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Candy Hearts Reveals

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 22:23:06 GMT

So my wife (!!) was here for a week, which was lovely, but limited the amount of time I was willing to spend in front of a laptop. So my candyheartsex reveals post is slightly belated.

Firstly, I received this wonderful fic, with lots of worldbuilding and people trying to sort out cross-cultural relationships and hair petting.

paradise (2522 words) by WolffyLuna
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Original Work
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Original Female Character(s)/Original Male Character(s), Male Drow Used To Being A Disappointment/His Female Captor Who Thinks He's Pretty Great (OW)
Characters: Original Female Character(s), Original Male Character(s)
Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Past Abuse, Age Difference, hair petting, Hugs, Elves, Fantasy setting
Summary:

Rhoklan looked down at the woven liana floor, and held his hands out, palm up.
Every time he apologised, he did that. Real error, false error, something that had nothing to do with him, he always stood like that, hands held out as an offering while he hid his face behind a curtain of white hair.
Suppressed irritation rattled in her chest. The problem was that she could not get angry with him for the habit without him doing it more.
It had taken her a month to work out why. The idea that it would even come up only angered her more. Even if she was purely a heartless pragmatist, why would she strike her secretary’s hands? He needed those to write!

And I wrote for firecat for the excellent prompt "Fairy Prince/Noir Detective", which I used as an excuse to experiment with contrasting prose styles.

Fae Fatale (524 words) by Violsva
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Original Work
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Original Male Character/Original Male Character, Fairy Prince/Noir Detective
Additional Tags: Pre-Slash, Pastiche, First Meetings, Unresolved Sexual Tension, Candy Hearts Exchange 2026
Summary:

It had been a slow afternoon. There had been a lot of slow afternoons lately.

Excellent exchange experience, as usual.

Now I am considering the Single Syllable Smut Challenge, reveals date April 1st. It would be nice if I could manage Phantom Tollbooth or Alice in Wonderland or some other fandom where it would be thematic, but I'm not sure I'm up to that.

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Mon, 24 Feb 2025 21:50:35 GMT

candyheartsex authors have been revealed, so here is the gift I wrote for VanaTuivana:

Title: the eldritch light of sundown
Rating: T
Fandom: Original
Characters: Superhero, Supervillain
Warnings/Enticements: Injury, Hurt/Comfort, First Kiss
Summary: “Look, Nick? Can I call you Nick? Or Nicholas? I swear this isn’t a trap or something, I don’t know what you’re afraid of, but can you at least give me a Tylenol before the interrogation? And maybe do something about the stab wound, I don’t know? It feels serious. I can talk while you’re stitching it up or whatever.”
Wordcount: 2830 words

On AO3

I had a lot of fun with the characters and worldbuilding for this one (basically putting the X-Men and a warlock of the Great Old One in a jar and shaking).

And I received if I need your help by goseaward which is a great Band Sinister AU, it is exactly what I wanted and I really love how it's done, highly recommended.

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Dear Confectioner:

Tue, 07 Jan 2025 22:42:40 GMT

Hi! Thanks so much for writing for me, and congratulations on your evident good taste!

If you want to benignly internet-stalk me to get an idea of my interests, Tumblr and AO3 are probably a better idea than DW. Though I have been book blogging recently.

I have requested Band Sinister by K. J. Charles, the Roaring Twenties Magic series by Allie Therin, Tortall by Tamora Pierce, and Tam Lin by Pamela Dean. I am happy with any fic rating or length, and welcome extra treats.

A large and random list of things I like in general: worldbuilding, hurt/comfort, huddling for warmth, teamwork, competence, adventure, lesbians, ethical dilemmas, loyalty conflicts, people being clever, twisty plots, gender issues, sibling or sibling-like relationships, epistolary fic, backstory, pining, physical affection, queerness, philosophy, romance, UST, found families, mythological and literary allusions, polyamory, slash, het, femslash, passionate platonic friendships, hidden worlds, cities, wilderness travel, banter, complicated plans, beautiful landscapes, angst, puns, magical realism, history, social class issues, older women with major roles, case fic, period accuracy, gen, smut, pwp, diversity of opinion, secret identities, fairy tales, specific sense of place... Feel free to use any of these, don't try to use all of them.

DNW: Child- or pregnancy-focused fic, high school AUs, fic entirely centred around a wedding or wedding preparation or Valentine's Day, incest, or graphic depictions of rape or gore or torture.

Fandom specific thoughts and optional details:
( Band Sinister - K. J. Charles )

( Roaring Twenties Magic - Allie Therin )

( Tortall - Tamora Pierce )

( Tam Lin - Pamela Dean )

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Trick or Treat 2024 Reveals

Thu, 07 Nov 2024 21:24:43 GMT

So a lot of people have been posting pictures of pretty things and cute fluffy animals right now, and I am extremely grateful for that. And if you need more cute fluffy animals, I do have a kitten tumblr.

But on the other hand, trickortreatex author reveals were today. So if you feel like what you need right now is some dark fucked up escapism, well, then have I got a fic for you.

(And when I say escapism ... well, that would be a spoiler.)

Title: The Marriage Beneath the Shade
Rating: Explicit
Fandom: The Great God Pan - Arthur Machen
Characters: Rachel M., Helen Vaughan, various nymphs, satyrs, etc.
Warnings/Enticements: Horror, Dubious Consent, Missing Scenes, Body Horror, Transformation, Dreams, Pretentious Classical References, Orgies, Erotic Asphyxiation, Masturbation, Dirty Talk, Explicit Sexual Content (involving teenagers), Dead Dove: Do Not Eat
Summary: Her memories of those days were often confused. It was a blissful confusion, though. All of that summer felt like a dream, a very physical embodied dream.
Wordcount: 5593 words

On AO3

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Thu, 31 Oct 2024 20:27:23 GMT

trickortreatex fics are revealed! I got three delightful little treats. Two of them are sweet fluffy Dimension 20 fic, and the other one is ... not. All are recommended.

Advisor's Advice, Dimension 20: A Court of Fey and Flowers, 572 words: Between running their respective Courts Andhera and Binx have been busy! When they plan to meet at the next Bloom starting soon, Andhera seeks advice from Advisor.

Cheerful Contentment, Dimension 20: A Court of Fey and Flowers, 300 words: Binx works on a project and then has tea with Andhera.

Ritual, The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen, 300 words: Before the little creek was where Helen told her to stop.

ETA: Another one! Come to Me, The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 200 words: The hour is late...

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September Reading

Mon, 30 Sep 2024 19:12:38 GMT

Recent: Mostly fanfic, but I did finish Blake's Songs of Innocence and of Experience, and had a bunch of thoughts. I don't think there was much attention paid to the order of the poems when I studied some of them in university, and that felt very relevant when actually reading the whole thing. (Although he did change the order occasionally, so.)

Tried and didn't get anywhere with a bunch of things, which is frustrating but I suppose to be expected right now.

Current: Randall Munroe's How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems, which is sitting in the kitchen and gets picked up whenever I'm waiting for my tea to steep. More comfort rereading.

Started Biggles Buries a Hatchet, but it's set in, or at least near, a gulag so it's not going very fast.

Did a lot of reading in Unmarriages: Women, Men, and Sexual Unions in the Middle Ages at the library, which has been great. Oh, and I read two academic articles, on Rapa Nui history as indicated by genetics and palaeolithic textiles. I miss my pensive citadels.

I'm flipping through a lot of craft books, usually ones I've read before or at least by familiar authors, and those probably won't go in the books file but they're very relaxing.

Also, mom went through the some of the old newspapers in the kitchen, which means I dug out (and then immediately spilled tea on) two magazines I'd been reading and maybe I will get back into those.

Future: I gave My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness back to the library early August when it became clear I wasn't going to finish it then, but I just picked up the hold again today.

I need to reread a certain Victorian horror novella for exchange reasons, so probably Thursday I will sit down and do that and make notes.

And then I've got a fantasy novel with a trope that is Exactly my thing on Libby, but we'll see how that goes. And if it doesn't, I got Swordheart by T. Kingfisher for my birthday yesterday so I can reread that.

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Trick or Treat 2024

Tue, 17 Sep 2024 22:23:26 GMT

Hi! Thanks so much for writing for me, and congratulations on your evident good taste!

If you want to benignly internet-stalk me to get an idea of my interests, Tumblr and AO3 are probably a better idea than DW. Though I have been book blogging recently.

This year I requested Band Sinister by K. J. Charles, Dimension 20: A Court of Fey and Flowers, The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen, the Roaring Twenties Magic series by Allie Therin, The Immortals Quartet by Tamora Pierce, and "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. I am happy with any fic rating or length, and welcome extra treats.

A large and random list of things I like in general: worldbuilding, hurt/comfort, huddling for warmth, teamwork, competence, adventure, lesbians, ethical dilemmas, loyalty conflicts, people being clever, twisty plots, gender issues, sibling or sibling-like relationships, epistolary fic, backstory, pining, physical affection, queerness, philosophy, romance, UST, found families, mythological and literary allusions, polyamory, slash, het, femslash, passionate platonic friendships, hidden worlds, cities, banter, complicated plans, beautiful landscapes, angst, puns, magical realism, history, social class issues, older women with major roles, case fic, period accuracy, gen, smut, pwp, diversity of opinion, secret identities, fairy tales, specific sense of place... Feel free to use any of these, don't try to use all of them.

DNW: Child- or pregnancy-focused fic, high school AUs, fic entirely centred around a wedding or wedding preparation, incest, or graphic depictions of rape or gore or torture. See a couple of the specific fandom notes for exceptions.

Fandom specific thoughts and optional details:
( Band Sinister - K. J. Charles )

( Dimension 20 (Web Series) )

( Roaring Twenties Magic - Allie Therin )

( Tortall - Tamora Pierce )

Finally, my two vaguely femslashy horror fandoms (with the DNW exceptions):
( The Great God Pan - Arthur Machen )

( The Yellow Wallpaper - Charlotte Perkins Gilman )

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3SF Recs

Mon, 19 Feb 2024 18:34:37 GMT

Here are some recs for the 3 Sentence Ficathon! This is even less comprehensive than my 3SF rec posts generally are, because work. The last post of my own fills is back here.

Random order, not enough of them to bother with cuts or separating by fandom. Format is title [if any], fandom, characters, prompt.

Make your choice, adventurous Stranger, Narnia, any, eventually, life returns to Charn by syrena_of_the_lake

Narnia/This Tumblr Post, Peregrine Falcon, clueless Pigeon, I'm so embarrassed by syrena_of_the_lake

Like a Waking Dream, Greek Mythology, Ariadne/Dionysus, drink with me by vialethe (rated E)

anthropomorphic, Yuletide & 3SF, 3SF is the chaotic crazy drunk relative by vialethe

Charming But Unsettling, 3/5 Stars, Dracula, ensemble, Dracula is convinced to give up his territorial ambitions and converts his ancestral castle into a charming B&B (anonymous)

Neko Atsume, Snowball | Shironeko, 'oh, there's a cat.' (anonymous)

Hamlet, Hamlet, liturgy of the hours by ernest

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shows up six days late with Starbucks

Sat, 06 Jan 2024 18:05:31 GMT

So in multiple Yuletides past I have asked for someone to write me a queer consideration of Mercedes Lackey's Tales of the Five Hundred Kingdoms. I wouldn't recommend that series to anyone (I cannot even tell you how desperately it needs an editor) but it is excellent comfort reading for me ... except for things like One Good Knight, which I read around the same time as a couple other fantasy books that were also OBVIOUSLY setting up a lesbian relationship and then randomly threw in a het ending at the last minute and therefore have a probably disproportionate grudge against. Where was I?

Right. So. This year I requested it again but then also got assigned Tales of the Five Hundred Kingdoms, and there was nothing in my recipient's requests against it, so I decided I'd write it myself, and at least get some enjoyment out of it. ...And then I received exactly the kind of queer reimagining that I wanted! And my recipient liked my fic! So clearly I won Yuletide both ways.

Because they are basically just about queer fairy tales I would not say that you need to know anything about the Tales of the Five Hundred Kingdoms to understand these fics. My gift has more canon characters than my assignment does, but all you really need to know is that The Tradition is a magical force that makes fairy tales and folktales and songs play out in the real world (whether the people involved want to be in a fairy tale or not), and Godmothers are overworked magicians who try and mitigate the damage, usually by creating happy endings.

My gift was Writing Our Own Happily-Ever-Afters by StableState, which has poly and a GREAT take on the woman-disguised-as-a-man story and also an excellent pun.

I wrote

Title: Blossoms in Ashes
Wordcount: 6155 words
Fandom: Cinderella (Perrault), Tales of the Five Hundred Kingdoms (Lackey)
Rating: G
Relationships: Various
Characters: Cinderella, Prince Charming, Fairy Godmother, Stepsisters, Stepmother, Godmother Elena (Five Hundred Kingdoms)
Warnings/Enticements: Abuse, Queer themes, Regendering
Summary: “All over the Five Hundred Kingdoms, down through time, there have been countless girls like you for whom the circumstances were not right. Their destined princes were greybeards, infants, married or terrible rakes, or not even Princes at all, but Princesses! … And there are dozens and dozens of other tales that The Tradition is trying to recreate, all the time, and perhaps one in a hundred actually becomes a tale.”
A variety of events documented in the chronicles of the Godmothers of the Five Hundred Kingdoms.

And I managed to fit in a Madness treat before getting covid right before Christmas (booooo).

Title: Nevertheless
Wordcount: 350 words
Fandom: The Waste Land (T. S. Eliot)
Rating: G
Relationships: None
Characters: Madame Sosostris
Warnings/Enticements: Poetry, Clairvoyance, Telepathy, Common Cold, London, Post-World War I
Summary: She brings the horoscope herself.

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Trick or Treat reveals!

Wed, 08 Nov 2023 01:04:01 GMT

Title: Giving off Sparks
Wordcount: 982 words
Fandom: Marvel Something-or-Other
Rating: T
Relationships: James “Bucky” Barnes & Clint Barton
Characters: Clint Barton, James “Bucky” Barnes
Warnings/Enticements: Alternate Universe - Vampires, Angst, Bucky Barnes Needs a Hug, Hopeful Ending
Summary:
“Are you here to kill me?”
“You know I’m not.”
“Can’t blame a guy for hoping.”

So here’s my trickortreatex fic!

I got two gifts this year: Curd-Cutting by Fioment, which is an excellent exploration of an incident in Colin Provolone’s personal history with the Bulbian Church.

And venus febriculosa by summerstudie, which is a Carmilla fic which I also love and recommend, but it’s dark somnophilia from the rapist’s PoV, so don’t click unless you want that.

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OC-tober

Wed, 01 Nov 2023 00:15:21 GMT

Okay, so last year when I was taking a break from writing I got an idea for a novel set in Toronto in 1920, and that’s been brewing ever since. Here’s my various posts about it on tumblr. (That link works on desktop but may not work if it tries to open in the app, because Tumblr Is A Functioning Website.) And then this October icannotreadcursive made a list of original character prompts, so I did a few of those, and generally it was a fun thing to think about at work even for the ones that didn’t get written down. Although they are also all in the tag above, here’s the links separately:

Day 3: In a cherished memory (Josie)

Day 4: Waking up from a nightmare (Fred and Tom)

Day 10: In a different time period (Modern AU, everyone)

Day 16: Expressing or exploring their spirituality (Verry, definitely not doing that)

Day 24: Being cared for by someone they love (Verry, Tom, and Fred)

And earlier this month I also posted a ficlet for Band Sinister by K. J. Charles.

I am also in trickortreatex, but I haven't opened my gifts yet so I will post about that after the anon period.

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Dear Yuletide Writer:

Fri, 20 Oct 2023 21:10:51 GMT

Hi! Thanks so much for writing for me, and congratulations on your evident good taste!

If you want to benignly internet-stalk me to get an idea of my interests, Tumblr and AO3 are probably a better idea than DW. However, my previous Yuletide-related posts are tagged here.

This year I requested Band Sinister by K. J. Charles, the Roaring Twenties Magic series by Allie Therin, and Tales of the Five Hundred Kingdoms by Mercedes Lackey. I am happy with any fic rating or length, and welcome treats.

A large and random list of things I like in general: worldbuilding, hurt/comfort, huddling for warmth, teamwork, competence, adventure, lesbians, ethical dilemmas, loyalty conflicts, people being clever, twisty plots, gender issues, sibling or sibling-like relationships, epistolary fic, backstory, pining, physical affection, queerness, philosophy, romance, UST, found families, mythological and literary allusions, polyamory, slash, het, femslash, passionate platonic friendships, hidden worlds, cities, banter, complicated plans, beautiful landscapes, angst, puns, magical realism, history, social class issues, older women with major roles, case fic, period accuracy, gen, smut, pwp, diversity of opinion, secret identities, fairy tales, specific sense of place... Feel free to use any of these, do not try to use all of them.

Dislikes: I do not want child- or pregnancy-focused fic, or high school AUs, or fic entirely centred around a wedding or wedding preparation. I'm not interested in incest or graphic depictions of rape or gore or torture.

Generally I am all for alternate universes, but in these fandoms the setting is a lot of the draw for me, so perhaps not wildly alternate ones.

Fandom specific thoughts and optional details:

( Band Sinister by K. J. Charles )

( Roaring Twenties Magic by Allie Therin )

( Tales of the Five Hundred Kingdoms by Mercedes Lackey )

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Nominations Queries Post Time!

Sun, 02 Oct 2022 02:30:30 GMT

It is October, which means it is my favourite time of year: Nominations Queries Post time!

For those of you who don't pay much attention to fanworks exchanges, a nominations queries post is a post made during the tagset approvals portion of an AO3 exchange, where the mod(s) of the exchange ask the nominators exactly who they meant by "Vampire Chick (Twilight)" and whether there's a better fandom name than "Two Books From This Series But Not the Third One Which I Hate - Author Name".

Usually it starts a bit earlier, but neither Trick or Treat Ex nor FemslashEx (signups still open!) had much in the way of noms queries this year. Which is good for the mods, of course, but means I had to wait until Yuletide noms closed to get my fix. Reading nominations guidelines and the evidence post work too, although not quite as well.

I'm not sure why I love these posts so much. It has very little to do with whether I've heard of the fandom or not. There's the putting-things-into-little-boxes impulse, and the watching-people-being-really-interested-in-really-specific-things enjoyment. And also there's sentences like

Nominator of Elder Gods, we don’t accept group nominations if the group contains distinct characters. Could you pick an Elder God, please?

and

Nominator, for 'The Snake', which snake did you want? The snake who enters the crypt first, or the second snake, who brings the first snake back to life?

which really remind me exactly what I love about fandom in specific and human creativity in general. It's like getting a peek into dozens of different tiny little worlds.

I have had a good time reading the evidence post and having strong irrelevant opinions over whether [fandom X] should qualify for Yuletide, and I expect to have another good week enjoying the results of modly tag approvals.

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So a variety of fics

Fri, 24 Dec 2021 01:29:30 GMT

First of all, the Retired Beekeepers of Sussex are no longer holding events, and while their journals are still archived online I thought I should put this on AO3:

Title: Discretion
Rating: G
Universe: ACD Holmes
Characters: Mrs. Hudson, Sherlock Holmes
Warnings/Enticements: Character Study, Victorian Attitudes
Summary: Mrs Hudson overhears something, and is thrown into an ethical dilemma.
Word Count: 722

On AO3

And here is a (very brief) second chapter to a fic from September:

Title: Far to Go
Rating: T
Universe: Marvel
Characters: Natasha Romanov, Clint Barton, Bucky Barnes
Warnings/Enticements: De-Aging, Implied Child Abuse, Canon-Typical Violence, Natasha Romanov Backstory, Angst, Paranoia, Hurt/Comfort, Natasha Romanov Needs a Hug, But She Certainly Wouldn't Accept One, Sign Language, Blizzards, Handcuffs, Unreliable Narrator
Summary: "You know the kind of thing: scientists make something, realize they have no use for it and no one sane would want it around, and then instead of destroying it like anyone sensible would they stick it in a high security containment facility and forget about it until someone steals it, and we have to go and steal it back. They say it’s only dangerous if you drink it, we say great, we’ll have it back by Tuesday, and then Natasha touches the bottle and loses twenty years."
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It's a test. Of course it's a test. She must have been drugged. This must be a false mission set up by the Red Room. These men must be Red Room too. She just has to figure out how to pass the test.

Right?
Word Count: 5417

On AO3

And finally, from a shameless self promotion angle, if you are waiting impatiently for Yuletide to open, have a fic recommendation:

Title: Strike the Harp and Join the Chorus
Rating: T
Universe: The Hidden Almanac
Characters: Reverend Mord, Pastor Drom, George the Crow
Warnings/Enticements: Episode Style, History, Canon-Typical Weirdness, Mentions of Human Sacrifice, Mentions of RPF (Real Poultry Fiction), Characters Participating in Yuletide, Holidays, Humour
Summary: It was on this day that the gifts in a holiday fanfiction exchange were revealed. It is the Feast Day of Yuletide, and in the garden, there are stories.

Be Safe, and Remember: You Are Not Alone.
Word Count: 3400

On AO3

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PolyArmory Exchange

Fri, 04 Jun 2021 23:45:14 GMT

So the-poly-armory did a very small Clint/Natasha/Bucky exchange, and I wanted to write more and looked at the huge patch of free time I had at the end of April and signed up for it.

And I had this college AU and it was half done and fully outlined and going to be about 5000 words ... but then local case rates skyrocketed and personal things happened and I got scheduled for two full weeks of work and then the new semester started.

Luckily I had planned for this, sort of, and I had decided that if I didn't have a rough draft by the first day of class I would write smut instead because after all my recipient had specifically asked for smut. Which is what I did. I wish I'd been able to think of a summary but people do seem to think it's hot.

Title: Tools of the Trade
Rating: E
Universe: Marvel
Characters: Clint Barton, Natasha Romanov, Bucky Barnes
Warnings/Enticements: Porn Without Plot, Threesome - F/M/M, Hand Kink, Pegging
Word Count: 1320

On AO3

And here is my gift, which is just so lovely, OMG.

An Unsealed Fate (6308 words) by Beckala
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes/Clint Barton/Natasha Romanov, James "Bucky" Barnes/Clint Barton, Clint Barton/Natasha Romanov, James "Bucky" Barnes/Natasha Romanov
Characters: James "Bucky" Barnes, Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Clint Barton
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Fantasy, Alternate Universe - Different First Meeting, Alternate Universe - Fae, Angst, Class Issues, physical affection, Cities, Magic, Just a touch of steampunk, Wings
Summary:

They’ve made their preparations and the dawn will bring a chance at a new life — but first, they have tonight and they’re going to make the most of it.

“We don’t say goodbye before we part,” Clint continues as his fingers finish the last button and he starts to tug Bucky’s trousers and pants over his hips, “we don’t seal a fate until all other paths are closed to us.”

“He’s right,” Nat says and when Bucky turns his head again she’s so close he can make out the gold stars around her irises, the only outward sign of the immense power hiding under her skin, “don’t tempt fate. What will come will come but we have now and we’re going to celebrate it with you.”

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Sun, 08 Nov 2020 02:00:53 GMT

I'm sure everyone has other things to think about right now,* but here is my Trick or Treat fic:

Title: Desert Dreams
Rating: T
Universe: The Old Guard
Characters: Quynh, Andromache
Warnings/Enticements: Canon-typical Temporary Character Death, Pre-Canon, First Meeting, First Kiss
Summary: Quynh gave up—once.
Word Count: 408

On AO3

And Growing Seasons was updated Friday as usual, although now that I am slightly less anxious I should start properly editing the last chapter.

I have not signed up for Yuletide this year, because I very clearly need a break from writing. Therefore I don't know if I'll make it to 400,000 words total on AO3 this year or not. If I end up treating anything then I probably will.

*I'm not watching the speech because I would have to watch it with my mother, and probably I would cry. Which would be fine in, you know, other circumstances, with someone who wasn't allergic to emotions. I am reading the 538 liveblog and explaining to Pepper that she doesn't get fed yet.

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Sat, 03 Oct 2020 00:54:12 GMT

So for MFDE I wrote genderswap Clint/Nat mission fic.

And here is the thing I have been working on for forever:

Title: Growing Seasons
Rating: E
Universe: Marvel
Characters: Clint Barton, Bucky Barnes, Natasha Romanov
Warnings/Enticements: Historical AU, Post-American Civil War, Farming, Domestic Chores, Blizzards, Slow Burn, Sharing a Bed, Angst, PTSD, Polyamory, Past MCD, Past Steve/Bucky, Background Dark Themes, Period Typical Attitudes, Future Explicit Sexual Content
Summary: “I’m sorry for imposing on you like this,” the stranger said, pulling his scarf down to reveal dark stubble and a surprisingly pretty mouth. “But the storm came up sudden, and I got no idea where the nearest town is. Could you point me in the right direction?”
“You won’t make it in this storm,” said Clint. “Stay until it blows over, it’s no trouble.”
Word Count: 2787 this chapter; 20k total

On AO3

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Sat, 26 Sep 2020 17:38:01 GMT

Marvel Femslash Drabble Exchange is open.

Mostly unrelated to that:

Title: Girls Like You
Rating: T
Universe: Marvel
Characters: Natasha Romanov
Summary: Strong female role models build and reinforce young women’s capacity to achieve their dreams.
Warnings/Enticements: Red Room, Backstory, Various Dark Themes
Word Count: 337

On AO3

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Trick or Treat Letter

Tue, 15 Sep 2020 21:00:01 GMT

Hi! Thanks so much for writing for me, and congratulations on your evident good taste!

I am requesting fic for Agent Carter and Original Works, and fic or art for Alternate Universe Works and The Old Guard (2020). You may ignore my fic/art and trick/treat preferences for extra gifts.

A large and random list of things I like in general: worldbuilding, hurt/comfort, huddling for warmth, teamwork, adventure, ethical dilemmas, loyalty conflicts, people being clever, twisty plots, gender, sibling or sibling-like relationships, backstory, pining, physical affection, queerness, philosophy, romance, feminism, UST, found families, mythological allusions, polyamory, slash, het, femslash, hidden worlds, cities, banter, complicated plans, beautiful landscapes, angst, puns, magical realism, history, social class issues, passionate platonic friendships, older women with major roles, case fic, period accuracy, gen, smut, pwp, diversity, secret identities, historical clothes, fairy tales, specific sense of place... Feel free to use any of these.

I am happy with absolutely any fic rating or length. I don't mind seasonal works, I like fall, but it's not a requirement. For Tricks, I prefer angst and the supernatural rather than actively-trying-to-freak/gross-you-out horror.

Dislikes: I do not want child- or pregnancy-focused fic, or fic focused on high school. I have a major embarrassment squick, I don't like incest, and I'm not interested in graphic depictions of rape or gore or torture (note a couple specific fandom exceptions to this last below).

Agent Carter
( Agent Carter )

Alternate Universe Works
Characters:
( Kate Bishop replaces Clint Barton (AU-MCU) )
( Winter Soldier Peggy Carter (AU-MCU) )

The Old Guard
( The Old Guard )

Original Works
( Original Works )

( Battle of the Bands )

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Sun, 06 Sep 2020 20:00:03 GMT

Marvel Femslash Drabble Exchange sign ups (and nominations) are open until the 12th.

femslashex nominations are open until the 13th.

yuletide_admin nominations open on the 22nd.

This post is mostly to remind myself that the latter date is my self-imposed deadline for finishing editing this damn fic, so I can spend the fall doing exchanges.

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Mon, 04 Nov 2019 01:20:25 GMT

So there's still technically time to change my mind, but I'm pretty sure I'm not going to sign up for Yuletide this year. I'm pretty sure it's a good decision and I seem to be in a mental state where I'm not castigating myself for it, but I'm still not sure how I feel about it.

I just ... have a lot of things to do this fall and I want signing up for a challenge to seem fun rather than another obligation.

Instead I am going to finish at least four of these lingering WiPs and work and apply for college. And do math. With Jean Claude's help.

Anyway, I wrote lots of (mostly) Clint/Natasha snippets here.

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MFDE Gifts

Sun, 29 Sep 2019 18:28:46 GMT

So I did not actually realize it when I signed up, but of course this exchange meant that I got birthday femslash ficlets! Three of them! And they're great!

i once was lost, but now am found (and now, I see): MCU Natasha/fem!Bucky. So many feelings. And you can watch Bucky becoming more ... Bucky, or more willing to express it, over 800 words.

winter days: MCU Natasha/fem!Steve. Depressed-post-Avengers Steve angst. Yessss.

Tease: Very very hot Dottie Underwood/Peggy Carter dubcon smut.

Have not looked at the rest of the collection yet, assume it's also excellent.

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I have other news but I'm being superstitious about it

Sat, 07 Sep 2019 22:30:06 GMT

I have signed up for Remix Madness.

shipoween and trickortreatex are things that exist. And only have 300 word minimums. Hmm.

My brain is currently very happy to come up with detailed plot outlines but is not coughing up any actual prose. This is very odd.

Also I am dissatisfied with my dialogue, so I would appreciate recs for writers who do that well.

Oh! Also I went to this! (This.) Which was far too short but otherwise very neat. Knumpify thinks that her findings don't apply to large swathes of the internet where he mostly hangs out, though.

Before that I went climbing (excellent) and fucked up my back (less excellent).

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Femslash Exes (...wait...)

Thu, 29 Aug 2019 00:02:58 GMT

Nominations are open for femslashex!

Nominations for marvelfemslashevents Drabble Exchange open September 1st. Or maybe they're already open? I can't tell.

(These exchanges just barely avoid overlapping. I will definitely be participating in the latter; femslashex depends on my employment status.)

Non-femslashly, sign-ups are open for one more day for Unconventional Fanworks Exchange, and I am very tempted to sign up to write poetry.

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Exchanges

Thu, 16 May 2019 18:17:47 GMT

List for myself (that I should have done two months ago) of exchanges going live that I want to read.

hurtcomfortex: May 19th

marvelfemslashevents: June 8th

ssrconfidential: June 14th

mcu_exchange: July 6th

Not Prime Time: July 13th

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