What's Going On

12/18/2013: I have... *blink* *blink* *blink* ...fanart? Yep, Wulfeh has done me the courtesy of making a cover image for my loopy Halloween special Everybody's Afraid of Something, which I finally got around to uploading as a cover image... weeks to months after the fact. Ah well, better late than never, right?

Works in Progress

Key

Progress

Pending: I have a vague idea and that's about it.

Inspired: I have a relatively detailed outline but have yet to start writing.

In Prep: I'm working on the rough draft but haven't started posting.

In Progress: The story is in the process of being posted.

On Hiatus: I'm taking a break from posting while I work on the next part.

Complete: Complete.

Abandoned: It's not finished, but I'm not going to work on it anymore. What's there is what you get.

Harry Potter

I'm officially through with this fandom. The fanbase as I knew it was so vitriolic and toxic that it's just not worth it for me anymore.

The Divergence arc (Abandoned)

Divergence

Format: Book

Characters: Harry, Sirius

Status: Abandoned

Divergence Drabbles

Format: Oneshot collection

Theme: Oneshots tied to the main story

Characters: Harry, Sirius

Status: Abandoned

Avatar: the Last Airbender and Legend of Korra

Forging Connections

Format: Oneshot collection

Theme: Romance

Characters: Everyone in the Gaang

Ships: ALL OF THEM

Status: In Progress

Progress: Chapter 7 (out of 15)

The Holding Hearts series (In Progress)

Characters: Katara, Zuko, female OCs, nonbinary OC

Ripples in the Water

Format: Book

Status: Complete

Inspiration: Dark Passion Play (Nightwish)

Set in Stone

Format: Book

Status: Complete

Part I: Sand

Format: Book

Status: Complete

Inspiration: The Mask and Mirror (Loreena McKennitt)

Part II: Stone

Format: Book

Status: Complete

Inspiration: The Hollywood Years Volume I (Tangerine Dream)

From the Ashes

Format: Book

Status: Complete

Inspiration: Up (Peter Gabriel)

Winds of Change

Part I

Format: Book

Inspiration: TBA

Status: In Prep

Progress: 1/6 first draft completed

Part II

Format: Book

Status: Inspired

Inspiration: TBA

Because I got completely sick of seeing this:

I'm Sorry Nice Guys aren't nice

Girls Guys Don't Realize These Things

(AKA: Girls Don’t Owe You a Relationship)

I'm sorry

That I bought you roses

to tell you that I like you

I'm sorry

That you think buying me roses

entitles you to a relationship

X

I'm sorry

That I was raised with respect

not to sleep with you when you were drunk

I'm sorry

That you think not being a rapist

entitles you to a relationship

X

I'm sorry

That my body's not ripped enough

to "satisfy" your wants

I'm sorry

That you think I'm "shallow"

because I won't date you

X

I'm sorry

That I open your car door,

and pull out your chair like I was raised

I'm sorry

That you think common courtesy

entitles you to a relationship

X

I'm sorry

That I'm not cute enough

to be "your guy"

I'm sorry

That you think I'm so shallow

even though you won't look twice at an ugly girl

X

I'm sorry

That I am actually nice;

not a jerk

I'm sorry

That you don't realize

you're actually a jerk

X

I'm sorry

I don't have a huge bank account

to buy you expensive things

I'm sorry

You think my love

is something that can be bought

X

I'm sorry

I like to spend quality nights at home

cuddling with you, instead of at a club

I'm sorry

you think you know what I want

better than I do

X

I'm sorry

I would rather make love to you then just screw you

like some random guy.

I'm sorry

I can't magically control

who I'm attracted to

X

I'm sorry

That I am always the one you need to talk to,

but never good enough to date

I'm sorry

That I took you at your word

when you said you wanted to be my friend

X

I'm sorry

That I always held your hair back when you threw up, and didn't get mad at you for puking in my car,

but when we went out you went home with another guy

I'm sorry

That you think it's only worth your while to be kind to a woman

if you want to get into her pants

X

I'm sorry

That I am there to pick you up at 4am when your new man hit you and dropped you off in the middle of nowhere,

but not good enough to listen to me when I need a friend

I'm sorry

That you didn't realize helping me in a moment of need

doesn't obligate me to fuck you out of gratitude

X

I'm sorry

If I start not being there because it hurts being used as a door mat, only to be thrown to the side when the new jerk comes around

I'm sorry

If I start not being there because it hurts being thought superficial by someone who claims to be my friend,

only to be thrown to the side when I don't open my legs

X

I'm sorry

If I don't answer my phone anymore when you call, to listen to you cry for hours, instead of getting a couple hours of sleep before work

I'm sorry

If I don't answer my phone anymore when you call, to listen to you call me selfish because I won't date you,

instead of getting a couple hours of sleep before work

X

I'm sorry

That you can't realize.. I've been the one all along.

I'm sorry

That you can't realize… I'm just not that into you.

X

I'm sorry

If you read this and know somebody like this

but don’t care

X

But most of all

I'm sorry

for not being sorry anymore

X

I'm sorry

That you can't accept me for who I am

X

I'm sorry

I can never do anything right, and nothing that I do is good

enough to make it in your world.

I'm sorry

I can never do anything right, and nothing that I do is good

enough to make it in your world

unless I sleep with you.

X

I'm sorry

I caught your boyfriend with another girl and told you about it, I thought that was what friends were for…

I'm sorry

I thought your honesty came with no strings attached,

I thought that was what friends were for…

X

I'm sorry

That I told you I loved you and actually meant it.

I'm sorry

That I thought you meant it when you told me you were my friend.

X

I'm sorry

That I talked to you for nine hours on Thanksgiving when your boyfriend was threatening you instead of spending time with my family.

I'm sorry

That I wasted several years of my life on you instead of spending time with someone who actually wanted to be my friend.

X

I'm sorry that I cared

X

I'm sorry

That I listen to you at night talking about how you wish you could have done something different.

I'm sorry

That I listen to you at night blaming me for everything I'm not giving you,

knowing that you'll never consider whether you could have done something different.

XXX

Ladies always complain and gripe to their friends that there is never any good guys out there, and they always end up with assholes who mistreat them. Well ladies, next time you're complaining, maybe look up to see who you're complaining to, maybe that special someone is right there hanging on your every word as usual, screaming in his head "Why won't you give me a chance?"

Guys always complain and gripe to their friends that there are never any ladies out there who'll give them a chance even though they're such a nice guy, and they always end up blaming their female friends for not falling in love with them. Well guys, next time you're complaining, maybe look up to see who you're complaining about and whether you've been honest with her about what kind of relationship you want, maybe that person took you at your word when you said you wanted to be friends, and is now constantly screaming in her head "Why won't you take a hint?"

...
Because the person you are usually searching for is right by you.

Because the person you are fixated on isn't obligated to feel the same way.

If you're a guy and you agree with this letter, copy and paste into your profile as 'I'm sorry'

If you're a woman and agree with this letter, copy and paste into your profile as 'Nice Guys aren't nice'

If You're one of the FEW girls with enough BALLS to copy and paste this into your profile, and you would never make your guy feel this way, copy and paste into your profile as 'Girls Don't Realize These Things’

If you're one of the FEW guys with enough BALLS to copy and paste this into your profile, and you would never make your female friends feel this way, copy and paste into your profile as 'Guys Don't Realize These Things'

If you're a guy and you pasted the original version of this letter, you need to stop and think a bit about what it is you're really asking and what your ulterior motives are for being so "nice". If you wouldn't go out with a fat, ugly girl just because she was nice, you have no fucking right to demean women for having some standards of their own. If you're the kind of guy who befriends women, and lets them believe it's platonic, and then constantly whines about how they won't go out with you even though you're just so nice, then I've got news for you: you are not a nice guy. You're actually kind of an asshole.

If you're a girl and you pasted this original version of this letter, you're not going to realize what "not hurting the Nice Guy" entails until you're actually in a situation like this. Here, I'll show you what I mean: pick a guy at random, with no regard for his appearance, common interests, or anything other than the fact that he's "nice", and be attracted to him. Not so easy, is it? What your oh-so-"nice" friend is doing is misleading you about what kind of relationship he wants, then blaming you for not being able to consciously control your desires. Doing this to another person is the furthest thing from "nice", and any guy who tries to pull this is actually a jerk who doesn't deserve you.

Yeah, unrequited love sucks. I've been there, on both sides. But there's nothing the object of your affections can do to change that, so you're just gonna have to do what we out here in the grown-up world do, put on your Big Boy pants, grow the fuck up and get the fuck over it.

Please, feel free to copy and paste the modified version of this if, like me, you're getting thoroughly sick of men who think that showing some common fucking decency automatically entitles them to get into a woman's pants.