Ok. I’m tired of the typical vampire, werewolf and fairy.I’m also tired of the occidental-centrism in mythology. Hence, this list.
I tried to included as many cultural variants as I could find and think of. (Unfortunately, I was restricted by language. Some Russian creatures looked very interesting but I don’t speak Russian…) Please, add creatures from your culture when reblogging (if not already present). It took me a while to gather all those sites but I know it could be more expansive. I intend on periodically editing this list.
Of note: I did not include specific legendary creatures (Merlin, Pegasus, etc), gods/goddesses/deities and heroes.
(I have stumbled upon web sites that believed some of these mythical creatures exist today… Especially dragons, in fact. I just had to share the love and scepticism.)
i feel like we’re all just kind of reblogging it in a circle and looking at each other uneasily like, waiting for someone to finally give in and yell it out in the reply chain
Post a line or three from a current WIP, and then tag it with #mi6cafeWIPWednesday so the Cafe can find and reblog it!
OR you can reblog this post with your WIP excerpt!
All ships and WIPs are welcome.
from my October Occult Challenge (sp00qy) fic:
At two a.m. every light in the house comes on. A door creaks and slams shut, and then the lights flicker as a series of dissonant sounds echo through the flat. Q can’t distinguish most of them, but the the last thing he hears is undeniably in M’s voice: “I assume you have no regrets. It would be unprofessional.” And then the room plunges into darkness.
Q has already grabbed his laptop and is checking that he has data from every sensor when he hears the click of the door down the hall and the soft approach of footsteps. He glances up as Bond clears the corner, wild-eyed with his gun drawn.
“If you shoot me, 007, I shall be quite vexed.”
This looks like white blood cells being pumped through a ventricle.
We are halfway through Occult October, so we thought it’d be a good time to remind people about our various events. Check out the rest of the MI6 Cafe’s October schedule!
Monthly Challenge: Occult October!
What counts? Anything spooky, gothic, suspenseful, or supernatural; horror genre fancreations; or any Halloween-themed fancreations.
00Q, rare pairs, gen–everything is up for grabs. You can be inspired by canon, by artwork, by music, or by anything that grabs you and takes you down the path to Halloween horror or Halloween fun!
Be sure to tag your sexy fanworks with #mi6cafechallenge so we can find and reblog them! You can also use the tag #sp00qy, a wonderful tag created by @ato-the-bean.
Writer’s Workshop:
We held our third writer’s workshop, outline and resources here if you missed it. Stay tuned for the next one, which is about how to build original characters!
You can also join us from 11AM EST on Saturdays in the Slack for writing/drawing sprints, brainstorming, troubleshooting, and just plain helping each other get shit done!
MI6 Cafe Carving Spree
007 can show off his knife skills any time he likes, but those of us without a license to kill have to wait until October, when carving season is upon us.
This October, we’d love to see posts of any Bond-related pumpkins, turnips, or any other carved produce that 007 fandom can come up with!
Autumn Recipe Exchange: October 16-23
@mi6caferecipes is at it again! This time, we’d love you to share your favorite autumn or Halloween-related recipes. Recipe exchange week is from October 16-23, but we will also be accepting Halloween treat recipes all through the month! Tag any recipes as #MI6CafeRecipes so we can find and reblog them!
Scary Story Readalong: October 28th
On October 28th at 8PM EST, we’ll ask you to join us in the MI6Cafe Discord with a scary or Halloween-related fanfic from Bond fandom! Suggested word limit for these is 3k or less, just so we can enjoy as many fics as possible–feel free to excerpt a passage from a longer fic if you like! Fics should also be rated M or under.
You can share a fanfic you’ve written or a fanfic you’ve read and admired, and in the grand tradition of telling stories around campfires, we’ll all gather around and read the stories aloud together. Lurkers are welcome–come join us for an evening of Bond Halloween fun!
Book Club: Thursdays at 9PM EST
The MI6 Cafe Book Club is reading Goldfinger and we are having an absolute blast. There are loads of giggles and snide jokes.
Interested in reading Bond books aloud, or listening to others reading the Bond books aloud, and having ridiculous fun while doing so? Come join us in the MI6 Cafe Discord on Thursday nights at 9PM EST! The new book is a great opportunities to try it out if you’ve been curious; lurkers are welcome! ^ ^
Movie Nights:
We have enjoyed some great movies so far and there are more to come.
Oct 22: Live and Let Die
Oct 29: The Man with the Golden Gun
Want to host a Bond or Bond-related movie? Just message @spiritofcamelot or @castillon02 so we can add it to the watch party calendar!
The story picks up around the events of Skyfall from Q’s perspective as he steps into the role of Q, dives into SPECTRE, and then imagines beyond it after Chapter 5. There is Q whump and badassery. There is betrayal and angst. There is Slow Burn (a realistic crush manifesting first from Q, then Bond), foreshadowing (and did I mention very realistic characterization??) and great nods to other characters like Q’s cats, Moneypenny, Alec, Tanner, M, and the oft-forgotten Psych and Counselor teams at Mi6. And worry not: there’s fluff too, and omg a beautiful ending.
Seriously, I’m as much looking forward as everyone else to seeing what happens in Bond 25, but I’m easily fine with this novel being my headcanon for What Happens After SPECTRE. Girlbookwrm pays enough attention to detail that there’s even a nod to a deleted draft from SPECTRE, and… well, my main point is that this fic is believable.
Side note: I’ve been lurking in fandom for YEARS, and not once have I written a tumblr post to rec a fic. This story was posted around the same time I fell into 00q (July!), so I’ve been following it for the past few weeks as new chapters were posted.
And now it is finally done. Go – go read, and let me know if you do so we can discuss. 😀
I’ve recc’ed it before and I’ll rec it again… Go read, right now! (I’ll wait)
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