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Hello everyone, mod Anzie here! I’m excited to bring you the three M/E authors I read this week.

Witchbane | @witchsbane

[wip] Kintsugi

Hitman Yuuri. Mafia Viktor. Kintsugi blends our beloved YOI characters into a well-researched shady underworld so beautifully that some of us will be left wishing this would be animated on the side. Readers will find the gray, ambiguous Viktor and Yuuri to be just as sympathetically engaging and utterly human as we know them - maybe even more so. If you’re looking for a good slow burn, Kintsugi will deliver that with a side of Viktuuri angst and conflict.

What really stuck out to me, though, are the expertly handled action scenes: a number of writers struggle to balance movement and tension when writing action, but Witchbane blows her readers out of the water with this beautifully written piece.

Persephoneggsy | @persephoneggsy

you can take off your clothes (long as you coming home) + [wip] we are lost, but we are not gone

PWP is just about the accurate description for You Can Take, and Persephoneggsy handles the Explicit rating fairly well! The fic is incredibly light-hearted and balances sweet and dirty so wonderfully. Some of the lines lean towards wordy or awkward, but these are in the minority - if you’re looking for good smut involving Eros the Stripper and role-play, you’re definitely looking for this fic.

We Are Lost starts out full speed ahead, at an almost jarring pace. However, this hardly detracts from the movement of the story, which builds on from that rapid beginning at a steady pace to a painful climax. Though the story itself flirts with darker themes and tugs incessantly at a reader’s heartstrings, Persephoneggsy’s light-hearted style does not diminish along the way; in fact, I think her writing only serves to elevate this lovely Dollhouse AU.

Melonbug | @melonbugg

[wip] series -- a place on Earth, with you + all my days 

There’s something to be said about quiet, understated angst and the impact it has on a reader - and Melonbug certainly plays with that delicate balance. With the successful encapsulation of Lars von Trier’s Melancholia in their series A Stranger To Die With, the downplayed desperation in Yuuri’s voice from A Place On Earth is contrasted with the wry embodiment of Otabek in All My Days, showing off the author’s versatility in characterization and tone. Melonbug’s crisp, matter-of-fact writing style plays well with the series, keeping readers on the edge between my heart is breaking and my sweet, sweet children. This unfinished series is definitely a must-read for those looking for a quiet moment and a few tears.

Uh, sadly no?  Ahaha, I like the idea that they’re more like Cheetahs - big rip cages, bit legs, very lanky otherwise, made for sprinting rather than long distance running.  And I’m all for the headcanon that they tend to be surprisingly dense too - Keith didn’t blink at the decontamination wind that knocked over Pidge and made Lance have to hide, after all.

They’re also certainly carnivorous, and I like certain erogenous zones for them that might be more intense than humans - ears, nose, neck, all sensitive on humans but outright jolting to a Galra.

Prompt fill for my Follower Celebration!

ily melon <3

Special thanks to @melonbugg for being the greatest beta of all time, and yes, she did beta her own prompt. What. Fite me.

The coms kept cutting out, giving short bzzzzzzzts in Shiro’s ear. He wanted to take it off, end the ceaseless static only contributing to his panic, but there was the chance that Lance would say something, anything, to reassure them that he was alive. The only proof they had that Lance hadn’t been vaporized by the blast that sent his lion careening into a nearby planet was the reading Shiro was being sent by Blue.

They were shaky at best, heartbeat and breathing inconsistent on his monitor. He didn’t have much time.

As soon as Lance was hit, every single one of the paladins tried to go save him. Hunk had taken one hit as they all turned to the same point and Shiro yelled “No! Cover me, keep the castle safe. I’ve got him.”

Alright, let’s do some headcanons!

Allura has no sweet clue how to bake.  She never baked on Altea and she finds Earth recipes confusing.  Still, she is determine to learn how to bake something for her first anniversary with Keith.

She really likes the looks of those macaroons after seeing photos of them and gets Hunk’s help in baking it.  It takes close to ten tries, but eventually Allura has succeeded, even if the kitchen is a mess and she has frosting in her hair.

She presents them to Keith, and while he did not need super fancy cookies he is very touched.

Keith then presents his tray of brownies because he recalls making them with his dad a lot as a kid.  However, he feels they’re not as good as Allura’s gift since they’re not as fancy and it’s just the most basic recipe.  (He and his dad just use to make them from a box mix).

However, Allura tries one and loves it. 

Keith blushes and smiles, and after making some tea they dine on macaroons and brownies to celebrate.

Hey there!

Claims are named that because it’s what the artists will decide what they want.  Authors make claims for their story.  This is a summary, a rating, and an excerpt, along with the tags you’d plan on using on AO3.  We’ll number those and put them on a doc, and artists will give us a list of which ones they want to draw.  We’ll then assign those.