#Four Sixes Ranch

[nwbeerguide]

Publix Supermarkets and Taylor Sheridan's 666 Grit & Glory agree to 100-store trial.

Press Release

(Guthrie, TX-October 2023) The deep south is getting a taste of big ranch Texas, as Florida-based Publix Supermarkets plans to roll out a 100-store trial of Taylor Sheridan’s 6666 Grit & Glory line of premium beers, ranch water and vodka cocktails in select retail markets. The grocery giant just signed on to offer Grit & Glory products to customers in the Tampa and Orlando markets.

Publix Supermarkets joins other major retail brands offering the Grit & Glory line of beverages. A year after the brand’s launch, 6666 Grit & Glory products are a major hit with other national and regional retailers in 37 states including Kroger, Tom Thumb, Randall’s, Ralph’s, Marianos, Acme, Harris Teeter, Jewel Osco, Save Mart, Albertson, Target, Sprouts and HEB. A just-announced distribution agreement with Wal Mart will soon expand the brand’s presence nationwide to all 50 states, and 6666 Grit & Glory CEO Tom Larsen expects sales grow to $40 million in 2024, making it one of the fastest growing brands in the alcoholic beverage category. “We’re excited to expand and partner with Publix to make Grit & Glory products available to their customers in important markets like Tampa and Orlando,” said Larsen. “Publix is an iconic brand with an expanding footprint across the south—we know this trial is the start of something big.”

The “6666 Grit & Glory” brand was inspired by the famous Four Sixes Ranch, owned by Taylor Sheridan and David Glasser, creator and producer of the small-screen hit series “Yellowstone”. The 6666 brand’s swift emergence coincides with the buzz and popularity of Yellowstone and its ties to the Four Sixes Ranch as an integral part of the Yellowstone story line. The legendary 260,000-acre spread and its rich heritage serve as an important backdrop for the series, transporting the Yellowstone story and its characters from Montana south to Guthrie, Texas.

Sheridan and the Grit & Glory team plan to capitalize on the show’s popularity with co-branded promotions and retailer sweepstakes, including a just-announced sweepstakes with a walk-on role in one of Sheridan’s future productions focusing on the Four Sixes Ranch. The beverage line is just one more facet of Sheridan’s vision—making the Four Sixes Ranch a full circle brand offering products, entertainment and experiences to the public that resonate with the real flavors, textures and values of big ranch Texas and the authentic cowboy lifestyle. Known for producing prize quarter horses, cattle and hard-core cowboys for more than 150 years, the brand will soon add ready to drink cocktails to the product line up as they continue to build on the legacy of this iconic ranch. “With the shows, with the ranch, with Grit & Glory, I want people to get a sense of where the past and the future come together—it’s relatable. People get it and we want the Four Sixes to help tell that story.” 

About Publix Supermarkets

With over 225,000 employees, Publix Super Markets is the world’s largest employee owned business. One of the ten largest volume supermarket chains in the country, Publix owns and operates 1,271 retail locations across the southeastern US. One of the best-performing companies in the grocery industry, Publix has continued to expand and open up new locations in recent years.

About Four Sixes Ranch

“Four Sixes” has been a working ranch dating to the 1870s. Now owned by hit series Yellowstone producers Taylor Sheridan and David Glasser, the 6666 ranch and its authentic western roots were the inspiration for the line of Grit and Glory craft alcohol beverages.  The rich heritage of the legendary 260,000-acre spread is the backdrop for “6666”, transporting the Yellowstone story and its characters from Montana south to Guthrie, Texas. After purchasing the ranch, Sheridan and Glasser created the Grit and Glory line of beverages embodying the iconic brand and its storied past.

About 6666 Grit & Glory

Yellowstone creators Taylor Sheridan and Producer David Glasser partnered with L.A. Libations to create the Grit and Glory brand, a line of beverages and consumer products celebrating the iconic 6666 Ranch and the cowboy lifestyle. Amplified by the Yellowstone series, the “Four Sixes” and its authentic roots, Grit and Glory craft Pilsners, IPAs, Lagers, Ranch Waters and Ready to Drink Cocktails are resonating with beverage consumers and forging a connection the brand’s founders tapped into with the Yellowstone world and its 15 million fans.

[shorepointdist]

NOW AVAILABLE - Four Sixes Grit & Glory! Inspired by the famous 6666 Ranch in Texas (and featured in the hit show "Yellowstone"), we're bringing you 3 beer styles, and their fan-favorite Ranch Water.

Look for their Ranch Water Variety pack here: https://www.shorepoint.com/beer-finder/?f_brand=6666+Ranch+Wtr&f_business=&f_miles=100&f_zip=07728&f_lat=&f_lng=&f_page=0

For more info on the brewery: https://6666gritandglory.com/

[imdonnalynn]

Hard to believe Yellowstone's last episode is in an hour...I'm not ready for it to end...

[auraeseer]

Prick, leap! Air . . .

[archivist-goldfish]

Rachel Cook and Mikaela Lafuente - Ranch Hands Vid - Part 2 (1:39)

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[lincolndjarin]

Every Now and Then - ON HIATUS

a joel miller x f!reader

[ ongoing - hiatus ]

Summary : Joel Miller destroyed you. He loved you, then he left, leaving you in the New York City, QZ. But he's a good southern gentleman, so of course he didn't leave you without a reminder of the time you spent together. Four years later you're living in Jackson, in a lovely little ranch house. (With your reminder.) The last person you want to see is Joel Miller, unfortunately you've never been particularly lucky.

Content Warnings, etc : smut, angst, language, canon typical violence, vague age gap (joel is older than reader, it isn't specified by how much but it's implied to be at least ten years), pregnancy, parenthood, toxic relationship, possessive behavior, additional tags on each chapter.

chapter one : i dream of something wild

chapter two : and if you only hold me tight

chapter three : you're never coming 'round

chapter four : turn around

chapter five : now there's only love in the dark

chapter six : we'll only be making it right

chapter seven : i need you more than ever

chapter eight : total eclipse of the heart

chapter nine : nothing i can say

chapter ten : forever's gonna start tonight

homebrew timeline : for the sake of this fic I've made up a QZ and a new tlou timeline, here's everything you need to know!! Joel's age is ambiguous, implied late forties to early fifties. He traveled with Tess to the NYC QZ where he lived for a few months, meeting you around this time. His time spent in the Boston QZ is ambiguous. Ellie and Joel do not leave Jackson in search of the fireflies, it's implied that they skip over Jackson entirely in their journey to find the cure, their relationship is not strained. It's irrelevant to the fic so it most likely won't be mentioned, they will simply arrive in Jackson and choose to stay.

a/n : with bks nearly done and oh honey in the same boat i've been working on upcoming fics, this being one of them. i've had this idea for months now and i've been waiting to find the time to make this happen so i'm excited to finally write it!!

[thetriumphantpanda]

déjà vu | joel & tommy miller

Trial & Error Season Three

Series Summary | Familial bliss on the ranch has been the norm for almost three years. Life is good, your babies are healthy and thriving, and the relationship you've fought so hard for continues to flourish. That's all about to change though, when Tommy decides it's time to ask for what he's always been so willing to give to you and Joel.

Series Pairing | Joel Miller x F!Reader x Tommy Miller

Series Warnings | Explicit, 18+ - this series will include explicit smut that will include, but is not limited to, oral sex (f & m receiving), fingering, unprotected PiV, threesomes, voyerism, exhibitionism, outdoor sex, breeding kink (it wouldn't be trial & error if it wasn't there), anal play and praise kink. There will also be food & alcohol consumption, descriptions of pregnancy and birth, struggles with motherhood, children will feature, themes of jealousy, descriptions of depression, arguments and foul language. No outbreak au, no use of y/n. Please check individual chapters for warnings.

Authors Note | I don't know the exact date, but I know that in the next couple of months, we'll be coming up on one year since I first released Trial & Error. It's the story that brought so many of you here and I am eternally grateful for that. I've been missing this little family for so long, and I've wanted to bring them back properly, so here we are! Trial & Error season three! I hope you guys like this as much as I do, and I cannot wait to bring Pretty Girl and her family back for more! A massive thank you to @hellishjoel who helped me hone in properly on this idea and who listening to me scream about them.

This will likely not make much sense without reading the first two instalments of the series - you can find these linked below.

Read Season One | Read Season Two

Main Masterlist | Ko-Fi

divider as always by the amazing @saradika

Chapters

One - coming soon!

Two

Three

Four

Five

Six

Final number of chapters subject to change

[harmless-variety-of-garden-snake]

Day Six of Bucktommy Fluffebruary had Stargazing as a prompt, and what was supposed to be a cut to a trip turned into an immediate transition into porn. The porn is silly and fluffy, but...look, I tried to keep this all PG. But sometimes you just gotta fuck that fireman, also I wrote this a few weeks ago and it was too late to rewrite it when I finally looked at it again. @bucktommyfluffebruary I'm so sorry.

They’re having a beer on the back step, and Evan keeps looking at the sky and squinting.

“What’s up?” Tommy teases.

“I think I can see part of Orion’s Belt?” Evan says, squinting harder. “Or that’s a plane.”

Tommy tries to follow his gaze and doesn’t see much of anything other than a few sparse clouds and some airplanes. “Could be.”

“I think the only time I ever lived somewhere where you could see the stars was when I was on the ranch,” he says, settling back in his chair. “Chris was telling me if they go right outside El Paso they can see everything.”

“Mm.” Tommy takes a sip of beer and considers the sky for a moment. “I think the clearest sky I ever saw was in Iraq and definitely didn’t appreciate it at the time.”

“Well, there was other stuff going on,” Evan points out, and Tommy nods. “But you don't get to see them when you're outside LA? Or in the sky?”

“Mm, a little, but I don't think I take the time to appreciate it then either,” Tommy says, resting his cheek on Evan's shoulder. “I like looking at the city when I'm up, though.”

“Yeah,” Evan agrees, sounding dreamy and happy. Tommy's taken him up a few times, and his favorite part is watching Evan take in the twinkling lights of the city at night or the glow of a sunset. “We should go somewhere.”

Tommy smiles, having seen it coming from a mile away. “Yeah. Maybe around your birthday?”

He’s already making plans in his head, because Evan’s birthday is in three weeks. They’d gotten a few days off together, but that hadn’t been a sure thing until this week, so no plans had been made.

“In the meantime, I think I can make you see some stars,” he says, glancing up at his boyfriend just in time to see his eyebrows twitch upward and his cheeks flush.

“You’re a smooth guy, Tommy Kinard,” Evan says, setting his beer down before swinging his leg over Tommy’s lap and settling in it. “Think you can make it happen?”

Tommy’s hands hike up the back of his shirt so he can spread them across the back of his ribcage, and his eyes are trained on Evan’s lips. “Wouldn’t be the first time, would it?”

Evan leans in and licks his bottom lip before backing off, and Tommy tries to kiss him, but Evan keeps moving just out of reach. He tightens his hold on him and pulls him forward until his body is flush against Tommy’s and latches onto his neck instead.

“Fuck,” Evan groans, rocking against his stomach. He grips Tommy’s hair and presses him closer until Tommy’s sucking a bruise low on the side of his neck. “C’mon.”

There’s a bit of mental calculation to avoid completely fucking up his back before Tommy can stand with Evan wrapped around him. When he gets them inside, he makes a beeline for their room and lays Evan on the bed, kissing his pretty, whining mouth as he undoes the tie on his basketball shorts.

He strips himself and then Evan quickly, craving the feeling of their bare skin pressed together. When he covers Evan’s body with his own to kiss him again, he sighs against his mouth when Evan wraps his arms and legs around him. But when he starts to lift himself up, Evan’s still holding on, so Tommy just sort of…lifts him off the mattress while he's on all fours. He breaks the kiss and looks down at his boyfriend incredulously.

“Are you koala-ing me right now?” he asks, laughing. He scoops his hands under Evan, and sure enough, there's space between his back and the mattress.

“I didn't think it would actually work,” Evan admits, looking over his shoulder. He's only a couple inches from the mattress, but he's also got a death grip on Tommy. “Kind of feeling like the dog that got the car right now.”

They both start giggling so hard that Tommy ends up collapsing on him again, and when he tries to roll onto his side, Evan’s still holding him.

“Oh, my god,” Tommy gasps between giggles. Evan’s shaking against him, his face completely red where it's smashed into the duvet to stifle his laughter.

It doesn't kill the mood, but it shifts it. Neither one of them can hold onto the other one without it turning into endless giggling, and Evan ends up starfishing on his belly, which is worse. He looks ridiculous, and Tommy ends up curled over his back with his face pressed against the back of his ribcage to muffle his laughter. Evan’s back bounces under his face when that starts to set him off.

“I'm sorry,” Tommy wheezes, rolling to sit upright. “I-I can't.”

Evan rises up to kneel next to him, and Tommy smiles into the kiss that's pressed against his mouth. He looks down at Evan’s still hard dick and raises an eyebrow at him. 

“What?” Evan asks defensively, flopping back onto the pillows. “I can multitask.”

“Is getting the giggles and staying hard at the same time ‘multitasking’?” Tommy asks, crawling over him and kissing his chest. 

“I mean, it's at least kind of impressive,” Evan argues, drawing a knee up when Tommy settles between his legs. “Right?”

“Extremely,” Tommy agrees seriously, and Evan sticks his tongue out at him.

“Did that kill the mood?” Evan asks when Tommy's mouth is centimeters from his dick.

Tommy looks at his dick and then back up at Evan's face. “I mean, I was about to choke myself on your dick, so—”

Evan shifts under him, which bumps the head of his dick against Tommy's chin. On any other night, it'd be a little hot. Tonight? 

“Oh, my god,” Evan whines when Tommy giggles against his thigh.

“You started it!” Tommy protests when Evan covers his face with his hands. “Aw, baby.”

Except Evan isn’t embarrassed, he’s hiding a big grin like a liar. Tommy pulls his hands away to reveal it and kisses him.

“I'll skip the blowjob,” Tommy decides. “Because I don't want to accidentally bite you.”

Evan peeks between his fingers and looks down at Tommy's half hard cock. “Do you want me to—”

“Oh, I'll be fine,” Tommy says, stretching for the nightstand and grabbing the lube. He slicks Evan up, gets on his knees, reaches back to press two fingers into himself, and straddles his lap. “I think I owe you some stars.”

“Y-yeah,” Evan agrees, watching raptly as Tommy positions himself over his cock. When Tommy starts to sink down on him, sparks shooting up his spine at the perfect stretch, Evan’s head falls back against the headboard with a soft thump, and he swears under his breath. “Holy shit, Tommy.”

Tommy rocks down onto him, his eyelids fluttering shut at the stretch and fullness. He lifts himself off until just the head is clenched inside him and reaches back to spread more lube on Evan. When he sinks down again, the extra slide brings his ass all the way to the cradle of Evan’s pelvis, and he rocks with a moan.

“Fuck,” Evan gasps, thrusting up minutely. He grips Tommy's hip and thigh and sits up to kiss him, flicking his tongue against Tommy's. When Tommy starts riding him, Evan gasps against his mouth and pulls back to look down at their hips. His brows draw together, and his lips part, shiny and so pink. He fucks up into Tommy, meeting his thrusts, and Tommy tries his best to clench rhythmically on a slow pull out. It's a trick he's pulled off with less endowed guys, but Evan is thick enough that he's not sure it'll work until Evan is crying out against his shoulder. 

“Stars?” Tommy asks, cradling his face and smiling when Evan’s gaze drops to his mouth as he nods slowly. “God, you feel amazing, sweetheart.”

Evan smiles back and grinds into him. “So do you. I love you so fucking much.”

Tommy presses his forehead against Evan’s and pants, “Fuck, I love you.”

Evan’s arms go around his waist, holding him tight once more, but it doesn't set off another round of laughter, because he's holding Tommy in place so he can fuck into him like a goddamn machine. Tommy feels like he can't catch his breath, he's leaking against Evan’s torso and his brain is whiting out while Evan fucks him so hard that he can barely hold himself up. He ends up clinging to Evan and crying out into his shoulder and neck until he's being rocked onto Evan's cock nice and slow. 

Phantom aftershocks of an orgasm that hasn't hit yet make him twitch against Evan, and the world goes sideways for a minute when he gets lowered onto his back. 

“I'm s’posed to be doing the work,” he protests weakly.

Evan feeds his cock back into Tommy and fucks into him in one smooth stroke, ripping a moan out of Tommy’s chest. 

“You're out of your mind if you think I'm not seeing stars right now, baby,” Evan pants, driving into him. “You feel so fucking perfect.”

He folds Tommy up and drills into him until Tommy can't do much more than writhe under him and let out a series of cries that are completely involuntary. Sweat drips onto him from Evan’s face, but he doesn't slow down.

“I'm gonna cum,” Tommy gasps, grabbing at Evan's shoulders. When Evan still doesn't slow down, Tommy sobs through his orgasm and slaps a hand over his mouth reflexively. Evan shakes his head until Tommy lifts it away, and he convulses when Evan keeps going. “Holy fuck, f-fuck, I can't—Evan.”

His boyfriend's name comes out on a whine, and Evan drives into him one last time with a grunt, grinding into Tommy as his cock pulses cum into him.

They end up collapsed together, and Evan’s shaking against him. Tommy grips his body tighter with his arms around him, and then Evan shakes even more, and he realizes it's with laughter.

“Now you're doing it,” Evan says against his neck.

Tommy snorts. “If you think I can hold onto you that tight right now, you're high.”

Evan carefully pulls out of him and kisses him sweetly before going to the bathroom and opening the linen cabinet. Tommy floats for a bit while Evan waits for the faucet to warm, and he smiles when a warm, damp washcloth is wiped over his inner thighs. 

“Still wanna go stargazing?” he asks, blinking at his boyfriend. 

“Yep,” Evan says, coming in for another kiss. “But this works until then.”

Tommy twitches when the washcloth gets swiped over his belly and cock. “I think flying a helicopter might be less taxing. Seriously, I think you'll break my pelvis if you try something like that in thirty years.”

Evan grins and nuzzles his cheek before kissing him again. “Seventy-year-old Tommy can take it.”

“Can sixty-three-year-old Evan?”

“I'll just have to keep up on my leg day workouts,” Evan says with a cheeky smile. “We're gonna be the hottest retirees in LAFD history, babe.”

Tommy rolls his eyes, but his stomach flutters in a decidedly juvenile way at the foregone conclusion that they'll still be together in thirty years and just as in love and just as into each other. When Evan kisses him again, he likes to think he can feel an answering flutter. 

–

[thetownsendsw]

Today marks the premier of #Pathfinder’s Triumph of the Tusk Adventure Path, so I’d like to take a moment to discuss a relevant topic near and dear to my heart.

ORCS!

While Tolkien was drawing on some linguistic antecedents, Orcs in fantasy originate from The Hobbit & Lord of the Rings, where they’re brutish soldiers of various forces of evil.

Initially lacking redeeming quality, Orcs have become a darling of pop culture, their thuggish nature explored from many angles across TTRPGs, video games, comics, novels, and more.

Now, when you picture an Orc, you no doubt imagine something akin to the Warcraft or Warhammer franchises: statuesque, green skinned humanoids with protruding underbites and looming tusks, often locked into a primitive, itinerant lifestyle, eschewing technology beyond what they pillage from other races.

Interestingly, none of this is in Tolkien.

In Tolkien, “Orc” was essentially another word for “Goblin,” or perhaps unusually large Goblins. Far from statuesque, Gollum (a (former?) Hobbit) could easily be confused for one. The Uruk-hai, a new, stronger Orcish offshoot were described as Orcish in appearance but only as tall as a Man, not taller.

Tolkien’s Orcs are described as deformed, but nothing as specific as green skin or tusks is specifically mentioned (Tolkien saved in-depth sensory detail for trees, and occasionally beards).

Far from being savages, Tolkien’s Orcs were–in his grand Romanticist narrative–stand-ins for industrialization. They were destroying the forests to build grand weapons of war, and soot-covered Mordor evoked the smokestacks of 19th century london.

In many ways the conflict of LotR can be interpreted as Tolkien pitting the noble myths and tales he studied up against his real experiences in WWI.

(the thought amuses me of a firmly medieval fantasy setting, except when we zoom in on the Orcish Badlands they’re all shelling each other from the trenches)

But while none of these traits are in Tolkien, there is a source where they are central.

The Green Martians, or Tharks, first appeared in A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs, published in All-Story Magazine from Feb-July 1912, well before any of the kids Tolkien decided to tell a fairy tale to were born.

The Tharks are described as 15 foot tall nomadic savages, favoring mighty beasts and weapons salvaged from the more civilized races of Barsoom. They have green skin and tusks, as well as six limbs (interestingly, the middle limbs are described as functional as either crude arms or secondary legs, but art always just depicts four arms)

Culturally, the Tharks are clearly meant as extensions of the Apache raiders encountered in the early chapters of the book set in Arizona; i.e. some California ranch-owner’s idea of wasteland savages. Nomadic, inhuman raiders redeemable only when breaching their primitive traditions.

The parallels are almost uncanny, and I’ll admit I’m honestly not sure where the crossover occurs. Early editions of D&D–another driver of fantasy trends–depict orcs as pig-people, which is probably how tusks became so iconic. They later added gray skin, which persisted officially until the current edition.

Somewhere between there in ‘74 and Warhammer in the early 80s is when the pseudo-Barsoom look took over in broader culture, and at this point there’s no getting around it. Even the more recent Tolkien film adaptations can’t entirely escape the expectation of modern Orcishness.

Turning back the clock a bit, Tolkien notably was never entirely sure where Orcs came from. His first idea was that they were molded from clay by Morgoth, a dark mirror to Adam, but being a Catholic at heart, he disliked the idea of Evil being a creative force.

He flip-flopped for the rest of his life, whether Orcs were corrupted men/elves/hobbits, uplifted beasts, even (according to one post I saw) soulless bodies remotely piloted by demons. He could never quite square the need for unfailingly evil mooks with his own feelings on Good & Evil.

Personally, I find particular resonance in the parallel between what D&D used to call an “always chaotic evil” race and the very Catholic concept of Original Sin. Was Tolkien merely dancing around the idea that the Orcs only needed to be Saved?

I can’t say what Tolkien would think of modern Orcs, either their merging with an earlier, American space alien, or our attempts to humanize what was supposed to be fundamentally inhuman. But I think his insecurity speaks to the same source as our fascination.

Who among us hasn’t struggled with what it means to be good? Or to be evil? And if we are made to be evil, what does it mean to strive against that purpose or to surrender to it? Can we abandon the precepts of predestiny? Or do we reject that they were ever there?

Stare deeply into that Jungian shadow and tell me…

Is it green? And do you want it to be?

[arcane-vagabond]

Don't Hang'em Til Noon Masterlist

Pairing: Jake "Hangman" Seresin x Reader

Summary: Jake "Hangman" Seresin is a notorious leader within the Dagger Gang of the old western territories of the United States. You, a recently orphaned socialite from the eastern seaboard, find yourself swept off to live with your older brother who has set down roots in said western territory. Determined to to make the best of your situation, what will you do when said outlaw sets his sights on you?

Series CW: Swearing, violence, period related violence and swearing, slow burn, fluff, (eventual) smut, enemies to lovers in a way, suggestive language, references to prostitution, firearms, etc. Chapter specific warnings will be included.

A/N: This is gonna be my first ever fanfiction series that I've ever written. Kind of excited for it, not gonna lie. Anyway, started this blog because I have very specific needs for fanfic, and apparently I've gotta do everything myself, so...enjoy. This work is also being published on AO3 under the username sailor_aviator.

All posts related to this series will be tagged as "DHTN" and "Don't Hang'em Til Noon"

*Denotes smut

Meet our heroine!

Last updated: 11.27.23 (Complete)

Masterlist || DPU Masterlist || Fan Art || Moodboards || Playlist 1 || Playlist 2

Series;

Prologue

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five*

Chapter Six*

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine*

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve*

Drabbles;

The first time Jake sees Scout...

Scout gets the laundry

Jake teaches Scout how to play baseball

Scout and Jake spend Christmas together

Scout finds Jake asleep

Scout and Jake wake up

Pregnant sex with Jake*

Jake gets hired on as a ranch hand

You call Jake "baby boy" in bed*

Isaac's attack from Jake's POV

The morning after Chapter Six

Scout talks to Jake while he sleeps

Jake carves the horse for Scout

Jake thinks about his and Scout’s fight

Jake's POV while being arrested...

Penny and Mav talk about Jake and Scout...

Scout meets Sarah and Billy

The jail scene from Jake's POV...

Tom and Jake's Relationship...

[tracksuitponytail]

As the year comes to a close, I want to thank all the writers in this fandom one more time—not only for providing me with a welcome escape but also for inspiring me to try my own hand at writing. Wishing all of you a smooth transition into what will, hopefully, be a more gentle 2025.

🌨 Until by @allwaswell16 [E, 38k, farm]

Rural Eagle County, Colorado wasn’t the type of place to find a famous musician or actor. At least not until songwriter Louis Tomlinson showed up with pop star Niall Horan to visit his uncle’s horse ranch, and they just happened to find themselves next door to a reclusive former movie star.

🌨 Tell Me Your Secrets, Teach Me Your Ways by @insightfulinsomniac [E, 23k, omegaverse]

A regency-ish royalty AU featuring overeager soulmates who maybe give into temptation a little too much on their secret journey of sexual discovery.

🌨 the school of extraordinary lovers by @stylinsoncity [E, 191k, enemies to lovers]

harry is a third-year witch and violinist at Laitswold, the only magical academy in the UK, with dreams of taking on the world, and hopefully breaking the centuries-old curse on his family while he's at it. he does not dream of facing off against his childhood rival and duet partner, but louis is back in town after six years abroad, so that's exactly what happens.

🌨 Curves of your lips rewrite history by @lunarheslwt [E, 8k, royalty]

Everyone bows to Prince Harry, but in the privacy of his four walls, the one he is bowing and kneeling for is his knight, Sir Louis.

🌨 Streetlights in the dark blue by @itsmotivatingcara [E, 120k, murder mystery]

Louis Tomlinson is an investigative journalist.

He's spent the better part of his life researching the psyches of serial killers, and publishing articles to provide a deeper understanding into their methodologies. His pen-name, Orion, is well known around the globe. An alter-ego that keeps his pockets lined, and his identity private.

That is, until a letter arrives at his home address. A letter containing a symbol. One dubbed by a serial killer who'd vanished three years prior. The postage stamp? Bainbridge Island.

He'd spent so long peering into the darkness, it should be no surprise to discover that something had been looking back.

The island presents a host of mysteries. It also houses a nosy witch, determined to break down his walls.

And an FBI agent hellbent on shattering his carefully constructed world.

🌨 Wanksgiving 2024 @wanksgivingfest [fic fest, masturbation]

Why celebrate Thanksgiving when you could celebrate Wanksgiving? And what better way to do that than to write a fic about wanking?

A collection of masturbatory delights and the first fic fest I ever participated in.

🌨 Too Hard to Describe by yeah_alright / @uhoh-but-yeah-alright [E, 1.5k, threesome]

Harry's agreed to let someone else fuck Louis. As long as Louis describes it all to him as it's happening.

🌨 'tis the damn season by YesIsAWorld / @louandhazaf [E, 17k, girl direction]

Harry returns to her small hometown over the holiday season and starts to think about the road not taken.

🌨 To Fall For The Bumblebee by @jaywriteshome [T, 64k, fake relationship]

Their relationship may be fake, but their feelings are real.

After lying to his mom about having a boyfriend, Louis needs to find a fake one stat, so he has someone to bring to his family's annual Christmas party. But as he begins his search, things take a turn, and he attracts the attention of not one man but four.

🌨 Collision by itjustkindahappened / @tequiladimples [E, 226k, enemies to lovers]

Mythology/Fairytale!AU in which Louis is a dainty fairy with a temper who wants to be intimidating and Harry hurts people. Naturally, they hate each other.

[buckarooranch]

Giddy up! 🤠

Today marks the launch of our Western Show Set, a project that's been in the making for quite some time with its fair share of highs and lows. We're absolutely thrilled to finally unveil this collection! ☺🎉 It includes a brand-new Show Saddle, Bridle, and Western Pad. The Saddle and Bridle are available in six different swatches, while the Pad offers eight variations. 🎨

Now, you're all set to mount up and step into the spotlight! With this tack set, you'll fit right in. For the next four weeks, it will be available exclusively to our cherished patrons before becoming accessible to the public for everyone to enjoy! 😃

We eagerly anticipate seeing your competition snapshots, so don't hesitate to tag us. Likes, shares, and reblogs are warmly welcomed and greatly appreciated. ❤

Details:

-6 custom Show saddles & bridles, and 8 different Western pads.

-You can download the set separately.

-Don't reupload or claim as your own

-The Saddle, Bridle and Saddlepad are for elder/adult horses.

This set requires the Horse Ranch DLC.

🌻 ~ Howdy

(The in-game pictures have a Depth of Field to blur the background, poses were made by us besides pic. 1 & 3)

Pictures of some of the possible sets:

Patreon (Free!)

[auraeseer]

Water you talking about?

[archivist-goldfish]

Rachel Cook and Mikaela Lafuente - Ranch Hands Vid - Part 1 (1:37)

Part 2

Pic sets: ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX

[firenati0n]

2024 writing round up!

thank you for the tags @kiwiana-writes @cha-melodius @alasse9 :) <3

i posted 19 fics this year (whoa) ranging from 932 words to 54,284 words. wild! all were for RWRB! yay firstprince! :)

JANUARY

too scared to post shit after writing worm fic in december

FEBRUARY

An Amateur's Guide to Piping That Cream and Beating That Meat (T, 5k) henry needs to make something for alex's friendsgiving and comes across a thirst trapping headless food tiktoker. i wonder who it could be. deranged tiktok comments, friends to lovers

people ruin people, i don't wanna ruin you (M, WIP, 6.8k, 4/9 chapters) - this was posted anonymously until august) alex is a washed up singer, henry is his new pet project. and maybe something more. musician firstprince, v loose a star is born x greek mythology au, icarus!alex, collaborators to lovers

MARCH

each time we touch / i wanna take too much (M, 1.3k) alex puts his fingers in henry's mouth. mhm yep that's it.

keep me up all night / i wanna scratch your surface  (M, 1.4k) alex is so in love he could die. puts his mouth on other places. prose-y loverboy alex.

cause you're classic, and i'm reckless (T, 5.4k) alex and henry are costars, henry offers to help alex with intimacy research. actor au, kissing for practice leads to kissing for real, inspired by ryan gosling and rachel mcadams at the 2005 mtv movie awards, costars to lovers

who truly stuck the knife in first (M, 3.7k) alex and henry are spy partners. a mission goes sideways and they fight and fuck about it. sexually charged wrestling, partners to lovers

APRIL

and all i can taste is this moment, and all i can breathe is your life (T, 9999 words) angel!henry watches over lawyer!alex invisibly until one day alex sees him. now what? loose city of angels au, pining yearning longing galore, wee bit of angst with a happy ending, introspection

MAY

who would've thought that a guy like henry would double as a superstar?  (T, 6.4k) hannah montana au, crack treated seriously, henry is hannah montana and alex works at a ranch. a hot damn mess.

JUNE

busy writing and posting proposal au! :)

JULY

the full spectrum of human emotion (M, 54k) editor!henry gets assistant!alex to marry him to avoid deportation. but wait! alex hates henry! oops. the proposal (2009) au, marriage of convenience, fake dating, romantic comedy, banter and big feelings

AUGUST

you're the closest to heaven that i'll ever be (T, 7.7k) angel!henry sequel, henry learning what it means to be human, very tender and full of musings on humanity and love and the little things in life

the leaves of a silver maple (assorted, 13k) collection of short standalone prompt fics for my fic fest (some of my favorite fics ever exist in this collection and they're so buried jfalksjlf)

prompt one - wicked E | 2.6k | au, sims family, fluff laced with a little crack. as a treat. henry finds something rather...wicked on alex's laptop. prompt two - sweaters T | 1k | canon-verse, fluffy, sweet, sharing clothes alex steals henry's sweater, and henry gets back at him. prompt three -  magic T | 5.2k | kiki's delivery service (studio ghibli, 1989) au, magic au, high school au, warlock!henry, baker!alex, sweet, tender, emotional, found family a tender little exploration of love, purpose, healing, and a warlock!henry finding baker!alex.  prompt four -  comfort T | 2.6k | roommate au, sickfic, hurt/comfort, taking care of each other, mutual pining, fluff, domesticity, pride & prejudice (2005) refs, first kiss, getting together three times henry took care of alex and one time alex took care of henry. prompt five - wicked once more M | 500 words | au, sims family, cracky fluff, accidental sims mpreg alex is being a menace once again in The Sims. prompt six - apron M | 200 words | au, silly, apron shenanigans henry is wearing an apron. and nothing else.  prompt seven - goodbye T | 200 words | the good place au, bittersweet alex and henry say goodbye. prompt eight - father T | 300 words | post-canon, a tinge of grief, hope henry reflects on grief.

SEPTEMBER

i like the way you blush / i like the way you bite (M, 932) henry puts his fingers in alex's mouth

OCTOBER

flip the switch and let the cauldron bubble (T, 2.7k) kiki's delivery service au sequel, warlock!henry and baker!alex and the many potions that heal them

about to bust-elo (M, 2k) alex tries Café Bustelo Instant Espresso and has a hell of a day. inspired by my fuckass coffee habits.

feeling your heart beating, wondering what you're dreaming (M, 5.7k) five times childhood best friends alex and henry share a bed platonically, and the one time (of many) they do as something more, childhood friends to lovers, one bed, pining, fluffy and tender

from all the pain our brain has made, the game is not played alone (G, 1.4k) alex has a long day and a terrible headache, and henry comforts him

NOVEMBER

brain break

DECEMBER

london's so nice, back in your seamless rhymes (T, 7.4k) alex and henry fall in love—five days a week, four bus routes, three pseudo-dates, two holiday markets, and one red scarf of fate later. strangers to friends to lovers, meet-cute, london buses, fluffy and fun

if the city never sleeps, then that makes three (T, 1.4k) london bus meet-cute universe part 2. alex and henry have a movie night and learn some things about each other and the people they thirst over

i looked into your eyes, got such a great surprise (M, 1.6k) london bus meet-cute universe part 3. alex and henry go on a walk and do some reflecting on love and happiness. fluffy and funny and sweet.

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and that's a wrap! what a year! so grateful for everyone who read and commented and subscribed and engaged...it means so much to me. i have really leaned on this community while navigating rough waters, and deeply love all the friends and connections i have made. sending everyone a lot of love!

xoxo roop

open tag and a few under the cut :)

@ninzied @myheartalivewrites @rmd-writes @tintagel-or-cockleshells @clottedcreamfudge

@anchoredarchangel @dumbpeachjuice @smc-27 @cricketnationrise @everwitch-magiks

@orchidscript @cheesecurdsgravyandfries @run-for-chamo-miles @onward--upward @eusuntgratie

@bigassbowlingballhead @leaves-of-laurelin @porcelainmortal @getmehighonmagic @blueeyedgrlwrites

@suseagull5914 @judasofsuburbia @seths-rogens @caterpills @violetbaudelaire-quagmire

@onthewaytosomewhere @indestructibleheart @sophie1973 @fairflowered @incalamity

@smugvillanelle @anincompletelist @wordsofhoneydew @itsmaybitheway @whimsymanaged

@miss-minnelli @zwiazdziarka @sherryvalli @msmarvelouswinchester @thesleepyskipper

@thedramasummer @priincebutt @14carrotghoul @kj-bee @welcometololaland

@miharaikko @hgejfmw-hgejhsf