#librarian’s pick

[buddiefanficlibrary]

Your Fingerprints Smeared on My Heart (Lead Me Back to You)

In 1880, Evan Buckley of the arriviste set is sent out west to oversee his family's railroad and recover from a broken heart - and meets Eddie Diaz, cowboy. When fate tears them apart, they make a promise: find each other again.

In 2018, Buck walks into his fire station in Los Angeles - and meets Eddie Diaz, new recruit.

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[noodles-and-tea]

Back at it with my enchanted merthur shenanigans

[shaylogic]

The Lust Cow

Innocent little cartoony white cow

SAVE YOURSELF FROM HELL, CRYSTAL!

The camera specifically panned this way to keep the lust cow out

There might be something to AroAce Niko actually

[jennrypan]

..librarian x Jason Todd 👀

I'm so right. Walk with me. (First meeting!)

Imagine..being in an old library where you take care of so many books and keep trying to get people to come in, enjoy the literature but it's Gotham, everyone's far too focused on staying clear of the various villains to try and stop by to read an old book.

You contemplate closing it..maybe find a job in..who knows, a bank teller?

That idea just puts a different expression on your face and you huff quietly to yourself..you were so patient about your books and the history of this library but it was old..and no one seemed to care for libraries anymore, the building had graffiti all over the outside of it- which you tried to clean as best as you could..only for it to be dirtied once more and the windows were always getting broken by various hoodlums and one stray weapon at one point..fortunately the villains never seemed interested in some run down library so that was never an issue, but that didn't mean anyone came inside.

Until..a large figure came hurtling in through your windows..creating a huge mess of glass and wood before it landed on the floor with a thud and an annoyed grunt, you were so close to questioning the figure..a bat half way into your grasp before you noticed the bright red helmet.

"God dammit..Ivys not playin' fair."

His voice was almost..robotic? Deeper than any humans had any right to be, and you could only watch as Redhood, the Redhood stood in your library and simply dusted himself off, muttering to himself and slowly..you stepped back- you had no real negative opinion about the man but he wasn't someone you dreamed of meeting..no famous person in Gotham was anyone you wanted to meet in all honesty..they bought trouble.

Redhood tapped something on his helmet, muttering something under his breath- you briefly caught the words 'Nightwing' and 'Don't you fucking laugh' but you didn't intend to lean closer to figure out the full extent of that conversation, mostly focused on blending into the shadows of the dimly lit library..and worrying about how the Hell you're gonna fix your window this time..the window area was practically gone now cuz the guy was huge! So it might as well be a hole and you can't run a business with a hole! Everyone already thinks you're closing-

"Oh shit, I didn't know anyone was still in here."

The sudden statement caused you to near jump in the air..clutching your bat to your chest as you stared at the man who's head had turned to you..the bright white eyes of his helmet near gleaming and you wished you could see his expression to see what he was thinking.

His head tilted ever so slightly and when he did..thats when you realized you were simply staring at him unblinking like an idiot.

"Uhm-! Are you gonna pay for the window?"

Those were the first words that left your lips with your voice raising in pitch..and you immediately cringed a little, letting out a nervous cough.

There was a beat of silence before a low snort came from Redhood, his head turning towards the man sized hole he had created.

"Oh, sure."

He replied, and you were left staring at him again..blinking like an owl.

"..Sure?"

You repeated, watching as the man adjusted his jacket..black combat boots crunching over the glass shards that littered the ground, taping his helmet again..no longer paying you any mind at the moment.

"Yeah yeah..I hear ya, I'm on my way- got thrown into some.."

Redhood muttered, you could practically hear him rolling his eyes before his head tilted back..he was looking over at the shelves of books.

"Library?..huh."

You squinted a little at that. This was clearly a library! It may be run down and spooky but it had great books!

"Does that helmet make it hard to see?"

You grumbled under your breath, immediately tensing when the white eyes became trained on you..your mouth snapping shut as you gave him a nervous, thin lipped grin.

"Funny..anyways..I'll pay for the window."

Redhood reiterated, and all you could do is slowly nod and hum in acknowledgement- giving him a small thumbs up.

"Oh! Thanks? I mean you did..break it with your body, but thanks! Thats.."

There was another little chuckle from him before he climbed back through the hall not even letting you finish stumbling over your words! You clicked your tongue a little as you slowly set down your bed..walking towards the broom and dustpan to clean up the mess he left.

He's definitely not gonna pay you back..he's got other shit to be doing anyways.

Guess you got some saving to do.

[ghostlyarchaeologist]

Yes, why?

The Librarians S02E01 And the Drowned Book.

[phopollo]

Went looking back on a bunch of old art, and decided

It would he really fun to try and copy the old ways I used to sketch w/o trying to outright copy my old style just as a fun little warm up

And man

It's insane how much if a difference the subtle details in how I sketched made when it came time to line

(Ft Kaisa because she is my favorite subject to test out drawing things with now apparently)

[ahb-writes]

"I am, for the most part, a gentle spirit. I do not pick or accept fights unless they involve books or family."

"Lady Rozemyne" (Ascendance of a Bookworm #16 (4.4) by Miya Kazuki)

[adrianasunderworld]

You guys ever try to do the Vanna challenges and cannot for the life of you figure out how to do some of the goals? Because like-

"Light colors" How much lighter do you need them to be? Define work clothes. Are we doing office work or something else? What do you want from me, game!? 😭

[astral-circuitry]

bookshop town has Reading Night again and i signed up for the third year in a row and for the third time i'm here clutching my book like Why Did I Think I Could Possibly Want To Read Out Of A Book In Front Of A Bunch Of Strangers In A Restaurant

[fuckyeahgoodomensfanfic]

Good Omens Fic Rec: Tales of Turning Pages

Every Tuesday, aspiring romance novelist Anthony J. Crowley pays a visit to his local library and the charming angel working there. Every Tuesday, Aziraphale Fell finds himself more and more intrigued by the curious stranger who turns his orderly life as a small-town librarian upside down .

Length: 73,448 words

AO3 Rating: Explicit / Spice Level 🔥🔥🔥

Best for: Mostly Safe in Public, Human AU, Romance

Triggers: None

Read it here, fic by foolishlovers

*Minor Spoilers* This is a very sweet AU! Crowley here is a non fiction author looking for inspiration for a romance book of his own. Aziraphale is a librarian who is more than a little eager to help! Full of awkward flirting, and the promise of a very tender romance ahead of them.

There are two points that I really loved about this story in particular. I love trans Crowley already, but I like that this was more of a background detail for him. It's not angst or hard, it's not an obstacle, it just is. We don't have any agonizing over it. It's a part of Crowley, but it's not a barrier to his life or his new relationship with Aziraphale. On Aziraphale's side, I really love how he is not a stuffy pretentious librarian. He makes it a point to read anything and everything. His joy in being able to recommend books to Crowley and others is infectious. It made me want to put down fanfic and read a novel....which is unlikely to actually happen considering I have a full on fanfic addiction.

The cast of characters here is really fun, though some moments I felt like I was listening to conversations that I wasn't apart of. There's some history and subtext, particularly with Anathema, that I felt like I had missed some context on. You can tell there's going to be a lot of love in this community. When the story ends, it feels like it's only the beginning for this entire group. You can tell are going to become so important to each other.

Mostly safe in public, a couple of explicit scenes but they are towards the end! This was a very nice light afternoon read!

Read it here, fic by foolishlovers

[eve-baird]

this is flynn to me

[ace7librarian]

Do you think Wilbur uses "hello naughty list" as a pick up line every day, or is it just a Christmas themed creepy pick up line?

[ghostlyarchaeologist]

Pocket sized for easy handling.

[tamayokny]

say what you want about the pjo show, but i love that it is bringing in so many new readers to the series. requests for the books have skyrocketed since kids watched the show and want more pjo!

[maegorsbignaturals]

Give us more hillbilly au, pls!!! And they 100% live in a trailer park, omg what would King's Landing be in that au??

Grrrr okay okay just because you are asking nicely. Drangonstone IS the trailer park, Aegon, Visenya and Rhaenys leaved there when they scaped their parents and adfer some time they managed to get enough money to move to an old farm that was full of mold and it smelt rancid and that everyone was pretty sure the drains of that farm was poisoned. Aegon and Aenys both tried to fix it but failed and it was Maegor the one who maneged to fix it the most of it and paint it of the most lustruous red he could find. The faith is just your ye-old south baptist/christian church, and ceryse is the girl Maegor knew there. She was the niece of the pastor and sings in the choir and leads some program to teach the kids about religion, Alys is the queen of all the small beauty peageants the town holds and ends up having names like the queen of the corn or something on those lines, Tyanna is the weird woman that lives alone in the farthest part of the town that house smells weird and she has like at least seven different animals as her pets and everyone is DAMN sure she does some kind of witchcraft and they talk about her on her back but if they need an abortion they just go to her, Rhaena was the girl who always dreamed of living in The Big City with her (girl) friends and knowing all this beautiful movie places with really high builidings and have long rides on her Blue Vespa (Dreamfyre) in the streets of the big city, but her uncle had this horrible accident and now someone needs to take care of him and his costant headaches and Maegor borderline treats her just as he treated her Ceryse and Alys and it is kind of weird.

After Maegor weird ass dead where he is found on his couch holding a beer and being illuminated by the blue gleam of the Tv with at least dozen flies flying around him he takes over the farm and said you know what i think we can make something with this shit and that is how he ends up doing the greatest emporium of milk products kingislandingtown has ever seen in its entire existence. Baelon and Aemon are your typical Highschool number one football players that could have had a uni sports scholarship but Aemon got tackled really hard during a game having some kind of internal decapitation against Sunspear's community highschool and that took Baelon so out of the rails that he just ended up never leaving the farm.

[chiropteracupola]

ahhhhhh now that I have finished all my gluing for the day I have realised that I Meant to finish reading my overdue library books so that I could Give Them Back tomorrow. oh whale.