#THANKS FOR LISTENING

[cantobear]

another vision of mine...

[itsaspectrumcomic]

not my usual kind of comic but just... how I've been feeling recently

if you're feeling the same, maybe it will help to know you're not the only one

[rassebers]

Awesome winter family moment

[bestbirdlawyer]

PART 2: the losers as screenshots in my phone but there’s so many

[half-oz-eddie]

I do not think there is enough talk about craft beer enthusiast and mixologist dating.

Like hello??? Buck went to school for this shit. He knows beer types, the proper way to pour, he’s loaded with beer production facts, he knows what beers pair best with which foods and even the proper fucking glassware to use. He learned this!!!

Tommy will fuck him right on the counter over it.

[italoniponic]

I wish all of you a good "Diasomnia is coming and coming strong" (and also tag your spoilers). And my feelings and prayers to my fellow players/watchers that are still in ch6 despite knowing a bit of what's going to happen, myself included

so this is from a popular old video in Brazil and as I was watching it for the first time, I just saw this scene and... suddenly had a epiphany. feel free to use it as template for something if you like it <3

[namtanlovesfilm]

"Five more minutes..."

[givemeureyes]

only thing annie and butcher have in common is that they both love hughie i’m gonna kill myself

[mo-ok]

Todoroki 🎸 episode 19 🎸 Strumming Warrior

[manka-s-komkami]

Recently started rewatching TMNT 2003, and god I love that version. And the characters, and the plot, and the jokes, and-*starts yapping*

(I have nothing against other animated series, this one is just my personal pick and my favourite.)

[theyoungeragrippina]

✨ 15 gentlebeard fic recs ✨

i have spent the last month trawling the pages of ao3 for you, dear reader, to find the best ofmd fics. all the works on this list:

are longer-form (generally 40k+)

have no steddyhands (simply not my thing)

are generally, all around brilliant (well-written, had me kicking my feet and giggling, laughing, or crying)

are complete!

part 2 and part 3

A Heart Unsated by roughwinds

48k, explicit

"Stede Bonnet has just moved into Orange Crescent. There’s a house on the corner, opposite Stede’s own, with a garden full of flowers and a gleaming motorbike on the driveway. He’s forgotten to buy sugar.

Edward Teach has his morning disturbed by his new neighbour. Enamoured at first sight, he invites Stede round for a chat, and then another, and then another.

This is the story of them."

man i normally avoid fics with lots of alma and louis in them because its just not for me, but literally every second of the family bonding in this was so wholesome i was forced to change my entire mind.

all you left me was a pearl by @sightofsea

88k, mature

"1717. The Golden Age of Piracy. Stede Bonnet sets about wooing the love of his life through any means necessary.

Things do not go as planned."

every day i wish for a precise memory erasing potion to be invented so i can read this again for the first time. i would devour like 2000k more words of this if it was offered to me. brilliant.

forgive & forget by @fool-for-luv

44k, mature

"It hits him then, like a wave breaking on sand, loud as thunder when it crashes, then trickling away into little rivulets flowing back home, murmuring one word over and over and over. Ed.

The problem is, Stede doesn’t recall ever having met anyone named Ed."

so sweet and wonderful, and i wish there was more.

#gentlebeard is trending! by regional_catastrophe

41k, teen

"In which Stede accidentally convinces the pirating world that Gentlebeard (or Blackbonnet or Stedward; there's a poll) is canon, reunites his crew, and gets his boyfriend back."

hilarious & silly & great, but also the most compelling notes of any fic i've ever read. a proper learning experience.

if music be the food of love (then darling, you're a feast) by @fool-for-luv

107k, unrated

"“Hey, so, those two, right, they get together in the end?” Ed asks.

“I would protest spoiling it, but I think it's rather obvious, isn't it?” Stede says. His nose wrinkles as he smiles. “The tension is certainly there from the beginning. It just takes them a while to get there.”

“Good. Would have been a shit story otherwise.""

i love sassy stede and i love ed who is a grump and i love that they share one single braincell at any given time.

If You Were Mine to Keep by @mysterybees

162k, explicit

"Caught between the gallows and the end of an English sword, Ed accepts the Act of Grace: marry into the aristocracy, leave the English ships alone, and live to sail another day. But who in their right mind would ever agree to marry the mad devil pirate Blackbeard?"

Worth every second of tiredness I felt after pulling an all nighter to finish reading.

It's Only Right by hexuponye

53k, explicit

"A modern AU based on Imagine Me & You, in which Edward is a florist who does the flowers for Stede's wedding."

mary gets to be a little silly sometimes too as a treat.

pliocene by unfortunatelyobsessed

75k, mature

""man, it's just ocean for miles.” Ed motions out to the waves, where there is no sign of any sort of ship, their small dinghy pulled far up on the sand. “I told you when the clouds look like seagulls you take fuckin' cover. Goddamn ocean mutinied me.”"

william golding wishes he did something this brilliant and significant when he wrote Lord of the Flies. the best deserted island story.

quite a career shift by @stedesparasol

157k, explicit

"Stede's been posting book reviews on Youtube for two months now. It's taken him that long to finally get a comment, and the person it comes from is rather unexpected."

rip stede you would've LOVED booktube. furious i can never really watch his content.

Semaphore by komodobits

124k, explicit

"Talking things through as a crew is easier said than done, and honest communication has never really been Stede’s strong suit. When it comes to Ed, he is willing to try."

so good that i was properly and truly laughing and gasping and 'oh no-ing' out loud while i read it.

Such Joie de Vivre by @louciferish

94k, explicit

"Professional thief Edward Teach is tired of hole in the wall apartments, shitty pub food, and skipping town every few months to keep the cops off their tail. He’s well past the age he meant to flee the country and retire, and all he needs is One Last Job to set him up for life. When he hears that some rich bastard outside of town has just the sort of treasure he’d trade his good knee for, Ed sets out in disguise to get the lay of the land."

i (so so foolishly) avoided reading this for a while because i simply didn't think i was one for nanny aus. i was so, terribly wrong. don't make the same mistakes i did. showstopping. incredible stuff.

The Chains of Flowers are Fragile Things by @grandmastattoo

62k, explicit

"Stede can't see the shop he's inherited from his late father as anything other than a burden, another insult added to a life that's going nowhere fast. Then he meets the charismatic man who owns the tattoo studio next door, and Stede finds himself forced to consider the idea of home."

maybe i love tattoo shop owner ed fics, sue me. i love this stede and i love his embarrassing mistake tattoo.

The Love Experiment by karawrites

65k, mature

a married at first sight (aus) au. i didn't know i needed it until i read it.

Water/line by @the-gentleman-mermaid

60k, teen

"During a raid on a smuggler ship, Ed finds a merman named Stede locked in the hold."

So good that I would actually pay the author real person money to do a similar story but where Ed is the mermaid.

Where the Daylight Begins by @xoxoemynn

116k words, explicit

"Modern day AU slow burn featuring a pining Ed, a clueless Stede, found family, roughly a million animals, and a very magical house."

This one sort of gave me House on the Cerulean Sea vibes; it was so much fun and genuinely necessitates a proper use of the word whimsical.

[restinslices]

For the Johnny and Kenshi shippers out there, whatever you do don’t imagine Kenshi absolutely refusing any sort of affection from Johnny out of fear his love isn’t real. Kenshi doesn’t wanna fall for something that’s clearly fake. Why would Johnny Cage of all people actually care for him? Kenshi isn’t stupid. He knows what this is. It’s pity love. Kenshi saved his life and lost his eyes, and although Johnny gave him Sento back, he still feels he should do more, hence loving him while he adjusts to his new life. Kenshi knows how to sniff out a lie and Johnny can’t fool him. He won’t let Johnny fool him. So he pushes Johnny away at every chance. It’s better this way. At least when Johnny is over feeling sorry for him and wants to leave, it’ll be easier to let go.

[rassebers]

So, who's paying?

[irosenpinetree]

I love guys with desperate large sneezes.

I love guys with drawn out sneezes.

I love guys who can really build to a sneeze.

I love guys who can sneeze in fits.

I love women the exact same way.

I love sneezes in both. Thanks for your time.

[teddybeartoji]

going on an ice skating date with jason. every time he exhales, a puff of air escapes his cold bitten lips; he has on the cutest pair of your gifted gloves and a crimson scarf around his neck, accentuanting his red cheeks and his even redder nose. the cute little beanie he has on is pressing his hair down, the white streak dramatically falling in front of his eyes. he's just so big and clumsy and being on ice AND on skates is just not doing him any favours - his red hood skills aren't helping him either. but when you offer your hand with a giggle, he knows it's worth the struggle.

[wikitpowers]

oh how i need kit and ty to visit kit’s old house in l.a. and have a super romantic and nostalgic moment in the basement where they met <3