#it's the sexiest book i've ever seen in my life

[magnusbae]

I confess, I am... kinda excited ; w ;

[satorusugurugurl]

Models

Pairing: Nude Model!Geto Suguru x Model!FAB!Reader

Word Count: 1,977

Warnings: Nudity, flirting, suggestiveness, fluffy goodness

A/N: This fluffy Friday idea had me giggling and kicking my legs. So intimate and sweet!! Nemsmkekdkdk!!

Nude life modeling.

It was easy, paid pretty well, and it helped you get money for essentials when your shitty part-time job didn't schedule you. All you were required to do was strip down to your birthday suit and pose for a bunch of art students to draw you. The sessions lasted between two to five hours, with breaks. Sitting around naked while posing was an easy way to make twenty dollars an hour.

After a rough week of hardly any tips at the coffee shop, you desperately needed to pick up a modeling gig for the weekend. You needed groceries, and you had been dying to buy the newest book of your favorite series that just came out. Luckily, an evening art class needed a female model. You jumped at the opportunity, not wanting to eat instant Ramen for the third time this week.

Trotting into the art studio, you found it empty, allowing you to change into a plain white robe before the students arrived. Just as you tied the sash around your waist, the door to the classroom opened. You turned around expecting to find the teacher, only to find the sexiest man you’ve ever seen in your life.

He had dark eyes and raven hair tied up into a bun. You could hear the music blaring through his headphones as he tossed his backpack onto the ground before pulling his shirt over his head. With a squeak, you covered your eyes as if you weren’t already in the nude yourself.

“E-excuse me!!” you screamed at the top of your lungs, “Excuse me!! I-I’m in here!!” when you heard the familiar sound of a belt unbuckling, you grabbed a sketchbook off one of the desks, chucking it to the ground in front of his feet.

The man before you jolted, quickly pulling his headphones out. His dark eyes met you for the first time since he entered. “Oh shit!” He hid behind one of the canvases in the classroom. “Fuck! Sorry! Sorry!” You felt like your whole face was on fire.

“N-No, it’s okay! Maybe I have the wrong classroom!”

“Are you here to model for Yaga’s class?” the stranger asked tentatively.

“Uhm, yeah.”

“You're in the right place.”

Slowly blinking, you watched as the stranger peeked his head out from behind the canvas. “I am?” Your eyes wander toward the shirt and belt on the ground before him. “Then why are you—?”

The stranger stepped out in all his shirtless glory. Fuck he was hot, he had muscles for days. While you undressed the rest of him with your eyes, he stepped towards you. His fingers nervously played with his gauges as he stood in front of you, giving you a better view of his body. His muscles and the curves of his body would be perfect for any art student to sketch. If you were good with a pencil, you would have sketched a picture of him because it would be rude to pull your phone out and snap a photo of the insanely hot man in front of you.

“Yaga is going over body movement between two individuals. Like couples and stuff.” He gestured between the two of you. “That’s why I'm here. I guess Yaga failed to mention that in his ad today.�� The strange brushed strands of his black hair out of his face. “The other model who was supposed to be doing this with me got food poisoning, so he was on a bit of a time crunch trying to find somebody to take her place.”

“Oh—” your fingers scratch your cheek, “right, okay, so I've always done solo work.”

The dark-haired man hummed in understanding. “Right, sorry he didn’t specify that in the ad. If you’re uncomfortable with it, I can let him know. If we have to cancel the class, that’s fine..” that was probably the best thing to do. But your stomach growled, hungry for something other than instant noodles.

“Ugh, no, it's fine, I’ll do it.” Why you agreed to do it was beyond you. Posing with a stranger, a hot one at that, was one of the craziest things you'd done. “Is it like back-to-back poses? Or are we talking cringe-worthy 90s family picture poses?”

The man before you chuckled as he shook his head, a dusty shade of rose spread over his cheeks. “That has to be one of the funniest things I've ever heard while modeling.” he glanced at the small wooden stage in the vented room. “It shouldn't be too crazy. Probably just us laying down or something.”

“Ah, very cool mystery man.”

“Oh right, sorry.” He held his hand out to you. “I’m Geto Suguru.”

“Well, it's nice to meet you.” You introduced yourself before leaving the room to allow him to change. “Just come get me when you’re done.”

Once standing in the hall, you run your finger through your hair, tugging it gently. How did your simple modeling evening turn into an evening of modeling with the super hot guy? The more important question was how you were going to get through this entire evening being next to said hot stranger in the nude?!

Keep it together. You got this! You told yourself and attempted to ease your nerves. The following 3 to 4 hours would fly by fast, and then you would never see each other again. If you were lying on the floor next to each other? Naked. It wasn’t a super big deal. Just you and a stranger lying on the ground!

Two hours into the session, you stared directly into Geto’s eyes. “Geto,” you spoke softly, attempting not to distract the students around you.

“What’s up? Do you need a break?”

“No, I was just going to say I wish we were doing a 90s family photo pose. You know those kinds where you would sit on a stool, and I would awkwardly place my hands on one of your shoulders while we stare off into the distance?” Geto’s shoulders shook as he tried to contain his laughter.

You had to make fun of a situation like this. Where you were naked, straddling the hips of a nude man you didn't know, only having a thin cloth separating you from each other. It wasn't as awkward as you thought it would be. Thanks to Geto; he made it extremely comfortable for you. Asking for your consent before touching you, he often checked in to see how you were feeling. He was the perfect gentleman.

Geto also happens to be just your type. He was handsome, sweet, and had a killer body; you felt drunk off of his smell and touch. But would it be wrong to ask him out after doing a job together? You wanted to keep things strictly professional. Your stomach, unfortunately, didn’t get the same memo.

It grumbled helplessly, begging you to feed it something with value instead of instant noodles, protein bars, or candy. God, it was so loud you prayed Geto didn't hear it, that he was too focused on posing to notice your stomach’s begging pleas. You thought you might have been in the clear until Geto gently squeezed your hips, drawing your eyes towards him.

“Hungry?” he asked with a slight smirk.

“N-No.”

“Huh, because it sounds to me like you are.” You shift slightly as if moving would cause your stomach to growl at a softer volume. “W-Wait don—nngh.” Something thick and hard pressed firmly against your ass, making you squeak.

Geto groans, his fingers digging deeper into your hips, stopping you from moving any further. All you can do is stare at him. His eyes remain shut tight. Was he hard? Was he, this god-built man, popping a boner with you on top?

“Geto.” You whisper, a smile tugging at your mouth.

“Please don’t.”

“Oh, so you can bring up my stomach growling, but I can’t bring up you hard co-“

Eyes snap open as he shushes you. “I’m sorry, I just think you’re cute and funny. I tried thinking about my grandma naked, but my brain would rather think of how good you feel in my lap.” He breathes out a minty sigh.

His candor had you blushing as you gripped his shoulder. You remain still like that until your stomach grows louder this time. Geto sputters out a laugh as you push yourself back an inch, rolling against his cock, causing a moan to break in through his laughter.

“Fuck, please stop doing that, or I’m gonna cum.”

“Already? Didn’t see you as a pre-mature ejaculator.”

“I’m not—-normally.”

“Says the guy who just said he was gonna cum.”

Geto cocks a pierced brow at you. “I’m like the energizer bunny; I can go all night.” The room feels hot, and it’s not from the lights on you, and it’s not from constricting clothing. The classroom is unbearably hot because of the building tension between you two.

“I doubt that.” You confess in a whisper, rolling your eyes. “How long do you last? Two minutes tops?”

He scoffed gently, kneading your hips. “Is that a challenge?” The urge to kiss and take him up on his challenge eats at you like acid. You inch closer, lips nearly touching, when someone clears their throat behind you.

The sound of them clearing their throat reminds you that you are not alone. The both of you are in the middle of a classroom modeling for a bunch of students. Students that can clearly see and possibly hear the conversation you two are having.

“Later.”

That single word puts a pin in your whole conversation. Geto’s erection goes down while your stomach continues to growl, winning the softest of chuckles from the man you're still straddling. Somehow, by the grace of the gods, you manage to make it through the entire class without your stomach eating itself or grinding down on Geto, much to your amazement.

With the class over, Geto lets you change in the main room while he uses the supply closet. You finish before him, grabbing your things, eyes darting towards the closet. How does one ask out a fellow nude model? Was it just the heat of the moment that had you hungry for his touch? Or was there something truly there between you?

The never-ending questions stopped as Geto stepped out, pushing his hair back, eyes scanning the room. The instant they find you, he’s crossing the floor faster, his backpack slung over his shoulder. There was something in his smile that made you weak in the knees.

“Do you like soba noodles?”

“Yeah, I do.” Your stomach growls in agreement.

A smile so smooth it gives the butter a run for its money graces Suguru’s face. “Let me take you out for dinner and a drink,” he starts heading for the door, “before that stomach gremlin decides to eat me instead of food.” Heart racing, you grab your things, joining his side, hands clasped behind your back.

“I hate to be the one to tell you this, Geto, but the chances of me eating you after dinner are high.”

“Is that so?”

“Oh yes, I'd say there is a ninety-five percent chance you’re on the menu for dessert if you want to come back to my apartment.”

“Funny, I was going to say there’s a ninety-eight percent chance I was going to eat you for dessert~”

Glancing up, you nearly stumble as Geto sticks his pierced tongue out. “Then maybe I’ll accept your challenge and prove I can last longer than two minutes.”

You smirk, licking your lips with a starved expression. “Show me what you got from the energizer bunny.”

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[ccfever]

caitlin in that one picture of the suit today where its a profile shot and she's looking over her shoulder and has one hand in her pocket + the hot pumps+ her hoop earring peeking out is the sexiest thing i've ever seen

look at this art by spidrawman on instagram

it makes me wanna write a supergirl!au..... but based on Woman of Tomorrow by Tom King. because that comic book changed my life.

[shadeslayer]

I wanna thank you for being so open and real about fat love and fat liberation and all. I've known for a while that I like fat bodies, my own, my partner's, others', but it felt like something I had to keep quiet even within my own mind. I could admit to it but I couldn't be proud of it, you know? but after having followed you for a while and seen other perspectives, I've gone from tentatively acknowledging my feelings to fully joyfully embracing them. being fat makes me happy! seeing fat people makes me happy! I felt overwhelming amounts of joy about this. thank you for sharing what you do it's changed my world.

YES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i saw this as i was going to sleep last night it melted my heaaaart <3333 FAT IS SEXY !!!!!!!!

theres a lot of stuff with marginalization where we can only be allowed to exist if we're ashamed of it, if we don't enjoy it, as long as its not a choice and as long as we dont actively want to be the way we are. and theres been good moves along trans joy, queer joy, being proud of your heritage and your skin and the same is happening if quietly within fat movements too and its the best shit ever. i understand peoples concerns but personally im fucking over it and im done with having to play nicey nice "im so sorry im fat skinny people look prettier skinny people are the ideal" games because im NOT sorry and fat people DO look prettier and fatness IS the ideal IMHO (in my huge opinion) !!! its great being fat and i love being fat and i love it when other people are fat and when other people are fat they look hot as fuck and the world is literally a more beautiful, more sexy, more vibrant place with fat people visibly existing in it. if people wanna be fussed about that thats THEIR problem !

if youre interested in fatlib and anti-diet movement/s i do have some book/blog/zine recs i can give you! but honestly its like. its so good to be able to say truthfully w ur whole chest that yeah i love the way fat people look, i love fatness, seeing fat people makes me happy and fat people are the ones who turn me on.

im also deeply flattered bc there are people im friends with / who i follow who have been formative like that for me, and im surprised i blog about fatness enough to count LOL. i feel a lot of it is all on my nsfw blog which isnt like suuper popular or anything. but honestly if u love fat talk u shld see me in the dms with my fat femme bestie bc we tear bitches up in there. i dont like to make waves too much esp w fatness bc it can be sooo divisive and intense (bc there is so much trauma in all of us over it, so i get it!) so i dont post much of my Real Hot Takes but im glad the fat love gets across. impossible 2 contain, same as my SEXY TUMMY IN THESE TINY SHIRTS !

literally it is so healing in ways that are innumerable. the way i live in my body has improved so much now that im proudly loving and excited abt and happy abt fat. so many little things and moments in my life have been turned around where i see myself as sexy when my shirt rides up, when my pants dont fit, when i get food on my shirt. that shit is hot. and dont let any COWARDS tell you differently

ALSO: being into fat and talking abt it as a fat person w ur fat partner is so fucking amazing and i promise if u start that discussion you will get some of the red hot sexiest pics u will ever see from ur partner bc thats happened in my rship and its like. [redacted for nsfw]

took a couple selfies to trace and drew this for u darling. go forth and be FAT

[imightgetbetter]

the missus being a tad insecure in her body after having lennon and maybe going to change in the bathroom before bed one time and matty being SO confused because she’s never done that before and he kind of deduces what’s going on and he’s like your body has given us the two greatest miracles in the world how could you ever want to hide it and him getting teary eyed and just loving her so much and unintentionally making her feel silly because why would she even do that in the first place it’s just matty the love of her life????

it happened after lennon, because they're back in the public eye (as much as they can be) and she saw a tweet or two or maybe even an article comment about how she was 'embracing the new mum look' and it rubbed her the wrong way. she obviously didn't tell matty about it, because he would be up in arms about it if he knew, but she just wanted a minute to look, to see if she really had let go of the sexy spice that she had in her style before the babies. granted, it's not a bad thing to do this, she's a mother and doesn't want to act like she's not, but it just rubbed her the wrong way. she takes her pajamas in the bathroom with her and shuts the door, which is weird to matty when he walks in from putting the girls to bed because usually, this is their time. he knocks on the door, and when she doesn't answer, he lets himself in, and he just stops and watches her for a minute, taking her in. when she turns around she nearly jumps out of her skin and she's like, 'jesus, matty' and he laughs and he's like 'sorry, you looked lost in thought and i didn't want to disturb you'. he walks in and starts stripping to get in with her and she shakes her head and says that she's getting out and he's like, 'well, will you stay in here with me?' and she can't say no, so she just quickly gets dressed but she knows he's watching her and it's like, there are so many things they're not saying. when he gets out, he walks over to her with his towel around his waist and he's like, 'okay, what's going on' and she sighs and looks at him and is like, 'do you think i'm sexy' and matty just looks at her because how could she not think that when he still, all these years later, is always trying to sneak her away and she's like 'i'm really serious, am i just giving in to the mum look' and he knows that someone must've said something and he gets really hurt that she would think this about herself and he walks behind her and makes her look in the mirror and he's like, 'look at yourself, darling. what have you done in the last eight years' and she says that she's had their babies and written books and won an award and been a wife and he's like, 'and i still can't my hands off of you' and kisses her neck and he's like 'you are the sexiest woman i've ever seen. have been since i saw you. i mean it. just because you're not in a mini skirt every day doesn't mean you're not sexy, especially not to me. you should feel so sexy knowing all that you've done.' and she kisses him and he immediately starts touching her and she laughs and he's like 'you're naked, i'm naked, what do you want me to do? i don't miss opportunities with you, missus.'

[a-silver-dragoness]

"How long she dreamed to never wake

Not to die but forever sleep

To shed mortal coil and ascend

As dragon goddess

Winged and content"

I was browsing Tumblr a couple days ago when I was struck with this intense, forest fire of inspiration. I don't remember the exact post, but suddenly it was like "I NEED TO MAKE THIS ART RIGHT NOW", and that burning inspiration hasn't ceased following it's creation.

I really, really want to gush over my favorite, most influential dragons of my life, so be prepared for a long summary/explanation!

From (top) left to right:

Everlasting Dragon, Dark Souls: "Rumour it may be, but I have heard of a surviving ancient dragon who resides in this land. A coterie of Undead serves the dragon, as they train to become dragons themselves. Sounds unlikely, but you never know, do you?"

- Domhnall of Zena

Light Fury, HTTYD THW: My favorite species in HTTYD! A welcome change to the classical "big, scaly monster" category that 90% of dragons fall into. We need more sparkly, feminine dragon species IMO. I know a huge chunk of the fandom hates this species because of it's feminine traits, and the individual that represents the species is female (females aren't supposed to have sparkles, such a horrible design REEEEEEEEEE), but I feel like everyone forgets that the ENTIRE species is feminine and sparkly, not just the Nameless Light Fury. There are male Light Furies with these traits, which everyone conveniently forgets, and assumes the entire species is all female or something?

I've seen plenty of really good redesigns, but it makes me feel bad that so many people hate the species enough to change everything about them. They make the species more masculine, more bulky, more "big, scaly monster". They make the species look more like Night Furies, which makes me feel kinda weird. But regardless, I will always prefer the canon design over any redesign.

Blue, Wings of Fire: My first exposure to WoF was the Graphic Novel of The Dark Secret. I was like, "Woah! Dragons as the main POV characters! That's so cool! I've been waiting for this my whole life!" So, I eventually bought all five Graphic Novels, and checked out The Lost Continent from my local library, and I've been hooked ever since. I currently own the entire 3rd arc, the Winglets, and Darkstalker. I know the fandom probably hates the scavengers in the last book, but as long as dragons continue the be the main POV characters, I couldn't care less how involved they are. Plus, as long as you have two intelligent species in room together, they're eventually going to figure out how to communicate (it's inevitable).

SilkWings are my favorite WoF species. Flamesilk (or just spinning silk and weaving it into tapestries) is an awesome ability, and a very unique feature for a dragon species. I have this strange, prominent love for four winged dragons in general, but I do prefer SilkWings over HiveWings. The ability the cocoon oneself and emerge five days later with wings is a concept that.... interests me greatly. I wish I could grow wings too.

Red Dragon, OG Demon's Souls: I have very fond memories of watching my brother run through Boletaria 1-2, running from the red dragon on those bridges to get to the Tower Knight boss fight. Their roar is unforgettable, and it's makes me happy to hear it. I don't mind the Remake, but I very much prefer the OG Demon's Souls. It has a very wonderful, janky old game feel (DS2 also feels this way to me), and the OST can't be topped. Plus, it has the sexiest armor in any video game, the Fluted Knight Set.

Ryukotsusei, Inuyasha: The first time seeing an eastern dragon was at my cousin's place. She had a few seasons of Inuyasha, and a Sailor Moon movie (the one with the winged unicorn). Probably not the most appropriate thing for a little kid to be watching (I remember Kagome getting kidnapped by a demon and waking up naked in a bathtub), but for my first anime experience I had alot of fun. Definitely had a crush on Koga. I remember drawing a circle in my hand and pretending to suck up demons at school.

The One That Got Away: I read this dragon book in elementary school, and I've never been able to find it again. I've only read it once, and when I went back for it, I never found it again. It has been bothering me for YEARS that I've never been able to find this wonderful book again. So, if anyone has any idea what book I'm taking about, please, PLEASE, send me a message or send an ask with the title! Here's what I remember.

A dragon (maybe red) swooping down grabbing a sheep, with veins seen in its wings, a farmer watches as his sheep is taken away. A dragon hunting a herd of deer. A dragon in a cave, with words like "this dragon's wings are too tight/big for this cave, it'll have to find a new cave soon".

On the bottom are things that might represent or be connected with my godkin identity. I could explain each one, but I'm very tired, and I don't want to do that.

Thank you for making it to the bottom of this VERY long post! Enjoy your day!

[mermaidsirennikita]

Please do give us all your underrated romcom recs!!

For sure! Here are some I remember right now.

Ibiza--a Netflix movie, half "female friendship celebration", half romcom, the source of my URL. About an overworked uptight marketing girl (lmao...... real) who goes on business trip to Barcelona; her two best friends tag along and convince her to go to a club, where she has a chance encounter with celebrity DJ Leo West (Richard Madden at his best), after which she becomes convinced to follow him to his next show in Ibiza so they can hook up before her business meeting back in Barcelona. Unhinged, sexy, hilarious, everything people say Bridesmaids is, I love everyone in this movie and somehow none of the women are ever in true peril which is fabulous. Will leave you wanting to fall in love in a club/do something insane with your friends. Encapsulates the feelings of life changing travel better than anything.

Laggies--coming of age romantic comedy with some REEEEAL hits for MILLENNIAL MALLAISE, imo. Keira Knightley dips after freaking out when her boyfriend proposes; she has no life direction and ends up crashing with this teenage girl she just met. Teen girl's lawyer single dad (Sam Rockwell, sooooo sexy for some reason) quickly susses out that Keira is not a fellow teen but lets her stay anyway because she's got good vibes, his daughter clearly is desperate for a maternal figure of some sort, and he wants to bang Keira. Has a GREEEEAT impetuous makeout where he grabs her and she has to be like "I don't think you should fingerbang me in the street".

Down with Love--an early 2000s romcom satire starring Ewan MacGregor and Renee Zellweger at the height of their powers (fact: this movie is the sexiest I've ever found Ewan, as he's generally hit or miss for me). Honestly one of the smartest movies I've ever seen? Satirizes the Doris Day/Rock Hudson sex comedies of the 60s in this hyper-vibrant, gorgeous 1960s New York (the costumes and set design are insane). Puts Catcher Block, the slutty man reporter, in this Battle of the Sexes deal with Barbara Novak, the author of a huge hit book that basically tells women say down with love and prioritize their own pleasures (including sex), during which Barbara trashes Catcher specifically. The plot is iNSANE, I can't even really get into it. But there's also a genuine love story? If you like watching a slutty man get completely Stockholm Syndromed into falling for a crazy woman, this is it. Also, Sarah Paulson and David Hyde Pierce, literal gay icons, play the best friends who also fall in love.

Mrs. Winterbourne. Another fucking bonkers movie that has a bit of drama but also sexy uptight lusting-after-his-brother's-widow-but-not-really Brendan Fraser. This girl, who we're supposed to think is 18 but it's Ricki Lake and she's not, gets abandoned by her boyfriend after she gets pregnant. She ends up on a train with this nice couple, including a woman who's just as pregnant as she is. She admires the woman's wedding ring and the lady is like omg try it on because she's nice and also weird, and then THE TRAIN CRASHES. Our heroine wakes up and she's had her baby and the baby is fine but the nice couple is DEAD and she was wearing the ring and was pregnant so everyone thinks SHEEEE is Mrs. Winterborne. The dead guy's rich family never met his wife, so they welcome her and her baby with open arms and she kinda has to go with it? Anyway, Brendan is the dead guy's IDENTICAL TWIN (which means he was also the dead guy) and he immediately is like "this bitch is lying" but he's also falling for her against his own will??? Truly this movie is reverse Gorilla Twins.

Blast from the Past--another Brendan Fraser movie you kinda have to see to believe. Basically, Sissy Spacek and Christopher Walken are a couple in the early 60s and Walken is a scientist who believes the earth is going to devolve into a nuclear armageddon, so he's built this bunker for him and his pregnant wife underground. He thinks nuclear war has begun, and rushes underground with said wife, and their son is born and raised into this perfectly preserved 1962 world. He's Brendan. Anyway, 30+ years later, he surfaces into the real world as 90s era Brendan Fraser, which means, hot, and is completely naive and gets led around by jaded girl Alicia Silverstone, who falls in love with him and wants to take his virginity REAL BAD.

My Fake Boyfriend. A truly wacky little gay romcom about Keiynan Londsale creating this ideal fake dating profile and his best friend living vicariously through it, which becomes complicated when Keiynan meets a guy he actually wants to be with.

Fire Island. I don't know how underrated this is? Maybe at large. Anyway, it's just a really fun modern queer Pride and Prejudice retelling with multiple super good couples and a greeeat Mr. Darcy.

Bros--I know that Billy Eichner is annoying and went all headass about this... but tbh, though it's not without issues, this is a very fun romcom with a sweet love story at the core that doesn't fuck around with adult issues like questions re: monogamy

Imagine Me and You--again, I don't know how underrated this is, I feel like it's Thee Lesbian Romcom in some circles, and it's imperfect, but I dooo love it. It's one of the few movies that sells love at first sight. It's dated but it's fun. Also. Lena Headey.

Always Be My Maybe--has everything I want; attractive people having sex, drama, childhood friends to "forget my number" to lovers, Keanu Reeves playing hIMSELF. I feel like this got decent recognition, but nowhere near what it deserved. If you haven't seen it, Ali Wong and Randall Park are childhood friends, his mom dies and he becomes super depressed when they're teens, right after they lose their virginities to each other (or she loses it to him? at least one is a virgin and neither knows shit about sex) and then feelings are hurt immediately after and they come back into each other's orbit years later when she's a celerity chef and he's like, her HVAC repairman lol. They rekindle the friendship but there's mooore.

Love, Rosie--I have my quibbles with this one, but I also have a soft spot for it because... childhood friend drama. Sam Claflin and Lily Collins are best friends since literal toddlerhood, he's clearly got feelings for her in high school but she fucks a random on graduation night and gets pregnant and doesn't tell Sam because she doesn't want him to stay behind and help her as he has a scholarship to Harvard med. Sloooow burn with lots of tension and angst and some charming found family vibes.

Palm Springs--again, debatable on how underrated it is because it's very much critically acclaimed, but this movie is never in the conversations Set It Up is waved into and it's actually excellent, so... Cristin Millioti (SHOULD be a romcom queen by RIGHT) is at her sister's wedding and goes off to hook up with random stranger Andy Samberg because she's a messy bitch. After a series of wacky events, she gets sucked into a time loop that Andy has been in for literal years, where they're reliving the same day over and over. A lot of crazy shit happens, hijinks are had, and they fall into (complicated) love. A chaotic favorite.

P.S. I Love You--I feel like this dog has had its day to an extent, but it was actually dragged when it came out, and I remember this because I remember going "why?? It's great". The only Gerard Butler movie worth seeing besides 300, probably, this stars Hilary Swank as a young widow whose husband (said Butler) recently died of a long term illness and left her a letter per month, telling her what to do in the first year after his death. The supporting cast is GREAT (Kathy Bates made me weep), it's both very funny and incredibly sad and uplifting and raw, Hilary fucks Lucky Charms Jeffrey Dean Morgan (the Irish accents in this are Bad but it's much better than Leap Year) and the ending subverts expectations in a great way.

Brown Sugar--This is obviously a very popular movie (MY DIVOOOOORCE) but I don't think it's upheld to the same status as The Best Man franchise and I always see Love & Basketball recommended over it and that seems wrong. Taye Diggs and and Sanaa Lathan play childhood friends who now work in hiphop adjacent industries and struggle with both authenticity and how badly they wanna bone each other. THEN HE GETS ENGAGED. This one is messy, with cheating and hurt feelings and real adult issues, but it also has one of the funniest scenes committed to celluloid so.

Music and Lyrics--a Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore CLASSIC that actually reads like a romance novel onscreen. Hugh Grant is a washed up 80s pop star who wants to land a gig writing a bop for a pop princess, but he can only do the music, not the lyrics. He finds out unexpectedly that the weird chick watering his plants (Drew) is a good little lyricist and they begin working together, which leads to... love. Has a genuinely great grovel, I gotta say.

Just Like Heaven--cheesy, but the spot I have for it is soft (weird). Mark Ruffalo is a sad widower who's moved into a new apartment, only to find out that it is haunted by the GHOOOOST of the woman who was in his apartment beforehand (Reese Witherspoon) (there is a happy ending). It's of AN ERA.

Moonstruck--should not be underrated because Cher won an actual Oscar for it, but many people don't seem to talk about it today? Probably because of the hero, but OVERLOOK THAT. Cher is a widow who's just gotten engaged to this one dude who's Just Fine, and she wants to make sure his brother, one-handed Nicolas Cage, goes to the wedding. Except oops, she ends up fucking him right after they meet because one-handed Nic Cage has the juice, I guess? He gives this big speech, she says he's a wolf, it's great and verrrrrry Eyetalian American.

Faraway--I just saw this and it is PURE. GOLD. A middle-aged wife and mother loses her own mother and finds out her husband is having an emotional affair at the same time. So she goes to this little house in Croatia that her mother secretly owned, without telling ANYONE. Except oops, there is a squatter in the house, and it's a MAAAAN. Funny, sexy, a great example of two attractive middle-aged people who look like attractive middle-aged people falling in love. A real "find yourself at any age", uplifting movie that made my heart so warm.

Austenland--not super underrated, but fun. Keri Russell is a Jane Austen lunatic who goes to an Austen-themed resort and ends up encountering her own Darcy type.... But is he just playing a part??? Jennifer Coolidge is also in this. Being excellent.

[ourimpavidheroine]

when you say you think that sex scenes are badly written, do you think that people have to have sex in order to write it?

Well, I don't think that's exactly what I said, but let me explain. I'll put it under a cut because sexy times means Tumblr today clutches its pearls. (I mean, Tumblr Live previews on my dash shows me scantily dressed women sucking on lollipops, but that brings in money, so THAT'S okay. So we're clear.)

What I said - and what I meant - is that very frequently, sex scenes are simply a regurgitation of someone else's sex scenes. And by that I mean, there's nothing at all new or original. It's the same thing, being written over and over again. Okay sure, the names and the places and such may have changed - and the prose might be more creative - but there's a certain way that gay sex scenes, for example, are written in fanfic and it's rare to see them deviate from this standard.

I am NOT saying this is bad writing. Not all at. On the contrary, I have read some that are very well written, even if they are a rehash.

What I said is that I personally find these kinds of sex scenes very boring.

Now, that is absolutely just me, and CLEARLY not a very large percentage of fanfic readers, so you know. Take it with a grain of salt.

Take gay sex in fanfic. The vast majority of gay sex written in fanfic is just the same thing, over and over, because the vast majority of the writers have never actually experienced gay sex in any fashion. I'd venture to say that most of them probably haven't even watched any gay porn. (Not that I am saying porn is actually representative of what people are doing in the bedroom, but you know. It's at least another viewpoint.) As somebody who has actually taken part in gay sex (or pansexual sex, if we are getting technical) then I can say that yeah. Fanfic gay sex frequently isn't representative of what's going on.

Does that make it wrong? Nah. I'm not saying that. If you read fic for gay sex - or any other kind of sex, actually - and how it's usually written gets you off then hey! More power to you. For real. I am 100% pro folks getting off through erotica.

But for me, personally? YAWN.

I took a shibari course way back in the day (through Good Vibrations in Berkeley, for the Bay Area people in the house) and one of the bar none fucking unbelievably sexy things I have ever seen in my life was this student who volunteered - with his clothes still on - to get beautifully tied up and the instructor who had tied him up wasn't touching him at all. She just tied him up and then spoke to him in this quiet, calm, hypnotic voice, telling him what a good boy he was and that man orgasmed in front of all of us, still dressed and wholly untouched by anything but his own clothes and rope. It really changed how I thought about arousal and orgasm itself. And for the record? The man in question was gay - he was there with his boyfriend. He was not normally attracted to women, like the instructor. Didn't matter.

So is it any surprise that for me, the same old same old sex scenes in fanfic are boring?

And let me say, I am wholly cognizant that this is a ME problem. It was the same when a friend read 50 Shades of Gray and went on and on and on how sexy it was and demanded I read it. So yeah, I read it and I was like, not only has this clearly been written by someone whose idea of kinky sex is turning the lights on but even at that, it's pretty vanilla by my standards. I was actually laughing when I read it, it was that ridiculously bad. But you know. Lots of people thought that book was the sexiest thing they'd ever read. Lots of people I know, in fact.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

So yeah. I frequently skim through most sex scenes in fanfic. For me, they are boring. It's also the reason I don't write much in the way of smut. If I'm honest, I don't know that most of the folks who are there for my Wuko epic are ready for what I might drop in terms of smut. I've given a few hints I guess, but they are fairly tame by my standards. So. Uh. Yeah.

But please, this is not in any way shape or form me slamming on fanfic writers. AT ALL. Rather, it's an acknowledgement that there's a certain way that most smut is written in fanfic that appeals to the majority. I just don't happen to be in that majority, and so it rarely does much for me. I'm not Ace! I'm just bored.

[oakensheilded]

Agony's Embrace (Armin x female Oc)

-I wrote this like 3-4 years ago so don't give too much hate, there will be minor yandere....stuf?-

Armin's POV: 

"Armin what are you doing Captain Levi called for everyone, he just asked me to come find you" Eren says

"Really he did" I asks

"Yes now come on we might be transfered to a new captains group for awhile" Eren says

"Okay" I say and follow him

"There she is" Eren says pointing to a women that looks like a goddess

"w-who s s-she" I ask

"That's Captain Avanna she's a good friend of Captain Levi's and Captain Hange" Eren says

"Wow" I say

"She has killed 58 Titans and has had 45 assists" Eren says in awe

"She's Amazing" I say

"Yep" Annie says "I've always wanted to be like her"

"wow" I say as annie walks away

"yeah" Eren says

"I have something I need to confess" I say when we get back to the tree

"What" Eren asks 

" I may have a itty bitty teeny wenny gigantous crush on Captain Avanna" I mumble blushing and looking down

"What, well she is pretty hot" Eren says

"She's the hottest sexiest woman I've ever seen in my life" I blurt out, I'm kinda happy no one else was around

"Okay man you need to chill" Eren says

"Sorry" I mumble blushing about my outburst

"No problem man" Eren says

"Yeah" I say still blushing

"So you gotta thing for Captain Avanna huh" Annie asks

I blush and mumble "Yes I do kinda sorta"

"Doesn't surprise me but I think Captain Levi already calls dibs" Christa says

"Nope Captain Levi and Captain Avanna are practiculy siblings that's the way they think about each other" Annie says

"So Captain Avanna is free for Armin to snag" Eren says

"If she likes blonds that are nerds than yeah" Mikasa says

"Ouch" I say

"She doesn't have a type" Annie says

"Yes" Eren says excitedly

"But" Annie says

"But what" Eren asks

"But she's 21 and Armin's 17" Annie says

"Damnit" Eren says

"I would date her if she was 30 Like captain Levi" I say

"That's a little desperate" Annie says

"I don't care" I say reading my book

"well then" Annie says beacause

Avanna's POV:

"Levi who was that blond boy with longish hair" I ask

"Armin Arlert why" Levi says

"Come on Oppa, why do you care" I ask

"Come on Eonni tell me" Levi says

"Why do you two call each other Oppa and Eonni" Hange asks

"Why do you care" I ask

"We call each other Oppa and Eonni because we're brother and sister" Levi says

"yeah" I say

"so why did you wanna know who Armin was, tell me now" Levi says

"fine" I say

"Cough it up" Levi says

"Beacuase I want him to be mine, he will be mine" I say

"Okay, if you want I can help with that" Levi says

"Really" I ask perky

"Of course, although he's only 17" Levi says

"Okay I would date him if he was 14" I say

"okay" Levi says

"he's gonna be mine" I say

"I know and i'm gonna help you" Levi says

"He will be mine and no one else's" I say getting a Demonic aura

"I know he is and will be yours" Levi says

" I want him to be mine" I say

"I know and im gonna help you" Levi says

"Yandere" Hange says

"Huh" Me and Levi say

"Yandere is someone who become violently possessive of a love interest." Hange says

"Yeah thats Avanna" Levi says

"So what if I am ,why do you care" I ask

"No reason Eonni Levi says

"Okay than get off my ass then Oppa" I say

"Yep got it Eonni" Levi says

"Honestly why do you say Eonni and Oppa" hange asks

"Beacause were brother and sister why the fuck do you care" I say angrily

"Because im a scientist and I found it strange" Hange says

"Do you need to know, no so why do you care" I say

"Because not everyone cares about nothing like you" Hange says

"she cares about some things" Levi says

"Sometimes I care about some things but why the fuck do you care Hange" I ask

"Never mind Avanna" Hange says

Levi's POV:

"Hey what if he Like's her too" I ask

"she would would Fuck him till his face Is purple" Hange says

"Hell yeah I would" Avanna says

"Of course you would" I say

-45 minutes later-

"Wow Captain Avanna is so flawless" Armin says

"She's just graceful that's all" Annie says

"She's Perfect" Armin says

"Are you sure you only have a little crush on Captain Avanna" Connie asks

"He has a giganteous crush on Captain Avanna" Eren says

"So he does like her back" I think

"What are you doing" I demand

"Uh.....n-nothing s-sir" Armin stutters saluting

"So you like my eonni" I ask him knowing the answer

"Y-your what" Armin asks

"You Like my little sister Avanna" I say

"Uh....um.....s-sorry s-s-sir" Armin says

"Uh oh" Connie says

"I asked if you like my little sister and it's a yes or no question which one is it" I ask

"Y-yes s-sir" Armin satutters

"Ok" I say "Go to your posts and stop slacking"

"YES SIR" Armin,Eren,Annie and Connie says

"Then go" I say

 they go to they're posts

Armins POV:

"That was scary I didn't know Captain Avanna was Captain Levi's little sister" I say

"He called her his eonni" Connie says "That's strange"

"Yeah" Eren says

"What does that mean" I ask

-1 hour later at lunch-

"Captain Levi" Eren says

"What" Levi says

"What does eonni mean" Eren asks

"Little sister" Levi says "Why do you care"

"We just wanted to know" Eren says 

we all sit down

"OPPA!" Avanna exclaims happily running towards Capatain Levi

"OPPA" Avanna says

"What eonni" Captain Levi says

"salang haeyo" Avanna says

"Nado salang haeyo" Captain Levi says

"Don't you guys dare start that thing" Captain Hange says

Avanna smirks "Nado salang haeyo Nado" Avanna says

"Nado salang haeyo Nado Nado" Levi says

"NO STOP IT YOU TWO" Hange yells

"Nado salang haeyo Nado Nado Nado" Avanna says

Hange draggs Avanna away

"What was that" Connie asks

"Nothing thats of your concern" Levi says

"Are you mad at me" I ask stupidly

"Why beacause you like my Eonni" Levi asks

"Um....yeah" I say

"No" Levi says

I perk up "Really" I ask

"I don't care that you like my Eonni, as long as you don't hurt her or get hurt" Levi says

"What do you mean or get hurt" I ask

"Nevermind" Levi says

"No what do you mean" Eren asks

"Wait are you saying Captain Avanna would hurt him" Connie asks

Levi rolls his eyes

"Uh c-could you please tell us" I ask

"Nope" Levi says poping the P

"But why, you said something and now you won't explain it, please tell us" I say

"I said nevermind so get off my ass" Levi says iritated 

"Don't be a bitch he was only asking a question" Eren says

"I'm not a bitch and what the captains talk about is none of you cadetts concern" Levi yells

"I guess wer're lucky we were the only ones at lunch" I think

"Wait does Captain Avanna want to hurt Armin" Connie asks

"It's none of your concern" Levi says

"If she wants to hut me it is of my concern" I say

"She doesn't wanna hurt you damn you idiotic brats" Levi says getting up and leaving

I gasp

"That was wierd" Connie says

"Extreamly wierd" Mikasa says

Avanna's POV:

Levi walks into my office with Erwin 

"Eonni I have some good news" Levi says

"What is it Oppa" I ask

"Armin Has A huge Crush on you" Levi says

I squeal so loudly Erwin covers his ears

"How did you find out Oppa" I ask after I stop squealing

"I heard him and his friends talking about it" Levi says

I run and hug Levi and kiss him (In a brother sister sort of way but still on the lips)

Erwin and Hange giggle

"He will be mine soon I know it" I say

Levi's POV:

"So you like a caddett" Oluo asks Avanna

"Why do you care you perverted ass bitch" Avanna says

"Oluo it's none of your buisness so back off" I say

"Okay Captain" Oluo says

"Good you don't wanna awaken the beast" I say knowing he will try

"The beast id that Avanna" Oluo asks

"Yes" I say

"Mhm" Oluo says

-1 hour later-

Me and Avanna are walking and we walk up to the tree where The caddetts were and also Oluo and Petra

"hey Avanna Guess what" Oluo says

"What" Avanna says

"Armin here Likes you" Oluo says

Armin blushes and stutters "w-what uh-um"

"I know" Avanna states coldly with a glint of lust in her eyes

Armin catches his breath and blushes harder

"Hm" Oluo

Oluo smirks and walks off

Avanna rolls her eyes

"I-I unders-stand if you d-don't l-like me b-b-back" Armin stutters

"One sec I'll be right back" Avanna says winking at Armin

"I'll be back I need to keep her from killing him" I say following Avanna

"where'd that bastard go" Avanna asks

"Come on lets go back to the hill" I say

Armin's POV: 

"Hey Armin I need your permission to do a special prank on Captain Avanna" Oluo says

"Um sure but why do you need my permission" I ask

"Beacause it involves you" Oluo says

"Sure I guess as long as you don't hurt me" I say

"Don't worry It won't hurt" Oluo says

"Okay" I say

Levi's POV:

"There's the bastard" Avanna says storming up the hill

"Eonni don't do it" I say following the pissed off Avanna

Oluo smirks "Hai Avanna" He says

"What are you doing........DON'T YOU DARE" Avanna says sternly

"What do you mean he's not doing any thing" I say

As soon as I finished that statement Oluo kissed Armin

Avanna growls silently only I heard it

Oluo pulled away laughed and walked away

Armin stands there with a look of terror

"I never thought oluo was gay" Eren says

"He's not, he's a bastard" Avanna growls

"Vann Vann" I say warningly

Avanna bounds after Oluo

"Fuck" I say running after Avanna

when I finaly found her she was beating Oluo's ass into the ground

I rip Avanna off him looking at Oluo's bloody body

"Avanna really" I ask

"He kissed my Armin, you hear me MY ARMIN, that bastard" Avanna says so demonic I could swear she grew invisable devil horns

"I know Avanna, but you have to listen to me you can't do this no more heal him right now" I say

I set Avanna down and she heals Oluo enough so he will live and be able to move around

"There" Avanna says spitefully

"Thank you, I know your mad but you can't do this, okay" I ask and say

"Okay Oppa" Avanna says sadly and sorrowly

"Okay" I say

Armin's POV:

When Avanna and Captain Levi come back up the hill I expected her to punch me Because I liked her but insted

she asked "Are you okay I know someone of your own gender kissing you is tramatising, oorr Oluo kissing you, since you had both happen are you okay" 

"Yeah i'm fine a little shocked but fine, he said he wanted to do a special prank on you I didn't know what that meant" I say

"Okay" Avanna says she careses my face with her hand and backs up to give me room

I blush slightly at her touch

"Are you sure your okay" Levi asks

"Yes sir" I mumble

"Okay if you say so" Levi says

"I do sir" I say

"Oluo would be crazy to try to do that again" Levi says glancing at Avanna

"What did she do" Eren asks looking at Avanna

"Lets just say I put him in his place as nicely as possible" Avanna says

Levi giggles a bit rolls his eyes and sarcasticaly says "Oh yeah you were sooo nice"

"What did you do" Eren asks excidedly  

"I nocked him around abit" Avanna says

"She pounded his ass into the ground" Levi says

"WHAT" Eren asks/yells

"yep, he's a bastard so I would do that any day" Avanna says

"I'm sure you would" Levi says

"That was nic of you to do for me" I say blushing a bit

"No prob" Avanna says

"S-so how'd you find out about uh...um......you know" I ask

"That you like me" Avanna asks

"um.........yeah" I say

"Oppa told me" Avanna says

"who" I ask

Avanna rolls her eyes and says "Levi"

"Oh" I say

"Yep" Avanna says

"I understand if you don't feel the same way I'll uh..... go die a slow death of embaressment" I say as I start to walk away

Avanna grabs my wrist

"Why, why'd you do that I know i'm too young and not good enough for you" I say "Wait what are you doing.... oh please don't hit me" I say when Avanna grabs my shirt

Avnna pulls me into a kiss

"d-did you just do that to shut me up" I ask

"I don't kiss people just to shut people up" Avanna says

My eyes widen "S-so y-you l-l-like m-me b-b-back" I ask

"yep" Avanna says poping the P

"they're finaly together" Erwin says

Hange make me an Avanna kiss again

"Hange I don't need your help" Avanna says kissing me again

"Ok I know I just realy wanted too" Hange says

-3 months after last chapter-

-5 weeks ago-

Levi's POV:

we are at lunch and Arlert comes and kisses Avanna

"Cute" I think in my head 

Arlert gets down on one knee and asks "Avanna May Ackerman will you marry me"

"YES" Avanna yells jumping up and kissing Arlert ,she's crying

"Hurt her and I'll kill you" I say

"I won't hurt her" Arlert says

"Good" I say

Avanna kisses him again

-Present day-

Levi's POV:

"OMG'S My wedding is tomorrow what if Armin doesn't like the dress or think i'm ugly" Avanna asks

"I'll kill him" I say

"But I love him Oppa" Avanna says

"If he hurts you physically or emotionally or any other way I'll kill him" I say

"hmm" Avanna groans

-The next day time of the wedding-

Levi's POV:

I get ready to walk Avanna down the asiels, once i'm ready I Me and Avanna interlock arms ,and the music they play when the bride walks down the asiels plays ,and I walk Avanna to Arlert, his eyes are wide and filled with awe as he looks at Avanna

"I knew he would love this dress and you" I whisper to Avanna

"Thanks Oppa" Avanna whispers back

we reach the arch and I go sit down after I threaten to kill Armin if he hurts Avanna in any way, they start to say they're vows

"Avanna I fell instantly in love with you the first time we met, I knew I wanted to marry you the first time I saw your beautiful face, I would love to spend the rest of my life with you, Avanna I love you" Armin says

"Now Avanna" The priest says

"Armin I didn't care you were a cadette or 4 years younger han me, I knew I wanted you more than anything else on earth, I will always love and care and take care of you for you are my soulmate and my love and I will never let you go" Avanna says tearing up

"Armin Alexander Arlert do you take Avanna May Ackerman to be your lothly wedded wife" The priest asks

"I do" Armin says

"Avanna May Ackerman do you take Armin Alexander Arlert to be your lothly wedded husband" The priest asks 

"I do" Avanna says

"I now pronounce you husband and ,wife you may now kiss the bride" The priest says

Avanna and Armin kiss

-The End-

[thisisntmyrightera]

In the library? | Eddie Munson x Reader

Summary: Why a study session would be so problematic?

Words: 1,416

Note: English isn't my first language so i make my best.

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The end of the school year was almost over and since Miss O'Donnell realized that Eddie was leaving his grades behind again, she decided to give you the job of being his tutor, it depended on you that Eddie finally graduated and now this was your school project with which if everything went perfect, seeing Munson walk on the stage and take his diploma you would make you feel totally happy and successful.

From the day the teacher introduced you two and told you that you had to be together for any homework or school project Eddie and you did not separate again, the Hellfire boys began to doubt that "studying" was an excuse that Eddie said to spend time with you and your friends teased you every morning for seeing you get into Eddie's Van the day before and although both had already begun to feel comfortable with each other's presence, even went out on small "dates that are not dates" to alleviate a little the tension of studying so much, neither dared to accept that you had found your comfortable place in the other.

When the list of final exam dates was published, you and Eddie agreed on a plan and schedule to study and pass all the exams without problem, so you had planned to go to the public library to read about the anatomy and science books and so you can be able to memorize the best you could with the clearer graphics that the old books had compared to the ones you used in High School.

-Eddie you can...stop doing that - you took the highlighter from his hand looking at him annoyed- it's the fifth time I've taken something out of your hands because you get distracted

-I'm bored; it’s 2 hours since we start studyin -Eddie looked at you rubbing his face making a little tantrum in his chair

-You already said that 3 times, we're almost done just pay a little more attention and we'll go ok? it's the last exam please try just a little bit more - you smiled at him giving him encouragement making him sigh leaning his elbows on the table while he looked at the book and took his pencil to write some notes

Again you focused your attention on the book writing in your notebook where your notes (compared to Eddie's) had everything in order and with little colors for make the differences on the themes so you could study a little more at home, you keep reading and writing when you started hearing again a pounding on the table to the beat of the ''Final Countdown'', a song Eddie hated ever since you told him Joey Tempest was the sexiest guy you'd ever seen in your life.

-Eddie...- you whispered without looking at him while your hand rested on your forehead and you continued writing the notes of the human body

- I'm sorry - he whispered back, turning the page of his book and writing something quickly, stopping the rhythmic tapping.

A few minutes later, the tapping on the table was heard again, this time accompanied by Eddie's voice that imitated the sound of the keyboard in the song, causing your foot to move automatically, kicking one of his legs.

-Ah... what's wrong with you...- Eddie looked at you screaming in a whisper taking his leg causing his knee to hit the table and all the pencils and markers fell to the floor as everyone turned to look at you because of the noise

-Shut the fuck up - you yelled whispering backat him, looking to the counter while the manager look at you through her glasses tired of dealing with teenagers- you threw everything Munson

- You kicked me, it hurt- he looked at you rubbing his knee while his tongue was out touching his upper lip adorably

-Shut up, you cry for everything - you sighed trying to look annoyed as you slipped from your chair to go under the table and take everything that Eddie had thrown

Right now, sitting at a table for two against the wall was a total bad idea, the space there was tiny  and you could barely fit on your knees as you adjusted your gaze to the darkness of the small space to find your supplies that were scattered around the floor.

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-Eddie... we found you - Dustin leaned on the table taking a breath after having run from Family Video to the library

-What happened dude - Eddie looked at him worried while Lucas and Mike arrived behind him also tired and stopping to take a breath

-Remember that we told you that... wait -Dustin made a show his finger asking for time so he could take a little more air - that Lucas could join Hellfire tonight

-Yeah, what's up with that? -He looked at them worried that his departure could not be carried out as planned for a couple of weeks

-Well... my sister doesn't want to leave my space free, she says that she wants to come back because Lady Applejack did a great job in the last game and I no longer deserve to be in this campaign

-Well my little sheep’s -Eddie smiled moving his hands as if he were calling them- Me as his dungeons master I can only say yes, Lucas you are a great player but... Lady Applejack did a great job and I can't deny her that she is a great member in this campaign

-But...- Lucas rolled his eyes looking at Mike- can you help me?

-I also...- Eddie make an expression of surprise giving a small jump in his chair staring at the kiddos while a dry knock sounded on the table making the boys remain silent looking curious

-What was that? - Dustin looked at him curiously trying to look under the table

-It was nothing...nothing at all

-You can stop moving...I feel so tight down there - your whisper under the table made the 3 boys open their mouths in the shape of a big O looking at each other

-Is...is it Y/N? - Mike looked at Eddie making a face of disgust taking his hands to his hair

-No...yes...well yes but it's not what you think

-You made a mess, I could barely hold...-you barely came out from under the table with your messy hair when you looked at the 3 boys in front of you, frozen and with disgusted and confused faces while you were there in front of them on your knees - hi Boys..

-In the library? Seriously? - Lucas looked away covering his mouth

-What? - Eddie got up from the chair quickly denying - no... no no guys, it's not what you think, right?

-Right, guys I was looking for this - you showed them the pencils looking at them almost begging for them to believe you

-You guys are disgusting…anyway we'll all go to Hellfire tonight...- Dustin looked at you judging and shook his head turning to walk and be followed by the other two freshman - and go find a hotel

-What did I look like I was doing? - You looked at Eddie curiously without fully understanding what had happened

- Well…- Eddie looked at you squeezing his lips as he put his hands in his back pockets rocking a little on his feet - Yeah kinda look like…you were…you know

- Munson - you looked at him disgusted hitting his arm making him cover himself laughing

-You two, that's enough, get out of the library right now - the manager looked at you annoyed approaching while she adjusted her glasses

-We're not doing anything wrong- Eddie looked at her smiling making the woman look at him annoyed crossing her arms while she moved her foot making the heel of her shoe sound against the wooden floor

-Let's go - you bit your lip smiling taking your books and your backpack - I'm sorry miss - you smiled as you took Eddie's wrist making him walk behind you following you

-Goodbye - Eddie smiled at her turning to the woman saying goodbye with his hand mockingly - we will go to the hotel

-Edward! - you looked at him hitting his arm again laughing making him laugh too as you went out to the parking lot and finally you could laugh out loud while you imitating the face of Dustin and the manager walking to the Van.

[late-to-the-party-81]

Bucky Barnes Appreciation Week - Day 7

AN: Here we are - at the end of BB Appreciation Week 2022. Thanks to all those who have read, liked and re-blogged my little imagines - I love you all.

I've got more in store for Bucky and Sam (someone sent a bit of a spicy ask, which I'm hoping to get to soon!)

Big round of applause to the ever wonderful @firefly-graphics for her superb dividers.

Check out my master list if you are feeling so inclined.

Pairing: Luke x Lando Bucky x Sam

Word Count: Approx 640

CW: Tooth-rotting fluff, Nerdiness, Fangirling

Bucky was in heaven. Like literally, Bucky thought he was in heaven.

Back in the 30’s Bucky had been an avid reader, enjoying Tolkien, Huxley and Rand, any books where the world wasn’t portrayed as it was, whether that be fantasy or a bleak dystopian future. Since coming out from under HYDRA’s control, part of his recovery had been to catch up on pop-culture and he had fully embraced the fact he was a nerd and therefore ‘Nerd Culture’- grabbed it in both fists and refused to let go. Which is why he was here, now, basking in freedom to let his nerd flag fly.

Sam shuffled beside him, tugging at the collar of his cloak.

“Are you sure I look okay, Buck. I feel a bit self-conscious.”

Bucky snorted in amusement.

“You fly through the sky in a state of the art red, white and blue suit with a massive pair of wings and chew out politicians on live TV, but this,” he gestured up and down his boyfriend’s body at the costume he was wearing, “is what makes you self-conscious? Doll, you look gorgeous. Sexiest Lando Calrissian I ever saw, and there are a few here…..and Billy Dee Williams is going to ‘freak’ when he sees you.”

“He’s here!” Sam’s voice came out in a squeak, his eyes widening in abject terror and embarrassment.

“Yeah, babe, I’ve booked for us to do a meet, greet and photo with him.”

“Gone the whole hog, huh?”

“Yup! Shame that Mark Hamill isn’t at this one, but it’s not one of the big ones. I wonder what he’d think of my outfit?”

Bucky plucked some non-existent lint off of his boiler suit and adjusted the skin colour glove over his prosthetic. Sam had told him he didn’t need to do that, until Bucky had turned to him eyebrow raised and started to lecture him that his outfit was from before when Luke loses a hand and Luke lost his right hand not his left, and he didn’t want glaring inaccuracies in his outfit. Sam knew when he was beat.

“Bucky-Bear, you make the best Luke Skywalker, I swear. I reckon with all these new shows, if they need someone to play Luke they’d be better calling you up than relying on CGI – that shit always looks far too ‘uncanny valley’ for my liking. We can take a photo later though and tweet it to him, how about that?”

Bucky leant over and rubbed his nose against Sam’s.

“You have the best ideas Sammy… oh look – there’s the life size Jabba replica, let’s go and get a picture, then there are a few merch stalls I want to check out. Also got to get my picture taken with as many Yoda’s as possible…”

Bucky practically skipped off, as excited as a child, and Sam couldn’t contain his grin as he followed along in his wake. All the ‘Leia’s’, ‘Vaders’ and even some ‘Hans’ all wanted pictures with his dashing boyfriend, who was sporting a blonde wig with his costume and looking very un-Bucky like. But that wasn’t the only un-Bucky like thing about him today.

Sam had seen Bucky happy before, but never this carefree and, well, childlike and it was fucking endearing. Bucky was indulging himself in a way that hadn’t been available to him in his younger years. Preparing for this event had definitely kept him busy and he hadn’t had a nightmare in two weeks. Obviously getting involved in a hobby wasn’t going to be an instant and permanent fix; trauma recovery didn’t work like that, but Sam was proud of his nerdy boyfriend, recovering in his own way and allowing himself just to be.

Today Bucky wasn’t the Winter Soldier, the White Wolf or even Sargent Barnes.

Today he was James Buchanan Barnes: Nerd.

The man who Sam loved.

Tag List: @christywantspizza @jobean12-blog @tinnedowl @bucky-bucky-bucky-bucky @tuiccim @beelicious-barnes @yarnforbrains @sidepartskinnyjeans @maladaptivexxdaydreaming @krissy25 @bodeckersdiamonddoll @turbolisedcomet @goldylions @buckybarnesweek2022

[miss-kittys-magical-library]

Last Christmas

Word Count: 1100

Warnings: some language but none really

A/N: And so our story comes to an end, for now. Our handsome Irish anti-hero and head-strong Lady Lawyer will return in the spring for an all new Misfits!AU sequel inspired by conversations with @robertsheehanownsmyass 🤨

Tag list: @joz-stankovich @badsext @elliethesuperfruitlover @nightmonsters @bisexualnathanyoung @magic-multicolored-miracle @immortalled

Chapter Five: Last Christmas

When Violet turned 35, she changed her entire life. Everything she set out to do as a Public Defender was always overshadowed by just how many shitty people needed legal aid. The one or two kind, desperate clients a year just never stacked up to or made the other 100 worth it.

So Violet packed up all of her things, bid everyone a fuck you and cried in her dark apartment for a week. No prospects or experience with anything but law, it frightened her how easily she dropped everything to just do.. nothing. She ignored her sisters, “Why don't you go back to New Orleans? Or back to school!” And the calls from Tony “Come back to the firm!” Then one day.

There was a knock on the door that startled Violet from her misery. She didn't care how she appeared to the courier who handed her a rather monstrous package. She signed and tore into it revealing a thick release form and three proofs of graphic novels. Then her heart leapt into her throat.

Lanky with a devil’s smirk on his face and a cocky stance in jeans and black jacket with the collar turned up. The indentation of a dimple Violet had found herself touching as he died or slept. They somehow found a way to capture the unusual green that could have easily ruined her. And even though it was just a drawing, she could hear Nathan’s smart mouth.

Beside Nathan on the cover was a shorter, almost creepy but not unattractive guy. He donned a black sweatshirt, hood pulled up and Kevlar body pads. In the background an array of others in orange jumpsuits. Simon, she knew from her own masochistic research, and infamous remaining ASBO 3.

“Captain Invincible and The Super Hoodie: The Misfits Tales,” Violet snorted. “Huh.”

Still she sat down and flipped through it. Each section more absurd yet somehow believable than the next. Nathan impaled on a metal fence. Simon stuffing a female probation worker in a freezer. Alisha using touch to elicit the most perverse filth from men’s mouths. Curtis and his ability to rewind time reliving the night they all got busted a hundred times. And Kelly, having sex with a guy that was a gorilla. It all converged into the final book, “Vegas Baby.”

Violet held her breath as she moved towards the end. The parts where she didn't expect to exist. That she even came across Nathan’s mind all these years later was curious to her, as was the version he came up with. All she could do was laugh and cry simultaneously.

There she was, more of a sexy librarian in a porn than a lawyer. Her skirt (she normally wore pants during trial) a bit too short, and her boobs far too large. Her cleavage out of control through a low cut dress shirt. She had her hair twisted up (which was true) and glasses (really?!). Nathan in that fitted suit looking more like an Irish mobster than the nervous man-child who chewed his fingers until they bled. A panel with Violet leaning, tits out, towards him as she questioned him before an explosion of rabbits.

Here was the story. It explained this fantasy of Violet, sexy porno lawyer, that's how Nathan saw her. He admitted she was rather plain and stuffy when they first met. Though by the end of their visit, her cheek and determination and inability to put up with his shit became a turn-on. How she played him on the stand and found a way to instill reasonable doubt by throwing Marnie under the bus in his defense was something no one had ever done before. Weirdly encouraged his arrogance, showed cool indifference to his charm, yet never gave up on him no matter how exasperated he made her. All of this made her “the sexiest bird I’d ever seen. I had t’be with her.”

Violet continued to the bits after the trial. The club, Nathan handing some meathead his tongue that had literally fallen out of his mouth. It wasn't even in Nathan’s head how drunk they were that night, their illustrated bodies simulating sex on the dancefloor or when she called him Irish Eyes in the back of a black cab. His insistence that the way she dodged his kisses, actually ducked like his lips were a dodgeball, made it “difficult for him to walk.” Violet rolled her eyes. A deep crimson still crept across her cheeks.

Then that night. That messy surprising night when her knife fit so perfectly in Nathan’s flesh and right into his heart. Sometimes Violet didn't know what haunted her more: the amount of blood he shed or the utter disdain in his eyes as the door slammed behind him.

As Violet ventured to that page, a perfect drawing of them on her hallway floor. Nathan’s head in her lap as she stroked his hair while he died. The air in her throat choked her as she read the panels.

“I forget hardly anyone knows I'm going to live forever. It hurts t’die with a butcher knife in your chest. Not as much as a sewer pipe or metal fence, mind ye. I don't always like the idea myself. But I did like the idea of our handsome hero being comforted by his own Lois Lane.

Kelly and Simon used t’drag me up a flight of stairs and toss me on my dirty mattress at the community center. Waited about like I was late for a concert. Kelly took the piss, didn't she?

Vi held me as I ruined her floor. No one’s held me while I've ruined anything. Wait till she finds out I'm such a selfish prick that I destroyed time just to get back a mate who didn't even like me to start.”

Violet didn't even have time to cry the tears that stung her eyes. Or think about what those words really said between the lines. Her cellphone rang making her scream a bit.

“FERN?!”

“Lettie you ok?”

“Just a bit shaken. I have to go through a release form to agree to my likeness being in both graphic novels and apparently the chance to option a film based on them.”

“Uh..”

“Nevermind, what's up?”

“Claire got a job in London at Burberry. Could you sell your apartment? Move with us and be Marigold’s nanny? You could look into getting back into law over there somehow. Eventually right?”

Violet laughed. From a lawyer to a nanny. “Why the fuck not? I know an Irishman over that way.”

[lunavadash-creates]

Woah Babe! I am in awe seeing your Altair in Sims! How is it even possible? Did you create him with the help of some skins? His clothes are not that bad! I have seen worse. Have you made Amara too? I don’t remember when I played Sim last time! I got a new computer so I can finally do anything on it. I thought about buying Sims 4, because of their latest expansion pack. Like.. Imagine having a cow! But in the end I bought The Witcher games, because I have never played them and I enjoyed the books and soundtracks. To be honest, The Witcher soundtracks are my favorite amongst other game soundtracks and if you didn’t pay attention to music I can recommend you many fantastic songs!

My first thought at your story was.. You were attacked by what?! It took me a few moments to process how it was even possible. Think of it bears are not popular “animal mascots” if I can put it like that. But then it made me extremely sad. Bear on a chain leash. I know the story is exciting on its own but the thought that people are this cruel to animals makes me want to cry. I understand your aversion tho. It must have been a really scary experience, especially because you were a kid then!

Bulgaria! I have never been there, but I would love to. They are known for their rose cosmetics and I love its scent! How many times have you been there already? What makes you love this country this much?

Turkey is beautiful! I have been there and it was an incredible experience! If I had the opportunity I would go back there without a second thought, so if you ever have the opportunity to visit this country - GO! Egypt? Maybe it’s because I had really high expectations, but it disappointed me a lot. It’s dirty, people are pushy. But the coral reef is worth seeing! For sharing adventures I can say that I almost had a heart attack and collision with a sea turtle!

As for my travel plans - I have a lot! I don’t know if I could ever make it to some places tho! I would love to see Japan too! Since I remember I've wanted to go to Takarazuka theatre! For sure I would love to go back to Iceland. And I will go back, even if it were my last and only one journey. I am in love with this country with all my heart! And I am hyping over it as much as over my dog lol. I love hot weather, even when it is extreme for most people. But if I have to choose, I would choose to see the Arctic and Scandinavia. To see northern lights. To see milky way once again. And maybe go to Labrador Peninsula and find labradorite stone of my own! And Costa Rica just to go to Territorio de Zaguates and adopt all the dogs. Eh, some dreams have to remain just dreams.

Is there something particular you want to see in countries you would like to visit one day?

As for spicy food - I admire such skill! I guess you like spicy food and spicy content <winks>

Heavens, I can’t believe I respond to all messages! Sorry for divide our conversation into so many threads!

🔪

I'm glad you like him! Yes, I have like 20GB of CC for sims 3. Skins, eyes, make-up, sliders, clothes, objects. I spend a long time on him, especially that HIS FACE. THERE IS NO PIC OF HIS FACE AS A WHOLE. So I used to picture of the Altair figure I found. Honestly, If they made Altair in modern graphic he would be the sexiest of them all. I used to have Amara too but I don't have a picture ;; But if you want I can make one for you! And I have a cow in sims3! And it gives chocolate milk! ANd in all honesty. I won't but sims 4 because... I'm waiting for sims 5 >.<

The Witcher series is really great tho I haven't played Witcher 3 yet. YET.

As for bear yeah, it was not too nice. Anyway. Yes, I love Bulgaria, I was there twice but I could go there anytime I love that place. Idk maybe it's the weather, the people, the food, the sea, maybe everything. It's just so amazing. I love it so much more than for example the Canary Islands. People there was rude ;;

OMG SEA TURTLE?! Amazing! Tbh I don't really want to go to Egypt anymore. I used to want to go but I'm a bit afraid. But turkey! I think ill go there next year! Also funny thing. When I was in Albania I caught a sea turtle. I was like 14 I think and there was a turtle so I just... grabbed it. Took a photo, make people gasp and then let it go. I hope he's still alive and well ;; KNifeeeeyyyy. I love your plans and gods you are so amazing. I honestly wish you will visit all those places and one day tell me about them! I think that except Japan I also would love to see the northern lights and the milky ways. It sounds so nice when you're talking about it. I would be more than happy to see it with my own eyes. Also maybe you want to visit bunny island in japan? It's called Okunoshima. Yes, I love spicy in my life :D I want to see rabbit island in Japan, the cherry tree alley, the key-hole graves and the museum. I want to see the famous things in china. Like the army and the Chinese wall also I want to see Chinese and Japanese festivals. I want to see Petersburg and Moscow in Russia, the ruins of Masyaf castle, the Pyramids... there are a lot of places, you know? Or ruins of the shrine of Quetzalcoatl. The world is such a fascinating place I want to see all creations of the great, ancient civilisations ;w; And I want to do to Budapest again! And the famous water part in Slovakia! Hbu Knifey? tell me more?

[jonesywrites]

Hey, I love your writing! I think I've consumed everything at this point. Do you have any favorite stories you can recommend? I may have blasted through all the fic updates of my own faves and just looking to see if people are reading stuff I might have missed. Looking forward to your next updates! No pressure!

Anon!

First, I am so very sorry it’s taken me so damn long to answer this. 

I actually did answer it - I wrote a very long, very beautifully gif’d post and then accidentally scrolled left on this stupid macbook and I lost the entire fucking thing and I wanted to throw my laptop out of the window.

::calming breaths::

Let us pray that doesn’t happen again this time (I am a klutz, so it’s a definite possibility). Secondly, I decided that now is the perfect time to recreate this answer because a) there are some goddamned talented ass writers out there killing the game rn, b) there are also haters out there trying to steal our joy rn and not only is it not going to work, I think now is a good time to spread the love as far and wide through Richonne as possible, so reblog the shit out of this and get reading if you haven’t already and c) I don’t have time to write the way I want at the moment so I hope this makes up for it.

I also really really need a list I can return to b/c I signed up to read a lot and am still verrry slowly getting through it.

So! Here goes…

Current Favorite Richonne fics…!

1. Round After Round by @nattah-gudgrrl

ZA Canon - Rick and Michonne after 6x10, being domestic and sexy af, round after round.

Holy crap, Anon. I was hooked from the first few words. I’m not finished yet, but this is incredibly sexy and beautifully well-written. Nattah’s writing is hypnotic and poetic. She drops precious gems throughout each chapter with her words, the way she phrases things is so original and addictive. Rick and Michonne are pitch perfect, but so is everyone else (and she’s hilarious, btw). She includes music to score her amazing writing, and trust me, listening to her suggested tracks while reading will only suck you deeper into the tantalizing atmosphere she’s created with these two. AND THE SMUT. HOLY SHIT. Prepare yourself. I love opening up to a chapter and letting myself fall. I almost feel like I need to smoke a joint, turn out the lights, and close my door reading this, no joke. (no seriously, i’m not joking, be alone b/c you will feel thangs down there)

2. Musings of Rick Grimes by @nyese3529

NonZA AU - Rick as a NYC photographer slowly falling head over heels for a charismatic college student Michonne as she becomes his muse.

OKAY. I’m not sure anything I say here will do this amazing piece of fanfiction justice. I’m not even caught up, but the chapters I have read so far are PURE FIRE. Nyese is a master at unfolding a real, atmospheric, moody, sexy, intense, and totally riveting Rick and Michonne for us to fall in love with from the start. Rick’s attraction to Michonne leaps off the page, as does she. She is so damn cute and sexy and seeing her through Rick’s eyes the way Nyese has written them is just to die for. Nyese also NAILS New York City life, especially as a southern transplant and artist (I feel you Rick) AND as a young, gifted black woman looking to make a difference while everyone else covets her light (I feel you Michonne). It’s a beautiful read, and I encourage you to ASAP. The smut is off the chain, as in every fucking moment of it had me squirming around wishing I had me a Rick Grimes here in NYC damn you Nyese you’ve ruined me!

3. The Art of Control by @avintagekiss24

NonZA AU - Rick as a sexy, wealthy contractor Dom and Michonne the comic book shop/cafe owner as his sub in Atlanta (bonus: featuring probably the best version of Maggie I have ever read)

GOTDAMN. Let me tell you something. THIS IS THE SEXIEST RICK GRIMES OF ALL TIME FOR ME. Every fucking word Miss Kiss wrote for him to utter had my panties wet and my brow sweating, do you hear me? This fic is hot as fuck. Even before Rick Grimes shows up in the story, I was feeling hot and bothered about his mere existence, just like Michonne. The way Miss Kiss writes the buildup throughout their relationship is simply riveting. She’s a very visual writer, just like Nyese, so I can see, taste, feel, and ground myself in this stunning world of money, undeniable attraction and absolutely delicious sex. AND DID I MENTION HER MAGGIE IS SEXY AF, FUNNY AF, NAUGHTY AF, AND GODDAMN IT I WOULD SO BE HER PLAYTHING?? The plot is really good, too, like really good. Screw 50 Shades of Garbage. Miss Kiss’s sub!Michonne and Dom!Rick Grimes are what you want, what you need, what you deserve. Go forth, and savor every moment of this. In fact, I need to catch up, myself. Hell yeah.

4. Sirens of the ZA, by @isisnicole

ZA AU - Michonne and her two sisters, fierce, trained fighters, find and protect Carl. Richonne begins to develop once Carl is finally reunited with Rick three years later.

Sigh, I love this fic. Miss Isis hooked me with her stellar opening, and the plot just got more and more compelling the more I read. Carl is still very Carl, but he’s got that “loved, protected, and taught to survive by three amazing black women” vibe to him that makes my heart melt. Ila, Luna, and especially Michonne are just everything in this. EVERYTHING. Their relationship is tight af, they keep it real, they are badass warriors (trained, medal-winning warriors, mind) and even though your heart yearns for Rick and Carl to reunite and for Richonne to soar, you cannot help but fall in love with the family dynamic that Miss Isis has written for them with Carl. The tension between Rick and Michonne is even more intense in this than in canon when they first meet, I’d say, but deliciously so. And once they both start to realize the business, it’s time to pull out the popcorn because the buildup is sooooo good. And did I mention an alive Shane and Merle, also written so well you kinda sorta forget they didn’t make it in canon? Yeah. Read this.

5. Red Dirt Road by @siancore

NonZA AU - Young!Richonne in southern af King County, Georgia, teenagers that fall in love one summer along a red, dirt road.

Honestly, this fic is just perfect. The world is real. I can smell the dirt. I can feel the heat. Rick in this is juuuuuuuust….! He’s everything we think of when we think of a teenaged Rick (but not underage of course). Kind, responsible, stoic, patient, respectful, and sexy. Michonne is a vessel for us all, transporting us back in time to when we went to our grandmama’s house and she bossed us while loving us like nobody else could. The whole gang is there and they’re all written to perfection, especially Shane. He’s as shady and selfish and yet completely charismatic as you’d expect a young Shane to be. The story is so sweet and the pacing is comfortable, fun, and easy, just like those summers we spent messing around with our friends, falling in love, learning to drive, staying out after curfew. I adore Sian’s writing and this is by far my all-time favorite of hers right now. It’s a must, must read! 

To Continue Reading, So Help Me…!

1. HALO, by leeeel

Holy smokes. I have only read chapter one so far and it is absolutely amazing. AMAZING. I reeeeaalllyy need to get back into this one. Rick and Michonne meet under dire circumstances, and the mystery begins. The writing transports you, and I actually got chills reading this. CHILLS.

2. Deception by @severelybabykryptonite

YO. I HIGH KEY LOVE “THE BODYGUARD” AND THIS IS THE RICHONNE VERSION AND IT IS EVERYTHING. Rick as a no-nonsense bodyguard to Michonne’s sexy, vulnerable star is a dream come true. I really need to catch up on this one, it’s just so good and it’s visual and it makes my geeky movie+Richonne loving heart soar. 

3. The Day I Met You, by @chezza3009

I almost don’t know how to describe this one. It’s dark. It’s riveting. It’s nothing like I’ve ever read in Richonne before. Rick and Michonne in the aftermath of an affair that leaves Michonne devastated and Rick a mess. I don’t recognize this version of Michonne or Rick, but then I need to continue reading. What I’ve read so far makes me very, very intrigued by this story. And it shall have my undivided attention ASAP.

4. The Beginning, by @vegasloversteel

Once again, Vegaslover has an uncanny ability to hook you with great story telling, dialogue that flows like “how is she doing this??” and chemistry between Rick and Michonne that vibrates off the page. Richonne is hot hot hot in this. Set in their college years with a great plot and fun with all your faves. Gotta catch up!

5. Palm Trees, by @cake-by-thepound

I AM SO UPSET I CANNOT PARTICIPATE IN ANY OF THE JUICY FIC TALK GOING ON ABOUT THIS STORY RN. Arrrrgggh the spoilers I’ve seen alone are killing me not so softly. I just loooove the way Cake writes Richonne’s worlds. Rich, grounded, dramatic but in a real, honest-to-goodness “that could totally happen to me” way that makes me want to stand up and cheer. I know this is going to be a beautiful ride, so far everything I’ve read is perfection, as usual, so I’m really looking forward to the day I am finally caught up and I can (too late, of course) dip into the forums and be like “GURL. BUT CAN WE TALK ABOUT THAT PART WHEN…” 

You Thought I Was Done? LOL.

These are the stories I haven’t gotten to yet, but that are also on my list. I’ve heard nothing but good things and I am hoping to get to them soon!

Right Where We’re Supposed to Be by @tigerwalk3 - I’ve read her mini-fic Sparklers and I cannot wait to dive into this one. Her characterization alone is amazing, and the way she puts phrases and details together makes me low key jealous.

Honey Bees by @cranesinthe-sky - I don’t get enough Michonne and Judith in my fandom diet and I’ve heard some really awesome things about this one. I’ve heard nothing but praise for Lady Cranes’ writing, so I’m excited!

The TWD Chronicles by @yellehughes - I read Yelle’s Richonne Secret Fantasy fic and loved it, and I actually feel rather ashamed that I haven’t gone back to dive into this epic Olympian take on Richonne!! Allow me to correct this, with the quickness. 

The Hunter of Screams, by @codename-me - I started this, and holy crap is it amazing so far. Like me, Lady Codename has a thing for sci-fi and fantasy, and her writing is rich and detailed and visual, which totally turns me on. 

The End of Wanting, by @glowysweetfab​ - I have started this, and love this period AU, it’s immersive and the plot is so interesting I’m not even all that fussed to get to the romance bits (well that’s a lie, of course I’m trolling for smut but I’m really enjoying the ride).

Honestly, there are so many more stories I have favorited/followed that it would take me all night to list them all here. But I will do more posts like these as I finish fics and move on to others, it’s important to me to show the same support for all of these amazingly talented writers that they have shown to me, and to spread as much positivity as possible because they deserve it. 

This fandom is chock a block full of major talent, huge hearts, astonishing intellect, and abundant passion. No one can deny that, and anyone who does is lying. 

READ AND WRITE ON, RICHONNERS!!!!

Thanks for the ask, Anon! 

-Kendra

P.S. I promise I will get back to updating as soon as I can. I’m in the middle of preparing myself to move across the country and transition to a new career. But my beloved fics are always on my mind, and boy do I have such glorious Richonne in store for you! Thanks for sticking with me! I promise you won’t regret adding a few of these ladies to your reading list, either, if you haven’t already. 

[duanecbrooks]

Media Impact     It's time to once again let you in on what is My All-Time Favorite. And to remind you once again that I am not nor have I ever been a high-culture maven nor an aesthete nor even a real and true intellectual but am and all during my adult life have been a geek of the Meghan McCain stripe.       Got all that? You do? OK, so My All-Time Favorite Media is...Heart and Soul magazine's 2003 cover story on my girl Robin Givens.               Literally everything about said article shines. The cover of this particular Heart and Soul issue features Robin sporting an especially dazzling smile and is emblazoned with a particularly ingratiating headline: "Robin Givens: On Mike [Tyson], Money, and Being Misunderstood." Open up the magazine and flip through a few pages and there's Robin again, again wearing a notably uplifting smile and bent over rightward in a quite fetching manner, with the words "Robin Redux" on the bottom of the page. Flip through a few more pages and on the "Contributors' Page" there's a pic of the (as shall be demonstrated, very talented) writer of the Robin piece, Janice R. Littlejohn, who is shown to be a not-bad-looking woman, probably (then) in her early-to-middle-40s, herself equipped with a highly beguiling smile. In her space she engagingly compares meeting Robin to "[c]oming face-to-face with the most popular girl in high school. 'It was like meeting up with the girl who you thought you knew everything about, but [then] realizing how much you have in common.'" We're then let in on the fact that Littlejohn is "[a] freelance television, entertainment, and lifestyle writer in California" and she appealingly reveals that she's attempting to make her life more pleasurable with "food, travel and trying to find the perfect couch for my new house."             Now to the Robin piece.               Let it be said first off that my lady looks positively stunning throughout, first giving yet another stunning smile while lying upon her stomach with her legs up in the air and outfitted in Maroon pinstripe pants, a beaded Chaiken tank top, and metal Mare olive heels. Turn the page and there's Robin again, this time wearing a L'impasse white floral gown and a Elisabetta bracelet. Turn the page once again and there's my woman once again, this time decked out in an Anja Flint olive jersey dress, a Stephen & Co. gypsy-like necklace, and a Barry Cord cocktail ring. And in all--all--of the photos Robin has an enticingly cheerful expression.           Here's where we come to the actual Robin article.             The aforementioned piece begins with a rather appealing quote from the subject herself ("I feel okay now. I know what I want instead of what you think you're supposed to have. I know what makes me happy"). Then Littlejohn paints a sensitive picture of the two of them agreeing to eat at this one restaurant on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and her expectation that "[s]ince the media has been less than flattering to Givens [that's a considerable understatement]...I expected her to be guarded." (As it turns out, she was all the while "relaxed and friendly"). Eventually Littlejohn deftly captures, as the two of them walk along, "fans [of Robin] beginning [sic] to take notice--gawking, waving and doing random drive-bys, yelling, 'You look good, girl!'" From there Littlejohn skillfully depicts where Robin was at that point in her life ("At 38, Robin Givens is a woman reborn, clearly revelling in a new sense of self outside the Hollywood spotlight--a nascent inner tranquility that comes from embracing life's simpler things. She divides her time between Maryland, Kentucky and New York...fancies herself a connoisseur of fine Italian and French food, frequents American diners and loves chitlins and pig's feet"). Littlejohn proceeds to stylishly sketch where Robin was professionally (the latter "is no longer defined by the trappings of a box-office-driven career. Acting is simply what she does") and offers up some insightful words from Robin's Boomerang/Head of State co-star Chris Rock ("I'm clicking through channels and see Boomerang and think, 'Hey, what's Robin Givens doing? Haven't seen her in a while.' When I met her for lunch, I said, 'You should get back out there.' It was kind of a pep talk. 'Get out there. You can act'").               Littlejohn's article continues. She elicits from Robin some admirably searching words from her subject concerning how it was like for her growing up without a Dad ("[Y]ou just feel this sort of unworthiness, and the pattern begins there...If you're not good enough for the first man in your life to stay, then why should any of them stay?"), incisively delineates what was Robin's public image pre-Tyson ("Givens has long been known for her love life, beginning with a romance with a Saturday Night Live comic named Eddie Murphy. She's had public romances with Brad Pitt and tennis pros Murphy Jensen and Svetozar Marinkovic, whom she married and quickly separated from") and draws from Robin some telling observations regarding Tyson's words during that infamous 20/20 interview they did by Barbara Walters, which was responsible for Robin's 20-year reign--especially, sad to say, as crowned by blacks--as The Most Despised Woman In America ([Tyson told Walters] "'The best punch I ever gave, she went from that wall to that wall...and she was out.' I thought. 'This is definitely not going to be acceptable.'"). Following are some intensely perceptive words from Robin's good buddy Tiffany McLinn, one of the Lifetime network's Intimate Portrait executive producers ("[Tyson] was really popular, and people were completely on his side...[A]t the time he was married to Robin, and so people really vilified her...She didn't have any rep before [hooking up with Tyson]--it's just because of that marriage [emphasis mine]"). From there there is a deftly-done sketch of my lady's professional standing during that period ("She starred in TV projects such as The Women of Brewster Place and The Penthouse, and she was on her way to box-office stardom with critically applauded roles as Imabelle in 1991's A Rage in Harlem and the next year as Jacqueline Broyer in Boomerang").           Going forth: Our portraitist gets Robin to present some genuinely moving recollections concerning her then-emotional/psychological life ("I had gone through hurt, and I mean it really hurt, and it hurt me and it hurt everybody close to me and it was serious for me, the pain that I felt. So it was interesting to have agents going, 'Yeah, but you're on the cover'"). After pointing out--and this is a fiercely individualistic statement, considering the fact that it's being made by a black writer about a black celebrity/entertainment figure in a black-oriented magazine--that Robin realized "that she was just another cog in the Hollywood machine," Littlejohn's probing gets Robin to freely acknowledge: "At that point I realized I wanted to be a healthy, happy human being, not just have a successful career. That's what I realized was the most important thing to me." Littlejohn, to her great credit, also gets Robin to own up to the fact that "I'm not looking for vindication. I'm not looking for people to go, 'Aha!'"                 And there's more. Littlejohn, with laudable journalistic professionalism, paints a picture of Robin as an absolutely hands-on mother, quoting her as asserting: "Nothing makes me happier," then quoting McLinn as contending that Robin and her sons are "like the Three Musketeers...[Being a single mother is not without] its challenges. But [Robin] is first and foremost a mom, not an actor." Robin then movingly tells of her renewed spirituality ("[Y]ou can call it anything. I mean, I now have a relationship with God") and in time laughing and "carefree," (Littlejohn's description) claims: "I have no ambition for a career." (To this Littlejohn adds: "At least not a career outlined by Hollywood's terms," going on to delineate the sporadic work Robin had done around that time [periodic television series like Courthouse, periodic independent pictures like Book of Love, her then-current work producing the Uninvited series for the Heritage Networks]). Following is a quite sprightly portrait of Robin doing a photo shoot, wherein she's "wearing jeans, flip-flops and a white tank top under a black salon cape" and "[h]er hair is in spiral pin curls, and she's wearing no make up." Littlejohn effortlessly captures Robin's admirable good humor during this shoot ("I think we shoot me just like this, whaddaya think?").                 And the conclusion to the article is honestly uplifting. Littlejohn makes the exceedingly perceptive observation that "while Robin Givens may not have always been in fashion, she has always been popular. Now with age and life experience, she has an outlook that matches her newfound confidence." (Robin afterward shares said outlook: "I know that if you hang in there, He'll work it out for you"). And the absolute end of the piece is outright heart-melting. Here Robin "smilingly" says: "I've been through enough to know some stuff, but [I] still have a lot of living to do. You know when little stuff would bother you? Now it's like, 'This is me. Take it. Leave it.' It's feeling comfortable in your own skin. As a woman."             In sum, Littlejohn's Robin profile certainly, definitely proves the aptness of the title this one IMDb-message-board-post writer bestowed upon Robin: "The sexiest black woman in entertainment" (actually, she shares that title with Paula Patton)--and proves that she's a highly articulate, intelligent, thoughtful person to boot.               Heart and Soul magazine has long, long, long since stopped doing cover-making celebrity interviews. Too bad. Janice R. Littlejohn's Robin Givens article should have won the aforementioned publication a National Magazine Award. Hands down.