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My name is Megan, but I go by NervousAsexual on AO3 and TildyTwo on Dreamwidth and Tumblr. I'm an adult human, allegedly. My gender is Gremlin and my sexuality is No.
My top fandoms (by number of fics written, anyway) are Fallout 4, Star Trek (primarily TOS & DS9), Twin Peaks, and Thief (the original, not the reboot).
My fanfic/transformative works policy is go for it, so long as you credit and send me a link!
Likes
writing (fanfic or original; I don't care which)
reading (again, fanfic or original)
whump and hurt/comfort
aroace headcanons
grumpy and/or asshole characters begrudgingly doing the right thing
self-sacrificing characters being loved and appreciated
underappreciated character actors with low voices who I can imagine being adopted by
Dislikes
needing to regulate my mental health
gardening
trying to locate food I'll actually eat
Bad Texture (TM)
existing on the physical plane
earwigs
Three Sentence Ficathon recap
Feb. 5th, 2024 08:52 amI wrote four fics for this year's three sentence ficathon. I'm trying to get used to shorter formats, since it's all I seem able to muster these days.
1. Cyrano de Bergerac, Cyrano (or Cyrano+any), ftm Cyrano
2. any, any, characters played by the same actor meet (Crossing Jordan, Garret Macy & Albert Rosenfield)
3. any, any, POV Outsider on a queerplatonic relationship (Dishonored, of course, with the Outsider's perspective :p)
4. Our Flag Means Death, Mary and Blackbeard, friendship
1. Cyrano de Bergerac, Cyrano (or Cyrano+any), ftm Cyrano
2. any, any, characters played by the same actor meet (Crossing Jordan, Garret Macy & Albert Rosenfield)
3. any, any, POV Outsider on a queerplatonic relationship (Dishonored, of course, with the Outsider's perspective :p)
4. Our Flag Means Death, Mary and Blackbeard, friendship
Snowflake Challenge #10
Jan. 19th, 2024 11:31 am
Challenge #10
Five Things! The five things are totally up to you.
I present to you: Five Things in My Downloads Folder That Will Baffle Tech Support
- The complete script for Wesele Figara, a Polish translation of Pierre Beaumarchais' "The Marriage of Figaro" by Franciszek Zabłocki. I downloaded it for use in a Wild Wild West fanfic, The Night of the Final Curtain. It should be noted that I do not speak Polish.
- A roleplaying game based on the 1998 video game Thief: The Dark Project. You can find and play the game here!
- A PDF titled "Distribution and Status of Australian Water-Rats in the Gippsland Lakes." I'm pretty sure I downloaded this for a Good Omens fanfic titled A Day Out.
- A screenshot showing an Othello-themed bredlik.
- The following image, entitled "MIHOY MINOY 2 THE MINOYING"
In summary, the tech folk who are taking away my old computer when the new computer comes in will wonder what the hell is wrong with me.
Hurt/Comfort Exchange Letter
Mar. 2nd, 2023 10:21 amHooray! It's one of my favorite exchanges of the year! Feel free to mix and match prompts/relationships. You don't have to use every single one.
General likes and dislikes
( Twin Peaks )
( NCIS: Los Angeles )
( Dishonored )
General likes and dislikes
( Twin Peaks )
( NCIS: Los Angeles )
( Dishonored )
Gen Prompt Bingo
Jan. 30th, 2023 07:35 pmEvery Ship Brings a Word, Iron Man |
Habits and Routines | Tired | Injury | Dark Tone |
Head Games, Twin Peaks |
That Moment (incident / chapter / episode) in detail | Hurt / Comfort | Amnesia | Child Endangerment |
If I Give You All I Got, NCIS:LA |
Terrible Choices | Wild Card | Dreams, Daydreams, Wishes | Scars |
Basso's Sister, Thief Original Series |
Flesh and Bone | Angst | Corpses / Skeletons / Remains | The Mind's Eye |
A Good Relationship, Everything Everywhere All at Once |
Blood | Drugs | Self-Harm | Character Study |
(no subject)
Jan. 25th, 2023 10:45 am
Challenge #13
In your own space, rec three fanworks that you did not create. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.
I decided to limit myself to the Twin Peaks fandom, specifically to Albert whump. Because I love Albert. And whump.
Harry S. Truman: Ex-Sheriff and Professional Caregiver
by Trufield and Kamidog.
Summary: Harry convinces Albert to go to the sanctuary with him. Things don't go as smoothly as intended.
Notes: Includes images of, among other things, Albert getting bit by an otter. As you do.
i know i'll lose
by electric_friend
Summary: Albert figures himself in need of a nightcap of the high-proof variety, but in the bar at the Great Northern drinks a little more than he usually does, and realises he feels terrible. Anxious, upset, and by himself, he's completely unsure what to do with the feeling. Despite himself, he pulls Coop into the picture.
Notes: Platonic cuddling is best cuddling.
Only Human
by Amatara
Summary: When Albert gets slipped a roofie while working a case, Coop turns to a mutual friend for help. How readily Albert accepts that help is a different question…
Notes: The holy grail of Albert whump. As the author notes, entirely self-indulgent, which is what makes it so great.
Snowflake Challenge #3
Jan. 5th, 2023 03:03 pm
I'm not very good at this.
I'm so tired of my job. It involves supervising college age kids and I suck at it. It's lucky all the kids are good because I hate interacting with them and I suck at it and I want to get out of here but I don't have another job lined up. My therapist tells me I have to change my self-talk about working with the students and I can't do that. I hate it and I'm always going to hate it.
I've already had a "nondisciplinary meeting" with HR about how shit I am at doing the student worker portion of my job. I hate this! I would like to leave!
Then I told a person that I couldn't do something for them, but I've done it for them in the past, even though I wasn't supposed to, and now I feel like a shitty person. I don't even have anything else I'm supposed to be doing, it's just something the professors are supposed to do themselves.
I don't know. I don't know what to do. So I'll do what I always do.
Candy Hearts Exchange Letter
Jan. 1st, 2023 06:12 pmHello! Thank you for (potentially) writing for me, and to the mods for running this exchange in lieu of Chocolate Box.
First up, if you want to see a list of general likes and dislikes, you can find that here.
First up, if you want to see a list of general likes and dislikes, you can find that here.
Meanwhile, if you're looking for general prompts, I'll put some below.
MCU: Vice President Rodriguez & Vice President Rodriguez's Daughter
Confession: I've never seen this movie all the way through--I just skimmed it looking for the parts with Rodriguez. What can I say, I'll watch anything if it's got Miguel Ferrer in it. Anyway, apart from being played by one of my favorite actors, I liked that Rodriguez had a motive that wasn't your basic "I want money and power because duh." He did it for his daughter! And then nothing was done with the relationship between him and his daughter, or with him in general, really.
I'd love to see some of the relationship between him and his daughter. She doesn't really have a canon personality, so in practice she'd be more of an OC, but I don't mind that much. I assume she must have been sick at one point, so what was that like? Are they close, or not so much? How does their relationship change after the events of IM3?
Red Dead Redemption: Hosea Matthews & Arthur Morgan, Hosea Matthews/Dutch van der Linde
Cowboy dad!
I love Hosea for many reasons, including but not limited to his obvious dad qualities and sensible plans. I love whump/hurt/comfort, and Hosea, given his breathing problems, career path, and backstory, is a prime candidate. Whumpy ideas: whatever's wrong with his lungs goes really wrong, a con goes south and leads to some old-fashioned frontier justice, or maybe Hosea survives the events in Saint Denis and finds himself at the mercy of the Pinkertons.
Skyrim: Brynjolf/Mercer Frey
Additional confession: I never really paid that much attention to Brynjolf--I mean, if you direct your eyes slightly to the left you can see we have Mercer, who, in addition to being a fairly complex character for the canon, is voiced by Stephen Russell, which is really all I need in a character. But I do like the relationship between the two of them. They don't really love each other, but they were friends, and they don't really hate each other, but Mercer has been doing exceptionally sketchy thief business behind everyone's back the whole time.
This is one of like two / ships I've asked for this go-round, so some smut is okay, but I'd like there to be a story behind it, if you know what I mean? Or if you wanted to do a character study-esque examination of their relationship, I'd go for that too.
Twin Peaks: Albert Rosenfield & Tammy Preston, Albert Rosenfield & Diane Evans, Dale Cooper/Albert Rosenfield
*holds up an image of Albert* I just think he's neat.
I mention in my sign up that I love Albert whump or hurt/comfort, and I think it would be interesting to see the differences between the other three in terms of how they react to the whump. As far as whumpy ideas go, I should note that in my own private headcanon Season 3 Albert has cancer, just as the actor playing him did. Other ideas: Albert picking at the locals turns ugly, field work goes south, or (especially in conjunction with the Dale/Albert ship) some queerphobic violence happens.
Dear Yuletide Author
Oct. 11th, 2022 11:15 amHello, and welcome to my very first Yuletide letter! I don't think I've ever written one before, so here's hoping I give you some ideas with this. :)
( general likes )
( fluff )
( hurt/comfort )
( whump )
( explicit stuff )
( DNWs )
Fandom-Specific Likes
Badlands 2005
Please consider giving this a watch even if you don't write for it! It's less than an hour long and charming in its own way. Join me in my Badlands 2005 sandbox! My fandom promo post for it is here.
My favorite thing about this fandom is the way it plays with Rex's status as a cyborg. There's a lot of transhumanist commentary that could have been made if the show had ever made it beyond the pilot. The relationship between Garson and Rex is interesting, too. Garson is obviously aware that Rex is a cyborg and throws him into harm's way all the time, which seems like it could be a point of contention is Rex wasn't programmed to do exactly that.
Basically, I'd love anything about the relationship between the two of them, or worldbuilding about the purpose cyborgs serve in this society (they're clearly useful, but the two water tankers at the beginning imply there's a fear that they'll take away jobs from real humans). A little hurt/comfort might be nice, too, especially for poor, long-suffering Rex.
Mr. Lucky
Again, please consider giving this a watch even if you don't write for it! My fandom promo post for it is here.
As the only other writer in this fandom pointed out, whether or not Maggie exists seems to depend solely on whether or not it serves the episode for her to exist, so feel free to go Andamo/Lucky over Andamo/Lucky/Maggie. Either way, I'd love some established relationship for these two (or three). Canon-typical shenanigans, hurt/comfort (emotional or physical), or even just a day in the life could be fun for this canon.
Thief
My fandom promo post for it is here. I won't sell it as hard as the other two just because I know there are others out there who've played this game and I'm not alone in my fandom sandbox.
Basically, Garrett. I love Garrett. I love his cynicism and wiseass-ery and his desperate, futile struggle not to get caught up in saving the world again. All of this makes him a prime candidate for whump, in my non-professional opinion. Bad end-AUs are especially fun--I've seen a couple of them for Thief Gold, but never for The Metal Age or Deadly Shadows, so if you want to cause me to squee like a child, try one of those. Otherwise, I'd love an exploration of Garrett's relationship with other character(s), including those who weren't nominated (Artemus and Basso come to mind, and so does Lauryl, the little ghost girl).
Twin Peaks
Much like with Thief, this is basically, Albert. I love Albert. The cynicism and prickliness hiding the heart of a pacifist. The dedication to justice, even when everyone is telling him he's wrong (coughcough Cooper inviting him to Twin Peaks and then complaining that he's still Albert while in Twin Peaks coughcough).
I love, love, love hurt/comfort or whump for Albert. If you want to pair him with any of the other nominated characters, in & or / relationships, that's fine with me. I have a special soft spot for Cooper&Harry&Albert and Albert&Tammy, and for prickly characters treated gently and not knowing what to do with that.
( general likes )
( fluff )
( hurt/comfort )
( whump )
( explicit stuff )
( DNWs )
Fandom-Specific Likes
Badlands 2005
Please consider giving this a watch even if you don't write for it! It's less than an hour long and charming in its own way. Join me in my Badlands 2005 sandbox! My fandom promo post for it is here.
My favorite thing about this fandom is the way it plays with Rex's status as a cyborg. There's a lot of transhumanist commentary that could have been made if the show had ever made it beyond the pilot. The relationship between Garson and Rex is interesting, too. Garson is obviously aware that Rex is a cyborg and throws him into harm's way all the time, which seems like it could be a point of contention is Rex wasn't programmed to do exactly that.
Basically, I'd love anything about the relationship between the two of them, or worldbuilding about the purpose cyborgs serve in this society (they're clearly useful, but the two water tankers at the beginning imply there's a fear that they'll take away jobs from real humans). A little hurt/comfort might be nice, too, especially for poor, long-suffering Rex.
Mr. Lucky
Again, please consider giving this a watch even if you don't write for it! My fandom promo post for it is here.
As the only other writer in this fandom pointed out, whether or not Maggie exists seems to depend solely on whether or not it serves the episode for her to exist, so feel free to go Andamo/Lucky over Andamo/Lucky/Maggie. Either way, I'd love some established relationship for these two (or three). Canon-typical shenanigans, hurt/comfort (emotional or physical), or even just a day in the life could be fun for this canon.
Thief
My fandom promo post for it is here. I won't sell it as hard as the other two just because I know there are others out there who've played this game and I'm not alone in my fandom sandbox.
Basically, Garrett. I love Garrett. I love his cynicism and wiseass-ery and his desperate, futile struggle not to get caught up in saving the world again. All of this makes him a prime candidate for whump, in my non-professional opinion. Bad end-AUs are especially fun--I've seen a couple of them for Thief Gold, but never for The Metal Age or Deadly Shadows, so if you want to cause me to squee like a child, try one of those. Otherwise, I'd love an exploration of Garrett's relationship with other character(s), including those who weren't nominated (Artemus and Basso come to mind, and so does Lauryl, the little ghost girl).
Twin Peaks
Much like with Thief, this is basically, Albert. I love Albert. The cynicism and prickliness hiding the heart of a pacifist. The dedication to justice, even when everyone is telling him he's wrong (coughcough Cooper inviting him to Twin Peaks and then complaining that he's still Albert while in Twin Peaks coughcough).
I love, love, love hurt/comfort or whump for Albert. If you want to pair him with any of the other nominated characters, in & or / relationships, that's fine with me. I have a special soft spot for Cooper&Harry&Albert and Albert&Tammy, and for prickly characters treated gently and not knowing what to do with that.
(no subject)
Apr. 13th, 2022 03:33 pm| Drunkeness and Inebriation | Introspection | The way we were: Pre-canon | Speech-deprived | |
| When we were Young: Nostalgia | Coercion | Freckles | Hypothermia | |
| Beauty | Wild Card | Memory Related | Contentment | |
| Empathy | Torture | Thrills (Speed / Danger / Daring) | Isolation / Loneliness | Dread |
| Trauma | Truth serums, Truth spells, and Truth drugs | Terrible Choices | Conflicting Obligations / Oaths | That Moment (incident / chapter / episode) in detail |
fic exchange stuff (WIP)
Aug. 14th, 2021 11:20 pmJust a general list of stuff I like in fics, in no particular order. Some stuff lifted straight from exchange tags, because I'm lazy.
( general likes )
( fluff )
( hurt/comfort )
( whump )
( explicit stuff )
( DNWs )
