#trying to find out if this is just a thing my family does because i grew up mormon and it was like A Thing

[shortypipatrick]

One of the things about Hans is that he's fucking lonely. His parents died when he was very young, and he's being raised by his 'uncle', who, in theory, is meant to give Rattay over to him when he's of age. In the games, he's 19 or 20 (?). And so he has no family, really, except Hanush and whatever staff is raising him. The people he spends time with are all trying to train him to be a better noble, a better politician, someone who will do what they want when he's the lord of Rattay. And anyone who isn't, isn't around for him; they're there for Hanush. And even though Hans is a noble, he has no real claim - it belongs to Hanush - and on top of that, he's very young, and a little hot-headed - and immature, admittedly - so they just don't respect him. At all. It's made very clear at different points in both games; he's at the table because he's a noble, but no one thinks he's earned more respect than that.

And then the commoners he spends time around pretend. They pretend to like him, pretend to respect him, pretend, pretend. Because he is a noble, because he does have power over them, because if they don't, they could be in very real trouble. So they laugh at his jokes, listen to his stories, play dice with him and lose at practice duels.

And as soon as he's gone, they whisper about how bad he would be as a leader, how they don't want Hanush to hand over Rattay, how hes immature and childish and snobby and annoying....

And then, this orphan from Skalitz shows up, half dead after running for his life and being saved at great danger to some great knights, and he has the AUDACITY to ask Sir Radzig to be his squire.

And then Hans hates him - and Henry hates Hans. And they argue. And they duel with swords, they compete at archery, they get in a brawl at the tavern when Hans wants to ignore the rules, but Henry doesn't think he should be allowed to. And Hanush punishes them both by making them go hunting.

And Henry doesn't laugh just because Hans told a joke - he doesn't respect him just because he should. He argues, insults him, makes jokes at his expense, and then, even after all that, he saves his life

And they carry on like that. And Hans grows fonder and fonder of this boy from Skalitz who isn't afraid of him, who actually, truly does respect him, but doesn't kiss his ass just because he's supposed to. And he isn't Lonely, anymore. And that's huge for him. And I think it's a big part of why he fell so hard for a village yokel.

Theres also a lot of times where someone is just plain disrespectful to Hans - ignoring his ideas or just whatever he said or telling him it's bad or ETC, ETC - and Henry can step in and stand up for him. It's another one of those things that I imagine no one else ever did for him. His only family was Hanush, and he's plainly more concerned with Hans figuring out how to act appropriately in court than he is with listening to his ideas or whatever

And Henry gets SO mad and fuckin fights with him at the start of KCD2, and for a while, Hans is so mad that he called him out, told him he's a spoilt brat and a fool, and then, when he sees Henry again, he keeps up his stupid act until Henry is in trouble, and he's there immediately to back him up, at the cost of his own freedom and almost his life. Because Henry is his friend, and he cares for him very deeply.

(And also! After their fight, he's all "fuck off, I don't want to see you, I'll figure it out on my own," but if you find him out poaching, he'll still say "I'm trying to get money so WE can get into the wedding")

And also the whole time he's agnozing that he might actually lose Henry because of his behavior - he admits as much to Henry, which is not easy for him at all. And Henry reassures him he does care about him, and gives "his word as a blacksmith" that he won't leave his side.

Henry is something he's never had. He's honest, and he cares about Hans. He doesn't serve him platitudes or try to make him pleased because he should. He's unafraid to argue when Hans is wrong, or call him out on stupid ideas. But, even so, he'll argue to defend Hans against people he has no business arguing with, and he'll risk his life again and again to save him.

And Henry doesn't need great romance poems or epic stories; he just needs his honesty. When he tells Hans he cares, he doesn't make a big show, he just says it, every time. "I care about you, maybe more than you know." And how often has Hans had that?

Looking at all of it through the lens of Hans, how he was raised, how lonely he must have been. He needed Henry as much as Henry needed him. Their love is so wonderful, and it makes so much sense. I do hope the beautiful folks at Warhorse are unafraid to make it a bigger part of the next game.

[faceofpoe]

alright @kaphkas validated my thought here so fuck it let's do this.

Because this season did not "waste" time on this. This season that shoehorned Luthen & Kleya plots into Mon's wedding and political parties plots did not spend (3? 4?) scenes on Wilmon and Saw for no reason whatsoever.

thought being: "Luthen sent Wilmon to Saw to fuck him up a little more because Cassian wasn't fucked up enough."

We have Wilmon already set up as this echo of Cassian's experiences, Empire killed their fathers, attacked the garrison (to wildly different effect, granted). We have Cassian who slipped through all of the hunters for Bix and got his people safely away before coming to Luthen with the "Kill me or take me in" offer.

Now. Luthen did not know at this time what Cassian had done, with Bix & Brasso, etc. But I feel very good in saying he saw Kleya in this moment based on episode 10 and the "move" scene and the music repeating across those two moments. We the audience do not know what "take me in" means to Luthen until s2e10 and we get snapshots of this build to what he and Kleya will become and how she has to accept everything she's leaving behind in order to embrace The Cause. "Life shows you what you stand to lose."

Cassian was never able to do this. He's maybe got it balanced enough to not be a problem for Luthen when we kick off season 2 - but he picks family over the job when he takes the stolen TIE to Mina-Rau.

So then after Mina-Rau and Brasso's death, Luthen finds himself with another angry young man who he has personally witnessed eager for violent revenge. And where do we meet Wilmon? He's nervous, on short-term loan to Saw, and proceeds to have the shit scared out of him before this wild-ass speech/initiation moment kind of whatever the fuck. I'm still not sure what to make of the "who taught you this?" thing (skeptical this is ferrix scrapyard knowhow) but Wilmon is *clearly* off doing his own things per his skillset for Luthen and has been isolated from Bix and Cassian.

And he returns to Luthen and Luthen *puts him on Ghorman* which is the job that presumably cost him Vel and starts the unraveling that will cost him Cassian. He's effectively cut Wilmon off from his people, he's got him willing to go stoke this fire for The Cause.

But then WHAT HAPPENS? Wilmon goes to get Cassian because I guess he's The Guy when it comes to assassinations for The Cause and the whole massacre unfolds and Wilmon does -

Exactly what Cassian did on Rix Road. Refuses to leave his person behind, wades back into danger, risk his life and puts Dreena first.

And at the end of 9 when Cassian asks what Luthen wants about Mon, all Kleya says is "He wants Wilmon with a doctor." Which is kind of nice, as priorities go, but examining from the full context of his relationship with Kleya, his fracture with Cassian -

Wilmon's run out his usefulness to him, hasn't he? He had him, for a while, but he couldn't stamp out the love, which we already knew in the closeness he still obviously shares with Bix and Cassian even with the distance and the secrecy where they kind of butt heads at the start of 7.

There are of course other factors here where we meet them in arc 4. Wilmon's recovery is obviously complicated, combat is probably not ideal moving forward. Did Wilmon *try* to go back, with or without Dreena? I wouldn't rule it out - at some point, he had to get that radio in any case.

But no one can be another Kleya. They're too mutually consumed and entangled and twisted for that. Their whole love-hate-revenge spiral really just can never absorb anyone else, can it? Everyone else eventually lets them down.

But Wilmon... he's the only one who I think just genuinely at the end of the show loved Luthen. There's a reason he gets the emotional "I have bad news" moment with Cassian *separate* from the "Does it matter what he did to us along the way?" scene with Vel.

And maybe the difference is that after everything with Cassian, Luthen was just kind enough to concede defeat and let him go, rather than run him down to the breaking point.

So Wilmon’s entire experience with Saw from being press ganged into working for him to getting radicalized by a speech to embrace the extremism of being a rebel and huff rhydonium gas to seal the deal was never referenced again like it was just a weird summer job he doesn’t talk about.

[palemoonlightandnightshade]

It was nice to see Dedra in the exact position Syril was back in season one. In the interrogation room waiting for Krennic. Look how the tables have turned. Her obsession with finding the Axis mirroring Syril's obsession with finding Andor. Both endeavors ending up rather pointless. The rebellion has moved on from Luthen. Arresting him won't help to put down anything. Dedra there in the shop being all smug that she finally caught her prey. Then Luthen shattering that hollow victory for her. Just amazing.

Also I liked how they showcased the hierarchy and who is where in the food chain of the Empire. Syril with Dedra, Dedra with Partagaz, Dedra and Partagaz with Krennic. In Rogue One it gets better when we see Krennic with Tarkin and Vader. In Andor Krennic is a big deal to every character he interacts with but there's always a bigger fish. Both Vader and Tarkin are more than willing to do worse than what he does to Dedra to him. And of course we have Tarkin and Vader with the Emperor. It's astonishing how these idiots think they can work with the system and climb up the ladder when they're all disposable to the one guy that has all the power and cannot care any less about any of them.

In the end they're all victims of the Empire really and what's sad it's that they never realize it. Yes they have relatively better living conditions and most probably don't get to face the atrocities they commit. Like major Partagaz was keeping up with the Ghorman campaign from the safety of his big office on Coruscant. But even they are victims. There are no benefactors here. No winners. No truth. No greater good or a worthy cause. Only a self-serving monster. Only the Emperor gets to have all the power. Only he gets to have what he wants. And they are upholding and fighting for the very system that has oppressed them.

Don't get me wrong I think they all got what they deserved. Except my poor baby Lonni another unsung hero of this rebellion of unsung heroes. I'll never get over it. Luthen you bastard! You could have gotten away along with Kleya and Lonni and went to Yavin. Instead decided to stay and die and kill my poor boy. At least his family is tucked away safe. In my head he's still alive on Yavin with his family.

I keep thinking how chaotically hectic and out of depths ISB must have been during that year with them losing three competent and seasoned supervisor along with Major Partagaz. Like instead of keeping Dedra and Partagaz they simply discarded them because they were always replaceable and expendable to the Empire. They had to learn the hard way how insignificant they are.

Every time I remember Dedra's fate the feeling of satisfaction puts a smile on my face. Now that's a fitting end to her character. Partagaz too. I like to think with how intelligent he was after listening to Nemik's manifesto he came around. Obviously too late. But I kinda don't have sympathy for him to be honest. I mean he was alive and around before the Empire. He knew how things were under the Republic. Maybe things weren't all that great towards the end of it but still. Also him deciding to end it then and there instead of trying to repent or otherwise fight back, I mean I guess he didn't want to end up like Dedra but we don't know that. He could have very well put all of that on his subordinates, got away somehow and found a way to rebel. Instead he chose the easy way.

[jyn-mother-fucking-andor]

Thinking a lot about the ending of Andor and my own little head canons.

Honestly, the more I sit with it the more I think that both things can be true in that Cassian loved Bix but also is at peace with how they left things. Of course he misses her. Of course he thinks about her. Of course he wonders what their life could have been. And yet, once she’s gone, he just seems so much lighter.

There’s no question that they loved each other deeply and that he was devastated when she left. How she left. But ultimately so much of their relationship was him “saving” her or trying to protect her from the empire, from her trauma, from herself. The poor man was exhausted and was desperately clinging to the idea of a life with her that he couldn’t see the life they actually had. How isolated they were together, even on Yavin 4. While I take some issue with the way Bix left him, the “I’ll wait for you” speech, and the pregnancy… I’m grateful that she took that step back. Sometimes the most profound act of love towards another person is to let them go. She loved Cassian but I think she was also honest with herself about what their relationship had become. That ultimately they were not in a space to be healthy together.

When we see Cassian about two years or so after she’s gone, he’s more relaxed than we’ve seen him in the entirety of when they were together. He has built a little life for himself, a community, a home on Yavin 4. Maybe isn’t exactly what he envisioned, but it’s the life he needs. Sure, he’s lonely but he also just seems to be at peace. When Vel tells him to reach out to Bix, he shrugs. He says maybe but it feels like he’s saying no. Why? Because he’s moved on! He’s finally feeling like he can let her go, that their story is over. I’m sure he still has love for her but it’s shifted into something else and he’s found peace with her on his own way.

Then Jyn comes along.

She’s so different from Bix and yet the love she feels and the heart she brings to the rebellion reawakens something in Cassian. Hope was fading away, then there she was, bringing it home. It knocks the wind out of him and you can see it in every look he gives her. He’s impressed and terrified and transfixed. She’s a walking hurricane and yet she’s his mirror. She’s the echo in his shadow. Jyn’s the partner he needs to make that last push against the rebellion. As Luthen said, they burn for a sunrise they’ll never see and it’s a beautiful thing that they can hold each other when the end does come.

In that final scene, we learn Bix’s fate and see that she also found a home and community as well. She gets to take solace in knowing that in making the choice for her and Cassian, she saved him in a way. She saved herself. She finally found her peace. I like to think she met someone and that they reignite something she felt was long gone or that she’d never have after Cassian. I hope she was able to move on too and that they help her raise her baby and that she feels seen and cared for and loved. Of course she’ll tell her child about their father and the legacy he left behind with the rebellion. But at the same time, I have no doubt that that child will grow up in a better world because Bix left.

Who knows, maybe if the Rogue One team had lived, maybe Cassian and Bix would have reconnected? Maybe. Maybe not. But I like to think that if they had, it would be as friends. Sure, their family wouldn’t be the most conventional and there would undoubtedly be some awkwardness in the beginning, but they’d find their way. They’d co-parent and I do honestly believe that Jyn and Bix would have a lot of respect for one another and would be great friends. Jyn would love that child like her own and would be a bad ass step mom.

All this to say, at its core, Rogue One and Andor (pretty much all of Star Wars for that matter) is all about hope. Hope through rebellion. Hope through friendship. Hope through love in all forms.

[aricharmm]

and on the contrary i'll reply to everything in order! kinda. i do want to firstly say that i'm not trying to argue with you, i'm just replying with my thoughts because i value your opinion in the same way you've read through mine. all of this is in good faith, and i'm not trying to add more negativity onto your plate. lastly, you're not stupid.

anyways, sure, they can. i made a generalized statement. but children and teens being diagnosed with a pd is way less common than you think. the whole reason most practitioners wait until a client is an adult to diagnose a pd is because a lot of pd symptoms overlap with basic hormone changes that kids/teens go through when growing up, and they have to check that symptoms still remain when your frontal lobe is mostly done developing. in hindsight, i personally had almost all bpd symptoms growing up, but it was always diagnosed as a severe form of depression and gad and it was incredibly difficult to get a bpd diagnosis when i eventually could seek professional opinions beyong my family practitioner.

any kind of pd is something that i strongly believe you shouldn't ever claim to have if you're not diagnosed, because you can easily stigmatize it. self diagnosis is another conversation. but again, i totally understand the take that minors can have a pd, yet it really really really it's much rarer than you think.

yes, not everyone's experience is the same. like i said in my original post, i know the purpose of these kinds of communities is to find comfort in relating to others, and sharing to others that will understand how you feel. that is why i am personally in this kind of space too. my issue is the subconscious enabling that occurs the longer and deeper you stay within these spaces, where you end up in an echo chamber that you don't know how to escape because it's all you've ever known growing up. emphasis on subconscious. again, these kinds of online communities are very predatory and take advantage of the growing minds of kids, and that's what hurts my heart. i'm coming from a place of genuine concern, not criticism. and i'm sorry you were told that by people who fail to support you, i had similar things said to me by my mom growing up and to this day.

however you just said a kid dying can be a good thing. i'm not even going to try to reason with you on that one. that's truly an outlandish take and obviously biased. i wish you the best in unpacking the underlying issues that obliged you to say that.

and it's confusing because in the next breath, you talk about teen suicide and how much it hurts for both the victim and those left behind. i too am someone who has grieved teen suicide, and has also been the teen attempting suicide. i'm deeply sorry for your loss and i know how complicated it is to navigate something so traumatic so early in life, and so recent too. there is never an easy solution or answer to grief, neither is there one for dealing with suicidal intentions yourself. but you're not alone, and i hope you can find solace in that.

i'm not trying to help anyone here, and it's eerie that you think i was. again, it goes to show how these kinds of communities are not in your best interest. not even me. so if me saying that life gets exponentially harder in the future and that living in a bubble does you more harm than good when reality hits you is something that upset you, then you have a long way to go, and i'm sorry life is just mapped out to be that way by default. this world is not built for disabilities.

i don't know you personally. i'm not trying to offend or demean you, or assume anything you're going through. my original post is generalized, opinionated, and not directed towards anyone specifically. if someone takes something positive out of it, i'm glad. if not, i don't really care. if you're one of the latter, i completely understand and again. wish you the best with unpacking things on your own. because you put words in my mouth that i definitely didn't say, and that's a reflection of you. i never said kids need to enjoy their younger years because it's the best time of their lives. i said kids need to take initiative to protect themselves because someone out there (me) genuinely cares about them. if they don't wanna take that advice, fuck around and find out. quite literally the tl;dr of the post.

yes, suicide is always a deeply personal choice. yes, i'm still going to show support and compassion even if i don't know anybody personally because if you don't experience that kind of thing at home, you deserve to experience it online from someone who understands what you're going through. yes, sometimes showing love and support leads to dead ends with some people. that doesn't mean we stop doing it or give up on someone else. this is basic human decency.

“Kids shouldn’t be on jiraiblr!” You’re right, they shouldn’t. They should be enjoying life as a kid. But they’re not, they’re fucking miserable, so shut the fuck up and stop complaining. If that’s all you whine about get the hell off jiraiblr, nobody wants you here.

[dialecticaldimensions]

no one is more doomed by the narrative than my pals/lomls special agents dana scully & fox mulder!!!!!! 

i just started season 9 and tell me why i couldn’t bring myself to go beyond the first two episodes out of sheer frustration at the writing choices 😭(i will try again to continue at a later date)

season 8 had its flaws but at the very least gave us a somewhat decent through line and importantly a solid ending for mulder and scully, and their love, faith and strength in each other. 

And while i haven’t watched anything beyond s9 e1&2, i did not save myself from spoilers, so i do know what is coming – and still i was so put off by just these two episodes because it did not make sense to me!!! (so lord knows how i will feel trying to get through the rest of the season … and the second movie … and the revival mytharc additions …)

in what world would scully be the one to push mulder to leave!!! after just getting him back!!! and mulder would fully have put up a fight about staying and protecting both scully and william if there was still a threat (which i was also just like ??? what was happening in the s8 finale then, but i digress). 

scully, who says she has the strength of mulder’s beliefs, who asks for forgiveness because she cannot be with him on this journey anymore when she thought a life threatening illness would take her, who does not trust anyone else to care for him, to look out for his needs, to save him from himself the way that she does, would not have just let mulder leave like that, on the word of kersh saying that ppl are out to kill him (people are always out to kill mulder tho, why was this different?!). 

and mulder, knowing what he knows, knowing that both scully and william are at risk would not walk away like that, especially because there is no indication that him not being there somehow eliminates the threats that scully and william face? Mulder who would break into government facilities (any facility actually), who would threaten every last man in his path if it means keeping scully safe, who would literally go to the ends of the earth for scully and who JUST got his family, would not just up and leave like that. And definitely would not leave the figuring things out to just scully, esp when she is also concerned about william and his capabilities. 

in sheer frustration i went back to some of my favourite episodes in the earlier seasons and that was both soothing and also mind blowing because it really puts into perspective the growth, trauma and healing that both mulder and scully go through to get to the end of season 8. So to start off the ninth season with what i think is pretty poor writing and not very good storytelling was just sooooo 🥲 i get that dd had to leave, i get that there needed to be more focus on doggett and reyes, but the way that happened was sooo not it!! (how did y’all survive the original run omg! in all honestly idk if i could’ve continued back then, not having hindsight).

@randomfoggytiger has a great post on what was going on in the writer’s rooms/bts around s7, s8 and s9 – which was a great read for me post watching these s9 episodes, bc it validated some of my frustrations. 

It clearly seems like the team was focused more on telling certain stories, without really thinking about how the story would be told with the characters that they currently have. So it felt like mulder/scully (and from what I’ve heard other characters too) are regressing into behaviours/choices simply because it’s convenient for the story -- which is not good writing imo!!

Personally, I find it interesting that the focus was on what stories can we tell to keep people interested, instead of how can we preserve the legacy/joy/comfort in these beloved character journeys with the new stories we want to tell. 

And because of that so many awfullllll things happened!!!! Mulder and Scully were forced into situations only by the narrative, not by their character arcs, and what a shame that it was that way!! 

Anyway, i still love m/s with my whole heart and will continue to grind my way through the rest of the show, albeit very very very slowly. So grateful for the very active x files community (again speaks volumes to the fact that it's the characters that shaped the show/stories) so that i can drown myself in fanfic and gif sets and artwork and meta!!!! 👽🛸

[lilyrosedeppsforehead]

The Ultimate Larry Fanfic Rec List

More Bethyl and Drarry recs to come! At this point I'm just making my way through all my fandoms so get ready for quite a variety.

Only one post for this one cause it's not a fandom i'm in anymore but I may as well share with the people ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

All time favorites-

Confessions of a Gay Disney Prince: (by JeddieJay) https://www.wattpad.com/43095642-larry-stylinson-recommendations-confessions-of-a

“You’re way off here, darling, because there is no gay in dis-nay, nor will there ever be. You’re not a damsel. You’re just in distress but I won’t be saving you. Save yourself.”

My FAVORITE Larry fic. The description does this no justice but it is SO good. This fanfiction is truly so amazing and it’s written in screenplay format which definitely makes it objectively stand out but also so perfectly suits the story. Harry and Louis are characters in Disneyland (Harry is Hercules, Louis is Hades) who become the best of friends (then more). The supporting characters are phenomenal, the relationship progressions are fantastic, the characters are flawed in such real ways, and it’s hysterical. Harry and Louis have such an interesting friendship it’s truly such a fun read I highly recommend. 

Play Me Like One of Your French Girls: (by zimriya) https://archiveofourown.org/works/1172042

Louis is Hollywood's “Bad Boy and Sometimes Darling”, and Harry is the clumsy, endearingly attractive part-time cellist whose cello gets upgraded to the seat next to his on the plane. They fall in love. 

Also features R&B Superstar Zayn Malik, Olympic Gold Medalist Liam Payne, and Masterchef Niall Horan. 

Gang, this may just be tied with Confessions of a Gay Disney Prince as my favorite Larry Stylinson fanfiction. If not, it’s definitely a close second. This fanfiction is HILARIOUS. Like it has in fact made me laugh out loud. Not to mention the iconic characters, fun plot, sweet friends-to-lovers, and hot we-are-now-lovers-lets-have-sex.

Escapade: (by dolce_piccante) https://archiveofourown.org/works/4034197/chapters/9071932?view_adult=true

In the grand scheme of things, finding a date for a wedding should be no problem for Louis Tomlinson. He’s rich. He’s handsome. He’s reasonably well behaved. But when the wedding is for his lifelong best friend (and former boyfriend), and is happening in under a month, finding a date for the ceremony and accompanying festivities becomes more of an adventure than he could have planned for. 

This fic is so good???? Like so so good???? Louis is a businessman who hires an escort (one long haired Jack Styles (AKA Harry Styles)) to be his plus one to a wedding weekend. Harry in this is such a fun character. He’s adorable with kids, great with Louis’ family, and determined to make Louis enjoy their time together. Louis is a corporate boy just trying his best to keep up with the chaos of his friends and family. Very sweet very hot very fun.  

that ugly ass yellow shirt: (by missandrogyny) https://archiveofourown.org/works/4837190

“This,” says Louis, holding up a shirt from the box, “is the ugliest fucking shirt I’ve ever seen.”

This is meant to be a smutty one shot but honestly I’m recommending it for the Larry dynamic. Louis is a little shit in the most mischievous way, Harry is a softie. They are so so so in love. 

Honorable Mentions:

Let’s Fall in Love in a Place You Want to Stay: (by embro) https://archiveofourown.org/works/1577993/chapters/3350435

A Geroge of the Jungle/Tarzan AU where Louis is a model who meets Wild Man Harry in the congo. He was raised by apes and barely speaks a word of English and turns Louis’ life upside down.

let me make a thing of cream and stars: (by missandrogyny) https://archiveofourown.org/works/4630251

It doesn't explain why he’s lying on the floor, with Harry Styles, of all people, planking on top of him.

As in, seventeenth most influential person in London, pop-star-turned-rock-star Harry Styles. The same Harry Styles who has had countless model girlfriends, left, right and centre. Also the same Harry Styles who has been the subject of Louis’ wet dreams since he was about eighteen. 

(Or: Louis is a Radio 1 Dj and Harry is a pop-star he interviews.)

An homage to that 2016 era of Radio 1 Djs calling celebrities live on air and planking during interviews. Another really funny really creative one with a Larry that you just one to ship until the ends of the earth. 

Right Side of the Wrong Bed: (by eyesofshinigami) https://archiveofourown.org/works/3499658

There, standing in a pair of ridiculously tiny briefs and wielding a frying pan in one hand, is quite possibly the prettiest boy he’s ever seen. Louis scrubs a hand across his face. “I’m in the wrong goddamn flat, aren’t I?

Or, the one where Louis wakes up on the wrong couch only to meet his future husband (even if Harry doesn’t know it yet).

THIS FIC IS SO GOOD. Louis is a hoot and Harry is a cutie and the writing is full of personality. Read it read it read it.

Co-Captains: (by directionmclfied) https://www.wattpad.com/story/3899352-co-captains-larry-stylinson

Harry and Louis were co-captains, problem was they couldn't stand each other. They played well together, but only where football was concerned. 

Subscribed to you: (by hazzacumon) https://www.wattpad.com/story/12189241-subscribed-to-you

Youtube stars Harry Styles aka Harrymustbebananas and Louis Tomlinson aka SincerelyLouis, have never met before and live on two different sides of the world. But when viewers are constantly urging for them to meet, something happens. Will the stars align for them to meet in person, or will this be a love that will only be digital?

Sun, Sea and Awkward Harry: (by beautifulnightmare2) https://www.wattpad.com/story/14162675-sun-sea-and-awkward-harry-larry-stylinson

Harry has been pining for eight years over one Louis Tomlinson who just so happens ot be one of the group heading off to Spain for a two week Holiday. 

Place Your Head On My Beating Heart: (by hopelesswriter) https://archiveofourown.org/works/2698844

Prompt: H/L are both pornstars, but Harry (maybe 25) is a veteran at it while this is Louis’ (18) first day. They get paired together for a scene. Basically just overstimulation and rimming and riding and Harry instructing Louis on how to get himself off before Harry actually enters him. Some spanking and Harry marveling at how much Lou’s bum ripples after each smack. Bonus points for Louis crying from multiple orgasms and the overstim and just being in complete euphoria. 

Or the AU where porn sensation Harry Styles takes his newbie to his place and gets him to come untouched twice before even fingering him and they may or may not fall in love at some point between second and third orgasms.

Take Off Your Running Shoes: (by polkadotpeacoat) https://archiveofourown.org/works/725550

AU- Harry is the fit supermarket check out boy. Louis wants to sleep with him. Summer romance ensues.

fake it ‘til you make it: (by tempolarriefics) https://archiveofourown.org/works/11224884

“So.” Louis clears his throat, trying to prompt the curly haired boy into speaking.

“You want me to what?” The boy asks incredulously, speaking slowly in a way that emphasizes the absurdity of what Louis has just asked.

Louis clears his throat, hoping he doesn’t look as completely mortified as he feels. He shrugs nonchalantly before squeaking out, “To go to the Yule ball with me, to make my ex-boyfriend jealous?”

or, the one where Harry and Louis are seventh years at Hogwarts and while trying to make Liam jealous, fall in love along the way.

This fic is so FUN. We love a Harry Potter AU done right and full of personality. 

In Dreams: (by dolce_piccante) https://archiveofourown.org/works/3560306

AU. When Harry moves to a new city, his new flat comes with a number of sweet, anonymous gifts and surprises that brighten his days. Could it be a friendly ghost? Another friendly presence in his new building is his tattooed neighbor, Louis, who seems determined to put a smile back on his face.

California Sold: (by isthatyoularry)  https://archiveofourown.org/works/5157680/chapters/11877494

Notoriously closeted boyband members Harry Styles is famous on a global scale, meanwhile Louis, as his best friend, is back home in Manchester, living the typical life of a 24 year old. When Harry needs Louis with him in LA, a publicity stunt gone wrong changes their friendship forever.

A fake-relationship AU between two lifelong best friends. 

Like Water Over Fire (Like Water On Fire): (by MCSSymon) https://archiveofourown.org/works/11222547/chapters/25075194

“I’m sorry your highness, I think I misheard you, did you really say that you are hoping to meet your husband?” Oh god, Louis panicked, was Prince Harry gay? Was he even allowed to be gay? Surely he wouldn’t be allowed to have a selection from a group of men, right?

Prince Harry looked partly like he wanted to laugh, but also very, very nervous about what he had just admitted, “Yes, sir, you hear correctly.”

Or Prince Harry has 46 men and 13 weeks to find the husband of his dreams, Louis had a limited amount of time to live out a royal fantasy. They might just be exactly what the other needs. 

Think of it like the bachelor, except the bachelor is a Prince and also gay. 

Don’t Let the Tide Come and Take Me: (by kiwikero) https://archiveofourown.org/works/14073588

The aquarium in the lobby has been there as long as Louis can remember, and so has the merman inside. That is, until the day Louis loses his job and decides to set the creature free.

They set off on a road trip to the sea, learning to communicate more and more each day. Their destination is LA, but the closer they get and the more Louis gets to know the merman, the more he dreads having to say goodbye.

Or, the one where Louis decides to set a merman free and ends up finding his own freedom along the way. 

Number 84: (by kingsofeverything) https://archiveofourown.org/collections/50Reasons/works/12493988

Louis and Harry are best friends and roommates, though Harry has always wanted more. When he accidentally stumbles upon a written confession of Louis’ true feelings for him, Harry finally takes the first step. 

come on jump out at me (by yoursongonmyheart) https://archiveofourown.org/works/6243187/chapters/14304565

“you know, i offered for you to fake out me, but, i don’t know anything about you other than you being my biggest celebrity crush probably since posh spice.”

louis almost chokes on his chicken, “jesus christ,” he sputters.

harry takes a swing of his beer with a smirk. “i was very disappointed when you didn’t say i was your celebrity crush after you came out.”

louis almost cries. “you know i did plan on it. then i ran into you narrating taking a piss and talking about my ass and i thought ‘wow this kid does talk some shit’ and decided against it.”

harry barks out a laugh, his ears tinged red. he takes a bite of his pizza. “i suppose i do have no filter while high.”

louis rolls his eyes, “bit of an understatement, mate.”

harry giggles, “whatever pal,” louis screams internally. 

Or, the one where actor louis tomlinson and one direction superstar harry styles try to fake a sex tape to help harry get out of the closet and they both get more than they bargained for.

tangled up in you: (by misssandrogyny) https://archiveofourown.org/works/9842846

Harry blinks once. And blinks again. And says, his voice dangerous: “Niall, did you get me a mail-order bride?”

Because what the actual fuck. It kind of looks like Niall’s just purchased a person. For Harry.

Niall blinks back at him for a few moments, before throwing his head back and howling with laughter. Harry throws a pillow at him. Hard. “No, what the fuck, Harry.”

“A prostitute then?” Harry also doesn’t want a prostitute.

“Of course not!”

“A stripper?”

“No!”

Damn, he’s running out of ideas. He settles for launching another pillow at Niall’s head. Niall bats it away easily, still laughing. “Stop!”

“What did you get me, then?” Niall must hear the tinge of hysteria in his voice, because he’s pulling himself together, trying to stop himself from laughing. 

There’s still a big grin on his face, though, when he says, “I got you a professional cuddler.”

A professional...what. “What?”

Just a Walk in the Park: (by comingbackhometoyou, forehead) https://archiveofourown.org/works/4209105/chapters/9512025#bookmark-form

It’s 2015, the first time dinosaurs walked the earth in over 65 million years. The multi-billion dollar company, Twist Corporations, is planning a summer opening for their world changing attraction, “Jurassic Park”.

They take an interest in the history making duo of Dr. Louis Tomlinson, a stubborn paleontologist, and his partner, paleobotanist Dr. Liam Payne, giving them the chance of a lifetime to work for the new theme park. Louis is apprehensive, but Liam has a “gut feeling” that it will change their lives. He isn’t wrong.

Featuring Niall as the top engineer to get the park up and running, Zayn as the raptor expert, and Harry as the grandson of one of the most influential men in the world.

Now in a Minute: (by thealmightyavocado) https://archiveofourown.org/works/11853312/chapters/26761275

13 feels like yesterday for many people, but for Louis it actually was.

More than anything in the world, Louis Tomlinson dreams of growing up. Simply skipping over all the awkward, embarrassing years of teenage existence and getting on with life. Real life.

So when thirteen-year-old Louis wakes up in the body of his thirty-year-old self, he expected everything in his adult life to be picture perfect. And maybe it is. He has it all... or so it seems.

Except his favorite person and lifelong best mate, Harry Styles, is totally missing from the equation and Louis doesn’t understand why. He has a lot of catching up to do and as adult life turns out to be more than what he bargained for, Louis can’t help wondering why a life that seems so perfect, feels so empty.

Or the 13 going on 30 au that should have been done years ago.

Chestnuts Roasting... And All That: (by elsi_bee) https://archiveofourown.org/works/8925478

Louis is apparently the only person at his new job who is single as can be. It’s not a big deal to just tell his new colleagues that he has a boyfriend, right? Until he has to make his imaginary boyfriend magically appear at the office holiday party. Cue fake relationship antics with a certain someone who is more than willing to play along.

Angst:

Bitter Tangerine: (by purpledaisy) https://archiveofourown.org/works/21276128/chapters/50659784

Maybe it’s Niall, he reasons to calm his storming heart. Maybe he’s not actually gone for the holidays yet, maybe Harry got the dates confused. Slowly, he holds his breath and pushes the kitchen door open. The first thing he sees makes him jump, a wooden spoon held out like a sword. Once his brain processes the sight in front of him, it’s less the sword that gets him than who is attached to the wooden spoon.

“Harry,” the swordsman speaks before Harry can, his voice low and steady through confusion laces each word. 

Harry’s breath catches. Every string around his heart, all the protection he spent nine months building, rips out and tears open all at once as he says, “Hi Louis.”

AU: Nine months after they break up, a twist of fate brings Harry and Louis back together at Christmas. 

Empty Skies: (by green_feelings) https://archiveofourown.org/works/1261096/chapters/2599474

For three years, Harry has been running from his past. Now, he is moving to London and pledges to fulfil his only dream - making it big in the music industry. Not everyone has a place, though, and the competition is tough. As is his past catching up on him.

Louis is part of the biggest boy band in the world, and getting there had meant a lot of hard work, as well as sacrificing parts of his heart and soul. He’s still happy. Maybe not as happy as he could be, but who is he to complain?

Featuring Perrie as Harry’s adorable flatmate, Niall as his manager, and Liam and Zayn as Louis’ bandmates. 

Smut:

somethin’ bout you: (by missangrogyny) https://archiveofourown.org/works/6606706/chapters/15115246

Of all the government agents in the world, Louis had to go and land the most charming one. 

Good fic all around but it made it in the smut category specifically for one scene in which Louis is wearing a vibrator while practising timely bank-lock-breaking and Harry controls the settings. 

river flows in you: (by sarcasticfluentry) https://archiveofourown.org/works/881462

“I think I’m going into heat,” Louis whispers into Harry’s neck.

Harry shakes his head and runs his fingers through Louis’ soft hair. “Not for another week. We scheduled a break for it, remember?”

Louis looks up at him. “Obviously. But, like - smell me, really smell me.”

...or, Louis goes into heat early, part of their tour gets rescheduled, and Harry fucks him through it. 

you put the O in disOrder: (by louuuology) https://www.wattpad.com/42378157-you-put-the-o-in-disorder-l-s

Orgasms. You see that word and you think it’s hot...right? Wrong. What if you had them multiple times a day? In front of your class. Your teachers. Your friends. ...Your mom.

Harry Styles is a seventeen year old boy from England, he was recently diagnosed with RGS (Restless Genital Syndrome) And guess who’s doing a project on the disorder for his medical sciences class? Eighteen year old, Louis Tomlinson.

Imagine if you moaned during your algebra test. How does the word orgasm sound to you now?

trusting things beyond mistake: (by sarcasticfluentry) https://archiveofourown.org/works/835675

“Is that even possible?” asks Harry. 

All of them stare at him for several seconds, and then Louis says, “What, coming untouched?”

“Christ,” Zayn mutters, throwing his hands up. “This fucking band, I swear.”

...or, Harry wants to see if he can come without touching his cock and ends up getting more than he bargained for.

Harry pops in a vibrator and handcuffs himself to try coming untouched. Success! However, when he drops the keys to the handcuffs, someone (Louis) has to pull the vibrator out for him.

The  Brightest Lights: (by Rearviewdreamer) https://archiveofourown.org/works/5625400/chapters/12957322

After watching yet another actor walk away with his Oscar, Louis is on the lookout for the role of a lifetime that might finally get him the one thing he has always wanted. He didn’t think coming out of his self-proclaimed break to do another film would be all that difficult, but that was before he met his new co-star.

Featuring these two actors getting a little too into their sex scene on set. 

worlds will sing as we fall: (by sarcasticfluentry) https://archiveofourown.org/works/5230187

Harry doesn’t say anything for a few seconds, during which time Liam gets up and excuses himself to the bathroom, practically running out of the room.

“Wait, so what kind of silver are we talking?” he asks eventually. “Like - jewelry? Or-”

“You’re actually considering this?” Zayn asks, rubbing his hands together with glee. “Oh, Lou’s going to owe me a large favor for this.”

...or, Harry discovers one of his vampire boyfriend’s favorite kinks. 

Swim In The Smoke: (by whoknows) https://archiveofourown.org/works/5677141/chapters/13078219

“What about this, Captain?” Liam asks, nudging the boy kneeling between their feet with the toe of his boot. The boy hisses and swipes at him, slurring out something unintelligible around the makeshift gag Niall had to stuff in his mouth. He misses by a smile and tries again, just as ineffectively.

Harry looks down at him, at the way the sun streams over his face and shoulders, at the way the gag stretches his mouth, lips pink and chapped. H’e slith and pretty, smudged all over with dirt. They had found him tied up below deck, mostly unconscious, next to a barrel full of gold. He’s clearly a prisoner, but there’s something familiar about him, something that niggles at Harry’s brain. Something he can’t quite put his finger on.

“Put him in my cabin,” Harry decides, turning back to deal with the rest of the loot. The boy screams out jumbled curse words at Harry’s back, muffled by the gag, and Harry can’t understand any of it.

Pirate AU in which captive upperclass Louis is an appropriately huge pain in Captain Harry’s ass. Smut is very hot hot and sexy. Storyline is very interesting. Good vibes all around. a moth to your flame: (by sarcasticfluentry) https://archiveofourown.org/works/2551835

Harry attends a Halloween party with his vampire boyfriend and Louis gets more than he bargained for. 

to kill the mess we’ve made: (by missandrogyny) https://archiveofourown.org/works/7757668

And when he’s finally standing, Liam fussing over him, rubbing his hand at the red mark blooming on Harry’s forehead, does Harry learn two things:

One, he wasn’t actually hit that hard, and Tommon - or Louis, rather - is just as pretty when Harry is staring at him head-on and,

Two, Louis is the Adidas model he’s going to be working with on today’s photo shoot.

(or: AU where Harry and Louis are both models, and they decide being friends-with-benefits is a great idea. It isn’t.)

you are the fever: (by flimsy) https://archiveofourown.org/works/985295

Louis’ heat and Harry’s rut coincide.

as deep as the sky: (by swallowsmateforlife) https://archiveofourown.org/works/6885559

A passed-out omega on the bathroom floor isn’t exactly what Harry had in mind when he thought about taking a cute boy home. The idea of leaving Louis there, vulnerable and unresponsive, weighs guiltily at Harry’s conscience. Turns out it’s the best decision he’ll ever make. 

one day: (by sarcasticfluentry) https://archiveofourown.org/works/912858

Louis giggles at him. “Hazza, I’m not even up the spout yet, love.”

“Yeah, but...” Harry trails off, pinning Louis with his intense stare, and Louis locks eyes with him and feels a hot wave of anticipation wash over him because the implication is obvious: tomorrow you will be.

...or, Louis goes off his suppressants and Harry goes into rut. 

May We Stay Lost On Our Way Home: (by LoadedGunn) 

https://archiveofourown.org/works/3719422/chapters/8236435

Harry thought he had a handle on things. He hasn’t gotten papped in over a month, even the most zealous of fans have given up on finding his location, the Fortress is starting to look hospitable, and Niall just learned how to make shrimp bisque. Even having a crush on a gorgeous mythical woodland creature was working out for him.

Most of the time.

On March 31st, Harry Styles disappears. Though many speculate, only two people know where to find him: Niall, his former guitarist, and Zayn, who follows where Niall leads. 

The fact the biggest boy band in the world broke up two weeks earlier might be related to the disappearance. The fact Harry meets a fairy named Louis in the woods is a whole other matter.

(Liam is a centaur.)

Harry is a celebrity who goes into the forest as an escape from his life. There, he comes across Louis: a fairy with the whimsy of Peter Pan. This fic is very funny, very creative, and very sexy omg.

let me outshine the moon: (by sarcasticfluentry) https://archiveofourown.org/works/912858

“Fuck,” echoes Liam, shaking his head at them with a small smile on his face. “Just don’t get yourselves killed.”

“You can come too, if you want,” says Niall, standing up.

“I wouldn’t be caught dead at a vampire bar,” Liam scoffs, standing up as well. “Wait. Fuck.”

...or, boarding school students Niall and Harry chance a trip to the local vampire bar.

you blow me away: (by Babydollxhes) https://archiveofourown.org/works/5216900

“Fart in my mouth, Harry,” Louis pleads.

“What?!” Harry asks, alarmed.

“Please Harry, I need it. Fart in my mouth, please. I need it.” Louis pleaded again.

Or the fic where louis eats Harry’s ass while he farts in his face and something big happens. 

I regret nothing.

[buqbite]

it's kinda fascinating to me how welt has been "at the end of his life" for like. several decades by now. he goes on and on about how old and weary he is and how "his job is done" and his story is over but- oh wait i just realized i can phrase this in a very funny way- he's kind of sorta immortal now because he got the herrscher core back, so he's really just stuck in the epilogue for all eternity

[triglycercule]

horror is so BLESSED he's the only one out of the murder time trio that has actual good people trying to influence his story 💔💔 dust and killer were both driven to INSANITY because of the choices of their respective humans but horror??? every time without FAIL the polls for horrortale's plotline have always ended in a good place for aliza (either by bettering her relationships/reputation or for her to just. not DIE)

horrortale's potential alternate timelines my beLOVEd🙏🙏 they're SO lucky that we're being kind and benevolent hehe (≧ω≦) now where are the aus based off the possible different outcomes that could've happened in horrortale HUH???? (like how aliza couldve killed toriel or chosen horror's puzzle or gone with undyne to the core........)

[parspicle]

i think an underappreciated part of Being A “Functional Adult” is learning to appreciate something You Do Not Like, but a Loved One Does. it’s a skill you do need to work on, to listen to something You Do Not Care About, But They Do, but it is so, so worth it

[goddessofroyalty]

Based on your "Jayce sometimes forgets Vi and Jinx aren’t biologically related" and "Silco is food with Piltite kids" i present you "Piltite kids ask what kind of pretty Isha will be"

This tiny munchkis meeting baby Isha during a part/Piltover event and asking Silco questions about babys until one ask him if she is going to be pretty like Miss Vi or like Miss Jinx. They debate until one says she looks pretty like Mr Viktor.

Kid: Mr Viktor is super pretty! Mr Talis said so!

So now Silvo has a few questions for our dear Jayce

Oh yeah the average Piltite kid does not realise Vi and Jinx are adopted unless someone (for example their parents) tells them. You'd get the ones that ask how they have pink/blue hair while Silco (and Vander when he's around). Which if they ask Silco the question get the straightforward answer of "the girls became ours after their their parents were killed". And if they ask Jinx she will come up with some on the spot about how they fell into a vat of toxic chemicals when they were young, no that's just what eating x-thing does want to try some?

Quick joke comment: how many parents have had to rapidly herd their own kid away from Silco before he unintentionally tells them how babies are actually made (or without knowing pokes holes in the story their parents told them about how babies are made leaving them with Questions for their parents)?

And, yeah, Isha does look a lot like Viktor so that kid isn't wrong she's like him.

Silco knows that objectively Viktor is rather pretty. Hell, it's probably been a bit of a joke since Viktor was young that he took the best bits from both his parents because how did they make such a good-looking kid. But it's a bit different having children generally commenting that Viktor's pretty and knowing that Jayce, Viktor's 'partner', seemingly permanent shadow, who stares at Viktor adoringly whenever Viktor isn't looking at him, is saying that Viktor is pretty.

[peachnix]

wait....

[beloved-child-of-the-house]

for the most part I actually don’t see Harry and Draco as being the get married types or at least not the have a wedding types but it’s also fun to just. Have them do it anyway. Weddings are fun and fun to write and read about!

[kingdomoftyto]

"Carlos, if you could just pause your experiment for a second--if you could only hear me out, hear my hypothesis! I think once you understand the science of the situation, you--" Carlos opened the door. He was crying. She had never seen him cry. He was overwhelmed and unsure of how to express his emotions, since he usually only did so in carefully worded sentences, not with water from his body. "The science of the situation?" he snarled. "That Otherworld. I was trapped there, Nilanjana. I couldn't see Cecil for ten lonely years. I was kept away from the people I love, in that desolate place where you never get hungry and you never have to drink water and so you never live. It is a place that devours. It is a place that is empty. That is the science of the situation, and I study it so I can fix it. Only I can do that. Only these experiments can do that. I'm sorry, Nilanjana; I'm not going to stop so you can tell me what science is."

🫠