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[destinationtoast]

Toastystats: Happy anniversary, Goncharov fandom!

In honor of two years since Tumblr went nuts over Goncharov, I've archived my original stats and analyses (including discussion/stats about the prevalence of femslash in the fandom), and I've done some follow up analyses.

Click through to AO3 for more data and discussion, and for any clarifications/corrections.

[polutrope]

Elwing/Earendil, 3

Thank you! From the kiss asks. On AO3.

3. ... goodbye.

Elros and Elrond, who were enlisted to help prepare Vingilot for her voyage, chase each other around the ship. Their laughter erupts into shrieks of delight, their bare feet stamp over the white timber. Elwing’s eyes dart between them with instinctive concern, watching that they do not trip over the rigging or go barreling overboard.

Eärendil catches her eyes and grins. The morning light bleaches out the lines of care that have begun to mark his face in recent years, even as they mark hers. He is awash with the glow of youth, and Elwing is reminded of a boy of eleven assisting his father aboard Eärrámë with such confidence and such enthusiasm that she had thought for the first time, ‘I want to kiss him!’ and then looked away at once, alarmed but excited by the notion.

It was several years before she did, but since then there have been countless kisses. An hour ago in their bedchamber, they shared a dozen more, as he assured her between each one that it would not be their last.

[flowerflamestars]

Chapters: 5/? Fandom: Batman - All Media Types Rating: Explicit Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death Relationships: Jason Todd/Original Female Character(s), Dick Grayson/Original Male Character(s), Tim Drake/Kon-El | Conner Kent, Stephanie Brown/Cassandra Cain, Clark Kent/Bruce Wayne Characters: Jason Todd, Dick Grayson, Tim Drake, Stephanie Brown, Cassandra Cain, Barbara Gordon, Duke Thomas, Damian Wayne, Talia al Ghul, Alfred Pennyworth, Clark Kent Additional Tags: Soulmate-Identifying Marks, Alternate Universe - Modern with Magic, Basically the story of two people taking turns holding up a note, that reads: I am a FAIL SOULMATE and you are the sexiest coolest person on planet earth, Bat boys angst!, Robins bonding!, Bruce Wayne's C+ Parenting, Grief, a whole magic system I made up, Gotham City maybe literally cursed, Jason Todd Needs A Hug, Property Destruction as a Metaphor for Love, Arson, Canonical Character Death Series: Part 1 of batfam soulmate au Summary:

The funny thing was, they could have met when they were sixteen.

[devoursjohnlock]

I have deleted so many tags today

[adelaidedrubman]

finally wrote my 1k words. starting the righteous gemstones as a treat. then beddy bye.

[into-the-groove]

favorite photo of all time not even joking

[theblob1958]

people are saying do it scared, but you also gotta do it alone. you'll miss out on so much you want to do if you wait til someone will do it with you. do it scared and do it alone.

[fangsandthangs]

When you’re in the middle of a fic and realise you’ve missed a very critical tag

[kensatou]

i watch baseball for the side quests

update: i think you should look at the reblogs for more important baseball hijinks

[black-quadrant]

this couldn’t be said any better

[yourfavecharacterisqueer]

hypothetical scenario for you all: the real king arthur returns. you meet him and you welcome him into your home. what is the first thing you do with him? keep in mind, this is a man from the 500s (he died in 542), and you are from the 21st century (2024).

[steorran]

not interested in getting involved in the rest of this discussion, for the most part, but to me this is a GREAT piece of advice that many people these days don't seem to be getting or understanding.

not everyone you meet or interact with is your friend, the requirements and expectations for respectful behaviour between friends is not the same as between strangers.

[froody]

my mom is soooo upset because she dropped and cracked one of her chicken’s eggs that she knew was fertilized. it’s her first time trying to hatch chicks and she was so excited. this was one of two eggs she’d seen moving while candling them. she feels so bad.

[ottosbigtop]

I think we as a society should bring back brotps. I think we should be weirder about characters being friends the same way people are weird about ships. Make those two characters who interacted once or twice besties. Make it difficult for them to get rid of each other even if they want to. Go nuts

[mangozic]

my dead goth son and his friendly neighborhood personified concept of insanity