#and what could have been

[infinite-orangepeel]

37 years ago today steve harrington shot his shot at bisexuality only for eddie munson to call him ‘big boy’ and promptly die 🖤

[arthursfuckinghat]

Jack, Arthur and Weetabix 𑁦𐂂𑁦 Horseshoe Overlook

[tylerrnol]

I wish I’d actually gone to the VV show I bought tickets for instead of having a mental illness breakdown but . oh well

[amlovelies]

if i posted chapters from the novel I wrote in my early 20s would anyone want to read it?

[rochenn]

I think we should write more straight relationships with 2010s TV queerbait tactics. Let that man and that woman's lives be horribly intertwined, let them take bullets for the other, let them be each other's meaning but NO KISSING. They are holding each other platonically. You're crazy for reading anything romantic into it at all tbh

[murdercrowsblog]

House, Wilson, Stacy and Amber on a double date.

Another missed opportunity from the House writers.

(a long term relationship on tv can be *good* TV: coach and Tami on FNL, Dr. Abbott and Rose on Everwood, Adam and Kristina on Parenthood, Etc. the will they or won't do usually ends up they shouldn't have and love triangles should be left in the 90s where they belong)

[marfian]

So act 3 huh

[yuutaguro]

reminders ☁️

[retquits]

1.6 is coming—see you march 19th!!! 🥹🌱

[jvledrn]

[letmetellyouaboutmyfeels]

I am incredibly serious right now when I beg you all, please, and if you have Twitter or Tiktok or whatever to please spread the word: click on an author's profile on Ao3.

You want to know if an author has written more? Want to know if they're still writing? Want to see more from them? Want to know if they've written a trope or kink or sex scenario you enjoy?

Click on their name. And look at their profile.

I cannot tell you how many times in the last six months someone has read a new or newer fic of mine and said they (a new reader who has read nothing else I've done) "can't wait to see what you do next!" I've written 50+ fics and over a million words already.

"I don't know if you're still writing..." click on my profile. I am. I literally wrote a 128k+ fic for that ship last month.

"Would you ever do X?" "Please do Y!" I already did. Click on my name and look at my works.

Archive of our Own is a library. It's an archive. Not social media. It is your responsibility to fight back against the laziness that corporate algorithms have trained into you.

Click my author name. Just click it. Just click it.

Before you demand more, or ask if a writer will do XYZ, or wonder if the author still writing, or anything - click on their profile. Click on the author's profile.

I'm not trying to be mean or condescending or anything like that. I'm just exhausted. It's disheartening and frustrating to repeat myself ad nauseam, because someone couldn't take thirty seconds to do the tiniest bit of work to see if I've written lately, if I've written more for their ship, or scan my works to see if I've written what they're asking for. Please. Please. I'm begging.

Click the author's name, and explore before you ask.

[mimefish]

nevermind everyone winner's symbolism cancelled. we cannot have another scar earth/mercury/comet situation again. I vote we all lay down our weapons and join hands in peace and accept that the one true symbol for Joel is the Car. wherever he goes whatever flavour of symbols you particularly enjoy. Car. Just Car. Because it would be really funny

[stemmmm]

he likes to play gatsby

[mangozic]

archivist be upon ye

[ash-and-starlight]

sooo so happie to launch into space the art i did for this @zukkabigbang2024 for the beautiful fic

The Mercy of Magpies

written by the wonderful showstopping @ranilla-bean and betaed by the equally iconic @faux-fires. Featuring dilves, birdies, true love, war, crazy plans, dubious plastic surgery and a galaxy far, far away. Please check out the rebloggable fic post with its special cover art here (or jump directly to the fic, I can't blame you, it is That Good)

also, some extra juicy plot relevant characters pop up in later chapters and havent been included for 👀 spoiler reasons 👀 but you can already try to guess who they are who's that pokemon style <3