#Tom Bangs

[bigfatbreak]

How does nooroo feel about Tom in your villian dad au?

After initial introductions, Tom basically thinks Nooroo is a figment of his imagination and a testament to his mind crumbling from the grief of losing Sabine. Nooroo gets an inside look on what really matters to tom, though

Tom uses the butterfly miraculous not for himself, but for the benefit of his daughter. The vengeance he's trying to take on "Hawkmoth" isn't quite as simple as "you're responsible for the death of my wife," it stems from a very, very different source - which makes Nooroo more sympathetic to helping him.

He's still not thrilled, but, Marinette and Tom are so kind to him, he really can't find it in himself to complain.

[nerdyrevelries]

My absolute favorite thing about this is that there's a blink and you'll miss it interaction in one of the first chapters where Nan prescribes "Miss West" as a cure for Tom's affections for her, and Tom is just like, "Yeah, I have been escorting her to stuff just like you asked, but it's not going to work."

Dora's full name is Dora West. Nan knew the whole time that Dora and Tom were perfect for each other, and she's put together this complicated scheme to make sure they get together in order to get Tom out of her hair. It's such a classic case of Alcott's sense of humor, and it really only hits you on a reread.

Little Women saga - Parallelisms (Part 2): Jo-Laurie-Amy & Nan-Tom-Dora

A while ago (like months ago, sorry) I talked about how similar Jo-Laurie and Nan-Tom relationships are. I do not believe that neither Laurie nor Tom actually loved those women. And both Jo and Nan have very maternal feelings towards these men. They were fixations. Really, they were very damaging obsessions that were ruining these men’s lives. And the women, to their misfortune, had to deal with them. Plus, they both had more maternal feelings than anything else towards those men.

I made 2 posts about it (Chapter 41, Chapter 41: Laurie). It is one of my favorite chapters in the whole saga. And you can see that Laurie’s head is a mess. It’s actually very frustrating to see him going back and forth between accepting that he doesn’t love Jo and admitting his feelings for Amy. When you think he finally got it, he goes back to Jo. But in the process, it’s pretty clear he does NOT love Jo or that he ever did. Why? Well, if he really loved her as much as he claimed, then why did he fight so hard to remember her? And why did Amy get in his mind without even trying?

Louisa describes the moments when Laurie/Tom get over Jo and Nan in a pretty similar way.

The moment Laurie gets away from Jo, those feelings start to disappear. Sure, he spent months wailing and feeling sorry for himself, but that was an act. Once he starts working on his opera, he realizes Jo is no the heroine he once thought. He even claims,

That girl is a torment!

At the same time, he begins dreaming of another heroine that casually looks a lot like Amy and that is surrounded by things he experienced with her in Nice. The only reason why he kept forcing himself to think of Jo was because he thought it would be betrayal to forget her. 

But alas he lets her go:

Laurie thought that the task of forgetting his love for Jo would absorb all his powers for years, but to his great surprise he discovered it grew easier every day. He refused to believe it at first, got angry with himself, and couldn’t understand it, but these hearts of ours are curious and contrary things, and time and nature work their will in spite of us. Laurie’s heart wouldn’t ache.

Fastforward 25 years and Tom is going through basically the same.

Tom and Demi go away. At first Tom is still fixated on Nan and even tries to make her jealous through Dora. However, his plan backfires because he ended up enjoying Dora’s company quite a bit. She turned out to be a lovely girl who made him very happy.

LMA even describes Tom’s change in quite a similar way,

surprised to find that his heart did not ache a bit.

And just like Laurie, Tom is so excited to tell Jo he’s engaged. He’s delighted, that boy is on a cloud! (I’m imagining Jo listening to Tom and thinking “I’ve been here before”)

I spoke about Laurie’s proposals before. It’s so different how chaotic Laurie is with Jo. Meanwhile, his relationship with Amy runs smoothly. It brings him such peace. And the same thing happens with Tom,

‘I declare, I feel as if a weight was off me…

Can you imagine? After all those years of chasing the wrong girl, the stress, the anxiety. Then finally, they are truly in love and those girls love them back! That must feel amazing!

Jo offers her opinion (she does know a thing or two about a boy’s fancy):

It is my opinion, Tom, that you love Dora, or are on the way to it; for in all these years I’ve never seen you look or speak about Nan as you do about Dora. Opposition has made you obstinately cling to her till accident has shown you a more attractive girl. Now, I think you had better take the old love for a friend, the new one for a sweetheart, and in due time, if the sentiment is genuine, marry her.’

Here’s the thing about these fancies, it’s not only about the girl they want to marry. It is about their entire life. Tom was throwing away his future just to be near Nan. He hated medicine. Once he gets over Nan, he goes into business and loves it. This is how important it is to choose your partner wisely, because they can lift you up or drown you.

Tom is basically Laurie 2.0 in this regard. They are so similar that Laurie gives him advice later on.

and Mr Laurie gave him some wise advice upon the astonishing gymnastic feats the human heart can perform, and be all the better for it if it only held fast to the balancing-pole of truth and common sense.

(I want to write a one-shot of this conversation)

But in the meantime, here it is. Finally, I finished this post that has been on my drafts since forever.

Little Women saga- Parallelisms (Part 1): Jo-Laurie & Nan-Tom

[valveillen]

Tom with a magpie.

My 2024 submission to tomarry reverse big bang :)

[frozen-seagrass]

Thinking about Mav being unsure of what Ice's eye color is

Of course he's not going to do the normal thing and ask the man, so he settles for finding ways to get up close and personal to try and see for himself without being obvious (-> he fails)

But every time he gets a close enough look they're different. One day they look blue but the next they look hazel. One moment they look brown but then he turns his head and a different light catches on them and they look almost green

It turns into one big game of "How close will he let me get? How much will he let me see?" And it's not until he's gotten to the point of being a breath away from Ice's face- close enough to brush lips- and standing under the bright white LEDs that he realizes that they're gray

[automaticheartcrusade]

I love how Nick and Matt can write the most horniest, batshit, or toxic couple ever and then you have couples like Duke and Miss Holloway.

[tomarrybigbang]

And that's a wrap on 2024!

The Tomarry Reverse Big Bang has officially come to an end for this year, and it couldn’t be more exciting to see all the fantastic art and stories the participants have shared with the community this time around! Huge congrats to everyone for submitting such amazing work!

An extra special thanks goes out to @cindle-writes for being a superstar with some of the admin tasks this year—your help really made a difference. 🫶

Thanks again to everyone, and can’t wait to see what you create next time!

1 ● Art by ZaraTM

despite everything, it's still you by Sofija

2 ● Art by ZaraTM

Plague by a_sentimental_man

3 ● Art by queasy

such unholy heaving by cealesti

4 ● Art by Victor Ichor

Eye of a Snake by cyandenial the alchemy by eleven_eaves

5 ● Art by Dandelion

Consequences of Murder by PenRot demons and angels hang with us by Duender Chosen by Magic and Death by HadrianPeverellBlack

6 ● Art by Dandelion

sleeping with ghosts by TheOnceandFutureQueenofTarts nineteen (ever so priceless) by Summer Mending Broken Things by tommarvoloriddlesdiary

7 ● Art by queasy

Auror Potter by albondiguilla Happy Wife, Happy Marriage, Happy Life by angy

8 ● Art by Dandelion

Accidentally having it all fall into place by Lerya

9 ● Art by CeNedraRiva

The Sacred Art of Repression by Trixie Soil by ratzeebatz

10 ● Art by cannibalinc

Cerulean blue by albondiguilla

11 ● Art by .reredrum

Luminescent by Lilies Sunflower Serenade by dystopianRebel The last enemy to be defeated is death by tinystreetlamp

12 ● Art by Valveillen

don't wake me (i'm not dreaming) by dreaminthedark A Murder by Crows by Iselilja One for sorrow, two for mirth by easterndreamer

13 ● Art by StolenViolet

What quickens me is the violence in thee by evaleon70 Pernicious by Kazisstillawake

14 ● Art by NV

Harry's loyalty by gothamgirl Newly Forged by Obsidianpen Puppet Master by Dandelion

[callsignchicha]

I watched kiss kiss bang bang at least five times today

[scottishaccentsareawesome]

Iceman: You're an idiot. Maverick: I'm your idiot.[holds up his left hand and points to his wedding ring] FOREVER...!

[wipbigbang]

WIP BIG BANG SIGN-UPS ARE LIVE!

The 2024 round of WIP Big Bang is now open for sign-ups! Any fandom is welcome, as long as the fic is 500 completed so far and will be at least 7,500 words upon its finishing. Signing up is easy: just fill out the form linked below after you read the FAQ and take a look at the schedule.

[nv-tumb]

For 2023 @tomarrybigbang !

My partner was @souein , thank you for their hard work and wonderful fic🥰💕💕💕

I hope I can participate next year too! It was so much fun.

[chiocchi]

Sharing memories

My first piece for the @tomarrybigbang! I had the pleasure of working with @a-sentimental-man for the second year in a row. Here is a link to their amazing fic: try to find you every time (think we've lived a thousand lives)

[talesfromthecrypts]

talesfromthecrypts' 25k gif party

@mikelogan asked favorite vampires

Lestat de Lioncourt - The Vampire Chronicles

Carmilla

Gabrielle de Lioncourt - The Vampire Chronicles

Severen - Near Dark

The Girl - A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night

Miriam Blaylock - The Hunger

Astarion Ancunín - Baldur's Gate

William "Spike" Pratt - Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Tae-ju - Thirst

David - The Lost Boys

Dracula

Ganja Meda - Ganja & Hess

Eric Northman - True Blood

Drusilla - Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Eva - Fascination

[interstallerrr]

Coming out of my silence every time I see one of my faves an overcoming urge to cuddle them possess me like I want to shower them with affection and drown their faces in kisses like it's so overwhelming it makes my heart want to explode

[andyclarkz]

Gustav Shäfer Aesthetic

[theocddiaries]

Sonic: Hey, I hope it's all right, I told Amy she could join us for dinner. Amy: Hi. Maddie: Hi, baby. Sure, we were just setting the table. Amy: I wouldn't want to intrude. Knuckles: Don't be silly. The more, the merrier. Shadow: That's a false equivalency. More does not equal merry. If there were 2000 people in this apartment, would we be celebrating? No, we'd be suffocating. Tom: Shadow. Shadow: Sorry... Yes, sure, we can share our dinner for six between seven. Tom: It'll be fine. Sit down, guys. [Amy is about to sit on the corner of the couch] The Wachowskis: NO!! Amy: What? Maddie: Sorry we startled you, you just can't sit there. Amy: Why not? Tails: That's where Shadow sits. Amy: He can't sit somewhere else? Shadow [gives her a look and opens his mouth to start explaining] Sonic: No. You see, in the winter, that seat's close enough to the radiator so he's warm yet not so close that he sweats. The entire family and Amy [looks at him in confusion] Sonic: In the summer, it's in the path of a breeze created by opening windows there. It faces the television at an angle that isn't direct so he can talk yet not so wide that the picture looks distorted. Everyone: … Shadow: Perhaps there's hope for you after all. Sonic: Hehe. Do you all want to know what else I can do? [tosses a chocolate into the air and catches it in his mouth in one bite.] Shadow: … Miss Madie, he's being himself again. Tom [sighs in relief]: Oof, balance has returned to our home; I got scared for a minute.

[callsign-daydream]

Cyclone: You know, using positive reinforcement techniques, I could train that behavior out of Mav in a week. Iceman: No. Cyclone: If you let me use negative reinforcement, I can get it done before we get off work. Iceman: You’re not squirting him in the face with water. Cyclone: No, of course not! We’re talking very mild electric shocks. No tissue damage whatsoever.