#thehomelybadger

[cloudpinesapling]

If you’re gay, don't hate sports, and ship caitvi, you should go read Run at the Cup by TheHomelyBadger on ao3!

[jacketpotatoo]

I didn't get my star to offer my fave blogs so I'm doing it the old fashioned way - jacket my phone yells at me when you post and goes JACKET POSTED YOU GOBLIN, YOU KNOW YOU LOVE THEM GO ON TUMBLR N O W so it's safe to say you're a fave.

*grabs you by the shoulders*

Badger if I had time to do the star thing (im shaking my fist at my college) you would have one in your inbox I promise you. You have no idea how many times seeing you name pop up in my activity or in my emails has made my day and it’s insane to me that you’re my mutual :’)

[blusthings]

EDIT: the logo and outfit style are inspired by @cloudpinesapling 's design WITH tweaks!

When I first saw @thehomelybadger 's hockey au fic Run at the Cup I was like "hockey au??? I don't know anything about hockey why would I read this" but I'm so happy I gave this fic a chance. It's a heart warming story, with a beautiful ending🫶🏽🫶🏽

[runephoenix6769]

Reading this Caitvi fic called Run At The Cup by TheHomelyBadger

Is a really good ice hockey fic. Tis fic got me by the short n curlies, so much so, I went off and did some the Team logo designs. (As a lot of them weren't described in the fic, so I kinda took some creative liberties)

And our faves THUMPRATS! HU RAH RAH!

[idkwhatimdoingbutslay]

Fics I’ve been recently obsessed with 😳

Easy One Shots to start ⬇️

New on the Job by Queen_Of_Meme28

My most beloved by owlybones

black irises in the sunshine by mel_lifuously

So What’ll It Be by AngellTheNinth

piltover’s finest disaster by shewritesall

Game Day by Mightymousefi

how could a heart like yours ever love a heart like mine by garcondencre

in the wind I’d taste the dreams of distant lives by silverislander

Drinking and Talking by Taurusunicorn2400

The more intense/ plot-y multi chapters ⬇️

The sweeter/ less intense multi chapters ⬇️

Looking for Caitvi fanfic recommendations. I'm trying to embrace reading more fanfic to broaden my own perspective on my favorite lesbians. I struggle with reading due to my ADHD (reading makes me sleepy, it's embarrassing...) and I write more than I read. I'd like to challenge myself to better immerse myself in this fandom.

[mpmrpjb]

" 4 minutes left until The Donnybrook "

Vi Wickman

(fanart for Run at The Cup by TheHomelyBadger, caitvi hockey au)(Please read it! It's really really good!)

[vayberry21]

i've been obsessed, i confess.

i've not been able to stop thinking about "Run at the cup" by @thehomelybadger since i read it, so i used it to try and make something creative.

Since i can't draw at all, the art is from pinterest, @cloudpinesapling and @maca-nas hope they dont mind.

So these are the silly little pages in my journal that i filled with my obsession.

[thehomelybadger]

i'm becoming completely unhinged so i wrote a fic about an alternate universe in which a grieving caitlyn suddenly having 6 vi's in her life after vi dies.

here it is, complete with edgy title - i can't escape mariana's trench if i tried

[thunderandsage]

some art blog recs! (that i found through caitvi art)

@may12324 - just gorgeous, wonderful illustrations all around

@badasserywomen - hot buff women with muscles that would make you fall on your knees

@qvert - very pleasing color schemes, angsty moments

@bonnabees - made this gorgeous cowboy au that’s been rotating in my brain

@xjdkg89q - lots of style variations, but here is one of my favorites:

@kashlat2 - i love the artistic “messiness” here, they give the artwork so much character

@irishyuri - does a lot of fandoms, but has this gorgeous melvika piece

@blusthings - did an illustration for the hockey au fic run at the cup!

@recklez - very pleasing expression detailing, also has excellent tlt art

@nikoniko808 - just really cool art overall, feels like a natural 2d translation of the original 3d style

[becasbelt]

i used to hate you (i never could)

Summary: Caitlyn huffs a breath and turns more fully towards the stranger. “I said I don’t want to dance with you,” she repeats, loud and clear. The girl tilts her head, smirk sliding into something even more cocky. “How convenient,” she drawls, reaching out and slipping the drink from Caitlyn’s hand. “I don’t wanna dance with you, either.” - A look into Caitlyn and Vi's relationship, long before Vi cleans up Caitlyn's mess. OR, Vi is a walking red flag, and Caitlyn is a little more than into that. Words: 12.2k Rating: E Notes: a while back @thehomelybadger wrote a twisted little fic about ex-lovers covering up a murder (link), and I've been obsessed with it ever since. SO HERE'S A PREQUEL TO IT.

From the moment she first saw her, Caitlyn knew she would hate Vi.

They meet at a party that Mel drags her to – some friend’s friend of her brother who apparently knows everyone within a 20-mile radius based on how crowded the small house is when they arrive. They’re not on campus, and Caitlyn doesn’t think the host is a law student, but she still sees half of her class getting wasted and grinding together from her place by the drinks table.

It’s not necessarily a scene she would have chosen herself. She’s a week into her first year of law school and can already feel permanent bags forming under her eyes.

Mel ditches her almost as soon as they walk through the door, of course. The second she locks eyes with Jayce Talis, she squeezes Caitlyn’s arm with a vague excuse and disappears, leaving Caitlyn to fend for herself. Two drinks, three aborted conversations, and one headache later, Caitlyn is wondering if she can get away with leaving the party without finding Mel first when she feels it.

The eyes on her.

It’s like a sixth sense, the way Caitlyn is able to know exactly where to look. Her eyes sift through the dancing crowd until they land on a pair of icy blue eyes watching her from across the room.

It’s a moment that Caitlyn knows will live forever in her memory.

Read the rest on AO3!

[toriwritesstories]

Fic asks 4, 12, 18, 24.

thank you for the ask my friend!!! 😄

4 - total number of words i wrote this year

Whoaaa I have never thought to calculate this. Lemme give it a shot!

I'm going to include all the Shadowzel + CaitVi that I've written - which I think is basically everything I wrote this year, and I'll do including and excluding unfinished WIPs...

Total Completed Fics worth of Words:

469,828 words

Total Words, including WIPs/incomplete fics that I haven't or won't post:

490,013 words

Sidenote: I actually was just thinking the other day about how in the past, I had so many more unfinished WIPs in my docs. The further back you go in my writing folder, the more ships you go back, the more and more stories I started and never finished. I'm actually pretty proud of myself for finishing most of what I started. I'd love to finish all of my ideas, but I unfortunately lack unlimited time to write and so I'm proud of myself to focusing on what are my favorites and managing to finish so much!

12 - favorite character to write about this year

Ooooh agh it's gotta be Shadowheart, right? She's so interesting (god's favorite princess and the most interesting girl in the world, after all) and I've had so much fun figuring out different ways to take what we get from her in the game and making it into interesting modern AUs. I have put her through some shiiiiit haha and you know you love a character when you just wanna put them through all the angst!

18 - current number of wips

Tricky question just because I really only work on one fic at a time - if I move on from a WIP, it's likely that it's abandoned rather than technically in progress.

I have 1 work in progress for CaitVi, as well as 1 additional attempted fic that I probably won't continue.

I have 2 work in progress one-shots for Shadowzel, one of which I might try and finish, the other I probably won't, and 1 work in progress multichapter fic that I probably won't finish even though I looooved the idea. That one I actually started a while ago, cranked out around 10k words, but the plot wasn't coming together easily so I moved on. ☹️

24 - favorite fic you read this year

Oh my goodness. There are soooo many incredible fics I read this year, and they're all so different that I can't possibly pick a favorite. I'm going to instead pick 2 fics, one from each major fandom I've read for this year (Shadowzel and CaitVi) based on how many times I've gone back to re-read them and how much of a gut punch they give me just thinking about them.

For Shadowzel, it's gotta be Give It Up For DJ Shadowheart! by @capriclonus - this fic was I think the first modern AU I read for Shadowheart and I've reread it so many times since then, and it absolutely propelled me toward writing my own Shadowzel fics, so. 10/10 recommend if you are a Shadowzel shipper who somehow hasn't read it yet!

And for CaitVi, fuck it's so hard to decide because there are so many on my mind right now, but I think I have to go with Butterflies (Don't Belong In Zoos) by AmberZ10. I love a good celebrity fic, the way music was used in this fic blew me away, I loved the CaitVi romance, the angst and the tension, as well as watching Vi's personal growth, and the additional plot with Jinx was just so beautifully done as well.

(Okay and I can't not mention Run At The Cup by TheHomelyBadger, I love it so much, as far as reaaaally long fics this is the probably the best I've ever read, keeping me hooked the whole way through, sooooo fucking good)

Thanks again for the ask!! Sorry for how much I decided to exposit but I guess you probably didn't expect any different! 🤣

[cloudpinesapling]

👀👀🏒 Vi from Run At The Cup by @thehomelybadger 🏒

INSP: Those stripes on the shorts go so hard I had to add them, also the gloves,,,

Reference: (Hilary Knight)

[shadowkira]

Baldur's Gate Fic Recs:

Angst:

Reach Out For The Light by SheDragonOfTheWest (T) (1) (Karlach x Shadowheart) (AO3)

Comedy:

fluff me, stuff me, take me home by yeahitshowed (T) (1) (Karlach x Lae'zel x Shadowheart) (AO3)

Hurt / Comfort:

A Fresh Start by denenned (E) (1) (knifeplay) (Karlach x Shadowheart) (AO3)

even if the world collapses, i will be alright by birthright (soulborn) (E) (1) (Karlach x Shadowheart) (Late Act 2 / Act 3 Spoilers) (AO3)

Fiery Hearts by TooMuchTuna (unrated) (1) (Karlach x Shadowheart) (AO3)

Only feel it when it's lost by SunsetSharkbite (E) (1) (Lae'zel x Shadowheart) (AO3) (Act 2 Spoilers)

Taking Care of Your Cleric for Dummies by Zetagoblin (E) (1) (Lae'zel x Shadowheart) (AO3)

OT3:

always an angel (never a god) by violetwreaths (E) (1) (Aylin x Isobel x Shadowheart) (AO3)

Handle Her by OrkButch (E) (1/2) (Karlach x Lae'zel x Shadowheart) (AO3)

Here for a good time, if it can't be a long time by SunsetSharkbite (E) (1) (Karlach x Lae'zel x Shadowheart) (AO3) (Act 2 Spoilers)

Take Me Under Your Wing by anotheropti (E) (1) (Aylin x Isobel x Shadowheart) (AO3) (Act 2 Spoilers)

PWP:

a call to flame by greeniris (E) (1) (Karlach x Shadowheart) (AO3)

A Spider's Lyre by Stomes4 (E) (1) (Alfira x Minthara) (AO3)

Arcane Mishaps by anotheropti (E) (1) (trans!Karlach x trans!Shadowheart) (AO3)

Baldur's Gays Kinky Extravaganza - Calloused Hands by peachy_tiefling (E) (1) (Karlach x Shadowheart) (AO3)

Black and Red and Smoking All Over by anotheropti (E) (1) (trans!Karlach x Shadowheart) (AO3)

Clawed Down by the Skin She Wears by anotheropti (E) (1) (sub!Lae'zel x domme!Minthara) (AO3)

Cracks in Gold by anotheropti (E) (1) (Aylin x Isobel) (AO3)

House of Lust by NerdButton (E) (1) (Karlach x Lae'zel x Minthara x Shadowheart)

don't burn your tastebuds, come get a lick of fame by mintsoir (E) (1) (Minthara x Shadowheart) (AO3)

Holy Light by TimmyJayBird (E) (1) (Karlach x Shadowheart) (AO3)

In Belonging, There is Hope by anotheropti (E) (1) (T4T) (Karlach x Shadowheart) (AO3)

Kinktober day 4: Thigh-riding by Guess_im_the_foot_guy (E) (1) (Karlach x Shadowheart) (AO3)

make it holy by foralprintshark (T) (1) (Lae'zel x Shadowheart) (AO3)

Non-Contact: Two Dates and a Furnace by Shars_will (E) (1) (Karlach x Shadowheart) (AO3)

Trust & Consequences by dedenned (E) (1) (porn with feelings) (Karlach x Shadowheart) (AO3)

Romance:

A Game Called Love by Nezanie (E) (2) (tiefling tail sex) (Karlach x Shadowheart) (AO3) (Late act 2 / Act 3 spoilers)

A Warm Light In A Dark Cold Place by GodsFavouriteJester (E) (4/?) (Karlach x Shadowheart) (AO3) ((Eventual spoilers))

Collapse Into Me, Sweet One by anotheropti (E) (1) (sub!Lae'zel x dom!Minthara) (AO3)

Hungry by Asynca (G) (1) (comedic) (Karlach x Shadowheart) (AO3)

i closed my eyes inside of your darkness (and found your glow) by titasyliase (atechamcham) (T) (1) (Karlach x Shadowheart) (AO3)

Infernal Heart by XaiBauGrove (E) (5/?) (Karlach x Shadowheart) (AO3)

like a candy to an apple (you're so sweet on me) by teefling (E) (1) (trans!Alfira) (Alfira x Lakrissa) (AO3)

Rostered Night Off by Asynca (E) (1) (Karlach x Shadowheart) (AO3)

The Need Arose by dargarine (T) (1) (Karlach x Shadowheart) (AO3)

though i burn, how could i fall? by Jazzfordshire (E) (1) (Lae'zel x Shadowheart) (AO3) (Act 3 spoilers)

warm my bones by TheHomelyBadger (E) (1) (Karlach x Shadowheart) (AO3)

[jacketpotatoo]

Hey @thehomelybadger , thank you for breaking my heart

[lepusrufus]

Have a few lil' sketches of the final chapters of Run at the cup by everyone's favorite mustelid @thehomelybadger congrats on wrapping up such a masterpiece fren <3

[ao3feed-piltovers-finest]

sugarwire, razorsweet.

by TheHomelyBadger

Vi was found next to a dumpster at 4:51am.

Shimmer was still wracking her body. Her veins wouldn't stop pulsing that eerie, pink-purple hue, a heartbeat that pumped sickness mixed with her blood. She wouldn't stop clenching her left fist - grew angrier whenever someone tried to loosen her grip.

Inside it was Caitlyn’s business card, and so Caitlyn came.

Vi didn't want to be away from her. The sickness in her blood drove her to touch - constant fingertips skating on Caitlyn's skin as doctors told her that Vi was close to an overdose, that Vi needed to be watched, that heat and steam would help quell the sickness in her blood, bring back the Vi that Caitlyn had given the business card to, the Vi that Caitlyn had fallen for.

Caitlyn took her home. There weren't any other options. Not when Vi’s eyes started pulsing with her veins.

--

They aren't together anymore, but something still calls them towards each other.

Words: 3807, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 1 of razorsweet au

Fandoms: Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021)

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/F

Characters: Caitlyn (League of Legends), Vi (League of Legends)

Relationships: Caitlyn/Vi (League of Legends)

Additional Tags: Rough Sex, Drug Use, Spanking, ANALLINGUS, ass eating, Strap-Ons, vi is coming off of a shimmer high, caitlyn helps her come down and then they fuck, that's it that's the fic, TW: drug use

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