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[fullmetalscullyy]

List 5 things that make you happy, then put this in the askbox for the last 10 people who reblogged something from you. learn to know your mutuals and followers. <3

:') tysm!!! 🩷💖

1. seeing the sun streaming thru my window/feeling the sun on my face. no better feeling

2. writing royai. nowadays i don't have as many ideas as i did before but i love putting the besties into different situations. esp aus. let them find each other in every kind of universe, yknow

3. watching my comfort things. the martian + crimson peak + txf, my beloved. and now!! new girl has entered the chat. just finished it this week and u g h. i loooove

4. spending time w fam and friends <3

5. getting some time for my hobbies. recently i got right back into colouring in and jigsaws (which helps me stay offline, which is always a plus!!) and now that i work 9-5 it's so nice to have that break through the week to focus on projects/puzzles which take a wee while. and reading!!! omg reading. i've been on so many rollercoasters and adventures in the past year. i always try to post what i'm physically reading on twt as a paper trail of what i've devoured and had fun with. and i love it!! i'm having such a blast!!

tysm for the ask 🥺 ty for thinking of me!

[klainelynch]

I am sorry you are going through a rough patch! Here’s a photo of my kitty cat doing what we call “fancy paws” to make you feel a little better!

ldkfja;lsfd the fancy paws DO make me feel better!!!! Thank you 💖💖💖💖

[erins-quinn]

Please please please sydcarmy fic revs, I need some fluffy goodness. I’ve read a lot of the bigger/well known fics I think - fundamentals series, intimacy series, the roses AU (hannokoi? Loved it, but I can’t spell it) , Sydney has a child AU, HS Labs AU.

Know anything big or small for fluffy soft goodness

Think I need a stroke my hair and everything’s gonna be alright kinda moment

yes. yes. *prayer hands* thank u for giving me an excuse to make another list. here’s what I got. (organizing by rating again; if anyone on this list has more than one work read all of it, it’s all baller)

General Audiences

it’s like I’ve been awakened by Amiera_Sapphire (@amieraisposting)

Menu découverte by itaaa

Teen and Up

all my ghosts (i know you feel them too) by cruciomione (@cruciomione)

Family Heirlooms by bioloyg (@bioloyg)

blind faith by papercranium

and we’ll be laughing about how we used to smoke by emilybrontay (@sennenrose)

reset by MissAmyShay (@missamyshay)

maybe this is just the next step by puzzlepuppy (that’s me!)

Renovations and Observations in Liminal Space by kdbleu (@kdbleu)

traces of ink by pureseasalt

Shine, Baby, Shine! by currymanganese (@currymanganese)

at last by because_the_night

moon river by disheveledcurls (@disheveledcurls)

Eating for Two by Blissymbolics

Just Try to Stay Out of Your Own Way, Maybe? by anxietycroissant (@anxietycroissant)

Frozen Pipe by turbulenthandholding (@turbulenthandholding)

Mature

to try and understand, to never look away. by hcneymooners (romqntics)

it’s a lot to ask of me (to believe in you) by adogwithabirdatyour_door

Chicago, Illinois by shewalksoverme (@shewalksoverm3)

Chill by onelargecoffeepls (@onelargecoffeepls)

Heatwave by daydreamgoddess (@daydreamgoddess)

Sydney, Baby, Use Your Head by Ceselle1024 (@ambeauty)

do you like me for me? by ogigia

not a lot, just forever by hotelfoxtrot

we keep trying to talk about us by willowcia

Explicit

Three Goals. Go. by OysterKnife (@purposechef)

If You Ask Me by peachybunnybabie (@ethxocore)

a moving interlude by sashafiercer (@sashafiercest)

Shed Your Skin by DoubleApple (@doubleappled)

before the dawn by mswyrr (@mswyrr)

you make christmas sound like a four letter word by bobaheadshark

Tender Blooms by tiltedtemple

save me sydcarmy fic you’re my only hope sydcarmy fic. (whether or not your on this list I am yelling at you to keep writing and keep being inspired I am in your corner!!!)

[cornellstokez]

my sydcarmy fic recommendations!

moon river by dischelvedcurls --- super dialogue heavy and true to the characters. love it so much!

it's a lot to ask of me (to believe in you) by adogwithabirdatyour_door -- this one...omg established (kinda) sydcarmy. carmy and sydney get into a fight and carmy gets sick and sydney takes care of him in the midst of the fight. definitely one of my faves.

begin again by yxurstruly -- sydney and carmy through someone else's eyes. i've reread this sooooo many times and it never gets old.

pull you right home by onelargecoffeepls -- our favorite communication stunted chefs trying to figure out what they are to each other. 7k words!!

still don't know what love means by seh28 -- angst fest. i love angsty carmy so much. he also says "sugar thinks i'm in love w you." must i say anything else?

nobody ever got my soul right like she could by seh28 -- for one the title alone makes my fucking chest ache. ughhhhh. mutual pining and bed sharing. carmy is so down bad it's ridiculous. another one of my favorites!

cleopatra, mona lisa, sydney adamu and the constant by peachybunnybabie -- soft and sweet sydcarmy. if you love fluff these are the two fics for you!

slithered from eden by sadistic pussy -- smuuuuuut and pining

gotta get up to get down by somethingdifferent -- the theories about carmy eating pussy for a living are brought to life in this fic. carmy is an eater.

hands full of plates by thesuncameout -- 100k words!!!!!!!!! i love long fics so much. super slow burn with so much pining and some pain. ugh. so good.

intimates conquering intimacy by sashafiercer -- 38k words! like i said i love long fics. mutual teasing with mutual pining.

the wild, wild berry by blissymbolics -- THIS STORY. this fucking story knocked the wind out of me for sure. super duper angsty. a MIND fuck. this fic is funny but definitely devastating at the same time. a lot of trigger warnings so be aware before you read.

[nightofnyx8]

Oh hi! For the writer ask: if you haven't done them, 21 and 25?

21. most memorable comment/review

Yay more chances to thank people who read my work! A very memorable comment was given to me by @thatisadamnfinecupofcoffee for In My Tender Embrace. I remember receiving it after a very particularly hard week and I was just so overwhelmed by the sheer kindness of it that I literally cried in the library just by reading it. I have since reread it many times and it warms my heart just the same. ❤

25. a fic you read this year you would recommend everyone read

Ahhh there's so many freaking good ones and there's no way I can possibly fit all of them but here are some of my favorites!

what will you leave behind by @klainelynch

into each life some rain must fall by @firewoodfigs

for better or worse by @roseofbattles

The Price of Life by @catgluue

Wonderous by @by-nina

In Uniform: A Kissing Booth by @flourchildwrites

Last Call by @ohmytheon

Anything by @fullmetalscullyy, @megthemighty, and @lantur

And of course, I am sooooo looking forward to your update of Better Than Before! That thing has me hooked!!! ❤❤❤

[hufflepuffhermione]

Sending one back for the WIP game: sigh

Josh gives an audible sigh of relief, but Donna is studying the doctor’s face because she knows that’s not all.

[jessbakescakes]

I'm trying to think of really random things for these lol. How about Top 5 Articles of Clothing That You Own/Wear.

I have a Bureau of Balance hoodie (from the Adventure Zone podcast) that I love. It has THUMB HOLES.

Do shoes count? I have a pair of Grumpy Cat shoes I love and wear almost every day.

I have a gray sweater with color-blocked sleeves from Stitch Fix that I love. I can’t find a good pic or I’d link it.

I bought myself a Bartlet for America t-shirt and I love it and wear it often!

I pretty much exist in jeans and a t-shirt as long as I’m not working, so a good, well-fitting pair of blue jeans goes on this list too!

Ask me my top 5 anything!

[blazeperalta]

Sorry if this is out of the blue but your tags "#if you had told me a year ago i would be staring at a gifset featuring jake peralta’s dad necking on with someone for a good few minutes#i would not have believed you#but this is where we’re at folks!" CRACKED me up because it's so true! Two of my friends are watching for the first time now and they can't unsee Brad as his character from the Handmaid's Tale, and it makes me so sad!

it’s so weird ‘cause we all know he’s the absolute worst on b99 (but still enjoyable to watch honestly) but i love josh SO MUCH and i struggle not to think “but this is josh lyman!” when he’s being an ass to jake. but my friend watches handmaid’s tale and has told me about his character and the show and it all just sounds so dark i’m like...yeah no. i find it so hard to imagine because i associated him with comedy for so long. Even the west wing he’s the comic relief a lot of the time. he’s got the range!!

i did think i would struggle to forget that it’s roger peralta when i started the west wing but honestly within a few episodes i completely forgot. i just started to love the character so much and the 2 characters are so different it really wasn’t an issue at all

[peggysrogers]

For the TV show asks: 16

Show you despise but still watch:

OUTLANDER.

The cast is a full of some of the most pretentious and obnoxious actors out there. And the show completely went off the rails.

But do I still watch it? Yes. lolz

[torn--and--frayed]

Oh my gosh, thank you so much for your kind tags on my fic! I kind of had to sit and stare at it for a while because I didn't know what to say! I really appreciate it!

You are so welcome! Eagerly awaiting the next update!

[fullmetalscullyy]

Hi!!! I just wanted to say that I love how we're both FMAB fans just Going Through It with DR at the moment. It's a nice bit of solidarity lmao. (Not that I haven't thought about doing some sort of weird FMA/F1 crossover fic...)

HI YESSS DANIEL MY BELOVED 💞😍💗❤️🤩💖

listen. if u were to create a fma f1 au. i would consume it completely. now all i'm going to think abt is the fma besties racing against each other 🥺🥺 it would be beautiful ✨

[brittaforthewin]

Top 5 episodes of Community!

Ooh thanks for the question! <3 Narrowing Community down to a top 5 is really hard (or impossible). I’m skipping a couple of the really obvious big ones like Remedial Chaos Theory or the paintball ones on purpose just to narrow down my choices a little 1. 2x08 Cooperative Calligraphy - bottle episode at it’s finest, just such a good and funny episode 2. 2x10 Mixology Certification - love this episode a lot, it’s a little sadder and darker than some but still has that sweetness  3. 2x16 Interactive Documentary Filmmaking - always really enjoyed this one, plus it has some iconic moments (You can’t disappoint a picture!! and also my URL) 4. 3x07 Studies In Modern Movement - the Kiss from a Rose musical sequence alone is just so incredible... Just a nice fun cute episode all round 5. 5x05 Geothermal Escapism - while it was heartbreaking to see Troy go, if he was gonna go then this was the perfect send off. Really fun episode that did justice to Troy’s relationship not only with Abed but with Britta as well which I really appreciated. Also Jeff and Britta’s floor argument is so so funny Honorable mentions: Abed’s Uncontrollable Christmas, Paradigms of Human Memory, Regional Holiday Music, Origins of Vampire Mythology, Emotional Consequences of Broadcast Television Put “top 5” anything in my ask!

[klainelynch]

For the fanfic ask game: the famous "and there was only one bed" trope.

my thoughts...on only one bed...

A: Love it. Spend my time combing AO3 for it.

It truly breaks my brain!!!! To be so vulnerable with someone else, especially someone that you're not sure if they reciprocate your feelings, and have to navigate that uncertainty, but (in the ones I love to read) ultimately your leap of faith in this bed sharing is rewarded and you are able to let down your walls and let someone else do the same for you—my heart's beating so fast just thinking of it!!!!!!!

I did write bed-sharing Royai over the summer, and I still need to write the other prompt that Emma gave me (I know what I want to write!! but my brain won't do the thing!!!!!) so yeah, this is a good trope :)

[donnaamoss]

Hi there! I started following you a short while ago because of your West Wing stuff because I am also in my first viewing (in season 6 right now), and Josh and Donna are also Ruining My Life, so it's just nice to see someone else lose their mind over how much they love each other like I am currently.

omg hi!!! i’m so excited that you’re watching too and also having your life Ruined by them because i am right there with you🥺 i just started season 6 today and i have college work to do thats killing me bc all i wanna do is binge it lmao also can i say your tags on that 5x22 set when he’s looking for her and pulls rank for like the first time omg i didn’t even think about that and it’s Everything oh my god i love them so much

[monicarosales18]

Louis Vuitton Shop Only One Day Discount

Shopping >>> Louis Vuitton Shop

[ironmaidenhead]

Donna/Josh fanfic rec list

No Second Troy by thatTWWgirl

"I guess my question for you Donna, is this: he supposedly doesn't have the mental or physical energy for me to come by for a work meeting, but he's okay to do this little fine arts curriculum the two of you have going on?"

Before and After by onelargecoffeepls

Josh goes to find Donna after Leo's funeral. A quick missing scene post-Requiem.

Motion Sickness by ihopethatyouburn

The thing was, that as much as she resented Josh for his selfishness, for refusing to let her grow, for looking right past her every time she intimated that she might want to leave him someday, she loved him, too. Truly, madly, deeply, the whole cliche deal.

Starting during 7.06 The Al Smith Dinner, Josh and Donna find their way back to each other. Extra fights and apologies and angst that the show skipped over.

In This World by littlezigzags

But then she looks at him, late at night, his slumped shoulders and the thin line of his mouth and she’s rooted to the spot. Josh got across the Atlantic only a few hours faster than it took her ex-boyfriend to get across Madison and really, that’s got to count for something. 

Homeward Bound by spamtotz 

Relaxing for a week has been delicious, but, like Josh she expects, it has left her a little itchy in the mind, and she doesn’t know what to do next, hovering between apprehension about all the things she’s missed and guilt for not being satisfied.

Donna and Josh get back from Hawaii and have a few things to work out.

(First part of the “It’s a Good Life” series)

Running by andyoureturntome

Matt Santos is running for president. Josh and Donna are just running away.

Augmented canon for seasons six and seven. Ventures into AU territory from 6x18 on.

At the Crossroads by RhapsodyInProgress

"There's no nurse there currently, this moment, when Josh badly needs to use the washroom across the hall that he is absolutely, under no circumstances, supposed to attempt to walk to on his own. Who there is, is Donna." J/D friendship, mid timeline for The Midterms

even cnn is wrong, sometimes by BeneathAnOrangeSky

She snakes her hand between them, high instead of low, wrapping it around his bowtie. Starts to pull. And it’s this that snaps him out of it.

Because Josh Lyman isn’t a press secretary and he isn’t a communications director and he isn’t Sam or Toby and he sure as hell isn’t Will, but he’s spent enough time around enough writers to appreciate the art of analogy (at the end of the night you wanna be able to pull it open like tony bennett), to recognize symmetry (donna? my tie’s falling apart), to understand that codas don’t exist merely in cello suites or stump speeches; that life makes space for sartorial bookends, too.

Like bowties being tied, then untied.

The Apple by TheBreakfastGenie

“My god,” Donna was suddenly furious. “The apple really doesn’t fall far from the tree, does it?”

Donna discovers the Lymans have something in common, and applies some pressure.

Misinterpretation by spinninginfinity

Josh has some feelings. Donna is way off the mark.

‘It’s not like there are many women just wandering around the office that you’d want to date.’

A Girl’s Got to Have a Plan by tosca1390

“I can’t lounge around Manchester indefinitely. A girl’s got to have a plan.”

The Door by Ygrawn

'And the only one that catches and stays is this: the door is wide open.' 

The Answer by Ygrawn (Sequel to The Door)

"You can't kiss me, or have a revelation about something that everybody knows anyway, and believe that's enough. A pronoun is not enough."

Back to Earth by ETraytin

Donna's trip to Indiana with the campaign ended up being a lot longer than she planned. The day after isn't looking to be much shorter.

a stoic mind and a bleeding heart by greatestheights

Five times Josh almost figured it out. Five times Donna already knew. One time they got there together.

For You, I Came This Far by thefinestmuffins

Josh is about to retreat without knocking when Donna’s door swings open right in front of him, and there she is again, inches away, her eyes widening as she registers his presence.

A King Corn AU where Josh and Donna talk it out, and Josh gets by with a little help from his friends.

Donna Moss, Junior Communications Specialist by  autumnalequinox

Aaron Sorkin said something like if he did it again, he would promote Donna out of Josh's office in season 2 and get them together sooner. Here's my attempt!

S.W.A.L.K. by  auditoryeden

He's sent her flowers, and not just a grocery-store bouquet or the sort of flowers a florist might call "emergency level one". These flowers are at least emergency level five, possibly even emergency level “I-cheated-on-you-with-a-teenage-hooker”.

A Van, A Plane, A Car, and A Bus by Speranza

"She's--kind of my wife," Josh said.

Accidental Metamorphoses by shutterbug_12

Josh had just confessed his best-kept secret of the last four years and he wanted to act on it.

soft sound midnight by heliotropic

Josh comes home to find Donna relaxing in the bathtub with a bottle of wine.

stuck with nowhere to go by perfect_little_fool

“In your apartment,” she recalls, craning her neck back to squint at the sky as they walk. “I think I was changing your bandage on your chest and you, uncharacteristically, became very grateful and thanked me for helping you. Then you made some comment about how if you were stranded on a desert island one of the things you’d want with you was, well, me.”

Josh is looking at her, but she’s pointedly not looking at him. For reasons. “Because you’d be the one to get us off of it,” he finishes, nodding his head like he remembers the exact conversation. It’s few and far between that Josh illuminates his feelings about her, even if they’re strictly professional and platonic, but when he does it feels nothing short of a miracle.

Her heart is pounding again. “Yeah. You’re lucky to have me.”

(or, the one that asks and answers: what if it was only Josh and Donna who'd been left behind by the motorcade? just the two of them?)