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So, as promised, here’s my list of lesbian movies for all of our lovely followers and the people you want to share it with. I hope I haven’t forgotten any good ones, but if you feel like that is the case, feel free to add movies to the list! 

This is my gift for all of you, I hope you’ll like it ♥

/ Mod W

Tipping the Velvet 

based on the book by sarah waters (she has written many lesbian books!)

it’s a bbc adapatation

technically a mini series but i like to see it as three hours of lesbian content heaven

it’s about this girl who falls in love with an actress and she goes to see her at the theatre five billion times until the actress notices her (that’s just the first part, other things happen to the main so watch the rest for more lesbian content~)

the main character (nan astley/king) is like… my fave. i love her.

the book is very good too!!!

honestly i have so much love for this movie/book i get all giddy just thinking of it

Bound

lesbian gangster/mob movie do i need to say more???

the main actresses are cute af (one of them is a butch lesbian!)

it’s awesome and very cool

(gonna trigger warn for use of lesbophobic slurs used by some characters/some lesbophobic violence)

Below Her Mouth

meh plot with amazing sex scenes basically?

a lot of sex scenes

i mean it like half the movie is graphic sex so if ur uncomfortable with that you probably shouldn’t watch it lol

all female cast

willa from wynonna earp!

The Handmaiden

also based on a book by sarah waters (called Fingersmith, there’s a bbc adaptation of it too which you should totally check out as well)

good quality movie right there

(putting a trigger warning here for sexual and psychological abuse and abuse in general)

Kyss Mig

one of few good swedish movies

basically about two step-sisters who fall in love (they’re not actually related i promise)

But I’m a Cheerleader

baby natasha lyonne is in this one! also i have a crush on clea duvall in this movie lol

a very cute love story tbh

good aesthetic

you’ve probably heard of it before but idc cause it’s great

(it’s like a satire of conversion therapy so if that’s something you can’t watch i don’t recommend this movie for you in particular)

If These Walls Could Talk 2 

a bunch of famous actresses (like chloë sevigny, michelle williams, natasha lyonne, ellen degeneres, etc. etc.)

divided in three segments from three different periods in time

one segment is set during the feminist movement in the 70s and features chloë sevigny as a butch lesbian with a motorcycle do i even need to say more??

Anatomy of a Love Seen

this is about two actresses who were a couple when they shot a movie together and now they have to go back and re-shoot some love scenes but they’re not a couple anymore and it’s sad af

i have basically never seen this movie in any rec lists but it’s actually one of my faves and i cry so much to this movie tbh

Saving Face

this is a good one

also pretty funny tbh!

it’s about a doctor who falls in love with a dancer and the doctor’s relationship with her conservative mom

it’s kind of rom-comish

Lost and Delirious

warning: very sad like super sad?

it’s about a girl who goes to a boarding school and so happens to become roommates with a lesbian couple

teen angst squared and multiplied with gay panic

The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls In Love

you may have heard of this one but if you haven’t it’s time you watch it

that woman who plays tina on the l word is a butch-ish girl in this one

VERY CUTE and chill

every time i watch this it feels like this movie is the director’s BABY like it seems like she cares about this story so much and it makes the movie feel so genuine and lovely

i want every baby lesbian to watch this, please, it’s my gift to you.

D.E.B.S.

you may have heard of this one too but if you haven’t seen it yet it’s definitely worth a watch!

lesbian spies!

the heroine falls in love with the villain (that enemies to lovers trope tho!!)

Desert Hearts

old but good!

i feel like this movie is on most of these long rec lists but people probably don’t watch it cause it’s old but it is actually pretty good!

your classic “oops i thought i was straight but that woman is hot” story

Margarita With a Straw

indian girl figures out she’s bi when she goes to uni in new york and meets a lesbian girl

cute, funny, sad, it has everything tbh

The Hours (actually one of my all-time favorite movies/books!)

The Intervention

The Kids Are All Right

The Children’s Hour

Elena Undone

Fucking Åmål 

Types of Ships

Parts of the Ship

Wind Directions

Sides of Boats

Updated List of WLW films/shows

Attempting to provide the most comprehensive list of TV shows and movies with sapphic characters. TV shows are followed by a list of wlw characters. Some films have been cited with their original title as well as the English translation. Please message me with any missing shows or films.

A

-Adventure Time (Princess Bubblegum, Marceline)

-Aimee & Jaguar

-All About E

-All American (Coop, Patience)

-Almost Adults

-Amar a Muerte (Juliana, Valentina)

-Ana Y Vitoria

-Anatomy of a Love Seen

-Antonia’s Line

-Annihilation

-Anyone But Me (unsure which characters)

-Atomic Blonde

-Atypical (Casey, Izzie)

-AWOL

B

-Battle of the Sexes

-La Belle Saison/ Summertime

-Below her Mouth

-Bessie

-Better Than Chocolate

-BFFs

-Birds of Prey

-The Bisexual (unsure which characters)

-Black Lightning (Anissa, Grace)

-Bloomington

-Blue Gate Crossing

-Blue is the Warmest Color

-The Bold Type (Kat, Adina)

-Booksmart

-Bound

-Broad City (Ilana)

-Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Rosa)

-Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Tara, Willow, Kennedy)

-Bumblefuck USA

-But i’m a Cheerleader

C

-Cable Girls (Carlotta)

-Call the Midwife (Patsy, Delia)

-Carmilla (Carmilla, Laura)

-Carol

-Charmed reboot (Mel, Nico, Jada)

-Chasing Life (Brenna)

-Ci Qing/Spider Lilies

-Circumstance

-Clarence (unsure which characters)

-Cloudburst

-Concussion 

-Crazy Ex Girlfriend (Valencia, Beth)

D

-The Danish Girl

-Daphne

-Dead to Me (Judy, Michelle, Detective Perez)

-Dear White People (Kelsey, Brooke)

-D.E.B.S.

-Degrassi: Next Class (Rasha, Zoe)

-Desert Hearts

-Disobedience

-Dope

-Drifting Flowers

-Duck Butter

-The Duke of Burgundy

E

-Elena Undone

-Elisa and Marcela 

-Emmerdale (Charity, Vanessa)

-Entre Nous/Between Us

-Las Estrellas (Flor, Jazmin)

-Everything Sucks (Kate, Emaline)

F

-Faking It (Amy)

-Farewell, My Queen

-The Favourite

-Fear of Water

-Feel Good (Mae, George)

-The Feels

-Les Filles Du Botaniste/ The Chinese Botanist’s Daughter

-Fire

-The Firefly

-First Girl I Loved

-The Fosters (Stef, Lena, Monty)

-Four-Faced Liar

-Foxfire

-Freeheld

-Fremde Haut/Unveiled

-Fried Green Tomatoes

-Friends (Carol, Susan)

-Fucking Amal/Show Me Love

G

-Gentrified (Ana, Yessika)

-Gia

-The Girl King

-Girltrash: All Night Long

-Glee (Brittany, Santana, Dani)

-Glow (Yolanda, Arthie)

-Gentleman Jack (Anne, Ann)

-Gray Matters

-Grey’s Anatomy (Callie, Arizona, Carina, Penny, Amelia, Erica, Teddy)

-Go Fish 

-Godless (Mary Agnes)

-Good Trouble (Alice)

-The Good Wife (Kalinda)

-Gotham (Barbara, Tabitha, Renee)

-Gypsy (Jean, Sidney)

H

-The Half of It

-The Handmaid’s Tale (Moira, Emily)

-The Handmaiden 

-Happy End

-Hart of Dixie (Crickett)

-The Haunting of Hill House (Theodora)

-Heart Beats Loud

-Heavenly Creatures

-High Art

-High Fidelity (Robyn)

-The Hours

-How to Get Away WIth Murder (Annalise, Eve)

-The Hunger 1983

I

-I Am Not Okay With This (Sydney)

-I Can’t Think Straight

-I May Destroy You (unsure which characters)

-If These Walls Could Talk 2

-Imagine Me & You

-The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love

-Insatiable (Nonnie, Dee)

-The Intervention

-Itty Bitty Titty Committee

-It’s In the Water 

J

-Jane the Virgin (Rose, Luisa, Petra, Jane Ramos)

-Jennifer’s Body

-Jenny’s Wedding

-Jessica Jones (Jeri)

-Joven y Alocada/Young and Wild

K

-Karmen Gei

-The Kids are Alright

-Killing Eve (Eve, Villanelle)

-The Killing of Sister George

-Kissing Jessica Stein

-Kyss Mig/ Kiss Me

L

-The L Word (basically all of them)

-The Legend of Korra (Korra, Asami)

-Legends of Tomorrow (Sara, Ava)

-Lez Bomb

-Lianna

-Life Partners

-Light as a Feather (Alex)

-Lip Service (basically all of them)

-Little Fires Everywhere (Mia)

-Liz in September

-Lost and Delirious

-Lost Girl (Lauren, Bo)

-Love My Life

-Lovesong

-Loving Anabelle

M

-Madam Secretary (Kat)

-Madchen in Uniform

-Margarita with a Straw

-Marvel’s Runaways (Karolina, Nico)

-Master of None (Denise)

-Mein Freund aus Faro/ My Friend from Faro

-A Mi Madre Le Gustan Las Mujeres/ My Mother Likes Women

-The Miseducation of Cameron Post

-Monster

-Mulholland Drive

-My Days of Mercy

-My Summer of Love

N

-Newness

-El Nino Pez/ The Fish Child

O

-One Day at a Time (Syd, Elena)

-Orange is the New Black (a lot of them)

-The Originals (Freya, Keelin)

-Orphan Black (Cosima, Delphine, Kenzie)

P

-Pariah

-A Perfect Ending

-The Perfection

-Person of Interest (Root, Shaw)

-Personal Best

-Pitch Perfect Trilogy

-The Politician (Skye)

-Portrait of a Lady on Fire

-Portrait of a Serial Monogamist 

-Pride

-Princess Cyd

-Pretty Little Liars (Emily, Maya, Paige, Alison)

-Professor Marston and the Wonder Women

-Puccini for Beginners

Q

-Queen Sugar (Nova)

R

-Reaching for the Moon

-Red Cow

-Red Doors

-RENT

-Riverdale (Cheryl, Toni)

-Rookie Blue (Gail, Holly)

-Room in Rome

-Rosewood (Pippy, TMI)

-Rough Night

-The Runaways

-Russian Doll (Lizzy)

S

-Sancharram/ The Journey

-Santa Clarita Diet (Lisa, Anne)

-Saving Face 

-Saving Hope (Maggie, Sydney)

-The Secret Diaries of Ms Anne Lister

-A Secret Love

-Sense 8 (Amanita, Nomi)

-Set it Off

-Sex Education (unsure which characters)

-Shadowhunters (Clary, Isabelle)

-She-Ra Princesses of Power (Spinnerella, Netossa, Adora, Catra)

-She’s Gotta Have It (Nola)

-Shrill (Fran)

-Signature Move

-The Sinner (Heather)

-Skins (Naomi, Emily)

-Snowpiercer (unsure which characters)

-South of Nowhere (Ashley, Spencer)

-The Spy Who Dumped Me

-Station 19 (Maya, Carina)

-Steven Universe (Ruby/Garnet, Sapphire/Garnet)

-Stranger Inside

-Stranger Things (Robin)

-Stud Life

-The Summer of Sangalie

-Supergirl (Alex, Maggie, Kelly)

T

-Tales of the City (unsure which characters)

-Tangerine

-Tell it to the Bees

-Thelma

-Trinkets (unsure which characters)

-Tru Love

-The Truth about Jane

U

-Unfreedom

V

-V for Vendetta

-Valencia

-Vida (unsure which characters)

-Viola di Mare/The Sea Purple

-Vita and Virginia

W

-The Walking Dead (Tara)

-Water Lillies

-The Watermelon Woman

-Wentworth (Bea, Allie, Frankie, Bridget)

-When Night is Falling

-With Every Heartbeat

-Workin’ Moms (Frankie, Giselle)

-The World Unseen

-Wynona Earp (Waverly, Nicole)

X

Y

-Yes or No

-You and Me Forever

-You, Me, Her (Izzy, Emma)

-Younger (Maggie, Lauren)

Z

#

-The 100 (Clarke, Lexa)

Please reblog if you think that “they/them/theirs” is a valid set of pronouns.

I agree with all of the above. There is also a fantastic app for ao3 for Android. If you would like an invite, I also have two available!

ARCHIVE YOUR FIC ON AO3 FOR ETERNAL GLORY

It physically pains me to see people post awesome fanfiction to tumblr and nowhere else. Tumblr moves so fast! By tomorrow people who didn’t look in a tag at the right moment won’t know it existed. By next week even people who did read it won’t be able to find it back to reread. Finding anything on tumblr via search function is practically a fluke. For all intents and purposes, your hard work has a halflife of about a week at most.

PUT YOUR WORK ON AO3 WHERE IT CAN LIVE ETERNALLY, I BEG YOU

People who come into that fandom in a month, a year, even a decade will be able to find your work!

People can bookmark it!

People can rec it to others!

People can reread it into infinity! (and people like me can do that and comment every time!)

You can get comments & kudos until the endtimes because people will keep finding your work! (seriously I still sometimes get new people finding and loving my work from ~2013)

And best of all, people can SUBSCRIBE to your work so they will get email about new chapters and stories! (I’m seeing people do manual ‘Tag you in the next chapter’ lists and seriously, physical pain, this wheel has already been invented and it is rolling beautifully)

PLEASE LET ME BOOKMARK YOUR FIC I BEG YOU

“But I need an invite for AO3!”

Yes, and the waiting list is currently 2-3 days. That’s hardly worth not doing this for, right?

“But I only read fic, I don’t post it”

here is a post on why having an account just to read fic is also very worth it!

Lately I’ve been the tumblr person who jumps onto people who post cool fic to tumblr and going HEY HAVE YOU POSTED THIS TO AO3, YOU REALLY SHOULD, HIT ME UP FOR AN INVITE CODE and I hereby invite all you fellow fic readers and posters to join me into spreading the good word.

Please reblog this and tag your favourite fandoms and pairings! Spread this post to the people who need to see it! Save great fic from the tumblr void!

I just found this in my drafts and I can barely remember making it bye

Fanfiction Club: The Rules

This idea came to me when I woke up first thing this morning.

Lmao! I just laughed so hard at this I interrupted my partner’s essential work (it’s okay, she laughed, too)

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Disney Princesses Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Cinderella/Rapunzel Characters: Cinderella (Disney), Rapunzel (Disney) Summary:

Cinderella finds an alternative to her standard fairy tale ending.

Awesome Sites and Links for Writers

Just about every writer out there has several go-to websites that they use when it comes to their writing. Be it for creativity, writer’s block, to put you in the mood or general writing help. These are mine and I listed them in hopes that you’ll find something that you’ll like or find something useful. I’ve also included some websites that sounded interesting, but I haven’t tried out yet.

Spelling & Grammar

Grammar Girl – Grammar Girl’s famous Quick and Dirty Tips (delivered via blog or podcast) will help you keep your creative writing error free.

The Owl – is Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab (OWL), an academic source from Purdue University (which is in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.). It’s contains plenty of grammar guides, style tips and other information that can help with your writing, it’s especially great for academics.

Tip of My Tongue — have you ever had trouble of thinking of a specific word that you can’t remember what it is? Well, this site will help you narrow down your thoughts and find that word you’ve been looking for. It can be extremely frustrating when you have to stop writing because you get a stuck on a word, so this should help cut that down. 

Free Rice – is a great way to test your vocabulary knowledge. What’s even better about this site is that with every correct answer, they donate 10 grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Program. So, please disable your adblock since they use the ads on the site to generate the money to buy the rice.

HyperGrammar – is from the University of Ottawa (a bilingual public research university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) that offers up a one-stop guide for proper spelling, structure, and punctuation. Being that this comes from a Canadian university, that means that they use standard Oxford English Dictionary spelling. Basically that means you’ll get British English, which differs slightly from formal American English.

AutoCrit – the AutoCrit Editing Wizard analyzes your manuscript to identify areas for improvement, including pacing and momentum, dialogue, strong writing, word choice and repetition. It also provides a number of other writing resources as well. It’s not free, but they do offer 200 characters for analysis at no charge. It’s $29.97 per month or $359.64 for an annual membership. 

ProWritingAid – is another automatic editing tool that analyzes your writing and produces reports on areas such as overused words, writing style, sentence length, grammar and repeated words and phrases. They offer a free sample, but you have to make an account to try it out. It’s $3.33 per month ($40 annually, or less if you purchase a longer license).

Writer’s Digest – learn how to improve your writing, find an agent, and even get published with the help of the varied blogs on this site.

Paper Rater – uses Artificial Intelligence to improve your writing. It includes grammar, plagiarism, and spelling check, along with word choice analysis. The basic version is completely free, but they do offer premium subscription for people seeking more advanced features. If you’re interested it’s $14.95 per month or $95.40 per year if you decide to get it.

Syntaxis – it allows you to test your knowledge of grammar with a ten-question quiz. The questions change every time you take the quiz so users are sure to be challenged each time around. It definitely helps writers know if there’s something that they need to brush up on.

Word Frequency Counter – this counter allows you to count the frequency usage of each word in your text.

EditMinion – is a free robotic copy editor that helps you to refine your writing by finding common mistakes.

Proofreading for Common Errors – this is a simple tutorial on proofreading your writing by Indiana University.

BBC – has a section for helping you with your skills, especially in writing, from grammar to spelling, to reading, to listening and to speaking.

Tools

Copyscape – is a free service that you can use to learn if anyone has plagiarized your work. It’s pretty useful for those that want to check for fanfiction plagiarism.

Plagium – is another a copy detection system, that provides a very similar service to Copyscape and uses Yahoo! rather than Google to perform its searches. Just keep in mind that searches for simple text up to 25,000 characters remains free of charge, but any larger requires credits to be purchase.

Write or Die – is an web application for Windows, Mac and Linux which aims to eliminate writer’s block by providing consequences for procrastination. It lets you try it for free, but the desktop version is available for $10. The Write or Die iPad app is $9.99 in the App Store. If you’re really old school, the original web app can still be launched with its modest settings.

Written? Kitten! – is similar to Write or Die, but it’s a kinder version and it’s completely free. They use positive reinforcement, so every time you reach a goal they reward you with an adorable picture of a kitten.

Fast Fingers – offers you an easy way to improve your typing skills. It’s puts you through a quick typing game that tests your typing speed and improves it at the same time. It’s also a great way for writers to warm up.

Information & Data

RefDesk – it has an enormous collection of reference materials, searchable databases and other great resources that can’t be found anywhere else. It’s great to use when you need to find something and/or check your facts.

Bib Me – it makes it easy to create citations, build bibliographies and acknowledge other people’s work. This is definitely something that academics will love. It’s basically a bibliography generator that automatically fills in a works cited page in MLA, APA, Chicago or Turbian formats.

Internet Public Library – is a non-profit, largely student-run website managed by a consortium, headed by Drexel University. Currently this online library is inactive, but it’s still full of resources that are free for anyone to use, from newspaper and magazine articles to special collections. Just keep in mind that it’s not up to date, since they stopped maintaining it on June 30, 2015.

The Library of Congress – if you’re looking for primary documents and information, the Library of Congress is a great place to start. It has millions of items in its archives, many of which are accessible right from the website.

Social Security Administration: Popular Baby Names – is the most accurate list of popular names from 1879 to the present. If your character is from America and you need a name for them, this gives you a accurate list of names, just pick the state or decade that your character is from.

WebMD – is a handy medical database loaded with information. It’s not a substitute for a doctor, but can give you a lot of good information on diseases, symptoms, treatments, etc.

MedlinePlus – is the National Institutes of Health’s web site that contains information about diseases, conditions, and wellness issues in language you can understand. It also offers reliable, up-to-date health information, anytime, anywhere, for free. You can use the site to learn about the latest treatments, look up information on a drug or supplement, find out the meanings of words, or view medical videos or illustrations. You can also get links to the latest medical research on your topic or find out about clinical trials on a disease or condition.

Mayo Clinic – is a nonprofit medical practice and medical research group.

World Health Organization (WHO) – is a specialized agency of the United Nations that is concerned with international public health. Its current priorities include communicable diseases, in particular HIV/AIDS, Ebola, malaria and tuberculosis; the mitigation of the effects of non-communicable diseases; sexual and reproductive health, development, and ageing; nutrition, food security and healthy eating; occupational health; substance abuse; and driving the development of reporting, publications, and networking.

Google Scholar – is an online, freely accessible search engine that lets users look for both physical and digital copies of articles. It searches a wide variety of sources, including academic publishers, universities, and preprint depositories and so on. While Google Scholar does search for print and online scholarly information, it is important to understand that the resource is not a database.

The Old Farmer’s Almanac – this classic almanac offers yearly information on astronomical events, weather conditions and forecasts, recipes, and gardening tips.

State Health Facts – Kaiser Family Foundation provides this database, full of health facts on a state-by-state basis that address everything from medicare to women’s health.

U.S. Census Bureau – you can learn more about the trends and demographics of America with information drawn from the Census Bureau’s online site.

Wikipedia – this shouldn’t be used as your sole source, but it can be a great way to get basic information and find out where to look for additional references.

Finding Data on the Internet – a great website that list links that can tell you where you can find the inflation rate, crime statistics, and other data.

Word References

RhymeZone – whether you’re writing poetry, songs, or something else entirely, you can get help rhyming words with this site.

Acronym Finder – with more than 565,000 human-edited entries, Acronym Finder is the world’s largest and most comprehensive dictionary of acronyms, abbreviations, and initials.

Symbols.com – is a unique online encyclopedia that contains everything about symbols, signs, flags and glyphs arranged by categories such as culture, country, religion, and more. 

OneLook Reverse Dictionary – is a dictionary that lets you describe a concept and get back a list of words and phrases related to that concept. Your description can be a few words, a sentence, a question, or even just a single word. 

The Alternative Dictionaries – is a PDF, that contains a list of slang words in all types of languages, such as Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Norwegian and many, many others. There use to be a website, but it’s not there anymore and this is the next best thing I could find.

Online Etymology Dictionary – it gives you the history and derivation of any word. Etymologies are not definitions; they’re explanations of what our words meant and how they sounded 600 or 2,000 years ago.

MediLexicon – is a comprehensive dictionary of medical, pharmaceutical, biomedical, and health care abbreviations and acronyms.

Merriam Webster Online – the online version of the classic dictionary also provides a thesaurus and a medical dictionary.

Multilingual Dictionary – it translate whatever you need from 30 different languages with this easy-to-use site.

Writing Software

Open Office – why pay for Microsoft products when you can create free documents with Open Office? This open source software provides similar tools to the Microsoft Office Suite, including spreadsheets, a word processor, the ability to create multimedia presentations, and more.

LibreOffice – is a free and open source office suite. It was forked from OpenOffice.org in 2010, which was an open-sourced version of the earlier StarOffice. The LibreOffice suite comprises programs to do word processing, spreadsheets, slideshows, diagrams and drawings, maintain databases, and compose math formula.

Scrivener – is not a free program, but it’s certainly a very popular one. It's great for organizing research, planning drafts, and writing novels, articles, short stories, and even screenplays.

OmmWriter – is for Mac OS X, a free simple text processor that gives you a distraction free environment. So you can focus only on your writing without being tempted or distracted by other programs on your computer. They are currently working on a Windows version of their software as well, so keep an eye out for that if you’re interested.

FocusWriter – is a completely free full-screen writing application designed to immerse you in your writing. It keeps your writing space simple and clean without sacrificing functionality. It includes a daily goal tracker, work count and time spent writing. There’s also spell checking, real-time feedback on variables like word and page count, and tabbed document browsing. It's available for Windows, Mac and Linux.

Q10 – is a free portable distraction-free writing tool for Windows. The interface includes nothing but a tiny bar at the bottom that displays the character, word, and page count—you can toggle the bar off for a totally distraction free workspace. 

Evernote – is a free app for your smartphone and computer that stores everything you could possibly imagine losing track of, like a boarding pass, receipt, article you want to read, to do list, or even a simple typed note. The app works brilliantly, keeping everything in sync between your computer, smartphone, or tablet. It’s definitely a useful app for writers when you have ideas on the go.

ScriptBuddy – is a full-fledged screenplay software program. It handles the proper screenplay format automatically, so you can concentrate on your story. It is easy to use and the basic version is free.

TheSage – is a free application, which is a comprehensive English dictionary and thesaurus that provides a number of useful and in some cases unusual search tools.

Sigil – is ideal for e-book authors because it's a free EPUB editor with a stack of essential features.

WriterDuet – is a collaborative screenwriting app for working with writing partners in real-time. It also lets you copy text written in Fountain, or other screenwriting programs (Final Draft, Celtx, etc.) and paste it directly into WriterDuet with the correct formatting most of the time. They offer the basic version for free, WriterDuet Pro ($9.00 monthly, $79 yearly and $199 lifetime) and WriterDuet Premium ($299 yearly). WriterDuet works on Mac, Windows, Linux, Chromebooks, iOS, and Android. It gives identical page counts on all devices, and PDFs.

ZenWriter – is a program that gives you an open, peaceful place for composing your thoughts without any distractions. It’s a fullscreen text editor that offers customizable backgrounds, music, and a nifty word count at the bottom of the window. It’s not free, but it does offer a free trial for 15 days. It is available for Windows, and after the 15-day trial period you can choose to purchase it for $17.50 if you want.

WriteMonkey – is a Windows writing application with an extremely stripped down user interface, leaving you alone with your thoughts and your words. It is light, fast and free. It’s also an portable app, so you can stick it on a USB drive and use in on whatever computer you happen to find yourself at.

YWriter5 – is a free word processor and is designed for Windows XP, Vista and beyond. It's a small but very comprehensive tool which helps you to plan your story. It breaks your novel into chapters and scenes, helping you to keep track of your work while leaving your mind free to create. You can set up deadlines, for instance, and the program’s Work Schedule report will let you know how much you’ll have to do, each day, to finish on time. You can even enter your characters, locations and items and freely organize them into scenes. This definitely sounds like it’ll be useful for NaNoWriMo writers.

Kingsoft Office (WPS Office) – is an office suite for Microsoft Windows, Linux, iOS and Android OS. The basic version is free to use, but a fully featured professional-grade version is also available. This software allows users to view, create and share office documents that are fully compatible with dozens of document formats, including Microsoft PowerPoint, Word and Excel. In other words, the format is similar to a Microsoft Word document (.DOC or .DOCX file) and supports formatted text, images, and advanced page formatting. Kingsoft Writer documents can be converted to Microsoft Word *.doc files in the software.

Creativity, Fun & Miscellaneous

National Novel Writing Month – is one of the most well-known writing challenges in the writing community. National Novel Writing Month pushes you to write 50,000 words in 30 days (for the whole month of November).

WritingFix – a fun site that creates writing prompts on the spot. The site currently has several options—prompts for right-brained people, for left-brained people, for kids—and is working to add prompts on classic literature, music and more.

Creative Writing Prompts – the site is exactly what it says. They have 100+ and more, of prompts that you can choose from.

My Fonts – is the world’s largest collection of fonts. You can even upload an image containing a font that you like, and this tells you what it is. Just keep in mind that not all of the fonts are free.

DaFont – has lot of fonts as well, most of them are completely free to download. However, some are demo versions or are only free if you used it for personal use and not commercial use.

Story Starters – this website offers over one trillion randomly generated story starters for creative writers.

The Gutenberg Project – this site is perfect for those who like to read and/or have an e-reader. There’s over 33,000 ebooks you can download for free. 

The Imagination Prompt Generator – click through the prompts to generate different ideas in response to questions like “Is there a God?” and “If your tears could speak to you, what would they say?”

The Phrase Finder – this handy site helps you hunt down famous phrases, along with their origins. It also offers a phrase thesaurus that can help you create headlines, lyrics, and much more.

Storybird – this site allows you to write a picture book. They provided the gorgeous artwork and you create the story for it, or just read the stories that others have created.

Language Is a Virus – the automatic prompt generator on this site can provide writers with an endless number of creative writing prompts. Other resources include writing exercises and information on dozens of different authors.

Background Noise/Music

SimplyNoise – a free white noise sounds that you can use to drown out everything around you and help you focus on your writing.

Rainy Mood – from the same founders of Simply Noise, this website offers the pleasant sound of rain and thunderstorms. There's a slide volume control, which you can increase the intensity of the noise (gentle shower to heavy storm), thunder mode (often, few, rare), oscillation button, and a sleep timer. 

Coffitivity – a site that provides three background noises: Morning Murmur (a gentle hum), Lunchtime Lounge (bustling chatter), and University Undertones (campus cafe). A pause button is provided whenever you need a bladder break, and a sliding volume control to give you the freedom to find the perfect level for your needs and moods. It’s also available as an android app, iOS app, and for Mac desktop. If you go  Premium it’s $9 and you’ll get 1 year of unlimited listening to their audio tracks and access to three more sounds: Paris Paradise, Brazil Bistro and Texas Teahouse.

Rainy Cafe – it provides background chatter in coffee shops (similar to Coffitivity) AND the sound of rain (similar to Simply Rain). There’s also individual volume and on/off control for each sound category.

Forest Mood – is background noise of the forest.

MyNoise – is a website with multi-purpose noise generator that is completely free. It helps you to focus while working in a noisy environment or to help settle your anxiety and it’s also useful in cases of insomnia or tinnitus. It has so many sounds to choose from: Fish Tank, Clockwork, Gregorian Chants, Traffic Noise, and so on.

MyNoise: Online Fire Noise Generator – is also from NyNoise, but it’s a short-cut link for those that only want to hear the sound of fire crackling in a fireplace.

Snowy Mood – is a noise generator that plays sounds of boots walking through snow on an endless loop. It’s simple and straightforward, and perfect for those days when you feel like being snowed in.

Noisli – is a background noise generator that helps you to drown out annoying noises in order to create your perfect environment for working and relaxing. You can mix different sounds together, such as rain and a train or fire and the night sound of crickets or with the waves at a beach. 

Purrli – is a white noise generator that recreates the sound and the presence of a cat purring next to you.  

Ambient Mixer – is a free online audio mixing tool in which you can create and edit your own ambient music or background sounds. You can even listen to other people’s mixes such as Gryffindor Common Room, Riding with the Winchesters, Mr. Tumnus’ House, A Day in Camp Half-Blood, and so on.

8tracks – is an internet radio website and everyone can listen for free, well it use to be completely free. Unlike other music oriented social network such as Pandora or Spotify, 8tracks doesn’t have commercial interruption (that’s if you get 8tracks Plus). Users can create free accounts and can either browse the site and listen to other user-created mixes for as long as they like, and/or they can create their own mixes. It’s a perfect place to listen to other writer’s playlist, share yours or find music for specific characters or moods. Note: Joining is still free, however you’re now limited to 1 hour of free listening for each week (or more depending on how much people like your mixes, but I’ve been told the limitation is for those in the US only). If you want unlimited access it’s $30 per year or $5.00 a month.

Playmoss – with 8tracks no longer having free unlimited listening and no commercial interruptions many people looked for an alternative and Playmoss is what 8tracks use to be. Playmoss is free to join and it has all the same basic features that 8tracks has, only with extra goodies like unlimited skips, able to see the entire tracklist before playing, start at any point in the playlist, see how many playlists contain a certain song and even collaborate playlists with other people.

Hanging Hearts

Watercolor and Ink on Cotton Paper

2019, 5"x 7"

Bleeding Hearts

To read!

Some of my favourite fanfics from my favourite wlw couples

Brittana:

- you are all that I need (Santana plays guitar and is in love with her best friend)

- Front row, baby (Santana and Rachel are having conversations)

- This love of mine (Christmas away from each other then new year party with the glee club)

- Secret heart (Brittana told from Rachel's point of vue)

- Simply divine (demi gods)

- In between days (after 3x06 Santana feels like she’s breaking apart)

Sanvers/Supercorp

- pajama based assumptions (Maggie finds Kara in Alex's apartment one morning)

- Is she? Or isn't she? (Maggie and Alex make bets on Lena's sexuality)

- Isolated (Kara feels isolated and Maggie is there to help)

- Oblivious (Kara is dating Lena but Alex thinks she is dating mon-el)

- Of Food and Romance (Lena steals Kara’s food, something that usually ends in a 30 mins lecture. The gang are baffled)

Vauseman

- If your heart was a prison (pick up lines)

- You little shit (baby in prison)

- Piper's best laid plan (book club)

- Hey you! Laura Ingalls Wilder! (Soulmate au)

Clexa

- Stealing kisses (secret relationship in high school)

- I run to you (Clarke runs after her father and Wells die, Lexa is her new roommate, Clarke is pregnant and Lexa helps her)

- Seven minutes (Seven minutes at a party but they know each other and the others don't know that)

- Unspoken words (soulmate au in which whatever you draw appears on your soulmate's skin)

- are you a doctor (because I’m bleeding) (lexa is a cop who gets shot and Clarke is a doctor who happens to be there)

Daisy

- On the run (after Hive, Daisy comes back to the base)

Shoot

- The little moments, our moments (cute af one shots)

- Reverie (cute one shots post Samaritan)

- The one where Shaw misses Root (cuddling and missing Root)

- You and me, we made vows (bored at a wedding)

- My therapist said... (undercover married people)

- Domestic hell (suburban couple+Halloween)

- 94 days (Root and Shaw are in prison for 94 days together)

- Close quarters (Shaw is a cuddler but she doesn't admit it)

Naomily

- Desiree (last chapter-> party, Effy came with Naomi whom Emily has a huge crush on, really cute at the end)

- Red (They are in a dark place and Emily overdose)

- Travelling together (Naomi is sick and Emily is there for her)

Trini and Kim (Power Rangers)

- Too busy lying to myself (to see your color) (soulmate au, really good and long)

- We're electric (friends with benefits to lovers)

- You arrive along with the sun (soulmate au, short one)

- I am in love with what we are (not what we should be) (fake married au)

Clizzy

- In that little café (Clary and Alex friendship)

- Waiting... (Clary meets the gang at the clinic)

- Come in a little closer (there was never much space between us) (Clizzy start fake dating until they are dating for real)

- Isabelle (Izzy coming to term with her sexuality in a really cute way)

Emison

- honest, let's make this night last forever (Ali knows it's a date but Emily doesn't)

- Sleepover protocol (the girls learn about emison and a sleepover ensues)

- Shut up Aria (they get together, the girls find out and they get high of Jason's brownies)

- 25 Occasions People Have Celebrated in the Liarverse (25 little one shot with emison as endgame)

- Mama (Emily carries the baby and then it's Alison's turn feat. the other Liars)

- Begin again (Ali comes back in season 5 and Emily helps her in her first day back at school)

- Place your bet (accidentally married in Vegas, 21 chapters)

- Right now it feels like we're bleeding (so deep that we might not get back up) (emily is in a dark place after Sara's death so she travels and sleep with a bunch of people but Emison is still endgame.)

Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch

- Mistrust - 1.2 (The Avengers have difficulties trusting Wanda, but then she’s hurt in battle)

- No Matter What (they go on a mission, get kidnapped and Wanda volunteers to be the one tortured)

- Do you trust me? (They are trapped on a roof during a mission and Wanda and Tony must trust each other)

- The Wisdom of Children (Wanda and Peter are best friend and the Avengers don’t like them)

- It’s the Little Things that Matter (After civil war, Wanda becomes the hero she was always meant to be)

Posie

- you know (three times Josie hates Penelope and one time she doesn’t)

- get in the closet (Caroline walks in on Posie and P has to hide in the closet)

- Stupid Cupid (Love Is In The Air) (a girl does a spell on Penelope so that she falls in love with her but her love for Josie is so strong that is doesn’t really work)

- (meet me) under the mistletoe (mistletoes show up around school and people have to kiss each other)(long, really well written and good)

- You and I (are a Molotov cocktail of idiocy and sexual tension) (Posie knows Lizzie is in love with Hope)

Deanoru

- Rooftop Rendez-Vous (Karolina is popular, Nico is not but they’re dating)

Kelly and Becca

- You Do Something To Me (first night without Eden and Becca has a nightmare but Kelly is there for her)

- Paradise Rebuilt (snippets into their lives)

- Stuck on you (late night at the hospital)

Crisana

- Crisana fluff (what happened at the hospital)

- a night at the hospital

- Studying (cute fluff)

- I just want you (5 kisses no one saw and one they did)

Zoe and Madison

- we’re a shimmering balance act (the entire coven knows they are in love but they don’t)

- morning pretender (coffee shop au)

Hope and Amy

- Just a Basic Hot Girl (Hope doesn’t walk away at the end because Amy makes a move)

- They Can Wait (after a year in Botswana, Molly throws a surprise party for her best friend and Hope is in the attendance)

Kellex

- electric love (preath from Alex’s pov but still kellex endgame)

- let’s make this moment a crime (Kelley sprains her ankle so Alex and her stay in for New Year and they get together)

- A Little Slip Up (Kelley accidentally reveals and they are married)

- One day (after the World Cup, they kiss and it gets messed up)

Cazzie

- you’re one of the few things that I’m sure of (after holding hand in the car, C distance herself from I but realizes that she wants to be with her)

Juliantina

- Respite (after Juliana is kidnap, angst)

- Best of me (fake relationship)

Lintz

- Give Me Something (Maggie briefly moves in with Sydney and they get together)

- it’s better when they’re cute (no one know they are married until Maggie gets hurt)

no one:

me: here’s a flow chart of 41 lgbtq+ book recommendations, have fun!

disclaimer: this is a very non-comprehensive list since I’m only including books that I’ve read

https://www.thedailybeast.com/state-department-to-lgbt-married-couples-your-out-of-wedlock-kids-arent-citizens

my professor spent our entire seminar whining about how there’s too many girls in our group and not enough boys. he was like “i’m not saying women can’t be good surgeons but we need more men” no, we don’t. men suck. deal with it.

Edit: This comic was originally made with Hozier’s ‘Nina Cried Power’ lyrics, which I didn’t realize was a song very specific to the Civil Rights movement. In retrospect, overlaying a comic of white lgbtq characters with these lyrics wasn’t a tactful decision. 

I’ve changed the lyrics to Hozier’s ‘ From Eden’ now, and I want to ask you guys to reblog this version instead. Thank you!

Beautiful image and great story by @aphrodites-law

do you think Lexa ever wore those skull masks that other Trikru warriors seemed to favor? who’s skull would it be? Full illustration here.

<3

I hearted a clexa post two days ago and now my feed is full of clexa content. Thank you tumblr bots.

Fanfiction Club: The Rules

This idea came to me when I woke up first thing this morning.

“Show, Don’t Tell!”: Using the Five Senses in Writing

This is an extended piece to my ‘Show, Don’t tell’ post. When writing the senses, I like to imagine the scene as if I were watching a movie. It’s the simplest way for me to picture and write when it comes to descriptions. You don’t want to overload the reader, but you do want to paint the picture instead of telling them. Staying aware of the five senses in your writing will dramatically improve your skill. It not only helps the reader be a part of the story but helps the writer set important scenes, without having to outright state what is happening. In this post, I will explain how I use the five senses in my writing. As always, my advice is subjective and only to show what I personally do. Whether you keep the senses in mind as you write, or you edit them in later, making sure you pay attention to keywords will help eliminate the stress of going back later to figure out what (maybe!) went wrong. 

SEE: On Sight

One of the easiest ways to go about elaborating sight is to eliminate words related to vision (look, saw, gazed, peek, etc). It also helps to stay aware of items, colors, sizes, etc. Do the same thing you’d do with words related to sight, eliminate them. Of course, don’t erase every word or phrase, but being proactive, keeping them in mind, and avoiding them will help you avoid overloading your reader with too much purple prose. (Granted, I would die for purple prose, but I understand that’s not everyone’s thing). 

Examples:

Jill saw Jack running. He carried a silver pail. He tripped and fell down the hill. 

 There are a lot of sight-words in this example. As the writer, it is your decision to choose what you want to elaborate on, whether it is one thing, or all of them. How much of the story you want to paint is up to you—

Jack’s feet blurred against the green grass as his toe caught his ankle. He rolled on his side, his silver pail flying into the air and reaching Jill first.

Jill craned her neck to find Jack staggering down the hill. Water sloshed from the sides of the bucket, swinging and glistening in the sunlight. He stumbled and grabbed for the handle with his second hand as the pail threatened to leave his grasp, and then he slipped, toppling down the hill.

In both of these scenarios, the reader can “see” that Jack is running and tripped without specifically stating that Jill saw it. They also “see” he had a silver pail and dropped it. 

Being more visually descriptive is also very important for facial expressions. It takes a simple mood and elevates it. Describing the expression also gives the reader the chance to “feel” that way too, almost like a mimic, which helps them visualize and empathize with the character.

Example:

Maxine made a disgusted face.

Think of what a disgusted reaction looks like; usually, it involves frowning, pinching your nose, sticking out your tongue, etc. Sometimes, it can help to look in a mirror and write what you’re seeing, too.

Maxine flared her nostrils and stuck out her tongue.

In the latter example, the reader is able to infer that Maxine is disgusted by how the writer described her reaction.

HEAR: On Sound

Describing sound can be tricky. It’s also hard to remember when to use it. We tend to think of sound in terms of music or voices—okay, okay, sometimes we sprinkle in animals howling or the wind blowing, too!—but sound can be incredibly important in setting a scene and is often under-utilized. Sounds let the reader know their surroundings without pulling from what is going on and adds intensity!

Examples:

Manuel sat nervously at the coffee table.

Again, as the writer, you can decide where to incorporate the use of sound. Here are a couple of suggestions, based on the above example:

Manuel’s fingers drummed against the table and drowned out the low whistle escaping from between his teeth as he exhaled. All around him, there was cheerful chatter, through which the barista’s loud voice occasionally sliced.

Manuel’s thoughts whirred and hummed, a dull grinding and the clinking of glass broke through the constant thump of his knee against the underside of the table.

In both of these examples, the reader was able to gather that Manuel was nervous (tapping knee, drumming fingers, low whistle). They are also able to gather he is in a coffee shop (or a restaurant of sorts) without explicitly saying so.

TOUCH: On Sensation

The best way to handle touch is by imagining whatever it is you are describing and what it feels like. If you don’t know how something feels, google it. Don’t describe a snake as slimy just because its scales are shiny and gives it a slime-like effect. That said, touch doesn’t just deal with what your character is physically touching. It can also deal with emotions and help to express them without saying outright how your character feels. 

Example:

Opal touched the silk blanket. She felt sleepy and closed her eyes.

Here we can elaborate on what the blanket feels like when Opal touches it and how she feels to indicate she is tired: 

The supple fabric slid between Opal’s fingers like water. Her tired muscles sagged and sharp, tiny pinpricks pressed against her heavy eyelids as she lay back.

The reader knows the blanket was very soft and also that she is tired without specifically stating she was sleepy. 

TASTE: On Flavor

Taste is a fun sense to mess with. It can show the reader so much more than how delicious the bread is (or how gross dirt is). I like to play around with taste in the weather/air, the taste of fear, the taste of cat hair in your mouth because there is always cat hair in your mouth… all right, maybe that’s a personal thing.

Example: 

The sun rose over the city.

What do you use for taste here? A city can’t taste, the sun doesn’t taste, but your character does!

Yellow light spilled over the streets, soaking the grit from the rainbow puddles into the air. The bitter grease lingered and settled in his mouth, strengthening every time he scraped his teeth against his tongue. 

Experiment with taste in your writing. Describe things you wouldn’t normally think to taste, like crude oil*. The internet is a good resource when it’s something you don’t want to try yourself, like crude oil**. Chances are, someone out there has already tried it and explained what it tastes like online.

SCENT: On Smell

Ahhh, smell. Smell lets the reader know so much: they can figure out where a character is, what they’re doing, where they are, etc., just from a few scent-related descriptors thrown around. Smell is also useful in triggering memories or past events.

Danny walked through the forest.

You can use so many of the five senses here! But since we’re focusing on scent, let’s zero in on that:

A crisp hint of pine lingered in the air and blended with the pungent decay of the brown needles underfoot.

Without stating anything about a forest, the reader has an idea of where Danny is. You can also use smell to show emotion! 

Danny was in love.

How do you smell love, K? Well, you’ve got me there: you can’t. But as a writer, you can think of what love means to you and of things you associate with love, and work from there. Personally, I imagine it would have a sweet smell, maybe too sweet.

A rush of flowery sweetness filled his nostrils as the handsome young man walked by.

There you have it. Of course, there’s a lot more to writing the five senses, as there is with anything, but this is to give you a basic idea of what I do when I’m writing. Being proactive and keeping the senses in mind while writing can be tough and exhausting, but the more you do it, the easier it becomes. And you don’t leave it all for editing! Remember: the most important thing is to keep practicing. 

Happy writing!

* Please do not taste crude oil. I can’t believe I have to type this, but some people want to eat Tide Pods, so here I am.

** Do not taste crude oil. You will die.

Acing pacing in your writing

I’ve read too many books and watched too many shows where pacing has ruined a good story. So, here are some of my tips for getting pacing right:

1. Don’t take too long to get to the inciting incident

Look, showing the ordinary life of your protagonist might be interesting if there’s something strange about their life, but readers want stuff to happen.

At least with genre fiction, you shouldn’t take too long to get to the action - the event that gets the story going.

If you can do it well and have readers invested from the start, you can start with the inciting incident. However, for most works I would recommend having it in the second chapter.

Your readers want to know what the story is about, not what the character thinks of his English teacher

2. Keep it moving, but don’t rush

Action is important. It drives the story and it’s interesting. You should make sure to put enough action in your work. Things should be happening.

BUT a novel is not a play or a movie or a comic. What makes reading a full-length novel so entertaining is the detail. The in-depth characterisation and description. The emotion and thought processes.

So, keep it moving, but don’t sacrifice the juicy details. Don’t skip from one action or dialogue scene to the next without taking your readers deeper into the intricacies of the story and characters.

It’s a delicate balance that can only truly be found by reading a lot and practicing.

3. Avoid a sagging middle

Your beginning is solid. Your end is exciting. But the middle is a chaotic mess that bores the reader. Trust me, it happens more than you might believe.

Sagging middle syndrome is a thing, and the only way to avoid it is to plan.

Look, I like pantsing, but planning the middle of your novel will help your pacing exponentially.

Make a rough outline of what needs to happen to get your characters to the climax. Add a few lighter/character-driven scenes where there are too many action scenes in the sequence. Remove events which are unnecessary. And make sure that everything makes sense!

This counts for second books in series as well. It should be good on its own, not just as a filler.

4. Don’t fast forward to the end

I’m looking at you, Game of Thrones.

If you’ve built up the story and set up everything for the final big bang, you have to deliver.

Keep the pacing somewhat similar to that of the rest of the story. Your readers have gotten used to it. And if they’re still reading at that point, they probably like that pace. Don’t write a relatively slow book and then have the climax be over in three pages.

I know you want the climax to be exciting. So, yes, make it a little more fast-paced than the middle. But not massively different.

5. Trust your characters

As with every aspect of creative writing, character is most important.

Is your character experiencing the scene quickly and choppily? Or are they slowing down and taking in everything?

If you stick with what your characters are feeling, you will get it right.

Look, exams have fried my brain. So, this isn’t the most well-formulated post I’ve made. But I hope that it can be helpful.

Reblog if you found these tips useful. Comment with your own pacing tips. Follow me for similar content.

Writeblr Glossary

A list of words commonly used in the Writeblr community and their meaning!

I’ve gotten a lot of questions about what some things mean, so I thought it was time to compile a list of meanings.

Writeblr — A community of writers on tumblr; A blog that posts primarily about writing. See here for a more in-depth explanation. (Also written as Writblr on occasion)

WIP  — Stands for Work in Progress. Primarily, it’s a piece of fictional work that is still in the writing process and is unfinished. (Also see: WIP page)

OC  — Stands for Original Character. This is a character entirely of your own creation.

Tag list  — A tag list is a list of users who will be tagged in every post that a Writeblr makes about a certain WIP. It is often included at the bottom of a post, and people are free to ask to be included, or removed from it.

WIP Page  — A page or a post on a Writeblr that describes a WIP. Commonly includes a synopsis, setting, characters, etc. See here for what goes in a WIP page and how to make one.

Tag games — Tumblr games where people will do something (often answer questions, a snippet of their WIP, etc) and ask other users to participate by using the @ function in that post.

Ask games  — A tumblr game where a user will request people to send them things with the ask function. Often times will include a list of questions they wish to be asked.

Fanfiction  — Fiction written by a fan about an existing TV show, movie, book, etc. Often features the characters, the setting, etc. of that piece of media.

AU  — Stands for Alternate Universe. AUs typically feature the same cast of characters of a WIP or an existing piece of fiction with a major change or two. (For example, a Fantasy AU would involve placing the characters in a fantasy setting. There also may be an AU of what might happen if a certain character didn’t die in their story).

Canon  — Material or information that is accepted as an official part of a story. (i.e., the creator confirms it and includes it in their story).

Headcanons  — Ideas and interpretations of a fictional work that is accepted by a fan, but isn’t necessarily supported by canon.

Moodboard  — A collection of images meant to evoke a certain feeling or emotion. Often used by Writeblrs for their WIPs and OCs.

Have a word you’d like to see included? Let me know and I’ll add it!

Have a question on what a writeblr term means? Ask!

You know what I don’t get?  When fanfic authors apologize for long chapters.  It’s like?  You gave me bonus content, for free, and you’re sorry about it?  Bruh.  I have already named my firstborn after you.  Dude.

Amazing!

we know they wont do it or they wont do it right. so if you were doing it this year how would you bring lexa back permanently alive?

A complete do-over of this season utilizing what they’ve brought? Same opening, introductions, up to Octavia being abandoned by BeIIamy. And we break from there.

(This is looong)

1. I would have presented the original Sanctumites as having arrived on the planet in nothing but their “mind drives.”

 2. I would have had a pre-ALIE AI running their ship while they “slept” and being in charge of 3-D printing them bodies from existing DNA kept in frozen storage for when they arrived on a viable planet. 

 3. I would have had Gabriel and the AI sabotage the DNA printers so no new bodies could be printed up. He learns what kind of eugenic-fueled monsters the Lightbourne’s are and their “ultimate plans” for Sanctum.

 4. This led to his banishment and to Josephine coming up with the extreme and horrifying idea of using other people’s bodies. All the extra “embryos” on board were for colonization purposes, but wound up being the Primes source of extra bodies. 

 5. Gabriel’s revolutionaries despise him somewhat because they know he has the tech to stop the Primes from using other bodies. He just wanted them all dead. No 3-d printed bodies, nothing. But they’ve never seen him, just interacted with the AI.  

 See where this is going?  

 6. No Dark Commander storyline, just Madi not wanting to be Commander. What’s the point? But she does feel responsible for giving those who live on the Flame a voice. She knows they suffer in their digital existence, but doesn’t know how to help them, beyond destroying the Flame itself. She becomes convinced this might be the best idea.  She doesn’t tell Clarke or Gaia about her “plan.” 

 7.  Russell does not discover Clarke is a nightblood, he learns Madi is and plans on using her to bring Josephine back.

 8. After Delilah is taken, Jordan recruits Clarke to investigate what happened to her. They discover Sanctum’s horrific past and speculate that Madi is in danger since everyone has seen her black blood (playground accident, whatever).

 9. Clarke plays Russell by warning him if he takes Madi, he won’t have access to the other nightbloods on the E4 (big lie). She tells him they are just prisoners of no value to them and they can have the bodies once they help them build their own community away from Sanctum. 

 10. Octavia and Diyoza meet old Gabriel, his life extended thanks to the temporal anomaly.  Diyoza recognizes some of the tech he has, including the DNA printer. So many lives taken because he stole the tech, but he points out if he hadn’t, the Lightbournes were planning on enslaving all the “embryos” anyway and building their own “master race” that, once fully developed, would return to Earth to take over. But Gabriel screwed them a second time: he crashed the E3 and the remains are mostly underground (and still active, along with the pre-ALIE AI. They would never get home).

 11. Russell and the other Primes plot against Clarke’s offer, they want the “nightbloods” as well as the ship. Their initial attempt at takeover (by the Lees) didn’t work out so well.  Russell wants Josephine back very badly: she was the brains of the operation and they need her.  He and Simone contemplate taking “Delilah” and removing Priya’s mind drive so Josephine can have her body, even if it angers the other Primes. Priya actually agrees to be put on ice again…for the greater good.

 12. Madi’s nightmares and headaches are growing worse. She tells Gaia that the Commanders do not “sleep” and they “fed” her dreams while she slept on the E4. One of the worst nightmares she has is over Costia, something Echo is suspiciously guilty about.  She admits to Gaia she wants to remove the Flame. Maybe it’s time to set the Commanders free. She describes some of them as totally insane and doesn’t want to go mad herself. Gaia reminds her of the responsibility, of what the Flame can do. Madi says there is only one Commander who “protects” her in her sleep, but she is losing her sanity, too.  

 13. Clarke needs to get a message to the E4, to have Niylah wake wonkru and get them ready to defend themselves just in case. In order to do that, she has to go outside the radiation shield to find an area that isn’t being blocked. Madi refuses to leave her side and along with Gaia and Echo, goes with her. 

 14. They are confronted by CoGs who know Madi is a nightblood. Madi’s Flame tells her to trust them a little and to not fight. They surrender and are taken to Gabriel.

 15. Down in Gabriel’s “sanctuary” in the remains of the Eligius III, Clarke and the others learn more of Sanctum’s horrible past, and how the Sanctumites really don’t know how to “live” on the planet, they just know how to hide and have isolated themselves (with the early help of the AI, before Gabriel took it).  They are a dying culture and Gabriel intends to live to see it…but his plans also seem to revolve around something unique to the planet itself. Clarke isn’t interested in their horrible history, though, they’ve got their own, but Gabriel or the AI will likely know more about the other planets that the other Eligius ships were supposed to visit and colonize. Did any of them make it? Have they heard from them? Were they all part of Lightbourne’s plan?  Gabriel allows them to talk to the AI.

 16. In Sanctum, Jordan is disgusted that Delilah’s body has been abused again, now inhabited by the unapologetically evil Josephine. Josephine decides they’re not messing around with Clarke’s offer, they’ll just take everything, even though Russell disagrees. All the Earthers in Sanctum are rounded up and they learn Clarke and the others, including Madi, are gone, but they still have the drop ship to take the E4.  They prepare. 

 17. Clarke is suspicious of the E3 AI, she is much like ALIE, but more restricted. She helps them communicate with the E4 so Niylah can wake everyone. Gabriel and the AI explain how the colony was supposed to work, about the DNA printer, the embryos…and Madi (and the Commanders in her head) are particularly intrigued. The AI registers an unknown tech (the Flame) and Madi feels but doesn’t know what it is.

 18. The Sanctumites foolishly believe they won’t need large numbers to take the E4; they have Jordan and Raven to take them back to the ship where they follow through on the rest of Clarke’s plan: Wonkru and the surviving prisoners are awake and led by Indra and they easily overpower the Sanctumites.  Indra is pissed no one woke her up sooner. They return to the surface.

 19. Some tension whether this AI is influencing Madi (via wifi ofc), as Madi has become morose and distant.  Gaia is worried. Clarke and the others are busy making new arrangements with the CoGs who will show them how to survive the planet and free the Sanctumites from their servitude. 

 20. With Indra and the others now basically in charge of Sanctum, Russell bargains for their lives by telling them that the CoGs are no better, they’re a death cult ready to sacrifice everyone to the planet they worship.  And they have more people than Wonkru does.  Russell will give them all the help they need if they leave them alone and do not let the CoGs past their barrier.

 21. Madi wants to talk to Clarke about the new deal with the CoGs, but there’s no time: Clarke wants to get back to Sanctum with the others and sort out the rest later.  Madi keeps Gaia and Diyoza behind, tells them she needs their help.  

 22. Russell is desperate, now that Sanctum has “fallen.” He says Clarke is leading the CoGs there and they will kill them all. Indra is like, shut up Jason we can handle this and Clarke won’t betray us. Sideeyes everyone in the room.  

23. Clarke gets Gabriel and his group through the barrier and the attack happens: more CoGs appear and charge through the barrier with Clarke and the others being captured. Gabriel confirms they are going to raze Sanctum and sacrifice everyone to the planet…so they can be reborn within the planet’s “spirit.”

 24. In the E3, Madi tells Gaia and Diyoza she and the AI agree she has to remove the Flame before it degrades further and takes Madi with it. But some data on the Flame is still intact: the most recent Commander, Lexa…but they need a DNA sample to help print a new body. Gaia reveals she helped prepare Lexa’s body for her funeral…and kept a lock of her hair that she carries with her always. Diyoza is like, Cool, let’s print this chick and get out of here. The AI lets them know that the Flame’s “AI” is so thoroughly integrated with the Commander-data that it cannot be separated. Once Lexa is “uploaded” to her new body, she will basically be “Lexa+AI.”  Madi removes the Flame for it to sync with the DNA printer.

 25. Sentries watching out for Clarke and the CoGs rush back to Sanctum and tell them a huge army is on its way. Russell wasn’t lying. They’re setting fire to the crops as they go along. Russell tells them about their secret cave they need to hide in. Indra isn’t happy with this, but they need another plan and to protect the children (she’s not leaving till they get all their people, including Madi, back). They follow him.

 26. Printing Lexa’s new body doesn’t take that long, thankfully Dioyza is familiar with the equipment and the AI helps, of course. Lexa isn’t quite herself once the upload is complete, but the AI informs them it has been “monitoring” the situation in Sanctum and the CoGs are on their way to “sacrifice” everyone to the planet. Diyoza wants to know more about what that means, but there is no time. The AI shows them a secret route that leads to Sanctum’s underground caves. Gaia and Madi speak trig to Lexa, who does not appear to understand English.

 27. Finally reaching Sanctum, Clarke begs Gabriel not to go through with his plan, it’s insane. He tells her the planet is special, they will all be reborn in a better, higher form, there is nothing to be afraid of. Death is not the end. Clarke realizes Madi is not with them. Clarke warns Gabriel she’s the Commander of Death and if she makes it so, they’ll never come back as anything but dust. Gabriel orders his people to find the Sanctumites. 

 28. Diyoza, Gaia, Madi and Lexa reach the Sanctum caves, but Lexa has been silent the entire time, processing what is going on around her. Before they approach the caves, Gaia is concerned Lexa’s appearance will cause chaos for their people. Madi is still the Commander. Diyoza argues that Lexa “rising from the grave” might be what they need in lieu of greater numbers.  Gaia isn’t so sure. She’s worried about Lexa’s state of mind, that she really has no idea what is going on.  While they argue, Lexa takes Madi aside.

 29. Clarke, with Octavia and Echo (and a few of the less faithful CoGs) escape their captors and head toward the dropship, even though none of them are pilots. They are surprised to find Raven there; she gets the up to speed about Indra/Sanctum. Clarke tells her that they have to go to the E3 to get Madi and makes Raven fly the ship there.  Once they arrive, though, all but the AI are gone; she tells them where they went and how to follow; because the location is underground, they can’t use the ship and Raven decides to stay at the E3 to investigate the tech and be on standby. Octavia stays to protect her while Clarke and Echo take off for the Sanctum caves.

 30. Scouring above and through the elaborate cave systems, CoGs have set fire to one of Sanctum’s settlements and are heading on to the others. Gabriel finds Josephine’s “lab” and burns it down.

 31. In the caves, the Sanctumites are terrified, they can hear explosions above and they know their homes are being burned. There is a lot of anger directed at Russell for not protecting them, but Indra doesn’t allow him to be harmed. Most of the Sanctumites do not know that “Delilah” is no longer Priya, but Josephine, and she is in no rush to disrupt that belief. Simone and Russell confer that if they give Josephine to Gabriel, he might let everyone live. His real anger is for her and what she made him do. Russell is torn. Then Josephine approaches and tells them they will be fine and they’ll get the 3d tech back and not to worry. Russell and Simone are confused. One of Indra’s people comes back that the Commander has returned.

 32. At the E3, Raven and the AI talk about the history of the colony and the other colonies that were setup, but they lost contact with them a long time ago. Raven wants to know if this AI knew about ALIE (and if they share any values). They discuss the temporal anomaly and how did it give Gabriel extended life. The AI tells her it didn’t. It killed him.

 33. Indra goes to greet Madi and Gaia and is shocked by who they have with them. Lexa greets her in trig and tells her the planet is unstable and they must leave. Madi is all, how do you know that?  Lexa tells her the Flame interacted with the E3 AI and she basically knows everything going on. Then she asks where Clarke is. No one knows.  

 34. On board the E4, Jordan is surprised by communication from Raven and a huge data dump being uploaded to their system. She tells him to make sure everything is ready to depart because the planet is about to have a temporal hole ripped through it within the next 12 hours and they need to get the hell out of there.  Jordan tells her the drop ship will only carry so many, so it’s going to take more than one trip.

 35. Clarke and Echo are narrowly avoiding capture and fighting off CoGs scouring the cave system; there are also numerous tremors that knock them around. Earthquakes? A cavern collapses dropping heavy rocks and Echo is hurt, tells Clarke to leave her and find the others. In spite of everything, and worried sick about Madi, Clarke won’t leave her behind and struggles to free her from the rubble.

 36. Wonkru (and the prisoners) are restless and nervous with all the tremors and are ready to fight and want to hear from The Commander. They look to Madi who tells them she is not their Commander. Lexa reveals herself to everyone’s shock; she tells them they must leave this place and will they follow her? Wonkru are ecstatic (while Abby, Murphy, Emori, Bellamy et al are just in shock), and Diyoza convinces her people to follow as well.

 37. Josephine tells Russell and Simone and the other Primes to stay, that this is their home and she has a plan. Not to worry. Just let the others go, she says. They’ll die anyway.

 38. The AI gives Raven coordinates for a pickup spot that she says she is also sending to the Commander. Raven thinks the AI can communicate with Madi. Octavia and Raven return to the dropship with something from the E3, and take off to coordinates to start picking everyone up.  

 39. Lexa and Indra lead Wonkru and the prisoners into the fight as cover for Diyoza, Abby et al to help escort the families of Sanctum to the rescue coordinates. There is still no sign of Clarke or Echo.  

 40. After everyone else has left, Josephine takes the other Primes though another cavern where they encounter Gabriel and some of his minions. Gabriel threatens to kill her, but Josephine tells him he won’t. She’s the last one. There are no more Josephines. She says they’ll take their people together through the anomaly and start over, like they always have.  The tremors are getting worse.

 41. Outside the caves, the fighting is a fierce clash of guns and swords and many from both sides fall. Bellamy, Murphy and Emori are on their own mission to find Echo and Clarke and they do, freeing Echo and leading them out toward the rescue spot while the others are fighting back. Murphy warns Bellamy not to tell Clarke about Lexa: what if she dies again? Clarke doesn’t need that a third time. They agree to tell her when they’re all safely back on the ship.

 42. Raven and Octavia arrive at the pickup spot and start herding everyone onboard, though Raven asks where the Primes are…making sure they aren’t taking any with them. The ship is full so they have to take them to the E4 and return. It will be two hours at least and a nerve-wracking wait as the planet is clearly starting to fall apart with storms and earthquakes every few minutes. Abby insists that Gaia take Madi back to the ship. Without the Flame, Madi seems more unsure, but doesn’t want to leave without Clarke. Abby promises they won’t leave without her. Madi goes with the others back to the E4.

 43. The planet makes fighting even more difficult, and it’s clear the CoGs are completely programmed to go down fighting, no mercy, and no surrender. Lexa and the others see the dropship returning to the E4, relieved at least some are getting away. Bursts of temporal lightning are striking randomly and one nearly catches Indra and Lexa.

 44. Clarke and the others are reunited at the rescue site and told they will have to wait for the ship to return. Bellamy and Octavia are reunited and he apologizes for being so small-minded while she decks him good for not only abandoning her, but thinking he could be her judge (especially after all the shit he’s done). Abby admits her role in influencing Octavia, that it was the only way for the majority to survive. Clarke is surprised at the confession, but not shocked, that’s how her mother is and she tells Bellamy everyone has had to pay for their mistakes but him and he needs to start by earning Octavia’s forgiveness. A massive tremor hits and they realize their rescue site is comprised. There is no way for the dropship to land there. They will have to find a clear area and the best idea is to head back to Sanctum so Raven doesn’t have to go hunting them down, but they can still send a signal.

 45. The dropship docks with the E4 and the Sanctumites are in awe of the ship and the children are excited to be “going home.”  Niylah takes charge of shepherding everyone to the mess hall to wait. Jordan informs Raven that the storms across the planet are getting worse; she has to get back down there.

 46. With most or all of the CoGs dead or no longer able to fight, Lexa and Indra round up the remains of their forces to return to the others, but the storms are so bad they know they can’t make it. The ground is collapsing, trees are falling, fires, etc. They see Abby’s group heading toward them and know their escape site has to be gone. Lexa has noticed that the area nearest the lake isn’t as badly affected and orders Indra and some of the others to gather Abby’s group and lead them there while Lexa and her people make a path for them.

 47. Raven circles Sanctum seeing the devastation, then sees the “path” that has been made and Abby’s group heading toward it. She flies to the lake and sets down to wait.  

 48. Abby, Clarke et al arrive at the lake and everyone starts boarding the dropship. Lexa is far behind with the last group and they are not to be seen. Clarke says they could be lost; they can’t wait much longer. Indra tells her they are not leaving without the Commander. Clarke is angry that Madi is out there and wants to go find her when Lexa’s group appears with Lexa taking up the rear. Clarke does not recognize, since she is wearing clothes from the E3 and her hair has not fully grown (and she’s dirty to boot). She looks around for Madi, demanding to know where she is. Abby tells her she’s already on the E4. Then Clarke sees her. A familiar voice: “Hello, Clarke.” The exhaustion and shock finally get to her and Clarke collapses.

 49. Clarke wakes in the medbay of the E4, her mother looking relieved. She tells her that they have broke orbit from Alpha and are en route to the next colony. Raven took some tech from the E3 that has helped their engines and with all the losses on Sanctum, they still have enough cryobeds for everyone. Diyoza’s baby is going to have to wait a few more years to be born. Madi comes in and hugs her, telling her all about what the AI knew of the other colonies and the next one is a much better bet, but Clarke is distracted. There is someone in the doorway. “Lexa?”  

 50. Later, in the mess, Raven and Jordan are laying out all the information on the next leg of their journey. Some of the Sanctumites are still in shock; this is a new life for them, free of being slaves to the Primes. They’re unsure of being “put to sleep” for this journey, but Jordan assures them they will be fine. With the assist for the engines, this trip should only take 50 – 60 years. Diyoza is resigned to being pregnant in perpetuity. Madi is annoyed that she hasn’t seen Clarke (or Lexa) for the entire day. Abby tells her to try and understand a little: Lexa had been “dead” for 136 years and she and Clarke had been very much in love. They need a little time together before everyone goes for a long nap. She goes to check on Kane. Jordan listens, sad over Delilah’s loss. Raven touches his shoulder. She knows.

 51. In one of the private cabins, Clarke and Lexa are in bed, gazing at one another, in quiet joy and wonder. Lexa asks her if she thinks they still owe something to their people. Clarke shakes her head. “This is our time.”  

 52. Inside the Eligius 3, the AI is still online, watching a screen.  “Temporal corridor 3,437. Collapse complete.  Temporal corridor 3,438…open.”  

  53. Everyone is getting ready for bed; Clarke and Lexa put Madi in her cryobed, but she’s upset she can’t stay up with them. They tell her it is only a year and then they will join everyone else. When she wakes up, it will only seem like a day later. She makes them promise that they will wake her, no one else. With the ship fully programmed for the next journey, and Monty’s algae recipe on tap, everyone but Clarke and Lexa go to sleep. Before she goes, Abby asks them if they’ll be able to stand being alone together for a year. Raven rolls her eyes so hard they almost fall out.

 54. Later, in their cabin, Clarke puts on some music she has found and wants Lexa to dance with her. They are awkward at first, but the music is slow and they easily fall in sync. Clarke asks her if “melding” with the AI has made a big difference for her. Lexa tells her she can see the future. Clarke asks what it is.  “Us.”  

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Hello everyone, I’m looking for a fiction that I read on Wattpad where Clarke and Lexa are forced to work together on a project for the company of Lexa’s family, Clarke at first has a relationship with Fin (musician) , later on the courtship of lexa who just wants to take her to bed ,breakup with Fin.. I remember that in this ficition Anya and raven have a daughter , lexa’s nephew who carries with her a tin for bad words. I remember that fiction have a second part of a fiction, where Clarke e Lexa are in a relationship and live together, and for a mistake Clarke was pregnant with the real son of Lexa. Please please help me

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It is kinda exhausting and it sucks cause Clexa is like my safe place and it's always been there and so it sucks to see it hitting the fan a little but! I guess I'd prefer tea to an empty party if that's what we got for a while it's cool to see so many people sharing their thoughts too even if it's not the usual straight up Clexa. What are your favourite Clexa comfort fics?

I always loved the clexa fic: something suspiciously close to hope. It’s cute and very well written and i love clexa families

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