#James McCready

[oscarwetnwilde]

James Wilby as James McCready in Trials And Retribution.

[yvieluvs]

a small collage of rockstars w cats

[musicmags]

[h3ll0k1ttyl0v3rrr]

Hey guys, this is my first post on here so allow me to introduce myself!!

My name is Dallas, I go by he/him pronouns and I’m obsessed with Metallica!

Writing has been a huge hobby of mine for years and instead of coming up with my own ideas and writing them down for no one to see, I decided to come on here so people can send requests for me to write!!

Like I said, I’m obsessed with Metallica and I mainly write for them most of the time.

I’m comfortable writing any Metallica ship basically, which would include:

James x Cliff (HUGE fan of them)

Kirk x Lars

Jason x James

Cliff x Kirk

Kirk x James

Dave x James

I’m not a big fan of the following pairings:

Jason x Lars

Cliff x Lars

Anything with Robert or Ron (sorry!!)

I’ll also write for Alice in Chains. I’ll write almost anything from the grunge era, like Soundgarden, Pearl jam, etc. But I’m unfortunately not a fan of writing for Nirvana.

I will not write x reader, sorry if that’s a let down!

I will write smut!! That’s one of the main things I write to be honest, along with fluff and comfort/hurt.

I’m open to any kind of kinks and fetishes, and there are very few things that cross my boundaries. If you’re curious about if I would write about a certain kink or fetish, don’t be afraid to ask me. No kink shaming here!! (UNLESS it’s scat, feet or vomit, sorry!)

I’ll be looking forward to some requests!!

[mychameleondays]

Blur: Modern Life Is Rubbish

Food FOOD LP 9

Released: May 10, 1993

[ziggyplayedguitar96]

Fellas is it gay to kiss the homies goodnight?

don’t forget to kiss the homies <3

[expectiations]

River Song’s Last Words

Cover artwork, cast and story details are today revealed for The Death and Life of River Song: Last Words, a brand-new box set of apocalyptic audio drama, due for release August 2024. 

River Song may be the Doctor’s wife, but there’s so much more to her than that. Alex Kingston played the time-travelling archaeologist on Doctor Who between 2008 and 2015, and has reprised the role in many Big Finish audio dramas since, exploring what River gets up to when she’s not with her Time Lord husband.

The first box set in her new series, The Death and Life of River Song: Last Words sees River, after cheating death as a digital consciousness uploaded to the Library, brought back to life in a cloned body and sent to Earth in the future, not long before it’s set to be ravaged by solar flares.

Joining Kingston in this epic story’s cast is Greg Wise – who listeners may know from The Crown and Sense and Sensibility, as well as the 2021 series of Strictly Come Dancing – as ultra-rich tycoon Garrison Clay. He’s the man behind River’s temporary resurrection, and he has a mission for her.

And, Jamie Parker – best known for playing Harry Potter in the West End show Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, as well as roles in TV series Treadstone and The Crown – plays Sam Avner, a mysterious man who becomes an ally to River.

The Death and Life of River Song: Last Words is now available for pre-order exclusively here, as a limited edition four-CD box set (plus digital download) for £29.99, or as a digital download only for £22.99.

Wrenched from her digital afterlife in the Library, River Song finds herself on sixty-first century Earth, resurrected in a clone body. Billionaire tech mogul Garrison Clay has a mystery to solve, and he’s selected River as the person to solve it.

Armed with only her sonic screwdriver and a fake ID, River heads out into a world soon to be ravaged by solar flares... where danger stalks her at every turn.

The story is divided into four episodes, or books, all scripted by Robert Valentine:

Book 1 – Apokalypsis

Book 2 – Fate & Fatality

Book 3 – The Black Hours

Book 4 – Book of the Dead

These four books together, as well as revealing an important chapter in River’s (after)life, serve as a prequel to the 1975 TV story The Ark in Space, with humanity preparing to flee the doomed Earth. Robert Whitelock guest stars as Lazar and Christine Kavanagh as Vira – characters originally played on television by Kenton Moore and Wendy Williams.

Also on the cast list of Last Words are Jane Booker, Shogo Miyakita, Jamie Zubairi, Jacob Daniels, Andrew James Spooner, Glen McCready, Issy Van Randwyck, and Nicholas Boulton.

Producer David Richardson said: “Robert Valentine has done something remarkable with this four-hour drama, which tells the story of the last days of planet Earth before it is destroyed by solar flares, a story told from the perspective of a woman temporarily brought back from the dead. It’s heart-breaking and exciting and doom-laden and, perhaps when you least expect it, uplifting and inspiring.”

Writer Robert Valentine added: “Originally, I thought I was going to be writing the final ever River Song story. Quickly I realised that I wasn’t, but I thought it would be fun to write something that feels like it’s the last we’ll ever see of River, and actually give that problem to her. Her life is usually intertwined with the Doctor’s, so I thought, what is her life like after her great relationship is over?

“And, the brief was to do a prequel to The Ark in Space, which is a Doctor Who classic, at the same time. When I went back and rewatched it, I realised that I wouldn't be allowed on this ship, I would have been one of the ones left behind. So I thought, let's give River a mission that leads into The Ark in Space, but with sympathy for those people who aren't on the Ark.”

Big Finish listeners can also pre-order a bundle with Last Words as well as Volumes 2 and 3 of The Death and Life of River Song, which are both due for release in 2025, for just £80 (collector’s edition CDs + downloads) or £66 (downloads only).

All the above prices include the special pre-order discount and are subject to change after general release. Please note: the collector’s edition CD box sets are strictly limited to 1,250 copies and will not be repressed.

Big Finish is currently operating a digital-first release schedule. The mail-out of collector’s edition CDs may be delayed due to factors beyond our control, but all purchases of this release unlock a digital copy that can be immediately downloaded or played on the Big Finish app from the release date.

[the-90s-music-colosseum]

The Most Attractive 90s Musician tournament - Round 1

GROUP A (over)

Match 1 - Geddy Lee vs Alanis Morisette

Match 2 - Brett Anderson vs Shirley Manson

Match 3 - KD Lang vs Kat Bjelland

Match 4 - Jarvis Cocker vs Mike Starr

Match 5 - Donita Sparks vs Matt Bellamy

Match 6 - Mike McCready vs Mike Dirnt

Match 7 - Zack de la Rocha vs Selena Quintanilla

Match 8 - Melissa auf der Maur vs Adam Horovitz

GROUP B (over)

Match 1 - Sean Kinney vs Mariah Carey

Match 2 - Rivers Cuomo vs Flea

Match 3 - Lauryn Hill vs Atsushi Sakurai

Match 4 - Shania Twain vs Dave Mustaine

Match 5 - Bilinda Butcher vs Whitney Houston

Match 6 - Dave Navarro vs Powerline

Match 7 - Dolores O'Riordan vs Missy Elliott

Match 8 - Janet Jackson vs Hope Sandoval

GROUP C (over)

Match 1 - Madonna vs Marty Friedman

Match 2 - Serj Tankian vs Prince

Match 3 - Tumblr anon vs Keanu Reeves

Match 4 - D'arcy Wretzky vs Kirk Hammett

Match 5 - Scott Stapp vs Martin Gore

Match 6 - Rachel Goswell vs Krist Novoselic

Match 7 - James Iha vs Tupac Shakur

Match 8 - Liam Gallagher vs Ville Valo

GROUP D (ongoing)

Match 1 - Patricia Morrison vs Chuck Schuldiner

Match 2 - Michael Stipe vs Michael Hutchence

Match 3 - Jason Newsted vs Mike Inez

Match 4 - Axl Rose vs Alex James

Match 5 - Kim Deal vs Tracy Chapman

Match 6 - Rob Halford vs Eric Martin

Match 7 - Henry Rollins vs Jay Kay

Match 8 - Chino Moreno vs Stephen Malkmus

ROUND 2 GROUP A PROPAGANDA SUBMISSION

Mini brackets and games:

Battle of the Mikes

previous tournament results <3 congratulations Tidal!

[scaryscarecrows]

James slams into a locked door, rattles the knob in desperation, and twists to face the oncoming hoard.

God, please...

"Hang on, I'll get it open!"

There's a click and the squeal of the hinges and the door swings backwards. He stumbles as a hand pulls him through.

SLAM!

His rescuer is a woman, five feet tall at best, wearing a nurse's uniform. He feels himself relax, a little. It's only his first day, his first three hours, he hasn't met everyone yet. It's not weird that this is a stranger.

"Gotcha," she says, locking the door back up. "This way, there's a shortcut to the offices."

The screams of the...patients...start to fade away as they go. She's quick, no hesitation, even when the flickering lights finally die, and he's a little pressed to keep up with her.

"Thanks," he gasps out. "I don't know what would have happened if--"

"They'd have torn you limb from limb," she says bluntly. "I've seen it happen. In here, we'll take a breather; you sound about to die."

He has no idea what this room is. The dark, twisted shapes of furniture are unfamiliar to him, and there's no windows. But it doesn't matter, because the door locks, and he sinks to the floor with his legs shaking. The nurse sits on a table or a desk, legs crossed at the ankles, white uniform the only thing even semi-visible in the gloom.

"You're new," she says carefully. "Aren't you?"

He nods.

"James McCready. My first shift started like, three hours ago."

She laughs suddenly.

"Oh, God, I'm so sorry. Welcome to Arkham! I'm Katrina."

"Nice to meet you, ma'am." He sucks in a fresh gasp for air and feels the shaking start to subside. "You, uh, been here long?"

"Few years. I was hired on...let's see..." She counts under her breath. "When Dr. Crane was the director. So yes, a few years."

Crane, Crane...he kinda remembers the name, but not really. It doesn't matter anyway, he's not the director now.

James plunks his head against the wall. God, that was close. It had been fine, at first, and then something had happened. They'd gotten out, gotten him down for a minute, tearing at his clothes and his skin, before he'd kicked free. Not before they got his weapons, but it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, he got away.

"We should get moving," Katrina says suddenly. "They're not the only ones you have to be careful of, and it's better to be in the offices. They have stronger locks."

"Okay."

He sticks closer than maybe is polite, because she's not tripping on furniture and he stubs his toe twice anyway. But they make their way out a back door, which she locks as well, and into a narrow hallway.

It's dusty here, like nobody ever uses this part of the building anymore. Bugs scurry along the baseboards and the occasional flash of lightning shows boarded-up doors and closed vents. It's quiet, too, without even distant shrieks.

But maybe that's a good thing. No shrieks=no inmates, right?

He thinks they'll come out into the main asylum, but instead she stops at a door labelled Crane, knocks once, and opens it.

"Here we are, Doctor. Our new patient."

The man inside is tall and thin. He's lit a couple of candles, and the leaping shadows make him look ghoulish. But he smiles and says, "I thought you'd be dragging him by the ankle."

"Not this time. Get in, you."

Before he can run, she grabs his arm and pulls, half-unbalancing him. The tall man is there in a flash, shockingly strong hands grasping at his wrists and yanking him the rest of the way into the room. Katrina kicks the door shut.

"I wouldn't try to get away," the man warns. "You're locked into this wing, and you don't know where you're going anyway."

"Please..."

"Shh." He's shoved onto a dusty couch. "Sit down, I insist. It's time for therapy."

"It's his first shift, love, be nice."

"Please, I won't tell anyone--"

"They already know," the man says dismissively. "Batman, last I heard, was tearing through the place. But unfortunately, he's outside and you are not. So." He picks up a syringe from the desk. "What shall we talk about?"

[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:

Akemi Homura x Kaname Madoka (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)

Ariane Yeong x Elster (SIGNALIS)

Arlecchino x Columbina (Genshin Impact)

Asahina Mafuyu x Yoisaki Kanade (Project SEKAI COLORFUL STAGE!)

Aylin x Isobel Thorm (Baldur's Gate)

Azusawa Kohane x Shiraishi An (Project SEKAI COLORFUL STAGE!)

Bo-Katan Kryze x The Armorer (Star War

Bronya Rand x Seele (Honkai: Star Rail)

Cam Bentland x Rebecca Godfrey (Under the Bridge)

Claudia x Madeleine Éparvier (AMC Interview with the Vampire)

Ema Skye x Kay Faraday (Ace Attorney)

Eva Yan x Yulia Lyuricheva (Pathologic)

Fina Valero x Marta de la Reina (Sueños de libertad)

GeminiTay x PearlescentMoon (Minecraft Youtube)

Katara x Yue (Avatar: The Last Airbender)

Klaasje Amandou x Ruby (Disco Elysium)

Lohse x Sebille (Divinity)

Marina Domek x Samarie (Fear & Hunger)

Mizi x Sua (Alien Stage)

Nangong Jingnu x Qiyan Agula (Jing Wei Qing Shang)

Suki x Yue (Avatar: The Last Airbender)

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

Abigail Blossom x Thomasina Topaz (Riverdale)

Amanda Clarke x Emily Thorne (Revenge)

Ann Walker x Anne Lister (Gentleman Jack)

Barbara Holland x Nancy Wheeler (Stranger Things)

Celia St James x Evelyn Hugo (The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo)

Gwen Stacy x Mary Jane Watson (Marvel Comics)

Hermione Granger x Narcissa Malfoy (Harry Potter)

Jack Danvers x Keeley Jones (Ted Lasso)

Jadzia Dax x Kira Nerys (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)

Jess McCready x Lupe Garcia (Amazon A League Of Their Own)

Katya x Sofia (Goncharov)

KJ Brandman x Mac Coyle (Amazon Paper Girls)

Molly x Nick (No Good Nick)

Natasha Romanoff x Peggy Carter (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

And to avoid any confusion, the following pairings on the Popular Pairing List were renamed during our recent tag check:

Blaze Rogers x Kristina Corinthos Davis (General Hospital, formerly Blaze x Kristina Corinthos Davis)

Cate Randa x May Olowe-Hewitt (Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, formerly Cate Randa x May Olowe Hewitt)

Cleopatra Smith x Frida Kahlo (Clone High, formerly Cleopatra Philopator x Frida Kahlo)

Mon Phetpailin x Sam Anantrakul (GAP, formerly Mon x Sam)

Ongsa x Sun (23.5, formerly Earth x Sun)

[oscarwetnwilde]

"You're fine, mate. Gary, you're fine. It's not even bleeding." James Wilby as James McCready in Trial And Retribution IV, Part Two (2000)

[crowwolf]

Glen McCready was making a Zelvor Playlist on Twitter

...my first thought? Riders in the Storm by The Doors (d'uh lol)

Lyrics:

Riders on the storm

Riders on the storm

Into this house, we're born

Into this world, we're thrown

Like a dog without a bone

An actor out on loan

Riders on the storm

There's a killer on the road

His brain is squirmin' like a toad

Take a long holiday

Let your children play

If you give this man a ride

Sweet family will die

Killer on the road, yeah

Girl, you gotta love your man

Girl, you gotta love your man

Take him by the hand

Make him understand

The world on you depends

Our life will never end

Gotta love your man, yeah

Riders on the storm

Riders on the storm

Into this house, we're born

Into this world, we're thrown

Like a dog without a bone

An actor out on loan

Riders on the storm

Riders on the storm

Riders on the storm

Riders on the storm

Riders on the storm

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: James Morrison / John Densmore / Ray Manzarek / Robby Krieger

Riders on the Storm lyrics © Sentric Music, TuneCore Inc., Wixen Music Publishing

[pers-books]

River Song’s Last Words 

Cover artwork, cast and story details are today revealed for The Death and Life of River Song: Last Words, a brand-new box set of apocalyptic audio drama, due for release August 2024. 

River Song may be the Doctor’s wife, but there’s so much more to her than that. Alex Kingston played the time-travelling archaeologist on Doctor Who between 2008 and 2015, and has reprised the role in many Big Finish audio dramas since, exploring what River gets up to when she’s not with her Time Lord husband. 

The first box set in her new series, The Death and Life of River Song: Last Words sees River, after cheating death as a digital consciousness uploaded to the Library, brought back to life in a cloned body and sent to Earth in the future, not long before it’s set to be ravaged by solar flares. 

Joining Kingston in this epic story’s cast is Greg Wise – who listeners may know from The Crown and Sense and Sensibility, as well as the 2021 series of Strictly Come Dancing – as ultra-rich tycoon Garrison Clay. He’s the man behind River’s temporary resurrection, and he has a mission for her. 

And, Jamie Parker – best known for playing Harry Potter in the West End show Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, as well as roles in TV series Treadstone and The Crown – plays Sam Avner, a mysterious man who becomes an ally to River. 

The Death and Life of River Song: Last Words is now available for pre-order exclusively here, as a limited edition four-CD box set (plus digital download) for £29.99, or as a digital download only for £22.99.   

Wrenched from her digital afterlife in the Library, River Song finds herself on sixty-first century Earth, resurrected in a clone body. Billionaire tech mogul Garrison Clay has a mystery to solve, and he’s selected River as the person to solve it. 

Armed with only her sonic screwdriver and a fake ID, River heads out into a world soon to be ravaged by solar flares... where danger stalks her at every turn. 

The story is divided into four episodes, or books, all scripted by Robert Valentine: 

Book 1 – Apokalypsis  Book 2 – Fate & Fatality  Book 3 – The Black Hours  Book 4 – Book of the Dead 

These four books together, as well as revealing an important chapter in River’s (after)life, serve as a prequel to the 1975 TV story The Ark in Space, with humanity preparing to flee the doomed Earth. Robert Whitelock guest stars as Lazar and Christine Kavanagh as Vira – characters originally played on television by Kenton Moore and Wendy Williams. 

Also on the cast list of Last Words are Jane Booker, Shogo Miyakita, Jamie Zubairi, Jacob Daniels, Andrew James Spooner, Glen McCready, Issy Van Randwyck, and Nicholas Boulton. 

Producer David Richardson said: “Robert Valentine has done something remarkable with this four-hour drama, which tells the story of the last days of planet Earth before it is destroyed by solar flares, a story told from the perspective of a woman temporarily brought back from the dead. It’s heart-breaking and exciting and doom-laden and, perhaps when you least expect it, uplifting and inspiring.” 

Writer Robert Valentine added: “Originally, I thought I was going to be writing the final ever River Song story. Quickly I realised that I wasn’t, but I thought it would be fun to write something that feels like it’s the last we’ll ever see of River, and actually give that problem to her. Her life is usually intertwined with the Doctor’s, so I thought, what is her life like after her great relationship is over? 

“And, the brief was to do a prequel to The Ark in Space, which is a Doctor Who classic, at the same time. When I went back and rewatched it, I realised that I wouldn't be allowed on this ship, I would have been one of the ones left behind. So I thought, let's give River a mission that leads into The Ark in Space, but with sympathy for those people who aren't on the Ark.” 

Big Finish listeners can also pre-order a bundle with Last Words as well as Volumes 2 and 3 of The Death and Life of River Song, which are both due for release in 2025, for just £80 (collector’s edition CDs + downloads) or £66 (downloads only). 

All the above prices include the special pre-order discount and are subject to change after general release. Please note: the collector’s edition CD box sets are strictly limited to 1,250 copies and will not be repressed. 

Big Finish is currently operating a digital-first release schedule. The mail-out of collector’s edition CDs may be delayed due to factors beyond our control, but all purchases of this release unlock a digital copy that can be immediately downloaded or played on the Big Finish app from the release date.

[forgeline]

Not just a car, but a tribute to a fallen friend. This BMW E90 M3 belonged to Tom McCready, and had been in a minor accident shortly before Tom passed away unexpectedly in 2022. So Tom’s best friend, James Walker, decided to honor Tom by not only restoring the car to its original glory but also by making a few key improvements along the way. James dropped it off to the team at BimmerWorld who repaired the damage and equipped it with a host of upgrades, including a CSF radiator and oil cooler package, Macht Schnell stage two air cleaner, Eisenmann axle-back exhaust, Motion Control Suspension adjustable coilovers, StopTech 380 mm/335 mm brake kit, BimmerWorld 82 mm lug stud conversion, 275/30ZR19 & 295/30ZR19 Continental ExtremeContact Sport 02 tires, and of course 19×9.5/19×10.5 Forgeline one piece forged monoblock GS1 wheels finished in Pearl Gray. We are confident that Tom would approve. See more at: https://forgeline.com/customer-gallery/james-walker 

[billsfangearring]

year in fic

I'll be honest, friends, I did very little in fandom other than read (99% of which was Aziraphale/Crowley and Jess McCready/Lupe García) this year, but @squidgilator tagged me in this so here we go...

✨January✨

I wrote a meta post and (later) published it on AO3. Who am I and what have I done with the 15-year lurker? (Remus/Sirius)

These are just my purely anecdotal observations as a longtime Wolfstar/Jily/Marauders fan who has recently spent some time mucking around in Wolfstar spaces from the aughts/noughties. I have not made any attempt to review Wolfstar fandom history in any sort of comprehensive or systematic way before spouting off like I know something in this post. Also, I wrote this on a whim in a little over an hour, so please forgive any mistakes/sparse sourcing.

Early Wolfstar Fandom vs. Today

✨June✨

I accidentally solicited a prompt then decided to try this writing thing with a tiny drabble featuring the Potter cat. (James/Lily)

“He shoots. He scores! Another ten points to Gryffindor. Potter’s on fire tonight. Look, he’s taken possession of the Quaffle again! Excellent broom handling as he dodges left and right. That hoop is wide open… goal!”

Harry claps his chubby hands, giggling, as James scoops up more baby food.

Dinner, Interrupted

✨August✨

My first fic, written for Cruel Summer fic fest! I haven't been able to bring myself to read it since, but hopefully it holds up. (Remus/Sirius)

He should have known that it had never been him and Remus alone together in the middle of London, hunched over cheap chips as their breath mingled with the exhaled smog of the city.

The wolf had always been there too.

it's not enough (this time)

Open tag! I'm loving everyone's wrap-up posts, so please share! <3

[ancientrimer]

Tag 9 people you want to know better!

Thank you kindly dearest dearest @twoguysonebeartrap for the tag this was very fun <3

First ship:

From a very young age I was primarily interested in canon ships, I rarely if ever came up with ships of my own and as such the main one I remember really caring about first is probably like Lily/James from H*rry Potter. In terms of non-canon couples though, I did have an unfortunate phase when I was into Fairy Tail and cared very much about Natsu/Lisanna because of their long friendship bond.

Three ships:

I’m not hugely passionate about shipping BUT I’ve been in fandom and particularly fanfic spaces long enough that I was bound to develop a few that lie very closely to my heart <3

Baze Malbus/Chirrut Îmwe. Sends me absolutely insane. They’ve known each other their entire lives. They’ve been life partners since they were like five. They stuck together through everything except for when they actually did split up for five years but they came together again because the loss of Baze’s faith didn’t affect their love for each other, or their love for the people of Jedha.

Monkey D. Luffy/Roronoa Zoro. They’re ace4ace they’re gay they’re romantic partners they’re friends they’re in a qppr they’re captain and first mate they’re dumbasses they’re the only fighters who can measure against each other they have a foundational joint understanding of morality, dreams, determination, and an it’s-achieving-my-goals-or-bust attitude. They understand each other fundamentally and it truly doesn’t matter if they’re in a relationship or not but I’m very very fascinated by their dynamic.

Lupe Garcia/Jess McCready. Listen I know A League of Their Own came out this year but I’ve grown to care about this one a lot. I’ve never seen a butch4butch ship at all much less one with an on screen relationship and heaps of chemistry and it really hit hard. They spotted each other through a throng of people and found community friendship a soul mate.

Last song:

“Lion” by Saint Mesa

Last movie:

I’m like a third through “Willow” but before that it was “The Harder They Fall” (very good movie!!)

Currently reading:

Like. A dozen books. Very few actively. I’m also listening to several audiobooks. None of them actively. But one of them is Howl’s Moving Castle! Which is very cosy as an experience even if it’s YA and I highly recommend it. It’s got very interesting intertextual takes on classic fairytales that slightly remind me of Terry Pratchett’s writing

Currently consuming:

Several different Dimension 20 campaigns concurrently

Currently craving:

Some truly deep and dream free sleep and a lie in. Hopefully I will get this next Sunday <3

Tagging (absolutely no pressure to do it ofc!!):

@missjenca, @beholdthemem, @asexualzoro, @phoebo-fugiente, @valenshawke, @cityofawesomeness, @archaicden