#dead gay wizards from the 70s save me

[unaluv]

can i get marauders fic recs for ones similar to tcoptp and atyd in the way that they have songs included within them?

i looove associating songs with fics sm (and i mean like 60s-80s music btw)

preferably a muggle au fic bcs i cannot deal with canon compliant angst, ALSO LONGFORM PLEASE (at LEAST 100K+ but im looking for 500k+) wolfstar is a MUST but i don't mind what the other ships in the fic are

(aka jily/jegulus, marylene/marylily/dorlene/pandalily etc idc cos i love them all)

but also i wanna read some canon compliant jegulus/prongsfoot/moonchaser fics too so hand em over

also if anyone has any good fics where prongsfoot/moonchaser/jegulus are the main pairing i am all ears

i've only read 5 marauders fics (crimson rivers is the 5th atm) so i can guarantee i haven't read anything that anyone recs ALL ARE WELCOME

[outromoony]

Ac: kovacseemma on IG

[moony-to-ur-pads]

regulus was given the middle name arcturus at birth and arcturus is the fourth brightest star in the night sky and THIS MAKES SO MUCH SENSE BECAUSE as a trans man, he was the fourth in his generation to be afab and so they were essentially like ‘oh shit. we have another one ig’ because sexism, and this absolute bottom-of-the-black-house-barrel situation that regulus found himself in was what eventually turned him into such a strong slytherin, and then into a power-hungry death eater, going so far as to turn his back on the brother he loved for the sake of reputation and duty and most importantly the power he was never given, AND IN CONCLUSION basically trans!regulus makes more sense to me than the canon one in every way shape and form so thank you and good night <3

[evrytforourmoony]

this song is so jily coded u cant change my mind

[spontaniushotdog]

I can’t tell which one I like more

Option 1: The day gay wizard from the 70’s that likes chocolate and books, hates full moons, got betrayed by his lover when they were in school, loves David Bowie, had both daddy issues and anger issues, is in love with option number 2, and spent 12 years alone

Option 2: The dead gay wizard the 70’s that like mischief and scheming, hates most of his family, betrayed his lover when they were in school, also loves David Bowie, has mommy issues, is in love with option number 1, and spent 12 years in jail for a crime he didn’t commit

Option 3: The dead gay wizard from the 70’s that wears red converse every single day, is in love with his best friend’s brother, would kill to protect his friends, is only attracted to people who are mean to him, got killed by a bald man with no nose, is in love with option number 4, and did not live to see his son grow up

Option 4: The dead gay wizard from the 70’s that likes reading and teasing his friends, is in love with his brother’s best friend, was forced to join a cult, is mean to everyone but his friends, is in love with option 3, loved his house elf more than actual people, and never learned how to swim

Option 5: A dead lesbian witch from the 70’s that had only one goal to become a healer, took way too long to realize she was a lesbian, started a petition to take down a tree that beat little kids up, and was killed along with her whole family

Option 6: An alive bisexual witch from the 70’s that was with most guys at her school, fell in love with a red head, had to make a very hard phone call on November 1st, always had to prove she was just as good as a pure blood, is in love with option number 7, and lived longer than all of her friends

Option 7: A dead bisexual witch from the 70’s who loves to read, never got to go to her father’s funeral, did not have a good relationship with her sister, had a man who never washed his hair or face chasing after her, was named after a flower, is in love with option number 6, and who sacrificed herself to save her son

Help me decide

[bookgeekgrrl]

My media this week (9-15 Apr 2023)

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📚 STUFF I READ 📚

🥰Love Exactly (darter_blue) - 64K, zimbits AU - fluffy AU with a chance meeting in a bar and instalove - fun read, like wrapping a warm blanket around yourself

😊👂‍Death Beside the Seaside (Lady Hardcastle Mysteries #6) (T.E. Kinsey, author; Elizabeth Knowelden, narrator) - Emily & Flo try to take a holiday at the seaside but there's no sea and a surprising number of internal spies. -

😍Wish Granted (ambut) - 40K, stucky no powers AU - reread of this fave D/s getting together fic

😊👂‍A Botanist's Guide to Parties and Poisons (Saffron Everleigh Mystery #1) (Kate Khavari, author; Jodie Harris, narrator) - entertaining enough cozy mystery set in 1920s British academia with the standard 'plucky & smart-but-also-foolish' amateur detective (newly minted botanist) trying to exonerate her mentor from murder charges. I enjoyed it enough that I might read another but I'm not feral for it

🥰Winter's Children (Neery) - 66K, stucky - "When their attempts to recreate the super soldier serum failed, Hydra started trying to breed Captain America clones from his genetic samples. Unfortunately, the serum's effects aren't passed down genetically, so instead of an army of tiny Captain Americas, they get a bunch of tow-headed, asthmatic, allergic, immuno-compromised little Steves. And then the Winter Soldier stumbles across Hydra's failed experiment…" - just a great fucking fic. I stayed up until 1AM to read and I am too fucking old to be doing nonsense like that, but it was totally worth it.

😍Fourth Floor (dirtybinary) - 41K, stucky modern magic AU - "The one where Steve is an angry millennial wizard, Sam is a Disney prince, Natasha is a shapeshifter, and Bucky is a spoiler."

🥰👂‍Rattling Bone (OutFoxing the Paranormal #2) (Jordan L Hawk, author; Tristan James, narrator) - another enjoyable & spooky ghost hunting adventure with the OutFoxing The Paranormal found family, this time dealing with Oscar's actual family history/trauma.

🥰You're the One That I Want (PR Zed (przed)) - 53K, stucky modern no powers AU - reread, angsty arranged-marriage-for-insurance that is so satisfying

💖💖 +203K of shorter fic so shout out to these I really loved 💖💖

toasty warm heart (wearing_tearing) - Stranger Things: steddie, 9K - TOO FUCKING CUTE AND WARM AND FLUFFY

as sunshine falls on the wretched (KivrinEngle) - The Hobbit: gen, 18K - a very sweet canon-divergent AU where bilbo adopts a lost little dwarf baby

Handy (softestpunk) - The Sandman: dreamling, 3K - ceramicist Dream lusts after handyman Hob, doesn't make his move, is sad but is saved when he meets the hot professor he's giving a guest lecture for - short and sweet!

the game is on again (ReinventAndBelieve) - The Witcher: Geralt/Jaskier/Eskel, 7K - hot and tender af!

📺 STUFF I WATCHED 📺

Dirty Laundry - s2, e5-7

Ted Lasso - s3, e5 [x2]

The Brokenwood Mysteries - s9, e1

Uncommon Comfort Reads with Malka Older, Martha Wells, KJ Charles, and T Kingfisher - super fun panel

Schmigadoon! - s1, e1-6

Schmigadoon! (Schmicago!) - s2, e1

🎧 PODCASTS 🎧

99% Invisible #316 - The Shipping Forecast

The Sporkful - Bill Nye, The FOOD Science Guy!

Big Gay Fiction Podcast - A Trip to the Ballpark with KD Casey

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Places Our Families Took Us

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Ashley House

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Fairy Circles

Vibe Check - A Satisfied Geriatric Millennial

99% Invisible #532 - For a Dollar and a Dream

⭐The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Fun and Funny Science with Mary Roach

Off Menu - Ep 187: Lily Allen

Into It - Are We Into Taylor Swift's Breakup, Lofi Girl, and a Baby Shark Podcast? {worth a listen to hear whatshisname Alwyn described as 'sentient mayo'}

You're Dead To Me - Al Andalus

ICYMI Plus - Meet the Internet’s Princess

Welcome to Night Vale #226 - Creditors

⭐Hit Parade Plus - The British Are Charting Edition

🎶 MUSIC 🎶

CREDITS: Burt Bacharach

AM In The A.M.: '70s Pop Morning

Classic Sunny Afternoon

Best Of '81 To '85 [Ratt]

Essential Glam Rock

Ratt radio

"Summertime Girls" [Y&T] radio

The Fixx radio

[popculturebuffet]

Jingle Belle: A Very Special Jingle Belle Special or A goofy holiday comic and a long tired rant about the animation industry

Ho ho ho and merry Christmas as we reach the final stretch of Christmas reviews and it’s all Christmas all the time for the rest of the week for obvious reasons. So we’re starting off by wrapping up Jingle Belle for the season with one more comission. While it’s from my usual client, It’s via patreon as for 5 bucks a month you can get a review a month of your choice. But since that hasn’t taken hold just yet, and won’t till next month, he asked to swap it for this month and here we are.  Not much to cover though this is the very comic where Jing hopped publishers from Oni Press to Dark Horse. The whys I genuinely do not know and at the time, I just know it’s weird to talk about Dark Horse these days. Their not dead nor entirely irrelvant, Resident Alien, which I really want to check out as it has a really engaging premise, is getting a tv show that I also want to check out as while i’m not sure if it’ll be good, it’s still Alan Tudyk playing an alien who can barely pass for human and it hilariously shows. Whenever that streams i’m not missing a second of that and we all know it. And Umbrella Academy, started during bigger days for the company, is one of netflix’s hottest shows and one of many shows on my to do list I haven’t gotten to because I procastinate like no one else and as taking an entire month to get to the newest loud house shows to the point another one popped up, it bites me in the ass a lot. Point is their not GONE in relevance.. but at the same time they’ve lost the huge tide of liscences they road in on. Except for the Joss Whedon stuff, Marvel’s pretty much taken EVERYTHING from them via various deals: Star Wars, Conan and now Alien. Their still standing and makes good art books and clearly given Resident Alien good content, they’ve lasted this long their not going anywhere, it’s just really weird to think about. I will however give them huge credit for giving out tons of comics in early quarantine, and being easily the most generous company next to marvel. I.e. one of the few that actually gave out full collections. 

But yeah at the time this was probably a safe move as Dark Horse had a love of one shots and likely a larger budget. Hence why from here on out the stories are in living color, and have a slightly diffrent art style to boot. Granted the character would shift artists but now it’s got a clear more cartoony art style I like a lot better courtsey of Jose Garabaldi. So yeah with christmas on our heels, let’s ring a ding jing, it’s A Very Special Jingle Belle Special. 

We won’t be covering the backup for this one though it is quite good, it’s just not what kev asked or paid for. 

We open on a parade!

While batman foils the joker’s poisioning scheme, Santa rides on a float proudly and   Jing is hanging out on the back grumpy. It’s a great introduction for new readers showing Santa being big and jolly and what you expect while Jing grumps in the back with a “Sheesh, Daddy”. That’s how you establish a character well in only a few panels. IT’s really great is what i’m saying. Some teens pop up but don’t belivie her about being Santa’s daughter and when going to a christmas shop to try and find figures of her, the owner claims he dosen’t.. and well violence insues. You’ve met jing right?  Anyways Jing is understandably a wee bit absolutely livid the world dosen’t know about her. Her parents sure but her? Nope. And it’s easy to see why: She’s the daughter of the world’s most famous man.. but despite all the holiday lore and junk she’s just the part he likes to hide from people.. or that’s how it feels. While he ducks it, she even gives him a nice save fatty it’s clear that even if she brought it up to rile him a bit.. she does feel on some level like he likes to tuck her away and hide her because he’s ashamed and because she’s not perfect. Granted she does act out and stuff, but she’s still his kid and i’ts still gotta sting. Though she has the perfect idea to fix this: A christmas special. Santa suggests just doing good deeds but Jing is right: her idea is better. Mostly because, as cyncial as this is.. more people are going to pay attention to a good holiday special than a celebrity’s kid doing charity and for far longer. A good christmas special just sticks in the brain and sticks with you forever. It’s why Santa Claus is Coming to Town and A Charlie Brown Christmas have lasted decades or why my list of best chirstmas specials is pretty weighty. They just stick with you so while this can’t possibly end well.. her plan is actually a really good one this time. 

So Jing takes her friends off the line to help her animate it, stop motion styles and they remind her of her LAST christmas special. 

I mean I’m a sucker for any refrence to Star Wars Holiday Special. You’d think after several decades of jokes at it’s expense, with tons of youtubers, many of whom are dead to me but that’s besides the point, tackling the thing without it getting stale, that we’d eventually grow tired of mocking it but .. no. It’s a bottomless well of what they were thinking. The only question left is why isn’t it on Disney Plus.. I mean.. you made a second one as an affectionate parody and in lego. Kids are going to know about this now. Just put the thing up. Even edited down or just some clips. You put Rise of Skywalker up there, you’ve proven your threshold for shame when it comes to this franchise is vast. Just person up and do it.  But Jing’s learned her lesson.. stop motion only and to follow the bouncing formula to sucess. So in the special which sadly isn’t all stop motion and is just drawn to resemble the specials, probably for the best but still, Jing and her animal pals are sneaking into a town where christmas was banned! Meeting the chirstmas legion of doom.. well okay that’s what i’m calling them. Burgermeister Budweiser! Bungle the Abominable Snow Monster! Frost Master and Heat BLister! The Frost Fakir.. wait the what?

........

I mean where do I even begin? I know this was during the war on terror, I know that.. but still I expect better from Paul Dini for a crosses the line twice joke than “hey let’s just make bin laden into an ice wizard!”. I mean South Park made fun of him too, but they went all out with a looney tunes homage. Put effort in. And even years after he died the lonely island did this beautiful thing in the film pop star: never stop stoppin, which you should watch seriously watch it it’s underated. 

Point is you can do better and if you don’t have room to do better then just.. don’t. You could’ve put in a t-rex in a top hat and monocle.  That would’ve genuinely been better... because it’s better than everything ever btu that’s besides the point. There’s also one last addition to the rogue’s gallery thank god. 

He hates her too. Now that gag is actually reallyf ucking funny. What’s also funny is how she solves things. By singing a nice and frinedly song about friendship to reform the villians.. or rather lure them over a bridge to get eaten by her orca friend. 

So Jing after showing it to her dad heads to market it with him trying to warn her netoworks haven’t aired this kind of thing in years. But she faces the greatest threat to all of television: network executives, who keep offering advices and basically change the thing all together for stupid reasons and think cartoons should only be for kids despite it wokring in the past. Aka the hells animators STILL go through. I think Paul was projecting just a wee bit with this one. Given again IT HASN’T CHANGED since then, I can’t blame him. Seriously Harvey Beaks was canceled, among MANY ohter nick shows including rise of the tmnt just because it wasn’t an instant hit, Cartoon Network and warner keep trying to make dumbed down remakes of great shows, and Disney, among other networks, is fairly homophobic and while finally allowing some gay on the network this year had to be fought and outright refused it on ducktales for no adquate reason, caring more about monney and the bible belt than doing the right thing. So yeah as you can tell this bit got to me a bit and was hard to read because it. hasn’t. changed. 16 years and not a lot has changed other than more women are getting a chance. And granted the “kids are our only audiencce argument” isn’t as strong and several shows are powered by other demographics it’s still an issue and still the reason several good shows have gotten the boot and why the jeph loeb era of marvel animation was terrible. Because guys like him thought it should JUST be for kids and the lowest common demoninator of htem. You can be clever and be for kids dammit. 

I apologize slightly for that it’s just something that’s been on my mind as shows dwindle and with ducktales gone the standard forbearaers for children’s animation are all pretty fresh faced. It’s just a lot to take in and i’ts been on my mind a lot. 

Back to the actual story the result is a pretty purtrid cutesy special.. Jing reacts how you’d expect, destroying the tapes covertly with a herd of musk ox and destroying the tape. But they find the 70′s special and we end on that which is pretty funny. The only thing I really don’t like here is the ending. The rest of this special is really good: it’s clever , has some good satire and some really funny jokes especially that hook one. The ending just feels a bit weak.. like yes Jing wanted to be noticed but it’s not really an unsympathetic motive and while she does some shady stuff the villians still basically win by airing her terrible holiday special all over again. It’s just not satisfying.  But yeah overall another pretty decent holiday comic with some good jokes. I”ll probably see Jing again next year, and it was fun getting to dip into these comics. THeir not my faviorites, but their still pretty decent and if the complete collection ends up on sale on comixology or you see it in a bookstore and you think it’d be up your ally i’d buy it. Again not my faviorite thing ever, but still enjoyable enough. Coming up this week of holiday cheer: ducks, more ducks, superheroes, and a best of list. 

Until next time: Courage. 

[angryscreaming-blog]

I dare you to do ALL of the music asks. Ly

,here goes an hour of my life spent on g o o d s h i t1. A Song you’re ashamed of liking-my guilty pleasure is e.t. by katy perry (it also works well with fandom ships!!)2. Favourite lyrics-go to 2:55 in helena and youll know both what they are and why they are3. Favourite band/artist-mainly mcr,but sytem of a down has DAMN GOOD songs4. Top 5 Favourite songs at this moment-b.y.o.b,i never told you what i do for a living,spiders,helena,and let me out5. Latest song that made you smile-not just for gays anymore by nph,GO LISTEN TO IT its funny af6. An overrated band,7. An overrated song-i cant really think of ones at the moment??? ill say it if i remember8. Latest song that made you cry-brother by gerard way never fails to do exactly that9. Artist/band that saved your life -mcr,especially with the light behind your eyes10. If you could see any band/artist live, who would it be-ah fuckk,,,if i say one then ill regret not saying anyone else,,but gorillaz is probably the one,like,,holograms?? hell yea11. What song/album/band/artist always brings back memories for you-twenty one pilots since my ex best friend used to love them so so much12. saddest song you know-.....brother by gerard way....13. Favourite song to sing in the shower-anything severely overdramatic or loud14. If you played an instrument in grade school, what was it-never played an instrument,but i love the guitar and the piano!!15. What song would you like to have your first dance to at your wedding -waltz no. 2 by shostakovich!!! 16. 5 Songs to have sex to-S K I P17. One band you’d have get back together/bring back from the dead-either queen or mcr,cant decide ://18. You’re forced to listen to only one album for the rest of your life, what album is it-three cheers for sweet revenge definitely,that album is my aesthetic19. A song that gets you through shit-the light behind... by mcr20. A song to shut everything out-chop suey! by soad21. A song that’s a joke between you and your friends -anything by severina,gucci gang,most mainstream stuff 22. A song to jam out to at 4am-wires by the neighbourhood has that kinda energy23. A song that punches you in the gut every single time-i said the name more times than acceptable in this ask24. A song that calms you down-another medium from the undertale ost25. A song that makes you feel alive -planetary (GO!) by mcr26. If you could get any lyrics tattooed, which would you choose-”and never again,and never again,they gave us two shots to the back of the head and were all dead now” has great potential27. What band/artist would you get your children addicted to at an early age -a lot of 70′s rock bands,emo bands and punk bands28. Can you play any instruments, if so, which -nope :(29. If you could be a member of any band for one show, who would it be-i imagine performing with gorillaz to be DOPE30. CDs or Vinyls -we own more vinyls than cds,so that31. 25 songs to play at your funeral -all of them are either helena or waterfall (toby fox)32. What are some song titles that you love-the longest mcr titles are the ones i love the most33. If your life ended today, what song would you choose to represent it-”ding dong the witch is dead” from the wizard of oz34. Can you give me a 10 song playlist on ____-on what anon? hahahhah i get to skip this one35. A heart wrenching song-idk man,i dont have feelings36. A band/artist you’re proud of-im proud of all of my children37. A song that has a lot of meaning to you-village by wrabel is GREAT and NEEDS MORE LOVE38. A song that reminds you of school-highway to hell for obvious reasons39. A song not sung in your native language-pffft everything i listen to isnt in my native language my man40. An instrumental song-anything and everything by toby fox41. A classical song-masquerade waltz because i already said waltz no.242. A song with no percussion-idk man??? i cant dig that deep into my brain43. Something you’ve heard performed live-n o t hi n gggg im broke44. Something you’d give ANYTHING to hear performed live-welcome to the black parade so i can cry even more45. A song from a band/artist that’s from your town/city/state/province -not from my city but terca na tišinu by silente>>>gonna do a second part,just a sec

[outromoony]

If you hate Lily Evans I don't trust you I'm sorry

[outromoony]

Bow down, for the divine has taken mortal form in Lily Evans

[outromoony]

If God is real, I'm already damned. He said 'no idol worship,' but every breath I take is a prayer to Lily Evans. I worship her completely, and I’d face hell without regret.

[outromoony]

I'm not a pick me, but Lily Evans can pick me anytime.