#lj april

[itz-revina]

I have things for clowns

A lazy art~^~

[dontlookheswatching]

April challenge day 6, one of the clowns, is none other than Laughing Jack!

Im also in the works of making a ref sheet and 15 headcanons that will be shown with each ref sheet, one of which is ready and shall be posted later on, so expect that!

[doe-earth-n]

An extended trailer for the ongoing Season 4 arc of Defenders Chronicles Highlander that had just started.

[amanda-multifandom]

Set in the When Worlds and Dangers Collide series; focuses on trauma Nightwing experienced.

[richardarmitagefanpage]

Panic by L. J. Ross, narrated by Richard, has a new release date on Google Play and Kobo, it will be released on February 9, 2023. There is also a new release date for the Audio CD in W.F. Howens, it will be released on April 1, 2023.

[good-or-bad-luck]

i have a really funny joke i wanna post in a discord server but i dont know if i should bevcuase its not like an apporpoite joke for this discord server (that i am a mod in ,)

[milestoearth]

We all get old. We all get wrinkles. Life is short. Eat that pizza. Drink that wine. Shut down that bully eejit who tortures you.

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"You should believe me,” she announced, “because in order to destroy you, I need to acknowledge you first. See, in order to ruin a person’s life, you need to hate them. Be jealous of them. Feel some type of passionate response toward them. You stir nothing in me, Vaughn Spencer. Not even disgust. Not even pity, though I really should pity you. You’re the gum stuck to the bottom of my boots. You are a fleeting moment no one remembers—unremarkable, unnecessary, and utterly forgettable.

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Because my dad told me good girls like bad boys, and I’m bad. Really bad.

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The quietest man in the room is also the deadliest.

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"Son, are you gay?” I spat the cognac out, choking on the earthy liquid. Dad remained calm, crossing one leg over the other. “Be frank. You know we don’t care, and we’ll support you no matter what. There’s nothing wrong with being gay.” “There’s nothing wrong with it, all right, but I’m not gay.” He blinked, saying nothing. “Why the fuck would you think that?” “You’re not a huge fan of the other sex.” “I’m not a huge fan of the human race.” “Me either. But then there’s your mother. I am a huge fucking fan of hers.

[artistaforever]

[whattraintracks]

#I hc that all the boys have their dad's eyes btw#so I had this joke planned where leo is like#hey this guy has our eyes too haha#donnie is like shut up leo you're delirious#he gets close to leo first just because he has to spend a lot of time with him#but he gets close to all of them over time#mikey talking about lou jitsu one day and marcus is like oh wow didn't know kids your age knew LJ#mikey like OF COURSE HE'S THE BEST#Marcus is like well you know I don't tell just everyone this but he's actually my bio dad#Mikey like haha that's so funny because#......................................................................wait#OHMIGOSH!!!!!!!!!#leo: we have to be better prepared for the next one of dad's love children#splinter: there are no more love children??#leo: how do you know you didn't even know about THIS one

@theplacewhereidumpmyinterests I can't talk about most of them because they're part of an AU verse I want to keep secret until I have the first fic that's part of it written, and idk when that will be (by summer?? HOPEFULLY??), but I guess I can talk about the other one because idk if/when I will write a fic for him (I'd like to but like I am only human)

"more AUs Dandy?" LISTEN all I do is sit around and think about "what if"s, okay?

ok so this started as me being like, hm, we see Lou Jitsu with a rotating door of women, so many he doesn't seem to remember all their names, so it's not totally out there to think he might have gotten one of them pregnant, right?

and thus Marcus (middle name Kyle) was born! literally!

so the story for this is, Lou Jitsu had a fling with a woman in the early 90s, pre-Big Mama. they were both in agreement that the whole thing was casual and it didn't last very long, but oopsie-daisy about six weeks after their last night together she finds out she's pregnant.

she debates what to do for a bit, because, as established, Lou Jitsu is kinda a fuckboi and she doesn't really want a relationship with him. But once she decides she's definitely keeping the baby she feels like she can't just not tell him, right? so she tries!

...unfortunately he's dating Big Mama by that point and she interferes to make sure that Lou Jitsu never meets with the woman and never finds out, because she knows this would get in the way of her plans.

she takes never hearing back from LJ as a sign he just isn't interested in the kid and resolves to single-motherhood. which she is the best at, btw.

she's still considering trying to introduce Marcus to his dad at some point, but unfortunately her kid isn't even 5 before Lou Jitsu suddenly goes missing, with his teary fiancée telling a sob story to the cops. assuming, same as everyone else, that he's dead, she lets the whole thing go, though she does tell Marcus who his dad is once he's old enough to understand everything.

Marcus goes through periods of being obsessed with Lou Jitsu, watching all his movies and consuming every piece of media about him that he can find, and periods where he can't stand to even hear the name. it's up and down. from his perspective, LJ abandoned him and his mom, but he's also dead, so it's not like he can have closure on this ever, right? so it's just a thing he has to deal with on his own.

but he's fine! he's alright. he gets through high school, then college, then accepted into vet school just fine.

then... his mom gets sick and dies.

yeah, that's a hard blow.

but he's alright! he has a few buddies from college he still sees now and then, and he's started his zoo vet residency at the Bronx Zoo (with a particularly special interest in reptiles), so lots of new people to meet that way! he's doing great! he's not lonely at all!

(a few months ago, he was suddenly woken up by a surge of something, like dozens of voices were crying out to him for help, tugging him toward something, saying his family needs him...

yeah, no idea what that was about. he doesn't have any family anymore.)

then the sky opens up and aliens come out.

Marcus is at work, because of course aliens would attack at the beginning of his shift. he spends the day ushering survivors into safe zones within the zoo, using his medical knowledge to handle first aid, and just trying to stay sane as the whole world turns upside down.

and then just as suddenly as it all started... it stops.

in the aftermath, everyone around him is just trying to get home, desperately calling their loved ones and praying for the best. Marcus starts trying to figure out how he's going to get home, because the trains definitely aren't running, and as he looks as his phone for a spark of inspiration, he realizes... no one has tried to call him. his coworkers' phones have been going off all day, whenever they can get signal, as loved ones try to reach them, but... he doesn't have anyone trying to reach him. and as he sits there he realizes he doesn't know who he should be calling, either.

so. that's pretty depressing.

and as he's sitting there, thinking about his life and what led him here, in a now empty vet clinic outside the bronx zoo... he hears a noise. and then, voices.

ah great. looters.

at first, Marcus tries to call 911 - but obviously the call center is swamped. so he decides to take care of the problem himself, going to see who's there and get rid of them...

wait, who is he kidding? he's definitely not paid enough to confront potentially armed looters! he's going to get out of here.

but just as he starts to leave, he hears the voices again - coming from one of the surgery rooms this time. and they're talking about IVs... scalpels... anesthesia...

suddenly he realizes that these aren't looters - they're here to try and treat somebody.

and like hell is he going to let some idiot kill someone trying to do DIY surgery.

so he turns back around and bursts into the room... on two humans, a rat that counts as giant even for New York, and four very big, very injured turtles.

one of whom immediately points a gun in his face. to be fair, that's what he thought would happen.

"Donnie!" yells the biggest one, and, oh, they can talk. huh.

"Relax, it's just a tranquilizer!"

"Donatello!" that's the rat. there's a sound like a whip cracking and the one with the gun makes a startled noise and drops it.

now the rat is in front of him. he's looking up at Marcus imploringly. "Do you work here?" he asks.

"Y-yeah. I'm a vet."

the rat bows very politely. "my sons are seriously hurt, and I don't have the supplies to help them at home. I understand it is a lot to ask, but... we must use your supplies. please, if you could just look the other way."

Marcus looks around at the turtles, especially the one on the table, the one worst off. he looks mangled. he won't live long if he isn't properly treated.

a rat, two humans who look like teenagers, and the turtles. who the rat called "sons". now that he's noticing, they're all pretty short, other than the big one. are they also teenagers?

"...Are any of you doctors?" he asks. the littlest one starts to raise a hand, but the girl grabs it and forces it back down.

everyone else has left by now. he's the only doctor here.

alright. guess he's doing this.

"...okay, everyone make some room. let me get sterilized, and I'll see what we're working with here."

and that's how the son Lou Jitsu didn't know he had becomes primary care doctor to his teenage mutant ninja half-brothers. ^^

(and then a bunch of other stuff happens)

[intimidating-fettuccine]

when’s everybody’s birthday??

Jeff: June 2nd Liu: February 11th Jane: April 19th BEN: April 20th EJ: May 17th LJ: Created December 25th Toby: June 8th Tim: August 28th Brian: April 16th Slender: August 30th Offender: June 9th Trender: May 7th Splendor: December 25th Natalie: January 26th Helen: February 3rd Smiley: October 13th Sally: February 20th Jason: Created April 5th Puppeteer: February 24th Zalgo: February 14th Candy: March 16th (Night Terrors: July 17th) Hobo: November 2nd Nina: July 27th Kate: November 23rd

[dragonagefanevents]

Dragon Age Fan Event Listings

The beauty of fan events is that they are run by fans.

Including you.

▸What are the types of fan events? - #education

▸Start a new event! - #how tos (coming soon)

▸Ask Box - send us advice, or ask for it!

▸Blog Tag List

Below is a list of all Dragon Age fan-run events we can find. The links should bring you to the most recent iteration of the event. Where possible, the time period the event covers is listed next to the event.

Want to get an event listed? Check out the link and submit. Look here for multi-fandom events, or more events in general.

Event Masterlist - #compendium

Bangs

25k Big Bang (July - November)

10k Big Bang (March - April)

Dragon Age Reverse Bang

Exchanges

Arlathan Exchange (April - June)

DA Polyshipping (August - November)

Handers Exchange (March - May)

Templartations Exchange (March - May)

Black Emporium Rare Pair Exchange (June - September)

Platonic Ideal Gen Fic Exchange (December - February)

Smutquisition (January - March)

Theme Weeks/Months

Krem Week 2024 (July 22 - 28)

City Elf Week (August 5 - August 11)

Zevwarden Week (2024 dates TBD)

Tranquil Week (August 25 - 31)

Sera Appreciation Week (Oct 13 - 19)

Kink Memes

Dragon Age Kink Meme (Dreamwidth) | DAO | DA2 | DAI

Zines

Dragon Age Flower Zine (Creation Period)

Wanderers Zine (Creation Period)

Dragon Age OC Zine (Mod Apps Open)

Alistair Zine (Creation Period)

Special Events

Dragon Age Drunk Writing Circle

Dragon Age Annual (2025 Production Period)

Dragon Age Create-A-Thon (Begins Sept 15 2024)

Reddit Weekly Dragon Age Writing Prompts

Unofficial Dragon Age Day (Dec 4)

Solavellan Day (April 11)

Past Events

Retired Bangs

DragonAgeBB (last: 2015; formerly on LJ and elsewhere)

Retired Exchanges

Demands of the Qun (Qunari)

A Paragon of Their Kind (DA Dwarves)

Solas Lovers

Hightown Funk (Varric/Hawke)

Retired Theme Weeks/Months

Autumn of Anders (Anders Appreciation Event)

Dalish Week

30 Days of Dorian (Dorian Appreciation Event)

Dragon Age Fan Week (2013)

Cullen Appreciation Week (2019)

Cullen Week (2021)

14 Days of DA Lovers

Fenris Appreciation Month (2017)

Rylen Appreciation Week (2018)

Sera Appreciation Week (2019)

Sub!Solas Week (2016)

Past Zines

Adoribull Fairytales

Age of Romance Zine (Incomplete)

ApprovesGreatly (Incomplete)

Andoralis Zine

Arcana: A Dragon Age Zine

Arlathvhen Zine (Incomplete)

Beyond the Veil Zine (Zine)

Bring Down the Sky Bioware Fanzine

Dragon Age 2 10th Anniversary Zine (Zine)

Dragon Age Codex Zine & Myths and Legends Zine

Fortitudo Dorian Artbook

Good for Each Other (Adoribull Zine)

In Peace, Vigilance Zine

Insufficient Skill Fanzine

Legend Mark Zine

Lotus and Root OC Zine

Love Across Thedas Zine (Zine)

Na Via Lerno Victoria (Fenris Zine)

Patron of the Arts Zine

Rebel Hearts Handers Zine (Zine)

Road to the Imperium Zine

Solasmancy Zine

Sunlight (Anders Zine)

The Coming Storm Zine (Ukrainian Zine)

The Dragon Age Zine (Russian Zine)

The Keeper's Codex Fairy Tale Zine

The Unsung Dragon Age Zine

The Zevran Zine (incomplete)

Thedosian Archives (incomplete)

to be happy (FenHawke Zine)

Wicked Eyes: A Dragon Age Finery Zine

Year of the Mabari (Incomplete)

Other Past Events

Dragon Age Calendar 2018

Dragon Age Calendar 2021

For Fans by Fans - Fan Forge

[itz-revina]

Jill & April

I just luv their design's sm

[prettyoddfever]

do you know when each demo of camisado, time to dance, and nails came out in chronological order? thx

The first demo of It’s Time To Dance was posted to purevolume around October 24, 2004. That's the one Pete heard.

The band started to record the “Nails for breakfast and tacks for snacks” demo in early November 2004. The untitled demo was posted on purevolume in mid-November (this is related). Ryan posted the lyrics on his lj too (here’s that tightpants post too just because).

the second version of It's Time to Dance (cause boys will be boys) was posted on purevolume around January 20, 2005. Here's more info.

I’m not sure exactly when the Relax Relapse demo was posted… I only know it wasn’t up yet in February 2005 but it was definitely on purevolume by April. They also used that demo on the summer samplers.

here's more about the samplers too

[doe-earth-n]

Tori and Richie's wedding from "The Magic Within"

Over the next few weeks, Richie and Tori were preparing for their wedding. Duncan and Flash helped out with the arrangements such as the music during the reception, the food, and the guests.

Within the month, it was time for the wedding.

Richie looked around as he appeared to be nervous. Duncan walked over to him, "I never imagined this day would happen at all, given that...you know."

"I remembered telling you I was interested in being the best man at your wedding to Tessa," Richie said, "and now, you are the best man at my wedding. I'm pleasantly surprised."

"I'm surprised too," Duncan smiled, "but I'm glad you are able to marry the woman you love."

"Me too."

"Speaking of surprises."

The two men turned to see Amanda arriving at the area with Anne in tow. She was holding her daughter, who appeared to be calm.

"Anne," Duncan asked, "what are you doing here?"

"I thought we agreed that we were to invite her?" Amanda declared.

"I'm only here for the ceremony," Anne said, "to see two good friends of mine get married, and besides, Mary here would probably get fussy if I were to be at the reception."

"It's good to see you again, Anne," Richie replied, shaking her hand.

"Thanks," Anne smiled, "and congratulations on your wedding."

"Thanks."

-The-Magic-Within-

Tori looked in the mirror, preparing to marry the love of her life. She had known Richie for about five years now, and she never thought in her wildest dreams that she'd be the one who would get married. She knew she could never have children because immortals couldn't have children, but regardless, she was looking forward to spending the rest of her immortal life with her soon to be husband.

"Tori?"

She turned around to see her mother.

"Hey, mom," Tori smiled and hugged her mother.

"I'm so proud of you," Janet smiled, "I...I never imagined we'd be here today. Richie is a great guy and he has come a long way from when I first met him."

"Yeah," Tori nodded, "he has. It's a miracle that Richie held his head high, even after Duncan's Dark Quickening ordeal."

"Thanks to you being by his side."

"I always had faith in him," Tori nodded.

"I know your aunt Dale told you about what I did all those years ago," Janet started to say.

"She never told me," Tori replied.

"Oh?"

"I found out on my own."

Janet sighed with relief, "I hope that you can give me a chance to be the best mother I can be."

"I'm willing to try," Tori smiled, "after all, you're about to be Richie's mother in law."

"Of course."

With that, Janet and Tori hugged.

-The-Magic-Within-

Zatanna turned in surprise to see Constantine standing at the corner of the room.

"John?" Zatanna glanced at him in surprise.

"Hello, Z," Constantine greeted his lover.

"What are you doing here?" Zatanna asked, "I thought you weren't coming."

"I wasn't going to," Constantine answered, "but I thought it'd be a bad idea to miss out on a good party here."

"Now you listen here, mister," Janet stomped down the area as she entered the room, "this is my daughter's big day, and I'm not about to have someone ruin it! If you so happen to act up during the reception, get drunk, or whatever, there will be hell to pay, got it?!"

Constantine raised his hands up, "Relax, lady. I won't be a problem."

Zatanna sighed. This woman must be Tori's mother, and she must be aware of Constantine's reputation. That figured.

-The-Magic-Within-

Richie arrived at the chapel with Duncan and the groomsmen Rick, LJ, Kshin, and Duke. He hadn't met Duke prior to the wedding, but agreed to have him the fourth groomsmen since Bruce volunteered him. Bruce and some of the Bat Family: Dick, Barbara, Tim, Cassandra Cain, Jason, and Stephanie were also present along with the Gordon Family, some of the IUA agents, including Jack and Cassandra, Constantine, Zatanna, Joe and Methos. It was a remarkable relief that Abby, Janet, Sara and the Defenders had managed to work out their work schedules to make it to this wedding.

He walked over to the altar as Duncan and the groomsmen walked to their position as he waited for Tori to appear. Moments later, Tori arrived with her hair nicely done, wearing a beautiful white wedding gown with her face covered in a thick white veil as Flash was giving her away. Amanda and the bridesmaids: April, Jedda, Amy, and Sara all accompanied them to the altar. They walked down the aisle together before Flash escorted Tori to the altar as she stood in front of Richie.

Richie had his breath taken away at the sight of his soon to be wife and spoke to her in a voice to where only she could hear, "You look beautiful."

Tori nodded and smiled as she blushed.

"We are gathered here today to join Richard Ryan and Victoria Gordon in wedded bliss," the minster announced before he faced Richie, "Richard, do you take Victoria to be your lawfully wedded wife, to live together in Holy Matrimony? Will you love her, comfort her, honor her, and keep her in sickness and health, forsaking others, keeping yourself only onto her for as long as you shall live?"

"I do," Richie answered, "with all my heart and soul."

The minster then looked over at Tori, "Victoria, do you take Richard to be your lawfully wedded husband to live together in Holy Matrimony? Will you love him, comfort him, honor him, and keep him in sickness and health, forsaking others and keeping yourself only onto him for as long as you shall live?"

"I do," Tori answered, "with all my heart and soul."

The minster then informed the group, "At this time, the couple will read out the vows they have prepared."

Richie said his vows first, "Tori, I had no idea I needed someone as wonderful, smart, and beautiful as you. You were good to me ever since we first met, and you were the only one who stuck with me, no matter how bad things got. You are my rock, and you saw a side of me I never thought I was capable of showing. You have always been there for me through the good times and the bad times. I vow to be the best husband I can be, and support and protect you till death do we part. I promise this in front of our loved ones present here today."

Tori then said her vows, "Richie, you have a wonderful personality, and a great sense of humor. I never thought I was capable of love, let alone someone like you until I let you in my life, and the night we first met was the night where our lives had changed for the better. You are a gentlemen and a wonderful soul. While you are stubborn at times, I always had faith in you, and I still do. I love you, Richie Ryan, and I vow to be the best wife I can be, and to support and protect you till death do we part. I promise this in front of our loved ones present here today."

"By the power invested in me," the minster declared, "I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride."

Methos handed the rings to the minster before Richie placed a ring on her right finger, and Tori did the same to him. Then, Richie lifted the veil and saw Tori's face for the first time as his wife and they shared a kiss on the lips.

As the couple left the chapel, Tori tossed her bouquet of flowers. The bridesmaids and Amanda tried reaching for it, but Jedda ended up catching the bouquet.

-The-Magic-Within-

Tori found herself on cloud nine after the documents were signed and notarized. She went with Richie toward the small hall that had been prepared for this event. Once the couple had arrived, Mandrake stood up and made the announcement everyone had been waiting for, "Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Mister and Mrs. Richard Ryan!"

Applause broke out in the room. With that, the song the couple had chosen for their first dance had started. It was from the movie Dirty Dancing and the song was "Time of My Life", and the couple shared the first dance together.

After the song ended, the refreshments were served to everyone. They got an excellent service to provide them with a great catering service and everyone enjoyed the food and drink, including alcohol. Zatanna managed to keep an eye out on Constantine to keep him from getting too drunk.

Eventually, the dancing resumed, starting with the Zombie's "Time of the Season" per Amanda's suggestion, both Flash and Joe were able to give Tori a father – daughter dance, upon Flash and Tori's suggestion as Flash had raised her for years along with her aunt Dale, and Joe had also been like a father to Tori. Flash and Tori's dance was to a song of Flash's liking while Tori's dance with Joe was a bluesy song that was to Joe's liking. There were some fast songs to dance to as well.

[amanda-multifandom]

Bruce suggests to Flash that the kids go camping as a part of bonding.

Dick is appointed as chaperone with Rick, Jedda, April, LJ, Kshin, Amy, Jason, Stephanie, Cassandra, Tim, and Duke, all in attendance.

Luke Fox makes his first appearance and joins the group on the camping trip.

[distantvoices]

Annemary Aderibigbe, LJ Clossick by Marie Deteneuille for Self Service April 2024

Karoline Robl (Fashion Editor/Stylist), Joseph Pujalte (Hair Stylist), Stephanie Kunz (Makeup Artist)