#post awtwb

[sophiaah]

⚠️awtwb spoilers⚠️

i cannot i cannot i cannot get over agathas queerness. its quite literally the best plot twist regardless of how many theories i had about her long before i read awtwb. ugh. ill never get over it. agatha is queer. im squealing.

[embooks]

So i did a lil something

[excalisbury]

This snowbaz is based on a statue in the Magnani Chapel in Bologna by Pasquale Rizzoli (source) because sometimes I am simply possessed by an image. Also because it’s real fun to use angel wing references for Simon’s dragon wings. Gotta get at that delicious contrast.

[oh-my-gufking-god]

i would like to take a second to appreciate the absolute icon that the demon that shepard was engaged to is. not even seconds after breaking it off with him, it proposed to penelope. 10/10 girlboss move. this is the quality content i am here for

[oh-my-gufking-god]

and then he kisses me.

this is the second time that this sentence has broken me. it's just as perfect as the first one, italics and all.

[bloodiedpixie]

Happy Halloween!! (one day late) Muhahahahaha!!!

Here's a StormChaser oneshot to fit the spooky bill!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/34872643

[snowverylost]

@henreyettah​, here is my Secret Snowflake gift to you. (No text fic, but I think I hit a lot of your other prompts!) I hope you like it! 

(Or read it on AO3 here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/28386081)

Penny

Simon and Baz have been through a lot over the years. The fact that they’ve made it to where they are is a miracle, in all honesty. I love them both to bits, but they’re so stubborn (thank Merlin. They might not have made it if they weren’t).

The last time we were all together at the beach, none of us were in a very good place, least of all Simon. I was so worried about him. Sometimes, I still get myself worked up when I think about how things were at the time, as if I could fix the past (which I know in my head that that is absolutely absurd, and not at all possible). I’m so grateful every day that we’re no longer living in those times. 

Simon said that in having the wedding at the beach, he was hoping to somehow redeem that moment. The breakup that almost, but thankfully didn’t, happen. I think he’s since forgiven himself for where he was then. From the person he had become, all the demon’s invading his mind. I wished he hadn’t felt that he had to do that, since he was in mourning. Still, the intentionality in having the ceremony here is beautiful.

It’s usually quite cliché to say that love saves the day, but I think it’s true. At least this time it is. Thinking back on where they were only a few years ago, I could only hope then that they’d be where they are now. I’m so proud of them, and so glad they’ve learned how to lean on each other when they need it.

Simon

I see Penny flip to the next page in the spell book. The bonding spell is several pages long, but considering the sort of magic it is, I’m not surprised. I look up at Baz and meet his eyes again. I’m not sure if I’m looking for some kind of confirmation in them, or for him to alleviate some sort of doubt in the back of my mind that I didn’t know was there. But if that was the goal, it works. My fear is quiet. There's so much love in his eyes. I feel it in my chest. I can feel the weight of it.

Love’s a funny thing. When I was young I had no idea what it was. What I did know was that I didn’t have it, and that it didn’t look like any of the feelings or experiences I was even remotely familiar with. But I knew it existed. I knew it was good, and I knew I wanted it. It definitely looks nothing like younger Simon would have expected. It’s good, and it’s every bit as hard. Sometimes it feels like fighting a battle that’s endless. Or like attempting to knock down a forest of fear tree by tree.

It's worth it though. Worth taking the time, reconstructing myself to become someone who could support the weight of love. And I found one that’s worth fighting for.

To @waywardfangirl​, @caitybuglove23​, and @palimpsessed​, thanks a million always for your support and for letting me bounce ideas/looking this over/editing.