The Rat That Feeds The Rattlesnake (32673 Words) By Ghostie_Jakxy_GrayChapters: 10/12Fandom: Content

The Rat That Feeds The Rattlesnake (32673 words) by Ghostie_Jakxy_Gray Chapters: 10/12 Fandom: Content SMP, Hadestown - Mitchell, no rpf - Fandom Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Folly | r4tmaid, Rat | doctor4t (Video Blogging RPF), The Fates (Hadestown), Hades (Hadestown), Other Character Tags to Be Added, Luxintrus (Video Blogging RPF), Persephone (Hadestown), Orpheus (Hadestown), Nudge the Poolfish, Flippy the Poolfish Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Gods & Goddesses, once again: SMPs ability to just Make People Gods?, that's Important here, Demigods, Inaccurate Ancient Greek Religion & Lore, Inaccurate Minecraft Mechanics, The Neverend (ContentSMP), Fish, Respawn Mechanics (Minecraft), Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, hopefully not painfully out of character, the Fates are the wind, BAMF Folly | r4tmaid, she's getting there at least, The Author Regrets Nothing, Major Character Undeath, Dreams and Nightmares, Potentially painfully out of character idk, Mind Manipulation, The Fates Are Not Nice, Whump, Existential Crisis, gods being assholes, Kind Persephone (Hadestown), Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Folly | r4tmaid needs a hug, Folly | r4tmaid gets a hug, Code and Reality and the nuances therein, Horror, eldritch horror, Oblivious Rat | doctor4t, Poolfish (Content SMP), Near Death Experiences, rated T for everyone is getting traumatized by the gods (even the gods themselves), Demigod Orpheus (Hadestown), Minor Eurydice/Orpheus (Hadestown), Morally Ambiguous Everyone Series: Part 2 of Gut and Idyll Summary: Hades is an old god spurned. Orpheus and Rat are builders after the same heart. Folly isn't much of anything for certain yet (but oh, she could be, couldn't she?), and the winds -The Wind- that of the fates blow like tides… in and out and over and over and over… ~ A (technically) continuation of my AU where Orpheus and Eurydice escape to the Neverend, and all the consequences that follow. Featuring actual CSMP characters this time! (Can be read without knowledge of Hadestown or first work in series, but I as the author would recommend both of those pieces of media :D)

my biggest creative passion in life is ‘the project I’m not supposed to be working on right now’

Whenever I see a queer invalidate another queer's relationship with god, I just get disappointed. "We need more complex queers!" You can't even handle religious queer people.

Angst fics can help people come to terms with their own grief, begin healing, or give people that good cry that they need.

Smut fics can help people affirm and accept their sexuality. It can help them explore their sexuality in a safe way. They can also just be fun, and having fun is a drastically undervalued way to improve your mental health.

Dark fics can help people face their fears or process their trauma. It can make them feel safer and more secure. It can help them find their courage.

Fluff fics can give people rest and respite and comfort. It can give them hope that soft places exist and that maybe there is one out there for them. It can bring up their mood, which, if they have depression, can be a life saver.

And every fic people write makes someone feel less alone.

Point being, just because a particular thing doesn’t serve you, doesn’t mean it lacks value.

This is not to say that we have to consume all fic uncritically. Of course not. It is just to say that entire “genres” aren’t trash or lacking value just because they don’t serve you.