#thistlecat

[diamondmeadow]

decided to make a sort of master post for @thistlecatfics, @blackstarkink and my rp turned fic series "never craved attention until i tasted your -extended universe-" fun fact, the original series, "never craved attention until i tasted yours" has fewer fics than this alt one, which seemed to have taken over our brains for now. originally prongsfoot and moonwater endgame turned into wolfstar, jily and kingsley/reg, but hey, we are not complaining. aas a matter of fact we are a bit obsessed. and we want to drag you all into this obsession with us.

we simply love toxic and problematic and second chances because well... that's life.

featuring chubby alcoholic (later in recovery) sirius black, ED (later in recovery) posh regulus, post-car crash broken baker remus who is terrible at therapy, kingsley is a king as usual, the best of best james. includes pining, infidelity and wrong choices, coping in ways that are terrible for the characters and everyone around them. and most of all lots of hope.

below you can find all the fics in the series so far in chronological order (and yes prongsfoot is present in our extended universe too because 'never saw one without the other' is canon)

✦ it lingers (and claws you when you're down)

by @thistlecatfics Sirius Black/James Potter, Sirius Black/Mundungus Fletcher, Sirius Black/Sturgis Podmore, Regulus Black & Sirius Black M || 5k || mind the tags Five times Sirius said no. One time he said yes.

✦ love handmade for someone like me.

by @thistlecatfics (Sirius) and diamondmeadows (James) Sirius Black/James Potter E || almost 20k || 2 chapters || fave tag: the highs and lows of dry humping your best friend for the first time In November in year 13, Sirius skips James’s rugby match, and they don’t exactly fight about it. Or - James is not gay. Sirius is a little drunk. Those facts balance each other out.

✦ guard down for you.

by @thistlecatfics (Sirius) and diamondmeadows (James) Sirius Black/James Potter E || 4.6k || fave tag: bros being bros A month after their confusing encounter, James finds himself confused with Sirius once again. At least this time it’s just a dream. They can just say it was a dream.

✦ claim the dreamer from the dream.

by @thistlecatfics (Sirius) and diamondmeadows (James) Sirius Black/James Potter E || 4k~ || 1/2 chapters || fave tags: Sirius' normal relationship with alcohol, James' normal relationship with Sirius A Christmas escalation. Or, what’s a blow job between friends?

✦ I'm a self-destructive landslide if you want to be the hill

by @thistlecatfics Sirius Black/Remus Lupin, Regulus Black/Remus Lupin E || 4.6k || fave tag: Walburga is dying and Sirius isn't dealing with it well Walburga Black is dying, and, even if he’ll admit he’s drinking a bit more than he ought to at the moment, Sirius doesn’t care at all. He does, however, need to apologize to Remus. By the end of the night, he owes a few more apologies.

✦ if you want spotless, i'll always lose

by @thistlecatfics (featuring @blackstarkink in chapter 2, 3) Sirius Black/Remus Lupin E || 24k~ || 4/? chapters || fave tags: older wolfstar, eventual happy ending Sirius knew starting an affair with his brother’s boyfriend would end terribly, but he underestimated just how hard rock bottom would hit. He also underestimated just how much sobriety could offer him. Then, decades later, he and Remus try again.

✦ landslide.

by diamondmeadows Sirius Black/Remus Lupin M || 10k || fave tag: Sirius only physically appears at the end of the fic but he is actually all over it Remus thinks of pulling his scarf up to cover his chilled face, but somehow he doesn’t seem to be capable of moving even an inch. It’s mockery or just an irony of fate that the water beneath him does. It keeps gurgling loudly as it’s taken down along the rapid current heading towards the North Sea. The water beneath him doesn’t care about his unwise choices, his betrayal, his scattered thoughts or feelings. It doesn’t even beckon him, which would surely be one of the choices if he were a main character in a book or a film, but unfortunately, this is just real life. His life. Which means: Remus has to live with the consequences of his own actions. -or- Remus is a canonic runner and this is a fic to honour the fact.

[mundrakan]

Author interview tag

I was tagged by @thistlecatfics and it makes me very happy that she thought of me :D

total works: 428 at the current moment, though there are already works to be published on my harddrive

total word count: 2,152,780 (OMG)

your top 5 stories by kudos/likes?

Opposites attract (Regulus/Harry, postwar trauma healing)

The Spin (Harry/Theo, spicy romance)

I died but I got better (The Old Guard, Nicky/Joe, AU, self discovery spanning hundreds of years)

Half a soul (James/Tom, Soulmate AU)

Happy birthday sweet sixteen (Harry/Sirius, festfic)

do you respond to comments?

Almost immediately, though I often feel like I am not doing them justice.

what's the fic you've written with the angstiest ending?

Uh... that's a hard one. I have written SO much Angst. The most likely candidate are probably Guilt and shame (Sirius/Voldemort) though that feels a little cracky to me, and Window of opportunity (Sirius/Severus)

what's the fic you've written with the happiest ending?

I don't really do HEA, and all my happy endings have at least a sprinkle of sadness or at least scars from what was going on before. I think the most hopeful is probably Advent Calendar, a Drarry with Christmassy feeling and a soft ending.

do you write crossovers?

There is one WIP on my harddrive. That aside....

have you ever received hate on a fic?

I wouldn't say hate. Some people were upset about how I characterized their blorbos (faulty, how dare I), but real hatred? No. Maybe I am just too weird to get when someone means it hateful.

do you write smut?

OH yes!

have you ever had a fic stolen?

yep, unauthorized translation. My Russian is too bad to get it taken down (and I would have ALLOWED it, if they only asked)

have you ever had a fic translated?

Yes, as mentioned in Russian, but also in Spanish and Czech.

have you ever co-written a fic before?

As of yet, no... though I would love to work with some people

what's a wip that you want to finish but don't think you ever will?

A Black family project, where the younger generation unites to prevent being used as pawns by their parents and grandparents.

Oh yeah.. and the Arturian legend fic (Modred/Galahad) that i so want to write)

what are your writing strengths?

Emotion, Dialogue, description (when I bother), characterization

what are your writing weaknesses?

Fight scenes. They are my nemesis. I never seem to get them right (and I am doing a good deal of LARP, so I know how fights work in general)

Comedy. I can't be funny on command.

what are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic?

No strong feelings here. I have done it either way, both translated and with only translations in the footnotes, and both are valid.

what's a fandom/ship you haven't written for yet but want to?

Discworld, my forever unachieved goal. WIth how I struggle to write funny, I just couldn't do it justice.

what's your favourite fic you've written?

Impossible to choose just one. Even Categories don't do it justice. Also: it depends on my current state of mind, which I think is best.

But: I cannot resist showing off at least a few of my personal candidates.

Love thy enemy (Mordred/Galahad, one-shot)

Bad things (Fenrir/Sirius, and the start of my obsession - thank you so much @metalomagnetic, it's your fault)

And because it will forever and always appear in any of these lists:

Imperfections (Sirius/Severus - my first real attempt of writing them, and still holding a special place in my heart)

I tag @metalomagnetic, @meloms-ao3, @squintclover and @fictionalsimp09 no pressure :D

[squintclover]

wolfstar daddy??? 😎😎😎

Hehehe the one that really is next on my 'to write' list for when I finally have the urge, is lesbian wolfstar but with a daddy kink... I believe I have posted the tiny amount I have written for it before which I will paste below... (it has not been looked at in weeks and is entirely unedited)

Sirius leaned in, sucking at Remus’ breast, her mouth wide around the soft flesh, nose buried so far in that she almost had to pull back to breathe. She broke away, flicking her tongue against Remus’ hard nipple, the large nub of it so biteable between her teeth. “God I love your tits.” Sirius moved her mouth to the other breast, her hand coming up to the nipple she had just been sucking, wet and slippery with her spit, to pinch and squeeze in time with her sucking mouth.  “They’re not small and perky like yours,” Remus mumbled breathlessly, and Sirius knew she would be flushed, partly from embarrassment, partly from Sirius’ ministrations. “And one is definitely a bit bigger than the other.” “They’re perfect.” Sirius bit Remus' nipple. Hard.  Remus whined, her legs twitching underneath Sirius as she shifted. One leg jerked so hard it rubbed against Sirius’ pussy where she was straddling Remus. A wet slick from Sirius’ drenched pubic hair smeared across Remus’ thigh and Sirius couldn’t hold back a gasp, her cunt throbbing.

[bartletslesbians]

want to share a line or two from comphet dorcissa? or if you want a specific question: what do you think adrienne rich's opinion on dorcas would be lol?

wip game!

Okay I love that question (although in this fic, it's Narcissa suffering a bad case of comphet but god I could write ages about THAT (and and and how it intersects with trans!narcissa like?? oh)) and lowkey I'm itching to write an essay now but I have actual essays to write and I don't have time until next week at the earliest SO I am making a mental note of that (please note that I've literally just downloaded Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence to my ereader, I'm gonna find more people talking about, I'm not kidding, this will come.)

For now, comphet dorcissa oneshot:

This is a collab with @brokentoasterrr in which Narcissa is engaged and close to marrying Lucius when she figures why that thought has been making her anxious and miserable the whole time. Inspired by a tweet about someone going to a hair saloon to cut off her gorgeous long locks and get them dyed platinum while her phone keeps ringing like crazy. She does that. Engagement's over. Then she meets Dorcas her first time entering a gay bar. The focus is mainly on Narcissa figuring herself out though (and then smut).

Excerpt under the cut:

“We should start thinking about producing an heir.”

Up until this point, their impending marriage has been at the forefront of Narcissa’s mind. It’s something she’s neither dreaded nor been more than moderately excited about: the inevitable next step in what has thus far been an uneventful and therefore perfectly suitable relationship with Lucius Malfoy. But this… this clinical outlook on their future together—producing an heir, a child, with Lucius’ weird, long chin and his cold, spindly fingers. A child with his name but Narcissa’s dark hair and pointy nose, makes something cold and heavy settle in her stomach. A sharp, stiff gust of cold wind that rushes through the dining room, settling deep in her; it makes her stop. 

She stills, completely, gazing out the window. The sky is gray with rain clouds, and it feels fitting, despite the late summer month and the fact that not an hour earlier, she’d been wishing for sunshine and the excuse it brought her to get out of the manor for a bit. 

“Narcissa, darling?” Lucius says. She shudders at the way darling slips so easily from his lips, and does her best to suppress it. “Are you listening?”

“Hm? Oh, yes.”

Lucius hums. “What do you think about the name Draco?”

[hestertatnell]

I spent last night drawing weird, grumpy kitties and rewatching Penny Dreadful 🖤🎨🐱 #perfectnightin #art #artist #drawing #illustration #cat #cats #kitties #thistle #thistlecat #flowers #nature #blackandwhite #grumpycat #goth #gothic #gothicart #blackcat #moon #fluffycat #black #darkart #creepy #catflower

[bisexualsatan-blog]

26, 3, 6! Sorry if you've been asked before!

I have not! Thank you!

26. Most disappointing video game you've played?

So actually played was Civ VI, I just wasn’t impressed, especially given how much it costs. So I returned it and am quite happy to keep playing Civ V.

Not played is the newer Spyro games. Oh wait! I did play one of them once, a 3DS version? It was AWFUL.

3. Least favourite genre?

Casual shooters/multiplayer type games. I have two friends I’ll play them in person with and that’s it. Also just MMO’s in general, not about that life.

6. Favourite game based on a film?

Oooh good question, but now I’m not sure if I’ve ever played a game based on a film that wasn’t a game first, lol, hmmm. Okay well a tv show/film/toy line. I love the Playstation game Monster High - New Ghoul in school. It has all the best things, monster girls, soooo many puns, dress up games, puzzles to solve, the power of friendship, I love it.

[mundrakan]

Fenrir for character bingo?

Ah I should have seen that one coming... *maniacal laughter*

Thank you for the question, and have all the stars for one of my fav characters in the HP universe.

[squintclover]

my random theory about you (which may be totally off base lol) is that you have a secret worry that you might be TOO nice

😅😅😅 oh gosh!!!! Well... I guess firstly I am flattered that I must come across as nice enough for you to frame this question... Thank you🫣🫣

And secondly.... I don't know if it's a worry as such but I definitely worry over almost everything I say to make sure that I dont secretly offend anyone! For example, I recently received a gift from my parents and then agonised over explaining to them that part of it would need to be swapped for a different version so the other part would work. And... These are my parents? I also apologised to a work colleague yesterday for being 'a lot's and she was just like.... "😐😐 What are you talking about?"

And it's surprising because offline I come across as SO confident that I know people find me intimidating and yet I am the BIGGEST baby!

So I guess actually you are spot on! 😅😅

Thank you for the ask!! 💕💕

What's your weirdest theory about me?