#Femmeslash Ships

[pixie-skull]

My 297th edit and so glad my laptop's tumblr login is all fixed so I can show ALL reference pictures. Part one of two of characters I use often in shipping (Fem(e)slash of Jasmine x Odette = Jasette and Jessica Rabbit x Tiana = Jessna) as Disney 1940 Fantasia's Centaurs, starting with the ladies.

[kuuderekun]

Random Summer Days and School Days Yuri

So I recently stumbled upon an official published by Overflow Artbook of Summer Days and School Days that "among other things" includes some Yuri images not based on anything that happens in either game or the Anime or the Manga.

Sekai/Kotonoha is the one that goes have explicit basis in the Canon of the original Game via it's Threesome ending.

But there's also one image of Youko and Mai which is great for those who want more Yuri of women in their 30s.

But what was truly random to me is multiple Kotonoha/Setsuna Yuri images. These two barely interact in the Games and are purely hostile to each other in the Anime.

But that would baffle me nearly as much if it weren't the one Yuri pairing it lacks. To me anyone looking at this franchise with any Yuri Googles at all should first and foremost be shipping Sekai and Satsuna, they have a classic Class S dynamic.

[kyliafanfiction]

so, I read the full fanlore page for that whole ‘fandom ghost’ thing about m/m and the way there’s this one character that keeps being written into every character over and over, across pairings, inserted into a usually minor or underdeveloped character, etc

and there was a section on a female ghost that also tends to show up in a lot of these m/m fics, a smart, sassy, beautiful female character who is also reduced to being an enabler for the m/m ship, etc. 

And while I don’t really read m/m, that does track with my limited exposure.

BUT, I think there is also a fandom ghost in f/f fic too. I honestly don’t read the wider f/f widely enough to articulate it as much, just what’s in my fandoms and I don’t really have an expansive set of them or add new ones that easily.

BUT in my experience, and from what I see in summaries and tags on ao3 and posts here on tumblr, there is a common character archtype wedged into characters regardless of if they fit, across a lot of femmeslash stories.

I can’t give a solid point by point as I write this at 5 in the morning, coming off stewing over the thoughts in my sleep, or so it feels, but like:

the m/m fandom ghost is a type a personality, controlled and tsundere and hypercompetent and gets wrecked by the messy guy that comes in and destroys their carefully crafted life, etc.

The f/f fandom ghost that I’ve seen is actually the opposite. That is, when given two characters that seem like a viable ship, one of the characters is whacked with a hammer until she fits a mold: an often clumsy or perhaps more accurately careless, butch (and made more so than her canon presentation), very muscular (again, more so than her canon presentation), often quite a ladies woman, very toppy, definitely plays opposite a more repressed or controlled character (but usually one who is bettered rooted in canon as being that), and destroys that character’s neat little world. They are usually, despite their butchness, a lot sillier or softer outside the bedroom, again, and they think sunshine comes out of the other character’s ass even before they get together and -

I’m starting to run into some limitations on the specific words because I just don’t read this enough to stop and articulate it (because I often close out of F/F fics that get too into wedging the characters into archetypes like this rather than the characters themselves (because it does happen a lot) but I very much do have a ‘I know it when I see it’ thing happening here.

I’ve seen it crop up in Buffy/Faith, Kara/Lena, Regina/Emma and in others I have read less extensively (there are F/F ships I’ve never seen it in, like Tara/Willow) that I’m not thinking of specifically

And like, there is a bit of a difference between the m/m fandom ghost, which is really the same character being dressed in a new skin over and over, and that skin usually being a minor or secondary character, etc, and this f/f one, which is more likely (but not always) to be fit into a fairly prominent character, and is less like one character wearing different skin and more many square characters being badly bashed into one round hole, but

I feel like I’m on to something here. For some femmeslash writers, there really are a lot of fics that feel like they’re not writing the two characters. They’re writing the one character and an archetype that may not actually fit the other character all that well, but damn the Torpedos and full speed ahead.

[homicidalbrunette]

Feelings don't change so much as they grow, evolve into new shapes and shades.

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La'an Noonien-Singh & Number One | Una Chin-Riley, La'an Noonien-Singh/Number One | Una Chin-Riley Z'ymira the Huntress/Princess Thalia

Part One and Two Completed

Characters: La'an Noonien-Singh, Number One | Una Chin-Riley, the Gorn,  Illyrians,   Christopher Pike, Joseph M'Benga, Christine Chapel, Spock, T'Pring, Erica Ortegas, Z'ymira the Huntress, Princess Thalia, Sir Adya 

Additional Tags: Tags for Part One: Una saves La'an, La'an saves Una, Rated G, Tags for Part Two: Rated T, PTSD, Cuddling, Sassing, Grumpy La'an who only smiles for Una, Mutually decide there will only be one bed, Post Episode 101 Strange New Worlds, La'an's freckles, post episode Ghosts of Illyria, La'an is basically a cat, Illyrian world building, Post-Episode Memento Mori, Hurt/Comfort, very special Christmas episode, Idiots in Love, Post-Episode Spock Amok, Chapel's hot for T'Pring and Spock, Drunken Shenanigans, self harm recovery, romantic codependency, sapphic yearning, Post-Episode The Elysian Kingdom, Post-Episode All Those Who Wander, Post-Episode A Quality of Mercy, Post Season 2

Part One (chapters 1 through 5) is set on the King when a 20 year old Una finds a 13 year old La'an on a derelict ship after being thrown away by the Gorn and up to when La'an is 19 and in the Academy, and about how this beginning factors in to where they end up years later.  Part Two (chapters 6 through 16) is set 12 years after the end of part two on the Enterprise, between episodes of season one.  Part Three and Epilogue (chapters 17 through 26) are about them exploring the new era of their relationship as a couple. Becomes a slash fic in chapter 9 but you can literally abandon ship before that if you're not into anything more intimate happening when they're both in their 30s.

Please don't be intimidated by the length, as this is three stories in one. And if you're someone who doesn't usually read unfinished fics, reading up to the end of Part Two (chapter 16) is a story with a sense of conclusion and can stand on its own without the rest of the chapters.

Updating every Wednesday.

[femslashrevolution]

Popular Pairing List Update

The following pairings have more than 10 recent posts in their pairing tag, and are therefore too popular to be posted on Rarepair Thursdays:

Abigail Blossom x Thomasina Topaz (Riverdale)

Alice x Ludmila (Rune Factory)

Alicent Hightower x Rhaenyra Targaryen (House of the Dragon)

Buffy Summers x Willow Rosenberg (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

Charity Dingle x Vanessa Woodfield (Emmerdale)

Dawn Solano x Wickie Roy (Girls5eva)

Eve Polastri x Hélène (Killing Eve)

Ginny Weasley x Pansy Parkinson (Harry Potter)

Kate Kane x Sophie Moore (Batwoman)

Laurel Lance x Nyssa al Ghul (Arrow)

Luíza x Valentina (Stupid Wife)

Nyssa al Ghul x Sara Lance (Arrow)

The following pairings have been posted less frequently recently, and have therefore been removed from the popular pairing list:

Alana Bloom x Margot Verger (Hannibal)

Alina Starkov x Genya Safin (Shadow and Bone)

Andie Bustamante x Liv Rooney (Liv and Maddie)

Andrea Sachs x Miranda Priestly (The Devil Wears Prada)

April Young x Rebekah Mikaelson (The Vampire Diaries)

Blair Waldorf x Jenny Humphrey (Gossip Girl)

Camina Drummer x Naomi Nagata (The Expanse)

Cassandra x Rapunzel (Disney Princesses)

Christine Chapel x Nyota Uhura (Star Trek: The Original Series)

Claire Novak x Kaia Nieves (Wayward Sisters)

Dina x Ellie Williams (The Last of Us)

Flynn x Julie Molina (Julie and the Phantoms)

Hope Mikaelson x Josie Saltzman (Legacies)

Kim Kelly x Lindsay Weir (Freaks and Geeks)

Maya Hart x Riley Matthews (Girl Meets World)

Vivian Shing x Wilhelmina Pang (Saving Face)

[fuckyeahcherryjade]

was feeling silly, here’s a ship bingo for cherryjade [and the original, which was made by @/andorerso, shout out to them for making this bingo card!]

[jessequinnfirstofhername]

Sokabine Positivity Week

Shh. The week starts on a Wednesday. That's how I roll.

Thanks to the lovely @femmefighter I've recently fallen head over heels in love with the wonderful Sokabine (Ahsoka Tano/Sabine Wren) ship. It's a rarepair, so I thought it would be nice to show it a little love.

So, calling all Sokabine shippers! While the poll is running, vote for or explain in the notes the reason why you love Sokabine so much. I'd also love to see my Star Wars confessional flooded with headcanons and thoughts about the ship (they don't even have to be controversial).

Have fun, and happy voting!

-Jesse xx

Credit to @femmefighter for most of the options. Love ya! xx

[ellorypurebloodculture]

I've had 'Good Luck Babe!' on repeat lately, so I'm in a very femmeslash mood XD so for FSF, Hermione/Luna (who, to my knowledge, are a new ship for you? I hate to give you repetition when you deserve variety for enrichment)

Lady Luna Lovegood is brilliant, there's no question of that. Her mind works in such fascinating, frustrating ways, ways that Miss Hermione Granger cannot follow with her own logical, rational mindset.

It's galling to sometimes look at the pureblood witch she loves, her fellow Ravenclaw who is sweet and whimsical and adventurous, and feel inferior, lesser, unimaginative and unintelligent.

"I'm going to kiss whatever you're thinking that has put that frown on your face right out of your head," Luna whispers before putting deed to word.

Hermione melts into the tender touch and allows Luna's love to banish her insecurities.

[marianashipseveryone]

I watched Tf : Rise of Beasts

And now , i have two new xeno ships . 

Noah x Mirage( they are very gay , believe me )  . 

Airazor x Elena . 

Long live to Transformers xeno slash/femmeslash !  

[olderthannetfic]

These f/f fic discussions reminds me of the reason why I started writing m/m fics. when I was a teen I was harassed for writing dark femmeslash fic to the point I gave up, it wasn’t worth my sanity. So I switched to m/m for 10 + years. I even stayed away from writing m/f fic too incase I angered the same crowd for writing dark/abusive female characters. I didn’t particularly like m/m but I came to like it far more than f/f because no one ever harassed me for writing the dynamics I liked to write. I did eventually start writing female characters again, when I felt a little safer and confident in my writing and got thicker skin, but I don’t know how long it will take me to write f/f again because the messages I was sent were horrific threats of violence. I have branched out and added them as background ships but I never tag for f/f, because they’re not center stage.

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[arshipweek]

AR Ship Week - Fandom in 2024

Another year, another shipweek, and another State of the AR Shipping Fandom post. This is the first weekly post leading up to the Alex Rider Ship Week. Just under 4 weeks to go!

This post focuses on pre-S3 fandom, since the data was scraped before the season was released, but we might do an update for post-S3 fics. For methodology, it can be found both on the graphic analysis pages and in the notes at the bottom of this post. For those only curious about the popular pairings this year (1), feel free to read right on.

This year, we have analysed a few specific shipping stats to get a look at us as a fandom.

We have also created an interactive dashboard of all the graphs for you to explore. This is where the following data was taken from, as well as some bonus visuals!

A Timeline of AO3

For a blast from the past, we took a look at the shipping timeline - the count of fics and authors per year for the top ten most popular AR ships - and found immediate proof that as a shipping fandom, we're still small enough that a few, determined people can make a difference. AR fandom's use of AO3 as its primary fandom purveyor is fairly recent, as most of its history can be found on FFnet, but with a total of just under 3k fics as of April 20th, we're gaining on FFnet's 4.5k of AR fics at a very respectable pace.

Some particular developments were:

The number of Yalex authors was about the same in 2021 - 2023 (just around 40) but the number of Yalex fics in 2022 was almost double that of 2021 and 2023. This was not due to a sudden, imported backlog that we could see but a handful of popular events/challenges and potentially the release of S2 in December of 2021.

Tom/Alex and Yassen/Ian both had a peak of fics in 2021, most likely because of the release of S1 that gave Tom a much larger part and offered an intriguing look at Yassen and Ian's potential past.

Fiona/Sabina had a huge spike in fics in 2023 due to a Femmeslash February event (2) that sent it firmly up the ranks of popular ships.

The State of the OTP

For the top ten AR ships, we also took a look at how many of the writers that had written other AR ships (and which ones) to look for interesting patterns and to see if there was any real difference to spot. As it turns out, the answer was a resounding yes:

At one extreme, we have Alexmis (Alex Rider/Artemis Fowl) which is a fandom unto itself. Only 20 percent of the writers of the pairing have written for other pairings in AR fandom fics, and Alexmis fics as a whole tend to lean more towards adding Alex to the Artemis Fowl world rather than vice versa (3).

In the middle range, we have Yalex and Alex/Wolf - two pairings about as old as the fandom itself, and which both have an OTP percentage around 55 - as well as (mostly) newcomers Tom/Alex and Kyra/Alex, both with an OTP percentage in the 40-50 range.

At the other extreme, we have Yassen/John with an OTP percentage of just 4. Fiona/Sabina does it one better with an OTP rate of 0 (!) but the sample size here is so small it makes no meaning to compare it.

So what other pairings do these writers enjoy indulging in, then?

Yalex writers really like their Yassen pairings. Out of the combined number of non-Yalex fics the Yalex authors have written, 24 percent of them are Yassen/Ian and 22 percent are Yassen/John. This means that almost half of their non-Yalex pairings feature Yassen in some way.

70 percent of John/Helen shippers have written other pairings, too - probably because of the pairing's nature as a background part of Alex's story and not necessarily the focus of a shipfic they're in. 30 percent of the fics written by John/Helen writers outside of the ship are Yalex (and 6 percent are Yassen/John).

The case is even more extreme for Yassen/John, which is firmly entwined with the Yalex pairing. 96 percent of the writers have written other AR ships, with three quarters of those fics being Yalex.

Text Analysis

Interactive dashboard with graphs and visuals

We also ran a text analysis on the shipfics to look for patterns and recurring details in the writing - first in general, then for specific ships. The amount of detail for each ship depends a lot on the sample size, which results in a detailed, varied word cloud for Yalex and somewhat less so for several of the smaller ships.

For that analysis, we recommend clicking around to explore the word clouds and get a feel for the different ships, but for the ambitious types, we have a word hunt ready as well (4):

Word Hunt, Significant Phrases edition:

Tools of the Trade:

Duct tape

Frying pan

Krav Maga

Sniper rifle

Zip ties

I Know That Reference:

Fer de Lance

Air Force

Albert Bridge

Point Blanc

Brecon Beacons

Getting Kinky:

Boxer briefs

Dimly lit

Lower lip

Pressed a kiss

Yes sir

Feel free to comment with any particularly entertaining/intriguing/otherwise just plain fun word cloud combinations you've spotted, and we will see you again next week!

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Note on methodology:

The two Alex Rider sections (main + TV) were scraped over the course of two days in early March 2024, except for fics that were locked to AO3 users only (5). For the author specific statistics, we excluded orphan_account and anonymous authors. Median measures were chosen over average the majority of the time to account for outliers, especially in the case of the rarer pairings (6).

For ship-analysis, a fic counts under every pairing it has. This means that someone who writes Yassen/Alex, Yassen/John and Yassen/Ian in the same fic (7) will count as an author for all three pairings and under the Yalex OTP analysis, they will have an additional fic marked under both Yassen/John and Yassen/Ian.

(1) Yalex. It's Yalex. Look, we're not even going to bother posting the stats for that. It's still Yalex, trust us. Though we can talk again next year, considering how well Kyralex is currently doing post-S3. (2) Proving that a few, determined writers can make or break the non-Yalex ship rankings. Please use this power for good; if someone manages to get Sayle/Nadia Vole or something into the top three next year, I'm outsourcing that part of the stat post to a particularly enthusiastic raccoon with a keyboard. (3) Canonically, the wholesale kidnapping of Alex is pretty on-brand for Alex Rider supervillains so really, Artemis is in excellent company. (4) Technically two, but there is unsurprisingly a lot of overlap between the general wordcloud and the Yalex one. For those curious, here's the Word Hunt, Yalex edition:

Adam's apple

Bottle of lube

Cock

Index finger

Nerve endings

Pale skin

Scar tissue

(5) As of April 20th, 225 out of 2961 fics were locked to AO3 users. (6) Meaning anything non-Yalex, let's all be honest here. (7) Because sometimes, like a particularly persistent Pokémon player, Yassen also needs to catch them all. Traumas or Riders is dealer's choice.

[singaroundelay]

AFC Richmond Server

Hi folks. If you're like me and *still* losing your mind over that certain edit AppleTV posted earlier today, TedTrent wedding what? come join us! We're a super friendly group of folks over on these parts!

Primarily the TedTrent server, but we have morphed into a general slash (and femmeslash) server catering to the Tedependent, TedBeard, RoyTrent, RoyJamie... and just about everything in between shippers!

We're planning a server re-watch and just had a Holiday Prompt challenge on AO3... so lots of events coming up soon too. Come join us, we'd love to have you — no matter if you've been sailing this ship for ages or just discovered it and the show yesterday. 💖⚽️

(and huge love and thanks to @gaytedlasso for the edit that's our current server invite banner <3)

[bluedalahorse]

POV: Young Royals is an early 2000s Web 1.0 juggernaut megafandom

During my hiatus earlier this week, @heliza24 and I had a conversation about what Young Royals fandom would be like if it were not a modestly-sized tumblr fandom in the 2020s, but rather an early 00s juggernaut megafandom like the kind you saw on livejournal and individual web pages scattered throughout the internet.

Note: the tone here is 100% silly and inspired by a) my personal history in long ago fandoms and b) repeated viewings of fandom history videos by @strange-aeons. The internet had a bit more of a “wild west” feeling back in those days and you will see that reflected in our ideas.

A lightly edited transcript of my conversation with heliza about fanfic archive names and potential early internet dramas follows…

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blue: So here’s a topic of discussion YR fandom hasn't done yet. What would each pairing's archive be called if we were watching this show in 2003? I feel like Wilmon would have a few archives, each with a different flavor. Like there'd be a catch-all archive that's pretty friendly and welcoming, an archive just made up of fics where they're adults, and then something for kink and/or dark fic (or those would be separate)

heliza: Our weird multi shipping poly archive is called sprucewood obvs!

blue: Oh there'd probably also be a Wilmon archive that's Edmar RPF-friendly

heliza: One of them would be called The Frog Prince and the Popstar. Maybe that's the RPF favorable one, idk.

blue: Originally was going to say the catch-all, but I think you're right. The catch-all friendly archive would be The Fish Tank.

heliza: Yes love that ahaha. Is the kinky one like Fuck the Monarchy or something like that?

blue: Something like that. Although. Okay there might be two adult archives, but only as a result of an intense fandom schism I feel like there'd be an offshoot of Fuck the Monarchy for people who want King Wilhelm and Prince Consort Simon. Something like King & Consort.

heliza: Ahahah yes perfect. I think there would be a separate Sargust archive! What would you call it?

blue: Yes! With a little cordoned off adult section with its own name. Hmmm I haven't thought of a name yet but I feel like the web design of it would be very Goth.

heliza: Absolutely.

blue: Black backgrounds. Blood red rose incorporated in the web design. Horses, naturally.

heliza: ... The Stables?

blue: Secret Stables

heliza: Yes good

blue: The adult section of the website would be called something extreme like ~Bit & Bridle~

heliza: Perfect

blue: The Stedrika archive is called Lavender Crush because of Stella's hair in S2. It's small but the webmistress is very dedicated and very transparent with her updates.

heliza: yes haha and she's always trying to convert people to femslash. I feel like she would eventually let Sara/Felice and Maddie/Rosh in as well.

blue: I think she co-runs a second site called Manor House which is all YR femmeslash.

heliza: oh right of course

blue: The other webmistress of that site is her wife ten years later.

heliza: Yessss. Strangeaeons makes a video about them. Because there's enough drama but then they end up together

blue: Yes! I think the other mod ran a Rosh and Ayub fan page. Oh there'd be a general fandom archive called Hillerska Skolan Library or something, but it would be a lot of cross-posting. 

blue: I feel like we need a Forest Ridge archive too.

heliza: Is that where the Walty and Nilcent goes?

blue: Yes. And like. Alexander being shipped with various people. I feel like it's 2003 so there's lots of combos. And some Wilhelm/Simon/Henry? It would exist, don't ask me how I know, it's just vibes.

heliza: There's a renegade writer who keeps writing Wilhelm/Nils and one who posts August/Simon and it sends the site into an epic fight because there are some mods who insist that this is for ALL THE BOYS EXCEPT SIMON AND WILHELM. And some of them don't mind.

blue: Omg there'd be a small August/Simon archive too

heliza: The lavender crush people are like "wow those boyslashers are intense"

blue: But it's all cross-posting with Forest Ridge… Oh god. Oh god I just thought of the name of the Simon/August archive help.

heliza: Go on

blue: Ok ok… it's a rowing pun… forgive me… it'd be called… Take Out Your Cox

heliza: АНАНАНАНА INCREDIBLE

blue: There's actually a violent schism among sargusters about whether it's ok to also ship Simon/August or not. This schism lines up almost exactly with one's sargust kink preferences and ability to have a sense of humor.

heliza: "It's incest if you ship both!!!"

blue: If a sargust has written dom August, then they are against Simon/August. If a sargust writes Sara domming or writes them switchy, and they have a sense of humor, they definitely write Simon/August… also is the Forest Ridge archive just called Forest Ridge? Wait. The Forest Ridge Archive is called On The Table.

heliza: Oh yes perfect.

blue: OK ALSO—IT IS 2002 OF COURSE THERE IS AN INCEST ARCHIVE SIGH. "Royal Family Affairs" or something.

heliza: Wilhelm/Erik would be big I think

blue: Wilhelm/Erik, Erik/August, any number of other things. Ok but is it primarily dudeslash. Do they shut out the Kristina/Carl Johan shippers? Is that on fandom_wank?

heliza: I feel like the mods would have to let it on because technically it fits the description. But there would be a side chat bitching about it. Wilhelm/August!!! There would be that too.

blue: The mods who are against Kristina/Carl Johan would bitch in an AlM chatroom. Eventually screencaps are leaked, and the Kristina/Carl Johan people start their own archive called Unfortunate Romance.

blue: Ok one more thing. We need a name for the Felice specific archive. Where the Felice/Wilhelm/Simon polyshippers hang out in abundance. I grant this one to you, heliza.

heliza: Is that not Sprucewood? Or a different name?

blue: I leave it to you!

heliza: We haven't used sprucewood yet so I think we should!

blue: Sounds good to me!

heliza: Or if it's just Felice centered it could be Modern Nobility. I think Sprucewood is a reactionary thing actually, where the mods specifically say that all ships are allowed after drama has gone down at enough of the other sites.

blue: Yes. Sprucewood is also the most poly and kink friendly of the sites.

~

That’s all for now! Stay tuned for polls later today about which archives you would have frequented! (And if anyone is better than me at photoshopping/edits/etc and wants to make mockups of what the layouts of these imaginary Y2K websites would look like, down to the “this website contains SLASH, which means hot man on man action, don’t like don’t read, click the third comma in the second paragraph tp enter!” lengthy disclaimer page, then go forth. I think it would be funny.)

[nurseysbeanie]

Madison & More Bingo 🏖🏕🏝

Here are some of my fave (so far) fics and art from the @madisonandmore summer prompt challenge!

Well, the start of September makes it feel like summer is fading. But don't worry, fearless reader! These summery fanfics will make you feel the sun on your face, the sand under your feet, and the scent of fresh-cut grass on the breeze!

Unnameable Truth (M) @thefiveboxingwizards | vacation, less than 5000 words, one-shot

I liked that this was a less sunny/happy/vacation-y story about repression and self-discovery. The summer's not happy and carefree for everyone. But there is hope at the end of this one.

Wasteland Baby (M) @checkdeezpucks | AU, one-shot

This surprised me! Despite the premise sounding a bit incongruous with Check Please, this was a great read. Mad Max Tater/Parse was a longshot for me but you proved me wrong, op. Would definitely not be mad if we got another chapter or two of this 👀

Hot-lanta (G) @justlookfrightened | Zimbits, vacation, one-shot

I keep thinking about this one, and Bitty/Jack's meet-cute and Bitty rollerblading. And quiches. And Tater being wingman!

suddenly this summer it's clear (T) @dessertwaffles | favourite ship, a work that made me laugh, one-shot

I actually snorted out loud while reading this standing out on the sidewalk in a crowd of people while waiting for the streetcar. I have no shame. It's funny and cute, read it!

like an ice cream cone (T) @wrathofthestag | SHITTY KNIGHT!!, food or baking, one-shot

Shitty's backstory is important to me (!!!) and this was great. Discussion question: Is the origin of Shitty's porn-stache tied to the memory of a moustachioed ice cream vendor he idolizes from his youth? You tell me. It was hard to see tiny Shitty going through family problems but his au pair seems like the coolest!

amphibious creatures (T) HowOldAreWe | fave ship, mermaids, frogs 🐸 , multi-chapter

I don't generally go for mermaid AUs but this was juuuust lovely! The frogs are wonderful here, and I really liked the setup and follow-through. And I'm not going to say any more than that Chowder makes a great appearance here :)

Making My Head Spin (E) @justlookfrightened | summer camp, zimbits, multi-chapter

Turns out I like fics where Bitty makes a go of it for the NHL! Loved seeing Jack and Bitty letting down their guard and risking being hurt in this one. Super sweet and a little spicy at the end :) Nothing better than that.

Heard The Mermaids Singing (M) @checkdeezpucks | rarepair, mermaids, one-shot

This was another work that wasn't sun-drenched and happy. I loved to see the gritty, almost gothic setting; loved to see some CP femmeslash. Loved to see the teeth and the texture here. Short and... piquant.

The Way Way North (T) by @mcbangle | zimbits, SHITTY KNIGHT!!, vacation, the beach, work that made me smile, frogs, multi-chapter

I keep thinking about this one. Listen, Shitty Knight is... essential. He is the GLUE that holds together CP Year One for me, okay? I know that this fic is primarily about Bitty and his parents' relationship, and his crush on Jack, and that is all done deftly and wonderfully. But Shitty is the standout for me here. (Also I now need to see the movie this is based on.)

Eelgrass (T) by @perhapsajacket | fave ship, the beach, vacation, multi-chapter (pending)

Just a nice AU where Dex is ho-humming through his vacation until he chances upon the cute local bookshop owner (enter Nursey) who has fallen into a tidepool and needs a hand. What could be more adorable than that? I liked seeing some of Dex's family and backstory here. And I would live to see more 👀

Cowabunga (G) @zimbits-my-love | art, surfing, the beach

This is super cute art and I loved the colour scheme. I can so imagine Bitty and Jack surfing together on vacation!

This was a fun summer challenge, thanks to all the organizers! I will be updating my own work, Summer Gothic, soon with a new chapter. (Sorry, I write slow. 🐌)

[uhuramonth]

UHURA MONTH PROMPTS SO FAR

March 1st: Captain Uhura! March 2nd: fanfic rec list day! March 3rd: fave Uhura moment (original timeline) March 4th: fave Uhura femmeslash ship March 5th:  fave Uhura m/f ship March 6th:  Rest In Power Nichelle Nichols  March 7th: Song you’d like Uhura to sing and/or dance to! March 8th: Flirty Uhura (in your fave ship ofc) March 9th: Family dynamics  March 10th: Uhura weaving comm magic March 11th: Uhura reminiscing about home March 12th: Favorite outfit March 13th:  AU of your choice  March 14th: Ship family March 15th: Fave Uhura!Zoe moment (AOS) March 16th: Fave Fanart!  March 17th: Fave friendship March 18th: Fave Uhura!Celia moment (SNW) March 19th: Multiverse meeting March 20th: Fave Uhura Quote March 21st:  crossover day March 22nd: Zoe!Uhura in 4th AOS movie March 23rd: Uhura in the Academy March 24th: Queen Uhura March 25th: Fave ot3  March 26th: uhura in a romcom March 27th: Fave Uhura fight March 28th: First Kiss March 29th: ???? March 30th: ??? March 31st:  ???

PLEASE SEND IN YOUR SUGGESTIONS FOR PROMPTS FOR THE LAST 3 DAYS!