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My Soul Alight: XXI

My Soul Alight ➛ Chapter XXI - find it right here! ➛ As always, let me know what you think :)

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“This is a bad idea,” Clarke murmurs, when Lexa breaks the kiss.

“Yes.” Lexa agrees.

“It doesn’t feel like a bad idea.”

“No.”

“But it is.”

“Yes.”

“Why?”

“It will put you in great danger,” Lexa says, her eyes falling to the floor between their feet.

“You and me both, I assume.”

“Yes.” A trembling breath escapes Lexa’s lips, heavy like lead.

“What are you not telling me?”

[…]

not a meme but i think it would be pretty fuckin cool if we all did this. and not just for a month, but until we start getting what we deserve. they only profit off of us. they don’t deserve our attention. eat the rich.

Day Thirty-two

of @the-wip-project‘s challenge

Q22: What’s your favorite trope you’re not writing and why?

A22: Best friends to lovers. In my wip, the protagonist is pansexual whereas her bff is a gay man who comes out during the story. I want to show a healthy(ish) friendship between a man and a woman without sexual tension or romantic undertones.

“Caroline Ouellette and Julie Chu, who were on-ice rivals for years and former captains of the Canadian and U.S. women's hockey teams, celebrated the birth of their first child last week.”

@aaronginsburg so glad InStyle posted that great pic of Lexa. Too bad all y'all queer baiters killed her in the third season.

MOVE OVER, ICE DRAGON!

Hugely honored to be on InStyle’s fun, new list!

Check out the whole list by CLICKING HERE.

Thank you

Thank you @alexispayton for Fleimkepa! Such a creative and imaginative piece that felt so true to Clarke and Lexa's characters, at least where their character arcs were going before ... he who shall not be named scuttled them. And the last line, so perfect!

15 Days and 45 Authors: Day 10

Happy Holidays Clexakru! For the holiday season, I am hoping you all can join me in sending out a giant thank you to our wonderful authors. It has been over 1,000 days since Lexa left us and our authors have continued to keep Clexa alive. Without them our ship would have sailed and we would be scattered to other fandoms. Without them, the impact of Clexa on the LGBT community would have been forgotten. Without them, I never would have met some amazing people. So, in no particular order, here is a thank you to some amazing writers for whom I am forever grateful.

Jude81 ( @bae-in-maine )

Known for: Three Loves (Pieces of Us)

My Favorite: Friday Night Pizza Delivery

Hidden Gem: Tell Her

Common Tags: Fluff, Humor, G!P

Jude’s writing is smart, witty, and filled with love. Her love for Clexa is reflected not only by her writing style but also by the extensive collection of Clexa stories she has written. Friday Night Pizza Delivery is a super fun and hilarious story of Clarke trying her hardest to entice delivery girl Lexa. Tell Her is a sweet, fluffy fic but it’s confused Lexa and her bromance with Raven that made me fall in love with this fic. Also, I must confess that Jude’s smut is fantastic. She knows how to get you wiggling in your seat.

KL_Morgan ( @entirelytookeen )

Known for: (my) Destruction Within Your Mouth

My Favorite: The White Queen Running

Hidden Gem: The Red King Awake

Common Tags: Slow Burn, Canon Divergence, Parallel Universes

I am deeply in love with KLM’s works. She has created multiple versions of Clarke and Lexa, each one true to the original pairing but under different circumstances. Her characterizations are deeply complex, realistic, and fascinating. She has created the most brilliant form of Costia. A character whose self-preservation was rooted in the unwavering devotion to another, even at the cost of her own needs. KLM’s works show that she understands who Clarke and Lexa are at their core; a feat that even the show creators have not accomplished.

OForion4 ( @oforion4 )

Known for: It Takes As Long As It Takes

My Favorite: It Takes As Long As It Takes

Hidden Gem: It Takes As Long As It Takes

Common Tags: Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Slow Burn

Who among us did not squeal with joy when this fic was updated after nearly a two year wait? ITALAIT was worth the wait. OF has written a beautiful story that falls into the same category as Lover in Low Light and Except You, Love. ITALAIT is a heart wrenching exploration of a fractured relationship. OF’s writing truly shines as she uses flashbacks to examine what went wrong and move the plot forward with details of past love. This is the only work OF currently has on AO3. It is an outstanding piece and leaves me hoping to see more works from her in the future.

All acceptable and encouraged forms of fanfiction. Thank you creators

“This reads like fanfiction (it feels like it was written by a preteen, and most of such things posted publicly are fanfic)” vs “This reads like fanfiction (it has a focus on character and relationships, like the style of a lot of modern fanfic)” vs “This reads like fanfiction (it keeps referencing people and events with the assumption that the audience is already familiar with them, like how fanfic doesn’t need to rehash the source material)”

Wtf! Not okay!

Thinkin about how as kids parents told us to clean our rooms without having ever shown us how to themselves, taught us any organizational skills, spatial management, or any other knowledge necessary to know how to efficiently tackle a mess without getting overwhelmed and then got exasperated when we as ten year olds didn’t just……figure it out