#Anne O'Brian

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Cute Cricket doodle by Jen Begeman via IG Stories.

"I miss getting to draw Cricket like this on the movie" oh right, let's hope to hear about it next week on the Disney Branded Television panel at TCA Winter Press Tour. 👀

#Big City Greens #BCG #Big City Greens The Movie #Big City Greens: The Movie #Chris Houghton #Shane Houghton #Anne O'Brian #Ariel Vracin-Harrell #Jen Begeman #Disney Television Animation Films #Disney TVA Films #Disney Channel Original Movies #DCOMs #Disney+ Original Animated Movies #Disney Plus Original Animated Movies

[dukeofriven]

Among the young men in the nunnery cheerfulness returned with the sun that shone on Brest from a clear calm sky within twenty-four hours of their miserable journey from Trégonnec, and with it their naval sense of fun. The commissary charged with drawing up a correct official list, which included among other things their grandmothers' maiden names, dates and places of birth, received some strange answers, delivered in sober, lugubrious tones, so strange that the port-admiral summoned Captain Aubrey. 'I refuse to believe, sir,' he said, 'that all your officers but one are descended from Queen Anne.'    'I am sorry to tell you, sir, that Queen Anne is dead,' said Jack. 'Common decency, therefore, forbids me to make any comment.' 'It is my opinion,' said the Admiral, 'that they have replied with a culpable levity. Such parents as the Emperor of Morocco, Creeping Jenny, Guy of Warwick, Sir Julius Caesar . . . You may say that the commissary is only a mere civilian, which is profoundly true; but even so I must ask you to invite them to treat him with a proper respect. He is a servant of the Emperor!'    Jack did not seem very deeply impressed and in fact the Admiral's voice lacked full conviction. He looked at his captive for a moment and went on, 'But now I come to a far more serious matter. One of your Marines, Ludwig Himmelfahrt, has escaped.'

#jack aubrey #the surgeon's mate #patrick o'brian #Master and Commander #aubreyad #aubrey-maturin #queen anne #if it doesn't seem screamingly fully when written down #i assure it's howlingly good when heard in the voice of patrick tull

[johannestevans]

Pirate Media Recommendations

Along with Ryann Fletcher, Kate Heartfield, Juliet Kemp, and F.D. Lee, I'm going to be on the Queer Pirates panel at 3pm this Friday at EasterCon 2023!

Our Flag Means Death and other pirates: a panel discussion including fandom and canon of Our Flag Means Death and other series such as Black Sails. This item will start around 15 minutes after advertised start time to minimise clash with the Opening Ceremony.

You can still sign up for virtual membership of EasterCon here if you'd like to attend online, as there are going to be a great many panels and discussions throughout the con, which are gonna be great.

Coming up to the panel, I thought I'd make a list of some of my favourite pirate and nautical media to point people to, as I'm probably going to mention a bunch of it on the panel and this is a particularly fierce interest of mine!

So for Our Flag Means Death, we know that it's an interpretation of the historical relationship between Edward Teach and Stede Bonnet as a romance - two other famously queer pirates were of course Anne Bonny and Mary/Mark Read. I'm personally super excited to see if these figures will feature in Our Flag Means Death S2.

Podcast Episodes & Videos:

Ching Shih: The Pirate Queen, from Puppet History

The True Story of a Pirate Queen, from Ruining History

A History of Gay Pirates with Rebecca Simon, on the PRIDE Podcast -

Sailing Through Queer Pirate History with Rebecca Simon, on the PRIDE Podcast

Pirate Queens with Rebecca Simon, on the PRIDE Podcast

Were Some Pirates Poofters?, from the History is Gay Podcast - Going through Anne Bonny, Mary Read, Calico Jack, and Pierre Bouspet.

Queerness in the Golden Age of Piracy, from Queer as Fact

Books & Essays:

FICTION: The Aubrey-Maturin Series, by Patrick O'Brian - The Aubreyad is not about pirates, but is a nautical-historical series of 20 books set in the 1800s. I love these books a lot, they're ridiculous and very homoerotic with a lot of background gay dynamics - you can absolutely infer a romance between Captain Jack Aubrey, a hot slab of beef, and his doctor, Stephen Maturin. They're funny and they're rich with nautical descriptions, really immersing you into the language and feel of the period and the sensation of being on these vessels. While I'm not holding these books up as a bastion of queerness compared to other texts, Maturin is a fervent abolitionist and despite being a member of Aubrey's crew is actually vehemently anti-colonialist in his views, and those discussions do play out on paper again and again. Because of their realism these books do kind of poke a hole in the naval officers being held up as inherently noble or honourable, and particularly regularly criticises the actions and ideas of the state.

FICTION: J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan - I love Peter Pan, and obviously I talk and blog about it a lot. What's particularly dear to my heart is the relationship between Hook and Smee, which is such an intimate marriage even though it's not explicitly described as such, and it makes me very emotional. This book was written at the beginning of the 20th century, and I do want to warn anyone before going in about the racism inherent - the text treats the existence of the Natives to Neverland as part of an "adventure", and there's also anti-Black racism toward many of Hook's crew, as well as the description of Hook himself as "swarthy" despite being a white Etonian. Peter Pan is a story about working class white children in London whose parents has dreams of them ascending to middle class, and the children's fears of growing up are heavily influenced by economic anxiety, but also they desire a return to a time when as young white kids "adventure" would have been more accessible to them, as is typical in the classic adventure novel.

FICTION: Peter Darling, by Austin Chant - The Lost Boys say that Peter Pan went back to England because of Wendy Darling, but Wendy is just an old life he left behind. Neverland is his real home. So when Peter returns to it after ten years in the real world, he’s surprised to find a Neverland that no longer seems to need him. The only person who truly missed Peter is Captain James Hook, who is delighted to have his old rival back. The oft-recommended trans man!Peter Pan/Hook romance novel. Please don't talk to me about this one as I haven't and can't read it for some personal trigger readings, but it's recommended all over and is well-loved for a reason!

FICTION: Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island - Treasure Island is of course, one of the archetypal adventure novels. What a lot of people might not know is that the TV series Black Sails is a prequel to Treasure Island! If you enjoyed Our Flag Means Death, you might be delighted to realise that the real life pirate Israel Hands features in Treasure Island, and fights with Jim Hawkins, the protagonist.

NON-FICTION: Sodomy and the Pirate Tradition: English Sea Rovers in the Seventeenth-Century Caribbean, by B.R. Burg - In Sodomy and the Pirate Tradition, historian B. R. Burg investigates the social and sexual world of these sea rovers, a tightly bound brotherhood of men engaged in almost constant warfare. What, he asks, did these men, often on the high seas for years at a time, do for sexual fulfillment? Buccaneer sexuality differed widely from that of other all- male institutions such as prisons, for it existed not within a regimented structure of rule, regulations, and oppressive supervision, but instead operated in a society in which widespread toleration of homosexuality was the norm and conditions encouraged its practice.

ESSAY: Our Flag Means Death and Queer Utopias at Sea, an essay by Seth LeJacq

TV Series:

Our Flag Means Death - Of course, duh! Our Flag Means Death, a queer romcom interpreting the historical relationship between Stede Bonnet, the Gentleman Pirate, and Edward Teach, Blackbeard, as a romance.

Black Sails - A "gritty" and brutal prequel to RL Stevenson's Treasure Island, exploring the tales of Long John Silver and how he came to be what he ultimately is in Treasure Island. There is a lot of gay shit in this and it's extremely anti-imperial in its outlook - with that said, I'm personally not a great fan of Black Sails to watch, for me personally it's either too upsetting or too dull to stick with, oscillating between the two extremes. If you haven't tried it and do want to, I do recommend sticking through at least the first season and seeing if you get into it! With that said, it's got particularly brutal onscreen treatment of its WOC, especially Max, a Black woman who is violently raped onscreen (as well as onscreen abuses of other women), and I would recommend treading with caution if this is something that will be difficult to watch.

Neverland - This miniseries is near and dear to my heart - it's not huge on the pirates, but it actually has Bob Hoskins reprising his 1991 role as Smee, and I find it to be an interesting and quite different exploration of the Peter Pan prequel that really explores class some. More importantly, it actually has Natives playing Natives, and features Q'orianka Kilcher as Aaya!

Movies:

Love, Death, & Robots: Bad Travelling (2022) - This is a short film that's part of the LD&R series, and it's really good nautical horror. That's all there is to it.

Master and Commander (2003) - Taika Waititi said this movie is his favourite romance movie, and he's so fucking right. Anyway, this movie is based off the first five of Patrick O'Brian's Aubreyad, and it's so loving and so gay.

Treasure Planet (2002) - There are so many adaptations of Treasure Island, but this is my favourite every single time, it's just so well-done, it's so full of care, it really captures the wonder and excitement of sailing and the sense of freedom, and honestly? Jim Hawkins is sooooo transmasculine, he even has an ugly shitty mullet haircut and a little gold earring, he is the blueprint, he is perfect. If piracy in space tickles your fancy, I also might recommend Space Pirate Captain Harlock (2013).

Pirates of the Carribean: The Black Pearl (2003), Dead Man's Chest (2006), and At World's End (2007) - Listen. Are there technically other POTC movies? Yes. Should you watch them? Oh, fuck no. I have seen On Stranger Tides and Dead Men Tell No Tales/Salazar's Revenge and let me tell you: you do not have to, you do not need to, and you do not want to. On Stranger Tides tried to tell me that Hector Barbossa fell in love with a woman. My man. Hector Barbossa. A woman!? Please! Anyway, I grew up on these movies and unfortunately they are overwhelmingly and unrealistically white - there are some really cool characters of colour and I especially love Tia Dalma. Remember not to watch these movies legally, by the way - watch them on an old cheap DVD or do some piracy yourself. Fuck Johnny Depp.

The Pirates of Penzance (1983) - This is an adaptation of the Gilbert and Sullivan opera, and it is so over the top, so ridiculous, so much fucking fun. Kevin Kline has some of the sexiest fits in this movie and so much thick, thatched chest hair, and the music is good, many of the jokes still land, and it's just fun.

Peter Pan (2003) - Don't watch the Disney Peter Pan. Never watch it, it's garbage, it's ugly, it invented a bunch of anti-Native racism that isn't in the already racist original text, and you know, fuck Disney. Is the 2003 Peter Pan perfect? No. But is it better? Yes. Jason Isaacs is so hot as Hook, and while I am not the biggest fan of PJ Hogan's take on the book that's all about Wendy wanting to fuck her own dad on top of cutting the Hook/Smee dynamic back significantly, the Neverland aesthetics and the silly piratical ones are a lot of fun.

Hook (1991) - Spielberg's sequel to Peter Pan is glorious for one reason and one reason only: Dustin Hoffman and Bob Hoskins were like, "hey, these two dudes are married. They're old queens in love!" and they played it like that, and they were so fucking right. Hoffman's Hook is so queer and so effete and so incredibly mentally ill and he is the biggest mood throughout, as is Smee trying to keep them both alive. I adore this movie to death, I really do.

Down Periscope (1996) - Okay. So. This movie is a little bit different. It's not set in the Golden Age of Piracy or even just after it - it's set in the 1990s, and is about a Yank Naval Captain doing wargames with other members of the navy. With that said, it's got a lot of pirate hijinks and a lot of found family dynamics with a lot of freaks and neurodivergents packing the crew - note that there's some misogynistic harassment in this for the only female crew member, but she's one of my favourite characters and she's so much fun, much like the rest of the crew. Listen. The captain has a tattoo on his dick. They all dress up as pirates while making one of their crew members walk the plank. Their ending credits feature the cast dancing and singing along with the Village People, to the iconic gay anthem, In The Navy. It's good, I swear.

And I've tried a bunch of pirate videogames, but none of them has measured up to Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag. Unfortunately, this game is an Assassin's Creed game and all the AC plot stuff sucks, because that's what AC games are for.

When it's not doing their terrible meta plot in the "real world", though, this game has such excellent gameplay, it's great fun, and the soundtrack is tremendous. Even if you don't play the game, absolutely consider giving the sound track a listen, because it's just great!

An old album I would recommend is also the Robert Shaw Chorale Sea Shanties one! It's from 1960, and they do some really fun arrangements of different sea shanties - their Drunken Sailor is one of my absolute favourites!

If you'd like to see a different take on the sea shanties and would still love some more space piracy, I would also recommend Once Upon A Time (in Space), by the Mechanisms!

My Stuff

And separate to the general rec list above, here's some of my work that's relevant to my takes on queer pirates, and why I'm on the panel:

Communicating Want, by me, DictionaryWrites - 75k, rated E, Frenchie/Izzy. Izzy's just so buttoned-up, how is Lucius supposed to resist the urge to seduce him? It doesn't go well. Just a silly thing exploring sexual trauma and stuff with Izzy Hands! Love that bitch.

Our Flag Means Death S01 E01: Close Textual Analysis — Examining OFMD E1: Pilot in close detail and liveblogging/analysing the text. On Medium / / On Patreon.

Gerald Poole and the Pirates - A distinctly queer adventure full of internal conflict ensues when a gentleman and a sailor are captured by pirates. Read on Medium: Part I / / Part II / / Part III / / Part IV / / Buy as an eBook on SmashWords, $2.99 / Buy as an eBook from Amazon.

The Coffin at Sea — 400w. A vessel picks up a coffin afloat at sea. On Medium / / On Patreon.

The Pirate Accountant — 4.5k, rated M, MB. A quartermaster works up the nerve to finally mount a seduction on their accountant. Dark humour and biting banter throughout, between an exceedingly cautious and paranoid accountant and the quartermaster who’s finally worked up the courage to ask him out. On Medium / / On Patreon.

Saint Jude’s Kitchen — 20k, Rated M, MB. After an injury stops him working, a failing deckhand gets a new lease on life. Themes around cooking and nurturing, identity and sense of self, and complex family dynamics. Adapted from a TweetFic. On Medium / / On Patreon.

#musings #our flag means death #eastercon #conversation 2023 #pirates

[beatrice-otter]

Yuletide Recs! 60 fics in 46 fandoms

This year was amazing. All three of the fics written for me were absolutely perfect in their own way, exactly what I hoped for, and there was a fourth that wasn't written for me but felt like it was, because it matched a long-term request I've had in multiple ficathons over the last several years. (I also wrote two fanfics, one assignment and one treat, and I'm curious if anyone spotted either as possibly coming from me.)

Here are the fics I received:

Children of the Universe (4006 words) by Anonymous Fandom: A Wrinkle in Time (2018) Rating: Not Rated Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Meg Murry O'Keefe, Calvin O'Keefe, Alex Murry, Charles Wallace Murry, Kate Murry, Mrs. Whatsit (Kairos)

Summary: Of course, people don't just go back to their lives, after experiences like theirs.

It's so perfect an encapsulation of the love and the pain together and trying to build something together and heal in the midst of it.

follow your memory upstream Fandom: A Wrinkle in Time (2018)

This is amazing and I love it. It's a wonderful conversation between the two of them, and I love that her dad validates her anger.

Employment (100 words) by Anonymous Fandom: Rivers of London - Ben Aaronovitch Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Mamusu "Rose" Grant, Elsie Winstanley Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Yuletide Madness Drabble Invitational Summary:

One universe over when Peter is ten and Mamasu Grant’s future is about to take a new direction.

This next one wasn't exactly written for me, but it feels like it was; I've been asking for Mamusu-and-Elsie adventures for years, and making sure they're in fanwork exchange tagsets, and this year I was not the only one asking, and someone wrote it!

Bintumani Working in Freetown, Elsie gets a mysterious letter that sends her on a journey across Sierra Leone. Fandom: Rivers of London - Ben Aaronovitch

All the details about life in Sierra Leone and who Mamusu and Elsie are and an adventure, it's everything I've been wanting for years since first reading A Rare Book of Cunning Device.

Other fics I loved:

16th Century CE RPF Periapsides (2303 words) by Anonymous Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Characters: Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn Summary: Five things Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn could have been to each other. I love all the what-ifs, they’re such interesting ideas. Ask A Manager Blog my wife doesn’t know I hench, the evil sex ray made my employees do it, and more (2007 words) by Anonymous Fandom: Hench - Natalie Zina Walschots, Ask a Manager Blog - Alison Green Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Alison Green (Ask a Manager) Additional Tags: Worldbuilding, Llamas Summary:

It’s hench week at Ask a Manager!

Aubrey-Maturin Series - Patrick O'Brian Reconciling the Irreconcilable (1938 words) by Anonymous Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Jack Aubrey, Stephen Maturin Summary:

Jack and Stephen must rescue a double agent from prison, provoking an unusually frank conversation between them

Jane Austen Gratitude (5880 words) by Anonymous Fandom: Mansfield Park - Jane Austen, Persuasion - Jane Austen Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Edmund Bertram & Fanny Price, Fanny Price & William Price, Henry Crawford & Fanny Price, James Benwick / Fanny Price Summary:

What if the Harvilles took Fanny in, instead of her spending three months with her parents in Portsmouth? This is a gift for everyone who wanted to see someone other than the Crawfords and the Bertrams being truly nice to Fanny. Constant (2183 words) by Anonymous Fandom: Persuasion - Jane Austen Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Anne Elliot/Frederick Wentworth I love all the details of life at sea and how well it suits Anne. Righteousness and Respectability (10506 words) by Anonymous Fandom: Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Marianne Dashwood/John Willoughby, Marianne Dashwood/Colonel Brandon, Elinor Dashwood & Marianne Dashwood, Elinor Dashwood & Margaret Dashwood & Marianne Dashwood & Mrs. Dashwood Additional Tags: Period-Typical Racism, Period-Typical Sexism, Alternate Universe, Racebending, Age of Sail, Non-Consensual Kissing Summary:

The Dashwood ladies are mixed race. Some things change, but others do not.

Batman If I’m Shining Everybody Gonna Shine (3902 words) by Anonymous Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Dick Grayson & Duke Thomas, Duke Thomas & Jason Todd, Duke Thomas & Bruce Wayne Characters: Duke Thomas Summary:

Duke is finally going to his first gala and needs some advice. The quality of advice some of his siblings give is questionable. Very questionable.

“You would be wise to listen to my advice, Thomas.” “Which is?” Duke asks. “Bring a weapon.”

Featuring the return of the Wayne Family’s inability to tie a tie.

Dance, then, wherever you may be (1431 words) by Anonymous Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Dick Grayson, Cassandra Cain, Damian Wayne Summary:

Dick understands why Cass loves to dance.

World’s Okayest Detective (2690 words) by Anonymous Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Summary:

Bruce tries to shake a present. Tries being the operative word.

proper rites (7215 words) by Anonymous Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Jason Todd, Damian Wayne, Alfred Pennyworth, Stephanie Brown Summary:

Being a cat for three weeks has repercussions, it turns out.

Jason snacks his way through one of them. Damian reads books. Both of them drink a lot of tea. It’s nice, mostly, which Jason finds highly suspicious.

can everyone please stop touching Bruce Wayne’s bust (2998 words) by Anonymous Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Bruce Wayne, Alfred Pennyworth, Stephanie Brown, Selina Kyle Summary:

Everyone in the family just can’t stop touching Bruce Wayne’s bust.

Wait, no, that’s not quite right…

Love the shenanigans and sibling fighting. Katie, Bar the Door (2915 words) by Anonymous Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Jason Todd, Bruce Wayne, Duke Thomas, Batfamily Members Summary:

Duke’s never been to a hockey game. Jason thinks that’s a shame. Blackadder Private Party (2448 words) by Anonymous Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Edmund Blackadder/Kevin Darling Characters: Edmund Blackadder, Kevin Darling, Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett, George Colthurst St. Barleigh, Baldrick (Blackadder) Summary: A dubiously merry Christmas in the trenches. The author has all their voices down cold! Cabaret From Cradle to Tomb (2193 words) by Anonymous Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Characters: Cliff Bradshaw, Emcee (Cabaret), Sally Bowles, Ernst Ludwig Summary:

In which Cliff finishes the first draft of his manuscript before he leaves Berlin, and receives advice from a friend.

Or: history is dust. You are not.

A fascinating look at all the ways Cabaret is about stories and storytelling. Cadfael Christmas Rose (3797 words) by Anonymous Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Hugh Beringar & Brother Cadfael, Aline Beringar/Hugh Beringar Summary:

Cadfael reminisces about an old investigation.

The characterization is lovely, and the mystery feels like the sort in canon. Chalion Saga Demon Touched (3634 words) by Anonymous Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Adelis Arisaydia, Penric kin Jurald, Desdemona (Chalion), Nikys Khatai Summary:

Adelis’s entire life changes in an instant. Set somewhere post-current-canon.

The Inverted Chord (8705 words) by Anonymous Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Penric kin Jurald, Nikys Khatai, Adelis Arisaydia, Desdemona Summary:

Adelis returns from leading Duke Jurgo’s army against the Rusylli to meet Penric again, this time as his brother-in-law.

I love this, both the insight into the Father here and the way Pen helps with Adelis’ lingering trauma over what happened to him.

A Christmas Carol Fellow Passengers (3453 words) by Anonymous Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Tiny Tim & Ebenezer Scrooge, Jacob Marley & Ebenezer Scrooge Summary:

Paying Marley’s debt comes at a cost. Tim is a comfort.

This made me cry, and it really captures the Dickens voice. The Price of Salvation (5780 words) by Anonymous Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Jacob Marley & Ebenezer Scrooge Summary:

Scrooge received only one visit from the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas Yet to Come.

Jacob Marley came many times.

Angsty in the best way Dune (2021) hear them chant (burn the witch) (2295 words) by Anonymous Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Duncan Idaho, Jessica (Dune), Leto Atreides I Summary:

the witch had to die.

I like the subtleties of this. Future Tense (1172 words) by Anonymous Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Paul Atreides/Duncan Idaho Summary:

“If I became Emperor, would you still serve me?” (Duncan lives!AU)

Enchanted Forest Chronicles Witchcraft and Dragons (10102 words) by Anonymous Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Morwen (Enchanted Forest), Archaniz (Enchanted Forest), Morwen’s Cats (Enchanted Forest), Kazul (Enchanted Forest), Deadly Nightshade Gardening Club Summary:

How Morwen arrived at the Enchanted Forest

The worldbuilding was perfect and so were the character voices, it felt like a part of canon! Enola Holmes i’ll hide underneath my pride (18834 words) by Anonymous Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Enola Holmes/Viscount “Tewky” Tewksbury Summary:

Enola doubted that when Tewksbury had invited her to his childhood friend’s countryside home for a weekend away that he had planned for her to solve the theft of a very important item. But luckily for everyone in attendance, Enola Holmes was always on the case.

Ethan of Athos Time Enough (20075 words) by Anonymous Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Terrence Cee/Ethan Urquhart Summary:

Terrence Cee had spent most of his life feeling jumpship caught in the gravity well of a blackhole. Engines on full bore. Only able to keep out of the crushing center, but never able to escape. Now in his new life on Athos, he found himself unsure of how to find a new pace.

Ethan wondered if there was a way to get his love life gestating again. Not frozen like zygotes stored in a bio-freezer against some eventual future.

step by step (planet by planet) (950 words) by Anonymous Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Terrence Cee/Ethan Urquhart Additional Tags: Mutual Pining, Unresolved, Oblivious Ethan Urquhart Summary:

“We’re being watched,” Cee said, and then, before Ethan could respond, “Don’t look.”

Fandom For Robots Stay In Touch (1019 words) by Anonymous Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: bjornruffian & Computron (Fandom for Robots) Summary:

Computron and bjornruffian stay in touch. Fiddler on the Roof firebrands (3894 words) by Anonymous Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Hodel/Perchik (Fiddler on the Roof) Summary:

In a world where Hodel is also a revolutionary, she and Perchik fall in love.

I love this exploration of what Hodel could have been, and the exploration of her and Perchik’s relationship. The Goblin Emperor On the Twelfth Hour of Winternight (2060 words) by Anonymous Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Csevet Aisava/Maia Drazhar Summary:

Edrehasivar smiled, and Csevet marveled and despaired in equal measure at how that smile still hit him like an arrow to the gut, even after all this time.

Or: Csevet’s emperor needs help fetching Winternight presents, and Csevet is only too happy to assist.

Really sweet, in the best way Need To Know (2151 words) by Anonymous Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Csethiro Ceredin, Maia Drazhar, Csevet Aisava Summary:

After Eshevis Tethimar tries to assassinate the Emperor at the Winternight Ball, information is shared on a need-to-know basis - and Csethiro needs to know.

it gets okay to praise the day (5770 words) by Anonymous Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Thara Celehar, Iäna Pel-Thenhior, Maia Drazhar, Anora Chanavar, Velhiro Tomasaran, Othalo Rasaltezhen Summary:

Thara, while gradually recovering from the aftermath of his encounter with the revethavar, discovers that he is not so alone in the world as he tends to think.

The Grief of Knives (1841 words) by Anonymous Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Thara Celehar, Iäna Pel-Thenhior, Velhiro Tomasaran Summary:

The moment of catharsis in the Orshaneisei maze had lightened the pain Thara carried. It did not eliminate it. But this time, Iäna is there.

As long as thou com'st back (1438 words) by Anonymous Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Thara Celehar/Iäna Pel-Thenhior Additional Tags: Pre-Relationship, Developing Relationship, Hopeful Ending, Canon Continuation Summary:

A man like Thara Celehar is worth waiting for. Iäna does.

A look at what their next interaction after The Grief of Stones might look like, from Iäna’s eyes.

Great Iäna perspective Imperial Radch Series - Ann Leckie favorites (3414 words) by Anonymous Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Major Character Death Relationships: Justice of Toren & Original Character, Justice of Toren/Original Character Additional Tags: Identity Issues, Grief/Mourning, Canon-Typical Violence, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD Summary:

Justice of Toren and its favorite officers.

I love this perspective on what it was like to be a ship and all the ancillaries together and taking care of officers. Very interesting. Henry V I’ve no language left to say it (1014 words) by Anonymous Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Henry V/Montjoy Summary:

“Read for me, Montjoy?” He pushed it to the side. Montjoy picked up the letter.

“In English or in French, your highness?”

“En anglais, s'il vous plaît.”

Into the Woods careful the tale you tell (that is the spell) (2555 words) by Anonymous Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Characters: Rapunzel (Into the Woods), Cinderella (Into the Woods), Baker (Into the Woods), Baker’s Mother (Into the Woods) Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Rapunzel Lives, Family, Parenthood, Trauma, Past Child Abuse Summary:

Rapunzel learns to tell her own story, and just what story it is she wants to tell.

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - Susanna Clarke The Lost Works of the Dry-Cræfticen of Wherwell: a New Approach (1450 words) by Anonymous Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Additional Tags: Worldbuilding, Magical Realism, Pseudo-History, Academia, Archaeology Summary:

An article from the book Female Magicians in Pre-Aureate England, published in 2006 by York University Press.

Really interesting worldbuilding The stones shall make a throne for me (5756 words) by Anonymous Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Stephen Black, Original Characters, John Uskglass | The Raven King Summary:

The new king of Lost-hope is not like the last.

What a great perspective on the Nameless King and what he might do next. King’s Progress (3840 words) by Anonymous Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Stephen Black, John Uskglass | The Raven King, Original Characters Summary:

The man once Stephen Black, as the new King of Lost-Hope, decides to make a Royal Progress through his demesne on the advice of a raven after realizing how little he knows how to rule a fae court. He meets the Raven King himself with surprizing consequences for both.

I love the poetry in this. When Once We Are Buried, You Think We Are Dead (3186 words) by Anonymous Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: John Uskglass | The Raven King, Catherine of Winchester, Martin Pale, John Childermass Summary:

The great Cathedral at Winchester seems as near timeless as any work of man in England. But time and magic can intersect…oddly.

L'Empereur (5043 words) by Anonymous Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: John Childermass, Stephen Black Summary:

Childermass’s search for the meaning of the King’s Letters leads to an unexpected encounter.  

Kings (2009) All this, and love too, will ruin us (8080 words) by Anonymous Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Jack Benjamin/David Shepherd Summary:

Everyone thought him pampered beyond measure, but this…this was where Jack felt most alive: soldiering had been the first place he’d known who he was, and hardship and deprivation had never been punishing, not when he was with his men, his comrades in arms. His brothers. And that was what David was, right now—his brother in arms. His brother.

Little Women (2019 Movie - Gerwig) Happy (2144 words) by Anonymous Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Theodore Laurence/Amy March Summary:

“Anything interesting from the girls?” Aunt March says. They’re in the drawing room of the hotel, and Amy still has the letter from Jo held tightly in her hand. She carefully places it down on the writing desk.

“Oh, not much Aunt March,” Amy says, turning the information over in her mind. Beth is ill…and they’re not sure what to do, and mother has been called. “Beth is sick,” she says.  

Lord Peter Wimsey - Dorothy L. Sayers Scene on a Balcony (1965 words) by Anonymous Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Eiluned Price, Sylvia Marriott, Gerald Wimsey Viscount St George, Helen Duchess of Denver Summary:

8th October 1935 and it’s the wedding of the year - Lord Peter Wimsey and Miss Harriet Vane have finally tied the knot. But the wedding breakfast (served at the Dowager Duchess’ London house) is getting a little heated. So the balcony is an excellent place to which to escape.

A Little Princess Rajasi (2067 words) by Anonymous Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Becky/Sara Crewe Summary:

Four princesses Becky met, and one she loved.

MCU Moon Knight Scarlet and Moonlight (4769 words) by Anonymous Fandom: Moon Knight (Comics), Moon Knight (TV 2022) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Marlene Alraune/Steven Grant, Gena Landers & Jake Lockley Additional Tags: Marvel 616/MCU Crossover, Comics AU Layla El-Faouly, Layla El-Faouly-centric, Multiplicity/Plurality, Team Moon Knight is in So Much Denial, Alternate Origin Story, POV Outsider Summary:

Phantom thief Layla has finally tracked a stolen artifact to some rich couple’s collection. Shouldn’t be too hard to break into their mansion and retrieve it, right? This Steven Grant and Marlene Alraune are probably total pushovers.

(Spoiler alert: they are not total pushovers.)

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021) Awkward (1775 words) by Anonymous Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Katy Chen/Xu Xialing, Katy Chen & Shang-Chi Summary:

It wasn’t that Katy was ashamed of her relationship with Xu Xialing. She was, in fact, rather proud of herself for locking that down. In a world of superhero tens, Xialing was an eleven. Brains, beauty, an entrepreneurial spirit combined with a hard work ethic—Xialing had it all.

It was just awkward.

I love the way they wrote Katy. Ms. Marvel (TV 2022) Three Times Kamala Thought About Revealing Her Identity And One Time She Didn’t (1312 words) by Anonymous Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Kamala Khan, Nakia Bahadir, Muneeba Khan, Yusuf Khan, Tyesha Hillman-Khan, Aamir Khan (Marvel), Sheikh Abdullah (Ms. Marvel) Summary:

Three times Kamala Khan thought about revealing her secret identity and one time she knew better.

Paristan (1166 words) by Anonymous Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Sana | Kamala Khan’s Grandmother, Muneeba Khan, Kamala Khan Summary:

Sana Ali leaves home behind, and finds home anyway.

Men’s Hockey RPF i’m your passenger (2382 words) by Anonymous Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Joel Farabee/Travis Konecny Summary:

“I figured it out!” his staffer exclaims—Sarah, the tiny white embroidery on her polo reads—holding TK’s hand up like a prizefighter. “TK will fit.”

He blinks at her. “Fit where?”

One of the staffers steps back and he sees it: the neon orange fluffy monstrosity, slumped bonelessly against a chair.

(Or: Gritty needs a body. TK provides.)

Right Where You Left Me (9913 words) by Anonymous Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Carey Price/P. K. Subban Additional Tags: post-retirement, Age Regression/De-Aging, but not to childhood, Getting Together, Pining, Angst with a Happy Ending, totally ignoring vast swaths of real life Summary:

PK hasn’t seen Carey much in the past eight years, but he doesn’t remember him looking quite this young.

Grindin’ It Out (In the App) (6464 words) by Anonymous Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Jeff Carter/Mike Richards Summary:

A chance Grindr encounter leads - eventually - to a reunion.

Miss Marple Three Card Trick (3816 words) by Anonymous Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Jane Marple, Raymond West, Joyce Lemprière, Henry Clithering Summary:

A Christmas party and a small magical mystery.

An interesting little mystery, very much in the style of Miss Marple. Murderbot Diaries Heuristic Analysis (10965 words) by Anonymous Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: SecUnit 3 (Murderbot Diaries) Summary:

Three makes some choices.

I love this whole thing. The worldbuilding of PUMNT. The way they build and raise baby AIs. The philosophy students having just enough knowledge to do some really stupid things. Three’s choices and reactions all the way through. Perfect. Paint Your Wagon Wandrin’ (3763 words) by Anonymous Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Pardner/Ben Rumson/Elizabeth Rumson, Pardner/Elizabeth Summary:

It’s been five years since Ben Rumson was on the road to No Name City.

This sounds much more likely than Pardner and Elizabeth just settling down and becoming farmers. I love it! Philadelphia Story Unionville, PA. (2194 words) by Anonymous Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Tracy Lord & C K Dexter Haven & Macauley Connor, Tracy Lord & Liz Imbrie Summary:

“I have the most wonderful little house in Unionville. It’s up on a hill with a view that would knock you silly. I’m never there except in the hunting season, and not much then, and I’d be so happy to know that it was of some real use to someone….There’s a brook and a small lake, no size really, and a patch of woods, and in any kind of weather, it’s the most wonderful…”

RED Leave Room for Dessert (1721 words) by Anonymous Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Han Cho Bai/Victoria Winslow Summary:

Three times Han and Victoria enjoyed a meal together.

Singin’ in the Rain picture stars on parade (3383 words) by Anonymous Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Cosmo Brown/Don Lockwood/Kathy Selden Summary:

Cosmo’s dearest friends are busy making movies, and he would like to see more of them. Lots of musicians rendered unemployed by the coming of talking pictures are writing to him to try and get jobs, and the stock market just crashed. Why not try to solve every problem with a party? Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute RPF Nest-wrecker (1053 words) by Anonymous Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Chris Crowe (Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute RPF), Walnut the Crane (Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute RPF), Original Characters Summary:

Chris was pretty average looking, Nora thought, just a normal guy - but then, she wasn’t an endangered and horny white-naped crane, so what did she know? Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Fall Into Your Sunlight (3459 words) by Anonymous Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Number One | Una Chin-Riley/Christopher Pike Summary:

When a snowstorm interferes with the transporter, Pike and Number One are forced to take shelter in an abandoned cabin. Revelations ensue.

Star Wars salvage (2559 words) by Anonymous Fandom: Andor (TV), Star Wars - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Maarva Andor/Clem Andor, Maarva Andor & Cassian Andor, Cassian Andor & Clem Andor rief/Mourning, Relationship Study, Established Relationship, Yuletide, Yuletide 2022, Yuletide Treat, Background Cassian Andor/Bix Caleen Summary: It turns out that taking in this boy is like taming a wild Loth-cat. Clem tells her that, one night: “It has to be on his own terms, in his own time.” (A family study of the Andors, from initial adoption through what happens on Rix Road.) All Blue and Gold and Glittering (1635 words) by Anonymous Fandom: Andor (TV) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Tay Kolma Summary: In search of a present for Mon Mothma, Tay Colma pays a visit to an antiques shop he’s been told she’s fond of. תנ"ך | Tanakh The Giant Killers (and marginalia) (13234 words) by Anonymous Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: David | Dāūd/Yehonatan | Jonathan, David/Michal (Abrahamic Religions), Michal/OFM Summary:

Listen you children of exile, let not your ear close up. Listen now even in forced mirth. Hear a song that the weavers sing in their enforced labor. Hear how a princess of an Israel united in the company of a barbarian, a mighty hunter, a priest of great knowledge, a seer of Ein Dor, a princely warrior of pure and noble heart, and a musician blessed by YHWH, defeated giants that threatened all the lands of the earth.

This is AMAZING, I love all the historical details and the footnotes! And the adventure is great, and so is the queerness, this story makes me so happy. Temeraire an ever fixed mark (1216 words) by Anonymous Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: William Laurence & Temeraire, William Laurence/Temeraire Additional Tags: Possessive Behavior, Jealousy Summary:

In fact, Laurence realized, with no small amount of chagrin, by all accounts one would have to consider him the wife in their arrangement.

Watchmen now that we are dead (1636 words) by Anonymous Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Dan Dreiberg/Laurie Juspeczyk, Dan Dreiberg/Laurie Juspeczyk/Rorschach, Dan Dreiberg/Rorschach Additional Tags: Post-Karnak, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Rorschach Lives (Watchmen), Suicide Attempt, Post-Apocalypse, Unhealthy Relationships, Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms Summary:

Rorschach tries to kill himself after Karnak.

Great job at showcasing the complex issues between them all. We Are A Picturesque Small Town And We Refuse To Be The Setting For Your RomCom (McSweeney’s) I’ll Be Home for Winter (4161 words) by Anonymous Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Summary:

Terry Pratchett told us, “The theory of narrative causality…means that a story, once started, takes a shape. It picks up all the vibrations of all the other workings of that story that have ever been. This is why history keeps on repeating all the time.“

In other words, stories want to be told, and a few pesky rules aren’t going to stop them.

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"I Double Dare You" Prologue

Prologue: Columbus, Ohio, September 14, 1941

A Storm is Brewing

Leigh Spencer was enjoying the warm breeze blowing through her dorm room's window. Indian summer was in full swing. Spencer's radio was on and she was singing along with the Andrews Sisters as she was brushing her medium length naturally curly brunette hair.

Spencer, a trim 5'4" 18 year old with big green eyes, was already into her second year of college. She began taking college courses during the summer months of her junior and senior years in high school.

The intelligent, witty, sometimes acerbic journalism major had quite a temper when she was provoked. Although she acted like a lady, she could curse a blue streak when she was irate. Leigh learned her extensive vocabulary of four letter words from two male cousins who were close in age to her. Her close knit family lived in rural southeastern Ohio. Spencer's father was an elementary school principal and her mother was a housewife.

Leigh knew that she couldn't be a hard hitting news reporter, and that fact galled her. The only writing jobs a newspaper woman could hope to do were reports of weddings and society column reporting. That wasn't her cup of tea to say the least. After meeting with her academic advisor at the beginning of the current semester, Spencer was intending to become a journalism professor. If she kept her grades in the 4 to 3.2 range, she would qualify for a graduate school scholarship.

She was in her slip, deciding on which dress to wear to dinner when her roommate Debi came in, remarking,

"Leigh, you could be a singer on the radio! Did you ever have vocal lessons?

Spencer grinned as she pulled a blue dress over her head and put her arms through the sleeves. She told her tall, thin blonde friend,

" Thanks. No, I never took singing lessons."

Debi asked,

"Do you have a date with Grayson tonight?" Grayson O'Brian was her fiance. They met the previous summer when she worked as a sales clerk in the Lazarus department store in downtown Columbus. He noticed her when he was picking out a tie in the Men's Department. The seemingly shy muscular dark haired western Kentucky native was enrolled in Ohio State's medical school.

"Well, I don't know if it qualifies as a date. It's more like a last ditch effort for me. I am tired of Gray's bad moods and his temper. He has changed, and not for the better. I am cooking dinner for him tonight. If he is unpleasant again, he is getting his ring back. I'm beginning to believe that I am falling out of love with him. Besides, I think he's seeing someone else behind my back."

Debbie's blue eyes widened with shock.

"You would quit him, even after you..you know. How do you know there's another woman?"

Spencer looked at Debi, " First of all, the 'you know,' only happened once. It was nothing special. I can't believe that this physical act is what people get overwrought about. That doesn't mean that I have to stay with him the rest of my life! Secondly, Gray is evasive and I swear I smelled perfume the last time I was at his apartment. He doesn't wear Jungle Gardenia."

Debi thought for a moment and replied,"Ann Marie, on the next floor, said that it gets better after the first time. If that rat is two timing you, I don't blame you for wanting to quit him."

Leigh put on her shoes, open toed pumps and grabbed her purse.

"Glad you agree, Debi. See you later tonight." Spencer walked out of the dorm room, down the hall and took one flight of stairs to the ground floor. From there, she exited the dormitory, heading for a grocery store that was close by.

She purchased ingredients for a spaghetti dinner. A former roommate who came from an Italian family in Pittsburgh gave her a recipe for spaghetti sauce. It involved fresh tomatoes, olive oil, Italian sausage, onions, red and green bell peppers, oregano, garlic, a little salt and pepper plus some red wine.

Leigh wasn't old enough to purchase the wine, but she knew that Gray kept some in the kitchen of his apartment. He lived in a section of the OSU campus known as the "Doc Block." Medical students occupied two apartment buildings that sat side by side.

She walked to the door of an apartment on the ground floor, put the bag of groceries on the step, got the key out of her purse and opened the door.Once inside, Leigh shut the door and took the groceries into the kitchen. She placed her purse on the counter and began to prepare the sauce. Spencer recalled her former roommate saying,

"It's gravy, not sauce. At least that's what my folks and my Nonna call it." She often thought about Maria, who left school to get married after she got pregnant. Leigh recalled that her husband's name was Anthony Stoppa. She planned to write to Maria soon.

The sauce simmered for a few hours. Leigh had the table set and wine glasses in place. She turned on the radio for some company and entertainment while she waited for Gray to get back from his anatomy and physiology class. The latest hit, Green Eyes" began to play. She used to think of that song as 'their' song. Now, she felt nothing when she heard the lyrics.

Leigh looked at the clock and decided to put the water on for the pasta. Gray was running late. By the time the water came to a boil, Gray should be coming in. The news concluded on the radio and she heard that an incoming cold front would cause a thunderstorm.

By the time the pasta was cooked, Grayson arrived. He walked into the kitchen and kissed Leigh's cheek. She smelled alcohol on his breath and pulled back.

"OK, so I had a few drinks with my buddies after class."

Spencer said nothing, taking the pan of spaghetti to the sink and putting it into a strainer. She got a large bowl and placed the pasta in it. Leigh put the sauce in a bowl. Gray disliked salad and garlic bread so neither item was prepared.

Gray grabbed a plate, filled it with spaghetti and spooned on some sauce. He poured a glass of wine for himself and sat down to eat. Leigh opted on water instead of wine. She got spaghetti, sauce and sat down at the table. Music from the radio filled in the silence as they ate.

After supper was over, Gray got up from the table, walked to a cabinet that was over the sink, got out a bottle of whiskey, went to another cabinet and got out one glass. Both cabinet doors remained open as he took the bottle and glass to the living room. He poured some whiskey into the glass, setting the bottle on the floor. Then, he sat in a chair by the telephone.

Leigh noticed that Gray seemed distracted. She was also irritated that he hadn't said a word about supper.

"Gray, would it kill you to at least thank me for making your favorite meal?" She remained in the kitchen, debating if she would do the dishes or just leave them and Gray behind.

O'Brian looked at her with contempt,

"I ate it, didn't I? Do you want a medal? You women are all alike. You whine and bitch about everything. I don't have to take this crap from you!"

Leigh calmly replied,

"The same can be said to you. Gray, I think it's time for me to clarify a few things." Gray acted as if he hadn't heard her. Suddenly, the telephone rang.

Gray's demeanor changed after he answered the phone. Thunder rumbled in the distance as he smiled and said,

"I thought that you had forgotten about me, Sweetie." He continued to make small talk as Leigh realized that what she had suspected was true.She was relieved that there was someone else in the picture. Walking out on Gray would be easier than she thought.

The call ended and O'Brian smirked at Leigh. He was trying to get a rise out of her and was surprised that she neither shouted at him nor did she burst into tears.

Instead, Leigh got her purse, putting the strap over her right shoulder. She told Gray,

"Obviously, being engaged means nothing to you. I wish you luck with " Sweetie." I'm not even upset. What does that say about us?,"

She removed the engagement ring, a family heirloom, and carefully placed it on the kitchen counter. Spencer continued,

"Gray, this isn't remotely close to love and I'm done. No acrimony, no need to argue. "

O'Brian looked shocked for a moment. He was hoping for tears from Leigh, to hear her begging him to stay with her and ditch the other woman. He stood up and began walking toward the kitchen.

You're over reacting, Leigh! She's just a dalliance and she means nothing to me. My dad has women on the side and my mom knows it. It's just something men do. Now, calm down and put your ring on."

Spencer passed by Gray, heading for the door.

"I feel sorry for your mother. There's no way I will live like that and I am perfectly calm." The thunder got louder and drops of rain began to hit the windows. Leigh wanted to get back to the dorm before the storm intensified. She opened the door, ready to step outside.

Suddenly, Gray ran into the living room, pushing Leigh aside and locking the door.

"You don't walk out on me, you bitch!" Spencer walked back toward the door. Grayson slammed her against the locked door and the doorknob made contact with Leigh's lower back, causing a sharp pain.

Without thinking, Leigh slapped Gray hard enough to leave a red print in the shape of her hand on his cheek. She was stunned when O'Brian said,

"You asked for it!" His fist made contact with Spencer's left eye, knocking her to the floor. She pulled herself up and began to cry out of fear and anger.

Gray bellowed, "Shut up!" He immediately toned down his voice. If a neighbor called the police and an arrest was made, he would be kicked out of medical school. O'Brian lowered his voice and stood in front of the door,

"Gray, stop! For God's sake, just let me leave! I won't involve the police, I just want to go back to my room."

"Damn women think they can do whatever they want if they turn on the water works. "

Leigh tried to stop crying.

O'Brian was enraged and beyond reason. He grabbed Leigh's left arm, roughly twisting it and bruising the skin beneath the short sleeve of her dress, telling Spencer,

"I said you aren't leaving!" Leigh twisted out of his grasp and tried to get one knee up to give him a disabling blow in his groin area. Gray stepped back in time to avoid contact with her knee. His voice became quiet and his brown eyes became expressionless.

"Try that again and I promise that I will kill you." The rain began to pour. Spencer was terrified but she made herself focus on survival. She had to find a way to get outside. Leigh suddenly recalled that Gray liked to have the bedroom window open. She had to find a way to get to the bedroom which was down a narrow hall behind the couch in the living room, the second door on the right.

Leigh had a burst of inspiration.

"Gray, maybe I was a little too hasty about wanting to leave you. Can we talk about this? "

O"Brian felt as if he had won. He thought to himself,

"Typical weak woman. I know how to control her."

He turned around to sit in the chair,

"That's more like it. Sure, we can talk."

Leigh was sickened by the idea, but she had to play the role of the submissive woman to the hilt if she wanted to survive.

"That's so good to hear. First, let me try to look human again. My mascara is running and I need to look good for my man."

"Go right ahead, Sweetie." Leigh headed calmly down the hall and stepped into the bathroom. She was so glad that her purse remained on her right shoulder. Spencer had a few cosmetic items in the purse, along with the key to her dorm room.

Gray smirked at her reply.

She splashed some cold water on her face. Her left eye was almost swollen shut and it was rapidly turning black. Then, she heard the phone ring again.

Gray answered the phone,

"Hi, Sweetie! What a nice surprise!"

Leigh couldn't believe her good luck. This gave her a chance to get to the bedroom to escape. She quietly crept out of the bathroom and carefully walked into Gray's bedroom. Then, she shut the door and locked it behind her.

O'Brian told the young woman on the phone,

"Someone's at the door, Honey. I've got to go."

Leigh heard him and thought,

"Just what I don't need. I have to move faster to get out of here." She walked toward the window, which was open. Spencer breathed a sigh of relief. Her relief was short lived.

Unknown to Leigh, Grayson had recently purchased a pistol. He ran into the bathroom, quickly opened a drawer and took out the loaded weapon.

She screamed as Gray fired the gun through the door, the bullet narrowly missing Leigh's neck as it hit the frame of the window.

When Spencer kicked out the screen in the window, the heel broke off of her right shoe. She thought,

"Forget the shoes!" Spencer thought, kicking off the pumps and diving through the window. She landed by the side of the apartment building almost face down in a quickly forming puddle. Leigh picked up her purse and ran down the sidewalk at top speed, skidding in the water from the deluge of rain. Looking ahead, Leigh spotted a police car stopped at a red light.

She bolted to the passenger door, pulled it open and jumped inside. The startled officer looked at the bedraggled, rain soaked young woman in the car, asking her,

" What's going on, Miss? Are you OK?"

Leigh shouted,

"Go, go! He's trying to kill me!" Noticing the black eye, the officer drove away, getting information from Leigh as they were en route to the police station. Gray got to the sidewalk outside the apartment building, the gun still clutched in his hand, swearing as he saw Spencer in a police car.

Once inside the police station, the officer got a clean blanket from an empty jail cell and gave it to Leigh. She wrapped it around herself and gratefully accepted a cup of coffee from another police officer. When she was asked if she wanted to press charges Spencer gave her consent.

Her parents were contacted and they made the drive to Columbus to pick up Leigh and her belongings. The bursar's office issued a full refund of her tuition money. Grayson was expelled from medical school and he returned to western Kentucky.

After Pearl Harbor was attacked, Leigh decided to join the WAACs. They would provide a job and housing, plus she would be safer there than returning to school or staying at home because there was no way for Gray to find her. O'Brian became a medic and trained at Ft. Campbell, Kentucky.

Leigh trained in Iowa and upon completion of her training, she was sent to Army offices in Toccoa, Georgia in the summer of 1942. An entire Army camp called Camp Toombs, was purchased and renamed Camp Toccoa by the federal government to train young men for a new division of the Army, the Airborne, to become paratroopers. These soldiers would jump out of airplanes and parachute into enemy territory.

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[anarchic2044]

what would be your mw fcs?

Oh my, there's a lot! Hiroyuki Sanada, Fumi Nikaido, Sho Kasamatsu, Eva Mendes, Zhang Ziyi, Ken Watanabe, Michelle Yeoh, Joe Taslim, Adeline Rudolph, Lewis Tan, Tati Gabrielle, Bae Doona, Rila Fukushima, Shioli Kutsuna, Keanu Reeves, Jennie Kim, Angela Bassett, Keke Palmer, Jeremy Allen White, Regina King, Jurnee Smollett, Park Hyung-Sik, Song Kang, Adria Arjona, Trevante Rhodes, Hideaki Itō, Julia Jones, Takayuki Suzuki, Takayuki Suzuki, Julia Jones, Lily Gladstone, Ana de Armas, Alba Baptista, Tristin Mays, Carrie-Anne Moss, Danny Ramirez, Emma Corrin, Bai Ling, Sterling K. Brown, Mahersala Ali, Kit Harington, Mackenyu, Ramon Rodriguez, Sonja Sohn, Emma D'arcy, Katy O'Brian, Melissa O'Neil, Jeon So-nee, Lee Jung-hyun, Song Joong-ki, Hiam Abbass, Song Hye-kyo, Lim Ji-yeon, Úrsula Corberó, Devon Aoki, Lily Gladstone, John Cho, Harris Dickinson, Lucy Lui, Sandra Oh, Ming-na Wen, Stephanie Hsu, John Boyega, Aldis Hodge, Daniel Kaluuya, Kofi Siriboe, Tyler James Williams, Kento Yamazaki, Chris Evans, Rahul Kohli, Carla Gugino, Antony Starr, Alaqua Cox, Sebastian Stan, Zahn McClarnon, Melissa Barrera, Kieran Culkin, Jessica Matten... and that's just to name a few!

Ultimately, it's up to you who you would love to choose. You'll be welcome with open arms regardless!

#answered. #anarchic 2044 #hope this helps!

[marivelsblog1503]

☾︎ Parte I: Familia. ☾︎

Con: 747 palabras en total. Anterior: || Índice: || Siguiente: Conozcan a los personajes y el rumbo que va a ir. © Todos los derechos reservados.

«— El pasado nos deja marcados para siempre, en cuanto a nuestro presente, nos concentramos mucho para llegar a nuestro futuro, pero, eso no impide que huyamos de nuestros demonios internos, tratamos de alejarnos de ellos, aunque parezca imposible hacerlo. —»

«— Elizabeth Wayne se alejó de Gotham City por varias razones y una de ellas fue perder al amor de su vida, dejo su vida como vigilante y trata de no revivir aquella pesadilla que vivió a los 18 años. —»

«— En cuanto a Jason Todd, resucitó entre los muertos gracias a Ra's al Ghul y el pozo de Lázaro, en verdad trata de recuperar confianza que le tenía a Batman y el resto de la familia, pero, por una y muy buena razón confía en la única persona que siempre ha estado a su lado desde el comienzo. —»

«— Ahora, los dos deberán trabajar juntos para acabar con los planes retorcidos de Black Mask, pero lo más importante... Buscaran la forma de afrontar con su Pasado Oscuro. —»

«— Aunque esto implique que los separen de nuevo. —»

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|| Emeraude Toubia como Elizabeth Wayne / Sparrow. ||

«— Lo que nos pasó, jamás podrá irse de mi mente, ese horrible recuerdo se quedara día tras día y por más que trate de olvidarlo, siempre regresa las imágenes, pero, sin importar las circunstancias, logramos seguir adelante. —»

|| Jensen Ackles como Jason Todd / Red Hood. ||

«— Me niego a vivir en un lugar donde no estés, sé que suena egoísta y sé que soy la persona a la que no quieres ver, pero, lo que menos quiero es verte morir y ver tu sangre esparcida en el suelo y... No estoy listo para perderte una segunda vez. —»

|| Matt Bomer como Dick Grayson / Nightwing. ||

«— No tenemos lazos sanguíneos y eso es muy obvio, pero siempre recuerdo aquella pequeña de 5 años que temía que alguien le hiciera daño, no dudabas en acudir a mí y me pedías que te protegiera de cualquier amenaza, te hice una promesa y pienso cumplirla. —»

|| Emma Stone como Barbara Gordon / Oracle. ||

«— Eres mi mejor amiga, hermana y cuñada, nada va a cambiar eso aunque algunos piensen lo contrario, es cierto que te fuiste de Gotham por un largo tiempo y por una buena razón, tratas de sanar y siempre voy a estar aquí contigo cuando te sientas sola, incluyendo el del resto de la familia. —»

|| Dylan O'brian como Tim Drake / Red Robin. ||

«— Fuerte, valiente y un poco testaruda, nadie puede cambiar esa manera tuya de ver las cosas y tu personalidad es única, no creo que Bruce pueda cambiar eso. —»

|| Aidan Gallagher como Damian Wayne / Robin. ||

«— No me importa si eres mi hermana o no, no voy a permitir que tú o mi padre me digan que hacer, los criminales no merecen una segunda oportunidad. —»

|| Eva Green como Kate Kane / Batwoman. ||

«— Soy lesbiana, pero no soy ciega, ese chico realmente te ama y puede parecer rudo, pero, puede ser alguien que te proteja con su vida. —»

|| Ben Affleck como Bruce Wayne / Batman. ||

«— Tengo un código, el cual todos deben seguir, lo que ya no pienso tolerar esta más. —»

|| Anne Hathaway como Selina Kyel / Catwoman. || 

«— Cada persona se cura a su propio ritmo y es fuerte a su manera, tenemos que saber cuál es el camino correcto, pero, te pediré que no cometas los mismos errores que yo hija, deje ir al hombre que amaba, no dejes que el tuyo se vaya de tu lado. —»

|| Michael Caine como Alfred Pennyworth. ||

«— A veces la vida es complicada, nunca tenemos las respuestas a todas nuestras preguntas, aunque eso no impide que las busquemos, solo es cuestión de tiempo. —»

|| Colton Haynes como Roy Harper / Red Arrow. ||

«— ¿Quién dice que no podemos iniciar desde cero con nuestras vidas?, estamos aquí o allá, hay un gran mundo el cual debemos recorrer. —»

|| Ewan McGregor como Roman Sionis / Black Mask. ||

«— Esos dos han interferido con mis planes, es mejor acabar con las plagas de una vez por todas. —»

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Playlist en esta primera parte:

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|| Angel with a Shotgun de The Cab. || 

|| Heathens de Twenty one Pilots. ||

|| Under Pressure de Queen y David Bowie. ||

|| Break the Rules y BOOM CLAP de Charli XCX. ||

|| Natural y Birds de Imagine Dragons. ||

#spanish #fanfiction #spanish only #dc comics #gotham #red hood #nightwing #jason todd reader #jason todd x oc #dick grayson #badtwoman #bruce wayne #barbara gordon #reencuentro #misterio #drogas extrañas #oracle #damian wayne

[dorothydalmati1]

Amphibia Season 2 Episode 2: The Ballad of Hopediah Plantar/Anne Hunter

Animated by Saerom Animation

The Ballad of Hopediah Plantar:

Written by Michele Cavin

Storyboard by Anna O'Brian & Eddie West

Directed by Jenn Strickland

Anne Hunter:

Written by Jenava Mie

Storyboard by Inbal Breda & Cassie Zwart

Directed by Kyler Spears

#amphibia

[disneytva]

Big City Greens: The Movie & Primos To Premiere On The Same Night On Summer

It seems that Disney is planning to premiere both Big City Greens: The Movie & Primos on the same summer night according to EIRD.

Makes sense, Primos is one of the many upcoming Disney Channel shows created by Big City Greens alumnis.

BTW Disney hasn't given any updates on Big City Greens: The Movie since it's announcement on January 2022 and hasn't announced a new Disney TVA series since June 2023 since "STUGO", Maybe we will get news on both on the TCA Winter Press Tour 2024, darn it i wish Disney attended Wondercon.

#Big City Greens #Big City Greens The Movie #Big City Greens: The Movie #Primos #Disney Primos #Chris Houghton #Shane Houghton #Anne O'Brian #Ariel Vracin-Harrell #Natasha Kline #Disney Channel #Disney Channel Original Movies #DCOMs #Disney+ Animated Hybrid Movies #Disney Plus Original Animated Hybrid Movies

[xjessicafaithx]

I'm the person I am today partially due to your work. I'm saddened, but take comfort in knowing you've been reunited with the family that went before you, and that is a beautiful thing. Rest well Anne. Thank you. 🖤

#anne rice #rest in peace #rip #interview with the vampire #Lestat #author #Howard Allen O'Brian

[takiki16]

So I’m re-reading Persuasion in-between Aubrey-Maturin audiobooks, and I’m just shocked and delighted again by how perfectly Jack and Stephen are a gender mirror for Jane Austen?  How almost LITERALLY the Aubreyad IS what the background men are doing while Jane Austen’s heroines have their adventures? 

Take Post-Captain as the most clear example.  Jack and Stephen are set “on the beach” during the brief peace with France, and they decide to rent a bachelor house together in the country, which excites Great Comment among the ladies of the small town. 

I can literally HEAR Sophie’s mother pulling a Mrs. Bennett, because Melbury Lodge is let at last?  And the girls at Mapes Court, having no father to stand in for a Mr. Bennett figure, have to rely on their elderly neighbor Admiral Haddock “who had been sadly missed since the unexpected arrival of a Captain Aubrey of the Navy - a captain who had taken Melbury Lodge and who was therefore within their sphere of influence, but about whom they knew nothing and upon whom (he being a bachelor) they, as ladies, could not call.”  Jack gives a ball in the new house he has rented!  He meets his future wife at that ball, and MARKS IT for destiny by dancing with her many times!  But alas, Jack loses his fortune and his Aspirations (TM) to Sophie’s hand are firmly squelched by her villainous self-interested old mother! 

Compare that with Captain Wentworth’s backstory from Persuasion:

“Captain Wentworth had no fortune.  He had been lucky in his profession; but spending freely, what had come freely, had realized nothing.  But he was confident that he should soon be rich: full of life and ardour, he knew that he should soon have a ship, and soon be on a station that would lead to everything he wanted.  He had always been lucky; he knew he should be so still...He was brilliant, he was headstrong.  ...[Lady Russell] deprecated the connexion in every light.  Such opposition, as these feelings produced, was more than Anne could combat.” 

LIKE.  IT’S SO WEIRDLY JOYFUL to come back to Jane Austen after the Aubreyad, and hear about Sir Eliot letting his house to a rear-admiral of the white, and KNOWING with so much more depth the significance of the naval terms?  The details of what Captain Wentworth must have gone through while he was away from Anne all those years?  And then to read the Aubreyad KNOWING what Sophie and Diana must be going through while Jack and Stephen are away having naval adventures!

The only lacking element in the parallel is Captain Wentworth not having a very dear Particular Friend who walks around in slovenly clothes and releases 60,000 bees into the great cabin. 

#austen #aubreyad #aubrey maturin #jane austen #persuasion #jack aubrey #stephen maturin #captain wentworth #anne eliot #my posts #i SWEAR. READING ABOUT Captain Wentworth being a Commander (which is NOT a post-captain) #who was LUCKY but also SPENT MONEY AS HE GOT MONEY????? #jane austen's books are reverse-bechdel which means that the focus is ALL on the women #which makes it SUCH A WONDERFUL COUNTERPOINT to the aubreyad which is (as usual) a masculine saga #and reading about Captain Wentworth a decade ago is JUST LIKE reading about a jack aubrey in a non-main-protagonist role #an up-and-coming naval officer who is lucky and good at his job and full of Youth and Love but not rich yet? #it just...ENRICHES MY READING of both of these series to see them as in conversation with each other #WHICH THEY ALMOST CERTAINLY WERE - patrick o'brian writing this in the 20th century!!!!! #like...i have been THINKING these thoughts all through my aubreyad re-read but not until now could i ARTICULATE them

[cleo-queen-of-pirates]

🎄❤💚❤💚❤🎄

#christmas #christmas blogger #booklr #bookblr #books #bookshelf #xmas #xmas decorations #home decor #bookish #bookworm #bibliophile #bookaddict #jules verne #anne of green gables #mary poppins #patrick o'brian #darcey bussell #wolf hall #garth nix #clariel #old kingdom #jk rowling #fantastic beasts #the goodwife guide #bookpic #bookpost #book photography #pretty books #green and red

[unsoundedcomic]

I'm going to treat your spicy take as a list of reading recommendations because I like your comic and I think I like your tastes as well.

Are there any specific works from those authors that stand out to you?

I finished a reread of Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor recently and that book really is astounding. One of my top five of all time. Otherwise check out Butcher Boy by Patrick McCabe, Post Captain by O'Brian, Treasure Island (yes, that one), Interview with a Vampire and Cry to Heaven by Anne Rice, Billy Budd, Huckleberry Finn, Hamlet... I'm just gonna sound like a high school English teacher here... ;)

[amarguerite]

I've only ever read fiction before but I've been wanting to try some non fiction too, so both I guess.

Hmm ok so for fiction:

Stuff written during the Regency:

Evelina by Fanny Burney. Epistolary novel and coming-of-age novel about a young country miss who goes to London and has to learn social rules. I don't think Burney's stuff aged as well as Austen's, but this one if my favorite of hers.

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. The OG. The beginning of science fiction, arguably, depending on how you feel about Margaret Cavendish's The Blazing World, or that thing Cyrano de Bergerac wrote where he says he flew to the moon using some geese.

Manfred by Lord Byron. I have a real soft spot for this uber dramatic, Gothic closet drama in verse. It is really nuts, but a real fun read.

Endymion by John Keats. Another epic poem, one which gives us "a thing of beauty is a joy forever." Contains what I think are some of Keats's most beautiful images outside La Belle Dame Sans Merci and Ode to a Nightingale.

Honorary mention to Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe here, which I loved as a kid, but I suspect did not age well. It's one of those novels that was really progressive, for 1819, in its treatment of Jewish characters, but I'm willing to bet that if you looked at it now, it would be Bad.

Stuff written about the Regency, much later:

Life-Mask, by Emma Donoghue. Warning, this book is extremely long and slow-paced, but so, so good. So chockful of details and complicated relationships between historical figures, and insights into the world of the Regency stage. Focuses half on the actress Elizabeth Farren and her rise in the world and eventual marriage to an Earl, and half on the lesbian sculptor Anne Damer.

Cotillion by Georgette Heyer. It's a silly, fluffy romp about a spunky ingenue getting a fashionable himbo to help her have a Season in London. Great escapism.

Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian. The first of a twenty book epic adventure series, and the one you really need to read if you want to understand where everyone is on the ship at any given point in time.

Horatio Hornblower by C. S. Forster. Another epic naval adventure series. Not quite as fun as Master and Commander as the main character's very gloomy and depressed all the time, but my introduction to the Age of Sail, so it still holds a place in my heart.

In terms of Regency romances, I'm fond of Tessa Dare, Sarah MacLean, and Carla Kelly, but their historical accuracy is... suspect at times.

Honorable mention to the Sharpe series by Bernard Cornwall, which I devoured, and love for their battle sequences... but every single female character gets a really raw deal in every single book. The BBC series is real fun, and features a young Sean Bean wearing very tight pants and shouting, "Bastard!" across the Iberian Peninsula.

Non-fiction:

Dress in the Age of Jane Austen by Hilary Davidson is my favorite book about the Regency ever, ever, ever. It's very serious fashion history that manages to touch on every aspect of Regency life. SO HELPFUL for fic stuff.

Black London by Gretchen Gerzina. Available free as an ebook!

I'm really fond of Elizabeth Longford's two volume biography of Wellington, Kate Williams’s biography of Emma, Lady Hamilton, and William Hague's biographies of William Pitt the Younger (Prime Minister for the early part of the Regency) and William Wilberforce (British politician credited with ending slavery). I have a love-hate relationship to Amanda Foreman's biography of Georgianna, Duchess of Devonshire because it's a gripping read, but it felt at times like the author was really in love with her subject and let that bias her interpretation of sources.