#McFly’s here forever

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McFly’s here forever

[its-flame-art]

“wait a minute. wait a minute, Doc. ah... are you telling me that you built a time machine...out of a DeLorean?”

[timechange]

MCFLY JULY ‘24 — pepsi free.

88 (1989)

1:15 AM

Sunshine Girl

Recent History

Strangerland

Erasure

Continuum

Wipe Out

In Flux

FUTURE BOY (1991)

Lightning

Goofy Foot

No Roads, All Roads

Unheard

Lost Memory

Lovestruck

Second Chance, California

City Limits

[erikiara80]

A beautiful Byler-Polivia parallel

Olivia Dunham is Subject 13, and she has the ability to see and travel to the parallel world. In ST there are many mentions of the number 13, and that could be a hint that there are different timelines or a time loop, not actual parallel worlds. Will mentions the number 13 in the very opening scene.

Will-Olivia parallels

It was a seven. I read many interesting theories about this moment and Mike's strange reaction. That maybe Will is in a Vecna vision, and that's why the lights flicker and "Mike" looks confused and doesn't know what Will is talking about.

Those "eyes" definitely seem to suggest that Vecna is spying them.

But if this Mike is actually Vecna, shouldn't he know about the game and the Demogorgon? He can read minds, wouldn't he at least try to smile?

Then I remembered why this scene seemed familiar. It reminds me of a scene of Fringe, ep 3x15, when Olivia, who can't control her powers yet, travels to the parallel world and for a moment sees the other Dr Bishop, who is quite surprised by what she says (in 3x15 Olivia also meets Peter for the first time)

So, this is just a thought, but I wonder if, when he talks to Mike, he's seeing a Mike from another timeline, or a different memory. Maybe a timeline where Karen interrupted the campaign earlier, or Will rolled the dice and won? That would explain Mike's confusion.

And now I'm thinking about other parallels

The zeppelin and the Rainbowship

The first time Olivia sees the parallel world, she draws this

What if Will didn't just imagine the rainbowship, but drew what he saw, like he drew the vines? Nina kinda looks like a rocket. So, more connection between Will and the experiments.

(EDIT: The First Shadow spoilers) Now we know that in 1943, the ship of Brenner's father wound up in Dimension X, during the Philadelphia Experiment, which was connected to the Rainbow Project. So, maybe Will's rainbowship is a reference to that

But back to Olivia and Will. Here she's drawing while the adults are talking about her, and Will is drawing while Joyce and Hopper are talking with Owens, who gives major Walter Bishop vibes, and even has a son named Peter.

Byler and Polivia, the parallel of their first meeting

The rainbowship is mentioned in the shed scene, the same scene in which Mike reminds Will of the first time they met.

In 3x15 Olivia draws the Zeppeling, and in the same episode Peter finds her sketchbook and sees her drawing of the field of white tulips. Her drawings, that are connected to her powers and visions, help him to find her. And this is a beautiful parallel with Will and Mike, because Peter's life changes when she meets Olivia. They talk about her abusive father (in the shed scene Jon mentions Lonnie) and it's after they talk in that field that Peter decides to accept his new family and his new life.

Asking Will to be his friend is the best thing Mike has ever done, and their lives changed too, when they met.

Like I said, I don't think there are parallel worlds in ST, just different timelines, because for some reason they're stuck in a loop. They mention time loops a few times, and Max even mentions it when they are in Henry's house.

In S2 Nancy tells Murray that his timeline is wrong, and in his letter Hopper says that you can't turn back the clock. But then Henry does it in the flashback. There's also this Back to the future line: The appropriate question is 'When the hell are they?'

And if there's really a time loop, I think Will and Henry can see other timelines or maybe the timelines are merging? There are so many hints.

From Will's Marty Mcfly outfit in S1, to Henry seeing the Mind Flayer when he was a kid. The crystal ball in the Will the Wise drawing, used by clairvoyants, the Forever Clock that Dustin gives to Will, Will's name engraved on the grandfather clock and him saying, in his Will the Wise outfit, that he's seen into the future. If they're stuck in a time loop, then the future is actually the past, since the story has repeated itself many times. Steve and Robin even mention the whole going back to future/present thing.

In 4x01 El says that they're all time travellers, so yeah, if Olivia can see and travel to a parallel world, maybe in ST people can see (or travel to) different timelines of the timeloop.

Eleven, Twelve and Thirteen

In the Nina scenes I noticed that Thirteen is often in the frame with El or Twelve (who I think represents Will). At first I didn't understand why. She never speaks or interacts with El. And I didn't know why they cast a girl that looks like young Millie. The actress said that the crew kept telling her that she looked like Millie, and before S4 many fans speculated that she would play El. Everything means something in this show, and the casting is always on point, so I thought maybe they want us to notice something? Then I remembered that Olivia was Subject 13.

So that kid could be a subtle hint that we're seeing different timelines in Nina. From the beginning, when El wakes up and see the rooms of Four and Nine. 4+9=13

Twelve and Thirteen

Twelve and Thirteen in the Rainbow Room. It's interesting that in both these scenes they focus on 12, "Will", and 13, who looks like little El, after they show the twins. Willel, twins, and different timelines...

Brenner and Thirteen's room

Thirteen and Eleven (and Twelve)

I really think that Thirteen is a reference to Olivia, and since Olivia can see parallel worlds, maybe this is a hint at the ability to see/travel to other timelines. I already thought that El was seeing different timelines, and that she was actually there, with her mind, but this is a nice detail.

*Another interesting 13 mention. The 13th birthday of a kid named Georgie. George, like George Smith in the play? We know that Will's birthday is important, and since this scene is about his parents, I think this mention is connected to both Will and Henry/Edward

Hm, a bit lost, because of other timelines/a time loop?

Anyway, I love Fringe and I love that ST has so many parallels with such a beautiful story.

[xmads-omensx]

REQUESTED

Word Count: 523

Content Warnings: mentions of being stood up, comfort, swearing

“We’re just too different.”

“It’s not you, it’s me.”

It was all bullshit excuses.

Tom had been stood up.

He didn’t understand what he did wrong. He arranged the date. He bought her flowers. He got to the restaurant early. He wore his best shirt and got Danny to style his hair.

He didn’t understand why she didn’t come.

Lisa was a girl who he had gone to school with growing up and had always had a crush on, so bumping into her last week had been a total surprise. Since the few years he had been in McFly, Tom had already gained loads of confidence, so asking her out after all these years had been relatively easy.

Lisa still wore her tortoise shell glasses, but now she paired them with a classier look. A long tweed overcoat that had been layered upon a white t-shirt tucked into some brown slacks.

She looked just as beautiful as Tom remembered, if not more so.

Het long auburn hair had been pulled back into a low ponytail with a few wispy pieces escaping around her ears.

So he gave it a go and stuttered out an invitation to dinner a week later.

She said that she would love to.

Liar.

That was the one word circling through Tom’s minds as he stood outside the restaurant for an hour, holding a sad bouquet of lilies he had gotten from the shop earlier.

Harry had come to the rescue following a sad phone call from Tom and told him all of the classic things you’re supposed to say.

“She’s an idiot for standing you up.”

“Maybe she’s sick and forgot to call you?”

“Maybe she’s nervous?”

Tom held out hope that one of these was true until he returned home and received a voicemail from Lisa, detailing how she changed her mind and felt awful about it.

“We’re too different.”

“It’s not you, it’s me.”

Except it was him.

Tom felt that Lisa didn’t want the one who was seen as the ‘fat one’ in the band, and instead wanted someone more attractive like Danny or Harry.

Dougie was much too young for Lisa.

Harry had been a great support for Tom over the coming weeks.

He had dragged Tom out of bed, and back into the recording studio.

He even took Tom shopping for some new clothes, believing that getting him something nice might make him feel better about his tragic situation.

“You don’t need her. Somebody else will come along and you will steal their heart because you are fucking incredible, Tom. Any girl would be lucky to have you in their life, no matter the context.” Harry had told him one evening whilst they sat on the sofa playing video games.

It had helped Tom, the support he had from Harry, because it made him feel less alone with his issue.

Sure, Lisa had stood him up, but he still had an amazing best friend who loved him.

Nothing could take away the love that his brothers had for him, and that he had for his brothers.

McFly was going to be here forever.

[luna-writes-stuff]

Do you have a plan to make a modern au headcanon for Starcrossed Losers?

WOW THIS TOOK FOREVER TO ANSWER I AM SO SORRY. But yes. Yes, I do.

Kili and Raewyn modern AU! headcanons

Kili X Starcrossed Losers! OC

Fluff, headcanons

Tw: Mentions of miscarriage/dying through childbirth, dogs and cats.

Wait, you don’t know who Raewyn is??? Blasphemy. Check her story out right here!

-In a modern day setting, I think Fili and Kili would own a busy pub somewhere in a side street. Ironically enough, I believe Raewyn would become either a history or geography teacher. At night, she’ll help in the pub, serving guests or helping in a band performing that night. Because, obviously, she’d take music lessons (see earlier headcanons)

-Due to the vacations of the school, she travels a lot with Kili, visiting big cities in Europe and distant villages in Asia. Her students love to hear tales about the people there, and she loves telling them.

-Kili helps Raewyn prepare lessons for students. He actually has some really good ideas in there and Raewyn loves to tell him how the class responded to ‘his’ teaching.

-Even though the pub is located in the centre of the city, Raewyn and Kili would live in a house surrounded by forests. Those tiny roads leading through woods, sometimes extending towards two or three houses? That’s where they’d likely live. Raewyn loves to spend her nights walking the forest. Kili is just glad to be there.

-The garden offers enough room for Farris, because - naturally - she’d still be there. Knowing Kili, she’d probably be accompanied by three dogs, likely named after characters from famous films, like Gizmo, Luke, and Marty McFly.

-Raewyn would get a cat just to spite Kili’s dogs. They’d get a decent name - likely after someone from ancient history. She’d go with names from gods, like Bastet or Artemis. Because Kili insisted on big dogs, she got a Norwegian Forest cat.

-The cat loves Kili more than Raewyn. Kili hates the cat.

-Likewise, Marty McFly loves Raewyn. He doesn’t like Kili because Kili doesn’t let him swim in lakes.

-Speaking about ‘children’. Raewyn and Kili would adopt two kids rescued from war zones, left without family. Raewyn used to want biological children, but her mother never lived long enough to hold her youngest daughter, and ever since, she’s been terrified of the idea of getting pregnant.

-Thorin and Bilbo are the godparents - naturally.

-Surprisingly, Raewyn is the chill parent. Kili does his absolute best to not teach the kids any swear words or let them watch anything under the age guide on films and series. The oldest said their first swear word just three weeks in Raewyn and Kili’s care. Fili was the culprit. To this day, Kili still believes it was Raewyn. She thinks so too.

-Bilbo often visits the dogs when Raewyn helps Kili in the pub at night. They’re twice as heavy as he is, but they love him. Bilbo used to be scared of them.

-Don’t worry, Raewyn gets therapy sessions.

-Kili is a swiftie. He pulled Raewyn into the fandom. Her favourite album is folklore. Kili is a 1989 stan. Raewyn’s favourite artist would probably be a classic rock band like Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath.

-On the topic of modern media; the two love to watch horror films late at night. Raewyn is the psychopath who can go to bed after the credits roll. Kili needs to watch at least one episode of a comedy show before he can even walk up the stairs.

-Kili loves science fiction most, preferably Star Wars or Back to the Future. Raewyn has a secret love for terrible comedies like the Monty Python works. Horror and fantasy are their middle ground.

-Their home is littered with books. They have a bookcase. But there are books everywhere. At least three in the bathroom. Kili is a binge reader. He finishes series within a week. Raewyn reads twenty books at the same time. None of them place the books back in the bookcase. Bilbo does when he looks after the dogs.

-Gandalf has a spare key to their house. He never enters unannounced (surprisingly), but does enter their garden to entertain the dogs. When Raewyn invites him in, he claims to hate the dogs. He doesn’t. He even has a favourite. But don’t tell Marty McFly and Gizmo.

-The dogs aren’t forced to be outside. They just never want to go inside. Raewyn and Kili have to carry them in at night for their own safety. Luke, the St. Bernard, has to sleep in bed with them every night. So does the cat. Luke is the only dog she accepts. Raewyn and Kili often wake up on the floor.

-Once a week, Raewyn and Kili have a ‘duty-free’ night. They’ll go to a little shed in the forest Raewyn bought while someone takes care of the children and the dogs (the cat takes care of themself). They usually fall asleep there, but every so often they play boardgames or spend the night chatting away under the stars.

-Kili packs Raewyn’s lunch every morning. He leaves little notes in her lunchbox. There is not a day he has forgotten to do so.

-Raewyn and Kili wear matching ugly Christmas sweaters around the holidays.

[lunarsilkscreen]

The Doctor Moves Sideways through time

The future and the past don't mean the same thing to "The Doctor" as his own future and past. That means his future is different from the time (or earth's future).

The multiverse theory isn't a new one, Back to the Future has three separate "present day's" as an example, each big timeline change changing something extreme about the present.

Other theorists have examined this in excruciating detail, wonder how, or if Marty McFly can even get back to his own timeline after that initial change. And his "Present Day" reflecting big changes until he finds one he's OK with.

This is apparent in Dr. Who, as he's seen the end of the earth, and the universe itself many different times. And I mean *different*. An example; He's been the destruction of Atlantis three separate times.

One thing that *only* the Doctor cares about changing (or rather not changing) are "Key Points in Time". In one of the early 9th doctor episodes, it invited time eaters when they made too many times loops to save Rose Tyler's dad.

Usually, The Doctor avoids running into himself because they tend to destroy the universe he's *currently* in. And that's one of the things he doesn't quite like. Because when a universe ends, he gets pushed into a new body and might lose himself.

Or maybe he just hates it changes, and he likes knowing everything about the universe he's currently in.

Anyway, when the Doctor (in the Tardis) goes forward or back through time, they also travel sideways, each minor or major change is ok, because the universe is relatively the same as it was yesterday.

And if the Tardis leaves, or he loses track of it, he might lose the Tardis forever, because it might shift into another dimension without him, thanks to arbitrary changes and difference in time.

That's why the 'R' in Tardis stands for "Relative". It's relatively the same, but it's also why the doctor is surprised when something shouldn't be where it is. (Which is nearly all the time)

"This or That shouldn't be here", "this doesn't happen for another 10000 years", etc...

Because it's relatively the same, but it's not the same.

This probably also why the doctor likes to take his pets to see the future, but not the past. Because if they go-to the past, they might not be able to return to their present (a key plot point behind a lot of Doctors companions.)

But, it also means that the Doctor doesn't pick up random people, only displaced people. Usually ones where their own timelines were already disrupted by the Doctor himself, or something else...

[inkfamy]

Skybound's Energon Universe trailer

I continue to be totally normal about this so under the cut are some stills from the video because :3c intwesting??

We get a short intro; "The Transformers robots awaken on Earth". I guess this means they're going for the same G1 premise of the Autobots and Decepticons having crash landed on earth and ended up in stasis. That's kind of an interesting thing if they keep the timeline the same too, because it's one of G1's enjoyable but unrealistic and silly points that both leaders and all the high command holders were taken out of commission 4 million years ago, and yet the war continued. I wonder if they'll make a few changes so this feels more believable, and how Arcee being on the Autobot team changes things (is it still mostly the Autobot ladies who kept fighting Shockwave on Cybertron, or has that dynamic changed completely?).

I'm sorry I said there would be pictures I will stop theorising

So we have a nice colour scheme for Ratchet, and a peek at the human I will forever think of as Marty McFly and someone else.

Soundwave knocking Optimus off his feet, you're doing amazing sweetie

I'm never going to get enough of this shot of Starscream reaching for a fighter pilot, I can't wait to see the full size colour version on issue #2's cover.

And finally, the detail that really got an OwO?? when I paused the video to take things in: The Ark overhead behind a Cobra agent?! Is it falling, is it taking off? We know Transformers and GI Joe's fates are being twisted together both here and likely in the upcoming live action movies, so I need to know context for this

Climbing the walls with excitement

[knickynoo]

Back to the Future: The Animated Series, s01ep09 "Solar Sailors" Review and Commentary

Previous episodes linked HERE

In this episode: Doc and Clara take a relaxing anniversary cruise to Mars but instead end up facing the terrifying reality of being lost adrift in the outer reaches of space until their eventual deaths. But like. In a fun kids' cartoon way.

I know that the point of this entire cartoon is to focus on the cartoon (duh), but the live-action segments with Real Doc are entirely too short. I want more time with him. He is my favorite wild-eyed scientist, and we should have been able to see his absolutely crazed face more often.

I will also use this opportunity to express how much I would have liked if Michael J. Fox had been able to appear in at least one of these segments. Like. Even if it had just been thirty seconds of screentime. It would've been really fun to have seen him as college-aged Marty, barging in on Doc's weird little science show for a few moments.

Moving on.

Real Doc talks about the time he went to space and leads us into the cartoon, where we see Jules and Verne surprising their parents with anniversary gifts. Verne gives them a drawing, and it's adorable.

Jules presents them with the "J.E.B. Cross-Time Headliner," which is equipped with a flux capacitor and allows someone to type in any date and get the newspaper headlines from that time.

Little interesting side-note: The cartoon establishes Doc and Clara's wedding anniversary as December 15th. From reading the wiki for this episode, though, I learned that the BTTF card game (released in 2010) places Doc and Clara's wedding on September 15th instead. Given the absolute whirlwind that Doc and Clara's relationship is in Part III, I think the September date is more fitting. They definitely flew off to safety on the hoverboard, took a second to collect themselves, and then went, "Wow, that was wild; hope Marty made it back home. Let's get married!!"

Jules demonstrates that the machine can pull headlines from the future and types in December 15, 2091, which shows this:

And this is how we learn that the McFly family will own a space cruise company in the future. Also, this newspaper costs $85.

After Clara mentions how nice it would be to take a "second honeymoon" to Mars, Jules hands them two tickets. (he then reveals he used time travel + Doc's credit card to buy the tickets, lol) Doc and Clara leave that same night in the time machine, announcing to the boys that they'll be back in two minutes. As soon as they leave, though, Jules's machine prints out a new headline. This one is from the following day, December 16th, and reads, "McFly Solar Sailship Lost in Space!" Uh oh.

Happy anniversary, Doc and Clara! You are lost forever in the vastness of outer space.

It's up to Jules and Verne to travel to the future and prevent their parents from boarding the ship (named the "MSC Marty", btw). 2091 Hill Valley is super futuristic and shiny, and pretty much everything is run by robots. Unfortunately, Jules and Verne get diverted upon their arrival, so they're unable to keep Doc and Clara from boarding the ship. We then hear an announcement from the captain, Marta McFly, who is Marty and Jennfer's great-granddaughter.

This may be a good place to mention how much I dislike the trend of Marty's relatives having names that are so similar to his. I will give Marty Jr. a pass since that's a common thing for a father and son to do the senior/junior thing, but I honestly don't even like Marlene's name. Marty and Jen could have been more creative than that. (I even like to headcanon that they end up giving her a different name in the "better" version of 2015 that ends up happening for the McFly family—that's how much I dislike the "every relative after Marty is named after him" thing) But I digress...

We learn that the person in charge of ship maintenance is Ziff Tannen, and he is not happy about the fact that, "McFlys have been kicking Tannens around for centuries," and wants his revenge. I think it's funny that these two families just cannot escape each other no matter how hard they try. Of all the people in the world, the Tannens and McFlys are just entwined together no matter the time period or location. The only thing is that the dynamic switches based on if it's pre or post-George punching Biff in 1955. But there's nothing they can do to fully break whatever bizarre ties bind them to each other. Good stuff.

Anyway, Ziff is so bent on making the McFlys pay that he sabotages the ship—dooming ALL OF THESE innocent people to certain death in outer space.

Jules and Verne are unable to get anyone to believe their warnings, and the ship launches. Farewell, Doc and Clara. We will miss you dearly. Considering that Clara is living 100+ years out of her proper time period and that Doc's parents are deceased and he doesn't have any siblings, I can only assume they have it in their wills that, in the event of their untimely demise, Marty gets custody of Jules and Verne. Or perhaps Einstein does. Honestly, with the way Marty's character is in this series, Jules and Verne might be better off being raised by a dog.

In order to gain access to the building where the sailships are being launched, Jules and Verne sneak in with a group of kids who are on a school field trip to tour the McFly Museum of Aeronautics. The McFly family has really built a successful empire for themselves, haven't they?

Meanwhile, in outer space, the passengers of the MSC Marty sailship are enjoying their trip, blissfully unaware of the impending catastrophe. Doc and Clara are riding around on hover scooters and come across an area of the ship where a concert is being held, and they're shocked to see the main act: Marty!

Except it isn't actually Marty, which Doc and Clara discover when they follow him backstage and he rips off his face.

Doc and Clara, understandably, react with utter terror.

But, yes, the guy is merely a Marty McFly impersonator. Marty evidently became a successful enough musician that he has people who are hired to pretend to be him in concerts. (side note: this 10 second scene of "Marty" is the only appearance he makes in this episode)

Things start going haywire then as the sabotaged sails malfunction, sending the ship floating toward the "outer edge of the solar system." Doc and Clara immediately decide to do what they can to help the situation, all the while Jules and Verne are still on Earth trying to get anybody to take their warnings seriously. After breaking their way into the control room and finding out that a Tannen works there, Jules delivers what is perhaps my favorite line.

It's just such a fun and clever "Jules" twist on the idiom: "bet dollars to donuts." He is very much Doc's son.

Ziff is so outraged at the accusation that he accidentally drops a piece of evidence in front of several other crew members—his copy of a magazine titled "Sabotage Weekly." And honestly, this moment alone makes me reconsider this show's reputation for being terrible. I mean, come on. He's reading a magazine called SABOTAGE WEEKLY! This is top-tier comedy! And to add even more delight to the scene, Ziff attempts to flee the scene via jetpack, but he puts it on the wrong way and catapults himself out of the building and straight into prison. Who's cell does he end up crashing into? His grandfather Griff's!!

"You blew it, didn't you, butthead?" Griff disappointedly asks his grandson.

A worker at the control center takes a look at the damaged ship via video feed and forlornly informs the boys that there's nothing she can do. Jules is undeterred by this, though, and formulates a plan to rescue his parents and all the people aboard the ship.

We return to Doc and Clara, who have donned spacesuits and are outside the ship trying to repair it themselves, to no avail. At the realization that it isn't working, Clara notes that she can't believe they will never see their boys again, and Doc cries so much that he fills up his entire suit with tears.

This is. Such a fun children's cartoon.

Thankfully, the agony doesn't last long because Jules and Verne soon come to the rescue, having borrowed the space center's first ship, the MSC Jennifer. They use it to tow the MSC Marty safely back to Earth, and all is well. End of cartoon portion. Back to Real Doc! He greets us with a very silly joke and cracks himself up.

I'm thinking that Doc is probably very proficient at Dad-jokes around his children and that he stands there laughing uncontrollably while his family just stares at him. Anyway, he explains that this is because space is a vacuum, which leads us into an experiment that creates a vacuum in a jar—using fire to suck a small balloon inside of it. And that's about it!

This was a fun one to write about, even though I feel like this post is super lengthy. I'm glad that a lot of you are still enjoying these!

Join me next time to see Marty pose as a ghost in 1845 London in order to break Clara out of prison.

[saintdesnoyers]

journal entry #2 - dear 2023... (and what i want for 2024)

you were a hot one, 2023, i'm not going to lie. you challenged me creatively the most but it was a good a reason. you reminded me that i could write, that i could do whatever because it's my writing.

remember? i was sick for like 473829749237432 months. but i did a 30 days of writing challenge while being sick and it helped me get that little magical challenge that i like to take.

i left some ships/players behind for... personal reasons and yet, i created some other dynamics and i didn't just write romance. i proved to myself that i was able to create some beautiful (yet unpopular) stories without romance in it.

i wrote over 40k+ in november, i wrote so many stories that i'm proud of. here are some of my favorites:

now you know why ghosts spend their whole lives floating (haunted x family, my first over 25k words fic!)

he's just kent (kent/owen)

if we make it through december we'll be fine (kent with richie&carts)

love is nothing stronger than a boy with love (6167)

kiss my scars (josh/connor)

i also did a rarepair challenge and i wrote like a crazy person in june for like 6 or 7 fics, if i remember it clear.

i restarted an ao3 account and reclaimed my identity as a writer. i know that i disappeared from tumblr and i came back then deleted everything again.

but as the mcfly song says: another year over, and we're still together, it's not always easy but i'm here (forever)

i'm here. i will be here. i learned my lesson to protect my mental health even if i'm here. i will continue to write. i'm sure that i will have more stories to come.

i hope for myself that i will continue to improve my writing. that i will achieve some of my goals for bigger projects because i know that i can do it. i hope that i will take time for myself when i'm not feeling like writing and that i will accept it.

for 2024, i want to write the superheroes au as it was supposed to. i'm finally going to dip into the dystopia au & the wjc fantasy au. these are my goals but i'm also looking forward to write some smaller projects.

& i hope that you will stick with me. if you read this, that's because you trusted me enough and that you've been here since i've started writing prompts, that's how it started for me about two, almost three years ago.

cheers to another creative one!

[miyamorana]

Miya's 2023 Fanfic Recs Part 4

Here are all the cool, complete fics I’ve read this year. Separated into 5 posts because there’s nearly a hundred of them.

PART 4: VIDEO GAMES, MOVIES AND BOOKS (16)

Back to the Future (3)

Baldur's Gate 3 (1)

D&D: Honor Among Thieves (1)

Dragon Age (6)

Harry Potter (2)

Percy Jackson & Related Fandoms (3)

Part 1: Boku no Hero Academia (33) Part 2: Other Anime and Cartoons (20) Part 3: Television (16) Part 5: Crossovers (11)

Fandom: Back to the Future Title: Muscle Memory Authors: irisbleufic, leaper182 Pairing: Emmett “Doc” Brown/Marty McFly Rating: Explicit Word Count: 62,600 Summary: “Then why were we kissing, Doc?” Marty demanded. “I think I’d remember kissing you before actually kissing you!”

Fandom: Back to the Future Title: it is the dawn; time has shifted Author: Edgebug Pairing: Emmett “Doc” Brown/Marty McFly Rating: Teen and Up Audiences Word Count: 16,184 Summary: The flux capacitor shakes, screams, explodes. Marty and Doc deal with the aftermath.

Fandom: Back to the Future Title: A Matter of Time Author: breakaway71 Pairing: Emmett “Doc” Brown/Marty McFly Rating: General Audiences Word Count: 14,096 Summary: Marty is going to save Doc’s life, and if Doc won’t let him do it the easy way, if he’s so determined to stick to his damn principles and never read Marty’s note, well then, Marty’s going to do it the only other way he has left.

One day at a time.

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(or: Marty returns to 1985 only to find that his best friend is gone and everyone in his family are strangers to him. Obviously, the only thing left for him to do is fix the time machine and go back to 1955. Easier said than done, of course.)

Fandom: Baldur’s Gate 3 Title: Devil’s Tongue Author: ushauz Pairing: Astarion/Wyll Rating: Mature Word Count: 6,554 Summary: Actor Feat: Your Charisma increases by 1, to a maximum of 20. Your Proficiency Bonus is also doubled for Deception and Performance checks.

A devil’s magic, as it turns out, involves a lot of lying to make it work. Wyll works overtime to perfect it.

Fandom: D&D: Honor Among Thieves Title: vicious mockery Author: andthentheybow Pairing: Edgin Darvis/Xenk Yendar, Simon Aumar/Doric Rating: Mature Word Count: 4195 Summary: “He doesn’t use magic,” Doric says, jutting her chin toward Edgin. Holga makes a noise that might be described as a grunt. Simon nods and takes another bite of stew. “Is it another tragic backstory thing?“

Simon looks like he’s about to speak through a mouthful of stew, then thinks better of it and swallows first. “Don’t ask me.” Doric gives him a look and turns to Holga.

“I don’t know,” Holga says. “Probably.”

Five times Edgin actually uses magic, and one time he doesn’t.

Fandom: Dragon Age (Dragon Age II) Title: Paper and Cotton Author: calligraphypenn Pairing: Anders/Fenris Rating: Teen Word Count: 14,835 Summary: Over the centuries, there developed in the Circle of Magi a tradition of showing affection, regard and intent through the giving of small, practical trinkets. It became a way to dodge any suspicion from the Circle authorities–who could object to the gift of some paper, or a single coin? In which Fenris is a practical elf, and accidentally tells Anders through tokens that he likes him VERY MUCH. But (at first) Fenris has no idea, and Anders is daily more baffled and suspicious. As seen on Tumblr, and now with lovely art by AO3 user Prudabaga.

Fandom: Dragon Age (Dragon Age II) Title: Chances Are Author: calligraphypenn Pairing: Anders/Fenris Rating: Teen Word Count: 9,065 Summary: Anders knows what it’s like, being hunted. When Fenris isolates himself in his mansion and keeps his health issues to himself, Anders puts aside their enmity to help him. As seen on Tumblr.

Fandom: Dragon Age (Dragon Age II, Dragon Age Origins: Awakening) Title: All of Me Author: Nikki66 Pairing: Anders/Fenris Rating: Explicit Word Count: 135,099 Summary: When Fenris learns he possesses magic, his life is forever changed. His friends support him, but can he cope with becoming his own greatest enemy? Salvation is just a mage away.

Fandom: Dragon Age (Dragon Agee II, Dragon Age: Inquisition) Title: Overthinking It Author: Starla-Nell (Princess_Nell) Pairing: Fenris/Dorian Pavus Rating: Explicit Word Count: 25,513 Summary: Fenris joins the Inquisition and meets Dorian. Somehow, they don’t kill each other. Wait, they’re friends? Wait they -? Oh. Oh, my.

Fandom: Dragon Age (Dragon Age II, Dragon Age Origins, Dragon Age Origins: Awakening) Title: Paths Cross  Author: Starla-Nell (Princess_Nell)  Pairing: Alistair/Bethany Hawke Rating: Teen Word Count: 4,149 Summary: Written for the Prompt: Alistair/Bethany Would love fics about these two adorable people crossing paths! AUs welcome, fluff and sweetness strongly preferred. No non-con, please.

Fandom: Dragon Age (Dragon Age: Inquisition) Title: A Herald Named Desire Author: ushauz Pairing: Male Adaar/Iron Bull/Dorian Pavus Rating: Unrated Word Count: 360,894 Series: Part 1 of Tales of Desire (Words: 396,552 - Works: 3) Summary: In which ‘Adaar’ is totally not a desire demon from the Fade, because Haven is a camp filled with Templars. Also morals and mortals are both confusing, and he would really just like to go home now please.

Fandom: Harry Potter Title: Left of the Line  Author: JoWithTheFlow Pairing: None Rating: Teen and Up Audiences Word Count: 18,646 Summary: It started, as many things did, with Cedric. They had been stronger when they worked together, a Hufflepuff and a Gryffindor, embodying the best traits of their house each and using them to fight and win against the spider in the maze. It had been the seed of an idea that bloomed in Harry’s fifth year—the Houses were stronger together. To survive, he needed not just bravery, but hard work, wisdom, and resourcefulness too.

It wasn’t just about him, either. They all needed each other. 

Fandom: Harry Potter Title: Forever, preferably Author: JoWithTheFlow Pairing: Harry Potter/Tom Riddle Rating: Teen and Up Audiences Word Count: 67,690 Summary: There was another student here.

Tom recognized him vaguely—while transfer students were not necessarily uncommon due to the war, they were rare enough to at least make an impression. This particular transfer student was in his year, sorted into Ravenclaw after an impressively long hat stall. He looked like he might be descended from the Potter line, but he did not share the surname so his lineage was of no particular interest to Tom. Nothing about him was of particular interest to Tom, in fact, and yet here he stood, holding the book that Tom had come here to find.

It would be a good time to turn away. The Restricted Section was restricted for a reason—only books documenting extremely dangerous or extremely advanced magic were stored here.

Tom’s feet, however, suddenly felt as if they were made of lead. It wasn’t magic keeping him tied down, but something far more mysterious like curiosity or even fate. In any case, the delay was all it took for the Ravenclaw to lift his chin and meet Tom’s eyes.

This Ravenclaw, Tom realized, had eyes as blindingly green as the Killing Curse.

Fandom: Percy Jackson & Related Fandoms Title: Be Sure to Tip Your Waiter (For He’s On His Last Dime) Author: inkncoffee Pairing: None Rating: Teen Word Count: 4,515 Series: Part 1 of Three and a Half Stars (Words: 10,085 - Works: 2) Summary: Being a demigod doesn’t pay too well (or, you know, at all) so Percy gets a job at a local restaurant. When girls ask him to switch tables with them to escape getting hit on by creepy guys, he always agrees. He’s in for a bit of a surprise one night when he recognizes one of the creepy guys.

Fandom: Percy Jackson Title: Spare the Rod Author: GwendolynStacy Pairing: None Rating: Teen Word Count: 11,980 Summary: After the war against Kronos, Nico is cursed with obedience by Demeter. Unable to leave the camp or tell anybody about his dilemma, Nico’s only hope is for somebody to figure out what has happened. Too bad nobody at camp knows him well enough to tell that something’s wrong.

Fandom: Percy Jackson & Related Fandoms Title: if you need, come build your home in me Author: yrbeecharmer Pairing: Nico di Angelo/Will Solace Rating: Teen and Up Audiences Word Count: 326,495 Series: Part 1 of so collect your scars and wear them well (Words: 344,991 - Works: 4) Summary: Even though the world keeps falling down around him, Will Solace can’t seem to help but keep growing up.

(A series rewrite starting with the events of Titan’s Curse)

[seungkwan-s]

this man. who is he. is he married. does he have kids. am i hotter than his wife. give me the lore.

PUTTING THIS UNDER A READ MORE

AAAA i get to talk about dougie, ok here we go

so that's dougie poynter, he's 35 (36 on nov 30th) and is the bassist (HE DOES SING AS WELL THO - ANGELIC VOICE FR) for my absolute favourite band of the last 19 years - mcfly <3 he doesn't have a wife or kids but apparently he is in a relationship?? ur hotter than everyone

he's literally my absolute favourite person, he's a weirdo, he's chaotic af but he's my chaotic weirdo. he once got us to chant PENIS! at a gig 9 years ago :')

he also has a looooot of ink.

mcfly do have three other members - danny, harry + tom. the whole band are gorgeous and hella hella talented af. i've seen them 33 times but who's counting 😭

THEY WERE ALSO IN A MOVIE WITH LINDSAY LOHAN AND CHRIS PINE, IT'S CALLED JUST MY LUCK 💕

dougie was also in a tv series called i'm a celebrity get me out of here AND HE WON AS HE SHOULD HAVE HE WAS PERFECT.

i would say try not to fall in love with him but it seems like you already have so good luck to you <333

if you wanna listen to them, here's some song recs:

5 colours in her hair (their debut song!!) happiness (this song is everything 2 me, they are my happiness) red (amazing amazing AMAZINGGGG, so much fun to dance to at gigs) where did all the guitars go (this is from their recent album, and is suuuper rocky) route 55 (my fav song from the new album) god of rock & roll (also from their recent album) all about you (one of their best songs, it's always on their setlist) star girl (also a song always on their setlists) growing up (it's got MARK HOPPUS ON IT) that's the truth (makes me cry every time) everybody knows (ICONIC) party girl (they went for a kinda poppier sound but it WORKS WITH THEM) do watcha (this is by FAR one of my top 3 favourite songs, i love the sound so much, dougie sings in this one too, he doesn't sing the second verse) with consent i would do whatever i want to him hahahaha friday night (one of my absolute fav songs, they played it last night and i almost lost my shit even tho i already knew they were playing it) love is on the radio (i LOOOOOVE this song and the mv) forever's not enough (i jumped so much to this last night, i pissed off the girl behind me oops - we were standing I WANTED TO DANCE)

okay lmk how you get on <3

p.s. if you ever get a chance to see them live, GO, genuinely the best live concert i've ever been to, they always make sure fans have fun at their gigs and go home with a smile on their faces :)

[timechange]

MCFLY JULY ‘24 — twin pines mall santa.

DECEMBER 20, 1975

Dave almost trips when his little brother stops dead in his tracks right in the middle of the mall.

“Marty!” the twelve-year-old exclaims, annoyed. Linda also stops to laugh at Dave’s near miss, which is retaliated with a death glare aimed at a certain bratty nine-year-old little sister.  “What is it now?”

“Dave?” the seven-year-old asks, turning his bright blue puppy dog eyes on Dave, which his baby brother knows he’s a sucker for. “Davey, it’s Santa. Can we stop? Please?”

Marty tugs on their joined hands, pointing in the direction of Twin Pines Mall’s very own Santa Claus, who Dave figured out two years ago was Dad’s coworker Jeff Anderson with a stupid beard and fake glasses.

“Seriously? Santa?” Linda sighs, looking at her nails and tossing her hair over her shoulder. “Way to be a dork.”

“Shut up, Linda.” Dave snaps, and, predictably, she rolls her eyes. “I’m in charge and if Marty wants to go, he can go.” 

Marty’s eyes light up, letting go of his hands to throw his arms around his big brother’s waist. 

“Thank you!”

Knocked off balance for a minute, Dave huffs before ruffling up Marty’s hair. 

“Yeah, yeah, go on,” he says, prying his little brother off him. “Hurry up, okay? Linda’s hungry and so am I.”

“Okay!” Marty scampers off into line, and Dave looks at Linda.

“You wanna go, too?”

“No, I wrote him a letter,” Linda says, without thinking. Realization makes her eyes bug out and she freezes. “...I’m teasing. I didn’t write him a letter. I’m not a baby.”

“Whatever you say, Lin,” Dave says, grinning.

Marty rocks back and forth on his heels, humming, waiting for the line to advance. It feels like it’s taking forever! He looks around, watching all the other kids, all their parents, and wishes Mom and Dad didn’t have to stay home today. Mom wasn’t even awake yet and Dad said that they should go to the mall early, giving Dave money for breakfast and lunch. 

Finally, it’s his turn. 

“Okay, I’m ready!” Marty says, running back to his siblings and taking Dave’s hand. 

“What did you ask for?” Dave asks, trying not to lose Linda in the crowd as he ushers his siblings toward the food court.

“Can’t tell you,” Marty says with a grin. “Wishes are supposed to be secret, Dave. Everybody knows that.”

“Okay, you got me,” his brother shrugs, good-naturedly. 

“Hurry up, Dave!” Linda calls, already two stores ahead.

“We’re comin’, we’re comin’,” Dave groans. 

The doorbell to the McFly residence rings and George sighs, running a hand through his hair. 

“I’ll get it,” he says to Lorraine, who nods, eyes half-lidded as she continues to push her potatoes around her plate.

When the door opens, his eyes widen.

“Hi, Jeff,” he greets, “good to see you! I, uh, I’m not done with the quarterlies yet–”

“George, I’m not here about work,” Jeff sighs, breath crystallizing in the unusually cool air. “I’m just here to say you owe that kid ‘a yours a bike or a pony or somethin’.”

George looks back to the dinner table, watching the kids laughing about something on TV. One of those Christmas cartoons.

“The little guy,” Jeff prompts. “Marty.”

“Oh,” George returns. “Why, w-what is it?”

Jeff hesitates, remembering the kid’s words from earlier today. 

Y’know, Santa, what I really want is Mom and Dad happy. Just for one day. Not even all day if it’s too hard. Just for a little while. And maybe a skateboard. Okay?

“Nothin’, nothin’. He said he wants a skateboard.” 

“Oh, gee, Jeff, I dunno… he’s so little still… a-and Lorraine already bought most of their presents…” 

“Look,” Jeff sighs, fishing around in his pocket. “Here’s ten bucks, okay? It’s a gift.” 

“But—“

“G’night, George. Merry Christmas.”

“Y-yeah, you too.” 

[erikiara80]

Time travel and time manipulation

I don’t talk about this often because time travels are tricky. Also, if you know my theories, you know I don’t think the UD is really stuck in time. It’s like a painting or a dark mirror, created with Will’s last memory of Hawkins. Before that night, the UD still looked like the alien landscape we saw in Henry’s flashback.

But some of the Mkultra experiments involved time manipulation.

So, at the very least, it means that Will (who's connected to a certain grandfather clock) will “travel” in Henry’s mind and learn the truth about his past that will help them to defeat him. More at the end of the post!

It’s just impossible to ignore ALL this

SEASON 1

-  A clock ticking sound both the times El hears and sees the Demogorgon

- The four chimes of the library clock, when Joyce and Jonathan argue about Will’s funeral. And now the convergence point of the four gates is exactly the library, where they found Will intubated. I’m sure that place is important and there could be some big reveal about what happened there. 

SEASON 2

-  Bob’s camera is a Back to the future easter egg. This is the future! he told Jonathan. But maybe there's more. A movie about time travel, Will’s jacket resembling Marty’s... Plus, in 2x02 Will recorded an anomaly, when the MF influenced the camera and 8:04pm magically became 8:15. The first visual confirmation in the show of the UD being “stuck in time”.

I said I don’t think time in the UD is really frozen, but 8:15 pm could be important. Maybe we’ll see other events at 8:15 pm. For example, this moment?

After all, there’s already the parallel of Henry being taken to the lab on March 22. Will’s birthday. So it is possible that the tragic dinner happened at 8:15pm. I can’t wait to see all the parallels and the real connection between Will and Henry finally revealed in S5

-  A grandfather clock chimes in the tunnels

SEASON 3

-  EDIT:  Dustin gives Will his invention, the Forever Clock, useful in the apocalypse. 

-  The grandfather clock chimes again, when the MF possesses Billy

-  Then, of course, my beloved Back to the future, just to make it clear that time is important in this story

-  And Hopper’s letter at the end of S3: 

I don't want things to change. So I think maybe that's why I came in here, to try and stop that change. To turn back the clock. To make things go back to how they were. But I know that's naive. It's just not how life works. It's moving, always moving, whether you like it or not. And yeah, sometimes it's painful. Sometimes it's sad. And sometimes, it's surprising. Happy.

SEASON 4 

In this season we see and hear clocks literally in every episode. From Henry’s grandfather clock to Ms Kelley’s clock key necklace. The Duffers said that this is the season they started to show their hand, and they weren’t kidding.

But imo, the most important things are: 

1.  El’s letter in 4x01, when she says that emotions can influence how we perceive the flow of time. 

“Joyce says time is funny like that. Emotions can make it speed up or slow down. We are all time travelers if you think about it...”

2.  And a direct connection between Will and Henry

The name Williams on the grandfather clock (and remember the Forever Clock? Yeah)

We still don’t know how Henry’s plan involves time, but we can say for sure that he is obsessed with it and Will is our little Marty McFly. So I think time, and painful truths buried in the past will play a big role in the last season.

We still don’t know what kind of abilities Will has, but the UD being stuck at the scariest moment of his life, as a reminder of all his traumas, means that he will be directly involved in solving the mystery of the past. We’ll see if S5 will have a real time travel, time manipulation through his emotions, or simply Will travelling in the villain’s mind.

[malenepoynter]

20 years of McFly is actually insane. I wouldn’t be the person I am today without them. I might not even have been here. Their music was always my escape, when things were really tough and I needed to be saved from myself and my thoughts.

Seeing them live in 2008 will always be one of the highlights of my life. I never thought it would happen and it honestly couldn’t have happened at a better time. I NEEDED that November night in Manchester to not drown and completely lose myself.

Thank you, McFly, for always being there. Even in the years where us fans didn’t know wtf was going on, your music and videos on YouTube helped me in low moments. You’ll have a special place in my heart forever. I love you ❤️.

(Also this gif gave me flashbacks to Danny thinking he was gonna fall off London Eye 😂)

[uniteds]

Interview Music Tag Game

RULES: Put your playlist on shuffle. For each of the 10 interview questions, select a lyric from the random song that comes up. (Skip if there aren't any lyrics and make sure to drop the name of the song in your interview answer!)

Tagged by @1997eitheror (wait omg I love your new @ aileen!!)

1. First off, how would you describe yourself in one sentence?

Today is the day she’s sworn / to steal what she never could own / and race from this hole she calls home

Waterfall by The Stone Roses

2. What kind of [Scorpio] are you?

Little troubled girl you see / burning down your house of certainty

Don’t Forget by Sky Ferreira

3. You're visiting your favorite spot, what are you thinking about?

What comes after this momentary bliss? / The consequences of what you do to me / Help me to name it / Help to name it

Myth by Beach House

4. If your life was a movie, what do you think the first review would say about it?

They tried to stop her / she just got stronger / I’m driving home again / Back down Mancunian Way

Mancunian Way by Take That

5. Say you get a book deal, what are you titling your memoir?

Busy streets and busy lives

State of Grace by Taylor Swift

6. What would you say about your best friends?

Another year over / And we’re still together / it’s not always easy / but I’m here forever

The Heart Never Lies by McFly

7. Think back to when you had everything all figured out in high school, what was your life motto as a teenager?

Usually I’m drug-free, but shit, I’m with the homies

The Art of Peer Pressure by Kendrick Lamar

8. Describe your aesthetic now:

I got a big dream, small world in between / me and everything I can’t do / not really a bad day, just okay

World Princess part II by Grimes

9. What's a lyric that they'll quote in your eulogy?

Ain’t nothing like the feeling of uncertainty, the eeriness of silence

Legends by Juice Wrld

10. And for our final question, say we believe in soulmates, what do you think their first impression of meeting you will be?

The day that I met you I started dreaming /Now I write them down if I remember in the morning time

Kingston by Faye Webster