#rec time

[inmate-24601-911]

I want to get out...

[ash-and-starlight]

oh my god no way..,the lion,,,, is homosexual ,, 🫢

happy lunar new year! did you know that despite what wikipedia says the lion dance is a relatively recent practice, and was in fact invented in @ranilla-bean’s fic Pride of Place? click the link for more fun facts!

[orcboxer]

those first couple weeks after escaping a time loop have gotta be disorienting as all fuck. all those little cues that used to tell you what's about to happen are now triggers that cause you to brace for something that isn't coming. you have to relearn the permanence of death -- hell, you have reacquaint yourself with the entire concept of finality altogether. everything keeps changing but it never changes back and you keep having to remind yourself that this is normal. "it won't reset anymore," you echo to yourself, over and over and over, like a broken record, like you're still trapped in a loop, like someone who escaped the time loop but was doomed to bring it into the future with them

[industrations]

I recently re-read Beneath a Big Blue Sky by @eyra and this fic just brings me so much joy that i had to draw a little something for it.

If you haven’t read it go do so and leave a nice comment <3

[monstersqueen]

Rec time !

apparently my standard for uchiha self insert fic is 'do not fix the massacre actually'

Dragonfly by peccodia

'oh i was reborn as an uchiha in naruto ? well the original story ends well so i'm not going to change anything. since it means i'm going to die at 15 i might as well have a blast through my short life!!!'

The scorpion and the frog by zarinthel

sure itachi having a twin could fix things.

but what if instead it was an opportunity to give sasuke twice the trauma ?

[ricochetyears]

really love the idea of regulus being oh so mean and cold and detached in his human form but a cutie patootie in his animagus form (little kitty). like he just curls on james’ lap and purrs and meows and licks his cheeks and bites him gently and nudges him with his rosy little nose and

[unforth]

Gentle reminder that very little fandom labor is automated, because I think people forget that a lot.

That blog with a tagging system you love? A person curates those tags by hand.

That rec blog with a great organization scheme and pretty graphics? Someone designed and implemented that organization scheme and made those graphics.

That network that posts a cool variety of stuff? People track down all that variety and queue it by hand, and other people made all the individual pieces.

That post with umpteen links to helpful resources, and information about them? Someone gathered those links, researched the sources, wrote up the information about them.

That graphic about fandom statistics? Someone compiled those statistics, analyzed them, organized them, figured out a useful way to convey the information to others, and made the post.

That event that you think looks neat? Someone wrote the rules, created the blogs and Discords, designed the graphics, did their best to promo the event so it'd succeed.

None of this was done automatically. None of it just appears whole out of the internet ether.

I think everyone realizes that fic writing and fanart creation are work, and at least some folks have got it through their heads that gif creation and graphics and moodboards take effort, and meta is usually respected for the effort that goes into it, at least as far as I've seen, but I feel like a lot of people don't really get how much labor goes into curation, too.

If people are creating resources, curating content, organizing the creations of others, gathering information, and doing other fandom activities that aren't necessarily the direct action of creation, they're doing a lot of fandom labor, and it's often largely unrecognized.

Celebrate fan work!

To folks doing this kind of labor: I see you, and I thank you. You are the backbones of our fandoms and I love you.

[chiangyorange]

yeah. im calling it the one foot in the grave au !! im not quiiiiite sure where i wanna take this, but i DO have a lot of thoughts, so buckle in for the ride

< og post >

(i mentioned that the og post was inspired by fics that i read of this/similar to this au, and since then a few people expressed interest in those, soooooo i thought i would drop em under the cut!! (plus a few freebies) some of them arent quite EXACTLY this concept, but who is going to argue against storytime? not me!!)

hold on, reaper by virtualpng

I'm A Riddle In Nine Syllables by SilverheartSP

Temporary Champion by Breanna

No Job Left Undone by Tricksterburd

freebies, for the vibes !

Interview between an Amateur Researcher and a Semi-Immortal 10-Year-Old by Random_ag

Moon's Tears by wyrmwood (archangelgf)

lost link (who are you?) by ExhoLox, toooliix

[laboratoryrats]

Note to Self - Speaking without Words with Word Balloons

Word gallons are for more than just words. They can be used to emphasis and even add emotions and to a scene

Feeling dizzy? About to pass out?

A lilting playful swirl (Time and Time Again by Deo I)

The white and black of the text has been replaced with a sinister black and the words are off tilter (Sword Interval by Benjamin Fleuter)

The voice is coming from a place deeper and more unsettling and the text is uneven and handwritten

A dismissive comment literally (metaphorically) stabs someone (Marionetta by Míriam Bonastre Tur)

Being interrupted before finishing what is being said

A withering and icy reply (The Secrets of Soulford by the Quincil)

Wobbly uncertain bubbles that even break apart in some parts from dizziness (The Blind Prince by cozycroww)

Pain almost appears to be breaking the usually round bubble into uneven and broken balloons. The little smaller balloons around it are reminiscent of sweat or tears (Heir’s Game by suspu)

[ohmypreciousgirl]

Tinn/Gun Rec List

Because peng wanted to read some tinngun, I bring to her great quality fics!

You Have to Go Slow "How are you not nervous?" Gun asks. Tinn was incredibly calm, like he's done this before or something.

"Cause there's nothing to be nervous about. Boyfriends do this stuff. It's completely normal." Tinn loosens the knot in Gun's chest, but it is still not enough to halt his racing heart.

Rose Petals and Candlelight A tiny canon divergence, wherein the boys accidentally have sex when Gun stays over in the final scene of the show

CROSSWORD an alternate universe fic in which gun falls in love with tinn first, and makes it his aim to confess to his adorable bespectacled baby boy

Sage & Sandalwood “Let me help you with your rut,” Tinn suggests. “A fair and square pause to our games,”

Gun releases a humourless laugh; “Do you even know what you’re getting yourself into, Tinnaphob?”

Tinn shrugs, a pout on his lips that makes Gun’s eyes flicker down to them; “Pretty sure that I’m the only person who knows,” he answers. “I’m an alpha too, in case you’ve forgotten,”

Blind dates (and other myths) Tinn was going to kill Tiw.

Well technically, Tinn was going to kill Tiw, but only after he got him to reveal how he got the literal boy of his dreams to go on a blind date with him. Yes. In that order.

Sunflower childhood besties tinngun. thats it. thats the plot.

all you get from love (is a love song) As Chinzhilla’s long-suffering manager - with a long-standing crush on the lead singer, no less - Tinn has had his fair share of odd responsibilities and weird requests. But when Gun asks Tinn to join him on a series of pretend dates so he can learn how to write a good love song, he’s pretty sure this will be his most challenging task yet.

Tinn and Gun demonstrate that they have great chemistry It's moments like this where Tinn wants so badly. He hears the teasing in Gun's voice and sees how he's looking at him through his lashes.

Tinn wants nothing more than to kiss him.

Well.

Well…

He'd be lying if he said he didn't want to do more than kiss.

"Tinn?" Gun says with a little more concern. Tinn snaps back to reality and when his eyes meet Gun's again, Gun is giving him one of those small smiles.

"You are certainly distracted today," Gun smirks.

this never-ending summer The thing about finally kissing the guy you love is that once you start, it gets very, very hard to stop.

moment interrupted Kissing Gun was one of Tinn’s favourite activities. Whether it was a playful peck taking the other by surprise, or a deeper, more emotional kiss when they had some time alone and the mood was right, Tinn loved it all. But there was something about kissing his boyfriend that Tinn had started to grow a little tired of, and that was Gun’s hand stopping them from doing so.

Incoming messages “You’re too whipped,” Gun groans. “Is this really all you’re feeling? Aren’t you frustrated that you can’t have me yet?” “And do you want to have me already?”

Tinn's 5-Step Guide to Getting With Your Crush “How do I make someone like me? Like… what would make you fall for someone?”

Tinn stares blankly. “Me?”

Call Me When It Rains Heavily when things go a little differently after gun's breakdown in episode 5 :)

sweet sweet fantasy “If you get up before me,” Tinn had said, shortly before drifting off, “I’d like to be kissed awake.”

They had already turned the lights off for the night. Their mouths were minty with toothpaste and sore from making out. He heard Gun giggle—no, he felt it, the sweet vibration of chest against chest, the puff of breath on his chin.

“Like Sleeping Beauty?” Gun asked through a yawn. His arm snaked around Tinn’s waist. “What if I have morning breath?”

“I won’t mind,” Tinn said, his voice already dreamy, his eyelids heavier than a textbook. He fell asleep there, with his nose buried in Gun’s hair.

Hard to Forget "Oho. Are we getting the return of Nobitinn?"

Nobitinn? Wasn't that the nickname Gun had called him when they were still in 10th grade? Hidden in there with all his failed attempts at a confession was this name. That Gun still remembered.

"Huh?" He managed incredulously.

"You still look adorable in these glasses," he said, ruffling his hair and then handing him a plate.

Still? "You? Was that?" Ugh, why wasn't his brain forming sentences? He settled on, "You remember?"

Hard To Resist Gun sits on Tinn’s lap. Despite his best efforts to control himself, Tinn’s body responds exactly how you'd expect.

Surrender They were wrestling again.

They had been doing that a lot lately. It always started with a sweet argument. Not long after bickering for minutes, they found themselves wrestling.

In a bed.

Rose Tinted “Well,” Tinn says, finally closing his biochemistry textbook shut, “do you remember tenth grade?”

“Yeah,” Gun smiles, “you used to wear those adorable round glasses,”

“I remember you calling them something else entirely,” Tinn mutters, “Nobita-glasses”

Why do I fall Tinn gets an entire week sitting next to his crush! A whole school week! But for some reason, Gun seems to keep getting mad at him.

Intertwined He wants everyone to know that the heart of the handsome, kind, adorable school president is his and his only. He can’t wait to walk through the halls with Tinn holding his hand.

the student council's ever-changing pin code The student council room pin changes on a Tuesday morning, and Tiw writes it on a piece of scrap paper and slips it to Gun by Tuesday afternoon.

“Tinn doesn’t want you to be locked out if you get there before him,” Tiw says, both in greeting and explanation.

Oh god she knows. “Would you hide it from me?” His mother says quietly. “Would you lie to me? Like you lied about the beach trip? Like how you hid the real reason you skipped out on meeting the doctor?”

Tinn feels his heart stop.

Fuck.

windows to the soul "Handsome answer." Gun says with a laugh. "You ever you that line to hit on anyone?"

One beat. Two beats.

"You."

i'm in stupid love “Nonononono.” He keeps chanting under his breath, searching for clothes and his shoes. Gun is a disaster, an idiot, the least romantic person on the planet, Tinn deserves roses and a fancy dinner and Gun was thinking about singing under his window, he’s been working on a new song especially for Tinn.

Baby, you're like lightning in a bottle Tinn and Gun are spending every moment together before their classes start again. Another stormy night makes sure they have even more moments together.

Baby, you're like lightning in a bottle Tinn and Gun are spending every moment together before their classes start again. Another stormy night makes sure they have even more moments together.

jealousy is a disease (and gun is terminally ill) the problem with having a handsome, charming, painfully oblivious boyfriend: he will never notice if someone is flirting with him.

The Intrusive Thoughts Win Tinn flicks his eyes down, then starts again, more sure this time. "Is your -- thought -- perhaps something more than kissing?"

Gun nods -- it's timid and very subtle.

Hideouts for Heads and Hearts Gun wasn't big on crushes. The fact that he is crushing on the school president is annoying enough. Now if only he'd stop avoiding eye contact with him that would be a start.

Not that kind of shovel talk Gim figures now that Tinn and Gun are dating, she should confront Tinn about the reality of dating a musician.

Looking Forward, Looking Back He’d last seen this album at their wedding, gifted to them by a teary-eyed Tiwson. He’d called himself the ‘perfect Cupid’. Tinn will make a point to visit him when they’re in Chiang Mai, maybe invite him to their own place.

“Do you miss that time?”

i'm feeling good (i wanna touch) Gun's pupils are so blown out that his eyes look black in the dim light, glittery and wild, purple hues cast over his skin, mixing beautifully with his golden tan. He looks delectable and Tinn is helpless to stop the two things hat happen to him simultaneously:

His eyes start prickling with unshed tears, and his half-hard dick twitches in his boxers.

Fucking hell.

young-luv.com Tinn can feel his face heating up, blood rushing to his cheeks as he tries to stay calm. Gun’s hands are gentle as his fingertips brush Tinn’s ears, pushing his hair out of his face. His hands come down, slowly, tracing his jaw, and then his neck. Tinn can feel shivers, racing up and down his back. Gun is smiling at him again, that smile, halfway to a smirk. The one that makes Tinn feel like his insides are melting. And then Gun is leaning in, and Tinn leans in, and his eyes close, and–

“Hello? Snap out of it?” Tiw snaps twice, so bewildered that his words come out as a question, and Tinn is pulled out of his fantasies. God, he’s even zoning out in class. He’s so screwed.

Jealousy And Other Sappy Maladies Gun looked at him suddenly, eyes burning, “I wish I could just mark you as mine. Permanently.” He murmured in a low voice.

Tinn fumbled with his grip on the glass, hands slipping.

Gun was clearly enjoying the reaction he had, because he shifted very close, leaning across the table, not caring that they were out in public, and literally anyone could see them. He smirked devilishly, looking straight into Tinn's soul.

“When we get home,” Gun promised, his voice pitching dangerously low, almost gravelly, a “I’m gonna make you cry.”

Darling, You Don't Know Half Of What You Do To Me A loose white blouse with a thin beige knitted vest over it, a flowing black skirt that stopped just above the knee, white thigh-high stockings and, to top it all off, a pair of snake-print boots with a heel that was at least 6 inches tall.

Tinn is pretty sure he's stopped breathing.

Alone with You 5 times Tinn and Gun are interrupted by their friends and 1 time they aren’t

All it takes is three d*mn words “Come again then.”

Three words. Hand on his wrist. Warm eyes staring down at his lips.

Tinn is leaning in, eyes flicking from Gun's lips and up to his eyes. He could feel more butterflies start to erupt in his stomach. He doesn't know what's with the atmosphere. They've shared multiple kisses.

But those eyes.

It's like he's daring him to do something.

to the people who are in love They have time. It’s not like they have to kiss now, even though Gun wants to. Gun can wait. Hot Wave isn’t that far away.

A Terrible Flirt Tinn walks in, buys one flower from Gun's shop and gives it to him. Every Tuesday.

In the silence of the night, I think of you Tinn has liked Gun for 2 years, fantasized about him more times than he can count. Most of his fantasies were pure and sweet… but at night when he was alone in his room he sometimes fantasized about Gun in a different way…

Why Won't You Blush for Me? Five times Tinn makes Gun blush and the one time Gun goes above and beyond to get revenge.

[inmate-24601-911]

Get in your cage, prisoner!

[ash-and-starlight]

When Zuko hit the floor the teacups clattered down with him: one shattered, one rolled under the brazier. Sokka pinned him down. He felt the pulse of each staccato breath under his sock. Zuko did not look too put out. The firelight shivered over his scarred eye. The exposed cleft of his throat bobbed. "You win."

The Mercy of Magpies ch5 is out Now!!

written by the incredible @ranilla-bean (who had a stern parent talk with the fic so that she would complete her homeworks in time and with an A+++) and betaed by @faux-fires

Chapter Post || Cover || Map and Characters || Ch 2 || Ch 3.1 || Ch 3.2 || Ch.4

[ashfdhfgdsfk]

which movies have you watched the most amount of times? they dont have to be your actual favorite movies, just the ones youve rewatched most. for example: mine are the final destination movies and scream

[farfallasims]

Lot Recommendations | Brindleton Bay Edition 🧭

01. Whiskerman's Seafood by SimKhira (20x20) | CC 02. Bayside Farmers Market by BunsBunss (40x30) | CC 03. Sunset Palms by PassieBerri (20x20) | CC 04. The Purrfect Cup by Hyggetrait (20x15) | CC

Massive thank you to the builders! @simkhira @bunsbunss @passiberri @hyggetrait

[insertdisc5]

TIMELOOP GAMES REAL!??!??!!

hi i made a timeloop game called In Stars and Time and this is a whole post about other timeloop games you can also play.

some i liked. some i loved. some i didnt like. all are worth playing and like also listen the second friends and family heard i was making a timeloop game, i got bombarded with timeloop media recs. so here is a sampler in no particular order! NOTE: knowing some of those games are timeloop games is a spoiler. but. you are here. for timeloop games. so timeloop games you shall have

Outer Wilds

If you need to play one timeloop game, it's this one. Please play it blind. I swear to god you won't regret it. it's timeloops in space!!! it makes you think!!! there are so many "HOLY SHIT WAIT I GET IT NOW" moments!!! please just go play it please please please. some of the best environmental storytelling in a game. so many hints in plain sight. JUST PLAY IT

[way more timeloop games under the cut]

Oxenfree

I didn't actually like Oxenfree very much. But also it stayed in my mind for weeks after I finished playing it. that's how you know it's a good game. I really enjoyed the dialogue system in this, and how much the loop affected the characters. and it got so spooky!!!

Hikeback

i'm in the credits for this one because i was one of the inspirations heehee <3 i loved playing it… short little game about trust, self-sabotage, and never-ending cycles. highly recommend it

The Stanley Parable

Listen babes it absolutely counts. I replayed it a bunch while making ISAT, and I got immensely inspired by the dialogue, and how it catches you off guard sometimes? You get SO SO used to the narrator's "All of his coworkers were gone. What could it mean?" at the start of every game, and then for no reason instead it says "A soft wind blew outside and perhaps rain started, and if it did it stopped shortly after. Stanley hoped that he would one day see weather." like WHAT THE FUUUUCK IM GETTING CHILLS JUST THINKING ABOUT IT

12 minutes

ok i know we all made fun of this game when it came out because the story is batshit insane HOWEVER!!!!!!!! i REALLY REALLY LOVED how doing the same actions multiple times would have slightly different outcomes. If you battle someone, the first time you get knocked out in one hit and the loop restarts. the second time you try, you evade the first hit, but get knocked out. the third time, you last a little bit longer, and a little bit longer, until you can pretty much hold your own against your enemy. And it applies to so many things in this. Retrying different things to see how they would change was a delight.

this game is also so bad its almost good, and if you're interested you HAVE to play it with friends so you can yell about how bad it is together.

Zero Escape

it's just a good series ok. escape rooms, and also time loops! the 3rd game in particular goes deep into The Math of how timeloops would work, which i think is interesting. sometimes timeloop games just go "yeah you can timeloop dont worry about it" and others go "OK HERE'S THE HOW AND WHY IT WORKS" and both are interesting!

START AGAIN: a prologue

this game has almost everything i could wish for in a timeloop game. depression. lines repeating. dying brings you back. you get new levels and skills because you're aware of the loops but your party members don't. so you get overpowered next to them and they Notice. just. party members who dont know about the loops still noticing something is wrong. you are acting differently than yesterday. you look sad. you are acting weird. you know too much. how did you know where the keys were? how did you know this would happen? what's wrong? talk to us. and oh my god this game has a sequel? which will probably have Actually Everything i could wish for in a timeloop game? i can't wait. who made this? (its me i made this)

Ghost Trick

ok its not really time loops and more time travel and only for 4 minutes HOWEVER!!!! you should play it. you know you should play it because everyone says so. so go play it

Elsinore

im sure its a great game but ive never seen/read hamlet. so thats a failing on my part. because. you absolutely need to know hamlet to understand this game lol i did like the whole "make sure to find out which events are Important and which ones aren't so you can have The Perfect Loop"! very fun. or it would be. if i. knew. hamlet

The Forgotten City

a friend kept recommending it to me and i didn't like it. its good! just not for me. but if you like to think a lot you should play it. another "make sure to find out which events are Important and which ones aren't so you can have The Perfect Loop" game

Gnosia

Gonna be real. I didn't like the story very much, in part because the game lets you choose your gender but still acts like youre a straight dude. HOWEVER the gameplay was very inspiring to me. Every loop is pretty much just an among us meeting, and you have to find out who the imposters are or everyone dies and you loop again. and sometimes you ARE the imposter, so you need to make sure no one finds out. or you loop again. rules get added as time goes on too. i REALLY loved how quickly the loops stacked up. seeing "loop 100" was such a nice moment. ive been here so long! i tried to recreate that somewhat for my own game…

Loop Hero

Technically not a timeloop game, but a loop game. It still absolutely counts because it's about loops and memories, and what are loops and memories together if not a timeloop. You have your little guy going through a closed loop, battling enemies, getting cards, and making the world whole again by using those cards to make forests, towns, lakes come to life. I am famously a Story First Gameplay Second kinda player, but I did play this 45h for the gameplay alone. I learned a lot about battle balancing and randomness by playing this!

You and Me and Her: A Love Story

you know doki doki litterature club? this came before. and one might say. it's. better. in some parts (and i say that as someone who LOVED ddlc!) i won't say much except it's a dating sim but with timeloops. with a lot of what it implies. why are you dating this girl a second time? a third time? a fourth time? choose another one already! it was such a fascinating game to play, and is incredibly meta in the way it talks about dating sims and visual novels. had a lot of very impactful moments however, i played the hentai version. some of the worst, most cringy sex ive ever read and heard. however, one might say the sex is an integral part of the game and its deconstruction of hentai/dating sims…? no. just play the steam version which doesnt have the horrible sex scenes and you will have a great time i think (or play the hentai version. if you like. to watch. horrible sex scenes???)

Higurashi

knowing this is a timeloop game is a massive spoiler. however, this game is more than a decade old, so,,, honestly if you havent played higurashi what are you doing. i know i just spoiled you on it but i was also spoiled on it and i can GUARANTEE YOU that you will still have an amazing time. one more thing. you gotta play with the original sprites or you're a fake fan

I Was a Teenage Exocolonist

starts as a visual novel/management sim/dating sim kinda thing, until you realize that every replay is a new timeline. so the main character can save people, because they remembered about them dying in a previous one. i wish the timeloop would affect the game/story more (let me find a certain character quicker once ive found them in a previous playthrough!!!), but timeloop aside, it's a very fun game to play!!!

that's it! hope you will find a nice timeloop game you like

[ricochetyears]

oh how i hate that headcanon where sirius is a total whore who’s super experienced with sex. like, okay, sure—humor and flirting might be his coping mechanism, but i’m dead convinced the bastard knew as much about sex as a cow knows about discord. fr, growing up in that household? zero sex ed. sex was probably treated as purely for making heirs, and anything about pleasure was seen as shameful. so yeah, sirius might’ve been all talk, shouting about sex like he knew everything, but in reality? no real experience, no real understanding. just vibes and bluster

and that’s exactly why i love wolfstar intimate connection so much. in my mind, remus has a healthy, grounded understanding of sex—like, he actually gets it. he knows that it’s not just a physical thing but something tied to connection and emotion and he definitely understands how to give and receive pleasure

he’s the one who shows sirius what pleasure can actually feel like, how it’s nothing to be ashamed of. he teaches him how to enjoy it, how to feel good both physically and emotionally with someone you care about. remus is the one who shows sirius how to kiss someone when you love them, where and how to touch to make it feel good—no rush, no pressure. just feelings, just connection