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unculturedmamoswine · 3 months

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Fiddauthor Recs

Ya want a Fiddauthor rec list??? You got it. This is just some fiddauthor I have in my bookmarks, in no particular order. I’m not adding warnings, so pay attention to the tags and such. If a fic is a WIP, I’ll let you know. And please DO add your own recs in comments or reblogs, especially if you know of fics that aren’t on AO3!

If you read these fics, please consider leaving kudos and comments for the authors!

We’re Still Here by hellmandraws

Not fic, but a fan comic starting with college fiddauthor and going all the way through post-series. So great and really worth a read!

rumination: a guided tour by gesso (1.9k words)

Author’s summary: For all the words, expressions, languages he knows; for all the intelligence, experience -- sometimes it's just easier to show, rather than tell. And maybe that means using the mindscape to just pull up very specific memories in a certain order. Because Stanford Pines would much rather take the most convoluted route possible, especially if that means he can avoid plainly talking about his emotions (past and present). [Unlike the other drabbles in this series, this is not complete, and cuts off kind of abruptly at the end of the draft I have]

This fic is sooo worth a read. Technically a WIP, but don’t let that dissuade you.

Somnus Idigus by Abyssalzones (2k words)

Author’s summary: It's hard to sleep, still, nearly a full year after Bill's defeat. Ford manages to be coaxed to bed by kind words and gentle hands, and wonders just what he did to deserve this kind of understanding. (AKA: Ford has nightmares, keeps trying to put off sleep, Fiddleford manages to lovingly wrangle him to bed.)

Sooo sweet! The exact kind of post-canon snuggly Fiddauthor fic I need in this world!

Intricate Rituals by HazelnutofFortune (1.5k words)

Author’s summary: “Fiddleford,” Ford says. He hates asking for help.

“Mmm?” Fiddleford asks, looking up, scalpel still raised.

“ Um, could you show me how to get at that big clump next to the Aorta?” How humiliating. Why did he even ask. Except-

“Well, sure,” Fiddleford sets down the heart and takes Ford’s a little gingerly. My heart is in his hands, Ford thinks. Fuck.

Extremely cute! A WIP! College Fiddauthor and Ford is soooo smitten.

Jersey Boy by Fordtato (110k words)

Author’s summary: Ford does not want to be at Backupsmore University. He should be in California, at West Coast Tech, showing the world that he's more than a freakish waste of space from Jersey; showing the world that he's more than the scrawny, brainy half of a dynamic duo. He's angry, sure, and he's sure-as-fuck tired of being just one-of-two-Stans.

But who isn't angry right now? The world is in turmoil, they're sending our boys to Vietnam and if it wasn't for this stupid school, Ford would have probably been sucked into the draft himself.

But then he meets Fiddleford Hadron McGucket, and everything is different now.

A slowburny fic that really digs into the historical side of college Fiddauthor. It doesn’t shrink away from the tougher, uglier stuff that being a poor, gay, Jewish college student in the seventies would mean for someone. Features an angry, confused Ford who is having a Hard Time. Also has a whole host of interesting OCs! Also a WIP. This fic takes a turn or two that I really didn’t expect and I’m very excited to see where it goes, as the author is on record saying that they WILL finish it.

if you love me, come clean by Athgalla (105k words)

Author’s summary: This is pretty much just a collection of various moments and possible events throughout Fiddleford and Stanford's relationship that I felt like exploring, starting with their first proper meeting in college on to post-Weirdmageddon events.

Without further ado, on to the tragically star-crossed nerds!

iylmcc spans Ford and Fidds’s first meeting through post-series. It’s so interesting, and so sweet, and has so many wonderful details! Just a great take on their relationship that you deserve to read, dear reader. Treat yourself!

Maybe It’s Not Too Late by GinAndShatteredDreams (main fic is 82k words, whole series is 110k)

Author’s summary of the main fic: Overall: A post-weirdmageddon asexual Fiddauthor fic in which revelations occur, a confession goes awry, some unfinished business reemerges in the form of a raging pterodactyl, and chaos ensues. (vaguely romantic - hugs/hand holding/cuddling/comfort, no kisses - just adding that so I don't disappoint anyone who's hoping for it - or maybe for the sake of people (like me) who sometimes like to read something without ;))

(Edit - No romantic kisses. There's a forehead kiss between family members at one point.)

*It would probably be good to mention that most of this was written before the journal came out and even after, I tried to keep true to the ideas formed before reading it with one exception that is noted later.

So as you can tell, I linked you the whole series. A both super angsty and very sweet fic with wonderful asexual post-series Fiddauthor! I’ve never read anything quite like it, totally check it out.

Romance is Overrated and Living Confusing by 3HobbitsInATrenchcoat (25k words)

Author’s summary: Stanford and Fiddleford started out as college roommates and over the years grew into something more than friends but just to the side of what others would consider a "normal relationship." But honestly, is it really anyone's business what they are as long as they care deeply for each other?

Scenes from Stanford's life as he tries to figure out where he fits in a world built for romance and traditional family dynamics.

This fic is restricted– you need an AO3 account to read it. Also, it’s part of a series, but the other fic is Stan-centric so it’s not a part of this rec list. Aaaand also it’s a WIP. Okay, with that out of the way, this is another Ace!Fiddauthor fic, which you know I’m all about! This fic is more about college and research-aged Fiddauthor, and it’s as delightfully fraught as you could hope. The author also does a cool thing regarding Fiddleford’s time in Oregon, while still keeping it canon-compliant. My hat is off to them.

To Struggle For Dreams And To Hunger For More by Voidfish (8k words)

Author’s summary: “Am I gay?” Ford reads the quiz out loud, before clicking to begin. To his frustration, most of the questions are simply asking him if he has had sex with men (he hasn’t), if he wants to (he isn’t quite sure), or if he ever will (the jury is still out). Nothing defines attraction, no one clarifies if the burn in his stomach is love or gastrointestinal issues, and nothing leaves him feeling any better on the subject.

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Stanford Pines has never loved a woman but, he realizes with a painful jolt, he can’t say with certainty he’s never loved a man.

Aaaaaa I love this fic. I love it sooo much. Post-series and Ford is trying to figure out his sexuality and his feelings for Fidds. Plus a scene where he comes out to Stan! Just a delight.

And Shifty Makes Three by Sarelle (13k words)

Author’s summary: Ford Pines and Fiddleford McGucket deal with the ups and downs of relationships and parenthood in 1970s Oregon. A task not much aided by the fact they have to keep secret the true identity of their shapeshifting alien grub son, from friends, family and the Feds.

Based on WDW's Shiftyverse, can be read as a standalone.

I fucking LOVE this fic!! Aaaaa the little details about Ford and Fidds and their relationship! Their alien son!! This fic is so up my alley it’s bonkers.

queer clan in the middle of the woods by toosolidcuuj (series is 23k words)

Author’s summary of the series: *to the tune of "our house" by madness* queer clan in the middle of the woods, queer clan in the middle of the

Canon-divergent AU in which Stan and Ford make up, adopt an alien, and gradually amass an extended queer family.

This is ALSO a Shifty-adopting fic! With Fiddauthor! This one also has Stan, and focuses a lot on Stan and Ford fixing up their fraternal relationship in addition to the Fiddauthory bits. I haven’t reread it in a hot second but I remember it being very fun but also taking Shifty’s trauma quite seriously, which I thought was interesting and cool to read.

(There's a) Half moon rising in southeastern skies by orphan_account (17k words)

Author’s summary: A series of memories, all compiled in convenient cinema-reel format. It’s all here, folks, the good, the bad, the sexy, the emotionally distressing. Next to nothing left out.

Sad that this fic was orphaned– I love it. It’s in second person, and I’m all about that! Fiddleford looking back at his fractured memories post-series and also reconnecting with Ford. Absolutely wonderful characterization. Author, if you’re out there, I love this fic!! I hope you are happy with it in your heart!!

Syncing Phases by toosolidcuuj (5k words)

Author’s summary: Stan has gone his whole life never imagining he had a twin, let alone an android twin who can shoot cannons out his hands, makes money appear out of thin air, and has a close relationship with a werewolf named Fiddleford McGucket. Even more surprisingly, FORD needs Stan's help erasing a world-ending computer virus. But BILL has allies in many places, leaving the Stans uncertain who they can trust.

WIP. This fic is SUCH a fun and interesting concept!! Only child!Stan, Werewolf!Fidds, Robot!Ford??? Yes, please! A totally unique fic that is so fun to read!

#fiddauthor #fic rec #gravity falls #my post

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bluejaysandblackbats · 3 months

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Five Little Ducks

Fandom: DC Comics, Batman

Summary: Bruce finds a magically de-aged Jason.

Chapters: 11/13

Characters: Jason Todd, Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson, Stephanie Brown, Duke Thomas, Zatanna Zatara

Additional Tags: De-Aged Jason Todd, Magic, Babysitting, Father-Son Relationship, Fluff and Angst, POV Third Person, Bruce Wayne is Not Okay, Bruce Wayne Tries, Jason Todd Has Issues, Childhood Trauma, TW: Self Harm

Chapter Eleven: Strawberry Cheesecake

Dick didn't expect a threat that night. He'd hoped things would be quiet. It wasn't like he planned a disturbance in the Diamond District. Jason was sharp, though. Completely unruffled and aware... But he didn't have to worry about his magically de-aged brother and their stressed-out father. Jason threw his body over Dick's, holding him down as the blast flew over their heads, freezing a safe at the end of the room. "You okay, Nightwing?" Jason asked. Before Dick could open his mouth, Jason was already on his feet, running at full speed toward Mr. Freeze. Dick cursed under his breath and followed Jason from a different direction.

At the last second, Jason switched paths, pulling one of Freeze's men to the ground by his hood. "What's going on?" Bruce asked over comms.

"Freeze... Robin's holding his own, though," Dick replied as he took out the men that seemed to flood the building suddenly. "Robin! How many?"

"At least fifteen!" Jason replied as he threw a Batarang and knocked out the lights. Dick couldn't help but be confused. He didn't remember Jason being this skilled. The fight didn't last long, and they managed to apprehend Freeze. Once it was over, they watched the police arrest from a nearby rooftop.

"Robin?" Dick whispered. Jason looked at him. "You saved my skin back there. Good looking out."

"It was nothin'. I got lucky. I saw a shadow move behind you," Jason confessed.

"Bull. That's not luck," Dick replied, "You did great out there, and you should be proud of yourself."

Jason smiled. "You know, Nightwing... I have the strangest craving for a snow cone," Jason replied. Dick laughed.

"Okay, I'll get you a snow cone-. Wait,” Dick whispered as he moved Jason’s bangs out of the way. “You’re bleeding.”

“My stitches,” Jason gasped. Dick relaxed and took butterfly bandages out of his utility belt. He used them to patch Jason up and messed up the boy’s hair. “Do you think Bruce is gonna be mad at me?”

“Nuh-uh,” Dick answered.

“I never had a brother before… I always wished I had a big brother so that I could talk about stuff that bothered me… I wanted somebody around to understand,” Jason confessed. Dick nodded. “I love B, but sometimes-. Sometimes I feel like I’ll never be the Robin he had with you. I asked about you once, and it was-. He looked through me.”

“He does that sometimes… It’s not personal. If we’re being honest with each other, I was jealous of you. You got the grown-up version of him, the better Bats, the better dad, the better person. And if we’re being brutally honest, you’re the only one that knows how to make him happy.

“I know how to push his buttons, but you have his heart. He’s been wrapped around your little finger ever since you met him,” Dick replied.

Jason bowed his head. “So, you don’t like me?” Jason mumbled.

“No. That’s not what I said. I might be jealous of you, but I don’t hate you. You can’t help being what you are. You’re a good kid… Compassionate, loyal, self-sacrificing to a fault. You would’ve taken that shot for me without a single thought,” Dick clarified, “I like you-. Hell, it’s more than that. I respect you.”

Jason grinned. “I respect you too. Wow... I-. I didn’t-. I’m gonna make you and B proud someday-.”

“You already have. That’s why you get to wear the costume,” Dick interrupted, “Robin isn’t a rigid concept… Robin is what you make it. You’re Robin now, and you’ve gotta do things your way. Show B a whole new way of looking at things.”

Jason hung on Dick’s every word. “It wouldn’t hurt for him to add a jacket to the Robin costume… And pants. It gets cold up here on these rooftops… And sometimes it snows,” Jason complained. Dick chuckled and nodded.

“That’s a reasonable demand. Draw something up, and I’ve got your back,” Dick replied, “And here’s a trick for the pixie boots: Put baby powder in your shoes to keep your feet warm.”

“I’m gonna try that tomorrow night,” Jason replied, “Did you get too old?” Jason kicked at a pebble on the rooftop before heading down the fire escape.

“Huh?” Dick asked.

“Why’d you start being Nightwing?” Jason questioned.

“Bruce and I had a disagreement, and I thought it was time that I picked a more grown-up look for myself. Hang up the cape and pixie boots… What flavor do you want?” Dick asked as they headed toward the corner.

“Strawberry cheesecake,” Jason answered confidently.

“Sounds good, maybe I’ll try that flavor too,” Dick replied as he allowed Jason to ride on his shoulders.

Jason waved his hands in the air. “I hope I’m tall like you when I grow up,” Jason stated.

“You’ll be taller… And bigger too,” Dick replied without thinking.

“Two strawberry cheesecake flavored snow cones… Small, please,” Dick ordered as he pulled cash from his belt. The man at the window took Dick’s money and gave him change, which Dick stuck in the tip jar.

Jason leaned forward to look at Dick’s face. “If I tell you something, will you promise not to laugh at me?” Jason questioned.

“Promise,” Dick answered as he passed Jason his snow cone.

"I’ve never been happier than I am now,” Jason whispered, “And I think-. I get sad when I think about it too much.”

“Focus on the now. If you’re happy right now, it wouldn’t do any good to spoil that for yourself… Now, let’s get you home before B starts worrying,” Dick replied as he led Jason to the Batmobile. He circled the block a few times while Jason ate, watching as Jason’s head drooped. “He loves you so much.”

“It doesn’t mean he doesn’t love you just the same,” Jason mumbled with his eyes closed. Dick took Jason’s snow cone paper and stacked it underneath his. “I’ve got another secret… I like pretending I’m asleep because I know he’ll pick me up.”

“That was always nice,” Dick smiled. Jason wasn’t a mystery, or at least he didn’t care to be. He talked because Dick listened. He didn’t have to experience Dick’s prickly exterior like he did the first time. And Dick kicked himself for that everyday.

When they arrived at home, Bruce pulled Jason out of the Batmobile and rubbed his back. “We’ll talk later,” Dick whispered, “His stitches split open, but he’s fine.”

Bruce slipped a pair of sweatpants and a t-shirt over Jason’s costume. “You left comms on, but I turned it off once the conversation got personal… Do you understand why this was my favorite time with him now?” Bruce questioned.

“He’s a great kid,” Dick whispered, “I’m gonna change and meet you upstairs.”

“Okay… I’m gonna put him down for the night, and-.” Bruce clasped the tracking clip on the back of Jason’s collar. “Let’s get you to bed, Little Lad.” Dick smiled as he watched Bruce carry Jason out of the cave.

#Jason Todd #Bruce Wayne #Dick Grayson #Stephanie Brown #Duke Thomas #Zatanna Zatara #De-Aged Jason Todd #Magic #Babysitting #Father-Son Relationship #Fluff and Angst #POV Third Person #Bruce Wayne is Not Okay #Bruce Wayne Tries #Jason Todd Has Issues #Childhood Trauma #batfam #five little ducks fic #fic

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thesocietyporg · 2 years

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So I noticed that Sebastian has now asked, in various interviews, three different actresses to star in a romcom with him 😅 (Daisy Edgar-Jones, Margot Robbie and now Jennifer Aniston) and he’s also talked about wanting to play a character that’s more neurotic (resembling himself) so don’t worry babe Imma make your dream come true😘 … here’s my quick, basic pitch that I came up with in like 20 mins whilst my 2 year old napped (and I should have been using that time to get some work done) where he can incorporate all three ladies 🫣

Andrei (Sebastian) is a shy, introverted and socially awkward (Seb’s personality exaggerated for comedy purposes ) 38 year old, who has never been in a serious relationship before (his longest relationship only lasted a few months). He lives alone in a studio apartment in New York and has very few friends, he mostly works from home as a freelance web designer, hangs out with his pet cat ‘Harold’ and goes to the gym (he’s just started working out again after letting himself go during covid).

The manager of his gym is a loud, confident (himbo) man named Danny (played by none other than the bearded and handsome Chris Evans) He’s a total gym bro and is everything that Andrei isn’t; charming, extroverted and self assured . He plays the Rom-Com trope of the ‘best friend’ offering advice/ reacting to Andrei’s love life etc .. Throughout the movie we often see Danny with/ talking to a beautiful blonde woman (Margot Robbie).

One day whilst checking his Facebook Andrei gets an invitation to his 20 year high school graduation, (🌀we flashback to see that he was a complete ‘loser’ in high school and got bullied a lot for being a shy computer geek🌀). Maybe the organiser tags him and asks how many guests he’s bringing and he panics because everyone on the event page is commenting that they are bringing their partner/ wife/ husband/ kids and he ends up telling them he’s bringing his partner😬 .The event is in 3 months time.

The next morning at the gym he’s on the treadmill when he notices the blonde woman bringing Danny coffee and overhears them promise to see each other later. Andrei is jealous of how easy Danny finds it to talk with women, so after she leaves Andrei begs Danny to help him get a date. Danny is like ‘nah dude I don’t think I can help’ and Andrei’s like ‘I know I’m a hopeless case, but I’m desperate’ anyway eventually he succeeds in convincing a reluctant Danny and he agrees to be his personal trainer/ lifestyle coach. Insert homage to romcoms past where they get him a haircut, shave, new clothes and a lengthy sequence of them lifting weights together 😉

Danny’s says he needs to start a tinder and helps Andrei set one up (Danny teaching him how to take thirst traps) then he matches with 💃🏻Laura (Daisy), an NYU student from London. He dates Laura for a little bit, she’s 23 and a typical London socialite party girl, she takes him out to crazy parties where he’s the oldest person there and comically out of his comfort zone. He can’t keep up with her and her friends antics, doesn’t understand their jokes/slang and he tries to keep pace with their drinking and just ends up embarrassing her. And maybe a there’s a bit where she calls him ‘Daddy’ during sex 😂 and he tries to ‘play the part’ to cringeworthy results because that’s just not his personality. Meanwhile we keep cutting to scenes of him at the gym with Danny who’s trying to coach him to be more confident and better at flirting.

It doesn’t work out with Laura, she dumps him. Next up is 🍸Camille (Jennifer Aniston) who he meets at one of Danny’s spinning classes. After the class she corners him and she compliments him on his progress. When she leaves Danny informs him that ‘bro she was totally hitting on you’, (much to Andrei’s shock) encourages him to ask her out on a date. Maybe an older woman is more suited to him than a college student ? So he starts dating Camille, who is a sophisticated business owner and has two teenage sons from her previous marriage. Again Andrei is completely out of his depth, he tries to fit in with all her friends but fails miserably (insert dinner party scene where he panics in the bathroom before the guests arrive and then somehow embarrasses himself terribly at the table) and her two sons also hate him, they keep making fun of him, he tries to follow more of Danny’s advice to bond with them over a football game, but he knows nothing about football and it’s obvious. Eventually it doesn’t work out and Camille dumps him too. Throughout this we keep cutting back to Danny where he’s exasperated with Andrei’s exploits and keeps giving more pointers and advice, ultimately he keeps encouraging him to be himself and stop pretending to be something he’s not.

With time running out before the reunion Danny tells him he’s going to set him up with his cousin Paige (Margot Robbie) who is new to the city. Andrei is shocked at the revelation that Paige isn’t Danny’s gf, and agrees to go on a date because she is closer to his age and beautiful. Despite her being the perfect match in lots of ways (it turns out they have a lot in common) there isn’t a ✨spark✨ At the end of the date Andrei asks if she wants to go on a second date and she tells him that she sees him more as a friend .

He offers to walk her home, but she tells him that she is going to go and meet Danny at his work because he’s been having a hard time recently and an oblivious Andrei is like ???🤔 ‘what I worked out with him this morning and he seemed totally normal?’. And Paige is then like ‘wait! you’re the guy he’s been training everyday for months ?’ She reveals that Danny has had a huge crush on Andrei and has been moping about it for weeks😧Andrei is shocked to discover that Danny isn’t the stereotypical ‘ladies man’ he thought he was and has his own ✨bisexual awakening ✨ and realises the perfect person for him was his hunky gym bro all along. This leads to the classic Romcom trope of Andrei running through the New York streets to the gym and awkwardly interrupting a fitness class to tell Danny he wants to go on a date with him (every confession in a rom com has to have an audience) and Danny says yes and everyone applauds👏🏼 (because it’s a romcom 😂)

It’s working title is

‘Third times a charm’

Voilà … so yeah, this is cheesy, bad and tropey as hell, but it was fun to come up with haha. also I’ve not made a tumblr post like this before so if it’s formatted bad or something I’m still learning (I’m normally a lurker😅)

#sebastian stan #chris evans #margot robbie #daisy edgar jones #jennifer aniston #evanstan #romcom

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getbeyondthebooks · 2 years

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the “problem” with Mike’s character arc

i’m putting “problem” in quotation marks because i don’t think it’s a problem at all, but it’s something that would make it hard for the general public to notice that a character arc exists in the first place. I’m saying this because I also had the same problem and I only saw the light when I came to the Byler tag and started putting 2 and 2 together.

I’m talking about continuity through seasons. This whole time I failed to realize what Mike’s character arc was and most importantly I failed to see that it was in developing through seasons without reaching an ending.

I only started wondering what was going on with Mike in S4, when his weird behavior with Will made it obvious that there was something and it wasn’t just a teen being a teen, like I assumed in S3.

And still it took me so long to figure out that his weird behavior is not something that came out of nowhere in S4, but it’s actually something that they have slowly built up through the seasons. That no, Mike’s queer character arc hasn’t magically started in S4, but has been going on from the start and that we got it very much presented to us in S3, both for Mike and Will. For Will it was “it’s not my fault you don’t like girls” and the destruction of Castle Byers, for Mike? Hands down the ending of S3.

My biggest mistake going into Mike’s character, contrary to Will’s, has been to assume that all his arcs started and ended in the same season and that there was no continuity with it, because I was too blind to realize that there was some place they were going with him and that they had yet to reach. I don’t even know why I didn’t realize, Mike is literally our MC, he starts off as our protagonist, if anyone had to have a character arc it would be him?? So why did I just take his character at face value? Istg I feel so stupid right now.

I’ve been waiting for Will’s character arc to take center stage, I knew his queerness was going to be a focal point for him sooner or later, but Mike’s changes completely felw me by because the Duffers never made them obvious. It’s all in the details, and if you’re too taken by Mileven, you’re bound to miss (or dismiss) them.

For example, when the end of S3 happened, I assumed that the reason why Mike made that weirded out face after El kissed him and told him she loved him was because he was just taken aback that she had heard him confess in the first place and nothing deeper than that. Perhaps it was a bit exhagerated for confusion, but, again, I assumed it wasall for laughs. S3 treated the whole Mileven relationship very lightely and humorously, so it made sense to me that even such a scene would be a bit comical.

S4 forced me to reconsider everything.

Rewatching it now, knowing how Mike is behaving 6 months later, that scene takes a completely different connotation and meaning. A lot of similar occurrences do.

The Duffers have done this before, multiple times. Think Jonathan and Nancy in S1, for example. Their story begun in S1 but by the end of it, Nancy was still actively in a relationship with Steve and the consequences of the time she spent with Jonathan only “hit” in S2. There was continuity there. It was just way less flashed out, it all happened pretty fast although spanning two seasons and it was way more in our face.

Mike and Will? Have been built up for 4 seasons. From the very start. In the slowlest way possible. In the tiniest details. Their storyline has been constructed one moment at a time, hidden, almost, in the background, but there nonetheless.

Putting all the pieces together I can clearly see the picture now. I assumed it was just Will, I never really expected Mike to have a character arc per se. I assumed we knew all we needed to know about Mike, I was never expecting any big revelation or anything. But now I can see that his character arc has been going on for 4 seasons and has yet to reach completition, just like Will’s AND El’s (independence arc).

There IS something going on with Mike. There has always been. I just couldn’t see it until they made it pretty obvious in S4. Some people still think it’s nothing but it was immediately clear to me that they were trying to tell me something when they decided to 1) bring up Will’s feelings for Mike when they could have made it puppy love and give him another love interest 2) have Mileven have ILY problems when the whole audience assumed that was solved at the end of S3 3) have Mike be extremely conscious of Will’s presence for no apparent reason.

The fact that Mileven are STILL dealing with a problem they introduced in S3 that we all (at least the general audience) assumed had been solved by the end of it is telling us that whatever storyline had been going on in S3? Is STILL ongoing. No, the issue wasn’t closed there. Mike’s character arc didn’t find resolution there, in fact, in hindsight, I could say that’s where his character arc actually properly started. Not to say that nothing happened before then, but I think that’s when he was hit with some kind of realization.

So the more I look at it, look at the big picture without dividiving the story in seasons, the more I realize that there can’t possibly be anything but Byler at the end of it all. I’ve been saying this since I’ve watched S4. The decisions they took with the story were too deliberate, they can’t lead anywhere else, but I was still 50/50 because I felt like they took it out of nowhere for Mike. But if you put his whole experience into perspective and not divide it into seasons, it’s actually all right there.

It’s hard because we get years of pause between seasons and the ending of one season stays with us for a long time before we question it so it all feels way more dragged out than it really is in the show. Plus details get lost in time and the Duffers were EXTREMELY delicate with it all. Will’s sexuality included. I picked up on it early but I know for a fact that most didn’t. It was never explicit, it was all very gently introduced. I just never realized they had done the same for Mike.

I don’t know what Mike’s sexuality is and I’m not even gonna argue (I headcannoned him as bi for a while but who knows) but from a writing perspective, I know that the only possible and logical conclusion of his character arc is Byler.

I’m so confident in them being endgame at this point that it’s scaring me. It just feels so obvious now, I can’t unsee it. HELP.

Istg S4 was more about Mike’s feelings for Will than it was viceversa. We got Will’s pov but the real source of their tension was Mike the whole time. He initiated it all. He knows he has feelings for Will and he doesn’t know what to do with them. He’s a queer mess. I just know it for a fact at this point. It just makes SENSE.

My only doubt for Byler was that there wasn’t enough time to show Mike going through his identity crisis, but that’s because I was too blind to see that he HAS BEEN going through his identity crisis for this whole time. I was so distracted by Mileven and Will that I just never noticed. So now that I have noticed... I have no doubts anymore, but that’s frighteneing.

#byler #mike wheeler #do i trust the duffers #oh my god putting my faith in them is terrifying #but istg it cannot go in any other way #it's just all there #the grondwork #the blueprint #of byler's love story #it's just there #and it feels so obvious now #i will cry

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starlighthan · 2 years

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[21:05] ALWAYS SAFE — hwang hyunjin

genre: fluff, established relationship

warnings: none

word count: 1.4k words

note: this is for @neo-shitty’s collab, 24/8! i am so excited to read other’s works! i enjoyed writing this, thank you so much for this opportunity <33

tag list: @plutominho

“Do you have any plans on getting out of here?”

“It’s still early!”

“Shush! We might get kicked out!” The man beside you covers your mouth right away.

Even at this hour, the two of you spend time in the library. Hyunjin sketches random things he sees around or whatever idea pops up in his head, while you—having drawing abilities that are not on the same level as Hyunjin's—read novels and comics on these four walls.

It’s a calming atmosphere for both of you. You satisfy yourself and complete your books-to-read list by reading almost every material here, and Hyunjin gets to pour all of his creativity on paper in peace. Occasionally, you talk about what just happened in the middle of your leisure—like an exciting and breath-taking chapter that flashed right before your eyes or an amazing detail that Hyunjin got to accomplish without scrapping his first attempt on his drawing.

Hyunjin, being a nocturnal and a homebody, often asks you if it would be fine to spend the rest of the night at home. You'll be doing the same thing, except that you’re in your very comfortable apartment a few blocks away from this library. He doesn’t like staying outside way too long—the two of you might be in danger when the darkest time of the night falls.

Yes, he’s also concerned that he’ll be in danger. Not just you. The two of you are very clumsy, so nobody’s safe.

The two of you look around. There aren’t that many people in the library compared to earlier this afternoon. Luckily, nobody held any of your shoulders and complained about the noise you made. These people are too busy with their work, all of them drowning themselves in papers and books, just like you. The only difference here is that you’re not doing it out of stress.

Your hand under his, he smoothly rubs the top of your hand. He always thought that your hands were as soft as a baby’s. It always feels like he’s in heaven with your touch.

“Shall we go?” His question makes you look at him. His eyes shining from the dim lights above you gave you a thought that maybe you’re in an indie romance film. Everything feels so secretive and full of passion. It’s just between the two of you only.

You nod, trying to hide a big smile on your face. You know that there will be a thrill later once you’re out of this library. No matter how simple or challenging your way home, something fun and absurd happens.

Pulling your bags and putting your things back in a dash, Hyunjin pulls you towards the doors. With an abrupt stop on his feet, you accidentally trip on the steps towards the cemented ground outside. Fortunately, you did not fall face first this time.

“_____! Are you okay?” He gently slips his arm on your waist, the other arm slowly caressing your face. “You’re lucky that you didn’t fall that hard. I’d be so mad at myself if you get any wound on yourself.”

“Don’t worry. It happens once a day, at least,” you chuckle. You pull down his entangled hands around you, giving yourself a chance to clean yourself and brush off any dirt from your clothes.

You did not feel electrified by Hyunjin’s touch on your face and body—you did not. The lack of any sensation in yourself feels so unusual. But you cannot deny that his touches did something to you, aside from his immediate concern over that incident. Stop denying that happened.

“You’re getting red. We should head home.” Hyunjin slips his hoodie out of him and hands it to you. You’re blushing, nice. You cannot believe that you still get flustered because of this man.

Pushing away from the hoodie and his hands, you shake your head. “I’m all good. You didn’t have to remove that. We’ll head home soon anyways. I could heat myself after our little trip.”

His hand is on yours again, and you feel that buzz again. There it is, for another time. Is it because it’s chilly tonight? “No, we’re not going to walk home. I’m going to get a taxi.”

“Are there any cabs in this hour here?” You slowly follow his steps, his hand still entangled in yours. The street in front of the library is narrow—you’re not sure if any vehicle passes here. There isn’t even any space for parking.

Hyunjin glances at you. “Of course, there is,” the two of you walk past the library gates, pointing to the intersection nearby, “we’ll always do something to make that happen.”

With a satisfying sigh, you are impressed. Hyunjin doesn’t usually respond like this and resorts to asking you about your plan and panicking. Nodding, you respond, “Right, right. You’re correct this time. We’ll do something, yes.”

“Finally using your brain, Hwang?” You bump your hips to him, teasing him. Do you think you’re going to take this seriously? Of course not!

Groaning, he bumped you back with his hips, almost making you trip once again on the pavement. “I’m so sorry! _____, we shouldn’t form a streak of tripping, please.”

“Yeah, you better. It’s a miracle that you haven’t messed up tonight,” you pinch Hyunjin's cheeks, receiving a dramatic whine from him. “Maybe the skies are telling you that you’re too cute which is why you haven’t gone to any accident tonight. What an advantage.”

Your comment leaves Hyunjin a long round of giggles, swinging your hand while walking to the end of the road, meeting the intersection.

The adorable look on Hyunjin right now makes your heart leap. The jacket he took off on top of his shoulder, a big smile on his face, his cute shoulder bag hanging around, and his hand on yours. He has no idea that he affects you by simply existing. The buzzing from his touch is coming back once again.

You thought that you wouldn’t dare to walk at the pedestrian here near the intersection. The city is so alive in this area. You did not know about this, especially since you usually go in the opposite direction on your way home.

A taxi stops in front of you, Hyunjin got to hail a taxi right away? You hold on to his hand more, making you feel more flustered than ever.

“Get in! Let’s go!” Hyunjin enthusiastically says, carefully placing his head over yours. He tries not to make you hit yourself on the door frame like you always do. He often says that he wouldn’t be surprised that there would be lots of dents on your head in a few years because of this. “Lower down, don’t hit your head as usual.”

Smirking, you got to sit down comfortably in the taxi. Patting the seat next to you, your boyfriend slowly gets into the taxi.

When the driver asks where you’ll be going, Hyunjin answers for you and proceeds to put your head on his shoulder. “We’ll be going to Maya St. We’re gonna get some dinner before going home.”

“I thought we’re going straight home already?” You tilt your head to see Hyunjin above you. “What are we ordering?”

“Let’s get some noodles, baby. I don’t want you starving,” he pats your head. “The last time you ate was earlier this noon before we went to the library.”

Reaching out for his hand, you respond, “That’d be nice. You're tired of my panini?”

Chuckling, he gets your hand and traces whatever on your palm, “I don’t, _____. I just want to get something different tonight, you know?”

With his touch lulling you to sleep, you mumble, “Yeah, great idea. I’ll pay for that later.”

Lightly shaking his head, Hyunjin whispers, “I’ll cover it, don’t think about it.”

Smiling, he glances at you and looks back to the window beside him. He seriously wouldn’t know what to do without you. You’ve been the most caring and you made him feel secure. He’s secure enough with you, and he’s very contented with that.

He hopes you wouldn’t mind the seafood noodles later, he brought some antihistamine just in case you’d get the allergies. He even thought it’d be entertaining to see you suffer from the very spicy noodles he might order for himself later. Either way, he’s gonna take care of you whether you like it or not. He’s in love with you for way too long to let you take care of yourself.

He chuckles and decides to say it to you directly, “I love you very much, _____. Thank you for being with me always.”

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thatgirl4815 · 2 years

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I’ve noticed a necessary increase in discussions of consent, boundaries, and violation in BL these days. I like Feel Good Shows with comic relief and innocent love, but I also like to feel challenged by fiction, and I think we’re seeing that more now than we have in the past few years. For BL specifically, I think it’s subverting genre expectations.

(Spoilers for the shows in the tags)

KinnPorsche is the strongest example. Kinn violated Porsche, ignored his boundaries, and did physical and emotional damage. There was a a breach of trust and trauma because of it. They showed the impact that it had and they gave the characters space to actually address the topic head on, avoiding the typical path of “if enough time passes, it’ll all be swept under the rug.” It’s like a cheap excuse to get the characters together early and present some conflict, but it’s toxicity is scarcely ever actually addressed (TharnType is the first example that comes to mind).

And then there’s VegasPete. Toxic with a capital ‘T’. But, we see the emotional fallout of this as well as an albeit brief foray into concepts of self-worth, trauma, and manipulation. Even after Vegas apologizes to Pete, Pete doesn’t give in (at least, not at first). The point is that Pete knows that being with Vegas could hurt him even more in the future, but he desperately wants to believe that Vegas has changed--that he sees him as more than a pet...because toxic or not, he’s developed an attachment. The show doesn’t sell it as a complete redemption arc for Vegas (which would be incredibly unrealistic in the time frame)--but rather, as the necessary beginnings of one (at least when it comes to his relationship with Pete). None of this to say that either KP or VP’s relationship are desirable in real life, but they do the necessary work of portraying these issues and directly addressing their effects.

Then there are shows like Lovely Writer which, on the surface, are completely different. Actors and writers are in the spotlight, and suddenly we’re merging fiction and reality. Now with War of Y, we’re forced to ask even more questions about the nature of consent and boundaries in a much more industry-centric way that unfortunately goes unnoticed or unacknowledged a majority of the time. It’s a whole different side of the approach to boundaries in fiction.

I mean…imagine how conflicted you would feel if you knew the only way to succeed was letting yourself be violated. If you had to act like someone you’re not to please people. If you were expected to be okay with it all, because that’s just how the industry works. It isn’t talked about a lot, but to a certain degree, it involves sacrificing yourself and your body for the sake of your job. Add to that the threat of being cancelled for any little thing, whether it be your relationships outside of your acting ship or your aversion to acting out NC scenes.

It’s sickening to think you would have to surrender yourself to your career or risk losing everything you’ve worked towards. It makes it less about the artistry of acting and all about the shipping dynamics and culture. You could say they knew what they were signing up for, but does that mean they should have to put up with it?

All of this to say that I’m glad we see lines being crossed in all sorts of different scenarios, situations and relationships—that’s the most accurate reflection of the kinds of issues we see in the real world. They all deserve to be talked about.

#kinnporsche #kinnporsche the series #war of y #war of y the series #lovely writer #lovely writer the series #thai bl #idk this just poured out of me #vegaspete

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I know I’ll probably get killed for this but I have a theory why LU is the most popular Link Meet AU.

First off, if an AU is drawn instead of written, it’s going to be more popular, because strong visuals give people more stuff to latch onto. Especially if the art is really cool, colored, and distinctive. Each Link in LU has a distinctive design that makes them visually easy to tell apart and a unique skill-set they bring to the table. I know some folks don’t like that Wind and Four are composites of multiple games which are spread over several canonical centuries, but part of why it works is because the games they encompass have very similar looking Links (I’m sorry Spirit sweetie). Every character wears something that naturally exists in their game, but is visually distinct as “them”. Even Four, who looks the most different from his in-game sprites, is still modeled after the stained glass window from Minish Cap. An outsider to Link Meet AUs but a knowledge of Zelda games (like myself) can easily walk into the AU and say “oh ok that’s the Link from Twilight Princess and that’s the one from Skyward Sword” pretty much at a glance.

But there are lots of really cool well drawn distinctive Link Meet AUs out there, so why is this one doing numbers? I think it’s also because there’s very little extra headcanon attached to the LU boys in the comic itself. Everything about them is pretty closely tailored to their games, from appearance to skills to personalities. The only completely canon relationship in LU iirc is Malon and Time are married and Sky and Sun are dating. Most AUs I see add in some of the artists own flair or ships or identities into the Links, which is great, but it can create a more limited sandbox for others to play in. Like if an AU has RavioLi as canon or it’s definite that Link and his Zelda are related, then people who ship ZeLink can’t put their own spin on things. If you’re adding a gender identity or disability or something to your AU, then people feel uncomfortable trying to change that in fanworks, and may not engage as much because of it. And especially if you have like, a big extra non-game mechanic going on that runs how the Links are meeting that people may be intimidated by. Fandom lives in the ability to adapt and project a little. The more you make “canon” to your AU, the fewer wild ideas people will run off with linked to it.

Another reason, and I say this with all the love in my heart, is that because LU has become so intrinsically linked with the hero titles (ie the game names), some people wanna differentiate by giving their Links different names than Time/Twilight/Wind/etc. Which is totally fine and honestly really fun, but it’s not as immediately identifiable for some as the game names, which can be a barrier. And sure, if you know the lore well enough some are obvious—the one with pink hair is the one from ALttP, the one with a fairy name is probably the OG Link, the one with any sort of body of water referenced is probably Wind Waker—sometimes there are overlaps. Like OoT Link and OG Link could both be called fairy boy. Wind Waker and Link’s Awakening could both be island names. This isn’t insurmountable, but it’s a barrier that LU doesn’t really have.

This ain’t to say other Link Meets AUs aren’t great, cuz they are! I follow a few of them and enjoy them immensely, and several get a lot of engagement! This is just my theory as to why LU has become kinda the Ur example of the Link Meet AU, and why the fandom is so big compared to other options.

I’m not tagging this because I honestly don’t want to discourse. I just want to ramble.

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Turning Tables AU: Summary & Master List

In the future Chat Noir, Viperion, Scarabella and Carapace protect Paris while also balancing their lives outside of the masks. But if you would have asked them years ago, they wouldn’t have expected things to work out quite the way they did. The story of how they got to this point is being told in Origins. This AU is made up of fics, art, and more. The main ships are Lukadrien and Alyno. Rating T. Some relevant tags: Angst with a happy ending, fluff, friendship, hurt/comfort, healing, humor, fluff, dorks in love, identity reveal(s), yes fluff is there twice ko-fi | Patreon Master list is under the cut.

SLICE OF LIFE COMICS: #1: Chat Noir Is My Valentine ART Adrien and Luka Scarabella Scarabella and Carapace Adrien and Luka Doodles (Hairstyle practice) FICS:

ORIGINS FANFICS Tags: Alternate Universe, diverges from canon after Hack-San but does include the events of Wishmaker, bisexual (Adrien Agreste, Luka Couffaine, Marinette Dupain-Cheng, Kagami Tsurugi), awful parent Gabriel Agreste, friendship, fluff, angst, angst with a happy ending, humor, hurt/comfort, feelings realization Relationships: Alyno, Endgame Lukadrien, Non-Endgame Adrien/Marinette, Platonic Adrien/Marinette, other minor ships, and a lot of friendship Prelude: COMPLETE Ao3 Words: 22,346 Summary: How identities were revealed among the team. How Adrien and Marinette dated and became exes (who are now best friends), and how Luka realized his feelings for Adrien. The prelude is more Adrien and Marinette focused as I wanted to write a story of growth of their partnership as heroes, and let them explore their feelings for each other. (They aren’t end game.) Freedom DOES include a brief summary of the events in the prelude if you just want to jump right into the main story. Origins Part 1: Master List (You are here) Origins Part 2: “You need to talk to Chat Noir. It’s Important.” Origins Part 3: She really just did that. Origins Part 4: Pudding Origins Part 5: Chat Blanc Origins Part 6: “Couldn’t. Past tense.” Origins Part 7: Plushies must be a trendy thing these days Origins Part 8: No more reveals... unless... Origins Part 9: Hot Cocoa Origins Part 10: They Say That Breaking Up Is Hard To Do Freedom: In Progress Ao3 Summary: Luka tries to sort through his newfound feelings. Adrien finds out what it really means to be the son of Gabriel Agreste and realizes that he needs his friends now more than ever as he tries to overcome the obstacles he faces. Meanwhile, his heart has him thinking about one of his fellow heroes more. Freedom Chapter 1: “Well, speaking of secret identities...” Freedom Chapter 2: “I’m done.” Freedom Chapter 3: “I quit.” Freedom Chapter 4: “Chat...Noir?” Freedom Chapter 5: Aging Cheese Freedom Chapter 6: Breakfast Freedom Chapter 7: Butterfly Freedom Chapter 8: Control ONE SHOTS (Set after Origins) 5 AM | Ao3 (Lukadrien) Words: 1313 Summary: Luka customizes a guitar for a client who's only in town for a few days. They want to pick it up at 5:30 AM before they have to leave Paris. Luka agrees to this arrangement but regrets it the next morning when he has to wake up at 5 AM and his husband is tempting him to just stay in bed. Home | Ao3 (Lukadrien) Words: 387 Adrien grew up in a mansion, but where he lives now is very different. He reflects on what makes a house a home. The Christmas Song | Ao3 (Lukadrien) Words: 1938 Summary: Adrien finds himself back in Gabriel’s mansion at Christmastime. Or at least it’s some interpretation of the mansion. Nothing about being there feels right. Hadn’t he moved on from this? Hadn’t he broken free? And why was he holding a box of holiday decorations? Outside of the mansion, he can hear The Christmas Song being played on a guitar. Whatever was going on, he knows he belongs where the music is. ///////////////////

Older Art/Sketches Viperion and Chat Noir (updated designs sketches) Marinette’s Patrol Schedule (mini comic) Vipernoir Kiss Angrien (Doodle) Playlist Lukadrien - Turning Tables AU Playlist (Spotify) Silly Things Relating to this AU: Turning Tables AU But Make It Animal Crossing Turning Tables Conversations Memes

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#Turning Tables AU #Miraculous #Miraculous Ladybug #Miraculous Fanfiction #Miraculous fanfic #Cassarilla writes

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Possession | Chapter 5 (Finale)

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Chapters: 5/5 (complete) Fandom: The Sandman (Comics & TV 2022) Rating: Mature Relationships: Dream of the Endless | Morpheus/Original Female Character, Dream/Reader Characters: Dream of the Endless | Morpheus, Original Female Character, Matthew the Raven, Lucienne, Calliope, Mervyn Pumpkinhead Warnings: 18+ Minors DNI, Explicit Sexual Content, Past Abuse, Abusive Relationships, Possessive Behavior, Domestic Violence, Jealousy, Trauma Responses Tags: Complicated Relationships, General complicated feelings, Dream is an IDIOT, they both have baggage, Past Relationships, Angst, OFC: Dahlia, 1st POV

Summary: On her terms.

Morning light poured in through my window and my tongue felt heavy in my mouth, skin feeling sticky from sweating through my night terrors and the leftover tracks of tears from our fight. My body always felt heavier in the Waking world after leaving the Dreaming, but I felt extra heavy this time. The weight of the night had sunk into my bones and I was content to let the bed swallow me whole if only for some relief. I was exhausted and drained, but at least partly some of the poisonous anger had left my veins. Blinking drowsily at the sun coming through the blinds, I groaned and shoved my face back into the warmth of the…breathing sheets? I pulled away, suddenly wide awake, and found I was half on top of Morpheus who only blinked down at me, blue eyes amused. My heart was in my throat as I tried to process that I was indeed awake and he was very much in my bed now, peacoat thrown over the chair in the in the corner of the room and black shirt under my fingers. Here. He was here. It felt almost wrong to see him without his coat, dark gray short sleeved shirt half wrinkled from me laying on it and pale arms so stark against the fabric. He was laid out on top of the sheets with the pillow propped behind him, feet bare as he stretched out over the bed. Comfortably, utterly relaxed, like a cat sunbathing. “Good morning,” his low, dark voice greeted calmly, a smirk tilting at his lips. I was still staring at him like he had grown a second head, brain trying to kick start awake and process everything. Dream had never been there when I woke up, never stayed. Most of the relationship was kept to the Dreaming, his time too valuable to be spent in the Waking and it was just something I had accepted. I had gotten used to that bittersweet moment when I would find myself alone, the lack of his presence in my normal day to day life, and the sudden intrusion- no, not intrusion, but surprise was jarring. Because he was here all the same, holding me in his arms, and I wasn’t alone for once. I wasn’t alone… “You’re in my bed,” I breathed out, sitting up more to look at him. I knew I probably looked like a disheveled mess with a nest of hair and swollen eyes, but I was struggling to even process his existence much less worry about my appearance. “So I am,” at that Dream did smirk, feline and playful and utterly relaxed against my pillows. Like he owned the place. “But-” his brow quirked higher over his blue eyes in expectation as if knowing I was about to make excuses, “You’re busy. I mean- I’m sure you have a ton of important things you need to do like…rule your realm?” My brain was short circuiting and smoke was leaving my ears, but he seemed endlessly amused at catching me off guard. It seemed to be his favorite thing at times, surprising me when I didn’t expect it. Pleasantly at least, unlike the other night. Finally taking pity on my poor brain, the Endless bent forward and kissed me. My brain screeched to a stop and and only focused on the feeling of him. The differences between kissing him in the Waking world always shocked me. He was tangible, real, warm flesh and blood beneath me and tasting of mint and honey. The magic of him never completely went away, something I could still taste on my tongue, but he felt less like an Endless and more like a man and it was comforting to be more on the same foot in this place. Morpheus' lips were soft against mine and it took a couple seconds to register before I gave myself over and sank into it, cupping the back of his neck and keeping him to me. The past couple of days had been hell and the ache in my chest at being able to kiss him easily, see his smirk, feel a lightness to his touch was almost too much to bear. His thin shoulders relaxed under my hands, black hair brushing my fingers, and I knew he was thinking along the same lines. He pulled away slowly, hand on my waist and fingers tracing the skin under my oversized shirt. “Nothing of importance need be taken care of at the moment,” Morpheus answered gently, other thumb running over my pouting lower lip and staring at me under long lashes, “and Lucienne can manage in my stead. I am better served here with you, for now…” Here with me. In the Waking world. The words hit me harder than I expected or wanted to analyze. That he was prioritizing me over any work that needed to be done, was giving me his undivided attention. This wasn't a small thing. He had shrugged off more important matters in the name of needing to work before. But for now, I was more important than all that. Heart beating fast, I grinned wide and laughed, kissing him soundly and swallowing his own chuckle as we toppled backwards onto the bed. He was here for now because he wanted to be and I was going to take every advantage of it that I could. I kissed him breathlessly, arms tight around him, licked along the seam of his mouth and he opened willingly to meet my tongue and let me explore at my leisure. I could feel his intention, that he was giving me control over what we did and where this went. This was all in my hands, my control. My heart clenched at the thought and consideration there. My legs were a tangled mess of sheets and with a smirk, he gently extricated me until my bare legs were free and I was able to straddle him as he lounged against the pillows. I’d just thrown on an oversized shirt over my underwear the night before, too tired to do anything, but now it left very little in the way between us. His fingers dragged over the exposed flesh of my thighs, drawing leisurely circles into the skin and sending tingles there. I would never be able to get enough of his touch, the slow way he seemed to enjoy savoring the feeling of skin on skin. Still touch starved after these months, finding an excuse to constantly be connected to me when he could. I broke from him, pausing, enjoying the way his lips were pink in the morning light and skin flushed and filled with color. As much as I loved seeing him in the Dreaming, he was gorgeous in the Waking in an entirely different way. Sitting back onto his lap, my fingers toyed with the hem of his shirt, “You know you said you’d make it up to me the other night.” The words were hesitant, bashful, the words dragged out of me as I forced myself to remind him. I was always the sort that if someone didn’t bring it up, I would let people forget. Even as I said it I tried to downplay it, use it as a tease while also letting him know what I wanted. The tips of my own fingers touched the skin of his stomach and the muscles there tensed at the contact, almost shivering. He sat up, letting me continue to tease the skin there, but made sure I fully met his gaze, “Little dreamer, I did not forget…and I will. Whatever you want now I give you gladly and willingly but it is not nearly enough for what I owe you….what I want to give you. That will come later.” I blushed, chewing on my lower lip only for him to rub his thumb along the chewed skin. Sharp blue eyes caught mine and he held my gaze, bright with arousal and something akin to wonder. “I am yours if you will still have me, Dahlia Morrowland,” Morpheus whispered into the quiet of the early morning, “Not above you or beneath, but in equal capacity as I wish you to be mine. Whatever that means to you, I will try and make it so...if you'll have me.” He wasn’t claiming me but offering himself and only under my terms. We had tried this before, under his idea of possession, and it had blown up in our faces. But this time, he wanted me to know we would do this a different way and only with what I was comfortable with. It was hard to breathe at those words, the pledge in them and understanding. The respect. Taking a shaky breath, I nodded with stinging eyes and gently kissed the pad of his thumb in acknowledgement of all we didn’t say. And the smile lit up his face made me want to sob at how beautiful he was. We didn't leave the room for most of the day, making up and reacquainting ourselves in the light of the day. I drank in his voice and touch and the darkness of his laughter and moans. We whispered to each other secrets and he mapped out every inch of me as if to commit it to memory. There was a subtle shift in us, a silent acknowledgement that this had moved beyond a game of attraction and into an attachment. Something not so easily discarded or broken. But we said nothing out loud, didn't speak it into words. It was fragile and new and just ours for now. We were a mess, a complicated mess in different ways. He was Dream of the Endless and also a car crash when it came to humans simultaneously wrapped in one. I was just a simple mortal who had seen hell and not given up, having happened to attract something bigger than I could ever comprehend. But we were trying to figure it out and learn and that’s all that mattered to me. Things would get better. I trusted that. _____________________________ (Author’s Note: Thank you all for reading this series! I’ll have the next story in the series up in a few days along with the Photoset/Story Masterlist as well. If you don’t want to wait, more is already posted on AO3 and I’m working on some one-shots as well! Thank you!)

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mopillow · 1 year

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“Nothing personal but I’m getting tired of the hate some people throw at my baby brother in law”

And yet you’re casually interacting with the biggest tianshan hater of the entire fandom.

Hello Anon, no idea if you have any experience with me or if we have ever talked but I have a feeling that we haven’t interacted enough since you don’t know that I don’t push away anyone and I’m always open to respectful and friendly debate, everyone is entitled to their opinion and I’m completely fine listening to people that think different than me, the world would be absolutely boring if we all had the same ides, to make this clear I want to tell you that I have talked to people in the past who detest He Cheng and i haven’t try to murder them not even once, now I think we need to understand the difference between getting tired and I refuse to talk, hate or interact with them, I don’t even hate my past abusers so kind of a lost cause there but I am indeed getting tired of the blindness that comes when talking about toxicity when both couples are not exactly the epitome of romantic relationships, this is a comic no one should be here taking romantic advice from it, the comic is free, the translation is free thanks to the nicest people on earth, if anything they could say that they lost time reading it but a simple glance of the image and you know this is not your chapter. I tend to talk a lot in metaphor so let me explain this to you with one

Imagine a person who hates 🍌 on a smoothie, they detest that 🍌 , they would rather add 🍒 but they are the ones making the smoothie and still complain that there’s 🍌 on it when it was them who decided to add the 🍌 instead of the 🍒, the first times I thought oh well they didn’t notice the 🍒, the second time I just started laughing because it is funny if you think about it, but now is like they are suffering and complaining because they like to, that’s the reason why they add the 🍌 in the first place, it wasn’t an accident and here I was trying to understand them, they probably get diarrhea with that smoothie and that’s why they hate the 🍌 but they’re the ones creating the problem and bothering other people around them

Is not like I go look for this kind of people, they’re the ones tagging post about TianShan, they’re the ones commenting in obvious TianShan content, some of them even behave like moral👮‍♀️, they even send hateful messages, I don’t see a lot of TianShan fans complaining about ZhanYi content, we can celebrate or ignore if is not our thing or if they behave in an obviously problematic kind of way, because as I said before this is a comic, the comic is about 4 people but for some reason they believe is just about 2, this is not the regular bl comic and yet they want it to have that structure, if they want a polite conversation Im here for it but is not worth my time when they want me to change my mind but refuse to open theirs to my point of view, is not a conversation when is just them trying to get more people to join their cult that is full of hate, I don’t want to be a part of it, I have my own is called Q move the fuck away and let me have He Cheng, wanna join?

This is a welcoming space, I said so before She Li fans, ZhanYi fans, TianShan fans all are welcome but be respectful, you don’t need to love all of them, I don’t like them all as well, let’s be respectful with each other if anyone wants to make a post stating all the wrong a comic book character or couple does go ahead just don’t do it in other people’s personal space because in the real world if you come to my house to look for trouble I can defend myself, I won’t shoot at you because I don’t own a gun but if I did I would use it to get rid of Q, chances are he would kill me so hold your panties Q lovers he is safe, jokes aside this is more about manners, internet manners like don’t send nudes without asking first, have your opinions but don’t go insulting and attacking people only because they don’t think or have the same beliefs

Have a great day Anon hope we can talk about who’s the greatest TianShan hater of the entire fandom

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nightmareinfloral · 8 months

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So after looking at your list of excluded tags, what are you looking for in a fic?

I often ask myself this same thing. What truly leaves me satisfied as a reader? as I’ve dived deeper into comics I’ve become a lot more particular about the fics I read. It obviously has to have a relationship (platonic or romantic) that I like. I look for canon compliance and details from the comics. The tags of actual comic runs are usually good for that. If i really like a concept then I’ll read a fic that lacks in grammar, punctuation, or formatting but I do prefer them to be decent. Characterization is a big one for me. That’s why i usually exclude the batfamily and bruce wayne is a good dad tags unless im specifically looking for some feel good fluff. I like the drama and the conflicts that come from human connection. There are a few relationships that I enjoy in certain ways but it’s so often done in a way I don’t like so I’ll exclude the tag. I also really enjoy au’s that are completely different from the comics. No capes, interesting vocations, based on literature/myths/fairytales, different dynamics and relationships. It either has to be canon complaint or completely different, all with good characterization. Basically I look for the impossible. I have a few authors that I read religiously and some mutuals I trust recommend me stuff, but I often don’t venture into the tags unless I’m feeling adventurous. If I’m looking for a fic about a character I want it to be centered on that character. I’ll exclude relationships or characters that I know often take center stage. That’s also why I avoid fics with too many characters tagged as that means that none of them will get development or really be focused on.

#TLDR Im picky #asks #new teen titans and outsiders (2003) tags my beloved

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floraone · 2 years

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WIP GAME

Anyway @tinacentury tagged me!

Rules: post the names of all the files in your WIP folder regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it! And then tag as many people as you have wips. (You can make your own post or reblog this one!) I have deemed that this isn’t just for writing either. Sketch titles? Comics? Dnd campaigns? If you have an unfinished project, it counts!!

So this game is going to kill me lol because I have a WIP folder that is WAY LONGER than my finished folder. I have decided to only list fic-wips that actually have a significant amount of stuff in them beyond my idea to a synopsis. Like, fics that already have a few to a lot of pages of snippets of scenes and dialogue.

But... remember that my mind does not work in linear writing, I generate a lot of ideas and dismiss a lot of them later on, and sometimes I come back to an idea with a new thought and suddenly it’s a whole thing all over again. Or sometimes two or more separate story ideas morph into one instead. It's a wild ride in that WIP folder. I start way more fics than I ever bring to the posting stage. So the fact that the fics are on this list now, does not in the LEAST guarantee that even half of these will ever see the light of day, or that they might even be the next things posted, so.... read with caution lol. (But also, I WANT to write them, and still love these, so... if I do, I do, if I don’t, I don’t lol.) Either way, some of them have been in there forever, most of them get some snippets of thoughts added into them again and again, some I’m not working on because they’re similar to ideas that already exist as fics out there lol. ANYWAY.

Puppetteer. No brainer, lol. This one is being activiely worked on and posted, as you know.

THEN

Dr. Chiba fic for smutember

Shunga fic for smutember

middle of the night sex/you talk in your sleep fic for smutember

shared dream fic for usagi and mamoru as tux and sm that follows a can’t escape the room unless plot for smutember

not one but TWO different WIPS for two seperate Snow White episode AUs, both aged up, one where the girls AND usagi remember s1 but Mamoru doesn’t, and one where NO ONE remembers s1 during the first R arc but Tux and SM are active and have a secret relationship but don’t know each other’s civilian identities

A break up arc goes on fic set during Stars where Tuxedo Mask is one of Galaxias minions

A S1 dynamic fic where Tux and SM are a team and go to each other for cuddles but will absolutely deny something is going on between them

An AU where Mamoru NEVER remembered being Tuxedo Mask and Usagi silently gives him up but protects the shit out of him once like, Dream arc comes around and he and golden crystal are needed

a roommate AU where they are senshi team mates but not dating with all the mutual pining

a roomate AU where it’s Minako and Mamoru who are roommates and they are the only ones who remember shit

a Sailor Cosmos fic following her life where everybody dies and she’s all alone and eventually decides to go back in time as chibi chibi

nightmare loop in which mamoru has to make usagi fall for him over and over again

Mutual Pining friends with benefits fic where everyone is stupid and it’s all Motoki’s fault

A WEIRD self-insert-y fic where I have a therapist who is loosely based on me in a fourth wall break style who does real schema therapy with Mamoru and his trauma... yeah...

A Dream Arc AU where everything in Dream is, in fact, a dream

A little moment addressing that thing in R where Mamoru brought Natsumi flowers

A Terrace House AU

A Purgatory fic that plays RIGHT before La Douleur Exquise in which Usagi has completely given up on ever being with Mamoru and Mamoru starts to cling

A Purgatory fic that plays AFTER La Douleur Exquise and deals with them dealing with the aftermath of LDE and learning to now be, like, together lol

A silly video gaming Lemon Tree that is pretty much PWP

That pegging fic I started for smutember 2 years ago and MIGHT revisit again now for smutember this year

an established relationship Tux and Usagi lemon tree

Drunk and Horny lemon tree that’s a sequel to Tequila Makes My Clothes Fall Off

A reverse gendered sex script fic where Mamoru does everything we ascribe to women’s sexuality and vice versa.

A lemon tree mindlink fic

a lemon tree dealing with body images

a very meta fic for smutember where Mamoru explains sex positivity and consent with a black board and a ruler

Usagi has a male roommate AU (not Mamoru)

I think everyone has been already tagged lolll but I tag @uglygreenjacket, @angelmoongirl, @beej88, @wishwars, @idesofnovember, @riverlethe, @irritablevowel and @queenrisa14. And everyone who wants to play!

#wip game #ask game #oh god please don't hold this list against me #on writing #on fanficiton

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roosterbox · 9 months

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Fic Rec Friday 8/4/2023

Title: Endless. Not Everything.

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply

Fandom: The Sandman (TV 2022)

Relationship: Dream of the Endless | Morpheus/Hob Gadling

Characters: Dream of the Endless | Morpheus, Dream of the Endless, Hob Gadling

Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Dream can have a gender, as a treat, Dream of the Endless | Morpheus is Bad at Feelings, Lack of Communication, Idiots in Love, I cannot stress enough that nobody in this fic has any emotional intelligence, they're all idiots, idiots who don't talk about their feelings until shit goes tits up, LITERALLY, Happy Ending, Body Horror, kinda? tagging anyway cause better safe than sorry

Summary: "I am. Endless. But there are still... things that I am Not."

'Lovable' is at the top of the list, he thinks, though 'wanted' isn't far behind.

'Woman' is on there somewhere too, apparently.

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And now for something completely different. But if it’s yet another gay ship, how different can it really be?

Much like with Steddie, I fell for this pairing sight as yet unseen. I’ve never watched The Sandman. Never listened to the audiobook(s). Never read the comics. But someone posted cute fanart. And dammit, I am weak.

Y’all know gender fuckery is one of those fic subgenres I adore, and I feel like this fandom/pairing is particularly well-suited for it. Just the fact that endless, ethereal beings could have gender at all (Desire notwithstanding) is pretty interesting. And Dream trying to be something else, only for it to be just… wrong wrong wrong, ugh. My little Enby/Gender-Fluid heart just breaks for him. Because I know that feel. I’m sure a lot of us know that feel, even if we are only squishy humans and not Endless. Also I love the Author’s note at the end. Definitely shouldn’t be that hot of a take - it makes perfect sense to me!

Dream is absolutely precious in this, in his gender conflicted glory. And Hob. Hob Motherfucking Gadling. I am officially crowning him as my Sandman Blorbo. That man is a saint. He certainly has the patience of one, at least. The care he shows to Dream in this fic is just everything. When his first concern when he finds Dream after their… encounter(?) is if Dream is okay, if he hurt Dream… I cannot. And I love that, despite him being several hundred years old (and Dream being several millennia), their communication skills still need work, lol. They may be an immortal human and the immortal personification of Dreams, but they really are just like us.

This is a beautiful story.

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Next Week: Spacedogs time again! And this one’s a doozy. I mean, with how obsessed with space Adam is, canonically even, it somehow makes absolutely perfect sense to have an AU where Nigel is an alien, right? It’s soft, romantic, slightly silly, and sexy as hell.

Stay tuned!

#fic rec friday #dreamling #writer: Cheshyr #these two gave me gender feelings #lol #dumb boys need to talk #I love them #especially Hob

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communistchilchuck · 1 year

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continuing the trend. timkon

send me a ship and i’ll give my brutally honest opinion

i see the appeal, ive read the comics, i understand it completely and won’t deny that there’s something there, but a combination of being annoyed by fans bashing other relationships the two have had for little reason other than “its not timkon” and acting like everything else is lesser in comparison, being annoyed by some fans acting like they don’t exist outside of each other, being annoyed by fans shoving them into certain forced roles or mischaracterizing them, and the overwhelming amount of it everywhere i look when i just want to see kon or YJ content in general plus some thoughts on them as characters separately and together makes me just. not care for it, like, at all.

i won’t lie and say a big reason isn’t the fanbase (not all fans! but god, some of them) but i just want to see something different for them in the comics too. explore kon’s friendship with others and treat it as just as real as his friendship with tim. etc., because some writers and a lot of fans will treat their relationships with cassie or bart and others as less than by default even if that isn’t true. that isn’t to say i don’t love their friendship, and i know how insanely important they are to each other; i wouldn’t say otherwise. i’m just a bit burnt out by seeing it everywhere i turn and trust me it DOES slip past my tag filter

also when people cry timkon over the smallest interaction its always wild to witness. i remember when DC:YJ was still coming out and people were like sobbing and and pointing at kon making a slightly shocked face when tim mentioned his boyfriend or something. like… guys. could it be he just… idk. has never seen bernard before?

#ask game #cryhounds

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makiruz · 1 year

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I posted 15,723 times in 2022

1,397 posts created (9%)

14,326 posts reblogged (91%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

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I tagged 15,021 of my posts in 2022

Only 4% of my posts had no tags

#moon knight - 970 posts

#rwby - 965 posts

#au - 935 posts

#the owl house - 810 posts

#star wars - 760 posts

#rants - 736 posts

#my post - 512 posts

#danny phantom - 430 posts

#miraculous ladybug - 428 posts

#tumblr - 427 posts

Longest Tag: 139 characters

#i have great parents but i don't often pay attention to my own body so i don't always realize i'm feeling bad because i'm cold/hungry/tired

My Top Posts in 2022:

I have been informed that in the comics Jake Lockley is not the most murder-happy alter, that’s Marc (who apparently once beat a dolphin to death and tried to eat it?????!!!!)

But people stereotype him as such because...?????? He’s a cab driver, maybe?????

224 notes - Posted June 6, 2022

By the way I'm not supporting the invasion, don't be ridiculous; this war shouldn't have happened. My position is that you need to listen to other sources, including RT because you know its biases so you can read between the lines; once you do you realize it's not a matter of the evil Slavs invading an innocent nation.

First off Ukraine and Russia were part of the same nation until about 30 years ago; second Ukraine is made up of actually different nations and diverse groups of people, and some of them are Russian; third the Ukraine government discriminated against those Russian people, I mean come on it's not even a secret!; fourth NATO is involved, how the fuck do people forget NATO when Biden is just giving weapons to Ukraine to extend the war; fifth, yeah NATO and more specifically the USA wants to extend this war at the expense of Europe and specially the Ukrainian people; sixth the Russian people are people, they're about as accountable to the actions of their government as the Ukrainians are of the existence of the Azov Battalion and Zelensky's bs, and the dead ones have nothing to do with anything so all this Russiophobia is ridiculous; seventh, can we stop acting like it's normal to ban a language because it's country it's at war? If that were the norm English should be banned in the whole world; eighth, wait no, I think that's it, in short: it takes two to tango, and USA wants Europeans to freeze to death for the sake of owning Putin

382 notes - Posted November 30, 2022

In all honesty I’m a bit sad for the people liking Ms Marvel uncritically, specially the ones being like “why won’t more people love this?”; because the show is very problematic.

I appreciate Disney finally giving the Muslim community something solid, but does it have to be like this?

Does it have to include colorism? Does it have to have a multiple Indian actors portraying Pakistani characters? Does it have to insert magic/sci fi bullshit to what was a normal human tragedy in the comics*? Does it have to make Kamala’s powers and origin all about her ethnicity even though that wasn’t the case in the comics? Does it have to change the powers to something completely different? Does it have to make the first Muslim hero of the MCU a genie? Does it have to include a group that had absolutely nothing to do with Kamala in comics just because they’re Djinn? Also, does it have to include said characters in name only? Does it have to change Kamala’s family in Pakistan from a normal working class family to rich? Does it have to make the relationship between Kamala’s mother and grandmother strained when that wasn’t in the comics? Does it have to erase the theme of internalized racism and wanting to become white and blonde to fit in into USA society?

Does it have to be like this? Does it have to be completely unrecognizable in a way that flattens the comic’s themes but also hyperfocuses on Kamala’s ethnicity?

457 notes - Posted July 11, 2022

Here’s a newer, better picture of my cat for Friday the 13th

661 notes - Posted May 13, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

The professional opinion of an actual mental health professional on the so called “fakers” is that:

You cannot tell for sure if someone is faking it or not with a 30s TikTok video

People who probably don’t have DID, probably believe they do because they have some other kind of mental illness and need help not mockery

People who actually fake DID are coming from a place of pain and making fun of them is not helpful

Focusing on “fakers” does not help people with actual mental illness and in fact only promotes the stigma

In short, shut the fuck up and promote correct information without undermining strangers online

2,223 notes - Posted September 20, 2022

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#tumblr2022 #year in review #my 2022 tumblr year in review #your tumblr year in review #Tumblr #not quite happy some of my post popular post are controversial #but it's the nature of Tumblr I guess #happy my cat made it though

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