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Eric Ravilious, “Belle Tout Lighthouse Beachy Head”

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Nikolai Jelneronov (based Brooklyn, NY, USA) - Zen Moments 5, 2016, Paintings: Oil on Cardboard

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Vienna by nik29th

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My latest cartoon for Guardian Books.

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Fic: Don’t Need to Read My Mind (There’s Only One Thing That I Want)

Don’t Need to Read My Mind (There’s Only One Thing That I Want) | Steve Rogers/Bucky Barnes | Teen | 5,529 words | No warnings

Tags: Alternate Universe, First Kiss, Making Out, Fluff and Humor, Getting Together, Friends to Lovers, Idiots in Love, Unnecessary pining because the love is very much requited, Steve wearing Bucky's shirts and giving Bucky heart palpitations, Everything is Beautiful and Nothing Hurts

Summary: After he catches Steve’s name, he hears one of the girls saying,

“— but he’s probably a terrible kisser. I mean, can you imagine?”

And Bucky is drunk, and he’s on edge because he’s been having a bad night at this awful party, he hates it when people don’t get how great Steve is, and that means he’s gotta say something —

So he says,

“That’s bullshit.” It’s slightly slurred, and he’s a little dizzy when he says it. “Steve’s good at everything. Anyone’d be lucky to kiss him.”

(or: Bucky is very competent and is doing a pretty great job just about everything — except handling his feelings for Steve. He's doing a terrible job at that. It's a problem.)

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End of Year Stucky Picks #3

Stucky as a fandom is lucky to have a lot of classics and I rediscovered some old favorites this year!

Title: When the Season Comes Around

Author: theheartischill / @prettyboysdontlookatexplosions

Summary:

The other problem is that Steve loves him, and Bucky isn't sure he remembers how to love.

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A great post-WS recovery fic that ends up feeling like an examination of the human condition. The storytelling is thoughtful, well-paced and with a lot of earned catharsis as Steve and Bucky slowly confront what the world has done to them, how to start healing and what they need to learn how to carry, even if the load is heavy, in order to come back to each other. Theheartischill really gets at how life is shockingly beautiful and shockingly unjust—and that the one doesn't have much to do with the other even if our moral intuition would want it otherwise. How do you find the strength to keep going is a big question that lies at the heart of what makes these two characters so fascinating. If you're not a fan of certain reductive codependency tendencies in post-WS recovery fics, just trust me on this one. Highly recommended. - B.

Art: William Herbert Hampton, Bombsite

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And that's it, that's those little...brave baby steps we gotta take. To try and...become whole again, try and find purpose. But you gotta move on. You gotta move on.

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End of Year Stucky Picks

Stucky as a fandom is lucky to have a lot of classics and I rediscovered some old favorites this year!

Title: Malibu

Author: glitteratiglue​​ / @glitteratiglue

Summary:

Steve believes Bucky is dead for exactly a week. Then he doesn't.

(AU where Steve rescues Bucky before Hydra can turn him into the Winter Soldier. They get to go home from the war, but that's only the start.)

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Part of what fascinates me about Steve and Bucky's story is that there are no possible endings that are entirely happy, not in their original time and not in our own. It's a maddening puzzle. But this story comes close, giving them an earned, authentic ending where they find some peace and each other. The author has a deft touch with period details and the mid-century Californian setting does some effective work here. And, look, let's be honest: I'm a sucker for Steve pining. But I'm even more of a sucker for stories that make both Steve and Bucky complicated, interesting people who, while mutually devoted, have lives outside of the other. - B.

Art: Eve McBride, Hollywood Beach Broadwalk

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For Endgame: 2014 - Part 24 of 4 Minute Window

by @cesperanza

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Eugene gets me

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Captain America (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: James “Bucky” Barnes/Steve Rogers Additional Tags: and in the end, the love you take, is equal to the love you make Series: Part 24 of 4 Minute Window Summary:  He couldn’t live for himself, but he could live for Steve.

NOT the start of an Advent Calendar!  Just the final missing piece from last year’s calendar to tie things up propertly!!! Happy Holiday season to all of you!! Hang tough out there! Look for the light!

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Bucktober Day 31 - Recovery

And that makes the last Bucktober for the month! Hope you enjoyed the daily Buckys :) Thank you to anyone who also used my prompts and again to all of the people who commented nice things about the art this month, it made me really happy to read them :D

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Bucktober Day 30 - Support

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Bucktober Day 29 - Ache

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Bucktober Day 28 - Book

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Bucktober Day 27 - Survive