#september list

[di-42]

September is already coming to an end, which means I’m ready with a new reading list. I would have liked to read much more this month, but work, my own writing and life have been in the way, those bastards. I was hoping I could finish the two longfics I'm reading, but I'm not even close to finishing them, so I might as well post this list now that it’s the weekend.

I will try and tag the authors whose tumblr usernames I know, as usual, please tag anyone I might have missed. If you are a writer and want your work off any of my lists, or anyone who does, please let me know.

These fics will be added to The Nice and Accurate Lists of Di-42, Witch (when I have a bit of time to do it), so consider following my side blog for themed rec lists.

Last but not least, my customary reminder to not judge a fiction by the number of kudos it has, that’s what the Metatron would do and you know it. Please shower the authors with kudos, comments and love!

Enough chatting! 

Here’s what I loved about

September’s Spectacular Fictions

WIPs:

Regrets, Choices & Other Things (A Reverse Trope Story), by @spectrallydistracted. Rated E, chapters 3/6. 

I am LOVING this story! Human AU where Crowley and Aziraphale have known each other since uni and are business partners. When Crowley gets hit by a car he has amnesia (no other serious consequences) and accidentally reveals something about himself that he had kept secret from Aziraphale for all these years. This story has had a grip on my soul since the first line. I wouldn’t say it’s particularly angsty (not yet, anyway, but I know how the remaining three chapters will play out), but it’s got that undertone of missed opportunities and what-might-have-beens that always send me into a  state of melancholy that I should dislike but love instead.

If You’ve Got To Goat, Then Goat With Style, by @beerok23. Rated E, chapters 2/16.

The squeal of excitement that left my mouth when I got (when I goat?) the notification email for this fic! One of my all time favourite versions of our duo is back in this human AU set after the events narrated in The Trouble With HELL. I understand you don’t need to have read HELL to enjoy this one, but why on earth would you choose not to? True crime podcasters Crowley and Aziraphale are back with even more banter, even more humour, even more innuendo, even more puns, even more feelings, and a brand new mystery to solve! Christmas has come early!

Better The Demon You Know, by HenriettaRHippo @henriettarhippo-hrh. Rated E, chapters 13/17.

Only four chapters to go and I already know I will miss this story dearly. Canon divergent AU where Crowley’s counterpart on earth is Sandalphon. In this universe there is no arrangement between an angel and a demon, no fraternising, no crepes in Paris or dining at the Ritz. That doesn’t mean that Crowley meant to discorporate Sandalphon. It was an accident. But Crowley is of course going to take credit for it. As a reward, Beelzebub gives Crowley an angel that Hell captured over 150 years ago, the angel Aziraphale. 

This story is, so good. The angst is given (almost) entirely by circumstances that are out of Crowley or Aziraphake’s control and I’m so excited to see how they’ll overcome them. Great plot, deep feelings and good characterisation: fantastic fiction!

Do You Believe In Love Afterlife? By Letha. Rated E, chapters 14/40.

Ghost story human AU. Aziraphale moves into his new shop with living quarters upstairs. It doesn’t take long to realise that the shop is haunted by the ghost of the previous owner. This story is gentle, inventive and intriguing! I don’t want to spoil too much but let me say that the author is doing a truly great job at finding creative ways for a living human and a ghost to communicate. Great characterisation, sweet banter and just beauty and cosyness. Every new chapter is great!

Complete stories: 

Easy, by mozbee. Rated M, 18k.

Delightful, cosy and romantic strangers to lovers human AU. Aziraphale stops off to spend the night at an inn in Tadfield on his way to his father's funeral. The next day they're snowed in. Guess who’s staying at the inn as well? 

Self affirmation, blossoming love, humour and great side characters, I loved this story!

Something Missing, by @fishey-me. Rated T, 18k.

Post season 2 story with an interesting and original take on the book of life. When the angel Muriel asks Crowley for help because they think an angel has been murdered in heaven, Crowley thinks they are mistaken. Or are they? 

I don't read many post season 2 fics, but I'm so glad I read this one. There's no blame being thrown around, everyone did and does what they have to do, there’s hope, there are promises, there's love, and Muriel is adorable, stubborn and clever. 

Anchored, by @curiouspupsicle. Rated T, 71k.

Great human AU set in the world of international sailing competitions. The story opens with Aziraphale and Crowley competing against each other in a famous Sailboat Race, but there's a history between them that we get to discover chapter by chapter. This story features a fantastically confident and competent Aziraphale and a great Nina. It's really fun to see how Aziraphale and Crowley relate to the same problems in different ways. Virtually angst free and with a lovely happy ending!

At The Airport Terminal, by bearwonder. Rated E, 20k.

Lovely and heartwarming strangers to lovers human AU. Aziraphale is a cabin crew member on a plane where Crowley is a passenger. Narrated from an adorably flustered Crowley’s POV, we get to witness his unfiltered thoughts in all their glory! For all of their insecurities, I love how well and clearly they actually communicate in this fiction!

The Serpent’s Companion, by @waitingtobebroken. Rated T, 11k.

Ineffable wives human AU set in the 1800s. Aziraphale is a matchmaker who’s tasked to find a husband for beautiful, smart, stubborn Crowley. Ha! I love how the characterisation in this story; the external circumstances in which our heroines find themselves in are so very relatable to the canon circumstances, and the characters react in the way they would: Aziraphale loves and protects, Crowley loves and challenges the status quo. If you ask very very nicely, the author might be willing to tell you the ending they had imagined for one of the charming side characters, but you didn’t hear this from me.

One-shots and short stories:

All Bentleys, Great And Small, by @joyandotherstories. Rated G, 1,2k.

This human AU will put a huge smile on your face! Fluffy, adorable, heartwarming: I just want to hug this fic! Aziraphale is the owner of a pet supplies shop; Crowley finds a puppy and is in need of help and advice. I highly recommend it!

Good Days, by @naturallyteal. Rated T, 3k.

A lovely and tender story about what happens to the demon Josh after the second coming. I have a soft spot for the demon Josh and I was so happy to imagine his future the way it's narrated in this fiction. I felt he was vindicated!

Human Bonding Rituals As Emulated By An Ethereal/Occult Dyad, by graywings @smua70. Rated T, 1,2k.

Hilarious crack fic! It is narrated in the form of a study by God, Almighty; Christ, Jesus; Spirit, Holy on whether Aziraphale and Crowley are displaying human-like courting behaviour during their meeting in 1793. I laughed from the first word to the last, including the notes!

Crowley Has A Volvo, by @savyl (Aerenii). Rated M, 2k.

This is the most hilarious crack fic you’ll ever read. I was howling with laughter to the point that my husband had to come from the other room to check that I was OK. Judging by some of the comments I wasn’t the only one. At some point I had to stop reading because I couldn’t see anything through the tears (of laughter). Trust me. Aziraphale and Crowley are aware that the humans can manipulate their lives and create adventures for them. It’s usually harmless, enjoyable, even. But this time the human writing their story has made an uncomfortable typo.

Daisy Bell, by @thinkinginscripts. Rated G, 2k.

This is such a tender and romantic in-universe fiction! The author captures Aziraphale and Crowley’s voices perfectly and their love for one another is so palpable. Set partly in 1925, partly in a post second coming future and inspired by a stunning piece of art, this story tells us of an angel, a demon and the beautiful moments they share and sore in their hearts. And, of curse, of bikes.

Guardian Angel: The Hot Line, by @itsscottiesstark. Rated T, 10k.

The vibes of this story are exactly what I’m after when reading fanfiction. That warm, cosy feeling that you’re cared for, that nothing bad can happen to you while you’re lost in the fic, that someone will wrap you up in a warm blanket and your hot chocolate will never get cold. Strangers to lovers human AU where Crowley wants to prank the operator of a sex line, but ends up calling a help line for queer people. No angst, all smiles and warm fuzzies. No fear, only happiness. I loved this so, so much!

Cherry Inferno, by badwolfgirlicouldkissyou. Rated T, 4k.

Delightful and funny strangers to lovers human AU. Crowley parks his ice cream van in front of Aziraphale’s bookshop. Flirt-bickering ensues. Great humour and creative banter. I loved Aziraphale’s inner thoughts!

Floating Through A Dark, Blue Sky, by AlwaysBeMyBaby @alwaysbemybae, AlwaysTuesdayToday @alwaystuesday, @shatteredwriters. Rated G, 6k.

A beautifully written and at times heartbreaking exchange of letters between Aziraphale and Crowley from 1827 to 1967, with beautiful artwork by AlwaysTuesdayToday. Some of the letters were sent, others remained unsent and the stark difference in tone between the sent and unsent letters is heartshattering. The writers do a magnificent job of taking all the deep feelings running through the unsent letters, whether they are love or anger, boldness or fear, and disguise them as a business-like conversation in the sent letters. Some truly poetic moments in this fiction, I highly recommend it.

Akrasia, by @depraveddame. Rated E, 666 words. 

Super hot human AU. It doesn’t waste any time, goes straight to the point, but also allows for self deprecation and self doubt. Akrasia indeed. I loved it!

On The Tops Of Buses, by WaitingToBeBroken. Rated T, 3k.

Adorable outsider POV human AU. Andy is half asleep when she gets on her 8am bus on a Saturday. She just wants to run her errands and then go back to bed. She certainly doesn’t mean to eavesdrop on the conversation between the two people sitting a few rows behind her. If only they weren’t such a cute couple, it would be much easier to just focus on the trees outside. Great humour and characterisation as we have come to expect from this wonderful writer!

My own Never Gonna Fall For, rated T, 8k.

Friends to lovers human AU inspired by a David Bowie song that wouldn’t leave me alone until I had our Ineffables dance to it. A bit of short lived angst with a fluffy happy ending. After breaking up with his emotionally abusive ex, Aziraphale is never going to fall in love again. He’s very happy with being alone, with not having to compromise or mould himself into something he’s not for someone else’s sake. And if sometimes it feels like his best friend Crowley might want something more, he’s certainly imagining things.

Read August's list here.

Read October's list here.

[lifeofkaze]

September List

Exactly one year ago, I wrote the first of my monthly motivation lists, hoping to get a bit of a system into my steadily growing WIP list and up my productivity. Now, twelve lists later, I can happily report that I have not only finished one major project with When Stars Ignite but can actually see the finish line of the second, equally as big project, A Search for Balance. I have also pretty much mapped out most of the rest of the big ones yet to come, several mini-series planned and more than doubled the amount of shorts, challenges and other projects on my masterlist in the last twelve months. Looks like the lists are working, right? Maybe, they are actually working a little bit too well. I have felt increasingly tired lately, the creative part of my brain is harder and harder to activate but never quiet enough for me to actually rest. This September will bring many personal changes for me - after two years of being a stay-at-home-mum, my kid transitions into daycare this month, and after he's settled in, I will return to work, something I'm incredibly looking forward to. But participating more in the 'real' life also means that the time I have to spend on here will be reduced, or at least, its pattern will change, which - for this month of transition and creative recovery, in any case - will be reflected in this month's to-do list. Take care, everyone 💛

This month I need to:

This month I *need* to do nothing at all. Whatever I will do on the creative front I will do because it inspires me, and if it doesn't, well, I just won't do it. I might drum out 100k words or none at all. Both of them are legit, and both of them are fine.

The only thing I need to do is try and be more mindful of my time instead of brainless scrolling through TikTok, Tumblr and the likes. I will still be around, but I also want to try and detox my digital habits a little until they reach a healthier level.

WIP Progress: A Search for Balance

Estimated Goal: No estimated goal this month Reached Goal: 40/52 (+1)

This month I want to:

❌ Read a book ❌ Write a story from the Vault ❌ Script a story from the Vault ❌ Profile updates ❌ Timelines ❌ HPMA series Y1 ❌ Legacy series Y1 ❌ Map out Caro's series ❌ Caitlin's profile ❌ Dana's run-up stories to my Christmas series (0/2)

Publishing Schedule:

I'm adding this little section to my list to let you know that while the "Back to School"-Challenge by @cursebreakerfarrier runs for the first week of the month (which I will not be participating in), A Search for Balance goes on a one week break. Regular publishing schedule will continue on September 9th with bi-weekly posts until the Pre-Season finishes with C12 on September 30th.

I will take another publishing break during the whole month of October to edit and brush up on the second section of the story.

To not disappear from your feeds entirely (sorry if I got your hopes up there for a sec, haha), I will be posting the first two chapters of my Rockstar AU mini-series Before the Spark in this publishing break, the masterlist of which will go live on October 3rd, which I headcanon as Orion's birthday.

Until then, my lovely friends 💛

[scream-into-the-voiddd]

September 20th: Favourite friendship group

for anyone who cares here is the master post

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hmmm....

I have a feeling that this is going to change after the new wave of episodes (i like how team hero is shaping up) but for now i will have to say team science. They just have a nice balance of personalities and ability's, plus they the most team (ish) as they literally have to work together (most of them) 

huey, gyro, fenton, manny and lil bulb 

and all have their own style and smarts 

Manny and Lil blub don’t even talk but they have big personalities and now with the addition of Boyd this little group feels well rounded.

I love them nerds 

[scream-into-the-voiddd]

(Its been a few days but its been a long week)

for anyone who cares here is the master post

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September 15th: Favourite scene from favourite episode. 

well out of my top 3 episode (that i have already listed) I’m going to not talk about ‘the dark duck returns’ as there is a scene in there that i will talk about later. my favourite scene out of the other 2 episodes i have picked, i would have to go with...

The ‘Defiantly real boy’ scene from Astro BOYD 

(i have already talked about my love for Astro boy and this ep in relation to that)  what i love the most about this scene is that not only did Gyro and Boyd ‘find’ each other again, but they found themselves again. 

Boyd turned back into the real boy Gyro ‘made’ him to be (the boy Gyro always believed he was/could be) and that not only was that ok, but the best way for Boyd be himself. Thus his reclaiming of the word Boyd, he is still ‘the same’ but now has a clear sense of what it actually means to himself, mixing both 2BO and Boyd into one. With the love given to 2BO by Gyro and the life experience he has had as Boyd, so Boyd didn’t have to change everything about himself to be complete he just needed to understand that he was loved for being himself and to get confirmation that he is what he believes himself to be a ”Defiantly real boy” (T-T)

as for Gyro, he realised that his love, care and idealism (as he put it) was not misplaced (on Boyd), as when the little boy he loved so fully seemingly turn on him, that broke his heart and his spirit in a way that just would not fully mend. (thus his cold and rude behaviour through out the show so far...) But when Gyro fully embraces his idealism and loving side again (by embracing Boyd) he realises that he can bring his true feeling to the surface again as it was never a mistake for him to do so. thus why he embraces Fenton as an equal, by calling him Doctor and showing the respect he actually always felt for Fenton. 

They found themselves through each other, and it melts my heart (T-T)      

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September 16th: Favourite moonlander 

Penny.   

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September 17th: Favourite Beagle Boy  

Black arts Beagle, 

I mean he is the reason we have Duckworth back so thats got to count for something.

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September 18th: Favourite scene of your favourite ship 

I have to say its this little moment here...

Donald spent the whole episode wanting to impress this woman (Glamor), but after spending time with Daisy decided that Daisy’s dignity was more important then his Big Break. And Daisy returns in kind like ‘yeah i shouldn’t be treated this way’ and its just really sweet. It also got Daisy noticed and most likely jumb started her career and Daisy (again) returned in kind (most likely) by having the three Caballeros perform on stage right after.

so its a small but very insight look into the new dynamic Donald and Daisy are going to/ do have in this show.

[plus this screen shot was funny to me,

i think it has meme template vibes] 

[scream-into-the-voiddd]

September 14th Favourite song

for anyone who cares here is the master post

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Oh for me it hands down has to be “not good enough” I love a good Bond ballad and Ben kills it. Plus it plays a big part in the episodes theme’s for LP, 

its perfect, it fits the story, character and the parody.  

[scream-into-the-voiddd]

September 13th Favorited actor/ actress

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now this is just an unfair question, this is a star strutted cast and everyone is amazing. There is a pop culture icon and a Disney legend in the cast (and the fact your not 100% sure which one’s i’m talking about proves my point)

So i am going to cheat a little here, I’m not going off the actors and actress themselves per say but rather I’m going to talk about my favourite performance in the show.

I judge this on two things

1) how much the act ‘disappears’ into the character (as in i don’t see the human person when there talking, even if its still just their normal voice) 

2) I can’t see (/hear) anyone else being able to do the role 

So on those two things in mind i will have to go with.

Paget Brewster

she just plays Della with this fun life to her, she can switch on a dime from crazy adventurer to comic foil to herself and then have moments of deep self refection. And she had to carry the introduction to the character all on her own, as Della was isolated, so if she didn’t sell Della to us (the audience) then the whole mystery/ build up to Della would have fallen apart. So that was not easy but she pulled it off (with great writing as well).

and she was/is amazing as Della, she is just awesome and I love listening to her and how she plays Della. 

[scream-into-the-voiddd]

for anyone who cares the master post is here 

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September 12th : favourite character?

why must you make me choose...

seriously all of the characters major or minor is shown in a way that makes them feel very real and well rounded even if they have very little screen time. for god sake the ottoman empire guys get character development (one left the show to pursue acting and they fight with scrooge in the moonvation). So this is not an easy pick to say the least.    

but I will be judging it by the one i ‘get the most out of’ so to speck....

and I have to say its a tie...

Donald Duck

I love him ok. He is very small and very angry and he will fight god(s) for his family safety. Anyway, I have always love Donald Duck shorts and everything else he shows up in he is always my fav. 

I have always been able to relate to Donald as i too have a bit of a disability that makes it hard for people to understand be (in writing) and i have a ‘voice issue’ that makes me different from everyone around me. So i really understand the feeling Donald have and the anger that comes from being misunderstood in the most basic ways. Its not fun

So Donald has always been important to me in a sense,  

The thing about Ducktales 2017 that i love is that it fleshes out Donald’s already established characteristics, by giving them context (e.g. using his outbursts to protect the boys). this gives him something that me has been missing (in animation) for awhile now, and that is how he functions outside of himself. 

what i mean by that is that Donald is kind of unique when it comes to the Disney sensational 6, unlike the rest is/ can be 

-selfish 

-cowardly 

-rude/ mean spirited 

-a loser 

these things are what make him different to the rest but in animation for a while he has been shown by himself (without his family or even Daisy) so all of the above characteristics are not “diluted” or held to any standard outside of Donald’s personal misery. 

So he can be super selfish and an all around ass cause, yeah, if your life was one pain after the other no matter what you did and you were all on your own all the time, then yeah, your going to be a miserable little shit.  

But by reintroducing the boy’s and giving him a more defined role (father/ solo care giver) at least at the start of the show, it gives Donald a reason to “fight off” his less than noble parts of his personality. It also makes his action have more weight as everything he does or fails to do effects the boy’s. So that makes him more appealing overall as what he does (or doesn’t) do now matters, and all the tragedy in Donald’s life are also given weight (Della being gone for 10 yrs, and what that did to his relationship with Scrooge) so his pain is now REAL and even tho he is funny and reckless, he is now a person with flaws and failings but also victory's (getting Della back and his family being close again) and dreams (the three caballeros and his relationship with Daisy) 

 I do love this little Rage machine   

the other fav is 

Drake Mallard 

(maybe I just like single duck dads? idk, lol)

I have already talked a bit about his intro ep,

but as of right now i am more in love with the potential i see in the character. As we have not really seen to much of him like maybe 4 ep’s total. But Drake is the character i am most hyped to see more of (and the people who are around him, Gos and LP etc.)  

as i find him really interesting and he is (ironically) one of the more “normal” people in the show as a whole, He is not rich (high society rich anyway) he is not an explorer, not a scientist, he don’t have a ‘crazy’ backstory (like Gyro in Tokyok) and he doesn't have a direct connection to Scrooge himself (he never worked for him directly, and is not a family member) 

so he is just a random guy, who thought “I’m going to do this crazy shit just because a handsome pilot man said i could if i wanted to” 

and honestly that’s cool.    

he is fun and goofy in an engendering way, and his ego is the right amount of controlled (ish) but still over the top. the character is full of story’s that can be taken from the og show and mixed in with the new show (like his intro ep), 

Drake is a just fun to think about, and how his world relates to the world of ducktales in general, as they were separate for such a long time, so seeing it come together in a new way is super existing. 

I was already blown away by his last solo ep I can’t wait to see more of him (and his how he will be with his Gos, and how that adventure will unfold)      

[scream-into-the-voiddd]

for anyone who cares the master post is here 

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September 11th : favourite villain? 

I don’t really have a favourite villain as the show don’t tend to focus to heavy on them and when they do it is somewhat short lived, (like Magica in season 1 and Lunarus in season 2) and since this season has a group of villains (FOWL) and not just one main one like the last 2 seasons, I have a feeling that one of the up coming FOWL members may take the top spot later down the line.  

 but if we are going off the one i find most entertaining...

I’m going to have to give it to 

Magica she is played as scary, funny and damn relatable on occasion (the funzo scene), and i am never disappointed to see her. I think she is very different from comic magica in a lot of ways, but i enjoy this version for different reasons. And i think this magica has room to grow/ change (for good or for worst). So safe to say i am looking forward to the first ep in the line up.