#Only at Yale

[buskingalbatross]

lo! the conclusion of my phanfic bookbinding quest!

I finished binding together two final books! each one is a 144-page, 28,863-word collection of six of the phanfics i've written in 2024. the book with the starry-cover is unquestionably the neatest, prettiest book i've made since I started learning about bookbinding back in august. but i'm actually kind of emotional over both of them and think they turned out to be really cool objects.

here are some pictures i took of them on this rainy sunday morning (+ a few more under the cut) 🌧️🌧️🌧️

previous bookbinding updates: 1, 2, 3, 4

[mesapies]

All the comics may not have been great, but they did give more relationships between women. Both friendships and rivalry

Even if they only lasted for like 3 panels

[lesbiradshaw]

raymond kara and manny hanging out all the time because they’re bffs…. tgm writers will pay for depriving me of yale halo and fritz bestfriendism on screen.

[papertowness]

gang i have to know if you have a fandom character that everyone else seems to love but you find absolutely insufferable . i’ll go first mines jess mariano from gilmore girls

[lovealwayssay]

Season 3 of Gilmore Girls might be the best season of Gilmore Girls.

[look-at-the-stars-tonight]

Today I had an intern yell at me about how I’m constantly underselling myself and should maybe consider not doing that and then a lil later I mentioned that i wanted to try for that MIT PhD program I have been talking about for years and she was like “wait you’re worried?? You?? With your background?” And I think I’m gonna be riding this high for the next year

[amadaans]

YOUR DATING SERVICE

OC VERSION.

OVW VERSION.

tagged by: @miidnighters tagging: you!

[scales-of-stardust]

HHHHHUUUUAAAAAAAUGH IM FINALLY HOME TIME TO TALK ABT MY FENG THOUGHT OF THE DAY

So when Feng was younger he showed interest in blacksmiths, and forging at a young age. He had a nasty habit of running off when the family visited the harbour to go straight to the forge located there. This went on for years until his and Yaling's 13th birthday. Feng was gifted a small forge located outside of their home. The only rule and agreement was that he wasn't allowed to enter it without Zhongli until he was old enough to be by himself. Because Zhongli had a proper grasp of his power and could keep the young boy out of harm.

However one night when the parents went to make sure all of the kids were asleep, Feng was the only one missing. Turns out he snuck out into his forge without supervision under the context of surprising his mother with a new hairpiece. They managed to find him after hearing his brief scream of pain. Poor boy was pouring the hot metal and lost his grip which ended up burning the inner portion of his thigh. After he got medical care for his burn He got the scolding of his life from ZHongli. Wifey didn't even bother interrupting because of how Zhongli handled it. Feng had broken his promise and thus Zhongli would punish him accordingly. He ended up losing his forge privileges for 3 months after that stunt. Also was left with a burn scar as a reminder of why he needed to listen to his parents

[cerealmonster15]

my BITCH of an oc orion. and his. and. uh. [ft ocs atako + moth belonging my not tumblr friend]

[themyscirah]

This is such a "nobody else has read this comic" moment but like. It kills me every day that we never see Simon's conversation with Amanda Waller in JLA (2013) #5. Like I NEED to know what she said to him in that room. He goes in fully intending to detach himself from all the drama of his origin arc and get the government off his back yet when he leaves he joins Waller's JLA (which is a different, rival entity of the JL at this time). And THEN in JLA comic he's not just on the team, he's one of the more pro-Waller/pro-authority members!!! Which doesn't sound like Simon!!! Like at all! But again this is the Wall we are talking about. And they had a private conversation together! For an unspecified amount of time! That we know nothing about! Like this is Amanda freaking Waller if anyone could say something to make this make sense it would be her. SO I NEED TO KNOW WHAT SHE SAID. but also also also we see ANOTHER change of heart from Simon towards Waller (and the government) in Green Lanterns #1! (I think.) Here he's shown being fed up as the government tries to manipulate him for information and to gain power and such and is like keeping tabs on him and his family etc. So obviously he's become disillusioned with this and is not happy about it, which is the kind of reaction you would expect from him! Like that actually makes sense!!!

So its like logically you figure that his characterization in JLA is bad (it is new 52) and doesn't make sense and stems from an ignorance of his character (who had been in literally 16 comics before this. Including cameos. Like bruh just read them) and that's why this doesn't make sense. BUT THERE'S STILL THAT CONVERSATION WITH WALLER. Like I want this to my sense so bad. And my brain knows what Amanda Waller is like like it KNOWS that something could have plausibly happened in that room to make this line up! Like it's Amanda freaking Waller anything could have happened there. I need to know what happened there. I will NEVER know what happened there.

[barnbridges]

also because brady and hugh corcoran are the only ones mentioned as any sort of job-havers in the epilogue, i will always assume patrick is still in mom's basement and ted's also in his wife's mother's basement for the rest of whatever life they have.

[camelspit]

i barely understand what's going on with hte reading rumble and i'm pretty sure i missed it but the temptation to drag my awful 2017 kotlc roleplay ocs out of the grave kicking and screaming. well. it's there. and there are so many. challenge round you have to beat Nalanie Allegra whose face claim is Darci Lynne Farmer and is exactly like the other girls, or Hudelle Ollense who was banished to Exillium at 12 and is NOT like the other girls. or perhaps Jeta Hanner who has dark blue eyes after Tobias Divergent and is a depressed perfectionist struggling with The Elvin Guilt. i will stop talking now

putting your ocs in the boxing ring with the two that are submitted for the rumble and seeing who comes out on top /j

[lesbiradshaw]

Hiii is there anything we know about the dagger squad backgrounds that’s canon? Other than Jake being from Texas, is the stuff about what they studied/where they’re from headcanon? THANK U MUCH LOV

we don’t really know that much i don’t think but a majority of the background info i’ve found is either vaguely mentioned in the film or the paramount draft script you can find online ! bradley being a poli sci major at UVA and graduating in ‘09 is canon (and also very dear to me bc that was my major too plus i also graduated hs at 17 bc we are both #junebabies :]), jake originally got his call sign because bradley gave it to him and he hated it at first, bradley played baseball as a kid, mickey is a trekkie and also catholic or at least raised catholic (he crosses himself before they launch on the mission in the draft script), harvard and yale were the only duo that came from the same squadron together before the movie, and bradley and jake and natasha were in top gun together at the same time. there’s probably more backstory you could piece together for everyone by looking at their service medals/ribbons they wear but i fear i am not knowledgeable enough about that sort of stuff without a lot more research. they all mostly have the same ones but natasha has a NATO medal, jake has a navy unit commendation ribbon, and reuben has a joint service achievement medal.

also silly canon details that aren’t background info but i still love: jake wears what i’m pretty sure is a class ring on his right ring finger, he’s also the only trainee i recall seeing actually wear his tags, he likes van halen and foghat and seems to be a classic rock fanatic, natasha wears a plain gold band on her left index finger, mickey, reuben, natasha, and bob all use those multicolor clicky pens, bradley is i think the only one of the main squad who doesn’t have the fingertips cut off his flight gloves, halo’s tank top has her squadron logo on it during the football scene, and those stupid jorts bradley wears were definely just jeans he cut the legs off himself 😭.

[naramdil]

rory is v much cautionary tale about former gifted kids but it never ceases to make me angry the way she turns down the position at the providence journal in lieu of a hypothetical fellowship at the NYT..... like the pure arrogance of it all

[bsaka7]

Fave fics rn go 🔫

thanks anon! going to split this into two sections (f1fic and everything else) and limit them to just a couple. Under the cut!

f1fic

provenance by ecorone, seb/lewis, 18.9k, au

this is an au about a lot of things but also about the apocalypse. it's genuinely some of the best writing I've ever read in fic. it explores themes I love - life, legacy loss - in ways that feel so thoughtful. the fic is interconnected with culture and with f1 history in just a phenomenal way. definitely my fav fic rn.

leave it all behind in your lifetime by @misonikomi, charles/pierre, 19.6k, college au

read this and then read EVERYTHING by misonikomi. i love her writing and i love the questions this fic explores about choices and losing a future that was once everything you wanted. she's got wonderful oc's, a setting that feels so real, and writes the stupid mess of your early twenties in a beautiful, aching way.

hard feelings by @geluksalig, pierre/esteban, 2.9k, au

another author i absolutely love! THEE pierresteban master. this fic strikes some miserable chord in me about breaking up. this fic makes me feel sad without fail. it's just the perfect encapsulation of a certain head's pace. i also think fernando in it is hilarious. (honorary mention to I'll be the sky you be the bird, max/daniel, 24.7k for the incredible structure and the line "I'll think that gets me what I want.")

perfect pretenders by @wdcseb, mick/esteban, 19.8k, au

is this a cheater pick because it was written for me? no!!! this fic is AMAZING and marthe is so fun and clever and helped send me down the esteban spiral. the writing is super funny and it plays with classic romcom tropes in a very fun way. first time I've ever had to split a comment in TWO. i especially love the ending!!

i could genuinely put a dozen more fics on this list, but these are some of my favorites that I've read more than once and really enjoyed reading and i remember what happened (and enough to think of right now) and i had some emotional reaction. #critera. definitely missing some stellar fics I really enjoyed!! also genuinely surprised these are all AUs lol but I suppose it is what it is.

Non-f1fic

All the angels and the saints by speranza, captain America, Steve/bucky, 48.7k

formative fic for me. probably reread it once a year. just a genius job of weaving together a broad swathe of real texts and work with the story of steve that's really stuck with me. it has early 20th c socialism and interesting takes on religiosity and of course. captain america. so I really like this one.

Asynchronous circuit by jessepinwheel, star wars, obi-wan kenobi centric, 117.5k

This is a very clever fic. Obi-wan is a noir-style detective and i love how the author weaves together the star wars world and the tropes of detective noir writing. it's a very interesting take on an alternate version of obi-wan who doesn't stay with the order, and I love all of the side characters. again, good writing and an interesting concept does a lot for me

okay i actually have a horrible memory for things i read and don't really bookmark much (these are both from my bookmarks) but everything there i liked enough to do so and have read at least twice. tbh I've read a lot of fic but most of it doesn't really stand out, especially once i stop being interested in the source material. stop by in a month to get my 2022 book report lmao!

[dudeshusband]

also, despite everything else, he will protect a person if they end up in danger with him. he fully shields gail with his body in the silencers, even though he had up to that point thought she was an enemy agent and he barely knew her.