#amazing writing

[escespace]

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I was biting my nails the whole time, the intensity of Arthur's love and pain made my hair stand on end.

This type of dark is underrated in the fandom. Being as morally dark as both Arthur and Merlin can be when it comes to each other's safety it's surprising there aren't many fics with this pair falling into madness for each other

The correlation between past and present seemed very successful to me, the flashbacks appeared at just the right moments.

Is there a chance of a sequel? I would 100% read it.

Beautiful, thanks for writing it.

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Merlin (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Merlin & Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Knights of the Round Table & Merlin (Merlin) Characters: Merlin (Merlin), Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Gwaine (Merlin), Elyan (Merlin), Leon (Merlin), Knights of the Round Table (Merlin), Taliesin (Merlin), Gwen (Merlin) Additional Tags: Character Study, Parallel Universes, Dimension Travel, Dark Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Possessive Arthur Pendragon (Merlin), Swords, Doppelganger, Flashbacks, Past Character Death, Angst Summary:

Nothing comes between Merlin and Arthur. Not even Arthur himself.

(Alternatively: A version of Arthur from a darker timeline makes his way into a different world, where things turned better than they did in his. And now, he will take the happy ending that destiny promised him then cruelly ripped away.)

[theclod3215]

I am so normal and sane about @organchordsandlightning ‘s fic, In Vino Veritas

[asterisk395]

Fanart of Pass, by the lovely @daydreart ✨😊✨

Ft. Naomi Cohen and Aria, two extremely cool ladies. A student of history and servant of fate grapple with the forces that would define them - be it family, fae, or folly. Check it out, y'all - you won't regret it.

[busyasabbey]

A silly scene with Emmeline Summers (Fireman Sam)

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Norman: (Up a tree) Ooh, I can't wait for Ellie to rescue me!

Emmeline: (On the ground) Norman, this is foolish. You're wasting the fire service's time.

Norman: You're just jealous that I'm going to be rescued by my favorite firefighter. James, who's on the way.

James: (Looking through binoculars) So far, Station Officer Steele and Penny.

Emmeline: Penny? (She makes her way up the tree, affixing a harness to her waist)

Norman: I thought you said my idea was "foolish"

Emmeline: If you're getting rescued by Ellie, it's only fair that I get to be rescued by Penny.

(Jupiter and Venus stop and Ellie, Penny,and Station Officer Steele climb out)

Ellie: Don't worry Norman and Emmeline, we're coming to get you!

Norman: (Smitten) Can't wait.

Penny: Just stay cal- (She notices the harness on Emmeline) Emmeline, are you sure you can't get down?

Emmeline: Yes! Very stuck!

Penny: (Smirks) Is that so? Then I best send Station Officer Steele up to get you down.

Emmeline: (Expression changes to shock) I'm sorry, what now?

Steele: But Firefighter Morris, I can't hold her..

Penny: You won't have to do anything. Just go on the platform and Emmeline will handle the rest.

Steele: Uh..okay.

(Penny turns on the platform)

Emmeline: (Nervously) You know what? I think I actually can get down. (She uses the harness to climb down and quickly removes it when she reaches the ground and runs off)

(Station Officer Steele is left confused while Penny watches Emmeline run off with a sly grin on her face.)

I really like this! 😃 If you haven't already, you should make an Ao3 account to post stuff like this 😃

[carryonthroughtheages]

Hello friends and history lovers!

Another year of Carry On Through The Ages is over and done! I am so happy with success this year has had. Every year, I am blown away by how amazing this little community is. We are a small event, but we are so supportive and loving of each other.

It has been an absolute joy to watch the Discord server so active every single day, with people talking about their research and their projects. Watching as they gained support and encouragement from other history nerds. It was everything I could have hoped for when I first started this fest four years ago. So, thank you, from the bottom of my heart, everyone who participated, whether it was as a creator, or support, or researcher. You all helped to make COTTA 2023 a continued success.

Under the page break, you will find individual links to the fics and art that were created this year for COTTA. They are INCREDIBLE, and I highly encourage you all to read them.

Here is the link to the AO3 Collection: Carry On Through The Ages 2023!

Until next year, love you all!

BazzyBelle 🧡

Monday

Blood, Salt & Hummingbirds (T) - @hushed-chorus : AO3 // tumblr

Simon is lucky to survive when his ship is wrecked, even if it left him stranded on a desert island. But he's not the only one who escaped. The ship's mysterious cargo, the creature in the box, also made it to shore. What hope does Simon have when a vampire is lurking in the island's wooded interior? But the monster is not what it seems, and if they are to survive, they need to work together. And maybe they can do more than survive. Maybe they can thrive.

Fifty Names For A Cat (T) - @hushed-chorus : AO3 // tumblr

Simon and Baz are settling into their new life, getting Pitch Manor in working order and preparing to move to their cottage on the moor. Meanwhile, a certain cat is adjusting to his new life.

Tuesday

The Trails We Blaze (M) - @j-nipper-95 : AO3 // tumblr

Simon and Baz have been through a lot together. Growing up as criminals on London's streets; surviving the Great War; dealing with a lot of repressed feelings. But after their latest con goes wrong, they're left with nothing but an ancient map, a signet ring of unknown provenance or value, and promises of a city that doesn't even exist. Thrust into a world of adventure with danger at every turn, they're forced to decide how far they're willing to go for a myth, a fortune, and a chance at love.

The Snow Fox (E) - @aristocratic-otter : AO3 // tumblr

Simon "Snow" Salisbury is the most wanted patriot in the American Revolution. Wanted by the British army, who want to see him hanged. Wanted by the Tories, who'd shoot him on sight, given the chance. And wanted by Tyrannus Basilton Grimm-Pitch.

Wednesday

Lavender Hearts (M) - @aroace-genderfluid-sheep : AO3 // tumblr

America, 1950s. Queer people are fired left and right, friends lose their jobs daily--and sometimes, their lives. Simon and Baz are caught in the middle of it all with a homophobic father and an unconventional (in more than one way) relationship, terrified out of their minds but unwilling to give up the fight. They'll fight for years if they have to. They'll fight for decades. But even the strongest wills can be broken with the hardest of blows.

An 1800s daguerreotype photograph art piece created by the amazing @samalander01 : tumblr

Thursday

Shoulder To Shoulder, Hand To Hand (M) - @wellbelesbian : AO3 // tumblr

Britain, 1984. Across the country, miners go on strike against pit closures. With the government, police and media set against them and no end in sight, they and their families begin to feel the strain. In London, Simon Snow recognises a familiar struggle, and decides to do something, while closeted Baz Pitch just wants to get out of the house and be among his community for a day. What starts as a few collection buckets at a pride march soon becomes an organisation, and a bond is forged between the lesbians and gay men of London and a village of miners and their families in South Wales. But Simon has a past he's trying to outrun, and Baz is trying to live a double life. Both boys have secrets and shame, but if they want to make it through together, they'll have to find their pride.

A beautiful Galatea/Pygmalion-inspired water colour piece by the wonderful @ic3-que3n : tumblr

Friday

Safe Harbour (M) - @snowbaz-parentis : AO3 // tumblr

It all started on an island... It's 1956, and Baz Pitch is existentially lost in New York City. After graduating from Columbia, he's working for a wedding photographer with no taste as he avoids his inevitable fall attendance at Yale Law School, his father's alma mater. All Baz wants to do is be a fashion photographer, and when an opportunity to assist a famous photographer out on Fire Island falls in his lap, it just may be the key to helping unlock him from the closet of his family's expectations. It's 1956, and Simon Snow is wondering if there's more to life than this or if this is as good as it gets. He's been working in construction with his foster father, David Cadwallader, practically ever since he was taken in at age 13, but there's something beyond the water that's calling for him. When Davy offers Simon a chance to manage his family's rental properties for the summer in Cherry Grove on Fire Island, Simon jumps at the chance to finally take charge of something. What Baz and Simon didn't expect: the sense of freedom that comes from being able to absolutely surrender to the truest version of yourself, and the choices you have to make when it happens.

Costly Colours - A Precious Bane AU (M) - twigs_in_my_hair : AO3

In the aftermath of the Napoleonic wars Baz is being groomed by his aunt to be a physician. Tired of the farming life, Fiona would like to set up shop in town with her sister’s herbal remedies and her nephew settled down with his mentor’s lovely daughter and a fine degree hung on the wall. But first the family must toil and scrimp and save to raise the funds. And what if this is not the future Baz longs for? And what if the townsfolk won’t let go of their superstitions and petty grudges towards this family marked by tragedy? Does the handsome young weaver have all the answers?

[melestasflight]

@emyn-arnens and @zealouswerewolfcollector tagged me to share my 3 favorite fics at the moment. I will cheat and share 6 because of the double ask 😄 Thanks for the tag and for the rec, friends!

Here are some absolutely fantastic pieces of writing:

Ungoliant's Bane by @polutrope: Little Elrond and Elros learn the story of Eärendil, the slayer of Ungoliant. A children's story that turns into a song for the ages by the Minstrel of the Noldor.

keepsake by @welcomingdisaster: A piece of Finrod shines for generations of Bëorians.

As Little as Might be Thought by @imakemywings: Maedhros and Maglor, the burden of their Oath and their disagreements about the education of the Peredhil.

No grave for you by @thedaughterofshadows: This bite-sized portrayal of Gil-galad's fall did something to my heart.

In Answering, An Answer Find by @sallysavestheday: Maedhros is returned by Fingon, and the sight makes Glorfindel take heart and seek refuge in Echtelion.

A Promise of the Sun by @cuarthol: Bëor has long indulged little Princess Finduilas in Nargothrond. With time, their roles are reversed, even if the friendship remains the same.

If you feel like it, share your three current favorites and tag three writers @antares0606 @tolkienlady @daegred-winsterhand

[alliaskisthepossibilityoflove]

El, you are precious and I adore you.

I cannot believe you’re going through all of these drabbles 😂

they are ADORABLE and precious and I love them ❤️❤️❤️❤️ and everyone else should read them, too, because they are making me very happy ❤️

E & E: A Buddie Drabble Collection by @tizniz

[sazernac]

What a fucking premier!

[ileftherbackhome]

Birdie and Whiskey are two sides of the same coin: a white woman trying to exploit patriarchy to work in her benefit.

You're not supposed to like Whiskey because she is shown as self-aware of her actions AND the harm that she in engaging in by endorsing patriarchy BUT Birdie is shown as more "sympathetic" because the way she endorses patriarchy is through her interpersonal relationship to Miles and therefore her agency gets diminished because of her love for Miles.

However, Birdie is even more insidious of a character than Whiskey is because she justifies her actions to herself as being well-intentioned because she loves Miles. But she doesn't love Miles. She loved controlling Miles, she loved the power she felt when Miles told her "I can't believe I'm talking to you, you're on magazines." If I was in that situation, it would come off very strong to me but Birdie likes it because she interprets it as having power over Miles.

Miles is not as attractive as Birdie, but he has money. When she was young, she saw it as her beauty having power over him. But because she's used to her beauty doing all the work for her, she's never had to be intelligent. She's fed and believed this lie that beauty is the most important thing a woman has and her stupidity is her ultimate downfall because if she thought about what it meant to be beautiful in this society, she'd know she was dooming herself to fail because a woman is only beauty until her 30th birthday in America.

But here's the thing, Whiskey is young. She represents a different version of Birdie, a smarter version of Birdie who is more aware of feminist theory but is still blinded by her youth, race, and beauty. She's bought into the lie that beauty is all that matters but she doesn't like how that causes men like Duke to abuse her and basically sex traffick her. She's waking up to the harm that the "mandom" perpetuates and is shown to be conflicted over that versus pursuing a career in politics.

She knows that beauty can be used as a weapon but she is also aware of how rapidly she is aging out of that category and I think the difference between Birdie and Whiskey is really their intelligence. I love it.

[slasherscrybaby]

Do you know any other accounts that specifically write black readers with slashers? Or black writers in the slasher fandom? They seem to be a rarity

The one account that specifically write black readers with slashers is or other fandoms with bee

@ebonyslasher

I love their work! They are so funny if you don’t know them then you should check them out!

[johnisonlysleeping]

Succession season 3 episode 9 is one of the best episodes of television I’ve ever seen I’m blown away

[curatedbysnail]

The biggest and most heart-breaking GO fic that I'm having trouble finishing rn is Slow Show by mia_ugly.

It has 12 chapters (completed, thank goodness), and I've yet have the nerve to read chapter 10 after that freaking ending of chapter 9. I was... I just felt so broken. I've read the tags and I think – have yet to understand all the tags in Ao3 just yet, so I might be wrong here – it'll end in a happy note. I wish it ends in a happy note. I hope.

Crowley's POV is so devastating. It feels like things keep going against him, OMFG, that man keep making wrong decisions and I'm absolutely mad. Not like mad angry, it's just, like, feeling so frustrated for that guy.

That's why the ending of chapter 9 hit me so hard. It felt like a hit when you're in your lowest. I can totally see why Az did what he did. But, damn. No matter how prepared I am with that outcome, I'll never be ready.

It's funny, really, coz it feels like I'm the one being abandoned and lost all the string that kept me afloat. I guess all those build up did get into me somehow.

I've been – I guess, in a way – 'running away' from finishing this fic by reading other fics (mostly oneshots. I found many amazing oneshots that has amazing potential for a 34 chapters of fic. I wish those writers would expand their story because it has such an interesting premise! Ugh, if only), but at the end, my heart keeps pulling my finger back to that tab. Those little voice in my head whispers for me to finish it coz it'll be worth it.

Ha, not today.

It's by no mean bad though! In fact, it's so well-written, that's why I'm trying so hard to finish it despite all these emotions of mine being in absolute turmoil.

Heck, it better be worth it.

Anyway, pray for me, may I finish this fic by this week (it's Saturday here rn, and I got tomorrow as my last day to finish this fic this week) and may the ending truly worth my pain.

[breadlover6969]

Hi! I finally made it :)

https://www.tumblr.com/cash-111/741064994038464512/all-is-fair-in-love-and-food

You are too kind! Tysm for making it, I adore you and your work!!!🥰

[everything-on-red]

the writing style of joseph heller’s catch-22 is so surreal and playful, yet deeply and beautifully observant. i’m legitimately very excited to continue reading.

also it has its own gay fluff built in, apparently, so i won’t have to look for fanfics.

[sisterdragonwithfeathers]

May I once again recommend this fic by showing you a comment I posted on its most recent chapter?

[baronessblixen]

Thank you so much for the tags! o.o

I was 50/50 on how it turned out; but the ghost of Krycek forced me to finish. Now that it's done, I don't mind it at all.

Also, I had a ton of fun making Krycek make fun of CSM-- gotta work Idiot Carl into a future fic, now that I think about it. XDDD

You're welcome! You're really an incredible writer and I'm looking forward to your fics every day. Glad the ghost of Krycek forced you to finish! I'm here for idiot Carl, 100% 😂 Or as Krycek called him: Old ciggie Spender.