House Of Flame And Shadow 1/30/2024!!!

the last one was unnecessary 😶😒

Things Sarah J. Maas Characters do a lot:

Purr

Smirk

Flirt

Growl

Die

Am I the only person who noticed how-

1) Serpent and Dove was published on 2019/9/2

2) Heir of Fire was published on 2014/9/2

-> In both books there's a freakin witch named Manon (which I LOVE in ToG but hate in SaD)

I legit don't know what to think about this.

My favorite part of Feyre and Rhys meeting for the first time in chapter 21 is how she’s sitting there describing how magnificent he is, how she’s never seen someone so handsome, how “the night seeming to press in closer around him”, “As if he’d been molded from the night itself”, “tendrils of star-kissed night trailed in his wake”

And this mf who is obviously reading her mind is just 😏😏😏😏 the whole time. He’s so annoying 😂

Fic Writing on Tumblr - Tips

Hello friends! I'm sure there's a million of these style posts floating around the good ole hellsite, but I thought I'd make a little post to tape up on our corner of the internet for any of the writers (old and new) that are interested in some tips for posting fic on tumblr 💕

Tip #1 - Always Use a Read More

This is crucial if you actually want people to reblog your fic. People don't generally want to subject their followers to scrolling through an entire chapter. I know it may seem like you're more likely to "hook" readers by putting all the story up front, but people who may have ordinarily read your fic may be disinclined simply because you decided not to follow this curtesy. As a general rule, I always put a "read more" on any fic that exceeds 500 words.

Tip #2 - Be Mindful of Using Art

Fandom is a community and people who read fanfic are part of that community. A lot of times, readers on tumblr will know fandom artists and their reposting rules. Always use credit if you will be using fanart as a header for your fic and always double check the artist allows this. Usually their reposting rules are stated very clearly on their instagram bios.

Additionally, you need to be aware that the art you're using is setting a first impression for your fic. For example, if you use AI art as a header, many users will decide not to reblog your fic simply because they do not support AI. The same goes for using art of whitewashed characters.

I would personally recommend creating a banner or moodboard for your fic, which will give you much more creative license to give the impression you feel is truest to your story! I use canva for all of my banners and moodboards, though you may find other apps that work better for you!

Tip #3 - Taglists

It is common curtesy to only tag people if they have requested to be on the tag list. There are some exceptions to this, where you may tag friends that you know don't mind or users who have openly encouraged their followers to add them to taglists (like me), but as a general rule of thumb, you should avoid tagging people unless they explicitly ask.

If you want to use a taglist but don't know where to start, I would recommend posting a (small) teaser or a synopsis of your fic in the appropriate tag and simply ask people to interact if they'd like to be added to the taglist.

Tip #4 - Use a Masterlist and hyperlink, hyperlink, hyperlink!

People are more likely to read your work if you make it easy for them to find. Generally, people won't spend time scrolling through your archive trying to find chapter 1 of a multi-chaptered fic you just posted. Making a masterlist that you link to each chapter will help new readers start at the beginning. And if they like your writing, a masterlist will also help them do a full binge of your works!

My friend @ofduskanddreams also recently did a poll here that suggested most users (at least in our corner of the internet) prefer to read fic on AO3. If you'll be cross posting to AO3, I definitely recommend adding a link on each chapter as well as linking your AO3 in your bio or main masterlist.

Tip #5 - Use appropiate tags and content warnings

Foremost, be respectful. While it may be tempting to use the ship tags for any background relationships that appear in the fic, I advise only tagging the ships that are central to the story. You may think using tags for background ships will give your fic a wider reach, but really you're just going to clog those tags with content that isn't really related to the ship. People, generally, don't appreciate this! Fandom is a community and our community is fairly small, so you definitely don't want to set off on the wrong foot by trying to "game" the tag system. People go into those tags because they want to see content for their ship and seeing an improperly tagged fic will certainly turn them off reading it and possibly reading anything from you in the future!

Additionally, if there is anything in your fic that might warrant a content warning (e.g. graphic violence, non-con or dub-con, blood, torture, etc.), then you will want to ensure you label this upfront. Both in the tags (with the format tw: blood or cw: blood) and stated clearly at the top of the fic (E.g. "Content warning: this fic contains graphic depictions of sexual violence). As a curtesy, all potentially triggering or NSFW content should be put beneath a read more.

Tip #6 - Fanfic Is a Community

I really can't express this enough! If you are not experiencing the engagement that you want on your fic, try engaging more with the wider community! Reblog and leave comments on other people's fics, send other people asks, reblog art and headcanons, participate in event weeks.

And lastly, because this is a community, be concious of the posts you make outside of fic. Your writing may be good, but if you make unlikeable posts about other characters, ships, etc., people may decide they don't want to support your works on principle. While it's impossible to please everyone and it's important to be true to you, it's important to understand that your blog represents your writing just as much as your writing represents your blog.

ok no but i just randomly remembered that Lana had a hysterectomy that day so let's say future Lana and Logan adopted children.

and for those who wants to get their heart broken all over again, here's the exact quote:

"I can't have children"

"Why" (bro. wdym WHY?????)

"I lost a lot that night"

no but you all need to imagine future Lana Myers and Logan children bc child be like: so Mommy how did you and daddy get married

Lana: Oh sooooo I was a ✨serial killer✨ killing my rapists and then daddy was investigating my case. then I meet daddy and then three books later we kinda broke up because he thought I was Kennedy Carlyle, you know, the girl who's identity I stole. Oh also you never see us on *enter Lana Logan anniversary date* because daddy's finding me a criminal to torture 😌. Yeah so sleep well children that's your bedtime story for tonight.

The old gods are dead

Zeus sits at the bar, he’ll buy a thousand and one drinks and the girls who he smiles at will raise their eyebrows and think of the pepper spray tucked into their sleeves.

Hera waits at home. She knows the numbers of all the girls and she has their facebooks open on the computer. Her hands hover over the keyboard., She wants to tell them that men will always lie. She wants to take her own advice. She never will.

Apollo and Artemis travel the world. They are chasing the sun. Chasing the moon. They will never catch up. Their hand are curled around each others hip bones. Never in public though. They look too similar for that now. Society has learned judgement and so they keep their caresses safe in the shadows.

Poseidon wanders the shore. He wears a plastic poncho and carries a bag of trash. His tears mix with the salt water. No one can tell the difference. A girl with hair that moves like serpents trails after him, retribution in her eyes.

Hades lies in bed, his wife curled around him. He smiles because people will always believe in death and finally, finally he has beaten his brothers at something.

Athena paces through college campuses, handing out pamphlets on architecture. She scoffs at professors who are simply going through the motions. She carries signs in her hands as she marches through the streets with the students, screaming about the newest problem. She laughs wild, these children, these fearless children are her people.

Hestia wants her family to come home. She waits in the doorway, arms outstretched and a smile like forgiveness waiting to embrace the siblings whom she knows will never return.

Demeter counts down the days until her daughter returns. She smiles when children cheer over the snow days she gives them. There was a time when she had a child like that.

Persephone kisses her husband and grins when people tremble. She is vengeful and wears flowers in her hair and she will make damn sure that the world will never forget her name.

Ares walks through the Middle East, picking his way around the ruins of an elementary school. He stopped understanding war a long time ago. This was not brave, this was not heroic. This was senseless.

Aphrodite narrows her eyes at boys in cars who yell obscene things. She’s long since stopped romanticizing love. She is gaunt and over worked but sometimes she sees a teenage girl handing her baby over to an older couple who had tried for years and she feels young again. Sometimes, she sees Ares from across the room as soldiers embrace their loved ones and they smile at each other. 

 Hephaestus limps through his shop, his hands are worn down, his back is still twisted but people don’t seem to notice anymore. He makes their furniture, their toys and trinkets and they thank him, they pay him.

 Hermes runs through the streets of New York, Tokyo, London. He is young in this time, young and beautiful and slipping between business men, his hands finding their way into their pockets. He never stops laughing. 

 Dionysus mixes Zeus his drinks. He watches his family grin and cry and get sick in the back room of the bar. He holds back their hair and hands them another drink before they even ask. He’s been here a long time. He’s seen them drunk more often then he’s seen them sober. He is watching them flicker out and fade. 

 The gods are dying. The gods are dead. The gods are us.

-L.D.

ᶦ ˢᵖʸ ʷᶦᵗʰ ᵐʸ ˡᶦᵗᵗˡᵉ ᵗᶦʳᵉᵈ ᵉʸᵉ ᵗᶦⁿʸ ᵃˢ ᵃ ᶠᶦʳᵉᶠˡʸ ᵃ ᵖᵉᵇᵇˡᵉ ᵗʰᵃᵗ ʷᵉ ᵖᶦᶜᵏᵉᵈ ᵘᵖ ˡᵃˢᵗ ʲᵘˡʸ ᵈᵒʷⁿ ᵈᵉᵉᵖ ᶦⁿˢᶦᵈᵉ ʸᵒᵘʳ ᵖᵒᶜᵏᵉᵗ ʷᵉ ᵃˡᵐᵒˢᵗ ᶠᵒʳᵍᵒᵗ ᶦᵗ ᵈᵒᵉˢ ᶦᵗ ᵉᵛᵉʳ ᵐᶦˢˢ ʷᶦᶜᵏˡᵒʷ ˢᵒᵐᵉᵗᶦᵐᵉˢ

Grey’s Anatomy | S6 E16

oops 😉

I’ve been laughing at my own meme for 10 minutes

SJM

HOSAB spoiler interview with sjm transcript

Fic List

Won't You Run Away With Me - Helion and Lady of Autumn's story based on Helion's conversation with the IC in ACOWAR

Book Playlists

Feysand

Elriel

Fanart + complete credit links

Danika Fendyr

- Part 1 - Part 2

Book recs list that nobody asked for:

Fantasy

Contemporary

Me being sentimental about me being on tumblr

2021

2022