#like the one you're with

[deadheaddaisy]

It became time to create a timeline for several of my works that it turned out weren't exactly stand-alone, especially since some of them now align with works in the universe created by @more-better-words. All works are rated G or T except where noted, and pretty much all are focused on Hoshi and Malcolm at this point.

You'll have to have an AO3 account to read the majority of these, sorry.

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Little moments

Timing: begins in 2151 at the launch of Enterprise and continues up to and including Terra Prime in January 2155 (TATV is a poorly-constructed holographic historical fantasy / someone's sick fever-dream and didn't occur in this world). 

Series info: Bits and pieces in the slow burn, pre-relationship Hoshi & Malcolm phase, showcasing how these two became close friends and trusted colleagues. Some of the pieces might be moved around to fit the timeline as I deem necessary, and depending on which element I decide to write at which time in the series.

Holding on (by the skin of my teeth) - 2151

Learning The Ropes - 2151

Ramble On (But Tell No Tales) - 2151

On the edge of dreaming - 2151

Take My Breath Away - 2151

Going Under - 2152

Taste that stands the test of time - 2152

Dynamite Comes In Small Packages - 2153

What I've Done - 2154

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Somewhere I Belong

Timing: Aligns with more-better-words' From the Ground Up (February-November 2155) and What We Build Here (December 2155-July 2156)

Series info: How Hoshi and Malcolm finally moved beyond friendship into something more. The series is fluid in terms of what is written and published when. See above for timeline shenanigans as it suits me.

Place Your Bets coda - 2155 (in progress)

Outrun - 2156

Words That Fall From Your Lips - 2156

Close Enough - 2156

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My gift to myself based on the above series, as drawn by the wonderful @heart-sprout:

Leaning In

Timing: Aligns with More-Better-Words' Chosen - March 2166 and onward

Series info: Post-Romulan War

Better With You (And The Angels Sing coda) - March 2166

A trick or treat short written for me by more-better-words and including Malcolm Reed - 2166

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Outtakes and Side-Quests

Fics that align with the timeline above but are in an Explicit series of their own, to be on the safe side:

It's Oh So Quiet - 2155 (E)

Calling the shots - 2155 (E)

Outrun - Outtake - 2156 (E)

Mutually Beneficial - 2156 (E)

The Princess and the Warlord - 2156 (E) (Not written by me but a gift related to Outrun - Outtake and meant to follow Mutually Beneficial)

Can't Get Enough (Of You) - 2166 (E)

Taken To Task - 2166 (E)

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Equilateral Triangle

Triad series (Malcolm/Hoshi/Travis) - does not align to any of the above.

Three For One And Room For None

And Then There Were Three

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Then some of my other, more stand-alone but still in the canon timeline fics:

Bedtime Stories

Nothing To Fear (in progress)

A Hint of Salt, A Taste of Sweet 

Reflections On Relaxation for GlitterAndMetal for the 2024 Enterprise Secret Santa Gift Exchange

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Lock & Load

Standalone smut series.

Revisiting Risa (E)

Take The Words Right Out Of My Mouth (E)

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AU/canon-divergent fics that don't align to any standard timeline:

Better the devil you know (in progress)

Winter Heat (standalone - for now)

Money or Nothing (E) (current version complete, sequel underway)

Cracking The Code (in progress)

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Pockets of Joy in the Mundane

My beloved rarepair, Janelle Kelly and Michael Rostov, who share a scene for one (1) minute in Vox Sola and made me fall head over heels in love with them. Then I infected @talshiargirlfriend with rarepair love, she wrote the very first K&R fic on AO3, added a couple more, and now they're our rarepair! The series title comes from the second of the K&R fics.

Songbird

Wipe The Tears From My Mind

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Fics written for me by various lovely people:

The Communicator by Eireann (Star Trek: Enterprise)

A Moratorium on Hank Williams by starsandfireplains (MoreBetterWords) 

Vulcan Aesthetic Astrology by talshiargirlfriend 

Metamorphic by thisisnotthepseudyourelookingfor (The Walking Dead)

Seeing Blue by starsandfireplains (MoreBetterWords) (featuring my step-OC-blorbos, Karveth & Monica)

Under a White Sky by starsandfireplains (MoreBetterWords)

strong like glass by MaroInTheMoon (Stargate Atlantis)

Little pockets of joy in the mundane by talshiargirlfriend 

Chosen by starsandfireplains (MoreBetterWords)

Twenty Three by GlitterAndMetal 

gravity of love by ScottieIsImpatient for the 2024 Enterprise Secret Santa Gift Exchange

show me where it hurts by pearly_pairings 

Famous Last Words by talshiargirlfriend

Vulnerability by ScottieIsImpatient

Your Body in Electric Blue by starsandfireplains (MoreBetterWords)

Striking Sparks by starsandfireplains (MoreBetterWords) 

And that's not counting tidbits on Tumblr, of which there are many, because I have amazing friends!

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[deadheaddaisy]

YES. Especially smut where they love AND like each other and no matter what happens they care about what the other person feels and wants and they just enjoy being together. Add some banter into the mix and I will be your devoted follower forever.

@more-better-words I do believe they're playing our song!

My favourite kind of fics to read and to write

[batcavescolony]

Katniss is such an unreliable narrator. She says "Then something unexpected happens. At least, I don't expect it because I don't think of District 12 as a place that cares about me" girl you deliver strawberries to the Mayor, you hunt and trade for the district, when you fell at Prim being chosen someone caught you, when you went to Prim people parted for you, when you volunteered EVERYONE stopped. Idk how to tell you but I think you're a pillar of the community.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Penelope's final gambit, you will always be famous, no matter the subtext.

[inkskinned]

the tradwife movement is the same as it has always been - back in the kitchen, back to breeding - it just has better branding.

when i was younger, i hated pink. i was not like other girls. this is now something i'm embarrassed of - this was not me being a "girl's girl."

but it was expressing something many of us felt at the time: i literally wasn't what girlhood was supposed to be. this is a hard thing to explain, but you know when you're not performing girlhood correctly. it isn't as easy as "i liked x when girls liked y" - because there were other girls that liked x, too - but i never figured out exactly the correct way to like x, or to be interested in y.

now there is the divine feminine. this is the same rhetoric it has always been: women are biologically driven to like pink and ribbons and submitting to our husbands.

the problem is that the patriarchy found a better PR team. because yes, actually, i want every woman to have the choice to be a homemaker. i also want her taken seriously for her legitimate home-making labor. i want her to be recognized as also having a job, just unpaid. i want men to have this opportunity, too.

but it is no longer "i made this choice and I love it." instead it is a sixteen-paragraph rant about how selfish it is that my generation isn't having kids. instead it's long videos about how if you feed your children processed foods, you're going to kill them. instead it is "this is what womanhood is supposed to be. i feel bad for any other choices you're making."

the shame spiral is just prettier. it is large houses devoid of personality. it is the implication: if you don't have this, you aren't happy. the solid, everlasting assurance: women are actually supposed to be submitting. this is the default. this is the natural state of things. all other attempts inflict suffering.

but you can no longer say i'm not like other girls. you can no longer reject this image completely. you cannot find it revolting, even if you know that the underbelly is toxic and festering. sure, it is the same repackaged patriarchy. but the internet does not have shades of grey. you should support and reward other women! your disgust is actually internalized misogyny. not because you are seeing a vision of yourself the way they're trying to train you to be. not because you feel her ghost pass within an inch of your earlobe. not because your father will eventually ask you - why can't you be like her?

because they figured out how to make it beautiful: women will sell other women on this idea, and we will find the singular loophole in feminism. sure, she's shaming you in most of her videos. sure, she implies that a different life is obscene. but she just wants you to be happy! you'd be happier if you were listening!

and the whole time you're sitting there thinking: i'd actually just be happier if i had that kind of money.

[deadheaddaisy]

There's this little thing I like to call "liking each other" that makes good, healthy relationships possible. Funny how that works.

"how can m/f ships be good-" first of all through the power of bisexuality anything is possible so write that down. second of all if we start othering ships based on gender and nothing else we're no better than the opposition. third of all you need to watch more addams family

[slyandthefamilybook]

why do you guys talk like you think not voting means no one gets elected

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

historical drama/sitcom where two gay best friends (woman and man) get lavender married--and proceed to spend the Fancy European Honeymoon their parents paid for acting as each other's wingman

[butchbait4butch]

hey transfems, i don't know which of you need to hear this but it's okay to never use your penis during sex if you don't want to. it's okay to tell your partner not to touch it, to ignore it even, and hold them to respecting that boundary, no matter how many times you've had sex with them, or even if you've had sex with them with your penis involved.

you're not weird or broken for having needs or having boundaries, and you deserve lovers who respect those needs and boundaries. as someone who knows first hand, it's not worth it not to speak up.

this is a post for bottoms, switches, and tops. for subs or dom/mes. for anyone who feels like their no will go unheard or that the only reason people are sexually interested in you are those who want a woman with a dick. i promise you there are people who are out there who will listen, who will get you, and who will treat you how you deserve.

in fact? that's the absolute base line that anyone deserves during sex, and you deserve that and so much more.

[deadheaddaisy]

Gimme allll the fluff and smut and comfort and action! I'll read everyone else's angst, though.

sometimes u just gotta write the most cliche self indulgent fanfic u can think of. for your health

[planefood]

rules for thee and not for me

[carlyraejepsans]

fandoms love to go ooooo you have to read this fic it's the most popular fic in the famdom it's a fandom classic and then you read it and it's bad

[deadheaddaisy]

Love, Partnership, Sex.

So the fluffy, happy smut ride continues in 2025 then. I can get behind that. And I'm pretty sure my OTP won't object.

Witchcraft, Wisdom, Death...

[evenlyevi]

Vividly.

[chimaeraonwards]

John Cusack, the voice actor for Dimitri in Anatasia (1997), shared his statement on Palestine 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 🇵🇸

P.S. He has been a Palestinian supporter for years

[lil-lemon-snails]

sometimes you just need to hear it v some stills below the cut v