#user silveredglass

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Hello, Did you see the brave are going to play in an actual arena this AIHL season? I grew up in cbr (crazy that they can make this work for the brave but couldn't find even one place that could have worked for bears/ice dogs but oh well) & to go from playing in Philip to AIS - even as small as it might seem is so cool. Knights never had this. (Sorry for random message I was just like who will care about this! I know!)

From this article

For a decade, the Brave has played to capacity crowds at the intimate, beloved Phillip Ice Skating Centre – otherwise known as the ‘Brave Cave’. Now, with over 2700 allocated seats, improved facilities and full bowl seating — an Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL) first — the move to the AIS Arena takes the Brave’s game-day experience to the next level.

Brave CEO Stephen Campbell calls it a defining moment for the club. “The Brave is the most successful team in the ACT and in the AIHL. Moving to the AIS Arena is a natural next step, giving us the space and professionalism to match our success on and off the ice.”

^ Does he know about our professional women’s basketball team LMAO (3x champions GO CAPS!!!)

Thinking very very very hard about a grovelling cold email to see if they’ll let me volunteer for their media. I’ll be there with my camera regardless but ohhh my god. Oh my god. NO need for apologies my friend we love some CBR pride here!!! <333

The Brave Cave’s official capacity is 500 and we are packed every home game. 2700 seats is CRAZY and I’m sooo jazzed for the growth of the local scene. I remain convinced that the wider Australian population have an appetite for ice hockey and they just don’t know it yet <33 The Cave IS a shitass little rink with horrible ice (trench around the boards + holes from all the figure skaters doing their jumps + stretch of super hard packed ice right in front of the Zamboni doors where you WILL wipe out and die) and they stillllllll took the Goodall Cup WE HAVEN’T EVEN SEEN THEIR FINAL FORM!!!!!!!!

The CBR Brave may never lose again ‼️

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silveredglass replied to your post: would you be interested in having someone else (me...

As a veteran exchange mod can I say that if it’s a small exchange it’s easier in forms tbh, and there is nothing different that anyone needs to supply, like we still require an email address for ao3 based exchanges and a Tumblr user name. I am presuming that when gifting fics we can post them on ao3 J ? So really everything is the same for a participant. ����

yes absolutely! when i email everyone with their secret santa it’ll give a little more info like you can post to both tumblr or ao3, whatever you want :)

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Hey! Can you list your top 10 favorite Tomlinshaw fics please

Hi anon, thank you for the ask! I sure can, although I recommend reading ALL the Tomlinshaw. It’s also impossible to choose just 10 because there are so many great ones so I’ve gone with the first 8 that sprung to mind for me and then a shout out to a few newer Tomlinshaw writers. There are undoubtedly fics and authors I love that aren’t on this list, which I’ve cobbled together pretty quickly, so I’m sorry if I’ve missed you out. Basically anyone writing Tomlinshaw should keep at it because we can never have enough Tomlinshaw :D

Full rec list below the cut.

I’m going to start with the (quite rightly) always recced Tomlinshaw to end all Tomlinshaws, the glorious I Had Rather Hear My Dog Bark At a Crow by sunsetmog (@magicalrocketships). There is a reason this appears on pretty much every Tomlinshaw rec list I’ve seen and the reason is, it’s brilliant. Haven’t read it? RUN, don’t walk and while you’re there read everything else by this fabulous, talented author. Go, go, go.

A surprise favourite for me (because I rarely read kid!fic) is the gorgeous Boys Are Blue by pillarboxred (@akai-coat). This is a nearly completed (17/19) multi-chaptered WIP which deals exquisitely with themes of loss, healing and love. I recommend all the fics by this super talented (and lovely) author, who I first discovered through the gorgeous Poses ‘verse but this one caught me off-guard and I am OBSESSED with it. If you’re not in love with little Pea and Nick and Louis even more after reading this, then you have A HEART OF STONE.

I love this charming time travelling Tomlinshaw wait for me to come home by carissima, in which Nick wakes up to find Louis Tomlinson in his bed. Louis who has travelled back in time and who Nick is apparently married to in the future. I challenge you not to feel happy and fall in love with Tomlinshaw just a little bit more after reading this. 

Is there anything better than Louis and Nick being shit at communicating, shagging to ignore said bad communication and then eventually figuring out they might actually have to speak about their Pesky Emotions? No, there is not. I love I Could Stand You One More Night by Hllangel for exactly this dynamic.

I’ll surrender my heart (and swap it for yours) by clairdeloune is one of my comfort blanket Tomlinshaws. If you’re here for the angst and dramatics of bad Tomlinshaw communication and Nick sobbing to Pig over Louis this isn’t the fic for that, but that actually makes it a very nice change. It’s just a lovely story that I think is the reading equivalent of chicken noodle soup. Perfect to curl up with on a cold day.

Locked to AO3 users, Midnight Dancers by Hazmesentir is a ‘choose your own ending’ Larry and Tomlinshaw fic, although I confess to having only skimmed the Larry ending and always click straight through to the Tomlinshaw HEA. If confused boys falling in and out of love, angsty pining and some seriously hot scenes are your cuppa and you don’t mind seeing Harry ditched for Nick (if you choose Tomlinshaw as the ending) or reading Larry scenes, then I highly recommend this. Basically, Louis starts shagging Nick to get over Harry and Feelings Happen. Love it.

I really like the love and kickin’ ‘verse by camiii for its footballer Louis who is sexy, confident and knows exactly what he wants and Nick, who is enamoured. This is another one where it’s not all fighting and hate sex and it’s a really well-paced, enjoyable development of their relationship.

A lovely, contemplative, post-Breakfast and post-1D fic set in Paris is nothing is more fantastic. nothing is more tragic by alison. I really like the pacing in this and the slow burn. Reading this feels quite wistful and I thoroughly enjoyed it from start to finish.

I’m going to stop at eight because I want to make a broader rec list of a couple of newer authors writing Tomlinshaw right now with only one or two Tomlinshaw fics currently on AO3. I’m a big believer in SUPPORT NEW TOMLINSHAW AUTHORS because I’m greedy and would like them to write more fic for us!! I’d like to particularly point out hold on for one more day the first Tomlinshaw fic @disgruntledkittenface posted to AO3 which was, quite rightly, a big hit. This fic is my confirmed headcanon for the wild ride that was Louis on the Breakfast Show. I also have it on good authority that @silveredglass has a Tomlinshaw fic in the works which is probably going to kill me (can I just say hand kink *dies*) and they have now written two Tomlinshaw fics which are on AO3, including the excellent Raspberries where Nick and Louis work together in a bar in Bournemouth and try to fix the decor, each other and themselves. 

Although they write a lot, @1000-directions has only a couple of Tomlinshaw fics posted to AO3 and they have such a great grasp of the ship - I love their stuff and always enjoy reading whatever they write. I adored this brilliant Pig POV she’s a good girl. The wonderful @jiksax is not a new writer but as of this moment they only have one Tomlinshaw on AO3, the amazing Press My Face Against the Clouds. I love how Jiksa writes Nick and Louis and Harry too, and I highly recommend this fic with cold nights, the Northern Lights and some glorious Tomlinshaw banter. Finally, like Jiksa, @nightwideopen is not a new author, but is prolific in Tomlinshaw and deserves particular mention not only because everything they write is a lovely read, but also for their Ace Fics series which features some Larry and some Tomlinshaw. It’s wonderful to see asexuality explored in a forum where popular media outlets would still have everyone believe fanfic is all about the sex.

I hope this was useful, thanks again for the ask and enjoy your reading!