The stink of the Barrel never leaves you, but perhaps it dissipates ever so slightly in a salty breeze.
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The captain of the Wraith has a new first mate.
Itโs not lost on her that technically, her dating pool is now exactly one person, if she wants to be with somebody who wonโt die on her. Still, โyouโre my only optionโ is miles away from being a good enough reason to give it a shot.
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5 Times Nile & Booker Ended Up in a Romance Novel Scenario + 1 Time They Didnโt
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Hereโs Nicky coming across as โaloof and mysteriousโ while internally freaking out and unsure of whatโs going on in this wonderful fic for @bookerapologist
#aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ#MAGGIE ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐#this is him moments before he realises He Will Have To Dance#I LOVE IT#I LOVE HIM#THANK U DARLING ๐ญ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐#the old guard#joenicky#ish#fanart#also#fic#fic rec#the old guard fic#his nose.......#the CLOTHES#U DID SO GOOD
"Honestly, sheโs only 90% sure that Nicky is the white guy and Joe is the Middle Eastern guy. Sheโs been waiting for somebody to drop a name to 100% confirm it, but Andy just calls them 'Joeandnicky', and they call each other a lot of stuff in a bunch of different languages that are probably pet names."
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Joe, Nicky, and Nile are on dogsitting duty.
โYou left! You left me!โ
Words usually flow through Yusuf as easily as a dance, but now, he twists his hands as though he might grab the sentences he cannot find from the air.
โYou threw a pack over your shoulder and walked away with an explanation so formal and meaningless that you might as well have borrowed it from a politician!โ
Yusuf, you villain.
Never have I known such a cruel and unjust man as the likes of you. Were you raised by dogs and taught no human decency? I can imagine no other reason why you would choose to torment me so.
I heard your protestations, but I refuse to believe that you fell into the pond by accident. There were ample places to stand upon solid ground, and you are a nimble man. No, you chose to leap in so that you might emerge, dripping wet, your shirt near-transparent, and be forced to strip your outer garments within my view. I hope you choke upon your dinner, and your clothes never lose the scent of pond algae, you temptation.
Yours in frustration,
Nico
He wants Yusuf to hold his hand again. Grab his ankle. Flick his ear. Thrust his sword into his chest and breath into his mouth.
Yet, they have the long ocean of eternity ahead of them. These whims are nothing but an ocean swell under their ship: gone as soon as they come. Nicolo knows better than to jump overboard and drown alone trying to chase them.
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Alternate title: "You'd Feel Pretty Weird If You Developed a Crush on the Only Other Immortal You Know, Right?"
โZumba is a dance fitness regimen incorporating hip-hop, samba, salsa, merengue, and mambo. Itโs a really popular form of aerobic exercise man,โ Shitty said as he stretched out his hamstrings.
Jack looked dubiously at the flyer, folded from a weekโs worth of confused examination. โIs that what โget fit to the beatโ means?โ
(One guess who the cute zumba instructor is)
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Hey, check out this podfic of my work, plus a few other lovely fics, by podcath!
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I went on record when I first found Kindred Spirits uploaded to GR back in April, and with artwork added that belonged to sinyhale, that I wasnโt okay with it. She wasnโt notified that her artwork was being used as a faux cover, either. So thatโs a strike...
Fellow fic authors, look yourself up on Goodreads. I thought I wouldn't be there, and then I was, and knowing where your work is posted is important. I'm personally pretty weirded out by the possible copyright ramifications, which is why I'd like to state that I would not like for my work to be posted on goodreads or similar websites where the assumption is that the work is original fiction.
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Writing Meme!
Pick any passage of 500 words or less from any fanfic Iโve written, and stick that selection in my ask/fan mail. I will then give you the equivalent of a DVD commentary on that snippet: what I was thinking when I wrote it, why I wrote it in the first place, whatโs going on in the characterโs heads, why I chose certain words, what this moment means in the context of the rest of the fic, lots of awful puns, and anything else that youโd expect to find on a DVD commentary track.
ASK.
So I saw this and was like, "gosh, I sure like it when fic writers I like post stuff like this" and then I was like "I write fics" and then I was like, "let's do something wild and actually post something other than a fic update," so here we are. Ask box away, if you're into that or whatever
Where did you gooo!?? I have a suvivah shaped hole in my heart
I went to colleggeee!I appreciate that you noticed I was missing though. I'm not quitting fic forever, I just have literally zero hours in the day right now for such things
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Realtalk
Okay, who knows how to make an ask box? I really need to get on this
roadsider
you have to go to โsettingsโ to enable itโ just click on the slider next to โlet people ask questionsโ:)
Ohhh, when the slider is BLUE, it's on, and when it's GREY it's not. Aha. Okay. Thank you!ย
Realtalk
Okay, who knows how to make an ask box? I really need to get on this
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Hi! I saw your post (post/86683524262/inspired-by-safety-in-silence-by-survivah) and, um, I wrote Safety in Silence! And I was wondering if you wouldn't mind me linking to your artwork in the description.
Omg, okay, wowโฆhello, you amazing writer you!! First of all, I really enjoyed the fanficโฆespecially the dreamsโฆand everything, perfect, ah my feels
Feel free to link the picture, is inspired by your wonderful work after all, dearie!ย (๏พโใฎโ)๏พ*:๏ฝฅ๏พโง
And thank you for asking, totally made my dayโฆso sweet of you! Cheers~~
No problem! I'm glad you liked the story! I sure liked your art, it's now linked to the end notes of the the fic!
It's perfectly understandable. Even Derek wouldn't want to be Derek's soulmate.
(67k later, it's finally dooooone!)
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