#opalish

[ashmouthbooks]

Long time no see! I haven’t made a book since July!

I’ve had this textblock printed and ready since July and I wanted to get it bound before my imminent international move. I had scraps of two different chiyogami papers lying about plus an offcut of (probably) fake leather backed with paper - very thin, very flexible, suitable, I thought, for a tiny book. And all three bits I thought worked well together - the fireworks on the red have some dark blue dots in there.

A8, Yuri!!! on ICE fanfic: The Night is Young and the Music’s High by Opalish - a delightful fun little romp of a fic.

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[quotablefanfiction]

“You’re perfect.” “Ooooh,” Phichit breathes, delighted. “Yuuri, I recorded that! You can replay it before bed for the rest of your life! You can pretend your Victor Nikiforov poster is talking to you!” “Uh,” Yuuri says, horribly betrayed at the most unexpected moment, in the worst possible way. “No?” Yes, he thinks urgently in Phichit’s direction, ignoring the fact that neither of them is remotely telepathic. Absolutely yes, do it and I’ll forgive the poster comment and maybe even thank you for not saying ‘all twenty-six of your Victor Nikiforov posters’.

Yuuri POV (chp. 1)

The Unknown Unknown by opalish (AO3) Yuri!!! On Ice – Teen – Katsuki Yuuri/Viktor Nikiforov #Alternate Universe #Superpowers #Crack #Awful Hero Names #Confused Katsuki Yuuri #Smitten Victor Nikiforov

Yuuri never meant to become a supervillain. These things just happen to him.

[swirley1618]

[yoi-incorrect-quotes]

Viktor (about Yuuri): I can fix him.

Yurio: You are literally worse.

[captainkirkk]

✩ WEEKLY FIC ROUND-UP ✩

All the fics I’ve read and really enjoyed in the past week-ish. Reminder: This list features any and all ratings and themes. Please look at tags and warnings on ao3 before reading.

Stranger Things

Where the 20 Chain Links Lead by fandsart

Steve has always known he’s stupid. While it wasn’t exactly something he took pride in, it hadn’t really ever bothered him until he started socializing with what could probably be described as some of the smartest people in Hawkins. It doesn’t help that most of those people were so much younger than him.

A character study of one Steve Harrington, and a glacial slowburn Steddie fix-it fic

chat with you, baby (flirt a little, maybe) by desiccatedwithering (acornsofthemind) (+ podfic)

"Hey, shitheads!” Steve “the hair” Harrington barks, looming in the doorway like a monster from the Abyss. “What the fuck are you doing in here? Get your asses down to the gym right fucking now.”

Eddie gapes. First of all, the audacity— Second, he’s never been much for physical fights, but if this douchebag thinks he can bully any of Eddie’s kids, he’ll have to go through Eddie first.

“Let’s go! Move it!” Harrington snaps, making an impatient gesture down the hall.

SVSSS

Achievement Unlocked by The Feels Whale (miscellea)

One day, after five years of reasonably peaceful marriage with only a few kidnappings and sex pollen incidents, Shen Yuan is sent back to his old body without warning. Luo Binghe makes a deal with an alien entity calling itself the System to perform a mission in exchange for the ability to bring his husband home.

The mission is simple; [Uncover secret transmigrator plotline and flesh out the character wiki!]

At least it will be once he figures out what the words ‘transmigrator’ and ‘wiki’ mean.

Or: That one where Shen Yuan and Luo Binghe don’t realize they’re in a domestic fluff bonus chapter.

Written for the 2021 MXTX Big Bang with art created by Ataratah

The Witcher

The Footsteps We Follow by thiswildheart

Look, Jaskier's got a lot going on. He's painfully aware that there are cataclysmic events happening and that the troubled teenager he knows might save the world or speed along the end of days. He's also in love with a man who's never even admitted that they're friends, which is almost as bad.

Oh, and he's still working as the Sandpiper, only now a terrifying eldritch creature has entrusted him with the Song of the Seven to give hope to the elves and help them fight back against their oppression. It's probably the bravest thing he's ever done, but not everyone sees it that way.

Luckily he knows some people who excel at last minute rescues.

... then he just has to figure out how to tell Geralt why so many people are trying to kill him. This is going to go great.

Clone Wars

Every Shadow by Kenobster (kenobster)

The days on Kadavo were long, but the nights moved quickly. Hundreds of pairs of wide, sleepless eyes haunted the space of the holding cells. Droves of terror clogged the heavy, sweaty air, and every sound, however faint, was like a physical ripple across the crowd. Every sound. The jingling of keys, the clicking of locks, the thudding of boots, and that’s how the nights on Kadavo started—with a gradual increase in the degree of quiet.

OR—during the mass casualty event following Kadavo and Zygerria, Obi-Wan and Anakin seek ways to cope with trauma.

Shadowhunters

We All Want (to Change the World) by opalish

It starts with Simon, which explains why the entire process is such an unrelenting headache.

or, Alec's startlingly quick journey from Head of the New York Institute to Inquisitor.

[veryace-ficrecs]

Social Media Fic Recs

One of my guiltiest and pickiest pleasures in fic are twitter fics! This list is made up of some of my favorite in the category, including socials other then twitter.

This list will include all ratings and tags, so read at your own discretion! :)

The Martian:

The Mark Watney Report by AsperJasper - Rated G

Space Pirate-Ninja @MarkWatney nasa must agree with me if they only censored my f*uck a little bit last time i tried to swear at martinez they replaced it with an emoji

Space Pirate-Ninja @MarkWatney this is what power feels like: making some poor person at nasa decide which curse words are appropriate to be tweeted out over work wifi

You Know You Have a Permanent Piece of My Medium-Sized American Heart      by tricatular - Rated T

“Hey Hermes!” The ambient suspicion level in the Rec ratcheted up significantly. Kapoor was disturbingly cheerful. “We’ve sent you some mission updates in the data dump, but Mitch and I wanted to personally let you know—” Mitch visibly rolled his eyes in the background. “—That thanks to some…strong suggestions from the White House, and on Annie and Director Sanders’ recommendation, we’ve started releasing Watney’s Mars logs to the public.”

Marvel:

Caption That by maddo - Rated T

Peter’s Instagram had been pretty popular since Instagram’s account noticed and reposted one of his photos, an impossible angle of the New York skyline (thank you Spider-Man) and was floating at around twenty thousand followers.

Then suddenly, @pparker was in the top 100 most followed Instagram accounts.

Just a bunch of little anecdotes regarding our favourite spider and his Instagram account, feat. a meme-tastic Tony Stark.

The Life of Spidey (As Seen Through A Spider-Man Fan Account) by hi_im_jared_19 - Rated T

Spidey-is-a-disaster @chaoticgoodboy

Disclaimer: I appreciate Spidey stepping up to help others. If more people acted like him, the world would be a better place. He is undeniably a good person. That being said, he is an entire human disaster, and I’m here to prove it.

OR

Spider-Man's rise to popularity through the lens of a random twitter account dedicated to his dumbassery.

the conspiracy kids by tempestaurora - Rated T

Series: 3 Works

in which peter, harley and ned ask the all-important question: WHO IS SPIDER-MAN? 

one mask at a time by natelette - Rated T

Spider-Man is unmasked, and the world reacts.

Or how Peter, the internet, and the entire world deal in the wake of Mysterio’s video. Spoilers for Far From Home.

DC:

The True Identity: Bruce Wayne by November_Clouds - Rated G

makayla | sc mkyla457 @mkyla456        lmao watch him go off        [attached: Video of Bruce Wayne in business casual clothes screaming as he charges towards The Penguin brandishing a long black pipe. Behind him is the main center for the Martha Wayne Foundation, front windows shattered and reception desk on fire. The Penguin looks Scared.]      

After a tweet goes viral, people think they've finally figured it out. The real identity of Bruce Wayne.

Red Hood.

(social media fic, based off that tumblr post)

Gotham Online by julidoesnotwrite (notjuli) - Rated  T

The Waynes and the Bats as seen through social media.

gotham : a conspiracy thread by noahfense (orphan_account) - Rated T

ti(i wanna die)m @nightwingsass

the real reason Batman hasn’t responded to my conspiracy thread is because he’s jared,19,

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in a world where Jason Todd didn't die and Tim Drake has parents that actually care about his wellbeing, Tim runs a popular batfam stan account and his followers convince him to start a YouTube channel.

Yuri on Ice:

Night is Young and the Music's High by opalish - Rated T

"Best press conference ever," the Japanese Nationals silver medalist says when asked.  “Ten out of ten, would medal again.”

"I would die for Katsuki-kun," Minami declares, with terrifying sincerity.

  On ICE!!! by Watermelonsmellinfellon - Rated M

The first time Katsuki Yuuri saw Victor Nikiforov perform, he realized he had a great desire to see figure skating in a video game. In fifteen years, his dream is realized. Little does he know that Victor's attention has been caught by the very game he unknowingly inspired. So ensues the cutest meeting ever and the relationship that follows.

Love Born in the Eye of the Storm by ScribblerQueen1 - Rated T

After a snowstorm cancels their return flight and all the hotels are overbooked, Yuuri decides to detour home to wait it out. He offers to let other stranded skaters stay at Yuu-topia, he just didn't know one of them was Victor Nikiforov. 

(i'm) the boy you'd die for by jenmishe - Rated T

v-nikiforov ✓

[Video: A short clip where Victor is laying dramatically on the couch with miserable expression. “Heartbreaker” by Marina and the Diamonds is playing.]

13,481 likes

v-nikiforov✓ Am I the another one? (((

vitYASS victor,,,, honey,,,, i lvoe you so much,,,, but WHY are you like this.

red-blue-gay but??? does that mean that somebody has broken victor’s heart???? I DON'T UNDERSTAND

christophe-gc ✓ You’re ridiculous.

starsaregay But who recorded it?? Makkachin???

vityathebabe user @starsaregay asking the real question.

--- The adventures of Yuuri "Heartbreaker" Katsuki, or: how Yuuri became known as a cold player full of himself who doesn't care about anyone. (Hint: it's an anxiety and obliviousness.)

Haikyuu:

Framing by Fayah - Rated M

At age 22, Kozume Kenma had millions of subscribers on youtube, one blissfully fucked out Hinata Shouyou on his bed, and a plan. 

conflict of interest by zukushou -Rated T

“If you are familiar with the world of D-1 volleyball, chances are you’ve heard the names Hinata Shouyou and Kageyama Tobio. Both twenty-four-year-old athletes are famous for their skill and athletic prowess, but they’ve recently become household names for their intense rivalry.

Early this year, Hinata Shouyou signed onto the MSBY Black Jackals as a wing spiker after a two-year stint in Brazil, playing beach volleyball. He was an unknown in the V-League, but he quickly proved himself with his defensive skill and incredible jumping height and speed.

It wasn’t until the fateful Schweiden Adlers vs. MSBY Black Jackals match just yesterday that viewers came to the realization that Hinata Shouyou was the long-awaited rival of Kageyama Tobio.”

OR

Kageyama and Hinata are married. The press seem to think that they’re hostile rivals who despise each other.

On Great Rivalries and General Dumbassery by NocturnalNights - Rated G

It's not exactly that they were hiding the fact that they had been married for about 7 years now. It's that no one seemed to have caught on yet.

Or: Kageyama and Hinata may have forgotten to mention one very important part of their rivalry.

Good Omens:

 it's a new craze by attheborder - Rated T

CROWLEY: I try not to make a habit of gratitude, but I must give our appreciation to everyone out there who’s been listening and subscribing to The Ineffable Plan. AZIRAPHALE: Ooh, yes, we’ve become quite popular, haven’t we? CROWLEY: Yeah, just hit number eight on the advice charts … No advertising at all. AZIRAPHALE: Mm. How … miraculous. CROWLEY: … Aziraphale. You did not.

***

Crowley and Aziraphale are very possibly the people least qualified, on the entire planet, to start up an advice podcast.

But what else is there to do when the world isn’t ending anytime soon, you’re technically on indefinite sabbatical from your lifelong careers, and you need a plausible excuse to spend more time with your best friend who you’re definitely not, absolutely not, maybe just a little, actually maybe overwhelmingly in love with?

hear that bell ringing (but won't get the door) by Rivran - Rated T

Social media: 1 Aziraphale and Crowley: 0.

These could all be read standalone, but it’s better if you read them in order. No, yeah, you should definitely read these in order. Each story features Aziraphale and Crowley, with a supporting cast of human characters for that sweet sweet outsider POV.

It (movies):

Retweet Verse by plinys - Rated T

Series: 12 works

A collection of post-It Ch2 fics that are a mix of domestic Richie/Eddie and social media interactions from all the Losers.

Buzzfeed Presents: 10 Times Richie and Eddie Tozier were Very, Very Married by kyaticlikestea - Rated T

Stanley Uris @surisaccounting I was going through my most recent photos and came across this nice one of @richietozier and @etozier at their wedding last week. Congratulations to the happy couple. They’ve never looked better. [attached image is a photo of two penguins arguing]

Richie ‘My Husband is Also A’ Tozier ✔ @richietozier replying to @surisaccounting Hey @surisaccounting take down that tweet or I’ll keep doing this [attached image is a photo of a Common Potoo, which has been incorrectly labelled ‘Crow’ in Comic Sans font]

Buzzfeed makes a list of all the times Richie and Eddie Tozier, beloved husbands of the Internet, were incredibly married. Perhaps unsurprisingly, it isn't a short list.

Nicest Celebrity You've Ever Met? by atomicteaparty - Rated G

Richie Tozier is a loudmouth guy who can’t be kept down by any woman at all! He’s a party animal who’s constantly meeting new people and living up the party lifestyle… or at least, that’s what his onstage persona is.

What if people who’ve met him realize he isn’t the same guy in real life?

Or: Some people talk about how Richie Tozier surprised them on reddit

14 Reasons Why Richie Tozier and His Husband Are #relationshipgoals by robin_hoods - Rated M

Get yourself a man who looks at you like Richie Tozier looks at Eddie. 

areas of expertise by dudski - Rated T

The Exoneration of Richie Tozier by Blissymbolics - Rated T

COMEDIAN RICHIE TOZIER VOLUNTARILY CONFESSES TO STRIKING AND KILLING AN ESCAPED CONVICT IN WHAT MAINE AUTHORITIES ARE CALLING A JUSTIFIED HOMICIDE IN DEFENSE OF ANOTHER

Tozier reportedly struck the assailant on the back of the head with a blunt object in defense of his childhood friend, Michael Hanlon, a librarian who lives in Tozier's hometown of Derry, Maine.

I killed a clown. AMA! by liesmyth - Rated T

I (39M) got stabbed twice today and now I want a divorce. Help?

Or: the one where Eddie is on Reddit.

October 14, 2016.

@PuzzleStan is:

-A puzzle enthusiast named Stan (44%, 3553 votes) -An anonymous stan of puzzles (44%, 3602 votes) -A puzzle enthusiast named Stan who is leaning into the wordplay (12%, 969 votes)

Misc - For Fandoms with only one fic:

#thatjacksonkid by The_German_Grim_Reaper - Rated G

Fandom: Percy Jackson

Following an episode of Buzzfeed Unsolved, several twitter users do their best to uncover the truth about Percy Jackson.  They get surprisingly far.

 Mr LAFD Updates Man by hammersmiths - Rated T

Fandom: 9-1-1

Series: 2 works

Eddie mans the LAFD Twitter account. Buck tries to be supportive.

Audience: 822,000 and Homeland Security by WerewolvesAreReal - Rated G

Fandom: Leverage

Hardison starts a live-stream for Dragon Age to show off his new mods. And he kicks ass. But his viewers are actually a bit more concerned about the angry guy in the background of his videos, and the blond chick who keeps peering through his windows.

"Is this some kind of performance art," asks peskytroll341.

Actually Me - Eddie Munson by Savi_Yoi - Rated G

Fandom: Stranger Things

This idea was bouncing around my brain at 3am so I just had to write it down.

Eddie is a famous musician. Gaining fame through the 90s with Corroded Coffin. Him and Steve have been together since 1987, but they were always very private about their relationship. Steve is like a cryptid in the Corroded Coffin fandom, with very little information about him, and very few pictures. Eddie is promoting a solo album in 2021, and Steve is pulled on camera to do a silly interview with him. They're about 54/55 in this fic.

This is the transcript of that interview.

[unleashed-passion]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: New opalish white druzy ring size 8.

[dresyreads]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Yuri!!! on Ice (Anime) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Katsuki Yuuri/Victor Nikiforov, Phichit Chulanont & Katsuki Yuuri, Team Yakov, Katsuki Yuuri & Yuri Plisetsky Characters: Katsuki Yuuri, Minami Kenjirou, Mila Babicheva, Victor Nikiforov, Yuri Plisetsky, Georgi Popovich, Phichit Chulanont, Yakov Feltsman, Otabek Altin, Katsuki Mari, Makkachin (Yuri!!! on Ice) Additional Tags: Crack, Social Media, Post-Canon, Fluff and Crack Summary:

"Best press conference ever," the Japanese Nationals silver medalist says when asked. “Ten out of ten, would medal again.”

"I would die for Katsuki-kun," Minami declares, with terrifying sincerity.

[theonceandfuturequeenoftarts]

What’s a place you’ve visited just once?

Do you have a fave hobby outside of fandom?

Do you have any fics you like to reread?

Thank you for the ask! <3

Several years ago, I stayed for a couple days in a small town on the west coast of Corfu called Palaiokastritsa. I've only been there once, but I would go back in a heartbeat.

Music! I love listening to music and finding new songs that fill my heart and singing~ I'm in a band that plays local bars and such and we celebrated five years together a little while ago. It brings me so much joy to make music with my friends.

Yes! <3 tempor · al | ary by asterismal, Murmuration by TreacleTeacups, Mating Patterns of the Wild Mustang by Tierfal (FMA, not HP), Hell is Ours to Carry by wynnebat, Set That Ball Rolling by Penmanner, stay with me by shouldbeworking (P5R, not HP), Contentment is the Sweetest Thing by Kushimani, Night is Young and the Music's High by opalish (YOI, not HP), A-mort-tentia by RenderedReversed, soft boy loves soft boy by lazulisong (YOI, not HP), worth it by toastranger, Thank you, Harry by Smutmonger ...And a bunch more, but those are the ones I could easily find. If I like something, I'll read it over and over and over. I am... not the best at reading new things (｡ŏ_ŏ) Plus, if I'm trying to get in a specific headspace for writing, I find rereading fics that have the mood I'm trying to create really helpful. (I'm sorry to all the authors I'm accidentally cribbing from when I write...)

[houseofgeeks]

Ok, I haven’t really been in the fandom for a while now.  But I’ll throw out a few of my favorites that I remember. :)

1. My Name on your Lips by feelslikefire  A fantasy ABO arranged marriage AU where Yuuri secretly competes in a gladiator like competition but is also betrothed to Victor (who is the prince.)

2. Find The New World In You by opalish Keeping the summary for this one: Yuri Plisetsky was recovering from a bad fall and had been drafted into playing announcer.   It was guaranteed to be the greatest ice show ever

Friendship and Ice show shenannigans.

3. Puppy Love by Phyona this one is angsty but with a happy ending.  And Makkachin dies at  the very beginning.  But Yuuri gets turned into a dog, and spends time with Victor learning about him. (This one has always been one of my absolute favorites).

4. Minor Incidentals by aurons_fan Short but funny about Victor’s coaching fees... and Mari’s bill for Victor.

tagging @scribeoffate​, @azraeldoesnotdispute​ and anyone who follows me and reads Yuri On Ice stuff but has also since moved on and I totally forgot that’s why I followed you in the first place. Lol. :)

alright yoi fam, I'm missing everyone and need to slam fic in my eye orbs so- Gimmie a few of your fave yoi fics, any pairing and rating and tag mutuals to keep the train going

1. Fanboy

2. Call Everything on the Ice

3. Undiscovered Country

4. Winter Song

@mygeekcorner @tbiris @louciferish @jewishvitya

[fictionescapism]

Fanfic Rec #40 Katsuki Yuuri/Viktor Nikiforov (Yuri!!! on ICE) part 5

figure eight by kiaronna In that thin, slippery piece of time before they leave for Russia, Yuuri is different. Viktor would worry that Yuuri thinks him angry after their disagreement in Barcelona, but Yuuri is intimate with every emotion of Viktor’s—knows his hand whether it’s shown or clutched to his chest. The change is something else. Something new. A little tender.

Katsuki Yuuri: Ascended Fanboy by exarite

“And wow, that was a beautiful Viktor—I mean, a beautiful Quad Flip by Viktor.” Yuuri visibly winces and he momentarily covers his face. Morooka glances at him in concern but Yuuri shrugs it off quickly and shakes his head as he continues, “Really, others try to do it, but no one does a Quad Flip quite as well or quite as clean as Viktor—if they even manage to land it.” Or: AU where Yuuri goes into commentating instead but he still has a Huge Gay Crush on Viktor Nikiforov and everyone can tell.

The Unkown Unkown by opalish Yuuri never meant to become a supervillain.  These things just happen to him.

cancel your reservations by renaissance Yuuri is a college student conducting private fencing lessons for a handsome, rich, and mysterious student. Viktor is not learning to fence because he does medieval reenactments.

rekindling by fan_nerd Victor stands on Yuuri's doorstep in the pouring rain with a bouquet of flowers. It's the middle of the night. The tall man is out of breath, soaking wet, and his eyes are red. Yuuri sighs, letting his ex-boyfriend in like the sympathetic fool that Victor knows he is. "What are you doing here?" He hurries to catch his breath and reply, but his mouth is dry. Victor doesn't exactly have an answer to that question.

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“Do you have any idea how many new followers I have because you can’t keep your private life private anymore? I’m the top source of Yuuri Katsuki pictures and videos in the world. Sooner or later, all your new fans find me—they come for you and they stay for pics of my hamsters wearing tiny knit hats. My follower count is through the roof.” “So what you really mean,” Yuuri says dryly, “is that Victor’s the greatest thing to ever happen to your Instagram.”

Phichit and Yuuri (chp. 1)

Night is Young and the Music’s High by opalish (AO3) Yuri!!! On Ice – Teen – Katsuki Yuuri/Viktor Nikiforov #Humor #Crack #Social Media #Post-Canon #Fluff

“Best press conference ever,” the Japanese Nationals silver medalist says when asked. “Ten out of ten, would medal again.”

“I would die for Katsuki-kun,” Minami declares, with terrifying sincerity.

[sofiakagaminejaeger]

Basade on this AMAZING AND FUNNY fic: http://archiveofourown.org/works/11184867 Dios amo todo lo que escribe Opalish ❤❤❤❤❤

[goodyoific]

As it turned out, 'not social' and 'in possession of a poodle phone cover' was exactly Seung-gil's type.

For Your Eyes Only by opalish. 1802 words (complete), rated G.

Top secret friendships built on dog pictures and hockey team spy conspiracies - this is the Seung-gil & Yuuri fic I didn’t know I needed until I read it. Opalish has an amazing grasp on humor and it really shines through in the writing here! There are just so many jokes that are dropped and keep circling back, building each time, like a perfect soft serve ice cream swirl.