#beth-is-rainpaint

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For the Grishaverse asks, Six and Djerholm!

Thanks for the ask!

Six: favorite grishaverse quote?

She clung to the wall, but it was purpose she grasped at long last, and that carried her upwards. She was not a lynx or a spider or even the Wraith. She was Inej Ghafa, and her future was waiting above.

There's literally sooo many that I love, but this one hit really hard.

Djerholm: what pair of characters would you kill to see interact with each other?

Zoya and Inej once Inej gains her reputation as Captain Ghafa. I think officially they would talk about her travels and make deals to bring slavers down, but on a more personal level, they would bond over their Suli heritage (which I would love to see Zoya talk more about). Obviously a fight scene with them together would be awesome too.

Bonus points if Nikolai is freaking out in a corner fangirling over Captain Ghafa.

Grishaverse Asks.

[ravenpuffheadcanons]

For the fanfic writer asks, #18!

A favourite line from a fic I've written! What a lovely and absolutely self-indulgent ask - thank you :D Technically a cheat because it's more than one line, but I'm still very fond of this from You think I'm not romantic?

"But you – you just keep going, whatever happens to you, you keep finding ways not to give up. We got trapped at the bottom of the ocean and I assumed we’d die there, but you saved both our lives; you’re a rubbish liar and you successfully infiltrated Hydra; you got dumped on a desert planet and found food and water; you… you got your heart broken and still managed to be happy with someone else; you were trapped in permanent night and you saw the sunrise. You’re amazing, Jemma."

Thank you for the ask!

Fanfic writer asks here

[antoine-triplett]

If you're taking icon requests, I'd love ones from the "Something Magnificent" scene in 3x17! Especially of that shot from behind of Jemma resting her head against Fitz's shoulder, and Fitz resting his cheek against her head. Maybe in warm colors that could go from summer to fall? Thank you!!!

Heya friend! Thanks so much for this request, I miss making AoS graphics! This is one of my all-time fave FS scenes too. WHO NEEDS SPACE?! 😭🥹 Hope there's something here you like :)

[theawkwardterrier]

9 Fandom Peeps to Get to Know Better

Tagged by my wonderful meme buddy @lavellenchanted!

3 ships you like: Steggy, Bangel, Jamie/Claire

First ship ever: Jack/Sue from Sue Thomas F.B.Eye

Last song that you heard: I've pretty much been looping the Hozier version of The Parting Glass

Favourite childhood book: SO SO many! I'll go with Ella Enchanted, though

Currently reading: Summer Nights and Meteorites by Hannah Reynolds

Currently watching: A bunch of YouTube fandom documentaries 😂

Currently consuming: Pretzels, but I need to put them away

Currently craving: Time off 💀

Tagging: @ryeloza, @madfatandhungry, @beth-is-rainpaint, @frasers-of-my-heart, @forgetmenotsassenach17, and everyone else who wants to do it!

[beth-is-rainpaint]

In honor of the 3rd (?!?!?!?!) anniversary of the AoS finale, here, have some of my favorite finale-adjacent fics:

cascade by @jakelovesamy - rated T

'Love, like family, is a notion Daisy has a strange relationship with. She used to think it was a lie, that a romantic, unconditional kind of love was an urban myth, or something invented by Hallmark to sell cards. They studied love poems in English class in high school and she thought that’s all love was; an interesting idea, a concept that sounded nice in fiction. Akin to mermaids.'

Daisy finds home. It does not look the way she imagined.

step into the daylight by jemmasimmmons - rated T

"In the deepest depths of outer space, there is no turn of the season. The stars are the same, no matter what month is showing on an arbitrary human calendar. Time, as Jemma knows all too well, is relative."

It’s a whole new life. Fitz and Jemma learn how to live it, one season at a time. Set after the show’s final scene.

To Box It Up and Start Again (Everything Must Go) by @aleksandrachaev - rated T

Daisy’s still looking at him, her gaze burning into him like a brand. “Deke, that’s…”

He can’t let her finish, because he knows if she asks him to, he’ll stay. He’ll find a way to stay. He can’t be the cause of her pain. “And honestly…” He scoffs, trying to clear the wetness from his eyes, the shaking of his voice. He wants this; he’ll swear up and down he does. “I’m kind of a rock god here, anyway.”

(Deke says his goodbyes to the team in 7x13.)

i am a leaf on the wind by @aleksandrachaev - rated T

Lying frozen on the floor of the Zephyr, Daisy gets a glimpse of the lives that could have been.

there goes the maddest man this town has ever seen by @aleksandrachaev - rated T

Team Meetup, Year Two:

“So you’re at the Academy now then,” Jemma said, looking delighted. “That’s wonderful; the recruits—” The smile dropped off her face to be replaced with a look of confusion as the air in the center of the group shimmered before a new figure appeared, outfitted in leather places leather shouldn’t be, spiky hair and a black eye patch over one eye.

“What, I didn’t get an invite?” Deke Shaw asked, looking around at them all.

What Happens on Kitson . . . Does Not Stay on Kitson by @aleksandrachaev - rated T

Team Meetup, Year Three:

“Oh, Daisy, you didn’t,” Jemma said, aghast. Daisy grinned, arms crossed. “I did.” The holographic image of Sousa put his head in his hands. “She did.”

(or, “This is just like Kitson all over again.” “You and I remember Kitson very differently.”)

a small cottage in perthshire by @notabadday - rated G

A soft epilogue for a soft epilogue. This is inspired by the throwaway line from Jemma to Daisy in the finale, with the implication of a secret. It explores Fitz, Jemma and Alya’s lives together after SHIELD.

“I’ll email you that anatomy analysis after Fitz is asleep. Interesting stuff.”

with a little help from my friends by @smallblueandloud - rated G

Long distance friendship doesn't have to happen once a year.

What They Were Fighting For by @beth-is-rainpaint - rated T

Alya meets the rest of her family.

Conversations between Fitz, Jemma, and the team, set between seasons 5 & 6, toward the end of season 6, during their time on the Zephyr, and during and after the series finale.

[queen-daya]

15 questions, 15 people

Rules: answer the questions & tag 15 people

1. Are you named after anyone?

No, I am not!

2. When was the last time you cried?

I have no idea

3. Do you have kids?

No, someday after I’m married I’d like to, but I’m only 19 so I got time.

4. Do you use sarcasm a lot?

I’m more sassy than sarcastic but I can be sarcastic

5. What is the first thing you notice about people?

There’s eyes normally.

6. What’s your eye color?

Blue

7. Scary movies or Happy endings?

I don’t watch scary movies so that answers that.

8. Any special talents?

I can play piano but no nothing real exciting.

9. Where were you born?

Cincinnati, Ohio

10. What are your hobbies?

Cosplaying/leading worship

11. Do you have any pets?

2 Soft coated Wheaton terriers/ Lily is my girl (left) rosy is my sisters (right)

12. What sports do you play/have played?

I’ve been a cheerleader before but that’s about it.

13. How tall are you?

5’9”-5’10” I don’t know the exact height

14. Favorite subject in School?

History or lunch 😂

15. Dream job?

Worship leader (oh wait, I’m already doing that)

Tagging: @oldmanwithashield, @accidental-spice, @possible-cryptid, @zephyrmonkey, @girlzrok-archive, @locitapurplepink, @basketball-broadway, @starry-voids, @beth-is-rainpaint, @dannyboy-and-quake, @drama-is-my-second-name, @aesira-of-orion, @aeterna-auroral-avenger, @askthewasp, and @maddies-marvel-muses

[springmagpies]

Fitzsimmons + Willow

for @beth-is-rainpaint!

[giorgiaink]

7 comfort movies, 7 tags

Tagged by @hart-kinsella 🧡

Dead Poets Society (despite that scene that is not comforting at all this is still a comfort movie to me, don't judge me. The way Keating and Neil supported and encouraged Todd means so much to me and it's my favorite movie ever)

School of Rock (maybe I have a thing for rebellious teachers)

The Holiday

The Aristocats

Spiderman 2

Guardians of the galaxy vol 2

About Time

+ bonus: I don't support the author but the first Harry Potter films totally are comfort films. It's not even my favorite saga (that's Hunger Games) but the Philosopher's Stone and The Chamber of Secrets are comfort ™ can't choose which one is more comforting but it's one of these two

Tagging @msjemmxswift @valentinaonthemoon @springmagpies @beth-is-rainpaint @elirobin @agentmanatee @lonewolfmeri (no pressure obv) 🤍

[earnmysong]

the tremendous, terrific, and talented t [ @jjskiaras​] hit me up elaborate on the following. merci, lovely! if @somethingaboutsewing​, @simmerandcry​, @beth-is-rainpaint​, @semperlitluv​, @goddesspharo​, @empressearwig​, @megalong​, @cashewdani​, @effie214​, @amillcitygirl​, @firstaudrina​, @firstdegreefangirl​, @andrea-lyn​, or anyone else would like, please feel free to partake! 

nickname | e; ears [a family hold-over from an eavesdrop-heavy childhood]

height | 4’11”

last google search | matilda ending; matilda and ms. honey painting || which did in fact yield this

song stuck in my head | 'still holding my hand’ - lashana lynch + alisha weir | i’m still mid-emotional moment; please refer to the fact that i actually wrote words and check back in three days

number of followers | 288

amount of sleep | 7 hours || which is honestly such an improvement over the pre-medicated me of twoish years ago

dream job | theater critic or entertainment journalist or novel editor; i do love teaching, though

wearing | still in my work clothes: a flatiron building/nyc graphic tee from j crew, an olive old navy cardigan, gray and black checked pants, black boots 

book(s)/movie that describes you | the perks of being a wallflower, a tree grows in brooklyn/pollyanna

aesthetic | realistic, sometime cynic, wrapped in bubblegum and sunshine | sweaters, graphic tees, floral blouses and dresses, vans/converse

favorite author(s) | kate quinn

favorite song | top five?

you and i: ingrid michaelson

let the rain: sara bareilles

mrs. potters lullaby: counting crows

walking on broken glass: annie lennox

hand in my pocket: alanis morrisette

random fact | i took AP spanish and french I my senior year of high school, simultaneously

[queen-daya]

@beth-is-rainpaint

Avengers: Age of Ultron

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9 people I'd like to get to know better

Thanks for the tag, @starlonkedd and @redwidow616!

3 ships: Dousy (AoS), Everlark (THG), and Peraltiago (B99).

Last song: Radio by Lana Del Rey.

Favorite colour: cornflower blue.

Last movie: How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.

TV Show: Brooklyn 99 (again).

Currently reading: People We Meet On Vacation by Emily Henry.

Currently watching: nothing, but I'm about to start Percy Jackson!

Currently consuming: air.

Currently craving: a massage.

Sweet/Spicy/Savory: sweet.

Relationship status: single.

Last thing you googled: stanley cup (wanted to show my mum what the fuss was about, she was not impressed).

Current obsession: Emily Henry's books, Lana Del Rey, and as always, Agents of SHIELD.

No pressure tagging @brekker-by-brekkerr, @accidental-spice, @echo-084, @beth-is-rainpaint, @libbyweasley, @madponywithabox, @mylifeeinfandoms, @profwonderbearthementalista and @ryder616!

[ravenpuffheadcanons]

For the book rec ask game, 119, 122, 125, & 126 (I think that's all the seasonal ones!)

This is a delightful ask - thank you!

Favourite summer read - Three Men in a Boat (to Say Nothing of the Dog) - Jerome K Jerome (in the public domain here)

I love this book so very much - this silly, joyful, (at least partly) true story of three incompetent men trying to take a boating holiday on the Thames, and mostly failing. It is summer in a book. It started out as a real travelogue, so there are a few rather tedious passages where Jerome tries to go back to his original plans and indulges himself in some proper purple prose, but it is mostly as light and sparkling as sunshine on the water. True story: when I lived in a tiny studio flat and only had room for about twenty books, this was always one of the twenty. I have to have it to hand at all times in case of emergency.

Favourite winter read - Doomsday Book - Connie Willis

This time travel/pandemic novel (written in the early nineties) is set in and around Christmas in the 1300s and 2060s. It wins my heart with its interesting and mostly authentic depictions of faith (Willis is a Christian), its vivid recreation of the 1300s, and its fascinating time travel mechanism. She loses points a bit because almost everything else I’ve read by her stretches my credulity far past breaking point, and also because she appears to view British (and, in other books, Irish) people as a species of mythological being, but this is still one of my all-time favourites. For years I read it every Christmas - I haven't read it since Christmas 2019, for obvious reasons, but I think it might be time again.

Favourite autumn read - The Spy who Came in from the Cold - John Le Carré

I don't remember if this is technically set in autumn, but I associate it strongly with that time of year, probably because of old black and white spy films where people wear trenchcoats and stand about mournfully in the rain. I always like a spy thriller in autumn. It's set partly in East Germany, and Le Carré is really interested in exploring the morality (or otherwise) of how the intelligence services on both sides of the war conduct themselves. This is where I started with Le Carré and I'm so glad, because I think he'd really hit his stride by this point - the earlier books are a lot weaker, in my view.

Favourite spring read - The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe - CS Lewis

I found this one hardest to pick, for some reason - none of my forever favourite novels seem to be set in spring. In the end, I had to go with a very obvious choice: the moment when the spring begins to come in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe after years of it being always winter (and never Christmas). I can still remember it years after I last read it! And, of course, it is an Easter book, so that makes it extra spring-like for me.

Ask me for book recommendations! I will definitely be long-winded in my answers!

[antoine-triplett]

Another Music Tag Game!

Rules: if you get this, you have to put 5 songs you actually listen to. Then tag ten some of your followers.

Thank you for the tag @thelettersfromnoone 🥰

Here is what’s on rotation in my December playlist:

1. Horse With No Name by Michelle Branch 2. I’ll Be Seeing You by Billie Holiday 3. Bam Bam by Camila Cabello ft. Ed Sheeran 4. Alumina by NIGHTMARE 5. Love Again by Dua Lipa

Tagging @thegunlady (👀) @nightlocktime @tremorsmackenzie @unreal-unearthing @beth-is-rainpaint ✨🌻

[beth-is-rainpaint]

What They Were Fighting For

by @beth-is-rainpaint​

Chapter: 9/10

Rating: T

Archive Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Fandom: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV)

Categories: F/M, Gen

Relationships: Leo Fitz/Jemma Simmons, Leo Fitz & Alphonso “Mack” Mackenzie, Leo Fitz & Skye | Daisy Johnson, Phil Coulson & Leo Fitz, Leo Fitz & Melinda May, Leo Fitz & Agent Piper, Enoch & Leo Fitz, Enoch & Leo Fitz & Jemma Simmons, Leo Fitz & Deke Shaw, Leo Fitz & Deke Shaw & Jemma Simmons, Leo Fitz & Bobbi Morse, Leo Fitz & Lance Hunter

Characters: Leo Fitz, Jemma Simmons, Skye | Daisy Johnson, Phil Coulson, Alphonso “Mack” Mackenzie, Agent Piper (Marvel), Flint (Marvel), Melinda May, Daniel Sousa, Enoch (Marvel), Deke Shaw, Alya (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), Elena “Yo-Yo” Rodriguez, Bobbi Morse, Lance Hunter

Additional Tags: Background Dousy, background mackelena, Canon Compliant, Missing Scene, Post-Canon, Team as Family, background Huntingbird

Summary: Alya meets the rest of her family.

Conversations between Fitz, Jemma, and the team, set between seasons 5 & 6, toward the end of season 6, during their time on the Zephyr, and during and after the series finale.

Chapter 9 Snippet:

Enoch had planned to leave on a final, quick supply run two weeks before Alya’s due date, but then she’d been born two and a half weeks early. While they weren’t running dangerously low on supplies, they were definitely running low on variety.

Fitz hurried to the cargo bay, swiping a hand across his stinging eyes. He and Enoch made quick work of putting away the groceries, and he was assembling some cheese toasties for himself and Jemma when Enoch pulled what looked like a rolled-up piece of olive green cloth from one of the bags. “I nearly forgot. When I picked up the cables for the time drive, my contacts gave me this to give to my employees to congratulate them on the birth of their child.” He tilted his head. “Obviously they meant you and Jemma Simmons.”

“Obviously.” Fitz took the green cloth, which turned out to be a pair of baby pajamas patterned with little gray and white birds. Turning it over in his hands, he felt oddly unsettled by the otherwise innocuous and very cute pajamas. While Enoch could buy most of their supplies at stores and outposts on various planets, some of the things they needed—like cables compatible with a time-traveling device—were harder to find. So he’d had to find contacts who could find those things for him.

Read the rest on Ao3!

[ohifonlyx33]

Greek Tragedy ‐ The Wombats - "I'm just tired of falling up the Penrose steps"

Crush Culture - Conan Grey - "And no I don't want your sympathy, all this love is suffocating/Just let me be sad and lonely"

hostage - Billie Eilish - "I wanna steal your soul/And hide you in my treasure chest"

The Yawning Grave - Lord Huron - "I sent you omens and all kinds of signs/I taught you melodies, poems and rhymes/Oh you fool, there are rules, I am coming for you."

Message In A Bottle - Taylor Swift - "And I became hypnotized by freckles and bright eyes"

Waffle House- Jonas Brothers - "Headstrong father and a determined mother/Oh, that's why some nights we tried to kill each other"

Maniac - Conan Grey - "Psychopathic, don't be so dramatic/We had magic, but you made it tragic"

Blossom - Dermot Kennedy - "But I've fallen back in love with the moonlight/Like the first time"

Timeless - Taylor Swift - "Hundreds of years ago, they fell in love like we did"

To The Wonder - Aqualung - "But it's hard to hear/That distant voice/It would ring so clear/If we could only tune out the noise"

I decided to add favorite lyrics for fun.

Bonus: Innocence and Sadness by Dermot Kennedy - "I'll sing into the cold dark night, til you listen/Some people spend their life heads down, souls hidden/I'm trying to be who you need me to be"

Tagging @wherela @beth-is-rainpaint @itsstarlighcarstairs-blog @girlysword @hecckyeah and anyone else!

Okay, so. Rules. Shuffle your on repeat playlist and post the first 10 tracks, then tag ten people.

@autumnrose thank you so much for the tag!!! <3

I know it is going to look like I listen only to Taylor Swift's songs, but somehow that's how my 10 first tracks look like...

(I also like other kinds of music, I promise, but it is what it is):

Ivy by Taylor Swift

Champagne Problems by Taylor Swift

The Ballad of Lucy Baird by Rachel Zegler

The Old Therebefore by Rachel Zegler

Willow by Taylor Swift

Long Story Short by Taylor Swift

Gold Rush by Taylor Swift

The Lakes by Taylor Swift

Peace by Talor Swift

Wildest Dreams by Taylor Swift

So it is only fair to finish off this question with this:

Taylor Swift on my playlist be like: ME!!!

Thank you again for the tag, @autumnrose11 ! Here is a heart for you:

Tagging:

@smolgreybunny , @floydsglasses , @winniebell , @zyrafowe-sny , @sparklepink12k , @alexanaraxadel , @thesweetnessofspring , @the-lily-blooms-late , @kerrymoncherrie , @moonlightredfern

And everyone who feels like participating!

If they want to participate and haven't been tagged already;)

[springmagpies]

Tagged by @agentpolarbear

Rules: Pick a song for every letter of your url and tag that many people

Speak Now by Taylor Swift

Please Don't Say You Love Me by Gabrielle Aplin

Running Up That Hill by Kate Bush

I'm Just Ken (From the Barbie Album) performed by Ryan Gosling

Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley

Good Lovin' by The Young Rascals

Make Your Own Kind of Music by Cass Elliot

All or None by Pearl Jam

Get him back by Olivia Rodrigo

Paper Rings by Taylor Swift

I Don't Want Talk by Wallows

Epiphany by Taylor Swift

Sunflower by Post Malone, Swae Lee

tagging @victoriagrove, @2minutes2midnight, @bughead-bones, @beth-is-rainpaint, @thelifeofannabanana