#One year ago today I finished s2

[hazellevessque]

Omg happy one year of me being annoying about Young Royals

[mimisempai]

Look at you, you're gorgeous

Summary

Some words said thousands of years ago leave their mark, but what about when they're repeated once again with feelings...

Notes

The one where Aziraphale no longer has any reason to be jealous of a nebula.

On Ao3

Rating G -  587 words

Aziraphale came out of the bathroom with a towel around his waist, drying his hair with another.

"Still trying to do things the human way, Angel?"

Aziraphale turned his head to his lover lying on the bed and replied with a shrug, "After all this time, you know, don't you?"

Crowley nodded and continued to look at him as he finished drying his hair.

What he hadn't anticipated was that the movement would cause the towel around his waist to unravel and he didn't have time to react before the towel slid to the floor.

Despite the intimacy he and Crowley shared, he still felt a little self-conscious and slightly embarrassed by his body, so he immediately reached down to pick up the towel.

Crowley protested, "Oh no, Angel, don't deprive me of this lovely sight.

Aziraphale chuckled self-deprecatingly, "Idiot." and was about to continue his movement to pick up the towel. 

But in one swift movement Crowley had risen from the bed and beaten him to it, now standing close in front of him, towel in hand.

The demon placed his hand on the angel's bare hip and said in a low voice, "Look at you, you're gorgeous."

At these words, which should have pleased him, Aziraphale froze and hissed through his teeth, "Why are you making fun of me?

"What?"

Crowley raised an eyebrow in confusion.

Aziraphale abruptly grabbed the towel and, holding it in front of him like a shield, replied, "You said that before, remember?"

Crowley, increasingly confused, repeated, "What?"

Aziraphale retorted, "When you created your nebula, you said those very words in an absolutely delighted tone. To it. Not to me. I, who wasn't looking at you at the time, thought - foolishly, I admit - that you were addressing me."

Crowley couldn't help laughing before he countered, "You're so clever, Angel, but sometimes you're really silly, you know?"

Stopping his lover who was beginning to get angry, Crowley grabbed the towel from the angel's hand and dropped it to the floor. Then cupping Aziraphale's face between his hands, he said softly, "Yes, I was addressing the nebula, but today, at this moment, it's you I'm looking at, it's you I find as beautiful as my stars, you're gorgeous, Angel."

He pressed a tender kiss to the angel's lips, then slid his hands over his shoulders before turning him around and pushing him forward.

"Crowley! What are you..."

"Shh, Angel, I want to show you something."

With his hands on the angel's shoulders, Crowley led him all the way to the mirror on the wardrobe, and when they were in front of it, he saw that Aziraphale was looking everywhere but at the mirror. So, from behind, he slid his hands from the angel's shoulders to his head, forcing him to look straight ahead. Then he whispered in his ear, "Look at you, you're really gorgeous."

Aziraphale shook his head and the demon replied, "Yes, you are," before turning the angel around so he could wrap his arms around him. 

"I'll keep telling you until one day you believe me."

Aziraphale, a smile forming on his lips, asked softly, "Even if it's for eternity?"

Crowley brought his face close and said softly, "I'm patient, you know that, don't you?"

Aziraphale chuckled softly before his laughter was stifled by the pressure of the demon's lips. Crowley made the kiss linger as he pulled him towards the bed, intent on using his lips and hands to show his angel just how gorgeous he was to him.

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Still not beta'd

Still not my native language

Still hoping you'll enjoy this story  🥰

Still thanking you for bearing with me 😝

Ineffable Growing Love - Series post S2

Part 1 Story 1-99

Part 2 Story 100-?

Ineffable Husbands masterlist : here (Before season 2)

[bustyasianbeautiespod]

Crystal, I feel like you mention a cool fic that I've never heard of every episode; would you be willing to make a rec list?

HIII YEAH SURE. the funny thing is that (given our recording schedule) grey finished ep6 three days ago and i'd been compiling a post-s1 fic rec list for him so i'm just gonna repeat some of those. this is NOT comprehensive it's just what's been on my mind recently and isn't on like the first 3 pages of the sort by kudos for a/c

Strange Pilgrims: Being the Account of a lost Angel, the Journeys of a Demon, the meaning of Free Will, of the Unravelling of a Prophecy, and of Being Unravelled by it in Turn by sousverre (T, 127k words)- love the writing style love the lore cried both of the times i read the epilogue chapters. p canon divergent i feel but it's like its own creature to me

gnawing with my teeth my bonds in sunder, I gained my freedom by noodlefrog (E, 10k words)- i call this one the vagina dentata fic that invented love due to how it's the vagina dentata fic that invented love

The Best of Times by indieninja92 (T, 2k words)- they have a Moment in 192 AD and it's very augh. have enjoyed other fics by this author also

Love's Such an Old-Fashioned Word by Lavellington (G, 2k words)- it's just nice

Not a Human AU by maniacalmole (G, 34k words)- makes me wail makes me ache. there's a ring also. i recommend checking out other fics by this author also

A Shifting Spectrum of Grey by PenroseSun (E, 21k words)- the premise is "two asexual immortal beings bumble their way into a friends-with-benefits relationship that neither of them actually wants" and it's very good

help me to say by dotsayers (T, 3k words)- i reread this one today and it's cute. they meet up in a nunnery

Live In Thy Heart, (Maybe?) Die In Thy Lap by larkthorne (E, 33k words)- ace crowley and allo aziraphale make it work

Coitus Interruptus with Paperwork by mountagrue (E, 4k words)- pwp marathon sex that is also so funny and so trans wish fulfilment

for the line is thinly drawn 'tween joy and sorrow by malicegeres (G, 2k words)- what if hanahaki was so funny

and three s2 ones

I would not ask (and neither should you) by mercuryhatter (M, 2k words)- GENDER. also they kiss in edinburgh

affection and other cravings by JustStandingHere (E, 29k words)- hellooo aziraphale and appetite

long distance by thingswithwings (T, 4k words)- I LOVE MISERY

also, the ones that i recall mentioning on podcast

a German song famously covered by 21 year old Wayne Newton in 1963 by spocklee (Not Rated, 13k words)- "Didn't Sisyphus ever get to fuck that fussy old boulder?"

follow me in merry measure by larkthorne (G, 2k words)- lesbian a/c dancing in 1946

A Glittering Instrument by malicegeres (T, 91k words)- crowley has a daughter kidfic

have a good day!

- Crystal :)

[aliceinborderlandsquidgame]

Snakes likes snakes | The Salesman x Recruiter!Reader

Summary: Reader works like The Salesman, both have a friendship, maybe there is more to it.

Notes: Takes place before S2 and after the end of S1. Grammar mistakes.

If the Salesman had to say it was a different day then he would be lying. It was the a normal day down in the subway, waiting, looking out for the men and women who were his target. To say he was getting boring was a understatment, he craved something different, or at least someone different. He had become so used to the same speech and same fake smiles while working, he was sure part of himself had died long time ago.

"You did not get enough slaps today?" A voice he could point out anywhere asked taking a seat besides him.

"What are you doing here? You know we are not suposs to cross our area"

The person besides him laughted, it was a quiet one, and most likely fake, yet The Salesman found comfort in it.

"Please, like you did not go to my area two weeks ago" You responded checking the peopel who were passing, completly ignorant to him and you, and the danger you two carried.

"That was different, i was ordered to watch over you in case-"

"In case that bulky man tried something? Please, even you can make up a better excuse, just admit you were bored here"

The Salesman took a long deep breath then turned to look at you, your eyes were already on him a smirk decorating your face.

"Believe whatever you want"

"Dont be like that, im here to invite for coffee" You faked to be offended by him "Besides, today is your last one, right? Even if he says no, today you finish your list till the next one comes"

The Salesman nodded, not needing to know how you ended up with that information, the target list of each worker was a secret between them and the organization, he assumed you just calculated the upcoming game.

"Do you think that men will cause us trouble?" You finally asked, there was a small hint of worry, no one would have caught it, but he was different, The Salesman was someone who saw the detail in things but on top of that he was your friend. Even if he never voiced it out.

"Maybe. He has been a pain since he won. He could try for revenge but how thats gonna play has yet to be seen"

"You know, we are really fucked if your maybe turns into a yes. The upperheads will cut off peopel like us. To be sure we dont try anything"

Your words were true. The Salesman had know the risks of this work for years now, even if he was one of the best employees of the organization that did not put him on a safe list. He knew you were good at the work too, but you were also someone realistic, if heads were to roll, his and yours could be one of these.

"Dont worry, i wont let them touch you" He said as a train passed, its sound masking his words from others and only heared from you.

"Carefull, i will think you care for me and all. But same feeling, i have your back"

The Salesman nodded checking his watch then getting up, flexing his neck and shoulders, he did not notice he was under so much stress. He did notice how your eyes seemed to linger and follow his movements. He turned towards you, taking his suitcase and offering you his hand, smiling when he saw your suddend blush.

"What? You still have one name"

"His schendelure is not strict, the hour he should have been here has already passed. Besides, you did say you came to invite me for a coffee"

Not wanting to lose the chance to enjoy some precious time with him you took your own suitcase and his hand. Both started to walk towards the stairs.

"Our usual place?"

"Yes, our usual place should be just fine"

[ricky-fitness-ukagaka]

Ricky Fitness Ukagaka/ Ghost!!

Hello anyone possibly seeing this!! This blog is going to serve as a documentation of making a ghost of Ricky Fitness, the drummer for the band The Aquabats! I don't really expect this to gain any traction as it's just going to be a place for me to keep all my info together but if you're interested by where this goes by all means please follow along!!

I had the idea for this ghost while I was at work today lol and it's been all I can think about so I really hope I follow through on this

Why Ricky? Years and years ago my stepdad got me into the Aquabats, specifically the Super Show and I was obsessed with it. Immediately Ricky was my favorite, I dressed up as him for halloween one year and actually had an aquabats themed birthday. Then in 2019 I got see them live when they went on tour. After that I sortaaaa forgot about them for a while until I saw them on their most recent Finally tour!! I saw them a few days ago and waow it brought back the obsession FAST!! I actually got to high five Ricky after the show and yea shit was back full force lol. Been binging the super show lately and just finished s2 and I'll move onto the radventure series soon.

I know I could (and probably should) make this about a more and wildly known character but anyone could do that, pretty sure most people aren't making Ricky ghosts so here I am

Timeline- I really have no idea how long this is gonna take as I have never done this lol. I'm still in school and have work so my free time is limited but at the least I would like this to be done before next summer starts. This may be a good or awful estimate of time but again I have no clue so...!

To make this I am using the ghost walkthrough by Zarla the creator of the Undertale AU, Handplates (my fav au🫶). I will link that guide at the bottom.

I haven't officially even started this besides downloading the template but I'm hoping to really start it tomorrow

This specific post will be updated every time I make progress on this . I have little coding experience besides customizing html code on toyhouse so I really don't know how long this is gonna take.

uhhh I think this is it for now so uh If you see this follow my main @sailinginstars 🗣️🗣️ tbh im not too active but ill try to be for this. anyways the guide is this

gn chat i gotta lock in if theres any spelling mistakes ill fix in the morning lol🤞 (07-24-2024)

[buffyfan145]

Got the latest "Rings of Power" season 2 spoilers from Fellowship of Fans today but starting out with actual news about the show in general and when it'll likely air!!! :D

Amazon is planning to have the show be done in post-production by June 2024. This indicates a fall 2024 release as compared to season one they finished post-production in May and it started airing in September. Most of us have been thinking it'll be fall of 2024 due to multiple factors with the strikes, no promotion so far this year, skipping both major Comic Cons in San Diego and New York, and then Amazon also having their other popular fantasy series "The Wheel of Time" and not wanting these two shows to compete against each other. I've seen others speculate too it's likely now both these shows will air in opposite years to avoid this as 2021 was s1 of "WoT", last year was "TROP", this year was s2 of "WoT", 2024 will be s2 of "TROP, 2025 s3 of "Wot", 2026 s3 of "TROP", and so on. So likely "TROP" will be at both SDCC and NYCC next year too.

Now onto the major spoilers!!! :D

The first scoop was that Charlie Vickers and the actor playing what FOF called the "Original Form" but is likely Annatar filmed a very important scene together that the showrunners were present for. This was filmed before the writers strike happened in May too and the showrunners insisted on being present for this scene. In the YouTube video the FOF's hosts all think this scene is likely either showing either Halbrand/Sauron turning into Annatar in front of Adar before going to Eregion and the audience is in on this plot, or that Annatar shapeshifts back into Halbrand in front of Galadriel and Celeborn in the season finale battle shocking not only them but the audience which was a scoop we had a few weeks ago. :)

FOF clarified too in the YT vid that this scene is not a flashback. Also they insisted again that there's no indication that this Annatar actor is staying past this storyline and is only a recurring guest-star compared to Charlie being a series regular and the main actor as Sauron for the rest of the series. Supposed the Annatar storyline is also only in episodes 6-8 at the most. Though was funny hearing in the YT vid the hosts compare this to "Sailor Moon" transforming. LOL But realistically they think like myself that it'll be similar to how we've seen other shapeshifters like Loki, Mystique, Martian Manhunter, and more do it on-screen in live-action shows and movies.

Then the final scoop was that Círdan will make his debut in the season 2 premiere!!! :D I didn't think he would show up that early but excited for it. Very curious as to how as supposedly the premiere is Sauron centric but this could still work too to show Círdan. In the YT vid they also talked more about him and if his story will connect with the other elves and if he'll get his ring Narya this early or later, and if this will tie into the storyline with The Stranger (possibly Gandalf) and Nori as we've had very little spoilers on their storyline besides them filming in Spain. Still don't know Círdan's actor yet either but again excited to see how this plays out.

[bloody-wonder]

currently...

thanks for the tag @venndaai

favorite color: i don't think i have one. i like bright colors ig

last song: tbh probably still the hazbin hotel soundtrack. the obsession is going strong even whole three months later

last movie: anatomy of a fall. at first i didn't plan to go see it bc i'm not interested in stories about awesome women stuck in psychologically draining marriages to pathetic men but the fomo got to me lol. i did like it a lot, esp how the movie establishes some empathy for the guy while firmly remaining on the mc's side and how the kid is shown as a rational human being capable of analysis and decision making even in the face of emotional upheaval. the lawyer was extremely hot. her too tbh except she also looks like a real life woman. very unhollywood, the both of them😌

currently reading: i've been reading the collector by john fowles but when the book switched to miranda's diary it completely lost me. i understand she has nothing to do but, if you were kidnapped and help captive in a cellar by a sociopathic incel, would you spend your time writing down the detailed story of your situationship with another man? highly implausible and i'm not sure i understand what purpose this section serves in the novel. so i was bored and started the second lady trent book today which pulled me in immediately altho i gotta say i still find this series uncomfortable from a postcolonial lens😬

currently watching: i've been doing a project called "combat anxiety and existential dread by gratifying my completionism by finishing the most random shows i started years ago". just finished castle rock bc that was a show past me had decided to watch for some reason. it was whatever but i got +100 completionism gratification points by marking it as finished on the site where i track my shows. next up: westworld s3&4, atlanta s3&4, mr robot s4, lost in space s2&3 and vikings s6. the last two i'm actually looking forward to bc i remember liking them, the rest are just something to put on while scrolling tumblr🤷‍♀️

currently craving: disgusting soda water of some sort

tea or coffee: both.

tagging @figuringthengsout @magpiefngrl @fugitoidkry @pinkasrenzo @oliviermiraarmstrongs @sugarbabywenkexing @fandomreferencepending @weirdsociology @doh-rae-me @counterwiddershins

[silvertsundere]

Silver Talks AniManga (17/11/24)

Had a lot more to say this week than I ever expected damn Also glad that I could watch the BB ep this week instead of having to wait til next one like the last one

Green - New series/New to me

Anime

Dandadan Ep7

Man, the sequence leading up to this was brutal to say the least. I really don't remember it being this bad on the manga so I guess they expanded on it a lot. Been a while since I've felt my gut wrench like good lord.. The direction for the ep was great tho, that whole thing only having like 3 lines of dialogue overall and the silky's groans really elevated how dire it was and the whole episode was filled with a ton of great shots My buddy mega said there was "some fantastic sakuga before the op" so I had my hopes up to something like the can can scene from a few episodes ago but it wasn't nearly as good (it still was great tho, don't get it twisted)

The Idolmaster Shiny Colours S2 Ep7

That was a good episode. I was looking forward to it from the start when it was clear it was going to focus on Sakuya and they really delivered. All throughout S1 and some of S2, Sakuya has always been portrayed as this paragon, a shining example of an idol, this goal that all the other girls aspired, and looked up to, even outside of the L'Antica members. But every other ep this season they'd drop little hints that she had something going on, which was great cause it made it so this ep didn't feel like it came outta nowhere. As rough as it was, since she's one of my favourites, it was great to see her mask build up more and more through the ep as she tried to convince everyone else, but especially herself, that everything was fine, until it got completely shattered in that final scene. It's always good when they show that the seemingly "perfect" character actually has issues and flaws and seeing how they deal with them. Funnily enough I went through something earlier today with Gakuen's Sena's MV that was released earlier today, but that's not related to this so I won't say anything else Anyway, to finish up, I thought it was interesting that they showed her dad. I was wondering if they were build up to the lore reveal that her parents died when she was young and have that relate to and explain her actions in the episode but they didn't. Those scenes still served that purpose, but it still would've been nice to see how that affected her (sorry Sakuya) I'll stop yappin now but since I don't know if I'll talk about this again, until the finale, I just wanted to mention that I hope noctchill gets some more screentime cause it feels like they haven't gotten that much (not even being biased cause of Madoka)

Manga

Syd Craft: Love Is a Mystery Ch1

It's good to have a familiar face like Taishi back, in case you don't know they did Bokuben some years ago. Anyway, that was a great first chapter as you'd expect from a romcom veteran. People that are comparing this to Conan just because it's a "detective" series are idiots and clearly didn't read it. But yeah, fun premise having a great detective that doesn't want to be one, but just ends up in situations where he has to do it regardless. Fun characters too, I would've liked for the cop girl to get some more characterization other than "Hehe I'll beat you one day Syd" but she's the "promise girl" so I'mm sure she'll get some stuff. We also got the "guy that's secretly a girl" trope which I haven't seen in a long time so that's fun too. Syd is desperate to have some romance in his life like his beloved books, but little does he know he'll find himself as part of a love triangle. I'll be looking forward to this in the comings weeks

With Hakutaku most likely getting axed and UU possibly ending in Jan or Feb, with Yozakura closely after, combined with the fact that this is a series from a veteran author, I'm hoping that it'll stick around for a decent amount of time. It's hard to tell tho because we also have Hima-ten, which is also a romcom, doing pretty decent in the ratings (middle of the mag) and Blue Box which also has romance elements along with the sports, but I believe in Taishi 🙏

[magicalrocketships]

Hello!! I hope you have a good day planned, and that you get a break. LOVE YOU. PS one random question: what's the weirdest thing anyone's ever sent you. xx

Oooh, an EXCELLENT question. Once, in my terrible old job, I received an unsolicited, brand new, One Direction double duvet cover delivered direct to my desk. They knew my name, my work address, and that I liked One Direction. People kept asking me if I knew who it was from, and in the end I lied and said I did because they wouldn't stop asking. Spoiler: I still don't know who sent it.

ANYWAY. Not working today so I have a nice day of nothing in particular planned. Going to maybe:

finish this mango margarita candle so I can swap out the summer candles for the autumnal ones (and bring out my absolute favourite vanilla pumpkin and bourbon candle, literally my favourite candle of all time. I got mine from TK Maxx a couple of years ago and LONG for more of them, but if you're in America you can just... BUY YOUR OWN direct from the source, well jealous)

watch mackerel skies over the sea out of my window (actually visibility is so poor today the sea is virtually invisible, which is always a weird joy considering it's just across the road)

finish knitting the sleeve of this jumper I've been making on and off all year. Annoyingly, you apparently have to make a second sleeve if you're knitting a jumper? Like do the whole thing over again? I rage against the dying of the light (two sleeves on a sweater)

watch some more of s2 of only murders in the building

maybe finish this stupid level of two point hospital which I'm playing through for the third time (I own it on three different platforms and regret nothing, except that I used to be able to play for hours and now I have energy for one hour at the most)

take five scheduled rest breaks at agreed times (this one is going well, the first one was supposed to happen... some minutes ago, love chronic illness)

do the fucking washing up, we are all sisyphus in this life

swap out the damp traps all around the house (see above point re: sisyphus)

finish this fucking scene (literally: there is fucking, it is also taking a fucking long time)

be tired (inevitable, disheartening, unfortunate; a minute-by-minute reality).

[tickle-bugs]

@ticklishraspberries tagged me in this a billion years ago and bc i'm literally the worst im doing it late. thank u for the tag lovely!!!

❤️ Newest obsession: no obsessions really!! probably healthy overall lol but i strangely haven't been like consumed by a fandom in a very very long time. i've been enjoying my adventures with superman s2, critical role (surprising no one), dead boy detectives, and dungeon meshi lately tho!!

🎥 Last three movies I watched and what I thought of them:

as much as it physically pains me, i'm gonna skip this one. im a big film nerd and all my friends know what movies i'm gonna see when so i'm nervous they'll ID me on this blog thru my letterboxd LMAO

🎶 Three songs I’ve discovered recently and loved: trying to be original and not talk about anything super popular rn lmfao

Killer Shangri-Lah by Pshychotic Beats (found this through killing eve hehe)

Run Your Mouth - The Marias

Slowly Spilling Out - Saint Motel

💘 Newest Fav Ships: none atm really? eve/villanelle from killing eve comes to mind since i just finished the show. any combination of charles, edwin, and monty from dead boy detectives (and crystal/niko BIG TIME) come to mind. not much in the way of new tho. just my usual bullshit.

📺 Currently Watching: critical role c2 (still lol). i finished most of the shows i was watching atm. might start house of the dragon or the acolyte soon tho!

📖 Currently Reading: haven't read anything in a while :( i JUST redid my bookshelf today tho so hopefully i can change that

🎮 Currently Playing: baldur's gate 3 has my soul and will not return it

😍 Currently Looking Forward To: getting back into writing (hopefully. fingers fucking crossed)

✅ Recently finished: not -technically- done yet but deep cleaning my room! it's done so much for my mental health to redo my space from the ground up :)

💌 Something to share: for the first time in almost a decade im working on a lego set and when i tell you i am healed? whew

tagging @thebest-medicine @fickle-tiction @kourtniwritesagain but absolutely no pressure!!!

[authortobenamedlater]

ATBNL’S AU MASTER POST

Because I am the master of AUs.

Got a major case of brain fog and couch lock today and went into my drafts to finish this FINALLY.

I will take asks and DMs about anything here. By which I mean I am begging for asks and DMs about anything here 😆

Star Trek AOS

The Pike-April Family Business: My oldest AU and the one with the least to show for it. This was the first AU in which I became really invested. I tried to revive it on AO3 a few years ago and just couldn’t get it going. I hope to one day find a way back to it. The older stories are still on my FFN.

I have tons of headcanons for this that have never seen the light of day and might not unless I get asks about them.

Tagged “pafb au”

Star Wars

Mandalore’s Reluctant Royals: Canon divergence from Mandalorian S2 finale. Bo-Katan comes up with a solution to the Darksaber problem that may be more than she or Din bargained for. A political “marriage” that eventually turns into the real thing.

I had a whole timeline and several WIPs and ideas for this AU most of which got lost when my computer crashed in May 2022. The series will never be what I envisioned, but I still love it and think about it a lot.

Tagged “mandalore’s reluctant royals”

Untitled ROTS Fix-It: A Winter Soldier-inspired AU that came from me looking at Sebastian Stan and Hayden Christensen’s similarly wild hair and “haha Samuel L. Jackson.” Someday I might do something with it, but it’s just been turning over in my head for about seven years. Couldn’t even think of a good image for it.

Tagged “rots mcu au” for want of anything better

Halo (TV)

Vital Record (Angel-117 on AO3): The fallout from Everyone’s Favorite Scene(tm) is S01E08. Starts from the eponymous fic and branches off into several AU possibilities. Canon divergence from S01E09.

This one lives mostly in headcanons on Tumblr as I have too many ideas for it to make anything cohesive 😂

Tagged “vital record au”

Halo (game)

(I wish I could get a grown-up picture of them.)

Married...With a Supercarrier: Get in loser, we’re going down the highway to rarepair hell. Chyler doesn’t die in Forward Unto Dawn and she and Lasky get their happy ending with the occasional lovers’ quarrel.

Tagged "married with a supercarrier au"

NCIS: Reach: Grew from a seemingly inconsequential crossover for International Fanworks Day 2023. I ended up finding these universes fit each other well and really enjoying the concept, though I haven’t written anything else for it (yet).

The first fic can work for game or TV Halo, but the rest of the AU would be game-verse if I continued it.

Tagged “ncis reach au”

For Such a Time As This: An epic crossover that will almost surely never be finished entirely, taking off from some point in Spartan Ops. Infinity gets dropped like a rock into the Babylon 5 world. Halsey escapes and gets loose on the station and basically causes the Shadow War and all kinds of other problems.

I do not have the time or talent to pull this off and changing anything about the B5 storyline feels like sacrilege to me 😂 but I still enjoy playing with this AU.

Tagged “for such a time as this au”

[ineffable-bisexual]

WIP Fix It Craic for GO S2

This takes place in the South Downs after EVERYthing dammit. They got a lot of trauma talk to do! I'll have to eat some actual food before finishing and posting lol what is my life today

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“Angel…that was a while ago. We’re past that. Right?”

“I’m not, Crowley. My actions nearly drove us apart for good. The moment I stepped off that elevator…I realized what I had done.”

Crowley felt his eyes burn with tears he thought he would never have to shed again. The angel told him all of this already, months after his return to Earth, but Crowley never told him what he went through after he left. The sleepless nights…how music didn’t sound the same…

…even wine tasted bitter.

“Darling,” he said. “I will never forget that day. Ever. As long as I’m existing.” Aziraphale’s bottom lip quivered, and Crowley took another deep breath. “But I forgive you.”

The angel’s sob finally broke free and he cast down his eyes. “Why…?”

“You know why, love. I told you everything that day. Laid it all out even though I knew it would be futile. Even when I kissed you I knew it would be useless. You had already made up your mind.”

“No!” he cried. “I hadn’t then! I hadn’t even given him my answer!”

Crowley sniffed to keep the tears from falling, but one trickled down his cheek and onto his jaw. “I could see it in your face, though, angel. You made the choice…and then you learned it was the wrong one.”

Aziraphale pulled a handkerchief from his waistcoat pocket and covered his eyes with it. Crowley’s chest felt heavy as he listened to his husband sob. It was full of regret and mourning over time lost when he thought himself so selfish.

Crowley thought that of himself, grabbing his only love in this universe and kissing him like that would magically change everything that happened.

One last miracle that would never manifest.

“I forgave you a long time ago, angel.” He wiped his cheek of another tear. “Before we met up again…when you came back to Earth…I was so angry at you…” The choked cry from his husband made his jaw tight but he continued, “And I was angry at myself. For not telling you how I felt sooner. You never left my mind, darling. And I needed to forgive you.”

“Crowley, why though?” Aziraphale lifted his eyes from his handkerchief. He looked defeated and tired, even after all the years they spent back together again. “I’m not worthy of your forgiveness.”

Crowley immediately left the chair and got onto his knees in front of the angel at the sofa and put his arms around him. Aziraphale sobbed into his shoulder and clung to him as he should have those many years ago.

Crowley pressed his lips to his wet cheek. “Don’t ever think that again. I had to forgive you because I loved you. I still do, I’ll never stop…it was my vow to you, wasn’t it? On our wedding day?”

Aziraphale took a deep breath and replied, “Yes…’I love you, forever in eternity.’ Oh…Crowley, I can’t do this...”

"It's obvious that you have to, love."

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LOL I'm weak help...

[tiltedsyllogism]

ao3 stats game!

tagged by @reginaldbright . ao3 is back up (bless), let's do this.

Rules: Give us the links to your wonderful words with the Most hits, Most kudos, Most comments, Most bookmarks, Most words, and Least words.

Most hits, most words and most bookmarks: All Our Gifts at Once, or, the Young Sea-Man, a Sherlock/John Victorian AU that is also a realist retelling of The Little Mermaid. I started it almost exactly ten years ago (one week from today!) and finished it in late 2014, but I'm still very proud of this one -- it had several layers of ambition and I think I mostly pulled them all off. (It's also my only proper multichapter, which is surely part of the hit count.)

Most kudos: The Thought That Counts, also Sherlock, written for an exchange and much fluffier than my usual. I remain convinced the reason this one took off is that @moonblossom reblogged it right after I posted it.

Most comments: God Rest Ye Sleuthy, Gentlemen, an advent collection of drabbles and 221bs. (Also Sherlock.)

fourth-most hits and kudos (yes this is extremely stupid, but I would like to get at least one [1] fic on here that is not Sherlock): The Words That Other People Say. Jessica Jones, Jessica/Trish. This is a precanon story about the year Trish goes away to college. I wrote it post S1 and it was profoundly jossed by S2 (which, like: is that supposed to happen with precanon stuff? anyhow)

Least words: So the thing about being in Sherlock fandom for so long is that I have many, many fics that are 221 words. My shortest fic that it not the product of deliberate formal constraints is Foiled, a silly little holiday-ish gen fic about John Watson trying to pick up a Jewish police officer and getting razzed by Sherlock when he mucks it up.

winner in all categories in my current (tiny) fandom: Always In This Twilight, Margo/Sergei, minor canon divergence, set at the 1991 IAC. (technically The Path is about 150 words longer, but AITT is way out ahead in all the other categories.)

If anyone else is interested in doing this, please consider yourself tagged, and tag me so that I see it! I love this shit. I am also deliberately tagging @porcupine-girl , @destinationtoast , @nicehatgeorgia, @a-still-small-vox , @daerienn , @clydethistles , @discordantwords , @nakedmonkey, and @kedgeree11 .

[ineffable-doll]

For the ask game, 9, 13, and 23?

(From this post)

9. What's a scene you wrote this year that you're particularly proud of?

This is a really tough one, I've honestly been really happy with my writing this year! The first one that comes to mind is the post-S2 reunion scene in Touch my Tears with Your Lips at the end of chapter 1 and the first half of chapter 2. I had been reading some reunion and fix-it fics and none of them quite got the flavor I sought, so it was immensely satisfying to just WRITE precisely what I wanted.

Also, in You’re the Apple of My Eye, the conversation around gender was extremely freeing to write. I had been a bit nervous posting it, but so many folks in the comments mentioned how much they related to it or how it touched them, and put me at such ease.

13. What story haunts you when you try to sleep at night?

I'm honestly not sure if this is asking me what unwritten story I want to WRITE that haunts me, or what fic I READ this year that haunts me...so I'll answer both!

The one I want to WRITE that haunts me, in an extremely silly way, is an Animal Crossing: New Leaf Good Omens crossover. I have a plot and everything. I just don't actually see myself ever writing it, even though I think it would be extremely cute. I would just much rather someone else wrote it so I could read it. Instead it just sits in my brain and pops up and now again...

A fic I READ this year that haunts me (in a very good way) is The Right Kind of Queer by @fenrislorsrai. I read it two months ago but I still think about it probably daily. Holy shit I cannot recommend it enough. Oh my Someone.

23. What fic did you enjoy writing the most?

That's easily gotta be the fic I just finished posting today, It’s Not Too Bad When You Get Used to It. There's really nothing I love more than writing banter, aroace queerplatonic affection, and shenanigans.

Of my shorter works, I also adored writing A Rotary Dial’s Remembrance, Subduing The Enemy, and still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain.

[lilolilyr]

I got tagged by @banashee thanks a bunch! Feel free to do any of my recent tagging memes if you like:D

Question Tag Game Thingy

Current book I’m reading:

Fifth Formers at St Clare‘s, I found all the St Clare’s (zu Deutsch: Hanni & Nanni) that exist in the original English online here for free, I used to be obsessed with the German translations (and additions - there are way way more of those in German than the 9 English ones) as a kid and the nostalgia overtook me when I remembered the books because of this tagging meme and I completely singlefocusedly binge read through them in the last couple days

Last song I listened to:

Joel by okdanketschüss

Currently watching:

not anything really? I’m stuck at the beginnings of S2 of Good Omens and The Witcher since forever and I haven’t continued DS9 either, I just haven’t watched any TV really…

last thing I watched was a Bernadette Banner YouTube video a couple days ago

No wait! Warehouse rewatch on discord! I missed last week but I’ll join in today :D

Current fic I’m reading:

Not any??? I mean I’ve got tabs open but I really read St Clare’s and only St Clare’s in the last days! Maybe the one I’m on now counts as fanfic tho bc it’s not by Enid Blyton (the original author)? xD

I do still want to continue reading @purlturtle’s And Now You as well as all the fic recs @lavendelhummel sent me, and I’ve got a bunch of other tabs open besides, but I’m probably gonna finish St Clare’s first! Well, I might read the last two tomorrow so there’s that :D

Next on my watchlist:

I’ve never seen While You Were Sleeping and since I’ve seen ppl talk about it both here and on discord I really want to watch it

also ‘tis the season for silly Hallmark movies, so I’ll for sure watch a couple of those xD there are also two wlw ones from last year or so that I haven’t seen yet, and of course piles and piles of straight ones

current obsession:

Definitely St Clare’s xD did I mention this already on this post, perhaps once or twice? xD

Also, I managed to have a crush on a minor book character again, headmistress Theobald o.O

I should update my obsession tag and my blog description! I think it still says flufftober xD

For easy copying - leave a blank for the people you tag! Question Tag Game Thingy Current book I’m reading: Last song I listened to: Currently watching: Current fic I’m reading: Next on my watchlist: current obsession:

Tagging everyone I’ve already tagged as well as @die-schwanenkoenigin, @squishmittenficfan @toboldlynerd purlturtle and anyone else who sees this :)

[edvinception]

A comment by hannanybeson on Lisa's post today:

"Haha, I just finished reading ep 2 and discovered I forgot to get of the bus. I live in the woods, it's a long, dark and cold walk home. Deadly to read such a good script."

I think Hanna worked as nurse on set of s2. Found this post from July 1:

"One year ago I saw Young Royals, had a life crisis and changed my path. I had reached the age when, according to Edvin, I can either become nostalgic or bitter, so I chose to be curious, fearless and go 100% on gut feeling. I was lucky, it turned out well! Now I work in film, have my own business and got to be part of Young Royals s2..."

That's amazing! 😭❤️‍🩹

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If someone working as a nurse on set is reading the script, then the actors for sure has too. Aahhhhh. Season 3 is getting real

But why would a nurse read the scripts? Unless she is consulting on something?

Though I would guess it was for YR.