#fic: You're a Mean One

[areyoudoingthis]

I am SO grateful that ed and stede exist as characters exactly as they are. I'm so grateful for these two men who are traumatized and messed up and struggle to even like themselves, who are terrible at communicating, who make enough mistakes between the two of them to fill an entire ocean. I am so grateful to watch them struggle and be seen and be loved and reach out for the things they want and are maybe starting to believe that they deserve. I'm so grateful that the show lets them fall in love and get together exactly as they are, that it doesn't say they need to wait until they've become some unattainably perfect version of themselves before they have permission to have that. i am so grateful for ofmd

#ofmd #there are no other shows like this one #I'm so tired of media that repeats the same idea that you need to hit a list of predetermined therapy milestones (determined by who???) #before you can fall in love #I'm honestly tired of fic that does this with ed and stede too #because guess what #you can live in the 21st century with access to therapy and dsm diagnosis and a bunch of different medications and you can be doing all the #right things and still be a trainwreck!!! #putting in the work doesn't mean you're gonna become perfect and never have problem again any more than falling in love doesn't mean you'll #never have problems again #I'll forever be crying on my knees levels of grateful for the unique writing on this show #for saying that it's okay you can be a mess you can take one step forward and three steps back and you'll still always be deserving #of love and grace and forgiveness #you don't have to do anything to deserve you deserve it just because you exist #i love this show with my entire heart #alex watches ofmd

[bun-fish]

hey folks, you know the drill...

im back with more IYGABAB art

Cardinal with an ice umbrella, complete !

to see the process, here's the post (contains B&W version)

mask design credit goes to @noir-renard as usual, though I took some liberties on modifying the look to make it resemble the face of a Northern Cardinal >_< (also called redbird or just cardinal)

So in short, Danny's look is the mixture of these two:

(left: northern cardinal. right: yellow-billed cardinal, according to the author, this is what he'd look like with the Penguin Goon Suit & red-themed gear!)

Had a lot of fun drawing this:

The Court of Birds will decide your fate

#:hey bun do you think you're making to much content for one specific fic #what? noooo what do you mean :) #tis my pleasure to contribute to the Batburger phandom #dp x dc #art #dpxdc #illustration #if you give a bat a burger #iygabab

[hood-ex]

I think that after Dick and Jason beat the shit out of each other, they should just be like, "Isn't it weird that we're the only ones who remember what Bruce used to be like?" And they should nurse their wounds while gruffly reminiscing about Bruce giving them piggyback rides and wrestling with them for funsies.

#i mean babs and alfred too but alfred is dead and i'm talking more specifically about the wayne kids #but anyway this thought was inspired by that fic where dick got upset with jason because he was like #''you're supposed to be on My team jason!! you're the only other one who grew up with the bruce i grew up with!!'' #and i was like oh shit yeah truuuue #Bruce Wayne #Dick Grayson #Jason Todd

[blakbonnet]

Fic Recs For Getting Over Writers' Block:

To me, the only way to get over the writing horrors™️ is to read some good fucking prose. Even if the summary of these fics doesn't appeal to you, I'd suggest reading them purely for their tactile prose that somehow gets the brain working again.

General Block Breakers:

Magpie by yellowmustard

Skirts and Barbells by @petrichorca

Malleability by jazzxdaffy

The Nest That Hope Builds by @red-sky-in-mourning

Grounded by @forpiratereasons

So Long Seabird by @adamarks

Find Your Stede Voice:

Adventures of a Leggy Blonde by @palavapeite

Find Your Ed Voice:

You Belong in that Home by and by by @alchemistc

Stealing Romance by skrifores

#actually this list is mostly for myself ngl #ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd fic rec #maybe I should add this to my master rec list but also I'm lazy today #meow speaks #I'd also recommend making a list like this for yourself :)) especially if you're writing a longer fic #I have very few under ofmd because for fics I kinda only hangout in the sandman and hobbit side of ao3 #there's only one for Stede cause it's foolproof to me

[lunarharp]

more phoenix wright situations

#ace attorney tag #maybe i should tag this narumitsu or something. but i dont really care. #gearing up to rereading/illustrating bits of my fic i suppose...i think nick really is too dense to realise he's in love with edgeworth #without some scheming fop trying to intrude. i love villains like kristoph..villains can be fun..witnessing their pathetic folly.. #or more like edgeworth would never have mentioned his feelings ever in his life if he wasn't sure phoenix reciprocates. #i want to see it this way because Falling in love during childhood with the person you're going to end up with. is not relatable #there have to be Situations that make you Realise. #as with orufrey i adore the idea of people not working out their romance with that person until their 30s+ #but... i mean. even with orufrey i often think how alaira could be qifrey's ex. and oru having been pursued by noble fops through his work #there is that delicate sliver of time before orufrey start living together that such believable situations could have happened. #Then the relief of politely and amicably extricating themselves from those untenable situations #the idea of falling in love age 7 and saving your first kiss for age 35 or something is all very well but more relatable is #people realising how they really feel whilst trying something that ends up feeling wrong. #The comfort and joy of living with your dearest one as if it's platonic - much preferable to trying anything more with anyone else. #But i doubt i will ever portray that or mention it further. it is indeed very delicate to me. #and i really am an OTP FOR LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! kind of person who can barely bear to consider this anyway...NOT a polyshipper i'm afraid ! #so i wouldn't mind either if they do have their first kiss in their lives age 35 with each other either. I would not mind that at all. #i love bi/gay couples apparently... bi father figures & their grumpy gay men waiting for them to work it all out... #not used to using colour in comic-style drawings..or at all..so this is messy and awkward looking..but colour is refreshing #i imagine i will go back to witch hat art soon btw. my destiny in life. #i still remember writing my nrmt fic expecting to write their first kiss & then partway through twas like Umm No. They have kissed prior. #does that really line up with this comic though... i think i had their early dinner dates/first kiss BEFORE disbarment. #so i guess this comic doesn't line up with my ficverse.... No..... U___U Oh well. sorry kris! <3

[fyoht]

season 2 + nods to 'crowley was raphael' truthers

#personally i quite enjoy being delulu #golden tooth truther here I DO NOT KNOW WHAT IT MEANS BUT I KNOW IT MEANS THINGS. #aLSO. THE PAUSE. WHEN GABRIEL TRIES TO REMEMBER THE NAME. MUSIC SWELLING. #a fakeout if i ever saw one #(you can't) change my mind #and listen i love the 'crowley was a nobody' theory just as much but they threw that one out the window with the file reveal #so. #crowley is lucifer theory is uh fun but i can't get behind it whoops #good omens #crowley #crowley was raphael #good omens 2 spoilers #ok that's too many tags already. if you're still reading PLEASE RECOMMEND ME FICS. #and also if you want a gifset send an ask cause i'm obsessed #also! feel like most of these are from heaven-times. and yeah. more 'crowley in heaven' content @neil gaiman please #crying over the gif quality btw

[starflungwaddledee]

little guy big city! 7 inch plushie magolor had a fun time on our errand yesterday. he even finally got to do the classic "oh nooo the statue of a Creature is eating me"!

#had significantly less fun at the visa license office though. could not stop thinking about that one fic the whole time. #if you're out there still yea i mean your fic. and yes it was about a similar level of pain in the ass. some things never change. #today is a catch-up day and also getting some energy back. i'll be back more thoroughly tomorrow! #i always enjoy writing ID's for him! #7inch plushie magolor return to dreamland

[raayllum]

*takes your face in my hands* listen to me. listen. sir sparklepuff was created as a christ figure. listen. he was born to die. made to be sacrificed. aaravos is god. a mostly jewish team of protags are fighting against god and pre-determinism. viren is called to sacrifice his son on a hill and it's their subsequent breaking point. aaravos is willing to sacrifice his son. soren is a judas who made the right choice. viren is literally entombed in a cave. listen to me. *crying* what father makes a son just to kill him? 

#fic: twice as many stars #somewhat canon tho #aaravos #tdp #the dragon prince #mine #sir sparklepuff #bc someone already made assumptions on this post: #i was born and raised christian for 16+ years. i went to catholic school for 10+ years. one of my cousins is a jesuit priest #if yall can't handle other ppl discussing and examining various lens through which to explore #the christ story / structure / meaning as christians #you're never gonna be able to handle the reality of jewish ppl good g-d

[coffeebanana]

istg half of the post-s5 finale fics i see have some sort of disclaimer in the tags or summary (or i even just saw one in the title!!) saying the fic was written because the show sucks or the finale sucked or they just hated everything about it

and it's frustrating because i probably would have enjoyed a lot of these fics! but now i'm not even going to touch them because i don't want to engage with people shitting on the show

#miraculous ladybug #ml fandom salt #like. it's okay if you didn't like the finale #if you're disappointed or wish things happened differently #and it's great to use fic as a means of writing what you wanted to see. that's the point (or at least one of the points) of fic! #but being negative af about the finale isn't going to make people who enjoyed it want to engage with your fan-creations #and that's sad because there IS so much to explore with what the finale left us #and i bet a lot of these actual fics are not salty beyond the author's note/summary/etc... #but because some people refuse to acknowledge that the finale maybe wasn't trying to wrap up everything in a nice little bow #and have decided the show is objectively awful because of it #now i don't want to engage #and i know salt isn't new in this fandom but my god can we calm down for five seconds #kayla rants

[myimaginationplain]

It's interesting to me how even though Thrúd has the aesthetic & air of the rebellious cool-girl archetype, she's far more sheltered than either Atreus or Angrboda, despite both of them being dorkier & visually softer. It's obvious in the way she talks about asking for her mother's permission to be a valkyrie, meanwhile Atreus has long stopped bothering to ask for his father's permission to do anything since before the beginning of the game, & Angrboda has no one's permission to even seek out since both of her parents are absent & her grandmother is estranged.

#something something asgard representing a carefully curated aesthetic of freedom while actually being extremely constricting #while the giants knew true freedom #I'm glad there's no upfront obnoxious love triangle even though imo you're obviously meant to compare & contrast #the potential of his relationship with thúd vs angrboda as proxies for asgard vs the giants #as more work was obviously put into angrboda as a character & into her section of the game I think it's safe to say she & the giants are #more significant to atreus. but still #anyways I love subtextual love triangles soooo much more than textual ones #that doesn't mean I'm not gonna go look for some stupid tropey love triangle fan fic once I'm done watching playthroughs tho lol #gow #gowr #gowr spoilers #god of war #god of war ragnarok #thrúd #thrud #atreus #angrboda #atreus x thrúd #atreus x thrud #atreus x angrboda

[potatoesandsunshine]

listen like... in my opinion the pov character should be wrong or contradictory or unreliable sometimes. this is third person limited they're not supposed to have all the information or always be right. the narrator doesn't stop being a character

#if i am doing a good job as an author then the reader can TELL when this is happening #i just think it's so boring to write from one character's perspective if that means flattening out everything that makes them a character #if he tells the audience he's outgrown something but the entire story is about how you're never as far from the past as you think #then the implication is that this is NOT outgrown. anyway you've gotta trust your readers a bit. #got a GREAT comment on a fic where someone noticed this and it made me smile all day. like YES you saw what i was hoping for you to see

[secondbeatsongs]

"DNI if you-" this and "Don't follow if you-" that; you're all cowards. just put this in your bio like it's 2007

#personal #context: #I'm backing up ff.n fics because I don't trust the website to stay up much longer #this was in someone's ff.n profile #also honestly? I like this so much better than a DNI #it doesn't pass any judgement #it's not a moral stance #they're not sending death threats over it #it's just #''here's the stuff I don't personally like'' #plain and simple #and with emoticons even! #now I know that they feel o_o about siblingsibling ships #and - _-" about gay stuff #whatever that means #xD #this person wrote one of my favorite ff.n fics by the way #love them #I hope they're well #if you're out there. I'm thinking of you #and archiving your fics #because I'm scared of them being lost forever #and they're important to me

[sassypantsjaxon]

So back to Mirio Hitoshi and Eri being siblings. Imagine, if you will, an au where they've found each other before erasermic finds them. (Maybe they're with the shie hassaikai, maybe the lov, maybe just a shitty foster home. I don't know, the point is, they're together in a place that's not so great) And Eri's still got this big scary quirk, but she also has a big brother who can sit with her and keep her from being alone without worrying about being rewound because he can just permeate through her touch and she's got another big brother who can just take over and talk her out of her quirk if she can't control it. And yeah, rewind is still terrifying, and there's probably somebody who wants to control it and use her, but at least she's not alone and she knows there are people who love her regardless of what her quirk is capable of.

#and then they're rescued by well meaning heroes which is all well and good until they're Separated #and they're all Freaking Out #(but at at least one of them ends up with erasermic and things end up right eventually) #erasermic family #mirio togata #bnha eri #hitoshi shinsou #fic ideas #because you're going to have to pry this sibling group from my cold dead hands

[soupforsoup]

Everyday I find something new about this character's 41 year old death to be sad about

#ONE DAY I WOULD LIKE TO GO WITHOUT BEING CURSED WITH ADRIC SADNESS #also yes I know the parallel was very much not intentional but I'm always here to overthink every goddamn thing about the boy #when you're writing some sad-as-shit fic that needs a lot of quotes and niche references #you end up in rabbit holes that lead you to the tiniest moments and lines that mean nothing but also EVERYTHING #adric of alzarius #adric #classic who

[uhbasicallyjustmilex]

🌸 !!CHAPTER SIX POSTED!! 🌸

Title: Four Walls

Tags: Slow burn, domesticity, friends to lovers, smut, pining post sias/pre am era

Summary: Disillusioned with LA and on the heels of a breakup, Alex goes to stay with Miles in London.

#so excited to share this one with you all! #(and even more excited to share the next one i'm currently putting the finishing touches on now... 😏) #as always i will never be able to adequately express how grateful i am to everyone who's left comments/messaged me/sent asks about this fic #it truly just means the world to me 💜 #i very much hope you enjoy this update and if you want to make my night please leave a comment when you're done reading 🥰 #milex #milex fanfic #milex fic #tlsp #the last shadow puppets #miles kane #alex turner #four walls #lulu posts

[sunshinediaz]

wip wednesday

tagged by @wikiangela whose car sex fic has me SAT

i started the heart attack fic for bthb, but i'm gonna keep that to myself until it's finished and posted because i’m very insecure lmao, so have a little bit of eddie vs the hoa

“You sound jealous.”  Eddie balks, insulted at the mere suggestion that he’s jealous of somebody as contemptuous as Abbie Jean Gentry. “I am not!” He snorts. “I have never in my thirty-two years of life—count ‘em, thirty-two—I have been shot and stuck beneath the ground and lost my wife and been to war, but I have never, ever been jealous of anybody, and especially not motherfucking—” “Could’ve fooled me,” Buck interrupts, elbowing him in the side and motioning with his head at the woman walking up to their stall. “Hi, Mrs. Gentry.”  Abbie Jean Gentry is a beautiful, chubby woman with long, curling black hair and big, light green eyes. Her voice is deep and her laugh is infectious and she pulls off heels just as well as sneakers; she commands any room she walks into and makes sure to shake the hands of every person she meets and does her best to help solve whatever problem she’s faced with.  She’s not a bad person.  Eddie can’t stand her.  “Hi, Buck.” She smiles, all straight white teeth, and Eddie remembers the two years he wore braces with disdain. His sisters were ruthless when they made fun of him. “How are you?”  “Enjoying all these sweet treats,” Buck says, laughing, and hands the last sugar cookie off to one of the little kids that were following Chris around earlier. “Looks like the sale’s going well.”  She nods, appraising the fish bowl full of paper bills and coins at the edge of their table. It’s not as full as hers—she’s probably so proud. “It’s going even better than I expected,” she agrees, judging their clutter of cupcakes and broken cookies. “Did you make these yourself, Buck?”  “Huh? Oh, no.” Buck grins, hooking his thumb toward Eddie. “Eddie helped.”  Abbie Jean Gentry blinks, feigning surprise. “Oh, Mr. Diaz.” She smiles, close-mouthed and thin. “I didn’t see you there.”  Funny. Eddie’s standing right next to Buck, near enough their shoulders are touching. One can’t notice and speak with Buck without noticing the other.  Eddie curls his lip up. “I’m sure you didn’t.”  Buck elbows Eddie again, hard enough to hurt this time. “You’ll have to excuse him,” he says, giving her his best grin and wow, his best friend is a suck up. “We stayed up late last night finishing the cookies and cupcakes, and he hasn’t had anything to eat today except sweets.” 

this fic accidentally turned into a whole thing so we’ll see where it goes

no pressure tagging: @disasterbuckdiaz, @thewolvesof1998, @wildlife4life, @alyxmastershipper because i saw you say something about sub eddie 👁️, @shitouttabuck, @eddiediaztho 💜, @diazblunt, @watchyourbuck, @try-set-me-on-fire, @honestlydarkprincess, @housewifebuck, and uh whoever else 🫶🏼

#listen eddie's a piece of WORK in this fic #he's so fucking. man goes and buys a new house because his bff says the kitchen in his current home is too small. #said man does not realize what that means to said bff and the rest of their family. #and then he goes and fights the hoa??? because why the hell CAN'T he have a bbq in his backyard what the fuck??? #you're telling eddie diaz he can't have a bbq or cameras or park his truck *like that*? #YOU'RE TELLING EDDIE DIAZ HE HAS THREE TICKETS WITHIN THE FIRST WEEK OF LIVING IN THE NEW HOUSE? #man mows his yard and then accidentally spends the whole day mowing everybody else's yards too bc he sees 1 snake and he's not having it #and to top it all off he's being told he's in love with his best friend??? #god give the dude a break there's only so much he can take at one time #accepting he's in love with buck is second on the list #the first is making sure the goddamn dryer dries his clothes because he's not buying another one!!! #tag games