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21 | they / them

— my favourite pain : blade x f!reader

contains! — mdni: DARK CONTENT, smut, angst, toxic + unestablished relationship, jealousy, mentally unstable blade, minor hunter/prey, reader is being carried around, possessiveness, manhandling, physical abuse (strangulation & hair pulling), marking, irrational behaviour, praise, petnames (pretty girl), there's a backstory to explain certain reasons to their behaviour — 5k words

summary: a tale about blade's very own paradise he deemed himself undeserving of. his best intentions harboured rotten fruit, fuelling resentment that tore them apart. until weeks later, a mara-struck blade is out to finish what they've started.

You haven’t seen Blade in weeks, yet he remains plaguing your mind like an ever-looming presence—a forbidden fruit you crave more than you would ever dare admit.

At the same time, you’re also the traitor who called the Cloud Knights on him: it was a desperate, vengeful act born of being once more used for salvation, drained of all the kindness residing in your heart to help calm the hurricane in his mind.

For long, he had done the same thing—appearing uninvited, expecting you to welcome him back into his personal Garden of Eden: the tender warmth of your hold. Forcing you to pity a selfish man who robbed you of the chance to find lasting love when he claimed your heart. He made it clear he wanted nothing more than those fleeting encounters, never trespassing the line that would make you lovers rather than acquaintances.

But your heart wanted something different.

He never touched you indecently, never did what you craved for him to do—only held you in his embrace, lips ghosting along your neck and chest until the drumming of your pulse paled in comparison to the need between your thighs.

— my favourite pain : blade x f!reader

contains! — mdni: DARK CONTENT, smut, angst, toxic + unestablished relationship, jealousy, mentally unstable blade, minor hunter/prey, reader is being carried around, possessiveness, manhandling, physical abuse (strangulation & hair pulling), marking, irrational behaviour, praise, petnames (pretty girl), there's a backstory to explain certain reasons to their behaviour — 5k words

summary: a tale about blade's very own paradise he deemed himself undeserving of. his best intentions harboured rotten fruit, fuelling resentment that tore them apart. until weeks later, a mara-struck blade is out to finish what they've started.

You haven’t seen Blade in weeks, yet he remains plaguing your mind like an ever-looming presence—a forbidden fruit you crave more than you would ever dare admit.

At the same time, you’re also the traitor who called the Cloud Knights on him: it was a desperate, vengeful act born of being once more used for salvation, drained of all the kindness residing in your heart to help calm the hurricane in his mind.

For long, he had done the same thing—appearing uninvited, expecting you to welcome him back into his personal Garden of Eden: the tender warmth of your hold. Forcing you to pity a selfish man who robbed you of the chance to find lasting love when he claimed your heart. He made it clear he wanted nothing more than those fleeting encounters, never trespassing the line that would make you lovers rather than acquaintances.

But your heart wanted something different.

He never touched you indecently, never did what you craved for him to do—only held you in his embrace, lips ghosting along your neck and chest until the drumming of your pulse paled in comparison to the need between your thighs.

an unpublished Levi prompt that I just never finished?? Anyways have some royal AU (princess x sworn protector my love)

“Get up,” your guard’s voice was hard, exasperated.

You only hummed. “I think not,” and you only sank deeper into the snow. “I think I shall lie here forever. I’ll become a frozen effigy, and all of the realm can come and lay flowers upon me in the spring.”

“I shall tell all who visit that their Princess was nothing more than a petulant child who refused to listen to the wisdom of her guard, and froze to death in the snow because she didn’t get her way.” Captain Levi’s arid response only stoked a playfulness in you that you were very sure he’d like nothing more than to stamp out.

“Are you saying you would keep watch over me even in death, my dear Captain?” Your tone was teasing, but from where you lay, you could not see the faint pink coloring the handsome guard’s sharp cheekbones.

A crunch of snow under boots was all you heard before the ground beneath you disappeared, as you were lifted from the snow and tossed over a shoulder, as though you weighed no more than a bag of flour.

“My duty is to ensure that you do not meet your death before you take the throne, Princess,” your guard answered icily. “Any duty I have to you in the event of your death is to ensure the realm knows how insipid the heir to the throne truly was.”

PROMPTS FOR FAKE DATING & GOING UNDERCOVER *  assorted dialogue for muses going undercover as a couple and having to maintain the illusion that they're dating, and all the chaos, feelings, and whatnot that come with it, suggested by dollhidden, adjust as necessary, send "reverse" for the reversal of action prompts

DIALOGUE PROMPTS

  • come on. at least pretend that you like me.
  • if we hold hands, that'll sell the illusion even more.
  • what petnames do you think we'd use if we were actually dating?
  • please don't make this too difficult on me.
  • stop letting go of my hand.
  • you're going to pay for this later.
  • that was way too close of a call.
  • [petname]? that's what we're going with?
  • could you at least look like you like me for an hour? is that so hard?
  • admit it. i'm not half bad.
  • didn't think i would enjoy this as much as i am.
  • did you take acting classes growing up?
  • excuse me! i'm just trying to sell the illusion!
  • do you think they bought it?
  • you don't look like you love me. you look like you're constipated.
  • way to lay it on thick. i think you might have done too good of a job.
  • pretend to laugh at one of my jokes.
  • i guess i didn't expect you to dress up for this. i'm impressed.
  • you know, if you treated me like that on the regular, i might actually start falling in love with you.
  • they have to believe we're together. how hard can it be?
  • quick, pretend like you're about to kiss me.
  • you clearly care more about the tiny appetizers than you do me.
  • i'm just here for the free champagne.
  • you clean up nice.
  • that honestly wasn't as bad as i thought it would be.
  • they're looking over here. quick, say something funny.
  • that... was surprisingly smooth of you.
  • you don't date much, do you?
  • we should pretend to date more often.
  • hey! my eyes are up here!
  • shit, they're coming. kiss me.

ACTION PROMPTS all of these are written as if both parties are fake dating and going undercover at some specified event, but feel free to add your own scenarios if you'd like!

  • [ hand ] sender quickly takes receiver's hand in public to avoid getting caught
  • [ waist ] sender quickly slides an arm around receiver's waist in public to avoid getting caught
  • [ propose ] sender stages a dramatic fake proposal to further sell their relationship to the crowd, catching receiver completely off guard
  • [ fake fight ] sender and receiver stage a coordinated fake fight/messy breakup in front of the crowd
  • [ kiss ] realizing they need to sell their relationship to an important person/people, sender and receiver kiss for the first time
  • [ coat ] noticing receiver is cold, sender gives them their coat
  • [ entrance ] sender and receiver approach the entrance of the secret event and discuss their plans for selling their fake relationship to the crowd
  • [ slip away ] sender slips away from receiver in order to take a break from pretending, and receiver goes to find them
  • [ off limits ] sender and receiver are exploring an off limit portion of the event space, get caught, and are forced to try to explain how they got lost
  • [ the big kiss ] to conceal the fact that they're exploring an off limit portion of the event space, sender kisses receiver dramatically once they're caught
  • [ introduce ] sender introduces receiver as their lover/date/partner to a very important (and potentially dangerous) person at this event
  • [ family ] sender introduces receiver as their lover/date/partner to their family, who just so happens to also be at the event
  • [ lost ] sender loses receiver in the crowd and rushes to relocate them before their cover is blown
  • [ flirt ] when someone else shows interest in receiver, sender steps in and makes it clear they're "taken"
  • [ exit ] sender and receiver have successfully accomplished their goal, and now must sneak out of the event as covertly as possible
  • [ spill ] sender accidentally spills their drink on receiver and rushes them to the restroom to clean them up
  • [ private ] in a brief moment of privacy between the two fake daters, sender admits to receiver that they don't think receiver is as bad as they thought

Writing Notes & References

Compilations: Plot Character Worldbuilding For Poets Tips & Advice

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List of 120 unique fantasy jobs to give to your fantasy characters. Writers save this!

1. Spellscribe: Weaves magic into ink, creating enchanted scrolls and spellbooks.

2. Dreamweaver: Shapes dreams, ensuring a peaceful slumber for all.

3. Star Cartographer: Maps constellations and celestial paths.

4. Potion Alchemist: Brews elixirs, love potions, and invisibility brews.

5. Whispering Wind Courier: Carries messages on ethereal zephyrs.

6. Crystal Harmonist: Plays melodies on gemstone xylophones.

7. Arcane Librarian: Guards forbidden tomes and ancient grimoires.

8. Stormcaller: Commands lightning and tempests.

9. Shadow Weaver: Manipulates shadows for stealth or illusion.

10. Fey Ambassador: Bridges the gap between humans and fae.

11. Time Tinkerer: Repairs temporal rifts and broken clocks.

12. Soul Gardener: Tends to souls in the afterlife.

13. Dragon Whisperer: Communicates with fire-breathing beasts.

14. Labyrinth Architect: Designs mazes with shifting walls.

15. Aetheronaut: Pilots airships through the skies.

16. Cauldron Chef: Cooks magical stews and enchanted pastries.

17. Goblin Negotiator: Haggles with mischievous goblins over stolen treasures.

18. Wisp Shepherd: Herds glowing wisps across moonlit meadows.

19. Constellation Painter: Dips brushes in stardust to create cosmic art.

20. Swordsmith of Destiny: Forges blades with prophetic properties.

21. Oracle of Riddles: Answers questions through cryptic puzzles.

22. Moss Whisperer: Encourages moss-covered stones to share their secrets.

23. Harvest Moon Dancer: Leads celestial dances during lunar eclipses.

24. Chimera Veterinarian: Cares for mythical hybrid creatures.

25. Lore Bard: Sings epic sagas of forgotten heroes.

26. Stardust Prospector: Mines cosmic minerals from fallen meteors.

27. Mistwalker: Guides lost souls through foggy moors.

28. Enchanted Cobbler: Crafts shoes that grant extraordinary abilities.

29. Celestial Clockmaker: Constructs timepieces powered by starlight.

30. Gargoyle Sculptor: Carves stone guardians with hidden sentience.

31. Wandmaker: Whittles wands from ancient tree branches.

32. Mermaid Translator: Deciphers underwater songs and sea whispers.

Character flaws for an anxious character

  • Constant worrying: Obsessively fretting over even the smallest details.
  • Overplanning: Creating elaborate contingency plans for every possible scenario.
  • Indecisiveness: Struggling to make decisions due to fear of making the wrong choice.
  • Social anxiety: Feeling extremely nervous or uncomfortable in social situations.
  • Perfectionism: Setting impossibly high standards for themselves and others.
  • Avoidance behavior: Dodging situations or responsibilities that trigger anxiety.
  • Overapologizing: Saying sorry for everything, even when it's not their fault.
  • Hyperawareness of physical sensations: Being overly sensitive to bodily sensations and interpreting them as signs of impending doom.
  • Catastrophizing: Jumping to the worst-case scenario in any given situation.
  • Need for reassurance: Constantly seeking validation or reassurance from others.
  • Rumination: Getting stuck in a loop of negative thoughts and overanalyzing past events.
  • Difficulty relaxing: Finding it hard to unwind and let go of stress.
  • Overthinking: Overanalyzing every word or action, leading to anxiety about social interactions.
  • Physical symptoms of anxiety: Experiencing symptoms like sweating, trembling, or rapid heartbeat in stressful situations.
  • Avoidance of confrontation: Going to great lengths to avoid conflict or uncomfortable conversations.
  • People-pleasing: Putting others' needs and desires above their own to avoid conflict.
  • Overpreparation: Spending excessive time and energy preparing for events or tasks.
  • Self-doubt: Second-guessing their abilities and decisions due to fear of failure.
  • Fear of the unknown: Feeling anxious about uncertain or unfamiliar situations.
  • Imposter syndrome: Believing they are not worthy of their achievements and fearing they will be exposed as a fraud.

Another List of "Beautiful" Words

to include in your next poem

  1. Avidulous - somewhat greedy.
  2. Breviloquent - marked by brevity of speech.
  3. Compotation - a drinking or tippling together.
  4. Crimpy - of weather; unpleasant; raw and cold.
  5. Desiderium - an ardent desire or longing; especially, a feeling of loss or grief for something lost.
  6. Dyspathy - lack of sympathy.
  7. Ebriosity - habitual intoxication.
  8. Epitasis - the part of a play developing the main action and leading to the catastrophe.
  9. Fantod - a state of irritability and tension.
  10. Graumangere - a great meal.
  11. Grimoire - a magician's manual for invoking demons and the spirits of the dead.
  12. Hiemal - of or relating to winter.
  13. Illaudable - deserving no praise.
  14. Impluvious - wet with rain.
  15. Innominate - having no name; unnamed; also, “anonymous”.
  16. Juberous - doubtful and hesitating.
  17. Noctilucous - shining at night.
  18. Poetaster - an inferior poet.
  19. Psychrophilic - thriving at a relatively low temperature.
  20. Quiddity - the essential nature or ultimate form of something: what makes something to be the type of thing that it is.
  21. Repullulate - to bud or sprout again.
  22. Retrogradation - a backward movement.
  23. Semiustulate - half burnt or consumed by fire.
  24. Tenebrific - causing gloom or darkness.
  25. Unparadiz’d - brought from joy to miserie.

If any of these words make it into your next poem/story, please tag me. Or leave a link in the replies. I'd love to read them!

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artist tips

don’t save as jpeg

as a former yearbook editor and designer, let me explain this further

if youre only planning on posting your art online, them please save it as .png ;this is also better for transparencies as well

BUT

please, if youre planning of printing your art, NEVER use png. it makes the quality of the image pretty shitty. use jpeg or pdf instead. and always set your work at 300dpi to get a better printing quality - this means, the images are crisper and sharper and theres no slight blurriness. i had a talk with my friend who is currently taking design, and pdf is much better to use when youre working with a bigger publishing company because it still has the layers intact, but if youre only planning on printing your stuff at staples or at some small publishing store, the jpeg is the way to go.

this has been a public service announcement

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Want a good picture to save as? PNG

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Writing Tips
Punctuating Dialogue

➸ “This is a sentence.”

➸ “This is a sentence with a dialogue tag at the end,” she said.

➸ “This,” he said, “is a sentence split by a dialogue tag.”

➸ “This is a sentence,” she said. “This is a new sentence. New sentences are capitalized.”

➸ “This is a sentence followed by an action.” He stood. “They are separate sentences because he did not speak by standing.”

➸ She said, “Use a comma to introduce dialogue. The quote is capitalized when the dialogue tag is at the beginning.”

➸ “Use a comma when a dialogue tag follows a quote,” he said.

“Unless there is a question mark?” she asked.

“Or an exclamation point!” he answered. “The dialogue tag still remains uncapitalized because it’s not truly the end of the sentence.”

➸ “Periods and commas should be inside closing quotations.”

➸ “Hey!” she shouted, “Sometimes exclamation points are inside quotations.”

However, if it’s not dialogue exclamation points can also be “outside”!

➸ “Does this apply to question marks too?” he asked.

If it’s not dialogue, can question marks be “outside”? (Yes, they can.)

➸ “This applies to dashes too. Inside quotations dashes typically express—“

“Interruption” — but there are situations dashes may be outside.

➸ “You’ll notice that exclamation marks, question marks, and dashes do not have a comma after them. Ellipses don’t have a comma after them either…” she said.

➸ “My teacher said, ‘Use single quotation marks when quoting within dialogue.’”

➸ “Use paragraph breaks to indicate a new speaker,” he said.

“The readers will know it’s someone else speaking.”

➸ “If it’s the same speaker but different paragraph, keep the closing quotation off.

“This shows it’s the same character continuing to speak.”

tw - implied kidnapping and borderline shit-posting.

"Why all the sudden questions, little rabbit?"

You drum your fingers against the metal slab of his worktable, letting your eyes fall to the scrawled reports he was currently sorting through. The medical gibberish was above your head, as was the scribbled mix of short-hand and abbreviation unique to him and his other sections, but the fact that you were allowed to wander his laboratories rather than locked in your sterile bedroom proved that it was nothing particularly important to him. Or, nothing particularly interesting, at least.

"I'm just curious," you assured him, doing your best to keep up an easy smile. "Wouldn't anyone want to know where the greatest mind in Teyvat got his education?"

to dream a dream

xiao x gn reader
sometimes, all it takes to push two people together is a stroke of luck, and sometimes, leaving is as easy as taking on the abyss. perhaps you were a fool for choosing misery, but people like you were never meant for a happy ending. or, xiao meets a star-borne traveler who captures his heart and leaves it fractured for the next 500 years.
angst, not a happy ending (can be read as ambiguous ending), non-linear narrative, long fic, reader is the abyss twin (gender neutral), i wrote most of this back in sept 2021 so might not be accurate on a few lore aspects but i tried my best

Here is how it starts: a shooting star and a lone Yaksha.

Perched atop one of the many mountain peaks in Jueyun Karst, Xiao watches the afternoon sky be split by a streak of gold.

A shooting star.

It’s only when it begins to descend that the lone Yaksha realizes the direness of the situation. He’s quick to summon his spear, disappearing in a swirl of anemo and his own tainted aura. He arrives just in time to see a golden figure fall from the sky and into the ground in the middle of Dihua Marsh.

What greets him when he approaches is the sight of a person laying in the middle of a meteor-sized crater, eyes closed and dressed in clothes that look as if they belonged to another world.

After the war that occurred only a few years ago, and with the looming threat of Celestia hanging above the Seven Nations’s heads, he decides it is best to eliminate the threat this sleeping stranger might pose to Liyue.

The tip of the spear was only a few inches away from its destination when a pair of too-bright eyes open. And for the first time in his long life, Xiao falters from the stare of a stranger.

(He doesn’t know yet that this stranger is the person who will shape his life for the next five hundred years and more.)

🎮 behind the lens !

a social media streamer au | scaramouche x gender neutral reader

synopsis - you, better known as STARDUST, and BALLADEER have always been in competition for the top streamer spot on twitch, which is especially impressive since the two of you have never shown your faces. you’ve never been on good terms, constantly one-upping each other in matches and getting into petty arguments on twitter, causing your fans to also dislike each other. that’s until BALLADEER does a face reveal that breaks the internet with his good looks…which makes you realize it’s the same guy you went on a date with last night. the type of date that made you crave to see him again. the only problem was he didn’t know you were STARDUST and he was way different behind the lens than he portrayed himself online to you. should you keep your identity a secret to salvage the relationship or just let him go?
genre - enemies/rivals to lovers, streamer and youtuber au, college setting, crack, slight angst
status ongoing, chapters tba, no update schedule
warnings time stamps don’t matter, characters including y/n are portrayed as young adults, mentions of alcohol

STREAM IS STARTING…

featuring…

ACT ONE: raiding your heart !

ACT TWO: you’re live !

15. damage control

16. chat going crazy

17. twitch con

18. best of both worlds

19. room service

20. gatekeeping the sexy

21. show yourself!

22. hold on i’m processing

23. please leave a message after the tone

ACT THREE: cut the camera !

24. you’re so fucking stupid

25. co-op irl! that’s called hanging out

26. plot twist we’re dating

27. that should be ME!

tba

bonus — fuck me like i’m famous 🔞

STREAM HAS ENDED…

taglist- CLOSED ! don’t ask to be squeezed in, lmk if u wanna be removed or if you change your username

miscellaneous: i’m going to need to make a bunch of accounts for the cast’s fans and i suck at coming up with usernames so if you’d like me to use your username i’ll add you into the au as a fan to thirst over them and such just lmk ^-^ u can view it as urself in the au or not depending on the comment i give u, i don’t wanna make anyone uncomf so don’t think of it as urself if it does

just a hater

Pairing: scaramouche x reader (smau)
Synopsis: In which you major in astronomy and scaramouche is the biggest astronomy hater (in your eyes). What happens when someone confesses their feelings for you, and you not knowing how to handle affections, suddenly blurt out that you are already taken. By who? Well, scaramouche of course.
Themes: modern au, enemies to friends to lovers, actually more like rivals to acquaintances to friends to lovers, both of u banter constantly, fake dating trope, fluff(?), crack, smau, college au, slight angst(?), arrange marriage but not between you and scara
Warnings: kys/kms jokes, both of you suck with emotions, swearing, dn & ur mom jokes, talks of feeling unwanted and not being enough, lack of communication, misunderstandings, main characters don’t like to admit their feelings(i understand that could be frustrating), scaramouche is an asshole and you are too, mentions of alcohol and consuming it
Status: irregular updates 😭
A/N: taglist is closed!! reader is gender neutral. ✍︎︎ = written portion.

❥ 01 — three more days

︎ ✍︎︎ 02.5 — how it happened

❥ 06 — a good bf

❥ 10 — who tf?

❥ 12 — the audacity

❥ 14 — me thinks

❥ 15 — i feel ill

❥ 16 — no one asked

❥ 17 — BRO HE’S BACK

❥ 18 — scaray/n project

❥ 25 — tba

❥ 26 — tba

❥ 27 — tba

❥ 28 — tba

❥ 29 — tba

❥ 30 — tba

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"you're so scary, scaramouche. feels like your gaze is scarring my skin."

scaramouche looked at you with siren eyes, rolling them at your obvious observation. he watched as you fiddled with the ropes and fabrics on his chest, looking at him with faux innocence in your eyes. "i'm the shogun's puppet and a harbinger. what did you expect, a boy filled with puppies and rainbows?"

"well, no," you giggled and cupped his cheeks, your cheshire grin growing as he leaned further into your palms and squinted his eyes. "but i do expect some smiles. c'mon, it's not too hard!"

you pinched his cheeks and pulled at them, stretching his lips to form a distorted smile. he would kill anybody who dared to be within arm distance, but he allowed you. of course he would allow you.

you're the one person who makes the hidden heart in his void of a chest beat: you make him complete, human.

he grumbled delirious vulgar insults and empty threats, coherence an afterthought.  your hands fell to his chest as laughter bubbled up and escaped your throat.

he watched you for a second, analysing how your eyes crinkled up when you laughed, how your fingers were so delicately placed upon his chest as if you trusted him more than anything ever, how your pupils were so dilated and full of love and happiness and...

oh.

when did he become so weak?

when did he become so fragile, for a human no less? whenever you are around him, there is a longing, trembling feeling in his bones he cannot shake. he doesn't think he'll ever be able to shake it off.

in his eyes, you are a saint. no matter how many times you may have had blood stain your hands, or how many times you have glared upon others with slit eyes like his (he had never seen you do either, he never will. you're an angel, his angel): he is the sinner in this game of life the two of you play.

should i tell you? he wonders. should i tell you how your name haunts my every waking movement? i lie awake with nothing but your name plaguing my thoughts, oh what a name it is. you are something more honest than love. and perhaps you're more hollow than pure joy. 

"i love you." is what he says when your giggles quiet down ever so slightly, your fingertips gently scratching his scalp as his eyes fluttered to a halt.

because what else is there to say than that?

he will be sure to thank the moon tonight, for whatever fate or luck or pure coincidence to have him being led to you. bless the moon, the stars, and whatever the fuck else is up there.

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