#book club pres

[blackbird-brewster]

I love @swpf Tenelope fic 'I Believe in a Thing Called Love' so much, I commissioned some art from @artcake and made a whole poster to celebrate this AU. So much love to both J for writing such a fun fic, and to Mer for knocking this art out of the park (as per usual)!

[blackbird-brewster]

Shoutout to the above, y'all are the real MVPs!!

I cannot count how many of my fandom friendships began as one or both of us being each other's repeat reader

Dude it is SO FUN and EXCITING to see a reoccurring reader. If you've commented a handful of times on an author's work, I guarantee that they recognize you. You can't imagine how many times I've excitedly informed my friends "the person with the funny cat image commented!" "- anon is back!!!!" and the friends've recognized who I was talking about because I talk about my commenters so often LOL. We love you all!!!

[lovely-hikari-cosplay]

Hi y’all 👋🏾

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Here’s a SUPER SHORT animation test for Lockette’s Basix (Magic Winx) which is a companion piece/update to this post

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I really wanted to post my process along side this in a single post but Tumblr said no 🙅🏾‍♀️ So I’ll make a separate post for it later today!

[likeshestoleit]

a classmate and I are doing a lil summer book club ✨

[chimerical-daydreams]

Love your It Never Happens au.

Question, in what order do they pick up the family members? Obviously Bonnie is first, and I'm guessing Siffrin is last? But what about the rest? Is it canon order(if there is one?) And how does king like they rest of the family?

Again, love the au. You don't have to answer this, but I would be honored if you did.

While I don't have anything concrete for now, I imagine the order would go something like:

Bonnie & Nille: live in the closest city to the coast where King washes up. King really leans on Nille for his problems, and would probably tell her anything. He helps offset Bonnie's constant enthusiasm, and acts as a grounding point for them.

Odile: Arrived by boat, so probably somewhere along the coast as well. King asks deeply respects her knowledge, and shares in her interest for Vaugarde's culture, but struggles getting past her emotional barrier.

Mirabelle: Dormont is pretty far inland, so it'll take a while for everyone to get there. King appreciates her more than he could express, so he settles for helping her out whenever possible.

Isabeau: Jouvente is the furthest town from the coat we know the location of. King gets a little flustered by his boisterousness, but form a kin of warrior's bond as the party tanks.

?. Siffrin: A wanderer. I actually imagine the group will have passed by them multiple times before he actually joins (because someone coughcoughLoopcoughcough keeps going away from him). King and Siffrin are very similar in many ways, but I feel like Siffrin would struggle with having someone who Sees Through Them, so he'd kind of avoid King a bit.

[lackadaisycats]

Lackadaisy Pre-Orders Status Update!

Some of you have made pre-orders for Lackadaisy items and are waiting for them to reach you. Here's what's up: Club Pins -

They're in progress! The pin backs are printed, and the metal castings of the pins have been made. We're waiting for the gold plating and enamel yet, but we expect these to be done and delivered soon so we can start fulfilling these orders.

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Lackadaisy Essentials Art Books -

They had a rough road trip on their way to the distributor. The pallets were damaged and the books arrived late, because that is just how the universe works, but the books themselves are fine! The distributor reports they've shipped most of them out already for Kickstarter backers. I've seen a number of people posting on social media that they received theirs this week, so keep an eye out!

For those of you who bought Essentials books in the Overflow sale in May/June, yours will begin shipping right after the remaining Kickstarter backer books are fulfilled.

[ilovepriestgerard]

back on my throam bullshit (what's new) can we discuss our rankings of the volumes and why

(this is not a safe space for hate, simply ranking how much you wanted to scream and cry through each vol.)

[tapeworm-loser]

No one else gonna care but here’s trans Angel Face + Narrator and Tyler

(Click for better quality)

[lucigoo]

A faunt, two dwarflings and their Uncles

No warnings. Just pure family friendly Halloween fun! As wel as to prove I can write fluff, see Bagginshield besties 😂😂

Summary: Bilbo takes his nephew and ward Frodo to a haloween party at the community center. There he meets two little boys dressed as dwarflings and their handsome Uncle who was also a fellow casualty of the Tolkien fandom.

And of course and excerpt:

Bilbo was looking around at the other children’s costume, noticing that Frodo was in fact the only hobbit. But he wasn’t surprised. Most of the kids were superheros of some sort. He saw no less than 3 Wonder woman costumes and at least 5 Captain America’s. He was pleased that Frodo still wanted to be a hobbit. He could blame it on the literary snob inside of himself, but after all, with a name like Frodo, he was just glad the boy embraced his namesake. As he was looking around, his attention was caught by two boys also near the food table. They were dressed as little dwarves, complete with toy weapons: one had a sword slung at his side, and the other carried a bow and quiver of fake arrows. Both had matching toy daggers that appeared to be carved from wood tucked into their belts, and what belts they were. Bilbo was sure they weren’t really gold, but they sure looked like it, decorated with fake jewels that shimmered in the lights. They also had large, clunky boots on that fit the look they were going for, and Bilbo couldn’t help but gasp at their fake beards. They must have cost a pretty penny with how wonderful they looked, and along with the boys’ naturally long hair, they were braided and beaded. The effect was stunning, and Bilbo was amazed at the sight of the two pint-sized warriors who looked like they could have just stepped out of Arda.

[blackbird-brewster]

Friday Monday Fic Recs

What I've Been Reading:

JJ/Emily, Tara/Penelope || Rated: E || WC: 43,369 Author: @swpf

Why I Love It: This is such a great read! The introspective look at all of these women is both refreshing and titillating. I love both of these ships and watching two couples try (and often fail) to get the other pair together is one of my favourite fic tropes.

Tara/Rebecca || Rated: E || WC: 3132 Author: swpf

Why I Love It: If you want my full essay about how perfect this look at Tara/Rebecca is,, check the comment section of the fic. In the meantime, just know this is a beautiful piece that explores what it was like for Rebecca to watch Tara diffuse a bomb in the field in 17x06 and how that led to them getting back together.

Tara/Penelope || Rated: T || WC: 14,714 Author: swpf

Why I Love It: Hot butch mechanic Tara Lewis, need I say more?? This AU is delicious. The interactions between Penelope and Tara are so enthralling, I couldn't stop reading. This is an incredible little AU full of hilarity and queer joy. (And Queer Joy 😏)

JJ/Emily/Tara || Rated: E || WC: 1376 Author: Anonymous

Why I Love It: Je T'Emily smut!!!!! This is just extremely sexy.

Tara/Emily || Rated: T || WC: 1103 Author: @mammothluv

Why I Love It: The balcony scene in 13x16 is one of my favourite Temily moments in canon. This was a beautiful take on that scene and just a really wholesome fic. I'm always a sucker for Temily fluff.

What I've Been Writing:

Tara/Penelope || Rated: E ||WC: 13,268+ (WIP)

Notes: After this 'one-shot' evolved into a three chapter fic, I've decided to continue exploring this dynamic. There is definitely more to come, after putting together an outline of where I want this one to go, I think it could be around 8 chapters in total. Stay tuned for more hot, sexy, Dom Penelope!

[UNTITLED HOLIDAY FIC]

JJ/Tara || WC: TBD

Notes: It's that time of year again! This year's holiday romcom will focus on JJ/Tara! In the same vein of Homo For the Holidays, I'm planning for this to be a festive, Hallmark-esque, tropetastic, romcom fic.

[Ready To Be Loved - A Fooled Around Interlude]

Derek/Luke, Luke/Spencer || WC: TBD

Notes: This is the second installment of my three-part Fooled Around expansion! I'm so excited to share this look at how Luke and Derek came to be a couple. I've wanted to explore their relationship more ever since I wrote FAAFIL - Part 2. Not sure when this will be ready for posting, so just keep an eye out!

ICYMI:

JJ/Tara || Rated: G || WC: 1932

Summary: In the Jareau-Lewis household, there was a Halloween tradition of rotating who got to choose the family costumes each year. This year, it was six-year-old Michael's duty to choose the theme of their costumes…

More CM Fic Recs Under Cut

Past Friday Fic Recs:  [Friday Fic Recs - Tumblr] || [CM Fic Recs - AO3 Collection]

My Fanfic Master Lists: [JJ/Emily] || [Tara/Emily] || [JJ/Tara] || [Tara/Rebecca]

2023 Rec Lists: [JJ/Emily] || [Tara/Emily + Other Femslash]

2022 Rec Lists: [JJ/Emily] || [Tara/Emily] || [Other Femslash]

[tdcloud]

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A witch with a dead familiar is an outlier and an ill-omen to every village they pass through. Rehan Nadir is one such witch. The only jobs available to him are terrible ones, and vagrancy is his only recourse… At least, it was until he heard tell of the town of Hamelin’s plight. Stories of a malicious entity, a chaos god, have tormented the village for hundreds of years, and like clockwork tragedy has struck once more: while the adults gathered elsewhere, the children were spirited away. No trace of them has been seen since. The town is desperate to bring them back. Very desperate. Finding and returning the lost children would be just the thing to give Rehan a new chance at the life he lost after the death of his familiar, and if all it takes is killing a god of chaos, then he’s more than ready to take the plunge and open that door. Unfortunately, he just didn’t anticipate opening a few more in the midst of dealing the finishing blow.

Infaust is a dark romance recounting the tale of the witch Rehan Nadir and the elusive chaos god known only as the Piper. Trapped in a world where even the very dirt wants them dead, the two must depend on one another to escape—and along the way realize that perhaps the definition of a happily ever after really is a subjective one.

Contains psychological horror, violence, dubious consent, protag corruption, villain "love interest", blood, descriptions of being burnt alive, and other gruesome acts. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Signed copies + merch boxes: https://tdcloud.itch.io/infaust

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[crystallizsch]

Hi Ian!

How about 💬 for Yuusha with Ace or Deuce?

hiya janjan!! thank you for the ask 💖💖 (ask game here!)

YEAHH RARE HEARTSHACKLE MOMENT WITH YUUSHA!! when i saw this, immediately basketball club went into mind so i kind of just went with ace hgdksjflsda

Yuusha & Ace ━━━━━━✦

Ace invited Yuusha specifically to one of his basketball games. In the crowd, Yuu was one of the NRC team's loudest supporters. The prefect had also brought Grim and Deuce with her.

If Ace were to be honest with himself, he only cared about Yuu's support. Sure, Grim and Deuce's presence wasn't bad. More people aggressively "cheering" him on doesn't hurt. But it wasn't going to matter if they happened to be absent either since they were just a bonus.

This attitude towards Yuusha was like a kid looking for approval from an older sibling, which was weird considering they were the same age.

In between the last matches, Yuusha went down the bleachers to chat with Ace and hand him a water bottle.

♥️: Where's Grim and Deuce? I thought I saw them with you.

💜: They're going to be picking up snacks at Sam's shop. We'll celebrate back at Ramshackle!

♥️: Wow, a party for me? Sweet!

💜: Yeah as long as you win, Trappola. Or else we're kicking you out of your own congratulations party.

Yuusha didn't mean it though. They both know that celebration party will turn into a "cheering-ace-up-party" if they didn't win.

Ace laughed. Before Ace could continue the banter, he was called back out into the court.

💜: Don't disappoint us!

♥️: Like hell I will!

And with that encouragement, he'll help ace the court.

[feelingthedisaster]

everytime i watch a new tv show or read a new book set in usa, i just get even more confused how tf the educutional system works

[radawaycunt]

Earthlings -> Everything Changed When I Forgave Myself by Charlotte Eriksson

[rrcraft-and-lore]

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[ura-niia]

Social anxiety be damned your girl was yapping on stage in front of people and did an improv discussion about the benefits of reading to students from a different school