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⋆꙳•❅‧͙ Winter Wonderland Vol. 3 Mod Spotlight ❆ ͙͛ ˚₊⋆
Oh, what a delight—Taruchinator returns as a Writing Mod for another winter! [@taruchinator | Twitter | Bsky]
“For The Rest Of Our Lives” A Zen x MC Fanfic
💖 General Audiences
💖 1.5k Words
💖 Written for the @bycmykae Mystic Messenger 10th Anniversary Zine!
On the surface, it looks like a simple hiring contract. He's gone through a fair share of them when auditioning for smaller roles in previous plays. But this one is clearly different—there's lots of clauses and boring information he's never bothered to learn the meaning of.
But what catches his eye is a name printed on the paper. His girlfriend’s name.
And then a sentence is more than enough for him to put the pieces together.
‘...will hereby manage all of Hyun Ryu's theatrical performances, public appearances, and any and all necessities previously mentioned in clause twenty-two’.
Or, the moment MC pitches the idea to Zen about being his manager.
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“Gamer Love” A Yoosung Kim x MC Fanfic
🎮 General Audiences
🎮 1.5k Words
🎮 Written for the @bycmykae Mystic Messenger 10th Anniversary Zine!
“Did she mention going out today?” MC would sometimes hang out with her friends and leave something for Yoosung in the microwave for when he came back, but not without letting him know beforehand as to not worry him. Not that she couldn't handle herself, but after everything they've been through together, one couldn't be too careful.
But there were no unread messages on his phone.
No sticky notes on the fridge.
Even her purse is still on the couch from the night before when they went out for dinner.
That's when he hears it. A sound coming from the basement.
Or, Yoosung has been stressed due to work at the clinic, so MC decides to take matters into her own hands by bringing out a relic from the past.
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“What Makes A Hero” A TBHX Fanfic
🌳 General Audiences
🌳 3k Words
🌳 Written for @thejohnnieszine! With spot art by Bean!
“Excuse me? I'm looking for the meeting room?”
The unfamiliar voice is quick to bring The Johnnies back to their senses, with the older of the two turning towards the source.
Lin Ling is as unremarkable as they come—aside from the white streak of hair accentuating his dark locks, as well as what Johnny recognizes to be a battle suit tucked under the other man's arm, the new top ranking hero appears to be just a regular guy. Probably fitting of a name such as ‘The Commoner’.
His expression reads uncertainty as he approaches them, but there's something in his body language which conveys resolution for wanting to be here.
Immediately, Johnny has many questions.
Or, what if Lin Ling decided to join FOMO instead of TREEMAN?
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🐲 SPOTLIGHT: Taruchinator 🐲
Sending our hearts spiraling like Toothless and Hiccup in the air, @taruchinator is the dragon rider for the job if you want to put a smile on your face ⭐
💚 Favorite Dragon Species: Terrible Terror
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“The Light In Our Hearts” A Dekuyama Fanfic
🧀 General Audiences
🧀 3.5k Words
🧀 Written for the @endlesslovezine! (w/spot art by @siverdotheart)
“My entire life I have dreamt of being like everyone else—someone with a Quirk that would make society accept me, and if I was lucky enough, look up to me as I became a hero. Those dreams were fulfilled by All for One, yet the price to be paid… was a great one.”
At that moment, Aoyama addresses the boy in front of him with a look of conviction. It catches Izuku off guard for a moment, causing him to gasp as he takes a good look at his friend once more—this version of Yuga Aoyama is one that he's only had to pleasure of knowing for a short period of time, and is incredibly reminiscent of when he stood up to the greatest villain in history.
Only this time, he's not afraid.
“I wish to earn our friends and teachers’ forgiveness. I will continue to study under a hero course, but shall only return to U.A. once I've proven to myself that I am worthy of such a feat.” With a more genuine smile gracing his features, the blond lets out a small huff as color dusts over his cheeks. “And when I do, you will hopefully still have it in your heart to accept me as a friend.”
Or, Aoyama visits Izuku at the hospital after the events of the Final War.
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🌲 CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT 🌲
Next on our list of writers is none other than @taruchinator! Alice enjoys the simple things in life, like Creek, Style, and Bunny—basically all the gays.
🚸 Who's your favorite South Park character and why?
“I'd have to go for Kenny! Not only is he one of the funniest characters in the show, but also his kind nature and humble upbringing are super touching (Karen McCormick's #1 fan). Tweek is also a close second.”
—Alice
tagged by @faeriepollen :o) <3 i love you
rules: answer these questions & tag 9 people you'd like to know better
reading: nothing rn i'm doopit :( but the last book i read was I Who Have Never Known Men and i still think about it a lot!
last series: rewatching arcane >:)
last movie: The Truman Show (there are a lot of really "movieish" movies i haven't seen so i'm trying to catch up)
last song: probably You Lose by Magdalena Bay?? i bought a Mercurial World cd at the cutie music store today and we were listening to it in da car
working on: a diy music benefit show thingy for a local family impacted by ICE, my muscles, i was also working on a lil collage zine that i am hoping to scan and post here Soon
sweet or salty: i am a savory boy through and through
coffee or tea: i need coffee to function but i drink tea just for the love of the game
tagging: i have a lot of new mutuals!! here goes 🌀
@veggiescum @crow-dyke @whiplashtechnician @dirtring @teagan1205 @yeehawfemme @dykeyearning @slovelytoknowu @primetimedyke
How cute ! Also hiiiiii I’ll add under this
rules: answer these questions & tag 9 people you'd like to know better
reading: geek feminist revolution, the wild edge of sorrow, and the new lesbian pulp!
last series: I’m rewatching euphoria and I am so bad at watching new things I mostly watch smosh Reddit stories 😭
last movie: twinless! I watched with my lavender boyfriend <3
last song: I listen to the radio a lot but on qobuz it was Bring Wet Cunt (my butch bait playlist)
working on: a self portrait I’m redoing from college! , some bag charms I just like giving to people, trying to sell my art also for people effected by ICE 😭
sweet or salty: I have a huge sweet tooth but I’m also crazy for anything pickled like in a. What im known for way
coffee or tea: i loveeeee tea i have so many teas (my fave is raspberry vanilla mint) but i also have a strange love for banana bread mochas
tagging: @seethersalt <3 @itaintfreeitslike1099 @lesbianismluvr @xo-tragician-xo @moofinjoji @delawarensis @efflaurescence @n0turg1rlfr1end @urvampirebutchboyfriend @violexnce
tagged by the incredible @whiplashtechnician 🖤🛼 (& shoutout to OP for making this🩵)
rules: answer these questions & tag 9 people you'd like to know better
reading: about to start tender is the flesh by agustina bazterrica and/or bury our bones in the midnight soil!
last series: FTWD, trying to get into the pitt!
last movie: interstellar!! finally saw it after meaning to for many years
last song: Did I Say Too Much? by The Beaches
working on: my new coloring books, organizing my house & minecraft lmaooo
sweet or salty: always always always a salty girl, unless there’s an option to have lime flavored anything & then i’m there 🍋🟩
coffee or tea: coffee for sure, always icy as heck & a lil bit sweet, just had a cookies n cream cold brew today
tagging:@impertinent-starlight @juliuli @iffoundreturntoabbyanderson @saphicangel @janepinscher @lichenmoose @supersonic-scientist @natiisstillasecretagent @sapphire-to-the-rain (if you’re interested! if not, that’s ok!)
tagged by: @efflaurescence (ty bff ❤️❤️)
rules: answer these questions & tag 9 people you'd like to know better
reading: catching fire (for the first time!!!), the death note manga, & this coven won’t burn by isabel sterling
last series: the amazing digital circus (ep 8 crushed me) & i’m currently rewatching euphoria to mentally prepare for season 3
last movie: us directed by jordan peele !! i watched it for the first time recently and i really fucked with it
last song: all my life by the foo fighters, love me my pop punk ❤️
working on: my janka college au & my jackieshauna texting fic (which i promise i will get back to working on college & taking care of my mental health is a pain in the ass)
sweet or salty: sweet 100%!! i love me some ice cream or candy fr
coffee or tea: coffee! i also love me some iced french vanilla half decaf from dunkin (the east coast in me is never leaving)
tagging: @cannibalzsasz @awesomewithoutme @forfearoftrying @austaylian @knightfaetality @essiebitssie @deathofabutch @blackbirdtrills
Tagged by @impertinent-starlight (I appreciate it! 😁)
Reading:
Animorphs: The Reckoning (again) and also The Way Of Kings (I've heard enough good stuff about Stormlight Archive that I've gotta check it out
Last series:
Community, which me and my pal rewatch every year
And also
The Amazing Digital Circus, I've watched episode 8 four times now haha
Last movie:
Fight Club! My first watch. It was really interesting. I loved how twisty the plot was and I didn't even go in spoiled :)
Last song:
Warning Shot! Though honestly I listened to all of Lace Up before work
Working on:
Aacts 36! It's coming along nicely! Mostly an Eric and Heidi chapter with an important Liane scene in there too that was fun to write.
Sweet or salty:
Sweet!
Coffee or tea:
Sweet tea! One sip of unsweetened tea and I'm down for the count.
Tagging: @kikiomori @zoot-marimba @butters-flower-mom @asteria7fics @k-broflovski @silver--scar @weedle-testaburger @boxwinebaddie @meatgrinderboy
Tagged by: @blackbirdtrills ( thank u mon ange :* )
Reading: happy to report that while my ocd still has writing ensnared in its cruel clunches, i have *slowly* dipping my toe back into the wonderful and healing tide pool that is reading. i actually just finished the folk of air series by holly black! ( the main character, jude, is such a badass – epic female lead, and cardan is just…pretty and useless, which is my fave thing for men to be. )
i downloaded the libby app and after crawling up from….thir…tee…nth place…i finally have the stolen heir ( the first book in holly’s second elfhame series ) and how the king of elfhame learned to hate stories ( you have no idea how hype i am for cardan pov ).
atm, a large part of my work in therapy hinges on trying to heal my inner child, so i am also looking forward to picking up some super girly coming of age romancey ya novels. so if you have any recommendations, please let me know! xx
Last series: last series i watched was actually hunterxhunter with my girlfriend! ( i know, i am also surprised that a tall beautiful scary goth girl chose a pint sized epic fail loser girl who writes south park fanfiction on the internet and dresses like a 14 year old boy! in your face MEN! ) my favorite comfort tv show is also masterchef and we watched season 14 together…and i am currently watching season 15 on my own. ( yes, she got mad at me. yes, i wanted to fall on my sword and die immediately for upsetting her. *stas vc* off to lie in the streets, boys! )
i want to re/watch more shoju anime though. i think i’m going to start with ohshc and fruits basket. i am also in the midst of finally watching nana. hachi asf.
Last movie: i actually just finished rewatching kiki’s delivery service, which is my FAVORITE hayao miyazaki movie. i think i am going to make it a personal mission to watch all of them.
Last song: right now, its actually this male punkrock/metal cover of birds of a feather by our last night which i have been looking for FOREVER. holyshit, birds of a feather is so remember core and that cover is just so crimson dawn core. as a personal form of comfort i have also been listening to lot of taylor swift, new, old, and actually i love sabrina carpenter! despite being a lesbian, short and sweet and man’s best friend are SO good to me. OBSESSED.
Working on: ooooougffh. so much. i keep wanting to work on completely refacing remember and fleshing out the plot from start to finish, filling in all plot holes, trying to give myself the whole enchilada instead of just obsessing over fragments
but…ocd is a sick bitch.
the way mine works is it creates certain conditions ( usually impossible ones ) that i must complete to be able to write or properly enjoy a past time, otherwise i can’t do it. if you have seen hxh, my fanfictions/the concept of writing/my fanfiction characters feel like they are behind a terrifyingly large curtain or barrier of evil nen, that i cannot cross. i am working on currently learning something like nen in exposure and response therapy for ocd, and hoping to one day be able to pass that barrier.
i also want to work on fleshing out the plot and world building for tkak and possibly that cars au just for fun. maybe…even peppermint. MAYBE. MAAAAYBE. but for now, i am just organizing the remember playlist and hoping to work up the nerve to answer your questions again. i miss you. hyh. <3
Sweet or salty: you know what!!! i am BOTH. i really like sweet-salty food combinations. like i really like sweet heat jams, hot honeys, berry hot sauces, seasalt caramel. i am not very picky with food, i am basically a garbage disposal like stan or kenny. my ocd flares up every once and a while and i feel like can’t eat the things i enjoy, but i fight it as often and as vigilantly as i can.
Coffee or tea: i really only drank coffee during my student teaching arc. black coffee too. purely as rocklet fuel, zero pleasure. i don’t really like the taste of coffee…but i LOVE tea! specifically chai tea and matcha!! my coffee order is often a matcha-chai hybrid. i also recently have been very into rose milk tea and it is my go to boba order!
Tagging: @pastorcraigenjoyer, @alwaysinstyle, @asteria7fics, tagging rant park and because the thing i loathed the most student teaching was popcorn styles of calling on students ( i feel like it forces children who do not feel comfortable or did not consent to speak, to speak, completely obliterating any kind of healthy boundary you set with them ) i am leaving the floor open to ANYONE! who wants to do this. if that’s you, go ahead and reblog it from me. <333
I’ve been double tagged by @blackbirdtrills and @boxwinebaddie! I guess that means I have to put twice the effort in, huh?
Reading: Truthfully, absolutely nothing. Unless you count neurotically rereading my current WIP… but in all seriousness I’m actually not much of a reader. I enjoy it occasionally but it’s not my media of choice.
Last Series: I’m currently watching The Apothecary Diaries, but the last shows I got caught up on were The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives (yummy I love trash) and The Bear, which the latter was recommended to me a million times and for good reason! I’m very excited for the next season!
Last Movie: Yikes, uh… Does the new BTS documentary on Netflix count? Otherwise, probably a corny Christmas movie. I don’t watch a ton of movies, either.
Last Song: King for a Day by Pierce the Veil, because I needed a pop punk energy boost to get my chores done but otherwise I’ve been listening to a ton of different stuff. Lots of K-pop, American pop and some goodies from the 80’s.
Working On: The same WIP that I’ve been chipping away at for… holy shit, according to document details I started this thing all the way back in July of 2024?? Okay, well… there’s that, and I’ve also been working with some really cool people on this zine: @southparkzine27, which you should absolutely consider supporting once preorders open in a few months!
Sweet or Salty: Both, together if possible!
Coffee or Tea: Tea, but I really only enjoy chai and a few herbal teas.
Tagging: Well, since it took a double tag to get me here I have to make sure @alwaysinstyle has the same pressure hehehe, and I think @mantequillamcwhoremick and @beatlefreakfour should give it a go as well!
tagged by: @asteria7fics
reading: Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
last series: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (I'm on season six I think??)
last movie: Project Hail Mary it was SOOOOO GOOOOOOD Ryan Gosling is so hot
last song: Stupid Boy by the Neighbourhood I've been listening to their new(ish) album and BTS' ARIRANG nonstop lately
working on: a beatles zine (we are @nowandthenzine and our pre-orders are almost closed!!!!) and also writing some beatles fics ;)
sweet or salty: sweeeeet I like salty but I'm definitely a sweets person
coffee or tea: coffee coffee!!! And i'm such a snob about it too oh god
tagging: oh boy idk anybody on tumblr @taruchinator @sorte-de-vida @journen
Tagged by: @beatlefreakfour
Reading: I actually took a break from “conventional books” and am catching up on all the comics I've been hoarding in my closet for the past year LMAO Currently reading the Complete adventures of ROTMNT!
But the last book I read before these was “The Court of The Dead” by Rick Riordan (love me my gay sons solangelo)
Last Series: I'm pretty sure the last series I got hooked on was Welcome to Derry, and if you're a fan of the IT franchise, yeah I recommend it.
Last Movie: Send Help with DYLAN O'BRIAN MY HUSBAND LET'S GOOOOOO
Last Song: “Easy” from the Hazbin Hotel soundtrack. It's such a cute song ahhhh
Working On: Boy oh howdy I don't even wanna think of all the projects I've got going but thankfully I'd say they'll all end this year and then I'm taking a little break to do my own thing LOL
But there's the @noragamizines coloring book, @dateeverythingzine, & @fnafzine2025 which are on POs right now + @southparkzine27 (creation phase) which I'm VERY excited for since I just started getting into the show. Among a few others I can't think of rn!
Sweet Or Salty: Probably a sweet tooth girlie!
Coffee Or Tea: (Does boba tea count? lmao) Tbh I'm not a huge fan of either, but I prefer coffee over tea, ig!
Tagging: I mean I guess I can go on and poke some of y'all @kiroiimye @crosshatchedaces you're it <3
Calling forth all my fellow Johnny Splash stans—do you ever wonder how our favorite Elvis impersonator found his footing and became the performer of his dreams post-game?
I delved into this on my fic for the @dateeverythingzine!
Lots of talented folks poured their hearts into this project (plus we have some REALLY cool stretch goals to unlock, including a Mac standee!), so consider checking us out!
https://createeverythingfanzine.bigcartel.com/
✨CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT✨ For our final contributor spotlight, give a second hello to @taruchinator! Alice, on top of being our writing moderator, will be contributing a fun read to the zine that we hope you enjoy!
✏️Contributor Spotlight!🖍️
Happy to have @taruchinator joining us!
"Hey there, everyone! Alice here! :3 I'm your local otaku enjoyer who likes to write about comfort characters whenever she can. Noragami was my first anime experience, so it's truly a series I hold dear to my heart and one I owe most of my creativity to. I look forward to making something fun and entertaining for this project—so hopefully you'll stick around for that!"
showcasing a preview from one of our writers Taruchinator
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“Mid-Term Lovers” A Creek Fanfic
📚 Teen Audiences
📚 1k Words
📚 Written for the Perfect Imperfections Zine! @ensquare-events
There, sitting on a desk with a mountain of empty paper cups scattered around, was none other than Craig's boyfriend.
Tweek was laser focused on the task in front of him, leaning forward slightly while he typed and grumbled under his breath, even letting out small grunts of frustration whenever he presumably didn't like what he wrote.
Craig couldn't help but smile fondly at the display.
“Hey...”
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“Oddities On The Astral Express” A March 7th Fanfic
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❄ 1.5k Words
❄ Written for the @march7thzine!
The Express was quiet.
In fact, it had been on the quiet side for a few days now, and that should've been March 7th’s first indication that something was up.
Because there seemed to be no one in sight, no matter where she looked.
Or, March is being ignored all day by the ones she loves, making her feel as if she isn't as interesting to be around. Little does she know that the Astral Express crew is planning something special for their favorite ice maiden.
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Almost forgot to share the art I did for the @/mhatranszine (yes, I also got to draw something! :3)
Izuku and Kota's relationship means so much to me, and I wanted to show off little bro supporting his idol in any way he can!
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So many choices... what should our gamer boy do this afternoon?
My contributor piece for the @bycmykae Kenma 40th Anniversary Zine! 🐱
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