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When he looks up at Baz, his grin matches Sid’s. “You’re my family.”
For @cutestkilla
Keeping Neverland
Sometime after my fourth Neverland dream, I started to draw sketches. Whatever I could remember from my dreams. Everything I could remember. Drawing became preservation and sanctuary. Once captured onto paper, I’m able to return to Neverland whenever I want, simply by flipping through my sketches. It isn’t the same, but it’s something. Something tangible, in a way my dreams are not.
Excerpt from Lost Boys, Chapter 2, by @mooncello
(I can't believe it's taken me a month to post the art from chapter 2 of this beautiful, beautiful fic, but here it is at last! Of course, it's been viewable inside the story this whole time so if you haven't seen it yet... well. Ahem. XD)
Keep reading below the cut for some extra info on what went into this particular illustration!
#snowbaz fanart#carry on fanart#fanart for fanfic#illustration#artists on tumblr#baz pitch#charcoal#omg the charcoal is hard even in digital format#though I used to love working with it as an art student#different drawings from a different time though#lost boys#snowbaz fanfic#peter pan au#character art#tyrannus basilton grimm-pitch#Jodarta
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Baz started Watford determined to hide his vampirism at almost any cost. But what if the Mage had confronted him about his secret? What if, instead of threatening to expose him, the Mage offered to help him? And what would be the consequences of accepting his enemy’s help?
Those Glowing, Magickal Years looks at the ripple effects this canon divergence would have on Watford, the wars, and Baz’s relationship with Simon Snow.
You can find Those Glowing, Magickal Years on AO3
(M-rated, 27k, 4 of 40 chapters posted)
We have now reached Year 2!
An Ask Game for Writers to Procrastinate Working on Your WIP(s)
(Not like I need the assistance, but I'm so thrilled to be thought of as a writer that I'm totally doing this.)
Thank you so much for the invites @aristocratic-otter, @bookish-bogwitch, @shrekgogurt, @ic3-que3n, @ivelovedhimthroughworse, @drowninginships, @best--dress, @you-remind-me-of-the-babe, @monbons, @thewholelemon, @whatevertheweather, and @youarenevertooold! (I think I might be the last one in the 'verse doing this, but that won't stop me from tagging more people at the end.) I've loved reading everyone's answers!
Okay. Here we go. I am absolutely using my flimsy claim to authorhood to answer these. >.>
1. 🦈Tell us the name of your/ one of your WIP(s):
The Haunting of Simon Snow
2. 🍄Describe your WIP/one of your WIP(s) in the format of “___ + ___ =___”
Construction Worker!Simon + haunted manor house = a most interesting summer job
3. 🌍What tags or warnings will your / one of your WIP(s) need if you intend to share it?
Well, it's a ghost story. You can draw some conclusions from that.
4. 🧭An alternative title to your/ one of your WIP(s)?
A Victorian's Gothic
5. ⚠️Which WIP your most likely to finish or update next?
It sure as hell better be Haunting. I mean, my goodness, it's looped around my brain like a too-patient boa constrictor, just sloooowly squeezing.
6. 💾What is your document of your WIP/ a WIP called? (not the stories actual title but what you’ve saved it as)
snowbaz.scriv is my catch-all Scrivener file for all ficcy things
7. 🖍Post Any sentence(s) from your WIP.
There’s a person that I used to be. Magic I used to hold, magic that held me. I have done everything I can to forget that feeling, because it was never supposed to be mine. I was never magic. He’s magic. He’s magic, and I can almost touch him. He’s magic, and he can almost hold me. I live on the edge of almost all the time, so that’s enough. (It’s never enough.)
8. ♻️A scrapped idea for your current WIP.
This was originally planned as a story written in letters. (Doing that with something else, now, and it works way better in a different story.)
9. 🤔What’s a story you’d love to write but haven’t even started yet?
I'm going to stick to snowbaz fanfic for this, because if I broaden it any further, this list will instantly become quite long. (I have a lot of original story ideas.) For snowbaz, though? Well, there's the one I'm planning for COTTA. There are a couple AU's that I've written way too many notes on. And then a Fangirl crossover fic that I sincerely hope to someday write. (Technically I started it, but only a few hundred words at this point.)
10. 🤡How many WIPS are you actively working on?
Actively? One. Maybe two. Kinda thinking two, but the second one is new and more of a game at this point, so we'll see. (Not quite so actively I also have my Baz fic, my "Silence" fic where Baz successfully steals Simon's voice. It's roughly (super roughly) outlined, and I've written several scenes, but it's on the back-burner for Haunting. And COTTA. No more new fics after that, though! I really want to tell that story!)
11. 🛠Is there a scene or anything in the WIP you are struggling with right now?
That's funny. What a question. XD YES. Yes, there are scenes. I'm designing Pitch Manor to get through this damned scene LOL
12. ❤️Not a question, just a second Kudos to send.
Thankee kindly!
On the off chance there are any fic writers left out there who haven't yet done this... Tags! @mooncello, @cutestkilla, @blackberrysummerblog, @hushed-chorus, @fatalfangirl, @onepintobean, @j-nipper-95, @facewithoutheart, @angelsfalling16, @noblecorgi, @alexalexinii, anyone else who wants to. Cheers!
Sentences or Sketches or Something... Sunday
Hello strangers! It's been a long time since I last did a progress post of any kind - thank you everyone who's continued to tag me so I don't get left behind! And thanks to @noblecorgi, @alexalexinii, @you-remind-me-of-the-babe, @blackberrysummerblog, @thewholelemon, @mooncello, @monbons, @prettygoododds, @shrekgogurt, and @youarenevertooold for tagging me, today. (I feel so loved! <3) I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone's up to.
It's still Sunday in my neck of the woods, though just barely. And yes, I've used my "sentences" banner, but... It's a bit more chaotic than that. Honestly, I wasn't sure about doing a post today because I'm a bit all over the place, but then I figured... eh, why not? I am all over the place LOL.
So here's your snippet from the collective efforts of Jo's creativity, lately, under the cut. (Because I ramble...)
#six sentence sunday#sketch sunday#snowbaz#snowbaz fanfic#snowbaz fanart#back from the dead#no really it kind of feels like that#I like being busy can you tell?#but also this fandom is just so cool there are always about a million things I want to be working on at any given time#And I have COBB waiting in the wings too >.>#Am I insane?#Don't answer that#the point is#I actually don't know what my point is#I'll just have to...#CARRY ON#(any way the wind blows)#Me writing “blah blah bloody fucking blah” is probably a bit too on the nose for how I feel about my writing right now#CARRY ON SIMON#okay i'm done
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Six Sentence Sunday
It's been a while, hasn't it? I know I've been tagged many times, by many people, over the last month or so, and I sincerely appreciate every one of you. I love to see what everyone is working on, and even though I haven't had the spoons to respond to everything, I'm so very grateful to be a part of this community we have.
I finally managed to get chapter 4 of Take a Walk on the Wild Slice (aka my Pizza!Simon CORB fic) up. I've been struggling with chapter 5 though, and it's felt like dragging myself through mud.
To be honest life in general feels a bit like that at the moment, so they're probably related.
Anyway, I do have a little bit of Penny POV for you today. I've never written her before, so I hope I've managed to do her justice.
I have to say, the last person I expect to get a phone call from in the summer holidays is Agatha. I know she likes to try and forget about school, and magic, and everything that goes along with it, and just have a normal life. I’ve never understood it. This summer, however, I’ve been wishing I could just forget about it. Just for a bit. Mum used some sleep spells on me for the first few days because I was having terrible nightmares, but then said that it was dangerous to keep relying on them. I’m not getting them as often now, but I just wish I could check on Simon. I don’t dare bring up trying to find him to Mum again, because she would just get that look on her face. The one that leads to Dad forcing her into a chair with a large whisky to stop her ranting about the Mage. So even though I think that Agatha is the last person who is likely to have any news of Simon, I still pick up the phone after the first ring. I’m desperate for anything that isn’t listening to my younger siblings’ terrible taste in tv shows inadequately drowning out my spiralling thoughts. I’ll even subject myself to a horse show, or (I shudder at the thought), a spa day.
Circe forbid one might have to be pampered. Perhaps you could take your mum along, sounds like she might need to unwind as well, Pen.
Sending relaxing and soothing vibes out to you all as we navigate the Monday of the year. (January. January is like a whole month of Monday)
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Rating: Teen
Words: ~2K
Chapters: 2/6
Summary:
With the engines down for maintenance, the USS Redemption is at a standstill. Just like Dr Shepard Love’s attempts to rebuild the Hail Mary, the culmination of his life’s work and probably the Redemption’s only chance at making it home to the Alpha Quadrant before everyone on the crew dies of old age. When an unexpected visitor appears in the ship’s immediate vicinity, it seems like it might herald a solution to fixing the Hail Mary. Or it might drag Simon, Baz, Shepard and Agatha into an alternate dimension where magic is real and a certain young fellow named the Insidious Humdrum is sowing chaos. What will happen when worlds collide? Will the crew ever make it back to their home universe? Will any of this even make sense? Tune in to this newest episode of Star Trek: Redemption to find out.
After a mid-season hiatus, it's finally time for me to join the Raen @raenestee birthday train! Happy 0.603825 Birthday, Raen!! I hope you enjoy this latest entry in the Star Trek: Redemption series. It's a Watford-era CO crossover episode, featuring a very special guest star I think you might appreciate.
I have two more chapters ready to go, and am planning to update every few days until this baby is posted!
#IT'S HERE#Star Trek plus Sid!#Not sure how I feel about the tardigrade#But will read for Sid#Because they're isn't much I won't do for him#(also it's Dre writing so I'm fairly sure it will be a good experience)#(unless the tardigrade haunts my nightmares)#(it's a risk I'm prepared to take)#star trek: redemption#snowbaz#snowbaz fanfic
Happy Anniversary to Snowbaz
It's kind of cool, actually.
See, the rough draft for The Haunting of Simon Snow (1st chapter up on AO3) is now complete. As of a half hour ago or so.
On their smoochy-smooch anniversary. I'm kinda stupid sentimental about it, but I didn't plan it that way. Just happened.
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"You know that feeling of terror before a collision you just see coming? One you’re helpless to do anything about? How time stops for a split second, and your stomach drops?"
My last piece for CORB, art for The Tower Room by my amazing partner @best--dress ♡♡
Check out the final chapters now!!
A collaboration for the @carryon-reverse-bang fest!
Art by @bubble-gumhead, Fic by @iamamythologicalcreature
Status: 1/many chapters // 5.5k so far
Rating: Mature
Summary:
Simon never expected to take a job repairing fire damage at Pitch Manor. First off, his old schoolmate Dev Pitch never liked him. And there's the small matter of it being an empty, recently-abandoned mansion in the middle of the Hampshire dead spot. But the money's good. The fridge is stocked. There's cell reception. It's fine. Except, he's starting to think maybe those stories about Pitch Manor being haunted are more than just rumours. There’s a particular portrait, too, that’s caught his eye. Some stuffed-up tosser with the most pretentious name imaginable. It keeps… Well. It keeps changing. (But that’s not possible. Right?)
Gushing and additional info below the cut!
#carry on reverse bang#corb 2023#snowbaz#snowbaz fanfic#illustrated fanfic#THE ART IS SO GORGEOUS I JUST CAN'T EVEN#okay so see there's this#haunted house#and simon is hired to work there#and and and#there are haunted hijinks#you should totally check it out#the haunting of simon snow#jodofic#(it's a low-level spook-fest)#cause I'm afraid of the dark#maybe working out a few things#you decide
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Greetings and salutations on this Sunday of Sentences! And thank you to @shrekgogurt for the tag (and the Diana Ross earworm 🥰)
It doesn't feel like Wednesday was very long ago, but despite injuring my hand in some completely unknown way, I have managed to do more work on my CORB fic. For those following along at home, I've also got to the point of learning La Vie en Rose where I couldn't sing it through off by heart, but I know where all the words go in terms of the melody if that makes sense. So if I see the words out of context, I know how to sing those specific lines. Which is good enough for the purpose I needed to know it for.
(Not that I plan to stop with my quest.)
I know you're probably all here for the fic though, so here's some Niall POV from the second chapter:
Dev does the confused puppy look again. Crowley, it’s too fucking adorable. “You were right? What about?” “Snow’s face when he saw Baz. That was not the face of someone who hates what he’s seeing.” His confusion deepens. I take a step closer so I can keep my voice from reaching Baz. Maybe I’m not right, I wouldn’t want to get his hopes up only to crush them. “When Snow first saw Baz, he looked… kind of awestruck to be honest. Granted, it was a similar look to the one he gives a plate of scones, but since he’s practically in love with food…” I keep looking at him to see if this is sinking in. I can tell when the lightbulb goes on. His mouth opens in a surprised ‘O’, and he takes another look between them. “You’re saying that Baz’s feeling’s aren’t unrequited?”
I'm not quite sure why I love the idea of Niall being that quiet guy who just knows stuff, but generally doesn't get involved unless he has good reason to, or is specifically asked to, but I do. Maybe because that feels a bit like me? Easily intimidated and talked/looked over, but full of knowledge and ideas if you're willing to listen.
Note that I don't say they're good ideas. Or useful knowledge. But then again, you never know 😉
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Six Sentence Sunday Goes to Pitch Manor
Hello all! Thank you for the tags @you-remind-me-of-the-babe, @cutestkilla, @shrekgogurt, @aroace-genderfluid-sheep, @artsyunderstudy. I love getting tagged so I don't accidentally miss anything of what you lovely peeps are working on. (Sometimes I can't scroll the feed, so please tag me on your WIP posts if you aren't already!)
Every day, I do my vision therapy exercises (admittedly fewer than I'm probably meant to do, but I have save some eyesight for writing and drawing, right?) and (I hesitate to put this in writing) I think I'm starting to see a difference. My eyes still tire out way too easily, but my necessary recovery time is getting shorter! Hopefully I don't ruin that today by being over-ambitious, but I just love Sundays and Wednesdays on Tumblr XD
I'm still plugging away at my CORB project, and still loving it. I have a tendency to over-write, so future me is going to love it a little less when it comes time to edit, but I'll (probably) survive it. Anyhoo, last time I kept it mysterious and just offered a fun little random bit. This time, I'm going to tease just an itty bitty bit of actual plot.
I continue to enjoy writing in Simon's POV:
When I turn around to leave, I notice the fireplace in a way I hadn’t, before. It’s grand (of course), with more gargoyles carved into the mantle (can’t have too many of those), and a finish that somehow gleams even through a coat of ash and dust. It’s huge, too. (How cold does it get in Hampshire that they need to be able to roast a pig in one of the bedrooms?) It isn’t the size or gargoyles that actually caught my attention, though - it’s the discoloration of the wallpaper just over the mantle. It’s obvious a picture used to hang there. Hung there for a good long while. Maybe it was damaged in the fire? No, no surrounding damage, so I doubt it. Doesn’t really matter, I suppose. It’s just so obvious, now that I’ve seen it. Being aware of the missing piece makes the room feel…I don’t know…Unbalanced? Maybe… unfinished. No, not unfinished. This blank spot on the wall is not part of my job. Right?
(Yup. Gargoyles. Now what could Simon be up to in a room with tons of gargoyles in it? XD)
Tags/hellos/no pressure encouragement for today or any other below the cut!
#but it's still a little mysterious#right?#there are gargoyles everywhere#because i love gargoyles#i would actually adore that room probably#anyway gargoyles are canon right?#snowbaz#six sentence sunday#simon snow#simon snow series#the simon snow trilogy#snowbaz fanfic#corb 2023#carry on reverse bang#jodofic
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Hello hello. That past week flew by, but I guess that happens when you go to IKEA in the middle of the week, then spend the next few hours building furniture, then spend the next day thinking that you're either too old or too unfit for this shit.
(It's too unfit, for the record)
I did manage to write another couple of hundred words on my CORB fic though, so that was satisfying. Sort of. The art concept definitely brought to mind hijinks and shenanigans. Light hearted banter and whatnot. So when I realised that DEV of all people was being all serious, I was like? Excuse me? Dev? What is happening?
I feel like I managed to negotiate them through the detour and get them back on track, but I may have spent a significant amount of time staring at my laptop screen just like this...
So here's a bit of that. The fic, not me staring. Obviously.
Dev is just looking at me like I’m stupid. It’s an uncomfortable feeling. “I’m not suggesting that this bloke is going to be your soulmate or whatever. I just thought you could go for a drink, maybe a dance, see where it leads. Who knows, perhaps you could finally get laid, then maybe you wouldn’t be so stuck up and mopey over a boy you keep saying is tragically heterosexual and likely to run you through with a magickal fucking sword!” I stop in my tracks. I’m thinking I should ask him to lower his voice, but something about the look in his face has me stunned. “For the record, it’s not easy for us to hear that, you know. The bit about the sword. Because yes, I know you’re being literal. I don’t only think and speak in innuendo.”
I mean, Dev has a point Baz. Maybe let yourself be a dumb teenager once in a while? Maybe go eat pizza and meet cute guys? And give your friends a break from the existential dread? Good man.
I hope you all have a fantastic week!
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Thanks @iamamythologicalcreature and @thewholelemon for the tag today!
The Record Shop AU continues. We're finally going to hear a bit from Simon (his POV) today. I may rework this part at some point but I wanted to step away from Baz (well, not entirely) for a while. If you have any strong feelings about Styx or the song "Mr. Roboto" then this might just be the excerpt for you!
“Fine, Baz,” I say, sighing, “how have my mix tapes offended your delicate sensibilities this time?”
“It’s ‘Mr. Roboto,’ Snow,” he states, like that explains his whole argument.
“Yeah, I know. I made the tape myself.”
Baz scoffs. “You’ve taken a song from a concept album and jammed it in next to Blur and Taylor Swift, which, by the way, is yet another crime against music we’ll have to discuss at some point.”
“I know it’s from a concept album. Kilroy Was Here, 1983. So what?”
“It’s part of a larger narrative, you heathen. It’s the introduction to a commentary on censorship and fascism. This is where we meet Kilroy, the main character of the whole bloody album.”
“I know!” I growl. "What does that have to do with my mix tape?"
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Podfic Poll
As we have the Carry On Podfest coming up, I wanted to indulge my curiosity about something. Do listeners want the fic summary and/or notes included in the audio? I feel like that's something I'd just read, so I'm happy for the audio to get straight to the story. But perhaps people seeking out podfics do so because reading is more difficult, and they'd like to have everything included. I know this is a "can't please everyone" kind of thing unfortunately, but I would like to have an idea of what the general consensus is.
If there's some other secret option that I haven't thought of, please feel free to share it :)
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WIP Wednesday
Morning friends! I am officially at crunch time for so many things but god damn it, am I making headway. I have the next chapter of Someone Wicked edited, illustrated and ready to go for Thursday, and I'm actually so happy with both illustrations for it. Honestly feel like I've done some of my best artwork for this fic. I also have one Cobb illustration done in collaboration with @yeonjunenby (check out the fic!) and another in the works that'll be posting Friday and very very excited for that collaboration.
So wish me luck getting through the rest of this week. This MONTH really because I still have to write the finale of SW. But I'm going to bask in finishing the penultimate chapter a little longer before I freak out.
Honestly, it's getting hard to pick stuff that avoids major spoilers!!! But here's some Penny content. We love to see it.
“What’s this about, Simon? Is this hypothetical, or did you actually catch feelings for a client?”
“I dunno.” Yes. Very much yes.
She leans in. “Is it the bloke you sucked off this morning for breakfast?”
“Oh my God, I didn’t—there were pastries.”
“Kinky.” My face is hot, and Penny is laughing. God, I’m grateful it’s noisy here, and we’re not sitting directly next to anyone else. “How are you embarrassed by this?”
“I don’t know, it’s private. Since when are you not embarrassed? Agatha’s a bad influence on you.”
“Oh, quiet. I was never embarrassed, Simon. I was always just worried about you. I still worry all the time, and I probably always will. But okay, okay. It’s private. You just obviously like him if you’re talking about this at all. You never talk about anything.”
“I talk about things.”
“No you fucking don’t."
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And I think I love myself more, for loving you.
See the full image in Chapter 6 of Someone Wicked