#verse — the great gatsby

[cannotfly]

@notefinal's a.rthur d.onaldson admits, ❛ i shall miss this, our selfish, private hours. ❜

the english countryside greeted them with fresh air and johanna fell in love at first sight. this is where she was meant to have grown up. among chickens and wild streams. taken from london before she was old enough to remember the city, she was raised in long island. socialites, parties, jewels that are blind---that's the life the judge wanted. but this, where she can taste sweet rain and feel the sun on her shoulders, this is where she is meant to be.

she's dragged art to the riverbank that runs near the estate. dipping her toes in the water and leaning her head against his shoulder. ❝ i will miss them, too. ❞ private hours like these won't be easy to come by once the baby is born. they won't be able to tuck the girls into bed and kiss their foreheads and ask the staff to keep an eye on them as they steal a few moments just for themselves. there isn't that much freedom with infants.

❝ i don't know what it's like to have a baby with someone who actually... wants it. i wasn't even able to tell laura's father before... ❞ why is she dawning on the past? why bring up a late lover when she wears art's ring? ( most birds mate for life. ) ❝ i'll miss them, too. ❞ the fact that art wants to be in their child's life, wants to raise them and hold her hand until he's pushed out of the delivery room, is something she's still getting used to. johanna shouldn't have expected any less from him. art wasn't upset with her nor the fact that between the years, she had anthony. he took laura under his wing. treated her like she was his own. and lily! she was shocked at the sight of a man of his standing so involved in his daughter's life. ( it made her all the more in love with him. )

johanna tucks her legs underneath herself. ❝ laura was a complete surprise. obviously---you don't exactly seek having a child out when you're sleeping with a man who isn't your husband, but i didn't think i could even... ❞ a sigh. she glances up at him. ❝ i was sick. for a long time. ❞ is starvation a sickness? ❝ i didn't think i could even... but here i am again. fat. ❞ gaze falls to her stomach. thank goodness for this decade's trends! before laura was born, it was nearly impossible to keep it hidden. they have a few months yet, but it's noticeable. ❝ i feel like i'm a new mother. despite having done this before and the girls. it's just so different. a very good different. ❞

[cannotflyarc]

@soldwrecked's arthur donaldson sent: [ montage ] receiver tries on clothes, and sender either approves or disapproves of each outfit with a nod or a shake of their head - reverse

when her hand trailed over the shirts sitting on his shelf -- the silk and satin and cotton and wool -- she wondered if she even had any clothes that were more expensive than this. johanna has to bite back a smile, all seriousness, as she watches art try them on for her now. she sits on the corner of his bed. dressed only in one of the shirts that fits more like an extremely short dress on her more than a blouse, she sits on the corner of his bed.

❝ hmm, i don't know about this one, mr. donaldson. ❞ a finger taps the corner of her lips. ❝ i think it's a tad too -- how do you say it? -- fantaisie for what we're going for. ❞ she pronounces it in a perfect french accent. the only time her french tutoring has ever come in handy for her. a coy eye gazes over the particular shirt he's trying on now. ❝ you're a bit overdressed, aren't you? i feel quite underdressed at the moment. ❞ she waves a finger in the air. ❝ next one, please! ❞

[ash-muses]

He paused briefly, subtly darting over her delicate and fair features with a sense of fondness. In his eyes, Odette was much more than another princess; she was benevolent, bewitching, and poised — traits which Loki couldn't help but find himself drawn to, something that he silently vowed to protect. She was his opposite down to the most minute ways, so pristine and pure — something that, up until this moment, he had been certain he was never meant for. This time, something had shifted internally, an inexplicable whirlwind of emotions simmering beneath his pacified demeanor.

A steady rhythm filled his ears and hammered against his ribs, enveloping him in the tension of the moment. Loki found himself with one finger delicately hooked under her chin as he held her gaze, his other arm gently slipping around her waist to hold her flush against his form. The God had been struck, visions of moments he could only long for dancing just out of reach. And then, it rang clearly — a tuning fork upon a star.

Had the Norns bestowed a gift upon him? Plucking up his courage, he acted upon it before he could think better of it. "Minn ástir er æ," he murmured, audible just above the soft pops and snaps of the fireplace. Loki's eyes flickered toward her lips before he leaned in, closing the remaining distance between them with a slow, supple kiss.

Eyes followed her actions then up to even the smallest blemish on his face committing every bit of him to long-term memory. Such a memory she never wanted to lose. From fear of being touched to easing another, the princess cherished every second. A silence enveloped her and only the chips of the fireplace’s flame carried a sound in the room.

His hand felt natural over her caress. She contemplated if his movements gave her agency to continue, so she took the initiative placing both hands on his face. With as much sincerity as she could convey, Odette spoke softly, “Oh, Loki.” She stepped forward, leaning closely, faces barely inches away, and spoke once more in a tender whisper, “You will always have me.”

[jgroffdaily]

After party report from the New York Times:

Just past 3 a.m., Jonathan Groff, who won his first Tony for best leading actor in a musical for “Merrily We Roll Along,” headed to the bar and led a rendition of a Sondheim standard from the show, “Old Friends.”

His co-star Daniel Radcliffe and Mr. Radcliffe’s longtime girlfriend, the actress Erin Darke, watched from their perch on a banquette as they greeted well-wishers. (Mr. Radcliffe had also just won his first Tony Award for “Merrily,” for his performance as the composer Charley Kringas.)

Then the pianist Billy Stritch started in on the rousing chords of “New York, New York,” the John Kander and Fred Ebb tune made famous by Frank Sinatra. Soon the whole room, which included Eva Noblezada (“The Great Gatsby”) and Andrew R. Butler (“Stereophonic”), was belting along to the anthem for city dreamers.

“Start spreadin’ the news, I’m leavin’ today …”

Mr. Groff danced alongside the piano, growing progressively louder with each verse, until it was time for the finale.

“If I can make it there, I’ll make it anywhere/ It’s up to you, New York, Neeeeeeew York.”

Video of part of the singalong is at the New York Post

[starl1tsky]

ok so. boston gatsby musical. overall? i enjoyed it, had a great time watching it, etc.... HOWEVER. cons first then pros. and then stuff i had mixed feelings on.

a) they took gatsby's teeth out. he was wayyy too nice. also not charismatic enough. like i feel like a gatsby should suck the air out of a room bc you're too busy staring at him. like those gayass vampires from the vampire show. anyway he was dorky and like sweet and shit and im like that is NOT jay gatsby!!!! that is a musical theater mfa.

b) daisy was also a yass queen white feminist instead of like. the ideal that gatsby obsesses over which like ok, fleshing out female characters, wtver, but daisy SUCKS SO HARD like she killed that girl. did daisy buchanan successfully utilize girl power when she vehicular manslaughtered her husband's mistress. also they were leaning so hard into the class thing that it might've been better to like uh idk TALK ABOUT CLASS??? BC DAISY IS ALL ABOUT CLASS SHE IS LITERALLY THE REPRESENTATION OF THE UPPER CLASS?????

b part 2) they also changed it so that daisy actually totally did want to marry gatsby and her mom forced her to marry tom which imo removes a lot of nuance from the story like??? its not a fucking love story????!!! daisy was NOT about to marry gatsby when he was poor like. let's not try to make daisy something she isn't.

c) ok so they basically made it so gatsby was Native American and like pretending to be white and that in and of itself is NOT a con, i think that's an interesting way to deal with the whole new money/reinvention thing. HOWEVER it felt very shoehorned in bc it was literally only mentioned in the last song when gatsby's dad came to bury him. and then the finale was like #landback which is all well and good but again let's maybe try and have one cohesive theme (class tensions) before we try to add things into the final two songs. because that is not the place to add themes.

d) this isn't so much a con as a ???? but jordan??? what the fuck was she doing there. she like was an exposition drop for nick like twice and then she just stood there and had a verse in like two songs and made out with people. the actress was very hot so it was okay but like. what was she doingggggg.

e) i LOVE florence + the machine however. the music was GOOD, objectively speaking but i would have appreciated a little more variety. the tap number was great tho, 10/10. also loved the damage that you do, that was a good one. "what of love and what of god" felt like, a good florence + the machine song but a heavy handed musical theater song like. giving dust and ashes. great song, but jesus christ josh groban calm the fuck down.

PROS:

a) ok i know i said gatsby wasn't charismatic enough BUT. in the meyer wolfsheim number, he was tap dancing and it was INCREDIBLE. so what i think is that they just should have had him dance more, bc the actor was an INCREDIBLE dancer and that would've given him the gatsby charisma and magnetism. so that's a directing/staging issue not an actor issue. like as far as i remember he only properly danced in that one song.

b) i did appreciate how they fleshed out myrtle and her husband, it was very well done and added significantly to the class tension themes of the original novel

b part 2) HOLY SHIT SOLEA PFEIFFER THE WOMAN THAT YOU ARE. also the husband ATE. the two of them were really extraordinary, standout performances.

c) nick was very charming, they did fourth wall break/monologue type things and it worked quite well i thought. he had a great voice, would've loved it if they gave him more to do but...

d) i mentioned this before but GOOD LORD the meyer wolfsheim tap number was fantastic. best part of the whole show imo

e) honestly the tom was very good. like detestable and i wanted to punch him in his face the whole time but. he was quite good. and i said it before but the damage that you do ATE.

f) very sexy. lots of hot people dancing and making out with each other.

ok now things im unsure about.

a) look. nick carraway is a homosexual. you know this; i know this, however, i don't think he's aware enough to be like "yeah i'm fucking gay and in love with gatsby" like he is gay, he is in love with gatsby but like i do not think he knows that. he idolizes gatsby because he doesn't have the vocabulary or the self knowledge to know that he's in love with him. also babe if you know you're gay and you know you'r ein love with gatsby and gatsby is trying to get with you for his first song and a half, WHY ARE YOU HELPING HIM GET WITH THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE WHO HAPPENS TO BE YOUR COUSIN???? make it make sense. but yea i think making nick gay is the right choice and even having him make out with dudes is the right choice and yea maybe he even knows he's gay but i really don't think he knows he's in love with gatsby. and also nick didn't narrate quite enough and when he did he wasn't quite unreliable enough.

basically i just LOVe the great gatsby and while i did enjoy this musical i just didn't like it as much as the book. so i guess my expectations were too high. also i found it ironic and depressing that in a musical where the adapters added so much about modern politics and tried so hard to modernize the politics of the original novel, the ushers STILL managed to be racist to my mother. yay a.r.t!!!!!

[wolfstarlibrarian]

Helloo!!

I was just wondering if you knew any fics where Remus is a photographer? The plot doesn't necessarily matter, just as long as Remus is a photographer, and that it plays a not necessarily central role, but at least so that it gets mentioned often throughout the story.

Thanks!!

A picture of my dog because she's adorable🫶

Well since you sent a picture of your ADORABLE dog, clearly this request must be filled.

Photographer Remus 📸

Exposed by @remuslives23 (Part 3 of the Muse Verse series) Sirius helps Remus overcome his insecurities.

Ink & Parchment by @prettyremus A cache of letters between Remus Lupin and Sirius Black has recently been uncovered. Join us as they are released, and read the story of their love through their own words.

Walking in a Wizard Wonderland by @yumenouveau It's minutes till Christmas and Sirius has just finished bar-tending for the a Victorian-style wedding. He'd been watching the cute photographer all night, but little did he know the other man was looking back at him too. With how hard it's started to snow, Sirius wonders whether the other man will be able to get home or if he'll be staying over for Christmas

Rule of Thirds by bluepeony Modern AU: Sirius Black, star of the university's football team, only wants one thing: a teensy-weensy, harmless little kiss.

Pictures of You by @cacchieressa He stretched out his hand desperately as if to snatch only a wisp of air, to save a fragment of the spot that [he] had made lovely for him. But it was all going by too fast now for his blurred eyes and he knew that he had lost that part of it, the freshest and the best, forever. ~F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

[lunaaranala]

i feel the need to list every fandom/ship i am or was ever interested in so here we are

persona 5, spefically i am very normal about shuake

and persona 3 and 4 they're cool

genshin impact, the number of ships i like is ridiculs because of how many characters there are tho i do fixate on wanderer

wings of fire my childhood

harry potter fanfiction is my entire love for this series

keeper of the lost cities i loved it in the beginning but ever since nightfall(book 6), they haven't been really good in my opinion

ascendance of a bookworm the fanfictions are great

twisted wonderland i love fairy tale twists and adding in pretty boys is heaven, leona is my favorite

splatoon, haven't really been in since 3 released but agent 3/agent 8 is my favorite

mystic messenger some of the bad endings are seriously messed up

cinderella phenomenon, karma and waltz are my favorite li

dc specially the batfamily tho john constantine is also interesting

percy jackson and the varies riordan verse nico is the sweetest and deserves all the sunshine, fics where the pantheons meet are fun

hades fics where zagreus meets nico are interesting wish there were more

danny phantom, im in it for the crossovers

ensemble stars, a friend introduced me, not super invested but the music is nice, but dont talk to me about izumi sena i loathe him

omniscient reader another friend introduced me, and i love it and joongdok so much

the s classes that i raised mc with the chains guy is fun

who made me a princess luathy consumed my mind when i read this

i shall master this family very interesting

carmen sandiego gray/carmen

my hero academia most ships are open season exept ochaco/deku they just don't seem to have that chemistry, todosibling fluff is great tho

linked universe i mean it's amazing

voltron shenanigains are fun

avatar i prefer atla over alok

tales of arcadia douxie

the world ends with you joshneku all the way

this will probably be edited later to add thoughts or anything im forgetting

and not even a minute after i post this i add more

trolls i got weirdly into broppy a couple weeks ago

spiderverse dont really like marvel but the movie was cool love the changing artstyles and hobie

our life beginnings and always and maybe our life now and forever once that's completed

update august 5

scum villain self saving system listen I didn't know it was a somewhat smut series and now I'm just attached to cumplane's bond whether they're bros or hoes

fullmetal alchemist so I'm really really attached to the tension thing I guess since I like edroy, and like ed's the kid who got his arm and leg stolen by God when he was eleven which killed any innocence plus do you really think anyone could stop ed if he really wanted roy? also roy is a sad little man that is now my blorbo like look at this dis-functioning manwhore with flowery words

dragon age zevran the suave pretty man, also I'm somewhat attached to solas just cause the large mass of people want to jump his bones, excited for veilguard

yuri on ice! vituuri is nice but yurio the fierce tiger is my precious

bungo stray dogs I've been dipping my toes in but haven't watched yet

dr stone these quirky children I love them so much

gravity falls weirdness is fun, need to read the book of bill, and great gatsby but for unrelated reasons

[revasserium]

the unofficial ultimate bungo stray dogs reading list

this is mainly for myself bc i rly do want to read most if not all of these and i'm sure it's already been done by someone somewhere. but, i thought why not post it lmao; most if not all of these can be found on anna's archive, z-library, or project gutenberg! (also, consider buying from your local bookstore!) for those that are a bit harder to find, i've included links, though some are from j-stor and would require login to access.

detective agency:

osamu dazai:

no longer human (novel)

the setting sun (novel)

nakajima atsushi:

the moon over the mountain: stories (short story collection)

light, wind and dreams (short story)

fukuzawa yukichi:

an encouragement of learning (17 volume collections of writings)

all the countries of the world, for children written in verse (textbook)

yosano akiko:

kimi shinitamou koto nakare (poem)

midaregami (poetry collection)

edogawa ranpo:

the boy detectives club (book series)

japanese tales of mystery and imagination (short story collection)

the early cases of akechi kogoro (novel)

kunikida doppo:

river mist and other stories (short story collection)

izumi kyouka:

demon lake (play)

spirits of another sort: the plays of izumi kyoka (play collection)

tanizaki junichirou:

the makioka sisters (novel)

the red roof and other stories (short story collection)

miyazawa kenji:

ame ni mo makezu; be not defeated by the rain (poem)

night on the galactic railroad (novel)

strong in the rain (poetry collection)

port mafia:

mori ougai:

vita sexualis (novel)

the dancing girl (novel)

nakahara chuuya:

poems of nakahara chuya (poetry collection)

akutagawa ryuunosuke:

rashoumon (short story)

the spider's thread (short story)

rashoumon and other stories (short story collection)

ozaki kyouyou:

the gold demon (novel)

higuchi ichiyou:

in the shade of spring leaves (biography and short stories)

hirotsu ryuurou:

falling camellia (novel)

tachihara michizou:

in mourning for the summer (poem)

midwinter momento (poem)

from the country of eight islands: an anthology of japanese poetry (poetry collection)

kajii motojirou:

lemon (short story)

yumeno kyuusaku:

dogra magra (novel)

oda sakunosuke:

flawless/immaculate (short story)

sakaguchi ango:

darakuron (essay)

the guild:

f. scott fitzgerald:

the great gatsby (novel)

the beautiful and the damned (novel)

edgar allen poe:

the raven (poem)

the black cat (short story)

the murders in the rue morgue (short story)

herman melville:

moby dick (novel)

h.p. lovecraft:

the call of cthulhu (short story)

the shadow out of time (novella)

john steinbeck:

the grapes of wrath (novel)

of mice and men (novel)

lucy maud montgomery:

anne of green gables (novel)

the blue castle (novel)

chronicles of avonlea (short story collection)

louisa may alcott:

little women (novel)

the brownie and the princess (short story collection)

margaret mitchell:

gone with the wind (novel)

mark twain:

the adventures of tom sawyer (novel)

adventures of huckleberry finn (novel)

nathaniel hawthorn:

the scarlet letter (novel)

rats in the house of the dead:

fyodor dostoevsky:

crime and punishment (novel)

the brothers karamozov (novel)

notes from the underground (short story collection)

alexander pushkin:

eugene onegin (novel)

a feast in time of plague (play)

ivan goncharov:

the precipice (novel)

oguri mushitarou:

the perfect crime (novel)

decay of the angel:

fukuchi ouchi:

the mirror lion, a spring diversion (kabuki play)

bram stoker:

dracula (novel)

dracula's guest and other weird stories (short story collection)

nikolai gogol:

the overcoat (short story)

dead souls (novel)

hunting dogs: (i must caveat here that the hunting dogs are named after much more comparatively obscure jpn writers/playwrights so i was unable to find a lot of the specific pieces actually mentioned; but i still wanted to include them on the list because well -- it wouldn't be a bsd list without them)

okura teruko:

gasp of the soul (short story; i wasn't able to find an english translation)

devil woman (short story)

jouno saigiku:

priceless tears (kabuki play; no translation but at least we have a summary)

suehiro tetchou:

setchuubai/a political novel: plum blossoms in snow (novel)

division for unusual powers:

taneda santouka:

the santoka: versions by scott watson (poetry collection)

tsujimura mizuki:

lonely castle in the mirror (novel)

yesterday's shadow tag (short story collection; i was unable to find a translation)

order of the clock tower:

agatha christie:

and then there were none (novel)

murder on the orient express (novel)

she is the best selling fiction writer of all time there's too much to list here

mimic:

andre gide:

strait is the gate (novel)

trascendents:

arthur rimbaud:

illuminations (poetry collection)

the drunken boat (poem)

a season in hell (prose poem)

johann von goethe:

faust

the sorrows of young werther

paul verlaine:

clair de lune (poem, yes it did inspire the debussy piece, yes)

poems under saturn (poetry collection)

victor hugo:

the hunchback of notre-dame (novel)

les miserables (novel)

william shakespeare:

romeo and juliet (play)

a midsummer nights' dream (play)

sonnets (poetry collection)

the seven traitors:

jules verne:

around the world in 80 days (novel)

journey to the center of the earth (novel)

twenty thousand leagues under the seas (novel)

other:

natsume souseki:

i am a cat (novel)

kokoro (novel)

botchan (novel)

h.g. wells:

the time machine (novella)

the invisible man (novel)

the war of the worlds (novel)

shibusawa tatsuhiko:

the travels of prince takaoka (novel; unable to find translation)

dr. mary wollstonecraft godwin shelley

frankenstein (novel)

[pauking5]

My All Time Reading List

These are just a few of my absolute favourites that I would reread anytime, anyday, anywhere. Some have marked me and inspired me, while others I'm still going through at the pace of a snail because I really want to understand them more.

Classics

• Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

• Macbeth by Shakespeare

• Dante's Inferno by Dante Alighieri (current study)

• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Fiction

• Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas

• The Fine Print by Lauren Asher

• Throttled, Collided by Lauren Asher

Retelling Historical Fiction

• Circe by Madeline Miller

Dark Romance

• The Dark Verse Series by RuNyx - The Predator, The Reaper, The Emperor, The Finisher, The Annihilator (waiting for the last book in the series like a gollum)

• Gothikana by RuNyx

• Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver (still reading it)

Romantasy

• The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Series by Laura Thalassa - Pestilence, War, Famine and Death (enraged at how fast i gobbled these)

• Heavenly Bodies by Imani Erriu (still reading/ favorite of mine)

• Bewitched & Bespelled by Laura Thalassa (stolen my heart, body and soul)

• The Serpent And The Wings of The Night by Carissa Broadbent (still reading it)

• What Lies Within Masks and Shadows by Nicolle May (still reading it)

• Apprentice To The Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer (still reading it)

• Phantasma by Kaylie Smith (still reading it)

My TBR and DNF list is unfortunately way longer :) I've read a lot but some really haven't vibed with me. Might update this in the long run.

[kimiiko-x]

books are cool

I really enjoy reading books, A book is a medium for recording information in the form of writing or images. Modern books are typically in codex format, composed of many pages that are bound together and protected by a cover.A book is a medium for recording information in the form of writing or images. Modern books are typically in codex format, composed of many pages that are bound together and protected by a cover.

The book above was one of the first ever books printed with a printing press. Modern books are usually in codex format, composed of many pages. They are connected together by a cover. One of my favorites was The Great Gatsby, a classic book by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Great Gatsby is widely considered to be a literary masterpiece and a contender for the title of the Great American Novel. As a conceptual object, a book refers to a written work of substantial length, which may be distributed either physically or in digital forms like eBooks. These can be fiction or non-fiction. A physical book may not contain such a work: for example, it may contain only drawings, engravings, photographs, puzzles, or removable content like paper dolls. It may also be left empty for personal use, as in the case of account books, appointment books, autograph books, notebooks, diaries and sketchbooks.

The picture above is a notebook, not all books contain stories in them, they can be used to write stories. Writing stories such as diary entries are so relaxing. Who knows, your diary might become a famous story in the future. Books are sold at different stores, online for delivery, and can be borrowed from libraries.

TYPES OF GENRES, WORDS, ETC. ↓

Literature

Oral literature Folklore-(fable - fairy - tale - folk play - folksong - heroic epic - legend - myth - proverb) Oration - Performance (audiobook - spoken word)- Saying Major written forms Drama- (closet drama) - Poetry-(lyric - narrative) - Prose - Nonsense - (verse) - Ergodic - Electronic Long prose fiction Anthology - Serial - Novel/romance Short prose fiction Novella - Novelette - Short story - Drabble - Sketch - Flash fiction - Parable - Religious - Wisdom Prose genres Fiction Speculative - Realist - Children's - Genre -(adventure - coming-of-age - crime - erotic - fantasy - military - paranormal - romance - science fiction - supernatural - western - horror) - Historical - Encyclopedic Non-fiction Academic - (history - philosophy) - Anecdote - Epistle - Essay - Journalism - Letter - Life - Nature - Persuasive - Travelogue Poetry genres Narrative Children - Epic - Dramatic - Verse novel - National Lyric Ballad - Elegy - Epigram - Ghazal - Haiku - Hymn Limerick - Ode - Qasida - Sonnet - Villanelle Lists Epic - Groups and movements - Poets Dramatic genres Comedy - Libretto - Play - (historical - moral) - Satire - Script - Tragedy - Tragicomedy History Ancient - Classical - Medieval - Modernist - Postmodern Lists and outlines Outline - Glossary - Books - Writers - Movements -Cycles - Literary awards - (poetry) Theory and criticism Sociology - Magazines - Composition - Language - Narrative - Feud - Estate

↓ There are many different genres and type of books, that's why it is cool. ~Information and pictures by Wikipedia and Pinterest~

[irisbleufic]

I love every bit of your writing that I've read, but I've only read a little due to sharing a whole one (1) Fandom with you. If I wanted to read more of your work without knowing the source material, would you make any recommendations? Thank you!

Good morning, anon! If I knew which single fandom we shared, I’d make the assumption that you’ve read most of my work in that one. However, because I’m not sure where you started with my work, I can’t promise I won’t accidentally rec you something you’ve already read. I apologize in advance if that happens.

The fandom most people share with me these days is either Good Omens, Gotham, or Pacific Rim, just by sheer volume of the fic I’ve written for each of those. I wrote a lot of BBC Sherlock at the time that was first popular, too.

I’m going to rely on feedback over time, as far as what to rec you that readers have told me can be approached without much familiarity of the source material. In most cases, this means some of my longer series, because there’s enough material in them to be self enclosed (i.e. most move forward from where canon stops and become their own little universe).

For stand alones that nonetheless have enough substance to be worth the effort, I’d say try these stories first:

The City of Towers (American Gods)

What You Don’t See / At this Chance (Hamlet)

Our Breath Will Still / A Short Distance Ahead (Pacific Rim 1950s AU ft. cryptids, paleontology, and the fallout from WWII)

The Space Between Love and the End of the World (Everything Is Illuminated)

For longer series that will be enough for you to get lost in for a while, I point most people to these above all else:

Anthology (Pacific Rim)

Delicate, Dangerous, Obsessed (Gotham)

Playing for Keeps (Gotham)

Crown of Thorns [The Walls, the Wainscot, and the Mouse] ’Verse (Good Omens)

The latter is my life’s proudest work, as far as fandom goes. And if you’d like to try some of my published-outside-of-fandom work in poetry and prose, it’s these:

The Sting of It (poetry collection)

The Pursued and the Pursuing (Great Gatsby sequel that actually started its life as a novella on AO3)

Finally, I have a new novel that’s almost finished now that’s (mostly) unrelated to the above. I don’t know just yet where my agent will manage to sell it. I’ll give updates here as and when that occurs.

[notelasts]

Art doesn’t want to think about her waiting for him. “I know. But l didn’t want you to. I didn’t want you to be tied to me forever. It wouldn’t have been fair to you.” He would have wanted her to live her life. And she did, a little bit. She had Anthony. Art wishes he could’ve met Anthony. He knows how much he meant to Johanna and he wishes he could thank him. She’s right. There’s no point in thinking about that reality. It’s too painful.

He shakes his head. “I don’t.” He doesn’t want to think about a life where he’s happy. He doesn’t want to think about a life where he and Johanna could have been together since the beginning. It would make him even more miserable than he already is, and he doesn’t want that. “I really don’t.”

at seventeen, she felt so mature, so eager to drink from every ocean. at eighteen, she would look at art and tell herself that she would marry that boy. how is she so much less confident in herself at twenty-three? where did all of those girlish dreams escape to? johanna cups her hand in the pool water, dapping it across her forehead. ❝ i would have waited for you. i would have written to you and set an extra place at the table. ❞ and everything. now here she is: playing mistress.

in the brick mansion across the bay, she feels more hurt. but what did they know at eighteen years old? the slightest shrug. ❝ i suppose... sorry, there's no point in thinking about that reality either. " as much as she wishes she could scream at him, " you're still here! you're still here and i should have married you! " ❝ you don't even want to imagine getting married? ❞

[cannotflyarc]

✩ - for art and johanna in the gatsby verse

DISAGREEMENTS.

who is more likely to raise their voice? neither of them. they get yelled at enough by other people. who threatens to leave but never actually does? neither. who actually keeps their word and leaves? neither. who trashes the house? neither. do either of them get physical? never to each other. how often do they argue/disagree? not a ton? they both have trauma and johanna is stubborn so it'll happen, but it's not a lot. who is the first to apologize? art and johanna is not long behind.

SEX.

who is on top? johanna. especially in this verse. she has a tendency to freak out whenever she isn't and are in a position where these two positions are needed. who is on the bottom? art. who has the strangest desires? neither one. any kinks? Love and Affection and Consent. who’s dominant in bed? johanna mostly because she gets freaked out so she just kind of goes into that role. she's very gentle though and of course listens to art. is head ever in the equation? if so, who is better at performing it? nope. ever had sex in public? they can't risk it like that in the beginning. after they're married and are able to be a couple-couple, still no. who moans the most? art. who leaves the most marks? absolutely not. neither one of them like it. who screams the loudest? nope. who is the more experienced of the two? it's complicated? i would say art because he had patrick and tashi and johanna's relationship with her husband is not at all consensual, but she did have anthony? they're about the same amount, but art is slightly more. do they ‘fuck’ or ‘make love’? make love. rough or soft? soft. how long do they usually last? if either of them freak out, they stop. it all depends on how well their mental health is that day. is protection used? it is the nineteen twenties. does it ever get boring? no. it's a breath of fresh air for both of them. where is the strangest place they’d have sex? the middle of the ballroom, under a blanket.

FAMILY.

do your muses plan on having children/or have children? art has lily and johanna has laura. neither of them were really thinking about having more kids? it just wasn't on their minds. if so, how many children do your muses want/have? they have two more girls, canary and mavis. canary is born while they're in england. mavis is born about nine months after they return to nyc. ;) who is the favorite parent? oh gosh. they're both very, very beloved. who is the authoritative parent? johanna. who is more likely to allow the children to have a day off school? both of them. who lets the children indulge in sweets and junk food when the other isn’t around? art. who turns up to extracurricular activities to support their children? both of them. who goes to parent teacher interviews? both of them. who changes the diapers? both of them. who gets up in the middle of the night to feed the baby? johanna to breastfeed, but art comes with her. who spends the most time with the children? johanna doesn't have a job so her by default. who packs their lunch boxes? art would, but it likely goes to a member of their staff. who gives their children ‘the talk’? johanna. for all of the girls. who cleans up after the kids? they have staff, but they both would. they also make sure that their girls can take care of themselves without the help of people they have hired. who worries the most? johanna. who are the children more likely to learn their first swear word from? art hasn't said a bad word yet. so. who knows.

AFFECTION.

who likes to cuddle? both of them. who is the little spoon? they swap. who gets naughty in the most inappropriate of places? neither of them really do? it's on occasion. who struggles to keep their hands to themself? johanna. how long can they cuddle until one becomes uncomfortable? johanna can go all night. who gives the most kisses? oh gosh. is it really a competition? what is their favorite non-sexual activity? when they can go on normal dates together, they take full advantage of that. they love spending time with the girls and going down to the seaside. where is their favorite place to cuddle? in bed. who is more likely to playfully grope the other? neither one. consent is everything. how often do they get time to themselves? not too much when they're having the affair. :( but they make a ton of time together when they can.

SLEEPING.

who snores? if both do, who snores the loudest? neither. do they share a bed or sleep separately? if they sleep together, do they cozy up together or lay far apart? they didn't get to sleep together in the beginning. once they can share a bed or when during their affair, johanna can stay over, they cuddle. they are touching each other for as long as they can. who talks in their sleep? both of them do a little. what do they wear to bed? johanna wears a nightgown -- on occasion. usually, it's an article of art's clothing to be honest. are either of your muses insomniacs? johanna. can sleeping pills be found by the bedside? nah. do they wrap their limbs around each other or just lay side by side? tangled. who wakes up with bed hair? art. who wakes up first? johanna. who prepares breakfast in bed for the other? neither. what is their favorite sleeping position? johanna just wants to cuddle. who hogs the sheets? johanna gets cold at night. do they set an alarm each night? when she's staying over, johanna does just in case, but she's always up hours before it. can a television be found in their bedroom? yes. who has nightmares? both of them. who has ridiculous dreams? art. who sprawls out and takes up most of the bed? art. who makes the bed?  the staff, but either of them would. what time is bed time?  no set bedtime. any routines/rituals before bed? johanna has to deal with her hair and read a little bit. who’s the grumpiest when they wake up? neither of them are very grumpy. they're just happy to be with each other.

WORK.

who is the busiest? both of them are fairly busy? johanna has social obligations. art has his golf. who rakes in the highest income? art. are any of your muses unemployed? johanna is a housewife because she wants to take care of the girls and they have enough money to support them. who takes the most sick days? art has to get johanna to get some rest. who is more likely to turn up late to work? neither. who sucks up to their boss? neither. what are their jobs? art is a professional golfer, johanna is a housewife. who stresses the most? johanna. do your muses enjoy or despise their careers/occupations? art likes his. johanna loves being with the girls. are your muses financially stable? they got way too much money.

HOME.

who does the washing? the staff. who takes out the trash? the staff. who does the ironing? the staff. who does the cooking? the staff. who is more likely to burn the house down just trying? johanna. who is messier?  neither are super messy, though there was the shirt moment. who leaves the toilet roll empty? neither. who leaves their dirty clothes on the floor? neither. who forgets to flush the toilet? neither. who is the prankster around the house? neither. who loses the car keys when it comes time to go somewhere? johanna cannot drive. who mows the lawn? the staff. who answers the telephone? the staff. johanna doesn't like to use the phone. she makes art talk to people for her. who does the vacuuming? the staff. who does the groceries? the staff. who takes the longest to shower? johanna. who spends the most time in the bathroom? johanna.

MISCELLANEOUS.

is money a problem? nope. how many cars do they own? art has at least one, probably two. turpin has one. johanna sells it after his death. do they own their home or do they rent? own their homes. do they live near the coast or deep in the countryside? they live in the countryside when they move to england. do they live in the city or in the country?  they live in nyc. do they enjoy their surroundings? johanna loves being in the countryside. they mostly move back to the city because art wants to and for the girls, but she enjoys it a lot more after turpin's house is demolished. what’s their song? my green light. :) what do they do when they’re away from each other? johanna is dealing with social things related to turpin. she has to deal with patrick and tashi a lot through those. she's also taking care of laura. art is working, dealing with patrick and/or tashi, taking care of lily and dealing with similar social things. where did they first meet? at art's house ( mansion ). how did they first meet? they were introduced through turpin and art's parents since they were neighbors and in the same social circle. they were best friends throughout their childhoods, later lovers in their late teen years before turpin married her. who spends the most money when out shopping? neither. who’s more likely to flash their assets? neither. who finds it amusing when the other trips over? neither. any mental issues? YEAH. who’s terrified of bugs? neither. who kills the spiders around the house? both of them. their favorite place? they love art's place. there's a lot of good memories there. who pays the bills? art, though he likely does it through an accountant. do they have any fears for their future? johanna is constantly afraid that turpin is going to find out about the affair and have art killed. who’s more likely to surprise the other with a fancy dinner? neither. who uses up all of the hot water?  johanna. who’s the tallest? art. who’s more likely to just randomly hop into the shower with the other? johanna. who wanders around in their underwear? the only time they would do this is once they're married, the girls are in bed and they're waiting for sexy time or just wrapped it up. johanna's probably wearing a blanket around herself anyway. who sings the loudest when singing along to the radio? johanna. what do they tease each other about? they're not really teasers, but it happens on occasion. who is more likely to cringe at the other’s fashion sense at times? neither. do they have mutual friends? technically? tashi and patrick aren't really friends though. i'm sure they know a lot of the same people. who crushed first?  art, but johanna was soon to follow. any alcohol or substance related problems? not really. who is more likely to stumble home, drunk, at 3am? art, but he wouldn't. who swears the most? neither.

[thisnerdjason]

A little intro post bc I don't have one!

Name: Jason (please only refer to me as Jason, nicknames tend to trigger gender dysphoria)

Pronouns: He/Him or It/It's (any masculine or gender neutral pronouns will do, but I do not like they/them)

Age: 20 (I prefer not to message with minors, it makes me feel weird and predatory, if I do message you and you're a minor please tell me)

Sexual Identity: Aegosexual (ace-spec)

Romantic Identity: Aegoromantic (aro-spec)

Other info:

I am autistic

I have depression and anxiety (I also have a history of self-harm, but I have been clean for about 4 and 1/2 months)

Fandoms change consistently but the main ones are: Heartstopper, 9-1-1, Oseman-verse, Rent, Degrassi: The Next Generation, The Umbrella Academy, Percy Jackson

Music: MCR, FOB, early TØP, Chappel Roan, Cavetown, Nirvana, Pentatonix, Rihanna, mxmtoon

Musicals: Rent, Carrie, Ride the Cyclone, Heathers, Hadestown, Newsies, Mean Girls, Beetlejuice

Favorite Movie: Girl, Interrupted

Favorite Book: Solitaire (Non-Osemanverse: The Great Gatsby)

Hobbies: Crochet, learning piano, digital art, singing

Fun facts: I am in a fraternity (ΦΜΑ), I am a Math major in college, I have been a vegetarian for almost 7 years, I do not have a driver's license, and my hometown is famous bc it inspired a South Park special

[jgroffdaily]

Just past 3 a.m., Jonathan Groff, who won his first Tony for best leading actor in a musical for “Merrily We Roll Along,” headed to the bar and led a rendition of a Sondheim standard from the show, “Old Friends.”

His co-star Daniel Radcliffe and Mr. Radcliffe’s longtime girlfriend, the actress Erin Darke, watched from their perch on a banquette as they greeted well-wishers. (Mr. Radcliffe had also just won his first Tony Award for “Merrily,” for his performance as the composer Charley Kringas.)

Then the pianist Billy Stritch started in on the rousing chords of Frank Sinatra’s “New York, New York.” Soon the whole room, which included Eva Noblezada (“The Great Gatsby”) and Andrew R. Butler (“Stereophonic”), was belting along to the anthem for city dreamers.

“Start spreadin’ the news, I’m leavin’ today …”

Mr. Groff danced alongside the piano, growing progressively louder with each verse, until it was time for the finale.

“If I can make it there, I’ll make it anywhere/ It’s up to you, New York, Neeeeeeew York.”

[a-very-sparkly-nerd]

Past Is Catching Up to Me (Great Gatsby Musical) has the same vibes as the verses of Two Minutes Notice