Heyo! Guys check out coffee_queen on ao3 they’ve got a lot of fics for SEAL Team, as well as some for Chicago Fire, Avengers, Iron Fist, and the Defenders :D
↳“My faith is with you,” she says. “If anyone can strike this deal, it is you. You have a cutting tongue.”
Genre -> Fantasy, Greek Myth Retelling
POV -> Third Person Limited
Themes -> Death, Justice and Judgement, Loneliness, Darkness and Light.
Vibes -> a handful of soft sand filtering through a loose fist, the gurgle of a nearby river, smooth black stones under bare feet, the peace and unease of utter silence, long shadows in an empty castle hall, old and cracked stone stairs leading to the uninhabitable, a white river glowing in the distance, white-blue flames and the scent of fresh ink lingering in the air.
Status -> First Draft
Blurb -> Calypso proposes a deal to Hades, offers to repurpose some of her domain in exchange for a lessening of his workload, some souls due never to touch the land of the dead.
Tags to Follow -> wip light and what lies below, wip lawlb, ocean fable
(Synopsis under cut as to not clog up anyone’s dash)
( they opted to have me boost their blog rather than a specific wip for my recent survey, and honestly I think said blog is very cool - you should check it out!)
Description: “My current WIP, Roses and Lavender, is an AU crossover between Beauty and the Beast (2017) and Cinderella (2015) exploring self-discovery, queerness, and what happens when we deviate from the stories we’re expected to follow (Beast/Cinderella’s Prince, Belle/Ella, T, 18.9k at time of writing)”
Still really need to get a copy for myself because it’s been on my TBR for entirely too long and I have seen only positive things about it. (also it literally costs two dollars, like? yes please)
We’ve got two merlin fics (50k and 13k) and a voltron fic (10k), and while I’m really involved in either fandom so much right now, they do look pretty good :D
genre — fantasy | romance | adventure status — planing | first draft setting — low fantasy world with neat spirits themes — duty and purpose | emotions | identity | love | heritage | loss | revenge | carpe diem | priorities features — lgbt+ rep | spirits of all kinds | magic | enemies to lovers | double identities | cool masks | a gorgeous masquerade warnings — mild alcoholism and drug use
summary —
Lavinia Pennyroyal, the best spellbreaker in town, has an ironic problem. She is the unfortunate bearer of a generation-old family curse and spends her days looking for a cure. However, her research days are interrupted when the Noble Prince commissions her to remove a deadly curse. Now Lavinia must learn to work with the thieving Wizard Asturia, a lazy and emotionless magician, to find the origin of the curse. Luckily, under the cover of night, a mysterious masked gentleman has taken to unknowingly aiding Lavinia on her quest when the Wizard Asturia disappears to tend to his own mysterious affairs, all while a rogue evil spirit threatens the peace of the land.
characters —
Lavinia Pennyroyal: a professional spellbreaker of fifth-generation excellence, she is a determined young woman who takes great pride in her work and cannot stand the sight of Elio Asturia, spends her time researching a cure for her family curse which transforms her into the night spirit Lorelei, workaholic who cannot leave a curse unbroken, stick in the mud, possibly in love with the mysterious gentleman Aidoneus,
Elio Asturia: fabulous wandering thief and wizard, charismatic and a bit of an attention whore, was once a mighty knight magician but suddenly dropped the service to wander the land, made a deal with a suspicious night spirit to forget his tragic past™, selfish and vain but very powerful, emotions, who? I don’t know her, hoarder and alcoholic still dreaming of a beautiful nereid spirit he fell in love with back in his bright childhood days
The Spirit Lorelei: Lavinia’s so called ‘night form,’ a horned blue nereid spirit, she hardly ever leaves her home except to help a spirit in need, doesn’t care for Elio but wishes to encounter the handsome Aidoneus
Aidoneus: a mystery, is looking for something that was stolen from him, head over heels for the Spirit Lorelei, a little rough around the edges but is willing to help Lavinia since they have a common enemy
Mira Sparrow: cute librarian and world-class bookworm, Lavinia’s *friend*(well she could be, but Mira is a coward), a little prone to gossip but sweeter than honey, remembers everything she reads
Rajathe Fantastic Lamp Spirit: the zany day spirit that resides inside a powerful magic lamp which Elio keeps by his side, a trickster by nature created from the world’s saddest child’s first laugh, snek boi, Elio’s only friend, crouching moron… hidden badass
Orion Nightingale: a powerful Knight Magician, blind and more than capable of kicking ass, Elio’s old *friend*(when Elio as a Knight but those days are gone), kind and kind of stoic, don’t touch his staff
have i posted this before? yes. am i doing it again because it’s still one of my favorite series? also yes. You should read it. it is quite good.
it’s post-post climate apocalypse (so like things are working again), an aroace lead, lots of swordfighting, actually really good ships (and this is coming from someone who is in fact aroace) and lots of historical references.
[Image Description: A blue lightning storm with the words ‘The Hyades Brigade’ written over it.]
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Happy new year everyone!
Now let’s start off 2022 with a bang ･:*:･ﾟ★ ･:*:･ﾟ☆ ╰(*°▽°*)╯
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THE HYADES BRIGADE
SUMMARY
Once every twenty years, a new generation of the Hyades Brigade—the world’s greatest protectors—are rigorously trained to stand at the forefront of humanity. Shining their light down onto the earth with their great strength and wisdom, Ren Yang had longed to be one of them for as long as he could remember.
That was up till, of course, he let his curiosity get the better of him again.
Within the span of a single night, he not only managed to irrevocably fuck up all his chances in the worst way possible, but also got caught in the act by a current active member of the Hyades. Just as he was certain he’d have to sign his own death warrant, she offered him the chance of a lifetime—take her place as Zeta, the emotional link of the Hyades, and she’d never tell a soul of his mistake. A perfect way to redeem himself, right?
He almost wished she just threw him off a cliff instead.
With a mask as cold as ice, social skills more miserable than a dead, flopping fish, and an EQ level that belonged in the pits, he was hardly liked by anyone, let alone capable of becoming the ‘emotional link’ of the team. Top that with the other members being just as big of a problem child as he was, and he was struggling just getting everyone to form one cohesive unit, much less actually turn them into a full-fledged team.
But there was no time for infights and disagreements—deep inside the mountains, strange animals were being found mutilated and hidden within the long cracks of caves. With mysterious sounds haunting the people with every step they take, and the elderly disappearing into the night one by one, the Hyades would have to come together fast in order to fix this mess.
Even still, Ren couldn’t help but wonder—why, out of the hundred candidates remaining, was he the one chosen to be the next Zeta?
Featuring:
A blind & trans aro ace MC :3
An entirely queer main cast~ (I actually wanted to put a token straight inside but I guess that didn’t pan out in the end… Whoops haha 〒▽〒)
A found family! Entirely made up of nothing but problem children! Hoorayyy they’re all gonna kill each other!! :D
Betting pools huhuhuhuhu
A much deeper focus on friendship and family over romance (✿◡‿◡)
TRANS AROACE MC AND QUEER CAST AND FOUND FAMILY ANDTHAT FAMILY IS MADE UP OF PROBLEM CHILDREN AND DEEPER FOCUS ON FRIENDSHIP/FAMILY MORE THAN ROMANCE?!?!?!!?
oh heck yeah
also while i’m here i’m just going to also say that the premise looks awesome
So this project that will be dominating my blog for a bit…. what is it?
Until about mid-may, I’m going to be working on writing a short book for new and soon-to-be new writers to give them the starting place and orientation I wished I’d had when I was starting to write more seriously. It’s going to cover topics such as how to get into a project and keep going with it, how to become part of a writing community, and what to look for in writing advice at the earliest stages of the journey.
Once it’s completed, the final PDF will be available online for free.
Tag:
Currently the tag I am using is #new writer guide. You’ll see this on all sign-up opportunities to help, status updates on where I’m at, and on projects that I’m boosting as a thank you to participants.
How to help:
When they are open, I will have links next to the sign up for both the peer edit phase and the beta read phase below. Additionally, even if you’re not interested in being a part of the edit phases, please do not underestimate the value in sharing those sign ups - either by reblogging or crossposting.
Peer edit [NOT YET OPEN] (where fellow writers get to read the book or parts of it and let me know what I may be missing, spending too much time on, or maybe didn’t get quite right - as well as letting me know what’s working and doesn’t need to be changed)
Beta read [NOT YET OPEN] (where new or soon-to-be-new writers get to read the book or parts of it and let me know what’s confusing or needs to be expanded upon - as well as letting me know which parts are all set)
Boosting WIPs:
As a thank you to everyone who participates in either of the editing passes (as well as the now-closed “what advice would you give your past self” survey), there is an option to drop links to WIPs they’d like to have boosted.
Responses for the “advice you’d give your past self” forms are now closed. To everyone who responded, thank you so much for your help it really makes such a difference :D
If you didn’t get a chance to respond and/or did but want to help more, be on the lookout soon for the peer-editor call and beta-read call, as that will be a chance to offer feedback on the drafts of the guide (and get a chance to read it before it’s officially out!)
