Run Bravely Backward

Fic Adoption V.2

Wed, 01 May 2013 15:21:07 -0400

Since one fic has now been definitely adopted, I wanted to put out another call for people to adopt fics. Below is the status of fics put up for adoption and their status. If you’re interested in adopting a fic, send me an ask and let me know! Even if you don’t want to adopt a fic yourself, but there’s a fic you like that you would like to see adopted, you can reblog this post so that word gets around.

Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder - Unadopted
Baby Blankets - Unadopted
Louder Than Words - Unadopted
One Precious Thing - Unadopted
Replacement - Unadopted
Sugar-Coated Problems - Pending
~~What Is Left to Live For~~ - Adopted

What Is Left to Live For - Chapter 3

Wed, 01 May 2013 14:09:12 -0400

What Is Left to Live For - Chapter 3:

In case anyone here isn’t following the fic on AO3, the wonderful aki-ran has adopted What Is Left to Live For and has finished the third chapter. I think it’s turned out great so far, so if you’ve read the first couple chapters, take a look! (If you’re new to the fic, though, please make sure you check the tags.)

how far did you ever get on 'if you lie down with dogs?' 13 chapters? Are they all in different places because I keep ending up having to go from AO3 to dream whatever and its confusing. sorry! Its the best fanfic i've ever read so i really am into it...

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:12:59 -0400

If You Lie Down With Dogs only has 13 chapters, yes. They’re on the kink meme on both LJ (up to chapter 10 or 11) and DW, AO3, and tumblr. It’s the exact same everywhere, so there shouldn’t really be a need to do anything aside from pick which site you like best and read it there.

But this is as good a time as any to definitively say that I won’t be writing any more homestuck fanfiction, at least for quite a while. This is also the end of any fics I’ve started that no one else intends to pick up. I’ve received an offer on Sugar-Coated Problems, but that depends on that person’s schedule and so forth. IYLD is the only fic that’s not available for someone else to continue writing, since I’m still planning on writing a summary of what the rest of the story would have been. So once again, if you’re interested in adopting one of my fics so that others can continue to read them, let me know.

For anyone curious as to why I won’t be writing any more fics or continuing the ones that were started, it’s actually a number of reasons, not least of which is that I’ve lost some interest in Homestuck and am focusing on my own original work instead (which is being worked on—I’ve just been taking a much needed break from tumblr—and I’ll hopefully have more specifics to announce soon), but there are more deep-seated problems that I was hoping would dissipate much more quickly than they are. So I’m sorry to disappoint you all, and I hope that some of you will show some interest in continuing the fics I’ve left behind and that maybe some of you will find some of my game projects worth checking out in the future.

Hopefully, I’ll have both the IYLD summary and some game news up in the next couple weeks.

Announcing "Falling Violet"

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 03:09:33 -0500

rabbitfruit:

Rabbitfruit’s first game for Failbetter Games’ StoryNexus platform is in development! The first chapter of Falling Violet should be available late spring of this year, but until its release, information on the game’s concepts, characters, and development status will be available here.

The following is a brief introduction to the game:

As the firstborn child of the king of the Interior, a crystal-studded subterrain, you are soon to ascend your aging father’s throne. But as the season of Violet (and with it, your people’s annual season-long sleep) approach, you have begun to hear rumours that your nearing ascension is not as glorious as it has been portrayed.

Discover the truth of your birthright

Befriend and ally with people of influence in the Interior

Embrace or fight your fate

I plan on posting an abbreviated form of my own development progress checklist quite soon, along with brief major character bios, starting with the player character, Roux Desvin.

In case anyone has been wondering what I’ve been working on recently, this is a quick introductory post to my first story game intended for public release: Falling Violet. Hopefully, the tiny summary there will pique some interest, and there will be plenty of lore, character information, and development updates on Rabbitfruit Games’ tumblr as work on the game continues.

Is If You Lie Down With Dogs going to be continued or have you moved on to the BroJohn Fic? I Really like If You Lie Down With Dogs and would be delighted to see it continued.

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 16:02:51 -0500

As I said in my post about fic adoption, I do plan to continue IYLD, however, it’s not unlikely that it will end up incomplete. If it does, I’ll figure out a way to get the rest of the story’s plot across in shorter form.

Announcement: Fic Adoption!

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:14:21 -0500

oldthymerhyming:

velvet-lantern:

Due to school and time-consuming original projects, I’m just not going to be able to finish a majority of the fics I’ve been writing. The only fic that has priority to be finished soon-ish is the BroJohn oneshot (since it’s more than halfway done anyway). Aside from that, the only ones I have plans of continuing myself are IYLD and What Is Left to Live For. For partially completed oneshots, I’ll probably post what I have on google docs for perusal, but I probably won’t be finishing any.

For series that I won’t be completing, I’m putting them up for adoption, since I’m sure I must have some followers who are writers. I’d love to see these fics finished, in some form, but I just don’t have the time or the interest to do so myself, so if you think you’re interested in writing them, please let me know! Whether you’d like my input on where I was going with them or whether you want to do your own thing with them is up to you.

Fics that are definitely up for adoption:

Baby Blankets (Rose♥Kanaya)

Sugar-Coated Problems ((trickster!)John♥Dave)

One Precious Thing (John♥Dave H/C)

Replacement (Dave♥Jake)

I may be adding more, but if you would like to adopt and finish these fics, please let me know.

Please reblog if you know someone who may want them! If someone doesn’t take them over, they’re just going to be dropped completely, so I’d rather see someone be able to continue them

Announcement: Fic Adoption!

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 22:43:14 -0500

velvet-lantern:

Due to school and time-consuming original projects, I’m just not going to be able to finish a majority of the fics I’ve been writing. The only fic that has priority to be finished soon-ish is the BroJohn oneshot (since it’s more than halfway done anyway). Aside from that, the only ones I have plans of continuing myself are IYLD and What Is Left to Live For. For partially completed oneshots, I’ll probably post what I have on google docs for perusal, but I probably won’t be finishing any.

For series that I won’t be completing, I’m putting them up for adoption, since I’m sure I must have some followers who are writers. I’d love to see these fics finished, in some form, but I just don’t have the time or the interest to do so myself, so if you think you’re interested in writing them, please let me know! Whether you’d like my input on where I was going with them or whether you want to do your own thing with them is up to you.

Fics that are definitely up for adoption:

Baby Blankets (Rose♥Kanaya)

Sugar-Coated Problems ((trickster!)John♥Dave)

One Precious Thing (John♥Dave H/C)

Replacement (Dave♥Jake)

I may be adding more, but if you would like to adopt and finish these fics, please let me know.

Please reblog if you know someone who may want them! If someone doesn’t take them over, they’re just going to be dropped completely, so I’d rather see someone be able to continue them

Announcement: Fic Adoption!

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 21:22:09 -0500

velvet-lantern:

Due to school and time-consuming original projects, I’m just not going to be able to finish a majority of the fics I’ve been writing. The only fic that has priority to be finished soon-ish is the BroJohn oneshot (since it’s more than halfway done anyway). Aside from that, the only ones I have plans of continuing myself are IYLD and What Is Left to Live For. For partially completed oneshots, I’ll probably post what I have on google docs for perusal, but I probably won’t be finishing any.

For series that I won’t be completing, I’m putting them up for adoption, since I’m sure I must have some followers who are writers. I’d love to see these fics finished, in some form, but I just don’t have the time or the interest to do so myself, so if you think you’re interested in writing them, please let me know! Whether you’d like my input on where I was going with them or whether you want to do your own thing with them is up to you.

Fics that are definitely up for adoption:

Baby Blankets (Rose♥Kanaya)

Sugar-Coated Problems ((trickster!)John♥Dave)

One Precious Thing (John♥Dave H/C)

Replacement (Dave♥Jake)

I may be adding more, but if you would like to adopt and finish these fics, please let me know.

Please reblog this if you know someone who might be interested!

Announcement: Fic Adoption!

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:44:18 -0500

velvet-lantern:

Due to school and time-consuming original projects, I’m just not going to be able to finish a majority of the fics I’ve been writing. The only fic that has priority to be finished soon-ish is the BroJohn oneshot (since it’s more than halfway done anyway). Aside from that, the only ones I have plans of continuing myself are IYLD and What Is Left to Live For. For partially completed oneshots, I’ll probably post what I have on google docs for perusal, but I probably won’t be finishing any.

For series that I won’t be completing, I’m putting them up for adoption, since I’m sure I must have some followers who are writers. I’d love to see these fics finished, in some form, but I just don’t have the time or the interest to do so myself, so if you think you’re interested in writing them, please let me know! Whether you’d like my input on where I was going with them or whether you want to do your own thing with them is up to you.

Fics that are definitely up for adoption:

Baby Blankets (Rose♥Kanaya)

Sugar-Coated Problems ((trickster!)John♥Dave)

One Precious Thing (John♥Dave H/C)

Replacement (Dave♥Jake)

I may be adding more, but if you would like to adopt and finish these fics, please let me know.

Sorry for the lack of fic stuff, ya’ll. First there was holiday stuff, then there was being...

Sat, 29 Dec 2012 00:30:58 -0500

Sorry for the lack of fic stuff, ya’ll. First there was holiday stuff, then there was being sick, now several projects and a giveaway have been taking most of my attention. But hopefully I’ll have the BroJohn finished soon, plus an announcement about some other project?

Winter Date BroJohn Preview

Sun, 23 Dec 2012 23:37:53 -0500

This is just a quick little preview of a BroJohn fic I’m writing for pelageya who has been really sweet about waiting for this for like six months. It’s just a teeny little bit from the beginning, but since they’re supposed to be going out on Christmas Eve, and I’m definitely not going to be able to finish it in the next 24 hours so… here you go… I kept it really short since there wasn’t really anywhere after this point where I could cut it off and have it not seem weird.

Your name is Dirk Strider, and you’re feeling oddly nervous. You’re pretty sure that you went a bit overboard on this date. It has to already be weird for John to be dating his best friend’s older brother, and you don’t want to overwhelm him. But you do want to impress him, and you’re sure this date will manage that.

As you approach the Egbert house, you take a deep breath. John’s home from college for winter break, and this is the first time you’ve seen him since he’s been back at his dad’s house. You saw him a month ago when he was home on an all too short Thanksgiving break, but somehow, that seems like ages ago. As you’re about to ring the doorbell, you see movement out of the corner of your eye. Glancing over, you see John’s dad in the window, giving you a thumbs up. You sigh and return his gesture. You’re still not really sure what to make of him (you learned years ago that no one named Egbert is really what could be called normal), but you’re glad he’s ok with your dating his son. One thing that you do know is that, if you ever hurt John, he’d certainly give you a challenge in a duel to the death. You’ve got a lot on your list of things to do today, but hurting John is not on that list. It’s not ever going to be on your list.

You ring the doorbell, and immediately hear frantic movement inside. You smile slightly—Mr. Egbert apparently decided not to inform John that you’d gotten there several minutes ago. But after a minute, the door opens, and John appears, grinning sheepishly. You can see the suit and tie he’s wearing under his hastily donned jacket.

“Sorry—you know how my dad is.”

“Did he make you swear on your nanna’s ashes that you’d be home by midnight again?”

John rolls his eyes. “Just about.”

You lean in to kiss him chastely (you’re sure his dad is still afoot) on the lips. For the first time in all the years that you’ve known him—which is the vast majority of your life—you’re pretty sure that he’s finally taller than you. You do your best to ignore this new reality as you step back so that you’re no longer blocking his view of how you arrived at his house.

“Dirk, is that…? Holy shit.”

You glance over at him and smirk at his expression. He looks like a kid on Christmas morning. “It’s not quite a sleigh, but it works.”

You take his hand and lead him toward the horse-drawn carriage parked on the street in front of his house. Horses are pretty sweet to begin with, and you couldn’t resist being a bit romantic. You’ve missed him a lot, and you want to show him just how much. When you reach the carriage, you help him climb in before jumping up to take your place next to him. You tell the driver to go ahead, and as soon as you start moving, you take the folded blanket next to you and drape it around John’s and your shoulders.

He looks up at you and smiles broadly before scooting closer and settling against you. You know he thinks you’re a hopeless romantic—and he’s probably right.

“So where are we going? I had to tell my dad we were going to dinner and a movie since he kept asking me. But what are we actually doing?”

“You’ll see.”

I may start posting What Is Left to Live For on tumblr, depending on people’s reactions to it,...

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 02:57:00 -0500

I may start posting What Is Left to Live For on tumblr, depending on people’s reactions to it, but for now… chapter 2.

If you don’t know what it is, please read this first!

Other things that people are actually waiting for are coming soon.

What Is Left to Live For: A JohnDave NSFW H/C Dystopia... thing Part 1/??

Sat, 15 Dec 2012 19:36:03 -0500

I’m not even posting this on tumblr because it would trigger the crap out of everyone—or at least weird everyone out omg. But I figured I should post the AO3 link here in case anyone likes dystopias and weird kinks as much as I do, so…?

(And I think I hit all the possible trigger-y stuff, but let me know if I missed anything orz)

What Is Left to Live For (1471 words) by runbravelybackward
Chapters: 1/?
Fandom: MS Paint Adventures, Homestuck
Rating: Explicit
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: John Egbert/Dave Strider
Characters: John Egbert, Dave Strider, Dad (Homestuck)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Dystopia, Medical Experimentation, Medical Kink, Hurt/Comfort, Slavery, Dom/Sub, Needles, Human Experimentation, Genetic Engineering, Artificial Humans, Angst, Non-Consensual Medical Procedures, Blood

Summary:

John Crocker has just graduated from medical school as an experimental physician who performs experiments on synthetic humans—artificial humans created in labs and implanted with chips to inhibit emotion and independent though, making them the perfect substitute for natural humans in testing. John’s experiments have already greatly improved the quality of life of all humans, and he’s expected to revolutionize the entire field of study. But when he receives one of the first of a new line of synthetic humans from his dad as a graduation present, everything changes. This prototype is vastly superior to others previously made, but the alterations to its genetic makeup have made it incompatible with previously made emotion-inhibiting chips. Until one can be manufactured, John has to go about his work on a test subject with a mind and will of its own, and he’ll find his own conceptions sorely tested.

If You Lie Down With Dogs: A John/Dave H/C Fic Part 12/? NSFW

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:13:00 -0500

4 u, anons who have intermittently filled my inbox in random batches.

Cross-posted from the kink meme.

-AO3 Mirror

Your name is Dirk Strider, and even though it’s only been about 24 hours since you last saw Dave, you can’t help but worry. He’s so far from being himself, and you’re afraid not just for him but for John as well. He’s taken it hard since the beginning, but now that he can actually see the damage and how much worse it is than even you expected, you know it’ll be hard for him to cope. Since Dave disappeared, he and Jake have been your closest friends. Every time you just needed someone to talk with about your brother, you called John. You’ve gotten pretty close, over the years, and you hope that your frustrated outburst yesterday wasn’t enough to affect your friendship much.

But regardless, you spent most of your work day wondering what to do about the two of them. You’ve kept the story away from the media pretty well, but even without that catastrophic detriment to the situation, it’s only a matter of time before something goes awry. Rose can’t get home soon enough. For that matter, neither can Roxy—especially if she brings some of her award-winning microbrews; you could use some of that stuff. You never thought you’d see the day when Roxy started drinking anything but mixed drinks, but you think being with Jane domesticated her quite a bit. And since she’s no longer perpetually drunk, you consider inviting her to visit after Rose does. She and Dave always got along, and her affectionate manner would likely coax Dave along better than your and Rose’s less hands-on approaches. And so you decide, before leaving your office for the day to go visit John’s apartment, to call your less somber sister.

“Roxy?”

“Dirk! How are you? Is everything ok? You never call me this often.” She laughs cheerfully, but you know that her concern is sincere.

“Yeah, we’re fine. But I thought you might want to visit sometime soon.”

“I thought you didn’t want Dave around people. That it would be too much of a shock or something.”

“Family is different. And we need to get him used to people gradually, or he’s never going to get back to the way he was. You always had a way with him, even when he was little.”

“Well, when you put it like that, how can a girl say no? I have to check with the little woman before I commit, though. You know how it is. One sec.” You expect her to put down the phone and go look for Jane, but you are reminded, rather jarringly, that you should never think you know what to expect from her. “JANE! YOU HERE, JANEY?” she yells, inches from the receiver. “I guess she’s out shopping or something. I can ask when she gets home and call you back, if you want.”

You take a moment to recover, making sure you retained most of your hearing. “I don’t know when I’ll be home tonight, so give me a call tomorrow, if you can.”

“No problem-o. Don’t go too crazy with this, Dirk. You can’t fix everything all the time, so don’t sweat it when things don’t go perfectly.”

“I know.” You’re sensing one of her prolonged metaphors approaching, and you already have somewhere you need to be. “I have to go. Thanks for agreeing to come.”

“Sure—keep me updated on Dave. And take care of yourself!”

“You, too, Roxy.”

As soon as you hang up, you grab your bag and jacket and head out the door. You poke your head into Jake’s office as you pass.

“Hey, Jake.”

He looks up and smiles at you. “Yes, Strider?”

“I should be home before 8, but if you get hungry, don’t wait for me.”

“Are you sure you don’t want me to come with? For moral support and all that?”

“I’ll be fine. Too many people might stress him—you especially.”

“Me?” Jake gives you a hurt look. “Why me?”

“Your response to quiet people is to talk in a constant stream so that no one can get a word in edgewise, even to tell you to shut up.”

“Now that’s just unfair. I do it to make them feel comfortable!”

“Yes, that always works out well, doesn’t it.” Jake opens his mouth to protest, but you’re already behind schedule. “I really have to go, Jake. I’ll see you later.”

“Ok, ok. Don’t be home too late, or you’ll be the one leaping out of bed when Julius starts causing a ruckus at three in the morning!”

You sigh heavily. You love Jake’s puppy, but he doesn’t understand that people sleep and do not live to get up, get dressed, corral him, and take him out to pee before dawn. “Fine. See you, English.”

You hurry out to your car and belatedly wonder if you should have called John before inviting yourself over. Oh well. He’ll find out when you show up.

————————————————-

Your name is Dave Strider, as you’ve been told, and you’ve been huddled behind your master’s bed for what feels like ages, yet not long enough. You’re turned toward the closet with your legs pulled up against your chest and your forehead pressed against your knees. Your master brought you food a few hours ago, saying that he was sorry it was late but it could be brunch, and that he was sorry and didn’t mean to upset you but he didn’t know what to do and that he’d like it if you could forgive him and that when you were ready, you should come out of the bedroom, but that he wouldn’t force you.

You still haven’t moved. With your old masters, you often had to ask for forgiveness, but you don’t know how to show that you forgive him. The whole idea just doesn’t register as making sense. But John has asked this of you, and you can’t let him down.

While you’re in the midst of trying to figure out what to do, you hear voices from the other room. John’s voice is not among them, and neither are your old masters’, but they sound angry. The sound paralyzes you for a moment before you realize that John might be in the middle of it. You can’t let anyone hurt him, especially since you haven’t even done what he asked yet. You use the bed to brace yourself as you stand up, your whole body aching as you do so. Moving quietly, you leave the bedroom and head for the living room where the sound originates. But to your surprise, no one is there. Instead, you see John, sitting on the couch with his back to you, watching television. On the screen, you see two people in hysterics, screaming at each other. You wonder why anyone, much less John, would want to watch something like that. It makes you a bit shaky, just listening. But you remind yourself that John is expecting to be forgiven, and now that you’re halfway there, you have to try.

As you approach the couch, trying to shut out the noise, John turns around, apparently having heard you. He smiles at you nervously before turning off the TV. You sigh in relief at the silence and have to move closer to prop yourself up against the couch back.

“Sorry if the TV disturbed you. Soaps are pretty much the only thing on during the day, but they’re not really a good re-introduction to normal life. Did you, uh… want to sit down?” He moves over on the couch and pats the empty seat next to him. You sit down beside him and resume the position you held for most of the day beside the bed.

“I’m sorry about this morning, Dave. I was kind of shocked, I guess. I don’t want you to have to do stuff like that anymore. You don’t need to please anyone except yourself. Ok, that came out a little awkward with the connotation, but you get the point, right? You’re not some sick asshole’s pet anymore. I know what you did isn’t your fault. Sorry I overreacted.”

Some of what he says doesn’t entirely make sense to you, but you know that you want nothing more than to comfort him. You can tell he doesn’t like it when you lick his cheek when you’re trying to show affection, so instead, you opt for scooting next to him and gently nudging his cheek with your nose. Immediately, John turns and wraps his arms tightly around you and buries his face against your shoulder. When he doesn’t say anything further, you bring your arms around him and rest them there. You close your eyes, letting the feeling of comfort wash over you. This just feels so right. Like it should always have been this way. Forgetting yourself for a moment, you tighten your arms around him, pulling him closer. But before you have the time to think about the consequences of your being selfish, John settles against you and pulls you closer, too. You feel tears seep through the shoulder of your shirt, and suddenly, tears sting your eyes as well. You start to shake a little, remembering what they did to you when you cried, but just as you’re about to pull him closer, he moves away.

You look at him, startled, until you feel his hand brush against your cheek. He must have purposely moved slowly and carefully so that he wouldn’t startle you. He wipes the tears from your cheek with his thumb and looks at you gently.

“Dave, I wish—”

John is quickly interrupted by a knock on the door. He sighs and, disentangling himself from your arms, gets up to go to the door. The voice you hear when he opens it is familiar—it’s the person who visited yesterday. He’s not as kind as your master is. You wish he hadn’t come.

I just stumbled upon "If You Lie Down With Dogs" and please tell me it hasn't been dropped! Because wow what a fic <3

Sat, 08 Dec 2012 22:51:00 -0500

Ahh, thank you~~

It hasn’t really been dropped, but there hasn’t been a lot of interest in my series lately, so I kind of put them on hold. But if there’s interest, I may try working on them again.

JohnDave Birthday Sex WIP

Wed, 05 Dec 2012 00:40:57 -0500

JohnDave Birthday Sex WIP:

Currently a bit over 2k words and about half or 2/3 done, but I thought I should post it since it’s already belated birthday sex—though the sex isn’t quite there yet. What’s done is pretty much sfw, but kinky butt-touching is looming.

rpbravelybackward: Hey, ya’ll. Sorry we haven’t been working on the RP recently—we’ve both been...

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 21:25:30 -0500

rpbravelybackward:

Hey, ya’ll. Sorry we haven’t been working on the RP recently—we’ve both been busy and on-and-off sick for the last couple weeks. But in the meanwhile, I made this DirkDave RP in a vaguely canon-y universe readable and put it on google drive. It’s a WIP, but apparently, it’s already over 10k words. So it’s something.

Also, for anyone who follows my fic blog, I’ll hopefully have some news on my original projects soon. \o/

New pages and updated WIP

Mon, 19 Nov 2012 00:25:17 -0500

rpbravelybackward:

So we now have a

Tags page (still being worked on)

WIP page with links to any documents (generally updated daily) on google drive for our current RPs

Future RPs page with ideas we like and may RP at some point eventually maybe

Also, I’ve been keeping our DirkJake gas mask kink RP up-to-date on google drive (the pants are off—we’re getting close), and you can read that here.

At the End of the Rope: A JohnDavesprite NSFW RP-Fic Oneshot

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:23:13 -0500

rpbravelybackward:

This was actually Pine’s and my first kink RP—and we have not stopped since. Oops. (They’ve gotten way better since then, though!) Thanks again to Tollian for helping me edit this massive chunk of text!

John and Davesprite have been dating for some time, but Davesprite, anxious about John’s potential reaction to his less-than-human parts as well as his kinks, hasn’t let it go beyond kissing. That is, until John refuses to let him avoid what he wants any longer.

[John | Davesprite]

-AO3 Mirror

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So, since I’ve been putting most of my focus on original projects and this gas mask kink RP,...

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 13:26:42 -0500

So, since I’ve been putting most of my focus on original projects and this gas mask kink RP, I’ve been pretty low on motivation to work on fics. Although I know ya’ll would prefer fics, I’m just not up to writing them, at the moment, so I thought I’d maybe to a series on how to write kink? I was thinking maybe a four-part series covering the basics, the toys, the psychology, and the lifestyle.

Would that be helpful to anyone?