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Deniz
@denizb33.bsky.social
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Writer, reader, knitter, more!
AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/users/Deniz_B
blog: http://www.thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com
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Deniz @denizb33.bsky.social · Dec 27
It occurs to me that I should migrate this post!

Links to my books! A thread

First, #SummerFire
#contemporary
#romance
#travelromance
#CarinaPress
#Harlequin
thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2020/12/summ...
denizb33.bsky.social
#WiPWednesday
Lonely Stede!
The last thing he did before boarding was finally called for his flight and he went on wifi mode was to open a tab for the latest Blackbeard fic, posted that morning. He'd been waiting for this all day. He made sure to hit "entire work" and to keep the page open. Trudged up the steps, shuffled along to his seat, stowed his bag, settled in with his airplane pillow, and stuck his face in his screen. He barely noticed the plane taking off, hardly said a word in greeting to his fellow passenger. He just started to read, and that was it, he dropped right into Blackbeard's world. Soaked up his word choice, his voice, his humour. Barely even blinked back his tears as they began to roll down his cheeks, quietly and steadily. Everyone had their favourite authors; everyone identified with one or both of the leads on the show, Raven or Mermaid, and at least one of the secondary characters. And the way Blackbeard wrote about them...Stede didn't actually see himself in the Blackbeard fic version of Mermaid, not the way he did in other fics, or his own stories. But the way Blackbeard wrote about their relationship... Every single time, about a third of the way in, Stede would come across a phrase–so simple, so innocuous–and it would awaken the *longing* inside him, and the tears would flow. Blackbeard must have someone truly special in his life, someone kind, to be able to write such love. To make kindness sexy. To speak of forever, and mean it. Stede longed so much for that, it hurt.
November 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
denizb33.bsky.social
So this sort of maybe fits 🤭
Stede gets a new job, thanks to meeting Ed through his...talking costume 🤣
archiveofourown.org/works/738199...
#LuciusIsABurger
November 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
denizb33.bsky.social
Aww, we just got to 100 kudos 🤗🤗🤗
denizb33.bsky.social Deniz @denizb33.bsky.social · Oct 26
Helloooo!
Today is the ficversary for my first ever #OFMDBigBang!
I was sooo lucky to work with @mahnah.bsky.social, it was the best BB experience I could've asked for ❤️
archiveofourown.org/works/511347...
Art by mahnah of Ed and Stede silhouetted against a golden sunset; Stede's hand is on Ed's cheek, Ed's hand is on Stede's arm
November 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
denizb33.bsky.social
I got stuff!
The robe!!!
And Rhys cards 🤗
#LongLiveOFMD
Christmas card by Rhys Darby Depression robe by Boho Robes on Etsy
November 26, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Reposted by Deniz
ourflagmeansfall.bsky.social
Come read this for today’s prompt!
November 25, 2025 at 4:41 PM
denizb33.bsky.social
Now up on AO3! 🤭
archiveofourown.org/works/738199...
@citrussyndicate.bsky.social
@orphanednebula.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 10:43 AM
denizb33.bsky.social
I have a poem in Middle English!
(@archiveofourown.org still waiting for the added language)
#OFMDfluffvember
#fluffvember
archiveofourown.org/works/74438911
November 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
denizb33.bsky.social
#TakeTwoTuesday and ficversary day!

Ed cooks and Stede eats. Feelings ensue.

An interlude with the innkeepers.
archiveofourown.org/works/51629131
#OFMDfluffvember
#drabble
#OFMDfanfic
archiveofourown.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
denizb33.bsky.social
I have one!
#OFMDfluffvember
#theweecon
I used a prompt from the drabble workshop!
@dracothelizard.bsky.social @fpwoper.bsky.social
archiveofourown.org/works/74709911
November 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
denizb33.bsky.social
Just sharing him again because, look!!!
#OFMDfic
#OFMDBigBang
opalautumn.bsky.social Opalautumn 🏴‍☠️🐇 @opalautumn.bsky.social · 7d
And here is my absolute favourite character, Jeffrey! Fettering! as a Perelandrian. He has my whole heart ❤️ and you have to listen to the podfic to get the full J!F! sound experience 3/5
Digital drawing in pinks and yellows of an alien with tentacles and five eyes on stalks. They look like a mixture of a jelly fish and a rosy maple moth. They’re grinning widely with their hands raised, a la Jeffrey! Fettering!
November 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
denizb33.bsky.social
Ficversary day!

All Stede/Ed

High school dance chaperone!
archiveofourown.org/works/51764380

Charlotte's Web! Art by @crittercolours.bsky.social 🤗
archiveofourown.org/works/60585124

Sequel to my 2024 BigBang, set in the Highlands!
archiveofourown.org/works/51629008
Rhys Darby in turquoise, presenting the international Emmy awards/chaperoning a high school dance Art by @crittercolours of Stede as Wilbur and Ed as Charlotte
November 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
denizb33.bsky.social
Here are mine!
Induction stove worked fine 🤣
Thank you, @sambaschutte.bsky.social and @charliecapen.bsky.social 🤗
#profiteroles
Profiteroles! Some already had a hole! First time I ever made choux pastry, amazing!
November 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Reposted by Deniz
drcfxtina.bsky.social
I had the happy job of reading this BB and it’s great fun - light on angst, cool world (well out of this world) building, immediately down bad Ed and Stede. Check it out! #FicRecFriday #OFMDfanfic
denizb33.bsky.social Deniz @denizb33.bsky.social · 7d
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The Golden Age of Space Travel
Stede Bonnet set out to find adventure as a new comedian at the edge of the solar system.
Things did not go as planned...
#OFMDBigBang!
Podfic: @mystictrashmoon.bsky.social!
Art: @opalautumn.bsky.social!
archiveofourown.org/works/74132691
@ofmdbigbang.bsky.social
Title card for Once In Your Life, podfic by cheesecake3, art by Opal_autumn
November 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM
denizb33.bsky.social
It all started with The Far Side !
"Interplanetary luggage mix-ups" The Far Side by Gary Larson
November 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Reposted by Deniz
opalautumn.bsky.social
Art time! I went a little over the top with the art for this story so here are a few of my favourites. Firstly, The Revenge making its way to Pluto.

(Sketchfab did some seriously heavy lifting in this one because I had no idea how to draw a spaceship) #OFMDfanart 1/5
Digital drawing of a spaceship flying over a planet (yes, I still think Pluto is a planet - you can’t call it a planet then take that away from it, it’ll feel bad). There are five moons in the background, and you can see the stars and Milkyway. The ship has writing on it that says ‘Blackbeard Trans World’ and ‘The Revenge’.
November 19, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Reposted by Deniz
opalautumn.bsky.social
And here is my absolute favourite character, Jeffrey! Fettering! as a Perelandrian. He has my whole heart ❤️ and you have to listen to the podfic to get the full J!F! sound experience 3/5
Digital drawing in pinks and yellows of an alien with tentacles and five eyes on stalks. They look like a mixture of a jelly fish and a rosy maple moth. They’re grinning widely with their hands raised, a la Jeffrey! Fettering!
November 19, 2025 at 1:23 PM
denizb33.bsky.social
Ficversaries!

From the #AuxiliaryWardrobe zine!
archiveofourown.org/series/4487518

Mermaidstatue!Stede sequel! archiveofourown.org/works/60709099

Time travel true love ❤️ archiveofourown.org/works/60663175

#TreeChange fic of a fic!
@clairegregoryau.bsky.social
archiveofourown.org/works/51739402
The Auxiliary Wardrobe - Deniz_B - Our Flag Means Death (TV) [Archive of Our Own]
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
archiveofourown.org
November 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Reposted by Deniz
dbsaveofmd.bsky.social
Read 2 set in Vegas yesterday🎰
-"What Happens in Vegas": archiveofourown.org/works/74264896. Stede wakes up with a marriage certificate & wedding ring. Whoops (or is it?)
-"Xenial" by @denizb33.bsky.social: archiveofourown.org/works/74183796 Falling in love during a fun night out for Roach's bday
archiveofourown.org
November 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM
denizb33.bsky.social
Oh, right, the last five concerts thing

Pulp (and Bloc Party)

The Divine Comedy

[ten-year gap]

Whisky Trench Riders

Blue Rodeo

can't remember. Roxette or Crowded House or Arctic Monkeys or Springsteen or Pearl Jam or Les Respectables or something :p
November 20, 2025 at 10:17 PM
denizb33.bsky.social
Excuse me?!
The very spot of the meet cute?!
screenshot of Rhys Darby's instagram story where he's standing under the Chihuly at Vegas...
November 20, 2025 at 9:19 PM
denizb33.bsky.social
Vegas, eh...
Screenshot of Rhys Darby's instagram story about landing at Vegas airport
November 20, 2025 at 8:27 PM
denizb33.bsky.social
I made it under the wire!
The fic is complete, but I'm going to wait and post the rest all in one go later (in a week or so hopefully), for reasons 👀
#OFMDfluffvember
It's micro!Stede!
archiveofourown.org/works/744991...
November 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
denizb33.bsky.social
He's here!
archiveofourown.org/works/744991...
#OFMDfanfic
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
denizb33.bsky.social
Mine came today!
#OFMD
OFMD Two Kings shirt by Ian Leino
November 20, 2025 at 2:43 PM
denizb33.bsky.social
I have an #OFMDFluffvember mini crossword!
archiveofourown.org/works/579359...
November 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM