SOMETIMES, THEY WIN

SOMETIMES, THEY WIN

Horror | Oneshot | Noah/Seb | Smut | Violent

https://archiveofourown.org/works/34560556

Noah agrees to join Bobby and the gang for a group blind date at a haunted corn maze. He assumed it would be another long night of pining after Seb, but when the outting takes a sinister turn, he's got more to worry about than getting up the nerve to talk to his crush. Love can save you out there, but it cannot save you in the maze.

This is a horror story. It's violent and scary and low on fluff, yet smutty. I cannot guarantee anyone's survival. M/M. It's an homage to Children of the Corn, but with a dash of Stardust and a skosh of Supernatural Crowley-esque demons.

Monthly prompt competition from r/LITGFanFiction on Reddit.

I wrote a thing! It's a romantic and smutty one-shot AU starring the only reason I played S3; my darling surly bastard, Seb. Also the MC is Erikah's twin sister. So that's fun. A03: https://archiveofourown.org/works/34042801

Wattpad: https://www.wattpad.com/myworks/286063585-so-good-staying-here

NGL, I want to see this too. I know it's toxic. I know Suresh is giving off more than reg flags. They're like red flashing lights. But I don't care. I want him to fight Finn. I want him to be going crazy with jealousy. I don't want him. I don't want anyone actually. But I want Suresh to feel nothing but pain and jealousy and heartache. WTF is wrong with me?

This what I want to be seein when that next episode come out w Suresh and Finn

Every word of this.

Hey everyone! Just a few quick (realistic) reminders to start the week. And you might say "the fuck are you to go around giving advice like what the hell?" and to that I'll say you're totally right. But I've been having what at this point is a shitty month so I just wanted to try to, maybe, make others feel a bit better, at least regarding something I can talk about here. I still have a long way to go, so take it with a grain of salt. When I get into something I like analyzing it, and so here we are. These are all based in my own insecurities and feelings as someone who has been writing for just eight months (so I know fucking nothing about actually writing).

So, under the cut to not be as annoying, again, a few quick (realistic) reminders to start the week if you're… someone who writes:

- Your writing is not as bad as you think it is. It might not be mindblowing, but that's okay. What you see as bad is likely not really "bad" as much as it's "missing"; you have some vague idea of how it could have been better, you see the parts that you feel you half-assed, the parts you "settled for" because you "couldn't come up with something better". The reader doesn't. Writing is a skill, so as long as you keep using it it'll keep improving.

- Your OC is not as boring as you feel it is. It feels that way just because you know everything about them; there's no surprises in what you already know, but remember how you feel every time you come up with a new little canon fact about them? How cool you think it is? How well it suits them? Yeah, that's how other people feel when they learn about what to you is old news. They might be old but that doesn't mean they're boring.

- Your plot has worth. Maybe it's not perfect, it probably isn't, we all struggle with that, but it's not either perfect or shit. There is a middle, and as with your writing you're probably higher up than you think you are. You are telling a story. How many stories about something that happened at the supermarket have you heard throughout your life from different people? They're all people, they all went to a supermarket. Yes, and are all those stories the same? No, because they happened to different people in different days and different supermarkets. You have your own characters, and or your own day, and or your own supermarket.

This next one's especially for me. I hope I start following y own advice someday because it's good

- Focus on the people who encourage you, instead of on the people who don't. This has nothing to do with criticism; criticism should be considered unless it's hateful (not only because fuck people like that but also why would you follow the advice of someone hateful?). I'm just saying, don't give so much weight to the people who don't like your writing; don't let it affect you negatively more than the opinions of people who like what you do affect you positively. I know it can make you doubt yourself when you post something and it gets a certain kind of ignored, but shift focus to the people who cheers you on instead. Please, I beg you.

- If you find that you, yourself, often end up hating what you write, still write it. Write it, post it somewhere, and don't read it again. When you get someone saying that they love it, you'll hate it less. Trust me.

- Ask someone you trust to read over it, if you're doubting. I'm guilty of not doing this, I'll admit that (in my defense, when I started writing I never thought I'd publish it, and when I started publishing I didn't know anyone here. Now I wish I could be ahead enough to ask someone check it out), but do as I say and not as I do. It will calm your anxiety A LOT.

- Whatever comes to mind, write it down. This I do follow myself, and that's why I say it. I have notes that only have two lines of dialogue, or a brief description of someone waking up, or a little piece of narration that came to mind; it doesn't matter that they don't have a place yet, they probably will at some point, somewhere. I'm convinced I'm not special for this to be something that only happens to me, so trust me: sometimes those tiny phrases stand out and become one of your favorite bits. And you'll think "I wrote that with one eye open while I was falling asleep. And it's pretty good"; don't you want that? Would you rather "I thought of a nice little chat the other day but I can't remember it"?

- Maybe slightly contradictory after the last one, find a ritual to write. This is relative to how you typically write and might not apply to you, but it's worth giving it a go. If you can, find a place and make it your writing spot, have a specific playlist that you only use to write, have a cup of tea or coffee or chocolate or whatever you choose with you every time you start to write, pick a time of the day you're usually free at and sit down to write even if at first you don't manage to write anything. I could get more scientific with this, but the idea is: the brain learns. What this does is it cues your brain that "It's time to write!" and the more consistent you are the more used to it your brain will be and the less effort it'll require for you to get in the mood for writing. You'll get less anxious if you don't have much free time by knowing you have a designated period, and will help you focus. If you have a lot of free time it will stop you from going in and out of your doc constantly for hours while not doing anything else because you're "writing right now". This is not incompatible with the previous point: here is where you find a place for and/or flesh out those little ideas you put down so far.

These are the ones I can think of right now, but please add your own or argue any and all points if you want. Have a nice week!

ARJUN FIC. WE HAVE AN ARJUN FIC. I'M SO EXCITED.

Far away in a world of it's very own, tucked away in an affluent fashion quarter not too far from Bermondsey, is a place where designer heels and exorbitantly overpriced colognes supplied by a buxom Mancunian are a requirement. Verona Lane. It’s all about image first, personality later. The people there have mastered the art of keeping up appearances, even if it means renting the odd Lamborghini to pose outside your obscenely expensive bedsit in Penge with. Verona Lane is where this tale of deception, fashion and seriously questionable decisions begins.

Golden Thread [The Arjun x MC Gift Fic for @longbobmckenzie]

[Dev Patel is the Arjun FC and Liz Gillies is Devon’s FC.]

I love all of this so much. Especially Henrik and Bobby. Spot on. Though, I feel like Hannah would be one of those people who becomes excited at the prospect of a toddler and reads a bunch of books about them, and becomes insufferable as she "corrects" the single mom's parenting technique. Also, I think she'd do well with a toddler but be a patronizing baby-talker to an older child and put them off completely. But obviously this is through the lens of someone who REALLY doesn't enjoy RHannah, so I might be being mean to her.

How do you think the LI's (who want kids) would react to a single mother? Don't worry, the baby Daddy's fine. He just went on the legendary 100 billion years quest for milk with Gary's dad.

I think it'd be interesting since wanting children and becoming a parental figure for a child are two entirely different things.

"He just went on the legendary 100 billion years quest for milk with Gary's dad."

WOW.

anywaaaay, single moms! let's consider a mom of a toddler.

kassam. absolutely would think twice about dating someone who's a parent. it's already difficult for him to date someone who he cannot see on a regular basis because of his occupation, so he would think twice about getting serious with someone who has a little someone that's so vulnerable in this situation.

henrik. instant dad. i'm sorry but if he likes that girl he wants to meet the kid, NO QUESTIONS ASKED. and i absolutely love to picture him already doing some drawing and some puzzles with the little one right away. kids love him and the love is mutual. and yes the kid is beating him on puzzles and memory games. also, MANY, MANY, MANY board and video games. and it goes on forever if the mom doesn't say anything.

"guys, it's time for bed."

henrik pouts and makes a sad face. "okay..." he gets up before realizing she was talking to the kid and gives her a sweet smile. "oh, right, them. yeah, that makes more sense."

bobby. i feel he wouldn't have a problem, but he wouldn't be as careful as i think people should be in this scenario. 'cause listen, getting involved with someone with a child is one thing, getting involved with them and meeting the child without knowing if the relationship is serious is irresponsible. i feel like the mother might be telling him to slow down because he would probably get excited about meeting the child right away.

gary. he doesn't have a problem either. might be throwing some cheesy jokes about her being a MILF and i kinda don't mind that. he definitely likes someone a little more mature, and you can't deny parenthood does that to a person, so no obstacles here. but he would hold back about meeting the kid for a while, because as you mentioned so briefly, he has gone through that and wouldn't want to do that to a kid, that pain is familiar.

noah. come on, we know this one. he might have the same issue as bobby, getting too excited to meet the kid and has to be reminded it's too soon, but when he does? AH IT'S SO CUTE! noah loves reading to children and this lucky little bastard would have a reading every day, I LOVE IT.

ibrahim. i feel like he knows how young he is, and how that could be an obstacle when dating a parent. he knows if things get serious the problem is not meeting the child, it's what happens after if it doesn't work. he's thinking ahead and considering every possibility. personally, i think rahim wouldn't have a relationship with a mother because of that. everything is really volatile at his age so it wouldn't be wise.

the ones that are not canon but i'm assuming because it's almost canon:

lottie. she might get lost in the cuteness of a kid and wake up before making the mistake of getting involved too early. once she's introduced to the child i think it's fair to say she's buying them a couple of pieces that would fit her own aesthetic, like a bow or shoes.

hannah. she's really young, and i know there's a stereotype here but in her case i think it's accurate just how much she would like to meet the little bastard. she's so tender and delicate and i think kids might love her. reading to them and playing with stuffed toys might be in the list for hannah.

((the others like priya i didn't include because i'm not sure about her plans for the future but i think the scale is tipping on the 'no' side.))