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Here we go, a list of literary oddity :) This post contains majestic spheres, alien taxonomies, cruel subway polytheism, a fourth-dimensional cat, disturbing earthworms, infinite space football, existential mussel terror, a Parisian absurdist time loop, and a picture of a telegraph-pole-man-cheetah. I'm not exactly recommending these books, in the sense that I won't take any complaints if you find them more odd than good, and some of them transcend the concepts of good and bad anyway.
⢠The Other City, Michal Ajvaz. It's all like this:
⢠Contes du demi-sommeil, Marcel BĂŠalu ('Half-asleep tales') âis the book that prompted my post about stories that have no ambition or justification beyond being odd. I'm sad that it hasn't been translated :( One of the tales is about a strange opaline sphere that rolls on the road. It doesn't accelerate when the road becomes a steep slope but continues rolling majestically. At one point it floats away towards the sky. Someone wonders if it was the moon. Someone else says authoritatively "It was an angel's egg." Everyone is reassured by this explanation. The whole thing feels exactly like remembering a dream you had. There is also a man who reads too much and whose body atrophies so only his head is left and his wife puts it in an egg cup for better stability.
⢠Leonora Carringtonâ The Skeleton's Holiday, or maybe the Hearing Trumpet. I've read them so long ago but I think the latter is the one with the old ladies and nuns? There's also a guy who was murdered in his bath by a still-life painter because he said there was a carrot in one of his paintings, but it might not have been a carrot? It's hard to remember details from this book without feeling like I might be making them up. Bonus Leonora Carrington painting which kind of feels like a short story:
⢠The Codex Seraphinianus, of course. I wish there were more bizarre encyclopaedias out there.
Also I love this review:
⢠Sleep Has His House, Anna Kavan âI really liked the way this book used language; making life feel like a fever dream even more than in Samanta Schweblin's Fever Dream (which I really liked too.)
The eye is checking a record of silence, space; a nightmare, every horror of this world in its frigid and blank neutrality. The actual scope of its orbit depends on the individual concept of desolation, but approximate symbols are suggested in long roving perspectives of ocean, black swelled, in slow undulation, each whaleback swell plated in armour-hard brilliance with the moonlight clanking along it . . .
⢠The second half of Michael Ende's Neverending Story, where things get stranger! I remember the hand-shaped castle with eyes and the city of amnesiac former emperors and the miserable ugly worms who cry all the time out of shame then create beautiful architecture with their tears...
⢠The Gray House, Mariam Petrosyan. This is the one I had in mind when I talked about a 'museum of the strange, but one you wouldn't want to be trapped in after closing time'. Another book that made me feel uncomfortable in a similar (good) way was Edward Carey's Observatory Mansions, the protagonist of which is a man who curates an odd private museum and can't stand the sight of his own hands.
⢠Oh, speaking of uncomfortable, and handsâHe Digs A Hole, by Danger Slater. To me this book was in the more-odd-than-good category but I liked its refusal to have a coherent philosophical meaning. It's about a man who can't sleep so he goes to his garden shed and saws off his hands and replaces them with gardening tools. Then he starts digging a hole. And then it gets weird. (Read at your own discretion if you have a worm phobia; there's some body horror featuring sexually aggressive earthworms. And then it gets disturbing.)
⢠17776 â Someone sent me an ask a few years back to recommend this online multimedia narrative to me and I really enjoyed it! Here's the summary, borrowed from the wiki page: Set in the distant future in which all humans have become immortal and infertile, the series follows three sapient space probes that watch humanity play an evolved form of American football in which games can be played for millennia over distances of thousands of miles. The work explores themes of consciousness, hope, despair, and why humans play sports.
⢠Saint-Glinglin, Raymond Queneau âthe author admitted that this book presents some "internal discontinuities." I didn't like it much but I respect the talent it takes to write a novel where everything feels like a random digression, including the key suspenseful scene that matters to the plot. The one digression I loved had to do with the way the narrator is existentially horrified by various sea creatures. It's like he dreads them so much he can't help but think about them when he should be telling a story.
The oyster... This gob of phlegm, this brutal way of refusing the outside world, this absolute isolation, and this disease: the pearl... If I conceptualise them even a little, my terror starts anew. The mussel is even more significant than the oyster and even more immediately admissible in the domain of terror. Let us indeed consider that this little sticky mass whose collective stupidity haunts our piers, consider that it is alive in the same way as a cow. Because there are no degrees in life. There is no more or less. The whole of life is present in every animal. To think that the mussel, that the mussel has, not a conscience, but a certain way of transcending itself: here I am once again plunged into abysses of anxiety and insecurity.
Near the beginning he philosophises about what would happen if a man and a lobster were the only two survivors of the apocalypse. The lobster would break the man's toe and the man would say, "We are the only beings that remain on this devastated Earth, lobster! The only living beings in the universe, struggling alone against the universal disaster, don't you want to be allies?" But the lobster would disdainfully walk away towards the ocean, and "the sight of the inflexible and imperturbable lobster pierces the sky of humanity with its unintelligible claws." (I can't overstate how little this has to do with the rest of the book.)
⢠Autumn in Beijing, Boris Vian âneedless to say the story does not take place in autumn nor in Beijing.* To the extent that it can be said to be "about" something, it's about people trying to build a train station in a desert with tracks that lead nowhere. (I just went on goodreads to check the title, and it's actually called Autumn in Peking in English. I also discovered that it was featured in a list of Books I Regret Reading. I liked this book, but I understand.)
(* French writers love doing thisâlike when Alphonse Allais said about his 1893 book The Squadron's Umbrella "I chose this title because there aren't any umbrellas of any sort in this volume, and the important notion of the squadron, as a unit of the armed forces, is never brought up at all; in these conditions, hesitating would have been pure madness.")
⢠The Library at Mount Char, Scott HawkinsâI fear this one makes a little too much sense for this list, but you can't say it isn't weird; and I loved it and recommend it any chance I get.
⢠The Eleven Million Mile High Dancer, Carol Hill âthis book was so wacky and made me laugh. I've not yet managed to successfully recommend it to someone; its brand of odd didn't resonate with the people I know who've read it but that's okay. You could say it's about a woman astronaut whose weird cat disappears into the fourth dimension (or the quantum realm?) and she goes to space to save himâbut that makes the book sound more straightforward and less messy than it is. Her cat leaves her a note before he disappears:
⢠The Bald Soprano, Ionesco âfun fact, there's a tiny theatre in the Latin Quarter in Paris where this absurdist play has been staged every night for nearly 70 years, with the exact same set design and costumes and everything, like the actors are stuck in a time loop. They celebrated the 20,000th performance this year! There's an actress who has been playing her character for 40 years and said joining this theatre was like joining a religion. I've been going to see this play as a New Year tradition with my best friend since we were 14, so I love it madly, though I wouldn't say it's good, necessarilyâthe author said it was about "absolutely nothing, but a superior nothing."
⢠Statuary Gardens; or Les Mers perdues (apparently not translated) by Jacques Abeille. This man is obsessed with weird statues. Unfortunately I find his writing style rather dullâI feel like he takes strange ideas and makes them feel mundane in a bad way...! But his books still have a nice, quiet, oneiric atmosphere, and images that stayed with me, like a solitary gardener trying to grow stone statues in the depleted soil of a walled garden. Here are some illustrations from the second one:
I'll look into some of the books recommended on my previous post! (and I agree with the people who brought up CortĂĄzar, Borges, and Junji Ito. <3) Some potentially-odd books I have on my to-read list: Clive Barker's Abarat, Goran PetroviÄ's An Atlas Traced by the Sky, Salvador Plascencia's The People of Paper, Jean Ray's Malpertuis; Jan Weiss's The House of a Thousand Floors; Brice Tarvel's Pierre-Fendre.
#ask#book recs#i know i've made some of these sound barely readable but it would be risky to oversell them#it's funny how indignant i felt when i first thought that saint-glinglin didn't exist in english translation even though objectively it#wouldn't have been a huge loss and i don't think english speakers are clamouring for more crustacean existentialism after sartre's lobsters#but they should get to choose not to read this book!
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okay sorry for yapping a lot AGAIN but I've had an addition to this post sat in my draft for a bit now and I just watched Milo's (Miniminuteman) video on the pseudoarcheology pipeline so I feel like giving some more vetted resources (that can be found on YouTube and FREE.) from an Archaeologists may do some good so here they are (under the cut + me yapping more gasp I know I love to talk):
Stephan Milo
History with Kayleigh
Accent Americas
Archaeology w/ Flint Dibble
North o2
Gutsick Gibbon
Fig tree
Ancient Architects
World of Antiquity
Atlas Pro
GeologyHub
Lindesay Nikole
Townsends
Prof. Dave Explains
Atun-Shei Films
Myron Cook
Epic History
all of these creators recommended are from Milo's YouTube Video "Answering Your Burning Questions- Milo Rossi 2 million subscriber Special" time stamp, 13:44 (all listed on screen)
also I'd like to add my previous addition that was going to be on this reblog: if the only places you see a person give as evidence for aliens interference is in Asia, Africa, India (specifically the Chand Baori), or the Indigenous Americas do NOT TRUST THEM.
This is obviously a reference to white supremacy like I said before but isn't it crazy that it's only BIPOC cultures that have their histories and accomplishments erased by "evidence for aliens/advanced civilizations" and other kinds of conspiracy theories???. You never see the Greek statues or temples raising suspicions of aliens, nor do you see any castle in England (or in most of Europe for that matter) used a evidence of aliens/ extraterrestrial life that "They" are hiding from us. Must be a coincidence though right??? (it's not)
Please for the love of God (or OP lol) do NOT trust anything these types of people try and sell you!!! It's a VERY slippery slope that hurts everyone at the end of the day. I have just gave you so many recourses that can give you even MORE resources in such a short amount of text. If anyone believes these conspiracy theories they are making a choice to do so, in an age where the entire worlds information at your fingertips they have no excuse to not understand the harm they're causing and to not look into it themselves. They are doing it for a purpose but the bottom line is that they are selling millions of people misinformation at a click of a post button.
There's nothing wrong with educating yourself and doing your own research!!! anyone who tries to stop you or makes fun of the idea is trying to deter you from realizing that they are full of shit.
(SO SORRY OP THIS WAS EVEN LONGER LMAOOOOOO!!!)
Remember kids: most conspiracy theories are rooted in Nazi ideology that they used to justify their war crimes!
#cw nazi mention#misinformation#I am so sorry that you had to read all that oml#âwho adds onto a point over a month later??â ME BITCH#again sorry op I don't mean to yap this much
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Dear KaiShin Nation,
I have been getting questions about fanfic recommendations lately, but that's not my area of expertise, so once again I'd like to humbly ask for your help to update the fanfic rec list. If anyone has a fic or an author they love and they are not already on the list, please let me know. You can send an ask or put it in the comments of this post. Recommending several at once is fine, too. Thanks a lot for any help you can provide. Ao.
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Minthara's Parents
"I'm sure my mother has missed me- she likes competition."-Minthara
I've been working on this post awhile and I'm so excited to share it with you. I referenced @lunastrophe's excellent post on the topic for several details, and R.A. Salvatore's "Homeland" played a crucial role.
*I will make an individual post on Minthara's relationship to her mother later on, particularly the psychology of it, as it is fascinating and utterly tragic.
Minthara is- or was- unusually close to her mother, who taught her how to 'survive the perils of society', but she says there was 'no love to be found.' Minthara's mother saved her daughter's life by shielding her with her own body when Minthara was an infant, and yet she later tried to kill her. Minthara intends to kill her- "[...] I only regret that I left before enjoying a matricide. That would be a memory to cherish."- but says it is 'returning the favor.'
What do we know?
House Devir fell from Lolth's favor in 1297 DR, when they were destroyed by House Do'Urden, due to Viconia's actions. Minthara describes herself as having been young and impressionable at this time, so she must have been in the early decades of her life. Therefore, she was likely born around 1270-1290 DR, leaving her approximately 222 years old in 1492 DR, the year Baldur's Gate III is set in.
Minthara is a Baenre. Her mother is confirmed to be Baenre, as in the epilogue, if you romance Minthara (I highly recommend it) she says her name is her mother's.
When Minthara is asked if her mother is still alive, she replies, "I expect so. If the world were to end, I think my mother would survive to rule over the ruins." At the epilogue party, she tells Origin Karlach, "I have a war of my own to fight, against my mother and her people [...]" which both confirms that her mother is alive and suggests that she is in a position of great power.
Minthara's mother is competitive (Minthara says this herself), resilient, and ambitious (Minthara says her mother likes Neverwinter because it is "ripe for conquering"), much like her daughter.
Minthara and her mother were unusually close- she held her as a child, taught her to "talk, walk, and then kill" and how to "survive the perils of society", gave her a torture rack for her 13th birthday, and they appear to have conversed frequently.
The fact that Minthara has committed avunculicide (the killing of one's uncle) confirms one of her parents had a brother. She also 'picked off' her 'siblings one by one', and Orin claims Minthara murdered her sister in the cradle to secure her inheritance.The first part of her name, "Min", means lesser/second, suggesting she is a 2nd child.
I believe Minthara's father is alive for the following reasons:
1. During the dryad love test, she lists her "-icides", (androcide, senicide and avunculicide). She does not mention patricide. She tells Wyll that patricide is the first step to greatness but she does not say she has done so herself.
2. When Minthara is describing how she and Orin are similar in some ways, she says that they both have "parents" who protect them with one hand and torment them with the other, rather than "mothers".
3. Minthara says (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vYBaYJgz_c, at 43:50) "I'll spot my father too, with any luck" at some point; @mogruith's research suggests that this line was mistakenly given to Minthara when it should have gone to Wyll, so it is not solid evidence.
But Minthara never mentions him- not even once.
So, who is Minthara's mother? *I don't think it's possible to figure out who her father is with the information I have
It cannot be Yvonnel or Triel Baenre, who are dead. Liriel Baenre is out of the question. Noori Baenre, I believe, is too young.
Yovnnel Baenre had 15 daughters, each a high priestess, acording to R.A. Salvatore's "Homeland". The majority were alive, it seemed, around 1297 DR. The only two remaining in 1480 DR and thus during Baldur's Gate III were Quenthel and Sos'Umtpu. So could it be one of them?
Quenthel: No.
The firstborn of Quenthel Baenre is Myrineyl Baenre. In 1480 DR, 12 years prior to the events of Baldur's Gate III, she is in her last year at Arach-Tinilith. Baldur's Gate takes place in 1492 DR. It is obvious that Minthara is older than her, so she can't be Quenthel's daughter.
Sos'Umptu: Probably not, unfortunately. (I adore Sos'Umptu.)
Sos'Umptu, the keeper of the Baenre chapel, has been described as 'one of the least ambitious drow females her mother had ever known.' Minthara has also mentioned her mother having visited surface cities before, while Sos'Umptu hardly leaves the chapel if she can help it. These facts contrast with Minthara's portrayal of her mother as power-hungry and world-wise. Plus, I have never seen a mention of Sos'Umptu having had children.
@lunastrophe says in her post, "It seems that daughters of House Baenre â at least the eldest and the most important ones â were not allowed to have their own children while the matron mother of their house was still alive (from Siege of Darkness). Triel was free to have children only after she ascended to the position of matron mother, and the same went for Quenthel."
This all heavily suggests it is not Sos'Umptu- but it's not out of the question.
Could it perhaps be Merith Baenre, the second-most-powerful priestess of her House as of 1361 DR, considered for the role of the next Mistress of Arach-Tinilith? Perhaps- but Minthara has never implied that her mother is adopted rather than a genetic Baenre, and Merith used to be the daughter of a street sweeper before her clerical powers caught Yvonnel Baenre's eye and caused her to adopt her as a daughter.
So, who could it be?
I am inclined to think...
Zal'Therra Baenre: Zal'Therra Baenre- a cousin of Triel, and commander of the rearguard of the Army of the Black Spider in 1372 DR. The most promising of Triel's cousins, she seems to fit Minthara's implications that her mother is ambitious, brutal, and powerful, as the highest ranking House Baenre member of the army.
Not only is the description right, she is similar to Minthara as a warrior the leader of an army. Even the second half of her name, 'Therra', is similar to Minthara's 'Thara'. Plus, everything about her is so vague that it's plausible she had children aside from Minthara- the 'siblings' she mentioned.
I have yet to read "Condemnation", though, so correct me if I'm wrong about anything.
Final notes: if Zal'Therra Baenre is a cousin of Triel, that would make Sos'Umptu, Quenthel, Jarlaxle and others Minthara's aunts and uncles.
#Minthara Baenre#Baldur's Gate III#BG3#Minthara#House Baenre#Drow#Menzoberranzan#DnD#Zel'Therra Baenre#--Minthara Baenre Lore đđˇď¸đ¸ď¸--
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Before I go on vacation, I present my list of my top books for 2024.
COMICS:
Roaming by Jillian Tamaki & Mariko Tamaki
Bunt! by Ngozi Ukazu & Mad Rupert
Ukazu and Rupert are a powerhouse team, and as an art school adjunct, this already funny GN is even funnier (albeit in a way that necessitates a skull emoji in the educator groupchat)
Tiffanyâs Griffon by Magnolia Porter Siddell & Maddi Gonzalez
Phobos and Deimos by J Dalton
Delicious in Dungeon by Ryoko Kui
It's a tough task to reach a satisfying conclusion to a series that was as strong as Dungeon, but I think Kui accomplished it!
Fool Night by Kasumi Yasuda
King in Limbo by Ai Tanaka
Over the last year I've been drawn towards comic series that work with a retro, fixed-width inking style, and King especially informed some recent experiments of mine.
PROSE:
Twins by Bari Wood & Jack Geasland
When I learned Wood was responsible for the book that became Dead Ringers, I knew I had to try it. This is the one that wins my "Oh, shit! Wow!! Okay!!!" award for the year (distinctions previously awarded to Cyteen and Manhunt).
The Bezzle by Cory Doctorow
DS9: A Stitch in Time by Andrew J. Robinson
Those of you who read my journal comic from last August might recall that I met Robinson at a Trek convention! I'd learned from reading these books that Stitch was considered a white whale among collectors, and now I absolutely understand why. If you're a DS9 fan and you want to try any book from the original run of novels, try this one. By which I mean, try the far easier-to-find audiobook version.
Translation State by Ann Leckie
A Woman of the Iron People by Eleanor Arnason
Fellow SBCF participant Erin Roseberry had shared this title as an inspiration for their comic, The Maker of Grave-Goods, and I was especially interested in trying a book by a Twin Cities author. What a serendipitous find!
Arboreality by Rebecca Campbell
For the third year in a row, a book nominated for the Le Guin Prize makes the list.
Always Coming Home by Ursula K. Le Guin
This is another book I always told myself I'd try someday, and was it ever worth it! I spent some time talking about my experience with this story (and its accompanying materials that fill out the world) in my talk with Evan Dahm on his show.
See you in the new year! I've packed some thick books for a long flight, so I'm starting my 2025 reading pile right away!
Reruns of my previous two lists, 2023, and 2022, below the cut.
2023
COMICS:
Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou by Hitoshi Ashinano
Out of Style by Devi Putri Megwati
Skip and Loafer by Misaki Takamatsu
The Harrowing of Hell by Evan Dahm
The Infinity Particle by Wendy Xu
Esteban by Matthieu Bonhomme
I covered my ShortBox reccs back in October, but since then I also picked up Pearl Hunting by Hana Chatani when it came to itch.io and adored it.
PROSE:Â
So yes, maybe I'm cheating by including Moby Dick since I'm not all the way finished, but Whale Weekly really did end up being a great tool for getting me to crack open my gorgeous Evan Dahm-illustrated copy I've had for a while.
My favorite book of the year is Roadside Picnic by Arkady & Boris Strugatsky. I genuinely did read it the first week of January, but after having it recommended to me for years, I'm thrilled it didn't disappoint. Maybe I am someone who likes Russian novels after all???
Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
Such Nice People by Sandra Scoppettone
Cyteen by C.J. Cherryh (I jokingly placed these three in the "READ đ FEMALE đ AUTHORS đ" category because they don't have anything in common other than describing some of the most upsetting/bizarre scenarios I've read this year. Cyteen especially! Wowee!!!)
Brother Alive by Zain Khalid
Glory by Vladimir Nabokov
A Different Trek by David K. Seitz, which I mentioned as my vacation book for the Star Trek convention, but it's given me some great suggestions for more books, both fiction and otherwise. Also, I read... 11 more DS9 books this year.Â
2022
COMICS:
Fullmetal Alchemist by Hiromu Arakawa
Vattu by Evan Dahm
The Well by Choo and Jake Wyatt
Wash Day Diaries by Robyn Smith and Jamila Rowser
Some ShortBox Comics Fair entries that are graphic novella length and are really good include Food School by Jade Armstrong and The God of Arepo by Reimena Yee et al.
PROSE:
Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
The Murders of Molly Southbourne by Tade Thompson
How to Blow Up a Pipeline by Andreas Malm
Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin
Dead Collections by Isaac Fellman
Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
The Past is Red by Catherynne M. Valente
edit: oh my god I can't believe I forgot Perfume by Patrick SĂźskind
Honorable mentions from the pile of DS9 novelizations include Revenant by Alex White (for successfully pulling off a Sara Paretsky-style mystery in space) and Dominion War: Call to Arms by Diane Carey (for absolutely unhinged adjective choices).
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carcar completed fic recommendations
If any of the authors of the fics mentioned here or are tagged and don't want their fics to be here, please let me know and I'll remove it!
Will update this list periodically
â¤ď¸ = favorite
âď¸ = I love fics by this author in general
đ = part of a series (will usually only put fav from series on here)
â = triggering themes
đĽ = explicit
the better half of a good time - 4k - đĽ
âMost guys, they look at the date.â He manages to make it sound both admiring and chiding. Oscar is very quickly losing control of this conversation. âDo you make a habit of just giving your license out? To every stranger you meet?â âOnly those I really like.â
The So-Called Narrative - 10k - đĽ
âItâs annoying. Whatever. Theyâre not going to stop.â âNot if you keep hating on me.â âI donât hate you,â Oscar says, a little too hastily. âHating on me.â Carlosâ lopsided smile is amused, too knowing for comfort. âTheyâre two different things.â
Stars Are Blind - 19k - đĽ
âNot so bad for a virgin. Right?â Alex says to Oscar as they shake hands after the match. His face immediately scrunches up. Their palms stay connected over the net as they stare at each other. They are both deer caught in the headlights. The cringiest longest handshake of Oscar's life. âWhat?â âWhat.â Alex answers, not like a question, just a statement.
It ain't a scene, it's a goddamn arms race - 38k - â¤ď¸đđĽ
He waits on the line for way too long before Carlosâ voice finally seeps through his speakers, a deadpanned âWhat?â accompanied by a loud background noise almost covering it completely. âItâs Oscar.â He says, tapping his knee nervously. âI know, I can read my screen, Piastri. I was just hoping it wouldnât actually be you.â Carlos snorts. Initially, Oscar had been slightly ashamed of having to hunt down their old group chat to find Carlosâ number, especially when he had noticed it was the only one not saved in his contacts. Now, though, he can't find it in himself to feel guilty at all. âI see that the venom in your coffee tasted amazing this morning.â âIt always does.â Or: Carlos, Oscar and a project.
take it or leave it - 6k - â¤ď¸âď¸đĽ
r/relationships:Â My (22M) coworker (29M) keeps irritating me at work
Old Habits Die Hard - 15k - âđĽ+ Carlos/Lando/Oscar, Landoscar, Carlando
The downside of Oscar's job is that he's always in danger. And the pros? None. Well, unless one counts having a massive crush on his employer, who has the sex drive of a rabbit and is practically always half-naked. But the fact that his employer is literally part of the mafia is definitely off-putting. Oh, and he's married.
rosetta stone - 7k - âď¸đĽ
Maybe itâs just Carlosâs competitive nature at play here, mistaking a desire to win forâdesire.
masterpost for all completed fic rec lists
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Arlow and Viago âcan you hear my cry, an old lullaby drifting through the sky?â >:]
HELLO MY LOVE I am kissing you on the lips, I put that one on the list and was like "this is an arlow & viago prompt", thank you for reading my mind
Arlow de Riva & Viago | 808 words | for @dadrunkwriting - da4 spoilers, Viago ruminates (regrets?) Arlow's absence from Antiva
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Viago missed Salle.
Not that the accommodations in Treviso were lackingâhis apartments here were more than sufficient. But they were suffocating without Arlow there to fill the empty spaces where she usually was. He wished things were such that he could lock the door and flee to his villa in Salle.
But the Antaam remained. And he had no right to be missing Arlow, when he was the one who sent her away.
As she deserved, he reminded himself. If she had simply thought before launching herself at those Antaam, they would never have been in this situation. Yet, the ache in his throat remained.
Trevisoâs skyline was bathed in the pink and orange hues of sunset. From the balcony, it was easy to imagine that the city was still theirs, and that Arlow would be tripping off a zip line any moment, reporting in on this contract or that surveillance. Smirking and insufferable, but alive and there.
âYouâre brooding again.â
A Qunari war horn blasted Viagoâs reminiscence to pieces. His fingers tightened on the railing. âIâm always brooding. You like it.â
Teiaâs bare feet padded softly against the slats and Viago wrinkled his nose. Off the top of his head, there were half a dozen poisons easily concealed in wood stain and best absorbed through the skin. But she didnât care about thatâor, at least, she knew that he had the antidote for any toxin that could touch her only a whisper away.
âit is not half so attractive when you are truly troubled,â she murmured, propping herself as close to his side as she could without touching him. Her hair fell loose and unruly over the collar of his shirt. But even that only just hitched the melancholy tune of his thoughts. âYou miss her.â
Viago huffed. âShe is the most competent assassin in my House and we are under an occupation. It is like being without my best blades.â
âDo not pretend she is nothing more than a weapon to you,â Teia chided. âLie to yourself, if you must, but do not lie to me.â
Viagoâs nostrils flared, as they always did when Teia saw straight though him. He was learning to trust the tightrope she asked him to walk, but after a lifetime without a net, it was a hesitant process. Luckily for him, she had a penchant for hard cases.
âI have never sent her off for so long, nor so harshly,â he admitted. âAnd I do not know when she will return. It is⌠difficult.â
âYou could know,â Teia suggested. âYou could summon her back.â
âShe has a contract.â
âAnd how will she know if sheâs allowed to report in on it if you do not tell her that Antiva is open to her again?â
âYou read my letter?â Viago raised a brow, but Teiaâs smirk was unabashed. She shrugged and his gaze followed the fluid motion of her exposed collarbone.
âI wouldnât have recommended leading with âidiotâ, but sheâs probably used to it.â
âIf she wasnât such an idiot all the time, she wouldnât be,â Viago muttered. He looked down into the murky canal below and frowned. âShe did not write back.â
Teia laughed, which only deepened his scowl. âDid you expect her to?â
âIf the job was done, yes,â he snipped. âBut it has been months.â
âAnd you sent her on an open-ended contract. Iâm sure if anything drastic happened, Varric would write. That is why you hooked her up with him, no?â
Viago pursed his lips. âHe has a track record of pulling asses out of fires. But I am not confident in his definition of drastic.â
âHe is perfectly competent, as you well know. Youâve never let your conscience get in the way of logic before, donât start now.â Teia laid her hand out, palm up on the railing. After a beat, Viago laced his gloved fingers with hers and she squeezed.
âIf you want her back, Vi, you will have to face the other Talons and tell them so. Tell her so, in no uncertain terms. This is the corner you have painted yourself into.â
Viago glowered at the neighboring building. He hated few things as much as he hated Teia being right in a way that grated on his nerves. She could have at least done him the courtesy of acknowledging that he was not the only party at fault in this scenario.
âShe will tell me when the job is done,â he said stubbornly. âWhen the job is done, and her lesson is learned, then we will bring her home.â
Teia sighed and shook her head. The sun slipped below the horizon and a familiar cloak of darkness covered them both. Covered Arlow, too, in the east. In Tevinter.
His throat tightened. Use it well, he thought. Use it well, and come home.
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Last year as a New Year's resolution I set out to play as many new games as possible for this year. I spend a lot of my time playing games as they are very endearing to me and one of my favorite ways to dive into in this life. I will now list all the games I played to completion this year. I am pretty happy with how many I managed to go through. Some I haven't necessarily finished as they are more open ended, but I'll still list them if I think I spent a respectable amount of time learning and toying with them. Anyway, vaguely in the order they were played: Final Fantasy IV Final Fantasy V Final Fantasy IX How Fish is Made Lethal Company Balatro Umineko When They Cry: Questions Arc Felvidek Signalis Papers Please Resident Evil 4 Metal Gear Solid S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat Arctic Eggs Zelda: A Link to the Past Zelda: Ocarina of Time Fear & Hunger Darkwood Umineko When They Cry: Answers Arc Resident Evil 2 Casion Inc. Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove (All campaigns) Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines Merchant of the Skies STONKS-9800: Stock Market Simulator The Invisible Hand Offworld Trading Company UFO 50 WEBFISHING Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition E.Y.E: Divine Cybermancy Fallout: Sonora (with Dayglow DLC) Half-Life 2 Episode 1 The Age of Decadence Half Life 2 Episode 2 Citizen Sleeper Dark Souls 2 Black Mesa
Pretty good I think. I recommend this approach if you have any interest in games, to just play as many new ones as you can. Just pick a direction and keep going. This list is incomplete because I probably still can sneak in another two games.
If there are any games you'd like me to check out (More likely to happen if they are obscure and on the shorter end), I'd love to hear it. I think I will keep this pace for next year as well.
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from the inbox #15
Heyy I was wondering, do you have a few recommendations of your all time favourite destiel fics maybe? Can be any genre or length. I am just interested, what the personal faves of our dearly beloved fic blog are? :) Greetings!!
Yes, yes we do have personal favorite fic rec lists! A simple answer would be just to link you to our Tags Page and Personal Favorite tag. But where's fun in that? Also, our statistics show that most fans enjoy our blog via mobile devices and Tags Page could be kinda difficult on those.
Here are our Personal Favorite Lists when we were still making them. The very first Personal Favorites list from 2013 has a lot of fics that were considered popular or must read at the time. Following lists always included new, more recently posted fic that were beloved by mods.
Personal Favorites 2013
Personal Favorites 2014
Personal Favorites 2015
Personal Favorites 2016 & 2017
But enough about us. We also have Author Spotlights where we asked destiel writers to share their favorite fics and talk about their own stories. (Author Spotlights Master List)
And we also asked our followers about their favorite fics. Check out Follower Spotlights from 2013&2014 and My First Destiel Fic posts from 2020.
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You can find previous From The Inbox posts here.
If you enjoyed the fic, please drop by the archive (AO3) and let the author know with your comments and/or kudos!
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Following up re: activity notifications for popular posts:
I donât have âpingâ notifications turned on, but my activity feed feels like a slog, and I was wondering if there are plans to improve filtering / view types.
I have a two posts that got 70,000-100,000+ reblogs / notes - way out of proportion to my usual posts - and they continue to generate activity via momentum.
This means my activity feed is 90% only these two posts and I barely see whatâs happening with any other content.
I would love to be able to condense the *daily* activity view into a digest grouped by post. Each post row can be an expandable card, with a single digit aggregate total for all new activity at the top level.
This could be expandable into accordion sub-sections for Direct Comments, Reblogs with Comments, Empty Reblogs, and Likes - just displaying aggregate totals at the top level, but allowing drill-down to view the lists of individual activity events.
This could then become the template for an expanded total stats view for each post (which would depend also on having a better chronological Archive view, something more similar to the WP dashboard post list?)
i cannot recommend enough just going to those popular posts, hitting the meatball menu in the corner, and muting notifications from them. also, using the activity filtering options in activity so you only see what you care about.
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Any older nâ weird horror movies you could recommend? You seem to know plenty and Iâve been looking for old horror movies to watch!
YES. I couldn't have sat up faster, I actually have an 8-fold series dedicated to nicher horror films in fact. Have at em!!!!!!!!!!
I alsoooo have a letterboxed list of Horror stuff I watch and enjoy
Last recommendations, I've been slogging thru the Friday the 13th franchise but I won't give u any of those, I'll give u Black Christmas 1974. A definitive slasher, one of those films that's a touchstone for other giant slasher films. It was really really really really reallyyyyy good. Thank you for indulging me, everyone feel free to ask me about horror films always I'm normal about em.
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New York City: THREE
(CC List + DL)
E X T E R I O R
C O N C E R T S T A G E
H O T E L
Standard Suite I An open concept room with a double bed, hosting up to 2 sims, and living area. It comes with its own bathroom.
Standard Suite II An open concept room with 2 double beds, hosting up to 4 sims, and living area. It comes with its own bathroom.
Premium Suite Private Floor with an outdoor terrace overlooking the city. It comes with the following: A full living room, kitchenette, a bedroom, and a full bathroom.
M A R K E T
Equipped with functional objects. You can grab a coffee and can purchase produce, fish, food from the market stall and/or cafeteria counter! This space has its own bathroom.
B E A U T Y B A R
This beauty bar has 6 salon chairs meeting the minimum requirements for the Shear Brilliance Mod. Alongside those chairs comes a retail counter, seating for waiting customers, 4 mani/pedi Spa Day Chairs, 1 Massage Table, a Staff Room, and its own bathroom.
[W A R N I N G: This lot is heavy. I do NOT recommend it if you do not have a decent system. My personal specs â GTX 1660ti, 16GB Ram, Nvme M.2 Primary Drive with 156GB of CC. It takes me 3-4min to load for this lot, which is longer than my regular time. However, I have it set to the âLoungeâ lot type to avoid the extended load for the âGenericâ lot buildbuy when you have a lot of CC.]
World Map:Â San Myshuno
Area: Myshuno Meadows
Lot Size:Â 64 x 64
Capacity:
A Beauty Bar â Salon Chairs, Spa Day Items, Staff Room
A Concert Stage
A Hotel â Lot51âs Suite Life Mod Compatible
A Market â Functional
Bonus: 4 Empty Spaces â 3 Small buildings, 1 Spacious Skyscraper Floor
Gallery ID:Â Simstorian-ish
[Long post, I know! Second half below the line lol]
Packs Needed
Expansion Packs
City Living
Cottage Living
Eco Lifestyle
Get Famous
Get Together
Get To Work
Growing Together
High School Years
Horse Ranch
Lovestruck
For Rent
Seasons
Snowy Escape
Game Packs
Dine Out
Dream Home Decorator
Journey to Batuu
Jungle Adventure
My Wedding Stories
Parenthood
Realm of Magic
Spa Day
Strangerville
Vampires
Werewolves
Stuff Packs
Backyard Stuff
Bowling Night
Home Chef Hustle
Romantic Garden
Kits
Cozy Bistro
Castle Estate
Desert Luxe
Recommended Gameplay Mods
(Please read through what each mod has to offer before deciding if it fits your gameplay style or not.)
Better Build Buy (For the âDeletion Protectionâ setting, if you want to modify)
City Vibes Lot Traits
Lock/Unlock Doors for Any Lot (Works for Community Lots)
Shear Brilliance (Active Cosmetology Career)
Spawn Refresh
Suite Life Hotel & Resorts
Use Residential Rentals shared areas as Community Lots
CC Used
[All credits go to the following creators for sharing their work with the community. It is greatly appreciated and I hope that you all have endless nights of the best sleep ever.]
Helpful Tip: Having Only What is Needed For CC Builds (Tumblr)
Amoebae: Pile in Carpet
Awingedllama: Traffic Light 3
Charly Pancakes: The Lighthouse Collection (Books C + D)
Felixandre: Berlin Pt. 2 (Front Door), Chateau Pt. 1|2|3|4, Colonial Pt. 1|3, Estate Pt. 1|2|3 (CF), Georgian, Gothic Revival (Mirror), Grove Pt. 1|2|3|4, January 2018, London Interior (Cane Chair), Paris Pt. 1, SOHO Pt. 3|4
FlirtyGhoul: Minimart Pt. 1-11
GUA: Air Conditioners
Hamstebelle: Cyberpunk Food Stall (Simlish)
Hanraja: S015 (Shelf Gass Deep), S037 (Dining Sit Booth + Sit Dining 2)
Harrie: Brownstone Pt., Coastal Pt. 5|7, Klean Pt. 1|2|3, Octave Pt. 2, Spoons Pt. 1
HeyBrine: Jessie Livinâ Pack Pt.1, Le Bistro Pack (Tables), Nanaâs Collection (Microwave), Noova Collection
House of Harlix: Kichen (Glasses), Livinâ Rum (Frame Tvs), Orjanic Pt. 2
JoyceIsFox: Summer Garden â Tiles Pack (Purity#1 Floor + Wall Tiles)
KiwiSims4: Blockhouse Hallway (Small Lamp)
Kta: Vogue Prints 1 (10s-20s) [Mesh Needed]
Lijoue: A Louer Collection (Fence)
LilacCreative: Keratin Collection
Liliâs Palace: Intarsia Wainscot Wonderland (Polished Marble Floor)
LittleDica: Deligracy Fridge, Roman Holiday
Max20: Happily Ever After (Dining Table Knot)
MintyJinx: Terrain to Floor Collection
Myshunosun: Lottie (Throw Blanket)
Nempne: Cover Sheet Ceiling Tiles
Peacemaker: Hinterlands Living Room (Pouffe), Hudson Bathroom, Vampire Add Ons
Pierisim: Auntie Vera Bathroom, Coldbrew Coffeeshop Pt. 3, Domaine Du Clos Pt. 2|3|4, MCM Pt. 1|4|5, Outside Lunch, Tilable
Ravasheen: CounterFit Mini Fridge, Elevator, Shop Chef
Severinka: Apollo Sofa (Right), Grocery Store Pt. 1|2|4
Simspiration Builds: Portuguese Floors
SixamCC: Hotel Bedroom
Sooky88: Horizontal Oil Paintings
Sundays: Kediri Pt. 1 (Throw Pillows- Solids), Pool Haus, Swell Pt. 1, Ungasan Pt. 2 (Slippers)
Syboubou: Hotel Luggage Trolley
TaurusDesign: Eliza Walk In, Judith Kitchen (Barstool), Lilith Chilling Areas Pt. 1
Tuds: Base Game Curved Windows, Beam Kitchen (Table 1x2), Ind 02|03, Vime Closet
Winner9: Malibu Pillow
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Welcome Home (Your Biggest Fan Part Two)đž
Eminem X Reader
image pulled from google
â¨ď¸MasterListâ¨ď¸
PART ONE Your Biggest Fan đž
Content: Fluff, Cursing, Brief mentions of animal abuse, Crying
Heart beating out of your chest, you reached towards your phone. A number you didnât recognize looked back at you. It bared the 313-area code. Holding your breath you answered the phone with a soft "Hello?"
âHello, is this Y/N?â
âYes, this is she,â you said, pinching your phone between your shoulder and ear. If this was the call youâd been hoping for, you wanted to be ready to head out the door immediately.Â
âHi! Yes, you visited us the other day. I understand you were interested in Stan-â
âYes, thatâs correct!â
The voice on the other end chuckled at your enthusiasm. âWonderful! His new home did not work out and he is back with us. He wanted me to ask if would you be interested in adopting him?âÂ
A huge smile crossed your face. âWe would love to.â
âAmazing! We are able to place him on hold here for three days. Do you have a minute to schedule a time to come in for paperwork?â
âYes!â Taking a hold of your phone, you put the call on speaker and opened your calendar. Thank god, you werenât scheduled to go into work today. âActually, if itâs alright, I could come in in about forty-five minutes from now.â
âSure, let me check our openings for today.â Trying your best to be patient, you began to fidget. âOh, looks like we are rather booked today. Would you be able to come in at 4:30?â
âAbsolutelyâ Oh my god, how would you tell Marshall.
âGreat! If you decide to take Stan home today. We will send him home with his medical records, a collar and leash. He currently is eating Iams chicken and rice dry dog food. We recommend sticking to the food the dogs are used to. Switching to another brand may cause an upset stomach. I have had the pleasure of spending some time with Stan while he has been with us. Personally, I recommend picking up some squeaky toys for him. Those tend to not last long here, but when he was able to play with one, he loved it.â
âSounds like I have a bit of shopping to do!â You switched over to your notes app and began to make a list.
âOh, my he will love to be spoiled. Well, Y/N, if there is anything we can help you with in the meantime feel free to call us back. Unless we hear otherwise, we will plan to see you at 4:30!â
âThank you so much. See you then!â
âAlrighty, have a good day.â
âThanks, you too! Goodbye.â
âBye.â
Hanging up the phone, you couldnât hold in the excitement anymore. You did a little happy dance. Suddenly, the weight of what just happened hit you. You agreed to adopt a dog. Not just any dog, thoughâit was Stan. Should you have called Marshall first? What if his feelings about Stan had changed?
Frantically you pulled up his contact. He didnât always answer when at the studio though. The phone rang and rang before going to voicemail: âThe person you called has a voice mailbox that has not been set up yet. Please try again later. Goodbye.â
You sighed, typing out a quick message asking him to call when he had a moment, then set to work preparing the house. Even if Marshall wasnât on board, the worst-case scenario would be a cleaner home. Vacuuming, organizing, and rearranging, you spent the morning in a productive frenzy.
 Treating yourself to some tea and a rest. You picked up your phone to a text from Paul.Â
Thatâs all you needed to hear. You were going to bring Stan home today. Marshall would get home around 5:20. With some luck, and little traffic you could make it back before him.Â
After stashing away some of Marshallâs loose cassettes scattered on the floor, you grabbed your keys and checked your shopping list one more time.Â
Iams chicken and rice dry dog food
Bowls
Leash
Collar
Squeaky toy
Peanut butter/treats
Dog bed
Dog brush
Poop bags
Travel crate
Lots of toys
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Your carâs backseat was soon filled with bags. You hadnât enjoyed shopping this much in ages, and the deals you found werenât bad either. The pièce de rĂŠsistance, however, was a dog-sized hoodie that would match Marshallâs favorite.
The clock on your dash read 3:04. You would have just enough time to grab some lunch, set up Stanâs new things at home, and make it to the dog shelter before your appointment.
Excitement radiated through you as you pulled into the driveway, gravel crunched under the tires. Lugging the bags inside, you transformed your home for its newest resident. First, the food and water bowls found a spot in the kitchen, tucked away in a corner to avoid spills. You arranged the plush dog bed in the living room near the couch, where you knew Stan would want to be close to you but more so Marshall. Surely, the bed would be moved to Marshall's office on days he worked from home. The squeaky toys were arranged in a basket by the TV stand, though you chuckled, imagining the chaos when Stanâor Marshallâdumped them all out.
By 3:45, everything was ready. You sat the hoodie by the door alongside a hat, a subtle hint for Marshall if you didnât make it home first. A quick glance in the mirror and a face wash later, you were back in the car, heart pounding with anticipation.Â
The shelter was calmer than you remembered, a stark contrast to the excited storm brewing inside you. The same cheerful volunteer from before greeted you with a wide smile. âHi, Y/N! Right on time. Are you ready to take Stan home?â
âMore than ready,â you replied, practically bouncing on your toes.
The adoption paperwork was straightforward, though it felt like it took forever. You could hardly focus as the volunteer walked you through the forms, nodding eagerly at all the right moments. Your fingers drummed against the office chair you sat in. Finally, with a flourish, you signed your name at the bottom. Clicking the pen closed, your phone rang. It was Marshall. Shit, he should still be at the studio. Did he go home early? Excusing yourself, you stepped outside to answer.
âHey, Love.â You tried to steady your voice, shaky with excitement.Â
âYo. I am starving. We are wrapping up a bit early today. Thoughts on pizza from that place across town?âÂ
Mentally, you calculated what time this would get him home. âSounds great. What time do you think youâll make it back?â You tried so hard not to sound suspicious.Â
âuhh. maybe forty-five minutes to an hour. Also, I might get us a little surprise.â
Giggling at his normal nonsense, âOkay, drive safe.â
âNah.â His voice changing to the higher pitched tone he uses with babies, dogs, and apparently you, âI Wuv You!â
âI love you too, Marshall. Bye bye.â Holding your phone to your chest, the sparkle in your eyes brightened. This was going to work out perfectly.Â
Re-entering the room, the volunteered looked up at you. âAre you ready for Stan? I know he has been very eager to see you again.â
You slid back into the office chair, âAbsolutely!â
âGreat! Iâll go get him for you,â the volunteer said, taking the papers and disappearing down the hall.
A few minutes later, the sound of claws clicking in the hallway tile announced his arrival. Stan bounded into the room; tail wagging so hard it looked like it might propel him into the air. The volunteer handed you the leash, and Stan immediately began sniffing every inch of your shoes, pants, and hands. His feet danced with excitement, as his backend wiggled back and forth.
âHey, buddy,â you cooed, kneeling to meet him. His warm, wet nose nuzzled your cheek, and your heart melted all over again.
As the volunteer handed you Stanâs file, she lingered for a moment, her expression softening. âBefore you take him home, I thought you might want to know a little more about Stanâs story.â
You nodded eagerly, rubbing Stanâs ears while he looked up at you with his big, trusting eyes.
âStanâs past is a bit of a mystery,â she began. âHe was found in the winter wandering in a park downtown. A kind gentleman saw him there a few days in a rowâno collar, no tags, and looking severely underfed. He brought him to us, and we scanned Stan for a microchip, but there wasnât one. He either escaped and was never found or, more likely, lifted by his previous owners.â
Your heart ached at the thought of him all alone, cold, scavenging for food and waiting for someone who never came. You gave him an extra scratch behind his ears, and his tail thumped against your leg.
âWe estimate heâs about two years old, based on his teeth and overall health. He was pretty scared when he first came in. A lot of dogs are, especially if they havenât been around people much, but Stan warmed up quickly. Heâs incredibly sweet and loves attentionâhonestly probably because he didnât get much of it before. Itâs clear someone trained him a little; he mostly knows basic commands like sit and stay, and heâs decently house-trained. So, whoever had him before must have cared at least a little.â
âPoor guy,â you murmured, looking into Stanâs soulful eyes. âBut heâs okay now?â
The volunteer nodded. âHe is. Heâs been with us for a while. At first, he was overlookedâmutts often are, unfortunatelyâbut then, as you know, a young couple fell in love with him. They were so excited to take him home.â
You frowned, glancing down at Stan. âIf you donât mind me asking, why didnât it work out?â
The volunteer smiled softly. âI view it as a happy ending. They were a nice couple, but shortly after they brought him home, they found out theyâre expecting their first child. They were understandably overwhelmed and felt it wouldnât be fair to Stan to bring him into such a big transition. They brought him back, and it was clear they were heartbroken about it.â
You stroked Stanâs head as he leaned into your touch, a pang of sadness mingling with your happiness. âThatâs rough. For them and for him.â
âIt is,â the volunteer agreed. âBut weâre so glad he found you. From what weâve seen, Stanâs a resilient guy. He just loves being loved.â
âWell, heâs going to get plenty of that with us,â you promised, your voice firm, and hands cupping Stan's sweet face.
The volunteer beamed. âI can tell youâre going to be a great match. Just take things slow and let him settle in at his own pace. If you ever need help or advice, donât hesitate to reach out.â
âThank you for taking care of him,â you said, feeling the leash between your fingers and looking at Stan. âYouâre coming home, buddy.â
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Marshallâs car pulled into the garage, the sound of the engine humming to a stop. Inside the house, Stan was dressed for the big moment: the dog-sized hoodie youâd picked out earlier fit him perfectly. To top it off, your old baseball cap perched precariously on Stanâs head, just enough to make the sight of him even more heart-meltingly adorable, and dare you say a little shady.
You crouched by Stanâs side, giving his ear a gentle scratch. âOkay, buddy,â you whispered, your voice a mix of nerves and excitement. âThis is it. You ready?â Â
Stan looked at you as if he knew something big was about to happen. You had been preparing for this moment all afternoon, and now it was finally here. Stan sat obediently by the door, his tail wagging furiously but butt staying in place, just like youâd practiced.
The sound of the car door closing snapped you into motion. Reminding Stan to "Stay," you hurried outside, stepping into the garage just as Marshall was heading toward the trunk to grab the food. Â
âHey,â you called out, your tone calm and casualâtoo casual, given the excitement buzzing under your skin. Â
Marshall turned to you, smiling but raising an eyebrow. âHey pretty lady⌠what are you doing out here? Itâs cold.â Â
âI thought Iâd greet you,â you said with a shrug, stepping closer. âBut, uh⌠donât worry about carrying anything in. Iâve got it all under control.âÂ
Marshall paused, his eyes narrowing playfully. âThe fuck?... Woman, what are you hiding?â Â
âNothing!â you said a little too quickly, your voice going up an octave. âJust trust me, okay?â Â
Marshall chuckled, leaning against the car. âWell now Iâm not sure if I should.â Â
âPleaseee, Marshall,â you grabbed the food, stepping back toward the house and motioning for him to follow. âCome inside.â Â
Marshall shook his head and chuckled, as he followed you. âYouâre being fucking weird, but okay.â
The moment he opened the door, Stan perked up from his spot, his entire body quivering with excitement. For a split second, Marshall froze, his eyes widening as they landed on Stan.
As Stan bolted towards Marshall, the baseball cap slipped off his square head. The dog bounded into Marshallâs arms, his tail wagging furiously.
Catching Stan in a tight hug, Marshall lowered themselves to his knees.Â
You leaned against the doorframe, grinning as you watched the reunion. âSurprise.â you said softly.
Marshall met your gaze, his expression a mixture of disbelief and pure happiness. âYouâwaitâheâs ours?â
You nodded, noticing Marshallâs teary eyes, a lump caught in your throat at the sight. âYeah. Heâs ours. I got the call this morning, and I couldnât say no. I hope you donât mind.â
âMind?â Marshall asked, his voice cracking as Stan licked his cheek. âAre you shitting me?âÂ
âNot at all. I think he missed you too much,â you said tears now filling your eyes.
âI missed him too,â Marshall replied, his voice soft as he looked down at Stan. Then he looked back up at you, his eyes shining. âThank you Y/N.â
Almost as if he rehearsed it, Stan snuggled into Marshall and attacked him with kisses, whipping away the tears slipping down Marshallâs cheeks. Petting Stan with both hands, Marshall tried to process everything. âYooo, youâre wearing a hoodie, little man? Andâwait, is that your hat?â Â
Stan barked happily, spinning in circles in front of Marshall. You walked over, scooping up the cap from the floor. âFigured he needed to look his best for his big reunion,â you said, placing the hat back on Stanâs head for a moment before it fell off again. Â
Marshall laughed, shaking his head. âFucking unbelievable,â he said, his voice thick with emotion. He looked back at Stan, then at you, his eyes shining. âThank you. I donât even know what to say.â Marshall pulled you into a hug, his free arm still wrapped around Stan, who was now happily nestled between the two of you. Â
âBest surprise ever,â Marshall said, his voice quiet but full of meaning. Reality snapping back to him, Marshall looked towards you. âMy surprise looks like shit now. And here I thought a secret order of breadsticks would be the highlight of our night.â
You laughed, resting your head against his shoulder as Stan sniffed you. âWelcome home,â you whispered, as you scratched behind his ears.
Stan wiggled in the middle, his tail thumping against both of you like a rhythmic drumbeat. Marshall scratched behind Stanâs ears, his gaze soft as he looked at you with a full smile. âThis little guyâs going to be spoiled rotten. You know that, right?... We need to get the little dude some Snoop doggy merch.â
A/N: Hey chat. I cried writing this. I'm not sure if there will be a part three.. but I could be talked into it. I really love dog dad Marshall. <3
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that bookmark script you shared is magic omg and i guess i know what im gonna do this sunday!! i wanna ask if you have a few more magic scripts you can share that's gonna make ao3 better? thank you so much!!!!
I do! First of all I honestly just highly recommend browsing GreasyFork specifically for AO3 scripts, because everyone uses the site differently, but apart from the bookmark maker I already shared, here's the ones I use:
AO3 floating comment box: this lets you enable a little⌠well, floating comment box that you can copy/paste particular lines from the work into as you read if you want to leave those amazing 'quote a line and scream' comments a bit easier
AO3 Word Count Script: this one adds word counts to chapter links on AO3 Chapter Index pages and in stats on each chapter page. I actually use this more for bookbinding than for reading, because I am an 'entire work on by default' sort of reader lmao.
AO3 Rekudos Converter: this one's fun! If you click the 'kudos' button on a fic you've already kudosed, it will give you the option to instead leave a random comment from a selection of comments. You can confirm that you want to leave the rekudos comment, but you DON'T get to pick or edit - it will just automagically post it. I believe the default rekudos comments are "Extra Kudos<3", "This is an extra kudos, since I've already left one. :)", "I just wanted to leave another kudos<3" but you can customise that list, and I have haha.
AO3 Display what chapter a comment is on in inbox: This also does what it says on the tin and in your AO3 inbox, will show which chapter a comment was left on (if it's a oneshot, it will show 'chapter 1'). Great for comments on multichaps and especially if you're a co-writer looking to only reply to comments on the chapters you wrote lol (I know at least one friend who uses it for exactly that purpose)
I also have one I use as a writer which is one I coded myself (so isn't on GreasyFork sorry!!!) which activates on the new work page, and does the following: sets the rating to Explicit, archive warnings to No Archive Warnings Apply, fandom to RWRB bookverse, category to M/M, and relationship to Alex/Henry (because let's be real, that's most of what I write); adds a template to the summary and beginning author notes fields; adds the link to my tumblr in the ending author notes fields; sets the language to English; sets commenting permissions to guests and registered users; sets the skin to my default work skin that includes EVERYTHING. I can always go back and change any of those things if I want to, but it's just a bit of a time-saver! During Kinktober I also added a bit to this script to also add the fic to my Kinktober 2024 collection, because that's all I was writing that month anyway lmao.
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Hi, not to be prying but have you spoken to your GP about how you feel? It sounds to me like youâre in a serious depression episode and need like medication and therapy and stuff. Is any of this available to you? You really seem to need it. Let us know what we can do.
yeahh i am actually currently on fluoxetine and have had brief stints in therapy since 2017, but i can never afford it long-term and therapy on the nhs has a longgg waiting list and they also only offer you six weeks of it so i don't bother with that anymore. last time i spoke to my gp he mentioned that he suspects i have autism and that this is partially why his recommendations haven't been helping me, but he hasn't referred me to any sort of neurodivergent support program or anything since lol. ive been trying to get an appointment with him again for a while, but all i can get is an appointment with a nurse - so it's very frustrating. i don't think theres any help for me via my gp and going private is extremely expensive, so it's like, there's very little realistic options for me i think
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strollonso completed fic recommendations
If any of the authors of the fics mentioned here or are tagged and don't want their fics to be here, please let me know and I'll remove it!
Will update this list periodically
â¤ď¸ = favorite
âď¸ = I love fics by this author in general
đ = part of a series (will usually only put fav from series on here)
â = triggering themes
đĽ = explicit
the year you thought you were dying (was a really great year) - 28k
Between wanting blonds and someone dark-haired, Lance wanted the latter anyway, Luis said on the phone. You son of a bitch, Fernando had responded before he hung up, but he trusts Luis's judgment.
Until Death - 2k - âđĽ
The cool metal of the knife is back on his skin, the tip barely pressed to his neck, creating a thin steak of blood that flows down to his collarbone and below his crisp white dress shirt. When it reaches his shirt, they donât hesitate to tear right through the fabric, clearly too impatient to be dealing with buttons. Lance groans internally, did they really have to do that? This was a seasonal Valentino.
monsoon - 4k
âIâm on my best behaviour, unfortunately,â Fernando says, his tone not as dry as Lance expects it to be sometimes lately. âUnfortunately,â Lance mutters, and he catches it then, Fernandoâs brow hardening, the tight set of his mouth for a tenth of a second before his face smooths over.
Article 15: Reformed War Criminal - 15k - â¤ď¸đđĽ
Fernando Alonso has been around for a long, long time. He knows how to play the ruthless First Driver, but now his teammate is the boss's son. He'll just have to get creative. Lance Stroll has absolutely no idea that he's just wandered onto a battlefield with two broken wrists and no strategy other than a winsome smile.
my best impression of myself - 1k - â
Fernando knocks his elbow into Lanceâs arm. âIs fine,â he says. âI will fix it.â
get well soon - 10k
Lance says out loud, loose-limbed and tongue even looser now, âI don't know what I'm so scared of.â
if they take him home - 17k - âđĽ
Lance says thank you to the empty locker room â Mike left before he could regret his decision. It is finally over. And he'll never see Fernando again.
masterpost for all completed fic rec lists
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