#tsof

[gooseyjossip]

hi hi hi goosey! now i have to know! which of your elucien fics are you proudest of and why?

Thanks so much for the ask!! ❤️❤️❤️I only have 2 to choose from at the moment, lol (but have been storing up my Elucienweek fics like a hamster with cheeks full of peanuts omg I am so unreasonably excited to post them).

I’m going to have to go with The Softness of Flames I think - mostly because it was my first ever fanfiction and at the time I thought it would be my only one! I was stuck on some original writing and had this idea, and thought “I wonder if I can actually write something novel length” and this idea for an Elucien fic popped up and I was like… RIGHT.

It’s so unselfconscious because I thought “Ah, it’s just for online” and as a result I ended up throwing that perfectionist side of me away and just wrote and wrote, ending up with 47 chapters over 6 months. I got about 30 chapters in, then started a kind of daily-posting spree because I have no self-control and was desperate to share it, lol. It’s a bit rough around the edges, never got beta’d - but I created this cool thing that people liked reading and that just makes me super proud.

(Also I have to give a special shoutout to the lovely supportive @untillthedarknessclaimsus - she will know why!)

@elucienweekofficial

[gooseyjossip]

To trade, please give your favorite scene out of context

Thank you so much for the bracelet and the ask!! ❤️

I will pop the title drop scene from The Softness of Flames under a cut - without context as requested!

@elucienweekofficial

He twisted his fingers over her palm, and a bright flame appeared in her hand.  She gasped as she realized it was completely without heat.  The flame licked and tickled at her skin, and she ran her other hand over it to find it was smooth.  Delicate.

“How does it feel?”

“It feels… well, soft…”

“Only Fae with Autumn Court powers know this, because for most people fire burns… but – flames are soft.”

She stroked the heatless fire again, feeling the flames slip through her fingers like silk.

“Without the scorching heat, they are mostly just vapor, mixed with a little magic," he said. "But… flames provide the light and heat that sustain life.  There are flames in the sun, in every star in the sky.  A single flame on the smallest candle can chase the darkness from a room.  And under the right conditions, flames spread so rapidly they can engulf the world around them.  They can burn and destroy things that others think strong – forests, grand structures, even High Lords.  Nobody can deny that fire is powerful.”

He put his hand underneath hers, and blew at her palm gently.  Her skin shivered at the sensation.  The flame went out.

“Softness and power can go hand in hand, Elain.  Only a real fool would believe that being soft makes you weak.”

In that moment, with Lucien facing her like that – his eyes sparkling with kindness, holding her hand in his – she felt completely seen.  Others might think she was feeble, but… perhaps what she actually had was the softness of flames.

In the Night Court, it sometimes seemed that to be powerful, you had to be battle-ready and tough.  The Illyrians, and now her sisters, prized physical strength, brute force, skill with weapons, as though those were the only things that could make you strong. 

But… her power didn’t lie there.  Her power had always been in her optimism.  Her open-mindedness and resilience.  Her ability to see the good in others.  Her power lay in her heart.

And with her mate sat opposite her, handsome features glowing by the light of the fire, she felt more determined than ever to get it back.

[hogletthe2nd]

you thought the Viktor art was over, I found more

[miraculouslybionic]

Talked about my DIVA Lady Montague in my Romeo&Juliet exam today 🥰

But curse you Conan Doyle....curse you

[limeletters]

hi love ive come apon the steve fic but ive seen the last ch is in 2025 and it says on the masterlist that it stil needs the ch 6 and epilogue. Do you still plan on continuing it??

i definitely want to but i’m not sure if i will honey

[limeletters]

i just read the entirety of tsof in one sitting!!! ur genuinely so awesome

that’s crazy thank you 😭

[limeletters]

Pleaseeee we need another chapter of tsof you are such a talented writer!!

i miss them too :( but it'll probably be a bit since i'm very hyperfixated on the pitt right now

[limeletters]

the way you write penelope is so accurate to how little kids behave it’s like perfect

thank you! they’re so fun to write!!