#reminder that i've archived!

[iamanartichoke]

I don't know who needs to hear this, but as a creator -

I am fine with "the audience" -

downloading my fics

printing my fics

copy/pasting or screenshotting my fics

sharing your saved copy of my fics with anyone else who might want them in the unlikely but never impossible case that my fics are no longer available on ao3

making a book of my fic(s) and running your fingers across the pages while lovingly whispering my precioussss

doing these things with anything I create for fandom, such as meta, headcanons, au nonsense like 'texts from the brodinsons,' etc

I am not fine with "the audience"

doing any of the above with the purpose/intent of plagiarizing my work or passing it off as their own in any capacity

feeding my work into ai for any reason whatsoever

Save the fandom things. Preserve the fandom things. Respect the fandom things.

Enjoy the fandom things.

[ihatebrainstorm]

wowowowoowoo teleporting the idea of Rogues Gallery! First Aid as Jenna Duffy/The Carpenter into all of your brains wowowowoowowwooo

Plus couple panels from Li'l Gotham #18 to get her gist vvv (Basically she's the person all villains hire to build their lairs and weapons)

[witherbythesword]

if the theory of sam reich being replaced by .. evil wizard dalton reich (and i cant believe i am partaking in this discurse) is true..

i've seen some people asking the question about what those childhood tapes mean. Well i am one of the ancient ones that owned vhs tapes and you know you could replace whats stored on those tapes with overwriting it with new material but it would slowly degrade the quality as the magnetic tape the information is stored on isn't necessarly made to be re-recorded on indefinetly which would also explain the degrading quality of the gamechanger episode.

So my theory is that dalton reich wants to erase sam from history and to do this he is slowly erasing any proof that could hint on sam and dalton being two different people. One thing he appearantly needed to do is overwrite these old vhs tapes of sams childhood.

[ilybigman]

don't be lonely.. c'mere and hold me!

bonus jmart under the cut c:

[wouldtheybecomeafearavatar]

Would The Fisherman (player character) from DREDGE be an avatar of the corruption?

[fiercynn]

i think i just need to stop putting as much effort into calling out otw/ao3's bullshit. it's not like i'm ever going to stop being mad about their racism & anti-blackness & zionism & bad finances & mistreatment of volunteers, but i've spent SO MUCH TIME AND EFFORT talking about it over the years (primarily on twitter until more recently here) and it just burns me out like nothing else because of how futile it feels. fandom is so ready to excuse otw/ao3 of literally anything and like, for fucking what? so you get your privileged fantasy of "escapism" in your fanworks, despite the cost to others? and like for so long i was talking about this shit with the hopes that it would help make otw better, not trying to tear it down. but in the past year i've lost even the infinitesimal fraction of hope i ever had for otw actually changing.

idk. me saying this is part of a decades-long lineage of fans of color, particularly black fans, who have been driven out or burnt out by racism and bigotry in fandom, not least stitch, who has been harassed off of ever social media platform they had a voice on for being one of the most brilliant fan scholars to fight against anti-blackness and racism in fandom. but it didn't start with stitch and it won't end with stitch because fandom is, and always has been, far more committed to bigotry than to community.

i'll never stop calling stuff out when i see it but putting time and effort into trying to create change at otw feels not only horrible, but also harmful to my work in the many, many other places i'm trying to make change, so i really should just keep my attention there.

anyway if you agree with all this please support stitch and their work through their website stitch's media mix (including their patreon linked there), and read and sign dhobi ki kutti's fanworkers international coalition statement of solidarity with palestine

[monstersandmaw]

I forgot we get a slutty costume change from our Dream Visitor in Act Two. Thicc eldritch tiefling daddy gets to show us his tits and his thighs.

Noice

[missronasaidno]

today, my dumbass discovered ao3's dark mode... after roughly 12 years of using the site.

[findthefandom-orbecomethefandom]

I thought protocol wasn't as scary as s1 tma but I was listening to Raising Issues at 2am in the dark and... yeah no it still hits

babies are creepy as hell

[starship--aurora]

i love this episode for so many reasons

[ganem-ouchie]

A story in two parts

[tetrapaec]

I have so many Yuri phan posts scheduled... From edits to fanfics... I think I need a girlfriend...

[apple-grass-and-smiles]

First Sentence Game

I promised you I'd do this, @sisterofficerlucychen. It's only been 10 days, which is kind of a record for me.

Rules: Share the first lines of ten of your most recent fanfics and tag ten people. If you have written less than ten, don’t be shy and share anyway.

Tagging (hopefully I'm not misremembering that any of you write fic) @chenlucys, @violetsandmagpies, @daisyejones, @whitesunlars, and @electricbluebutterflies.

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Bearing the Unbearable Weight (The Rookie):

In the days immediately after the break-up (the collapse of her world) Lucy logs a record number of hours at the LAPD shooting range.

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Nothing More Than His Wife (The Rookie):

The new Mrs. Tim Bradford is haunted by a ghost. It follows her everywhere, popping up in the most random spots. The ghost is at the nearby Korean food truck, in her husband’s car, hanging out in the park they had a picnic at. The ghost is not a particularly malicious one, but Mrs. Bradford can’t help but feel like she’ll never measure up against it, against the specter of Lucy Chen. 

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i used to know my place was the spot next to you (now I'm searching the room for an empty seat) (The Rookie):

The hardest part of Lucy’s day is going to bed. Two weeks earlier, before the breakup, when going to bed meant making funny faces at Tim as they brushed their teeth together and slow kisses and cuddling, it had been the highlight of most days. She had looked forward to bed. Now she brushes her teeth alone and crawls into a bed that is just hers. Or almost just hers. 

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How I Show I Love You (The Rookie):

Tim doesn’t know the last time he spent time doing something solely because he enjoyed it (other than watching a couple hours of football each week). Never mind doing something fun with another person. And certainly never with a rookie who hadn’t even passed their one-year mark. But he also hasn’t trained someone like Chen before. 

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i get along without you some nights (Prodigal Son):

The Christmas tree was already up when Martin was… (Jessica was still trying to find the polite term for it, trying different ones on) taken away. Normally Jessica insisted on no hints of Christmas in the home until the Thanksgiving dinner had been cleared from the table, but Malcolm had campaigned valiantly to put it up early. As per usual, Ainsley had joined in, asking Jessica to make an exception to her rule and then Martin had given Jessica that look, the one that had been crumbling her resolve since the day they met. 

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Cotard's Delusion (or the Process of Being Resurrected) (The Rookie):

I am dead. It’s the only thought ringing in Lucy’s mind as she closes her eyes, leans her head forward, finding no place to rest in the barrel Caleb has determined will be her last resting place.

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Dirtying the Slates (The Rookie):

So, Bishop and Lopez, or mostly Lopez, rig the roundup so Tim wins. Interesting , Lucy thought. She twirled her ring on her finger for half a moment, considering if it was her place to comment or not, before throwing caution to the wind and interjecting. “Wait, uh, are you guys trying to rig it so that Tim wins?” (Rule one of getting information in an interrogation: start with a question you already know the answer to.)

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Wrapped Around Your Finger (Like a Ring) (The Rookie):

Chen would not stop messing with her ring and Tim was a matter of seconds from using his TO Voice to go and confiscate it. Even winning the round-up (again) hadn’t put him in a good enough mood that the reflection from the light of the food trucks bouncing off the opal ring wouldn’t annoy him. Chen clearly was not aware that her rhythmic movements meant he was hit in the eye by a reflected ray of light every four seconds. 

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In Search of Air (The Rookie):

During her sophomore year of college, Lucy had had to memorize all of the symptoms of a panic attack as listed in the DSM-V. Technically the assignment was just to learn four or five of the 13 listed in the manual, but Lucy, ever the perfectionist, had been determined to memorize them all, to always be just that much better at psychology than the people around her. So, when she found herself once again locking herself in one of Mid-Wilshire precinct’s utility closets, it was that list of 13 symptoms she thought back on. 

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Through a Glass Darkly (Prodigal Son):

Malcolm Whitly's favorite color has always been red. It’s warm and bright and passionate, just like him. It’s the first color you notice in any crowd. It calls out to you and then pulls you headfirst into its world. His father had a red sweater when Malcolm was about 10. It was the softest thing Malcolm had ever felt. Martin said he had had to throw it out one night after spilling tea on it, but Malcolm had always loved that sweater. He still does. He has spent the intervening years searching for one that was similar so he could buy one for himself. He has loved the color for almost three decades now with absolutely no sign of his opinion changing any time in the near future. Red reminds Malcolm of his father and he loves his father. 

Malcolm Bright's favorite color has been blue most of his life. It’s calming and stable and peaceful, all the things he strives to be. It’s a color that can fade into the background when needed but also draw your eye if you’re looking for it. It’s always there to be beside you when you need it. 

[truly-morgan]

So I may or may not have binged Death By Dying and really enjoyed it. It's exactly the kind of vibe I love, crazy shit happening in a town where crazy shit is just, well, the usual. Same for Welcome To Night Vale (although I need to restart that one since I haven't listened to it in a while and had stopped far into the episodes).

Would anyone have any podcast with similar vibes to this one? I took notes from a couple of titles already, but am open to more suggestions in case maybe I don't get as hooked on those other ones.

-Where The Star Fell -I Am In Eskew -Neighbourly -Mayfair Watchers Society

also, due to the crossover with dbd I found that the SCP Archive could be interesting, but imma have to see how it looks.

Anyway, if anyone has suggestions with other podcasts that are similarly vibed as those, where the crazy and weirdness is just normal. Or something with some comedy horror. Am in a bit of a writing binge, but podcasts make for a great background when I draw and do other things.

[t-u-i-t-c]

toku series watched/completed (as of 9.13.24) - in order of completion

super sentai

zenkaiger

gekiranger

kiramager

go-onger

shinkenger

goseiger

gokaiger

go-busters

kyoryuger

toqger

ninninger

zyuohger

kyuranger

lupat

ryusoulger

turboranger

fiveman

donbrothers

jetman

zyuranger

dairanger

kakuranger

ohranger

carranger

megaranger

king-ohger

gingaman

kamen rider

kamen rider fourze

kamen rider w

kamen rider ooo

kamen rider wizard

kamen rider gaim

kamen rider drive

kamen rider ghost

kamen rider ex-aid

kamen rider build

kamen rider zi-o

kamen rider 01

kamen rider saber

kamen rider revice

kamen rider geats

ultraman

ultraman orb

ultraman orb: the origin saga

other

the high school heroes

gandd

dogengers (seasons 1-3)

changerion

power rangers dino force brave

power rangers rpm

[workingforitallthetime]

what i wrote in 2023

"fic":

way too bright for me (27K, luca/johnny) was an enjoyable vehicle for a bunch of vampire/werewolf/etc. whimsy and my team 101 fondness, but it didn't necessarily have a new challenge for me and i think that's why i feel kind of meh about it in hindsight. (that and how the protagonist milkshake ducked himself literally the same day i posted it.)

drawn arrows unseen (18K, mason/connor) was actually a much better learning experience even though i cheated and skipped the hardest parts. i learned a lot from making myself write/post an installment every single day! i really really enjoyed the anons and comments that buoyed me through it! and i'm glad to have something out there for that ship, even if it's not ao3 official.

[unlinked anon fic] (💀)was my only other post to ao3 this year. it was a good reminder that something doesn't have to be perfect, or even have a point, to be worth posting. and i'm glad i've got something in the tag for a ship that i'm extremely feral about.

tumblr bits and pieces:

f/f gavin/seamus

waffling on about bedard vs fantilli parenting here and here

adam fantilli raised by wolves

shane wright fairy tale

adam marrying girl!rutger for citizenship

small town supernatural t-birds (also here)

thoughts on girl connor and trevor here and here

i'm not linking all of my posts re: adam/rutger boys and girls can't be friends, since i'm turning that one into an official fic now, but the first section is here. it's one of those stories that writes easy every time i sit down with it, but it's also got a new challenge in there for me with the subplot, and i hope i can get it done by summer 2024.

bonus: some favorite chatfic concepts

draft lottery timeloop where adam has to figure out how to get mason and connor together

infuriating ushl dirtbag nolan moyle keeps mansplaining hockey to usa hockey darling/blue chip ncaa recruit rutger while dating her big sister

luca/johnny ************

wolfchild ************

girl seamus teaches frankie how to *** *****

sex demon frankie