#and i've gotta read it

[egophiliac]

A-anime?

you know, sometimes I forget that Twst is actually an isekai that starts with the protagonist getting run over by an inexplicable horse-drawn carriage. and every time I'm reminded is a delight because that's AMAZING.

also. look. okay. there's a lot of very fun stuff in the trailer but I am obsessed with that Crowley surprised pikachu face. me when I spend all my keys and gems literally hours before they announce overblot SSRs and drop the anime trailer:

[why-the-heck-not]

me, a responsible being, working on the coding project as I should vs. me, a dysfunctional shithead, getting distracted by reading about brains (once aGAIN damnit (it's my favorite "I need to study my field but bc I should do that it's an impossible unthinkable feat now, so I'm reading about something else to fool my brain I'm still being productive"-topic))

[royalarchivist]

Over 6 years ago, Technoblade and Etoiles played together on United UHC. Although they never got to meet each other on the QSMP, it's nice to see that they already had some nice banter and a fun dynamic developing during the brief time they knew each other. Here are some highlights from the video where they played together!

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Technoblade: Bonjour, mis amis! (Hello, my friends!) Oh god, we already have a zombie on us. No! It's targeting me 'cuz I have subs!

Etoiles: Excellent teammates.

Technoblade: Do trees spawn in these worlds?

Etoiles: [Laughing at a screenshot of Technoblade saying "deforestation has gotten pretty bad"]

Technoblade: It's gotten pretty bad, man. What is this?

Etoiles: B-bonjour.

Technoblade: Stop speakin' Chinese.

Etoiles: You're the best Skywars player, dude. That's why.

Technoblade: That doesn't mean much.

Technoblade: Oh my god, I found diamonds!

Etoiles: Oh, whoa.

Technoblade: Subscribe to Technoblade! I'm suddenly a UHC god.

Etoiles: Oh, I got diamonds too! :D

Technoblade: ...Wow, way to ruin my moment. Wow. Can I just have this one moment?

Etoiles: Yeah.

Technoblade: Does everything- does everything need to be a competition? First diamonds I've ever mined in Minecraft.

Etoiles: Let's redo it, Techno. Let's say I don't have diamonds. I don't have diamonds, you have-

Teammate: I found diamonds!

Technoblade: Oh my god.

Technoblade: I have seven diamonds! And I'm not saying that to one-up you, but- I mean I am, but I mean I'm- I'm also tellin' the truth.

Teammate: Nobody knows which one of you guys is the mole.

Technoblade: Yeah, that's gonna be very awkward.

Etoiles: Maybe Technoblade is already-

Technoblade: I'm right behind you.

Etoiles: Technoblade is already saying to his friend-

Technoblade: I'm already in the Mole chat, plannin' your death.

Etoiles: Like, I'm kind of scared of Technoblade, actually.

Technoblade: I'm not even good, why would you be scared of me?

Etoiles: Because you're the King of Bedwars.

Technoblade: Alright, ok, ok, so here's how it works- I get paid per episode, right? So I'm not gonna betray you on Episode 2.

Etoiles: [Laughs]

Technoblade: Now let me enchant.

Etoiles: I'm so bad at hearing sound because when I'm hearing lava-

Technoblade: Nah, it's 'cuz the sounds are in French, isn't it?

Etoiles: [Laughs] I'm gonna kill you, bro.

Technoblade: No!

Etoiles: [Laughs] I'm gonna kill you.

[shininas-ideals]

Gloves off. Glasses off. The collar thingies stay.

[ricky-mortis]

Hatchetfield @femslashfortnight Day 1: Make It Sapphic AU

[neverbelessthan]

JET LAG THE GAME | Benjamin 'bing bong' Doyle (2 / ?)

[bumblingbabooshka]

Thinking about marriage/women's rights on Vulcan Some may think that T'Pring not being allowed to divorce Spock was because he was going through the pon farr but if she were allowed to divorce him at all she probably would have done that a long time ago, confirmed by T'Pol when she's speaking with Koss, who isn't suffering from the pon farr. She says that he can choose another mate (without invoking a fight it seems: note the difference between a 'mate' and a 'challenger') and after he makes it clear that nothing she says will change his mind about marrying her, she finally threatens to declare a kal-if-fee. It's clear that Vulcan women cannot divorce/refuse to marry a man they've been betrothed to under any circumstances if A) He himself doesn't consent to ending their marriage or B) She doesn't have someone else waiting in the wings to be given to in his stead. Though, if the challenger she selects fails to win the fight, she'll have to marry her betrothed anyway unless (again) he decides he doesn't want her after the challenge. That seems like an incredibly unfair system, heavily biased towards men. SNW is an alternate universe in many obvious respects but most egregiously in that T'Pring has a lot of non-canonical agency over her relationship with Spock. It's interesting to me that Vulcan society has women in many positions of power and treats women as equal to men from what I've seen despite these laws. We don't really see Vulcans exhibiting a misogynistic attitude towards women in general but in TOS (perhaps because of its general writing style but it's still interesting to note) both Sarek and Spock take on patriarchal attitudes specifically regarding wives. Amanda says that 'of course' Sarek commands her because "he is a Vulcan and I am his wife." It's worthwhile in my eyes to note that she specifies 'wife' instead of attributing this attitude to women as a whole. Again, with TOS' writing style it wouldn't be out of place for her to say "he is a man and I am a woman." Spock, while in a pon farr induced irritation, states that it's "undignified for a woman to play servant to a man that isn't hers" - again implying that there's something specific about being a Wife in Vulcan society which is different from being a woman in general and demands subservience to a husband. This could perhaps stem from the extreme sense of ownership that Vulcan law has permitted men to have over women. A woman legally cannot point blank refuse marriage. There is no option which guarantees she won't have to marry her betrothed other than death. When T'Pau speaks of T'Pring she refers to her as being 'property' and Stonn, before being interrupted, states he's made 'the ancient claim' - we don't know what this is because he gets cut off but it's obvious they're both using the language of Vulcan law. Men are permitted true freedom to choose. If a woman wants to choose someone else to be with there is no option available to her other than the kal-if-fee which might result in the death of the one she wants to be with. And, if her lover fails, her husband can still just decide he wants to marry her and she'll be forced to. T'Pring gives two scenarios: One where Spock 'frees' her and one where he doesn't - it's still ultimately his decision which is clear when he ends the conversation with "Stonn, she is yours." This again isn't just because of the pon farr as T'Pol also goes through this. Koss can choose another mate and when the option is talked about there's no implication that this would result in any sort of fight (both by the casualness of its mention and by the fact that there's no formal word for it unlike the kal-if-fee.) Also, the fact that Koss does eventually grant T'Pol a divorce and it's all fine means that T'Pol isn't lawfully required to have another man waiting if her HUSBAND doesn't want her. It's ONLY required if SHE doesn't want her husband. Tradition must take precedence over individual desire UNLESS!!! You're a man. Then it's fine. Like, your parents might not be happy but legally you're golden.

[egophiliac]

CROWLEY SSR THOUGHTS

there is zero basis for this, but I can't get this thought of my head

I don't know why I decided to draw it this way

[amogus-real-not-clickbait]

part 1 of a little comic / art sequence that i've been working on! :D it's part tribute, part experimenting with brushes n colors and trying new thingz :]

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and thus continues my endless quest of spreading the carrot fics like a plague! if you've seen my art floating around you probs already figured that this au holds a very special place in my heart, forever and always!!

if you haven't heard of it, it's a fic series by @crowned-ladybug called carrot soup!! it made me wish i could speak colors and i need more people to share my struggle xd

go check it out if you're into sweet voice lore and qpr level gayness and just wanna feel warm and soft and warm (hurt/comfort my beloved) <333 there are some heavier themes cos everyone's traumatized but they're working through it! be sure to check the tags and stay safe! <3

[arcticclimes]

[decarbry]

immolation (chapter 5)

[samgirard]

what are some of ur fave fics? like what's in ur hockey rpf hall of fame

okay now that the trade deadline is over i can think about this more. this is by no means comprehensive, but here are some all timers. i encourage you to check out other works by these authors, and maybe leave a comment if you can, even if they're mostly older fics:

avs fic:

most of these are from the golden age of the  17-20 colorado avalance experience where i cut my teeth as a fic author and there's a lot of bias  to many of the authors that i have know and love dearly

i hear them whisper (you won't believe it) by dalmatienne, t, nathan mackinnon/erik johnson

the one where ej talks to horses. my dear friend ani knows their horses and knows their comedy, and the improbable amount of horses coupled with ej as a mother hen at his absolute peak makes for a relentless riot of hilarity and warmth

What It's Like Falling In Love When You're Gay and Super Dumb And Also Don't Bother Defining Your Relationships, by littleconnections, e, tyson jost/jt compher/alexander kerfoot

the rookie house fic to me, the perfect sex comedy that balances the jokes with the emotions and the searing hot sex between three of my favorite idiots who i miss dearly

contrapositive by oflights, e, tyson barrie/gabe landeskog, tyson barrie/roman josi

allie oflights’ works are classics for a reason, but i was around for some of the building of this fic and it's truly a masterpiece. it's a whirlwind european romance that ends in the most devastating way contrasted with the heavy inevitable dance of gabe and tyson and the emotional throughline is fraught, but very well earned, patiently built until it all hits you with the little details

Big Horny's Guide to Finding Love (and Then Some) for the Modern Man by venvephe, e, erik johnson/nathan mackinnon, grindr au

my favorite ej/nate fic and delightful to reread in the wake of ej returning to the team. i've read a lot of grindr aus and this one really gets both the intense dramatic irony of it all and what grindr is all about, and it really, really works. my favorite thing about fics from this era is the team dynamic, and this one gets that core so well, especially ej and gabe

other teams:

my unicycle has one wheel by mcspot, t, brock boeser/elias pettersson, wiggles au

i reread this one about once a year, sometimes more, basically every time i learn any new information about the wiggles. this is the fic where petey is the blue wiggle and brock has an obsessive parasocial crush on him in the funniest way possible. it's ridiculous and the choices brock makes in this fic make me want to run through a wall every single time i read it

climbing the same mountain on different sides by raregoose, e, brock boeser/elias pettersson, jt miller/elias pettersson, quinn hughes pov

i also like the thatcher/quinn sequel but something about the first part of this series always draws me back; the outsider pov is done perfectly in a way that draws the mess of petey's relationships that quinn is caught in the middle of (his thing with jt makes me even more insane in the year of our lord 2025 when they are having public feuds that the gm is commenting on) along with quinn’s slow burn realization of his own feelings and sexuality that creeps up on him so well while still being in a failing long distance relationship it's delicious to me 

foolproofed by ladyeggplant, t, mat barzal/anthony beauvillier, ba test kitchen au

look i know the bon appetit test kitchen has been tainted by scandal and that time when it was all i watched is long gone, but that doesn't stop this fic from capturing the absolute best of it. i wholeheartedly recommend anything ladyegg has ever written, which includes basically the only f1 fic i've ever read, but this was my first and the one i hold closest to my heart. it's a love letter to claire saffitz, to new york city, to horny comment sections, to food as an expression of love, and to barzy and beau at their peak. this fic is a warm hug and freshly baked bread, every time. 

Hockey At The End of the World by ionthesparrow, m, jeff carter/mike richards, dystopian au

i didn't actually reread this one for this list bc if i did i would be doing it for days, but i know it would be worth it. this series is a classic in hockey rpf for a reason. it's one of the most intricately crafted, emotionally fraught, and carefully worldbuilt pieces of fiction i have ever read, let alone fanfiction. my personal favorite in the series is the last one, the tyler toffoli/tanner pearson post-revolution political thriller, but you really need to read the rest of it to get there.

Happy Endings by makeit_takeit, e, nolan patrick/travis konecny, massage parlor au

this fic is reconciling with the worst aspects of hockey men’s politics, internalized and externalized homophobia and creates one of the most fascinating character studies i've ever seen in hockey rpf. nolan is not a good person in this, from the very premise that he's going to a massage parlor to get a happy ending, and this fic doesn't shy away from that, and there's a rawness and realness to that that is relentlessly compelling. there's a catharsis in facing the ugliest parts of these men, and this fic captures that perfectly in a way that most hockey rpf tries to avoid

in the dark of any town by mengetpegged, m, travis konecny/nolan patrick, hotel x ghost au

this one's kind of cheating bc it's based off of my own prompt in the bubble prompt meme, but it's still one of my favorites. i can't believe it's almost been five years since the hotel x bubble, but i truly think no fic encapsulates how claustrophobic and batshit insane the whole thing was to have the entire eastern conference in one hotel for months and it's just as much a classic for that as it is a very sweet and funny romance with a hint of tragedy about ghosts.

fragrant by tokyometropolis, e, will smith/macklin celebrini, omegaverse supernose au

this is probably going to be the newest fic on this list and if you're coming to me for fic recs you probably know that i've gone on an insane willmack fever dream experience, but this fic has cemented itself as one of my favorite takes on omegaverse. it's raunchy in a compelling way, that truly captures the whirlwind freak4freak energy that is these baby sharks

[bakasara]

yay to the ol' ~let's run away together~ and a somber nod to the gritty realism of an open-secret relationship between hans and henry that will perennially leave jitka as the rejected wife-- but enough of that for a second. i've been to both clubs and i know all the songs!

the funniest and by far most compelling option for fanfic exploration TO ME is that jitka simply arrives with a personal handmaid who follows her everywhere. that's it.

she corrects everyone who calls her a servant to "my job is to tend to my Lady and ensure my Lady's safety", and always claims to be, idk, something like a poison expert and master embroider in the same breath -- but she never further elaborates, making anybody who'll deign to listen terrified to wonder just what exactly she is capable of doing.

naturally, Henry "Isterik Truther" of Skalitz is the first one to go 🤔 but it doesn't take long for all four of them to be squinting at each other two by two. they are all correct in their assumptions.

rosa loves visiting because she wouldn't miss the chance to be around other smart and willful women in a place where female independence of thought is valued. katherine is likely the wariest of the few in the know for a world of reasons but comes around as soon as she realizes this is two women who feel just as alienated as her in their own way.

and hans and jitka both agree to have a child for the sake of peace -- but then they realize they've gotten this far anyway, so... which is how the four of them band together with a selected few from henry and hans's ragtag team of people to fake a pregnancy in the longest-running and craziest con any of them's ever run. zizka does not dare compare it to the italian court heist because he fully believes this is crazier.

bozhena gets involved because someone trusted has to "deliver" the "baby", which is definitely not some child she relieved some other, slightly older child of (with her knowledge, so henry can get his beauty sleep at night).

at this point it's not even 'cause jitka and hans having to have a child would be that much of an imposition, it's just that this is far more in the realm of the kind of insane schemes all these people get into.

sam is really confused how he figures in all this at first but eventually he gets involved on priciple. "aww, 'cause of henry~!" yes sure but he also decides the whole thing is an incredibly funny way to stick it to a cruel world and he should do more of that in his free time.

i just know godwin has to run so much background interference he's coming out of it looking 10 years older. it is still most definitely the early 1400s and not everyone of the allies who end up knowing is necessary unfazed by the hansry of it all, even among those trusted enough for hans and henry to lower their guards, but godwin is officially the first one not to give a shit -- nor be especially surprised -- that hans and henry are now smooching.

i have 20/10 vision on this it's a whole thing

[why-the-heck-not]

finished a book in the morning and that was a mistake like what am I supposed to do with the rest of the day? Starting a new book would feel like a blasphemy towards this one but also so would just moving on & doing other things

[tiessunnyskies]

Ahab and the officers, and then 2 more Ahabs because I'm like that.

[mypetratodie]

Watched Phantom of the Paradise yesterday (or was it the day before?), tried drawing Winslow, I think an alright first attempt.

(PLEASE ignore my Swan, I couldn't find a good refrence image that wasnt 2 pixels)