#ship: tk x carlos

[melancholyghoul]

Why Four Alarm Fire fics work so well in my stupid gay/poly brain:

• Carlos is a Power Top

• TK is a Sub Bottom

• Buck is a Sub Top (mostly, but does bottom)

• Eddie is a Power Bottom (mostly, but does top)

[wenellyb]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I feel that people who say stuff like this are straight up lying? Or is there some important piece of information I'm missing?

It's unbelievable to me that some people would like that non-canon ships like Stucky or any other non-canon ships paved the way for representation in modern media. Unbelievable.

Destiel, maybe, because of how big the fandom is/was but even Supernatural and even Destiel started out small and got popular because of the fandom and the ship(s).

I feel like people who saying they started shipping non-canon couples because their wasn't any LGBT representation in the media at the time aren't being genuine. I say that because before joining Tumblr, I didn't even know shipping non-canon couples was a thing (I had heard of Destiel, but it was more of a concept to me, even though I unironically watched SPN).

I feel that was they mean is that there wasn't any representation in popular shows or maybe they mean they weren't enough main characters. But otherwise there was!!!

These are just the one I can think of on the top of my head, but there are much more and there is en more if you go outside of the US. And these are just the shows.

If we add the movies... well!!!

You want romance with a Happy Ending?

You want Murder Mystery?

You want Drama?

There are so many many more and, yes these weren't blockbusters but it's not "no représentation and Stucky and Destiel were the only options"

Grey's Anatomy started out at the exact same time as Supernatural and now has over a dozen canon LGBT characters and half of them are/were main characters (Callie, Arizona, Amelia, Teddy, Yasuda, Helm)

When I joined Tumblr, I never even for a minute thought shipping was about representation or activism because there were so many shows and movies I knew but they were barely talked about on here.

Not criticizing ships by any means but I feel like people are trying to pretend that shipping is something it isn't.

In my humble opinion, non-canon ships were never about representation. Shipping was just shipping

I wasn't on Tumblr at the time, but I was on Youtube (old school) and to me, the people who were doing edits of the canon ships, in shows and movies were the real heroes.

Some people might say : "but those characters are side characters or weren't in major blockbusters/popular shows".

But fandoms could have decided to make them more popular if they wanted. Because believe it or not, Supernatural was a niche show at the beginning and I don't think it would have been as popular or gotten as many seasons without the shippers. They chose to make the non-canon couple (at the time) popular. So the fans could have done the same with shows that have canon LGBT characters But they didn't, they focused on non-canon couples.

I have no problem with shipping non-canon couples at all, I do it too, but I'm really surprised by people who want to make it seem like it's some kind of activism... It's not.

And I know there wasn't enough representation that's true, but why focus your energy on shows with absolutely no canon LGBT characters and pretend it's activism??

You guys could have had Noah's arc or Hit the Floor renewed and you focused your energy on Marvel characters.

And some people will say they ship Destiel anyway because they want fantasy and paranormal... Well does nobody remember Dante's Cove? Was it a fever dream😂? I admit the writing was bad, but have you seen the writing in Supernatural (I say this as a SPN fan)???

And I know some people will say they ship Marvel characters because they have a bigger audience and there were no canon Queer characters in blockbusters, but I feel like that a lie too because when there were indeed Queer characters in those blockbusters, they were ignored as well. Like in the Eternals.

Fandoms can be so powerful when they want to...they can make or break a movie, so acting like the focus on non canon couples was the only option surprises me.

Shipping is just about shipping. It's a hobby.

Stucky or any non-canon Marvel ship isn't "History", it's just a ship.

Last exemple: Let's take a look at 2 popular couples from the same franchise: 9-1-1 and 911: Lone Star. Only one of the couples in canon, but Can you Guess which one is more popular on Ao3 and on Tumblr ?

The non-canon couple!

Almost 3 Times as much fics for Buddie than TK x Carlos who are an actualcouple and even got married!

Shipping non-canon couples isn't about representation but about finding a story to fantasize about, which isn't bad itself but it's bad when you pretend shipping is something it isn't?

TL:DR: Shipping non-canon couples isn't activism imo.

I would be happy to hear tour thoughts because as I said, I only joined Tumblr later so I don't have all the info.

[rainbowskittle]

I feel like if BUDDIE went canon Oliver and Ryan would be over the moon and gush and love it just as much as TARLOS aka Rafael and Ronen do. You can’t assume someones sexuality yes but I know if it came out as canon they would be all for it. And watching interviews of TARLOS actors are 10000% for their ship. So I feel like 10000% BUDDIE actors would too. I mean they kinda hint already they do but think about if we got that?? Please don’t start fights and if you don’t like either of these ships keep sailing by with your ship. Just my thoughts watching Rafael and Ronen do interviews and instagram lives. Sooo like Ryan Murphy why them but not the other ?? Just please 🤞🤞 we thank you for your characters but just once please make BUDDIE canon too. I love the fanfics yes and I’ll still read them when BUDDIE happens but would love to see it on screen too.

[tisdae]

“I always pick” “yeah, you do always pick. you like to pick” “i do. i do like to pick. so why don’t you surprise me tonight?” “maybe this marriage is a bad idea” “okay, that surprised me. hey, what’s going on?” “do you see me as a project?” “a project?” “like something that needs fixing, like a bird with a broken wing or a tragic case in need of rescuing?” “no. what are you talking about?” “when you married iris did you feel like you can fix her or save her from her illness?” “first off, when i married iris, she wasn’t showing any signs of schizophrenia. and i already told you, tk, when i married iris, i was a project. i was trying to fix myself. but i was trying to fix something that wasn’t actually broken” “and when did you figure that out?” “probably the day i met you” “shut up” *kisses* “so you don’t think i’m a hot mess?” “oh no, you’re a… you’re a hot mess. but you’re my hot mess” “i hate you” “yeah?” I’M JUST GONNA AJSHAJSHSJ—

[coffeebookslovegt]

-No pensé que volvería a verte. Me quedé pensando, "Soy el que lo puso en el avión". ¿Estás bien?

-Sí, estoy bien.

[totallyradioactive15]

7th May 2017

10th May 2021

16th May 2023 

True Love stories never have endings 

[theclaravoyant]

the way healing hands is so tarlos

[imjustavenuxwithaboomerang]

in order: klance (lance = op), zukka (sokka = op), zosan (sanji = op), portwell (ej = op), entrapdak (hordak = op), seamista (seahawk = op) tarlos (tk = op), millson (peter = op), maddie x wally (wally = op)

my partner doesn’t use pet names nearly as much as i do, which is very funny because i will crack my gay little knuckles and say some shit like “good morning my sun and moon, my loveliest boy, my baby my sweetheart my darling dearest” and he will reply “hello adrian”

[carlossreaders]

911 LS Tag Game

thanks for the tag @theghostofashton !!

favorite character: carlos!!

character you relate to the most: carlitos 🙈

favorite episode: oh my this is a hard one so im going to say one from each season!

1x03 “texas proud”, 2x12 “the big heat”, 3x08 “in the unlikely event of an emergency”, 4x12 “swipe left”, 5x05 “thunderstruck”

hottest take: i don’t really ship mateo and nancy. i would definitely prefer to see nancy with a woman, but i don’t think it’s just that, i don’t think they have any chemistry. 5x06 did really help their relationship though, but i just don’t really care for it.

favorite og character: maddie buckley

favorite ship: tarlos!!

most underrated ship: they aren’t really underrated, but they’re really the only other ship i care about, so grace x judd for sure

one thing you’d love to see: tarlos waking up together!!! and perhaps with little jonah waking them up by jumping on their bed 😁

no pressure tags!! @heartstringsduet @goodways @paperstorm @lightningboltreader @strandnreyes @reyesstrand @bonheur-cafe @alrightbuckaroo @welcometololaland @rmd-writes @liminalmemories21 @orchidscript @three-drink-amy @honeybee-taskforce @pimento-playing-hopscotch @herefortarlos @sapphic--kiwi @emsprovisions @ironheartwriter @tellmegoodbye @the-126-family @captain-gillian @butchreyes @whatsintheboxmh @chicgeekgirl89 @carlos-in-glasses @eclectic-sassycoweyes @lemonlyman-dotcom @freneticfloetry @never-blooms @bonheur-cafe @decafdingo @nisbanisba @henrygrass @nancys-braids @irispurpurea @everlastingday @carlos-tk @pameluke @orchidscript @literateowl @thisbuildinghasfeelings @storms-s

[strandnreyes]

911 LS Tag Game

thanks @heartstringsduet @tellmegoodbye @reyesstrand !!

favorite character: tk and carlos <3

character you relate to most: hmm maybe carlos or marjan for different reasons

favorite episode: one is impossible. i give you: 3x04, 4x18, 4x12, 1x02, 5x07, and 2x08

hottest take: this show does a lot of telling instead of showing in terms of relationships (platonic or not) which makes so many of them less compelling. ex: paul refers to marjan as her 'ride or die' in early season three before we even saw a lot of friendship there and i was like ??? oh. news to me. same with them calling each other besties all the time. or nancy and mateo throwing a 'babe' in every once in awhile to remind us they're in a relationship. (less of a hot take, but necessary example to support my overall hot take). if they showed us what they are to each other instead of just telling us as a fact, i might be more interested in some of the other pairings on this show. lone start either really hits the mark when it comes to pairings, or creates something that feels so flat and one-dimensional that leaves me uninterested

favorite og character: idk idc i don't go there. why is this question on a game about lone star? free us from the constraints of being a spinoff

favorite ship:

most underrated ship: probably judd x grace tbh. everyone loves them and they're a great couple, but they're very under represented in fandom creations (guilty of this as well)

most underrated character: dare I say owen? his annoying parts are so loud and his hate is often the focus, which distracts from the fact that he's got a really complex traumatic story that's not talked about as much as the other characters' trauma

one thing you’d love to see: CUDDLING TARLOS IN BED TOGETHER OMG I WOULD LOVEEEEE TO SEE IT

but a more well-rounded answer would be for everyone to have a satisfying conclusion (for the viewers. which may not mean a happy perfect ending for everyone >:)) i want full circle moments. for their journeys on the show to feel complete

open tag + a few people if they would like @paperstorm @emsprovisions @theghostofashton @butchreyes @lightningboltreader !

[fandom]

Ships

Week Ending May 22nd, 2023

Steddie +1 Steve Harrington & Eddie Munson, Stranger Things

Byler -1 Will Byers & Mike Wheeler, Stranger Things

Tarlos +5 TK Strand & Carlos Reyes, 9-1-1: Lone Star

Zelink +6 Zelda & Link, The Legend of Zelda

Tomgreg Tom Wambsgans & Greg Hirsch, Succession

Buddie -2 Evan Buckley & Edmundo Diaz, 9-1-1

Huntlow -4 Hunter & Willow Park, The Owl House

Vashwood -3 Vash the Stampede & Nicholas D. Wolfwood, Trigun Stampede

Hanamusa Jessie & Delia Ketchum, the Pokémon franchise

Reylo Rey & Kylo Ren, the Star Wars universe

Jegulus James Potter & Regulus Black, the Harry Potter universe

Bowuigi -3 Bowser & Luigi, the Super Mario Bros. franchise

Lumity -6 Luz Noceda & Amity Blight, The Owl House

Roy x Jamie Roy Kent & Jamie Tartt, Ted Lasso

Kataang Katara & Aang, Avatar: The Last Airbender

Wolfstar -2 Remus Lupin & Sirius Black, the Harry Potter universe

Ghostsoap -2 Simon “Ghost” Riley & John “Soap” MacTavish, the Call of Duty franchise

Soukoku -2 Nakahara Chuuya & Dazai Osamu, Bungou Stray Dogs

Kavetham Kaveh & Alhaitham, Genshin Impact

Destiel -8 Dean Winchester & Castiel, Supernatural

The number in italics indicates how many spots a ship moved up or down from the previous week. Bolded ships weren’t on the list last week.

[melancholyghoul]

Want to do a Four Alarm Fire kinktober style thing but not in October (obviously) and not confined to dates (i get enough deadlines with my uni work ty)... Just wanna follow prompts and write kinky shit with a loose tie together when I feel like it

[rosedavid]

Redone because of a mistake, thanks @secretly-of-course for catching that haha

If anyone else wants to participate: @stereopticons @alienajackson @jettestar @illbeyourreasonwhy @rmd-writes @roseapothecary @secretly-of-course

[epiphainie]

911 tag game

tagged by: @erodingsinner @hehasacleft @exhaustedpirate @espressotonicc @comfortingevanbuckley @a-mel0n <3

favorite character: buck and it's not even close (okay, followed closely by madney actually)

character you relate most to: a little bit hen because irl i have the same demeanor i guess and people think i have all my shit figured out and tommy but jury's out on how much of it is just my headcanon and reading into his limited screentime (i relate to being a little hurtful to protect your own heart)

favorite episode: soooo many but number 1 is a toss up between chimney begins and oceans 9-1-1

hottest take: i don't think buck is in any way a co-parent to chris and actually parentifying his relationship with him ruins what's precisely special about their bond. there's nothing wrong with taylor as a character, she's one of the BEST side characters actually. i think it's literally just fine how the show treats athena's actions, not bc i agree with them or its implications but bc i think expecting anything more nuanced would be misplaced energy with what this show is/aims to be

favorite lone star character: tk, grace, carlos, judd, then others

favorite ship: madney, bucktommy, shandie, if we're counting lone star obv tarlos

most underrated character: i think everyone but buck/eddie/tommy are underrated in the fandom. within the show lucy, taylor, and may

most underrated ship: again, anything but bucktommy and bvddie. within the show henren as they only get crumbs (tho madney has had their fair share of that lately). for fanon pairings i love eddietaylor, eddiejosh, taylucy, buckbobby

one thing you would love to see: this is gonna sound like two contrasting points but 1) meaningful storylines between established dynamics, like i feel like it's been years since we saw a buckley siblings storyline with any meat on it, or henchim, or buckbobby 2) new pairings! literally just give me hen x eddie friendship, athena and maddie interacting again etc.

np tags and ignore if you already played along: @hyperfocusthusly @newtkelly @bidisasterevankinard @setmeatopthepyre @maryjanecrunch

[rmd-writes]

20 Questions for Fic Writers

Thanks @cha-melodius @hippolotamus @mammameesh @kiwiana-writes @happiness-of-the-pursuit for the tags. I'm sure I've done this before but I can't find it to see how long ago!

How many works do you have on ao3?

84

What's your total ao3 word count?

591,653 but that's inflated by a number of collabs, I think the number is closer to 400-450k

What fandoms do you write for?

RWRB, 911 LS and SC (rarely these days)

Top five fics by kudos:

Excluding any collabs (there's a couple in particular that are right up there)

Everybody needs good neighbours | RWRB | E | 14.3k | neighbours au

to the victor, the spoils | RWRB | E | 19.4k | lawyer au

yours for the afternoon | RWRB | M | 4.6k | coffee shop au

what, like it's hard? | RWRB | E | 65.1k | lawyer au, the prequel

I want you, I need you, oh baby oh baby | RWRB | E | 7k | college au

Do you respond to comments?

Yes, I try to! I'm not always prompt but I do respond to almost every comment

What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Happy endings only here. I do have one unpublished Tarlos ficlet that's kind of a Queen Charlotte inspired future fic that is the saddest thing I've ever written which is the result of @howtosingit saying "whatever you do, don't think about X" which of course meant that I did and I wrote it in a fever dream, cried then buried it in my gdocs.

What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

All of them hahaha

Maybe the ending to what, like it's hard?

Do you get hate on fics?

I've gotten some strange comments but I don't know that I'd class it as hate, as such (thankfully)

Do you write smut?

nah yeah lol

Craziest crossover:

It's not a proper fic, but I wrote this in response to an ask about what would happen in Alex & Henry, David & Patrick and Carlos and TK all met.

Have you ever had a fic stolen?

not as far as I am aware!

Have you ever had a fic translated?

Nope

Have you ever co-written a fic before?

yes and I love it! I've done collabs where we each write a chapter, one where we each wrote a chapter and then fully co-wrote the final chapter, a full co-write with @welcometololaland (that ended up morphing into each of us alternating chapters), and I'm in the process of another co-write with Lola atm.

All time favorite ship?

you can't make me choose

What's a wip you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

I don't like to say never, but probably the SC paint & sip au

What are your writing strengths?

based on the comments I get - smut with feelings, banter/dialogue, characterisation

What are your writing weaknesses?

World building, pretty metaphors, I'm far too fond of run on sentences to the point where if I was beta reading my own writing there are SO MANY sentences that need to be cut down so that the reader can breathe.

Thoughts on dialogue in another language?

If it fits the character, I love it! I generally ask a native speaker to help me with translations for accuracy

First fandom you wrote in?

Schitt's Creek

Favorite fic you've written?

I don't wanna choose

I've got no idea who's done this already but I'll tag @welcometololaland @everwitch-magiks @clottedcreamfudge @indomitable-love @three-drink-amy

@never-blooms @freneticfloetry @strandnreyes @heartstringsduet @reyesstrand

@indestructibleheart @orchidscript @maxbegone @carlos-in-glasses @beautifulhigh

and an open tag if anyone hasn't been tagged and wants to play 💖

[deepchimmys]

Looking for rp buddies!

Hey! I am looking for rp buddies for a 911 or 911 lone star rp! I would like to do one of the following ships and I’d like to play as TK or Evan!

- Buddie (Eddie x Evan)

- Tarlos (Carlos x TK)

Plot wise I’m down to make nearly any sort of plot! I’d definitely enjoy if we’d just keep them at the fire station/keep a similar setup as in the shows but any aus are welcome, I’m down for omegaverse as well if anyone wants that!

I would like to include smut in the rp and don’t have much limits smut wise. For the plot I am also open to pretty many things so don’t hesitate to suggest any ideas you might have! I also have ideas and I’d love to combine those ideas with you or hear out your ideas!

I rp on discord only but dm me here if you’re interested! I prefer semi detailed replies and no one liners please! I often rp in a few paragraphs of length or so.

Please dm me here if you’re interested and I’ll answer to you asap! I am more than happy to rp these ships so don’t hesitate to reach out<3