I Wish I Was Around When Hollywood Didn’t Promote Beauty As Being Thin, But Promoted Actual Talent!

Deep Dark Fears

So I got bonkers obsessed with BG3 and while this isn't a BG3/D&D AU(which I might do a bit later), I did start thinking about fantasy byler again.

The Lore of this particular AU:

Will and Mike are childhood best friends in a peasant town. Mike is a human son of a merchant, and Will is a half elf in hiding. Maybe he has some kind of special power or is favored by a god making him a target for multiple assassins' and groups of interest hunt for him in order to use his power. Joyce, finally thinking she could let her guard down, was able to live with Will in that quiet town for six years until one of those hunters found them and destroyed the whole town causing Mike to take Will in order to keep him safe from the kidnappers. They would be 12 y/os on the run that meet the rest of the gang on their adventures in different areas. Maybe El and Will are connected through dreams and their goal is to find her so that they can get whichever power Will has out of him. Or maybe both El and Will lived in the same town protected by Joyce but El got kidnapped but Will and Mike managed to escape and they want to get her back or something. Anyway, at first it was Mike attempting to swordfight, often badly, but slowly becoming an adept swordmaster through experience and mentors while Will, wanting to be able to help Mike, would study as a cleric to be able to patch him up after he keeps fighting till he's half dead on instinct.

Thinking about how the turns would table after five years of traveling together and growing stronger where Will can finally properly help Mike after of all the years of him keeping them both alive.

But also yeah I keep thinking about Swordsman Mike that just keeps rolling very low all the time. Maybe something cursed him early in life? Something about luck or perception. Someone help me make magic ADHD.

2023 Byler Big Bang Fics & Art Masterpost

Now that December is here, that's a wrap on the 2023 Byler Big Bang! We welcomed 22 fics and even more art into the fandom over October and November, and now we want to celebrate everyone's hard work one more time with this masterpost of all the fics and art links completed for the challenge. A huge thanks to everyone who took part or otherwise supported the fics and art of the creators!

We will be back in summer 2024 with info about next year's event.

[The full fic collection on Ao3]

Masterposts here on Tumblr with fics + art:

Second Chances and Dances

remember to remember me

Theatre and Pom Poms

a swingset stuck in amber

Teal Streaked Ribbons

in the springtime, in the sun (we can be alone without anyone)

it's nice to have a friend

What a Time to Be Alive

under the stars with you

Ain’t it enough that I'm laying my heart out?

Through A Dark Glass, Wanting

nosebleeds from epiphanies (i took full in the face)

Autumn Leaves

this must be the place

And the Wonder of it All is That You Just Don’t Realize How Much I Love You

Lips Like Sugar

never did shine as bright

afterimage

On the Same Frequency

At the Time of Sight

ai! ai! (fūnestaque littera ducta est)

Sick of Meaning (I just want to hold you)

older Hiro trying on Tadashi’s blazer 

I’m absolutely embarrassed that I never knew this before but…

The pen stand that most Wacom products come with?

It twists off and has a bunch of nibs in it. I’ve been buying extra nibs when they were in this stupid thing the whole time.

harry potter + popular text posts (part two)

(part one)

nothing matters when we're dancing

Finally the Party is back ❤️

nancy definitely taught them how to play with kajnaka (i forgot the english word so have the albanian one)

edit: marbles. thats the word. thank u guys

White supremacist trying to form a straight-pride parade accidentally lets truth slip at city council meeting

This is like something straight out of Parks and Rec