The Lonely Castle - Complete
(100 000+ words)
Follows canon but takes place after the movie. Pero & original female character Ember/Snow, no reader insert. Slow burn romance, idiots in love, fantasy. Explicit content, 18+ONLY.

Driving Mr. Tovar - Complete
(370 000+ words)
Modern AU. Pero & female reader. Slow burn romance, hint of soulmates, magic. (Horses are significant characters in this story.) Explicit content, 18+ONLY.

The Stranger in the Bar - Complete
(169 000+ words)
Modern AU. Pero & Female Reader. Thriller/Romance. Explicit content, 18+ONLY.

Collision - Complete
(55 000+ words)
Modern AU. Pero & Original Female Character Nikita. Friends to lovers, hurt/comfort, secret identity. Thriller/Romance. Explicit content, 18+ONLY.

A Repair, A Hotel, and A Grump - Ongoing
Modern AU. Pero & Female Reader. Romance, coworkers to lovers, Valentine’s story. Mature content, 18+ONLY.

The Lost Island - Complete
(112 000+ words)
Follows canon but takes place after the movie. Marcus & female reader. Enemies to lovers, fantasy, supernatural powers. Explicit content, 18+ONLY.

The Flowers Always Know - Complete, but currently undergoing an update.
(148 000+ words)
Follows canon but takes place after the movie. Marcus & female reader. Slow burn romance, fantasy, supernatural powers. Explicit content, 18+ONLY.

The Legend of Mar'Sol - Complete
(15 000+ words)
Follows canon, takes place after the events of chapter 16. Mando & original female character Mesh'la, no reader insert. Slow burn romance, slavetrade, forced submissive behaviour, the force. Explicit content, 18+ONLY.

The Last Demon - Complete
(70 000 words)
AU that takes place around the time between Chapter 16 of The Mandalorian, and Din’s appearance in TBOBF. Din & female reader/monster. Violent content, 18+ONLY.

The Old Prince - Complete
(81 000+ words)
AU, Halloween themed fantasy/horror/romance story. Monster Oberyn Martell & Female reader, reminiscent of Beauty and the Beast. Horror themes/explicit content, 18+ONLY.

Din Djarin

The Stories We Tell Ourselves (1872 words)
Grogu’s Gift (1900 words)
A Little Menace (2080 words)
–Part 2 (2518 words)
–Part 3 (2240 words)
–Part 4 (2120 words)
–Part 5 (2130 words)
Surviving Christmas (6500 words)
Trouble (150 words)

Marcus Pike

The Bad Day (1525 words)
The Birthday Hike (658 words)
Monday (500 words)
Wrong Way Home (18,280 words)
The Secret Lake (3630 words)
Isolated Incident (4720 words)

Pero Tovar

Christmas Special (8060 words)
–Part 2 (8090 words)
A Safe Place (3250 words)
Loneliness (3921 words)
Fearful Heart (1900 words)
Clumsy Heart (3352 words)
–Part 2 (2910 words)
Date or Inseminate (1240 words)

Various Others

An Unexpected Valentine - Marcus Moreno
2838 words
Rocky Roads - No Pedro Character
925 words
The Sixth Extinction - Joel Miller
1192 words

Kittycat - Dieter Bravo
1140 words
Attention - Javier Gutierrez
1500 words
Forgiven - Din Djarin
666 words
Surprise - Pero Tovar
575 words
Bad Guy - Javier Pena
570 words
Don’t Die - Din Djarin
1500 words

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Neighbors - Joel Miller
920 words
Acts of Kindness - Din Djarin
1450 words
Anger Management - Pero Tovar
1200 words
The Well (poem)
138 words
Lost and Found - Joel Miller
1630 words
Moving On - Pero Tovar (DMTU)
960 words
Reunion - Marcus Pike
732 words
Daring to Dream - Marcus Moreno
2850 words
An Imagined Adventure (poem)
82 words

Masterlist

Halloween Parade - Pero Tovar (DMTU)
825 words
Like Father, Like Son - Dieter Bravo
650 words
All Hallows Quarrel - Marcus Moreno
825 words
The Haunted Toaster - Javier Gutierrez
660 words
Grumpy Pumpkin - Pero Tovar
750 words
Temple of Love - Pero Tovar
1570 words
Recovery - Marcus Moreno
680 words

Birthday Cake Writing Challenge of 2022

River Poem
444 words
Hold On - Pero Tovar (DMTU)
850 words
Treat Me Right - Javier Gutierrez
3225 Words
Warmth
320 words
Grogu’s Gift - Din Djarin
1900 words
Whiskey Nights - Jack Daniels
825 words
Their Poem
240 words
Danger Close - Javier Peña
1374 words
Fearful Heart - Pero Tovar
1900 words
Max’s Monster - Max Lord
3280 words
The Day - Francisco Morales
8500 words
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Birthday Cake Writing Challenge of 2023

Meeting Expectations - Jack Daniels
580 words
Judgement - Marcus Moreno
2210 words
-Part 2
3100 words
Turning Corners - Javier Gutierrez
2775 words
Dreamt You Were Here - Din Djarin
1485 words
I Came By - Dave York
1160 words
The Beauty of Mechanics - Francisco Morales
1500 words
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Birthday Cake Writing Challenge of 2024

Do You Dare To Know Me? (poem)
285 words

The Regulars (Marcus Moreno)
1175 words

Bird Men (Multiple Pedro Characters)
1790 words

Lingerie For Beginners (Pero Tovar)
1200 words

Forward Luxation (Marcus Moreno)
2750 words

For The Love Of A Grump (Pero Tovar)
900 words

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Hey, @bilibiche we’re currently getting a ton of snow and I just looked out the window at the biggest snowflakes I’ve ever seen! Figured you’d appreciate it 😘

So… have any of you ever considered the psychology behind “people-pleasers”?

Cause I hadn’t, until very recently, and having discovered that they’re actually extremely selfish, I’m no longer sure I like them all that much.

“But Jay, aren’t people pleasers just super friendly and kind? Why would you not like them?”

Oh, where to start? How about with the question of why they feel the need to please everyone?

“Because they like to make people happy, obviously!”

Well, no. From a psychological perspective, what they’re actually doing is avoiding conflict at all cost. Meaning that when they talk to you, seemingly bonding and building a relationship, what’s really happening is that they’re just saying what they think you want them to. Even when they share things that are personal to them, they’re editing, but not to protect you. Instead, they edit to ensure you’ll feel seen and heard, which means you’ll trust them more.

“So? That doesn’t make them bad people.”

No, it doesn’t. But here’s where things get difficult for me. Because while this is usually not done with any malicious intent, the problem is that when I’m talking to someone, thinking that we’re building trust and that I can rely on this person, they’re not actually becoming my friend, only the illusion of one.

Their commitment can only ever go so deep, because they’re doing the same thing to dozens of people all the time. Have you ever tried being a truly good friend to several people at once? It takes a lot of time and effort, a lot of memory space and emotional availability to be a true friend to just one person, yet I’m expected to believe these people are doing that with everyone they meet?

“Okay, so maybe they’re not a real friend to everyone, but that doesn’t mean they’re selfish!”

Um, actually it does. For the simple reason that they’re doing all this to minimize having to endure emotional or psychological discomfort. Meanwhile, the people they’re pretending to care about are being duped, and then left behind when the people pleaser inevitably gets too many ‘friends’ to handle.

Now, I will say that this does not apply to all cases and all scenarios and when we mix online relationships into the batter, there are other variables to consider. But the ones I’ve met in real life have been at workplaces, and I’ve always wondered why they’ve suddenly just stopped talking to me, assuming I’ve done something wrong or just overshared one too many times.

When in fact, I never even mattered to begin with.

And here I thought the reason I haven’t been able to make many new friends the past decade is because I’m not interesting enough….

*Update because I asked my therapist about this, and here’s what she had to say:

Me: Why do I struggle with people pleasers?

T: Oh, that relates to your trust issues.

Me: How do you mean?

T: Well, people pleasers are always looking to protect themselves in some way, and the way they do this is by making sure no one can ever blame them for anything or claim they did something wrong. But the reason behind that is a deep fear of conflict or even harm, which makes their behavior ultimately self-serving. And to your mind, which is always looking for falseness in people to warn you not to trust them, this becomes a big red flag. You can sense that their behavior isn’t actually honest to their character, only to the situation at hand, and that’s enough to make you recoil.

Me: So, the problem is that our fears are non-compatible?

T: Pretty much. It doesn’t mean you can’t trust them, but it does mean you also can’t take their words at face value, since you can’t know when they’re in their self-preservation mode, or when they’re telling you what they actually think or feel. And for someone like you, with such deeply rooted trust issues, that becomes too uncertain for you to ever feel comfortable with.

Me: Should I just avoid that personality type, then?

T: In as much as you’re able, I would say yes. You’re still learning to trust anyone at all, and that’s gonna take a long time, so for now I would suggest not setting yourself up for failure, if you’re able to avoid it. But since this behavior is often hard to spot at first, you’re likely going to fail sometimes anyway.

Me: At this point I feel like avoiding most people most of the time anyway.

T: I know you do, and that’s not healthy. But I see where your hopelessness comes from and I do understand how you got there. You still want to trust people, so you keep trying, and every time they disappoint you, that further solidifies your belief that no one is ever honest or trustworthy. But honesty is hard, especially for those who have never been on your side of the fence and experienced how damaging long-term falseness can be.

Me: I envy those people so much. But at the same time, I feel like they’re the ones who are the most blind when it comes to seeing or understanding the pains of others. I don’t think I’d like to be that kind of person.

T: Even if it meant your life would be much more carefree?

Me:… I honestly don’t know.

In conclusion, yes, people pleasers are ultimately self-serving, but this is mostly not an issue unless the person they’re interacting with has trust issues. At least, that’s my interpretation. You’re all welcome to disagree, of course.

What the heck…. It’s Halloween and I’ve been scrolling for an hour without seeing Dancing Pumpkin Man even once!

What’s happened to this place 😢

Originally posted by challenger23