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nixtape-foryou · 3 months

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✿ SHOP MAGNOLIAS

The magnolia blooms symbolize youth, innocence, and joy. During the Victorian times, the magnolia flowers often symbolized dignity, nobility, poise, and pride. The strength of its bloom is also symbolic of self-respect and self-esteem.

Bouquets = Series | Stems = Oneshots | Seeds = Drabbles | In Shipment = Ongoing

BOUQUETS

Who You Are, Who I Am by hanibalistic (52.0k) || Another Dimension AU || When you find yourself waking up to a good-looking man who claims to be your husband, there isn’t much for you to do aside from assuming you got stuck in a drama, you know?

STEMS

Leave the Door Open by formidxble ★★★ (12.3k) || Mature, Sugar Daddy AU || Months after ghosting your sugar daddy, lee know, he gives you a call. you answer.

Between the Lines by maatryoshkaa ★★ (9.7k) || High School AU, Slight Enemies to Lovers || In which a frantic search for an overdue library book leads to you finding other things that are…long overdue.

7 Days by yyxgin (3.7k) || College AU, Best Friends to Lovers || You confess your love to your best friend for a whole week before he finally takes it seriously.

Pick Your Poison by linorachas (14.5k) || Mature, Celebrity AU || The last thing you want is to be at this gala. Minho convinces you to stay.

Business Proposals by chanluster (10.9k) || Mature, CEO/Secretary AU || Clashing heads with your annoyingly attractive boss was your everyday activity, but when a new, beautiful client comes in for the day you find yourself getting jealous.

The Enemies to Lovers Project by softukiyos (18.0k) || Enemies to Lovers || Taking part in Jisung's psychology project was supposed to be simple - date your worst enemy, Lee Minho, for one month and see if the two of you start falling head over heels for each other, though, things start to get much more complicated.

Youngblood by changbeanie ☆ (17.4k) || College AU, Best Friends to Lovers || Lee Minho crashes at your apartment four out of seven days in a week, but you’re the crashing for him.

1-800-Be-Mine by binniesthighs ★ (7.1K) || AI AU || Thank you for calling 1-800-Be-Mine! We appreciate your service. How can we help you today? Just so you know, we are currently holding a Valentines Day sale: all purchases will be 15-20% off depending on the package you choose.

Not So Bad by luvknow (13.7k) || College AU, Best Friends to Roommates to Lovers | Falling for your best friend isn’t the most ideal situation, but it’s not as bad as you think

In Another Lifetime by luvknow ☆ (18.9k) || Iron Man AU, Co-Workers to Lovers || You and your boss were inseparable. no one could understand how you could work ungodly hours for such an inexperienced ceo. but your job was to stick by Mr. Lee for as long as you were getting paid, and that meant being his date to charity balls and helping him turn into the country’s best superhero

Your Heart & Your Headache, Too by missinghan ☆ (9.6k) || Stray God AU, Comedy || A self-proclaimed god shows up at your door in the middle of the night for a place to stay. you let him and hope the unconventional encounter doesn’t become a regular thing. of course, it becomes a regular thing

Weight of Worth by abiaswreck ☆ (13.0k) || Mature, Vampire AU, Part of Monarchs Collection || You were hired as a live-in servant for one of the town’s founding leaders Lee Minho. The job fairly simple so you were told. Only being fed from on occasion till your family’s debt was paid.

Destiny’s Design by h0neydewmoon (16.4k) || Royal AU, Arranged Marriage to Lovers || “Names are meaningless in this world,” his words seemed filled with spite despite the quiet tone he spoke with, as though if someone heard him mutter them something horrid may occur, “all that matters is whether you can be used as a chess piece for politics.”

Human Condition by mxxndreams (6.7k) || Superhuman AU, Classmates to Lovers || When Minho decided to use his powers as part of his plan with Jeongin, he never expected to get caught by you. However, instead of turning him in, you decide to offer him your help, stating you also want change. Still, one cannot be too careful and Minho isn't sure if he can trust you or if he'll ever be a normal human while his powers are slowly taking over every aspect of his life.

Invisible Thread by astraystayyh (20.0k) ★ || College AU, Rivals to Lovers || Your studies were your lifeline for as long as you can remember. What happens when Minho comes into your life and rips it away from you?

Conflict, Conceal, Confess by fizzydrink698 || College AU, Rivals to Lovers || “Why don’t we call a truce?” Minho blinked, caught off-guard. “Truce?”

IN SHIPMENT

Consort by fizzydrink698 || Mature, Historical AU, Slight Enemies to Lovers, Arranged Marriage to Lovers || “Nervous?” Minho asks, casually, as if completely unaware of what the two of you needed to do. You bit your tongue, and held your head high. “No,” you lied.

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stayinlimbo · 2 months

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Limbo's Fic Recs

this list is a collection of my all time faves. please message me if you want your fic taken down or if a link does not work.

disclaimers: (1) some works are nsfw so minors dni. (2) i will be providing limbo thoughts after the recommendations but they are by no means meant to characterize anyone else's experience. (3) i am not modifying the warnings/descriptions the authors put themselves.

last updated ⇢ 4.5.24 | * ⇢ limbo thoughts | newest fics in blue

bang chan

Pieces of you | fluff, angst, singledad!chris, mutual pining, neigbors!au. (wc: 8.7k) @astraystayyh

* ⇢ omfg sahar is one of the best writers i've ever come across in my entire life. i beg of anyone who comes across this rec list to please check out her masterlist.*

No Contact | angst with a happy ending, amnesia, memory loss, grief, pining, yearning, hurt/comfort. (wc: 7.6k) @dreaming-medium

* ⇢ i'm crying. you made me cry. this fic was so heart-wrenchingly beautiful . all the emotions and what-ifs and longing and love and just everything blended so seamlessly together.*

the innocence is gone | smut, virgin!chan, experienced!reader. (wc: 15k) @/straykeedz

* ⇢ jail. right now. this fic had no right to be so good. we love to see healthy communication and preparation and just overall an amazing relationship*

dimple | fluff, humor, hurt/comfort, college!au, fuckboy!chris, boys being boys, kissing, implied sex. (wc: 2.8k) @/forlix

* ⇢ huh?! HUH HUHUHUHUHUHUHHUHH??????????????????? i'm supposed to be normal after reading this. i'm supposed to act as a functional human being?????? impossible. anyway, this was so cute and funny and like the tiniest bit sad but like so cute and funny. i love chan's growth and how his friends' are just happy for him (as they should be, real ones fs)*

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queenmaker | ninth member au, angst, fluff, coming of age, social media, cancel culture, anxiety, depression, forbidden love. (ongoing) @kangaracha

* ⇢ i had never read a 9th member au before but wowowowowow i love this one so so much*

lee minho

youngblood | college!au, best friends to lovers!au, angst, fluff. (wc: 17.4k) @changbeanie

* ⇢ this may have been the first lee know fic i read (or at least one of the longer ones). this fic is just amazing. slow burns are my weakness.*

your heart & your headache, too. | stray god au, fluff, humor, angst, action. (wc: 9.6k) @missinghan

* ⇢ another one of my introductions to stayblr and wow. this fic is still one of the best i have ever read. the characters are so funny, relatable (at least mc is for me), and there is a deeper message that just amazes me every time i read it. check out their masterlist.*

Invisible thread - 1, 2 | fluff, angst, academic rivals to lovers, slow burn. (wc: 37k total) @/astraystayyh

* ⇢ sahar, when i catch you sahar. banger right here. i love this so so so much. i'm limiting myself to one fic of hers per member or else i'd be putting everything she's ever written here. oops, what's this? you should check it out: masterlist*

cold as ice | figureskater!minho, fluff, first love, suggestive smut. (wc: 11.7k) @linospuddin

* ⇢ this fic is my roman empire. if you're ever going to choose something from this list, this better be one of the top contenders. oh no, i dropped this masterlist*

We're just friends.. right? | alcohol, truth or dare (barely), they are just stupid, and drunk, confessing, making out, just fluffy, the tiniest bit suggestive at the end. (wc: 4.9k) @/linospuddin

* ⇢ why am i here....just to suffer....from all the yes just friends broooooooooooooooo the confession was chef's kiss omggggggggg pudding i love you and none of this is making sense but i love this fic and i love you*

piece by piece | college au, mutual pining, fluff, angst. (wc: 6.2k) @godslino

* ⇢ take my nonexistent money please. this work is so cute and funny and sweet and i just love it so much. yet another case of i can't include everything or else all of ina's works would be here. this masterlist over here is looking pretty temping rn*

2:45am | established relationship, fluff, dad!minho. (wc: 2.5k) @/godslino

* ⇢ ignore what i said above, i have to include this one omggggggggggggg i'm dying*

the enemies to lovers project | enemies to lovers, college au, slight angst, fluff. (wc: 18k+) @softukiyos

* ⇢ one of the first fics i ever read for skz. i feel it deserves to be shared, the development is so good*

I'm my mother's daughter | fluff, angst, smut. (wc: 29k) @jisungparker

* ⇢ highly suggest reading the warnings before continuing with this goddamn masterpiece. omg this fic is so good and amazing and just so original*

7 days | fluff, best friends to lovers au, college au. (wc: 3.7k) @yyxgin

* ⇢ so much fluff. it's so cute, i love friends to lovers so much*

a marriage story - pt.1, pt.2 | fake marriage au, angst, fluff, suggestive. (wc: ~10.6k total) @scxrlettwxtches

* ⇢ another case of friend to lovers i've caught. i love how there is a sequel that expands upon their relationship*

thirteen percent | established relationship, fluff. (wc: 1.2k) @withleeknow

* ⇢ this drabble is so cute and funny. i'm breaking the self-imposed rules, i have to add multiple of her works onto this list. check out the masterlist pleaseeeeeeee*

my moon and stars | established relationship, (tooth-rotting) fluff. (wc: 1.1k) @/withleeknow

* ⇢ i need tissues stat!!! this was so cute and they're in love and now i'm so happy. i didn't mention this in the previous entry, but jen is literally one of the main reasons i started writing so please check the rest of her works out*

not so bad | friend-to-lovers, roommates, college au. (wc: 13.7k) @luvknow

* ⇢ i did not realize the amount of college friends-to-lovers i've read, but i love this one. it is very much worth the read and every time i reread, i feel a little happier*

bunny - one, two | strangers to lovers, neighbors!au, smut, fluff, angst. (wc: 12.7k total) @tasteleeknow

* ⇢ *ahem* ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh read it read it read it. another case of i just have to include one fic or else i'd be putting their entire masterlist. oh, oops looks like i just did*

living in the ruins | best friends to lovers, soft!minho, angst, fluff, jealousy, emotional hurt/comfort, smut with feelings, in a tent. (wc: 2k) @/tasteleeknow

* ⇢ i like how i just decided to abandon my nonsensical rule. anyway...sobbing, tears are streaming down my face, banging my fists on the table. they're in love :(((((((*

everything for your golden touch | established relationship, smut. (wc: 2.1k) @tasteracha

* ⇢ look, this fic really speaks for itself. you should just go read it. maybe you'll discover something new about yourself (or maybe confirm something you already knew). let me just leave this masterlist here*

ikigai | angst, smut, fluff, husband!minho. (wc: 12.1k) @straykeedz

* ⇢ this fic tackles a difficult subject very well. i do recommend reading the warnings just in case this is triggering. with that being said, omgomgomgomgomg i loved this work so much. i don't want to give anything away so that is all i will say :)))*

rodeo | cyberpunk, smut, angst, peers to something. (wc: 18,249) @sailorrlino

* ⇢ i love a great action and world-building story. this fic was so amazing and the gradual build of minho's acceptance of how he feels was beautifully done*

What's Mine is Yours | idol au, soulmates, angst, fluff, slow burn, strangers to lovers. (wc: 14.3k+) @mintquokka

* ⇢ oh i loved this fic so much you don't even know. I had never read one like this before so it was so interesting, cute, angsty, original, and just a perfect blend of everything. the ending was so cute it made me want to throw myself onto the floor*

What the cat dragged in | smut, angst, strangers-to-lovers (kinda), 5+1. (wc: 13.5k) @moni-logues

* ⇢ PLEASE i read the fic and it's amazing with great build-up but i also read where the author got inspiration from and "bad sex" was not something i was expecting lmao. that being said, i'm fighting the demons rn and banging my fists on the table because of how much i loved the sexual-tension, frustration, and genuine care between the two*

heavenly | smut, some fluff. (wc: 1.7k) @mingirn

* ⇢ give it back. come on, hand it over. you know that i need my heart to function and my brain is fried (in a good way) after reading this*

trust a feeling that stays | angst, smut, fluff at the end. (wc: 2k) @/mingirn

* ⇢ FUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK MY HEART OH MY FUCKING GOD. i cannot recommend this fic enough omg i kid not i was on the verge of tears*

02. sharing a bed series ; skz ; lee know | sexual content. friends2lovers, sharing a bed trope. (wc: 3.1k) @skzdarlings

* ⇢ i'm going to be real here and say that i thought i put this fic on here already. sorry, that was my bad because OMFG this fic was so cute, and angsty and funny and hot af. i feel like the author really got the characterization of minho down too*

untitled | fluff. (wc: 292) @nonranghaes

* ⇢ take all of my money. please, i'm not above begging. this drabble was soooooooooooooo cute omg*

Handle With Care | smut (with feelings), fluff, angst. (wc: 2.5k) @beesspacedotorg

* ⇢ wpfajwpfj'aojf'aoqnwfiabw;ifua;oiwhd;oANDLknaWIhdAKSBf hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm hmmmmmmmmmmm i feel completely, utterly sane and normal. not at all a changed person after reading this, no definitely not*

labyrinth | best friends to lovers, college au, slow burn, angst, fluff, a story on second loves. (wc: 20k) @/soobnny

* ⇢ i thought i already had this fic on here. mb again soz :(. anyway, god i think second loves are a new weakness for me. actually, let me say it with my chest: i know they are and this fic confirmed it. heartbreak sucks, but the relationship (friendship and romantic) between mc and minho was just so good like what do i even say. i love love*

kiss me | established relationship. just fluff and a lot of making out. minho is needy. (wc: 1.4k) @/soobnny

* ⇢ alexa, play literally any song to help me process the absolute adorableness i just read omgggggggggggggggg*

Vivid | fake marriage au, enemies/strangers to lovers, fantasy au, slow burn, lots of angst with an adequate amount fluff, heavy themes of death and suicide, graphic descriptions of injury, blood, and violence, sparse use of vulgar language. (wc: 62.7k) @chaninfused

* ⇢ HOLY. FUCKING. SHIT. i had to make sure i typed the word count correctly because omfg author you are a beast. one of the best, well-thought out fics i have ever read, hands down. criminally underrated so please give this fic some more love. i've read some of the author's other works too and they never miss wtf how can someone be so good at the fantasy and royal genre????*

series

one last dance | smau, crack, angst, fluff, non!idol au, major character death, friends to lovers, soul mates, first love, roommates. (wc: 37k+) (sc: 271) @feelbokkie

* ⇢ sobbing, i loved this couple and their friends so much. queen of angst for a reason (don't mess with seungmin's wife)*

hello stranger | smut, angst, fluff, soulmate!au, enemies to lovers, jealousy, pining, unrequited love. (wc: 45k ongoing) @/tasteleeknow

* ⇢ i love this series holy.... the character developments are amazing and i'm so excited for the next chapter*

counterpunch | friends to lovers, boxer!minho, hurt/comfort, angst, fluff, eventual smut. (wc: 6.1k ongoing) @/godslino

* ⇢ i'm screechinggggg. this series only has one chapter so far but there is so so so much potential here. minho is characterized in the most human way possible and i love it*

Force Quit // Episode III: Spider | dystopian, cyberpunk, mutually-pining fuck buddies, smut, angst. (wc: 23.5k) @eoieopda

* ⇢ "limbo, why is this in the series category?" that is because it is part of an amazing series that has outstanding and immersive world building. i just wanted to highlight this specific episode because omfg this is one of the best pieces of writing i have ever had the pleasure of reading. you should definitely read the two episodes before this one to get the bigger picture*

wishful thinking | friends to lovers, idiots to lovers, friends with benefits au, college au, fluff, angst, smut. (wc: 21.6k ongoing) @/withleeknow

* ⇢ i'm crying, i love this series so much but i am also so, so scared for the angst to come. that being said, you should 100% read this series*

who you are, who i am - pt.1, pt.2, pt.3 | fluff, angst, (semi) slow burn, arranged marriage au, strangers to lovers, 4th wall break. (wc: 52k+ total) @hanibalistic

* ⇢ i found it!!!!! omg finally, after searching far and wide, i have found what i had lost!!!! this series is so so so interesting and original and omg i'm so happy i can reread it again*

blue side of the sky | exes to lovers, bestfriends to lovers au, fluff, angst, smut. (completed) @hyunfilms

* ⇢ i think this series is amazing. i don't want to say too much because of spoilers but i really do love the way it ended*

sea may rise, sky may fall | pirate au!, minsung x reader, smut, angst. (ongoing with weekly updates) @skzms

* ⇢ read the series' warnings before reading! frothing at the mouth, i always look forwards to friday's because of this series. the world building is insane and the relationship between minho and reader is sososososososososo good. screaming, crying, throwing up omg why why why why why why why i mean i undestand why but why*

seo changbin

how to tame a prince | dragon prince!changbin, fantasy/royal au, enemies-to-lovers. (wc: 11.6k) @/luvknow

* ⇢ grinning from ear to ear because of this fic. i don't read changbin fics as often as i should (i need to read more). the world-building is so cool too*

Burning in the winter wind | romcom vibes, (fake) enemies to lovers, fluff. (wc: 4.4k) @/astraystayyh

* ⇢ spare me please. i beg of you. i keep getting hit with arrows to my heart*

hwang hyunjin

summer strike | strangers to lovers, found family, comfort fic, heavily inspired by the kdrama. (wc: 23k) @soobnny

* ⇢ i feel so warm inside, so why are tears leaking out of my eyes. this fic is so so so so good, please give it a read*

The snow falls, we fall apart | roommates to lovers, angst, hurt/comfort, slow burn, longing. (wc: 13k) @/astraystayyh

* ⇢ don't look at me right now please i haven't even been able to give my full review on this masterpiece yet i'm sorry*

ace | college!au, sports!au, fake enemies to friends to lovers, fluff, humor, hurt/comfort, slice of life, mutual pining, slow burn. (wc: 15.2k) @forlix

* ⇢ haikyuu inspired, uh don't mind if i do. seriously though, banger after banger after banger. i still haven't had time to give a review on this one either i'm sorryyyyy.*

half-dead romance | fluff, friends to lovers au, romance. (wc: 10.2k) @/hanibalistic

* ⇢ awkljakjrfnkanfjane ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. hmm this fic might've made me feel something but yk it's anyone's guess*

wherever you are | childhood best friends to lovers, slowburn, pining, fluff, angst, suggestive. (wc: 12.9k) @hyunverse

* ⇢ oooooooohhhhhh the angst is angsting but it's so cute why am i feeling so muchhhhhhhhhh. i, once again, apologize for the lack of review, for i have not had time. im sorry :((((((*

off-limits | best friends brother trope, one room trope, angst, fluff. (wc: 15.4k) @/hwangism143

* ⇢ via, pookie, if you ever feel insecure about your writing again, slide into my dms, my asks, reply to a comment, do literally anything and i will make you understand how good of a writer you are. i was hooked onto every word PLEASE I LOVED IT SO MUCH*

series

all for nothing | strangers to lovers, grad school au, fluff, angst, smut. (completed) @/hyunfilms

* ⇢ mmm, this series is so nice. i had a really good time reading it. the sweetness felt extra sweet*

han jisung

Volcano | enemies to lovers, slow burn, fluff, angst. (wc: 13.2k) @/astraystayyh

* ⇢ sahar you can't escape my praise. this is such a great rendition of han jisung. i loved each of the characters' developments and their natural progression in their relationship. enemies to lovers (in my opinion) is such a hard trope to get right and she nailed it*

parallel lines | best friends au, unrequited love au, angst. (wc: 1.3k) @/withleeknow

* ⇢ this is such, how do i even say it? realistic? it's not like coming of age but it feels like it in just over one-thousand words. fun fact: the first thing i ever posted on my tumblr was a reblog of this work*

We Have Each Other | one bed trope, fluff, university au, acquaintances to friends to lovers. (wc: 5k) @skzonthebrain

* ⇢ excuse me for just one moment: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH AWFAEFGWFLAAKUWBJHFBAHWOIAO. okay i'm back :). this fic was great and had me giggle while kicking my feet*

In Bloom | childhood friends au, angst, fluff, songwriter!jisung, florist!reader. (wc: 13.2k) @/godslino

* ⇢ i've said it before and i'll say it again: ina has it out for me i swear. my heart can't take it (yes it can) and idk what to do (reread again and again). they're in love but mc's reactions are so understandable and it hurts but it's cute and all the feelings :((((((((. another masterpiece written by ina <3*

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young god | serial killer!au. (wc: 87.5k total) @maatryoshkaa

* ⇢ read the warnings for each chapter!!!! this series is amazing but covers dark topics that may be triggering. there is a series trailer (video) but be cautious since there is some disturbing imagery. everything is so well put together and cohesive*

Let's Fall in Love, IRL | smau, crack, angst, fluff, non!idol au, pen pals to lovers, friend of a friend to lovers. (wc: 24k+) (sc: 324) @/feelbokkie

* ⇢ first bokkie series i was able to read from when it first released to completion. each upload had me hanging on the edge of my seat. i love this series, the couple is so cute*

sea may rise, sky may fall | pirate au!, minsung x reader, smut, angst. (ongoing with weekly updates) @/skzms

* ⇢ so what i put this series in both members' fic recs. sue me, it's just that good. limbo thoughts are in minho's series list*

lee felix

felix navidad | strangers (to friends) to lovers, Christmas Evel!au, fluff, angst. (wc: 16.4k) @candlewaxandp0lar0ids

* ⇢ i feel so happy every time i read this. it's so perfect and cute. the touch on the heavier topics is also handled very well*

everything has changed (besides myself) | babysitter!au, girldad!lix, toothrotting fluff, angst, exes to lovers, hurt/comfort, happy ending, non-linear storyline. (wc: 5.4k) @/forlix

* ⇢ my heart whyyyyyyyyyy. permanent tears have built up into my eyes because of this fic*

kim seungmin

eighteen | best friends to lovers, college au, slow burn, angst, fluff. (wc: 19.8k) @/soobnny

* ⇢ one of the first seungmin fics i read, i love it so much. i feel like this is a classic on this side of stayblr*

(Don't) Like You a Latte | Cafe AU with a hint of a college AU, fluff. (wc: 8.3k) @getcooler

* ⇢ i have this tumblr's user memorized because i lost this fic once and could not find it again for months. never again. it's so adorable and the banter is great.*

In my dreams | (Fake) enemies to lovers, angst, hurt/comfort, slow burn. (wc: ~4.5k) @/astraystayyh

* ⇢ i'm not crying, you are. i love this work so much omg. i'm fighting air from the cuteness*

how he would take care of you during shark week | established relationship, fluff; menstruation pain, he's a softie. (wc: 599) @/withleeknow

* ⇢ :((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( me rn but like in a cute way. this was so cute and ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i just loved it*

dim lights (work nights) | workplace romance, fluff, teensy angst. (wc: 1.2k) @hwangism143

* ⇢ i need more lore on seungmin, via you can't keep me hanging like this wdym????? okay with that out of the way, VIA THIS WAS SO SCRUMPTIOUS like wtf (lovingly)*

yang jeongin

blue dream | smut, explicit sexual content, fluff. (wc: 6.1k) @charmercharm3r

* ⇢ this fic...i think about it every once in a while...maybe a little more often than i should*

24 to 25 - one, two | fluff, angst, childhood friends to lovers, christmas. (wc: 47.7k total) @awooghan

* ⇢ im smiling as i'm writing this because i just reread this two-shot. it's soooooooooo cute omg "stay for christmas" :((((((*

series

Sorry, I Love You | smau, crack, angst, fluff, non!idol au, friends to lovers, unrequited love, will they, won’t they dynamic, abusive relationship, alcohol abuse/alcoholism, emotional/psychological abuse. (ongoing) @/feelbokkie

* ⇢ this one, ah, this one is a little too good at what it does. read the warnings just in case they are triggering because i have felt immense rage at a specific character (this is meant to be a complement, bokkie is such an amazing writer)*

ot8

skz + the habits you share | fluff, humor, borderline crack, established relationship(s). (wc: 3.7k) @/forlix

* ⇢ this work is so adorable and made me laugh, i love it so much. forlix really nailed each personality*

stray kids as colours | @sulfurcosmos

* ⇢ this one is not like any of the others since it is not a reader-insert but please just try it. you can tell the author put so much thought into their choices and the colors encapsulate them perfectly*

April Fools Texts With SKZ ! | crack, established relationship(s). @taetr4ck

* ⇢ i read this in the car when i was going back to uni and it was so hard to not laugh out loud. i think the people i was with thought i was going insane*

There was this boy | mentions of bullying, injury, blood, brief mention of health (skin) issues, brief allusion to sex. (wc: 13.2k) @/hanibalistic

* ⇢ i cried. i cried, okay? i am not ashamed and will never be ashamed. in fact, i am proud i cried to this fic. it deserves my tears, all the emotions i felt while i read this masterpiece. i'm not using this word lightly. i mean it, i really do*

series

no nut november | smut. (completed) @sluttywonwoo, @gimmeurtmi

* ⇢ I-, well-, yk-, it's just as the title says. this series is so good*

Winter falls | (ongoing 6/8) @/astraystayyh, @/forlix

* ⇢ read the individual warnings for each fic as they are all conceptually very different. i am now realizing that i included like basically all the fics in this series within the individual member rec, but oh well. the more places the merrier*

#limbo's fic recs #fic recs #faves #bang chan x reader #lee minho x reader #seo changbin x reader #hwang hyunjin x reader #han jisung x reader #lee felix x reader #kim seungmin x reader #yang jeongin x reader #stray kids x reader

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Album Review: Various Artists - Bear’s Sonic Journals: Sing Out!

When two-thirds of the Grateful Dead, Country Joe McDonald, Rosalee Sorrles and Kate Wolf got together to raise funds at the Seva Sing Out for Sight benefit at Berkeley Community Theater, organizer and emcee Wavy Gravy termed the April 25, 1981, benefit a “mini-Woodstock.”

And he reprised his famous stage announcement from 12 years earlier, declaring: “What we have in mind is a fine set of eyes for 300,000.”

In the interim, the musicians provided the audiences’ ears with fine sets of music as captured by Owsley “Bear” Stanley and just released as Bear’s Sonic Journals: Sing Out!, volume 10 of the ongoing series which seeks to find and preserve these reels and release what’s releasable. On that note, it should be mentioned Odetta also performed on this evening, but Stanley’s foundation was unable to secure permission to release her music.

As would be expected for a Bay Area gig in ’81, the Dead members closed the show, beginning with an surprise, 20-minute performance from the Rhythm Devils - aka Grateful drummers Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart - who reprised their nightly drum duet on a scaled-down set of kits. Posterity is lucky to have it; however, drum showcases by definition have limited appeal.

The pair, joined by bassist John Kahn, stuck around to accompany Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir for their acoustic set, which mirrored Dead’s 1980 15th-anniversary celebration with unplugged songs like “Dark Hollow,” “Monkey and the Engineer,” “Oh, Babe it Ain’t No Lie,” “On the Road Again” and others.

“We started out kinda like this,” Weir says after the opening “Deep Elem Blues. “We wanted to be the Rocky and Bullwinkle of rock ‘n’ roll.”

The entire nine-song performance is splendid, and particularly interesting for the slow - but acoustic - rendering of “Friend of the Devil” and the evening-closing “Oh Boy!”

Preceding the Rhythm Devils, Wolf alludes to the occasion with stunning renditions of “20/20 Vision” and “Eyes of a Painter,” among other songs, during a six-song set that finds Gravy joining in for a wobbly rendition of the Youngblood’s “Get Together.” While the sound of this and every other performance is flawless, the producers left in a bit of tape degradation in the middle of Wolf’s set to sonically illustrate the importance of tracking down and restoring the Bear’s countless recordings.

With Mitch Greenhill providing a second guitar, Sorrels performs a lovely folk set during which she professes her love for San Francisco on the original “12 Adler Place” and nods to her genre’s roots on “If You Love Me” and “The Loving of the Game,” a number whose resonance remains so clear, David Bromberg and Michael Cleveland have each cut it in recent years.

Opening the evening, McDonald tied together the hopefulness of the Woodstock generation and the ominous dawn of the Reagan era by reprising “The Fuck Cheer,” retrofitting “Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-to-Die Rag” with references to Iran and Afghanistan, remembering his friend Joplin on “Janis” and looking toward a potentially dystopian future on “Picks & Lasers.” But perhaps more illuminating are “Slide Trombone Blues,” which McDonald plays on the titular instrument and his instrumental rendering of “Oh! Susanna” on acoustic guitar; for they show another side of the quirky folkie.

It’s no substitute for being there. But much like the Woodstock movie and albums, Sing Out! helps those who couldn’t be there get some idea how wonderful Wavy Gravy’s mini-Woodstock of ’81 must’ve been.

Grade card: Various Artists - Bear’s Sonic Journals: Sing Out! - A-

3/20/24

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ggukkieland · 3 years

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📚BTS Fic Reads - 2021 January Pt 2

*Fics are not mine. Credits go to all the writers. Please show them love by reblogging and/or commenting on their work 🥰.

Note: if link doesn’t work, click on author and go to their masterlist

🥕Ongoing - most recent chapter [as of date this list was posted] 🥕Completed - completed one shots | series 🌹 S - smut | F - fluff | A - angst 🌷 with reaction/commentary (if reading reactions help)

PART 1 (most of the fics were part of my Dec reads but I opted to post my favorite holiday-themed fics instead to match the 🎄☃️❄️🎄mood)

🥕[Ongoing Series]

Bad Influence Collection @noteguk - JJK | 16.1k (so far) | Bad Boy AU, Good Girl AU, Enemies to Lovers, FWB AU | S, slight A, slight F ~ [2/?] + [2 Drabbles]

Bad Influence 🌷

Bad Behavior

Drabbles [2/?]

Before You @ephemeralkookie - JJK | 21k (so far) | Tattooed!JK, Friends to Lovers, Parents AU | F, S, A

Original Story 🌷

Other stories in the Before You Universe

Countermelody @bonvoyagenoona - MYG | 54.8k | Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Producer AU, Music AU | F, S, A ~ [3/5]

Dissonance

Tuning

Syncopation

Don’t Hold Your Breath @ilikemesometaetaes - JJK | 32.3k | CEO!reader, Rockstar AU, Exes AU | A, S, F ~ [6/10]

Driving Me Wild @koorara - JJK | 13.2k | followed roommate demon Jungkook to hell, Demon AU, Soulmate AU, Roommate AU | F ~ [3/? + 1/? Drabble] (this is really cute 🥰)

01 02 03 🌷

Halloween Special

In the Middle @taetemae - JJK x Reader x MYG | 7.6k | Love Triangle AU, Unrequited Love AU | A, S [1/3]

Little Mouse @jjungkookislife - JJK | 19k | Established Relationship, College AU, Frat Boy AU, College AU | F, S, slight A ~ [8/?]

01 02 03 04 05 06 07

Christmas Special

Valentine’s Day

Maybe I Do @jiminssthetic - KTH | 96k | CEO AU, Arranged Marriage AU, Strangers to Lovers | A, F, S ~ [6/11]

My Tears Ricochet Drabble Series @augustbutwinter - KTH | 1.9k | Ghost AU, Roommate AU | F, A ~ [2/12]

Pearls & Poinsettias @chillingkoo - JHS | 12k | CEO AU, Escort AU, Christmas AU | S, F ~ [2/3]

01 02

Still reading ongoing series from previous reading lists, whenever there is an update 😊

🥕[Completed Fics/Series]

Namjoon

Asmodeus @jingabitch - one shot | 3.6k | Demon AU, Witch!Reader - While trying to summon a demon, you have an encounter with Namjoon | S (I love this! spooky yet 🔥) 🌷

Friction @bangtanbetchfics - series | 27.5k | Rivals, Enemies to Lovers, CEO AU, feat matchmaker assistants VMIN | S, F ~ [4/4]

01 02 03 04

Seokjin

Aubade @junghelioseok - one shot | 9.9k | One Night Stand AU, Snowed In | S 🌷

Mea Culpa @jinned - one shot | 16.9k | Warlock AU, demon realm | S, F, A

That Famous Happy Ending @jinpanman - drabble | 2.3k | Royalty AU, Enchanted AU, Seokjin as Prince Edward | F

Uptown Girl @moononthejoon - one shot | 16.4k | part of the Playlist series, Bodyguard AU, Royalty AU, Enemies to Lovers | F, S

Yoongi

a love that endures @cinnaminsvga - one shot | 14.4k | High School Reunion AU, Exes to Lovers | F, minor A

Eargasm @lavishedinjimin - one shot | 9.5k | Phone Sex AU, Sex Hotline AU | S 🌷 (a re-read; imagine yoongi’s honey voice 🥵💦)

Untitled @bxebxee - drabble | 1.8k | exes(?), “Yoongi has gone through twenty-seven phone numbers over the last ten years” | A, S (this is good, can’t believe it’s only 1.8k felt like a lot happened) 🌷

Hoseok

A Court of Curses @readyplayerhobi - one shot | Vampire Prince x Witch!Reader, Arranged Marriage AU | S, A, F 🌷

Sometimes I Don’t Like Being Last On Your List @honeytae - one shot | 3.2k | Established Relationship, Slice of Life, arguments | A, F

The Compromise @chim-chimmie - one shot | 12.8k | Enemies to Lovers, kind of Fuckboy AU | A, S, F

Jimin

Could Have Been You @ressjeon - drabble | 832 | bickering exes | A but in a cute way? 😁 (author considering turning it into one shot so here’s my vote 💕)

For Whom the Bell Tolls @softyoongiionly - one shot | 8k | Fantasy AU, Mythology AU, Demi-god AU | A, F, S 🌷

Remedy for Mondays @dovechim - series | 41.9k | Co-worker AU, Fake Pregnancy AU (lol), Fake Dating AU, fake baby daddy 😅 | F, A, S (actually a re-read because I miss HR Namjoon 🥰)

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Try Me @jjkxla - series | 11k | Gang AU, Neighbor AU | A, S ~ [4/4] (I read this on AO3 but it’s also on tumblr 🥰)

Prologue 01 02 03

Taehyung

Boy With Luv by ephemeralkookie - one shot | 11.6k | Idol AU, established relationship, healing/comfort fic, Slice of Life | F, S

Get You The Moon @bymoonchild - one shot | 19.6k | Enemies to Lovers, College AU, Football AU, Jock!Taehyung, Student Reporter!OC | A, F, S 🌷 (a re-read🥰)

Kismesis @sincerelyourfangirl - one shot | 7.1k | Enemies to Lovers, Fake Dating for free cakes, Holiday AU | F 🌷

Tease @caiuscassiuss - one shot | 13k | Brother’s Bestfriend AU, Enemies to Lovers | S, F

Jungkook

The Accountant @avveh - one shot | 3.4k | Idol AU, hired to relieve his stress 😉 | S, PWP

After Hours @zibermuda - one shot | 4k | CEO AU, Assistant!OC | S, F 🌷

Anpanman 🌷 @honeymoonjin - one shot | 6.6k | part of the love yourself collab, Bestfriends AU, Fake Dating to get cheaper therapy lol 😅 | S, F, A 🌷

A Scum’s Wish @bobagukk - one shot | 4.3k | based on the anime of same title, FWB AU, Rebound(?) AU, Unrequited AU (they’re in love with other people) | A, slight S

Beast by ephemeralkookie - one shot | 4.1k | established relationship, jealous Kook | S, A, F

Begin Again @jinings - one shot | 10.4k | Single Dad AU, Blended!AU (like the movie), Vacation AU, teacher!reader | F, S, A 🌷

Canceled by zibermuda - one shot (but writer said there’ll be pt2?) | 6.4k | Blogger AU | S 🌷

The Dark Prince @jkeuphoriadreamland - series | 44.1k | Curse AU, Royalty AU, Yandere themes | A, S ~ [8/8] (😥 poor prince Koo)

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Daydreams @voidswan - drabble | 1.3k | Jungkook has dreams about a woman he had never ever seen in his life | S 🌷

Deep Six @bratkook - two shot | 40.3k | (rival) Gang AU, infidelity/forbidden love, action | A, S, F ~ [2/2] 🌷

01 02

Delete Voicemail? feat Taehyung @evangelene - one shot | 5k | Exes AU, Established Relationship, it’s just 😭 | 🌷

Fierce & Delicate + Felicity @mintseesaw - two shot | 22.4k Established Relationship, Husband AU, her parents don’t approve | A, F, S ~ [2/2] 🌷

Heated @whatifyoulivelikethat- one shot | 5.8k | Bestfriends AU, dom-sub conversation that led to more 😉 | S, A 🌷

Is Your Refrigerator Running? @joheun-saram - one shot | 4.2k | Fratboy AU, College AU, prank calls | F, humor 🌷

It Takes Two @suqakoo - one shot | 21.1k | Soulmate AU, CEO AU, fashion designer!reader, Spring AU | A, F, S 🌷 (actually a re-read, author accidentally deleted her fics) ⭐one of my ultimate favorites⭐

A Little Sand Never Hurt Anyone @mimikookie - one shot | 12.5k | bestfriends to lovers, friends celebrating 10 years of friendship | S, F (read this on AO3 before 🤔)

Love You, Crazy @vinterjeon - one shot | 3.1k | established relationship, LDR | F, S

The Masked Stranger @nottojay - one shot | 2.9k | Friends to Lovers, One Night Stand (sort of), Masquerade AU | S, F 🌷

Night Apple is Poison Apple @helvonasche - series | 30.5k | OC came back to town, childhood acquaintances turned FWB AU | S, A, F ~ [10/10]

Strings Attached by ephemeralkookie - one shot | 4.4k | Idol AU, Friends to Lovers, FWB AU | S, F

Sorry + I’m Not Sorry by bxebee - drabbles | 4k | ex-classmates, ex-bully!JK, prosecutor!reader, Reunion AU | S, A, F 🌷

A Touch of Fate by yoonia - one shot | 9.2k | follow up to We Are All Dreamers, soulmate AU, ex-E2L, Neighbors AU, Established Relationship | F, S 🌷

You Are Mine @deathbyyoongi - one shot | 8.2k | College AU, sort of Enemies to Lovers, popular!JK, jealous Koo | S, A 🌷

Youngblood by jinned - one shot | 14.6k | Enemies to Lovers, Journalist!OC, Rockstar AU | S 🌷 (had to read it again, I just noticed the new banner 🥰)

Multi

love triangles, here we go 💔💔💔

🌹 Namjoon x Reader x Yoongi

Egotistic @pasteljeon - one shot | 4.4k | Childhood Friends AU, College AU, FWB AU | S, A, F

Threads @yoonia - one shot | 7.2k | Slice of Life, One-sided Love AU, Infidelity AU | S, A, F

🌹 Yoongi x Reader x Jungkook

Heartbeat @xbaepsae - two-shot | 24.9k | Musician AU, Unrequited Love AU, Friends to Lovers, Love Triangle AU | A, S, F ~ [2/2] (💔 my heart)

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🥕 posted: 2021 Jan 28 🥕 link to other reading lists 🌹 I love to read so feel free to recommend a fic =)

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coolbeansbuddyofmine · 3 years

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My Writing!

Here’s a complete list and collection of all the writing I will be doing (there’s tons more planned yay!~

Please check ao3 for actual tags and rating!

Vincenzo

(Ongoing)

Sherlock AU “this type of love isn’t rational, it’s physical (all reason aside, i just can’t deny i love the guy)” -

a study in pink

the blind banker

the great game

a scandal in belgravia

the hounds of baskerville

the reichenbach falls

the empty hearse

the sign of three

his last vow

the abominable bride

the six thatchers

the lying detective

the final problem (TBP)

PWP - (completed) - 11th circle of hell

moments together when we fell in love - love is like a rain shower (completed)

moments together when we fell in love - cuddles and chocolates and candles (completed)

moments together when we fell in love - in every universe, i’m yours (completed)

moments together when we fell in love - let love rain on you like a downpour (completed)

moments together when we fell in love - while you were sleeping (completed)

what if? part one: sometimes it’s not the easy choice (completed)

what if? part two: sometimes it’s not the easy choice (completed) - PWP

moments together when we fell in love - a little sickness goes a long way (completed)

Hogwarts AU “the spell you got on me, it’s like magic (got me feeling like falling in love)” -

the prologue

year one: the magic is in the air

year two: the most bewitching thing

year three: spellbound

year four: you’re enchanting (a little magical)

year five (TBP)

year six (TBP)

year seven (TBP)

spooky treats only fic (TBP)

(Completed)

my heart has always been locked (turns out you’re the key)

chapter one: the preparation

chapter two: the ride (day before beach)

chapter three: the beach (and confessions)

so it’s gonna be forever or it’s gonna go down in flames (Mr. and Mrs. Smith AU)

bending till you break (PWP)

made my decision my decision to test my limits (something about you makes me feel like a dangerous woman)

One Night - Chapter Two: the hero’s journey

fatherhood is a multi-step journey

switchin’ the positions for you (PWP)

how do we fall in love? (baby let’s fall in love) (Rom Com / Text!Fic AU)

cassano’s eleven-

chapter one: of mirrored N’s and swallowed letters

chapter two: wise men say only fools rush in (but i can’t help falling in love with you)

letter(s) of love - 1st POV and Smut (Post-Canon)

of showers and sensibilities - PWP

warm cups of tea

camping

ramyeon

drunken announcements

adventures in the kitchen (a meta fictive encounter)

a cold winter’s morning

i’ll kiss it better

but a few moments

cuddles make it better

yet another slice(s) of life

make me your ithaca - PWP, Mr. Cho Reader-Insert

like i’m the only girl in the world (PWP)

Nevertheless

(Completed)

your heart was glass, i dropped it (champagne problems) - Bitna Character Study

i give, and i give, and i give and you take (youngblood) - Gyuhyun Character Study

always make the same mistakes ('cause i'm bad at love) - Bitna x Gyuhyun post-canon

Inception (Arthur x Ariadne)

(Completed)

we fell in love slowly and then all at once

(Ongoing)

Inception Reverse Bang Fic

Inception Trick or Treat

Harry Potter Marauders Era

Lily x James (Jily)

(Completed)

bringing you to the edge - PWP

Draco x Astoria (Drastoria)

(Ongoing)

spooky treats only

Marvel Cinematic Universe

Carol Danvers x Yon-Rogg (Yonvers)

(Completed)

if only you were mine and i was yours (maybe things would be different)

Darcy Lewis x Loki (Tasertricks)

(Ongoing)

Taser or Treat Halloween 2021 Fic Exchange

Hometown Cha Cha Cha

(Ongoing)

when i look into your eyes (i see the sun, moon, and stars)

chapter one: is it a calamity (or a hidden desire)?

chapter two: marriage is a tango filled with watchers

chapter three: domesticity comes naturally (how fake is this?)

chapter four: (TBP)

chapter five: (TBP)

chapter six: (TBP)

(Completed)

am i the reason you smile or cry? - bittersweet ending, ghost! dusik

The Mummy Series

(Complete)

in the darkest edges of my dreams, you’re the light

Lovers of the Red Sky

(Ongoing)

spooky treats only - Haram x Cheongi

Brooklyn Nine Nine (B99)

(Ongoing)

spooky treats only - Peraltiago

The Addams Family & Addams Family Values (1991 & 1993)

(Ongoing)

spooky treats only - Wednesday x Joel

Once Upon A Time

(Ongoing)

spooky treats only - Peter x Wendy

Flufftober 2021 - Multifandom (500 word drabbles)

(Ongoing)

pressed flowers against the parchment: Dried bouquet of wildflowers - Finnick x Annie (The Hunger Games) and so, at midnight, it becomes a pumpkin again: Pumpkin - Scorlily (Harry Potter) adventures in arts and crafts: “Is it supposed to look like that?” - Jily (Harry Potter) dancing in the moonlight: Lantern - Adrienette (Miraculous Ladybug) blurred lines between us (are we something more?): Inside joke - Benvi (Never Have I Ever) let's get lost in whole new worlds: Getting lost in a good book - Jo & Teddy (Little Women) let the rain touch your skin like a kiss: Rainy day spent inside - Austria x Hungary (Hetalia) what's in a name? that which we call a rose: Rose - Peter x Wendy (Once Upon A Time) reliving the inner childhood: Pile of leaves - Sam x Bucky (Marvel Cinematic Universe) Costumes - Manwol x Chansung (Hotel del Luna) Lost in a corn maze - Benslie (Parks and Rec) Orange - Ryan x Deokmi (Her Private Life) “Are you cold?” - Rang x Yuri (Tale of the Nine-Tailed) Camping - Bughead (Riverdale) Messy hair - Percabeth (Percy Jackson Universe) Knit red scarf - Ariathur (Inception) Café - Moonyoung x Gangtae (It's Okay to Not Be Okay) Bonfire - Peraltiago (Brooklyn Nine Nine) “Always” - Sherlolly (Sherlock) Silence - Yonvers (Marvel Cinematic Universe) In the forest - Newtina (Harry Potter) Hand holding - Haru x Danoh (Extraordinary You) Cinnamon - Bonghee x Jiwook (Suspicious Partner) Apple pie and vanilla icecream - Marisol x Mikey (Mr. Iglesias) Tricks - Tasertricks (Marvel Cinematic Universe) Treats - Taewoon x Eunho (School 2017) “I trust you” - Thomesa (The Maze Runner) Forehead kiss - Evie x Rick (The Mummy) Ghosts - Chayenzo (Vincenzo) Apple cider - Minjoon x Hari (Mad Dog) Scared - Kyouya x Erika (Wolf Girl and Black Prince)

This list will be updated periodically as I post more and more fics.

#my writing #my fics #vincenzo fics #nevertheless fics #inception fics #jily fics #harry potter fics #mcu fics #yonvers fics #hometown cha cha cha fics #the mummy 1999 fic

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meowdarame · 2 years

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5SOS management pls don’t sue me lolz

5 SECONDS OF HAIKYUU!! (100 Followers Event)

i want to start by saying thank you to anyone who has supported my works! i am so grateful for the love i have received and i thoroughly enjoy reading the tags on y’alls reblogs (y’all are TOO MUCH but i love it hehe), and i cannot WAIT for y’all to see the other goodies i have in store!

fun fact: prior to writing for anime, i used to write fan fiction for 5 Seconds of Summer, or 5SOS for short-- which we will not address because my writing at 13 was straight asscheeks! however, i thought it’d be fun to revisit my roots and combine my first love with my current love. thus, 5 Seconds of Haikyuu!! was created!

this will be a series of one-shots based on their songs. the works will range from smut, angst, fluff, and maybe even a mixture of all three! this will be an ongoing series until i finish all of the works i want to write!

rules: i WILL be taking requests for works, i.e. if you want me to write for a specific character, a specific song, or a specific character in the context of a specific song, send me an ask! (please read my rules before submitting an ask.) these may take a while because I am approaching finals szn (cries and dies), but i promise i will get to it!

all works will be tagged 🎲.5SOH and the links will also be included in the masterlist below!

Are you ready? Listen now!

DISCOGRAPHY

5 Seconds of Summer (Self-Titled)

▶ beside you ft iwaizumi hajime

▶ heartbreak girl ft nishinoya yuu

▶ voodoo doll ft suna rintarou

▶ disconnected ft sugawara koushi

Sounds Good Feels Good

▶ she’s kinda hot ft miya atsumu

▶ jet black heart ft tendou satori

Youngblood

▶ lie to me ft kuroo tetsurou

▶ better man ft miya osamu

▶ ghost of you ft sakusa kiyoomi

CALM

▶ best years ft akaashi keiji

▶ high ft oikawa tooru

Somewhere New EP

▶ unpredictable ft bokuto koutarou

#🎲.writes #🎲.5SOH #haikyuu!!#haikyuu!! fic #5sos

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thecomicsnexus · 4 years

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YOUNGBLOOD #3-4 AUGUST 1992 - FEBRUARY 1993 BY ROB LIEFELD, DANNY MIKI, BRIAN MURRAY, DIGITAL CHAMELEON, STEVE OLIFF, OLYOPTICS AND PITT BY DALE KEOWN, BRIAN HOTTON AND JOE CHIODO.

Imagine the Avengers fighting against Darkseid. Now distort all the bodies. And now add Cable to it. Also add The Hand. Maybe you should just read those original stories instead.

SCORE: 4

At this point I have to wonder how legal this was.

When the TMNT came out, they were a panache. A parody of a mix of things (mostly X-Men or anything 2000AD with Daredevil). As a parody with enough unique concepts and characters, it was fine.

This just look like Rob Liefeld couldn’t play with Marvel and DC anymore, so he created his own versions of those characters. It was something that with repetition got worse. First it was just the characters. Then the way they use their weapons, then names... like Crash Tunnels instead of BOOM tunnels. And D’khay instead of Apokolips. Or Darkthorne instead of Darkseid. Disciples instead of parademons, THERE IS EVEN A BOOTLEG DESAAD!

While StormWatch and WildCATs may look like knock-offs at a glance... you have original concepts and characters that are unique enough. There is almost nothing original here. And it looks horrible. It looks so awful, that it distracts you from the story (not all the time though... Liefeld is not very consistent).

These guys are bragging about the reader being able to witness the beginning of a universe... and they come out with a knock-off version of the Avengers?

I also didn’t like the “New age of heroes” DC pulled off after Metal for the same reasons (but the stories had a certain quality to them at least!).

There is one silver lining to issue 4... This is apparently Pitt’s first appearance (or chronological first appearance... I am not entirely sure how the calendar year worked for these guys). It’s a back-up story and the art is much better (Dale Keown).

Now I am reading an issue with “final battle” written on the cover. But I have to read issue 4 of “Brigade”... a mini-series. I peeked at issue 5 and it continues from the last panel of this one... but I think that is a battle for another day. I still have to read Brigade anyway.

I know Liefeld meant well. But this is not fine. When Kirby did the Fourth World books, he wasn’t a good writer, but he had a wild imagination, he filled the pages with new characters and concepts, and in the end, all of it was based on the things he lived through (like his war experience). Liefeld is pretty much basing everything on his comic-book reading experience, and I think this is why the book feels so “limited”.

If you are going to copy others... copy from A LOT of sources, so that your creation looks special enough, otherwise people will default to the originals.

And it also seems like Youngblood was some kind of flagship book, with many characters debuting in its pages (as back-ups mostly). This is annoying. The book tries too hard to form a universe without new ideas (and I feel it brings down the other books by doing this). If you look at the best-sellers of 1993, Image comics is up there with Darker Image, Deathblow, Deathmate, Spawn, StormWatch, Maxx... the ongoing YoungBlood didn’t make the top 300... so I am not sure the book was doing so well (oddly enough, other related books were doing much better, like Youngblood spin-offs).

I will read Brigade... and see what all the fuzz was about...

I know Liefeld is a great guy, nothing personal.

#image comics #comics #review #1992 #1993 #modern age #indie #youngblood #rob liefeld

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youtwitinmyface · 1 year

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YOUNGBLOOD #77

Written by Rob Liefeld (with “script assistance” by Manolis Vamvounis) Drawn by Jon Malin Published by Image Comics New writers take over this relaunch (but unfortunately the same artist is still here), and pretty much everything John J. McLaughlin did and was setting up in the previous 6 issues is forgotten.

Badrock has recovered, something about his body regenerating, and somehow he’s said to still be 17 years old. No mention is made of Jeff Terrel, the original Shaft, who quit the team because he felt responsible for Badrock’s previous condition. Does he know Badrock has recovered? Does that make him reconsider rejoining Youngblood again? We don’t know. This issue begins with us being introduced to Chapel’s son, a grown US Secret Service agent, referred to as Agent Chapel, but I’ll just call him Chapel Jr. From his internal monologue we learn that he never met his father, but he’s well aware of his history and reputation and he’s disgusted by everything he knows about him and said that he only uses his name in order to redeem it. But as he’s clocking out of the White House for the day he gets a phone call and when he hears the mysterious voice on the phone he becomes possessed and heads for Youngblood HQ. At Youngblood HQ we see Cougar taking Troll and Knightsber (both described as Youngblood reservists) to where the rest of the team is training. Badrock, Shaft, Lady Photon, Die Hard and Vogue are working through some maneuvers against robots, and apparently, the respect that Shaft gained from the team in #74 is gone as team members are calling him “Not Shaft” again. But Troll sneaks off and goes to a restricted area in the HQ, attacking a security guard who tried to stop him. It's unclear if Troll is also possessed, or perhaps operating out of some kind of long-term blackmail, but he resumes his original blue-skinned hairy form and arrives in an area of the HQ where they keep secrets, including the preserved corpse of Chapel (when did he die? As we last saw him in Prophet/Chapel: Super Soliders, he was still alive?). Through some supernatural shenanigans, he’s joined by Chapel Jr. and they resurrect Chapel as his demonic form, Lord Chapel, who then attacks and takes out most of the Youngblood team.

Even more so than before, this issue is aimed squarely at existing Youngblood fans, the ones who were reading the title way back in the 1990’s and know the history of Chapel’s transformation into a demon, otherwise you’d be lost and would have know idea what's going on. That being said, I think most of the original fans would be satisfied with this story, even with Malin’s crappy artwork.

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MONDO FUNNYBOOKS; HITLER, BREXIT THE COMIC ,WEIRD INDIAN GAY PORN AND SADDAM HUSSEIN ON AN OSTRICH!

There was a time where comic creators worked to cause up a stink. Keith Giffen shot a comic (We're still after one, please, Dave or anyone else who worked for Blackball.) Kevin Maguire made ALL of Steve Rogers embossed. Spawn shipped 2 issues out of order. Lobo punched God in the face. Kyle Rayner became a Green Lantern. Barry Windsor Smith said some of the early Image Comics were a bit rubbish while promoting his new book 'Storyteller'. Youngblood: Year One would feature fully painted art by Rob Liefeld, akin to just released hit 'Marvels', featuring painted art by Alex Ross. Tom DeFalco famously declared his new ongoing from Marvel, 'Sleepwalker', would be 'Sandman' done right.

Copies of Sleepwalker are usually found in cheap bins across the Western hemisphere so feel free to judge for yourself how successful he was with that.

But for our money, nobody stirred up trouble like Gregarious Grant Morrison. His interview alongside Mark Millar with Comics World to promote their upcoming mini-series 'Skrull Kill Krew' remains one of the funniest moments of 'What a load of old bollocks this is!' vindictiveness since John Buscema told everyone in his art class to swipe since 'this stuff ain't going in the Lourve, pal.' Some of the less informed American hype rags attempted to suggest that SKK was the natural sequel to Zenith since it would see Morrison reunite with his partner in crime: Steve Yeowell.

Which either means they didn't know, or thought it wiser not to mention a strip that ran in Crisis circa 1990 called 'New Adventures Of Hitler'.

We'll come back to Crisis in more depth because it's probably the answer to the question a lot of the UK retailers are asking at the moment: How do we get people reading comics again. Crisis or something like it would be a good attempt, featuring a ton of original strips in a format that didn't suggest it ought to be stocked amongst a bunch of plastic bags full of toys and a magazine. Crisis also featured two of our favourite stories: 'Dare' which finished off from the sadly cancelled Revolver (Again, more another time.) as created by Grant and Rian Hughes and 'Trip To Tulum'. Which oddly was the only way to find the English translation of the collaboration by Milo Manara and Federico Fellini for quite a long time. God knows how they even got that in the first place.

NAH featured in issues 46-49 and surprised a few newsagents opening their delivery at 5am across the UK when confronted with 'Mr Hitler's Holiday', featuring your man from The Third on a bike against a dirty lurid purple cover. NAH concerned itself with Adolf taking a trip to Liverpool from 1912-1913 and learning a few tricks about fascism from the English while reality warps itself silly around the wee lad. Morrisey shows up singing 'Heaven Knows i'm Miserable Now'. A bunch of randoms begin chanting 'Hitler Has Only Got One Ball' on a bus he's on leaving the future Fuhrer mystified and mortified.

'NAH' originally ran in something called 'Cut' magazine but one of the editors, also someone from a band called 'Hue & Cry' having a strop so either 'Cut' itself stopped or at least stopped running the story. In any event, it migrated over to Crisis. It's rather excellent and while we don't know who owns the rights to it, it's one of those things that really ought to be in print.

Speaking of which......

Those more in the know will have to explain it to us, because the common answer is 'Because Grant and Mark aren't friends anymore.' and we're not sure that's how book publishing works, but the question is obviously 'Why isn't Big Dave in print?' If ANY comic were a timely insight into the mindset of the Brexit voting population of the UK, 'Big Dave' prophetically nails it like a time bullet fired from 1993. Essentially a high budget Viz strip beautifully pencilled by Steve Parkhouse, BD is a series of increasing ludricious adventures featuring that wide necked bloke in an England shirt with a bulldog tattooed to his forehead you see every St George's Day with a copy of The Sun in his back packet. It is ludicriously sexist, homophobic, racist and pro-monarchy.

Or at least the character is. Quite a few people seemed to confuse 'the portrayal of an attitude' with 'the glorfication of same attitude'. 2000AD apparently getting a bit narky if you bring this not being in print up. Frankly, if you don't find Dave having a threesome with Princess Di and Sarah Ferguson funny, you're probably reading the wrong column. We'd like to see this back in print. And please, please do not feel compelled to update this strip the same way 'DR & Quinch' was earlier this year. We'll stick that little relaunch in the same bin as the 'Femme Fatales/What if our artists swiped from Loaded and stuck some 2000AD related costumes on the art.' supplement from 1994, aye?

Finally, we go from the unreprintable to the never even published and perhaps not even written!

Unless somebody does something incredible, we will probably go to our graves saying that 'Kill Your Boyfriend' by Morrison & Bond is the best single story in comics ever published. This, before old men start getting heart attacks, does not include long form series, mini-series, single graphic novels, cartoon strips, etc. In terms of a story that starts, continues and ends in one issue with no knowledge of any other comic ever published, KYB is it. It brings up and destroys the notion of the personality as anything other than a series of reactions to various traumas and conditioning far faster than 'The Dice Man' does and with much funnier results. It could be read as the documentation of how a good acid trip will crack the inner monologue of the ego and set your inner self free, if you were of such a mind. It's certainly one of the best things Vertigo ever did.

'KYB' was part of a line called 'Vertigo Voices' published in 1995. The other books were 'Faces' by Pete 'Shade' The Changing Man'* Milligan and Duncan 'Oh, all the good things' Fegredo a book about why is plastic surgery and what does it say about us that we've conditioned ourselves to believe that there is such a thing as an imperfect face. Also 'Tainted' by Delano and Davidson (we've not read it, but the line up is well sound) and another book that we'll come back to in a bit but what's relevant here is that there was meant to be another comic in this line.

That comic would have been 'Bizarre Boys' by Grant Morrison, Pete Milligan and Jamie Hewlett.

The legend is that a suitably refreshed Grant and Pete were out in India and were looking around at various stalls filled with magazines, amidst the chaos the publication 'Bizarre Boys' caught their eye and was so outlandish (we're not Googling it, but nor are we stopping you from doing so.) that they committed right there to sell a comic with the same title to Vertigo. It got as far as being previewed in Spin Nov 1994 along with talk of an Invisibles TV Show (and come on. PLEASE. Netflix has cleared the deck of all the boring Marvel Superhero things so now is the PERFECT time for the adventures of Lord Fanny And The Other Ones.) but somewhere along the line it simply dropped from the publication schedule with no word of why, although as the comic was to be a fictional biography of Milligan and Morrison's alter egos, it's suggested that they were too busy living the life to settle down long enough to document.

We'd have to make the point that an oral account of the Vertigo offices circa 1994-1996 as spoken by Pete and Grant while drawn by Jamie would be a far more interesting thing to bring us back to the shops for new comics than, well, Tank Girl or Green Lantern.

The following pitch ran as part of The Time Is Now: DC Comics' Editorial Presentation 1994.

'Here's the solicitation copy for Bizarre Boys, which ran as part of The VERTIGO does what it does best in VERTIGO VOICES - a new umbrella title for four distinctive one-shots - where four of VERTIGO's most creatively deranged writers give voice to their most outrageous, gripping and graphic imaginings. Each "VOICE" delivers its own sound, in turn hyperreal, darkly disturbing, irreverent, and biting. FACE is the first "VOICE" to be heard, followed by KILL YOUR BOYFRIEND, and closing with BIZARRE BOYS. These are stories with sounds all their own, tearing a jagged rip through reality.

BIZARRE BOYS, VERTIGO VOICES' most irreverent title, is a story within a story within a story. It's about some fictional characters called the Bizarre Boys, and about the writers who write them and about the writers who are writing about the writers... There are two voices telling the tale of BIZARRE BOYS, and they don't agree with each other at all.

BIZARRE BOYS is a comic about a comic and about the process of putting together a comic. It's a sparkling tapestry of post-modernism and a fast- moving breathless chase across time and space.

It all takes place - naturally - on Bizarre Boys Day, when writers Peter Milligan (SHADE, THE CHANGING MAN) and Grant Morrison (THE INVISIBLES) join forces with artist Jamie Hewlett (SHADE, THE CHANGING MAN, Tank Girl) to tell the tale of two writers called Millison and Morrigan, and their fabulous creations, The Bizarre Boys. Echoing James Joyce's Bloomsday, whatever events happen on Bizarre Boys Day also happen in the comic.

As the two writers begin their quest for the fantastic Bizarre Boys, whose sweat contains miraculous healing and hallucinogenic properties, these latter-day Brothers Grimm weave some dissolute modern fairy tales, take the wraps off the creative process itself, and tell a joke or three.'

We're told by inside sources that elements of 'Bizarre Boys' ran in the final book of The Vertigo Voices line: 'The Eaters' as drawn by Dean Ormston and Pete Milligan.

And that's us for now. What do YOU think? Should these projects remain in the dustbin of FunnyBook History? Maybe Kickstarters, er, started to try and release them as independent books (Lord knows if Cyberfrog can be a thing again, then...) Amazon have begun publishing comics directly from creators like Kyle Baker and Rick Veitch, which could sidestep the whole 'Comics are for kids so why is this in Sainsbury's!?' furor all over again. Image has put out some fairly anondyne nonsense lately and could do with something like this in their line-up. Let us know in the comments and as ever we'll see you in The FunnyPages.

(Big Dave ran as part of 2000AD's 'Summer Offensive' in 1993, some of the most fun the Progs have ever been. Big Dave features in the following issues*:)

"Target Baghdad" (with Steve Parkhouse, in 2000 AD #842–845, 1993) "Monarchy in the UK" (with Steve Parkhouse, in 2000 AD #846–849, 1993) "Young Dave" (with Steve Parkhouse, in 2000AD Yearbook 1994, 1993) "Costa del Chaos" (with Anthony Williams, in 2000 AD #869–872, 1994) "Wotta Lotta Balls" (with Steve Parkhouse, in 2000 AD #904–907, 1994)

*according to Wiki, anyway.

'New Adventures Of Hitler' can be found in Crisis: #46 - 49.

#Grant Morrison #Mark Millar #2000AD #New Adventures Of Hitler #Crisis #Skrull Kill Krew #Zenith #Vertigo #Steve Parkhouse #Phillip Bond #Steve Yeowell #DC #Jamie Hewlett

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