#farmer bertie

[for-valour]

Bertie and a friend ☺️

c. 1942

[reasonsforhope]

"Inspired by an innovative Chilean forest restoration effort, the English town of Lewes is enlisting the help of dog walkers to rewild a local nature reserve.

Heavily degraded by foot traffic, the project co-opts dogs’ tendency to run about in the woods to spread wildflower seed from saddlebags strapped to a harness around the dog’s abdomen.

The idea mimics the function that wolves once played in that part of England, roaming over vast distances getting grass and flower seeds stuck in their coat, only to fall off and germinate somewhere else.

This helter-skelter seed-spreading is actually how many plants evolved to reproduce, and it’s key to maintaining a biodiverse and native ecosystem.

“We’re really interested in rewilding processes, but they often involve reintroducing big herbivores like bison or wild horses,” said manager Dylan Walker from the Railway Land Wildlife Trust who organized the project back in 2019.

“In a smaller urban nature reserve it’s really hard to do those things. So, to replicate the effect that those animals have on the ecosystem we aimed to utilize the vast number of dog walkers that are visiting the nature reserve daily.”

The saddlebags are filled with a variety of perennial plant seeds mixed together with sand. This allows the seed to be spread for longer across larger distances, while also providing a helpful tracking sign to inform the Trust’s employees where dogs are walking.

THE REWILDING MOVEMENT IN ENGLAND…

Salmon Return to the Heart of UK for First Time in 100 Years After Dam Removal: ‘It’s very rewarding’

‘Give Nature Space and it Will Come Back’: Rewilding Returns Endangered Species to UK Coast

Farmer Combats Flooding by Returning Creeks to Nature: ‘Wildlife That Has Come is Phenomenal’

Finally Rid of Invasive Shrubs, Scientists Use Lichen to Regrow the Celtic Rainforest in Loch Lomond, Scotland

2 Beavers Named Hazel and Chompy Reintroduced to English County–the First Ones to Live Here in 400 Years

“I signed up because it sounded like such a good fit. I was asked to place a harness on my chocolate cocker spaniel called Bertie and he ran around spreading seeds like wolves used to do many years ago,” Cressida Murray, a dog walker who regularly uses the nature reserve, told The Guardian. 

Wolves were persecuted to extinction in England as early as the reign of Henry VII, who reigned during the latter third of the 15th century.

“A community-based project like this not only helps engage and teach people about the ecological impacts of wildlife but also allows us to make our wildlife and environments richer in the process,” said Walker."

-via Good News Network, July 30, 2024

[esperfruit]

More short TTTE Human AU refs

Victor de Cèspedes

Age: 42

Height: 183 cm

Victor is a mechanic and engineer from Cuba. He came to Sodor after he was recruited by Sir Topham Hatt, who heard about his famous skills after the company Victor worked for went bankrupt. He had a lot of trouble shortly after his arrival because he couldn't speak English at first. The first English word he learned was "red" when he chose his new uniform. His primary job is the repairs of machines, there is almost nothing he can't fix.

Despite being busy and strict, he has a charming and accomodating personality and wants to create a good work atmosphere for everyone. He earned many sympathy points with people after he told off Spencer and embarassed him. In an accident, he feel down a cliff but miraculously survived. After he went missing for a while, he cleared up the misunderstanding that Luke might have killed him. Victor has a clumsy assistant named Kevin, who tests his patience on a daily basis but Victor knows he's a good guy.

Charlie Wardle

Age: 20

Height: 177 cm

A young man from the city, who just entered the work life. Before that, Charlie was partying all the time and was very popular. He has an easy-going and fun-loving personality and loves making others laugh. Unfortunately he has the bad habits of being careless, easily distracted and often doesn't treat things serious enough. The younger ones like Thomas, Percy, Rebecca and Paxton see in him a good friend and fun to hang out with while on the other hand most older adults like Gordon, Henry and Cranky find him, annoying, unfunny and view him as a general nuiscence.

After Charlie got into a lot of trouble due to his carelessness, Edward took him in as his apprentice because he saw how Charlie felt genuine regret for what he did. Charlie feels a lot of gratitude towards him and started endearlingly calling him "Eddie".

Trevor Foster

Age: 63

Height: 171 cm

The principal of the school Thomas, Percy, Rosie and Philip attend. He his very good-hearted and likes children, he wants nothing but the best for them. Trevor is usually polite and peaceful but he will take any measures to make sure everyone, who hurts a child will be punished.

Outside of school, he helps out at the local church by taking care of its orchard. He owns a steam tractor in which he often gives rides with. Trevor is also good friends with Terence and Bertie. The three organized a big party once to earn enough money so children could go to the beach during summer vacation. He also became a close friend of Edward after the latter brought him to the hospital when he collaped once. Even since then Trevor looks after Thomas in school for Edward.

Terence Crawler

Age: 33

Height: 190 cm

A local farmer, who owns a caterpiller tractor. He usually uses it for ploughing but on request he can fulfill other jobs. Similar to Bertie with his bus, Terence has a strong atattchment to his tractor as he was willing to do anything to save it from falling into a lake when ice under it cracked. He is assertive, helpful and always eager to do a job. He has the saying: "You have to be sensible if you want to stay safe." and he easily forgives other for getting cheeky with him. Despite being very friendly and good-natured, a few people such as James find him quite unsetteling because he always has"that smile"...

Kenji Shima

Age: 17

Height: 169 cm

A high school student from Japan, who took in an internship with an inventor during summer vacation. He accompanied his superior to a science fair on Sodor and was helping out with presentations. When members of a smuggling ring failed to steal secret and valuable blueprints, they held Kenji hostage to get away but he was saved by Sonny, who betrayed the ring.

Kenji is from a family of scientists and his parents have high expectations for him to become their sucessor but there is one severe problem: Kenji struggles with technology. Regardless, he studies hard to learn and adapt skills and knowledge. Kenji is determined, organized and clever but also a bit anxious as he hates being alone and he fears dissapointing his family if he doesn't become scenentist like them.

[be-gay-find-cryptids]

(Part 1) Underrated Recommendations for Film & TV

1. Wolfwalkers (Film, 2020)

Wolfwalkers follows the story of Robyn Goodfellowe, a young apprentice hunter who arrives in Ireland with her father during a time of superstition and magic to wipe out the last wolf pack. While exploring the forbidden lands outside the city walls, Robyn befriends a free-spirited girl, Mebh, a member of a mysterious tribe rumored to have the ability to turn into wolves by night. As they search for Mebh's missing mother, Robyn uncovers a secret that draws her further into the enchanted world of the Wolfwalkers and risks turning into the very thing her father is tasked to destroy.

2. Reservation Dogs (TV, 2021)

Reservation Dogs follows the exploits of four Indigenous teenagers in rural Oklahoma who steal, rob, and save in order to get to the exotic, mysterious, and faraway land of California. To succeed, they will have to save enough money, outmaneuver the methheads at the junkyard on the edge of town, and survive a turf war against a much tougher rival gang.

3. The Breadwinner (Film, 2017)

Parvana is an 11-year-old girl who lives under Taliban rule in Afghanistan in 2001. After the wrongful arrest of her father, Parvana cuts off her hair and dresses like a boy to support her family. Working alongside a friend, she soon discovers a new world of freedom and danger. Drawing strength from the fantastical stories she invents, Parvana embarks on an epic quest to find her father and reunite her family.

4. Carol & the End of the World (TV, 2023)

With a mysterious planet hurtling towards Earth, extinction is imminent for the people of the world. While most feel liberated to pursue their wildest dreams, one quiet and awkward woman, Carol, stands alone—lost among the hedonistic masses.

5. Infinity Train (TV, 2019)

The series is set on a gigantic, mysterious and seemingly endless train traveling through a barren landscape, whose cars contain a variety of bizarre, fantastical, and impossible environments. Passengers on the train proceed from car to car by completing challenges which help them resolve their psychological trauma and emotional issues. Every season of Infinity Train (referred to as a "Book", each with its own separate subtitle) follows its own storyline and set of characters, although some characters appear across multiple seasons.

6. Moral Orel (TV, 2005)

The series follows the titular Orel Puppington, a young, happy-go-lucky and naïve Protestant who showcases his commitment to God, while dealing with the cynicism of his abusive and alcoholic father, his lethargic mother, and the devoutly Protestant town of Moralton in which he resides.

7. Bee and PuppyCat (TV, 2013)

The series revolves around Bee, an unemployed woman in her early twenties, who encounters a mysterious creature named PuppyCat. She adopts this apparent cat-dog hybrid, and together, they go on a series of temporary jobs to pay off her monthly rent. These bizarre jobs take the duo across strange worlds out in space.

8. Tuca & Bertie (TV, 2019)

This animated comedy series explores the friendship between two 30-year-old bird women who live in the same apartment building. The buddy comedy features cocky, carefree toucan Tuca and anxious, daydreaming songbird Bertie as they live their lives in the metropolis of Bird Town.

9. Wander Over Yonder (TV, 2013)

The series follows Wander, a nomadic, helpful, and overly-optimistic intergalactic traveler and his best friend and steed, Sylvia the Zbornak, as they travel from planet to planet helping people to have fun, play, and live free, despite the continuing encroachment of Lord Hater, one of the most powerful villains in the galaxy, and his army of Watchdogs.

10. The Midnight Gospel (TV, 2020)

The Midnight Gospel revolves around a spacecaster named Clancy Gilroy, who lives on the Chromatic Ribbon, a membranous, tape-like planet situated in the middle of a colorful void where simulation farmers use powerful bio-organic computers to simulate a variety of universes from which they harvest natural resources and new technology. Each episode revolves around Clancy's travels through planets within the simulator, with the beings inhabiting these worlds as the guests he interviews for his spacecast. These interviews are based on actual interviews, with real audio sampled from Trussell's podcast, The Duncan Trussell Family Hour.

[astralbulldragon13]

Where Were You She Needed You

A scream rung through the air, along with the shriek or a horse. Farmer Woodrow Bailer ran from the corn field to see a chestnut stallion bucking wildly in wheat field. He knew that damned horse, it belonged to the next farm over. The damned thing had been breaking into their property. His thoughts about having words with his neighbor where, however, interrupted when he saw a small, crumpled figure on the ground while some of the hands were running around, trying to rope the wild horse and get him away from…

“Amber!” Woodrow dropped his sickle and ran to his daughter. The stud was bucking and kicking, too close to his child. He ran and scooped up his daughter into his arms and got out of the way of the horse.

“Amber, Amber?” His dirty, gloved hand cupped her cheek, and tilted her face to him, to see her face bleeding. “Divines above…”

"Pa...Papa?"

The voice, that whimper, Bailer's heart clenched as he held her close. “It’s alright, Amber-Lily. It’s going to be alright.”

He charged to the house, practically breaking down the door. “Heidi!”

The housekeeper, a neighbor’s sixteen year old daughter, veered around the corner, her eyes widening in shock! “Amber! Mr. Woodrow, what happened?!”

“Neighbor’s horse kicked her in the head,” he growled. “Go to the barn, saddle up Arrow and get the healer from town.”

Heidi ran out the door, leaving Woodrow alone as he pressed clean clothes against his daughter’s face as some of the farm hands came in to help him take care of her, cleaning the wound and bandaging it. Some started making some food, others tried to make Amber feel better, so she wouldn’t focus on the pain.

He felt… less frightened as he made sure the horse was tied to a post in the barn. Woodrow swore to himself, that he would beat this neighbor to a pulp for letting his stud get loose. And another thought crossed his mind… where was his wife? Amber had asked for her Mama as she fought back tears, and it felt like someone clenched a fist around his heart to hear his little girl ask for a woman who was never home.

It took an hour for Heidi to return with the healer, and thankfully Amber didn’t have to lose her eye. However, she would be partially blind in that eye, and he had to stitch the cuts on her face to heal. Heidi wept as she cradled Amber in her arms, stroking her tangled black hair, hair like his own.

“Amber, what were you doing by that stud?” Bertie, one of the hands asked. “You’re usually in the woods this time of day, why were you in the field?”

The ten-year-old sniffled as she played with her hands. “I… I saw him in the field when I was gonna go out looking for mushrooms.”

“Why didn’t you get one of us?” Arch, a seasonal work questioned softly as he sliced a loaf of bread to pair with the stew they made

Amber looked at her knees. “I… I wanted to get it myself. I’d caught Arrow before by myself, so I thought… I thought I could take him back to the neighbor’s house. I… I wanted to prove I could help.”

Woodrow felt a burn in the back of his throat. As he placed a hand on top of her head, gently rubbing her hair. “Amber, you don’t have to prove you can help us, you already do. If something like this happens again, come get us. Please?”

He made sure Amber was fed, and Heidi made sure she was bathed, and dressed in a comfortable night shirt. They brought her sleeping pallet out to the living room, making a little nest for her so she was comfortable. Later in the afternoon, while the healer prepared medicine, he and the hands took the horse back to the neighbor, blood in their eyes as they told him what happened to Little Amber, a girl all the boys were fond of, and that there would be more words in the morning.

The sun was nearly set, when Collie returned to the house. Heidi was asleep on the daybed instead of returning home to her family, a quarter mile down the road, and the hands returned to the bunkhouse. Woodrow was sitting on a chair, watching his daughter breathe, his fingers twitching as he whittled a piece of wood. He didn’t even lift his head as his wife entered the house.

“Amber got hurt,” he stated simply, his deep voice booming through the room, but not waking the sleeping girls.

“And you’re surprised by that?” Collie scoffed. “The wild little beast comes home with scrapes and scratches all the time, how is this any different?”

Woodrow’s fingers tightened around the handle of the blade, and he looked up at her, his hazel eyes blazing in the light of the fire. “It wasn’t just a scratch, or scrape this time, Collie. The neighbor’s stud got in the wheat field, and our daughter wanted to try and catch him herself so she could be helpful, and the damned thing kicked her in the face.”

Collie had the decency to look frightened at this news, glancing at the sleeping bundle in her nest by the fireplace.

“The healer said she was lucky, cracked some of the bones in her face, and she’s partially blinded in her left eye. And as Heidi was getting help, and the boys and I were trying to stop the bleeding, what was she doing? Asking for her Ma. She wanted her Mama, wanted her Mama to hold her and keep her safe. So, this will be the last time I will ever ask you this question in our life, Collie. Where were you when she needed you?”

[notanartist143]

Jooster AU idea where Berties wealth comes from farming stuffs and Aunt A. sends him to care for some land after getting sick of no good man-about-town Bertie and bc Bertie's got relatively no clue how to do things (he forgor/is lazy) he hires Jeeves to help (Jeeves being a rancher/farmer/gardener/valet/multitalented king he is)

[drballinator]

My list of ttte characters that are SO GAY

Edward

Henry

Bear

James

Arthur

Emily

Caitlin

Douglas

Rosie

Bertie

Farmer mccoll

That’s everyone I could think of rn ^_^

[deepdeanvsweston]

Ok so presumably (???) Fallingford was near a village that it was 'in charge of' for lack of a better phrase, and all the farmers and shopkeepers would come to Lord Hastings about queries etc etc.

Daisy and Bertie would have been raised on little English village traditions like the Maypole and May Queen (Daisy had to have been it at least once) and mayday and corn dollies and gone to village fetes and all sorts

Anyway Bertie knows how to Morris dance

(and also Daisy but back then Morris sides didn't really allow women, though they are cases of them)

[rygoespop]

Thomas and Friends: Legends of Sodor (Story 52): Ffarquhar Heat Wave

Narrator: Ffarquhar Heat Wave

Scene opens with Thomas and Emily puffing on the Ffarquhar Branchline with their respective coaches

Narrator: Thomas’s Branchline is one of the important lines on the Island of Sodor, engines like Thomas, Emily, Percy, Toby, Rosie, Stanley, Mavis, and Sidney all work hard

Scene cuts a line to Farmer McColl’s farm, as the rails are getting bent

Narrator: But one summer day, there was a hazard, the rails on Thomas’s Branchline were starting to bend and buckle

Percy, pulling 4 trucks of Milk Churns, puffs onto the buckled tracks

Percy: Oh! This is bumpy, that milk will turn into butter!

Scene transitions to the next day, as the heat wave continues, at Tidmouth Sheds, where the Ffarquhar Engines (Thomas, Percy, Emily, Rosie, and Stanley in the berths, and Toby, Mavis, and Sidney on the siding) are at

Narrator: One day, Sir Topham Hatt came to see them

STH: The heat wave are making the rails on the Ffarquhar Branchline buckle and bend, so I want you all to be very careful and puff safely

Sidney: You can count on us sir

Rosie: We’ll be careful

Scene transitions to Stanley, pulling 3 Cattle Cars, and Mavis, pulling 5 Stone Cars, onto the Buckled Tracks as they travel safely

Narrator: Soon, it was becoming difficult

Stanley: Oh my!

Mavis: My! This is bumpy enough to make the stones fall!

Scene transitions to Toby puffing down the line to Farmer McColl’s farm, pulling Henrietta, as they came onto the Buckled Rails

Toby: Oh my!

Henrietta: Gracious Toby! This is bumpy!

Toby: I know Henrietta

Scene transitions to Thomas and Emily at Knapford, collecting their passengers

Narrator: Later, Thomas and Emily collect their passengers

Annie: Now remember Thomas and Emily

Clarabel: Puff carefully

Emily: We got it Annie and Clarabel

Thomas: Leave it us

The guard waved his flag and blew his whistle, thus Thomas and Emily set off

Narrator: Soon, Thomas and Emily head off with their passengers

Scene transitions to Thomas and Emily puffing through the countryside to Elsebridge

Narrator: Soon, Thomas and Emily were on their way to Elsebridge

Scene shows a track being bent, the same track that Thomas came off the rails

Narrator: Soon came trouble, the track that was repaired was bended

Scene shows Thomas and Emily heading down the same line

Thomas: *sees the bended track* Cinders and ashes, stop!

Thomas’s driver applied the brakes, but it was too late, Thomas came off the rails as steam wheezed

Thomas’s Driver: Well that’s done it, we can’t get any further today!

Emily: But what about our jobs?

Thomas’s Driver: Well don’t worry, they’ll be looked after

Scene transitions to the Ffarquhar Gang (Thomas, Percy, Toby, Emily, Rosie, Stanley, Mavis, and Sidney) all at Knapford Yards, shunting cars

Narrator: While workmen are repairing the line, Thomas and the other Ffarquhar Engines had to shunt freight cars in the yards

Bertie came up to see Thomas and Emily

Bertie: Hello Thomas and Emily, I understand you and the others need my help

Rosie: *shunts 3 Tar Tankers* How Bertie?

Terence: *arrives* Leave it to us Rosie!

Soon, the other Ffarquhar Road Vehicles (Bulgy, Caroline, Elizabeth, and George) arrived , and so did the Horrid Lorries

Lorry 1: We’ll look after your jobs with Passengers, Farm, and the Quarry

Percy: But what about the Mail?

Harold: Leave it to me! *hovers in*

Percy: Harold!

Bertie: Don’t worry, we’ll get your jobs done!

Scene transitions to all the Ffarquhar Non Rail Vehicles (Bertie, Bulgy, Caroline, Elizabeth, Terence, Harold, George, and Horrid Lorries) all collecting Passengers, delivering the Mail, evenly Farm Deliveries and delivering Stone

Narrator: Soon, Bertie and the others began to take Passengers, Mail, Farm Deliveries, and Stone to their destinations

Scene transitions back to Knapford Yards, as the Ffarquhar Eight were feeling Miserable

Thomas: We lost our Passengers, Mail, Farm Deliveries, and Stone to Bertie and the others

Emily: I hope they’ll do a fine job

Scene transitions to Sir Topham Hatt, as he arrived to see them

Narrator: Later, Sir Topham Hatt arrived

STH: The Branchline is repaired, I’m going to leave the time tables unchanged, although I might finally found a use for one of the Horrid Lorries

Toby: Really?

STH: Yes! I decided to have Lorry 3 help with you, Mavis, and Sidney Toby! As for Lorry 2, he’ll help with the Farm Deliveries

Rosie: Oh perfect!

Stanley; But, what about Lorry 1?

STH: Oh, I’ll find something for him

Scene transitions to Thomas and Emily arriving at Elsebridge

Narrator: The next day, Thomas and Emily arrived at Elsebridge, they see Bertie

Thomas: Hey Bertie! Thank you for looking after our jobs!

Emily: Your a good friend!

Bertie: Oh thank you Thomas and Emily, but I’m glad me and the others get to help out with you, and always will be

Steam clouds rolled in

Story End

[number1spongebobfan]

Non Rail Vehicle Headcanons Part 2

Bulstrode

He's a boat-man. He spends time underwater often, so he wears scuba-diving gear.

He's brutish and unhappy.

He got his comeuppance being used as a playground for children. One time SpongeBob and Patrick came to play on him and he was utterly humiliated xD

Duck doesn't like him at all. He finds him to be unwestern, villainous, and unruly.

He's a humpback whale with mechanical boat parts in his animal form.

He met the Star Fleet from Tugs before and is familiar with them.

Trevor!

He works on the farm. He is allowed to try his farmer's produce and other goods. A good taste tester!

He loves children. He cannot stand child abuse. He's a heavy machine and if anyone lays their hands on a kid, they'll have to go through him!

Bill and Ben make fun of his hair because it looks like a pumpkin.

He is a frog with traction wheels on his legs in his animal form.

He is sweet, tough, and amiable.

He likes to eat pumpkins and is always excited to pick them up for Halloween.

Bulgy

So you know how Mickey Mouse is rivals with Peg Leg Pete? Bulgy is Pete and Bertie is Mickey Mouse.

He is really annoying.

He is rabidly anti-rail and protested for the railroads to shut down. He's an analogy for people on the far ends of the political spectrum.

Shire horse (like Gordon) with double decker bus wheels on his legs in his animal form.

He turned into a chicken coop. The chickens pecked and layed eggs on him :)

He eats too much hamburgers.

Terence

He wears a cowboy hat. He also knows how to lasso!

He keeps his teeth pearly white using a special brand of toothpaste.

He calls his rollerskates, "caterpillars". He loves caterpillars because they are very cute and they turn into butterflies.

He knows how to square dance.

He's a pony with tractor wheels on his legs in his animal form.

His favorite song is, "Old MacDonald had a farm".

He has a straightforward and logical personality.

Elizabeth

She's stuffy and self-righteous.

This is due to her being locked in a shed for a long time. She lacked her social skills.

However, she is sweet and adorable once you get to know her!

She likes to play with balloons and knows how to make them.

She's a golden retriever with lorry wheels on her legs in her animal form.

She likes to blow bubbles.

She uses a strong, cherry scent of perfume.

Madge

She is modest. She wears a Catholic veil on her head to preserve her modesty.

She is Luke's mother figure. She comforts him when he is sad and plays with him.

She visits the Skarloey Railway.

She's a fox with lorry wheels on her legs in her animal form.

She has chronic pain. Duncan is her masseur. He pounds on her back like a madman but for some reason it helps. XD

She has a beautiful singing voice. Birds and butterflies come and settle around her because of how good her voice is.

She likes to have picnics.

[sweetfirebird]

Multifandom fic recs!

I mentioned doing a fic recs list the other day, and since I couldn't work on my needlepoint for a while (in which I feel like Mr. Thorton's mother doing her linen embroidering in North & South), I actually did one.

This is a multifandom recs list because it was more fun to just skim through various fandom bookmarks than to do a concentrated list for one show or whatever. Also.. some of these are for fandoms I read in and some are just fics I stumbled across one day, so they could be representative of their fandoms or not I have no idea. {insert shrug emoji here}

These are also all m/m and I think.... fairly cis? I did consider doing some f/f and trans and Rules 63 stuff but uh my bookmarks are a mess. The only fandom where I set aside some genderfuckery aside in any sort of organized fashion is Les Mis with Rule 63 stuff which maybe should get its own post. ? If people wanted?

Anyway, read the tags for each story, etc

Recs across the starboard bow, captain!

Star Wars Rogue One

waaay before the movie. I've recced this before. Chirrut/Baze

A Monk in Good Standing (Must Be in Need of a Bro)

The Eagle

Marcus/Esca

What Big Hands You Have

modern au, Esca is a size queen

From the Depths of His Heart

Canon-era werewolf AU

Póga

Canon-era  Esca teaches Marcus to kiss slow

Devotee

Canon-era gay farmers with some yearning

The Losers

Jensen/Cougar

The First Eight Don't Count

Jensen is a cat sometimes. Like a house cat. Yeah it’s weird for him too.

By Daybreak We'll Be Gone

werewolf AU (sensing a recurring trope here lol)

Inception

(Obv Arthur/Eames.)

Breaking and Entering

Jeeves and Wooster

Misplaced

Bertie has lost something

Voltron (the… whatever the new cartoon’s subtitle was. Legendary Defender?)

(I know that fandom is a hotbed of strife) but I am not/was not involved in any of that. Yikes.)

the electric synthesized pop ballad of why keith can’t have nice things

a/b/o au... but like... he just wants to be good

The Vorkosigan Saga

This is Ivan/Byerly because that is the only ship that matters

Twenty-Year Man

Ivan's getting older and having some realizations despite himself. Also... side note but... carefully and cynically yearning Byerly is a delight.

Original, historical

Darling and the Cinderella Club

Teen Wolf --HOWEVER! These are all Teen Wolf/SGA fusion

Why? Because the space marine vibes are impeccable

All Sterek

Show You What All That Howl is For

The Ring of the Ancestors is Not a Euphemism

Faint is a Medical Term

What We Do in the Shadows

Something Here Will Eventually Have to Explode

Guillermo/Nandor

Venom

Venom/Eddie, obviously

Heartthrob

Good Omens

Good Old-fashioned Lover Boy

Get Religion Quick (cause you're looking divine)

The Hobbit

all Bilbo/Thorin

Rations

pre-adventure sexual tension

The Subways of Men

modern au, but still with hobbits and dwarves

okay and then because idk I just love them finding each other after things

Plant Your Trees

It's Been a Long Day Without You, My Friend

(slight au)

And then one just to be sad

Hold Onto Hope If You've Got It

Les Mis

Enjolras/Grantaire because I am basic aw yeah

The Laurels of Doing is Enough

modern AU

True Love's Kiss

modern AU but with magic

Adequate

The first in a small Star Trek AU series that is cute

A Reversal of Celestial Mechanics

Canon-era, Enjolras takes Grantaire up on his offers… offers Grantaire didn’t realize he was making lol

There is one where Grantaire is fucking Courf while they both discuss/hint at his feelings for Enjolras but I cannot begin to express the chaos of my bookmarks so.... couldn't find it.

And finally...

Check, Please

Dex/Nursey

Bless This Mess and Call It a Home

Magic AU

The Most Room in Our Hearts

Dex sees Nursey holding some kids and gets Feelings about it

(there is a small nurseydex commentfic with sort of a similar bent but like so many things, it was posted to tumblr then deleted so is now lost forever.)

ok this one is uhhh read the notes and tags. It is known to me and @vashti-lives as the one we don’t talk about  aka the 1950s coal miners AU

Strange Lovers

And to finish up, a Ransom/Holster kink/getting together fic that was actually the first thing I read for this fandom.

When You Got Skin in the Game (you stay in the game)

I will post this to pillowfort too but I need to stop and eat first.

[outsidertrolls]

bertie my friend bertie what is your IDEAL date

>You find Bertie in his kitchen, wearing a Kiss The Cook apron and very carefully making macarons. He is delicate about it for a 7 foot tall hunk.

"IDEAL date? Hmm. It's probably cheating to say any date with Basil, isn't it?"

>He finishes assembling his sheet of cookies for baking and slides it into the oven.

"Well, I'd start at the farmer's market. Maybe during one of those little events they throw, pick up some stuff we can't usually get. Have a nice walk around. Then we go back hive and cook dinner together. Spend the rest of the night doing whatever they want."

[sadbookworm]

I want some good Stewards and Land Agents

I am reading some 19th century Irish and Anglo-Irish literature and the steward or land agent being villain keeps popping up. The past few years I’ve been reading historical romance novels, which have an overpopulation of taller than average dukes and earls and the only time an agent is mentioned is when they’ve been swindling the main character’s father. I have watched Downton Abbey minimum 3 times and I like Tom Branson. However, Robert makes Tom the agent as a way to give him a job that is a step up from being a servant and keep Sybie around. So I’ve found one story where the agent a sympathetic character, but the set up for him and Sybil is “daughter of a lord and a servant,” not agent or steward as a MC. I also like Bertie Pelham for Edith on a character level, but the drama of their story steps up when he becomes a lord, not on living as an agent and a magazine owner.

I think it extremely unlikely that I’ll encounter any 19th century literature that focuses on the life of a land agent or steward, though it would be interesting to see.

In historical romance, we see lords and ladies paired, we see lords and servants paired, the very occasional young lady with stable boy / footman, fortune hunters and wealthy widows, occasionally a crime lord and lady etc. And as I said, lots and lots of dukes. But there is more to 18th and 19th century British society than servants and aristocrats, and I would like to see some middlemen in the mix. How about an ethical steward desperately trying to protect the farmers from his lord’s greedy rent raising? Maybe the lord’s family stays in their country house, and the young lordlings cause trouble. Maybe the lord and the big family isn’t one to cause trouble but are nosy and the agent just wants to spend time with the local doctor?

I see a lot of potential stories that could be dramatic and romantic without necessarily having one half of the couple being presented at court or being ridiculously rich.

Any recommendations for me? Or should I just start writing what I want to read?

[kingcrane8]

Bertie (T&F) as Farmer John (Shun The Sheep)

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Anthony's Stupid Daily Blog (541): Sat 9th Sep 2023

The whole city stank of shit today. This is because the fucking farmers chose today to start spreading all the manure over their fields despite it being one of the hottest days of the year. Even though I pledged not to post any of the jokes / observations I write as part of my “Don’t Break The Chain” challenge I’ve realized that there are going to be some days where fuck all happens to me and I’m forced to rely on the mad bollocks I’ve written in order to fill up a blog. Well today is one of those days. Horse shit smells unpleasant at the best of times but MELTING SHIT is a whole other story. The smell was the kind of thing you would expect a fly’s apartment to smell like after he returned from a hard days work and wanted to relax by lighting up some candles that would help the fly relax by filling the room with a soothing turd aroma. There must be a joke candle you can buy for someone you don’t like and tell them that it’ll will be a nice chocolatey flavour but when they light it up it actually smells like shit. Imagine if you had one of those candles in the house and you were planning on giving it to someone as a prank but then there was a power cut and you needed to light the candles so that you wouldn’t be spending the rest of the day in total darkness. What is really love to see would be a range of Bertie Bots Every Flavour Candles. Some nights your house will smell like lavender, some nights like sticky toffee pudding others like horse shit.

[twins2994]

Marlins Rally Late To Beat Twins.

Twins 2 Marlins 5 W-Floro (1-0) L-Jax (0-1) SV-Puk (2)

The Twins were finally handed their first loss of the season behind a Sandy Alcantara shutout. The team looked for the series win in the finale in Miami today. The Marlins got the scoring starting in the first inning. Jorge Soler crushed a Pablo Lopez fastball out to left for a solo blast. Meanwhile, Pablo Lopez and Jesus Luzardo duked it out in a pitcher’s duel. The Twins finally figured out Luzardo in the seventh with a Ryan Jeffers one-out double to right. Trevor Larnach delivered a big two-out single to left, which plated Jeffers and tied the game at one. The Marlins offense woke up in the eighth with a Jean Segura infield single and a Jon Berti single to right. With two outs, Bryan De La Cruz delivered a run-scoring single to center to put Miami on top. Jorge Soler followed and crushed a Caleb Thielbar slider out to deep left field for a three-run home run. This put the Marlins up 5-1 after eight innings of play. The Twins would have one rally left in them in the ninth as Kyle Farmer lined a one-out single to right and Ryan Jeffers walked. A wild pitch from AJ Puk plated a run and the Twins were within three. Trevor Larnach was called out on strikes on a questionable pitch to end the game. The Marlins took two of three games from the Twins this week in Miami. 

-Final Thoughts- Pablo Lopez looked good against his former team. He threw seven innings and allowed a run on three hits with eight strikeouts and a walk. Griffin Jax gave up two runs of 1/3 of an inning and Caleb Thielbar gave up two more in 2/3 of an inning. The Twins scattered six hits today and hit 2-for-7 with runners in scoring position. They left six men on base. The Twins couldn’t hit in the final two games of this series and it costed them. They have pitched well enough to win all six games. The Twins will return home and have an off day tomorrow. Jose Urquidy faces Sonny Gray in the home opener on Friday afternoon from Target Field. 

-Chris Kreibich-