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Tagged by @slothquisitor - thank you :') Also always fascinating and inspiring to hear you talk about your process, and life. I had no idea romance had a Third Act Break-Up??? Learning something all the time.

Pick a scene/chapter/whatever from one of your fics (or I'll suggest one!) and add any commentary you feel like. Why that line? How come this plot twist? What does the eyebrow waggle MEAN?!?! I want the dirt and I can only smash my face up against the glass of your stories so hard before I start to leave smudges.

Since they're the most recent ones out the gate, I'll yap about the oh, brother fics (Amri's Version, Lucanis's Version). I can say a lot about these two since it's literally two, so gird your loins. I will try to keep it concise.

Tagged by @thefrostyshepard and @slothquisitor - thank you both 🩷🩷🫶

Tagging @zylphiacrowley @krisichiki @ambalambs @just-angsty-things @nyktoon if any of you feel like it?

Last Song: bad idea, right? by Olivia Rodrigo. A very fun song. I've yet to mow through her entire body of work. I've listened to a few. Her titling convention is 100/10 though.

Currently Watching: literally just Mystic on YouTube, who keeps me up to date with PlayStation/gaming news (in addition to Game Informer) every Friday lol.

Current Obsession: I am back on my bullshit!!! I'm obsessed with the de Rivas again. I drew Viago's slutty little earring the other day. I live for that thing. It does so much for me. And his bone structure. And his moles. DID YOU KNOW he has one on the left side of his neck like Amri. But I am more seriously trying to finish mylittlemonster03 which also has Lu but there's been way too much romance and soft feelings on my blog so back to the de Rivas (past tense) and all the shit they got up to. I hope to be done like sometime this month. This one's been a WIP since Oct. 2025.

Currently Reading: The Memory Hunters by Mia Tsai for book club. I do believe I did this tag game once before and I said I was reading that for book club then, too. I am a slow reader but I'm progressing, and it's fun so far. I like it. I also finished Monstress vol. 1 by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda a while back (which I think I also mentioned in the last tag too lol), and I would like to fully binge the series (there's 10 volumes rn). The fantasy world building is honestly amazing and I do love that it doesn't pull its punches on the horror. I am also like creepy heavy breathing on my copy of Batman vol. 1: Daylight by Matt Fraction and Jorge Jimenez et al, and I skimmed it a few times to gawk at all the pretty art. Close to drooling over this thing.

Currently Working On: mylittlemonster 01 art do-over, 03 chapter, and two separate rkns oneshots because my process is my brain gives me a small nuggets of an idea and so I will pick at the written stuff in small bits and for several at the same time.

Currently Wearing: Sweats and a big t-shirt. Cozy.

Last Search: The Legend of Vox Machina to see episodes available and if I wanna watch weekly (which is nice) but also time/energy is a mess so idk if I should just wait it out.

Tagged by @slothquisitor - thank you! 💗🫶 And as I am seated at my computer early today so the Evil Bed doesn't lull me to sleep for another whole evening, I'm actually doing this one on-time-ish 👍

Tagging @thefrostyshepard @krisichiki @zylphiacrowley @ambalambs @krys-in-the-playhouse if any of you are up to anything, and feel like sharing? Art, fic, original writing, crochet, crafts, knitting, edits, G-pose (someone please tell me whether I'm getting that right or not), maybe even gifmaking? Which is also a lot of work lol

Anyways, this past Sunday I actually managed to get a huge chunk of mylittlemonster03 done, so in the spirit of the edgelord fic, on the drawing board have a WIP of mylittlemonster01's art do-over, and the thumbnail for 03

On the writing board, since there's been way too much Amri and Lucanis lately, have some more Amri and Lucanis (mylittlemonster edition):

“If there’s anything I can do, Rook, say the word.” She lets out a single laugh – dry and humourless. “What if I actually ask for something big?” “For Zara?” he counters, “I would. Do not doubt it.” “And I would for you, don’t forget,” she says. They’re friends, he might even be her best friend, and he is among the precious few who truly understands. “You need only say the word.” He nods once. “...Actually. Lucanis?” “Yes?” “There is one thing. I know you said it wasn’t that complex, but I’m sure the intricacies have something to them that I’d need help with.” “What is it?” She looks him in the eyes, hopeful. “Can you make me a mage killer?”

Tagged by @slothquisitor - thank you 🩷 my brain is always running ideas and I slowly chip away at several of them simultaneously over the course of eternity but this one's slowly approaching the first draft finish line:

Out of politeness, Rook has been avoiding the kitchen. No pestering notes about dishes and desserts. No periodic visits and jokingly asking him if she could sneak something into everyone's meals. No pretending to wait until he's turned his back to drop something into the pot and then whistling obnoxiously so he knows something's wrong. Not a single thing has been fiddled with or moved a few centimetres off just to keep him on his toes in weeks, so when he sees the carrots stacked in a square structure, he knows she's been inside — she wanted him to know.

I'm excited for this one to be done and in the wild bc it's been a WIP since sometime last year, but also bc it's a follow-up on to my most intimate friend, which was a cute one and the feelings have been acknowledged so it's just pure stupid yearning.

The brain keeps coming up with like a bunch of half-completed thoughts/ideas with zero ending in sight like omg girl ☺️🗣️🗣️🗣️☝️ what if ☝️🧠🤌🤌 For the Modern de Rivas Viago's father who abandoned him until he made a name for himself died (good riddance also watch me invent drama for Viago that man has so much potential and it's all stored in his moustache) and left him an entire estate on that island in ELT and both of them go there to just. Check it out for the summer, and they then spend their vacation there. And that's where Amri meets Lucanis, bc of course the Dellamortes would have a summer home on the island (a whole vineyard even), and they hang out the whole summer because Amri invited Teia out while she and Viago were off and he kind of wants to strangle the baby sister for that but doesn't because it's Teia so ofc they make up, meanwhile Lucanis is avoiding Illario who wants to drag him to 900 parties so they run into each other and then actively avoid their almost-brothers together the entire summer, and then nothing happens except the almost kiss.

And then they part ways bc yeah, sure, almost summer fling. Cool 👌💜👍⛱️ And like idk maybe a year passes. Viago sold the estate bc fuck that horny old bastard, the de Rivas don't go back there again.

And then in an effort to get Viago to like, actually do something serious with Teia, Amri moves out of their shared condo bc if anybody remembers me rambling on and on about the de Rivas in a modern setting the two of them are exceeeeeeedingly weird and codependent and live together. And have like 90000 shared routines/traditions (and like 2-3 cupboards of mugs with puns printed on them). They are super normal and don't have any issues pinkie promise 👍

And then the apartment building she moves into is nice. It's not super far from the condo/Viago. They can probably still see each other's buildings. They're totally normal. And Lucanis is her new neighbour. And it's fine. It's cool. That almost kiss happened like a whole year ago. Surely it didn't mean anything. Surely neither of them have had lingering thoughts on it. Surely they've both moved on. Surely their summer almost fling didn't involve deep conversations about complicated and traumatic childhoods and bonding over similar traumas and doing some light healing of their inner children and just having a Normal™ summer vacation like any other kid at their big ages. It's fine. It's cool. They definitely don't almost kiss again in the laundry room. Or the elevator. They definitely don't yearn. That would be ridiculous.

Tagged by @slothquisitor - hi I'm not ready for Halfway to be over 🥲 and thank you for the tag!

Tagging @krisichiki @zylphiacrowley @ambalambs @krys-in-the-playhouse if you guys are down and doing anything? G-pose stuff if I'm getting that right?? Art? Fics? Crochet? 👀

For once, I have nothing really new-ish on the drawing board that I haven't already shared or finished (mostly just been coming home from work and conking out), but since I've been using ellipsus I can write during my short breaks at the office, so have two things from the writing board (because I like posting in twos apparently), and since the brain jumps all over the place and the last fics made sloth wanna throw her hands in the air at the dumb birds let's pivot to some Yearning Olympics.

Dumb Yearning, Antivan Crow Style (Lucanis's Version):

He does not want to admit it. He knows what this feeling is, he felt it before for another de Riva of all people, long ago. Perhaps to a lesser degree there, but here? Here he does not want to acknowledge it, as doing so upsets the balance of what they are now: comfortable, simple, fun. Impossibly rare. She is his friend. His silly and earnest and most intimate friend. He's never been more open with anyone, and she trusts him with all of herself — her physical safety, her secrets, her feelings. He will not betray that. He does not dare ruin what they have. It is enough. What they are is more than enough. But he is apparently a weaker man than he once was, as he cannot help the way his eyes search for her in a room. He cannot help the way he inevitably finds himself near her. He cannot help but want to listen to her speak of anything and everything. The desperation in his voice as he shouts for her in the middle of a fight, to go to her immediately. The desire to feel her press the length of her arm against his, line up their scars and share secrets and stories, again and again until there is nothing left to learn, and they know each other as well as they know themselves. Study every detail about her, every twitch of the ear, every half smile, every furrow of her brow, the shape of her fingers, her neck, her lips — commit everything to memory and hold onto them for dear life. They're close. They're friends. What they are is perfect. What he's found in her is more than what he could've asked for. He shouldn't, he knows he shouldn't, but he cannot help but want more.

Dumb Yearning, Antivan Crow Style (Amri's Version):

What is it about Lucanis that compels her so? What is it that he does so effortlessly, perhaps even unintentionally, quietly, that has every part of her aching to be close to him? To want to be closer to him, still, however he'll let her. To hold every precious storied detail about him close to her chest? To write it in her marrow? To know him as well as she knows herself? To be seen by him? To give parts of herself to him, lay them at his feet and hope she isn't deluding herself in thinking he picks them all up and takes them with him? What is it about him that has her reaching out to him, needing to feel him with her? To connect with him? Why does he let her? Why hasn't he push her away like all the people before? Like Viago? What is it about him that she craves so hopelessly? That has her doing whatever she can to see his rare smile, if only for a fleeting moment? That has her ready to fight for him? Kill for him? To ease his burdens? To help him, however she can? To support him through his sorrows, his hardships? To see him happy? And how is it the mere thought of him brings her so much joy? So much peace? What is it about him that delights her so? Viago would seethe if he found out, if a single thought of hers about Lucanis were ever to reach his ears. He would tell her, over and over, that she's being foolish, that the Demon of Vyrantium is a dangerous man. But if he's so dangerous, why does she feel so safe with him?