#ooh the one called the commander by orphan account that's a good one

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Clexa as the pairings and any type just your favorites

ooh okay. hm. trying to put this together i realize... i haven’t read enough clexa fic. rec me things!

my absolute most favouritest fic of all time for clexa is (my) Destruction Within Your Mouth by @entirelytookeen (check out all her fics, close second fav is the white queen running). Also in the running for my most favouritest is I have lost my pain by thrace.

in terms of things that aren’t quiiite a fic you can just find on aoe, @favvnsongs‘ faithverse is my most favouritest thing possibly ever of all time? there’s a playlist too :D

under the cut there’s a jumble of other fics i’ve enjoyed:

Humour/Fluff: 

This Is How It Goes by @smallamountsofmonster Clarke meets Lexa at a party in probably the most awkward way possible and wastes a lot of time with her head up her ass.

can't bear it without you by fuscience Clarke works at the mall and has an unlikely savior in the form of it's mascot - Happy the Bear. Or Lexa doesn't hate her job, but she certainly doesn't like it. At least, not until the girl from the food court starts giving her free food and drinks.

Canonverse:

(I Wanna Be) Your Left Hand Man by nightshifted "I will remember how to write your name, Clarke, but do not delude yourself into thinking I would change my way of living for you because you fell from the sky with lust for a utopia that does not exist."

make this leap (say geronimo) by adventurousfeather (kidfic) she wakes up one morning to the sounds of screaming. (at first she thinks its another nightmare, but her eyes are closed and she can feel the rough bark of the tree she's leaned up against, and the tips of her fingers are cold and she hears what sound like horse hooves, but there weren't any horses in the mountain, so what--) clarke leaves camp jaha to get her shit together. instead, she gets a baby with no chill and a journey to polis with the one and only, lexa.

high as a kite by fuscience Lexa gets injured and doesn’t react very well to the medication. Raven stands as witness to it all and Clarke just gets to deal with it. Lexa is lucky Clarke loves her. Truly.

they take their shots but we're bulletproof by nightshifted "Our winters are harsh," Lexa tells her. "You must have adequate shelter to survive them." "I survived you," Clarke says lowly. "I'll survive anything."

College AU:

lionheart (taking over this town they should worry) by idontevenwhat clarke and lexa are both wildly overcommitted seniors running multiple organizations and rarely sleeping. lexa hits clarke with her motorcycle. no one has any chill at any point, there are multiple broken bones and like three people get expelled.

the business of caring by coldmackerel a public service announcement: the campus police would like to politely remind all students, well-wishers, and supporters of the university during this time of serial vandalism that painting on buildings without permission is still illegal. this has not changed no matter how 'cool' you think it is. vandalism has never been nor will it ever be 'radical', 'sick', or any version thereof. -supervisor lexa woods

Other:

harry potter triwizard au: Those Icy Fingers Up and Down My Spine (That same old witchcraft when your eyes meet mine) by DreamsAreMyWords

music/band au: i sing the body electric by nightshifted "I came for the music," Anya will say, years down the line, "but music... music is just a vessel. I stayed for the people."

reincarnation? sort of? au: all of our lives (flash before my eyes) by @geralehane Lexa kom Trikru wakes up in modern New York as Lexa Woods and learns to navigate through her new life. Everything becomes complicated when she meets Clarke Griffin for a second time in her life - or is it 'lives'?

british boarding school au More Women than Warriors steklir (SilentStars)

Smut:

tear down the walls by wariangle Fine whatever, is what she gets back. Say hi to ur girlfriend. WE’RE NOT A COUPLE. All Octavia sends in reply is a selfie of herself looking judgmental.

if you let me, here's what i'll do by whythis  Lexa has had a rough couple weeks, and Clarke has a plan to help her get the tension out and finally relax. This was supposed to be a little vignette of Clarke being the one taking care of her girl for a change, but it got out of hand and somehow became about 4k words of fluffy foreplay and 4k words of pure smut. It's set in the canon world but in some vague magical future version where they got to have an actual relationship and worry about things other than Arkadia. Spoilers: Clarke washes her hair.

the Soft Sin series by @lingeringlilies A series of sinful canonverse oneshots (sometimes two shots, all lovely)

If I’m Not the One for You... series by @trashbb Modern AU sinseries, pining, power dynamics.

Fundamentals of Human Anatomy by AvaRosier Modern College AU. Clarke and Lexa are roommates who are politely friendly with one another. That's all about to change.

can't fight the friction (so ease it off) by caelzorah, hyoidbone Canonverse. It takes two months for Lexa to find resolution.

don't wanna be your girl by faithtastic Lexa's interning on a skin flick. She meets Clarke on set. Or: The adult movie AU/college AU no one asked for.

[abundantchewtoys]

RE: Hiveswap '17-09-14

IT. HAS. ARRIVED.

FINALLY!

Wow, it feels so unreal, but we're gonna do it! Tonight we'll install the game and hopefully play a little bit already. We've decided to install the DRM-free version, I just hope we won't regret missing out on any achievements or shit.

Dang though, I can't wait to see what neat little tidbits of the Homestuck universe we'll get to learn about. What vague conspiracies Jude believes in (or not) that we can snicker about. What references to old memes we'll encounter. (Is... Is that John Cusack?) ... The ones that What Pumpkin could make without infringing on copyright, that is.

Will there be references to Bro? To ancestors of the original A2 troll group? It just dawned on me 'A2 trolls' is no longer a valid descriptor to distinguish the twelve orginals from other character trolls. It's probably still going to be used, but I suppose 'Homestuck trolls' and 'Hiveswap trolls' is a valid distinction too.

I'm certainly excited to learn more about Grandpa Harley! Anything that demystifies those elusive Guardians is a gift indeed!

Over the past few days, we've seen the hype building. We Love Fine sending out mails, I think to promote new prints, haven't watched actually. And just now that we check our mail, it turns out there's a new release on Bandcamp, even on the Homestuck one, not a new one! It's... probably the Grubbles album? Probably? :)

So, without much further ado, let's go and see!

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Ooh, the download also includes the music!

I wonder what the deal is with Humblebundle's "sign in to claim this page" link.

Oooh, the game is 1.9 GB (archived)! I don't know what I was expecting, but it's definitely largeish!

Heehee, I like the logo icon, HS against a spiral sucker background. (Could be used for a future pin.) The spiral will be an integral part of the key to the portal, but I wonder if it'll show up elsewhere.

The archive contains 277 files... accounting for a whopping 5 Gigabyte! Wowee!

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Wow, that menu looked gorgeous. I love that the castle is taunted, even though it doesn't have the focus in this game. Talk about a bait and switch!

I've come to wonder, after reading the first few introductory lines for Joey, whether it's not Hauntswitch though, that would be quite something! That make for good material for the other game! A mysterious place, not just a mansion, to explore with Jude and Dammek. Maybe the town was originally called "Haunt's Witch" or something.

Anyway, the intro was every bit as delightful as I could hope.

And Joey's introduction every bit as Homestuck.

"SEMI-ORPHAN", though. :( Guess Grandpa really neglects his parental duties. "ASPIRING VETERINARIAN" :D Being good with animals is probably part of why Tesseract looks so well fed. And it'll help her on Alternia, no doubt. And even now, to know the monsters' weaknesses and how to perhaps passify them? Also, I wonder if "multiple" dance schools means she knows more than tap dance and ballet!

I love how the backgrounds come to live, it's just so good to look at them in the intended resolution! The music is so good, too. Really top notch job all around!

Eesh, I notice that using Alt+Tab to switch between Windows has the downside that Alt is also a key that forwards the dialogue...

I guess the laser backdrop from those teaser pictures, is just the default background for the playable character's icon!

Heheheh, the hint function is disabled for now. My bet is it's enabled as soon as you have the magnifying glass. "it won't any good" <- typo

OOOOOOOH!!! GOD YES!! Hiveswap supports multiple save files!! That. Is. A. Life saver. Saving just before a battle? Before combining Glowy Thing 1 with Sinister Crevass 2? Hell yes.

Hmm, something buggy about clicking on Joey's icon at this stage. The cursor turned into an iris, and I had to click the hint button to get it away.

Ooooh! Hell yes, the header can be minimized!!!

LOOKing at the calendar, it turns out the date is ACTUALLY NOVEMBER 11TH, 1994!! God dag nabbit! So, what, the monsters have something to do with Betty Crocker? Did Condy try something on 2x2 prong day in B1, it failed, and then she just thought to herself "needs more prongs" and did it again later in B2?

We can try to MARK the calendar, yet it's already got a cross for the date. Oh, heh, that just gives the same response. It's probably to keep us on our toes, since we can't be sure every command has a different outcome!

LOOKing at the ballet shoes, we learn about Joey's aspirations to create "Ballap", pfffff.

And, welp, guess Print Screen is also an action key.

EQUIPing the ballet shoes... We learn about ABILITECHS and TECHNICHES. Perfection. Goodbye SYLLADICES and SPECIBII! Say hello to the good old school technology of our youth. :P "In my day, we didn't have those newfangled SYLLADILLIES you youngsters swing about, oh no!"

LOOKing at the posters, Joey talks about how her posters talk to her in her dreams, talking about a better world past the stars. I doubt they mean Alternia. :P Also, dreams, eh? Even if she's not a Sburb players, her dreams could still be prophetic in a way.

Clicking on the light switch... Actually works, hahah! I thought for sure the power would be out right now!

Oh, so the eyeball was meant to go on the ceiling only, heh. And, the plush on the bed. N'awww, so Joey and Ms. Clair both worked on the ceiling. And she calls it a "mural", which of course reminds me of the ones in Problem Sleuth!

Oh, the oven near the closet was her birthday present "last year". I wonder what her birthday is. Seems like it's more of a children's oven, in that it probably doesn't produce edible cake, I think? (Welp @ her comment regarding not having a mom.)

And speaking of Moms!! The wizard globe is present from Mom! Or, well, Roxy, I guess she should be called. The B1 version. So she really IS Joey and Jude's babysitter. Or at the very least, she was until last year. Wait, no, it doesn't specify a year. Anyway, I guess this little corner of her room is full of presents she's received. Also, Roxy be Roxying.

Oooh, those books start Joey of on a BOOK REPORT she has to hand in! She goes to school! Or at least, has tutors. Pfff, Old Yeller reference for the win. "You kind of hate your teachers sometimes." Yeah, let's keep Tess nice and safe, shall we?

I like Blaperile's idea that Jude would take Dammek to school. Since they're probably going to be swapped for sometime, it just might happen. Imagining Dammek sitting in class, refusing to take off a high hat. Hmm, okay, but November 11th is a Friday apparently (dang American week day numbering system!) so it's probably not going to happen. I think 48 hours is more than enough time to swap them back.

Blaperile saw that November 11th was a holiday for America just like it is where we live, so that means Joey & Jude probably spent the whole day goofing around with Tess like we saw in the intro scene. Veterans Day, more like Aspiring Veterinarians Day, amirite?

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So, first few steps in the game, taken. Save file location, found. (Can't hide from me, I'm a programmer!) Hype feelings, assuaged. :D

I'm captivated by what few things I've already seen, looking forward to the next!

For people eager to see me and Blaperile's gameplay reaction, strap on, it's going to be a long ride! (If you're wondering why we don't just film ourselves playing - English isn't our first language.)