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uweiy · 1 year
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🌈Them gay shows 🌈
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Finally did it guys! BL Drama recommendations flowchart catered to me. Me only. ME people who might have the same taste as me. Enjoy
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ash-and-starlight · 7 months
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and i’ll do anything you say (if you say it with your hands) chapter 10
“You came looking for me,” Sokka says. Zuko’s already soft eyes melt further.
“Of course I came looking for you,” he says. Like it’s obvious. Like it doesn’t knock the earth off its axis.
For a second, Sokka forgets about the pain, past and present. All he feels is a treacherous bubble of hope – inside his chest, under his skin, stuck in his throat.
or read it from the beginning if you haven’t
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lottieurl · 6 months
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tell me in the tags what's the best book you read this year
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elysiumaze · 9 months
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Mieko Kawakami in, Heaven.
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kulapti · 8 months
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Aug 2023, bookbinding of The Silent Isle Imbowers by Tharkuun.
I’m sooo so so pleased to finally share this! I have been actively working on this for many months and waited until Tharkuun received her copy before posting so the final result would be a surprise.
-----------About this bookbinding under the cut
This binding has been one of the more elaborate pieces I have attempted so far. This has been my first binding where I (1) made three copies of a piece at once, (2) used a modified a historical illustration, (3) collaborated directly with another artist on the decorative elements, (4) finished matching art for the cover and title page, and (5) layered paint and heat-transfer vinyl for the covers. These are also (6) the first non-tiny books I have made with this style of hinge and cover attachment.
Pretty much immediately after I first read this story I felt I had to make myself a copy of this. I had a strong mental image of a vintage-looking cover for a fairy tale, with a deceptively simple design of flowers on the cover, probably with fancy metallic accents, the kind of thing you’d find in an interesting used bookstore with no summary, no text on the back, no dust jacket, just the flowers and maybe a title. I’m going to make a separate post about making this cover design a reality because oh man has it been a journey lol! I designed and drew the digital art for the cover (digital because of the cut and application method), as well as the corresponding title page illustration (pencil and dip pen, scanned, title added digitally).
When I asked Tharkuun about it she was excited to suggest I get in touch with quillingwords, who generously agreed to collaborate with me! Among her talents quilling writes calligraphy, and hand wrote both the book title and chapter headers for me to incorporate into my plans. Check OUT those chapter headers! So fancy! A font could never!! Quilling has also been very encouraging and let me yell about this project in dms for months so the final result could be a surprise for Tharkuun. Thank u so much quillingwords, your calligraphy adds invaluable amounts of swag to this project.
I was going to do some kinda neat font for the chapter headers, but quilling’s work is too cool for that and I decided to use a modified piece of a historical illustration instead. The illustration also happens to be cool as heck: I was browsing the Artstor database (an academic quality resource available for free via Jstor, my beloved) and found E. N. Neureuther's 1836 gorgeous etching for etching of the fairy tale Briar Rose, an illustration made for a printing of a Brothers Grimm recorded German fairy tale with Sleeping Beauty elements. Much to my delight this illustration not only matches the general look I wanted but is actually relevant to the story, itself a Sleeping Beauty spinoff.
Slightly less stylistically consistent are the endpapers, which are prints of two different paintings by Arnold Böcklin: Isle of the Dead (1883) in the front and Isle of Life (1888). The first painting had occurred to me as an excellent visual to go with the story, and Tharkuun and I discussed this and agreed that pairing it with the related later, more optimistic piece was too thematically appropriate to resist.
I had fun and learned a lot making these books and I am very pleased with the result!!
Materials: Archival bookboard, cardstock, cotton cheesecloth mull, archival PVA glue, linen thread coated in beeswax, paper cord, red cotton embroidery floss. Blue cotton backed with archival paper, acrylic paint, machine cut black and gold heat-transfer vinyl. Laser printed text and illustrations. Metallic scrapbooking paper.
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gentlebeard · 2 months
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If I could hold you for a minute, Darling, I’d go through it again
For @edsbacktattoo & @stedesearring 💕 Show: Our Flag Means Death - Season 1 & 2 Music: Francesca by Hozier YouTube
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shanathegeekyartist · 3 months
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When i first read this amazing fic on ao3 “over the treshold” by @fushiglow i immediately knew i wanted to at least draw this scene and one other scene that i will do later on
I hold this fic dear to my heart now and can’t wait to read the next chapters. Fushiglow, i hope you like my interpretation of this scene.
Went for greyscale in this cause I feel it fits the vibe well.
Here is briefly what the fic is about if you are interested in modern AU slowburn satosugu fics
“larger than life K-pop idol, Satoru, approaches introverted record producer, Getō Suguru, to collaborate on his debut Japanese-language studio album. They both get more out of the experience than expected — for better and for worse.”
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fanaticsnail · 1 month
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Snail’s Fic Rec List
Masterlist Here
Hi everyone! I haven't done one of these before, but I thought I should! I love these fics, and find myself revisiting them often because I adore them. 
I add to them as I go
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One-Shots:
Roronoa Zoro
Black Tea, With Honey by @bby-deerling.
Themes: mutual pining, a final push to engage, first kisses, soft Zoro
Did I Miss It? by @writingmysanity.
Themes: birthday, drinking, fluffy, soft Zoro
Not A Chance by @willowbelle.
Themes: NSFW, jealousy, flirting, possessive!Zoro x afab!reader. 
Guilded by @eelnoise.
Themes: NSFW, drinking, smug!Zoro x afab!reader
Blackleg Sanji
Parted Lips by @turtletaubwrites.
Themes: eating disorder, soft Sanji, understanding Sanji, sweet domesticity. 
Confidence by @gingernut1314.
Themes: NSFW, age gap (older reader), confident!afab!reader, small angst, alcohol use
Koby
Safehouse by @discordantwritings.
Themes: NSFW, subordinate!afab!reader x captain!Koby, unrequited love - requited love, one bed trope. 
Dracule Mihawk 
Fixing What Ifs by @sordidmusings.
Themes: old friends, friends to lovers, soft Mihawk, kissing, flashbacks. 
A Dark and Stormy Night by @thus-spoke-lo.
Themes: suggestive, flirty Mihawk, rain, gothic castle 
The Hat Stays On by @sordidmusings.
Themes: NSFW, desperate!Mihawk x afab!reader, pure smut 
Let Go and Grip Me Tighter by @sordidmusings.
Themes: NSFW, Mihawk’s strength, sub!afab!reader, Dom!Mihawk
Buggy
Switching up Roles: part 1 & part 2 by @sordidmusings.
Themes: NSFW, sub!Buggy x Dom!afab!reader, relief, comfort 
Donquixote Rosinante
The Things That Go Unheard by @indydonuts.
Themes: white day, Valentine's Day, mutual pining, date day
Masochism Tango by @cinnbar-bun.
Benn Beckman 
Themes: NSFW, afab!reader, the love of corazon, intensity.
More Than Enough by @standfucker
Themes: NSFW, soft-dom!Corazon x afab!reader, established relationship
Two Days by @jintaka-hane.
Themes: existing relationship, longing, kissing, flashbacks, suggestive themes, pretty. 
Unspoken Affections by @icy-spicy.
Themes: idiots in love, refusing to label it, mutual pining. 
Together by @cinnbar-bun.
Themes: dad!Beckman x mom!reader, they're parents to the Red-Hair crew, pure fluff, pining, longing. 
Distractions by @discordantwritings.
Themes: NSFW, mutual pining, flirting, kissing, afab!reader
Give (in) & Take (me) by @sordidmusings.
Series: 
Themes: NSFW, flirting, drinking, pining, longing, Dom!Beckman X brat!afab!reader 
Multiples x reader:
Rotation by @standfucker
Themes: NSFW afab!reader, Eustass Kid, Massacre Soldier Killer, Heat, Wire, drug use, acts of revenge, slaughter, brutality, flirtatious dialogue
Songbird by @gingernut1314.
Themes: buggy x f!reader, enemies to lovers, strawhat!reader, singer!reader, NSFW.
The Heartless Giant by @cinnbar-bun.
Themes: Sir Crocodile x gn!reader, prisoner!crocodile x royal!reader, villain!crocodile, storyteller au
The Luck Child by @gingernut1314.
Themes: Buggy x f!reader, storyteller au, fairytale au, buggy is lucky, fantasy themes.
We’ve All Got Needs by @turtletaubwrites.
Themes: Zoro x afab!reader x Sanji x Robin, NSFW, strawhat!afab!reader.
Pain Management by @thus-spoke-lo
Themes: doctor!Law x afab!reader, medical impairment, semi-malpractice, NSFW
Masterlist Recommendations
Bby-deerling 
WillowBelle
DiscordantWritings
EelNoise
Gingernut1314 
Thus-spoke-lo 
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princington · 1 year
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Beatrice’s restraint is sharp yet precarious, like a blade balanced on its point.
“Are you attempting to influence my decision?” Beatrice asks, after a long beat, when she is again capable of asking.
Ava tilts her head. “If you were so easily influenced, there are a great number of things I would’ve done many years ago to convince you,” she asserts. “But you’re so devastatingly principled.”
It does, in this moment, feel devastating.
favourable conditions ch4 by @sunsafewriting
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cuips-not-cute · 5 months
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my two cowboy steve pieces for @toburnup's beautiful @steddiebang brokeback mountain au, searching for the elephant. a must-read for artful prose and the most earnest gay cowboys to ever exist🤎🤎
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Tim Drake-Centric Fic Recs
Your Honor, he’s just a little guy. My client can’t be charged with murder! He was just being silly!
16 november 1581 by DairyFarmer (gen), 8k, Protective!Bruce, Angst Bruce blacked out. He wasn’t sure what happened after those words left Jack’s mouth. All he knew was that the next thing he remembered was being pulled off of Jack Drake by several police officers. ---- Tim goes missing and there were times that Bruce wished he wasn’t such a good detective.
The Lone Ranger Never Had to Deal with Bruce Wayne by theskeptileptic (gen), 25k, Tim Joins the Batfamily Early Tim is an independent, clever, and super mature eleven-year-old. Unfortunately, his dopey neighbor, Bruce, can’t seem to understand that. When he decides to disappear on a “solo camping trip” and run away to Canada, he figures it’s the perfect plan that will make everybody happy. He didn’t expect the Waynes would tag along with him and ruin everything.
Inside the pocket of your ripped jeans by Lilac_hyacinth (Tim Drake/Bernard Dowd), 6k, Hurt/Comfort That was a blatant lie. Dana had seen a handful of Tim’s landscape shots a few weeks ago. Jack might’ve spotted the ones she’d pinned to the fridge. Bruce saw plenty, if crime scene photos counted. But Tim’s favorites? His civilian-friendly favorites, the ones behind him? This was the first time anyone beside himself had seen them. And Jack wasn’t there. Or Tim's alone at another school event, Bernard helps.
Cryp-Tim by PrinceJakeFireCake (Tim Drake/Kon-El), 6k, Fluffy, Cryptid Tim The cons of dating Tim Drake were innumerous. For one, he was almost impossible to photograph, and so none of Kon’s friends at school actually believed he existed. His family was scary, horrifying really, and all of them seemed to find joy in making Tim regret ever being born. And Tim had charmed Ma and Pa Kent so thoroughly, they had ditched their shovel talk to instead coo at him and offer him pie and compliment him for fixing their tractor, so Kon was at a disadvantage when it came to intimidating someone with his family. Kon and Tim date. It goes pretty well, all things considered.
A Worthy Father by Crowlows19 (gen), 3k, Fluff and Angst Jack Drake forces his son to give up being Robin. He could never have predicted the consequences of parenting a Robin-less Tim Drake. He may never sleep again and Bruce Wayne certainly has no sympathy for him.
all you wanna do by jcp_sob_rjl_lmep (gen), 1k, Fluff, Video Game Sexualization Tim. Timothy. You are a superhero, sweetheart.” “And now I can be one in a video game.” When the character screen loaded, the room was silent for several seconds as both found themselves disgusted with the options. “Do they not realize that women have organs.” Bruce frowned. “And while I personally don’t have breasts, I’m aware enough to know that they don’t look like that all of the time.”
it's a beautiful day by MashpotatoeQueen (Tim Drake/Kon-El), 2k, Tooth-Rotting Fluff Tim and Kon are getting married, Bruce is an utter sap, and there is a father-son dance.
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mooncello · 6 months
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my favorite marauders fics are those that imagine these messy gay wizards raising harry. like...james and reg as harry's parents. yes. barty babysitting harry and having no fucking clue how to entertain a five year old. yes. remus affectionally sharing with harry his extensive vinyl collection. hell yes. sirius taking an angsty harry to get his first piercing (and, later, provide teenage harry's first joint - hand-rolled obv). yessss.
throw out everything effing jkr created in canon and remake it better, gayer, happier. these wizards don't die tragic deaths. they live.
i'd read seven books of that.
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ecstarry · 3 months
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@jegulus-microfic | february 7: star | word count: 453
Regulus’ heart quickened as he read once more the note that James had given him. The parchment contained only time and place with his initials scribbled at the end and a heart attached to them. 
He was nervous, he always was with James. They hadn’t been dating for long, but Regulus was unable to contain his longing every time James slipped through his mind. 
He glanced at his reflection in the mirror, hoping he looked presentable enough for whatever surprise James had planned. Regulus dabbed a drop of James’ favorite cologne onto his fingertips before pressing them against the warmth of his neck, a familiar ritual he started when he witnessed the effect it had on the Gryffindor. 
Regulus’ steps faltered as he arrived at their meeting spot. He lingered at the door before allowing his body to walk towards the room. Their room. 
“James, are you-“
Regulus stood in silent awe, his lips parted but not a sound was made. He yielded at the sight of James patiently waiting for him as he took everything in. There were hand painted stars on the wall next to their bookshelf. They had started to fill it long before they even shared their first kiss, the wood was now decorated with lights softly glowing around the room. And there, by the couch, sat a record player, surrounded by his favorite albums.
James kept his attentive gaze on him as he wandered around their familiar room. Still unable to believe what his boyfriend had done, he cautiously started walking towards him. “What is this?” His voice barely more than a whisper. 
“It was your birthday, and I didn’t know.”
Regulus felt the warmth of a blush creeping up his neck as he confessed, "We weren't dating yet." He closed his eyes as James’ hands delicately held his face between them. “I already wanted you then, love.” Regulus instinctively reached for the other’s boy shirt as he basked on the sound of James’ voice. 
“I want you, too,” was all that his body allowed him to respond. The words felt simplistic in comparison to the deity that James Potter was to him. 
Regulus felt the gentle touch of James' hand as it left his face, its absence replaced by the warmth of James's palm against his waist. “I want you to look at me.” He always spoke softly to him, and Regulus obeyed any of his commands. He started back at James, knowing he will never feel as warm as he does between his arms. 
“I love you.” 
“I love you, too.”
There, within the sanctuary of their shared room, where every corner held memories and promises, they wove a new pledge between kisses—a promise of forever.
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elysiumaze · 7 months
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I don’t miss it, because I have my childhood more now than when it was happening...
Clarice Lispector in, Near to the Wild Heart.
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dysphoresque · 1 month
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“You mean I have a home to go to, as long as I don't go there?”
— James Baldwin, Giovanni's Room
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vinelark · 1 month
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hello hi, i had never read anything for timkon before ever in my life until i stumbled across art for bbts that intrigued me and then i promptly read the whole thing in a night (and ruined my sleep schedule). you are a genius and your writing is masterful. take your time with the next update because i know a story like this takes a lot of effort and dedication and it will most certainly be worth a wait <3 but meanwhile, i wanted to ask if you have any timkon fic recs since i am now incredibly invested in these two (when/if you have a spare moment :)
hello! absolutely love to hear this, welcome to timkon 😌🙏
i do have some timkon recs!! here’s a previous list of some of my favs, and i’ll also add a few recent reads on top of that:
🗞️ The Plan by Hayleythewriter
in which conner kent fake-dates superboy, and ends up real-dating tim in the process. like all of @hearteyeshayley’s fics, the plot is snappy and fun with the best kind of mad genius weirdo tim characterization. the timkon dynamic is sweet and hilarious, and i especially love kon’s relationship with the kents here (there’s a line of dialogue from jon that made me laugh out loud at 3am). alsoooo the restaurant scene is, to me, peak timkon. go forth and enjoy the good food here.
💸 call me cute and feed me sugar by suzukiblu (wip)
last month an anon with very good taste recommended another one of this author’s fics to me, and in the process of looking for it i ended up reading this first and it is a delight. in superboy’s early-ish days, tim notices that kon doesn’t have a real support system yet/is still dependent on cadmus for room and board, and tim sets out to fix that in the most convoluted tim way possible. premise is hilarious and so is the fic, and it’s also sweet and emotional and has enough subtle angst to keep me on the hook too. fav line so far: “Tim thinks taking care of someone for the entire rest of their life is perfectly romantic, actually, but fine, he'll buy some damn aquarium tickets and then do the bank fraud.”
🧟 Young Justice: A Little Help From My Friends by Hayleythewriter (wip)
this one is weighted more evenly on the tim & kon & cassie & bart ensemble, and it’s incredibly fun so far. it’s a retake on young justice’s rocky road toward being a functional team—and, more importantly, friends—with some very compelling slow-burn timkon in which kon does not like robin at first (for some understandable reasons from his pov) and tim’s dreams of having instant superhero bffs like nightwing are crashing and burning around him. there are some tim pangs scattered throughout that are 🤌 very much to my taste 🤌 and i adore how messy and real all four characters are in this. (the emoji choice will make sense after reading, i swear.)
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