverage/White Collar crossover (obviously lmao)

[rowan-ashtree]

For the WIP Word Guessing Game: Friend

oh that's a good one! this is from "magnetism pen pals" (again, i'm working on the title lmao) —

This case was not one of lack, however; instead, I found that some vriki were simply eating too many flowers. Specifically, the large yellow flowers that Symbiosis’s human Solenoid likes. (He talks quite a bit about his humans. I understand you are friends with Solenoid and Dysthymia?)

send me a word and I'll search my wips for it