#i love river the most

[demigods-posts]

having percy create a hurricane in the son of neptune was an amazing choice. not only do we get to see percy return to himself in that scene, remembering all that's left to fight for. we have to keep in mind that this hurricane wasn't on accident like in the battle of manhattan. it didn't happen by chance because he was annoyed with his opponent. it was on purpose, which shows he's more in tune with himself than ever before, and more powerful than we last saw him. this was easily one of the top highlights of this book for me.

[saturnaous]

hohenheim is such a fucking loser. why’s he sopping wet all the time. why do you look like that.

[intersexnateriver]

I feel like Near resembles L a lot more than usual in these panels. Maybe it's the wide open 'alert' eyes, or his words (which i swear are similar to something L says earlier), but that just feels like L incarnate to me... idk. I wonder if that was an intentional choice.

[expectiations]

The Doctor and River Song

-> The Name of the Doctor, Doctor Who Series 7 Episode 13

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

[denaliwrites]

Inappropriate

River Cartwright x GN!Reader

Catch and Release Prompt: "Uniform"

Summary: River is once again failing upwards. How does he do it?

Requests: Tentatively open-ish. It's a process.

Warnings: A thing you should never do in real life but this is fanfic and it's indulgent so it's fine.

You were just finishing up with the senior Cartwright when you heard the front door softly open and shut somewhere behind you. A few moments later and the junior Cartwright, River, stepped into the room with an awkward smile.

It was like this every day you were here -- River never really seemed to know how to approach you, or talk to you, or even so much as exist in the same space as you. You were luckily well adjusted to the discomfort of the families of your patients, so it never bothered you much that he was weird around you.

"I -- erm, hello," River finally greeted you as he awkwardly skirted around you to get to his grandfather. "How was he today?"

"Fine," you answered simply, soothingly. "Just finished up with him, actually. I'll be on my way, unless there's anything you need from me before I go?"

River gave his grandfather a cursory once over, then stood to his full height and gave you another awkward smile. "Yeah, actually, if I could just talk to you for a moment in the kitchen?"

"Oh. Sure, yeah," you said and easily led River into the next room.

He stood in the doorway, blocking his grandfather from entering. "So, erm, I just wanted to ask -- you know... well..." He ran a hand through his hair and sighed nervously. "Would you maybe want to go out for dinner sometime?"

You choked back a barking laugh. You'd been warned by superiors about the many ways patients and their loved ones might try to abuse, break down, ignore, sidestep, or even lightly brush against boundaries between professional and personal. You'd never expected it to be quite so blatant and straightforward, however.

"That is -- oh, shit, I'm so sorry. Your reaction... That must be -- you must get asked out quite a lot. I didn't..."

"It's fine, River."

"No, it's not -- I mean -- Listen," he said with a sigh, "I meant as a gesture of appreciation, you know, for helping with my granddad. For taking care of him when I can't, making sure he's okay, all that. I just... I know you're getting paid and whatever, but I just... I wanted to treat you to something -- nice, you know? Dinner was just... obvious. God, I'm an idiot."

You struggled to contain a smile as you shifted closer to him and gently patted his shoulder. "Hey, it's fine? It's fine. I'd love to grab dinner with you sometime."

"Oh -- oh? G-good. Yeah? Good. That's -- okay. Yeah. Awesome. Just -- you know -- you've got my number. Let me know when you're free, and when you're hungry, and..."

"River, it's okay."

"Yeah. It's -- yeah..."

He stepped to the side to let you through, then followed you as you made your way to the front door. It was something he always did -- you heard the lock latch behind you every single night you worked here.

You paused as your hand circled the knob this time, and you turned to look back at River with a light smile. "For what it's worth, you could've just asked me on an actual date. I would've said yes."

"Yeah, that's probably -- wait, what?"

And with that, you stepped out into the brisk evening air, River's confused sputters following you to your car.

[ballerinarina]

Happy birthday to my greatest love, Rio

I just wish so much, every day, that you are in the most beautiful place where they take good care of you. You were an ordinary boy with an extraordinary cherubic glow in your soul: it was a blessing to have your spirit with us here. Have a good day, my dear, it's yours. Many hearts are celebrating with you, River. Always will. ♡

[disappearinginq]

24 and slow horses on the Drabble thing if you feel so inclined :)

I think I like drabbles because they let me be vague as hell. How did we get here? Nobody knows, least of all me. Another 100 words, on the nose:

“You’re not supposed to be up and about,” Catherine cautions, putting her book down beside her tea as she moves to help, but River shrinks back, holding himself up with the help of the wall, and she stills.

He looks better than he did, but that bar is so low it’s on the floor, and she fidgets for want of something to do with her hands.

“How long?” he rasps, his arm held against still broken ribs.

“Only a day or so. Please – let me get you back to bed.” She knows she can’t lift him if he falls again.

[river-fisher]

not digital art, but definitely art nonetheless

behold! bobby fulbright in his plasteline flesh! I've never made anything like this before but i just wanted something physical from him, so... yeah!

[kradogsrats]

okay so any bets on where the romantic boat ride with the baitlings is going to fit in

[homestuckreplay]

Knighthoods of the Mail

(pages 919-925)

I really like both these panels, the extreme downward angle on Jade who has the disadvantage of being small and the advantage of being alive and angry, and the close up on Grandpa, both of them lit by the strange pink-orange firelight. Fire and burning is a threat we’ve seen for all four kids now, so it creates that parallel, and also a surreal atmosphere from the composition of both images.

Jade is also speaking in the narration on this page – it’s italicized and first person instead of second, written in her register. None of the other kids have done this yet, the narrator is always between them and us. I like the implication that Jade is overriding the narrator but also the idea that the narrator is like ‘you know what, I’m taking this page off, I’m just gonna let her shout’. It’s fun, and I’m interested to see if it’ll happen more.

I am still pretty fucked up over this reveal but personally I would have done it a little differently – the gut punch of ‘He was so much easier to deal with when he was alive’ (p.920) could have been SO much more effective if it hadn’t already been obvious from their Strife that this is not a living man. Even keeping the original sequence but publishing the pages at the same time would have worked, but sitting for a day between the Strife sequence and that line meant it didn’t hit as hard for me.

I do still have a lot of questions. Jade knows Grandpa is dead but seems to still genuinely believe they’re communicating, and who’s to say they’re not? Who’s to say Jade’s powers don’t tell her exactly what Grandpa is saying or would say in this circumstance? If so, it must be a lot harder psychologically to escape his expectations. But even if Jade’s powers don’t come into it, there’s practical concerns – how long ago did Grandpa die, and does anyone besides Jade even know? It’s easy to say Jade should redecorate the house but living so remotely where mail has to be airdropped in balloons, she’s probably not physically capable of that, and can’t get other people to do it for her. Typheus is a little big to captchalogue and where else would Jade even put him?

So I guess I kind of get it? In the sense of Jade keeping the only life and routine she’s ever known, going through the same motions with a stuffed grandpa that she once did with a real one, because the barriers to doing anything different are so high? It’s really easy to adapt to a strange situation when you don’t have a point of comparison to know it’s strange, and when it happens so regularly that it becomes like autopilot.

We cut back to PM, my absolute beloved, one of my most favorite characters. They haven’t been seriously hurt by Jade’s explosive powers but their head wrappings are on fire (btw is the pointy tail of their head covering the shape of the fabric or the shape of their head??) and some of the mailboxes are tragic casualties of the event, which I may never forgive Jade for.

And then one of the metal worms rescues a mailbox! The all important mailbox with the letter to Dr David Brinner in it! Redemption arc for the metal worms who have definitely learned from their predecessors’ mistakes. This is a beautiful, angelic worm deserving of high honors, and PM knows it, giving them an equally metallic heart. If the postal service had an equivalent for a knighthood for a postal worker who goes above and beyond to preserve the integrity of the mail then PM would award that to this worm. I am thinking about PM as a dispenser of justice – someone with a really strong, inflexible moral code who is willing to impartially punish those who break it and reward those who keep it.

> PM: Bequeath the mailman’s cap to this hero.

[jessaerys]

spoiled brat vs unimpressed boyfriend

[itsatorchwoodthing]

i saw a few new people struggling with the audiodramas + i got a lot of questions over on ig and i wanna say, except for a few series (like season5) you can literally listen to them in any order

like most of them will give you clues on when they are set, like you understand Ghost Mission is set after s4, or that The Three Monkeys feature an already dead owen, so it’s post Reset, you will get it - just grab the ones that look interesting to you, especially because how expensive they are you don’t have to feel like you have to listen to them in order or listen to them all, also i might argue the most recent ones are way better then some of the old ones

the lives of captain jack also, it’s a serie but the audio are all independent from each other - one is set during 2006 jack, one is post Alonzo, one is about his time in the time agency

literally just read the description on the site and if it sounds interesting go for it

also if i’m not mistaken none of them are technically canon, so go to town

my recommendations

- Broken for an heartbreaking s1 janto experience

- Serenity to fix what Broken did, it’s a janto fake dating au, but they’re dating

- The Three Monkeys for andyowen experience

- The Last Becon for owen ianto shenanigans

- Rhys and Ianto’s excellent BBQ talking about grief, loss and breaking stereotypes

- R&J for River and Jack’s romantic relationship through space and most importantly TIME

[delimeful]

Hey so sorry if this is rude but I really love your writing and am just wondering why you don’t post from your patreon to tumblr very often? Many of the posts have been there months without being posted here? I’d love to be in a place where I can financially support you but sadly am not, but still would love to read some more of your wonderful stories!

there's not a particular reason other than my current schedule has been keeping me offline and exhausted for a while. there'll probably be a fic update sometime soon

my patrons are the reason that i was able to afford groceries these past few months, so my priority is always to make sure that i'm posting new chapters on patreon in a timely manner & that they have access to exclusive content (bonus chapters, original works, etc.). updating this blog is something i can do when i have the time and energy to spare. lately i haven't had either of those ^^"

i appreciate that you enjoy the stories, but i can't promise a consistent update schedule for my free content at the moment. maybe once i'm in a more financially stable place i'll be able to post more regularly. for now, my goal is to upload here at least once a month, but i might not always meet that goal

[kwyoz]

wow, i love when the dragon age fandom is very normal about veilguard's companions being pansexual and totally not being lowkey really fucking pan and bi phobic.

[imissthembutitwasntadisaster]

You don't choose to constantly defend underappreciated characters you watch season 3 of doctor who at a young age meet Martha Jones and it just happens to you