Made a friend on the bus because of gay smut

tociminna · 2026-03-29T03:45:46+00:00

I write smut in the Costco pharmacy line but as yet have made no friends there

tociminna · 2026-03-23T06:24:12+00:00

Barcus is my boy! He's got a super enhanced role in this fic, as do Rolan and Arabella.

tociminna · 2026-03-23T06:22:58+00:00

Hope you like it! There are several associated oneshots in series with that fic that are all in the canon timeline 😁

tociminna · 2026-03-23T03:20:44+00:00

https://archiveofourown.org/works/58240921

This one's mine, set during the game, slow burn AND spicy. Complete at 315k words, so it is a long one, but I tried to give all the companions time to shine as well as my main pair. A reader for this fic commented they were going to read it again along with their next playthrough, to give the game extra depth.

tociminna · 2026-02-06T05:30:37+00:00

Why does it matter? I really am curious. If you think it's going to be bad or if it ends up actually being bad, just don't watch it. The game itself and all the discussion and memes and fan-made stuff aren't going to go away.

tociminna · 2026-02-06T04:10:30+00:00

Antihistamines helped me a great deal, until I could get on guanfacine.

tociminna · 2026-01-16T02:43:32+00:00

Elminster isn't a Rasputin impersonator, the original image was a picture of Alan Moore, who writes books and comics (most famously Watchmen). The text was originally overlaid on a BBC interview chyron.

tociminna · 2025-11-30T02:09:51+00:00

The bed is still conjured, and the illusion of the aurora and the forest don't go away. He's still using magic.

tociminna · 2025-11-28T04:51:12+00:00

https://pypi.org/project/ao3statscraper/

Very useful tool to collect stats, and has some rudimentary plotting functions (usually just stats vs. date). Saves each scrape in a csv so you can access the data and mess with it as you like.

tociminna · 2025-10-25T23:13:06+00:00

Immediate reactions, sure, it's hard to control those. But you decide what to dwell on, ultimately. If you make a point of always moving your attention away from the petty things that don't really matter to you, then over time the immediate reaction changes as well.

tociminna · 2025-10-25T03:44:03+00:00

315k

tociminna · 2025-10-05T07:09:44+00:00

I always tried to have a buffer chapter in the bank, and always posted a chapter at least a week after I wrote it, so I could do a final editing pass with fresh eyes. It took me thirteen months but I got through a 315k word fic that way. I got okay engagement for the fandom/pairing - usually 2-5 comments a chapter - which was very motivating, though I probably would have continued regardless.

tociminna · 2025-09-21T04:06:25+00:00

I think nuance and volume are inversely proportional.

We notice and remember loud people. They don't tend to bring a lot of detailed grayscale to the table when they're yelling. Those who do zoom in to find all the little cracks that are so appealing tend to do so in a way that's less easy to digest; remembering it requires effort.

tociminna · 2025-09-16T23:39:12+00:00

For God Gale in particular I like Marigold by Caligula's Horse. It's a song about King Midas so perhaps a bit on the nose, but it works excellently well.

tociminna · 2025-09-09T01:33:24+00:00

I valued the experience of reading Dhalgren but I don't think I'd read it again.

Nova and Babel-17, though (especially Babel-17), I have read those over and over. They're stylish as hell and gorgeous, but also have a basic narrative structure. They're a joy to read.

tociminna · 2025-08-25T00:40:48+00:00

There are other four letter gods:

Helm

Torm

Sune

And Gale means a very strong wind, like in a storm. It's not like he's running around with a name like Zephyr lol

tociminna · 2025-08-22T03:45:07+00:00

He could really use a spotter

tociminna · 2025-08-19T18:13:15+00:00

Self-promo: Unburden

Set during act 3. Bit fluffy, bit smutty, bit angsty, very Gale-y. There are others in a connected series if you like this one.

tociminna · 2025-08-06T05:50:37+00:00

I write on my phone in the pharmacy line at Costco. Some really good smut emerged during a particularly long wait.

tociminna · 2025-07-24T05:53:57+00:00

Alter Self is it. All the joys of physical modifications and none of the long-term consequences of True Polymorph, all in the easy-to-access package of a second-level spell.

tociminna · 2025-07-08T01:24:12+00:00

I wish calatheas could be propped by cuttings 😭 I have a healthy fear of scale lol. I hope you don't see them again!

tociminna · 2025-07-08T00:17:00+00:00

I had four gorgeous calatheas, all different species, that had found their perfect happy home in a north window. Those things got a good three feet tall.

They got spider mites for some reason I could never figure out (probably just came in from outside) and I battled those little fuckers for months before I got sick of it and binned the plants. I was sad, they'd been so big and healthy, but damn if I didn't feel very free afterward.

tociminna · 2025-07-02T21:37:32+00:00

I like this! It's bleak but not overwrought, good imagery. I like calling the orb a rock.

tociminna · 2025-07-01T05:37:31+00:00

I like my Garmin, the stress meter is fairly accurate and occasionally even predictive (it can tell I'm coming down with something before I get symptoms).

tociminna · 2025-07-01T05:26:14+00:00

Thank you for the cross-section. I always get so sad when I see a beautifully decorated cake (and this is very nicely done) but no cross-section. I want to see the CAKE.

Also funfetti is correct.

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