#the way Hannibal and OFMD and WWDITS always were

[fiiiiin]

Excuse me, followers of other fandoms, as I wax poetic about Interview With The Vampire for a second.

I don’t even know where to begin. My thoughts are everywhere, but I really think that THIS show would be the result if every Hannibal fan’s dream about their favorite murder husbands came true. It’s like AU fanfiction that I read for other pairings, but instead of an indulgent author catering to our whims the way mainstream media often refuses to, this is actual big budget mainstream media doing what every fan has wanted for ages. Like I can barely believe this is a real show, with every person on board with how horny and gay and romantic and dysfunctional and indulgent it is. I was living out dreams that fan fiction has filled for ages, except this time I’m witnessing it in visual form on the television. And, I say this only as a theoretical, but IWTV is so immaculate in its delivering of a twisted gay love story that I don’t even feel the urge to read fanfic to fill in the void, because there is simply no void that needs filling (I am still reading the fics do not fret). Tender touches, pining and loving, an actual found family with two fathers and a daughter, so many kisses, messy love triangles and jealous and possessive behavior, utter desire between two leading men (and everyone else), fallouts and crawling back and groveling. Like I can’t make this shit up, it was all done for us in canon mainstream media form.

And this isn’t even accounting for all the elements that make this a great show from a technical standpoint. Production value, cast and chemistry (don’t even get me started on Jam Reiderson), narrative and narration and writing and pacing. It’s a very good show, and I don’t tend to get stuck into television shows like this (my primary fandoms are from film franchises, not TV).

And I guess it’s not the first of its kind; queer shows are happily becoming more and more mainstream, but something about this one ticks all my boxes and scratches that itch I never really got from shows like Hannibal, Our Flag Means Death, etc. That’s very much a matter of personal preference, but anyways. I’m very happy IWTV exists.

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My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

taika is soooo real for not watching any marvel movies or reading any comics or doing any research for his marvel movie at all

186 notes - Posted July 10, 2022

#4

i think rewatching hannibal should be in the dsm

202 notes - Posted July 18, 2022

#3

I LOVE THEM

294 notes - Posted April 21, 2022

#2

✨ofmd fic rec list✨

Here it is, the list absolutely no one one of my friends all of you have been waiting for: my our flag means death fic recs!! Now, I mostly like AUs and long-ish fics and am ambivalent about smut, so that's what most of this list is; but I put a couple of very special post-canon fics at the beginning, and shorter or one-shot fics at the end. My absolute favorites are marked with 🌸. Enjoy! 💖

post-canon-ish

🌸 Chiaroscuro by @menaceanon - WIP, 22k, T - gratuitous Mary and Ed get to be buds content. Their friendship and bonding is so so sweet, and especially since Jenkins said Mary probably won't make a return...... enjoy it here!!

Uncle Ed by StormySeaWitch - WIP, 21k, T - twin narratives about Ed adopting the kiddos, and one I actually like even more: Stede and co. slowly plotting and executing a takeover of the English naval ship that rescued them:') It's great Stede competence and killing-with-kindness content

Wayfaring by @justkeeptrekkin - 35k, E - Unbelievable masterpiece where Stede and Ed have to make up on the deserted island they're stranded on. The exploration of EMOTIONS. The ROMANTICISM, the SCENES. I have no words, you just have to read it

🌸 the only proof the field existed by @nonagethimus - 22k, M - Also a masterpiece. Part 1 is a searing character study of Ed and Lucius, and part 2 is a perfect reunion. Screaming and crying and throwing up.

AUs

🌸 it's what isn't in the name by tciddaemina - 41k, M - the entire Season 1 rewritten as a daemon AU. Absolutely love the characterization here and it feels so real, i came out feeling like i had an entire extra version of the season in my brain.

it's a beautiful night, we're looking for something dumb to do by lacecat - WIP, 33k, M - Stede opens a gastropub. Ed owns the dive bar down the street. An accidental murder leads to... them getting married the day they meet so they can't be made to testify against each other. It's SO well plotted and sweet and funny that so far, it's my only reread.

🌸 Ship in a Bottle by @neverwaswise - WIP, 14k, NR - HRRRNGH i am so obsessed with this one. Lighthouse keeper Stede, literal kraken Ed. The characterization is INCREDIBLE and i absolutely LIVE and am FERAL for this Little Mermaidy version of Ed. THE SWEETNESS!!!!! Shutting up now!

Bark and Bite by @amuseoffyre - WIP, 32k, M - the vampire/werewolf AU of my DREAMS. Season 1 rewritten with vampire!ed and werewolf!stede, of course. It's incredibly silly and sweet, and I love how they work the au into the canon. An update always brightens my day!!

🌸 this tired world could change by @sassygwaine - 95k, E - FERAL I SAY. Stede is a depressed office worker at his dad's company, Ed is a mechanic and ex-enforcer for the mob. The way their relationship is written and grows is.......... so, so beautiful, I can't even. There's a sequel coming!!

We were the winds -writing our names in the sky- by sapphos_gh0st - WIP, 37k, T - What if Ed and Stede met as teenagers? Impossibly sweet and fluffy, literally soothes my soul. Boys finding the love and sweetness and care they DESERVE *clenches fist*

🌸 Once Upon a Summer in San Francisco by samwise - WIP, 95k, M - This fic has me in a fucking chokehold. I am rabid about it, obsessed. 1970s AU, Ed is a drug dealer with a record store front, and meets Stede at a music festival. Their lives and their world feel so real and lived-in, which makes their love story that much more compelling. Excellent and often HYSTERICAL prose, especially from Lucius, and I want to live in Stede's gay commune-house with the crew SO badly.

Our Flag Means Rock by @captain-athos - 22k, M - This one has really taken up residence in my brain! 1960s pirate radio AU, and the author really knows and cares about music history. Made me go listen to the Beach Boys!

This Could Be Love by @zombee - 16k, E - Ed is an ex-professional skier who meets Stede at a hotel conference... and fake dating AND only-one-bed ensue! I particularly love their take on DESPERATELY horny Ed

shorter AUs and whatnot

you'll marry a music man by @soft-october-night - 7k, T - "Poor man's Elton John" Stede covers one of Ed's songs! Soooo sweet and funny

in the margins by @weatheredlaw - 3k, T - Ed and Stede find each other over and over, in every life. This one is so healing, kind of ties the whole idea of reading AUs together, and is especially nice after watching Everything Everywhere All At Once

a small adventure by @sassygwaine - 4k, T - Dungeons and Dragons podcasting AU! Their exchange about tabaxis is probably going to stick in my head forever!!

Dealt a Soft Hand by @mintly - 12k, M - ACCIDENTAL DRUNKEN VEGAS WEDDING, and also Ed is a professional gambler. Funny and sweet

🌸 Washington Square Park Dog Run for Larger Dogs by @fortinbrasftw - 6k, T - Ed and Stede meet at the dog park, and later, Izzy and James Flint meet at the dog park. Hilarious, perfect characterization. I've never seen Black Sails and it did not impact my IMMENSE enjoyment of these fics at all.

that's all for now! got recommendations? reblog or reply! 💖

366 notes - Posted July 17, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

i love you fanfiction i love you fanart i love you character/ship playlists i love you gifsets i love you meta writers i love you shitposters i love you transformative works i love you everyone who feels for a piece of media so deeply that it inspires you to transform it into something new and your own and share it with the world

1,814 notes - Posted July 25, 2022

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