wander_the_dark

Chapters: 1/? Fandom: Bridgerton (TV) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Rape/Non-Con Relationships: Original Female Character/Original Male Character, Canon Relationships - Relationship Characters: Original Bridgerton Family Members (Bridgerton), Bridgerton Family (Bridgerton), Featherington Family (Bridgerton) Additional Tags: Angst, Abuse, Blood, Alternate Universe, Canon Related, Dead Dove: Do Not Eat, Family, Hurt/Comfort, Love, Sexual Content, Supernatural Elements, Violence, Trauma, Dark, Magic, Vampires, Humiliation, Degradation, Torture, Unhealthy Relationships, Manipulation, Revenge Summary:

I watched media (tv shows/movies (not all are accurate, we know this), documentaries).

I picked up literature written by authors who wrote in the early 1800s. I learned more about the fashion, vocabulary, and trends of the time period.

Does that mean I have written a Regency Era masterpiece?

No... It is far from perfect, but IT IS MINE.

It's not generated through a prompt.

All the mistakes and messy descriptions are mine, and with each story I write, every piece of literature I pick up, I learn.

I have fun.

Here is a sample I've written:

Light fabric of linen and lace ruffled as the door to the modiste opened, stirring the stagnant air and bringing with it the near-intolerable heat of the day. The cramped streets of London had left the cool serenity of spring and, in lieu of it, a stifling summer. Violet Bridgerton, in particular, waved her fan at her face with such ferocity. Eve feared she may take off and fly into the sky like a common swift.

If someone read this, would they think it was written by a Brontë? Nope, and that's okay, I wasn't born in 1802, I don't speak like I was, but if I ever want to let my art resemble that period of time at all, I need to LEARN how to do it from the people who lived it, not type it into chatgpt.

Do the work.

NEW CHAPTER!

Chapters: 32/? Fandom: Baldur's Gate (Video Games), The Originals (TV), The Vampire Diaries & Related Fandoms, The Vampire Diaries (TV), Legacies (TV 2018) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Astarion/Hope Mikaelson Characters: Hope Mikaelson, Astarion (Baldur's Gate), Halsin (Baldur's Gate), Gale (Baldur's Gate), Shadowheart (Baldur's Gate), Lae'zel (Baldur's Gate) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Action/Adventure, Survival, Vampires, Witches, Werewolves, Magic, Explicit Sexual Content, Romance, Drama, Injury, Crossover, Secrets, Sassy Astarion (Baldur's Gate), Whump, Tribrid Hope Mikaelson, Revenge, Angst, Smut, Hope is Deliciously Overpowered, Bringing Back Whimsy and Cringe One Chapter at a Time, the knee thing, Torture, Lust, Age Difference, Strong Female Characters, Crossovers & Fandom Fusions, Family, Kinks, Mythical Beings & Creatures, Relationship(s), Supernatural Elements, Trauma, Violence, This is not a pipe, Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con Summary:

Dear Diary, That's the last time I ever hold a séance behind a gas station in the Appalachian Mountains before midnight.