#one of my absolute favorite Brio scenes of all time

[mego42]

good girls appreciation week 2021: day 2 // places and spaces: pwp in the paper porcupine

for places and spaces day, i’m going back in time to celebrate one of my fav show locations: the paper porcupine, specifically the back room.

if there is one thing above all else i am a truly desperate heaux for, it’s a good art room. what can i say? i spent my formative years haunting them and there’s something about a paint/ink/god knows what splattered work table that does it for me. add in a mechanical printing press? nirvana, truly.

so without further ado, allow me to rec some fics that use the space as god intended.

one thing that always stands out to me about this fic is how well it captures the snap, crackle and pop between beth and rio

it opens with them literally giving each other the silent treatment while still hanging out alone for hours on end in the paper porcupine while beth prints for weeks

yes that weeks includes the mutual stubborn silence

iajs that’s the kind of petty that really makes this ship shine

and then when they break, the nasty, bitter reckoning that spills out only serves as foreplay for a hookup that perfectly captures that half bitter antagonism, half desperation to reconnect dichotomy that characterized their s3 dynamic

in addition to a fantastic hook up, the back and forth banter and energy is really what makes this fic shine

1000000/10

fav quote:

“You’re a shit shot,” he says instead, so close now their chests are grazing with every intake of breath.

“I had a shit teacher. Kinda full of himself.”

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is it that i love pp back room hook ups or the post 213/rio’s return from the dead angsty tension? who can say, really

(both, both is good)

whatever it is, have another!!! this fic is specifically a take on the missing scene from the infamous 304 money-making promo i mean montage

what DID they do while they waited for the pulp to dry?????

the tone of this one leans a little more heavy than the previous rec as beth and rio grapple with the bitter weight of everything between them and how it’s made that much more complicated by how present the good parts of their history are as well, and how much they can’t/don’t want to escape either

idk guys, that juxtaposition is the specific flavor of angst i live for

i also love love love that in this one rio’s the one poking at the open wound of their relationship and i love that it’s the key to beth unlocking and airing some of her own grievances. communication! who knew!?

fav quote:

“I like watchin' you work.”

Me too. She wants to say. I like you watching me too. She wants to say. But her mouth is dry and her voice doesn't work so she‘s silent.

“I fuckin' hate that I like it.”

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how do i love this fic, let me count the ways (jk we’ll be here all day bc i love it a lot)

remember how i said my favorite flavor of angst is the kind that runs on a combo of bitter and poignant memory? well boy howdy does this fic nail that like whoa

while this fic is much more sprawling than just hooking up in the pp, that is both where it starts-ish AND a returned to feature including an A++++ negotiation for a new and better blender

points deducted for mention of the keyhole sweater (I KID!!!!!!!) (not about hating the keyhole sweater, it looks so itchy idk why, but about the points deduction)

basically, to cap it off, this is one of my fav rio pov fics, it does such an incredible job capturing this completely exasperated, vaguely pissed off about it, but also kind of desperately into it vibe that feels so exactly right for a later s3 era rio starting to realize how deep his feelings for beth may in fact go and losing his mind about it and i love it a lot

plus the anti-beth list of hook up criteria remains i think one of my favorite things in any brio fic ever, so

and this is all just ch 1, i’m still not ready to talk about ch 2 but just know i think about the bit in the shower a normal amount

fav quote:

No women between 5’7 and 5’10, ‘cause Elizabeth’s height fluctuates dependin’ on her shoes.

No women with doe eyes, doesn’t matter the color, ‘cause she’s all he sees when he looks into ‘em.

They can’t drink bourbon or tequila shots, and shit, it’s not even the things she likes, but the things she doesn’t, too—which means no women nursin’ a chard or a rosé, either.

If they’re got a flower printed or embroidered or embossed anywhere on their person, they’re out.

He’s left women in parkin’ lots for drivin’ vans, and said goodnight ‘cause they carry a large brown purse.

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like i was gonna leave the iconic brio try butt stuff fic off of the list

what i really love about this fic, aside from the fact that it’s hot af, is how well it captures the competitive aspect of beth and rio’s dynamic and how they’re always playing a game and trying to score points against each other

in this version it’s on the playful, almost, dare i say, affectionate end of the spectrum and the way it’s woven throughout gives the fic an extra spark that makes the story an absolute delight

this is also like, the peakest of peak beth, i.e. blurts out something she didn’t mean to and then not only will she gnaw her own arm off before admitting a mistake or defeat but she’s actually gonna flip this whole thing around and lean in as hard as she can and be the absolute best

i also love how rio immediately gets on her level and takes it just as seriously as she is but still finds ways to tease her, without like, teasing her (this makes sense shut up)

what i’m trying to say is the characterization is flawless throughout and captures all of the best things about them and their dynamic perfectly and i love it thank you and goodnight

fav quote:

It’s playful, more of a game than anything else. It’s just that he tends to be a bit more agreeable when she’s sucking him, just a bit more willing to be persuaded when he’s inside her. Usually, she’s asking for something small, like a new blender or a larger supply of singles, something she knows he won’t say no to. Beth has fun with it, daydreaming up some pretext or another while she’s printing. It’s easier this way, to pretend that what they’re doing is nothing more than a transaction.

To pretend it really is just business.

And if he lingers when they’re done—to kiss her and hold her and laugh with her—well, it means nothing if she doesn’t think about it.    

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[sdktrs12]

time to shine ‘thursday’

This tag game was created in hopes of reaching at least a few people and creating more awareness for the creator-side of tumblr. Time to Shine Thursday is inspired by these posts and meant to be for all artists alike: writers, editors, poets, GIF makers, cartoonists etc. This is me giving you all an excuse to show off!

Only rule: Be as thirsty for attention as you want to be! Link your old fics/art pieces or anything that didn’t get enough attention, or link a work you loved to create or share a draft from your newest WIP. Or do all of these. Be greedy. Show your art. Crave attention. Be proud. And don’t forget to give your friends an excuse to show off theirs!

Additional note: Please consider dropping one of your favourite hidden gems by another author along with your own work so others can enjoy it as well and so that it doesn’t stay buried any longer!

I was tagged by @juuuunaaaaoooo (thank youuu! 💕)

Okay, so! Here are a few things that I enjoyed throwing together -

Annie season one through four quoteset - This gifset was so incredibly fun to put together--from picking out quotes/scenes to coloring/choosing fonts, it's one of my favorites!

They bleed flame - This fic is one of my favorites I've written from my celebration prompt requests. I love playing around with Brio's dynamic in AU's, it's just too much fun to drop them in different background scenarios and watch them continue to devolve into their true nightmare selves.

Here's a peek at some WIPs I'm actively working on -

Primer - a smutty, in vino veritas, midnight texting season two canon divergence

What it is to burn - an angsty post season four Brio exploration

Let's lose time - A '5 times' fic

Some works created by others that I've enjoyed recently -

This fanart that was requested for QuikGrove University - It's amazing to see this scene brought to life, every detail is absolutely perfect.

A Special Kind of Business by CaptainCabinets - This high school AU is such a great read, the author captures brio's dynamic beautifully.

Beth & Rio AKA Assholes in love - this gifset is so funny and I love the coloring and font choices!

tagging - whoever sees this, literally! If you feel comfortable sharing, I'd love to see what creations you're most proud of! Be sure to tag me!

[medievalraven]

alright so i was tagged by @daydreamstew to be a perv on main and answer some questions about smut or something, so without further ado....

which do you prefer: reading smut or writing it?

probably reading?  i mean writing sex requires me to figure out things about like where are they?  where are their hands?  what’s happening right now?  but reading i can just turn off that part of my brain and think about two hot people smashing.  (there’s also something unhot about writing sex?  idk??)

what’s a smut turnoff for you? like when you’re reading it, it immediately brings you out of the smut zone?

ummm so i guess i’m not really a fan of like anatomically correct descriptions?  it just does nothing for me and almost always makes me nope out of things.  

what’s a kink you haven’t written that you wanna try writing?

brio fucking in a bed - which isn’t a joke, i’ve never written a sex scene that hasn’t been semi-public or somewhere that isn’t a bed (r.i.p beth’s back tbh)

(but also maybe orgasm denial?  cuckholding?? *side-eyes my 2x06 canon divergent fic*)

when’s the last time smut made you blush

psh

what’s your favorite and least favorite sexual act to write?

i mean they’re all fine - i am going to say blowjobs for least favorite even though i haven’t written one, just because i don’t love the words associated with the act (gag, lick, slurp, etc.)

have you ever written smut that echoed an IRL sexual experience?

that’s between me and god (and maybe an ex-boyfriend)

has smut ever made you wanna try something that you read?

not reading necessarily, but i think in writing it i’ve started to realize common themes and maybe that i am personally drawn to specific things 👀

~*~BONUS RAPID FIRE ROUND!!!!! bold your FAV! (or add an answer.. 😏 )

cock | dick | lunchbox 

pussy | cunt | slit 

(this is the point where i admit i rarely say any of the above ones - it’s just not part of my writing style lol - i’ll say things like ‘he slide into her’ but nothing too specific)

boob | tits | breasts | absolute melons l chest

butt | ass | cheeks | bum - (i don’t think i’ve ever talked about someone’s butt)

~*~*~*BONUS BONUS QUESTION:

quick!!! type out the first dirty talk that comes to mind!! do it!! do it!!

“Thought you said you could take it, baby.”

tagging: @sdktrs12, @fairhairedkings and @nottonyharrison - i showed you mine, show me yours ladies

[misshazelevers20]

I see you reblog allot of gg content, but whats your top 10 brio fic??

Thank you so much for the ask! I have so many other favorite stories, but these are the stories that I reread again and again and again:

now use both hands-  ms_scarlet

 The first time I read it I screamed because I did not expect it to get so angsty, and I cursed Rio for being such an asshole. 

listening through the air shaft-  ms_scarlet 

I have a weakness for outsider POVs and the author’s portrayal of different characters is just perfect <3

delinquents- foxmagpie

I admit that I’m not usually a big fan of teenage aus, but this fic reminds me so much of my teenage years and Beth and Rio are portrayed exactly like I imagined them to be in high school. 

i will collect you and capture you- foxmagpie

Beth and Rio are both idiots in this fic and I liveeee for it. 

(a) time to kill-  s_t_c_s

This fic lives rent free in my head and I constantly think about the bathroom scene because it’s one the funniest things I had ever read. 

it’s hidden in heartbeats, exhales and in the hope of open hands-  nomind

I almost cried when I first read the story, I could understand Beth’s pain, and I absolutely love how it ends <3

am i falling in love with the one that could break my heart?-  fortunehasgivenup

Beth is such an idiot in this story and I respect that. 

praise- civillove

What can I say, I have a praise kink and this is my aesthetic <3

Take A Dip-  BourbonOnTheRocks

"For me, with me, against me, on top of me… I let you try 'em all, yeah?" !!!!!!!!!!! this is legit one of my favorite quotes!

What the Sea Wants, the Sea Will Have- flashindie

Pirates AU????  sign me the FUCK up 👌👀👌👀👌👀👌👀👌👀

[missmaxime]

Ahem let's try this again - 14, 23, 27, and 43!

Yes thank you for these!💕💕 And also for these:  I think you've answered all the questions already - so I'm gonna come up with some of my own! What's one non-Brio pairing that you'd love to write? What's one fic you'd love to write but know you won't? What's one fun fact about any of your fics? What's one non-Brio pairing that you'd love to write? Okay, so yesterday I woke up in this ongoing dream where Rio and Joan Holloway were dating in Mad Men AU and I can’t shake that pairing off (and, y’know, the last time something like this happened I wrote Beth/Turner). So there’s a chance that I might write that one in the near-ish future. While I don’t think I will write a main pairing not involving either Beth or Rio, there’s a few side-pairings I might write into fics someday. Like I’d like to write Annie/Amber because that sounds like all the fun and drama. Another one, for a very non-outlined, non-existent ISYTT follow up is Marcus/Emma, even though it’s again about Jane. What's one fic you'd love to write but know you won't? When we all did the Fake Title Meme, I got this one from @foxmagpie I think. And while I still like the set-up, I’m not really into writing teens. But then again, every time I tell myself I won’t write something, I end up doing it anyway at one point. It’s a pretty good incentive actually. But I don’t see it happening soon-ish, because I already have a lot of WIPs.

Never is a Promise Beth and Rio met in their teens/early twenties at a holiday or summer camp - Rio’s single and Beth and Dean are on a break. When they parted they’d told each other they’d keep in touch, but all kinds of circumstances prevent them from following up on that. Years later, when Beth’s divorced, she finds a stack of letters Rio wrote her in the garage, that Dean managed to hide from her. His final letter says something like ‘Never is a promise, and I’ll always be waiting for you’, and Beth sets out to find Rio again.  

What's one fun fact about any of your fics? I’ll give a few about some: - Before I wrote Ain’t No Sunshine, I was telling myself I couldn’t really do angst and kink, and then I got the idea of writing that pairing and I did exactly that. - I really thought I See Your True Technicolors was going to be this fun weird thing nobody would read but the prompter, and hopefully at least they’d be happy with the result. Now that blew up! - Originally I intended for The Girlfriend Experience to be a full Pretty Woman AU, but it ended up being a wildly different story. There’s still a few bits and pieces in it, like the shopping scene (even if that’s a Rio POV, I was kicking myself over that so much!!) and the assault scene (I really played that down in the fic compared to the movie), and the price negotiation was a little inspired by the movie, but even more by the Rio/Beth negotiation over Eddie. 

ACTUAL QUESTIONS from the list under the cut:

14. Do you have a personal word minimum that you hold yourself too? Why or why not?

No, absolutely not. I do like chapters being roughly the same length, but I don’t mind if it’s under 2k off (my chapters are usually on the longer side, so it’s not that much in comparison). Since I don’t outline every single scene, it’s never a dead given how many words will make up a scene or a fic for me. For the Reality Tv AU I’m starting to write I think I will aim for chapters to be around 4-5K, just because I personally like reading (at least) that length. When I read other people’s fic who post like 2K chapters a week, I can easily skip 2-3 weeks just to read more in one go. So I would like to give an audience the amount I would like to read. 23. What’s your absolute favorite trope to write? LIKE YOU DON’T ALREADY KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS LAUREN!! It’s obviously fake-dating. It’s my all-time favorite trope ever. I love to write it, and to read it. There’s just so much space for comedy, yearning, UST, bed-sharing, banter. It’s got potential for everything I love. 27. Do you like to give your readers some warning of what might be coming or just slap them in the face with content at random? I do warn in the tags for future events I think might trigger someone (and also ask people to tell me if they feel like I didn’t do that enough). But I don’t tease a twist or something in my Author’s Notes. Especially for a fic like The Girlfriend Experience, I was very deliberately choosing my tags to still warn, but not give away the twist in that fic. I don’t think the impact would come across if I already teased it beforehand. 43. Talk about a positive experience with fanfiction or the fanfiction community that you will always remember.

Back in the days, like between 2005 – 2010, I was a member of a very close-nit (like 15 people) Harry Potter RPG forum. I had been involved with fandoms before, but I was super young and most people in those fandoms were 25-35 back then. And I never really had an opportunity to really make friends online, I was like orbiting around them, sometimes making some Ava’s or other artwork. But on that board we were all between like 14-18, and it’s the first time we didn’t just bond over the fandom, but also wrote together and created. This was MSN Messenger time, so we were in a group chat, but also discussed creatively which storyline we were going to play out, in between bonding over typical teen troubles and just our personal life. We mostly wrote our RPG, but we also started writing fanfic. And it was a super helpful and kind experience, because we knew each other so well that everyone could point out both good and bad parts about the fic, without there being hard feelings.

When we got older and went our own ways the forum died down. We had a brief revival, but the RPG is officially dead (the board that hosted the site is completely gone), but I still keep in touch with a few members on the board from time to time. It’s pretty fun to see what the people are doing in their real life now that you met fifteen years ago on a HP board. The GG fandom hasn’t even existed that long, and I haven’t been a part of it for even half of it. But hopefully I can feel a similar way about this one if it comes to an end.

[bensonstablers]

Omg you mentioned some of my fav scenes as well. I Agree think one of my all time favorite brio scene is the car scene 1x05 THAT CHEMISTRY. And yes the park scenes are always so good. i really like the scene in s3 i forgot what ep but the incentive scene at the park The w a y t hey a r e l o o k i ng at. e a ch. Other.

Yes, the chemistry! It’s so mindblowing when you consider how early on it is. And ahh, I almost put the incentive scene on my list, haha. It’s obscene how they look at each other, anon! It’s like no matter what happens, they just can’t stop. This season is going to be absolutely wild with them 😂

[nickmillerscaulk]

Top 5 Brio moments ;) (you're welcome haha)

Let me preface this answer by saying: 1. pls don’t ask me how long I spent researching and writing it, 2. I could only narrow it down to a top six and tbh I’m impressed I managed that at all, and 3. I used my own interpretation of ‘moments’ ;)

6. When Beth x Rio surprise each other (1x04, 2x02, 2x06)To be fair, these two idiots surprise each other a lot, which I think is kind of a fundamental element in their chemistry as partners/enemies/hookup buddies. In 1x04, I love Beth surprising Rio with her “we’re not here to try, we’re here to win, bitch” parallel. And I love it even more that she looks surprised with herself?? In 2x02, Rio literally just keeps popping up wherever Beth is and I have a real sweet spot for seeing my disastrous crime parents in line for carpool pickup, and again at swim practice, and yet again in the street of Beth’s suburb in the middle of the night. And in 2x06, I love when Beth surprises Rio by getting a 50/50 deal out of him—and him countering with that comment about her looking better on the desk.

5. When Beth x Rio make each other smile/laugh (1x04, 2x05, 2x08, 2x09)Ah those sweet, rare, light moments. Gotta treasure, em, y’know? I really, really love the conversation about Eddy between Beth/Rio/Annie/Ruby in Beth’s backyard in 1x04—Rio’s smug-ass little smile when Beth is debating taking the money he’s offering is… one of my favorite Rio smiles. Then there’s 2x05 when Beth sees Rio across the dealership parking lot when she’s filming the commercial—HANDS DOWN MY FAVORITE RIO SMILE. It’s so goddamn sneaky. And he knows it!! He literally doesn’t move his face beyond smirking and then he has the GALL to shift his squinted eyes over to Beth the moment she’s beside him. It’s the TINIEST thing and it sends me over the edge. every. time. Obviously, the iconic picnic bench laugh in 2x08 deserves a mention. And lastly, there’s the ‘I’m out of bread anyway’ smiles between Beth AND Rio in 2x09. Monsters, I tell you. How dare they.

4. When Beth x Rio have arguments, bonus points for when they have a gun on each other (1x07, 1x09, 2x01, 2x02 2x06)I’m… not sure what it says about me that I like gunplay between Beth x Rio, but let’s forget all that (see what I did there?) and instead focus on what control freaks Beth and Rio are (this, coming from me, a real life control freak). So in 1x07, we have the “how much of my money did that set you back” conversation with Rio’s hand grasped around Beth’s neck and his pretty lil gold gun pressed into her clavicle. Cute foreplay, guys. Then in 1x09, there’s the first Brio breakup when Beth throws the truck keys at Rio and he gets all up in her face just to tell her that they’re ~over~ (sure, Jan). Then we move onto season 2, where Rio gives Beth the opportunity to call the shots (heh) and she gets to point his pretty lil golden gun at him. Basically all of 2x02 was an ongoing argument that ends with Rio holding his gun to Beth as he tells her he’s gonna teach her (I’m fine, this is fine). And of course, there’s my absolute favorite argument/gun combo scene in 2x06 when Rio is all pissy about Beth hiding his drug shipments from him and she’s like… not not into the gun being pressed under her chin, so.

3. When Beth x Rio have conversations (and orgasms) in bars (2x04, 2x05, 2x09, 3x02/03, 3x04)I feel like this one’s pretty self-explanatory. Beth and Rio seem to have the best conversations in bars and I will never ever ever tire of seeing them there. 2x04? So much Beth x Rio x bar content from start to finish—and boy, did they finish. Then there’s 2x05 and all the subtle callbacks to bathroom breaks before Rio straight up grabs Beth’s hand. We were gifted two BEAUTIFULLY LIT bar scenes WITH ACTUAL CONVERSATION in 2x09, when our disastrous criming lovebirds couldn’t stop making eyes at each other. And season 3 came in strong with Rio scaring the ever-living shit out of Beth by coming back from the dead via bar stool. The one-sided conversation they had was PACKED with memories, bullets, conversations about their kids, and one of Rio’s best lines to-date: DON’T. DO. THAT. In all seriousness, I love that The Lie™ started in a bar and ended in a bar. I’m a sucker for bookending things. And lastly, that exhausted, honest conversation in 3x04 was… a lot. I’m still overwhelmed by it. But I love it. I love them in bars because we’re basically guaranteed SOME sort of communication—be it honest, loaded, reminiscent, defeated, horny, etc.

2. When Beth x Rio can’t keep their hands off each other, aka the hittin’ it and the makin’ love (2x04, 2x09, and a reference to 1x05)Ok look, I’d be lying if I said I didn’t love the physical stuff between Beth and Rio. I don’t know who in the fandom pointed out that the two Brio sex scenes we’ve gotten perfectly reflect that conversation about hittin’ it & makin’ love in 1x05… but ya nailed it as well as they nailed each other. The bar sex? Hot. The bedroom kiss? Worth the wait. What’s that thing people on the internet say about things curing their depression and watering their crops? This is that.

1. When Beth x Rio ask each other questions but don’t actually answer them (2x11, 2x13)Lmao I guess when you get so used to conversations going nowhere between Beth and Rio, it actually makes perfect sense that my #1 FAVORITE kind of moment between them is when they ask each other questions, but don’t actually answer them. The twenty questions game in 2x11 is probably locked in as my favorite Beth x Rio scene ever. There’s just… so much there. Between the looks, the questions, the progressively getting closer to one another, the hint at ‘forever,’ the petty!Rio coming out to play. Not only does it acknowledge that they’re PAYING WAY MORE ATTENTION TO EACH OTHER THAN THEY REALIZE, but they also know exactly what to ask to push the others’ buttons. Like they know they’re not going to get the answer they’re looking for—but it doesn’t matter, so long as it gets asked. I also suuuuper love the empty loft phone call in 2x13. The fact that Rio is watching Beth?? The fact that she doesn’t know and doesn’t question why he happened to call her the MOMENT she stepped in through the window??? Even though things went to shit after that call, I love that scene. And I love that RIO ISN’T EVEN ON SCREEN AND THE TENSION IS SO GODDAMN PALPABLE.

(top 5 ask)

[bourbon-ontherocks]

For the GG Ask, 19, 22, 45, thanks ;)

Ooooh, these are all so lovely, thank you sweetie!! 😘😘

  19 Favorite season thus far?

Season 2. And for what, may you ask? Well, two words.

BATHROOM.

BREAK.

I don't care about the rest, nothing can and will ever top that.

  22 Character arc you enjoyed the most?

I'm not sure that there is any character whose arc I fully enjoyed over the three seasons to be honest.

But I think that my favourite arc is Beth's over seasons 1 and 2. I really loved the way she slowly got to discover and enjoy something she's genuinely good at, how it gave her a taste of independence and self-love she'd lost for a long time, how she tip-toed around it, denied it, struggled against it, tried to walk away from it, to eventually admit that she's addicted to it. And even S2 finale’s (bold) narrative choice is a conclusion to her arc that I loved despite how much it destroyed me.

I absolutely disliked her arc in season 3 though. I viscerally hated the dancing scene, and even if I'm not fundamentally opposed to the hitman plot (look, I think that it's an interesting idea to test Beth's limits, and I have to admit that I absolutely love Fitzpatrick's character) I'm pretty sure that I'm not going to like its resolution regarding Beth's evolution.

  45 What do you want to see in season 4?

Whoof, so many things!!!

- Brio!! Sex!! Brio!! Kiss!!

- More Krystal

- More of the PTA moms (I hate them but they generally push all of Beth's buttons when she needs a wake-up call about how much her perfect lil life sucks)

- ANNIE AND RIO HAVING A SCENE TOGETHER!!!!

- Beth and Dean finally divorced

- Harry getting ONE positive comment from his parents (I mean this child is either stinking or swearing or snoring or lending his bed to strangers, I don't know what he did to the world but I'm starting to think that his last name is Potter and the Hills are his mean foster family)

- Rio completely failing a dramatic exit (and I mean banana peel level of fail, I'm not that demanding, I just want to see him losing his obnoxiousness for a second)

- The Return of Rhea

- The Return of Rio Touching Beth's Hair™

- Annie parenting Ben and not the other way around (also starring: Ben getting a serious talk from Annie about boundaries and how interfering with his mother's love life, no matter how messy and abusive it is, is not healthy)

- More of Mick

- Max becoming the fourth good girl (I love him okay?)

- Fitzpatrick becoming the deadpan narrator of the whole show and making jaded comments about lovers' shenanigans

- Harry going to child therapy with Josh because his parents hate him and becoming friends with Tim

- Annie getting to kick Boomer in the crotch

- Beth managing to find where Rio lives and taking away all his furniture now that Mick told her how to do it

[mego42]

Hi, since you seem more positive/excited about the triangle possibility than a fair amount of people, can you talk more about why? I fall into "the not thrilled about the possibility, but have a little hope it could result in some good moments" group and would love some more reasons to not dread it. Thanks! And love your writing and love reading your tags :)

hey anon!! i am v sorry you are not thrilled and am always happy to shriek nonsense about why i’m excited (though idk how much it will help bc the tl;dr is more or less i’m hype for a triangle bc i am an incredibly messy bench who lives for drama and if you are not a similarly messy bench, ymmv)

don’t get me wrong, i super understand the trepidation, pop culture is LITTERED with absolute shite examples of love triangles but here is an incomplete list of reasons i personally think beth and rio are the perfect kind of disaster to set up a spectacular love triangle:

the existence of a triangle implies there are FEELINGS at the various points

the use of the descriptor "romantic" applied to said triangle implies ROMANTIC feelings

i am a simple woman and my pulse has already picked up

one of my absolute most favorite things about the toxic stew that is beth and rio is how completely balls to the wall obsessed they are with having and holding each other’s attention and focus

like straight up possessive nightmare people

now imagine wedging an actual rival for one or the other’s attention between the two of them

(something we have not reeeeeally seen before, 206 withstanding and i’ll come back to that, bc lbr beth doesn’t give a fck about dean and rio’s known that for sure ever since he walked LITERALLY RIGHT PAST THE GUY to rail his wife in a public bathroom at her invitation)

(the 204 proximity point has nothing to do with this list it’s just a source of endless delight and that was enough for me to justify adding it)

where was i

mmmmm feelings, possessive nightmares, OH RIGHT

they are also nightmares in the sense that it appears to be physically impossible for them to use their words with each other unless it’s like, ripped out of them which means they’re sitting on ALL THE BAGGAGE between them and it’s just stewing and boiling and

wait, let me back up

look, i want brio sex as bad as the next person

but even more than brio sex? i want them to fight

i mean like, Fight fight

i want the kind of knockdown drag-out brawl that brings Stuff to the surface and leaves them with a bunch of nasty, ragged, pieces dragged out into the light bc lbr they’ve both done some incredibly awful things to each other

(kind of like what 213 was looking like before it all went to shit tbh)

(i’m just saying, beth saying you put it all on me with that kind of jagged, disbelieving betrayal behind it? my catnip)

(it’s up there with rio at the picnic table in 306 telling her that ship sailed when she put three slugs in him)

i live for them being raw and honest and emotional okay

IF ONLY THEY COULD BOTH DO IT AT THE SAME TIME

bc here’s the thing, for the magnitude of horrifying shit between the two of them? i (personally) think that they like it because they are so! twisted! when it comes to each other and i love that for me, specifically

like no seriously a huge part of what i love about the ship is that whole i see your monster and it looks like mine thing they’ve got going on when they let themselves and i am full on foaming at the mouth feral at the thought of them leaning into that

i’m sorry i’ve lost the thread again

wait no that was the thread

okay so basically they’re both ticking time bombs of smothered angst and rage who are absolutely incapable of being normal about each other but are also keeping all of that locked tf down and the only time we ever really see it come out is when one o them is too emotionally overwhelmed to keep their iron grip

you know what brings emotions to the surface?

TRIANGLES!!!!!!!!!!!!

CAN YOU IMAGINE THE SEETHING MESS OF EMOTION THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BRING TO THE SURFACE??????

AND HOW UTTERLY UNEQUIPPED EITHER ONE OF THEM WOULD BE TO DEAL WITH ANY OF IT????????

AND HOW SIDEWAYS IT COULD EXPLODE???????????

like don’t get me wrong there is absolutely no way it’s gonna be pretty but i didn’t get on this busted ass carnival ride expecting nice things, i am in this to feEl stuFf and nothing makes me feel stuff more than seeing the two of them feel stuff and this is  perfect set up for that

you know how they say the opposite of love isn’t hate, it’s indifference?

you know what’s not indifference? big messy emotions

but okay okay okay i am icarus and the sun looms large, lets say they don’t fight, that doesn’t mean they’re not gonna feEl stuFf on their own

do you remember beth’s face in the van when rio hugged dylan??? do you?????

and what did she do after that? went out and robbed him blind and held his shit hostage until he caved in what is one of my top 10 of all of their scenes

and god, idk if we’ve really seen rio really get jealous of attention lavished on beth yet but when i think about it i want it so bad my teeth hurt

and i know i’m not alone here bc i have i think 3 jealous!rio prompts in my inbox rn

(i’m not saying i’m working on it but i’m also not not saying it)

god i just

can you imagine how much fun it could be to watch rio seethe over having to watch someone else be into beth

WHAT WOULD HE DO?????????

ESP IF HE COULDNT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT DIRECTLY BC ITS SOMEONE HE CAN’T INTERFERE WITH

oh christ and if beth responded to it??????????

oh gOD thE mESS

idk even if it doesn’t lead to a confrontation (but i feel like??? it would have to????) just the idea of the kinds of feelings they’d have to grapple with and confront within themselves is D E L I C I O U S

also, to jump back to an earlier point: brio sex

i know some people are feeling like the sexy chemistry between beth and rio is lacking this season

you know what’s great for chemistry? fuel

you know what provides great fuel? messy emotional situations that tug at intimate connections and make people feel out of control

you know what’s a messy emotional situation that tugs at intimate connections and make people feel out of control? 

you probably guessed it

A TRIANGLE

(and we know that neither of them does well with feeling out of control period at all even without the intimate emotional stuff mixed in so like oh boy)

listen i am just saying given where they’re currently at with each other i cannot think of any situation more ripe for an explosive hook up than one or both of them feeling driven to reassert their claim/mark on the other 

would it be nice? no, probably not

would i care? not even a little bit

(don’t you judge like any of y’all are any better than me)

look. to quote marie kondo horrifically out of context: i love mess and the mess potential in a romantic love triangle with beth and rio as two of the three points is stratospherically high.

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Fav authors?

I am so sorry for taking 5.4 million years to answer these (and I'm not sure if these are different anons or the same anon, just increasingly frustrated by my lack of response haha but I do apologize profusely!)

(This is in no way a complete list, ask me again tomorrow and I’ll have 15 more for you!)

fireinsideforfun - Good Sport is hands down my absolute favorite fanfic. The slow build from angst to domesticity to the eventual smut and back to angst is all just so, so good! Their characterization is spot on and their worldbuilding and OC’s in A Rational Choice are so rich and fleshed out and I just cannot say enough about how much I love their writing.  

convolutedConcussion - This author does snarky banter Brio to perfection with their fic. The mixture of fluff and angst and domesticity is fantastic. Their AU(canon divergence-ish) WIP better than a harmony is one of my absolute favorites.

s_t_c_s  - They have such a unique writers voice that I just can’t get enough of and they have a real knack for writing Brio in all their full blown rage-y insane glory and it’s downright delightful.  People can be so cold is one of my favorite fics, featuring snowed in, overly obnoxious Brio, with some wonderful smut sprinkled in and a dash of fluff at the end.      

mintletters16 - They. Have. The. RANGE. All three of their fics are literal perfection. I’ve rec’d all three multiple times and will continue to do so until I die. Thinking of You is such a gorgeous snapshot of Ruby and Stan’s relationship (which I don’t think we see enough of in fic) and Beth and Ruby’s friendship. (Bonus fanart here!)

mamey2422 - Their Bad Habit series is a top fav of mine – it is angsty Brio perfection. There is so much good fic from this author to explore, all the way back to season one, and literally something for everyone with fluff and angst and everything in between. 

nachocheese26  - The Gangsitter series! Iconic! Literally fluffy perfection! I am not a big fluff person, but this series is an absolute favorite of mine! The characterization is amazing for the dynamic they’ve put all of our favorites in and I can’t get enough of it! Plus they have an equally angsty post season two WIP, Just Like We Practiced, that I absolutely love (and am hoping will update soon!).  

thatbluenote - There are some really great missing scene fics from this author, like Just Picture Everybody Naked, that feature some amazing Brio power dynamics (and also a smutty one shot that features Brio + a conveniently placed pile of money!)  

openhearts - The domestic Brio in for a moment we were strangers is fan-fucking-tastic. Absolutely unparalleled. Just non stop fluffy goodness ft. Emma and Marcus and also really hot smut.  

greyish - There’s only one GG fic here, but it’s a good one - PTA Brio! I love PTA Vibes so much because it features so many of my favorite things – Brio banter! Amazing Rio POV! Domestic fluff with the kiddos! A really snarky, totally amazing OC! Love, love, loooove!    

infernum - This author offers some really amazing Rio POV. wildfire is my absolute favorite ‘bathroom break’ fic. They’ve also written some really great alternate episode/scene endings(with some amazing smut)!  

zetuslapetus - Their Vegas AU, Viva Voce, is one of my all time favorite Brio fics. They have so much fic to offer, AU or canon, and they just write beautifully. Their characterization is so good and I love their Rio POV! Plus, they are one of my fav smut writers.  

emeraldcut -  I love, love, looove this authors Annie POV, it is just spot on and so funny. fierce kingdom is one of my favorite Annie/Rio interactions. Their WIP, crash course in polite conversation, is probably my favorite season one canon divergence. Characterizations are on point and I feel like they’ve set up the story in a way that could happen in canon. The tension and angst (and jealousy!) between Brio is so good.  

thingcalledlove - Lots of one shots, mostly canon compliant fics, from this author, including another great PTA series! They have fic going all the way back to season one, with some really amazing smut. Blurring the Line is probably my favorite fic from them, which explores an alternate timeline to the end of season one. It’s got fluffy domestic (slightly angsty) Brio ft the kiddos w/ fake dating vibes.  

heretowinbitch - I love this authors unique style of writing so much! They have a fantastic High School WIP, disparate youth, that is an absolute favorite plus some excellent one shots that feature angsty Brio like, sinking like a stone in the sea, that has really amazing Rio POV (and packs a heavy emotional punch).

rebellking - Another author that writes angsty Brio so, so well (I'm sensing a theme here haha). Their fics are canon compliant, with missing/alternate scenes to episodes. put your lips on my skin and you might ignite it is a fantastic alternate ending to that 20 questions scene and features some truly amazing smut.  

[medievalraven]

I debated re-writing this since you sent me the exact same one, but nah... top 5 Brio moments PLEASE 😉

I hope you know how hard this was - it felt like I was picking my favorite (non-existent) children.  And I know I asked you the same question, but this is about me right now haha (also your answer was perfect and I can’t compete).

So while I am tempted to just say all of their scenes (excluding 2x13′s ending) I’ll actually pick some moments that hold a special place in my heart:

1: 2x04 - This is hands down my favorite episode of the series and it’s also probably the perfect Brio episode (yes I’m counting this episode as one moment).  The bar scene is just fun - from the teasing and fun side of Rio that isn’t shown often to his intense heart eyes to him ordering the bourbon to the slow camera zoom on Beth when she realizes that he does know her.  It’s perfect.  Plus their sex scene?  I don’t have the words to describe how much I love the execution of this scene.  The set-up with Beth’s disastrous dinner with Dean where he degrades her and orders her a chardonnay to Beth dragging Dean to the bar in hopes that Rio would be there to Beth making those eyes at Rio while twirling her hair to Rio’s stare and hip shift to Beth “inviting” Rio to the bathroom while Dean tries get their check to everything afterwards.  It’s just soooo good and I could talk about this scene forever.  Put it on my tombstone when I die so everyone can enjoy it long after I’m gone - thanks.  Plus the end scene in the car dealership?  Perfection.  

2: Beth leaving Rio her pearls in 1x03 - She went back to the warehouse!  She wanted to keep criming with Rio!  She left her pearls on the door!  And I love that Rio 100% showed up at Beth’s house expecting it to be a booty call (I mean did you see his smolder and hear how low his voice was??) - I just wish we could have seen his reaction to her asking for more jobs to do.

3: Beth breaking into Rio’s loft and the worst game of 20 questions ever in 2x11 - I don’t think I’m ever going to get over Beth’s reaction to seeing Rio’s closet, how tenderly she touched his folded shirts, how in that moment she realized she really didn’t know Rio.  Then this vulnerability is followed up with Beth and Rio playing the worst game of twenty “questions” in existence - an exchange filled with so much tension it makes me lose my breath every time I watch it - especially when Rio leans into Beth to ask her to leave.  I’ve said it before but it’s absolutely wild to me that Beth broke into Rio’s house so she could find the key to a storage locker so she could stop Rio from sending her a dead man’s body parts in the mail and she is still 110% read to bone him by the end of their little game.  They are the worst and I love them.

4: 2x05 - Another perfect Brio episode to me - it has it all!  Beth masturbating to the memory of Rio smashing things, Rio being super subtle about them fucking in the bathroom when the girls ask him to take care of Boomer’s body, the HAND TOUCH heard around the world, Rio’s iconic “do you trust me?”, Rio’s cheesy smile when he sees Beth while she’s filming the commercial, Rio teasing Beth with “ready Mrs. Boland” while like doing some weird shoulder shimmy, Rio getting as close to Beth as he can before saying “just picture everyone naked.”  Cinematic poetry, sigh.

5: Rio watches Beth make money in 3x04 - This scene is almost more intimate to me than their kiss and sex scene.  I feel like an intruder every time I watch it - like this is something so deeply personal that I shouldn’t be able to witness it.  There’s just so much weight and so much tension and it’s just soooo good.

And because I was never going to be able to just pick 5, here are some more (with less explanation):

6: Beth and Rio’s first (and only) kiss in 2x09 - Perfection.  The light that crests when they first touch.  The first unsure kiss followed by the less unsure kisses.  It’s all I’ve ever wanted for these two dumpster fires.

7: Beth and Rio’s first breakup in 1x09 - I get chills every time I watch this scene especially when Beth finally realizes what happened to Eddie and Rio gives us the iconic “Elizabeth.  Go Home.”

8: Hittin’ It vs. Makin’ Love in 1x05 - I love how quickly Rio suggests that Beth tell Turner they’re having an affair and how flustered Beth gets at this idea.  Plus Rio’s smile before he tells her to “make him sound good” is one of my faves.

9: The phone call in 2x13 - Look - I just like Rio’s voice in this scene okay.  And I love that Beth responds with “not the good kind” when Rio says that Turner has a hard on for her.  Very underrated Brio scene.

10: The park meeting in 3x03 - I always laugh at this scene - how they were trying to be conspicuous about meeting so they sat on two different benches and whispered back and forth.  Nice try guys, but you failed.  Also special shout out to Beth’s reaction to Rio telling her to be a boss bitch.

11: The picnic table scene in 2x08 - It’s just so domestic and they’re just so comfortable with each other.  I want to live in this moment forever.

12: 2x02 - I love that Rio straight up stalks Beth in this episode like some horrible ghost of Christmas past.  I love Rio’s snarky “kid’s got a lot of activities” when he meets Beth at the pool.  And I love the ending where Beth just breaks down in front of Rio and he tells her he’s going to teach her.  Ugh.  Sign me up

Okay - this list has rapidly grown out of control.  I love it all - there’s not bad Brio moment (except for well you know).  These two are going to be the death of me (and each other).

[lunafeather]

For the anon ask: most important question first, how are catBeth and catRio? Second: what are some of your favorite Good Girls moments and/or episodes? From an acting perspective (I always enjoy reading your acting insights!) or just general enjoyment. And, not a question, but loved, loved, loved the third chapter of Remix and am looking forward to your prompt fills. I have no doubt that they'll be great :)

ANON ASKING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS!

Okay so Cat!Beth and Cat!Rio are doing great, causing trouble, living up to their namesakes. The only way Rio isn’t Rio is that he talks a LOT, we have constant conversations, I know what his specific meows mean now (apparently male cats tend to be talkative ones). They love each other so much, but they play fight constantly and Rio can be a bit of a dick (lol) and Beth is only super noisy while they play (LOL).

Had an incident a couple days ago where they were asleep on the couch and I went to give Beth kisses, only she was apparently DEAD ASLEEP cause I startled her awake so badly she immediately went on the defensive -- hissed and swiped at my face. Her claw got caught in my nose and dragged a huge cut inside of it, man that shit was PAINFUL.

Rio went a couple months not feeling very cuddly, which made me very sad, but about a week ago he started cuddling again, I almost cried I was so happy. Only he does that cat thing where he puts all 14lbs of his weight on one paw on my chest and I legit worry about health problems from being crushed. Sadly, he only cuddles for like 10 mins then moves on, but I try to enjoy the little time he gives me!

Have some photos!

Favorite Good Girls Moments/Episodes

So my favorite episode is and likely will always be 2.05. Everything about it... The Brio stuff, Beth boss bitching up and selling those cars, Annie and Ruby helping, the Amber stuff (specifically the stuff about moving to LA and giving it 6 months before giving up, it was extremely meta and I feel like only people in the industry could ever truly appreciate it), the Stan/Ruby stuff, "no I know how to spell A X E”, Ruby’s reaction(s) to Beth and Rio boning, Beth pouring vodka into her slushie and the LOOK SHE GIVES THE CASHIER, Beth taking Dean’s business from him, all of it is just..... *chefs kiss* please pour it directly into my VEINS. My absolute favorite moment though is the end scene with Beth and Rio, the multi-layered conversation about both crime and their relationship, but even more specifically, Rio saying, “yeah you’re right, it is kinda early huh” then looking DIRECTLY AT BETH’S MOUTH before looking away and smiling one of the most gorgeous smiles I have ever seen in my L I F E.

Other favorite eps, in no specific order: 2.11, 3.11, 2.04, 1.04, 1.05, 2.07, others I am probably forgetting

Other fave moments, in no specific order: Brio 20 Questions, Bathroom sex, Vette smashing, Beth opening the dubby, the 2.08 picnic bench scene, Ruby shooting Big Mike in the foot, Annie helping Nancy give birth, Ben’s coming out to Annie, oH nO wHaT hApPenEd?, any time Beth defends Rio, His name is Rio!, Beth coming out of the bathroom after hiding the books, every time Rio lies about Beth being just work, any time he touches her face, all of the 1.10/2.01 dining room scene, aw you guys didn’t hit me up to do brunch??, and many more

Okay so acting-wise, all of the cast just continually knocks it out of the park. Any time Annie has to be soft and vulnerable, Mae just fucking OWNS IT and I love that. She is exactly the kind of actor I am, I see so many similarities in our styles. The first one that comes to mind for Christina is in 2.10 when she destroys all of the baked goods she spent hours making. Imagine being so good at your craft that you can film this emotional breakdown 10, probably 20 times, with different layers and methods of expressing internal anguish, and every single moment is heartbreaking and raw and honest? Manny’s manic, soft, viciousness in the 1.10/2.01 scene always kills me. Somehow he makes Rio so human and multifaceted, like yeah he’s fucking crazy, but he’s also a man living in a world where he has to be hard and ruthless, and yeah much of his softness is a ruse, but some of it is genuine. He layers all of that together perfectly. Any time Retta cries kills me, but I actually love every time she bosses up and gets into a passion speech. The “I’m that Bitch” passion speech is my favorite. Retta plays Ruby’s desperation and uncertainty so well, always layering it under other things. And she’s obviously the queen of reactions. Matthew is so good at looking dumb, like, he isn’t dumb in real life, he’s actually very charming?? I always love, though, when he plays Dean stuck in a situation where he knows he fucked up, again, LAYERS, man! I’ve already waxed on much too long, but everyone else is also amazing: Lidya, Isaiah, Reno, all of the minor characters.

So much of film/TV acting is about internal life, and letting the audience see varying amounts of it in your eyes and your actions. I think Christina and Manny are particularly good at this, but mostly because they get the most silent screen time where they’re just looking at someone or something. Mae is the best at vulnerability, which is essential.

All of them are so fucking good, it’s why it’s one of my goals to get on the show, because my soul would leave my body if I had the opportunity to act opposite literally any of them. I’ve actually started trying to form a relationship on social media with Liz Dean (casting director for the show) so that I have something to lean on when they start up production again. I am hoping she does a general casting call like many other CDs are doing so that I can get my face in front of her and her office.

AND THANK YOU ABOUT REMIX, I feel like Favorite Things really eclipsed Remix cause I posted them at roughly the same time, and Remix is a very different flavor of fic?? I feel like it’s way more challenging though, because it’s taking every single episode and morphing it in some way to be different but still similar enough it could slide right back into the show. Also because it isn’t linear, i think it doesn’t really yell OPEN ME AND READ ME. But I am super glad that the smut drew more readers in lol I am working on some other prompt fills as well as the promp-a-thon stuff, I really hope you love everything. I am a soft and sensitive bean who needs love and support and validation.

WOW THAT WAS LONG, SORRY

Go on anon and ask me anything!

[medievaldarling]

this ep really tugged at my heartstrings, first of all, i want to SAY FUCK DEAN, I really want the writers make Beth give him hell, I really want her to boss bitch up and take everything from him, and second, Annie’s character development really made me respect the hell out of her, some can say this is a filler episode but I’m having serious anxiety bc shits too calm rn, I have no doubt the finale is gonna give us a stroke, any thoughts on this and the small brio scene we got???

What is it about men that they are unwilling to acknowledge when they are no longer wanted? I mean, how can Dean, after all this time, still be shocked that Beth doesn’t want him? Her running past him to get to that money spoke volumes. And you know, that money isn’t even for her - it’s to support her kids. It’s to ensure that she’s never sitting in a dark room with overdue bills spread out in front of her while her husband pouts over the fact that he got caught cheating and called out for screwing up at work. It means that she never has to go through that again. At this point, Beth knows that she can only rely on herself.

I’m going to say this - Annie was one of my least favorite characters in S1 (aside from Dean who will always be my least favorite no matter what). Because the second she’s told to hold onto the money so they don’t raise any red flags, she goes and buys a Porsche, and that never sat well with me. But this episode was like Annie went through a growth spurt and I loved it! Aside from the Brio scene, Annie crawling into that tub with Nancy and squeezing her to her chest was one of my favorite moments. It was such a supportive scene and Annie knows that Nancy loathes her, but she was willing to put that aside to help a woman in need and I absolutely love her for that.

BRIO:

Alright. So that scene was pure gold, for many reasons. The fact that Rio so casually offered to get Beth’s money back I think said a lot. We’ve gone from him saying handle your own shit to him promising her he’ll take care of it. I think that he knows how flustered Beth was from the Jane incident and I think he’s coming to understand when he can push her and when he needs to take care of things himself (and he was already angry about the last time she stepped into a drug den, so he’s sure as hell not going to let her do it again).

Also, I think there may have been a smidge of concern there because these people know where she lives now, so he was basically telling her that she needs to assert herself and scare them enough that they never come back because he’s right - they’re going to look at her, look at her house, know she’s not in a great position because she’s hiding money in her backyard, and exploit the hell out of her.

Lowkey/actual high key hoping that Rio takes care of Dean or at least puts him in his place because his obsession with owning Beth again just put her and his family in danger if those guys choose to come back around.

[bookish-wanderer]

Good afternoon, everyone!

I don’t usually post on weekdays but since I’m suffering from gastroenteritis, a.k.a. the stomach flu, these days, I’m gonna seize the precious chance to share my latest bookish unboxing with you. 🙂 Even though I wasn’t feeling quite perky, I did regain some energy after sleeping for hours.

Anyways, please let me present my first ever OwlCrate unboxing for you! As you know, I’m a huge fan of bookish subscription boxes and after trying out a couple of them this year, I’m pretty confident to say that OwlCrate is by far the most satisfying box among them all. Everything in June, 2019 OwlCrate has totally blown me away–even more than that in Once Upon a Book Club April, 2019 box–and I can’t contain my excitement any longer!

Let the unboxing party begin!

The theme for OwlCrate June box is LIBRARIES OF WONDER, so it’s not hard to imagine that there will be lots of perfect items/ornaments for your personal libraries. The first goodie I get is this absolutely stunning set of coasters, designed by KDP Letters.

I’ve always adored the artistic designs from KDP Letters as the calligraphy looks beautiful and lively so I’m pretty happy to receive her works. 🙂

According to OwlCrate’s official Instagram/Facebook page, they announced that there’d be an exclusive coffee from Book Beau, the renowned book sleeves company, so here it is! The “Belle’s Library” coffee especially made for OwlCrate.

To be honest, I probably won’t taste it because a) coffee and tea aren’t exactly a good idea for someone who has the stomach flu, b) there’s no expiration date or anything more specific about the making process/ingredients/manufactures of the coffee, and c) I don’t know what to do with coffee powder.

I mean, based on the texture of the coffee (from the package, of course), I can tell it isn’t the kind you can simply mix it with boiling water. It’s more like the sort you need the coffee filters to help the liquid coffee to flow through. Despite my general disinterest of this product, at least the coffee smells amazing and the package looks good so it certainly will be a frequent appearance in my future bookish photos.

The next items I get are the collectible enamel pin created by Brio and Brandish, a lovely bookish pins shop, the key-shaped gel pen, and this nicely illustrated spoiler card. Unlike my usual self, I always avoid spoiler cards for book boxes by all means because I enjoy the process of being surprised by the bookish goodies in them rather than knowing beforehand what are included. The back of the cat and the pile of books here on the pin are seriously delicate, and as far as I’m concerned, this design is actually inspired by our book of the month, which makes me want to find out that specific scene or the meaning of this pin! Moreover, I kid you not, this key pen is exactly what I’ve been hoping to get since I adore all things key-shaped. Hence, I love these little gems so much.

Ahhh, when will the surprise end? This next goodie is truly a gem!!! This ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS set of Narnia’s magical lamp post bookends, designed by Hey Atlas Creative, really speaks to my heart. It’s also the main reason why I MUST get myself this box since I’ve been seeking bookends forever but can’t seem to find one that truly catches my eye. Besides, have you noticed how intricately designed the bookends are?!! I mean, look at the side and the bottom of them!!! I’m seriously in awe right now. ❤

If you knew me well, you’d know that my top favorite bookish items are bookmarks and bookish tote bags. Therefore, this stunning tote bag inspired by Laini Taylor’s Strange the Dreamer, designed by Stella Bookish Art, truly takes my breath away. I have no idea there’d be a tote in this box, let alone a spectacular one like this!!! Although I don’t particularly have a good time reading Laini’s books, I honestly don’t mind such a beautiful tote with one of her quotes. :”)

  Last but not least, it’s finally time for our book-of-the-month! As a non-fantasy-lover, I’m actually quite intrigued by Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson. The synopsis sounds like fun and I can’t wait to read it soon. I’m not sure if this were a stand-alone, I do hope there’s no cliffhanger by the end of it. 😛 By the way, I also appreciate that OwlCrate doesn’t paste the “OwlCrate Exclusive” sticker to the cover! These goodies above come perfectly-wrapped in a plastic bag and I seriously cannot thank the wonderful team enough. ^^

All right! So, this is pretty much everything in OwlCrate’s June “Libraries of Wonder” box! What’s your favorite item? Which one catches your attention at the first sight? Let me know in the comments below!!!

Before I go, I’m not gonna leave you without the sneak peek and theme reveal for OwlCrate’s July box! This box also comes with a pamphlet listing all the fun games/author’s owlbabble schedule/exclusive announcement for their next box.

  Not sure if you could see the photos clearly, but the theme of OwlCrate July box is TOURNAMENTS & TRIALS, featuring their next collectible Harry Potter inspired mug from Cara Kozik! I’ve seen how pretty those mugs are and like I said before, this June box totally captures my heart. In fact, I am so ecstatic to receive this box that I subscribed to their 3-month deal and I am beyond excited to say that I will be getting three more boxes in the following months! Yay!! *confetti everywhere*

Oh, and just a few days ago, OwlCrate announced on their Instagram that their July boxes have sold out, and the August theme will be STORMS AND SEAS, which they’ll include merchandises inspired by The Little Mermaid, The Scorpio Races, Daughter of the Pirate King, Sea Witch, and more. Anyway, I’m already stoked to get my hands on these boxes so stay tuned for more unboxing posts in the future! ❤

  Cheers!

Until next time,

Jasmine 🙂

Bookish Unboxing | OwlCrate 2019 June Box: Libraries of Wonder Good afternoon, everyone! I don't usually post on weekdays but since I'm suffering from gastroenteritis, a.k.a. the stomach flu, these days, I'm gonna seize the precious chance to share my latest bookish unboxing with you.

[mego42]

What are some of your favorite GG song Moments. ? Here are some of mine.

1. Easy ft lorde- OMG this soong is such a bop. it just fits the scene so well. HONESTLY one of my fav scenes. HE IS LIVING HIS BEST LIFE IN THIS SCENE. I LOVE CHAOTIC RIO

2. Wild heart by SPELLES.- THIS SONG IS SO HAUNTING just fits the vibe so well. SO ANGSTY

3. The most recent song. Used in that Brio moment. Idk what its called . I know that Beth is having the time of her life but that song is just HEAVY. The lyrics 🙏😭😭❤❤❤ such a pretty song fr 😔

omg anon i love this question nearly as much as i love your taste. YES!!!! to Easy (i too love tf out of personification of chaos rio), YES!!!!! to Wild Heart!!!!  it’s SO HAUNTING and disorienting and PERFECT. and Y E S !!!!!!!!!!!!! to the most recent song (whole life by perfume genius). i am LIVING for the heavy ballad vibes, super agree it’s so pretty. 

in no particular order, my top 5 music moments:

blanket me / hundred waters

1x09 - beth makes the calendar laying out her kids future in case something happens to her

i’ve already exposed myself as an absolute loon when it comes to this song and you can read the whole breakdown here

but tl;dr it’s a song about relying too much on a person and needing to break free and be independent but not in a toxic sort of way, more in a for personal growth and the best for everyone because co-dependence holds everyone back and i really, really, really love that in context of beth and her children, her learning to step back and not smother them but also not give so much of herself that she disappears entirely because that’s not good for them in the long run

basically it’s sort of a thesis statement for beth’s underlying s1 arc

plus it’s just like, heavy and haunting and absolutely gorgeous and not to be like, unreasonably pretentious, moves me and i love it

notable lyrics: You're my blanket, you're my skin / You're everything within / You're my guardian, I'm your sail / A boat in your harbor / Gone under, capsized and sinking / Blanket me, blanket me, blanket me, blanket me, blanket me

-

whole life / perfume genius

4x06 - beth looking for a place to hide the wire/hooking up with rio

the song is all about leaving behind the things weighing you down and moving into a brighter, more free future and i love love love how that plays with the duality of beth hiding the wire and securing her source of information for the secret service BUT ALSO marking this moment as a turning point for beth and rio because it absolutely is.

(like not just the fact that they’ve resumed a physical relationship but rio’s invited beth deeper into his world and we’re seeing beth crack on a level we really haven’t before)

this season is leaning SO HARD into duality and the tangled up truths and lies between them and i am absolutely UNHINGED over it

i also really love the like, passionate ballad nature of it juxtaposed over this twisted, extremely sexy moment (intercut with dean joyfully trying to seize hold of his new hobby only to be IMMEDIATELY denied)

there are just so many layers to it and i love all of them

notable lyrics: The mark where he left me / A clip on my wing / Oh, let it soften / I forgive everything

-

ocean rain / echo & the bunnymen

4x04 - the beth and jane/rio getting the drop on fitz montage

the whole theme of this song is two people tearing each other apart and destroying the bones of their former intimacy which like, hello subject matter aptitude and it’s told through this GLORIOUSLY dramatic hurricane at sea imagery with ships being dragged below the waves by the hurricanes the two people have called down on each other set to a gorgeous over the top orchestral score

on a yrical note, i love that the song is basically the same verse over and over (interspersed with the chorus, obvs) and the only change is me vs you when it comes to who brought the storm down on them

basically, if you were challenged to come up with a song that represented two peak dramatique heaux nightmare factories locked in a never ending game of deadly cat and mouse, you couldn’t top this.

i am ABSOLUTELY OBSESSED with the choice to pair it with a montage of beth finally pulling the trigger (with foresight and intent, shooting rio was p obvs a oh shit look what i did moment), a milestone rio’s been dragging her (down) towards since the beginning of s2 AND using him to do it, dragging him (down) into her mess (m ade all the more messy when you consider he was the target of it) (i just! love it! so! much!)

i want to live in johnathan leahy’s brain

notable lyrics: all at sea again / and now my[your] hurricanes have brought down this ocean rain / to bathe me again / my ship’s a-sail / can you hear it’s tender frame / screaming from beneath the waves / screaming from beneath the waves

-

el musgo / gabriel bruce

3x04 - rio watches beth make money

UGH GOD when that high hat and bass kicked in the first time i was like oh shit we are in for some DRAMA and sure enough we were as well as a more sexual montage than anything you’d find in actual porn.

idk, the fact that they chose this deep, dark, mournful about lost love to an elongated montage slow motion montage of rio watching beth make fake cash and deciding not to kill her for nearly killing him doEs stuFf to me

all i’m saying is johnathan leahy ships brio harder than any of us and is a more dramatique heaux than either of them, which are two really impressive feats to achieve

AND THEN!!! AND THEN!!!!! they CHOPPED THE SONG UP!!!!! so they were able to take advantage of the dawning drama of the opening bars BUT ALSO include the closing stanza about wearing the marks the subject of the song gave the singer like a scar where they took his heart from him and the INTENTIONALITY of that creative choice puts me on the FLOOR

LIKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

notable lyrics: I'll wear this mark like a medal / But it's a scar / Where you took my heart from me

-

kimono hill / sophia kennedy

3x01 - rio leaves the hotel

honeslty, lowkey surprised this one made my top five. not because it isn’t a fabulous song deployed with johnathan leahy’s usual mastery, but bc i didn’t realize how much i loved it until making this list

i don’t really have like, a deep, lyrically rooted storytelling reason for loving it, i just think the way they used it in the show is Such A Vibe

the way the vibrating synthy tones and underlying organ kicks in while rio’s getting in the elevator has this beautiful held breath anticipatory quality to it that works SO WELL to set up the montage of rio strutting out back into his life while turner gets murdered (a scene i have some uh, complicated feelings about but setting those aside), and the bolands’ fresh start to the tune of bouncy drums and looping vocals

idk it’s such a shining note to end the first episode of a new season on, i remember feeling refreshed and super hype for what’s to come

notable lyrics: no lyrics, just the vibe of the opening bars

tl;dr i really, really, REALLY love how this show uses music. you can tell they put a lot of time and effort and thought into it and while i know the trajectory isn’t working for everyone, personally i love it. granted, as you can see from this list, i clearly love the shit out of a down tempo dramatic ballad, so. if you are more of a bangers and bops person, i would point you to @nickmillerscaulk’s inbox as she is a Certified Bangers Afficianado.

[mego42]

Shamelessly stealing @foxmagpie​’s monthly rec thing without the ability to get my life together to do these on a monthly basis so, seasonal recs! So excited to see if I manage to do this again with anything remotely resembling consistency but i’ve been keeping the notes for approximately 43 years (or since ~september, whatever that means) so by god i’m gonna use them. 

found my thrill - s_t_c_s / @sothischickshe​

Turner POV!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

guys turner is SO OBSESSED with Beth and Rio

both canonically and in this fic

it’s gr9

also features a weirdly soothing and relatable cord untangling moment as a metaphor

truly disturbingly relatable turner pov tbh

relentless boomer disdain, always a plus

led to the creation of this monstrosity, not sure what kind of a monster would do that

War In My Mind - mintletters16

Backread!!!!

post-213, gorgeous character study 

guaranteed to make you feEl stUfF

I really love the like, cyclical, fractured pattern of Beth’s internal monologue, it gives the whole thing a really affecting at times dreamy, at times haunted vibe

the end twist is *chef’s kiss*

mourning bells - Ejunkiet / @ejunkiet​

Backread!!!!

Later s2 era, Rio’s at a funeral, gets drunk and calls Beth

V short, kind of…..mmm, not sweet, but almost? Idk

It’s got a wistful sort of almost/i can be quiet with you vibe that i go extremely bonkers for

delinquents - foxmagpie / @foxmagpie​

Lol are any of you actually not reading this yet?

g o d ch 8 where do i start

First off how ABSOLUTELY VERY DARE for the tragic angst that is delinquents!beth boland. This poor baby, this precious bean. MUST PROTEC

SHE’S TRYING HER BEST AND I LOVE HER

zero percent deserves dean’s clammy hands, no i have not forgotten, tattooed on my brain, will never forgive

I also love love love love LOVE the ruby/stan subplot happening

(and ruby’s mom!!!!!) (seriously though you write the best moms)

oh god and baby beth starting to have confusing feelings about rio?????? *chef’s kiss*

p sure i was just like, straight screaming the entire end of the chapter

the dugout is like, pure serotonin

I can’t even talk about the closet

tHe teNsiOn

thank you i will take eleventy billion

don't give it a hand, offer it a soul - medievalraven / @medievalraven

am a desperate heaux for any fic that features rio and mick friendship

you are all incredibly shocked i know

still would not be mad if this swerved into rio x mick fake dating but beth x rio is cool too i guess

Speaking of things i am a desperate heaux for: DIANE!!!!!!!!

and DATING ANNIE???????????? Blessed

honestly this fic is worth it purely for the assertion that mick watches queer eye

Why don't we go to Venus? - watermelonriddles / @bensonstablers​

another grief study! 

apparently i was working through some stuff in september, idk, that was like 4 years ago

considering it’s the premise of the fic, i don’t think it’s a spoiler to say this fic is canon divergent and working with the premise that rio killed beth in 302

he is uh, not coping well

extremely haunted you might say

lots of marcus and rhea which is a delight!

rhea is to good for him tbh

i said what i said

truly top notch dream (nightmare?) sequences

the conversation at the end is extremely uncalled for

drop the game - Ejunkiet / @ejunkiet​

Backread!!!!

Am going to die mad Beth and Rio didn’t hook up in 211 but luckily this fic scratched the itch 

(temporarily, it’s a fairly permanent itch)

Bonus rec: missing scene series i wanna do bad things to you featuring 2x02 and 2x04

Viva Voce - zetuslapetus / @querenaxx​

Whoops we woke up married Vegas shenanigans!! 

So cute!!!!! So sexy!!!!! 

What more do you want?

am desperately obsessed with how beth can’t help stalking rio

feels right, feels organic

this makes me feel a lot of stuff about how they could be without their canon garbage between them

🎶 we could’ve had it aaaaaaaaaaall 🎶

you showed me colors (i can't see them with anyone else) - gild_fire / @gild-and-fire​

really into the use of color to illustrate beth’s emotional state, i feel like there’s a word for that but idk what it is

UNIMPORTANT

really nice job capturing beth’s inner vulnerability balanced by her outer stubbornness

am DESPERATELY into Mick playing matchmaker

more please???????

Both Sides of the Law - JoeyLee / @joeyjoeylee​

LAW SCHOOL AU! I suuuuuuper love Beth and Rio here (alt pov!! a gift!!!!) I love how initially prickly they are, I love how it’s evolving into a grudging respect, I love how INCREDIBLY AND HILARIOUSLY OBSESSED WITH EACH OTHER THEY ARE and neither one of them seems to see it

listen I know we’re all already foaming at the mouth over this one but as it’s gonna go down as one of my all time favorites it bears repeating/rereccing

cannot stress enough how masterful the use of POV is here, both voices feel completely true and distinct and I love how the alternating chapters revisit, reveal and emphasize pieces of each other

i can’t talk about this fic without hyperventilating

I LOVE IT SO MUCH YOU GUYS

the slow burn is going to ACTUALLY KILL ME

rip, no regrats

Earned It - wakeupflawless / @wakeupflawless​

spanking

that’s it that’s the pitch

H O T

living for beth’s exit in the first chapter, rio and i are both incredibly into it

second chapter also features violently possessive Rio who cannot deal with anyone messing with his girl so if that’s your thing boy howdy get on it

shake, baby, shake - openhearts

backread!!!!!

according to my bookmarks this was a reread but ???????

must’ve read it in the fugue state that followed reading for a moment we were strangers which is gr9 and I believe I have recced it before. If not, horrible oversight, reccing it now

beth and Rio POV lead up to the bathroom break, beautifully done, low-key feel bad reccing it bc the end point of both chapters makes me want to throw things but it’s super worth it for the tEnsiOn. ENJOY

What the Sea Wants, the Sea Will Have - flashindie / @pynkhues​

I’m assuming all of y’all are already reading this

If not OH MY GOD FIX YOUR LIVES

P I R A T E  A U

I’m sorry maybe you didn’t hear me piRaTE aU

meticulously researched, brain-meltingly vibrant, already painfully sexy slow-burning PIRATE AU

god where to start okay so first off, the world-building here straight up breaks my brain, sophie’s put in the work and it SHOWS

second, the atmosphere. i’m generally a pretty like, vague mental picture sort of reader but the sensory detail here grabs you by the throat and like, forcibly hauls you in whether your brain’s wired that way or no

and hey speaking of throats if you, like me, go a little funny about the knees at the idea of beth holding a knife to rio’s throat (he’s fine, calm down), there’s a v excellent beth-in-a-barrel moment for you

oh christ and the sexy tension

it’s gonna be a race to see which slow burn takes me out first, this or law school

Stunner - foxmagpie / @foxmagpie​

Another high school AU, this time with baby Rio absolutely head over heels for his older sister’s bff

stunner!Rio has an emotional earnestness about him that I feel like delinquents!Rio has already outgrown and it’s so SWEET I can’t get enough

Desperately cute!!!!!!

alL he waNts iS foR beTh tO bE hiS girL

also unreasonably angsty???????

ANN ARBOR IS NOT THAT FAR MEGAN

A Heart's A Heavy Burden - tooshyforthis / @bathroombreaks​

Howl’s Moving Castle AU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love Howl’s!!!!!!!!!!!

perfect opp to roast Rio for being a Dramatique Heaux 

and it’s gonna be 9 chapters?????? H Y P E

author’s note boldly presumes I did not know I needed this AU when the reality is I did in fact know I needed this AU, I just wasn’t expecting anyone to deliver

so blessed

author also claims to not be team nose stud and yet it features prominently in all its magnificent glory

what is the truth dot gif

A Bit of a Stretch - septiembre / @septiembur​

SO????? CUTE?????????

would be on this list for Rio calling Beth E alone tbh

really really really really really love this Rio POV of being settled into a relationship with Beth

It manages to be sweetly domestic af while still holding the edge that makes brio brio which is a neat trick

@septiembur may be a witch

beth’s approach to getting rio to do yoga with her is hilarious and exactly right, canon-typical amounts of subtlety 

1000000/10

Post Break-Up Sex - femalegothic / @bethsuglywigs​

stg this was called Hit Shuffle

no matter

h O T

with a side of damn i’ve made some questionable choices in my life haven’t i introspection

(no regrats tho)

(esp not with this fic)

not the point of the fic by a long shot but i’m also extremely obsessed with Weed Eddie, so real

She drains my soul... she drains it not - niham87 / @niham87​

ABSOLUTELY OBSESSED WITH THIS CONCEPT

am a complete sucker for paranormal world building that satirizes bureaucracy 

Is that a trope? If so that’s my favorite

I did it. I’m picking a single favorite. You know what that is growth dot gif

ANYWAY i love the concept, i love the humor, i love beth instantly clicking with annie

I love her and mick’s sort of grudging professional courtesy

Love beth as a champion of environmental responsibility and all of the underworld being like …...okay??

cannot wait to see where this goes

Nine-Tenths - riosnecktattoo / @riosnecktattoo​

*INCOHERENT PTERODACTYL SCREECHING*

sometimes i think about rio putting beth’s hair in a ponytail and have to go lie down

science please explain why this rUinS mE

wait hold on i skipped ahead

HEY KIDS DO YOU LIKE UNBEARABLY CUTE DOMESTIC TENDERNESS

opens with rio sleepily holding beth’s hand to his heart so that’s the kind of thing you’ll be dealing with

uGH theY’RE sO CUTe

idk why precisely but rio adding hair ties to his bracelet collection is my undoing every time

Missed Call - foxmagpie / @foxmagpie​

Rio doesn’t come home from a job when he’s supposed to. Beth (and I!!!!!!!) slowly loses her mind

Truly a masterpiece of rising tension

Will literally never forgive her for calling this light angst

I was SO STRESSED OUT

The first person to point out there was an author’s note at the beginning I obvs didn’t read is getting blocked

crush - foxmagpie / @foxmagpie​

Listen even though this is centered around two OCs, they are OCs FROM a (n iconic) brio fic AND Beth, Ruby and Rio all make cameos (I mean, Rio’s pretty present since he lives in Mar’s mind rent free bc they are THE SWEETEST MOST ADORABLE BEST OF FRIENDS so idk if i’d call it a cameo but whatever)

and even if it didn’t feature any official GG characters I’d still rec is bc that’s mY SON AND this fic is TOO CUTE

I have so many feelings over mar and rio growing up and not knowing how to cope with girls becoming a Thing in their life and how it affects their friendship and mar feeling left behind but (SPOILERS) at the end of the story rio starts feeling that too and it’s so poignant knowing how that’s going to continue in delinquents

while mar may be my son, i also claim elena’s #1 stan status

before you’re like meg you’re only reccing it bc it’s a bday present ask yourselves do i really strike you as the kind of person that wouldn’t be equally obnoxious about this either way?

truly cannot fathom how hard i have fallen for these OCs i don’t normally do that

@foxmagpie is definitely a witch

The Ottoman - Niham87 / @niham87​

look i will be the first to admit that i don’t go near as bonkers over the ottoman line in 308 as y’all do

(don’t get me wrong, i love it!!! I love that he laughs and i love that she’s pleased it just doesn’t hit my lose my whole mind button like idk, the dubby or the 306 convo, idk why)

BUT i v v v much love the context this delightful Rio POV pwp gives it

am also absolutely feral for 209 missing scene fic

and anything that captures the complexity of Rio’s s3 feelings for Beth and how twisted they’ve become

so this scratches a bunch of itches, is what i’m trying to say

Bet On It - zetuslapetus / @querenaxx​

*INCOHERENT PTERODACTYL SCREECHING*

That’s what my brain does when I think about Beth and Rio meeting in ch 1

am DESPERATELY OBSESSED WITH the tension between the two of them in this fic

I love how it plays with the ways they have to rely on but don’t trust each other

plus FAKE DATING and BED SHARING (fair warning hasn’t happened yet but the set up is there)

originally supposed to be 2 chapters, already up to 4, prayer circle it goes on forever

do you like drugs (tonight) - s_t_c_s / @sothischickshe​

v important focus on hydration, other fic should take note

extremely about the use of cut to and then flashback to enhance the ‘we were on drugs’ vibe

speaking of, beth and rio absolutely would take ecstasy to prove they are fun bc they are the exact kind of idiots that would peer pressure themselves

so glad beth kept her purse, got a bit stressed there for a second, clutches in that kind of circumstance are A Risk

not that i would know

FLAWLESS USE OF VOICEMAIL TBH

really love the ongoing denial that they are remotely into each other while proceeding to demonstrate how they are in fact, extremely into each other, great vibe

rio dances

I know my brain broke too

mmmm bacon

Navigate A Broken Path - flashindie / @pynkhues​

*INCOHERENT PTERODACTYL SCREECHING*

I have a long standing tradition of getting unreasonably obsessed with side characters so i’m not like, entirely surprised by how obsessed i am with both Mick and Mary Pat but i never in a million years considered them as a ship

AND Y E T

they fit????? so perfectly?????? It’s amazing how she developes them individually enough that i look at them together and think ah yes this makes perfect sense for both characters

and they’re such an amazing foil to Beth and Rio? 

can ships have foils? do i know what a foil is? 

unimportant

GUYS you dON’T uNDERStAN d 

hell i don’t understand

how absolutely very dare you make me care about YET ANOTHER set of gg ‘verse children

do not read this fic if you have no interest in feelings you zero percent asked for

wHA t hAPPeNED iN aLASkA?????????

A Moment’s Silence - femalegothic / @bethsuglywigs​

*makes sign of the cross*

y’all are gonna make me rediscover religion

extremely appreciate the author’s note approach to backstory top notch prioritization

listen it’s basically 3k of beth deep throating rio idk what more you need me to say about it

it is…..good stuff

bless the kinkmeme or fest whatever we’re calling it

praise - civillove / @blainesebastian​

I mean you had me at “three times rio calls beth a good girl and one time he really means it”

ephemeral rio

I left that note for myself in here in the middle of the night and haven’t the foggiest what i was thinking but i stand by it none the less

okay okay i think i know what i meant, this fic (as do all of my fav civillove brio fics) has this sort of like, liminal, in the quiet moments feel to them that makes the moments and feelings somehow feel like i’m catching a glimpse of something secret and precious???

idk i just really like it okay

Heart and Soul - riosnecktattoo / @riosnecktattoo​

oh look more unbearably sweet domestic tenderness, this time to music

thank you ma’am for my life

rio remembers beth used to play piano and gets her one and revoltingly cute shenanigans result

also hilarity

and sexiness

this fic has it all, truly

shout out to mick who sees no reason to keep rio’s feelings to himself

good girls tumblr fic - prettylittlementirosa / @hypermania​​

cheating and reccing a whole series

It’s my list and i can do what i wanna

stop crying about it, it’s four fics and they’re all AMAZING absolutely impossible to pick a fav

truly flawless characterization, next level ability to capture evocative mood, cannot get enough

three’s a crowd: who knew ballroom dancing while dean watches and grinds his teeth could be so sexy 

(trick question everything about that premise sounds A++++ and boy howdy does it live up)

feel it on the way home: rio tries to break up with beth, it goes about as well as you’d expect

(thE angSty tenSioN)

i want to play the game: [from the floor] i’m still not ready to talk about it

(rio/turner, missing scene, 10000000% a taste of what went down in that hotel room)

june after dark: pitch perfect annie pov, really really love the take that Annie is the baby whisperer, can’t fully explain why but it feels incredibly right

(ANNIE X NANCY COULD WORK SO WELL YOU GUYS)