Thanks for the tags @dizzymisslizzie @dreamtigress @theprinceandagcd @onthewaytosomewhere @bitbybitwrites @caterpills <3 <3
Rules: Share the fic you posted as close to exactly one year ago as possible. You can just post a link if you like, but feel free to talk about it too! How did you feel about this fic then, how do you feel now? Do you love it, hate it, has your writing changed at all? Anything you’d do differently in hindsight? Go nuts!
Well well well, guess what I started posting on Aug 1 of 2024?
An Exquisite Temptation!
I still absolutely love this fic. Exploring Henry's journey, and all the bumps that came along with it, was an interesting challenge. I loved writing a really Henry-centric fic and one that was set in the past. It gave me so much to work with, and I think it made the fic more interesting.
From the comments I know this fic really touched some people and I think that's amazing. I'm honored to have written something that made people emotional.
I wouldn't change much honestly. Maybe made it longer and given Henry some more time on his own but otherwise I'm still really proud of this one!
Tagging @kelliealtogether @yojfull @zwiazdziarka @sophie1973 @polkadotkat @royalhearthuff @bi-panic-actually @suseagull5914 @thoughtthedormouse if you wanna!
“HEY, EATING IS MY SCHTICK, PAL! GET YER OWN QUIRK!”
*RRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAR*
“Well RRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAARRRRRRR to ya too!”
*
“Hey... we got ourselves on the wrong foot, pal. Allow me ta introduce myself. I’m a demon of Gluttony, a Prince of Sin ta be exact. I have lots o’ names, but ya can call me Kingston. And unfortunately, us type of demons take on the first form we see, so that’s why I look like ya! Anyway, I’m here because there’s a lot o’ energy and sinners goin’ on around here. And I can’t help it when someone does too much, y’know?”
“Huh.... Okay...?”
*
“Damn, I’m starving.”
“Oh.... here’s my Priest with my meal now.”
“Your Priest?”
“My Lord, you missed the most successful Baptism today. We have a lot more followers than we have been expecting. I have all of their hearts right here.”
“SWEET MERCIFUL HELL, WHAT KIND OF WORLD IS THIS?!”
“???”
“???”
*
“Why are you so small now and look more like me?”
“Uhhhhhh… I feel weak and sick... yeah! That’s it! Us gluttony demons are always hungry and all...”
“...”
“... Why are you lookin’ at me that way? Wait! Don’t eat me, don’t eat me, DON’T EAT-!”
*
“I can’t believe you ate me! This is so.. eugh! Oh sweet Lucifer, is that heart still beating in here?!”
“Stop complaining. I need to get Sammy.”
“Sammy? Hmmm... Hey, I got an idea!”
*
“Gloria, there’s the Ink Demon! Don’t fail me now, ol’ girl!”
“Hey Sammy~”
“WHAT THE HELL, YOU CAN TALK?! AND YOU KNOW MY NAME?!”
“Of course I can talk, Lawrence. Now where do ya think yer goin’ with that banjo?”
*
“Did you see how Sammy turned white as a sheet and fainted just like that? Priceless! Up top!”
“...”
“Uh... it’s a new thing I just invented. Ya just slap my hand with yours with yer palm!”
*slap*
“OW! Firm glove! Firm glove!”
I saved the best for last. After my latest preview for my HEA Fanfiction, I was inspired to draw some sketches after I found out that I was partly inspiration for @a-rae-of-sunshine‘s Flipped AU/The Quest for Gloria. In the preview, I made the joke of my Bendy briefly popping into that world to tell Rae’s Flipped Bendy off. So I decided to do what if sketches. Doubt if I will make something bigger out of this.
Basic Idea for this: After Happy and King’s adventure, King decided to visit the Flipped AU and see what it’s about more out of curiosity. He calls the Bendy there “Flip” and disguises himself as his Ink Demon form with a suit and everything. He poses as a demon of Gluttony being summoned by Bendy himself, calling himself Kingston. Kingston did this when he learned that this Bendy thinks he is the only one.
So I sketched the misadventures of Kingston interacting with that AU. Some things were cut off while other lines were a little faded. Along the way, I also had ideas for the AU as well. Starting from the top right:
- What the first roar-off from The Pursuit of Happiness would have looked like from the Flipped AU side of things. If you couldn’t tell, there’s a stick version of Bendy choking a stick figure of Sammy.
- A simple comic strip of Kingston meeting Priest Henry. He’s freaked out to the point that he paled completely white, backed himself to the wall and hypocritically makes a cross sign. Probably.
- Bendy with sharp teeth looming over a nervous Kingston.
- An almost full body of Kingston and Flip. I was told that Bendy was still thin, but not malnourished. So I went with it. It’s probably faded, but I drew a heart symbol with Bendy’s smile on it being crossed off on his chest. Just a silly idea.
- Since I am the weird fan of ideas, I had a brief idea of Flipped Bendy eating Kingston when he’s in his toon form to “protect him”/use his power. So I imagined the ink stretching in order to create a “jail cell” of sorts complete with bars.
- I doubt Flipped Bendy could talk. The dialogue I made for him is just what Kingston senses/interprets. That being said, since Kingston CAN talk, he had the urge of pranking a “sane” Sammy one last time, so he convinced Flipped Bendy to take him hunting for Sammy. So when Bendy goes to Sammy, Kingston talks for him in a demonic dual voice while Flipped Bendy does the movements and becomes all creepy. Sammy might be shook!
- I know high-fives weren’t invented until the 70′s, but I couldn’t help it. I wanted to draw Kingston getting a high-four from Flip in his “cell”.
So yeah... that’s me... the weirdo with the strange ideas that I know won’t be canon. Maybe? I just had the urge to draw and wanted to share.
Thanks for the tag @onthewaytosomewhere. Here's a bit from part 2 of my priest au!
His feet carried him along a familiar route and before he knew it he was standing in front of a Catholic church that he'd walked by but had never entered. He'd felt the pull many times but had always resisted, knowing that nothing good would come from it. Today though, he pushed open the heavy wood doors and entered. There were a few people on the pews, heads bowed in prayer. Henry considered sitting amongst them, praying to God for help, but before he reached a pew, he noticed that the priest was in and taking confession. Before he realized it his feet had carried him to the confessional.
He went inside and ran a hand along the wood paneling, somehow not surprised how similar it was to the one he'd spent so many hours in. Being here, even if it was the opposite side he was used to, felt comfortable, like coming home.
"Hello, my son, how long has it been since your last confession?"
Not tagging anyone because it's latteee (but if you want to consider yourself tagged)
This was the path God wanted for him. Henry knew that with certainty. Because of that, he wouldn't stray, wouldn't give in to his earthly desires, no matter how intense they became. He was a man of the cloth and he intended to honor it with everything that the role entailed.
He did a good job of it until Alex entered his life.
Or, Henry is a Catholic priest who is content with his life. Enter Alex, lawyer who seems intent on upsetting on the delicate balance he's set up for himself.
Thank you for the tags @yojfull and @onthewaytosomewhere
More from my priest Henry AU!! (Which I swear I'm posting soon!)
Henry locked the door behind him, panting heavily. He dropped to his knees to pray but other images filled his mind. Ones of Henry being on his knees in front of an unclothed Alex instead of his bed. Ones of him gripping not his bedsheets but Alex's thighs. He started to recite the rosary, anything to make him forget about the sinful man that filled his head.
"Our Father, who art in Heaven."
Alex's moans, his breathy gasps.
"Hallowed by thy name."
Alex's hands, those long fingers curling around himself.
"Thy kingdom come."
Well. This wasn't going to work.
Tagging @kelliealtogether @thesleepyskipper @kennacrab23 @dreamtigress @hotpinkmurex If you want to share!
