#laily worm

[dadstielminibang]

2024 Masterpost

And that's a wrap! The Dadstiel MiniBang is now complete for 2024. Thank you to all of this year's writers, artists, betas, readers and rebloggers.

Here is the master list of stories & art for this round:

Gauged - story by tiamatv; art by leafzelindor (@leafzelindor)

Make a Wish - story by Avonlady (@avonlady42); art by seidenapfel (@seidenapfel)

Shivers - story by Mydestielbabies_67 (@spnisthewayoflife); art by Witchy-Worm (@witchy-worm)

Hand to Hold - story by Raven_Fuchs (@ravenfuchs); art by golby moon (@golby-moon)

Father's Day - story by Nik (@rose-novak1999); art by MercurialKitty (@mercurialkitty)

A Day In The Life Of A Newly Single Dad - story by Hectatess (@hectatess); art by Zissie (@zissie)

Reconstruction - story by dannigee (@okayfinehereiam); art by myimmanence (@myimmanence)

"Can we get a dog?" - story by Trenchcoat_Paradigm (@teeparadigm67); art by rezal (@rezal-art)

Something To Fight For - story by anyrei (@anyreiart); art by aceing-on-the-cake (@aceing-on-the-cake)

Principal Problems - story by bleuzombie (@bleuzombie); art by t.gel210 (@t-angel210)

A Part of Me Shall Still Remain - story by seidenapfel (@seidenapfel), art by TwinOne (@twinone1221)

Freaky Friday - story by MaggieWJV (@randomblog1981); art by Sage (@sagee-sketches)

Always Memorable - story by golby-moon (@golby-moon); art by seidenapfel (@seidenapfel)

The Angel Girl - story by LadyKnightSkye (@ladyknightskye); art by Wiggins_Fae

The Nature of Light - story by FriendofCarlotta (@friendofcarlotta), art by hexentaenzerin (@hexentaenzerin)

Dean Winchester, Professional Cockwarmer - story by ValandraWrites (@valandrawrites); art by Laili (@spn-fanfic-reblog-writes)

Please keep following this blog for news on any future rounds of this event, and thank you again from your mods! @tsujiharu, @haus-seeblick, and @hawkland

[july-19th-club]

it's on internet archive so here are the particulars: the kingfisher book of scary stories is also published as "faces in the dark: a book of scary stories" and the illustrator is peter bailey, whose work does bear something of a resemblance to geraldine mccaughrean's. the book has a mixture of tales written for the purpose of the anthology, older stories with multiple versions, and older stories given a framing story that would fit the anthology. the story about the black dog was called "widdershins" (probably the first time i ever read that word...no wonder im so obsessed with it):

the story about the lantern is the title story, "a face in the dark":

and although there are several other still really great stories in here, the piece de resistance, the story that made it hard to find this book for twenty-some years, the story about the blanket, is called "the oddment":

some of the other stories include "the bravest man in the world," a funny story about a guy who's not scared of skeletons, skeletons in canoes, or skeletons riding skeleton horses, but IS super scared of spiders; a "loathly lady" story about a creepy bone-eating lady who if you do everything she says turns into a beautiful princess, laily-worm style; and the final story in the book, which has a 'magnus-archives-for-new-readers' feel to it that i very much enjoy.

Is the missing book you're thinking of "The Kingfisher Book of Scary Stories"?

[cruelsister-moved]

tag yourself: child ballads edition

[lets-talk-story]

The Laily Worm and the Machrel of the Sea

Laily Worm

“I was but seven year auld When my mither she did dee; My father married the ae warst woman The warld did ever see.”

“For she has made me the laily worm, That lies at the fit o’ the tree, An’ my sister Masery she’s made The machrel of the sea.”

“An’ every Saturday at noon The machrel comes to me, An’ she takes my laily head An’ lays it on her knee, She kaims it wi’ a silier kaim, An’ washes’t in the sea.”

“Seven knights hae I slain,  Sin I lay at the fit of the tree,  An’ ye war na my ain father,  The eighth ane ye should be.”

“Sing on your song, ye laily worm, That ye did sing to me.” “I never sung that song but what I would sing it to thee.”

He sent for his lady, As fast as send could he: “Whar is my son that ye sent frae me, And my daughter, Lady Masery?”

“Your son is at our king’s court, Serving for meat an’ fee, An’ your daughter’s at our queen’s court, The queen’s maiden to be.”

“Ye lee, ye lee, ye ill woman, Sae loud as I hear ye lee; My son’s the laily worm, That lies at the fit o’ the tree, And my daughter, Lady Masery, Is the machrel of the sea!”

She has tane a siller wan’, An’ gi’en him strokès three, And he’s started up the bravest knight That ever your eyes did see.

She has ta’en a small horn,  An’ loud an’ shrill blew she,  An’ a’ the fish came her untill But the machrel of the sea: “Ye shapeit me ance an unseemly shape, An’ ye’s never mare shape me.”

He has sent to the wood For whins and for hawthorn, An’ he has ta’en that gay lady, An’ there he did her burn.

[seaglassandeelgrass]

do you know any good songs about eels?

eels you say?

these are songs not so much about eels as making mention of eels if that will suffice:

Lord Randall (sung here by Ewan MacColl)

What got ye to your supper, Lord Randall my son? What got ye to your supper, my bonny young man? I got eels boiled in broth, mother, make my bed soon; For I'm weary with hunting and I fain would lay down

Dreg Song/Haddock to the Skate (sung here by Archie Fisher)

Lunon is a hard gate, Quo the eel unto the skate; Quo the haddock to the eel, Crook ye your tail weel;

Fish in the Sea/Song of the Fishes (sung here by Burl Ives)

Next comes the eels with their nimble tails They jumped up aloft and loosed all the sails.

[Bonus: Not an eel, but eel-like vibes? (It’s a lindworm)]

The Laily Worm and the Mackrel of the Sea (sung here by Floating Crowbar)

[themculibrary]

hello! any ironstrange, frostiron/ironfrost or strangefrost/froststrange fics? or the 3 of them? thanks x

ironstrange:

hey, stephen (i've been holding back this feeling) (ao3) - hopelessrdj

Summary: Tony Stark and Stephen Strange have never met each other before until the day every student at their university gets forced into attending one co-educative class not connected to their major. Both geniuses end up in the music department and in order to make it more interesting they come up with a competition between the two of them.

Holding Hope (ao3) - Beau16

Summary: A one night stand leaves Tony with an unexpected result. Tony's not sure he can raise a kid on his own, not with his own upbringing ringing in his ears.

Rhymes in the Atlas (ao3) - EaSnowPw

Summary: Tony Stark has a crush. And he keeps messing up.

Three Little Words (ao3) - Sanctum_Sanctorum

Summary: Stephen Strange has been dating Tony Stark for six months now and he's never been happier. He wants to give his boyfriend the date night to remember but what do you give a billionaire who has everything when you have nothing left to give? And what about those three little words that Stephen has wanted to say to him for months?

I love you.

froststrange:

Getting Warmer (ao3) - surveycorpsjean

Summary: Loki flirts his way into Stephen's bedroom, silver tongued and seductive, and Stephen is ever so weak to say no.

It's just casual. No strings attached. Zero commitments.

Stephen is totally fine with this.

The Amendment (ao3) - Laily

Summary: Doctor Stephen Strange and Prince Loki Odinson have been blessed with a beautiful baby boy. They think it is now time to try for another baby, but as always life, other stuff and sheer bad luck gets in the way.

The Contract (ao3) - Laily

Summary: An awkward dinner party brings Doctor Stephen Strange and Loki of Asgard together; though ill-at-ease, still they seek the company of each other, being the odd ones out. One wakes up somewhat rested, the other in the worst pain of his life.

Thor is not a happy camper.

You want us to sign the WHAT? (ao3) - oceankat8

Summary: What if Civil War happened about a year after Ragnarok? What if the Revengers had finally made their way home, only to find out that Earth may not be where they belong after all? What if some dumbass named Ross tells Thor to sign the accords and actually expects him to just.. like.. do that? Well, let's find out shall we?

Loki/Tony/Stephen:

Custody (ao3) - Avengers_Whore

Summary: He couldn’t bind himself to an alpha who’d nearly killed him even if that alpha was the father of his two pups. He’d sworn off alphas and was single-mindedly determined to raise his sons by himself. Until Stephen and Loki had wormed their way into his heart.

High Hopes (ao3) - kirah123jm

Summary: Civil War broke Tony. He has the Arc Reactor back, his nightmares always consist of his Ex-Fiance killing him. His panic attacks are worst then ever. All he wants to do is see his Psudeo mom. But of course Tony can't even do that. He learns she is dead, he is the Soul Stone, and he has two soulmates who have to train him to protect the nine realms from a purple grape.

I've Done Stranger Things (ao3) - White_Rabbits_Clock

Summary: Loki returns to Earth with the intention of guarding his lover from various mortal perils and keep the finger on the pulse of the cosmos by doing magical business on the side while he looks for a suitable place to raise his brood of extensively traumatized children.

Except: while he was gone, Anthony Edward Stark's comrades abandoned him, and are now back to be even more irritating than they were first time around via something called Second Chance Initiative and are now back living in the Compound with Tony. It's damned inconvenient, really. Loki was thinking that Tony would be in the occasional danger, leaving him plenty of time conduct business, but now he'll have to keep an eye on vermin after all. Ah, well. Maybe he'll get rid of his debt faster like this.

- Tori

[lessthansix]

some favorites: - ellie bryan’s album ‘am i born to die’ - the anaïs mitchell and jefferson hamer child ballads album - kate rusby, in general, particularly the albums ‘awkward annie’ and the ‘the girl who couldn’t fly,’ also partial to her version of ‘i am stretched on your grave’ - old blind dogs, in general, especially partial to their version of ‘is there for honest poverty’  - random rec - the spriguns’ ‘laily worm’ is wild

Come on people, let’s talk folk music! Give me recommendations!

What are your top live Pete Seeger performances? Favourite Child ballads? Been loving any recordings of Irish drinking songs recently? Best Odetta albums? Any Scottish Jacobite rising songs you love? Top Ewan MacColl compositions? Appalachian murder ballads you’re obsessed with?

[onigiridoodle]

Seeing Havardr and then Kaigar's story of her brother becoming a tuna, reminded me of the Laily Worm and the Mackerel of the Sea. Were you inspired by that perchance?

Hello i wasn't inspired that and i actually never heard of The Laily Worm and the Mackerel of the Sea. I just looked it up and its really interesting. But mainly my inspiration for them is just a mix other random things art and old cartoons or comics like Asterix and Vicky the Vikings

[greencheekconure27]

"And she took up a silver horn

And blew it over the sea,

And all the fish came to her,

Save the proud mackerel of the sea.

Then up and spoke the proud mackerel,

The mackerel of the sea,

“You've changed me once an unseemly shape—

You'll never more change me!”"

[lets-talk-story]

I weird ye to be a Laidly Worm, And borrowed shall ye never be, Until Childe Wynd, the King's own son Come to the Heugh and thrice kiss thee; Until the world comes to an end, Borrowed shall ye never be.

Spell to turn a princess in to a laidly worm, The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh

[greencheekconure27]

Tam Lin/ Twa Sisters

tag yourself: child ballads edition