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What happens when Crowley sees Aziraphale in his Heaven-issued war uniform for the first time, inspired by Full Dress by equestrianstatue, rated E 🔥

Speaking of which, I do draw NSFW that Tumblr won’t let me post, and I’ve made a Patreon page so all my smutty art can live in one place! You can join for free to see everything I’ve posted publicly before on other platforms, or join a tier to support my art and see Patreon-exclusive stuff!

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[saintvainglorious]

My First Fanbind! A Black Sails Fic Anthology Series

It took me a year (and a lot of anxious research) before I worked up the courage to bookbind fanfiction, and after months of on-again-off-again work, my first fanbind is finally done!

I knew that if I was going to bookbind fic, I had to bind something from the Black Sails fandom, aka the fandom and show that have had the biggest impact on my life. Y'all, I almost went into academia to study slavery in the 17th-18th century Caribbean because of this show - when folks say this show rewires your brain chemistry, they are NOT kidding. THEE show of all time. Happy 10th anniversary to Black Sails! This fandom is small but mighty. May we continue to get our hearts and souls blasted to smithereens by this show for many years to come.

Ao3 abounds with magnificent Black Sails oneshots, so I decided to put together an anthology of my favorite Silverflint fics under 20k, which I split into two volumes. Included are works by @justlikeeddie, @vowel-in-thug, @balloonstand, @annevbonny, @francisthegreat, @nysscientia, and more! Thank you, thank you all, you brilliant wonderful people, for gracing the Internet with such amazing writing. When I read the fics in these anthologies I want to fling myself into the sun.

More on the design and binding process below the cut!

Vol. 1 Page Count: 270 (12 fics) Vol. 2 Page Count: 248 (11 fics) Body Font: Sabon Next LT (10.5 pt) Title Font: Goudy Old Style Other Fonts: IM Fell English, pirates pw

The typeset (which I did in Word) took a while, mainly because I'd never done it before. Manually adjusting the hyphenation line-by-line was especially tedious. After making these books, I abandoned Word in favor of InDesign, in large part because InDesign gives you way finer control over your justification and hyphenation settings.

Regarding my actual design choices, I'm happy with how the ocean motif on the title page turned out (it's not the same pattern as my endpapers, but they're complimentary) and I'm very fond of my divider dingbats, which are little swords! Goudy Old Style was a fun title font to use, since it's the font that Black Sails uses as its logo. The stories in Vol. 1 are divided into parts based on what Silver WAS at that point in the show (cook, quartermaster, or king), and Vol. 2 is split up into comedies, histories (AUs set in the canon universe) and tragedies - befitting Black Sails' Shakespearean ~vibes~.

I stuck to a flatback binding, as I wasn't feeling quite ambitious enough to try rounding and/or backing. I've learned that I ~Anakin Skywalker voice~ hate sanding, enjoy folding/sewing, and don't LIKE edge trimming but enjoy the results enough to make it worth it.

The real adventure was decorating the cover, which remained bare for months. After agonizing over Illustrator and experimenting unsuccessfully with HTV and lokta paper embossing, I ultimately turned to using stencil vinyl to paint on the designs. There was a bit of seepage under some of the stencils, but I was able to scrape off the excess with my Cricut weeding tool without damaging the coated surface of the bookcloth (probably Arrestox Blue Ribbon from Hollander's). Even though it was very time-consuming, I'm so happy with the end result of the stenciled paint job and I intend to stick with stencils for my foreseeable future binds.

Are there things I would change? Sure. It was humid out when I printed, so the pages have got a wave. There’s an extra two pages in Vol 2. that I have no idea how I missed, and I got a line of glue in the middle of one of my Vol. 2 endpapers. I’m pretty sure I didn’t case in quite right, since my endpapers pull away from the case at the spine. I think the inner margins are a bit too big, and despite going line-by-line there’s still some wacky justification spacing in the typeset. But man, am I proud of these books! It is so satisfying to learn a new skill - MANY new skills, if we’re being honest - and to make something both beautiful and practical. If I’m still binding in two years or so, I can see myself redoing the typeset in InDesign, cutting out the existing text block, and reusing the cases. I’m also already planning for Vol. 3, which will be Silverflint Modern AUs.

Thanks for reading!

[billsfangearring]

11 Good Omens Fic Favorites

a.k.a. I was going to choose my personal top ten but was too indecisive

One of my fandom resolutions for 2023 is to get back into reccing, so here’s a very casual GO rec list to kick things off! Fics are ordered longest to shortest.

As with any rec list, please read the warnings and tags on ao3 and make whatever decisions are best for you. I hope you enjoy!

the bucket list by darcylindbergh (@forineffablereasons)

There was a certain look that Aziraphale wore occasionally—a pinched sort of moue that looked like he’d just taken a very large mouthful of cinnamon—which meant he thought Crowley was being ridiculous. He had put it on. “Hang on,” he had said. “You want us to do human things?” * If you're going to go native, you might as well go all the way.

absolutely stunning, I wanted to take breaks while reading to really let it all sink in, I felt ALL THE EMOTIONS (44k, incomplete, E)

Your Mirror by equestrianstatue (@justlikeeddie)

I'll be your mirror; reflect what you are, in case you don't know. Crowley drummed his fingers briefly against his mug, and then sat back a little in his chair. He gave Aziraphale a long, appraising glance, and then seemed to come to some decision. “Listen, angel,” he said, “let me pitch you something.” Lulled by the familiar patter of Crowley’s voice as he was, Aziraphale still recognised this to be vaguely dangerous territory. He swallowed. “Go on,” he said.

one of the best-executed non-linear narrative fics I've ever read—just masterful, really peels back the layers in their relationship (28k, E)

This Soul Outstreaming by Rend_Herring

“Why did you come here?” Aziraphale interrupts. “Why do you keep doing this?” All the saving, he means, all the chasing after Aziraphale he does. It can’t only be that he’s not keen to endure a replacement. That can’t be it, not anymore. He’s going to get himself in trouble, and then it’ll be Aziraphale’s fault. Crowley’s mouth shuts with a click. He shifts uncomfortably in his seat, reaches for the handle of the fork and taps his fingertips against it before setting his hands in his lap. When he speaks, it’s very soft. “Don’t you know?” he asks. Aziraphale, unnaccustomed to his heart refusing to translate why it throbs with such haste, shakes his head.

sad, tender, funny, and romantic with beautiful prose, really just everything you want, so many quotable lines (22k, E)

Lay me down in Eden by caricari (@heycaricari)

Two supernatural entities go for a walk and Crowley gets more than he bargained for.

SO ROMANTIC OH MY GOD in the dialogue, interior monologue, and actions, excellent characterization, so pure (then explicit lol) (17k, E)

You've Got Kudos by curtaincall (@fremulon)

Aziraphale and Crowley both write fanfiction. As it happens, they both write Good Omens fanfiction. Of course, neither of them would ever admit this to the other. (A love story told primarily in AO3 comments)

this is the most meta thing ever lmao, really impressive skins for the ao3 look—pay attention to all the little details like usernames, etc. (4k, M)

build me a city, call it jerusalem by gyzym (@gyzym)

Man begets man begets The Tales of Men, and there's nothing godly in that; Those Above and Them Below haven't any need for the stories humans have been hungry for since the snake and the Angel with the flaming sword.

pre-show fic written in 2012, leans heavily into religious themes and Biblical references, melancholic, spare but beautiful writing style (3k, T)

The Gift by entanglednow (@entanglednow)

In which there is a little wooden elephant, and a long overdue confession.

simple yet checks all the boxes, very very soft and sweet, the DEVOTION, more biblical settings, truly just lovely (3k, T)

Anthony J. Crowley, Retired Demon and Airbnb Superhost by TheOldAquarian (@darkpurpledawn)

What are you supposed to do when you've been fired from your sweet job in Hell for thwarting the schemes of Satan, you've got a swanky flat in Mayfair, and you're looking for an excuse to spend all your time in someone else's bookshop? Obviously, you turn to the dubious world of short-term vacation rentals. The resulting Airbnb property has been variously described as "an instagram trap," "a vampire den but make it botanical," and "the weirdest bed and breakfast in the shared history of beds and breakfasting."

a highly entertaining series of Airbnb reviews of Crowley’s flat—every single one kills me, as do our ineffable duo’s cameos (3k, G)

Kissing, Accidentally. by skybound2 (@skybound2)

Crowley doesn’t mean to kiss him, really. It just sort of…happens. An…automatic response, if you will. An unintended automatic response. Unexpected, even. It’s not planned, that’s what he’s trying to say. ~~~ Or the one where Crowley gives in and kisses Aziraphale while he has him pinned against a wall.

winner of best use of footnotes, hilarious, Crowley is WHIPPED and an absolute disaster of a demon, just delightful (2k, G)

Too Generous by rfsmiley (@redfacesmiley)

“You are too generous to trifle with me. If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections and wishes are unchanged; but one word from you will silence me on this subject for ever.” Or: what happened after the [ we all got hit by a ] bus scene (aka "you could stay at my place, if you like")….

the TENSION, the PINING, ahh my heart was in my throat, excellent dialogue, and multiple P&P references (1.5k, T)

Interwoven Footsteps by skybound2 (@skybound2)

It takes them a while to get there. Six thousand years, give or take. But they get there.

criminally underappreciated (probably because it's super short), gorgeous, lush, sweet, their whole story in under 1k words (700, T)

[focusfixated]

Fic First Lines

Rules: share the first lines of ten of your most recent fanfics and tag ten people. If you have written fewer than ten, don’t be shy and share anyway.

tagged by @hallo-catfish and was DELIGHTED to read their compilation too. there is something SO good about a good first line, and the amount of work it does to bring you in.

what i learnt from looking through this is that i apparently fucking love an establishing shot and mentioning the weather.  

1. the stark & raving world | supernatural: The technicolor of the stark and raving world rushes in, smells like ammonia and baked asphalt.

2. crazy over you & me | ofmd rpf: The hipster café was all steamed oat-milk and oven-baked patisserie smells, and from the sunny pavement outside, Nathan was waiting.

3. we were the same | ofmd: The Republic of Pirates is gleaming under a red and bloody sun.

4. in the dark & blue | ofmd: After two weeks of tense quarantine, of Edward alone in his cabin speaking to no one, the patently ridiculous attempts at avoidance on a ship the size of a modest two-bedroom house grow tiring, so Stede asks Edward to take tea with him.

5. i hope i find my home | it: The peak of summer is long gone, if it ever came, but the funk of stagnant air still hangs low over the suburban streets.

6. shiver & sing | ofmd: Izzy Hands kneels in supplication to a man who loathes him.

7. where the ocean meets the land | ofmd: The ship is anchored in the warm shallows of an island, and night has crept in like a wide, purple bruise.

8. fin de l’averse | disco elysium: It keeps raining. Under shelter, a fog spreads inside the windows of the Whirling-in-Rags.

9. le temps qu’il faut | disco elysium: Snow blows in from the east. It falls on Martinaise, thickening the frigid air like cornstarch.

10. avoir trente ans | matthias & maxime: They end up in Verdun, in the weeds of L’île-Des-Sœurs, as good a place as any to drive down to from Montréal Nord.

tagging IF YOU WANT @justlikeeddie, @pinehutch, @trinityofone, @lyriclstill and anyone else who wants to do it.

[sixohsixoheightfourtwo]

via @justlikeeddie . Dean season 11 voice it’s not a BLOB sam it’s CAS

[sixohsixoheightfourtwo]

#sorry but if we'd had shows like this in my day we'd have disintegrated instantly (via @justlikeeddie)

I just want to know you. You know me.

MATT BOMER & JONATHAN BAILEY as HAWK & TIM Fellow Travelers S01E01 “You're Wonderful” (all episodes)

[saintvainglorious]

Fics I Enjoyed in December/January

10 fics total. Includes fics from the following fandoms: A Song of Ice and Fire, Avatar (Cameron), Black Sails, Hannibal, MCU, Our Flag Means Death, and Star Wars

The Favor of the King by thingswithwings MCU | T'Challa/Sam Wilson | 18k | Explicit

T'Challa – King T'Challa of Wakanda, the Black Panther, Guy Who Dresses Up Like a Cat to Fight Crime or Possibly for Other Reasons, Who the Fuck Knows – T'Challa corners Sam during one of their visits to check in on Bucky and says, in a mild voice that should not sound as threatening as it does, "We need to talk." "We do, huh," Sam says, looking him up and down. He's just a king and a superhero and a genius inventor and possibly the richest man alive, looking way too fine and wearing the hell out of a tailored three-piece suit; Sam can hold his own against this guy.

Free Folk to the Bone by Jennie_D A Song of Ice and Fire | Gen, Jon Snow/Ygritte | 82k (WIP) | Mature

Jon will admit he doesn’t know a lot of things. He doesn’t know who his parents are or what clan he was borne from. He doesn’t know what’s on the other side of The Wall, though he’s been itching to find out practically since he could walk. He doesn’t know if he’ll ever learn to be a proper warg, or if Mance will finally let him go raid kneeler villages with Tormund’s band this year. But he does know one thing; he’s Free Folk down to his bones.

Order Carnivora by husborth/@husborth Star Wars | Gen | 8k (WIP) | Teen & Up

In a universe where Leia is told the truth of her biological parentage as a child, she makes a deal to save the galaxy from certain destruction; she'll surrender herself to Vader if he'll destroy the Death Star. Between the galaxy and what he wants, there's only one choice Vader always makes.

The Spiral of Lives by Damkianna Avatar | Gen | 20k | General Audiences

The last thought he has before everything goes black is, Shit. An AU of the movie, wherein the Avatar Program never existed. [Warning: some in-character ableism.]

Gone To Port Royal by Apetslife Black Sails | Gen | 3k | General Audiences

Definition of Valhalla 1: the great hall in Norse mythology where heroes slain in battle are received 2 : a place of honor, glory, or happiness : heaven

Ad Utrumque Paratus by obeyingthemuse/@otmuse Star Wars | Gen | 39k (WIP) | General Audiences

It's hard to bring balance to the Force when the only method you've seen is your black-cloaked psychic cyborg sorcerer dad with a severe breathing problem throwing an old man down the Death Star reactor shaft. As much as Luke would like to see the not-yet-Emperor dead, he doesn't want to be arrested by his unusually attractive(?) war-hero dad and spend the rest of his indeterminate time in the past dropping Ewok beats in a jail cell. Also Leia would probably kill him. But not before breaking him out of jail. So when the twins wake up on Tatooine decades in the past, they play it safe. They take over a planet, reconnect with their adoptive and real parents without weirding them out (too much), and accidentally cause the Chancellor perpetual near-death experiences. Nailed it.

Where All Ladders Start by emungere/@emungere Hannibal | Will Graham/Hannibal Lecter | 43k | Explicit | Part 1 of Ladders

Will is slowly losing his mind in the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane. He makes a deal with the devil to get out.

Whatever this is by equestrianstatue/@justlikeeddie Black Sails | James Flint/John Silver | 5k | Explicit | Part 1 of Combat

It was difficult to shake off the pervasive feeling of being permitted, even required, in the places that he most wished to be; and after knocking on the door of Flint’s cabin, Silver pushed it open without waiting for the call to enter. Flint had his back to him, but his head turned sharply at the sound. He was stood towards the stern of the cabin, by one of the gilted pillars, the hammocks newly-strung for the vanguard swinging gently beside him. “Oh,” he said, with no particular inflection, at the sight of Silver. Then he completed the action that his hands had been midway through: lifting the leather sword-belt from his waist and hanging it in place below a mounted candlestick. “What do you want?” (After Flint talks the crew round to bombarding Vane in his fort, Silver has some questions of his own.)

A thing of any relevance by equestrianstatue/@justlikeeddie Black Sails | James Flint/John Silver | 4k | Explicit | Part 2 of Combat

“You like this,” Silver said, and he allowed himself a grin, even though he knew it would earn him Flint’s arm pressing fractionally upwards, against his throat. Not hard enough, though, to cut off his voice. “Putting me in my place.” Flint’s eyebrows raised minutely. He looked down the length of Silver’s body, at the way it slouched beneath him, sprawled against the trunk; at the rise and fall of his chest, his hands curled loosely by his hips. Glancing back up, he said, “Not as much as you do.”

man on fire by Ajaxthegreat Our Flag Means Death/Black Sails | James Flint/Israel Hands, Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet/Israel Hands | 16k | Explicit

“Who the fuck,” Ed says, “Fucked you.” Or, we discover the consequences of jealousy.

[rcmclachlan]

RC’s Dean/Cas Fic Recs

This is by no means a complete list. This is for @justlikeeddie, who was looking for recs that didn’t require a whole lot of SPN knowledge. The good news is that you can get by with a quick Wikipedia read of each season’s plot and context clues to understand what’s going on in some of these. 

@justlikeeddie, this oughta keep you busy for a while, my dude. Happy reading! 

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Title: So Says The Sword (85k words) Author: komodobits Summary:

The briefing was simple: ‘Stand guard over the Michael Sword until the battle is ready to commence. Await further instructions.’

Castiel doesn’t mind working security duty; he was briefed shortly after the initial salvation of the Sword from the pit, and again before taking up his position. He knows what to do. However, it’s easy to forget that the green room isn’t real. Time moves differently there, the space ever-changing to make a prison of mountains, cathedrals, salt flats, orchards, and whatever Castiel was led to believe about Heaven’s greatest weapon—Dean Winchester is something entirely unexpected. +

Title: Take Me Home Country Roads (125k words) Author: saltyfeathers  Summary: 

Dean dies with the Mark of Cain on his arm, waking up with black eyes and hellfire licking at his heels. Cas, sick on the stolen grace that’s rotting inside him, gives chase. As his pursuit and Dean’s evasion ebbs and flows, they begin to figure out the difference between marks given and marks received, and what it means when one such mark is faded but not forgotten.

+ Title: Down to Agincourt (1 million+ words — that is not a typo) Author: Seperis Summary: There is no such thing as a guarantee when it comes to war.

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Title: I Shall Not Want (21k words) Author: domesticadventures Summary: 

His grace is burning out, and the wasteland it leaves inside him becomes an echo chamber for all the memories, all the fear and doubt and self-loathing he's collected over the years. Things said and done hound him on endless repeat until he's convinced they’ll break through his skin and fill the silence of the bunker. 

His head is killing him, and he sits hunched over an open book, not really reading, just digging his fingers into his skull and praying nothing slips through the cracks. +

Title: Teaching Poetry to Fish (52k words) Author: aeli_kindara Summary: 

In which Castiel teaches poetry to fish. Also, himself. Also, eventually, Dean.

(A series-long story, diverging slightly from canon after S14.)

+ Title: Cinderwings (182k words) Author: bendingsignpost Summary:

Under the cover of a masquerade ball, Castiel has five nights to recover the key to his people’s freedom. The world has changed greatly in the six centuries since their banishment into the void, but the task isn’t impossible. Unfortunately for Castiel, this is going to involve talking to people - especially the Knight Prince who has taken an interest in Castiel and his “costume” wings.

(Destiel Cinderella AU) +

Title: On the Wings of War (85k words) Author: AlchemyAlice Summary:

The four Horsemen are not just people with fancy rings. They aren’t even demons with fancy rings. They are another species entirely, a force unto themselves, and Lucifer is kidding himself if he thinks that they are at his beck and call. They are separate. They are neutral. Dean Winchester is not built like them. +

Title: My Eyes Are An Ocean (10k words) Author: entanglednow Summary:

It's amazing what you decide you can get away with when you can't see a damn thing.

+ Title: Twelve Arches Facing the Sea (43k words) Author: MajorEnglishEsquire Summary: 

If Cas says anything else, Dean can't hear it. There's a hand over his face, a wetness at his mouth, and the volcano's deafening silence rushing through his head like pyroclastic flow, like a landslide rolling over everything in sight and drowning it in death. +

Title: pieces (15k words) Author: museaway Summary: 

Castiel loved humanity because it was God's will. He did not understand why until he met Dean Winchester. +

Title: a turn of the earth (95k words) Author: microcomets Summary:

Dean’s your typical half-orphaned, monster-killing 22-year-old until a trenchcoated stranger crashes into his back windshield one September night, claiming he’s an angel that knows him from the future and that he’s on the run.

Frigging fantastic.

(Or, in which Castiel gets stuck in Dean’s timeline preseries and Dean kind of hates it—until he doesn’t.)

+ Title: Deeper and Deeper into the World (47k words) Author: perilously Summary: 

When Metatron breaks free of the library, Castiel’s grace in hand, and disappears, Castiel is left human-- and angry. Angrier than he’ll admit until, late at night, Dean coaxes it out of him: Castiel is pissed and he wants revenge. He wants it enough to pursue Metatron, reckless and without a plan, across the Atlantic with Dean at his side, knowing how badly he wants Dean and how likely it is that one or both of them will die along the way.

Their search takes them all across the world, from London to Omsk to Tokyo and between. Far from home with no one but each other, Castiel’s grace missing and the Mark still on Dean’s arm, Dean and Castiel find the flimsy barriers between the two of them dissolving. (Canon-divergent from 10.18.)

+ Title: Good One's Gonna Be (37k words) Author: remmyme Summary: 

Castiel Novak receives a rather alarming text message from an unknown number, and what started as a simple misdial quickly turns into the greatest friendship Castiel has ever known. But Dean has many secrets, dangerous truths about the life he lives, and would like to tell Castiel exactly none of them.

A (slightly) AU, (mostly) text fic, S3 fix-it romance (of sorts).

+ Title: Entertaining Strangers (30k words) Author: domesticadventures Summary:

There are angels all over the country. Dean has seen them on street corners, met them in bars, taken them to bed. He never expected to wind up with one sleeping on his couch, but he supposes stranger things have happened.

+ Title: where the weeds take root (30k words) Author: deathbanjo Summary:

“Are you happy? Y’know. Just—being here,” Dean says, gesturing to the yard with his beer bottle. “Being with—I mean, you used to fight in celestial wars and—and save the world. Now you’re growing vegetables and talking about chickens.”

+ Title: On Drowning (29k words) Author: domesticadventures  Summary:

The absolute last thing Dean would ever admit, after saving Cas' life, is that it was all thanks to the unhealthy amount of time he spent reading about drowning on Wikipedia.

Not that he's not grateful, but what he really needs is an instruction manual for everything that comes after.

+ Title: Love: A Retrospective (41k words) Author: xylodemon Summary:

Pretending Cas is just his friend has been the only thing keeping Dean's head on straight for years. He never realized how much doing that depended on him making himself scarce in the morning ─ not until Cas came back and moved into the bunker.

+ Title: For Lack of a Better Word (26k words)  Author: pantheon_of_discord Summary:

Castiel falls, and falls, and falls. He comes home to Sam and Dean – he tries to learn, to accept, to adjust – but a former angel will always be out of place.

This is humanity, as defined by a fallen angel, and feelings you didn’t know had a name.

+ Title: Everyone Is Trying to Get to the Bar (8k words) Author: Balder12 Summary:

Dean still has enemies in Heaven. True!form Castiel to the rescue!

[sixohsixoheightfourtwo]

#benny's number on speed dial in dean's phone s8 (via @justlikeeddie)

the porn bots can't keep taking these golden urls away from us flesh n blood folk

[sixohsixoheightfourtwo]

For the fandom meme - B, F, I

B - A pairing you initially didn’t consider but someone changed your mind

Ok this is. a difficult one because MOST often I get into a fandom - as in, into the FANDOM rather than into a book or tv show or w/ever - because I’ve read something or seen something that makes me ship something.

but ALAS. on some level destiel probably counts because I managed to watch.... actually quite a lot of supernatural, inc. intermittent episodes during the peak fandom shenanigans years, some of which even had cas in them, without falling into the pit. I know for example that I read rageprufrock’s SPN stories when they were first posted but didn’t really.... get it.... I think because I had not seen enough Cas and because The Girlfriend Experience is SO explicit from the get-go that i backspaced in shock the first time I tried to read it. Oh How Things Have Changed

I also spent several years thinking Cas was dead (I got this into my head via fannish osmosis from season 6/7) and that therefore destiel must have .... like .... finished ... and also that the basis for it was no more than ye olde classique ‘two men standing too close to each other in the same room’. Wrong and wrong

The thing which put me on the road to being convinced was i believe “destiel, but every time they come back to each other africa by toto starts playing”, by godshipsit, and the thing which made me think no.... no ok you guys have a point. I get it. I don’t understand it but i like i GET it ok - that was sisabet’s ‘this is the song that never ends’, aka deancas toto by africa taken to its logical conclusion (as of season 13), ie. 30 minutes long. which I think i watched back in 2018, not having ANY context for most of it. And sisabet’s vid ‘stand back’ which I DID have context for but which made me.... sad!!! 

F - What’s the longest you’ve ever been in a fandom

Probably this is due south which I don’t fully believe i will ever be out of........ sigh......... I came across Due South fanfiction when I was about 15 or 16, having never seen the show, and I think what amazed me was how GOOD a lot of it was. Tbh it stands up I think (I know we’ve talked about this irl). e.g. I remembered the other day one of my fave fic authors from my teenage years, Shrift, so obviously had to go and reread their DS stuff which is super enjoyable.

I think compared to some other fandoms there’s something about DS which dates very well. Or rather doesn’t date. Unlike say the SGA fandom which felt so intrinsically linked to the late Bush administration: endless don’t ask don’t tell stories....

I - Has tumblr caused you to stop liking any fandoms, if so, which and why

Literally every fandom at one point or another. I’m so sorry to literally everyone in all fandoms but I follow way too many people and i use the xkit blacklist liberally. often i just use it when I’ve seen ENOUGH of something - e.g. fandoms where we’re really just rehashing the same 10 minutes of footage so I see the same gifs over and over or just... very very slightly different versions of the gifs..... over and over.... or fandoms i’m not in which are going crazy every time a new episode comes out. etc

Also when I just don’t have the space in my head to handle certain things. obviously i don’t want to fess up here because undoubtedly i have at SOME point blocked various peoples’ fave fandoms. usually I unblock after a bit. otoh uhhhh i would not go back to sherlock fandom and I think the first wave of marvel films ... obviously a big part of tumblr for several years .... I don’t feel too crazy about that. but i’m watching wandavision so i’m not free from marvel’s clutches yet

[fandom meme! i may take 10 days to answer, BUT. i will answer]

[deputychairman]

Qs 11 and 15 for the writing meme, because I think they're both slightly bizarre questions in different ways. I enjoy the implication that fics are ended by writers being like "fuck this, I'm out" (although that's certainly SOMETIMES true)

Excellent! The slightly bizarre questions! 

11. Do you prefer to be cold or hot when you write?

I like the idea that i have microclimates at my disposal, to choose which suits me best: “today, Jeeves, I will be writing in the breakfast room, where it is cold” rather than living at the whim of the temperature in my flat and my office, the only two places I really write. My flat has no heating so a warm laptop on my knees is quite pleasant in winter, even though going outside in the Andalucian sunshine would also solve this problem. Oh but wait! We’re in lockdown and I can’t go outdoors! Continuing to show Geralt of Rivia a Good Time on my work computer is the only solution!

15. At what point in writing a fic, do you decide to quit?

When my need for validation outweighs the remaining imperfections I still see in a story? This is harder to fight in a new fandom, when you know readers will drift away as time goes by, so sometimes you do have to say, do I want to put an inferior product in front of a big audience, or a better product in front of a smaller audience? 

I also have to claw the time to write away from my job, partner, children, adult obligations (they’re doing badly in this contest), need to sometimes exist on the physical plane and move my body, etc, etc, so after a while I just throw my hands up and say pffff, that’s good enough. (Essentially, “fuck this, I’m out”).  Done is better than perfect is my personal and professional motto and I havent been fired yet so that means it’s working. But ultimately this is a hobby, so when it stops feeling fun and feels like an obligation is when I stop. Or maybe ‘fun’ is too strong a word, but when the sense of satisfaction in making a story as good as i can is outweighed by the drudgery of finding the time to do it, then i stop. My mother *did* raise a quitter, and I still see that as a positive rather than a negative characteristic.

[outlikethat]

[podfic] A Kind of Magic, a Good Omens fic by equestrianstatue

Let me read you a story! In which Crowley accidentally discovers a new miraculous possibility, and being Crowley, takes it just a bit too far, in a fic that has the same chaos energy as this absolutely classic post. 

Contains me singing like Freddie (briefly!), me affecting something sort of like an English accent (also briefly), and finally, me going on an extended ramble, with uncontrolled laughter, afterwards, and calling it “freetalk” because sure.

The bar is open for @justlikeeddie​ who very kindly gave me permission to read this for you, dear listeners.

A Kind of Magic, a Good Omens story by equestrianstatue, read by compassrose, 31:35

Rating: Explicit

Pairing: Aziriphale/Crowley

Tags: established relationship, miracled orgasms, semi-public sex

cover art by me

[aisatsana441]

#fifty seven (thousand) academics just punched the air (via @justlikeeddie)

DOCTOR WHO Wild Blue Yonder

[dimpleskinard]

@vowel-in-thug replied to your post “Black Sails fic recs”

Thank you!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

@reluming replied to your post “Black Sails fic recs”

omg thank you 💕

@old-long-john replied to your post “Black Sails fic recs”

Thank you! 💕 This is a great list. I have so many to catch up on.

@tomasortega replied to your post “Black Sails fic recs”

Omg my little fic is on there right at the end; thank you!!!

@samedifference61 replied to your post “Black Sails fic recs”

Ahh! A great list! Thank you!

@annevbonny replied to your post “Black Sails fic recs”

aaaaaa thank youuu mer <33

@jadedbirch replied to your post “Black Sails fic recs”

Thank you, babe!  What a good list 💕

@justlikeeddie replied to your post “Black Sails fic recs”

Oh boy, I'm honoured to be on this list! Thank you! I'm also going to get reading the rest of it...

@jaune-clair replied to your post “Black Sails fic recs”

Thank you!!!! <3

@drivingsideways33 replied to your post “Black Sails fic recs”

Aww, thanks for the rec! <3

guys I love them all so much ❤❤❤ the problem I have with this list now though is that I just really want to reread everything lmao

😘😘😘

[confusinglyamusingly]

"I know she is gonching"

said by @justlikeeddie about a mututal friend who is indeed gonching

[focusfixated]

end of year fic rec round-up: 2021

i did not read or participate in as much as i wanted to this year, but i fully uphauled my life back across the world so let’s just say i was extremely busy!! that said, i found time to completely nonsensically get dragged into spn fandom-fandom without ever watching an episode, so how busy was i, really. 

here’s the list of things i read & loved this year! if you want a summary & more comments about the fic, click on the original rec link. otherwise just go and read em. they’re all good. 

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ready to shape the scheme of things by @justlikeeddie // a knight’s tale // geoffrey x william // explicit // 4.5k // original rec

light my fire by @hallo-catfish // goon // xavier x doug // explicit // 3.7k // original rec

occursus by @pallasperilous // supernatural // dean x castiel // teen // 4.3k // original rec

four-letter word for intercourse by @bendingsignpost // supernatural // dean x castiel // explicit // 194.7k // original rec

honey i saw love by @hallo-catfish // matthias et maxime // matt x max // mature // 90.2k // original rec

said we’d walk together come what may by @youabird // it // richie x eddie // teen // 8.5k // original rec

there’s only one sure thing that i know by @blinkiesays // supernatural // dean x castiel // explicit // 20.3k // original rec

under the midnight sun by @northernsparrow // supernatural // dean x castiel // explicit // 232k // original rec

bottled by @the-omnishambles // supernatural // dean x castiel // mature // 12.2k // original rec

while it’s dark by @iampeevee // withnail & i // marwood x withnail // explicit // 2.2k // original rec

the burning from within by @drawsaurus // dune // paul x duncan // teen // 5k // original rec

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and my own fic from this year, two little smidgens from new fandoms:

avoir trente ans // matthias et maxime // matt x max // mature // 16.9k //  matt and max spend the weekend together. max tries to reconcile his feelings with his plans.

le temps qu’il faut // disco elysium // harry x kim // teen // 5k // winter is tough and so is kim, but a lot can change in ten days.

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that’s it! thank you authors for providing emotional support fanfiction! happy new fucking year!