[looking At The First Draft That I'm Starting Second Draft Edits On]Well This Is Timely.

[looking at the first draft that I'm starting second draft edits on] Well this is timely.

lmao get loved loser

get absolutely fucking treasured

(original drabble - Okay to reblog)

Jake's stomach twisted itself in knots as he stared at himself in the mirror, increasingly convinced that he'd made a big mistake. After all, the fact that it was an illusion didn't necessarily make his human face any less real, and after so many years of it felt a lot more natural than the one staring back at him with pebbly grey skin, red eyes, and tousled blond hair that didn't entirely cover two short black horns.

He felt like he was going to be sick.

The door opened behind him as his fiance (soon-to-be-husband!) Victor slipped into the room.

"Vic!" Jake whirled to face him. "You're can't... We're not--"

Vic smirked. "Neither of us are brides here, so we've got nothing to worry about."

"But..." Jake grimaced and turned back toward the mirror, an unpleasant jolt running through him at the sight of the demonic features staring back at him.

"Hey." Vic crossed the room to put a gentle hand on Jake's shoulder. "Babe. What's going on? Talk to me."

"I..." Jake hunched in on himself. "I'm not sure I want anyone to see me like this."

"Like what. Like yourself?" Vic's voice was gentle, his smile missing its habitual edge.

Jake opened and closed his mouth several times. "Well. I mean. When you put it like that."

Victor's smile widened into a teasing grin. "Besides, there's only half an hour until the ceremony starts, and your potion takes a full day to kick in. So unless you want to call off the wedding..."

"Maybe I do," Jake grumped.

"You don't mean that," Victor said confidently, leaning forward to kiss Jake.

What initially started as reassurance turned into something else as heat flared between them. Jake kissed his fiance like he was drowning and Victor was his only lifeline, and when Victor finally broke the kiss Jake could only stare stupidly at him - all previous thoughts having vanished from his brain.

"I am not letting you ruin my suit," Victor asaid sternly.

Jake stared fondly at Victor's face, loving the sight of the flushed cheeks and kiss-reddened lips that he had caused. "You know," he said with a smirk. "Soon I'm going to have your body and your soul."

Victor's answering smile was warm and so, so full of promise. "I can't wait."

(Was looking for some drabble prompts and found this one. Happy with how this turned out!)

Prompt #11

Demon: The Demon smirked. Soon he would have both, the other’s body and soul.

Good day to you! I just stumbled upon your blog because of your art (looks amazing btw) and since you are an original fiction writer, I'm sort of curious about your opinion on something.

People have always reimagined and rewritten characters to be different. Nowadays, they often are changed to not be straight anymore (such as changing same sex friendships to romantic relationships for example). What are your thoughts on this? Would it be better to leave old characters be and write representation in the form of original characters, or is this a legitimate, respectful way of creating more media rep for gay and bisexual characters? And if so, what would you think about someone rewriting your own characters someday, including changing their sexual orientation?

Thank you very much for spending time answering this ask, if you do! If you don't, though, that is understandable, too.

Oh gosh! Thank you, about the art. It gets hard to find motivation to work on OC art when it typically doesn't get any interaction.

As for your question - I mean. When it comes to big media properties, I don't see any particular problem with it. Like, there's this thing big media companies do where they introduce Clearly Queer Coded couples without ever making anything explicit onscreen as a way of trying to have representation without offending bigots. (I'm looking at YOU, Rogue One and The Acolyte!) So if people want to pick out two characters from Star Wars or House of the Dragon or anything like that, go nuts?

As for the stuff I'm writing (obviously very few people have read it yet, hopefully that will change in the near future!) which is queer romance written by a queer person for queer people... The characters I write intentionally reflect mostly invisible aspects of the queer experience: demi pan people, AMAB nbs, bisexual nbs (we exist!), polyamorous people in committed relationships, femme cis men... So, my first impulse is that I'd be miffed if someone changed one of my characters to, like, straight.

But at the same time, sexuality is weird and unpredictable and I think the queer community has gotten WAY TOO FAR into the weeds of nailing down The Exact Specifics of orientation in a way that doesn't allow for growth and self-discovery and that feels pretty at odds with my experience of queerness. So if someone wants to fanon two characters in a way that falls outside of that character's previously "defined" orientation, as long as they're not like "welp, everything about my previous experience was a lie, this is who I am now", then... [shrugs]

"Omg you're SO STRONG I don't know how you get through all that you're SO STRONG I'm just so impressed I couldn't handle that I'm not as STRONG AS YOU"

just now, my husband was out of the house with my kid because he was parenting so i was literally sobbing as i put together dinner

like shoulders shaking tears dripping in the cheese sauce sobbing

Your strong friends are not fucking okay. Not even close.