Living Life

IMOGEN TEMULT ONCE SAID IS HERE!!

My brain at work: Polytrix Sense8 AU where everything is the same except they’re sensates whose sensate mother was Miyeong who gave birth to them in the sensate way at the same time she gave birth to Rumi before dying a month later and now Rumi is dealing w/ the double angst of being a sensate and a half-demon and having to hide both of these things from the world (although obviously not from Mira and Zoey) and also yes the plot of the Sense8 does happen at the same time we means at some point they do see the shit that happens with Sun on news lol

Multifandom Yuri on Ice

FIC REC FIC REC! Funny and great characterisation in this fic by cleaver, a Zoey and Mira sign up to be Rumi's bodyguards.

on a tight leash - Chapter 1 - cleaver (onthechoppingblock) - KPop Demon Hunters (2025) [Archive of Our Own]

bratty pop princess Rumi is a delight! More fic recs for bratty confident Rumi plz! my inbox is opeeeen! slowly collecting my fanart fic recs on a03 too, here- Fanfic art by yaketysmax - yaketysmax - KPop Demon Hunters (2025) [Archive of Our Own]

away for a little while, brace yourself for more eyecrimes when i return! :D AND GO READ THIS FIC!

"My deepest apologies for involving you in this," the heir to Clan Ryu said like a scolded child, with none of the strategic, conciliatory tones she'd come to expect with apologies, "But it was decided that it was for the best,"

"The best?" Mira scoffed, "The best for who?"

"Me," Rumi said bluntly, "Though the decision was made knowing your…reputation,"

"Then why stoop for the problem child who's made all her previous engagements cry?"

"Because I don't want to get married either," Rumi offered, smoothing her hands over her chima skirt, "But I know the duties of nobility, especially as the only child of a Spirit Blooded Clan, especially with my recency and power. Not getting married isn't an option for me, not really,"

"So I'm your cover?" Mira said, her hackles rising once more.

"And I yours," Rumi responded quietly, "You get out from under your parents' thumb, and neither of us have to worry about marriage anymore. I'll limit your public appearances, give you free reign of the palace, give you as much freedom as our station allows, and as for heirs…I know the rituals, I'll carry the child to term. I only ask one thing of you,"

"And what is that?"

"…Don't be cruel," the shake in Rumi's voice hit Mira like a slap. It was…desperate. Desperate in a way she was uncomfortably familiar with, when you wanted something so simple but had to ask for it like you were asking for the throne to the world itself.

"I know the position you're in, and I am…uncomfortably aware of the power I hold over you. You don't have to be kind, just, don't be cruel to my face," at this Rumi met her eyes, a thin smile on her lips and an air of desperation that made Mira's gut churn, "We may never love each other, I know that, but I hope I could make of you a friend,"

"We…we can be friends, Rumi," she whispered back, not at the Lord of Tanma, the most powerful Spirit Blood in all the Kingdoms, her sword already bloodied in half a dozen battles, but a Noble daughter whose loneliness is a mirror of her own, who doesn't want to be a puppet, who's offering a measure of freedom for both of them.

Mira always, always, corrects people about it, mostly by taking a picture of Rumi laying on top her while answering emails.

Mira; I answer exactly three emails a day, so the only way I’d be the leader is if everyone is suddenly ok with Huntrix making two appearances in a decade

Fan; but you’d be a great leader!!! You take such good care of the girls!!

Mira; I don’t need to reply to emails to do that, that’s why

Zoey; you wouldn’t take care of us if you had to write emails????

Posts a video of Rumi and Zoey trying kickboxing where Rumi accidentally breaks the punching bag

‘If Mira isn’t the leader why is she always in the center of the cuddle pile??’ ‘Guys, I just have the longest arms, it’s not that deep’

Posts a (original audio removed) video of Rumi absolutely destroying someone on the phone— Rumi gets annoyed with that one because she doesn’t like being seen as mean

‘It’s clear Rumi got the job because of nepotism’ and Mira takes a video asking Celine directly if it’s nepotism that’s Rumi’s the leader;

Celine, without looking up from her computer, “I’d give Zoey the position before you. You’d skip half our meetings and glare the whole time during the ones you do show.” “Like Zoey would be any better!” “Zoey would be useless in the meetings, yes, but at least she’d show up because she would feel bad about it.”

Often replies, ‘Rumi is our leader, I’m just tall.’

Hi everyone! One of my favorite authors, Yannie, published a new oneshot today! Linked below. 

cabin pressure

It was great! As always. But I wanted to highlight something Yannie did really well here- 

The humor blended with the characterization and smut effortlessly. Like, genuinely shocking. 

So, how does Yannie achieve this? Well, lets take a look! Spoiler, it’s all from good set-up and planning, actually. 

The very first thing about the fic- It is exclusively told from Zoey’s point of view, third person limited This means we get to hear Zoey’s internal thoughts and feelings mixed in with the prose. A good chunk of the humor comes from this alone. There’s a general sense of “Quip Fatigue” happening in most published work right now, a lot coming from Marvel. Larger studios have started to introduce just one kind of humor- quips. There’s an excellent video on youtube about this versus situation humor, btw, go watch it- (video) 

Anyway. The humor in this fic isn’t necessarily Rumi, Zoey, and Mira all throwing puns at each other or making “witty” remarks. It’s from Zoey’s own brain, how she processes things, along with the absurdity of the situation. We get primed for this almost immediately, her first thoughts literally being about her job and reflecting on her breaks, amount of passengers, and wines. Yannie could’ve started us out with a giant block of prose describing the airport, the weather, the atmosphere. Instead, she started with Zoey’s pure, uninterrupted thought train. This primes the reader for the later humor. Nothing here is especially laugh out loud funny (even if the rookie joke was cute), but it gets you in her headspace, so when we return to her headspace later it is both familiar and contrasted. We see how Zoey is maybe slightly irritated, concerned about the logistics of her job, and slightly uncomfortable. It contrasts with the sheer patheticness later.

"I might have some," Zoey teased, "But I don't think they'll help you if you get hungry on the flight."

Okay! So! Planning. The first part of planning a fic is deciding how it will be told. We just went over how Yannie decided on a narrative style that suits the fic well. The next part of planning is the actual plot! (Well, some people plan the plot before the writing style, but regardless. My essay, my order!) The plot of this fic is extremely cleverly set up. Zoey has a 12 hour plane ride, then a fun night. Zoey doesn’t leave the plane until nearly 6000 words in. 6000 words of just flirting, and characterization. No actual smut. This means despite being a twenty-two thousand word fic, it doesn’t overstay it’s welcome or drag on. (Too much smut is a thing, guys). A third of it is set up and character work!

Deciding to pace it this way, teasing the audience with this long plane ride, does a few things. First, like I already set, you clearly set your pacing. A third setup, a little bit rising action, then the glorious uninterrupted smut everyone wants to see. Second, it gets you in the mindset of Zoey. She also wants the smut! She wants it so bad, and she’s being so patient. Zoey is being forced to sit (stand?) through this 12 hour plane ride, and the reader is being so patient and good with her. Third, it makes the smut later hit harder, since you are now actually invested from the set-up. Sure, it’s a fanfic. We all know Mira, Rumi, and Zoey. Hell, a lot of us reading have binged Yannie’s catalogue and know how they write Mira, Rumi, and Zoey. But we don’t know this Mira, Rumi, Zoey. (Sorry, had to find an excuse to repeat the three names three times). 

Allowing a good chunk of your story to be flirty teasing/set up allows the characters and their dynamics to be solidly established. No one should be surprised by what happens in the smut later, it’s all clearly laid out how these characters interact with each other. 

People often say that fight scenes and smut are written in similar ways. Well, Yannie writes Zoey flirting with them as a battle. Which adds to the humor (situational humor, the fact that she is shamelessly fighting a sky high battle and losing), but also keeps the pacing tight. It’s not boring talking for 6000 words. It’s a battle! A test of wills. It’s fun to read because you know it’ll come back later. And Yannie is actually smart enough to make their flirting, the battle, come back up later. All of the characters remember this section of the story and it influences how they behave when alone. 

"Point to Zoey. This was going to be easy."

And, this battle establishes their characters! What’s the specific dynamic? We learn from the flirting that Rumi flusters more easily than Mira, that Mira isn’t immune, that they enjoy giving Zoey attention. That Mira is more aggressive, that Rumi tends to be gentler but still has her moments. I don’t think its a coincidence that Zoey will start the battle, Mira will say something that makes Zoey blush, then Rumi steps in to either save her or hit her again. It establishes a very clear pattern that’s followed up on in the smut! There’s also actual non-smut characterization for all three of them. Mostly, Zoey, with her internal dialogue about being wanted, being seen as more than a fling. She notices Mira’s softness, lovergirl maximum, along with Rumi’s tendency to reel her back (Saying “Jesus, Mira” to the more egregious flirting, telling Mira to use her words when staring at Zoey).  "Mira," Purple—Rumi—chided as she sat down in the window seat, "Use your words."

She pointedly eyes their hands until they start sweating, then turns to Rumi with a hard look

All of huntr/x start babbling defenses about how it's not what it looks like, well, actually it is but we didn't invite anyone but if we did we totally would have invited you and–

Celine just tears up comedically and asks why Rumi used store bought rings instead of her mother's heirloom rings

Rumi: My mother's? Rings? You mean the collection you gave me as a kid?? There were three…

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