#to: adamarks

[ofmdlovelyletters]

I'd like to send a lovely letter to Jay (adamarks). A true original with some of the most unique fic ideas and tag rants around. You could never mistake him for anyone else, and the fandom is better for having that deeply entertaining individuality. (I love his Treasure Planet fic so much)

Hi @adamarks! You've received a lovely letter. 💌

Crew, you can read the Treasure Planet fic There is a Flower Within My Heart here.

[blakbonnet]

It’s Saturday and they’re still boyfriends… happy boyfriends Saturday……

[ourfag]

stede doing android ed the very intimate courtesy of gently cleaning some of the more fiddly bits of his guts by squirting puffs of air over his hardware to displace the dust. and then turning up the pressure on the nozzle to really get into the crevices while holding ed down (per request) to keep him from squirming (it tickles(?)) and all ed wants is for stede to put down the pump and do that thing he did one time before where he licked the supple pad of his human finger and stuck it in there and scrubbed

[soupbtch]

HOW DO YOU ONLY HAVE ONE WIP?!?!?! Anyway so what’s it about is it gay tell me more

RSAN is all about gay, slow burn idiocy. they go on so many not-dates together, it’s insane. they are globetrotting buffoons. lots of silly costumes and theme nights. ed is a musician on a cruise ship, and stede is hired as a travel journalist to write about the ship’s nine-month sailing around the world (loosely inspired by this).

a snippet for you:

[edandstede]

Why do you get so many fucking nasty anons. What’s the opposite of kys? Live yourself? Live yourself. Alive yourself. Anyway I hope you get all the money you need for your surgery <3333

alive yourself 😭😭 please

thank you, i have no fucking clue. it’s like they find your account and then just refuse to stop checking and hounding it. i’ve seen it happen to so many people and it’s baffling. i appreciate the love ❤️ :•)

[saltpepperbeard]

Hello! Person who pulled the temperance card for the show back again ✌️ was checking on some other stuff and decided to pull an oracle card for the show. I got the card “sweet success” so!!! 🥰🥰 just thought I’d share something hopeful (:

VERY HOPEFUL INDEED <3

[babykittenteach]

Hi, I made an Ed picrew, and you can play with it if you want to!

Before I link under the cut, lemme explain some things.

USE:

If you're going to link other people this picrew, link this tumblr post instead of directly to the doll.

This is for playing around with so go wild. There's some very cursed combos in there not pictured above. It's cool if you post something you made with it, provided you don't remove the credit and if you are going to link, link to this post. However

Please do not use images from this to promo your fic.

INFO:

Some of the hats will change the hairstyles or facial hair. This is not a bug. It's to prevent clipping.

I've made digital dolls before, but this is the first time I've posted to picrew. I had a number of people test it out to make sure it works, but if there's something other than the hat thing above you think is broken, let me know here.

I will be adding more things eventually and will reblog this post if there's a big batch of things.

I am not looking for new item suggestions except from people I've already spoken to about it.

CONTENT WARNING: Nothing much really. It's possible to make implied sexual situations but nothing explicit, and it's wholly up to your choices.

If you’re having trouble finding something, try clicking on the palette options.

CREDITS:

Thank you to the people who gave this a beta test for me: Rat Friend, adamarks, soupbtch, ourflagmeansgayrights, Lana, impossible-seabird, and observethewalrus.

Special thanks to Rat, Danny, Jay, Eli, and especially Jess for giving additional ideas.

Black beanie is because of impossible-seabird's fantastic art.

The bowl bangs are because of margaritaville's Ed bangs agenda. The emo bangs are for Jay. There's a few other shoutouts to moots. Thank you for having me around, peeps.

Here's the doll!

[skeedelvee]

Carry On Countdown Day 21 - WLW

For this year's COC I've decided to put together daily fic rec lists! Let me know if you find any new favorite reads from these <3

For todays prompt I've gone with all fem!snowbaz fics

Going Bananas by @ileadacharmedlife

Rated T, 3,754 words

Baz's girlfriend hires a singing banana messenger to propose to Baz in a cute way. The proposal isn't cute, but the girl delivering the message is.

watch me by @adamarks

Rated M, 2,566 words

It was when I saw her curled up in her stupid shitty silk pajamas, humming because she didn’t notice me there, and softly giggling to herself over a gossip magazine that I realized I didn’t actually hate her.  I was confused for a week.

Right Where I Want by @starwarned

Rated E, 7,330 words

We were trying to watch a movie, but ten minutes in, Baz decided she’d rather wreak havoc on my nerves.

Let Me In Through the Window by @starwarned

Rated E, 9,287 words

Simon and Baz frustrate each other to no end. Especially sexually.

study break by @pipsqueakparker

Rated E, 1,502 words

Snow’s face flushes when I say it, and I graze the back of my knuckles over her cheek. She’s got no right to look as fucking delicious as she does right now, she’s just wearing a worn pair of joggers and a Watford football jersey. My Watford football jersey. She fills it out better than me, with her rounded shoulders and thicker build. She’s stretched out across her bed, between my legs, and I swear I can hear her heartbeat pick up as I trace my fingers along her jaw. She’s so beautiful, blue eyes staring up at me and her freckled skin warm and pink. We were being productive, working on our assignments. Well, I was. -- AKA, The One Where Fem!Snowbaz Gets LowKey Frisky

✨Gratuitous self recs✨

Tail Tale (Fem Remix) by me! @skeedelvee

Rated M, 378 words

A poem in the perspective of Simon's tail (but this time it's fem)

The Other Kind of Magic Wand by me! @skeedelvee

Rated E, 2,357 words

Why the fuck does Baz have a 2nd wand? Simone finds a "magic wand" under Baz's bed and immediately thinks she's plotting. Maybe she needs a demonstration to see what kind of magic it can actually do?

Special shoutout to:

Femslash in the Simon Snow Fandom: a Meta by @ileadacharmedlife

Rated G, 1,916 words

A summary of the major F/F ships in the Simon Snow fandom, and statistics about F/F fics in this fandom, and some general discussion about sapphic Carry On fics

If you have any recs that fit the prompt that I've missed, feel free to leave them in the comments! There's plenty of gaps in my reading so there's a good chance I may not have read it

Also I've had a hard time finding if some people are here on Tumblr, so if you know someone who hasn't been tagged, feel free to leave that in the comments as well <3

@carryon-countdown

[cahootings]

messages from @adamarks that sound like proverbs

[epersonae]

#prev!!!#I would looooove some recommendations!#I’ve already got one and I’m always up for more!!!#:D#also sadly this will never become a fic (at least not one made by me) cause I don’t write 💔

In Favor With Their Stars my beloved by @mxmollusca; AI rather than android, a lot of those themes of Stede "becoming a real boy" (ala canon tbh) in your list!

There is a Flower Within My Heart by @adamarks is a Treasure Planet AU with some of that robot physicality stuff in addition to the emotional development

They have similar themes but different vibes and imagery, and both are excellent!

Many thoughts about android Stede and human Ed… hmmmmmm

Stede starts off completely “emotionless” but slowly changes over time. He starts to question things more and more, starts to feel more and more. He doesn’t realise it’s happening until one day everything has changed.

Ed is an engineer of some sort? Stede is his android assistant. Did he build Stede? Did someone give him Stede? Who knows! Not important! All we care about here is the fact that Ed can fix Stede if anything goes wrong with him. (He will not let Stede set foot in a repair shop lest they try to factory reset him!)

Ed noticing that Stede is starting to act kinda weird (for a robot at least). He keeps asking questions, sometimes he doesn’t quite fulfil Ed’s requests properly, and he keeps following Ed around like a lost puppy even when Ed says he doesn’t need any help. Sometimes he feels like he sees Stede deep in thought or even getting distracted.

Meanwhile this whole time Stede has been trying to figure out why he wants to be around Ed so much, why he wants to know so much about him, why he keeps messing up what he’s meant to be doing. Is he getting distracted? What by? He’s an android he’s not meant to get distracted! Must be an error or a bug if some kind but he doesn’t want to say anything cause he’s scared he’ll get reset! Wait he’s not meant to feel fear!! Oh shit-

Ed tries to secretly run some personal tests to see what Stede is capable of

This leads to Stede finally realising that he can just… do what he wants! He doesn’t have to do as he’s told, he feels a LOT (emotions are hard when you’re an android who is feeling them for the first time), and he just freaks out. He thinks he must be broken or some shit but when he sees how excited Ed is he’s immediately calmed.

He and Ed get very excited when they realise Stede has kinda become, self aware and has developed free will and they start testing all sorts of shit, giggling the whole time. (Ed: *drops a tool on the floor* ok Stede pick it up! Stede (bursting with excitement): heeeheeehee noooo not gonna!!! 🥰 Both of them: *giggling like crazy*)

Stede didn’t realise he could disobey until this point, just out of habit. But now that he can actively do it he is sooooo obnoxious about it, he keeps denying even polite requests from Ed to just hand him something.

Stede wants to know what cuddles feel like. Ed wants to know what they feel like to Stede. Can he feel the warmth of it the way a human would? Does it matter if he doesn’t? It doesn’t matter, the way Stede feels it is important to him, it feels good to him, he likes being close to Ed, he likes feeling him breathe and looking at his eyelashes, the creases around his eyes…

Oh no! Something in Stede has broken (he’s robot sick!) Ed’s gonna have to open him up and fiddle with his wires to make him better! (It tickles, it feels funny, Stede likes it maybe a bit too much)

I could go on but I need to go to sleep but uhhhhh I’m sleepy, hope that made sense… yay! Ily android stede

[ofmdlovelyletters]

All of @adamarks fics are my absolute faves but "so long seabird" just grabbed me by the throat in such a delicate way. There are so few writers in this fandom who get their voices just perfect, and it's so hard to get it right! But Jay does it time and time again, and every single fic is a work of art - the banter is immaculate, the vibes are irreproducible, the love is always always there.

If you're looking for a quick weekend read where Stede is cockdrunk and Ed is insane over it, if you're looking for a fic that leaves you tingly all over, if you're looking to click on a pwp that gives you so many stupid fluttery feelings about them that you about start sobbing, please read this fic and please read all of jay's works ♥️

Hello @adamarks! You've received a lovely review. Congrats on being featured as Author of the Week! 💌

Crew, click here to read So Long, Seabird, and then be sure to check out his other stories here.

[blakbonnet]

Hey ummmm… have you heard..? They’re boyfriends now… 🫢🫣

[mermaidinn]

fanfic friday!? ofmd innkeeper era recs part 2:

Hi all! I posted a list of brilliant innkeeper stories back in march, here’s a part 2 with some of my favorites that have come out since then! 💖

innkeeper era recs p1 ~~~ season 2 missing scene fic recs

bread and roses (7k)- oddishly

Lovers of Beauty (4k)- Jodalyn 

Down in the Ol' Gravy Basket (3k)- pirate_captains_captain_pirates

One Last Job (10k)- Shermanic

Talking About Things (2k)- Chocolatepot 

Just a Little Fall of Rain (3k)- pirate_captains_captain_pirates

Swan (3k)- YellowMustard 

like your heart’s a pomegranate (20k)- ingydar

Connecting the Dots (20k)- YellowMustard

read me like a book (10k)- xoxoemynn

bigger than the whole sky (1k)- gentleblahaj

the poor groom's bride is a… (5k)- ingydar

An Uncharted Level of Waves (5k)- Living_City

the taste of marmalade (2K)- ghostalservice (plantainleaf)

Fortunate (4k)- Jellybeanium124

No More Running (2k)- eperonae

gonna build you up, gonna help you believe (8k)- Jodalyn 

Flowers In Your Hair (7k)- Followsthebees

True to Life (28k)- ipomoea_batatas

don’t worry about it, kitten (7k)- Adamarks

Nudist Shark Freak (4k)- the_hitcher_is_my_dad

Still Here in the Morning (5k)- pirate_captains_captain_pirates

Caution: Spider on Board (3k)- YergiiDzov (Yergink)

soft like silk chiffon (12k)- mediocrepirate

[xoxoemynn]

hi, I'm looking for more ofmd blogs to follow, do you have any recommendations? <3

I have SO MANY!!! In fact the last time I got an ask like this I hit the mention limit that I didn't even know existed so I'm going to keep it limited to beloved mutuals who are pretty active and post a lot of OFMD. Let's go!

@blakbonnet @bizarrelittlemew @stedesearring @edsbacktattoo @jaskierx @asneakyfox @snake-snack-stede @as-a-creww @saltpepperbeard @merryfinches @chocolatepot @gentlebeardsbarngrill @soupbtch @areyoudoingthis @agaywithcoffee @sherlockig @gentlebeard @summerlinenss @wearfinethingsalltoowell @edscuntyeyeshadow @bbyteach @jellybeanium124 @ofmd-ann @batsarebetterthanpeople @insteading @unadulteratedkr @scarrletmoon @babykittenteach @meanmisscharles @peanutbutterex @appleteeth @glamaphonic @sweet-little-goldfish-stede @edandstede @piratecaptainscaptainpirates @pearwaldorf @allthinky @ghostalservice @xray-vex @scarrletmoon @adhduck @oatmilktruther @darkinerry @poisonintopositivity @stedebonnets @aha-my-villainous-thoughts @adamarks @cahootings @petrichorca @suffersinfandom

I hope you find some new friends from the list! 💕

[marbledwings]

Fanfic Friday!!! 🎇

What a week. These stories have been here to pick me up and keep me going...a massive thank you to fic writers one and all ❤️

4AM - CartoonMayor/ @zombee

Meet via craigslist, fall in love via text. I love fics like this where so much is said with a few words.

I Think He Knows - camerasparring / @tinyangryeddie

I am so gone for fics where people have to communicate in order to have the sex life of their dreams. Stede's POV is so brilliant here - his deep love for Ed is so evident throughout as he struggles to find a way to communicate things he's never put words on before. And, of course, his courage is very well rewarded!

I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) - @oatmilktruther

This is so lovely and fluffy but also made me cry first thing in the morning because that's the way oatmilktruther's writing gets me - right in the heart.

Did you call in love? (No.) - @adamarks

Orville Peck inspiration + oblivious Stede + hopelessly down bad Ed = 🥰❤️🥰

[saltpepperbeard]

Just got off the phone with MAX support tysm for your little write up for what to expect. Mikey was delightful. But also he suggested that I try the email feedback on their website and kinda acted like that was better so that we can get our exact point across bc they merely sum up our words instead of verbatim transcribing. So we better keeping emailing AND calling. Granted he was a bit of a spaz by I figured I’d report my findings gfgsghshs

First of all, you're so very welcome! Second of all, I'm so very proud of you! <3

And third of all, that makes total sense. I guess it doesn't hurt to keep hitting them from both sides! Because as my girl Margot seemed to reference, "the more feedback the merrier."