trialByStory

He/Him; semi-professional escapist Opus In Progress || Live Your Story

[trialbystory]

Opus In Progress || Live Your Story

Hello folks, I'm TrialByStory (Trial if you're in a hurry, Tibbs if you're feeling informal), and welcome to the main hub for my writing endeavors as well fandom rambling & reblogs. I'll keep this post pinned with some general info/important links, and the status of my current projects.

In the Pipeline: RWBY: DWR Eternal Conflict AU, BWR Alchemy AU, WR+ Urban Fantasy AU, DWR Rebellion AU;

Originals: long-form contemporary romance, long-form space war scifi;

2 secret concepts from a setting/fandom to be revealed when they're more solidified. Stories: If you want to actually read what I write, you're looking for trialByStory on AO3. It's a lot of RWBY fanfic, but I'm working on expanding into other fandoms as well as original creations.

Tiny Bits: A tag used to collect short scenes/exchanges/dialogues that I come up with that aren't quite enough for a full story so I post them here instead of AO3. Currently mostly populated by my DWR Cyberpunk-ish mercenary AU chatfic-type things.

Support/Tips: If you enjoy what I do and wanna throw a few bucks my way, you can find me on Ko-fi under the same name as here & AO3

Writing Updates: If you want to cut through the other posts here on tumblr and just know how things are going or see any behind-the-scenes info I've shared about previous stories & chapters, keep an eye on the #writing update tag.

Social Media: If you'd like to follow my escapades elsewhere, I have a variety of social media feeds for you to avail yourself of:

Bluesky is the newest of the bunch and will be a mix of writing, crochet, and the main sports team I follow, the Seattle Sounders.

Mastodon is the most stream-of-consciousness profile I have, with a healthy dose of 'here's cool stuff from other users'

Twitter is fairly bare-bones, and will mainly be links when new chapters/stories go up and sometimes fanart I see when I go to make those posts.

I hope you enjoy your time here or any of my other pages. And don't be afraid to say hi or send me an ask. I'm a fairly open book, I just occasionally need to be prompted.

[g0ddamnb0x]

This little scene really highlights why im so insane over the way tlt is written. It is brilliant mix of beautiful prose and stupid stuff. There especially is just Something about how nona feels envious for... not having a mother for Pyrrha to punch of an airlock. Like yeah, not an emotion I have had, but yeahhh girl I understand what you mean. Ough.

[pomegranatefae]

[faildyke]

Thinking really hard about Ianthe. She convinced her one-sided lesbian situationship to give her a new arm after she got dismembered by a saint. She and her twin sister love to dip their toes into incest sometimes but not in ways you’d expect. She also uses her magic to make herself look sickly so her sister can breast boobily. She and Jesus might be fucking but neither of them probably enjoys it. She voluntarily wore a maid dress in a game show inside her own mind. I hate her. She’s awesome. What is wrong with her.

[bloodraven55]

gave weiss schmii a sword bc ofc i did and look at her go

[bumblesteak]

A necromancer AND a gardener (5 year redesign) 🌸

[ryotaruu]

If Penny helped out

Late again for her birthday. Anyways Happy Birthday Weiss Schnee ❄️🤍

[trialbystory]

Combo Breaker

I'm not gonna lie and say it doesn't suck to get a No after participating every year since I first learned to crochet, but much like the Bus' streak of always out-raising the previous year, it had to end sooner or later. And based on the folks reporting their project approvals in the Unofficial DB Crafters' discord, this year's prize selection is gonna be a bounteous haul. It's getting me pumped to get back in the mix for 2027! I still plan on finishing the project eventually and sending it in to LRR's PO Box, since a chunk of it (~1/3rd, I think) is already finished, but it'll be shuffled down the priority list for now.

[gentlyorbiting]

i'm the guy who writes the books that the protagonist in supernatural horror movies frantically reads somewhere in act ii. job's pretty easy. lot of "legends of vampires have recurred all throughout human history" and "demonologists agree that the quickest way to un-summon a demon is to trap it in a cursed object". no citations of course; they don't pay me citation money. i had to learn html back in the early aughts when everyone started seeking their supernatural info on websites they found via top search engines like FINDLER and WEBSIGHT but that's died down now which is great because i didn't have it in me to pick up css. currently working on a new book about horses that are evil. it's called HORSES THAT ARE EVIL in all caps so the protagonist can find it quickly to yank off the library shelf. it will be published 35 years ago.

[trialbystory]

So theoretically I have a good, balanced, workable schedule figured out for my various projects. I know when to work on that WIP fic, have time set aside to pick away at my craft-along object (despite technically not knowing if I'll be accepted or not for another week at minimum), and when to do a bit of that hypothetical thing I wanna try with The City Unseen. But none of that matters if I decide to throw a block of time out the window to walk down to a nearby coffee shop for a White Chocolate Raspberry Mocha & Orange Cranberry Scone while reading some random HDG story that I don't even remember how I found.

[royaldeadqueen]

oh god, she tagged me

Ten People You Wish to Get to Know Better

tagged by: @adeliadrawstuff 🖤

last song: up n down x gods race remix lol

favorite color: black i do NOT WANNA HEAR IT

currently watching: the oldest view series on youtube

currently reading: … way to call out my reading slump thx (nothing)

current obsession: the 80s actually. YES AGAIN STFU

currently working on: OK I GET IT I’M LAZY JESUS (nothing) i promise i will try to get over my writing slump soon

last google search: texas tag (explanation: i got a really fucking bad scam text earlier today and it was hilarious actually)

tag: @riverphoenixsgothwife @thatgingernerdgirl @thanksicanthavegrapefruit @pointbreakvhs @arch-b1sh0p @atomic-groupie @s-h-a-s-e @jjaksclayton @misspsychotic

[howlingday]

Ten People You Wish to Get to Know Better

tagged by: @gorillageek27🖤 last song: SUPERHUMAN by Miracle of Sound (CAN'T KILL THIS RAGE INSIDE ME!) favorite color: It's a three-way toss right now between red, green, and blue. But today, I'm feeling green. currently watching: The Outer Wilds longplay on Archive.org because FUCK YOUTUBE! currently reading: Pokémon Adventures 02 (starring Amarillo de Bosque Verde). current obsession: My broken back. currently working on: RWBY Incorrect Quote/Story of Kagurabachi... after the stuff in my drafts. last google search: Yellow in spanish... because I couldn't remember the protags name in Pokémon Adventures 02, despite how much I love him.

You're up, @epic-arc , @noneatnonedotcom , @spectralpixelsredone , @intooned , @palaceofpassion , @cheeseeater2 , @itsupermanti , @itsouttherenow , @misterlazer , @decreare , and everyone else who reads this! Tell me your story~!

[infoglitch]

Never got tagged but fuck it-

Tagged by: no one

Last song: lose my cool by rare Americans

Favorite: red, I am literally the guy who only uses RED.

Currently watching: troll hunters tales of Arcadia (I fucking love this show plus almost of the tales of Arcadia series)

Currently reading: nothing really, Been trying to get back into wings of fire but also been trying to restart my run on the fnaf interactive book.

Current obsession: tokusatsu such as Kamen Rider because I've been wanting to get into it for so long.

Currently working on: writing my book "Slayers of the Ark-Eden".

Last Google search: I don't fucking know and I don't wanna, it's probably something horny.

@philosophicalpug @rwby-confess @doomalade @theelusivecamilleon @insaneoddball @krasman @azerothx @truedarksword @dicknouget and that's all cause I don't interact with much others outside of howling.

GET YOUR FUCKING ASSES OUT HERE

[rwby-confess]

Yay it's like filling one of those friendship books-

Last song:

Favourite colour: bubblegum pink probably

Currently watching: Gintama & Shugo Chara

Currently reading: Nothing brain is smush :-(

Current obsession: the fifteen different couple cosplay ideas we have been planning with my mate

Currently working on: cleaning my homeee, fixing the sleeping schedule lol getting my license

Last Google search: panty and stocking wig

@gaymakima @powertaco @anyonewhowantsreally

[powertaco]

Last song:

Favourite colour: Blue, Black, or Orange

Currently watching: RWBY, The Cold Fusion Wars

Currently reading: Rereading some classics, Moby Dick, Finnegans Wake, Sabriel, ect

Current obsession: RWBY writing fanfics etc,

Currently working on: Trying to clear my Fic WIP list, and maybe write an og book at some point.

Last Google search: Differences between the OG and Remake of Front Mission 3 on steam?

learn me @everyones-berry @scham-wcan @trialbystory @drenosa @it-me-butts

[trialbystory]

Last song:

Favourite colour: Indigo/Purple

Currently watching: Defunctland Season 3

Currently reading: Revisiting some old favorites; Tris' Book by Tamora Pierce and Bakuman by Tsugumi Ohba & Takeshi Obata

Current obsession: Fiction Factory Games' The City Unseen

Currently working on: Too many things, really. My DWR Eternal Conflict AU, obviously, my Desert Bus Craft-Along project, also obviously, and also got some thoughts swirling about doing something cool with the aforementioned City Unseen

Last Google search: Songs about Elizabeth Bathory (It came up that you never really see her original name Erzsebet when she's referenced in pop culture, just the translated one, so I fell down a rabbit hole. Also, there is a news article meant to reference her that uses the Hungarian name in Mass Effect 2.)

As is Tradition, I tag no one because I am a social hermit, but invite everyone to jump on board; it's fun getting these little windows into folks' headspace.

[sourdough-seal]

“how did you get into writing” girl nobody gets into writing. writing shows up one day at your door and gets into you

[orbitalmirror]

"how did you get into writing" girl i've been tormented by the visions since i was eight years old

[aubrietarose]

"Tormented by the visions" is the best way I've ever heard it described.

[write-in-shining-armour]

i love recommending the locked tomb to people. it's sci-fi. it's dystopian. the main characters are from pluto. it's a comedy. it's action. it's murder mystery. it's gay. it's necromancer body horror with a side of the body horror being about love. god is a tumblrista who likes barbie and left beef memes. the earth is a big beautiful woman with a sword. 90% of the people are evil lesbians. god also hates billionaires. he may or may not have possessed obama at one point in time. he was a twitch streamer. the most powerful necro of a generation wants a coffee shop meet cute with the girl living inside her head. the girl living inside her head likes porn mags written into skin. the final book in the series will probably be released after we die. a murderous masc and a greek twink became a guy named paul. literally why wouldn't you want to read it

[trialbystory]

Perfect description, no notes. Locked Tomb is so damn good.

[trialbystory]

Okay status report on the Eternal Conflict AU: I have fallen back into the bad habit I had back in my deviantArt days where I just plan out specific scenes/moments/dialogue in my head and never actually write them or make a note so I remember them later.

That said, I do have a stronger idea of what's actually going to happen with it than I have at any point in the....over 2 years....since I conceived of it. So there has been some actual forward progress, I swear.

[trialbystory]

And now the game begins anew.

[trialbystory]

Submission made, now we wait. And, y'know, also get started on the crochet part of it.

[trialbystory]

And now the game begins anew.

[leftbooblover]

"It was the morning of the third day in a universe without her cavalier"