#e: 1x08

[northernexposuregifs]

I knew somethin' was up by the way they played Bridge.

[stolasbuckzo]

Before and after 🤭

1x04:

1x08:

[megaclubdiolis]

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[anemonica]

Momo watching: Tenebre e ossa 1x08

Nina e Matthias: unica gioia di questa serie.

Zoya rinsavisce e diventa buona.

Mal e Kirigan lottano nella faglia come due veri maschi alfa.

Alina si riprende grazie alla forza dell'amore e porta tutti in salvo. Io boh...

Matthias pensa di essere stato tradito da Nina. Questa è l'unica storyline che continua ad interessarmi.

"Ora che l'Oscuro è morto"... si, contaci.

Boh... posso dire che non capisco tutto l'entusiasmo che gira intorno a questa serie? Ne ho sentito parlare bene, ma onestamente la trovo molto approssimativa e banale. Proverò a guardare la seconda stagione, magari potrei ricredermi...

[emsprovisions]

I'm actually so proud of what I've achieved as a writer this year! I was looking at my writing stats on ao3 the other day and I pretty much doubled my word count from any other previous year. I also started off the year in a completely different fandom from Lone Star, and only started writing fics for LS in June. So posting nine fics in six months actually seems crazy to me. I have some ambitious (for me) plans for 2025 that I am so excited about! But for now...

I'm the life you chose, and all this terrible danger 2x08 coda // T // 2.6K // Summary: TK has head trauma, but checking on Carlos is still his top priority Read if you're in the mood for soft Tarlos communication after Bad Call, and enjoy fluff and hurt/comfort

sometimes I'd rather be dead, at least then I'm with you 3x08 coda // T // 2.6K // Summary: He feels like a coward for being scared of seeing Carlos’s face when he tells him what will surely break his heart. But he won’t keep this from him. “Carlos?” He whispers. Carlos presses a kiss to the nape of his neck and the dip of his shoulder, and TK’s eyelids drop at the contact. “I have to tell you something.” Read if you're in the mood for a bit of hurt/comfort, and TK dealing with his grief while also opening up to Carlos

Hold onto me T // 6.4K // Summary: Carlos was still on the call when TK got shot, and he's been worried and wondering about their relationship status ever since. Read if you're in the mood for missing moments spanning 1x08-1x10

your back beneath the sun, wishing I could write my name on it E // 11K // Summary: During their vacation in Galveston, TK gets a sunburn and Carlos, being the amazing husband that he is, takes care of him and shows him they can still have fun during their trip. Read if you like fluffy, smutty beach vacations for married Tarlos

Guilty Pleasures E // 6.8K // Summary: Carlos Reyes has a guilty pleasure...he enjoys reading romance novels. Part of the thrill is getting to find the trashiest books he can find just so he can read the bad euphemisms out loud to his husband. But he’s currently reading this series in particular that is causing him issues in the bedroom….. Read if you enjoy silly Tarlos shenanigans, things going wrong in the bedroom, and spicy smut

hang your head low in the glow of the vending machine T // 4.8K // Summary: An exploration of how food has guided TK and Carlos's relationship through the years and how they care for each other through food Read if you enjoy seeing how Tarlos's relationship has evolved around food throughout the years. Technically inspired by 5x01

the brink of a wrinkle in time 5x05 Coda // E // 2.8K // Summary: A 5x05 Coda where TK and Carlos celebrate the morning of their anniversary and continue a much-needed conversation Read if you were not satisfied by the resolution in 5x05 and wanted more communication between the boys

I wish I had a river (It's coming on Christmas) G // 3.8K // Summary: When TK needs to be rushed to the hospital on Christmas Eve for appendicitis, he's worried he's ruined Christmas. Carlos is there to reassure him. Read if you like mild TK whump with Carlos taking care of him, as well as Reyes family fun, and Christmassy vibes

24 Days of Tarlos G // 19.4K // Summary: Enjoy 24 drabbles featuring TK, Carlos, and other members of their family or the 126 in various different holiday or wintry scenarios! There are many aus and also canon-compliant stories in this collection, please check them out, there's a bit of everything!

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[pandagalo]

[PJO SERIES EPISODE 1x08 COMMENT]

What an amazing episode!!

Starting from the RECAP: Poseidon speech as we relive Percy's quest is amazing, not just a montage of what has happened, but actually video editing to tie all together!

Annabeth confused about Kronos, great continuity.

THEY ARE IN MONTAUK. Poseidon is right by his side in the exact place where he met Sally! I know it was for time and budget, but it's a change that I personally L O V E.

WAIT, YOU PUT PERCY'S TRAINING WITH LUKE THERE? AND YOU MIRROR THEM AS IF YOU PUT THE TWO SHOTS TOGETHER THEY ARE POINTING SWORDS AT EACH OTHER. WHAT?!

Fight with Ares check: Percy easily overpowered, he finally has confidence in his powers and distract Ares as he hurts him. Of course Ares thinks Percy is going for the head. Ares thinks everyone in battle wants to kill the other, Percy used his brain and went for the ankle.

GOLDEN ICORE.

ANNABETH'S NECKLACE.

Now to Zeus. That sequence is absolute PERFECTION. We saw kids acting most of the time, now we got two adults that just DELIVER with their perfomance. Zeus is scary, has authority, HE IS A GOD. Poseidon portrayal is such a loving father, such powerful emotions and acting. They killed the scene, I couldn't stop smiling from how good it was.

"DO YOU EVER DREAM ABOUT MOM?"

Now to the Luke scene. Percy figured it out, but this time it was too late. He was already alone with Luke in the forest and was recalling the prophecy. The scene is masterfully portrayed, Luke tries to recruit Percy, only for him to have developed trust in his father, which push him to try and change Luke's plans. But when he mention Hermes, the fight starts.

PERCY APOLOGIZES WHEN HE HURTS HIM. He wasn't being serious, he probably thought it was like sword practice, but this time he didn't have a wooden sword. It's only when Luke hurts him that he understands how grave is the situation.

AND ANNABETH SHOWS UP. Because she had the same thoughts as Percy. She emphasized that they needed CONCRETE PROOF. Something wasn't quite right. She actually followed them with the cap. And when Luke harmed Percy, she understood that they weren't getting their friend back. And Luke couldn't bear her seeing him like that, and he escaped.

MR. D WHAT A SWEETIE PIE YOU ARE.

Gabe wasn't portrayed as abusive and bad as the book, if it was Sally to petrify him it wouldn't have sound right. BUT TO POSEIDON TO DO IT? To send back the Medusa's head, knowing Gabe would have opened their mail? To Poseidon to actually save Sally? (Friendly prophecy reminder: "You will not save what matters the most" in the book is about Percy letting Sally use the Medusa's head on Gabe, it isn't Percy who saves his mother, but herself)

GROVER GOT HIS LICENSE. Well, it's not actually that they never checked the sea, it's just no one ever returned. But probably no one knows it.

In the end, loved the episode and the show. Episodes 7 & 8 REALLY sold it to me. In my opinion, it went from a 7 to an 8/8.5 just because of the last two episodes. I'm really excited about Sea of Monsters, I don't think they will have any problem with the green light for Season 2, as the show is a success and it deserves it.

[waltricia]

More Hawkins/Innovations Ball Observations 🔭🎈🧭

+ A Color Theory

I know I’ve already made several posts about this ball, but I have more observations, so I’m going to compile everything here. For the stuff I’ve already made detailed posts about, I’ll just give brief descriptions.

1. Yellow. There’s so much of it here, and in the episode as a whole. Ahead of the part 1 release, I had been thinking a lot about how the color red would be used to signify Colin’s growing love- and it is, particularly in 3x04 (I’ll come back to that)- but in this episode, yellow is used more so, which is even better because it signifies how much Pen, specifically, is haunting Colin (in the romantic way obviously lol). At Stowell House, earlier in the episode, the walls are a very obvious singular yellow tone, and Colin wears a yellow waistcoat. Here at the Innovations Ball, there are a ton of different shades of yellow on the walls, props/furnishings, costumes, and in the lighting.

Also note the blue elements.

AND green!

(I love Marcus repping all the Polin colors. That bodes well.)

So, yeah, lots of Polin-coding, but also, like I said, I have a particular theory about color, which I will return to at the end of this post.

2. Colin’s entrance into the ballroom mirrors the infamously unfortunate Beauty and the Beast scene from 2x04. Both scenes have our leads stopped on staircases in front of grandfather clocks (another surprisingly significant motif of the season). I love the comparison of her being lonely because she’s left alone by him in that moment- and by everyone else as usual- to now him being lonely, despite being surrounded by admirers, because he’s being left alone by the one person who truly knows him and would make that difference for him.

3. I think everyone already knows about this parallel by now, but I have to note it because it’s so in line with my other observations- when Colin says his “it is possible to do anything” line, that scene mirrors the “assuredly, fervently, loudly” scene from 1x08. Pen and Colin are both inspiring each other, encouraging each other to be honest about their feelings.

And I feel like that’s not the only moment where the scenes are mirrored. In 1x08, when Colin sees Pen, the crowd parts so he has (and we have) the full view of her, and he makes his way over to her from the center of the floor to the edge. In 3x03, after Colin almost reveals his feelings (similar to how Pen almost revealed her feelings in 1x08), Pen leaves him at the edge of the floor to go to the center with Debling. And the crowd, which had been parted- giving us a view of Colin behind Pen- now rushes in to block that view.

4. Double meanings. They’re everywhere.

a) Again, the “it is possible to do anything” line. He’s delivering it to the admiring debutantes, but we know he’s really speaking to Pen. He’s really talking to her about his feelings for her. Of course, Pen thinks he’s talking to her about Debling. The hits just keep on coming for Colin in this episode.

b) In another interesting turn of events, considering she’s Whistledown and so much of what she’s said and done in the past seasons has been layered with hidden meanings, Pen goes and speaks the plain singular truth about herself and her intentions to Debling (obviously barring the fact that she’s Whistledown). Of course this is very in line with one of her main journeys for the season, which is to accept and reveal herself.

c) Colin attempts to hide the true meaning of his words to Violet when he asks her about love and friendship. Of course, he’s just so god damn transparent, bless his heart. And Violet, very sweetly, goes along with it.

And btw, after she leaves Colin to let him go approach Pen, she watches them the whole time. 💜

d) Unserious but relevant:

Not only are they literally and metaphorically sick, this pregnancy subplot also fits with the whole theme of nature.

e) The Whistledown narration. As per usual, it applies to multiple characters and their storylines. I’m obsessed with how it’s so intentionally layered onto the shots. The sequence is so incredible and so involved. I’m linking the post I made about it here in case anyone hasn’t seen it yet and is curious about what I mean.

5. I could be totally off about this one, but it looks to me like Miss Malhotra’s hair clip is designed like a compass. If it is, that would make sense because it would be on theme for the ball. But what I particularly love about the idea is that it’s also relevant to Polin. Hardcore Polin fans like to say that Pen is Colin’s compass.

6. At the end of this episode, as Colin has officially fallen in love with Pen, we see the beginning of the next episode’s theme color, red.

Which brings me to my final observation, my color theory.

I’ve said this before and I will continue to say it every time I have an insane prediction or theory: I am probably very wrong. But I’ll say it anyway…

It seems to me that each episode has a different signature color. I think 3x02 is green because Pen and Colin are starting to grow and bloom.

3x03 is yellow because, again, Pen is haunting Colin.

3x04 is red because they’re lovesick for each other.

And 3x01 is everything. It’s an explosion of color.

I think that, in many ways, 3x01 is meant to be a preview of the upcoming episodes, highlighting all of the colors. I mean, wouldn’t the presence of a “Four Seasons” ball indicate that everything is there? Everything that you would see in a year? (Or a full season of Bridgerton?) I think it probably tells us which colors will define the part 2 episodes as well, but I won’t venture to guess.

In speaking about Colin’s garden party waistcoat, the associate costume designer, Dougie Hawkes, said that it has hints about future episodes.

I have to wonder if this color thing has something to do with that. I’m also pretty sure that all of the other waistcoats Colin wears in 3x01 are ones he wears again more obviously in the other part 1 episodes. This seems to indicate, for one thing, that the garden party waistcoat is indeed special, but also that there is so much hiding in plain sight in episode 1 that will come back throughout the season. In other words, there’s probably a lot of stuff in part 2 that’s already been hinted at in 3x01…

But I dunno, I’m probably wrong about this.

Anyway, that’s all for now! ✌️

[classic-maya]

When do you think Brian fell in love with Justin?

Omg, a QaF fan??? In my DMs??? It’s more likely than you think. Ok I have many a thought and I’m going to work backwards. It might be controversial b/c I think it happened early on in season 1 because…

By 1x10 Brian is so whipped he drives all night to New York to find Justin and even though he is beyond pissed the second Justin gives him puppy dog eyes Brian is falling over himself to get inside him.

Look at Justin’s smug little face! He knows that he has Brian wrapped around his little finger. He starts stripping and Brian doesn’t do anything but Justin is so confident he teases him and asks if he needs help taking his clothes off. Justin is the king.

Before that in 1x08 after Craig beats Brian up outside of Babylon and gives Justin the ultimatum to go home now or never again; Brian storms off yelling an emphatic “fuck!” He thought Justin would go home and in that moment he was mourning the relationship. I think Brian was already in love. It hurt him to see Justin being asked to choose between his family and Brian but really between his true self and being accepted by his family. Brian knows this pain and it’s why he had not yet come out by this point in the show and it tears him up to see Justin go through that.

Two episodes before, 1x06, we see Brian looking at Justin’s drawing while someone under the covers is giving him head. This scene is the first time we see Brian have sex with someone else while actively imagining they are Justin instead. Also he goes to the art show at the center in this ep and he would not have done that just for Lindsay. He is there for Justin and he is sooo in love.

In 1x05 Brian kicks a trick out because the guy was rude to Justin. At this point Justin is already much more meaningful to him than a one night stand. After this Brian tells Justin not to rely on anyone else and the only person you can trust is yourself. I think this scene is so telling because ostensibly Brian is talking to Justin but really he is desperately trying to remind himself of this belief. He is already in love but he is also afraid of what that means.

I think Brian fell in love as early as 1x03 when Justin had the gall to steal two tricks from him. It was a like-recognizes-like moment. Brian for the very first time respected Justin and saw him as more than just some kid. In a scene at Woody’s in this ep Brian defends Justin to Michael and says “Leave him alone…he’s actually kind of sweet.” Justin’s move at the end of the ep was far from sweet and it not only turned Brian on, it had him head over heels. The way he smiles while kissing him on the dancefloor that night and holds him up in his arms like a trophy. I’m certain Brian took him home and couldn’t keep his hands off him the rest of the night.

For the rest of the season we see the tension between Brian’s love for Justin and Brian’s love for his lifestyle. Falling in love with someone is entirely discordant with Brian’s idea of himself and as we know he feels he can’t be trusted to love someone and have them love him in turn. He is terrified of that vulnerability and he doesn’t want to be hurt especially by someone he has allowed to get this close to him.

This follows them until season 5 when Brian finally allows himself to tell Justin that he loves him. He says it’s because of the bomb, but Brian already had to consider losing Justin once before, and instead of telling Justin that he loved him after the bashing he instead pretends that he didn’t even show up to the hospital despite visiting him every day and watching him sleep. Brian loved Justin from the beginning but he had so much work to do healing from his childhood and the walls he built up before he could even consider letting himself be vulnerable enough to admit it to Justin.

Finally, I just want to say that Justin is god’s strongest soldier. Was he perfect? No. Did he leave Brian and misunderstand him a few times? Yes. But jesus Brian did not make it easy on him. It takes a lot to love someone unconditionally even when they refuse to tell you what you both know is true.

Ok, stepping off my soapbox.

[themculibrary]

Fics With Peggy Carter Masterlist 2

part one

Agents Carter (ao3) - justanotherStonyfan steve/bucky/peggy M, 7k

Summary: When he comes to her, he’s kneeling. Hands behind his head, eyes down, he’s kneeling in the middle of her office floor and there she is, gun in hand, pointing a weapon at something that looks a lot like someone she used to know.

“You have five seconds,” she says, “and then I’ll be required to redecorate.”

A Minor Distraction (ao3) - orphan_account peggy/natasha E, 3k

Summary: Rumors about an organization experimenting with the super soldier serum bring Peggy Carter to Russia, where she meets a young factory worker named Natalia.

A Refrain of Disjointed Time (ao3) - sonatine peggy/jack, steve/bucky T, 11k

Summary: The SSR agents encounter the Winter Soldier in the early days of his deployment. Forty years later, at a benefit in New York City, Peggy Carter and Jack Thompson are visited by this ghost from the past — although this time, they can see his face.

A Woman’s Touch (ao3) - all_soul peggy/angie T, 59k

Summary: It’s been a week since Peggy saved New York from Dr. Fenhoff, and Dottie is loose in the big city. Regardless of Interim-Chief Jack keeping her off the Underwood case, her fraying relationship with Daniel, and the tightrope that she walks at home with Angie, she’ll find her. Peggy Carter always gets her girl.

Black Water Rising (ao3) - Sholio T, 29k

Summary: An apparently abandoned Hydra facility turns into a deathtrap for Peggy and the SSR team. Set after 1x08.

come home yesterday (ao3) - customrolex bucky/peggy/steve G, 369k

Summary: ‘You’re gonna be just fine,’ Steve said, close enough that Bucky could feel his breath. 'Maybe I’ll try to enlist again, join you—’

'Don’t kid about that,’ Bucky said, even tho he knew Steve wasn’t really. He’d tried to enlist once before Bucky had been drafted, and a few times after that. 'Don’t do anything stupid until I get back.’

'You’re taking all the stupid with you,’ Steve grumbled. He straightened Bucky’s tie, and kissed him once again. Bucky tried to memorize how it felt; it was over too quickly.

Endings and Beginnings (ao3) - truth_renowned peggy/daniel M, 56k

Summary: Two cups of angst, a few tablespoons of smut and a heaping helping of mytharc. Post Hollywood Ending. Originally posted as a one-shot but it wouldn’t leave me alone until it became a search for Jack’s shooter. Alternates between Peggy’s and Daniel’s points of view.

fill out the form first (ao3) - flowermasters peggy/steve G, 3k

Summary: Peggy and Steve meet in the most mundane of ways. That is, of course, before the bank heist.

Flowers (ao3) - includewomeninthesequel steve/peggy E, 91k

Summary: She was light, warmth, and life.

She was everything he wasn’t, and everything that he didn’t know he wanted - needed - until this moment.

A Steggy love story inspired by the myth of Hades and Persephone, with more than one twist along the way.

International Incident (ao3) - linascribbles steve/peggy E, 112k

Summary: Peggy Carter rose through the diplomatic ranks in the midst of the Incident and in her short career already stablished herself as a skilled and well-connected negotiator. Stationed in the Washington DC embassy, she’s right on the front lines of the fallout of Project Insight. Governments get purged, new and unexpected doors open, and Peggy Carter is nothing if not resourceful.

As she gets plunged into a world of spies, mad scientists and superheroes, familiar faces start to pop up. Particularly one pesky Captain America, who seems to have no idea what international law entails and considers country borders mere suggestions.

Legacy (ao3) - Pegsccarter steve/peggy T, 41k

Summary: "You won’t be alone.” Little did Peggy Carter know, those words to Steve would apply to her after Steve’s supposed death.

Lovers in War (ao3) - Shatterpath steve/peggy M, 13k

Summary: There is so much more to the tale of Peggy and Steve; their tale of love and war, of laughter and loss, of pleasure and pain. The more I watched their movie, the more I saw. That seeing became this.

We pick up with our heroes on the night after Steve has returned to camp with the liberated POWs. Hold on tight!

Peggy Carter: Code Name Polaris (ao3) - flyingfoxtopus E, 11k

Summary: Steve ‘Captain America’ Rogers had a job. Stop Hydra and the rest of the Nazi’s taking over the world. It was a hard job. Which was why it wasn’t Steve’s job to deal with the home front fallout of his plans. It was Peggy’s. And she was very good at her job. At least she had been up until now. This time Steve might be asking for more than even she could manage.

Steve wanted ‘Polaris’. The only problem was ‘Polaris’ wasn’t technically cleared to go to the front.

Peggy had questioned the code name when Steve had first given it to her. At the time it had felt more like a pet name than a proper call sign. It still felt like a pet name sometimes, even now that it was clear she really was guiding the Howling Commandos through everything.

There’s no denying, at least in Peggy’s mind, that she could help the boys out of whatever mess they’ve gotten themselves into. If Command will just let her… Or if it comes right down to it, if she manages to sneak out to them without official help.

Peggy Carter is a Howling Commando (ao3) - The_Marauders_Daughter steve/peggy M, 19k

Summary: It’s 1944, and Hydra is giving the SSR a very hard time. Sometimes Captain America isn’t enough for a mission. Sometimes what the mission needs is Peggy Carter.

Preserved (ao3) - Domenika Marzione (domarzione) steve/peggy N/R, 72k

Summary: After the rescue of the 107th, Steve Rogers cashes in all of his favors and makes what deals he can to get Bucky a medical discharge from the Army, sending him home to Brooklyn and far from enemies and curious scientists both. But Steve’s war goes on until it ends badly, in an exploding plane over the Black Sea. Captain America is presumed dead, his shield recovered and returned to a grieving America while his body remains undiscovered.

Seven years later, a new danger is threatening to unbalance the already-roiling Cold War: a Soviet assassin let loose from behind the Iron Curtain. Peggy Carter isn’t sure she wants to believe that the assassin is a super-soldier because of what it could mean, but she does know that whoever it is, she’ll have to break her promise to keep Bucky Barnes far from danger.

Question and Answer (ao3) - keysburg peggy/daniel T, 35k

Summary: Returning to reality after their Hollywood Ending, Daniel and Peggy have their hands full with Hugh Jones and the M. Carter file. If that wasn’t enough to hinder a fledgling romance, there’s still an office to lead–and a mole inside it. At a specialized training camp, Daniel searches for the traitor. Meanwhile, he learns more than he expected about all his agents, including Peggy.

The Lady is a Tramp (ao3) - maggiemerc peggy/angie M, 21k

Summary: Angie’s got suspicions on what Peggy does for a living and she’s determined to protect her at all costs…to other people. It’s not like she’s crazy and about to risk her life for a dame that’s more hot and cold than the plumbing on the third floor of the Griffith Hotel.

The Woman with the Shield & The Man with the Plan (ao3) - CaptainJimothyCarter steve/peggy G, 11k

Summary: “You followed us,” Steve observed instead of answering her question. He held his bruised hand out to her, slender with long artist fingers. “Steve. Steve Rogers, ma’am.”

There was that smile again, softer this time as she shook his hand in a firm grip. “Agent Peggy Carter, and yes, I did follow you.“

tony and peggy’s big day out! (ao3) - orphan_account G, 6k

Summary:

She presses on the communication device in her ear. “Mister Jarvis, do tell me you’re nearby.”

His answer is immediate. “I am but four blocks away, Missus Carter. What is it you need? A coffee, perhaps?”

“Oh, nothing of the sort,” she says, panting slightly with her rush. The screams of civilians ache in her ears, set her stomach rolling. She tries to find breath, force it into her lungs. Someone slams into her shoulder and she stumbles. Tony grips her hand doubly hard. She grabs him in a smooth motion, an arm beneath his bottom and a hand on his back, and his arms go around her neck impulsively, his nose pressing into the side of her throat. “Perhaps a pickup, if you’re not too busy?”

“Why, never for you,” Jarvis says. “What’s happened this time?”

“Just a bombing,” says Peggy.

“At three in the afternoon?” says Jarvis. “Frankly, how rude.”

Truth, Justice, and the Cheating Cheater Way (ao3) - owlet peggy/steve T, 4k

Summary: Don’t play cards with Captain America. Just don’t. Especially if you’ve pissed him off recently.

[sunnydaleherald]

The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Wednesday, October 2

Happy Buffy Resurrection Day to all who celebrate!

Cut to Buffy's grave. Zoom in on the ground, which is already churned up from the motorcycles riding over it. Suddenly a hand bursts out from below, then another hand, then Buffy's head and shoulders. She gasps for air, pulls herself up onto the grass, lies there panting. She looks around at the dark forest, very fearfully. Buffy slowly gets to her feet, turns and stares at the headstone with her name on it. She frowns in confusion, then her eyes widen in shock as she gets it.

~~The Bargaining~~

[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

BtVS Triple Drabble: Angry And Hurt by badly_knitted (Willow, Buffy, PG)

Chaperones by apachefirecat (Buffy/Spike, PG)

Crouching on the Knife Handle by vampbrat (Darla/The Master, E)

You’re the Beach, I’m the Wave by Hecate (Buffy/Faith, G)

it's chemistry (but not ours) by ripslayer (Willow, Root, Person of Interest xover, T)

the perils of locker room showers by TechnicolorRevel (Willow/Faith, E)

(not) good enough by howtowords (Darla/Drusilla, G)

They'd done well, all things considered. Joan had managed to stay upright and stern-looking ... by hiddenbysuccubi (Buffy/Spike, unrated)

Chaperones by Apache Firecat (Buffy/Spike, PG)

[Chaptered Fiction]

Green Shards Underfoot - ch. 1-5 by acs (Dawn, multi xover, T)

After Midnight - ch. 1 by JennaRiley (Angel, Cordelia, Gunn, others, T)

Painting Flowers - ch. 1 by crowncitydreams (Buffy/Angel, Willow/Oz, T)

Unholy Matrimony - ch. 9 by CheekyKitten (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

The Degradation of Duality [Series Part 2] - ch. 54 by Ragini (Buffy/Spike, NC-17)

As the World Falls Down - ch. 1-39 by lovetvfan (Buffy, Highlander xover, FR21) COMPLETE!

Breaking the Code - ch. 4 by Buffyworldbuilder (Dawn, Buffy, Illyria, FR7)

Exorcise - ch. 1 by Desicat (Buffy/Spike, PG)

A Sword in the Man - ch. 8 by Desicat (Buffy/Spike, PG-13)

Dear Journal - ch. 9 by Desicat (Buffy/Spike, R) COMPLETE!

[Images, Audio & Video]

Icons: 🎨 Icon Pack #13 - Sunstroke (9 icons) by veronyxk84 (Buffy, worksafe)

Artwork: more cangel memes bc i enjoy the power being able to draw gives me by artsying-ifer (Angel, Cordelia, worksafe)

Artwork: Cringetober day 2: tsundere by nivvledoodles (Spike, worksafe)

Artwork and fic rec: “Four hundred and seventy-six days.” Buffy said quietly. by flyora (Buffy/Spike, worksafe)

Artwork and fic rec: "You got a little fight in you, watcher," she purred. by flyora (Buffy/Spike, worksafe)

Moodboard: A dragon!Giles/Buffy moodboard for one of my Kinktober fics. by unendingwanderlust (worksafe)

Moodboard: “I’m the thing that monsters have nightmares about.”  Buffy Summers by ourworldofwonders (worksafe)

Moodboard: bi they/them nb trans girl buffy summers by courtillyy (worksafe)

Moodboard: bi demisexual buffy summers by courtillyy (worksafe)

Edit: [For a while, it was love, wasn't it?] —sue zhao by dogmetaphors (Buffy/Spike, worksafe)

Gifset: btvs 3x20 / ats 1x08 by ptieuca (Buffy/Angel, worksafe)

Gifset: ATS 1.22 | BTVS 3.18 by coffygifs (Cordelia, Buffy, worksafe)

Gifset: BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER (1997 - 2003) ⏤ 1.01, 2.09, 2.14, 3.08 by andremichaux (Buffy, Cordelia, Oz, Jenny, Spike, worksafe)

Fanvid: spike’s inner monologue be like by slugessence (Buffy/Spike, worksafe)

Fanvid: Spike and Buffy || Hunter by Angel (Buffy/Spike)

[Reviews & Recaps]

Season 6 hits too close to home by enrichyournerdpower

Update on this post [first time watcher] by Specialist-Orchid-80

season 7 of buffy is so perfectly set up to investigate the true nature of evil by pinesorneedles

angel the series is the funniest tv show on earth actually. i'm only on episode 7... by notdamien

PODCAST: Episode 76: Expecting (w/ Katie Kaisershot) by Gym Was Cancelled: A Buffy Podcast

[Recs & In Search Of]

[Bangel gifset] iwry2023 most fluffy fic: blush by aboutafox recced by iwillrememberyoumarathon

[Community Announcements]

Big congratulations to MamaBewear on getting BINGO!! by Fanged Four Family Bingo 2024

Updated commission info! [Spuffy] by lilibethdrawsreylo

[Fandom Discussions]

I was always frustrated by how Willow's relationship with magic was addressed in seasons 6 and 7. [commentary in the tags] by thequeenofsastiel

btvs characters and whether or not they ... [NSFW topic] by lesbianmarrow

I cannot believe Buffy was going to kill Faith to feed her to Angel. by lajeunefilleenfeu

I've been doing a year of refusing to chalk anything in BTVS as bad writing or fan service. [Xander, Riley, and Faith thoughts] by desicat-writer

[parallels with Agatha All Along and Tara in the Family episode] by a-couple-of-notes

Meme: [btvs characters plus things i found on my internet travels] by hal-1500

POLL: Best BTVS Season 1 Episode? by gh-0-stcup

POLL: Have you seen Faith's six episodes on Angel the series (aka ATS)? by elizadushkudaily

POLL: AO3 Femslash Top 100: Semi-Finals [Buffy/Faith vs Harley Quinn couple] by ao3femslashtop100-tournament

What If: Olivia wasn't around? by nightshade and many others

Free streaming (for Aussies) [and in USA] by November and famicommander

Discussion of 4.04 "Fear, Itself" updated by November

Discussion of 4.03 "The Harsh Light of Day" updated by November

Discussion of 4.01 "The Freshman" updated by November

First watch - some thoughts by Unlucky-Morning5474

If they did a revival, would they change anything? by NobodySpecialSCL

How would you portray Xander? [in a reboot] by Personal_Reward_60

I just realised something about Xander by BasementCatBill

Sarah and Joss [writing and acting and talent and professionalism] by Moon_Logic

How do you explain Angel's personality in season 1? by spectacleskeptic

How would Angel (Buffy/Angel) react to meeting Booth (Bones)? by Edkm90p

Gingerbread is scary to me by kai-enby

Unpopular opinion? [Fred on ATS] by BloatMyG0at

Do you think Eve was human? by DevilManRay

Fred feels like an Angel version of Willow from Buffy... by BabyBlueN7

Vampires degrees of bad by debujandobirds

Volviendo a ver la serie. 7° temporada. [Spike] by OneTap4588

[Articles, Interviews, and Other News]

VIDEO: movies should be scary, skincare shouldn't be. [skincare video with SMG] by Philosophy

PODCAST: Bonus Episode - Buffy Cast's Ultimate Survivor Island Showdown! by The Sunnydale Diaries

PUBLICATION: 8 Things I Learned Watching Buffy The Vampire Slayer For The First Time In 2024 by ScreenRant

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Talk to Ed. He's a native. He's got a great sense of direction.

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Trip Tucker Whump | Star Trek Enterprise

o7

SEASON 1 1x01-1x02 Broken Bow Pt. 1 & 2 - Hits the ceiling, bug jumpscare, knocked down, aggravated 1x04 Strange New World - Bug jumpscare, panic, hallucinating, aggravated, paranoid, infected, standoff, freaking out, stunned unconscious, 1x05 Unexpected - Coughing, high, overstimulated/confused, pregnant!, paranoid, stressed, crying 1x07 The Andorian Incident - Held hostage, held at fazerpoint, punched, very bruised 1x08 Breaking the Ice - Guilt 1x12 Silent Enemy - Sad, exhausted 1x13 Dear Doctor - Crying (watching a movie) 1x15 Shadows of P'Jem - Tackled, chokehold, kidnapped, restrained 1x16 Shuttlepod One - Stranded, denial/aggrevated, freezing, drunk, unconscious 1x17 Fusion - Talks about childhood/regret 1x19 Acquisition - Whipped multiple times, pain, wrestling 1x20 Oasis - Outnumbered/led into a trap 1x22 Vox Sola - Dragged, captured, restrained, panic, squeezed, pain, weak, slowly passing out, unconscious 1x24 Desert Crossing - Knocked down multiple times, bruised ribs, exhausted, collapses, delerious, heat exhaustion, respectfully threatened, weak, heat stroke, exhausted, coughing, knocked down 1x25 Two Days and Two Nights - Led into a trap, thrown to the ground, robbed, stunned unconscious, hangover, restrained 1x26 Shockwave - Shuttle caught in explosion, visible head trauma, unconscious, concussion, angry

SEASON 2 2x01 Shockwave Pt. 2 - Held at fazerpoint 2x04 Dead Stop - Reprimanded, thinks friend is dead 2x08 The Communicator - Forcefully knocked down, wind knocked out of him, arm MIA 2x09 Singularity - Unconscious, infected, obsessive, increasingly agitated 2x10 Vanishing Point - Guilt 2x11 Precious Cargo - Knocked unconscious, hit, crash landing, stranded, scratched, aggravated, thrown against a rock, suffocated 2x12 The Catwalk - Exposed to radiation 2x13 Dawn - Shuttle attacked, crash landing, stranded with an enemy, bruised, multiple altercations, knocked down multiple times, shot unconscious, restrained, kicked multiple times, sliced, bleeding, tackled, choked, blinded, punched multiple times, very bruised face, exhausted 2x14 Stigma - Rizzed up the Docs wife, guilt, uncomfy 2x16 Future Tense - Knocked down, unconscious 2x17 Canamar - Presumed dead, captured, bruised, electrocuted, annoyed, shot unconscious 2x18 The Crossing - Possessed multiple times, body held hostage, headbutted, bleeding, choking on CO2, weak, passes out 2x21 The Breach - Hanging, scrapes/bruises from the slide 2x22 Cogenitor - Reprimanded, insane guilt 2x25 Bounty - Shot unconscious 2x26 The Expanse - Sister dies, all the stages grief

SEASON THREE 3x01 The Xindi - Nightmare 3x02 Anomaly - Insomnia, burned wrist, pain 3x04 Rajiin - Tired, hit on the head, bleeding 3x07 The Shipment - Panic from bomb timer 3x08 Twilight - Dies 3x10 Similitude - Dies, caught in explosion, head trauma, comatose, cloned (o7), emotional goodbyes 3x13 Proving Ground - Talks about Sister 3x14 Strategem - Falls to the ground 3x15 Harbinger - Knocked unconscious, emotional pain 3x16 Doctors Orders - An angry hallucination 3x17 Hatchery - Part of a mutiny, "nerve damage," pushed, 3x18 Azati Prime - Worried x2, chaos in the engine room 3x19 Damage - Forced on, choked, shocked/knocked down 3x20 The Forgotten - Exhausted, nightmare, guilt, angry, grieving, meltdown/cries 3x21 E Squared - Worried, shot unconscious 3x22 The Council - Pulled a muscle 3x24 Zero Hour - Decaying, friend dies, in shock

SEASON FOUR 4x01 Storm Front Pt. 1 - Shot unconscious, captured, 4x02 Storm Front Pt. 2 - POW, badly bruised, weak, body slammed, duplicated: stunned unconscious, restrained 4x03 Home - Heartbroken 4x06 The Augments - Still heartbroken 4x10 Daedalus - Nervous 4x11 Observer Effect - Virus, coughing fit, collapse, pain, manhandled, exhausted, sedated, possessed, weak, dying, shallow breathing, dies 4x12 Babel One - Thrown, stranded 4x13 United - Thrown multiple times, exposed to large amounts of radiation, passes out, weak, jumps out of ship 4x14 The Aenar - Talks about near death experience, worried, guilt, heartbroken 4x15 Affliction - Transferring, daydreaming 4x16 Divergence - Insanely dangerous external ship transfer during warp 4x17 Bound - Agitated, punched multiple times, bruised 4x18 In a Mirror, Darkly Pt. 1 - Alternate reality; radiated scarred face, agitated, imprisoned, interrogated, electrocuted multiple times, mind melded 4x19 In a Mirror, Darkly Pt. 2 - Intimidated 4x20 Demons - Troubled, captured 4x21 Terra Prime - Betrayed, kicked multiple times, thrown, imprisoned, shot, weak, unconscious, protected, sling, sobbing 4x22 These Are The Voyages - Sacrifices himself, explosion, serious burns, difficulty breathing, fucking dies

[megaclubdiolis]

「光る君へ」 · 第八回 「招かれざる者」 ​​​

[foibles-fables]

Fic Stats Meme

Rules: Give us the links to your fics with the:

most hits

second most kudos

third most comments

fourth most bookmarks

fifth most words

fic with the least amount of words.

thanks to the lovely @fogsblue for the tag! I'm gonna my AO3 works page, not my stats page, for ease here!

Most Hits:

Because the Light Is Close (Warrior Nun, Ava/Beatrice, M)

“She’s breathing.” Beatrice’s fingers twitch against Ava’s neck, near where her head is cradled in her lap. “Her pulse is fast. But she’s alive. Beyond that, I can’t tell.” An emergence, an escape, a twenty-four hour van ride, an abundance of beds (but no lack of sharing despite it), and any number of feelings clamoring through. [Immediately post-season 1, in five parts.]

Second Most Kudos:

and my hands dripped with myrrh (Warrior Nun, Ava/Beatrice, E)

In which Ava finds herself in a strange place, with a strange opportunity to explore this new chance with her body.

Third Most Comments: (doing fourth because it's the same as above hehe)

disconnect me from my skin (Warrior Nun, Ava/Beatrice, T)

There was no way for Sister Beatrice to know how these touches would form a pattern. (Or, the several times Beatrice and Ava touched before that first successful attempt at a twenty-foot phase. Through 1x08.)

Fourth Most Bookmarks: (doing third because it's the same as above. lmao.

too flawed to hold you down (Warrior Nun, Ava/Beatrice, T)

“It’s not like you to walk off from training, Bea.” Sister Beatrice comes to see just how blurred the line between burden and lightness is.

Fifth Most Words:

rest like you belong here. (Horizon, Aloy/Talanah, T)

And though another wave of this pain sends Aloy nearly buckling, the fact that she can feel it now means she can unravel it. Decide what she needs to do. With another shuddering breath, Aloy takes appraisal.   For all the victory, she sure took a beating.

Battered and bloodied after the skirmish with Dervahl, Aloy finds herself in an unfamiliar position: out of supplies and needing to reach out for help. [a missing scene, in two parts]

Least Amount of Words:

genuflection (Warrior Nun, Ava/Beatrice, M)

Love can be benediction found spirit-on-spirit, skin-on-skin. Carnality is profound and fervent prayer.

In supplication, Beatrice kneels.

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boy, 2020 Avatrice really won it here, huh?

no-pressure tags: @mehoymalloy @tjerra14 @melikochan @chloefraazers and anyone else who'd like to participate!

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d e n i m

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Episode 1x08: The Green, Green Glow of Home

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Jess Watches // Sat 23 Sept & Sun 24 Sept Synopses & Favourite Scenes

Deadloch 1x02 Episode 2

Eddie is vocally displeased about following Dulcie's theory about the murders. D takes matters into her own hands while E's behaviour grows more erratic.

The frequent use of the words "lesbian" and "cunt" often at hilariously inappropriate times. For example: D questioning a suspect and mid-interview getting called "lesbian" for no apparent reason; and E saying she would "cunt-punch" D so hard she could "second as a hand puppet." lmao

Killjoys (rewatching with friend) 1x08 Come the Rain

Westerly is put under lockdown when a wave of Black Rain hits. Pree's bar is held hostage and Johnny tries to keep everyone alive. On the ship, Dutch and D'avin work through a team-building exercise set up by Johnny.

My fav was the last scene of Dutch & Johnny in bed, him reading her his comic, which was super adorable. He even did voices too.🥰 In contrast, my friends fav scene was Johnny using the bolt gun to shoot the hostage takers.

Supernatural Academy (with friend) 1x10 Sins of the Father Part B

The school is on lockdown and the barrier has been reinforced, so the girls decide to hide in the bell tower above Kristov's study, where the protection spells are strongest.

Jae apologizing to Jessa for not bringing cake to their hideout. which I would really appreciate because I am Jessa in this situation lol. Always thinking about cake!

Elemental (with sister & her bf)

In a city where fire, water, land, and air residents live together, a fiery young woman and a go-with-the-flow guy discover something elemental: how much they actually have in common.

So bright and colourful. An animated romcom with some solid laughs and suprisingly deep tbh. The part about the city centre not being accessible for everyone is something I very much relate to. An easy Sunday afternoon watch.

Rugby World Cup 2023 (with sister's bf)

South Africa (2) v Ireland (1)

My sister's bf is South African and he was so excited but very nervous. He could not sit still and was very animated throughout. The lad was stressed! My dad kept cheering any time things went Ireland's way which didn't help. 😂

Wales (7) v Australia (9)

The work rate of Wales was immense. And with so many unforced errors from Australia the final score was inevitable. Also, my sister's bf was much more relaxed lol. "Poor Australia"