#taylor fitzpatrick

[coolhockeygirl]

david chapman & the between the teeth series

credits & transcription in alt text

[shiverandqueeef]

my ultimate ride or die on this hill media trope - the one that slaps me in the face and heart every single goddamned time - is a previously established single pov briefly switching to a secondary character. absolutely every iteration of this format is an automatic slamdunk imho

[the-final-sentence]

'I know,' Dan says, and fistbumps him before they head onto the ice.

Taylor Fitzpatrick, from You Could Make a Life

[librari-ann]

This is a niche hockey romance deep cut, but the fact Brouwer from the Between The Teeth trilogy by Taylor Fitzpatrick (Coming in First Place, And Then, and Between The Teeth) is Mike in Thrown Off the Ice is killing me (because I read Thrown Off the Ice first and...if you've read it, you know).

[the-novel-approach-reviews]

Review: Between the Teeth by Taylor Fitzpatrick

Title: Between the Teeth Series: Between the Teeth: Book Three Author: Taylor Fitzpatrick Publisher: Self-Published Length: 285 Pages Category: Contemporary Sports Fiction Rating: 3.5 Stars At a Glance: I didn’t love the execution of Between the Teeth, which is a rarity for me and this author, but I did love the support and compassion David finds from his friends. Reviewed By:…

[gillianthecat]

13 Books I've Read Recently (plus 1 tv show)

I haven't watched any BL since my last post on My Stand In, but I have been reading! A lot of it's been rereading, actually. Here's a list. Hit me up if you want to talk about any of them :-)

You Should Be So Lucky

and several other m/m romances by Cat Sebastian. She's one of my favorite romance authors, with only a few misses for me. I'm loving her recent-ish switch from regency to 20th century historical. I read her newest, You Should Be So Lucky, about a baseball player and a reporter assigned to write a story about him. So good! That inspired me to go back and reread some of her older works.

The Ruin of A Rake

(reread) is a regency enemies to lovers between the titular jaded rake and an uptight social climber, a combination that is catnip to me. Her main characters are all multifaceted and emotionally complex, but she's also very good at creating complicated and real-feeling side characters, even if they're only seen briefly.

Hither, Page and The Missing Page

(rereads) "Cozy" mysteries in post WWII England, in a village and a country house respectively. Both trace the romance between a doctor with PTSD and a spy sent to investigate a murder in the village, so best read in order. For me the romance and the mystery plots are well balanced, though obviously that depends on what you want out of those genres.

I love James and Leo so much. Cat Sebastian generally writes people who are finding refuge in each other, in a way that many call cozy and gentle, but for me she shows the cruelties of the world that they are seeking refuge from in a way that is unvarnished and raw enough that her books never feel fluffy or saccharine to me. The gentleness always feels hard won.

The mystery was the perfect amount of mysterious for me. In my first reading I don't think I guessed it, but going back I could see every step that got there. I don't have the brainpower to get into it now but I liked the ways she treated the idea of "family" and community.

the A Charm of Magpie series

by KJ Charles (rereads). Charles is another one of my go to romance authors, though this was her first series and it shows. I'll just copy my Goodreads review:

Half a star off because this was obviously KJ's early work and the writing is a bit rough around the edges. Another 1.5 stars subtracted for the pretty egregious orientalism. She has become more thoughtful in the decade since writing this, but it's pretty 😬 in this series. I realize that she's invoking the pulp novels of the time, but it was racist then and it's racist now. There are better ways she could have done it.

Other than that, I was captivated by Stephen and Crane's relationship, and the rest of the characters. I also like the magic system! It is a pulpy, paranormal, plot heavy D/S romance, and the story of the relationship is spread out over the trilogy, so if those elements aren't your thing you're not going to enjoy it, but if they are, and you can ignore the orientalism, the trilogy is a thrilling ride. I don't want to get into spoilers, but I appreciate the overarching development of Stephen and Crane's relationship, and the exploration of their power dynamics, although it takes up less page time than the action-adventure parts of the plot. People who work for non-profits/in social services may have a strong reaction to the last novel in particular.

I highly recommend most of her later works. Laws of Attraction fans may be particularly interested in Think of England, the Slippery Creatures trilogy, and Any Old Diamonds.

A Spindle Splintered

by Alix E. Harrow. Nice enough riff on Sleeping Beauty. I didn't dislike it, but I'd honestly forgotten I'd read it until i looked at my Libby history, so it didn't make that big an impact. I pretty sure it's young adult, and while it wasn't immature, I'm just not the target audience. A very interesting use of fairy tales, and some intriguing moral complexity. Lots of pop culture references that actually fit the character and story, though those generally are something that annoys me. I have another of Harrow's novels on hold (Future Witches) which looks more intriguing to me.

Thief Liar Lady

by D. L. Soria. Another fairy tale retelling, this time of Cinderella. DNF, and normally i would list it, but I was really intrigued by the intro, and so frustrated that it was not what I thought it was going to be (spy for the independence movement infiltrates the monarchy by seducing the crown prince with magic). I almost want to rewrite it as what it should have been. Also an example of why 1st person is so tricky for me. It's incredible when done well, but the narrative has to have an interesting and distinct voice. (This one didn't. Harrow's book above did.)

Sunburn

by Chloe Michelle Howarth. So good. An intense queer coming of age novel about a girl in early 90s rural Ireland. This is an example of the first person narration being essential to the story being told. I would imagine fans of I Told Sunset About You and My Beautiful Man would like it. Though it's less of a romance than those, but has that physicality and intensity of obsession.

Sailor's Delight

by Rose Lerner. A regency? 19th century England at least mm romance between a Jewish navy agent (he lends money to and handles the finances for sailors) and his gentile sailor client. Lots of historical details, which is interesting/overwhelming depending on your mood. Incorporated a busybody family in a ay that I actually enjoyed, which is rare for me. Lerner is one of my go-to romance authors, and one of the few I trust for m/f romance, though admittedly I haven't read any of her m/f in a while. It was very good, but didn't sweep me away. That might say more about my mood at the time instead of the book.

If I Never Met You

by Mhairi McFarlane (reread). The sole m/f romance on this list. Fake dating romance between a 36 yo (gasp! Ancient and over the hill 🙄) lawyer who was dumped by her boyfriend for 18 years and the charming office playboy. McFarlane was one of the few contemporary m/f romance writers I remember enjoying. And I still think she's an engaging writer! Kept my attention the whole way. It's very heterosexual gender roles, in the way that the slight pushback the characters give to that framework only serves to emphasize how bound by it the premise of the book is. But her protagonists are compelling characters anyone. They are nominally romances, but generally I find her books to be more about women finding themselves after major life shifts, and as such the male love interests tend to be...not exactly two dimensional, just kinda out of focus, and the chemistry an afterthought. That's true of everything of hers I've read. I did like what we saw of this ML, Jamie.

The main problem with this book in particular is that she's a white author trying to write a black main character, and she is very clumsy about it. Her books are very white in general. Another had an "exotic" half Italian protagonist who was looked at strangely for bringing lasagna to school. Lasagna! White Brits are a strange people. Also fatphobia, as part and parcel of the heteronormative gender roles. *sigh* My favorite of hers I've read is Mad About You.

(Also I side note: I realized I think Alexis Hall's Boyfriend Material might be riffing on this novel in particular? It's not at all the same story, but it contains many of the same elements, remixed—neglectful rockstar dad, free-spirited mom and her platonic? life partner, fake dating for respectability purposes, playboy x upright citizen, lawyers... Anyone else read both and see it? Hall is deliberately a magpie of the romance genre so it is possible.)

Between the Teeth

by Taylor Fitzpatrick (sort of a reread.) This is the last of a trilogy (also called Between the Teeth). Fitzpatrick writes hockey "R"PF except the hockey players are all made up. She writes on ao3, a chapter at a time, so it has the rhythms, intensity, and genre-crossing feel of fanfic even though it's technically not. I love her work, though I suspect it's not for everyone. She's created a whole interconnected universe of hockey players and teams, which adds to the RPF feel. Most of her stuff is on ao3, but she's taken three stories and slightly edited them for publication.

and the TV show...

Scandal (the first three episodes)

I suspect I would have loved this if I'd watched it back when it aired in 2013. I was obsessed with Grey's Anatomy for a while. Even now I'm obsessed with Kerry Washington as Olivia Pope. The genuine power emanating from her! But I'm just not currently able to maintain the suspension of disbelief necessary for the plot contrivances soap opera ridiculousness of it all.

I like her team of lawyers, and am intrigued by each of them individually. Also their office is really cool architecturally. (But how come anyone can wonder into it at anytime? Shouldn't they have keys or door codes or something?! My inability to ignore stuff like this is why I can't be watching soap operas right now.)

Probably back in 2013 I could have gotten into the forbidden romance! between Olivia and the Bill Clinton stand in, but in 2024 finding the sex appeal of the American president is too big an ask. Especially since Grant doesn't seem to have anything else going for him besides the "cachet" of his office, the whiny manchild. I get that the fantasy is that Olivia is so amazing that she has the "leader of the free world" (blech. and yes they literally call him that. multiple times) desperate for her. And obviously there is a lot of drama that can be mined from this secret romance. But she deserves so much better. Maybe he gets more interesting but so far I am bored and confused by him. He's not even interesting enough to hate.

I was surprised by all the emphasis on Olivia and her team being the "white hats" and that what they does helps people. I was assuming they would lean more into the inherent moral greyness/amorality of being fixers for the rich and powerful? Which would be more interesting to me than all this "trust your gut," "we represent people who are telling the truth" nonsense. Maybe the show will get more explicitly morally ambiguous as it goes on?

Also, Holy Slut-Shaming, Batman!!! Every single episode has managed to demean women who have sex, multiple times. It was genuinely shocking/impressive to me. I haven't watched network US American tv in a while, I guess. And nothing as "scandalous" as those dirty, dirty sluts, I guess. (Also, and this is both a minor spoiler for ep 3 and evidence of my inability to suspend disbelief, but isn't the whole reason a madam keeps a list of her rich and powerful clients is to be able to blackmail them into protecting her? How is that the unexpected brilliant solution lol.)

Anyways. Watch for Kerry Washington! And maybe for her team. Just make sure to turn off your brain first.

(Maybe I should have put these each in their own post but oh well.)

[tossacointoyourhotmess]

THE OMEN FRANCHISE - DAMIEN THORN

Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding count the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666.

[the-ninja-legacy-whip]

From the ALL of the main cast and OC's, how does everyone blush? Only the cheeks or the complete face or maybe just ears or neck? with sweating and no eye contact? Do they start to stammer or don't get a word out at all?

E v e r y b o d y?!

Kai: Normally only a light dusting on the cheeks—unless he's being flirted with, and then his whole face will turn red + head might light on fire. Sweats and stammers badly.

Jay: On the cheeks and sometimes down the neck, and mostly only when he's really ashamed or really happy. Either way, evades eye contact and stammers.

Cole: Lightly on the ears/cheeks when overwhelmed, paired with coughing into his arm. Evades eye contact and struggles to get his words together.

Zane: Blushes blue in the cheeks when happy/endeared, but is hardly ever embarrassed or shame.

Nya: Doesn't blush often, but when she does, it's fully in her cheeks, looking like an apple. Evades eye contact and speaks in short sentences.

Lloyd: Blushes to the tips of his ears down to his neck; depending on scenario will sweat and evade eye contact; mutters under his breath or stammers

Jesse: It's Jesse, when is he not blushing or stammering?

Antonia: Doesn't blush often; light dusting on cheeks, but will evade eye contact and cease speaking

Harumi: Blushes when flustered/angry; entire face will go tomato red (it's the Amity face lmao) and will stammer while trying to yell jgfghfd

Miranda: Blushes up to ears when frustrated; puffs out cheeks and pouts.

Olivia: Blushes when embarrassed; will evade eye contact and go silent when this happens

Bridget: Does not blush

Skylor: Blushes when she's trying not to laugh; will cover her face with her hands only for it to spread everywhere else jhgfdgf

Pixal: Rarely blushes, but will either go purple or green in the cheeks when endeared (and will massively avoid eye contact and attempt to change the subject)

Chad: Blushes along his neck when frustrated or overwhelmed; sweats and will not shut up lmao

Maggie: Will blush down to her shoulders; will hide her face in her shirt/sweater and whines until it finally passes

Meghan: Subtly blushes along her cheeks and ears; evades eye contact and refuses to speak in an attempt to maintain dignity (unless she's flirting)

Brad: Reluctant blusher; it always seems to happen when he wants it least hjgfdssfd Mostly in his cheeks, evades eye contact, and will sstart stuttering (but like, angrily jfdsgfd)

Gene: Full-face blusher—sweats a lot when it happens, and fumbles atrociously over his words

Sally: Blushes when happy—which is, like, often, and she'll giggle a lot.

Nelson: Only blushes along ear/neck; doesn't happen often, but mostly when embarrassed/endeared. Will simply try to play it off like it's nothing

Sunni: Normally just blushes in the cheeks, unless something really knocks her world off its axis and it from her ears down her neck. Freezes in place, can't take eyes away, stammers, and probably will start laughing embarrassedly

Samantha: Can't often be caught off guard but when she's made to blush it'll go all the way to her shoulders; sweats and tries to keep her mouth shut but will eventually explode with stammering

Harleigh: Blushes when flustered; only slightly in the cheeks. Evades eye contact and grumbles constantly jhgfdsg

[daisyandbilly]

Daisy Jones & the Six — Aurora World Tour After Party 1977

[svvy2003]

This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things by Taylor Swift kinda reminds me of Daisy and Nicky from DJATS show. Like,she was having so much fun, thought he loved her,and he left her to die.

[untilthenexttee]

Rory's a Rock Star and Conners part of Logjam at the Top

The 2023 RBC Canadian Open is underway. A large portion of the afternoon wave of players are still on the golf course and it really is much too early to predict but I won’t let that stop me from having some quick takeaways. Upon arrival at the media parking lot I was greeted by the Canadian Forces Snowbirds air demonstration team based in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and that alone was a moment on…

[tubborucho]

Tommy (and Tubbo) – …but you leave claw marks on his skin

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6. “He Is Half My Soul” Emily Palermo

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8. “Crescendo” Becca Fitzpatrick

9. “P.S. I Still Love You” Jenny Han

10. “Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing” Rumi

[shiverandqueeef]

im trying to design the layout for the fanart im currently working on of my fav series from @youcouldmakealife and okay i spent so long deciding what comp i wanted to go with and ended up here:

with the overlapping parts being different teams (BU, CBJ, Caps) and yes i know robbie never played for CBJ but they're a part of his story just as much as they are georgie's so shhhhh

anyways i had to look up the jersey for cbj and bu right? bc i didn't know what they looked like RIGHT?

WELL GUESS WHAT ALL THREE TEAMS HAVE THE EXACT SAME COLOURED JERSEY 😩 RED AND WHITE FOR FUCKIGN DAYS

[youcouldmakealife]

You think in the Taylor Fitzpatrick Cinematic Universe, there will always be the meeting of a group where two of them are in love with each other and despite their best intentions, very obviously failing to hide this from the others?

You can pry that trope out of my cold dead hands.

Varying degrees of performance (the signals for the beloved, the attempt to hide those signals from anyone else, the 'act normal, act normal, please act normal' fighting the instinct to turn toward the beloved like a flower to the sun...).

Add the fact that every single person at that table has firsthand experience with masking? (Actually, now that I think about it, fair amount of experience with that at the table in Sunrise too). It's like a whole ass onion of high stakes social performance, even when the stakes are inflated by the protagonists, or the performance is a failure.

It became more and more obvious to me in the last few years just how pervasive a theme identity is in this universe, and that set up lets me play with it on so many levels I'm like a giddy little kid.

[kvothes]

Can you rec some poems about being trans and in the closet ? Maybe something hopeful? I've been struggling lately and would love some poetry to help me through it 💚

i'm not sure how many i know that are specifically about being in the closet, though danez smith's "waiting on you to die so i can be myself" springs immediately to mind. nonetheless, here are a few of my other favorite trans and nonbinary poets:

miller oberman (on trans)

jameson fitzpatrick (mirror at shalott)

gabrielle calvocoressi (my perimenopausal body cistern disappointing how surprising)

kayleb rae candrilli (sestina written as though genesis)

other poets: paul tran, torrin a. greathouse, taylor johnson, cameron awkward-rich, jos charles, quenton baker, eileen myles...

troubling the line is an anthology of trans poets; the book RED by chase berggrun is all transfeminine erasure poems of bram stoker’s dracula; diane seuss doesn't identify as trans but the poem that begins "i wanted to be the boy" from frank: sonnets is also excellent if you can get your hands on a copy (i don't have mine with me or i would take a photo for you!)

[the-novel-approach-reviews]

Review: And Then by Taylor Fitzpatrick

Review: And Then by Taylor Fitzpatrick #AmReading #BookTwitter

Title: And Then Series: Between the Teeth: Book Two Author: Taylor Fitzpatrick Publisher: Self-Published Length: 261 Pages Category: Sports Fiction Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: And then what happened? is the question that needed answered at the end of Coming in First Place. And it still needs answered. Taylor Fitzpatrick might be the only author who could do this to me, making me wait, patiently…