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the colossus !

a din djarin tale for @fuzzy's ser greendown writing challenge

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RATING: Explicit (18+ mdni) PAIRING: Din Djarin x f!Reader | WORD COUNT: 7.7k CW: medieval au, violence, murder, brief mention of animal abuse off screen (but the animal ends up ok!!), hurt/no comfort, hurt/a lil comfort, threat of death, imprisonment, din carries/manhandles reader but he is literally Colossally Huge and Strong and reader’s body/size is not described

SUMMARY: fleeing with a bounty on your head, your escape is thwarted by a knight of the mandalorian guard, ser din the colossus.

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@almostfoxglove and @auteurdelabre are some of my fav ppcu authors on here. they write stories that involve less popular or less well known characters he plays like max phillips from bloodsucking bastards.

they have written my two favorite stories of max and i was inspired to do art for both of them.

the first is 'the prettiest' by @almostfoxglove.

After a restructuring at the company, Max finds himself dead—this time for good—and haunting his old duplex. Lucky for him, you move in. Now he'll do anything it takes to have you.

for reasons i can't explain without spoiling the story this sketch involves max and a new shirt.

(she also wrote 'sounds dangerous' which is another amazing max one).

the other sketch is from 'the roommate agreement'

Facing eviction you're desperate for a roommate, even if it comes in the form of the strange and often brash Max Phillips. What you don't understand is why he only works nights, why you never see him eat and why strange noises are coming from his room during the day. . . .

i don't want to spoil things but this was one of my fav scenes from the story. i could imagine it so clearly in my head that i had to draw it right away.

i wanted to post all the art i have for these authors and their stories but won't in case they don't want me to.

@auteurdelabre @almostfoxglove You guys have no idea how much these fics mean to meeee

DUDE I KNOW RIGHT

i need him in concerning ways jfc i have a wip idea for him and god dammit i gotta write it SOON

this fic has hijacked my brain ?! oof!

This is so beautiful, are you kidding me right now??

You took precious time out of your day to make this for me? I feel so lucky and honored to have met you guys and this fandom, as up and down as it can be (especially lately), the good far outweighs the bad ❤️

I would love to know about ch 1 of secondhandsmoke - dbf (ish) joel x female reader !!

hi freya darling! thanks for asking 💕 (i do not have adhd but oof i still felt that)

so in this first chapter, a lot of it is world building (or at least, it is my attempt at world building).

joel comes in about 1/2 way, and his and reader’s first interaction is...not very pleasant. joel and reader’s dad are no longer friends in the series, and although reader doesn’t know the whole story, she has a serious chip on her shoulder and believes it’s pretty much joel’s fault

hi freya <3 (i love your name sm!)

so "does anyone know where the love of god goes?" is a line from the song "the wreck of the edmund fitzgerald" by gordon lightfoot. the whole lyric is actually "does anyone know where the love of god goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?" and the song is about the sinking of the bulk carrier SS edmund fitzgerald in lake superior on nov 10 1975. when i first started thinking of the fic it had such a specific vibe in my mind (more than plot tbh), and usually those can only be described sonically in music to me. the song was very much what i envisioned when thinking about the story and what i wanted it to feel like, and that's why i chose it <3

the second chapter of the series is called "ridin' shotgun" and was inspired by what the phrase originally meant aka shotgun-armed allies riding alongside stagecoach drivers. i like the metaphor of protection, and in the chapter they go out riding. joel is riding in front with his shotgun being the "shotgun rider" and i thought it fit that chapter <3

SEE YOU AT THREE

RATING: Explicit (18+ only) PAIRING: Joel x ofc (Ellie's aunt) STATUS: COMPLETE (epilogue forthcoming)

Pre-Outbreak / No-Outbreak AU

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SUMMARY: When your sister starts working nights, you're stuck with afterschool pickup duty for your eight-year-old niece. You love the kid, so you don't mind. And, sure—maybe you don't mind having an excuse to check out her classmate's dad, Joel, five times a week, either.

❤️‍🩹 painting of anna in chapter 15 by @yopossum 📷 nelle's instagram grid (modern!au) 🏠joel's, nelle's, & anna's homes (moodboard)

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