(The Spices Were Cardamom And Cinnamon, You Silly Fool, And The Children In Your Hometown Are Hungrier.

(The spices were cardamom and cinnamon, you silly fool, and the children in your hometown are hungrier. The songbird was a woodlark, and the only exotic thing there was you.)

This.  I love this.  I need to remember this.  No, I want to remember this.  Otherwise all I know and see is all that I’ve known and seen, even when I’m a thousand miles away from anything I’ve ever seen before.  And how bland would life be if everything you ate was the same meal you just had.

It occurs to me that failure to properly worldbuild an SFFnal story is - sometimes, though not always - less reflective of a writer’s creative ability than it is a consequence of their real-world privilege. The concept of culture as something with multiple...

I think #2 and #12 would make great Clarke/Lexa stories.

I totally want to read a story about an injured Lexa being sent to recover at the hospital Clarke works at. All the Sky people work at the hospital and all the Grounders are recovering soldiers. Where Lincoln starts falling in love with his OT's little sister (Octavia, who starts coming around a hell of a lot more often). And Indra's a snarky NCO who simultaneously 100% done with every bodies shit and 100% encouraging. And Abby's the head surgeon. Which makes Clarke's life awkward. But not as awkward as it gets when she starts flirting with Commander Raccoon Eyes (on account of her broken nose leaving her with two black eyes). Lexa just really wants to walk again... And maybe marry Clarke (y'know, after she takes her on at least one real date first).

Also, one where Clarke paints an unwitting Lexa for art class and a few years later it's super famous. Lexa knew she was painted, she just didn't know by who or what it looks like. So she meets Clarke and falls for her then worries that Clarke doesn't feel the same. Then she sees the painting and goes 'oh, yeah, she loves me, she's always loved me.'

More AU ideas that the internet doesn’t need (Part 4)

You teach a class right next door to my office AU

Wounded soldier and nurse AU

Chauffeur for a mafia hitman/woman AU

Awkwardly walked in on someone crying in the bathroom AU

I work late a lot and your restaurant is the only that delivers at 2 AM AU

We hooked up randomly at a party once and it turns out you’re friends with my brother AU

Asked a random stranger for help selecting a greeting card AU

Both the last runners in a marathon but determined to at least beat each other AU

Charity date auction AU

Spilled your wine down the front of my dress at a fancy party AU

My mom is dating your dad AU

The portrait you painted of me in school is now super famous AU

Helped you pick out clothes to wear on a date with someone else AU

Answered your call for a pick-up from a drunken party even though you’re my brother’s friend and I’ve only met you once because it sounded like you really needed to get out of there AU

You sit beside me on the train and your perfume/cologne smells so amazing I can’t stop thinking about it AU

Dracula won’t stop hitting on me at this costume party AU

I brought kids to trick or treat at your door and you didn’t have any candy AU

Met while trying to set both of our roommates up with internet dates AU

Our apartments face one another AU

I recognized your subtly placed nerd paraphernalia AU

was thinking about this last night. this one goes out to all my friends with screaming orange cats.

Clexa/Superman AU

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In romantic scenes between characters, a character’s scent is often described in books and fanfic, but when writing i have a hard time coming up with plausible and believable scents a character naturally has. can you come up with some suggestions, or a list or something? — Anonymous

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