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I have tickets to see MCR in London in July 2026, so now I get to spend the best part of a year thinking about it every day, and what's weird is that that's not even a long time - last time I bought tickets to see MCR in March 2020 and didn't get to see them until May 2022 so I had more than two years to think about it.

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i’m curious what arbitrary and specific flavors people dislike are. rb and tag a Taste you simply don’t fuck with. for flavor reasons not texture reasons. for me? i do not like elderflower or caraway for whatever reason

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I wrote a story about this.

Story of My Life

Frank is in a bad place. In six months time he could be on stage for MCR's triumphant comeback tour, or he could be out of the only job he's ever wanted. His family and bandmates have rallied round, full of positivity, but what do they know? Then, slumped in his basement facing the prospect of losing his career to the dumbest injury in the history of stupidity, he meets … Frank Iero? Well, who else is going to pull his head out of his ass for him and show him who he really is?

On AO3 here

Tucker: But it’s real. In the moment, it’s real. (x)

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I want to go find Goodnight x Billy shippers and other Magnificent Seven fans but I really just do not know how to go about that on this site anymore.

Easiest way I guess would be to finish and publish some fic/chapters and point out where my new Tumblr home is

I actually got kudos and stuff on Guidelines in Ethics somewhat recently, read through it, went "what have I got for this" and found out I've had Chapter 20 just sitting completed on my computer for over 7 years :'D

a teeny tiny snippet that says both nothing and everything.

“Would you… say it again?” he asked and Billy deliberated for a few seconds before shaking his head, “that’s fine,” Goody nodded again, “I thought you might not…” he whispered it and looked down at his hands, flexing his fingers before reaching cautiously to take Billy’s hand, “can I?”

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MCR Europe tour come onnn.... They've got to do it, and next summer looks obvious, just announce it already.

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Gerard Way at Dodger Stadium for the Long Live The Black Parade tour. Photo by Lindsey Byrnes.

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I have been promoted, and because academia is so bizarre I now have an excellent arcane title. I am a Reader, like the Reader in Recent Runes.

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you made us oh-so-famous

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OK, but who is supposed to be doing the shocking and offending? Is it my responsibility as a lecturer, or will the students be prepared to do it for each other while I look on?

Seriously, though, this one comes around and around. When I was at college (1984-88) we had right-wing proto-edgelord students inviting Holocaust deniers and the actual National Front to assert their rights to spout hatred as 'free speech', and the rest of us protested until their events became unviable.

All I can do is work at the individual level, and my strategy will stay the same - no homophobia, transphobia, racism or sexism in my classroom, and no argument.

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Reach For The Stars Week 2 roundup

I've been failing with the daily updates, not because I haven't been writing (I have, diligently), but because I'm in such an odd place with this story I don't really know what to say about it.

I've been writing and/or editing on it for an hour each night, with the company and support of the wonderful @hanajimasama, yet at the end of the week, when I've typed up my edits and made all the additions, the story is somehow shorter than when I started. I've been changing it, and I think improving it, but I can't seem to add to the word count.

I'm also beginning to wonder why I'm writing it - it's a good story, but it's already taken me five months of writing to hit 10k, which is roughly halfway; it was supposed to be for the Big Bang, but I missed the deadline by a mile. And I've been losing my passion for the fandom recently too, because there's simply so little activity these days. Yet here I am, doggedly writing my 250 words a day in the hope that I may finish it in another six month's time.

I just don't know. 'No fic left behind' is my motto: I have more editing to do, to bring together all the scattered sections which I've written, and I need to draft out the middle-to-end section in full: I just wish I was enjoying it more.

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omg ok put in the tags a food that makes u feel like life is worth living when you eat it. like u eat it and it's soo good and everything's fine actually

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Reach for the Stars Day 5

I missed day 4 of posting here, though not of writing: yesterday I rewrote another scene of dialogue, and then today I edited through three pages, taking me up to page 10 and the point where I need to start writing new words. So good progress in practical terms.

But this story is so frustrating, because editing for some reason isn't making it longer. It's crawled over 10k, but today it started at 10157 or so, and after a solid hour of improvements it finished at 10208. It's better, but it's not longer, and as it's at least theoretically being written for a Big Bang and has to hit 20k, it's maddening that I don't seem to be able to add word count.

@the-wip-project

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Reach For The Stars Day 4

I am back to normal today and back on track with writing: I edited through another two pages and am actually quite pleased with the state of the first half of the story.

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Reach For the Stars Day 3

[I mixed up my days, it was Day 2 yesterday, not Day 1]

Today was not the greatest of days, as I was laid out by a migraine and didn't manage to get up until after 1, and then I had to get myself together for a class at 3, and after that do email catch-up. So I was pretty tired when writing time rolled round.

But I did manage to redraft the conversation where I got stuck yesterday, so while it's not enough to get me to target for the day, it is something: I can carry on editing tomorrow.

@the-wip-project, I would be really grateful for a star today!

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Reach For The Stars Writing Challenge: Day 1

I had my regular writing hour with the lovely @hanajimasama tonight, and was in editing mode, to bring the first half of Why Can't I Be You into a presentable form. And I worked through three and half pages, putting me on track for the day's target.

I ran out of steam at a sticky conversational patch that I've already written three times, but it's going to need another go-round, so that's my task for tomorrow.

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OK, here we go! I am currently mired in the difficult part of a time-travel story: it was originally being written for a Big Bang challenge, but I hadn't written enough of it by the first deadline, so I had to drop out. I'm realIy slow these days because so much of my creative energy is being taken up by work, but I still think it's a good story and I want to write it, so I will keep at it with this challenge.

A simple word goal per day isn't always right for my style of writing, so I'll say either 250 words written daily, or two pages edited. If I can keep that up on a regular schedule I should be able to get through the complicated middle section of the story and into the easier waters of the ending.

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Reach for the stars!

Hello writerly friends!

Today is the day! We're starting to reach for the stars!

From today, May 4th all the way to Sunday June 29, we'll be hitting our daily writing goals. A nice goal, low enough to easily meet it. And for your accountability posts, you'll be getting a star.

Here's how it works.

First, you'll be making a post about your daily goal (or weekly). Mention this blog so I can see it. That will get you a flower.

Then, in the coming days, I want you to make posts about your daily (or weekly) wordcounts. Mention @the-wip-project in each post so that I see it, and I will give you a star for your fabulous wordcounts, no matter how high or how low.

Every word counts, every little win counts! Get your stars, you deserve it.

Happy writing!

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Hey writerly friends, wanna do a WIP project in May?

Something like daily words and when you post about it, you'll get a star? What do you think?

Anybody interested?