#go read the fic y'all!! <3

[sparrowmoth]

➵ Fic edit for Musée des Beaux Arts by @oneofthewednesdays

“About suffering they were never wrong, the old Masters: how well they understood its human position.” —W.H. Auden Six portraits of life and death in Ketterdam featuring the interwoven stories of Wylan Van Eck and Kaz Brekker.

My edit. Please do not repost without permission. Credit: "Trouble" by Ron Hicks, “Léonore 4” by Marta Bevacqua (edited), "Anguish" by August Friedrich Schenk (edited), Unsplash, Pixabay, several paintings named in chapter titles above.

[killjoy-prince]

House M.D. but it's when House says Wilson's name

[stevebabey]

oh hey gay people in my phone.....

introducing steddie bb project 025 !

what's this.... gasp ! all my quietness and lack of posting hasn't been for naught!? why yes i actually have been quietly ticking away on project 025 for @steddiebang2024

i'm very excited to be able to share a glimpse of it here with you all <3 i'm also so v chuffed to be working with @callunavulgari and to have @roomwithanopenfire helping make this the best possible version it can be <3 i hope to share a little more soon......

[crescentfool]

somehow i never drew the big cat from persona 3??? so here is ryoji and the big cat. as a treat.

[prince-liest]

Oh, fuck on a stick, I had about 30 seconds during which I thought I might be capable of reading other people's Hazbin fic, and so I sorted the radiostatic tag by kudos, and that's how I found out that tWO OF MY 666 FICS are on the ship's front page?!

Me: Oh, this fandom is so active even in my own little corner of it! How nice it is, that so many people take the time to leave comments!

"My own little corner": [located in the cross-section of a six-lane interstate, fucking apparently, and yet here I am wondering where all the traffic is coming from!]

[waitineedaname]

who are some of your favorite fanfic authors?

oh god this is such a hard question bc I'm really bad at keeping track of fics I like. I really should use the bookmarks function, but I do not <3

of the fic writers I can actually remember, I've got a couple from various fandoms I've been in the past few years! for hlvrai, it's absolutely @localdisasterisk. their narrative voice is so distinct and yet matches each character they write so perfectly, and I adore their dialogue. Scorched Grounds is to this day one of the funniest fics I've ever read. even if you know nothing about hlvrai, you should read this fic because it is hysterical. also risk has done the impossible, which is to incorporate ocs into fanfiction in a way that not only makes me care about them, but also makes me cry about them. what the fuck.

in the mp100 fandom, @scribefindegil definitely takes the cake. I'm realizing this is revealing what I really look for in a good fanfiction, but just like what I said for risk, scribe's narrative voice is fantastic and matches the pov characters spectacularly well. also scribe's handle on the themes™ and tone and tension?? chef's kiss. The Brassica Heresy is a masterpiece of vegetable based horror, but I'm especially partial to In Case Of Emergency because I love the ensemble cast and I really like the non-espers having to solve a psychic problem

also I haven't been able to keep up with most of the fics bc they've been coming out at a dizzying rate, but @thatneoncrisis deserves a shoutout for doing truly insane shit in the locked tomb fandom. no one is doing it like quinn. it's amazing. go read We Have Always Lived in the Apartment, it is truly something special

[oceanic-sunsets]

I love as much as everyone the portrayals of the party quickly accepting Will and Mike being in a relationship, or even guessing something was going on, but have you considered the potential of other portrayals? and just to be clear, no, i'm not talking about homophobia. i 100% believe no one would be, as the homophobes in ST have always been the bad guys.

I'm talking about stuff like the initial shock and having to process it. because yeah, if you think about it, it makes sense. But they had never, not even once considered it. It would be like "how did we miss the clues? it was right in front of our eyes, everything makes so much sense now".

Or them being a little awkward, not bc it's two guys, but because it's Will and Mike and they were initially a party of four. They've known each other for a long time, so when two of your childhood best friends become a couple, dynamics are bound to change. We see this trope all the time in media about straight group friends!

Or Mike and Will being reluctant to act like a couple in front of them, even after telling them, because they don't want to 'make them uncomfortable'. So they act just like friends and Lucas and Dustin find that even weirder than if they just behaved like any other couple.

Or any of the members of the party asking questions about being gay, out of genuine curiosity. And it's a little awkward because they wanna make Will and Mike feel included, but it's the 80's and there's a lack of accessible, non-bigoted information. But turns out they dont know either, it's not like they suddenly became gay experts, it's new for them too! and that's okay. ("We know as much as you do, dude")

Or them trying to be the best allies of the entire world, just because they're their friends and they love them, and they know what the bullies and some people say. And Mike and Will having mixed feelings about it, because on one hand, it's nice how they're so supportive, but they aren't so keen on constantly hearing the bs other people say and how wrong they are (they already know), and it becomes exhausting. So they have to gently let them know, they're still the same people with the same interests; "i know you guys are super cool about us and want to show support but that doesn't mean i want to watch this movie about a hate crime/gay love story with sad ending during movie night. can we just please watch back to the future or something."

What i'm saying is, there's endless possibilities! thinking about them navigating their friendship post coming out is fascinating to me and there are not enough fics that develop that aspect (but if you know any, please let me know!)

[saltpepperbeard]

Rated T | 4k | Complete

Stede was about to sigh more, to offer up further theatrics, to playfully banter as they so often did…

Yet one word, a single word, seemed to carry more moment-shattering power than the entire crew combined. World-shattering power, really.

Because…what had Ed called him?

Stede is caught off-guard when Ed uses a new pet name on him, one that hits a little too close to home.

Read on AO3 Here

[meetmeatthecoda]

Halcyon by meetmeatthecoda Fandoms: The Blacklist (US TV) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Chapters: 7/7 (complete) Words: 117,335 Tags: No Archive Warnings Apply, Elizabeth Keen/Raymond Reddington, Elizabeth Keen, Raymond Reddington, Agnes Keen, Dembe Zuma, Harold Cooper, Charlene Cooper, Alina Park, Donald Ressler, Aram Mojtabai, various OCs, Lizzington - Freeform, Agnesgate, AU, post-8.22, Fix-it fic, Drama, Hurt/Comfort, Romance, Angst, Lots of Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Suicidal Thoughts, briefly, in the start of chapter 3, and an equally brief discussion of them in chapter 5, some sexual content, Nothing too explicit, and last but not least, no Redarina, no relation at all ever between red & liz, obviously

Summary:

Halcyon - adjective:

denoting a period of time in the past that was idyllically happy and peaceful.

noun:

a tropical Asian and African kingfisher with brightly colored plumage.

a mythical bird said by ancient writers to breed in a nest floating at sea at the winter solstice, charming the wind and waves into calm.

origin:

from Greek alkuōn ‘kingfisher’ (also halkuōn, by association with hals ‘sea’ and kuōn ‘conceiving’).

An AU post-8.22 fix-it fic, wherein Liz survives her shooting - unbeknownst to everyone - & flees the country in an effort to protect those dear to her, living a solitary, lonely existence on a loch in Scotland & coping with the only outlet she has, a hobby begun as a coping mechanism during a traumatic childhood & kept since then as a closely-guarded secret: art.

“As with all things in her life, it was born from fire.”

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🎶 Playlist below the cut! 🎶

Meant To Be by Ber & Charlie Oriain

Rockland by Gracie Abrams

Walking On The Moon by Ruelle

graves by Purity Ring

32 Floors by Lapsley

Rolling Like a Ball by Ludovico Einaudi

Brush Fire by Gracie Abrams

Much Too Much by Lennon Stella

You Hold Me Up by The Bones of J.R. Jones

As The World Caves In by Matt Maltese (cover by Sarah Cothran)

Men On The Moon by Chelsea Cutler

you broke me first by Tate McRae

Games by Lennon Stella

Save Us by Lennon Stella

Takeaway by The Chainsmokers, ILLENIUM feat. Lennon Stella

Best by Gracie Abrams

Where do we go now? by Gracie Abrams

Amelie by Gracie Abrams

85mm by Ludovico Einaudi

ceilings by Lizzy McAlpine

Through the Eyes of a Child by AURORA

Edge of the Dark by Emmit Fenn

Blinded by Emmit Fenn

Memories by Emmit Fenn

Spectrum by Andrew Belle

I Can’t Believe I Had You by Emmit Fenn

Far from Here by Emmit Fenn

In Between Breaths by SYML

Two people by Gracie Abrams

[mulders-too-large-shirt]

i still cannot believe that people actually read my posts. case in point: i got this notification (from @tumblemumbler, thank you) and laughed until there were tears.

it's true: i want to take fox mulder to the zoo. i'm guilty as charged. i wanna point at some lions and be like "woah", and see if he thinks the lions are amazing, or if he tries to play it cool and deny that sense of wonder you get from seeing a magnificent beast. is it so wrong to want to take a full grown man out to see the Creatures, and then watch him enjoy the gift shop.......? to find a nice little novelty tie with the funniest animal from the day on it...? to say, hey fictional man, let's put aside that decades long quest for answers on the existence of aliens, and marvel at some otters splashing about... now wouldn't that be lovely?

[jack-kellys]

if you're still like requests, i remember you mentioning liking game of thrones; maybe something to do with that? only if you'd like to of course! - @pigeonwit

as much as i have like half an idea for a game of thrones au i rly like your snippet so:

i think abt this a lot

[destinationtoast]

This was my watch party for the finale. 💖

[laurapalmerz]

Chapters: 1/? Fandom: Twin Peaks (TV 1990) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death Relationships: Donna Hayward/Laura Palmer/Bobby Briggs/James Hurley, Donna Hayward/Laura Palmer, Bobby Briggs/Laura Palmer, James Hurley/Laura Palmer, Donna Hayward/James Hurley, Bobby Briggs/James Hurley, Donna Hayward/Bobby Briggs Characters: Donna Hayward, Laura Palmer, Bobby Briggs, James Hurley (Twin Peaks), Dale Cooper (Twin Peaks), Harry Truman (Twin Peaks), Lucy Moran, Andy Brennan, Tommy "Hawk" Hill, Maddy Ferguson, Sarah Palmer (Twin Peaks), Leland Palmer, BOB (Twin Peaks), Audrey Horne, Ben Horne, Big Ed Hurley, Nadine Hurley, Norma Jennings, Shelly Johnson, Leo Johnson Additional Tags: Polyamory, Canon-Typical Violence, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con, Period Typical Bigotry, Polycule AU, Internalized Homophobia, Grief/Mourning, Angst, Trans Bobby Briggs, Trans Donna Hayward, Trauma, Childhood Trauma, minor fluff, Domestic Violence, the group come together to solve laura's murder, Implied/Referenced Self-Harm, Implied/Referenced Drug Use, Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism Summary:

on february 24th, 1989, laura palmer is found dead in the small town of twin peaks, washington.

her partners, donna hayward, bobby briggs, and james hurley are devastated at the news. aiming to seek justice for her death, they band together to figure out who could possibly be the murderer. along the way, they uncover secrets buried in the roots of the place they call home.

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[whysamwhy123]

Ain't done this in a while but it's sorely needed because I have had A Week. So, if anyone has any spare serotonin lying around and would like to share, through the form of asks, it would be greatly appreciated.

[hekateinhell]

Ya girl officially survived her first year of graduate school (thank you Lord), so I'll attempt to answer some asks during break and also hopefully update Our House and maybe Obsession's before Christmas. As for the Sleep Fic™️ lmao let Armand rest a bit longer, I think he's earned it.

[brother-emperors]

i just - your two ao3 bookmarks are in supernatural and metal gear? impeccable, flawless taste, no notes, but aye, the horrors -

SHDHGSDHDKJ Y EAH I started watching spn back in 2008 or 2009, I actually have a million more bookmarks on my browser because I was reading spn fic on. livejournal.

speaking of metal gear, borrowing this ask as an opportunity to connect some dots because my god do I think about metal gear constantly

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Trauma, and History in Metal Gear Solid V, Amy M. Green

Rome, Blood, & Power, Gareth C Sampson

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Trauma, and History in Metal Gear Solid V, Amy M. Green

The Deaths of the Republic, Brian Walters

its like. the recurring violence of it all!! the last generations of the roman republic, snake eater/peace walker/phantom pain, none of you ever stood a fucking chance! the rot of military imperialism already doomed you!!!! you are trying to fix a decaying corpse, but the putrid flesh from the limbs is sloughing off in your hands!!! assigning a higher ideal, a fantasy, to the economy of war/imperialism/political violence won't change what it is!! do you think love can bloom on a battlefield? yeah, but it sure as hell won't save any of you! it will make you cannibalize each other**

**love wins for dave and otacon tho