Slipping on the banana peels of life

Odds are you are now that author’s favourite reader and they have you specifically in mind when they write because they’re looking forward to your reaction to it :D

A big, HUGE thank you to all the writers that made 2018 a great fic year. To those that I missed,I’m so sorry!!! And big hugs to everyone else that make the sterek fandom a great place to call home. I love and appreciate you all!! 

Here is a not so short list of great sterek fics written in 2018. If you’re a new sterek fan the 2016 list is here, and also 2017. 

not quite an item (they’re totally fucking right?) by  jadore_hale | 8K

Waiting by  isthatbloodonhisshirt (wasterella) | 81K

Saturday Night At The Movies by  aussiebee | 7.3K

Written in the Scars by  dr_girlfriend | 15.3K

Safe Place to Land by  Green | 19.3K

Of Political Arrangements & Romantic Gifts by  Areiton | 25.5K

Give you that thing you can’t even imagine by  LunaCanisLupus_22 | 10.9K

when the moonlight hits your eyes by  the_problem_with_stardust | 7.6K

Laundry Crisis by  LadyDrace | 3.8K

Have You Tried Turning It Off and On Again? by  sophisticatedyet | 8.7K

Scrubbing Bubbles by  MargaretKire | 46K

stuck in reverse by  crazyassmurdererwall (smartalli) | 65.6K

You Give Me Butterflies by  rhysiana | 4.6K

A Thousand Nights by  rangifertarandus | 7.6K

Broken Car, Lemon Bar by  inhystereks | 27.8K

The Sun to Rise by  andavs | 7.5K

Do Not Go Gentle by  MojoFlower | 195.8K

They Never Learn by  gryvon | 2.5K

Invasion of Privacy by  sophisticatedyet | 11.4K

A Story of A Selkie & An Unintentional Proposal by  ajeepandleather | 4.8K

my knight in sexy gym shorts by  jadore_hale | 7.8K

Where You Still Remember Dreaming by  yodasyoyo | 95.6K

Mythimoderna by  tryslora | 24.9K

Find Me In the World by  Areiton | 15K

the distraction by  bleep0bleep | 3K

Swipe Right On My Heart by  alisvolatpropiis | 5.8K

The Adventures of Ranger Rookie and Deputy Dork by  shipNslash | 12.3K

The Fox and the Wolf by  halcyon1993 | 6.8K

How We Got Here by  Areiton | 9.7K

I’m gonna light a spark (gonna hold my breath until the morning) by  dearericbittle (dutchmoxie) | 2.5K

Bittersweet and Strange, Finding You Can Change (Learning You Were Wrong) by  WithMyTeeth (Ylith) | 49.9K

Go Away, Scott by  HelloWhyTheFuckAmIHere | 66.2K

declarations of intent and other acronyms by  bleep0bleep | 2.4K

…And Happily Ever After by  melofttroll | 24.5K

The Quickest Way to a Man’s Heart (is Through His Bottomless Pit) by  isthatbloodonhisshirt (wasterella) | 54.1K

Stay by  Smowkie | 18.4K

To Have and to Hold by  KouriArashi | 44.2K

a satellite beside me by  allourheroes | 4.5K

Making a Statement by  dragon_temeraire | 1.2K

I’m not planning on going anywhere but you can find me on the following alternatives anyway:

kellifer_podfic on twitter - started life as pod twitter only but now is everything. Recs, fic announcements, general flailing. This is where I’m most active and by that I mean I mostly check twitter on the daily.

kellifer_fic on AO3 - where my fic lives.

kellifer on dreamwidth - I have been meaning to be more active on this - I’m not at the moment but if we’re all divesting I’ll be moving fic announcements, snippets and general things here.

I’m not currently on pillowfort, mostly because the day I started thinking about it they announced they were closing payments so yeah… might join if they open that back up. 

*clings to you all*

Okay, folks. So. Tumblr’s jumped the shark in a big way, and I’m not even just talking about indiscriminately blocking all “adult” content on a platform that IS, in fact, primarily 18+.

Many blogs, like the wonderful @blackkatmagic , that are not especially NSFW have vanished.

(And I for one LIKE being able to go to curated porn blogs run by actual people and have a chance of finding stuff to my taste, it was one of the things that kept me on this hellsite, but that’s another issue entirely.)

I know lots of people are talking about migrating, but none of us are sure to where yet. Pillowfort seems to be an option, some people are talking about Twitter. But for now, it’s a mess, and even if we knew where we were going, it’s often a huge process, and a lot of us have stuff on tumblr that ONLY exists there. One possible quick solution to save your blogs, both NSFW and personal, is to import it to WordPress. I found this solution through from frantic googling on how to save an entire blog, text posts an all. There are several apps for downloading all the pictures from a tumblr, (Plently for Windows, but only a few paid ones for mac, of which Tumbelog Picture Downloader is working for me so far) but this is the only solution I’ve seen so far that allows you to save EVERYTHING. I downloaded my NSFW blog in like 10 min. My regular blog, which is significantly larger, is in the process of importing, but I don’t anticipate any problems. I will, of course, update you if I have any.  

This tutorial I found worked really easily. http://quickguide (.) tumblr (.) com/post/39780378703/backing-up-your-tumblr-blog-to-wordpress

I put parenthesis around the .’s like we’re back in FF-Hell, just in case tumblr’s new thing about outgoing links kicks in. You know what to do.  To break it down, just in case:

 Sign up for a WordPress.com account at wordpress (.) com/start You’ll have to create an account, with your email, a username, and a password. They should send you a confirmation email immediately, check it, activate it, and you’re good to go. On the site, it will ask you for a site name. That page asks you a bunch of other information too, but you only have to fill out the site name.

Then you have to give your site a URL. If you’re lucky, your tumblr URL is still available, if not you’ll have to come up with another one, sorry.

It will tell you if that option is still available for free.

Then it will ask you to pick a plan. Free is really good enough, I swear.

Now you’re set up! You can import your tumblr! The only differences from the linked tutorial are that the Import button is now on the first level menu, not in tools.

Hit Import, then you have to follow the link for “other importers”  at the bottom, to find the option for Tumblr.

Then you’ll have to sign in with tumblr, using your normal tumblr credentials. You’ll be redirected there automatically. You’ll have to allow Wordpress permissions on your blog.

Then your blogs, including all your sideblogs, will show up in wordpress.

Hit import, wait a WHILE depending on the size of your blog, and you’re done!

ALSO!!

I made my NSFW blog private for now, since I don’t know WP’s policy on NSFW.

This means that to access it, someone has to have an account and request access. But hey, part of our problem on this hellsite has been people going places they aren’t wanted, so I don’t personally see this as a bad thing. They can send a request from the landing site on your blog, you get an email, click a link in the email, and PRESTO, they have access. To make it private, go to Settings > Reading > Site Visibility. Go back and check, it took me changing the setting twice for it to actually stick. tl;dr, you can import your entire blog to wordpress in just a few steps. 

Edited almost immediately to add that Wordpress allows posting reblogging, commenting, AND following, and so it seems like honestly the most logical next place for fandom in my opinion. It also allows a high degree of customization. I’m going to tag the hell out of this, in no particular order. PLEASE reblog this and spread the word so people know it’s an option. If you’re having trouble, PM me, and I’m happy to help.

@gallusrostromegalus @kaciart @lena221bee @deadcatwithaflamethrower

@norcumi @deandraws @morn-art, @thebisexualmandalorian @kristsune @marloviandevil @punsbulletsandpointythings @protagonistically @cris-art @elfda @fish-ghost @godtierwonder @heartslogos @haekass @iesika @incogneat-oh @itispossibleihaveissues @jaegervega @jhaernyl @the-last-hair-bender @kleine-aster @latenightcornerstore @lectorel @medievalpoc @mgnemesi @me-ya-ri @myurbandream @peskylilcritter @cywscross , @cheshiresense @varevare @victoriousscarf @whatsmeantobe @swpromptsandasks @gabriel4sam @stonefreeak @brighteyedbadwolf @pumpkin-lith @puzzleshipper @suzukiblu @myurbandream @lacefedora @jademerien

*bump into wall* >_<

*gets pet* :3

*low battery* ;_;

*stick on a ledge* D:

favorite relationships ≡ Joan & Sherlock

Happy Friday!! 

Also, I may have tripped and fell in the roommates tag :p 

Worth Waiting For by  yodasyoyo | 3.8K

Stiles slumps further in his desk chair, and stares disconsolately out of his bedroom window. Perhaps he should be celebrating. After all, this afternoon a soulmark appeared on his wrist revealing the name of his soulmate.

He has a soulmate.

Fuck. He scrubs one hand across his face.

This is a disaster.

Pretender by  arrowofcarnations | 3.3K

Derek found his roommate on Craigslist. As grateful as he is that Stiles has thus far turned out to not be a murderer, he is pretty bizarre. He has no common sense, regularly forgets to put on deodorant, and has fallen asleep on the kitchen table more than a couple times. Of course, none of that really deterred Derek from becoming his friend with benefits.

a satellite beside me by  allourheroes | 4.5K

Derek needs to reject another Alpha without threatening the treaty. Luckily, his emissary is there to fake one for the team.

If only Derek weren’t already actually in love with him.

Filter Out the Starlight by  skoosiepants | 12.2K

“Why are you not more curious about me?” Stiles says when Derek’s got the door half open, sun spilling over the dark wood, dust motes spinning about his legs. Stiles is wearing fabric that hasn’t been invented yet, he’s clutching a smart phone to his chest, and he appeared out of nowhere, like an angel.

Softly, Derek says, “We all have our secrets,” and closes the door.

Until I Stayed Away Too Long by  melofttroll | 14.8K

NY Times bestseller Derek Hale hates a lot of things about being a modern author. Like being recognized, like needing a social media presence, like not being able to buy his own boxed spaghetti noodles without being asked for a selfie. Facing writer’s block, he escapes to his old hometown of Beacon Hills, at his sister’s insistence, for some reprieve and hopefully motivation. It’s there his attention is captured by a gangly, socially awkward teacher, and the tiny little toddler at his side who know him only as that one basketball player who fled town at fifteen after his girlfriend burnt his house down.

i know a thing about contrition by  sarcasticfishes | 14.4K

Exactly four people had responded to the advertisement Derek had put in the local newspaper. En-suite room for rent at 14b Woodburn Street. Non-smokers, please. Contact Derek at blah blah blah- he wasn’t exactly optimistic.

Stacey was sweet thirty-something and a very good candidate. Quentin was a college student who seemed a little stuck up, quite frankly, but was apparently an astronomy major, so Derek didn’t think he’d be seeing much of him. Tim was an accountant, and seemed like a top guy if not a bit dull. All good candidates, Derek knew.

Bright Blessed Sky, Dark Sacred Night - Jackson/Stiles

The first thing Stiles says to him, a sluggishly bleeding cut above his left eye, grime caked under his fingernails, a hand gripping a tattered backpack slung over his shoulder, is, “Do you have a car?”

Not: hey, Jackson, what are you doing here?

Not: did you just stab that fucking guy through the face?

Not: was that fucking Danny?

Jackson twists the metal rod out with a sick squelch and says, “No.”

or -

The zombie apocalypse road trip au

Everybody Make a Scene - Derek/Stiles

Stiles starts out with three jack-o-lanterns in front of their modest little pack house, but when he sees Derek staple-gunning orange lights around the entire front of their porch, he comes home with a six foot dinosaur skeleton with glowing red eyes.

No one actually hangs Halloween lights unless they’re going to war.

Or-

Stiles and Derek have some kind of unspoken Halloween decorating competition that also involves baked goods and flirting.

We’ve Got a Mystery to Solve - Derek/Stiles, Scooby Do AU

Officially, Scott and Stiles started off as supernatural debunkers. Shithead eighteen year olds with a couple gopros, a book of magic lore they’d ‘borrowed’ from Scott’s veterinarian ex-boss, and a YouTube channel. They guilted Scott’s dad into buying them a used van, downloaded a map of haunted places, and set off across the country for a gap year that stretched well past what their parents think is acceptable.

And then Scott got bit by a werewolf off highway 95, they accidentally set Kira free from an Arizona desert prison, and Lydia Martin, Stiles’ high intensity high school crush, called him up out of nowhere at 3 am one random Tuesday and nearly blew out his eardrums with a banshee scream and a death omen.

or-

The gang drives a van around the country hunting monsters, and Stiles may or may not have a weird crush on a traumatized Derek Hale.

Spark and Burn - Derek/Stiles, Witch Hunters AU

His one leg is numb, but he kicks out with the other, claws at Hale’s arms, all of it so ineffectual that Hale arches an eyebrow at him. “Have you no strength, witch?” he says, oh fuck, oh no, worse than demons or wolves they’re witch hunters.

“I’m—I’m not—”

“What? Not a witch?”  Hale snorts, derisive, and lets up just enough on his throat so Stiles doesn’t pass out.  “I think we have more than enough proof of that.”

Sorry About the Doom - Derek/Stiles

“What is that?”

Stiles sticks his hands in his pockets and rocks back on his heels. “What’s what?”

Derek gives him an unimpressed look and jerks his chin slightly to the left. “That.”

“Uh.” Stiles glances over his shoulder. “Pretty sure that’s a pony, dude.” A very small brown pony, with one white fetlock and a long, kinky black mane and deep, fathomless eyes, and he’s been following Stiles around since yesterday, so he’s actually pretty glad Derek can see him, too.

Or -

Stiles accidentally acquires miniature farm animals that may or may not be demons.

The Sound As They Broke, It Was Fearsome - Derek/Stiles, Harry Potter AU

Stiles is not intimidated by the gruesome past of the Hales, mainly because most Wizarding families can claim a gruesome past, these days. He is, however, not looking forward to dealing with Peter.

Welcome to Not!Fic Podfic Challenge! In which you work solo or buddy up (buddying up recommended for maximum fun) to record yourself talking out the shape of a story. Sometimes, it’s called aural/oral not!fic. Here are some examples if that still doesn’t make sense: Let’s Go Steal a First Order Ship Okoye in the Olympics (Oral Not!Fic) Frozen Jedi Timelines September 4 - Challenge goes live, including buddy-finder and prompt posts (you can also do this without using either post and submit directly) September 28 - Submission deadline (submit here) October 1-7 - Daily posting! Many laughs! Some rules: Please provide a detailed summary as much detail as possible or transcript of your work in the AO3 post (if it’s a BFU work, we expect at least one (wheeze)) There is no minimum or maximum length, and edit as much or as little as you want to Cover art isn’t mandatory You can do this solo or with friend(s), you can find your own buddies or use the buddy-finder post, you can use a prompt or make up your own - anyone can leave a prompt Posting will be just before or during #ITPE sign-ups, so if that’s a challenge you do, you should definitely consider this fest an opportunity to drag others down the rabbit hole with you.

If you need a buddy, you can check out the Buddy Finder Post over on dw. Or if you need a prompt or have a prompt you’d think be nifty, head over to the Prompt Post on the comm. 

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