Whats the most inspiring thing youve ever read. Could be fic or book or even a movie. Anything that you felt most inspired by.
incidentally, it happens to be an mlm harry potter fic, which I don’t really read anymore. it’s called monochrome (nsfw) and it’s by the wonderful @crollalanzaa, a good friend of mine who now writes for a different fandom. this fic is a wolfstar fic and it’s got a dynamic I absolutely love in that remus and sirius definitely fall for each other, but they also are clearly in love with other people at different stages of the fic. for sirius it’s james in the middle, and for remus it’s tonks, right at the end. I absolutely adore the way it’s written and I won’t lie, I’ve probably inadvertently used the general idea of dreaming in colour versus dreaming in black and white in my fic before. I can’t remember the specific fic right now but it’s definitely happened. (I hope you don’t mind, croll. I don’t think I even realised I did it until right this second haha.)
and then there’s basically anything written by @thegreybeyond but especially the colour of distance which is an absolutely amazeballs harmony fic that makes me weep to this day. idc if you don’t ship them, you can’t read this fic and not feel all the feels for these two. it’s so beautifully written. pure poetry.
I’ve read some stuff in the flarrowverse that has come close, but tbh nothing has inspired me as much as these two fics and the lyricism that I have tried to replicate in my own fics.
yellowflicker09011996 replied to your post “Imagine actually thinking that the alternate dream world in 5x08 was...”
yeah, i had to forget a lot of things and rationalize HARD to make sense of 5.08 *sigh*
I also don’t think it was ever actually said that it was his idea of a perfect life, it was just a distraction, and I think in the script it said “the life he could have had” but that in no way means perfect. I don’t believe his idea of a perfect life wouldn’t include his son and I also don’t believe that in his perfect life he wouldn’t know Digg and Felicity. It doesn’t make any sense so it wasn’t his perfect life. People just claim that it’s his idea of a perfect life and use it as an excuse to prove that he’s still clearly in love with Laurel (sorry I know you like her and are okay with them together) but they all seem to forget his son and his best friends, and they also forget that some of the Laurel and Oliver stuff in that episode was copied straight from Olicity scenes. Anyway, I don’t believe they intended for it to be his perfect life, just a good one where people aren’t dead anymore.
@yellowflicker09011996 replied to your post “anyway, i didn’t think the ending was completely awful. it was pretty...”
it was so great that arrow tonight ended john being such a hero and saving his friends. was it not? it was great
lmao i didnt think it was that bad though
like the talk wasn’t as deep as the others, but i can forgive, idk. i have decided to interpret felicity saying the helix stuff was because of billy because she’s not actually in contact with her feelings that much, and maybe truly believes this was it. does it excuse the writers? not at all. but i make my peace with it.
and im kinda hoping they talk about the william thing again, but not holding my hopes up.
basically, i dont have high expectations from arrow anymore. if they actually had a conversation that made sense that would be perfect, you know? and we can’t have that, because arrow sucks, and it can never let us forget that we love a deepily flawed show.
My issue with Dinah/Ollie: I might get hate for...
and fuck me too, thoroughly because im not making sense at all, i know. whatever. i literally do not see the point to any of this when oliver is with Susan, felicity has her own story, and so does digg, and dinah has barely been on for more htan 5 minutes.
Look, the reason why I made the post in the first place was because I honestly didn’t understand the idea of Dinah/Ollie. I just thought it was gross and I wanted to voice my thoughts. That’s why this blog exists.
The reason why I responded to the person you linked me to (even after I told you that this wasn’t about Olicity but you refused to see that after you read her response to me), was because she was being incredibly condescending in a way that I quite frankly didn’t deserve. Somehow she tried to make me seem less feminist for voicing why I do not want Dinah/Ollie to be together because of all the complications that would arise. She didn’t even TRY to see my point of view before putting me down.
People can ship whatever the hell they want. But they should also understand the implications of them shipping a couple. If you ship Dinah/Ollie you should understand how that would affect Felicity. Same goes for if you ship Sara/Oliver and how that would affect Laurel.
I’m not dictating what other people should and shouldn’t ship. I was merely conveying my confusion because it honestly makes zero sense to me.
So yeah. If someone is being rude to me, I won’t stay quiet. And I won’t apologize for that.
I cant believe caitlin cisco is unpopular - i was so sure they were canon (or like, close) in love with one another wow
they’d be superpopular if cisco was a white boy lol
like lbh cisco/caitlin are the dctv fitzsimmons except they won’t happen cause they aren’t both white and each show in cw can only have one interracial ship at time lol
@yellowflicker09011996 replied to your post: tbh it’s actually the most comic book thing ever...
I have zero background on comicbooks (if we dont count that some years ago i did read naruto from start to… middle before it got bad) but i doubt that ppl being upset has anything to do with the name or comic book lore or whatever. Laurel fans are atatched to laurel and pissed she was murdered “for lack of story” just so they could have another woman step in in her exact shoes. Just like ppl were MIGHTY pissed when sara was killed under these exact same circumstances.
and i’m pissed about that too! i’ve said it in at least two of the posts I’ve made about Tina/Dinah. I hate the circumstances, but these arguments are a lot of what I’m seeing. I have seen a lot of posts about how it’s not true to the comics, and they’re sticking an OC in, and how wrong that is.
I get the anger/pain -- I believe I even said that in the post that you replied to -- but there are arguments of “but comic canon” about why people are upset.
I’m just saying that I, as a person who is also highly critical of the circumstances surrounding Laurel’s death and believes it 100% should not have happened, would like to differentiate between “shitty circumstances” and “this is betraying the comics”
I’ve been wanting to do this for a long time, but saying that real life is a bit hectic lately would be a huge understatement. This year has been a challenge and a struggle, and I can honestly say one of the bright constants through the whole time were both fics and fanfic writers.
Also, I want to say I have read a lot of fics this year. And I mean A LOT, and there were so many amazing ones, which is why I usually shy away from these kind of recs in fear I’ll write a list that’s going to turn out way too long, or that I’ll accidentally forget someone.
However, there are a few stories I feel the need to mention, because as the title suggests, these fics seem to own my ass. Big time.
Every single one of these hit me like all the best books always do, right in the gut. They tell you you’re not alone, or show you the mistake you unknowingly keep repeating, or describe a feeling you yourself cannot find words for, or just run you over with the sheer amount of feelings that overwhelm you. And I needed all of that, this year maybe more than ever.
(Also, a huge part of this post was obviously written before 2017 started. It was supposed to be posted before too, but my chaotic schedule and a bad cold delayed my perfect plan a bit.)
(This turned out to be a long post, so I’m putting the rest after the cut)
The Predator by @supersillyanddorky06 (WIP)
Now, Matty knows (in great detail) exactly how obsessed I am about this story. She and her stories were the reason I stepped out of my closet lurkdom and onto this wild ride called tumblr.
There are many people who share my love for The Predator. I mean, there’s hate, there’s heat, intrigue, mystery, danger, sex.. Every chapter raises intensity to the next level.
But there is so much more than that, so many layers of both story and characters that Matty keeps feeding us drop by drop, making us thirsty for more.
All Worthy Places by @yellowflicker09011996 (finished)
This one has a special place in my heart for so many reasons.
What Anita has done with the season 5 and how she painted Felicity’s healing journey broke me again and again.
This story is painful to read at times (to put it mildly), it hurts your soul as it goes, takes you places where you feel helpless and desperate, takes you to a place so dark you are not sure you’ll be able to find your way out. (spoiler alert: you do. Felicity does. Because this kind of healing takes time, and the show will never even come close to it as detailed and nuanced as Anita did. I’d recommend this to anyone struggling with (parts of) current season. It’s cathartic, it’ll make you cry, it’ll break your heart. But it will heal it in the end and it will be so worth it.
Incedent Proposal by @ruwithmeguys (WIP)
This one is.. unlike any Olicity fic I have ever read. It is brutal. And I mean brutal. The whole premise of the story is unimaginable, but yet.. once you start reading it, it sucks you in and there’s no coming back.
It is dark and vicious and cruel and violent; definitely not for the faint of heart. Chapters are long (such a delicious treat for a fic lover!) and I’m very glad this one’s not finished yet, because I’d be tempted to binge read it, but believe me when I say, binge reading this one would definitely be unhealthy. Some recovery time between chapters is very much needed.
What Wouldn’t I Do by @ruwithmeguys (WIP)
Now, this one wasn’t even supposed to be here. Because I haven’t even started reading it until three days ago, plus I told myself I’d only put one story per author.
But I devoured it in the last three days and my dear god. It is so very emotional, so crazy and intense and soft; the fighting scenes will make you want to bite your fingernails and some other scenes will melt your heart, some will make you raging mad, some will make you giggle.
It’s only missing the last chapter and Jessica cannot write it soon enough.
(additional note: I know there are people who would not appreciate the portrayal of both Lance sisters in this story because they are not painted in the best light, so if that might be an issue for you, just skip this one)
Blood Hands by @dust2dust34 (WIP)
This may not be a new story, but judging from Bre’s scarce appearance on twitter, and her occasional mentions od NaNoWriMo and Blood Hands (not to mention that whole refurbishment thing from a few weeks ago) I’m absolutely sure that she’s cooking up something amazing and I cannot wait to start reading it.
(I may or may not have re-read Blood Hands a few times by now)
I’m still putting it on my 2016 list because it does own my ass, and I will wait for updates as long as it takes. (Bre, I found more than one white hair in the past year. Please, don’t make me go all grey before you finish Blood Hands)
Forever Is Composed of Nows (finished) and Pieces of Always (WIP) by @so-caffeinated and @dust2dust34
I never thought (and never wanted) to be sucked into the whole kids/next generations kind of fic. Ever. But this was written by Janis and Bre, and at the beginning there was that delicious season 2 UST, so there was no choice to make; of course I started reading it when the first chapter was posted. I haven’t stopped ever since. Every new chapter made my Monday feel less like a Monday, and for a grumpy such as me that says a lot.
Now their split timeline has become my second canon (if we take the show canon as the first one). Somewhere, sometime, in one of these realities, things happened just like these two described in their story.
(I have no idea how I’d react if Oliver and Felicity ever got a kid (or kids) on the show and call them anything but Jules, or Ellie or Nate. I love those kids as if they are my own. And William, a adore that boy too!)
After more than 50 chapters under my belt, after all the plot twists, all the tension, angst, tears (god, the tears), it’s fascinating what has become the distinctive feeling I associate with this fic - the feeling of sheer warmth and love. Reading each new chapter fills me time and again with the same fuzzy happiness around my heart that makes me want to hug all the people just because.
Do not misinterpret that this means this is a fluffy fic. It is not (even if there are some fluffy parts). At least not if fluff is what you’re after. After so long, I am smarter than to read any of the chapters in public or without a box of tissues nearby, so consider yourself warned.
I am forever subscribed to this verse, and looking forward to all those multichapter sequels Janis and Bre promised.
I just want to send a huge panda hug and an even bigger THANK YOU to all of you amazing people/writers. You’ve made my year special with your astonishing stories and’ll be forever grateful for that!
