#lex⭐

[homosexual-fast-dancer]

OH IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY?? HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! I hope your day is WONDERFUL!!! <3 and I hope you get lots of f/o kisses!!! (@raylex)

Thank you Lex! :3

Hehe tis the dream <3

[berryshipbasket]

🧸🐰🍭!! (@raylex)

OH LAWD.. THREE !!!! Alright cracks knuckles breaks fingers

🧸 - do either of you have any stuffed animals? how does the other feel about them? YES!! I DO!! I LOVE plushies and stuffies so much,,, I can't sleep without at least four plushies in my bed fghj

I feel Jim.iny would be very supportive of me for that!! He's a very understanding guy and thinks ones comfort is very important! Even if it may seem childish to others. But he doesn't think it is childish.

I think if Jim.iny owned one I'd probably give him a bee plushie... cus teehee I'm a bee : 3

🐰- how do you two feel about pets/animals? do you have any? WOULD LOVE FOR US TO HAVE PETS. Dunno how it'd work though considering the heights... but then again having a giant dog/cat would be awesome : 33

🍭- who has the sweet tooth? Jim.iny absolutely does, me not so much. I do snack occasionally on the odd cake or chocolate (despite it giving me bad acid reflux) but Jim.iny definitely has more of a sweet tooth than I do. He's my sweet lil guy💛

[loveydoveylex]

⭐ introduction ⭐

welcome, weary traveller! 👋 I'm lex!

you've stumbled upon my selfshipping sideblog! this is where all of my fictional lovey-dovey nonsense goes. if you took a wrong turn and wanted my main blog, you can find over that over at @lexintothenex!

I'm a 21 year old dude (he/him) who regularly falls hopelessly in love with Men Who Don't Exist. as you do.

💛 I currently have four active f/os! 💛 these are tintin (the adventures of tintin), vault boy (fallout), spirou (spirou & fantasio), and cosmo (the fairly oddparents)!

my main f/o at the moment is tintin, but you'll see sporadic posts about the others too from time to time.

I'm selective/nonsharing with all of my f/os, but I am friendly! I don't mind doubles following, but I likely won't interact with your selfship content if we share.

🚫 while I don't have an extensive dni list - I block bigots freely - I do ask that you please do not interact with me if you consider yourself pr0ship. it makes me incredibly uncomfortable, thank you. 🚫

other than that, if you're nice and chill, you're welcome here! ✨ I hope you'll enjoy my shenanigans! ✨

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Dear Gentle Reader, can't get enough Bridgerton? Think it would be better if we'd just admit Eloise is sapphic? Fear not! These ladies loving ladies have just the thing... A Bluestocking's Guide to Decadence by Jess Everlee ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A decadent butch lesbian in a lavender marriage seeks out the aid of a straight-laced, bluestocking doctor for a friend. It's just business...until it isn't!

A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Lord Marleigh died at Waterloo and like a phoenix, Viola Carroll rose from the ashes to spread her wings. Now she's home, but does she dare trust her old friend, the Duke of Gracewood, with her heart and her true self?

Don't Want You Like a Best Friend by Emma R. Alban ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Marriage is a lady's only preservative from want. Imagine the scandal if one fell for her best friend! There is no future there...unless the two of you can make a match between your newly-single parents.

Infamous by Lex Croucher ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Edith "Eddie" and Rose have been best friends since childhood. But after their debutante ball, Rose is talking about marriage while Eddie can't imagine anything but being a famous writer. When a curious invitation from scandalous poet Nash Nicholson brings Eddie and Rose to an eccentric, hedonistic house party...will it be the end of their friendship or the start of something more?

[eggyolkguzzler]

hey lex meister!

why are softball games most often played at night?

because bats sleep during the day!

- ⭐

HEH! Hey, Starrie! You wanna hear a joke me and the boys used to throw around when I was a quarterback in highschool?

Okay, okay-

Where do contact sports get most of their funding?

... The tooth fairy!

You gotta think about that one.

[oliversrarebooks]

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I know I posted that thing for reblog but now it's hard for me to choose what to make a director's cut of hahaha

I'll go with one of my favorite bits of Bookseller, and one of the main chapters that changed the story's overall trajectory, Chapter 10, where Lily first enthralls Oliver.

The very very first outline for the story was basically just the auction house part and ended with Alexander taking Oliver home. Then I decided that I wanted to write more of Oliver's life with Alexander, and began to flesh out the plot a bit.

Lily was a quick invention to be the auction house's conditioning expert, but I loved her so much that I wanted to give her a bigger role in the story. I decided that maybe she's conditioning Oliver specifically to be bought by Lex because they're friends, which gave me an excuse to put more of her in the story. Then when the Maestro plot began to solidify, I realized it would be interesting and fitting to make her another of his spawn. That was a decision that altered a lot of the plot beats, including the planned ending!

Anyway, I enjoy writing hypnotic inductions (as you've probably gathered from the story), and Lily's induction here and how she twists Oliver's resistance against him is one of my favorites I've written.

[missholloween]

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I HAD THIS IN MY DRAFTS AND FORGOT TO POST IT, I'M SO SORRY ARC

I've decided to go for a holloweane one, If I could hold you for a minute, aka my d&d hatchetfield au.

Holloweane week was a learning experience, as it was my first fandom week event. Because of that, my writing schedules where from 10 pm to 2 am, something that I could later see reflected in the quality of the writing (nothing editing couldn't have saved tbh). Holloweane week was also a great moment of hubris, as I thought I could write all night for a week with no consequences AND with class during the day. By the end of the week, I noticed it wasn't sustainable.

All three chapters of this fic were supposed to be part of the same one shot, and be published during Holloweane week. While I was writing though, I noticed I had three different sequences in mind (and that I wasn't reaching Holloway's chappel that day), so I decided to divide them in chapters.

A fun fact of chapter 1 is that all the attacks in the fight were looked up (especially for spells) and then rolled... And my rolls really fucking sucked! Duke failed like 3 rolls with advantage, but it was too late to not commit to the bit, even if he had to look cool.

Regarding the party itself, I went for "co-protagonists of their musicals", who casually are some of my favorite Hatchetfield characteres and with their own possible plotlines. The party composition is far from the best, but I think that's one of the most d&d things ever (having two teens/young adults and someone with a life crisis that is running away from their problems). Duke really balances it all out, even if it's only for some days. I'd really like to see them interact all in canon though, especially Emma & Lex and Duke & Pete.

For Duke backstory, I really wanted Duke to be a paladin AND for Holloway to be his patron. One of the prompts for the fic was worship, and there are few things I like more than a paladin/cleric/warlock deeply in love with their patron, and as Curt said, Duke is smitten and swooing. So, I wanted Duke to go through a journey to meet (and fall in love) with his patron, even if he doesn't really know it.

In this AU Holloway would've traded her identity for her powers, making her an otherwordly being. She would've been a bard before the deal. There's something really tragic about a storyteller becoming a myth and not being able to tell their tales anymore, and that being reflected by losing bard levels for aberrant mind sorcerer ones after the deal? I think that's really cool. And she isn't fully forgotten in this reality, as Duke vaguely remembers (and believes in) one of her aspects. I think that would be enough for her.

As a last fun fact, the Hollow's lady chappel was really inspired by a scene from Madoka Magica Rebellion. The despair and love Homura has in that scene it's what I was going for. Although unlike Homura, Duke does meet his love turned deity, and he gets to walk home with her <3

[samsammysamson]

ooh! have one more~

what do you call an alien with three eyes?

an aliiien!

i think i used up all my brain power on that one TT

and now 'm sleepy..

cmere. now it's my turn to pass out on you for twelve hours straight.

i hope t-rex lex gives you a nice massage because you will not be moving for a while ..

good luck!~~

and goodnight, samster.

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Hehehe...! I'm okay with that.

Sleep well, Starry.

[pedrospatch]

Hi! 🧁, ⭐, 🥣, & ☁️

LEX ILYSM there’s this cupcake place near my town i would take you there and we’d split a cupcake (i mean okay we can each get our own but it’s cuter to share one) 🤍

[uncomplicatedbookreviews]

Jurassic Park

Author: Michael Crichton

Series: Jurassic Park (#1)

Rating: 9/10 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Goodreads: 4.1/5

Date Read: October 2023

'Because the history of evolution is that life escapes all barriers. Life breaks free. Life expands to new territories. Painfully, perhaps even dangerously. But life finds a way.' ----------------------------------

Plot Summary: A large cast of characters including archeologists, mathematicians, lawyers, and a computer expert are invited to an island owned by an eccentric millionaire. Using preserved dinosaur DNA he has recreated magnificent extinct species of dinosaurs and other prehistoric life. the island is under strict security control and all of contingencies have been planned for. Nothing can go wrong. Until it does and hungry carnivorous T. Rexes and Velociraptors escape captivity and start hunting the human visitors. A mixture of bravery and cunning is the only thing that can save the visitor's lives and some are luckier than others.

TL:DR: A book perfectly at the intersection of hard science fiction and action-adventure thriller. The fame and success of the movie, has this book to thank for a solid plot full of action and characters that you love to love and love to hate. The occasional philosophical/scientific rambling can be intimidating, but is balanced by the constantly evolving story.

Characters

John Hammond - the eccentric elderly founder of InGen and Jurassic Park, Hammond is blinded by his ambition to create the biggest spectacle in history by bringing back dinosaurs. He is determined to open an elite amusement park that will attract wealthy patrons. He single mindedly believes that the systems on the island cannot possibly fail and that his experiments are completely safe.

Ian Malcolm - a cynical and biting sarcastic mathematician famous for his teachings on chaos theory a concept that claims that nature is essentially uncontrollable and unpredictable due to the complex systems underlying the natural world. He has made the trip to Jurassic Park to see if his theories are true and to watch John Hammonds 'perfect system' fall. He's surprisingly charismatic for a mathematician and he is an iconic character for a reason.

Alan Grant - famous archaelogist who is known for huge discoveries that uncovered some of the complex group behaviors of ancient dinosaur species. He doesn't see himself as a particularly brave or heroic man, but ends up proving himself to be one of the most reliable, intelligent, and brave visitors on the island.

Ellie Sattler - a paleo-botanist who studies the fossils and records of plant life, she works closely with Dr. Grant She is a woman of action and is always ready to make decisions. She is cool under pressure and willing to take risks

Tim and Lex Murphy - the grandchildren of John Hammond, invited to Jurassic Park as props for Hammond to prove that the park is perfectly safe. Unfortunately they suffer from annoying child character syndrome. Lex screams at the hint of danger. Tim does his best and is a very intelligent boy, but he's a kid and he's useless.

Thoughts and Feelings: This is one of the most iconic science fiction thriller books for a reason and it is one of my favorite books of all time for the same reasons. Crichton's books can swing widely from amazing to terrible, but with Jurassic Park he found a perfect balance between realistic scientific detail and action packed sequences that leave you flipping pages late into the night. I have a special place in my heart for this book because I'm an animal geneticist and this book expounds at length about the genetics of creating dinosaurs and the kind of veterinary care and consideration that would go into making sure they stayed alive. I live with a veterinary student and several times she would ask me something along the lines of "But do they think about how they would vaccinate dinosaurs against modern diseases?" and I had the pleasure of turning to her and saying "In fact, they do." Is it all 100% right. No of course not. It's a book about using DNA found in mosquitoes, slapping some other random animal DNA in there and creating living breathing extinct animals. It's never going to be 100% right. But that's what makes it fun. It's about imagining a world that feels possible. Like the existence of dinosaurs is just around the corner of scientific discovery. If you have never read this book and you loved the movie or you like books that lean more towards hard science fiction than you should absolutely give this book a try.

The characters are enjoyable (for the most part. Children characters in these crisis books are always a bit of a disaster, but what can you do). The action is good. The science is good. There's corporate espionage, dinosaur hunting, dinosaur vet care, high stakes and no holding back when it comes to the vicious strength of top predators.

Ian Malcolm really likes to wax poetic and go on philosophical rants. IF that's your sort of thing than this book has plenty of it for you. If you find yourself zoning off while he talks about chaos theory and the state of humanity in the world, I encourage you to just skim a little bit and get back to it. Just let him ramble.

[befuddled-calico-whump]

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🌌 Milky Way - What is the character development like for your characters? So they change a lot or not much at all?

I think a lot of my character development is either simple or subtle. I'll put thought into it, but I usually forget to consider it when I'm scripting lol. Riot Kings probably has my most consistent development, but that's mostly because of how long it's been going. I've had plenty of time to consider character arcs and growth

⭐ Star - Do you have a favorite character?

WOW this one is hard. My favorites change daily, depending on what I'm currently writing, who's doing what, etc. I'd have to go by category to even get a little accuracy 😅

Favorite design is probably Cerus. The hair is always 👌👌

Favorite "caretaker" (as in how the character acts while caretaking) is tied between Jeddy and Tansy

Favorite whumpee (most fun to hurt) has gotta be Cerus

Favorite whumpee (best reactions) is probably Lex, but Wes is also fun

And my overall favorite character, (drumroll please) is Nabi. I love her relentless optimism and compassion, and even though she can be naive and not understand the "rules" of the world she lives in, she keeps pushing for a better outcome

[loveydoveylex]

⭐ welcome! ⭐

welcome, weary traveller! 👋 I'm lex!

you've stumbled across my selfshipping sideblog! this is where all of my fictional lovey-dovey nonsense goes.

I'm 20 years old, I go by he/him pronouns, and am madly in love with ubisoft's limbless wonder, rayman. 💜 he's my husband, my soulmate, my everything.

⚠️ I am VERY uncomfortable sharing him. ⚠️ I generally block doubles - please don't take this personally! I mean no ill intent, it's only for my own comfort.

I've been selfshipping ever since I can remember, but I joined the community in 2018! I'm fictosexual and fictoromantic.

while rayman will always have the number one spot in my heart, I do also have other f/os - these include vault boy from the fallout franchise and tintin from the comics of the same name! I love all my silly guys.

I hope you'll enjoy your stay here. I'm always up for making new friends and mutuals! 💛

please don't interact if you consider yourself pr0ship. it makes me very uncomfortable. thanks!

[ramyaknox]

The final book review from June!

Gwen and Art are not in love by Lex Croucher

⭐⭐⭐⭐1/2 - Four and a half stars

This book was amazing! It made me laugh out loud and I really grew to love all the characters and their relationships. I think the development of the friendship between Gwen and Arthur was really well shown. I think the ending was really good too, I was desperate to find out what was going to happen and to return to the lovely characters when I wasn't reading it.

I also think the world building was well established and the setting effectively influenced the behaviour of the characters which made it feel really real.

I have been recommending this book to anyone who's looking for something happy, something with friendship, something with romance, something with lgbt characters and who loves fantasy or Arthurian legend

[eggyolkguzzler]

starry's back with some more jokes for ya, lex-man!

orange you glad we're friends?

i am!

i'm very grapefull for our friendship!

you are berry amazing!

and talking to a friend like you makes every day mango-nificent!

except they're not jokes. they're secret positive affirmations because i love u /p

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Star nonnie... Bro, cut it out.

... Thanks. I think you're cool too.

[bookgeekgrrl]

My media this week (12-18 Feb 2023)

📚 STUFF I READ 📚

😊 "List of People Who Disappeared Mysteriously at Sea" (Jen Myers) - nicely eerie short story

😊 In The Market For Murder (Lady Hardcastle Mysteries #2) (T.E. Kinsey, author; Elizabeth Knowelden, narrator) - again, I'm a fan of the breezy 'not-super-serious-about-historical-accuracy-in-the-small-details' tone; I really like that Flo & Lady H have this backstory/history that we only find small bits about here and there

😍 Same As It Ever Was (QuokkaFoxtrot) - 62K, Steddie - EXCELLENT time-loop fixit AU

🥰 Cabin Pressure - Series 1: Abu Dhabi to Fitton (John Finnemore, author; Stephanie Cole/Roger Allam/Benedict Cumberbatch/John Finnemore, voice cast) - entertained again by the crew of MJN Airlines

😍 Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make Steve a Match (BlueSimplicity) - 209K, shrunkyclunks - omegaverse (but fairly nontrad, no mpreg) - the slow burn tag is not inappropriate but also it kind of doesn't FEEL that slow! deep worldbuilding, excellent epistolary component, incredible OC's, the differences/subversions of trad omegaverse tropes gave me clowfish AU vibes, which I loved

😍 Will Wonders Never Cease (PorcupineGirl) - 56K, zimbits AU, You've Got Mail/She Loves Me fusion - magic's real, Bitty's a tech witch with a very cute familiar - read this in one sitting and my face hurt when I was done from smiling so much

🥰 Luke and Billy Finally Get a Clue (Cat Sebastian) - novella, set in 1953; to paraphrase the official description: two best friend pro ball players finally figure their shit out, featuring: inclement weather, only one (real) bed and some hurt/comfort. Technically this is set in the Cabot Universe but there are zero Cabots in this one. Cat continues to score home runs on vibes alone. I love her books so, so much!

💖💖 +189K of shorter fic so shout out to these I really loved 💖💖

I Want You to Find Me (PorcupineGirl) - Check Please!: zimbits, 23K - canon-divergent AU where Bitty's a camboy that catches Jack's attention (while also still being his former teammate and all)

Ruin me (rainbow_nerds) - Stranger Things: steddie, 11K - absolutely cannot get enough of a reunion/2nd chance fic!!!!! fluffy AF!

Critical Feline Mass (Kryptaria, zooeyscigar) - MCU: stucky, 39K - no-powers AU where they're both retired military, Steve rents an apt to a still-struggling-to-reintegrate Bucky & sparks (and feelings) fly. also there are a lot of adorable kittens.

📺 STUFF I WATCHED 📺

Tom Scott & Gavin Free - "We tried the Hot Ones sauces. It was painful."

Queer Historical Romance panel with KJ Charles, AL Lester & Lex Croucher presented by The Portal Bookshop

Poker Face - s1, e5-7

Our Flag Means Death - s1, e8-10

🎧 PODCASTS 🎧

⭐ Vibe Check - NFL = National Fenty League

Digital Folklore - Monsters and Mental Healthcare - Vivian Asimos & Kathleen Hale

The Sporkful - Alan And Arlene Alda Bonded Over A Fallen Rum Cake

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - The Henry Miller Memorial Library

You Must Remember This - 1984: "Vioporn," Body Double and Crimes of Passion (Erotic 80s Part 7)

Switched on Pop - “Flowers” and the art of the response song

Digital Folklore - Hidden Meanings (Haunted Videogames, ARGs, & Folk Groups)

Strange Customs - Katie Lowes and Adam Shapiro—The Rock

It's Been a Minute - Unlocking desire through smut; plus, the gospel of bell hooks

⭐ Vibe Check - There’s Dog Years, and Then There’s Queer Years

ICYMI Plus - The Internet’s Black Emo Renaissance

99% Invisible #525 - The Chinatown Punk Wars

⭐ Fated Mates - S05.22: Trailblazer K.J. Charles

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Pushkin’s Duel

Welcome to Night Vale #222 - Makarov the Magical

Shedunnit - Bonus: Tana French on Josephine Tey

Fated Mates - S05.14: Band Sinister by KJ Charles

Writing Excuses - 18.07: Deep Dive into THE SPARE MAN

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Cactoblastis Memorial Cairn

Writing Excuses - 18.05: An Interview with Mary Robinette Kowal

Ologies - Melaninology (SKIN/HAIR PIGMENT) with Tina Lasisi

You Must Remember This - 1985: Fear Sex. Jagged Edge & AIDS (Erotic 80s Part 8)

Endless Thread - The Journeys of Two Russian Anti-War YouTubers

Strong Songs - From Bach to Miles Davis, with Emily Reese

You're Dead To Me - Early Medieval Papacy

It's Been a Minute - Kelela's guide for breaking up with men

Dear Prudence - My Partner Might Be in Conversion Therapy. Help!

🎶 MUSIC 🎶

Rihanna

The Celtic Spirit

my 'Thumbs Up' playlist

Tropical Dance Pop

Hi-Scores

[brokentoys]

also unless the muse is rai's al ghul. eddie will never cower to another rogue muse. not even joker most of the time. he'll never act like he's "afraid" or that he's lucky to be around the BIG SHOTS⭐ eddie doesn't view the other more popular amongst fans rogues as "superior" or "scarier." in fact, he sees them as equals (some even as inferior) eddie may not be the most physically capable rogue - but goddamn he's smart. if his mouth can't talk himself out of a situation, or he's unable to fight with his fists - he does have his own gadgets, and his own mind, too.

of course, this doesn't mean eddie's going to do much to intentionally get one to try to kill him. no. he's not stupid, and he views altercations with them to be unnecessary unless they're getting in the way of his goals. eddie knows his own worth, and he also knows the other rogues can be of worth to his own ideals, too.

idk i was just thinking about the fucking hush adaptation when ed goes something like "I'M NOT SCARED OF THEM!11!!11!!" in a CRACKING VOICE after bruce accuses him of being scared of the other rogues. which is so fucking stupid given that in the original comic, when eddie was talking about them, he spoke of them in a bored tone, and even calling some of them "idiots." eddie was NOT scared of any of the rogues other than rai's. same with the fucking year of the villain when they had eddie and tut basically treating lex as if he's some Super Star, and even eddie going "i'm A RESPECTED SUPER VILLAIN TOO!!11!!!11" like fuck off.

anyway, obviously, i treat eddie's character with respect, and not as a comedic relief or a punching bag for the other characters.