#shamelessquestions

[octoberscigarettes]

just spend a night and a day rereading "The increasingly poor decisions of Ian Gallagher" by @goodkwuestion and HOLY SHIT it is truly as good as I remember it and totally the reason why I got hooked on Gallavich fanfiction back when I first read it

[goodkwuestion]

Coming Soon: Electric Blue

Paramedic Ian Gallagher knows true love exists. He's not going to settle until he finds it either, no matter how much his friends and family roll their eyes at him. Mickey Milkovich, on the other hand, isn't sure about all that stuff. He's an engineer with a long to-do list, and chasing rainbows isn't on it. He'll never say no to a good time and a pretty face though. When they meet, it will feel like kismet, something inevitable that neither of them can shake. Honestly though, who would want to?

Falling in love can be the easiest thing in the world, especially when the whole universe is rooting for you... That's if the whole universe is rooting for you.

A You Can Bite Me universe fic.

Major tags: Romance, AU, Future Fic, SciFi/Supernatural, Meta

[jezzibelle89]

Well.

It’s nearly 2am.

Should I be asleep? Yes

Am I going to try and sleep? Probably not because THIS FIC HAS ME IN A CHOKEHOLD 😂

RIP my sleep schedule. You’ll recover.. in ten years.. it’s fine.

[gallavichfanficlibrary]

hi!! I was wondering if you guys know about a fic where Iggy tells mickey that ian "looks like a taker" in the sense where Iggy is afraid ian will only take from mickey and not give but mickey tells him that he'll give anyway? I'm sorry if that sounded incoherent lol. thanks for all the great work you guys do!!

Hi ☺️ It's Endothermic Reactions from Domestic Bliss series, all great stories. And thank you for the blog love 💕

[swiftfootedachilles]

what's your favourite gallavich au/multichapter fics?

wow i was in the middle of answering this and tumblr crashed before i could save the post to my drafts :') for brevity i'll limit my personal commentary and just post the links. i actually don't really like many of the popular fics in this fandom they're just not my thing i prefer canon compliant and shorter fics. but here are the au/canon divergent longfics and multichapters i love! these are in no particular order

my fav is celebrity skin by softlycontinuing even tho it was abandoned after 2 chapters i still love it with my whole heart

Of Going Home by lalazee

Words Are Trivial by OfficialStarsandGutters

Things Beyond Mistakes by grayola

a witch in wicker park by horror_business

weaver of fate (to your will i won't fold) by Ravenheart

Lost in Translation by Shamelessquestions

Paragraphs by pink_ink

Life, or Something by pink_ink even tho the minor character death made me want to throw my phone out the window :'')

Bon Appétit by romanticalgirl

let the bodies do the talkin' by Captain_Jowl

Fresh Meat by devovitsuasartes !!!!!!

While We're Making Other (People's) Plans by kyaticlikestea

No One Wanted This (Nor Was It Asked For) by Anonymous

You Can't Always Get What You Want by Chat_Noir

And I'm Greedy by anomalously

OnlyFans!Mickey by the bestie roseapothecarys

The Thing About Living by lalazee

Flyboy and the Gearhead the_rat_wins

Inhuman by Suzy_Queue !!!!!!

through the dawn by spock

Trust me by Loftec check out their Book & Movie AUs collection for more!

Two of Your Earth Minutes by the_rat_wins i love silly fics

Trans Mickey by a now-orphaned account :'( i was hoping for one more part to be posted :c

This is me trying by KeepGoing

Change Like Shifting Shadows by vitalspark (father gallagher👀)

okay that's everything i could find!! thank you for coming to my tedtalk!!!

[gallawitchxx]

weekly tag wednesday :)

thank you to @heymacy @energievie @stocious @deedala @spookygingerr

@lingy910y @mmmichyyy @ardent-fox & @sxltburn for tagging me! i love you all! xx

name: bee

age: thirty-one

your time zone: pacific standard time

what do you do for work? a witch who makes words appear out of thin air!!

do you have any pets? one small pup named gus <3

what first drew you to this fandom? i was fully obsessed with ian & mickey & started shoveling fics into my mouth faster than you can say soulmates. on ao3, i started to notice people's tumblr links in their end notes & started lurking hardcore. but everyone was so sweet & so nice & so fucking talented & before long i was forcing them all into friendship! zero regrets.

are you a morning person or a night owl? i used to be a night owl, but i think i'm a morning person now. yeesh.

what are your hobbies? writing words, reading books, watching true crime docs with my wife, playing with my pup, hanging with my pals... i used to do a lot of crafting, but i've been in an ebb.

how tall are you? 5'5”

if you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live? paris! the city of lights! the city of love! the city of winecheesebaguettes!

favorite color? eehh i don't really have one? turquoise, maybe?

favorite book? a tale of two cities by charles dickens

favorite movie? 10 things i hate about you

favorite fic? i could never pick just one! but my forever reads are like real people do by grayola, ball kings by youllneverrecme, the increasingly poor decisions of ian gallagher by shamelessquestions, love is a ballfield by and_i_take_it, the boyfriend experience by anomalously, dancing after death by squiddy & restoration by pink_ink *smooches them all*

favorite musical artist: i am the #1 fan of a singer who is sometimes in a band, but sometimes solo & i'm seeing him/them next week for the umpteenth time & i'm soooo excited!

what is your average screen time so far this week? no thank you :)

what's the first app you open in the morning? discord, where the pals live.

how long have you been on tumblr? since like 2013? but possibly before that idk

finally (and i know this one is hard) tell me a fun fact about yourself: i was an award-winning soloist in my high school jazz choir lol

hehehe tagging @heymrspatel @whatwouldmickeydo @metalheadmickey @whatthebodygraspsnot @howlinchickhowl

@crossmydna @thisdivorce @lupeloto @sickness-health-all-that-shit @palepinkgoat

@astaraels & @rereadanon if you want to play! if not, i'm gently kissing your foreheads! xx

[shamelessdvdcommentary]

requesting -

pink-ink, shamelessquestions, loftec, the_rat_wins

Thanks for the request!

Hi, @palepinkgoat @goodkwuestion @loftec @the-rat-wins

you’ve been requested to do a Shameless DVD commentary if you’d like! 💖 no pressure and feel free to ignore if you’re not interested

[blue-disco-lights]

Gallacrafts ~ Gallapets!

Adventures in Canva for this month’s @gallacrafts - a tribute to our beloved Tony from Shamelessquestions’ multiverse of stories. And here’s an ode to my favorite one - “Old Rules for New Side Pieces” 🧡

Thank you @goodkwuestion for gifting us our beloved Tony!

[darlingian]

"The Fine Art of Falling for You" by Shamelessquestions

requested by @deedala <3

[goodkwuestion]

First Lines

I was tagged by @jrooc and @bawlbrayker. Thank you for tagging me! This is a fun one I think I did back in the day. Let's roll the tape.

rules: post the first lines of your last 10 fics/chapters posted on AO3 (if you have less than 10 fics posted, post the first lines of all your fics) and try to draw some conclusions.

It wasn’t that Adam thought there weren’t redheads in heaven; it’s just that he didn’t expect one to be on his welcoming committee. (Electric Blue)

“I think we should let the South secede.” (The Fine Art of Falling For You)

Someone had slipped an invitation under his door. (You Can Bite Me)

It all started with a hockey game, or rather, the effort to put a hockey game together. (Everybody Talks)

So you want to be a side piece, or maybe you’re newly minted--taking your first, fawn-like, thotty steps into the world. (Old Rules For New Side Pieces)

“BACKSTREET’S BACK!” (Sexual Harassment in the Workplace: Lockdown)

Mickey was already glaring by the time Ian made it into his office. (Grown Folks)

“Guy in the booth, green shirt, wants a dance.” (The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Ian Gallagher)

The signs were all there and they were getting harder and harder to ignore each day. (Visions of Us)

Ian never planned these excursions. (Lost in Translation)

Conclusions? I'm silly and I don't know if I'll ever top "Backstreet's Back!" as an opening to a story for as long as I live. I like to go for high-impact openings and get into the action of it all as soon as possible. The start-up style is sort of eclectic, which is good because you should never let them know your next move.

Tagging @ronandhermy @whaticameherefor @sisitrip and anyone else who would like to give it a go! ♥

[such-a-barbarian]

Thanks @callivich for some fun questions! and thanks to @jrooc and @zutaralesbian for the extra push to actually sit down and think about these! haha

What’s a fic you’ve read more than once?

Oh man, the better question might be is there a fic I've only read once. haha. If we are talking about fics I've reread the most then probably Cooperative Gameplay and Like Real People Do by Grayola, Sexual Harassment in the Workplace by Shamelessquestions, The Only Fans series by GallavichGeek13 and every single fic on this soulmate AU recommendation list. I am a chronic rereader - it's a problem. lol

What’s a gifset you always have to reblog?

Dock scene. Always the dock scene.

What’s a fanart you love looking at?

@darthvaders-wife's Kinktober collection is insane. I'm not ok about it.

What’s an idea you’d love to create if you had the time/inspiration?

I really loved the movie Nimona and have thought a lot about a Gallavich Goldenheart crossover. If you have not seen Nimona yet 1) I highly recommend it and 2) this probably won't make a lot of sense, but... Like does it take place during their training years? Sure. Are Mickey and Ballister childhood best friends from the wrong bloodlines to be knights? Probably. Has Ian been forced into knighthood because of his bloodline? Also probably. Do Mickey and Ian somehow meet through Ballister and Ambrosius and immediately hate each other?! For sure. Do they fall madly in love when they realize they have more in common than they originally thought?!?! Obviously!

Anyway, I am not a writer so this will just stay a lovely little idea in my head.

What’s something you’ve discovered since entering this fandom? A new trope you love? A different analysis of the show? Something else? I had only ever dabbled in fandom before this, so I had no idea soulmate AUs were a thing. And oh boy do I LOVE soulmate AUs!

What’s an underrated trope or concept you’d like to see more of?

I haven't really gone out of my way to look for any, so maybe there are a ton and I just don't know about them, but I'd love to see more historical AUs! I'm also open to recs even though I already have 20+ fics on my "to read later" list. What's one (or ten) more!

What line/dialogue/description from something else (a poem, a book, a tv show, a movie, or something else) do you feel describes Ian and Mickey’s relationship? "It had flaws, but what does that matter when it comes to matters of the heart? We love what we love. Reason does not enter into it. In many ways, unwise love is the truest love. Anyone can love a thing because. That's as easy as putting a penny in your pocket. But to love something despite. To know the flaws and love them too. That is rare and pure and perfect." From A Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss

What do you think is next for Ian and Mickey post-finale?

They will eventually become parents and you will never convince me otherwise. I also think Ian will eventually get out of their business and go back to school to become some type of mental health counselor or advocate or I don't know, but he needs to help people.

The original questions are here if you feel so inclined! @lupeloto, @krystallouwho, @sgtmickeyslaughter, @francesrose3, @juliakayyy, @catluvver118, @transmickey, @tanktopgallavich or anyone else!

[zutaralesbian]

Tagged by the lovely @callivich to answer these Gallavich questions! Thank you, they were fun 😊

1. What’s a fic you’ve read more than once?

You Can Bite Me by Shamelessquestions. I love the vampire trope so having arguably the most iconic author for the Gallavich fandom write something for it was a dream come true. And it did not disappoint.

2. What’s a gifset you always have to reblog?

I can’t really think of a specific gifset but pretty much anything that involves paralleling Gallavich’s first ever scene with one of them getting married or engaged is my shit. It’s the journey.

3. What’s a headcanon you can’t stop thinking about?

A headcanon that is my Truth and that I always stick to is that the first time Ian told Mickey he loved him was in 4x11 after Mickey came out.

4. What’s a fanart you love looking at?

This one ❤️

5. What’s an idea you’d love to create if you had the time/inspiration?

I have a thousand different fic ideas running through my head at all times 😭 But one that’s been lingering in my head lately in particular is a canon divergence where Mickey completes his time in prison after S6 but doesn’t try to contact Ian after he’s released. Years later, they run into each other in a different city when they’re both in their early thirties and married to other people. They decide to catch up and try being friends. However, they quickly realize that the romantic feelings never fully went away and things spiral into them having an affair with each other. It’d be a super messy fic but would capitalize on the aspect of them being magnetic soulmates who ultimately can’t stay away from each other no matter the circumstances.

6. What’s something you’ve discovered since entering this fandom? A new trope you love? A different analysis of the show? Something else?

Hmmm…tbh I can’t really think of anything in particular for this question

7. What’s an underrated trope or concept you’d like to see more of?

I’ve said this before, but Gallavich is one of those ships that I feel like can fit into a large pool of AU’s. That being said, I would personally like to read more enemies to lovers and/or rivals to lovers. I kinda get why it’s a little rare since in canon, Ian/Mickey definitely are a friends with benefits to lovers type trope. But I can’t help it…I love reading fics where two characters fucking hate each other before falling in love lol

8. What’s your favourite season? And has this changed after multiple rewatches of the show?

S4. And it’s pretty much been that way since the first time I watched the show. Mickey is my fave so I’m definitely biased considering it was arguably his best season.

9. What’s a plot hole you wish had been answered or resolved?

I would have liked to have gotten to know more about Mickey and Mandy’s mother. I guess in a way it is kind of fun that the fandom can have their own headcanons about her. I kind of have a headcanon that Mickey and Mandy have a different biological mother than the rest of the Milkovich siblings because they look alike but both look different from Terry.

10. What scene or moment do you feel isn’t discussed enough?

This is another hard one because I personally feel that the fandom does a pretty good job of discussing and analyzing all of Ian and Mickey’s important scenes. I guess maybe the “you’re just a warm mouth to me” scene in S2. It gets overshadowed as far as angsty scenes go considering everything Ian/Mickey go through in their relationship later. But I feel like it was their first big heartbreak with each other.

11. What line/dialogue/description from something else (a poem, a book, a tv show, a movie, or something else) do you feel describes Ian and Mickey’s relationship?

"When you meet the right person, you know it. You can't stop thinking about them. They are your best friend and your soulmate. You can't wait to spend the rest of your life with them. No one and nothing else can compare." (From How I Met Your Mother)

12. What do you think is next for Ian and Mickey post-finale?

I think they stay in their westside apartment for a little while but ultimately do decide to move out when their lease is up. They end up getting a decent place back in the south side, after both of them admit they miss it. Ian brings up the idea of them having kids from time to time but the idea still makes Mickey nervous. They compromise by deciding to try out being pet owners first and get a cat and a dog. (The cat being a stray they find on the streets and the dog adopted from a shelter). They run their security business for a while but eventually Mickey does encourage Ian to try something new, knowing his husband has a hero complex and might not be fully satisfied with a career that doesn’t involve him helping people. What that is, I’m not entirely sure. I’d like to see him go back into the medical field but I don’t know how feasible that is with him being a felon. But hey, it’s also the Shameless universe so anything is possible.

Tagging: @whaticameherefor @milkymickeyway @such-a-barbarian @auds-and-evens

I feel like most of my Shameless moots were tagged in the og post but if I happened to miss anyone feel free take this as a tag!

[tanktopgallavich]

🌟Two Tag Games 🌟

I was tagged in these two tag games by these lovely people: @milkmaidovich, @juliakayyy, @celestialmickey and @lupeloto 🥰

TAG GAME #1

favorite color: teal

currently reading:

fic-wise, i just started "The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Ian Gallagher" by Shamelessquestions after being intimidated by the length for a while.

book-wise, I am reading "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro," "I Thought It Was Just Me (But It Isn't)" by Brene Brown and "How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water" by Angie Cruz.

last song: human by the killers

last series: only murders in the building

last movie: the unbearable weight of massive talent (i love you, pedro pascal 💖)

currently working on: mocking up a cross sttich for gallacrafts, some silly text posts

TAG GAME #2

name: ri

first fandom you became a part of? i was simultaneously in fandoms for several daytime soaps

what was the first tv show fandom you joined? the soap opera fandoms. i was in the fan clubs, on the message boards and went to meet-and-greets.

how old were you? early teens

latest tv/movie fandom you became a part of? shameless, my beloved

a tv/movie fandom you haven't joined but like to creep on? i causally follow the mandalorian fandom

your favorite fandom? i'd say the one that occupies most of my brain cells--shameless

the tv show that gives you the most brainrot? definitively shameless

the fictional couple that gives you the most brainrot? gallavich and boy do they give me the brainrotiest brainrot 🤪

guilty pleasure fictional couple? gallavich, but i have zero guilt. i am, as they say, ~shameless~

guilty pleasure tv show? it's always sunny in philadelphia

and finally, something that made you happy this week? i baked some really delicious cinnamon buns and brought some over to a friend who just moved. i also caught up on "only murders in the building."

oof, it feels like forever since i've done a tag game and tagged people😅

@francesrose3, @ian-galagher, @iansw0rld, @suzy-queued, @deedala, @grumble-fish, @sleepyfacetoughguy, @suchagallabitch, @too-schoolforcool, @michellemisfit, @heymrspatel, @transmickey, @gallawitchxx, @flamingbluepanda, @depressedstressedlemonzestt, @gardenerian, @ardent-fox, @lingy910y, @vintagelacerosette, @mishervellous, @thisdivorce, @southsidestory

[catgrassplantdad]

hi jessie <3 ask meme~ how about R?

hey deanna! 💚

R: Which writers (fanfic or otherwise) do you consider the biggest influence on you and your writing?

this is so hard to answer because i feel like i'm influenced and draw inspiration from sooooo many places. every good thing that i read inspires me. but the first writers who came to mind were grayola and shamelessquestions. they're very different from one another but i admire both of them for their prose and their world building and the sense of immersion that i get to experience when i read their work. leah @whatwouldmickeydo also falls in that category, i think about THAOM a lot, how cinematic it is and how it plays out in my mind and how desperately i like, want it to be a movie. lmao. i can only aspire to write like that! also ray @whatthebodygraspsnot whose aus nourish my soul and whose porn is and always will be unmatched. i do think i'm pretty decent at writing sex but there's something about how ray's work makes me feel everything that i would love to be able to achieve in my own way.

fic writer ask game

[gallabitch73]

Totally optional, fun Gallavich questions

Got tagged by @energievie!!! Thanks! Answer a few like me, or answer them all here:

What’s a fic you’ve read more than once?

Cooperative Gameplay by grayola (currently reading it for the third time and would live in it if I could)

Sexual Harassment in the Workplace by Shamelessquestions (read each installment at least three times and come back to visit often)

Would I Spend Forever Here? (read thrice and come back to visit often) by Ride4812

Old Rules for New Side Pieces by Shamelessquestions (read thrice and come back to visit often)

What’s a gifset you always have to reblog? The deleted love-making scene from Season Five. We were robbed!

What’s a headcanon you can’t stop thinking about? That Mickey was always robbing the Kash ‘N Grab because he had a crush on Ian. (He could have gotten food from another store in the hood.)

What’s a fanart you love looking at? My own. Not being narcissistic. In fact, just the opposite. I am not a trained artist, so when I get something I think is right (in my head anyway), I just keep looking at it out of pride.

What’s a plot hole you wish had been answered or resolved? If Yevgeny really was Mickey’s son.

What do you think is next for Ian and Mickey post-finale? They definitely find a way to have kids. In my mind, Mandy has one for them (with Ian’s sperm) and Debbie does too (with Mickey’s).

[dynamic-power]

✨Weekly Tag Wednesday🪄💫

Thanks to @mybrainismelted and @skylerwinchester for tagging me!

Hello Wednesday friends! I hope you don't mind but I decided to be CrEaTiVe and try something different today. I hope it's okay!! 🚑💨 Get in bitch, we're going on a mystical adventure through space, time, and reality. (in ian and mickey's ambulance of course) ✨

Name: Dyno 🦖

Zodiac sign: Leo ♌️

Personality type in enneagram, myers-briggs, or both: Type 4 - the individualist, and ENTP

Before we hit the road, what snack are you gonna bring for our trip? Cheeto Puffs

Navigator gets to pick the music so what song are you turning on? First will be Life Is A Highway, as per my road trip tradition. After that, my indie mix.

What is a universe from a fantasy tv show you would like to visit? I gotta go with supernatural. I know it's gonna be the popular answer.

And what about a fantasy movie? Avatar, of course. The fauna on Pandora? Amazing.

Okay, how about a sci-fi tv show? Doctor Who!!! That's always my first answer to any AU questions.

And a sci-fi movie universe? Pacific Rim. They have kaiju, but the jeagers make it totally worth it.

Any other tv show or movie universes you'd like to swing by before we move on? Bojack Horseman. Or maybe the 31st century in Futurama?

Okay hold on to your butts we're switching gears to fanfic universes. Tell me which fanfic universe we're visiting first? You Can Bite Me by shamelessquestions

Cool, do you have one more you'd like to stop at before we head home? Any A/B/O universe. 👀

Alright, on our way out of fanfic land you get to snag some tropes to bring home and apply to your own life, think fast!

soulmates or enemies to lovers // coffee shop or flower shop // fake relationship or slow burn // amnesia or time loop // body swap or miscommunication // love triangle or arranged marriage // sharing a bed or drunken confession

Wow okay, hope those tropes work out for you!! Our adventure has finally come to an end, where in the world am I dropping you off? Home sweet home in Northern California!

Tagging: @transmickey @stocious @spacerockwriting @depressedstressedlemonzest @creepkinginc @ian-galagher @sweetbee78 @juliakayyy @jrooc @heymrspatel and anyone else who wants to participate! This is me, tagging you. 💜