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Almost missed it- got in by like ten minutes ahhhh
From and so they fell, through the hole in the hill
“There’s no way to know for certain?” he asks, because he has to- even if he knows the answer somewhere deep in his bones. “How long has passed?”
Hermes reaches out a hand and grips Odysseus’s shoulder. There’s a gentleness to the touch- as if he thinks strength will take Odysseus apart into pieces.
He might not be wrong. He can’t control the tremor.
“Faerie fluctuates,” says the fae. His voice echoes a little, eerie, and Odysseus smells rot and hollyhock on the sudden, brief wind. “It could be weeks. Or months.”
“Or years,” says Tiresius.
Odysseus shudders and pulls away. He can’t- he can’t think about it that way. If he does… if he turns to despair… who’s to say they’ll make it out at all.
Eurylochus is watching him, eyes shielded with fake calm. But Odysseus can bet that his friend is just as broken by the idea as he is
Tagging @falling-into-peril @justabigoldnerd @willtheweaver @suseagull5914 @cha-melodius @theyre-in-love @area-fiftyone @eggcompany @happybean17 @ikeepwatchinghelicopters @deerilkka and anyone else who wants to join in x
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Bean Got Tagged!
Rules: Share the first lines of ten of your latest fanfics (or up to ten if you have fewer!) and tag ten people
I was tagged by @anxiousotters! Thanks so much for the tag, this looked so fun :D (And I cannot WAIT to check out the couple of fics I haven't read yet that you shared first lines from!!!)
I am a very slow writer and my muse likes to hide more often than not, so I definitely do not have 10 published works 😅 I do have a few more fics marinating though that have at least a SOME lines written down, so I'll share a few of those too to round out my ten :)
And I also apparently can't resist adding a thought or two about each one. Bean don't ramble challenge level: impossible.
Posted and Complete:
(My earliest fic that I really feel proud of. Got a soft spot for it, my one and only Teen Wolf fic <3)
Derek stopped walking with a groan as he felt the first drop of rain.
(heads up this one was written for a creative writing class assignment - we had to write it in imperatives, like a to-do list. It's a bit weird, but my Eliot Spencer brain-rot remains so I keep it around lol.)
Be born in a small town, maybe one full of small minds but definitely one full of good hearts.
(First SW fic and featuring my very first OC - Swivel my absolute beloveddddd. Also y'all get two lines because I can't resist.)
Swivel couldn't believe his eyes. General Kenobi was drunk.
(The saddest thing I've ever written. I absolutely cried writing this but I needed to write this so some CodyWan buds and I could get bingo on a writing challenge so I took one for the team)
The remembrance after Umbara was the hardest Cody had experienced in a very long time.
(baby's first gratuitous whump fic 😇 Featuring two more of my OCs, Stat and Blaze. Help, my gaggle of clone OCs keeps getting bigger and bigger every week)
He shouldn't have let Ventress lure them away.
Posted WIPs
(baby's first multi-chapter fic...jumping in without a solid plan was suuuuuch a good idea 🙃 Please don't look at the last update date. I swear I'm still working on it - I promise. It might need a bit of revamping first though now that I've done some more background research 😅)
Cody had just finished his final check of the lighthouse beacon when he saw it - a large dark shape washed up on the beach.
Unposted WIPs
Codywan Hair Trimming 5+1
(collaborative fic with several of my wonderful friends in the Moustache CodyWan discord server - each of us plan to write one part of the 5 +1! Tbh I forgot about this WIP for way too long, but I've been thinking about it again recently 👀 This is the first line of my part)
When Cody finally set eyes on his general after the Zygerria fiasco, he almost didn’t recognize the man.
Untitled Cody Day Fic
(yes as in the original Cody Day, 2-2-24, over a year ago. Hush. I'll get it done eventually)
Cody never got tired of watching the sun rise.
CodyWan First Kiss Bingo - neck kiss
(listen at least I started this one for THIS year's CWFKB okay. that's improvement.)
Well this mission is going splendidly, Obi-Wan thought as he pushed himself up with a groan, palms scraped from his dive to avoid the barrage of falling rocks now blocking their exit.
I got chills, they're multiplyin' (working title. it makes me laugh, okay?)
(so this short Echo sick!fic one shot has turned into a sprawling multi-chapter character study of Echo, Crosshair, AND Hunter and it haunts my every waking thought. It's nearly 10k already and it's not even a third done. I don't know how this happened. It keeps growing. I've already made myself cry twice. Help)
It took Echo far too long to realize that something wasn't right.
And there you have it! A pretty good collection of my fanfic career, I think, past and present lol. I do wish I had more time to dedicate to my writing, though. Why must work take up so much of my week? Rude, honestly.
No-pressure tagging: all my fellow writing buddies reading this, because I love y'all and I never would have even STARTED half of these without you guys supporting me and inspiring me with your own writing, but particularly @theproblemwithstardust @anaclastic-azurite @foreverchangingfandomsao3 @ferretrade @afoundling and @dontbelasagnax
Also tagging: @smoosey @snowywinterevenings @merlyn-bane @raphaerolo @probadbatch @the-bi-space-ace @saturn-sends-hugs @frostbitebakery @justabigoldnerd and @pippinoftheshire
(Yeah I know that's more than 10 people. But guess what? My post my rules and I think all y'all are wonderful writers and deserve to show off some first lines if you want to 😊)
Thanks for the tag @happybean17
Rules: Share the first lines of ten of your latest fanfics (or up to ten if you have fewer!) and tag ten people
I’m going from Newest to Oldest :) and counting chapters within the works lmao- so shoot me
1. one, the warrior (Blood of Zeus S3 Finale fic)
It was all verged on a slim chance- a fool’s hope, but then again, maybe you are the fools.
2. my friend, once my brother (EPIC The Musical- Mutiny rewrite)
“I’m not letting you get in my way-!”
3. forever would be a touch too soon (The Lone Ranger 2013- post-film)
It’s not… love, so much as a helpless affection, almost awful in its relentless warmth.
4. under, over, find me a clover (The Man From UNCLE 2015- Area X AU part 2)
Chapter one: Waverly tells Gaby the truth six days after Illya’s left.
Chapter two: “They gave us a week of training,” says Solo. “Before they sent us in.”
5. behind the fence (The Man From UNCLE 2015- Area X AU part 1)
Sometimes, he sees shapes moving in the glare of the sun overhead.
There was a podfic here in the list so i skipped that because AUDIO✨😆
6. confessions of a spy (The Man From UNCLE 2015- part two of Istanbul)
In truth, Illya hadn’t thought it would be this easy.
7. the istanbul affair (The Man From UNCLE 2015- fan sequel, part 1 of Istanbul)
Chapter one: “So, what you’re saying is that the Vinceguerras weren’t working alone?”
Chapter two: The first thing Illya is greeted with when he steps off the plane is warmth and dust that flicks itself into his mouth as he dares to take a breath.
Chapter three: “Rodrigo Santos…” says Solo, eyeing the Spaniard over the top of his rocks glass. “Your reputation precedes.”
Chapter four: Illya makes it halfway to the telegram office before he changes his mind.
8. the eye of the storm (Loki TV- not sure what this fic is… like a happy ending ish thing?)
Loki looks half-mad like this- mouth a curl sharper than a razor; a fey light shining like a wildfire in his eyes.
Again- shoot me, i skipped a tiny ficlet that goes here because i actually can’t bear to look at it.
9. it’s dark in the light of the storm (EPIC the Musical- Six-Hundered Strike rewrite)
“You blocked your one way home. Now you’ll never make it back.”
10. team building (The Boys TV/The Boys Presents: Diabolical- alternate universe fic where John and Billy meet earlier and on different terms. Part 2 of The Only Men in the Sky)
“How much?”
Getting this set up early, because i’m tired lol
Also currently working on two fics because i’m crazy and can’t help myself XD
From the sequel to my fanfic my friend, once my brother on AO3:
Clouds are swelling, building themselves up like the walls of Troy.
There’s a sudden, sharp SNAP, and the pressure on his wrists eases. One of the crew has cut the rope where it is bound about the pillar, hand white on the knife.
“Captain?” he says, hoarse, and Odysseus is so tired of trying to lead them to safety only to have his motives and methods questioned.
He pushes himself to his feet, ignores the growing stain of blood on the bandages. “We need to get away from this island. Now.”
They haven’t untied his hands, but they’re listening, and for now that’s enough.
And from and so they fell, through the hole in the hill:
Odysseus lets out a faint groan, because his words seem to have deserted him. He can’t move, despite throwing everything he has against the constraints of his compulsion. He’s useless, and he hates it.
Eurylochus searches the river-bank with his eyes, hand still fisted in Odysseus’s ragged red cloak. He doesn’t find whatever it is he’s looking for, Odysseus can tell from the way his lips thin.
Poseidon heaves himself up onto his forearms, convulses, and coughs a thick, brackish blood up into the mud. He goes down, shuddering, and Odysseus isn’t sure whether he’s feeling triumph or fear at what’s to come.
Tagging @falling-into-peril @heytheredeann @cha-melodius @suseagull5914 @willtheweaver @theyre-in-love @yallwildinrn @inherited-by-ocelot @ikeepwatchinghelicopters @bighandsforabigheart @huggiebird @justabigoldnerd @prettyboynapoleonsolo @freddiepurrcury @nicijones and @deerilkka along with anyone else who wants to join x
Just realised i never posted this on tumblr lol so✨
Fandoms: EPIC - Jorge Rivera-Herrans (Albums)
Teen And Up Audiences
No Archive Warnings Apply
Gen
Relationships: Eurylochus & Odysseus
Characters: Odysseus, Odysseus' Crew, Eurylochus
Other Tags: Canon Compliant, Song: Mutiny (EPIC: The Musical), Blood and Injury, Animal Death, Odysseus is Not Okay (EPIC: The Musical)
Summary:
Light wakes him- a glow behind his eyelids, and Odysseus cracks his eyes open with a wince. They feel tacky- reluctant to open, like a muscle that hasn’t been used for a long time.
He shifts, rolls his head back to look up- finds a figure, twice the size of a man perched on the plinth, robed and holding a lyre in one hand. The pillar of the statue is cold at his back- marble, perhaps, turned a fake bronze by the sunlight
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How it feels to read a really good fic and find the author has dozens more like it
Can’t sleep, so yours truly is being WAY too punctual this time pfff
From and so they fell, through the hole in the hill
There’s a roar, and he’s sprawled on the moss, shuddering, coughing up the flood in his chest. It tastes like blood- like steel, and when he rolls over to sit up, Eurylochus is on the bank, hand empty. His pouch gone.
Odysseus retches, struggling to crawl up onto his knees, his limbs like stone against Poseidon’s last spoken word. There’s a hand, warm on his shoulder- Eurylochus. His friend’s lips are moving, but there’s no sound save for a dull mumble, ringing his ears.
The river boils, white foam rising in violent eddies. It’s hissing, belching steam into the murk of the air, and Odysseus lets Eurylochus drag him the rest of the way. His muscles have locked, trapped by the fae’s command, and he feels the burn in his skin like burrs and needles.
The river rages, twists as if caught in death throes, until, finally, a form claws its way out of the tirade and collapses onto the mud of the riverbank. Poseidon draws a breath like a rattle, milk-pale skin flecked with vicious red burns, mist curling off his limbs in the clammy twilight.
Tagging @justabigoldnerd @falling-into-peril @suseagull5914 @theyre-in-love @prettyboynapoleonsolo @happybean17 @eggcompany @willtheweaver @cha-melodius @heytheredeann and anyone else who wants to join in x
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Happy Almost Birthday, The Man From UNCLE Movie!
The Man From UNCLE movie is almost 10 years old! It's time to celebrate! Presenting - The Ten Years Later Affair! A low pressure fanworks fest inspired by the theme of "Ten Years Later". All formats of any length are welcome. Be as creative as you like interpreting the theme. It doesn't have to be 10 years after the movie - think about a baddie who has been plotting for ten years and now takes action, a reunion ten years after retirement, AUs where they meet ten years later, etc. Sign ups are not required - to participate, just add something to the AO3 collection before August 10th so we can all enjoy the reveals on August 14th. Read more details at the event page: The Ten Years Later Affair
Punctuality again lol
From and so they fell, through the hole in the hill
People say bad luck is something that just happens. Unpredictable as a storm in summer, ripping into the shore to funnel away all the sand. It strikes cold, hard, and quick, ravaging all it touches until there’s nothing left but regrets and ashes, blowing on the wind.
Eurylochus has always said that’s not true, at least, not to him. He claims that bad luck chooses its victims- follows them around like a shrouding fog or a bad smell. That it waits, for the perfect time to strike, when it will hurt the most.
Odysseus hopes he’s wrong, partly because the very idea of it being primed for suffering scares the shit out of him, and partly because the events that lead up to where they are now are bad enough without being planned as some divine joke.
Tagging @justabigoldnerd @suseagull5914 @ikeepwatchinghelicopters @falling-into-peril @huggiebird @cha-melodius @heytheredeann @freddiepurrcury @area-fiftyone @theyre-in-love @deerilkka @willtheweaver @the-golden-comet @eggcompany @inherited-by-ocelot and anyone else who wants to join in x
Last line tag✨
Thanks for the tags @cha-melodius and @justabigoldnerd x
my EPIC Dark Fae AU finally has a name ehehehe so
From and so they fell, through the hole in the hill
He’s not sure what it is he’s shouting, be it a name or a string of frustrated pleas, because they were so close.
Thanks for the tag @justabigoldnerd x
From my still unnamed Dar Fae AU:
It’s not as if he’s a magnet for bad luck.
It was always small things. Lost toys as a child, under a bush or a pile of leaves- loose stones in the walls that he loved to climb until the day he fell too far and his mother forbade him to do it again.
The storm on his wedding night. The first year, tumultuous, fraught, as he and Penelope tried their level best for a child.
He still remembers the sheer joy in her eyes when the apothecary had confirmed her pregnancy. Remembers spinning her around on a balcony under the glitter of the starlight as her hair flowed out behind her in gleaming ribbons.
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@mmelete tagged me to share the last line I wrote :)
this is from last night:
“Wh— huh??”
aaaaaaand this one is from a few minutes ago haha:
It didn’t take long to lose sight of the wolf.
no pressure tags to @crazylittlejester @readingismyhobby24 @emig22 @gryphonlover @stqrmyskies @sprite-and-the-bunnydragons @silvrash-797 and @skyward-floored !!
thanks for the tag!!
well, emmie, you know the context for this alskdkkd
"Absolutely not," he growled, grabbing the potion bottle and gripping it firmly so he could use his teeth to rip the cork out. To his surprise it worked, and he spat it out to the side, grimacing at the slight taste of blood.
no pressure tags @fever-project @gryphonlover @emissary-of-the-moon @majorproblems77
Thanks for the tag! :)
Sky looked up briefly and gave the rancher a nod as he walked off, then glanced back down at the slate and nodded approvingly. “The coloring on that one is really impressive, Wild. Where did you say you found it?”
Thanks for the tag! hope this week is going your way Gryphon!
Abel gave a quick bow of thanks in the direction of the place he had gotten the seed and moved to the hole, which while it would be tight, was big enough for someone of his stature to squeeze through, and he felt a brief gratitude that Fierce was not with him, as the much taller and broader warrior would have had no chance of fitting through the small opening … though Abel supposed he would have simply made his own in that case.
look at Abel not having a terrible time for once :) I should do that more
no pressure tags @skyloftian-nutcase @respheal @bluevaractyl @mormonvampire
Thanks for the tag! LOL this is the last line I wrote XD XD XD
Great.
HAHA ok I'll give y'all a bit more LOL
Of course, he had no idea how he was even supposed to track his wayward predecessor. The young king left no trace, both from his own training and the fact that the desert sands had likely shifted whatever footprints he’d left behind. It was hardly a breezy morning, so that implied that he’d left a while ago.
Great.
Tagging @silvrash-797, @16mistypaw, @smilesrobotlover, and @ajscico
I finally have something to share for one of these! Time's giving Twilight the rundown lol
You’ve been unconscious since yesterday afternoon.
No pressure tags @zarvasace @alicewritingstories @needfantasticstories
Okay okay FINE. XD both ash and @nancyheart11 got me on this. (And I think another I'm sorry)
Aconite sighed and rested his head on his hand, and his elbow on his knee. He'd signed up for this.
Poor thing. He did in fact sign up for this. I'll tag some fellow conspirators @batrogers @toyouhellohowareyou @shinobi-addiction @seatrisa
'I got it,' Blue tells them and ghosts to the front, pushing Green back to the others.
"Wind!" Wars reaches him, looking him over frantically. Injured, drenched in blood, and surrounded by corpses as he is.
Blue blinks at him and turns his eyes to the gouges in the earth caused by the big guy's windblade attack. "Sure was."
I know too many people now. ;_; okay let's say
you caught me at a good time!! i'm currently knee deep in the outmatched document
Zelda covers her mouth with a hand and turns her head. The stranger can’t see her grin, but Link can. Link can almost feel the warmth of it even from two paces behind, like sunlight breaking through a cloud, and he shakes with fury. Fury, and—and something else. Something hotter, like regret, like jealousy.
mfs when their future self is getting along better with their crush than they are 😭😭😭
tagging my 9 most recent moots for conveniences sake but please feel free to jump in even if i havent tagged you !!! i promise i want to hear about your wips 👁️👁️ @lizzable @artsyanonymity @stardustcoral @jellydragons @indecisive-as-h3ll @life-in-winter @ssschrodingers-cat @lunaopus @mmelete
not exactlyyy the Very Last thing wrote but that would be Spoilers so i went back a bit
When her feet met the beach sand of home once again, Tune allowed herself to cry into Tetra’s arms, just for a while. 20 years old, with three years of war and four quests behind her, and the thing that got to her was a goodbye.
tfw the implications of the war of eras 💔
(zero pressure tags to the very few people i know who write: @novaliae @saltwatersweets @archfeykoi @sircantus @unfortunate-songbird @imperialkatwala ) (if you dont do tag games feel free to just ignore!)
[Sky] brightens, glancing over her shoulder. “I’ve been a little busy with the admin work, but I have been reading a fascinating journal about the practical applications of silicon’s band structure in photovoltaic cells. If we can capture energy like this on a large scale, it would improve the quality of life of millions of people.”
yay this is exciting! wip wtuesday if you will
also just tagging a few writers i know, no pressure to participate
Thanks for the tag, love x
They haven’t untied his hands, but they’re listening, and for now that’s enough.
Tagging @justabigoldnerd @suseagull5914 @willtheweaver x
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Congratulations to all AO3 users! Important Milestone reached!
Bookmark database overran!
I was wondering what happened lol
here’s to glorious fanfiction and all it’s wonderful bookmarks 🥂
Timely again, lol
From my EPIC Dark Fae AU:
Telemachus’s birth- blood and tears and screams against the darkening sky. As if Penelope’s pain had spilled over into the setting of the sun, staining the sky a red so deep it was almost black.
All this, even though they’d left milk on the back step for the forest spirits. Salted their windowsills against lesser faeries. Mixed ashes and iron shavings into the metal on the window latches and door-handles.
They’ve been careful. They have to be.
Tagging @justabigoldnerd @falling-into-peril @prettyboynapoleonsolo @theyre-in-love @area-fiftyone @eggcompany @willtheweaver @inherited-by-ocelot @cha-melodius @heytheredeann @ikeepwatchinghelicopters and anyone else who wants to join x
Thanks for the tag, @suseagull5914 x
From my unnamed Dark Fae AU for EPIC:
“Time passes differently down here,” says Tiresias, tone steady and soft. “You know that, don’t you?”
Odysseus swallows back the sour tang on his tongue and nods. He knows what the blind prophet is trying to tell him- that there’s no guarantee what they’ll find when they return home.
“There’s no way to know for certain?” he asks, because he has to- even if he knows the answer somewhere deep in his bones. “How long has passed?”
Hermes reaches out a hand and grips Odysseus’s shoulder. There’s a gentleness to the touch- as if he thinks strength will take Odysseus apart into pieces.
He might not be wrong. He can’t control the tremor.
Tagging @justabigoldnerd @huggiebird @area-fiftyone @willtheweaver @theyre-in-love @prettyboynapoleonsolo @happybean17 @ikeepwatchinghelicopters @inherited-by-ocelot @nicijones @the-golden-comet @falling-into-peril @mybelovedillya @cha-melodius @heytheredeann and anyone else who wants to join in x
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Happy Almost Birthday, The Man From UNCLE Movie!
The Man From UNCLE movie is almost 10 years old! It's time to celebrate! Presenting - The Ten Years Later Affair! A low pressure fanworks fest inspired by the theme of "Ten Years Later". All formats of any length are welcome. Be as creative as you like interpreting the theme. It doesn't have to be 10 years after the movie - think about a baddie who has been plotting for ten years and now takes action, a reunion ten years after retirement, AUs where they meet ten years later, etc. Sign ups are not required - to participate, just add something to the AO3 collection before August 10th so we can all enjoy the reveals on August 14th. Read more details at the event page: The Ten Years Later Affair
Come join us for the celebrations! ✨
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Reminders for fanfic writers who think it “doesn’t count”
✦ Your writing counts. like, a lot. If someone felt something because of what you wrote, then it matters. That scene you almost didn’t post? Yeah. Believe me, someone out there bookmarked it for a reason.
✦ Writing existing characters doesn’t make it “less than.” You’re building arcs, crafting dialogue, emotion, pacing. You’re studying character psychology like a scientist. That’s not “just fanfic,” that’s storytelling.
✦ “but it’s just fanfic” ...no. STOP, it’s craft. It’s understanding tone. It’s hitting emotional beats. It’s layering theme and backstory and prose into something people feel. You’re doing the work, you just don’t get graded on it. (Which, honestly is a blessing.)
✦ Writing fanfic means you love stories enough to live inside them. You care, deeply. You care enough to reimagine, to explore, to add something of yourself to a world you didn’t create and somehow still make it feel brand new.
✦ Someone out there rereads your fic like it’s their favorite book. Maybe they’ve saved a line to their notes app,or they quote it to a friend. Maybe they just think about it when they’re having a bad day. That little fic you almost deleted, it’s comfort now.
✦ Your comments section is real. Every “I needed this” and “this made me cry in a good way” is proof, you don’t need a book deal to matter. You don’t need a publisher to have an impact, because you already do.
FANFIC IS WRITING! Fanfic is yours.
You’re not “just” anything. You’re a writer, own it. Be proud of that.