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a clip from my new comedy special (x)

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Hey all! The wheel has been spun and we're announcing the winners of our free Giveaway!

Drum roll please!

The four lucky winners of a free fanzine & full digital bundle are:

* PunkerDuckie (Twitter user)

* rfin (Twitter user)

* @cyborgartalchemist

* @annalebeaus

And the winner of a full fanzine, merch & digital bundle is:

* @gina-chan1979

Congratulations to you all!!!

Please DM us with an e-mail address & mailing address so we can add you to our preorders list!

(We'll be contacting Twitter users that entered separately on that platform)

Condolences to all who didn't win, but thanks for playing and we hope you consider sticking around to support Rogue, Gambit, & the zine!

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3d printed start gate

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That time Matt had to "How do I want to do this?" himself

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I think I will make it into a T-shirt

Yes folks, it’s Muppets AU season again

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Gajeel- 'You're gonna be my cat!'

Pantherlily, pushing 40 with a mortgage-

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Free Giveaway!!! 

To celebrate all of the new and renewed Rogue and Gambit fans due to the X-Men'97 launch, we will be giving away free Home & Harbor fanzine packages to 5 lucky recipients! To enter your username in the drawing, simply reblog this post telling @rogue-gambit-fan-zine why you love these two characters and tag your post with: #pickme #roguegambitfanzine #Rogue #Gambit #xmen97

Winners will be announced April 11th!

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Rogue/Gambit Week 2024

Hey y’all!

It’s time for what y’all have been waiting for—Rogue/Gambit Week 2024. We’re looking forward to a great week celebrating our favorite Southern couple. Here’s the information you’ll need to participate.

Rogue/Gambit Week 2024 will be held June 16-23, 2024. Yes, that’s right, we plan to have eight days of full of Romy goodness.

Prompts:

Day 1 - Sunday, June 16 - Alternate First Meeting | Robin Hood AU

Day 2 - Monday, June 17 - Roof Top | Steampunk AU

Day 3 - Tuesday, June 18 - MojoWorld | Merfolk AU

Day 4 - Wednesday, June 19 - Rogue and Gambit are physically separated | Fantasy AU

Day 5 - Thursday, June 20 - Legacy as a Concept or Character | Noir AU

Day 6 - Friday, June 21 - Space Adventure | Pirates AU

Day 7 - Saturday, June 22 - Reunion | Power/Role Swap or No Powers AU

Day 8 - Sunday, June 23 - Free day!

Alternate Prompts

Alt 1 - T-shirt Collection

Alt 2 - Hair—Braiding/brushing/cutting/etc.

Alt 3 - Vow Renewal

Rules:

This is a celebration of all things Romy! Your fanworks may cover any point of their relationship—from their early flirtations to their life together as an old married couple, from friendship to lovers.

Rogue and Gambit do not need to be in a romantic relationship (friendship is great too!), but their relationship should be the primary focus.

Feel free to draw inspiration from any medium which they appeared (the comics (any corner of the Multiverse), the animated series (XtAS, WatX, Evo), the movies, etc.)

Please tag your posts #rogue/gambitweek2024 or #rogue/remyweek2024 within the first five(5) tags so they can be easily found and re-blogged on the Rogue/Gambit Week blog. You may also tag our posts @roguegambitweek . (This often makes finding posts easier).

Fanworks are not limited to fanfic, fanart, and fanedits. However you create, that is also a part of what makes a fanworks week successful. Yes, fic, art, and edits are the most common, but I’ve seen amazing fanworks accomplished in other ways. In our fist year a short video was shared concerning what Gambit keeps in his pockets. In another fandom, I’ve seen someone share why a particular musical score reminded them of the couple. I’ve seen people make text conversations between characters focused around that day’s prompt. Handcrafts, music, photography, cosplay, and countless other creative ventures can also be part of a fanworks week. Have fun creating. Please feel free to share your talents and Romy-love with us.

The fanworks you share should be created by you.

Any NSFW content must be placed under a ‘read more’ break, otherwise it will not be re-blogged.

You don’t need to post something for every day/every prompt. Feel free to participate in as many days as you you feel inspired. If you have created something, but are unable to post it on the assigned day, please post it when you can. It will still be re-blogged.

You may combine days (as in cover two or more prompts with the same entry).

‘Regular’ prompts may be set in an AU universe. ‘AU’ prompts could be set in a canon universe. Let your creativity run wild and have fun with the prompts.

Have fun. Try something new. Create something new for an old favorite. Remember, the goal here is to share the Romy love and create more Romy content for all of us to enjoy.

If you have any questions, please feel free to send an ask.

Have fun creating!

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Cyclops has a type (x)

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re-reading my own fic because the author has exactly my taste in tropes, ships the same ships in the right way, and also shares my sense of humour. what a find, what a revelation. i hope they write more of this sort of thing.

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Yes! Thank you! This! 100%!

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A Father's Tale by Maria Kinnun on ArtStation

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To anyone who believes fairy tale romances never happen in real life, may I remind you that JRR and Edith Tolkien met and experienced a forbidden love in their youth, and then were separated for five whole years because of his guardian’s rules that he could not date till he was 21, and she got engaged to someone else only because she assumed he’d forgotten her and lost hope that she could ever be with him, but then on his 21st birthday, he wrote her a letter saying he still loved her and wanted to marry her, she responded basically saying ‘if I’d known you hadn’t left me on the shelf, I would never have said yes to anyone else,’ then a week later she greeted him at the train station and then immediately dumped her fiancé, and they got married and she converted to his religion and danced for him in a flowering field far away from the trenches into which he was drafted, which left such an impression that he crafted an entire story about the most beautiful maiden in the world who danced in the woods and made enormous sacrifices to be with the man she loved, and they had four kids and remained faithful to each other and blissfully grew old together and their gravestones are now marked with the names of that same fictional couple that he created, who broke every rule and overcame every possible obstacle to be together and get a happy ending, who only did all that because he based it all on their own real love story.

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Have you read GRRM books? He claims swords needed to be “especially designed for women’s hands” how true is this?

About as true as all of those, “girl guns.” Because, as you know, a woman cannot hold a Glock unless it's pink or sky blue. Which is to say, not even remotely true.

You might get a situation where a child would be unable to operate a weapon designed for adults because the grip is too cumbersome, but even this is going to be something of an outlier. Even years later the Nicholas Cage's line from Lord of War (2005) sticks with me, when describing the AK he narrates, “...so simple a child could use it, and they do.”

Just like basically any other common grip you encounter in your daily life, from screwdrivers to steering-wheels and cell phones, selling smaller, or more colorful ones, is strictly a marketing gimick.

Now, is a legitimate context, but it doesn't really have anything to do with the wielder's sex. If they had the money, the time, and the desire for a perfect grip, they might commission a smith to produce a grip specifically for their hand. Though, the only place I've ever come across this was in competitive fencing. I have seen cases where someone modifies their blade's grip with tape or other materials to better fit their hand, or the addition of a leather (usually shagreen) wrap over their grip, but even that is somewhat unusual. (Shagreen is leather from a shark or ray, and it grips the skin, making it easier to hold, especially when wet.)

Ironically, girl guns do illustrate the one case where have some weight: Weapons as fashion accessories.

I know I've complained about weapons (particularly handguns) as fashion accessories in previous posts, but the truth is that using weapons like this is not new behavior. In the early modern era, one of the ways the rising middle class liked to display their status was with a sidearm. (In this case, referring to a sidesword or, later, a rapier.) I've looked specifically into women carrying sidearms at that point in history, but it really would not surprise me in the least if they did, and if there were, that at least some of those swords were specifically designed to be more delicate and, “feminine,” per their owner's tastes. (Though, to be fair, a more delicate grip on a rapier would be fairly impressive, as the grips tend to be pretty thin.) This is a case where you might want to look into it further, if it really catches your interest, but I've never really run this down before.

If you're still dubious, feel free to wander into nearly any HEMA event, and you'll have a better than average chance of a woman being willing to prove this idea false with a Zweihander, that may in fact be taller than she is. (Historically, Zwiehanders could be over 2 meters long, and chances extremely good that you're shorter than 2 meters.)

I know I'm regurgitating previous posts here, but it really is worth remembering that swords are much lighter than people think. Zweihanders are some of the heaviest battlefield swords from history, and even the heaviest examples weigh less than 9lbs. Women in HEMA can, and do, use them effectively. Swords aren't about being big and heavy, they're about being a (in this case) seven foot long razor blade.

Since we're on the Zweihander specifically (and this may also apply for some of the other greatswords, such as the Scottish Claymore), this is a case where you might have a custom weapon forged for you. However, in this case, that's more about the right blade length, then worrying about the grip being too thick or too thin. Ideally, you want the blade length to match your height (roughly), this is because of the drills with the weapon itself, though you could adjust to a longer blade if that's what you had.

Now, to be clear, the idea of someone, particularly a noble, having a blade custom forged for them specifically isn't strange. That's something that did happen, both at the noble's request, and also as diplomatic gifts from other nations. Examples of the latter resulted in beautiful art pieces that you would never take into battle.

If you had a situation where you couldn't use a sword because the grip was too large (for, whatever reason), there are ways to fix that. In an ideal situation, you could simply pop off the pommel and grip, and then replace the grip with one that was a better fit to your hand. If the tang itself was the problem (this is the metal core of the grip, and is part of the blade, which the pommel attaches to), you might be able to shave (or file) down the tang, and then replace the grip with a new one, fitted to the now smaller tang. I'm not particularly wild about modifying the tang directly, simply because there is a (minor) risk of reducing the structural integrity of the sword in the process. Though, replacing the grip (especially on a sword with a threaded pommel) is very doable, and unless someone, somehow, screws up catastrophically, it should be a pretty trivial modification. (Again, replacing a sword's original grip with a new shagreen grip does make a lot of sense if the owner wants that improved grip.)

But, to the original question, it's not really a thing.

-Starke

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You can also find my stories on Ao3, here's the links if you prefer:

The Legacy of Dark Cerebro

The Chase

It never occured to me to tag those stories as "Enemies to Lovers" but they are now ;)

Also, Tamarai's stories are amazing :)

Hey, sorry to bother you, but do you know romy "enemies to lovers" fics to recommend me please 👉🏼👈🏼

Hi,

Definitely not a bother and I love sharing fic recs. ‘Enemies to lovers’ is a great trope and I do have a few recommendations. This is not a complete list by any stretch of the imagination. A lot of the great Romy fics are on ff.net, which is notoriously hard to filter and there are surprisingly few with this tag on ao3, so I had to pull from memory (and I’ve read a lot of fics without necessarily keeping track of what I read…).

Hopefully there is something new here for you to read. Enjoy!

Devil’s Poison by @codealiaswave [ff.net]

Rating: M | Category: Romance/Angst | Universe: X-Men: Movie | Words: 225,035 | Chapters: 40 | Status: in-progress | Date: December 23, 2012 - May 21, 2021

Summary:  The prophecies of the Thieves Guild aren’t so secret. Everyone knows about Le Diable Blanc. Each Guild did their best to use him to their advantage. But is a lesser known prophecy the key to Assassin rule? If they acquire Le Poison du Diable, will the odds turn back to their favor? Or will the prophecies end in both Guilds’ ruination? Romy, AU

Notes: This is a great ‘enemies to lovers’ fic. Rogue is part of the Assassins Guild and is given a very clear mission—kill Gambit. Meanwhile, Gambit is tricked into marrying her instead of Belladonna (the woman he loves) as part of the Guilds unification process. So, yes, Rogue and Gambit definitely start out as enemies with all the delicious tension and emotional roller coaster along the way as they eventually become lovers.

Rogue vs Gambit by Tamarai ( @tamsolo ) [ff.net]

Rating: M | Category: Romance | Universe: X-Men: Evo | Words: 51,142 | Chapters: 24 | Status: complete | Date: January 25 - February 24, 2009

Summary:  The art of seduction turns into a full blown war when the flirty Cajun and the fiery Southern Belle agree to a bet neither is willing to lose. (Romy)

Notes: Rogue is forced to spend time with Gambit as she chaperones Kitty’s visits with Lance. When a debate about whether men or woman are better at the art of seduction occurs, a bet is made, and Rogue and Gambit have seventeen days to prove who’s right.

Playing Both Sides by Tamarai ( @tamsolo ) [ff.net]

Rating: M | Category: Romance | Universe: Wolverine and the X-Men | Words: 111,001 | Chapters: 34 | Status: complete | Date: August 29, 2011 - February 14, 2012

Summary:  Rogue is good at infiltrating enemy bases as a double agent, but maybe this time, she’s a little too good. Romy.

Notes: Gambit is working for the MRD and Rogue is sent undercover to investigate the MRD and the Mutants working for them. Despite being wrapped in secrets and being on opposite sides of the conflict, sparks definitely fly between Rogue and Gambit.

The Chase by @chellerbelles [ff.net]

Rating: T | Category: Romance/Drama | Universe: Wolverine and the X-Men | Words: 43,867 | Chapters: 11 | Status: complete | Date: June 7 - 27, 2012

Summary:  In the Present, Gambit tries to auction off Emma Frost’s diamond hand and finds himself caught between the X-Men and Sinister’s Marauders. 20 Years in the Future, Professor Xavier seeks to save his X-Men from being murdered in the past by the Marauders, and prevent the Age of Apocalypse from ever happening.

Notes: Gambit is out to make a profit and Rogue is out to save the world. This puts them at odds when the object which allows both goals is the same thing. Also, time travel shenanigans.

The Legacy of Dark Cerebro by @chellerbelles [ff.net]

Rating: T | Category: Family/Adventure | Universe: X-Men: Movie | Words: 47,141 | Chapters: 12 | Status: complete | Date: February 15 - 26, 2021

Summary:  What if X2 had ended differently? What if the X-Men hadn’t gotten to Professor Xavier in the time and all the humans had died? Takes place 5 years after this alternate ending (exception of the prologue).

Notes: In a world where all non-mutants were killed, Rogue and Gambit find themselves on opposite sides of the resulting conflict. They have no reason to trust each other nor any rights to be friends, only time will tell if Rogue and Gambit can bridge the gap between them.

Awakening by @ginger375 [ao3] [ff.net]

Rating: T | Universe: X-Men: Evo | Words: 1,434 | Chapters: 1 | Status: complete | Date: November 13, 2020

Summary:  Post-series. Gambit wakes up in an unfamiliar place. Thankfully, there’s a familiar face nearby.

Notes: This is the the start of a series featuring former-Acolyte Gambit joining the X-Men and Rogue as they go from enemies to friends to lovers.

If you’re looking for more ‘enemies to lovers’ fics, check out fics’ set in the ‘Wolverine and the X-Men’ and the ‘X-Men: Evolution’ universes. These series tend to lend themselves to this trope because Rogue and Gambit are on opposing teams.

And now to open this up to the Romy fandom. Does anyone else have great ‘enemies to friends’ fics they want to add?

~rose

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“the arts and sciences are completely separate fields that should be pitted against each other” the overlap of the arts and sciences make up our entire perceivable reality they r fucking on the couch