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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Modern Family (TV 2009) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Gloria Delgado-Pritchett/Phil Dunphy Characters: Phil Dunphy, Gloria Delgado-Pritchett Additional Tags: Grief/Mourning, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, post-Finale part 2 (Modern Family), Post-Canon Summary: Nearly two years after Claire and Jay pass away, Gloria and Phil decide to try some romance of their own.

#fanfic #modern family #modern family fanfic #phil dunphy #gloria delgado pritchett #gloria delgado pritchett x phil dunphy #i just think they’re neat #probably one fic and done for this fandom but we finally finished the series and i couldn’t resist

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This concept has been rotating in my brain since OP first posted. And I’m still going to fuck it up. But please bear with me.

There’s this moment in “Hope and Fear” (no time to rewatch, going off memory here) when Janeway and Seven agree to a plan and, as part of this plan, Janeway needs to access Seven’s eyebrow computer. So Janeway has a filament in her hand and moves to carry out this part of the plan by poking at Seven’s ocular implant (aka eyebrow computer). And Seven flinches. There’s no dialogue at this point, just Seven’s clear trauma that she’s about to be accessed like a drone, even though Seven agreed to the plan. Because that’s how trauma works. And Janeway (again, no dialogue) backs off, shows her hands including her hold on the filament, and gives Seven a moment to collect herself before they try again because they need to do this thing to escape.

And I just … goddamn.

The empathy, the care, the concern, the unspoken acknowledgment and honoring of trauma yet they have to go ahead and do this thing so Janeway will do it as gently as possible.

So, yeah, no dialogue. Not really a quote.

But I keep thinking about it in terms of this post.

Oh Captain, my Captain.

Everyone reblog this with your favorite Janeway quotes, please. 🖖

"I don't like bullies, and I don't like threats - and I don't like you, Culluh."

#star trek voyager #kathryn janeway #not a quote but a moment that means so much to me #empathy #kindness #continuing

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Some more asks stolen from an ask game if you fancy any of them:

What is your perfect writing envrionment?

What are your top three most commonly used tags on AO3?

What's something you learned while researching for a fic?

Thank you for the ask, anon! ❤️ These make me so happy.

What is your perfect writing envrionment?

Quiet. So much love for y’all that write to music or in loud environments. But, as much as possible, I need quiet to be able to write.

What are your top three most commonly used tags on AO3?

I checked and, yeah, this tracks:

What's something you learned while researching for a fic?

I learned a shit-ton about DNA and recovery from bodily immobilization and lack of ability to speak when I was researching The Wounds, They Run Deep, But So Does the Healing, My Love, So Does the Healing (TMP era Christine Chapel/Christopher Pike, E). Also in researching that fic I was reminded of something I already knew: The death of premature baby Patrick Bouvier Kennedy “sparked medical advances that did for the survival of preemies what Sputnik did for the space race.” (source: https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Health/jfk-baby-death-50-years-ago-today-sparked/story?id=19883153) One person’s suffering can galvanize others to take positive action, so believing that Chapel would apply her knowledge about genetics to help cure Pike’s delta radiation damage that we know from Lower Decks canon can be treated at The Farm … well, I wrote a lot with tears in my eyes for real people and real conditions.

#i love asks #thank you again for asking #anon #i’m sorry that got sad #tw death #tw baby death #tw bodily immobilization #tw inability to speak

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#yes #star trek strange new worlds #number one #una chin riley #christopher pike #spock #ncc 1701

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Deeply dispiriting post: testimony from a DOJ antitrust action reveals the entire book publishing industry is celebrity memoirs, established franchise authors like James Patterson, children's books, Bibles, and back catalogues (e.g. Lord of the Rings). Publishing new authors is not even a rounding error; you get the sense it's only done anymore out of a vague sense of obligation, and the moment one of the Big Five decides on the defect strategy, and stops doing that to save a few more bucks, it will end entirely.

#every author i have known who signed with a big publisher regretted it #and this explains the lack of marketing support and - in some cases - dangerous lack of editing support #deeply depressing publishing industry news that i wish was surprising #(note: i do not work for the publishing industry) #publishing industry #what a mess

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Guest comments back on!

Guest comments have now been turned back on! We'll continue to keep an eye out for any spam issues and make further adjustments as needed. (22:08 UTC April 23, 2024)

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Ahhh, I am so touched and excited!!! Thank you so, so much, @pc-corner!!

Y’all, when @pc-corner said she would draw anything Pikeuna that I wanted from any of my stories, that moment of Chris joyfully looking at the picture of his wedding with Una was the first thing I thought of … but I wanted to give @pc-corner a few options just in case. When she chose that one, my heart fluttered with happiness. 💕

WIP for an illustration that I'm honored to do for @curator-on-ao3's amazing story "Youthful Exuberance". If you haven't already, go and read it, it's really amazing and I'm honored to do an illustration for it.

If you like my PikeUna art, please also check these out!

#thank you thank you thank you #pc-corner #pikeuna #pikeone #pikeone fanart #pikeuna fanart

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Since Ao3 has temporarily disabled guest comments due to very mean and pornographic bots, now is a very good time for 1) readers with Ao3 accounts to comment on the fics they love and cherish to make up for those who cannot leave guest comments and 2) readers without Ao3 accounts to join the waitlist and make an account!

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Lots of people are mentioning this, and saying things like "Don't Like Don't Read" and "stop harassing authors."

And while those are good points...

This is probably a bot invasion, rather than any team of hostile commenters.

The key issue: People were getting comments with porn gifs embedded in them, not just the standard "this reads like chatGPT work" or "join WəɓṆøvℯḼ now!" posts.

My guess about the plans: Probably looking into turning off image embeds for guest accounts. That'll require adjustments to the code, so guest commenting will probably remain turned off while they figure out how to do that and get it activated.

It's possible that, in the long run, guest comments won't be allowed at all, because eventually the spam content will overwhelm the servers. It's not doing that yet, but AO3 is not shrinking and neither is bot activity.

...If you don't have an account, apply for an invitation. If you have an account and don't want to use it for commenting, apply for an invite with a secondary email account.

Because unless there's a nice widespread change in either law or legal rulings, the spambots will continue to grow unrestricted, and the result is going to be "sites that want an active community will need to become login only."

(About half of all emails in the world are spam. About 40% of all internet activity is bots. And so far, the regulator reaction to that has been, "well, lock down access so the bots can't get in" rather than "whoever is draining all those server resources is committing crimes.")

AO3 will figure something out. That something is likely to involve restrictions on guest activity, because that's the only way to block the bots.

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i talk all the time about what does god need with a starship but also. also. the god of sha ka ree asking bones if he doubts him and bones getting to his feet wide eyed whole body shaking finding it in him to choke out the words "i doubt any god who inflicts pain for his own pleasure" was so good. he's the only non jew on this mountain the idea of his friends questioning god has him scared shitless it's like watching them jump head first into hell and he tries to stop them but when this god punishes them for asking like he KNEW he would he doesn't submit to it. he stands up. this is him standing up to the god he was raised to believe in. u know

#star trek v: the final frontier #leonard mccoy #some folks should be taking notes #trauma recovery that turns to hatred isn’t recovery

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Absolutely amazing how AO3 is a part of the internet that doesn't sneak in any ads and doesn't have an algorithm and doesn't watch you or record how much time you spend looking at each fic or whatever. It's just right there to use for free. Legend

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people are way too comfortable being dismissive of children and teenagers. if a toddler comes up to you and starts explaining skibidi toilet lore or if a 13 year old asks you if you want to hear about their mha ocs you have to listen with utmost sincerity or at least pretend to. this is the only way you will get into heaven.

#if children can’t trust you with the small stuff they won’t trust you with the big stuff - because there is no small stuff #it’s all big stuff to them (and should be to you) #the dignity of children #respect children

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Or just go to browse and hang out! I promise it will be inspiring :)

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writers and artists will go "this isn't good enough." my brother in christ, you're creating something new out of nothing and expressing yourself creatively. your productivity and unrealistic standards of perfection do not define you or the worth of your art. you're doing great.

#😭😭😭

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Three modes of feelings toward characters as the writer is writing them:

These fuckers (affectionate)

These fuckers (annoyed)

These fuckers (literal)

#ao3 #on fanfiction #on writing #writeblur

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Do you ever see something like this:

and think, "This'll be a fun little thing to read while I wait."

And then you read it and you're fundamentally changed as a person and you're left staring off into the middle distance as you contemplate life and love and connection and what it all means?

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Husband: "So you have your controversial fandom thing right now, but just so you know, I have my own. For instance, on the Costco Facebook group--"

#say yes to the dwess