#cassandrexx

So partly it’s a joke, because the quickest way for me to end up writing something is to decide firmly in my head that it makes no sense and I can’t possibly see why that would happen, at which point my inherent contrariness pops up with ten reasons why it would. :P

But more broadly the central big ‘why’ of most of the Transformers stories so far is ‘why are the Decepticons fighting the war.’ If you accept the premise that Optimus Prime and the Autobots are fundamentally nice mechs who would like to live in peace, then there needs to be a substantial reason for this war to be happening on the Decepticon side. And the answer doesn’t necessarily have to be a reason that I would endorse, just a reason that I find interesting (unlike “they’re evil” which I find boring). 

Hello hello! I’ve been beta reading this last block of time, so I only have a handful of fics for you guys. 

What fics are you faves? Which do you go back and read over and over again? Do those authors have any original works that they’ve published? Go look into it, you might find new stuff to enjoy!

Captain America:

Winter's Children by Neery  | 66.8K | E | Bucky/Steve

When their attempts to recreate the super soldier serum failed, Hydra started trying to breed Captain America clones from his genetic samples. Unfortunately, the serum's effects aren't passed down genetically, so instead of an army of tiny Captain Americas, they get a bunch of tow-headed, asthmatic, allergic, immuno-compromised little Steves.

And then the Winter Soldier stumbles across Hydra's failed experiment...

- I gave this like six stars when I bookmarked it, it’s so good

Shadowhunters:

Off Duty by KouriArashi  | 3.4K | T | Magnus/Alec

“I’m talking about an actual day off,” Magnus says, and Alec’s blank expression doesn’t change. “Off duty. If something goes wrong, they call someone who isn’t you.”

“That’s . . . not really a thing that the Head of an Institute gets,” Alec says.

- Did you need some Alec-finally-gets-a-vacation fluff? Here you go!

The Last Thing I Expected by KouriArashi  | 47.8K | M | Magnus/Alec

On every warlock's 25th birthday, there's a ritual to choose their perfect match. Normally it isn't a big deal, but for Magnus Bane - the son of Asmodeus, an Underworld crime lord - it's the party of the century. Everyone is more than a little surprised when Magnus' match turns out to be the bartender, Alec ... who's actually an undercover police officer. Alec's bosses want him to play along to get close to the organization, but Alec isn't sure he can mislead the man who's apparently his soulmate...

- What happens when your bf’s family is a crime family? And your bf’s dad likes you?? And you’re a cop???

Teen Wolf:

It's Insanity, but... by rosepetals42  | 56.6K | M | Derek/Stiles

The doorbell interrupts what had turned out to be quite the epic shoe hunt but, really, he’s grateful for the break. Or at least, he is until he heads down the stairs to grab the door, trips over a stuff animal of some kind, bashes his head on the wall and barely manages to catch himself from falling down the entire flight of stairs. As with all things, Stiles would like to state, for the record, that this is Scott’s fault.

Or: Scott and Stiles are raising seven children. Derek is the entertainer they hire for a birthday party (not a clown though, he's very specific on that fact.)

I'm bored, so I'm gonna answer all three of these, even though I'm sure that's not what the meme intended. :)

Plot point: Currently, I'm pretty proud of having Bucky realize that he can go find Peggy in too old to die young now. Originally, I was just tooling along writing out my Bucky feels after the movie, but it wasn't going anywhere until I made that connection. And then the rest of it sort of clicked into place. (and now I'm writing the sequel, because of course. And because Sam.)

Chapter: Haven't written much chaptered/sectioned fic, actually. Huh. My favorite part of thrill as only we know how was largely written by inmyriadbits (Chapter 6, ftr, with the escape from the Siberia base and the amnesia), so I'll go with Bruce's section in Learning Curve. I struggled with that section SO MUCH, but it ended up being the part where the story switched over from the team having Steve's back, to Steve's actual healing (both physical and emotional). Even when I'm re-reading and going, oh god why did I say it like that, my writing sucks, the marinara thing still gets me. <3

With a grind and a clink, the heater went out. The lights flickered and died too. Steve pulled the blanket tighter around himself but it wasn't thick to begin with and he'd already been cold.

Bucky appeared in the doorway--the door was never closed anyway, or, well, hardly ever because there weren't limits to what of Steve's Bucky could have the other other way around.

"Move over, jerk," said Bucky.

Steve slid sideways but there wasn't a lot of "over" to move. Bucky had brought his blanket with him and he laid it on top of Steve's and climbed under both, instantly pressed up against Steve's back.

"I'm going back to sleep," Bucky mumbled. He gripped Steve around the waist and pulled him in even tighter. He was one long, warm line from the breath on the back of his neck to the tangle of their feet.