#or gambling at cards

[obikindred]

So. Ive been kind of turning this au around in my head like a rotisserie chicken bc i obviously want to keep as many details as possible consistent with canon, but also that is kind of impossible given the massive leaps in technology between mouthwashing’s distant future and. Well. 1917. So what happens is that i figure their platoon is being court-martial’d for something (maybe cowardice/refusal to follow orders? For getting stuck up in the mountain bunker?) and Jimmy suggests blowing up the bunker theyre in so that they would have solid evidence that it wasnt their fault. Curly, still reeling, agrees, not thinking it would go anywhere, but Jimmy nabs the explosives from swansea and goes through with it anyways.

…more ramblings below v

Jimmy, in this au, was aware that Anya is trans before they were even stationed together, and becomes aware that Curly may be an invert (which, historically, means that he is not only queer, but adopts the ‘woman’s role’. This phenomena of inverts being treated more harshly than their more ‘manly’ counterparts is supported by history! Fun fact) while on the Ypres frontline. He is resentful towards Curly because how can a supposed invert, someone whom he has been taught is less than half of the man Jimmy himself is, be such a well-loved leader and well-rounded man? Why is Jimmy so drawn to him? Why does he still respect and even love this ‘man’? What does that say about his own masculinity?

The cognitive dissonance is too much for his weak, spiteful, hateful little pea brain and he feels like he is losing what little control he had over his own masculinity and understanding of the social world to begin with. This leads him to assault anya and, added with the stress of a court-martial, blow the bunker up.

I figure they give Curly what little chloroform they have in the medical kit to keep him asleep until they run out/it starts making him too sick and are forced to start giving him soothing syrup and gin in large doses. Anya and Curly had something of a mutual understanding/budding friendship before the incident, both having had a sense about the other, which makes Curly’s subsequent inaction suck all the more. He understands Anya better than anyone else there, so why didnt he do anything? Anya doesn’t understand, and she never gets to ask. She still takes extreme care in tending his wounds though, and will often go to his bedside and tell him stories/play cards with him (and by that i mean play cards by herself and narrate her strat)

I also figure the whole thing happens over a matter of days as opposed to months because. You know. 1917. But anyways. If anyone wants to talk about this w me/add on to it, any musings are more than welcome!! I love queer and ww1 history :) see tags for more tidbits❤️

[nenoname]

thinking about stan "god i love cards and gambling" pines

[kyannnite]

devil take the hindmost…

aka my unexpected foray into love never dies art…closeups in the read more :-)

[xerorao]

Keep your fangs sharp, and your cash hidden 🐺🪙

[cavernstims]

Duck Shuffler stimboard

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[maddymoreau]

Mr. House and Courier Six drawn by onigiriice

[zephyraes]

STIMBOARD - AVENTURINE (HONKAI STAR RAIL)

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:D thank you!!! <3

[phantomhivestims]

gambit stimboard? /nf

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[fuckyeahmeikokaji]

Meiko Kaji (梶芽衣子) in Gambling Den Desire (鉄火場慕情), 1970, directed by Keiichi Ozawa (小沢啓一).

Scanned by me.

[kaurwreck]

I like it when the fandom engages with Chuuya drinking problematically or Akutagawa smoking despite his lung disease or Fyodor indulging his gambling addiction.

Asagiri can't explore the same, there's a censorship regime in Japan for manga aimed at certain ages. But even if he doesn't care to, fan works should be transformative and exploratory; and fan works that do so while engaging with the source material and its themes like humanity and contradiction and culpability are even more golden for doing so.

The urge to lacquer fiction in performative didactism and aversion to moral turpitude is self cannibalizing.

[edoelaphos]

The Holy Mother of gamblers but now shaded, had to try some new brushes and I honestly loved them

[yours-trudy]

The main objective of Mahjong is to put together a winning hand.

[str8upjorkinit]

I can't stop winning

[mic-check-stims]

Aventurine board for anon

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[faviconarchive]

do you have any casino favicons ? (like cards or dice or anything like that)

Don't gamble, kids.

[polluteme]

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