Just a fanfic writer who loves crafting little stories about the characters living rent free in my head. I mostly write drabbles when inspiration hits, trying to capture moments that never made it to the canon but deserved to exist somewhere.
This is 100% a pro Tamlin, Night Court critical blog. You have been warned.
Feel free to send me requests and prompts! I can't promise that I will do them quickly (or at all) but I like writing things that I know people want.
(dividers by @olenvasynyt)
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Tamlin Week 2025 - Horror and the Wild
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | Deleted Scene
Tamlin Week 2025 Moodboards
Change | Dark Spring | Worship | Hair | Biting | Spy | Balance
The Courts of Prythian
Moodboards:
Spring | Summer | Autumn
Summary
In the aftermath of the war with Hybern, a strange phenomenon occurs across Prythian: the Courts begin to awaken. Each Court develops its own distinct personality as it connects with its High Lord, all the while revealing ancient secrets long forgotten.
Spring Court tries to help Tamlin look towards the future, Summer shows itself to a surprised Tarquin, Autumn forms an unprecedented bond with Eris, while Winter observes it all with cool calculation. As Dawn, Day, and finally Night experience their own awakenings, the High Lords discover pieces of an ancient artifact that could change their understanding of Prythian forever.
The Spring Court
WIP
The Forgotten Circle
AO3 link
Rating: T for canon typical violence, brief alcohol mention
Before Feyre, before the war, Tamlin had friends who rebuilt the Spring Court and told him hard truths. During Hybern's invasion, these same allies reorganized defenses while Tamlin struggled to maintain what remained of his court.
After the war ended, no one survived. Inspired by this post
Under the Mask
AO3 Link
Rating: Explicit
Pairing: Tamlin/Lucien
Lucien had been the Spring Court emissary for several years when he began to notice a pattern: Tamlin vanished for a week, always around the same time. Following him into the forest, Lucien discovers his secret—Tamlin is an omega, hiding his nature behind magic and rage.
With rival courts circling and crucial negotiations approaching, Tamlin can't afford another disappearance and Lucien offers a solution. Inspired by this post.
New Blooms
AO3 Link
Rating: G
Pairing: Elain and Tamlin friendship, eventual Elain/Lucien
Elain escapes the confines of the Night Court and finds herself in Spring.
Written for Elain Week 2025 on tumblr.
The Last Arabesque
AO3 Link
Rating: M
Pairing: Nesta/Tamlin
When prima ballerina Nesta Archeron's breaks her ankle during a performance of Giselle, the Prythian Ballet Company gives her six months to recover. It isn't enough. Now faced with the end of her career at twenty-seven, Nesta retreats into bitter isolation until her neighbor's violin disrupts her self-imposed solitude.
Tamlin Thorne, an experimental composer with his own scars, sees beyond her injury to the dancer she still is.
Written for Nest Week 2025
Gold Beneath Our Skin
AO3 Link
Rating: E
Pairing: Andras/Tamlin/Lucien
After Calanmai's Great Rite, magic still pulses beneath Tamlin's skin. When Andras and Lucien find their High Lord stretched across plush furs, ceremonial paint streaking his nude body, what begins as checking on him quickly transforms into something more.
Happy Calanmai 2025!
I think I understand why Feyre got so arrogant in ACOWAR... Let's be real, Feyre has never taken responsibility for any of her actions, I repeat, NONE. And that's terrible for a character, because they simply have nowhere to grow. Sarah simply made Feyre "grow" through the mistakes and actions of others, never her own.
Feyre grew up in poverty, hunting and trying to keep her family alive. She suffered, but that wasn't her fault; it was her father's. Later, at the MTU, Feyre also suffered a lot, but it wasn't her fault either. And then there was that mess with Tamlin before Feyre went to the Night Court. People will say it was abuse, but... I didn't see Feyre complaining about anything related to anger issues, claws, broken furniture, or anything like that. The ONLY thing was him locking her away (and let's be real again, for understandable reasons). She was acting suicidal, and while Tamlin's option wasn't the best one by far, it was the one that worked, since she didn't follow him, as she said she would, and she didn't die.
So she destroys the Spring Court (Tamlin suffers all the consequences that should be hers), possibly killing and destroying the lives of many and nothing happens to her again, she doesn't even let herself think about it. Then the war comes and the war ends, and Feyre is there, getting another new house, painting, having a child and NOTHING of her really maturing as a GIRL, Feyre was only 19 years old at the beginning of this series (if I'm not mistaken), nobody matures THAT much in adolescence, especially someone in her conditions. And mainly because she couldn't read, couldn't write, had no knowledge whatsoever (she probably never even studied, otherwise she wouldn't be illiterate). She didn't evolve in ANYTHING, not in knowledge, not in the magic itself that she gained and especially in thoughts and behaviors.
And it's ironic that someone so manipulable was married to someone so manipulative.
Her personality is based on: Feysand and Arrogance.
Anyway, I don't know if Sarah will ever make Feyre rethink her actions or if she will continue to be this arrogant governess with no knowledge of her own race or culture.
And to make matters worse, she doesn't even train her powers, only through sex. Honestly, what is she going to teach her son? How incredible is IC, and his father is the World's Greatest Dad and the Most Powerful? As I said in my other post, Sarah only based Feyre on Tamlin and Rhysand. But now it's just Rhysand and IC, and probably now Nyx. Seriously, what do people like about her?
(no ✨vibes✨, just structure, stakes, and first-sentence sweat)
hello writer friends 💌
so you opened a doc. you sat down. you cracked your knuckles. maybe you even made a playlist or moodboard. and then…
you stared at the blinking cursor like it personally insulted your entire bloodline.
here’s your intervention. this post is for when you want to write chapter one, but all you have is aesthetic, maybe a plot bunny, maybe a world idea, maybe nothing at all. here’s how to actually start a book, from structure to sentence one.
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🌶️ STEP 1: THE SPICE BASE ~ “WHAT’S CHANGING?”
start with this question:
what changes in the protagonist’s life in the first 5–10 pages?
doesn’t have to be earth-shattering. they could get a letter, lose a job, run late, break a rule, wake up hungover in the wrong house.
what matters is disruption. the opening of your book should mark a shift. if their day starts normal, it shouldn’t end that way.
🏁 opening chapters are about motion. forward movement. tension. momentum.
if nothing is changing, your story isn’t starting, you’re just doing a prequel.
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⚙️ STEP 2: THE CRUNCHY BITS - CHOOSE AN ENTRY POINT
there are 3 classic places to start a novel. each one works if you’re intentional:
The Day Everything Changes
most popular. you drop us in right before or during the inciting incident. clean, fast, efficient.
pro: immediate stakes
con: harder to sneak in worldbuilding or character grounding
The Calm Before the Storm
starts slightly earlier. show the character’s “normal” life, then break it. useful if the change won’t make sense without context.
pro: space to introduce your character’s routine/flaws
con: risky if it drags or feels like setup
The Aftermath
drop us in after the big event and fill in gaps as we go. works well for thrillers, mysteries, or emotionally heavy plots.
pro: instant drama
con: requires precision to avoid confusion
📝 pick one. commit. don’t blend them or you’ll write three intros at once and cry.
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🧠 STEP 3: CHARACTER FIRST, ALWAYS
readers don’t care about your setting, your magic system, or your cool mafia politics unless they’re anchored in someone.
in the first scene, we need to know:
what this person wants
what’s bothering them (externally or internally)
one trait they lead with (bold, anxious, calculating, naive, etc.)
that’s it. just one want, one tension, one vibe.
no bios. no monologues. no “they weren’t like other girls” essays. put them in a situation and show how they act.
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⛓️ STEP 4: OPEN WITH FRICTION
first scenes should create questions, not answer them.
there should be tension between:
what the character wants vs. what they’re getting
what’s happening vs. what they expected
what’s being said vs. what’s being felt
you don’t need a gunshot or a car crash (unless you want one). you need conflict. tension = momentum = readers keep reading.
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✏️ STEP 5: WRITE THE FIRST SENTENCE - THEN IGNORE IT
okay. now you write it.
no pressure. you’re not tattooing it on your soul. this isn’t the final line on the final page. you just need something.
tricks that work:
start in the middle of an action
start with a contradiction
start with something unexpected, funny, or sharp
start with a small lie or a weird detail
💬 examples:
“The body was exactly where she’d left it - rude.”
“He was already two hours late to his own kidnapping.”
“There was blood on the welcome mat. Again.”
“They said don’t open the door. She opened it anyway.”
once you’ve got it? keep going. don’t revise yet. don’t edit. just build momentum.
you can come back and make it ✨iconic✨ later.
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📦 BONUS: WHAT NOT TO DO IN YOUR OPENING
don’t start with a dream
don’t info-dump lore in paragraph one
don’t give me three pages of your OC making toast
don’t try to sound like a Victorian cryptid unless it’s on purpose
don’t introduce 7 named characters in one scene
don’t start with a quote unless you are 800% sure it slaps
be weird. be sharp. be specific. aim for interest, not perfection.
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🏁 TL;DR (but make it ✨useful✨)
something in your MC’s life should change immediately
pick a structural entry point and stick to it
give us a person, not a setting
friction = good
first lines are disposable, just make them interesting
and if you needed a sign to just start the damn book, this is it.
💌 love,
-rin t.
P.S. I made a free mini eBook about the 5 biggest mistakes writers make in the first 10 pages 👀 you can grab it here for FREE:
✦ A free (and actually helpful) guide to leveling up your first 10 pages ✦If you're unsure whether your opening is ✨doing enough✨ to hook re
FINISHED | Rated Explicit | 4/4 chapters | 19,027 words
Main Tags:
Rhysand POV, Betrayal, Angst, Tamlin and Rhys Become High Lords, Lovers to Enemies, MPreg / Male Pregnancy, Pregnant Tamlin, Unplanned Pregnancy, Violent Birth, pre-ACOTAR, Canon Divergent, Feysand Baby-With-Wings Pregnancy Drama but with Tamsand, Flashbacks, Torture, Fated Mates, Main Character Death, Ambiguous/ Open Ending, Sad Ending
Summary:
After the Lady and Princess of Night are killed, Rhysand and his father break into Spring to enact their revenge. Rhysand is convinced Tamlin is to blame. But a month after the violent death of both their fathers, Rhysand discovers a terrible secret that causes him to struggle with his hatred for his star-crossed lover.
All I want to do is finish editing the Summer Court entry for Courts of Prythian so I can post it and finish my first draft of Winter but my brain had decided that it hates everything about it now.
I do have my fic for Azris Week locked and loaded and ready to go, maybe I need to switch gears and work on something else for awhile.
First of all thank you so much to everyone who participated! This was just supposed to be a silly little event to express my frustration at SJM not naming so many of her characters and going to (honestly kind of ridiculous) lengths to not give them a name, so I'm super happy so many of you resonated with it enough to create something, and give those characters a name, a voice, a face.
Thank you so much! See you again next year, maybe?
Day 1: Significance
All the World's A Stage by @some-sort-of-firefly
Eleni Merel by @fieldofdaisiies
Modern AU Sylas Vanserra by @velidewrites
Raivis Vanserra by @olenvasynyt
Sacrifice by @queercontrarian
Significance - Lady of Spring by @thornsinwinter
The Hollow Women by @acourtofladydeath
What Is My Name by @slytherin-pen
Day 2: Anonymity
Anemones by @themadmorrigan
Blood Brothers by @zenkindoflove
Imala Vanserra by @fieldofdaisiies
Not a World I Know by @some-sort-of-firefly
The Lady of Autumn - Outfits by @olenvasynyt
Day 3: Free Day
Adonto, Captain of the Peregryns by @fourteentrout
Give Your Name To Me by @some-sort-of-firefly
In Silt and Sun by @jules-writes-stories
Kallax Eiran Vanserra by @fieldofdaisiies
like the hungry crow in autumn by @buffy-vanserra
Mama's Boy by @slytherin-pen
Marcel Vanserra by @velidewrites
Nuan's backstory by @shadowqueenjude
Plenty Nights Under Pink Skies by @climbthemountain2020
Regis Vanserra by @mygreendandelion
The Brothers by @secret-third-thing
The flame that tempers steel by @irithiadourden
The LOA by @westrangecollectionkoalaposts
The Mantle by @wrraccountant
The Shadow of You by @queercontrarian
to explain the infinite by @temperedink
Thank you so much for all your submissions! Let me know if I missed any of you - this has been so amazing!
Our New Fic Author Highlight is @shadowhunter2003 and their fic:
Cupcake
Summary: Elain is in for an awakening when she spots Lucien enjoying a cupcake at the Velaris farmers’ market.
Inspired by this tumblr headcanon.
"His heart belonged to her and her alone. She could hear the damn thing beating in her ear every time he was near. No one else but her got to give him stupid nicknames and stupid cupcakes.” -Elain Archeron, chapter 1
What we love about it: Jealous Elain is #1 in our hearts, though her bakery is a close #2
i feel like the youth should be reminded that the point of shipping is not for a ship to become canon. the point of shipping is to collect all the canon crumbs like starved mice, run away cackling and make some fun little scenarios with them just for the hell of it.
Thorns in Winter @thornsinwinter - Tumblr Blog | Tumgag
