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Hello friend,

First of all, thanks for writing for me! I love haunted houses and devoted monsters. I'm not really interested in porn. If it's there, cool! But I don't need it. My definite DNWs are kidfic and mundane/modern AU please.


My prompts can fall into a few categories:

1) HORROR
My ideal horror stories are House of Leaves, The Haunting of Hill House, and Lake Mungo. I like the creeping dread, the places that look like Escher designed them drunk, genius loci, not knowing if something is real or not, being the only person for miles around, and all kinds of forests. I'm thinking mostly of Supernatural and Narnia for this.

2) ADVENTURE
I'm thinking more of a Stranger Things or Indiana Jones vibe. There are horror elements, but it is mostly an adventure! Friendship, capers, and quest objects. I'm thinking of Red Dead Redemption, Welcome to Night Vale, and Fallout for this, but for some of my RDR prompts I can definitely see how more horror can work.

3) STEPHEN BLACK AND MRS BRANDY
if you write about Stephen Black and Mrs Brandy, please make it happy ;___;


Well, that's about it. Have fun!

When I watched Strange World, within the first 15 minutes I was like hmm this musta gotten as much hate from Certain People as Lightyear did. Unsurprisingly I really enjoyed it. What a lovely message too!

ey, anyone into Mass Effect. I just finished my Legendary Edition playthrough, which is also the first time I have played any Mass Effect at all. cryin. ( spoilers, and uhhh spoilers for red dead redemption 2 too i guess )

Would you be so kind as to rec me Mass Effect fics please thank you kindly

 

Dear Santa!

( i want a pony )

 Idk what I was expecting when I searched for 'dreamwidth' in the app store, but there is no Dreamwidth app. That's not surprising. There is, however, a Livejournal app.

Anyway, the other day I rewatched Merlin, the Hallmark miniseries version, and that shit is still fucking baller, man. Sam Neill and Isabella Rossellini and Helena Bonham Carter! Also Sebastian Roche was there. Sam Neill's Merlin had hella Obi-Won vibes. Sure, the effects are cheesy looking now, but in middle school I thought they were just marvelous. After watching The Sandman, the theme of where gods come from is still forefront in my mind. No wonder I turned out the way I did. At 13, everything felt like a revelation. In my formative years, I learned that magic is half inspiration, half dedication. When they all literally turn their back on Mab, my heart was in my throat again. The power of belief, the shadow of memory, anchored by stories.

Speaking of Sandman! Twenty five years in development hell was probably worth it to give time for the special effects to catch up. I CANNOT WAIT FOR BARBIE'S ARC.

So far, there's only this. But if you don't know how to write the story yet, then tell yourself a story about the story, so here's what I got:

It opens on a bonfire. Most people are a few beers in, and the loudest conversation is Sean and Lenny arguing about the likelihood of reincarnation. Do you think we're born the exact same people we used to be? What about history and circumstance? How would they affect? Javier says no, we get one life - this one. It's why it's so precious. And Lenny says okay, but what if the one life is shit? Like, a giant stinking pile of shit. Karen is the voice of exasperated optimism: is this life so bad they're already thinking of the next one?

Hosea chimes in with a quote. He can't remember the source, and Arthur says that means he's making it up. "Optimism is the belief that the life we're in is the best possible version; pessimism fears this is true."  Hosea turns to the newcomer and tries to draw him out. "What do you think, Charles?"

Charles was content to soak in the ambience. All attention is on him now, not necessarily looking for an answer, but just generally gawking at fresh meat. Or at least, that's how he feels. Charles sighs. "I don't know, I haven't really given it much thought.  Too busy worrying about this life to think about the next."

The conversation moves on from him, so he relaxes. Everyone has an opinion, or at the very least more questions. What if this life is a gift? What if our worst life is over?

Arthur says, "Can't be. We still have to eat Pearson's cooking in this one."

Javier finishes tuning his guitar. The first song has no words, just triplets of minor chords as the fire crackles and pops.  By the fifth song, though, even Charles is singing along.

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Charles's car is fifteen years old, and it's full of his dad's blues and jazz CDs. His favorite memory of his father is when he taught Charles how to play the harmonica. He only remembers a handful of songs, but he still listens to Oscar Peterson all the time. 

Two voicemails on his phone and Charles is being a coward again. The easiest thing to do with his dad has always been to run away. He supposes that's why he's here. He's just not sure if it's going to work this time. Charles keeps thinking his father is not long for this world, but he's been thinking that since he turned thirteen. He is wrong every time. Amos Smith is not a perfect man, but he is full of surprises. You just never know whether they're going to be good or bad.

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idk, i feel really adamant that in my modern day au charles has at least one parent around oKAY. anyway, for real, harmonica!charles. harmonica!charles, sea shanty version.

This was mostly just going to be me compiling characterization notes for myself. Somewhere along the way it turned into ~2300 of gen fic about Charles joining the gang. It's unbeta'ed and I haven't written anything since 2017, so please excuse the creaky joints. I'm happy to have finally finished something though. The conversation between Lenny and Dutch is mostly lifted from their actual camp conversation. If any of the race stuff is badly done, please let me know and I will fix it.



( devil makes three lyric goes here )

I crosspost to twoskeletons. If by some chance one of my fics happens to inspire you, feel freeeeee to do whatever with them, including but not limited to podfic, art, writing in 'verses, remix, etc! All I ask is that you link me so I can see. :)


Last updated: July 20, 2012.

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