#littleredchucks

[mamaz00m]

It's been ten literal years.

It's about time I finish what I started.

I've been gone so long that I don't even know what Boosh fandom is like anymore. I don't know how active it is, I don't know who all is still hanging around. Really I can only hope that by posting this to AO3, anyone who is subscribed to me will see this update and be happy that the story is finally complete.

This story's incomplete status has haunted me for years. I met my best friend through Boosh fandom in the LiveJournal days (RIP--I have fully lost my login for that site) and since I moved in with her in June of 2019, she has stayed on top of my ass about finally completing this fic.

As you'll all know, I wrote and posted two chapters in 2019 (as well as two one-shots for this universe) with the harassment of my bestie and cheerleading from @cle-o-pat-ra, whom I own an apology to for falling off the face of the planet once the pandemic hit.

I had a real All Eyes On Me moment in 2020. Without getting too much into it, after years of dealing with mental health issues which led to me becoming a shut-in, I moved across country to be with my best friend. I started going out, I started making friends. I started finally living. And then Covid happened and I went off the rails a bit. Quite a bit.

It took some work, but I am doing a lot better now.

So what prompted this return?

Ironically, it was watching GBBO with Bestie over dinner each night. We subscribed to Netflix just to watch it this year. It was seeing Noel--smiley, cheeky, and only just now finally beginning to show any signs of aging--that made my heart clinch.

I found myself wondering what Gabe would be up to at Noel's current age. How Eli is doing.

I realized I missed these characters desperately.

I can only hope you did, too.

Because I have tentative plans for the future...

I'm going to tag the folks I can remember enjoying this fic back when I was more active in the fandom. And I'll be around, in case me showing up like this stirs up any big feelings.

Thank you all for showing so much patience towards me. For loving these characters and playing in this space with me for ten long years. I've missed this world and I've missed you.

@culumacilinte @arbeaone @azurfemme @littleredchucks @radiumkind @oblong-goblin @the-stoned-ranger @pussywhang @concupiscence66

And of course, giant, massive thanks to @derangedficrecs / @derangedbutterfly for being this fic's beta for over half the chapters before my life got so hectic and...well, I owe you an apology too. I'm sorry.

Raise Hell. Chapter 21: THE WORLD

[sadiejay88]

Littleredchucks gifted me this short story about young Vince meeting Charlie, and I want to share it with all of you!

[mightiermarvel]

If anyone from the booshlr days still follows me on here, our beloved booshlr baby moved on to the next life. If anyone is still in contact with littleredchucks, please send them your love 💖

[rikkisixx]

[earlgraytay]

littleredchucks mentioned you in a photo

@earlgraytay I’m gonna take that as a compliment! Mayhap they made me in a lab.

It was meant as one!

[iwatch-thebees]

@dreadpansy replied to your post “11:20 pm sudden craving for mac & cheese”

#relatable

@littleredchucks replied to your post

Did I write this? This sounds like me. Now I need Mac and cheese!

really considering making some...

[riot-n-crimson]

Hey, sending you an ask, not really to ask but to say hi and thanks cos I like your blog. So hi and thanks! Ta.

Ayyyye! Nice to meet you and glad that I can provide. You’ve been following me for awhile if memory serves. Nice to hear from you! or… uh…read from you I guess.

[catherinetheunexceptional]

LOOK WHAT ARRIVED IT’S REAL AAAAHHHH <3 <3 <3 @littleredchucks

[littleredchucks]

One of my more successful design ideas from today. It’s called Grot Step on account of it being from an accidental shoe selfie. It’s in my new House of Jones collection. I’m trying to come up with t-shirts I think Jones might wear, though most still require you to cut bits off and stitch on your own embellishments.

[aceandarothingies]

Happy Pride Month!

Last year I made a great big post full of queer shops to support and I’m proud to say this year I’ve found even more! So if you like pride merch made by LGBTQ+ artists have I got some reccomendations for you?

Oh! Also! They’re not all US! Most shops have the locations listed.

TheDiamondD20 makes dice and dominoes! They’re great quality and they have a number of pride designs!

EccentricAccentsLA makes stickers and buttons! I’ve bought from them a few times myself and all their stuff is super well made!

Marginal Doodles does MOGAI buttons! Their shipping is pretty good considering they’re from the UK! They’ve got pins for most identities and do customs too!

PurrrdyNerdy makes awesome stickers, pins, lanyards, etc! They just moved to their own site!

ToveTapestries makes handmade flag tapestries!

Discreetpridedepot makes stealthy flags/buttons/clothes!

Stamistudios has tons of cool acrylic pins!

TheSareBearCrafts does pins and stickers!

Prismaglowcrafts does stickers!

UnicornPeeps does stickers and clothes in a few different designs!

WovenStarlight does bows!

FeltedFlyingFox does bottle charms and stickers!

TattooedandChained does armour inspired jewellery!

PeacebyChocolate is an ethical chocolate company who makes pride bars! They donate part of the proceeds to LGBTQ+ charities!

MillsDraws does pride moth designs on Redbubble!

Rezerin does pride stickers!

CajunHusker does unique pride designs for many smaller labels! For example, they have abrosexual and angled aroace!

Milk Candy has cute, pastel, pride stickers!

SimakaiHoodies does, what else, pride hoodies!

SonsationalCreations does pride creatures!

MylenesBracelets does bracelets!

Shameless self promo, I also do kandi bracelets! DM me for info oop

PlushMayhem does pride bats!

StudioPickles does super cute earrings!

Mathysphere does cross-stitch patterns!

Eldritchratch does badges! 

Character509 does beanies!

ThePinPrick does pins and shoelaces! (I like yours btw)

Chickenpantstudio does stickers!

Schlady does too!

Gay and tired does necklaces!

Chaobunnyarts does pins!

Yasune is a small shop from Spain that does keychains!

TheGoblinGirls do retro style pins!

YasPetitPoulet does chemistry themed pride merch, for all the science gays!

GloriusWeirdo does tons of cool space themed pride stuff!

VluArts does Pokemon pride merch!

Littleleeeloo does Zelda and anime merch!

NympthofNovelties does masks! Wear yours with pride ;) They also do hair accessories and pins!

ManutoMaking does masks too, as well as earrings!

LittleRedChucks does T-shirts!

Custom flag makers can be found here!

If you don't know what you want but you want to support some businesses, some of my personal Etsy favourites can be found here!

Please add your own recommendations in the notes! You’re welcome to add your own shop too!

Happy pride month 2022!!

[radiumkind]

“...And what have you done to your lip?”

“I had a slight accident shaving?”

“You had a... since when do you shave, Vince? Why was I not informed?”

“I am twenty, Mother. Father taught me to shave some years ago, we did not think it that noteworthy an occasion.”

“If you learnt so many years ago, why have you managed to graze yourself this morning?”

“I was tired from last night and did not prepare my razor properly. Is this truly what you wished to speak to me about?”

Mrs Bennet glared at Vince’s nervous face and slightly pink lip[...]

Excerpt: Ch. 21, Boosh and Prejudice by RedChucks (@littleredchucks) 

[ladadee195]

Hey guys we still doing six sentence Sundays around here? because I wanted to share a small bit from something I’ve been working on.  @littleredchucks pitched the idea a while ago and I loved it. 

Vince liked Naboo. He was smart but never made Vince feel stupid. He knew all sorts of cool secrets and had loads of neat gadgets and spells. Vince knew what he was about and he liked it. Howard was still wary of what he called bad juju but Vince suspected that Howard was jealous of Vince’s continued amazement with the shaman. That or he was just upset that Naboo routinely called him a ballbag.

“Sorry, only I’ve got this issue and I need to talk to you about it?” he asked, trying to disguise how nervous he was. He hadn’t freaked out at home but he suddenly felt like bursting into tears. Which was the most uncool thing he could think of so he held them back and clutched at his arms instead, digging his nails into his skin hard. He wasn’t used to feeling like this and he didn’t like it. And even when he did get close usually Howard would comfort him. Make him tea and give him cakes, but Howard couldn’t help him with this.  

Naboo regarded him with a critical eye, frowned, and then his eyes went sort of glassy. Like he wasn’t exactly focusing on Vince himself but rather looking through him. It was uncomfortable and Vince hugged himself tighter. “What?” he asked softly.

“I think you’d better come inside.” Naboo replied as the door to the right swung open on its own.

Vince smiled, “Cheers.

[silentorator]

Hello! I just wanted to say, I'm new to boosh and the fandom and I read your fic about Howard and Vince in the coffee shop and I fell in love so, thank you for writing that. It made me want to write my first ever fic, not sure if it'll be any good though

Just wondering do you have any fic recs of your own? Not sure where to start reading more from thjs fandom :)

Oh my goodness, nonnie thank you for this, this is just the sweetest message ever!

I’m super touched that it made you want to write and all I can say is please, please do. Whether for Boosh (we would be so happy to have you) or another fandom creating content is a joyful thing and I hope you take a shot at it. It doesn’t matter if you are good or not, everyone starts somewhere (I used to write really bad, (like seriously embarrassing) harry potter fic way back in 2010) and you can only get better by writing!

Also, if you aren’t already aware, talk to me off anon and I can get you a link to the boosh discord server, everyone is super nice and welcoming and we would love to chat with you :D

As for other fic recs, there is so much good fic in this fandom. In no particular order, off the top of my head (please please forgive me if i have forgot anyone)

@agarlandoffreshlycuttears has superb boosh and neolian fics including Take Care (one of my favorites) and the Re-wired series.

@the-stoned-ranger (I have re-read their in My Dreams You're Dying and Cut Your Bangs more times than I care to count) and their crackwife @bob-skeleton are actual geniuses you should read all their stuff -- the recently put out a super sexy vampire fic as well.

@badbadbucky has the amazing Love Potion No. 9 which is so painful but such a good slow burn and their witch Vince captured my whole heart. (and also some recent, super sweet fluff)

@ladadee195 has the wonderful Hogwarts boosh crossover series and Electro Circus which is an amazing ride. 

Miriam_Heddy wrote Weather in Dalston which I love and reread at least once a month.

@culumacilinte one of our actual, genius fandom elders (and amazing resources if you need something boosh related) has some genius noelian and boosh works that just absolutely kill it on characterizations.

@littleredchucks is def someone you should check out. not only do they write the most amazing Nathan Barley Fic but they also have written the only fic to make me cry actual sobbing tears for not one day, not two days but a whole freaking week. Please read Lives in Abstraction, it was so good, I am so so in awe, still.

And last but certainly not least my own very talented booshwife @queen-boo who not only helped make why not wait possible but also has the wonderful fairytale fic, Keep Making Trouble (which is ruining me) and Show Me What I can't See which I left a screaming comment on at 2am.

This is by no means a complete list but I hope that gives you a good starting point - @ladadee195 and @culumacilinte also have very good comprehensive fic rec lists that extend into LJ works as well.

Thank you again for your message, I’m so happy you liked why not wait, and happy reading to you <3

[iwatch-thebees]

Hip hop hap happy birthday!!!!!! May your day be a wonderful and joy filled one full of all things that are good!!!

thank you so much Chucks!!!!!! i had a great day & i hope you did too :)

[bringingbacktheboosh]

BBTB2020 Fanworks Masterpost

We know this post is late, but if you’ve been paying attention to the news this week, shit’s been going down and everything is terrible. Luckily, we have 17 brand-new fics to help distract you from the fact that the world is on fire. 

Thanks for your patience, and big thanks to everyone for participating in this year’s Bringing Back the Boosh event. All of our creators deserve mad kudos and comments for creating so many wonderful works under such extraordinary circumstances. 

Here’s a masterlist of all the works submitted to our AO3 collection! Don’t forget to let our artists and writers know how much you appreciate their work.

“Naboo and the Marriage of Incovenience”, by @littlebooshmaid for @iocococo, The Mighty Boosh, Mature

Naboo receives some unwelcome news from Xooberon: everyone on the planet is supposed to be married by the age of one hundred, or face execution. Now they’ve caught up with him, it looks as if only marrying Howard will save Naboo from certain death. But how will Vince feel about that? And will anything where the Shaman Council is involved turn out as expected?

“Cut Your Bangs”, by @the-stoned-ranger for @anciientboosh, Nathan Barley, Explicit

After slipping in his sobriety, Dan Ashcroft, forty-year-old fuckup, attends Alcoholics Anonymous and gets his shit together. It just takes almost losing everything to motivate him to do it. This started off as a simple fic about Dan learning how to have a relationship with Jones, and became a 40k epic of a redemption arc. For reasons known only to the muse, Nathan Barley insisted on tagging along for the ride, as he so often does when Dan Ashcroft is concerned.

“The Wrong Kind of Monsters”, by @concupiscence66 for @littleredchucks​ , The Mighty Boosh, Explicit

Howard and Vince were both lonely and lost, but when they met... it was actually pretty awful, but stories can always be re-written. In a world of magic and monsters, there's no reason to settle for just one reality.RedChucks asked for "A second shot at a first kiss" and I went a bit off the rails here. The story is about... reinvention. I adore RedChucks, so I hope they forgive the liberties I took with the prompt.

“we've got to live, no matter how many skies have fallen”, by @silentorator for @badbadbucky, The Mighty Boosh, Teen (you must be logged into ao3 to read this fic)

Vince and Howard go to a psychic to get their tarot cards read.

“The Simple Life”, by @bob-skeleton for @peacockbluey, Mature

A look at a more mature Howince, with a lot of backstory of how they got there.

“Borrowed Light”, by @iocococo for @bob-skeleton, The Mighty Boosh, Explicit

A Victorian AU!When Howard Moon moved to London to pursue his dreams... well, he probably shouldn't have. Turns out getting a gig with the London Symphony Orchestra isn't as easy as he'd hoped. He's broke, nearly homeless, and bombarded by the pesky attention of his housemate, Vince Noir, who doesn't annoy him nearly as much as Howard pretends he does. With a unsympathetic landlord, a boss dead-set on making his life miserable, and magical shenanigans afoot, can Howard ever sort out what he really feels for Vince? Will he ever achieve his dream job? Will I actually have written a semi-competent summary of this fic by the time I stop typing this?Find out in Borrowed Light!

“Walking a mile in unfashionable shoes”, by @littleredchucks​ for @kateyboosh, The Mighty Boosh, Teen

Howard makes a wish and things go slightly wrong, though more so for Vince than for Howard, which is strange for them both. This was meant to get sexier at the end but it didn't end up that way. My apologies.

“The Kiss of a Mermaid”, by @datcilly for @r3lilith, Teen 

And then Howard was back in that dreadful wet cave. His heart was beating fast but filled with determination because this time - he was on a mission.

“The Mortifying Ordeal of Being Known”, by @peacockbluey for @littlebooshmaid, The Mighty Boosh, Explicit

When a spell gone wrong forces Howard and Vince to get closer to each other in more ways than one, certain things are forced into the open. Written for the Bringing Back the Boosh Fic Exchange 2020. Slight AU, set post-Party.

“you can't always get what you want (but if you try sometimes)”, by @culumacilinte for @the-stoned-ranger, Sweet, Explicit

Five times Pete caught Stitch having a wank, or: four times Pete caught Stitch having a wank and one time Stitch tried and failed to get caught, or: these two idiots are kinky and make bad decisions but it all works out in the end.

“If You Think This is Real Life”, by @anciientboosh for @chagrinfalls, The Mighty Boosh, Mature

An adventure is had, strange things start happening about the flat, and Howard is sick. Guess it's up to Vince to save the day. Should be easy right?

“Touched”, by @agarlandoffreshlycuttears  for @datcilly​, The Might Boosh, Teen

A prompt for the Bring Back the Boosh challenge:Likes: Naboo, the Shaman Council, Gen, a good laugh

Pairings: Open to anything but only platonic :)

Prompt 1: A stag tour to Xooberon does absolutely not go as planned. Prompt 2: Howard and Vince mess with the Occult again, bad juju is afoot!So I mixed the two together (sort of): Howard goes missing again and Naboo has finally had enough of his pet humans being a complete bloody nightmare and decides to get to the bottom of why they can't go five minutes without something terrible happening to them (and thus Naboo).

“Worst Dressed List”, by @badbadbucky for@agarlandoffreshlycuttears The Mighty Boosh, Teen

Vince finds himself on Cheekbone's Worst Dressed List. And even worse, Howard is on the best dressed list.

“Call the Fashion Police”, by @badbadbucky for @silentorator, The Mighty Boosh, Teen

After the owners of a high end fashion shop make fun of Vince's clothing designs and Howard, his slightly absent minded boyfriend, fails to notice for far too long, vince decides to get rid of all his clothes. Now Howard must defend his boyfriend's designs and unravel a fashion conspiracy.

“I’m Having a Party”, by @r3lilith for @fucking-pimberly-i-guess​, The Mighty Boosh, Teen

Vince notices that Howard has not been the same since the disastrous party he threw for his birthday, and decides that another party is just the thing to cheer him up.

“Episode 9″, by @kateyboosh for @concupiscence66​, The Mighty Boosh, Mature

What happened between Series 1 and 2? Why did the Zooniverse close? Why are Vince and Howard so sexy and half naked in Series 2?All these questions from the lovely concupiscence66 answered inside, along with healthy doses of mischief, mayhem, fluff, angst, and smut, references to later events in S2 and S3, and blatant disregard for the Zooniverse map.Connie, thank you for the challenge of this prompt. I sincerely hope I did it justice, and that you enjoy reading.

“Miseducation”, by @chagrinfalls for @culumacilinte​, The Mighty Boosh, Gen

Howard goes on a school field trip. It doesn't go as planned.

[sadiejay88]

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@littleredchucks, have you seen this?!