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Creator #35- @lady-bluebird-luv

Welcome back to Feysand Creator Highlights!! We want to take a moment to recognize the amazing individuals in our fandom who kindly use up so much of their freetime and creative energy to share their work with us!

Today's creator highlight is writer @lady-bluebird-luv! If there's one thing that will always drive the feysand fans wild, it's seeing Rhys and Feyre with a darker edge, and Zara always delivers!! In addition to her deliciously wicked fics, her blog is also full of feysand goodies, from personal headcanons to her fantastic character insights. This author offers so much to our community, and we are greedily gobbling out of the palm of her hand.

You can read the following works on their AO3 or Masterlist:

In the low lamplight, I was free (Heaven and hell were words to me)

I wasn’t sure how to navigate this bigger body, heavy with wings and muscle and balancing on a higher center of gravity than I was accustomed to. Rhys kept part of himself embodied as I oriented myself, supporting his body so I could focus on the task at hand. Pressing into him was like submerging myself in an ocean, easing past centuries of thoughts and memories and bits of personality until I found the place at the base of his skull that combusted every time he heard me mewl.

The darker the fruit, the sweeter

“This isn’t a joke,” Feyre asked. “Is it?” Maye it was a dream. She’d been in bed, after all. Feyre dug her nails into her palm until the sting made her wince, but her chest kept shaking, and his nails were sharp on the inside of her thighs. Too sharp. She risked a glance down between their bodies. Rhys followed her gaze as it landed on his hand - no, on his claws - pushing her nightdress up around her hips.

Hind With Sharp Teeth

In one hand she held an Illyrian bow, carved with winding runes for resilience and accuracy.

In the other hand, Feyre had a male’s head.

What better way to prepare for Feysand Week than to say welcome to some new creators? Whether you're new to creating or new to the fandom, we're glad you're here!

Creator Highlight #17 - @cauldronblssd

Today we’d like to highlight @cauldronblssd! CB is one of the most welcoming and generous creators in the Elucien community who has given so much to others. She is a talented writer with a wide variety of stories and has also commissioned some of the most gorgeous pieces for Elain and Lucien.

If you check out CB's work, you can find just about any flavor you crave! Whether that is an AU in space, canon divergence, or modern-day spice, she's got both the angst and spice you seek. Not only is she an amazing storyteller, she is also known for leaving some of the most thoughtful comments on AO3 to other authors. She really embodies what the Elucien community is about!

Below are a few favorites, but you’ll want to read all the fics and check out her commissions on her masterlist HERE.

Found in the Sunlight

Elain and Lucien have spent the past several years politely avoiding each other. When Elain has a vision about Lucien becoming the High Lord of Autumn, she agrees to accept the mating bond to a male that she hardly knows. Bound by the bond and a couple unexpected bargains, the newly mated couple form an alliance.

Morning Edition

Elain listens to her local public radio station every morning as a way to support her sister, Feyre, a local arts and culture reporter. What starts as casual listening develops into something more when she finally meets the man behind the voice she listens to on the new every morning, Lucien Vanserra.

"Lucien was an NPR reporter, an enthusiast of local politics and an active participant in the fall and spring fund drives. Surely, he couldn’t be a party animal either, with a call time of five AM or something else equally absurd. Still, it had been him who suggested they meet at the last minute. Was this a booty call? Would he still buy her drinks, then?

It seemed a strange move to select your coworker’s sister for such an arrangement, but perhaps she was naive. She’d have to keep her head on her shoulders, even when he spoke to her with that low seductive voice or wore another well-fitted shirt that showed off his expansive chest. Elain squared her shoulders, resolving herself to be firm in her resolution not to go home with him that night."

We're Leaving the Planet, and You Can't Come

Elain Archeron lives a quiet life on the Sun Station as a follower of the Nolans’ New Ways. When she is sent on a mission to find wanted man, Vanserra, she crash lands in alien territory.

We’re going to space, babes!

Today, after a long time away, I come back with a new pattern source! From pouches and purses to hats to cute little animals, this channel has it all! Going back at least five years, hundreds of patterns are available for free, and she will show you how to do them every step of the way!

Despite the fact that the creator is Chinese, and her verbal instruction is in Chinese, she does provide English crochet instructions on-screen!

I have not yet completed a project, but I was testing the teachability of her videos. This is how far I've gotten following her instructions for the adorable coaster pattern I found:

Link to video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=79XcW_tphgo

I will say, of the patterns that I have checked out, the vast majority call for 2.5 mm hooks, and special kinds of yarn. Some patterns require materials that you might not know you need until you see her bring them out. For example, in the above video, you'll need a premade circle to sew onto the leaf-base of the coaster, and then two inserts to sew between them.

I am also definitely using the wrong type of yarn - Red Heart acrylic and a larger hook - but I was just testing the instructions, and plan to unravel my work instead of creating an oversized coaster.

Some patterns do call for 4.0 mm hooks and larger yarn, so there is some variability in required materials.

@xiaoshimei does not just specialize in floral patterns, but has shared all types of projects and motifs, in all kinds of color palettes - though she does tend to lean towards the brighter ones. The variety of patterns and the clear prowess of the creator is a treat for any crafter, I absolutely recommend checking out her channel, even if just to enjoy looking at the gorgeous projects!

Happy crafting!!

Welcome to our Creator Highlight Week 12!

Every week, we’ll use this space to recognize the amazing individuals in our fandom who kindly use so much of their free time and creative energy to share their work with us and bring our imaginations to life via writing, art, visuals, and many other creative mediums. 

This week we want to highlight @sarawritestories, a massively talented creator for fic within the fandom. Her stories have romance, intrigue, plot, and fluff, all while being imaginative, creative, and leaving a long-lasting impact. It’s a challenge to write x reader fics that feel realistic and consuming enough, but she hits the nail on the head every single time. Her nominators said the following: 

“She's sweet, she's kind, she's talented... she's always spreading the love everywhere she goes, so I think it would be fair for her to receive some 💕”

“She touches lots of subjects with her writing. Poly, plus-size readers, series, wonderful OCs... She's a huge Cassian girlie too. Maybe even THE biggest Cassian girlie.” 

“REALLY got me into x readers for the ACOTAR universe, and she writes them SO well.” As evident from these submissions, she is not only incredibly talented, but also extremely well-liked within the fandom! 

Your contributions are always fantastic, @sarawritestories, and we hope to see much more from you for a long time to come!

Below are some of our favorite creations.

All Too Well | Cassian x Reader, Eris x Reader

Unwavering Presence | Cassian x ArcheronSister!Reader

You’re Ours, Birthday Girl | Nessian x Reader (Poly)

You’re My Forever  | Eris x Reader

My Beautiful Angel | Cassian x Reader

Fuck Propriety | Helion x Reader

Thanks so much for bringing such incredible, creative, and lovely works to our fandom. You’re such a bright spot in this community, and we’re so glad you’re here!

Creator Highlight #11 - @wishcamper

Welcome back to Nessian Creator Highlights!! We want to take a moment to recognize the amazing individuals in our fandom who kindly use up so much of their free time and creative energy to share their work with us!

It's been quite some time since our last one, and what better way to kick things off with showcasing a rare jewel of the Nessian fandom.

This week we're highlighting @wishcamper! She has several fanfics that been floating over the last year that we simply love. She's sure to have what you're looking for, whether it be angst, drama, or some classic Nessian romance.

In addition to her fics, @wishcamper is kind to everyone she meets, and uses her background to provide thoughtful insight to character dynamics.

Check out some of our favorites below, or check out their masterlist HERE:

A Court of Vice and Victors

“Then stop, Cassian!” She was shouting now, inches from his face. “Stop fighting for my life! I never asked you to! Forget about me and move on!”

A sparkling tear froze on the tip of her eyelash and he felt a triumph in it, this sign that she was in there somewhere. His hands ached for her. This had all gone so differently in his head.

“I can’t,” he admitted. - Or, a therapist's attempt at an ACOSF rewrite, because trauma's a bitch and muscling through isn't the only way. Featuring: -Nesta's alcoholism and trauma taken seriously -IC family dysfunction reckoning -recognition of Illyrian oppression and effects of colonization -women being resourceful and empowered in spite of their circumstances -healing not being a straight line

pro Nesta, pro healthy Nessian, anti nobody, pro everyone is capable of change

CW: This work explores themes of trauma recovery, colonization and systemic racism, and gendered violence and reproductive abuse, and contains mentions of physical and emotional abuse, suicidal ideation, abortion, substance use, and sexual assault. Specific warnings will be included for each chapter, please take care of yourself.

My Sweetest Downfall

A Nessian re-telling of the biblical story of Samson and Delilah, set during the first war for human liberation.

CW: consensual sexual content, reference to sex trafficking

For Cassian Week 2024 - Day Two: Hair

I Can Picture it (After All These Days)

Of all the things Nesta had expected since becoming an aunt, the spikes of envy that shot through her watching her father fawn over Nyx had not been among them.

That was what began this whole saga, when she looked back. Her nephew’s birth unlocked something painful that wound its way up inside her, seeking to surface. An anger at her father for having the ability to protect her all along and choosing not to, a darkness, an old fear.

Against the backdrop of a lazy Saturday, Nesta struggles with recovered memories of physical abuse by her grandmother as she and Cassian debate the choice to have children. A lil angsty, a lil fluffy, a lil in-between. Cozy Angst.

CW: mentions of child abuse, PTSD recovery, negative self-talk/self-hatred, light sexual content. (None of the abuse is described in detail, only alluded to.)

Featured fic: Gay's the Word

This year's fic: Gay's Still the Word

Redbirdandbluebird23 made the move into writing slashfiction last year after almost a decade writing other fanworks. She mainly focuses on Jaydick, but has plans to introduce platonic Batfam works in the future. It is only in the last couple of years that she figured out she was asexual, so this event has been a great way to explore this in writing. You can find her on Tumblr and AO3.