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[bjurnberg]

PLEASE drop the link for the atla/sg1 fic

I’m so glad you asked cuz this is one of my ultimate favorite fics. The writing is immaculate. The blending of worlds the most gorgeous fantasy/sci-fi mashup I’ve ever seen. And all the characters stay in-character.

Honestly this hits all of my personal interests right on the spot. Linguistics, uncovering fantasy history, found family, ptsd, hurt/comfort, nutritional danger, and Daniel Jackson geeking out.

I found it ages ago when I still used fanfiction dot net, and the author didn’t add it to ao3 for a few years. I love it. So much. I wanna learn book binding to make a physical copy and it keep forever.

Summary: Zuko and Toph get kidnapped by Jaffa while investigating an old Fire Temple shrine. They get placed in the same prison cells as Dr. Janet Frazier and Major Sam Carter. Of course they make their escape and search for a way to get these magic kung-fu kids home. …except they don’t speak the same language. …and a malicious ice spirit followed them through the Stargate.

Takes place during season 3 of Stargate SG:1, and after the finale of Avatar: the Last Airbender.

#atla #stargate sg1 #best crossover ever #fun with linguists #fantasy/sci-fi #magic kung-fu kids #verses American military science #bjurnberg #Bjurnberg answers

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A Mother's Touch

A Mother's Touch by Bjurnberg

Chat Noir is caught crying. When Marinette hugs him tight and asks what's wrong, she'd never thought his answer would be “I miss my mom.”

Words: 2644, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Miraculous Ladybug

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Gen

Characters: Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir

Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, marichat lite, it's not romantic but there's potential, Teasing, Crying, he's baby yer honor, hugs and emotions, Gabriel Agreste has no rights, he's not in this story but it stands

Read Here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/29850171

#AO3 Feed #FanFiction #AO3 Marinette #💚 #🐞 #💖 #Marinette #Adrien #Miraculous Ladybug #♢ #R:G #A:Bjurnberg #Hurt Comfort

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The Rainbow After

Prompt by @bjurnberg , thank you!! 

When Adrien failed to show up to school for three days in a row, Nino made it his mission to go and comfort his friend. 

Adrien had been texting him, easing Nino’s nerves a bit, but not much. Adrien claimed it was just a cold, but Nino knew he would be back in school by now if it was just a case of the sniffles. Unless it was because Adrien never left his house, and this was his first case of a school-magnified cold? 

Ms. Bustier clapped her hands, calling Nino’s attention back to the board. She spared him (and someone behind him, probably Marinette) a sympathetic smile before continuing the lesson. At this rate, he was never going to focus.

His only solace was that Marinette was probably just as distracted as him. 

Marinette was his friend. He never wanted her to be miserable, but it was an odd sort of comfort to be suffering with her. At least she really understood his pain. 

Marinette. They had a lot in common, and they worked to understand what they didn’t share. It was a great friendship, and he hoped it never ended.

Marinette! Of course! She would help him see Adrien! 

Oh. She would help him see Adrien. Of course. Marinette. The inexplicable urge to slam his head on his desk nearly overrode his common sense. 

Well, whatever. He could ask her, and the two of them could go see Adrien, maybe give him some soup or something. Yeah, that was a good plan.

Thankfully, Marinette thought so too. She had even brought a thermos of soup after lunch to bring to him! Why hadn’t Nino thought of that?

They discussed their plan as they walked to his house after school, made multiple plans, and worked through any obstacles they might face.

At least Marinette was impressed by Nino’s bribery of Adrien’s bodyguard. And it was all worth it to see Adrien’s eyes light up as they entered his room.

(Oh no, how his eyes lit up in the most wonderful way.)

“Nino? Marinette? What are you doing here?” The surprise in Adrien’s raspy voice was clear as he sat up straighter in bed, setting his book down by his knees. 

“We came to see you, of course!” Nino replied, since he knew Marinette was not going to be able to form words for another couple seconds. He didn’t blame her, Even in a cold sweat, Adrien looked magazine-cover perfect.

Damn him.

“We… we brought you some soup!” Shyly, she held out the thermos, looking anywhere but at Adrien.

“Thanks, guys! This really means a lot. I was starting to really miss you all.”

All three kids looked away to hide their warm cheeks. Maybe it was a mistake coming here. 

After the initial rough start, however, the rest of the afternoon was quite pleasant. They played video games, they demanded Adrien eat the soup, and they made sure Adrien would have everything he needed right by his bedside. Mission: Make Sure Adrien Is Okay was mainly a success. 

Nino offered to walk Marinette home (he wasn’t going to let her walk home alone, it was almost dark!). 

“M, you okay? You’ve been quiet since we left Adrien.”

“Oh! Yeah, I’m fine.”

“I know that tone. C’mon, tell me.”

He took in her flushed face despite the chilly wind, her fidgety hands, the way she was set on keeping her eyes on her shoes.

“Oh. It’s about…”

“Yeah. I’m sorry.”

They both sighed, opting to delay the conversation they probably should have had a while ago. 

“We don’t have to talk about it.” Nino surprised himself by speaking first.

She laughed awkwardly. “Really?”

“Nothing will really change if we bring it up. And I don’t really think anything needs to change, do you?”

Marinette was quiet, but Nino knew her answer long before she said it.

“That’s true,” she started, as if carefully selecting each word, “We really can’t help our feelings. I was just a little afraid you were mad at me.”

His brain short-circuited, feet glued to the pavement. “What?”

Marinette whipped around to face him, eyes wide. “Well, not really! I know you wouldn’t ever really get actually mad about something as trivial as a crush, but, y’know, and--”

“Marinette. Hey, breathe. I’m not mad at you.”

Hands on her shoulders, trying not to shake the comprehension into her, he spoke as clearly as he could. “It’s not our fault. It’s okay. We can’t help it. If you’re gonna blame anyone, blame Sunshine Boy for being so perfect.

“He really is perfect, isn’t he?” Marinette laughed, “That boy is positively glowing, no matter what. He was sick, Nino! Sick! And looked as if he was ready for television!”

“Tell me about it! Our sunshine boy could shine in a storm.”

They chuckled a little more, relishing in the moment. Nino slung an arm around Marinette’s shoulder and started guiding her home again. 

“Our sunshine boy… I like that.”

He was too intrigued to answer her.

“I guess we really did talk about it a little. But we never needed many words, did we?”

“Yeah, it’s cause I’m telepathic.”

Marinette snorted. “Dork.”

The rest of the walk to her house was filled with pleasant silence, the kind they often found themselves in. Each in their own thoughts, but relying on each other’s company. 

Nino was already a couple paces away from her front door when she flung herself at his back, wrapping her arms around his waist and nearly knocking him over. 

“Thank you Nino. I don’t think there’s anyone else I’d want to share a crush with.”

Awkwardly, he patted her hands. “No problem, M.”

He really hoped their friendship wouldn’t end, especially over something like this. And maybe they had a little too much in common. But Nino liked it this way. He hated doing things on his own.

#shared crush #nino lahiffe #marinette dupain-cheng #two dorks pining for the same idiot #adrigaminette can move over #its all about these three #do they have a ship name? #madrino #? #ninadrinette #?? #naw i like madrino #my writing #mlb fanfic #ml fanfic #ml #mlb #not baseball #miraculous ladybug #writing prompt #adrien dupain-lahiffe

[bjurnberg]

this is really random but you were in my dream the other night with your cool orange hair that matched the trees and you were super sweet ofc and a good hugger

do with this what you will

Now I wanna hug you so bad I could cry!!! Here have some of the cookies I made this morning - they’re apple butter snickerdoodles

#biblically accurate buddies #if I had as many wings as I do eyes I would fly over there #and give you the biggest hug #Bjurnberg answers

[bjurnberg]

Please don't put celebrity accounts on my dash.

I never have.

And can’t, since they got rid of post editing.

What happened is you followed me, I reblogged a post I found interesting for some reason which put it on my dash, and then you blamed me for it showing up within your eyesight.

You willingly walked into my art gallery and pointed at a piece hanging on the wall and said “don’t hang that there.”

Here on Tumblr we curate our own experiences, so if you don’t like something you can block it or unfollow the person showing it. And no one will get mad at you for doing so. That’s the culture here.

I pinky promise I won’t hate you if you unfollow me. I don’t tag on a consistent basis but if you decide the rest of my posts and reblogs are worth staying then you’re going to see things I like that you don’t sometimes.

C’est la vie, c’est la guerre.

#this is said with a shrug not with hate #if you’re new to tumblr this is the rules #block and unfollow with a passion #do what you want #see what you want #but don’t blame the curator after walking into their gallery #if this is about wilweaton that’s just Becky #I like wilweaton’s classic posters and vintage art posts #if this is about neilgaiman don’t worry he doesn’t have social media #but his stories are bangers #and he reblogged my boot post #which I’m still giddy about #bjurnberg #Bjurnberg answers

[bjurnberg]

Hello beloved mutual

The two things I have always associated you with have been biblically accurate angels with eyes where there shouldn’t be eyes and eggs (pfp).

Therefore I must let you know that I have discovered the art of Avery Palmer and it perfectly encapsulates my general mental image of you:

I am honored and delighted and need to go buy a print to hang on my wall immediately.

#Bjurnberg answers #suspicious egg #biblically accurate angel #eyeball

[bjurnberg]

Ahhhh I was reading your November challenge post and I must ask if you would be willing to share the cranberry balsamic cookie bar recipe and/or the leek butter because they both sound so good!!

I’m always happy to share recipes. Any time you want one just ask.

Leek Butter:

Fine chop a pile of leek stems (about 3 cups worth) and rinse them to remove all the sandy dirt. Pat dry then dump them in a sauce pan with 1-2 Tbsp butter. Sauté until dark golden brown. (You don’t need to stir constantly, you can kind of ignore it for 10min while you make something else.)

Once the leeks are all cooked up add a full cup of butter. Melt it all together to let the flavor mix, then strain it into a serving dish (I used a large ramekin). Take a Tbsp of cooked leek and stir it in, and reserve another Tbsp to put on top as garnish once it’s re-solidified. (Save the rest of the cooked leeks for soup or stock.)

You’ll need to stir the leek infused butter a few times while it settles to prevent separation. Don’t just stick it in the fridge right away to harden.

I used Miyoko’s vegan butter cuz I was making it for a vegan friend. The flavor is fantastic but you can also use normal butter. Don’t use margarine, that’s a sin. This leek butter tastes divine. I would feed it to Jesus if he came to dinner. Got rave reviews from vegan and non-vegan friends alike at Friendsgiving.

Now for the

Cranberry Balsamic Cookie Bars:

I got the cranberry balsamic sauce recipe off tiktok from Username “Cook Fast, Eat Well”

Recipe -

1 cup fresh cranberries

1/2 cup water

1/4 cup sugar

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/4 cup salt

Cook all this together on high heat in a pot for 10min or so until it gets thick. (Once it starts boiling the cranberry skins pop like popcorn and that’s fun to listen to. If you’re impatient like me you can use a potato masher to speed up the process and make the sauce smoother.)

Cool for 5 min before adding:

1 Tbsp balsamic vinegar

1/4 tsp black pepper

Zest from 1 orange

Stir together and cool before use. You can leave this in a sealed container in the fridge for a week if need be.

Recipe creator puts it on top of cream cheese as an appetizer dip, but I turned it into cookies using a family recipe my grandma made. Gma would use a 21 oz. can of pre-made cherry pie filling for these bars (and that’s dope, I recommend it) but here I substituted the cranberry balsamic sauce. (You can use any pie filling on this cookie base. I’ve done blueberry bars with a few drops of lavender extract mixed in and lemon zest in the dough, or peach pie with pecans and cinnamon. All variations I’ve tried are boss.) I used almonds in the cranberry bars cuz that’s what I had but walnuts would taste good too.

Cherry Pie Bars:

1 cup butter

1 cup white sugar

2 tsp vanilla

2 eggs

2 cups flour

1 cup nuts (almonds, pecans, or walnuts)

1 can cherry pie filling (sub cranberry)

In large mixing bowl cream butter and sugar, then add vanilla and eggs until smooth. Mix in flour, then nuts.

In a 9”x13” pan, spread 3/4 of the dough flat, pour the whole can of pie filling over the top, then take 1” pinches of the remaining dough and drop them all over like little floating islands.

Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 30min.

Dust with powdered sugar while still hot so it melts into the pie filling and stays white on the dough islands. It’s pretty. Cut into bars and enjoy!

Hope you enjoy these recipes! Feel free to share them with anyone you want, and make any variation you please. These cookie bars are great for whatever fruit is seasonal, or that stray can of pie filling you found while cleaning out the cupboards.

#recipes #sharing recipes #cranberry sauce #cookie bars #leek butter #bjurnberg #Bjurnberg answers #food #love me some good food #I get real boujie for the holidays

[bjurnberg]

Is your header picture a space station or a fancy watch? I always assumed it was a space station but now I'm doubting myself.

It’s a fancy watch!

“The Midnight Planetarium” is a watch by Van Cleef & Arpels in partnership with Dutch watchmaker Christiaan van der Klaauw.

It not only tells Earth-time, but accurately tracks six planets in our solar system (Uranus takes 84 years to orbit the sun which makes any progress imperceptible so they left it and the farther planets off).

The planets are represented with precious stones that match their natural colors, and the watch took three years to make. It’s an absolute work of art and technical skill. The first time I saw it I was in so much awe I stared for half an hour and kept coming back to it over the next month.

I’ve never been interested in expensive jewelry; this is the exception. I’ll never be able to afford it either because it costs $245,000. Even if I got enough money I wouldn’t. That money would go to help family and friends. But I can keep pictures to stare at once in a while, and admire the beauty from afar just like I do the moon and stars.

#bjurnberg #bjurnberg answers #space watch #the midnight planetarium #a work of art #craftsmanship

[bjurnberg]

(yourlocalcorviddad) I saw your ask talking about the ships in dpxdc being mostly Danny with guys and while I agree it's the misogyny, I think you the-decent fans at least-they may be like me, I like Cass with Sam tbh, and others may like stuff similarly?

I like Cass with Sam too! They have such a great dynamic. Cass kind of treats Society as something to study under a microscope, paying attention to small details and finding reasons for behavior. While Sam views Society with a macroscope, finding large collectives and enacting change in them. Watching the two interact is wonderful.

#dpxdc #sam manson #cassandra wayne #bjurnberg #Bjurnberg answers

[bjurnberg]

Hey I know you said you’re sad and lonely, I just want you to know that I’ve been legit visiting JUST your blog first when I open tumble for the past 3 weeks, since you have excellent curatorial taste. So if you feel alone, please know that I am here, reblog gong your stuff.

🥺💕 What a beautiful delightful thing to hear. Thank you.

I love the community Tumblr has. Even when I’m curled up alone feeling like a wilted houseplant I get people doing the emotional equivalent of patting me on the head and feeding me nachos. I am fed and my crops are watered.

#so sweet #thank you #loneliness sucks #but people are out there #bjurnberg #Bjurnberg answers

[bjurnberg]

Do you believe in astrology?

No.

For two reasons:

1. It’s never been accurate for me. Not once in my life have I seen a horoscope for Gemini that fit my life events or came true.

2. My very favorite anime is Escaflowne. I first saw it when I was 7 or 8 years old and it stuck hard in my psyche. The main character is a girl who uses her tarot deck (and visions she starts getting) to help her friends win a war, but along the way learns that her own complicated emotions are drawing on cards and outcomes she wants instead of what’s right for the people she’s doing readings for, and that twists the future in dangerous ways. In the end she gives up her tarot deck and focuses on the present rather than trying to control the future. That wasn’t the moral of the story, but that part really hit me hard - to focus on what I can do here and now to sculpt a future I want while respecting others choices, rather than trying to bring a desired future backward in time to me, twisting fate.

I think it’s cool that people can look at the sky or cards or crystals or bones and find patterns, assign those patterns meanings, and feel comfort in the decisions they make based on those patterns. Astrology is pretty cool, but for me it’s cool from a humanities standpoint. People are gonna keep searching for meaning everywhere they can, and if they find a meaning they like (that doesn’t hurt others) I think that’s beautiful.

#bjurnberg #Bjurnberg answers #astrology #escaflowne

[bjurnberg]

Have you seen nimona?

Just watched it today!

A friend of mine has been having a terrible mental-state month, and my grandpa just died and I’ve been crying for a week, so we decided to spend the day together to give and get emotional support.

We started the day by picking up lengua nachos and fish tacos from the best place in town, and then watched Nimona cuz I’d seen a bunch of gifs here on tumblr and knew it would make us laugh.

And it did. We laughed so much today! It was amazing. Hilarious moments, beautiful art, powerful message, and overall spectacular story.

I’m gonna buy a physical copy soon as I can so I can keep it forever.

What did you think of it?

#bjurnberg #Bjurnberg answers #Nimona #Nimona was awesome #absolutely loved it

[bjurnberg]

Do you ever feel like a swan raised by ducks in a world of ducks?

No, I’m lucky enough to have always been comfortable in my body, and have good self-confidence with my image even when society deems me obese and plain. I know what I am, and I am of great worth

but I do feel like my wings are clipped annually. I should be allowed to fly south for the winter. Live in a safer easier environment. Travel all I want and touch the stars. But I’m not allowed to. I’m forcefully kept from making my life better.

#bjurnberg #bjurnberg answers

[bjurnberg]

Thought I'd get you some as a gift since I think you're an important person

🥹💕✨

#thank you #that’s so sweet #bjurnberg answers

[bjurnberg]

(yourlocalcorviddad) want me to kneecap your coworkers for getting you sick? I'll wear a mask and gloves!

Awww you’re such a sweet dad to offer violence on this daughters behalf.

I would never ask for such brutality. But since you’re offering…

#these guys at work are so obviously brain poisoned by the radio talking heads #I can hear Rush Limbaugh’s ghost echo in their rants #my fav supervisor and I are the only ones still masking in that warehouse #it’s annoying and infuriating and saddening #bjurnberg #Bjurnberg answers

[bjurnberg]

Something I've half noticed is that in the DC x DP fandom, Danny gets shipped with....everyone? Like I've seen him paired off with Jason and Damien most often i think, but also with Dick and Bruce. Just feels surprising. (also only dude? Huh)

Where do you land on this? Do you ship him with anyone in particular? Care to share your thoughts on this?

I was also surprised by this when I first joined the batphandom. I’m so used to other fandoms that have strict pairings, with little deviation and so few rairpairs.

But I really enjoy this aspect of the crossover. It’s fun to explore different character dynamics and stages of life. I think it comes from two things.

1. Batman and DC is old. There’s 89 years worth of material to cherry pick from, and EVERYONE has their own favorite era, storylines, and characters. It doesn’t matter how you characterize any of them because it will always be canon somewhere throughout the years. And there’s so many plots to explore you’ll never run out of material.

2. Danny Phantom is complete. The show ended 16 years ago, which means the people viewing it originally on Nickelodeon (me) are generally around age 30. So we relate to more adult characters like Bruce, Dick, and maybe Jason, but still feel connected to our childhood emotions through the canon-young characters so shipping Danny with Tim or Damian still makes perfect sense because of their canon ages.

Another aspect is that these characters rarely age within their own canons, so it’s easy to keep them as-is, or say “hey I grew up and I wanna make Danny grow up too.”

Danny is my age. He was just 14 in 2004 when the show started, and I was barely 15, so I grew up with him. I also grew up with Tim being Robin in Batman: the Animated Show, so pairing them makes sense to me age-wise, but these are also fantastic fictions that never overlapped so the timeline they exist in is nebulous.

It helps that Danny fits every trope of being a Robin. Young, sassy, jumps in to fight without guidance, black hair blue eyes, puns for days, near/full death experiences, and a vampire themed billionaire with a basement lab who’s trying to adopt him. Like… *waves hands around*

Honestly? I missed this kind of Fav Character Being Shipped With Everyone mood we got in the early days of Harry Potter. There’s so many characters to choose from that its just fun to explore. Having strict parings reduces creativity imo, so joining this fandom and getting an explosion of options is refreshing.

As for Danny just being shipped with guys in the DC universe? Yeah, I’ve never seen him shipped with Steph or Cass or Babs. Part of it is an outcome of misogyny. The male characters are more fleshed out and focused on by the comic writers. They’re better advertised and showcased in more tv and movies. The women are neglected so they aren’t as widely known unless you seek out their comic runs on purpose. Very few are even shown in the animated movies, which is where the most frequently used story lines come from for fandom. (Or at least that’s my experience.)

And fandom is just super gay. Fic was the only way to get good queer relationships and representation for so long (still is imo), that straight pairings aren’t common or are overlooked as part of the long term culture.

I don’t have a particular favorite pairing for Danny. My main interest in fiction is character growth, so I look for plot driven fics, or hurt/comfort, or found family.

Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.

Do you have a favorite pairing? Or have you seen a good Steph/Danny fic? Cuz that’s a rairpair I could get behind.

#bjurnberg #Bjurnberg answers #dpxdc discussion #batphandom