#brangwen

I’d been looking for what I recall as three or four different fics for a bit. I’d entered key words, remembered phrases - anything to find them. I finally found what I thought was one of them. One where Eames has a nickel allergy that Arthur innocently remembers from a past job. However, Eames thinks Arthur checked his medical records and is upset. Later it comes out that Eames had a sixth finger removed as a child which did not go smoothly, leading to his permanently damaged little finger. Already there’s a lot going on here - it being a touchy topic for Eames as it’s a familial deformity that once saw a great great aunt burned as a witch because of it.

I mean, it’s a lot of backstory, so rich.

Then I wanted to find a fic where Arthur encounters a former lover on a job just after he starts a relationship with Eames and she, in a moment of pique, outs him. I distinctly recall the extractor saying that outing was unacceptable.

Then, I wanted to find a fic where Arthur finds out Eames is a theatre actor and he’s pretty serious about it. He attends a play, meets Eames theatre circle, including the resident lecher who immediately puts a move on Arthur. I remember the line Eames says when he walks in, that’s how much I enjoyed this fic and how much it stuck with me. Eames said, “Ah ah, mustn’t touch.”

Imagine my pure, feral glee to find out that ALL of this fleshy back-storytelling happens in the SAME FIC!

I’d been remembering one single story this whole time, not 3 or 4 different ones. And how I found this story was by remembering the Setswana greeting used in the fic - “Dumela mma” - popping that in quotes with Arthur/Eames and ao3 into google and crossing my fingers. It worked and now I can share with you this fic I highly recommend — the wonderful I’d Look Good on You by Brangwen

more wolves of the beyond art? more likely than you think

this time two personal favorites of mine, Morag and Brangwen.

Brangwen was an absolute sweetheart! he was such a kind and gentle wolf. i’m honestly still bitter he wasn’t one of the wolves to go to the distant blue. Brangwen drinks respecting women juice and is precious. he deserved better

so for Morag i’ve got two headcannons for her.

the first being that after she started going blind she would just close her eyes. she didn’t like the slow inevitable darkness. after she became fully blind she still kept her eyes closed anyway.

the second headcannon is that after she found Thunderheart’s bones she took a claw bone and kept it on a necklace. after she died Faolan kept the necklace to wear.

but yeah, these two deserved the world tbh  

Bought myself some presents to put under my tree. 🎄

Just finished reading Katherine Kerr's Daggerspell and thought it would be fun to draw how I've been imagining the main heroine this whole time! Jill's outfit was inspired by Snow White in OUAT 🤗