#aaron gwyn

[court-of-secrets]

god forbid I find it hot when an intelligent girl is fucked to the point where she’s incoherent and babbling by her normally cool and controlled boyfriend who absolutely loses control and isn’t even trying to hold back because she drives him out of his fucking mind

[theladyofrosewater]

I'm bribing yall with art so you'll listen to my current Ro'Meave lore that I'm using as an excuse to talk about Leona

Here’s the Ro’Meave Family Lore Dump for my rewrite you guys asked for. Buckle up because it’s going to jump around a bit and BOY do I have a lot to say. (very minor warning for my discussion of Zane and Kiki in canon)

I’m starting out with Gwyn and Mairwen, who are essentially just OCs to flesh out the Ro’Meave line.  Gwyn is the Ro’Meave heir and lord with Mairwen being their wife. Together they only have one child who makes it to adulthood, Garte. Gwyn however has an affair second child later on in life after Mairwen fell ill. the affair baby ends up being Malik, A.K.A the Lord of Phoenix Drop.

Malik gets basically banished from a young age with a nanny and Garte never finds out about him because family dishonor or whatever. Malik grows up bouncing around from village to village until the nanny who was supposed to accompany him falls ill and dies. Garte has become lord at this point but Malik heard rumors that Garte may have killed Gwyn and so settled down in Phoenix Drop where he married Matilda and they lived happily together for a while.

Garte of course marries Zianna like he does in canon and it’s Zianna’s family that has the big changes. Basically in my rewrite Zianna is the older sister of Lilly of Falcon Claw, who like in canon is Aaron’s wife. So this essentially makes Aaron the uncle of the Ro’Meave boys as well as giving more of motivation than besides love interest and revenge. This also makes Aaron’s son Jacob (knowing jess his name was a twilight reference) Zianna’s nephew and the cousin to the three boys

Garte and Zianna have Garroth early on in their marrige but when Garroth is 4 his parents get pretty frigid with each other and by the time he’s 6 he’s got two new baby brothers. Zianna has her affair like in canon except no one know who’s the affair baby if there even is one till much later. Eventually after the events of another draft that I have rotting in my notes Vylad ends up dead and Zane get’s shoved into the Church of Irene after someone stabbed out his eye. Then Garroth get’s engaged to Nicole while he’s away training at Brightport’s academy and decides to fake his own death on the way back and runs away to Phoenix Drop

Key takeaway with this is that Garroth when arriving in Phoenix Drop DOES NOT KNOW Malik is his uncle. Malik knows but hides Garroth because he thinks Garte is an ass (true) and then Levin is born and after awhile after Zenix is adopted into Phoenix Drop, the village is attacked, Malik dies and Matilda and Levin flee to Scaleswind while being chased by Shadow Knights. Garroth if he knew about Malik at this point get’s his memory wiped by Gene and doesn’t rediscover the fact till like season three

Then we get into the events of season one and everything kinda happens as normal until we get to Zane's arrival in Phoenix Drop

Okay now for the big can of worms

Leona

Leona in canon was originally heavily hinted at to be Zane’s daughter and then during season two Jess must have realized how fucked up Leona’s birth could be read and then said “Oh no her father could be Kiki’s old lover and its actually not as bad of a thing” Which considering Zane’s character makes like zero sense. When I watched MCD I never caught the implications but a lot of people have realized that what happened to KiKi could essentially be read as rape which….I personally DO NOT LIKE when stories have these elements so I knew that I would have to change that part of the story BUT I didn’t want to just make it so Kiki and Zane were a couple as I think that could be read in poor taste if I wasn’t careful. Zane is still an awful person but I needed to change something So here’s what I’m going to do for my rewrite. 

I’m going to make Kiki and Zane’s relationship consensual, Zane upon meeting her kept seeking out Kiki as she would be easy to sway over to his side, say a few sweet words give a few gifts and BOOM you have a very lovestruck magicks user who will soften up your image and potentially a useful ally. She’s essentially his Livia Cardew and as in my rewrite Zane 100% wants the Lordship of O’Khasis. He tolerates her, hell maybe he’s even a bit fond of her but he does not LOVE her, because he can’t. This version of Zane has had every negative trait enhanced and every positive one strangled and torn to shreds thanks to his father. He couldn’t love Kiki.

But Kiki loves him.

So when she finds out she’s pregnant she’s happy! She thinks she’s going to get married and have a child with someone who she thinks loves her why wouldn’t she be. So she sends a letter telling him all about it and doesn’t question why his next letter takes twice as long to arrive or how short it is. By the time he sends the next one it’s as if it never happened, he’s even giving her gifts and money for the baby promising he’ll be back soon. It’s only after the gang goes through the Irene portal does she start to question if he ever actually loved her. Kiki never stops loving her daughter and she wouldn’t trade anything in the world for her, she just wise the rose-colored glasses wore off sooner. I don’t think it’s a perfect solution, but I think it’s a decent enough start until I can talk to some people

But one more thing that’s swooping back round to the Falconclaw region.

How is Leona a werewolf

Basically in my version is because Leona just so happened to have parents who both have a VERY recessive werewolf gene and when they had a baby, that baby turned out to be a werewolf. Kiki gets it from the side of her family from Brightport and Zane gets it from his mother because she’s a native of Falconclaw. There is a decent chunk of the population in Falconclaw has this recessive gene it’s why many of them are immune to werewolf bites and many of them have werewolf traits themselves. And yes this does mean that Garroth, Vylad and Jacob when he was alive also have this trait.  While Leona being a werewolf can make her general life a bit harder it actually benefits her growing up thanks to striking resemblance she has to Zane and Zianna. Her ears and tail make it so no one would spare more than glance at her because if they looked closer they might just find a certain family resemblance.

also have a rough page of the family tree+ what I think Kiki's full name is

[qbdatabase]

are there any recs for books with queer cowboys?

YES YES YES I am SO hype about queer westerns! some of these feature soldiers, rangers, and outlaws versus strictly cowboys, and some are male x nonbinary pairings, with a few bonus lesbian recs

Classic Westerns

(M/NB) River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey (alt-history)

(M/NB) Days Without End by Sebastian Barry (former soldiers)

(M/M) Child in the Valley by Gordy Sauer (outlaws)

The Power of the Dog by Thomas Savage (closeted gay male, LOTS of period typical homophobia)

All God's Children by Aaron Gwyn

(F/F) Wildflower Words by Sam Ledel (mail order bride mix up)

(F/F) The Boss's Daughter by J. T. Marie (butch lesbian posing as a male cowboy for social acceptance)

(F/F) The Oregon Series by Jae (same as above, but the butch can be read as a transgender man)

Contemporary Romance

(F/F) Prize Money by Celeste Castro (rodeo bullfighters)

(M/M) Forget Me Not by Felice Stevens

(M/M) His Fresh Start Cowboy by A. M. Arthur

(M/M) His Reluctant Cowboy by A. D. Ellis

Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Paranormal

(M/M) Wake of Vultures by Lila Bowen (rangers)

(M/M) A Book of Tongues by Gemma Files (outlaws)

Breaker by Amy Campbell (outlaws)

(M/M) The Nightland Express by J. M. Lee (postal couriers)

full notes on representation and publishing info at qbdatabase.com

[queer-ragnelle]

Hi! I was wondering if you have any recommendations for some pre-Chrétien Kay appearances? From what I understand the versions differ a lot, and the guy intrigues me even more

Thank you in advance!

Hi anon!

There aren't a ton of pre-Chrétien Kay appearances, mostly Welsh stuff, plus Geoffrey of Monmouth. But I recommend them, they're fun!

The Black Book of Carmarthen

The Mabinogion translated by Lady Charlotte Guest

The Welsh Triads translated by Rachel Bromwich

The History of the Kings of Britain by Geoffrey of Monmouth translated by Aaron Thompson

The Quest for Olwen by Gwyn Thomas & Kevin Crossley-Holland

The last one is a picture book I scanned myself. It's beautifully illustrated by Margaret Jones. Cai and Bedwyr are even on the cover! Lastly, I'll give you a handful of "academic" or informational resources which will undoubtedly give you some more to chew on.

Warriors of Arthur by John Matthews, Bob Stewart, & illustrated by Richard Hook

Cei & The Arthurian Legend by Linda Gowens

Sir Kay, Seneschal of King Arthur's Court by Harold J. Herman

The Arthurian Handbook by Norris J. Lacy & Geoffrey Ashe

The Arthurian Companion by Phyllis Ann Karr

The New Arthurian Encyclopedia by Norris J. Lacy

You'll see several of these author names popping up repeatedly (just look at all the people Harold J. Herman cites!). These fellow Arthurian enthusiasts reference each other and collaborate frequently. All to provide us with this Kay content! Enjoy!

[bikinibottomdayz]

MARCH 10, 2025 RELEASE

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This release includes: The Lightning Thief, Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Starlight Express, Hadestown (new cast), Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (cast change)

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON February 25, 2025 (M) | West End | 4K MP4 (9.52GB) | bikinibottomday’s master Cast: Benedict Salter (u/s Benjamin Button/u/s Reverthi), Clare Foster (Elowen Keene/The Sheep/Sterenow), Jonathan Charles (u/s Roger Button/Trenlee Senior/Growan), Philippa Hogg (Mary Button/Millie Dyer/Psychiatrist/Avoryow), Matthew Burns (Mrs Gladstone/Landlord/Electrotherapist/Morlan), Emily Panes (s/w Captain Carrick/s/w Tewes), Katy Ellis (u/s Mr Gladstone/u/s Landlady/u/s Lowen Button/u/s Ebron), Anna Fordham (Mrs Bennett/Locryn Button/Keynvor), Damien James (Mrs Gladstone's Sister/Jago Trenlee/Billy Tyne/Meryn Gladstone/Tir), Ann Marcuson (Miss Moncrief/Morwenna Keene/Drunken Sailor/Doctor/Maggie Moncrief/Treth), Jack Quarton (Mr Bennett/Jack Trenlee/Tonnow) Notes: Excellent 4K capture of this amazing musical! Increased wandering and unfocusing throughout. Two tracks were cut from the show, making this a very unique cast combination. Elliot Mackenzie's (Lanow) and Katy Ellis's (Gwyns) narration lines were covered by various company members. Includes curtain call, audio fed from external source. https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjC3RG3 | ASKING $15 USD NOT FOR SHARING EXCEPT THROUGH ME UNTIL SEPTEMBER 2, 2025

HADESTOWN March 5, 2025 (M) | Broadway | 4K MP4 (9.56GB) | bikinibottomday’s master Cast: Carlos Valdes (Orpheus), Hailey Kilgore (Eurydice), Merle Dandridge (Persephone), Tom Hewitt (Hades), Daniel Breaker (Hermes), Jessie Shelton (Fate), Kay Trinidad (Fate), Brit West (Fate), Emily Afton (Worker), Malcolm Armwood (Worker), Grace Yoo (Worker), Timothy H. Lee (Worker), Alex Puette (Worker) Notes: Great 4K capture of the new cast! Head obstruction on the right that blocks off some action, but mostly worked around well. Increased wandering and unfocusing throughout, especially at the beginning. Includes curtain call and “We Raise Our Cups,” audio fed from external source. https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjC4CvD | ASKING $18 USD NOT FOR SHARING EXCEPT THROUGH ME UNTIL SEPTEMBER 2, 2025

HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD November 10, 2024 (M) | Broadway | 4K MP4 (13.38GB) | bikinibottomday’s master Cast: Joel Meyers (Albus Potter), Erik C. Peterson (Scorpius Malfoy), Steve Haggard (Harry Potter), Angela Reed (Ginny Potter), Cara Ricketts (Hermione Granger), Daniel Frederick (Ron Weasley), Aaron Bartz (Draco Malfoy), Jane Bruce (Delphi), Maya Jerome Thomas (Rose Granger-Weasley), Emily Schultheis (Moaning Myrtle / Polly Chapman / Lily Potter Sr.), Edward James Hyland (Amos Diggory / Albus Dumbledore), Karen Jane Woditsch (Professor McGonagall / Dolores Umbridge), Chadd Alexander (Sorting Hat / Bane), Stephen Spinella (Severus Snape / Lord Voldemort), Irving Dyson Jr. (Craig Bowker Jr), Jax Jackson (Yann Fredericks), Eric Cheung (Karl Jenkins / Viktor Krum), William Bednar (Cedric Diggory / James Potters), Abbi Hawk (Trolley Witch), Logan James Hall (Professor Mazoni), Jamyl Dobson (V World General), Ted Deasy (Station Master), Eleasha Gamble (Madam Hooch), Jack Koenig (Ministry Official), John Alix, Quinn Blades, Darby Breedlove, Chance Marshaun Hill, Erik Evan Olson, Kaléa Leverette, Alexandra Peter, William Rhem Jr., Chris Jarman (Voice of Phone Box), Paul Thornley (Voice of Ludo Bagman) Notes: Excellent 4K capture of the Year 5 cast change! This is also the final performance of the 3.5 hour version of the show. Some wandering / readjustment and unfocusing throughout. Heads visible on the bottom but almost never obstruct anything. Includes curtain call, audio fed from external source. https://mega.nz/folder/d94QDLrb#gTY_FexKA39JCbCOi_-m0g | ASKING $20 USD NOT FOR SHARING EXCEPT THROUGH ME UNTIL SEPTEMBER 2, 2025

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REDWOOD March 4, 2025 | Broadway | 4K MP4 (8.52GB) | bikinibottomday’s master Cast: Idina Menzel (Jesse), de'Adre Aziza (Mel), Zachary Noah Piser (Spencer/Clerk/Man in Rain/Mateo), Michael Park (Finn), Khaila Wilcoxon (Becca), Kate Diaz (Voice of Trees/Stella) Notes: Excellent 4K capture of this new show! Some minor head obstruction on the far left that only very briefly blocks action. Some wandering and unfocusing throughout, especially at the beginning. Some washout on the wider shots. Includes curtain call, audio fed from external source. https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjC4tWX | ASKING $20 USD NOT FOR SHARING EXCEPT THROUGH ME UNTIL SEPTEMBER 2, 2025

STARLIGHT EXPRESS February 23, 2025 | London | 4K MP4 (8.22GB) | bikinibottomday’s master Cast: Jeevan Braich (Rusty), Ashlyn Weekes (u/s Pearl), Al Knott (Greaseball), Tom Pigram (Electra), Jade Marvin (Momma), Lilianna Hendy (u/s Dinah), Bethany Rose Lythgoe (u/s Belle), Renz Cardenas (Tassita), Gary Sheridan (u/s Hydra), Scott Hayward (s/w Porter), Harrison Peterkin (Lumber), Emily Martinez (Slick), Jessica Vaux (Blue Lightning), Charles Butcher (s/w Green Arrow), Sam Gallacher (s/w Golden Eagle), Oscar Kong (Silver Bullet), Marianthe Panas (Orange Flash), Isaac Edwards (s/w Killerwatt), Hannah Kiss (s/w Wrench), Catherine Cornwall (Joule), Ollie Augustin (Volta), Buzz Fletcher (Control), Jamie Addison (Marshal), Charlie Russell (Marshal) Notes: Excellent 4K capture of a neat set of understudies! Slight obstruction on the far sides but little to no action is missed. Some wandering and unfocusing throughout. Includes curtain call, audio fed from external source. https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjC3vre | ASKING $15 USD NOT FOR SHARING EXCEPT THROUGH ME UNTIL SEPTEMBER 2, 2025

[queerliblib]

Any recommendations of westerns with queer themes? I want gay cowhands!

Hello! definite western themes in the following - in our collection;

Frontier by Grace Curtis

Upright Women Wanted or River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey

Lucky Red by Claudia Cravens

a few others we don’t have yet but hope to purchase soon;

Riding the Storm by Franci McMahon

Bittersweet by Nevada Barr

His Fresh Start Cowboy by A.M. Arthur (& many more by this author!)

Cowboys of Cade Ranch series by Greta Rose West

All God’s Children by Aaron Gwyn

[nocturnalstarlet]

— 𝑾𝑯𝑶 𝑰 𝑾𝑹𝑰𝑻𝑬 𝑭𝑶𝑹 🪐

— 𝑨 𝑪𝑶𝑼𝑹𝑻 𝑶𝑭 𝑻𝑯𝑹𝑶𝑵𝑬𝑺 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑹𝑶𝑺𝑬𝑺

🪐 ››       cassian, azriel, nesta archeron, elain archeron, feyre archeron, lucien vanserra, eris vanserra.

ships i'd write for: cassian x nesta , elain x azriel , gwyn x azriel , and elain x lucien.

— 𝑩𝑩𝑪 𝑴𝑼𝑺𝑲𝑬𝑻𝑬𝑬𝑹𝑺

🪐 ››       aramis, porthos.

— 𝑩𝑹𝑰𝑫𝑮𝑬𝑹𝑻𝑶𝑵

🪐 ››       anthony bridgerton, daphne bridgerton, benedict bridgerton, colin bridgerton, king george iii.

— 𝑪𝑨𝑹𝑨𝑽𝑨𝑳 / 𝑶𝑵𝑪𝑬 𝑼𝑷𝑶𝑵 𝑨 𝑩𝑹𝑶𝑲𝑬𝑵 𝑯𝑬𝑨𝑹𝑻

🪐 ››       legend, julien santos, scarlett dragna, donatella dragna, jacks/prince of hearts.

— 𝑪𝑯𝑨𝑹𝑴𝑬𝑫

🪐 ››       phoebe halliwell, paige matthews, wyatt halliwell, chris halliwell.

— 𝑫𝑨𝑰𝑺𝒀 𝑱𝑶𝑵𝑬𝑺 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑺𝑰𝑿

🪐 ››       warren rojas, eddie roundtree, graham dunne, camila alvarez, karen sirko, daisy jones, simone jackson.

— 𝑭𝑨𝑺𝑻 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑭𝑼𝑹𝑰𝑶𝑼𝑺

🪐 ››       dominic toretto, brian o'conner, letty ortiz, mia toretto, roman pearce, deckard shaw, tej parker, han lue.

ships i'd write for: dom x letty.

— 𝑮𝑨𝑴𝑬 𝑶𝑭 𝑻𝑯𝑹𝑶𝑵𝑬𝑺 / 𝑯𝑶𝑼𝑺𝑬 𝑶𝑭 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑫𝑹𝑨𝑮𝑶𝑵

🪐 ››       tormund giantsbane, podrick payne, sansa stark, robb stark, jorah mormont, theon greyjoy, sandor clegane, samwell tarly, rhaegar targaryen, daenerys targaryen.

🪐 ››       aemond targaryen, jacaerys velaryon, alicent hightower, daemon targaryen.

— 𝑯𝑨𝑹𝑹𝒀 𝑷𝑶𝑻𝑻𝑬𝑹

🪐 ››       ron weasley, hermione granger, dean thomas, blaise zabini, luna lovegood, neville longbottom, cedric diggory, viktor krum.

🪐 ››       james potter, lily evans, narcissa black, regulus black, andromeda black, sirius black, remus lupin, frank longbottom, peter pettigrew, lucius malfoy, pandora lovegood, alice fortescue, marlene mckinnon, mary macdonald, emmeline vance, dorcas meadows.

🪐 ››       theseus scammander

🪐 ››       teddy lupin

🪐 ››       godrick gryffindor, rowena ravenclaw, helga hufflepuff, salazar slytherin

**a very big fuck you to jkr. this account is HEAVILY anti jkr and always will be. **while some of the fics for these characters may occur during their time at hogwarts, the characters will be assumed to be 18+ regardless of fic type.

— 𝑰𝑻

🪐 ››       richie tozier, stanley uris, ben hascom, mike hanlon.

**none of my writing for these characters will take place in the first film. i may instead do college!fics for this. everything else will come from when they're adults.

— 𝑴𝑨𝑹𝑽𝑬𝑳 / 𝑿-𝑴𝑬𝑵

🪐 ››       steve rogers, james buchanan "bucky" barnes, natasha romanoff, yelena belova, wanda maximoff, pietro maximoff, thor odinson, loki laufeyson, bruce banner, druig.

🪐 ››       john allerdyce (pyro), bobby drake (iceman), peter rasputin (colossus), scott summers (cyclops), alex summers (havoc), anna marie lebeau (rogue), logan howlett (wolverine), ororo munroe (storm), peter maximoff (quicksilver), charles xavier, erik lehnsherr.

— 𝑶𝑼𝑻𝑬𝑹 𝑩𝑨𝑵𝑲𝑺

🪐 ››       pope heyward, sarah cameron, kiara carrera, jj maybank, john b routledge, rafe cameron, topper thornton.

— 𝑷𝑬𝑨𝑲𝒀 𝑩𝑳𝑰𝑵𝑫𝑬𝑹𝑺

🪐 ››       thomas shelby, arthur shelby, john shelby, michael gray, finn shelby.

— 𝑺𝑨𝑳𝑻𝑩𝑼𝑹𝑵

🪐 ››       felix catton, venetia catton, farleigh start.

— 𝑺𝑪𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑴

🪐 ››       tara carpenter, sam carpenter, chad meeks-martin, mindy meeks-martin, ethan landry.

— 𝑺𝑯𝑨𝑻𝑻𝑬𝑹 𝑴𝑬

🪐 ››       aaron warner, kenji kishimoto, juliette ferrars.

— 𝑻𝑬𝑬𝑵 𝑾𝑶𝑳𝑭

🪐 ››       derek hale, peter hale, stiles stilinski, isaac lahey, lydia martin, scott mccall.

— 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑯𝑼𝑵𝑮𝑬𝑹 𝑮𝑨𝑴𝑬𝑺

🪐 ››       finnick odair, haymitch abernathy.

ships i'd write for: finnick x annie

— 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑽𝑨𝑴𝑷𝑰𝑹𝑬 𝑫𝑰𝑨𝑹𝑰𝑬𝑺 𝑼𝑵𝑰𝑽𝑬𝑹𝑺𝑬

🪐 ››       elijah mikaelson, marcel gerard, klaus mikaelson, kol mikaelson, rebekah mikaelson, bonnie bennett, enzo st. john, stefan salvatore, damon salvatore, jeremy gilbert, caroline forbes, elena gilbert.

— 𝑻𝑹𝑼𝑬 𝑩𝑳𝑶𝑶𝑫

🪐 ››       eric northman, jason stackhouse, alcide herveaux , jessica hamby.

— 𝑻𝑾𝑰𝑳𝑰𝑮𝑯𝑻

🪐 ››       charlie swan, carlisle cullen, emmett cullen, rosalie hale, alice cullen, sam uley, paul lahote, jared cameron.

— 𝑾𝑬𝑫𝑵𝑬𝑺𝑫𝑨𝒀 / 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑨𝑫𝑫𝑨𝑴𝑺 𝑭𝑨𝑴𝑰𝑳𝒀

🪐 ››       morticia frump, gomez addams, wednesday addams, enid sinclair, bianca barclay.

ships i'd write for: morticia x gomez.

— 𝑴𝑰𝑺𝑪𝑬𝑳𝑳𝑨𝑵𝑬𝑶𝑼𝑺

🪐 ››       ransom drysdale (knives out), andy barber (defending jacob), killian jones (ounce upon a time).

don't see what you're looking for? feel free to ask if i know a fandom/ship/character and if am willing to write what you're looking for!!

[sadiegirl2021]

DAY SIX - AU

CHAPTER FOUR on Ao3 for @gwynweekofficial

TEASER UNDER THE CUT

Flashback to the Great Rite

15 YEARS AGO

“Oh gods, look at that one! How is it possible to have that many muscles?” Catrin’s eyes widened with delight as she ogled a particularly well-built, topless male across the clearing.

“Catrin!” Gwyn hissed. She glanced around, hoping no one had overheard. Although, she was glad her sister was having fun—it was a welcome change from her usual stormy self.

They had only arrived a few hours ago, but the priestesses were already giddy with excitement as the sun began to set and the festivities kicked off. The air buzzed with anticipation, filled with the scent of blooming flowers from the Spring Court. Males from all courts were milling around—some topless, some more modestly dressed—all here for the same reason as the priestesses: to find a partner for the night and create magic to ensure a bountiful harvest for the following year.

“We’re here to have sex with them. May as well guide the Mother in the right direction,” Catrin said with a mischievous grin.

Gwyn rolled her eyes. “You know that’s not how the magic works. She’ll pick someone compatible, someone to produce offspring with,” she replied matter-of-factly, though she couldn’t quite keep her voice steady. The prospect of the night ahead made her heart race, a mix of anticipation and nervousness fluttering in her chest.

Her gaze flickered over the males gathered around them, each one a potential partner for the Rite. It was rare for the priestesses to be surrounded by males, especially in such numbers. Their temple in Sangravah, nestled high in the mountains, severely restricted their interactions beyond the sisterhood. Gwyn had once shared a kiss with a travelling merchant... and perhaps a little more. Yet, she had saved herself for this night, yearning to experience it with a chosen male favoured by the Mother.

“I think I would be very compatible with him!” Catrin’s playful tone pulled Gwyn from her thoughts. She couldn’t help but smile at her sister’s cheeky remark.

“You’re so bad.”

“One of us has to be! You need to loosen up a bit,” Catrin said, nudging her sister gently. The familiar touch was comforting, grounding Gwyn amidst the swirling emotions.

“Are you not nervous at all, about your first time?” Gwyn asked, her voice barely above a whisper. Her cheeks flushed at the admission of her own nerves.

“Erm… so, I may have kept a little secret from you,” Catrin said, her bright green eyes twinkling with mischief, the wine they had been drinking loosening her tongue.

“What? When… Who!?” Gwyn exclaimed.

“Remember Aaron?”

“The stable boy? You didn’t!”

“Just a few times…” Catrin admitted, looking slightly sheepish.

“A few times! How could you not tell me?” Gwyn gawked, her jaw almost hitting the floor at her sister’s confession.

“Because… you wanted us both to wait until tonight,” Catrin said, her tone apologetic.

Gwyn pursed her lips, a mix of irritation and curiosity warring inside her. "I hate you. Was it good?"

Catrin shrugged. “I don't know. Guess I can compare tonight,” she replied with a wink, making Gwyn laugh.

[joju-but-trek]

Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2, Episode 17

It's just a site-to-site transport to the left.

I love the scale we're working on now. There's still a multiverse-spanning creature coming, but we also still have the personal story and the Starfleet political story going on, and it all ties together so beautifully. I'm on board for the finale. 9/10

The Wesley mystery set up last episode is closed out pretty quiickly. It's fine for what it is - I do think they could have stretched out Ascensia having him for longer, but with everything else they put into this season it's a good way to cover more ground. Also, Wil Wheaton was having fun this episode and I'm happy for him.

I like that Janeway's war council is split evenly between the Voyager transplants and the new Prodigy crew. It's nice seeing them all bounce off each other like that, and how they work with each other as a new unit. They also set Gwyn up for her mission in a good, measured way, and it works for her.

Putting Gwyn in charge was also a good call for the arc. It worked for recentering the story on her as the crew went back to Solum, which was definitely necessary considering that we're reintroduced to the planet here. It's a bit weird that we're getting introduced to three very different Solums in the same season, but the show does make it work well. Saying it like that does make me realize just how much ground this 20-episode season has covered, and I am so impressed that they did all that and still made it an amazing, character-focused story. I'm taking notes.

I also like that Wesley's "stay together" was entirely literal. That was a funny twist and a good dread moment for the episode. Speaking of dread moments, I noticed that young Ascensia wasn't there at the end. I'm on to you, Aaron.

I'm excited to get into the finale. It's a little weird that there's an episode between now and then, but they did it in season 1 too, and that was good character material too.

[beautifulhigh]

20 Questions aka. Oversharing on the Internet version 92840938. Plus one?

Thank you for for tagging me @welcometololaland. Even though I suck at tag games and answering asks...

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

77.

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

952,168. Pretty sure the next fic is going to top the million mark when (if) it finally goes up.

3. What fandoms do you write for?

At the moment? 911: Lone Star & Red White and Royal Blue

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Every nation ought to have a right to provide for its own happiness (RWRB). My newest fic and clearly posted at the right time to ride the wave!

Tell all the truth but tell it slant, Success in circuit lies (Lone Star) My post-Sadie fic. I really liked getting to play about with the narrative structure in this one

The tender things are those we fold away (Lone Star) Only Fans fic, my beloved.

But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep (Lone Star) My first Tarlos fic. Written before Gwyn's sudden death and she had a starring role at the start of it. And then I did something similar with Gabriel for my last one. I swear I will never heavily feature any recurring character again.

Want (Emmerdale) Come back to the Dales, Hawley you coward.

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

I respond to 99% of them - hard to come up with a response to a comment that you know someone just cuts and pastes onto all fics they read. (I am grateful for all comments but still...) You took the time to read and leave me a comment, I'm going to acknowledge that.

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

I'm going to go with Rumours (Emmerdale) for this. Because while they both die at the end (no reference intended to the book!) there is a whole life for Aaron and Robert before that moment comes.

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

I think most of them? It's all varying degrees of happiness because it depends what has happened to them in the meantime. But it all comes out in the wash.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

I once wrote a fic in which I had characters explain why they couldn't take a particular course of action, and I had comments like "this is stupid, why don't they just do x?" which says more about their lack of reading skills. Other than that, not really.

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

I do, but it's more about the feels than the actions.

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?

I've never written one, simply because it feels a little too much like crossing the streams. Unless they are canonically in the same 'verse my muse refuses to even consider it. She's a sucker for rules like that.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I know of.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Someone translated a Glee fic of mine into Russian (I think? It was a cyrillic language, I remember that) but I am always open to it!

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

I did a dual narrative fic once and that was great fun.

14. What’s your all time favorite ship?

Don't make me choose between my babies. I can't.

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

I have a Tarlos WiP and a Firstprince WiP and I want to finish them both.

16. What are your writing strengths?

I plan. I have pages and pages of planning and research and scribbled lines of dialogue and prose. I know exactly where I'm going with my stories and so the ending always pulls together the strands in the story. There are always hints and clues as to where I'm going, you just gotta pay attention.

(It's OK if you don't. It's rare someone comments on what is supposed to be a throwaway line and wonder why it's in there. Hint: it's because it's not throwaway.)

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

More of a weakness for me I think - but consistency. I am a feast or famine writer. I knock out a fic in a week (Only Fans) or I have to drag it kicking and screaming from its coccoon of bedsheets (bank fic)

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

If I need to do it then I am putting out pleas on Tumblr for a native speaker to translate the line for me

19. First fandom you wrote for?

"...I plead the 5th."

^ what she said

20. Favourite fic you’ve written?

Don't make me choose between my babies.

I am super later to this so open tag!

[aniketsanimationblog]

There are some few things to be noted when 4 minutes Sneak Peek of S2E1 of Star Trek: Prodigy was released on Star Trek's Official Website and on the Las Vegas Star Trek Convention event!!

We see Star Trek: Voyager's Doctor (Robert Picardo) EMH appeared to escort our Protostar Crew (minus Gwyn, in case if you watched the whole S1)!!

We get a Glimpse of USS Voyager-A, which is classified as Lamarr-Class Starship!! And notably, Lamarr stands for Hollywood Actress and Inventor Hedy Lamarr (1914 - 2000)

Vice Admiral Janeway will be captaining the Voyager-A where our Protostar Crew will get a big mission to save Chakotay, who's been stuck at Gwyn's Home Planet, Solum, 52 years from the current events, because of Time Anomaly, or should I say, the Time Distortion, created after the Destruction of USS Protostar in S1 Finale!!

Some theories I have made for upcoming S2, which might be true or not, depending of the nature of S2, call them as my initial predictions, maybe, if suppose Star Trek: Prodigy picked up by Any Streaming Platform to host the Series' Entirety and premiere the Second Season!!

We get to see more and more legacy Star Trek Characters from the time being!!

As Dal stated in the 4 minutes clip, that Gwyn has become the Queen of Solum, so there should be a plot twist, maybe in the future, when Dal and His Friends arrive at future Solum to save Chakotay and the situation of Future Gwyn, like interesting to see like 70-years-old version of her??

As Hageman Brothers and Aaron Waltke hinted everything about the emotional moment of Janeway meeting Chakotay, as the J/C Shippers are eagerly waiting to see them together for ever since Star Trek: Voyager ended, I think some development we can see!! But will we see them together, whether it will be a romantic one or emotional one, when they meet up?? Only Time will tell!!

I think, in future, we may get to see a big plot twist!! I think, Gwyn will be nearly stopped from unifying Solum, because if you watched S1 of ST: Prodigy, you know, that Asencia aka the Vindicator, is still roaming free!! Is there any lead up for S2 we will might see??

There are so many things and all are perfect reasons, why we are Desperate to Save this Series!!

And as of I'm writing this, Co-EP Aaron Waltke is just posting Holo-Janeway/Vice Admiral Janeway related GIFs for last 3 Days starting from Sept. 1st. Is he hinting something related to Star Trek: Prodigy's Current Development Condition, as we all know, Star Trek Day 2023 (on Friday, Sept. 8th), is right around the Corners!! Is there any development or Good News to Come Around?? Expect a Big Thing on this Friday, if things do go on Prodigy's Favor!! Let's Cross Our Fingers Now, that on Friday, we can get a big Announcement!! 🤞🏼🤞🏼

[grandhotelabyss]

I didn't weigh in on the recent literary Twitter meltdowns because they involved friends or or acquaintances or acquaintances-of-acquaintances (by the latter I'm talking about Aaron Gwyn's not having read Borges until last week; I wasn't sure what to say about that, personally, and the Twitter fight quickly decayed into who's-more-oppressed?, never a useful conversation; we all have gaps in our reading—Gwyn has his because he's a specialist; I have mine because I'm a generalist—and I bring it up only to recommend Gwyn's recent appearance discussing his specialty, Blood Meridian, on the Art of Darkness podcast; for me, his bravura interpretation on the pod of the "of this is the judge judge" passage finally knocked everything into place and "completed," as it were, my own reading of the novel, a reading in this case remarkably and "gnostically" congruent, as I'm sure Gwyn has just learned, both to his and to Twitter's satisfaction, with "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius").

Anyway, I will discuss this week's controversy if only for the sake of self-promotion. Above we have a man who seems, I have to say, like a blowhard; he claims essentially that Nella Larsen is overrated and owes her eminence to a bit of canonical affirmative action. JCO swats this down, first in the kind of unpersuasive ad hominem style that flourishes on Twitter, but then she rallies to place Larsen where she belongs, in the context of international modernism.

One way to go wrong reading Larsen is to neglect how conscious she was of the other side of her heritage—not generically "white" but specifically Scandinavian, at a time when Scandinavian arts and letters were a peripheral cultural vanguard of a type whose resemblance to (for example) the Harlem Renaissance a too-racialist analysis will miss. She loved Ibsen, she loved Jens Peter Jacobsen; her despairing naturalism and obsessive inwardness belong in this context as much as her edgy analysis of race, gender, nation, and class belongs in the context of Du Bois, Toomer, Cullen, and Hughes, and of James and Wharton, too.

Now I will say I only read Passing once, and it didn't knock me over the way Quicksand did—so much so that I used to teach Quicksand regularly and have read it five or six times now. Which brings me to my pitch: if you'd like to see if I possess the temperamental and intellectual qualifications required to teach such texts, you can watch my lectures on Quicksand on YouTube. Despite the novel's brevity, I cover it in two and a half lectures, each over an hour long; it's a work, paradoxically, of both great clarity and great subtlety:

"A Lecture on Modernism and Poetry, Part Two" (start at min 20)

"A Lecture on Nella Larsen's Quicksand, Part One"

"A Lecture on Nella Larsen's Quicksand, Part Two"

[rhysandsbiggesthater]

To all the book couples who make me believe that love actually exists

Happy Valentine’s Day

[crowwnpiece]

I could fix him but whatever the hell is wrong with him is way cooler