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357. BATTLESHIP 2024 - MY DAVY JONES' LOCKER.
My third year of Battleship is over! :D I was on Team Mermaid this year and I had a beaching time with my team! Even though we didn't win, it was one of the best social experiences I've had in this game, and I'm so glad that I not only got over my creative burnout and managed to create over 25 things, but I got to make some new friends, too. (D'aww!)
Things I want to brag about that are personal accomplishments:
When (not if!) I finish those two other fics, I'll update this list…
Anyway, here is what I wrote. (I did save all my tags in Scrivener… I wonder if it's easy to figure out which tags inspired what fics?) I asterisked my favourites…
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McBangle
Kate/Anthony ; Teen ; 400 words
Anthony glares at her, wishing she’d at least smile to let him know that she’s paying some attention to him. But she remains unfazed. It’s too easy for her to ignore him.
is it by mistake or design?* fordarkrosaleen
Tashi/Art ; Mature ; 1200 words
Three times Tashi wears Art’s shirt, and the one time Tashi doesn’t.
i'm a little scared of the dark formixtapestar
Art/Tashi/Patrick ; Teen ; 1227 words
Art and Patrick comfort Tashi on the anniversary of her knee injury.
i need a safety net forembraidery
Art/Tashi/Patrick ; Teen ; 797 words
It's a pattern of theirs now: Art takes a moment to comfort Tashi on the anniversary of her knee injury while Patrick avoids it.
put your lips on my scars* forembraidery
Art/Tashi/Patrick ; Explicit ; 300 words
"I got it."
"You don’t got it," Tashi exhales roughly as she arches into their hands.
*
A moment of the three of them together.
pressed between flowers* forFeatheryMinx
Zoya/Nikolai ; Teen ; 1899 words
Three letters Nikolai wrote to Zoya, and one letter Zoya wrote to Nikolai.
will you let me ride shotgun? forDukeofDucks
Zoya/Nikolai ; Explicit ; 2324 words
Zoya pegs Nikolai on date night.
enough forRoselynnThornwood
Inej/Kaz ; Explicit ; 4747 words
Why was she surprised it was straight back to business?
It’d only been a few days since her freedom had been traded on the loud streets of Ketterdam. She was grateful to have pockets of quiet, where the silence seeped like water in the bottom of a dinghy. But she found in those moments that she wanted to drown. Drowning was better than dying locked and incapable of moving about in a cage. How long had she spent with her wings tucked tightly against her sides, longing to unfurl them and feel the wind slice between her feathers?
*
Or: A different take on what happened when Van Eck kidnapped Inej and how it impacts her relationship with touch and Kaz.
these gold days are numbered forMarenke
Genya/Darkling ; Explicit ; 1668 words
He doesn’t touch her anymore. He touches her through his shadows like he’s afraid of his handiwork.
understand how i suffer forgoblins_riddles_frocks
Alina/Nikolai ; Mature ; 1271 words
When Alina tracks Nikolai in his demon form, she doesn't expect him to hunt her.
lies hidden in my kisses forgoblins_riddles_frocks
Alina/Nikolai ; Teen ; 937 words
While on the Volkvolny, Nikolai helps distract Alina from her seasickness with a little help from some of his friends.
blushing flowers fortabitabipo
Inej/Jesper ; Teen ; 445 words
When Inej returns from the sea, Jesper surprises her.
the angel closes her eyes forhearthouses
Helaena/Aemond ; Explicit ; 300 words
She comes to him in the aftermath, wedding dress surprisingly intact.
the pied piper* forRoselynnThornwood
Aemond ; Mature ; 8727 words
Without the rat catchers to catch the rats, King's Landing is swarmed by cats. King Aegon II assigns Aemond to solve the case of the cats' mysterious origins.
[ Pied Piper retelling. ]
a fly on your wall* forhearthouses
Helaena/Aemond ; Mature ; 1200 words
Three times Helaena showed Aemond how to kiss and the one time Aemond showed her.
you'll never find a love like mine* forflipflop_diva
Alicent ; Teen ; 1600 words
Four times Alicent gets it right with her children.
before i can fly up* forbadassbutterfly1987
Helaena/Aemond ; Explicit ; 666 words
She pressed against him like a bug to a leaf, wishing to hide away from the rest of the world spying her upon her little perch. Helaena always found the shadows most comforting when Aemond was cocooned within them with her.
I wanted to write 666 words… and I did! :D
you leave me in your wake* forRoselynnThornwood
Helaena/Aemond ; Explicit ; 5281 words
Helaena comes to Aemond for comfort after her son’s murder.
bony elbow forChronicBookworm
Katniss/Finnick ; Teen ; 300 words
A moment between Finnick and Katniss, a bed, and Katniss’ bony elbow.
I wanted to write more THG, but I was writing Finnick/Katniss for![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
rarepairexchange and didn't want to double dip.
I did these tarot readings in collaboration with![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
peasina. (Check them out @ peasina!)
The Pokedecks: You, Your Path, Your Potential*
The Pokedecks: Situation, Obstacle, Advice*
The Pokedecks: Challenges, Overcoming Obstacles, Goals*
fate has a way of playing games* forscorpiod
Katherine/Elena ; Mature ; 300 words
Elena thinks she's in control, but Katherine knows better.
i've been keeping score* fornemali
Katherine/Elena ; Explicit ; 300 words
Katherine sighs. "You can do better than that."
raise your glass for the good times* forscorpiod
Katherine/Stefan/Elena ; Explicit ; 3886 words
Letting the blood drip down her collarbones is a deliberate choice. It’s meant to entice him to them; he’s a foolish wolf believing himself among idiotic lambs who don’t know any better, but Elena understands that the person in power isn’t either of them—it’s Katherine, as it’s always been. The puppet strings are softer now, but she can still feel them tugging at her wrists.
[ Post-3x04 AU. ]
I love writing forscorpiod.
on the wild side forCorinaLannister
Elena/Klaus ; Explicit ; 400 words
A newly turned Elena takes her grief out on Klaus.
Things I want to brag about that are personal accomplishments:
- I ended up writing approximately 40k of published works (not including the two WIPs that share 10k that I'm still working on), which I think is great. In 2022 for the Frost era I wrote 50k and in 2023 for the Tower era I wrote 9k (can you feel the burnout?). I'm back, baby!
- I collaborated with peasina! This was my first collaboration ever! We bonded over tarot and peasina asked me if I'd like to do a reading and sent me the most beautiful Pokemon artwork. She would give me the cards and I got to decide which order they'd sit in the reading. A lot of the Pokemon puns are her work.
- I hit work caps for Boards 1 and 2, and really enjoyed the rush of creating triple drabbles so we could clear our board and move onto the Bosses. I love the rallying the most in Battleship.
- All the challenges we did as a team were so much fun! I really enjoyed the Rockpool Bar and am so glad everyone was game to participate in that. peasina came up with a comment bingo that made the work reveals period less quiet and lonely. (In case you didn't know: my team was orcawesome!)
- I got two amazing podfic of my works! :O I also listened to a lot of podfic this year!
- I wrote for new fandoms and converted myself into a shipper! I wrote for Challengers and House of the Dragon (and made myself ship Helaena/Aemond), and revisited a very old fandom in The Vampire Diaries. I did not write MCU or The Boys this year despite some really great requests (I have some superhero burnout).
- The worst thing about Battleship is I struggle with titles at times. This will never change lol.
- Last year I didn't go through the collections because I was burnt out, so I'm glad to say that I managed to get through all of the teams' collections and really enjoyed a lot of the works that I was familiar and unfamiliar with.
- I lost for the first time! But I really enjoyed how my team members were always so encouraging and enthusiastic, and how some of them even ventured into new mediums for this round. Seeing others try podfic for the first time and having our veteran Mermaid podficcers help them out was really cool. That's what Battleship is all about imo.
- This will sound lame but I MADE NEW FRIENDS and that is the reason why I participate in battleshipex!
- Next year I'd like to contribute art, so I need to… get practicing… I'll be surprised if I try podfic. I don't think I have the reading voice for it lol.
When (not if!) I finish those two other fics, I'll update this list…
Anyway, here is what I wrote. (I did save all my tags in Scrivener… I wonder if it's easy to figure out which tags inspired what fics?) I asterisked my favourites…
BRIDGERTON
problem for
Kate/Anthony ; Teen ; 400 words
Anthony glares at her, wishing she’d at least smile to let him know that she’s paying some attention to him. But she remains unfazed. It’s too easy for her to ignore him.
CHALLENGERS
is it by mistake or design?* for
Tashi/Art ; Mature ; 1200 words
Three times Tashi wears Art’s shirt, and the one time Tashi doesn’t.
i'm a little scared of the dark for
Art/Tashi/Patrick ; Teen ; 1227 words
Art and Patrick comfort Tashi on the anniversary of her knee injury.
i need a safety net for
Art/Tashi/Patrick ; Teen ; 797 words
It's a pattern of theirs now: Art takes a moment to comfort Tashi on the anniversary of her knee injury while Patrick avoids it.
put your lips on my scars* for
Art/Tashi/Patrick ; Explicit ; 300 words
"I got it."
"You don’t got it," Tashi exhales roughly as she arches into their hands.
*
A moment of the three of them together.
GRISHAVERSE
pressed between flowers* for
Zoya/Nikolai ; Teen ; 1899 words
Three letters Nikolai wrote to Zoya, and one letter Zoya wrote to Nikolai.
will you let me ride shotgun? for
Zoya/Nikolai ; Explicit ; 2324 words
Zoya pegs Nikolai on date night.
enough for
Inej/Kaz ; Explicit ; 4747 words
Why was she surprised it was straight back to business?
It’d only been a few days since her freedom had been traded on the loud streets of Ketterdam. She was grateful to have pockets of quiet, where the silence seeped like water in the bottom of a dinghy. But she found in those moments that she wanted to drown. Drowning was better than dying locked and incapable of moving about in a cage. How long had she spent with her wings tucked tightly against her sides, longing to unfurl them and feel the wind slice between her feathers?
*
Or: A different take on what happened when Van Eck kidnapped Inej and how it impacts her relationship with touch and Kaz.
these gold days are numbered for
Genya/Darkling ; Explicit ; 1668 words
He doesn’t touch her anymore. He touches her through his shadows like he’s afraid of his handiwork.
understand how i suffer for
Alina/Nikolai ; Mature ; 1271 words
When Alina tracks Nikolai in his demon form, she doesn't expect him to hunt her.
lies hidden in my kisses for
Alina/Nikolai ; Teen ; 937 words
While on the Volkvolny, Nikolai helps distract Alina from her seasickness with a little help from some of his friends.
blushing flowers for
Inej/Jesper ; Teen ; 445 words
When Inej returns from the sea, Jesper surprises her.
HOUSE OF THE DRAGON
the angel closes her eyes for
Helaena/Aemond ; Explicit ; 300 words
She comes to him in the aftermath, wedding dress surprisingly intact.
the pied piper* for
Aemond ; Mature ; 8727 words
Without the rat catchers to catch the rats, King's Landing is swarmed by cats. King Aegon II assigns Aemond to solve the case of the cats' mysterious origins.
[ Pied Piper retelling. ]
a fly on your wall* for
Helaena/Aemond ; Mature ; 1200 words
Three times Helaena showed Aemond how to kiss and the one time Aemond showed her.
you'll never find a love like mine* for
Alicent ; Teen ; 1600 words
Four times Alicent gets it right with her children.
before i can fly up* for
Helaena/Aemond ; Explicit ; 666 words
She pressed against him like a bug to a leaf, wishing to hide away from the rest of the world spying her upon her little perch. Helaena always found the shadows most comforting when Aemond was cocooned within them with her.
I wanted to write 666 words… and I did! :D
you leave me in your wake* for
Helaena/Aemond ; Explicit ; 5281 words
Helaena comes to Aemond for comfort after her son’s murder.
THE HUNGER GAMES
bony elbow for
Katniss/Finnick ; Teen ; 300 words
A moment between Finnick and Katniss, a bed, and Katniss’ bony elbow.
I wanted to write more THG, but I was writing Finnick/Katniss for
rarepairexchange and didn't want to double dip.POKEMON TAROT READINGS
I did these tarot readings in collaboration with
peasina. (Check them out @ The Pokedecks: You, Your Path, Your Potential*
The Pokedecks: Situation, Obstacle, Advice*
The Pokedecks: Challenges, Overcoming Obstacles, Goals*
THE VAMPIRE DIARIES
fate has a way of playing games* for
Katherine/Elena ; Mature ; 300 words
Elena thinks she's in control, but Katherine knows better.
i've been keeping score* for
Katherine/Elena ; Explicit ; 300 words
Katherine sighs. "You can do better than that."
raise your glass for the good times* for
Katherine/Stefan/Elena ; Explicit ; 3886 words
Letting the blood drip down her collarbones is a deliberate choice. It’s meant to entice him to them; he’s a foolish wolf believing himself among idiotic lambs who don’t know any better, but Elena understands that the person in power isn’t either of them—it’s Katherine, as it’s always been. The puppet strings are softer now, but she can still feel them tugging at her wrists.
[ Post-3x04 AU. ]
I love writing for
on the wild side for
Elena/Klaus ; Explicit ; 400 words
A newly turned Elena takes her grief out on Klaus.