#self rec fics

[gingervitus]

Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Let’s spread the self-love 💗

thank u for this, friend. because I'm having a hard time liking my own stuff lately so here we gooooo.

@cute-ellyna and @epiphany-jones also sent this ask <3

Take Us to the End Rook

rated M | post-Fade return to the Lighthouse | I love sorrow | one-shot

Rook returns to the Lighthouse after her time in the Fade and is left to pick up the pieces of a broken thing she never wanted to be in charge of to begin with, but despite all her missteps and wrongdoings, she is not alone

Wild Mountain Thyme

rated T | slice of Lighthouse life | Davrin is in love with a woman whose name he doesn't even know | one-shot

Davrin finds himself in a mild panic when Assan is M.I.A. upon his return to the Lighthouse. The panic doesn't last and melts into pure unadulterated yearning.

The Price of Awareness

gen audience | post-canon | Lucanis knows no peace as he shouldn't | ficlet

Years after the defeat of the gods, Lucanis finds himself still hating parties, but where Rook makes them semi-bearable, his grandmother decidedly does not.

Shadow & Light

gen audience | post-canon | I love to put my little reluctant Crow through the rotary cheese grater | dissecting grief | complete

Silvia de Riva is no longer a Crow and longing to find some sort of footing in a world wherein her place is uncertain. A look into grief and victory and what comes after. (also Davrin is the man of all time)

Calloused Hands to Caress the Weary Soul

rated M | ficlet series | snapshots of Blackwall being the most guiltily devoted man in the world | ongoing/added to whenever the mood hits

Self-indulgent Blackwall x Lavellan ficlets because I will never not be obsessed with a man who will worship the ground his love walks on

I stuck with dragon age for the most part however if ur interested I did finish this Gale x Tav fic that I'm also proud of.

[romaine2424]

Self Rec Tag Game

Rules: We would like to ask you to recommend us 3 of YOUR fics: 1 that is “most popular” and 2 that are “hidden gems!" Then tag some folks.

Thank you so much @caroll-in and @emansil for the tags!!!

Most Popular:

This is hard, because my older more popular works were written before AO3 existed. Years of comments are lost when transferring them to AO3, and so the stats don't tell the story. Anyway, I chose Jolene (21.5K). It was my ‘most popular’ at the time and was part of the Guns & Handcuffs Bookshelf Part 2 (most read 2007-2009). Wow does that date me. LOL.

Jolene (2007) was the first story I ever posted on LJ. It was for ‘hd_inspired mpreg anon fest’ and it was a wonderful experience, but a dangerous one for a new writer. I wrote it in three days and it was both popular and controversial. I’ve never written a 20K fic again in 3 days and not any that equaled it’s popularity at the time. I have written more controversial. :)

The main prompts for the requested mpreg story was genderbending and no details on the pregnancy. *blink*.  Genderbending as a tag, is one that isn’t used much anymore, so if you read this story and have a recommendation of what I should use, please DM me here on Tumblr and let me know.  Thanks!

Summary: Harry comes back from a mandatory holiday and finds that an Auror raid on his favourite establishment could expose his biggest secret. However, another has even more secrets than he does at stake. EWE

Read more on AO3: Jolene

2 Hidden Gems:

Rotten Wood (3K) is what I consider a missing scene from canon.

Summary:  Draco is returning for his seventh year at Hogwarts. He boards the train knowing his status among his fellow Slytherins is in question. HPDH Compliant

The relationship is marked  Draco/Pansy but this is no way a romance. For me, this was the closest I’ve come to writing canon Draco. It’s a bit brutal in thought, action, and language.

Read more AO3: Rotten Wood

2. The Birthday Kiss (2K).  And now for something completely different. Romantic, light, and fun! Most definitely EWE.

Summary:  Harry answers their daughter's question of when he knew Draco was the "one.

Read more on AO3: The Birthday Kiss

Tagging if you have an interest and haven't done this already: @m0srael, @sugareey-makes-stuff, @sassy-cissa, @julcheninred and anyone else who want to participate…consider yourself tagged!

[startanewdream]

Hey hey 🥰 5 & 23 please!

Hey! Thank you for those!!!

5. A fic to make you laugh

Tipsy  - hope I got it right!

23. The fic with my favourite line

It's hard to define my favourite, but I am quite proud of these two lines in The song remains the same. It was the most important chapter of that fic and I think I hit it right:

He lowered his head when the first tears started to fall, his whole body shaking, and then he felt Sirius wrap his arms around his shoulders, holding him, and this time James didn't back down. Remus hugged him on the other side and Peter ran his hand over James’ head, and somehow, next to them, letting all that misery finally drain from him, lost in the ocean on a dark and starless night, he found a light in which to focus, to guide him forward.

[gorillazgal86]

Five Fave Fics

@improfem very kindly tagged me! Thank you darling! 

Rules:  it’s time to love yourselves! choose your 5 favourite works you created in the past year (fics, art, edits, etc) and link them below to reflect on the amazing things you’ve brought into the world. tag as many writers/artists/etc as you want (fan or original) so we can spread the love and link each other to awesome works!

I’m tagging:  @improfem (now you’re tagged XD), @hiphopanonymousao3 , @focusfixated, @coloursflyaway , @marveliciousfanace

[Podfic] Sorrow and Sighs and Mickle Care (Explicit -- CHECK THE TAGS!!!)

Based on Vitreous_Humor’s fic, I am crazy proud of this podfic and it was such a different characterisation for Crowley/Aziraphale and I LOVED voicing the original demon character, Medoc (with whom I harbour a probably unhealthy obsession).  

Summary:  It wasn't fair, he thought. It wasn't fair that Aziraphale could give him everything he wanted, everything he had hoped and dreamed of and longed for for six thousand years and that Crowley couldn't do the same. No, not couldn't.Was refused.And Satan, did Crowley hate being refused.---Aziraphale's a sadist, Crowley's not a masochist, and Crowley comes up with possibly the worst solution for this issue.

Bird of Paradise (Explicit, co-written with @improfem)

While I have so thoroughly enjoyed writing all the Plenteous Crop series and the exploration of the complex emotions behind love and sex that the series has hinged on, this one really stuck with me.  I am fascinated by the push and pull and simmering jealously and frustration Crowley and Aziraphale feel and that coming together isn’t always a smooth or straight line and not even an angel or demon are above their baser instincts and raw emotion. I can’t speak more highly enough of my wonderful co-author and I’m continuously amazed at what we’ve been able to create together, it’s a real blessing to have someone I click with creatively.

Summary:  "Crowley has no right to barge into his space like this, looking exactly as he does, the perfectly form fitting band of the trousers, slung far too low to be considered decent only drawing attention to those perfectly slim hips. So Aziraphale tears his eyes away from the sight, focusing instead on the shelf of books behind Crowley.  //Vile tempter,// Aziraphale thinks, certain that Crowley is finding this role very amenable indeed, there were certainly more difficult ways to earn a soul, than traipsing about as a sultan's favourite, spoiled and pampered, adored beyond what was reasonable."

[Podfic] Pray for Us, Icarus (Teen+)

This is based on @brightwanderer‘s absolutely exquisite (and in my opinion, required reading for Good Omens fandom) series was the first big podfic project I took on and I learned so much over the course of the 7 stories about what I could do as a performer and narrator.  It was a complete change in tone from what I’d typically record and my only regret is I hadn’t fully smoothed out my audio set up and it deserved better from a technical standpoint.  I may go back and “remix” it at some point.

Summary:  For three centuries, Crowley has been reincarnated over and over as a human with no memory of his past. Aziraphale has tried to find a way to restore him to his true self, but all he seems to do is hurt them both. This time, he only means to steal a brief moment when he walks into Crowley's flower shop. But Crowley can't let it go...

Birds (General Audiences) 

Oh this little sleeper of a fic.  There are great elements of this that were quite personal, the first 3 years of my own relationship were long distance (US to UK kinda distance) and those days are blessedly far behind me, this was playing around with what that was like through Aziraphale’s eyes and the little habits and routines one can get into to distract from the missing part of yourself.  

Summary: It was easiest when time and circumstance had put considerable distance between himself and Crowley. The angel would develop a routine and as years turned to decades and decades to centuries, the serpent-shaped hole in his life would grow smaller and easier to plaster over. It was when the demon stormed into his existence unexpectedly, ripping open the wound that hadn’t quite stitched together, that the illusion of satisfaction at Crowley’s absence slipped rapidly away.

[Podfic] let the rivers fill (Explict)

This is my first podfic, based on @focusfixated‘s gorgeous fic.  I hadn’t recorded anything before this, ever, picked up a cheap microphone and got to work in working out how to edit audio.  It’s the only time thus far I’ve included music, which added significantly to the learning curve.  @focusfixated was so supportive and encouraging and really drove home how important author support is when recording podfic (by no means required, but it made the experience so much more for it). This is another one I’d love to remix now that I’m considerably more clever with editing.  This one will have a special place always.

Summary:  “Darling,” Aziraphale answered. “I’m here.” His hand stroked through Crowley’s hair, teasing out the snarls of red that tangled around his fingers, matted with sweat and knotted where Crowley had thrashed his head against the pillows. “Can you turn over for me, love?”Weakly, Crowley’s eyes flickered down, and he saw the angel blushing, as if now, suddenly, of all things, he had succumbed to reticence. He was sat back on his knees, and the soft accordion folds of him were dewy with sweat and moonlight. His heart constricting somewhere in his useless chest, Crowley turned over, and spread his legs.

[startanewdream]

7, 8, and 9 for self recs!

Oooh, thanks for those!

7. A fic that says “f*ck canon”

bury it and rise above for the third part of the story. Let them have a happy ending!

8. A fic that embraces canon

Chasing dreams (sad and warm)

9. A fic that everyone loves

Light beam is my most popular fic (and it's so close to 1000 kudos that I should plan some event in case it happens!)

[socio-kai-path1972]

Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Let’s spread the self-love 💖

Thank you so much for the ask, anon! ♥️ My person favourite fics that I’ve written :

Why would you draw me? (Klaus Mikaelson) ⇒ This is the first smut piece I've written. I love it so much, and I also love the fact that it's the most famous one of my writings.

Happy New Year! (Kai Parker) ⇒ According to me, best friends to lovers is the best trope. This is also one of my comfort fics.

We have the whole house to ourselves (Kai Parker) ⇒ Forbidden Love or Secret Relationship is also one of my favourite tropes.

Isn’t that obvious? (Kai Parker) ⇒ Another best friends to lovers 😝 This is also one of my comfort fics.

Memories (Kai Parker) ⇒ I cried while I was writing this, truth be told. This is really sad, but I still love it.

Keep the mask on (Kai Parker) ⇒ I really really love the smut part of this. I also love the fact that the Mikaelsons make an appearance in this.

I know you said five. But… 😅

If you are interested in reading my other works, you can view my full Masterlist here!