~~she/her // 24 // loves Four Swords // writes fics on ao3 // provides occassional free hugs // that dude that'll write weird stuff in the tags // but mostly appreciative // I promise // do not count me on my promises~~
Hello you all! I'm Youmi, and in case you have yet to learn about me, I've been around the FS community for a while, just not as actively as some other more prominent faces on Tumblr. I mainly focus on writing fanfiction, but I plan to extend my skill set in the near future.
Soft Glows is a fanfiction that I devote most of my time and energy to these days. And it actually has an official cover now! Credit goes to the lovely @zarvasace, who did a fantastic job on this book cover! Thank you so much for your contribution! It is very appreciated!
If you are curious, feel free to check out the fic! It is still in progress and will likely be for a longer time. I welcome anyone willing to hop onto this journey with me. It's the first bigger fic I have ever tackled, and I still have many plans that have yet to surface from the confines of my head! I'm excited about where else this piece will take me. It definitely holds a very special place in my heart!
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Hi and welcome to Winter's Delight 2025: A Four Swords Calendar!
If you have participated before, welcome back, and if this is your first time here, welcome to a month of fan creation.
Winter’s Delight is an event organised by fans for fans. This is the fourth year in a row that this event runs. In the past we have experimented with zines and daily prompts, but most participants seem to agree that art+writing reveals create the greatest sense of joy, delight, and community that we’re looking for.
This Year’s Themes: WINTER & FLIGHTS OF FANCY
What does “Flights of Fancy” mean?
“Flights of Fancy” as a theme
is about fairytales and folklore. This could be
Fae AUs and Fairytale AUs, but it could also be about storytelling and the tradition of sharing stories at home, on the road, and around campfires. It’s about imagination, wonder, and the unexplained. It could be your traditional (or not so traditional) Cinderella-type concept, or it could lean more into horror, the supernatural, and the surreal.
As usual you’re encouraged to think outside the box and do your own spin on the themes!
Winter's Delight 2025: A Four Swords Calendar runs from the 1st to the 31st of December. In the months leading up to it, we invite artists and writers to prepare pieces of fanart, fanfics, or similar to be posted on Tumblr (and, if the participants choose so, to our Ao3 collection) throughout December.
Each year we have two themes. To represent the name of the event, one theme will always be WINTER. The other has been determined through submissions from fans and voting. This year, the other theme is FLIGHTS OF FANCY. Any piece you create for the event must contain at least one of these two themes.
The event has a total of 31 available spaces for artists and writers. Spaces are made available on a first-come basis. To sign up, please fill in and submit the Google Form below.
Once the sign-up form closes, you will be assigned a number of days across the month of December. (The number will be indicated by yourself when you fill out the form.) You will be expected to create an individual piece of art or writing for each of your assigned days, and to post these pieces on the assigned days. When you post, please tag us (@fswintersdelight) so we can reblog your piece and help fans find it!
Please see the full extent of our guidelines below.
Like last year, there will be a private Discord server for participants. As the event is in the form of reveals, we ask that participants don’t share their completed piece(s) until their assigned day(s). You may, however, share little sneak-peeks (screenshots/photos of sections of an artwork or a few lines of text). You may use the server to ask other participants for feedback on drafts.
General Guidelines
One OR both of the themes has to be apparent in the art or writing. The themes for 2025 are: WINTER and FLIGHTS OF FANCY.
The art or writing must include character(s) and/or setting(s) from either the Four Swords games or the Four Swords manga.
We do NOT accept mature or explicit content.
We welcome all ships and AUs.
All written pieces should be in the range of 500–8,000 words.*
Art can include short comics, crafts, or other creative expressions.
Music or videos are permitted, provided they are no longer than 5 minutes.
*If your piece is an illustrated recipe or similar, the text itself may be shorter than 500 words. We do, however, ask that pieces of this type be clearly related to themes and characters/setting, either via an attached short story or illustrations.
To share your piece on your assigned day, please do the following:
STEP 1: Create a Tumblr post on your own account, featuring your piece. (If it’s a fanfic, piece of music, or a video, a link to the piece is sufficient.)
STEP 2: Tag us (@fswintersdelight) so we can reblog your piece!
STEP 3: Use this year’s tags: #fswintersdelight2025 OR #fswd25
STEP 4 (optional): If you would also like to post your piece to Ao3, please consider adding it to the appropriate Winter’s Delight subcollection. The subcollection will be made available from the 30th of November.
Deadlines and Important Dates
12th of September: Sign-up form opens.
25th of October: Sign-up form closes.
1st of November: Final assignments and Discord invites sent out.
22nd of November: Check-in for anyone assigned days between 1st and 15th of December.
29th of November: Check-in for anyone assigned days between 16th and 31st of December.
1st of December: FSWD25 officially opens.
31st of December: FSWD25 officially closes.
Thank you for spreading the word!
With your help we can make this December a kind, loving, welcoming, and vibrantly joyful month.
I look forward to seeing everyone's fantastic artworks, and to read all the fanfics you share for the event.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Been a hot minute since I wrote an update. Guess what, she is still alive and the Glue brain rot has not stopped. So we have double the fun now with a double update! :D
Hiatus is not really over unfortunately. Future updates might still be few and sporadic, so please be patient with me! 🙏🏻
Hey everyone! It probably shouldn't have taken this long to come out with a proper promotional post for our commissions, but hopefully this will get the word out there a little better!
I know all too well that commissions are pretty pricy and art is a luxury that not everyone can afford, so if you'd like to support us but don't have much money to offer, you can help by reblogging this post, sharing with friends or giving us a tip on our Ko-fi!
So, to the few that might see this, I haven’t dropped any new updates on my actively running fics and will likely not do so for an unknown amount of time. I have some things I need to work through in the meantime which unfortunately need my fullest attention for now.
Stay awesome and remember to be kind to yourselves! <3
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Here we go again! This is my second entry to this year's Winter's Delight event. Thank you so much to @fswintersdelight and @vagueandominousvibes again for hosting the event and keeping things organized and running. So many great things have come to life this year and will hopefully tune people in for the upcoming holiday season!
Happy Holidays to everyone, and much love from across the big pond! <3
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It's December 3rd, and we are kicking it off with a fic of mine for @fswintersdelight. I hope you enjoy it! I certainly enjoyed writing this piece! Thank you so much @vagueandominousvibes for organizing this event! You're the best! :D
*knock knock* Hi, so this is the multiverse delivery service. I have a package for some guy named uh… Blue The Reaper, or something. I‘m honestly not sure where to hand it to, so could you maybe take it? It‘s supposed to be uh… *reads description on the package* a plush case for a scythe handle? Not sure what this is good for but uh well. I checked a couple of universes already and couldn’t find the right guy. It’s right before Christmas where I come from and I‘m kinda tired so… you have fun with this. *yeets* Have a good day! *mumbles* I don’t get paid enough for this job…
I‘m sobbing ugly tears ;-;. I cannot believe you actually still had this baking somewhere. Like… when did I even send this again?! I don’t remember. It‘s been so long. I miss you and Star so much. Felt good seeing this again. Absolutely made my day!
Always happy to hear from you every once in a while and seeing your art! <3
Hey all! Sorry I don't have any graphics or anything to promote them right now but I would like to announce that my commissions are officially open now! Both slots are currently full but check out the links in my pinned post to join the waitlist if you're interested in a commission from me :)
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Moving on and cooling off a little from the previous chapter. Expect some silly and cutesy moments to happen! Mind the chapter notes, and, as always, enjoy! :D
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the
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Chapter 15 is finally there! This one is not your usual fluffy Glue experience, so definitely be sure to read the chapter disclaimers. Don‘t worry, everything is going to be just fine. Quite ironic that I‘m coming back practically dragging myself out of the dumps as well. But I‘m happy to be back. Let‘s hope I can keep up a somewhat regiment updating schedule again! :D
At long, long last, I come to you one final time (for now) with an announcement that the next chapter of Nylon Strings in Shades of Indigo is out! If you were waiting until the fic was done to binge read it all, now would be the time! Enjoy <3
