#ephhemeralite

[ryan-nugenthopkins]

"What electives did you take in your undergrad? I know there's some requirements for English in American -" "I took ballet," Jeremy blurts out. "For my art elective." Dr. Ullmark blinks. Rubs his eyes. "Ballet," he repeats. "I played hockey in undergrad," says Jeremy meekly. "Goalie. The - the ankle flexibility -" "Yes, I can see the value of... dance, for netminding," interrupts Dr. Ullmark, but there's the start of a smile dancing on his lips. "I'm not sure how useful ballet will be for Scandinavian poetry, but I'm sure we can make it work together?" Jeremy's fucked. In more ways than one.

Dr. Linus Ullmark is in… a state of a transition. Being a sessional lecturer at a school better known for its biology programs than its literature research is fine for now. He just needs hear back on that professorship in Ottawa. Or the applications for positions back in Sweden. Or even that research fellowship in Norway, of all places. Until then, he’ll grit his teeth and keep teaching introductory comparative literature at Boston University, because something better is bound to come eventually.

It’s only classic for administration to drop a random TA into his lap after he’s specifically said that he doesn’t need one. It’s even better that this Jeremy Swayman is a PhD candidate from the natural sciences faculty, and likely can’t tell expressionism from surrealism. But making ends meet as a grad student is difficult enough, and if the paycheque isn't coming out of his research grants, Linus really wouldn’t mind an extra body during seminars. All the guy has to do is sit in on lectures and answer student emails. How bad could it be?

Two things go wrong at the very start — Jeremy knows less about literature than Linus could even fathom, and he is painfully earnest about trying his best to be a good TA despite this fact. At least he’s cute, even if Linus would prefer maybe 40% of his current energy.

It's fine. Linus just needs to get through this semester like a professional.

Jeremy Swayman is a PhD student studying Environmental Science at Boston University, and he’s damn good at it. It’s a shame that living in Boston is as expensive as it is, but he’s been able to supplement his scholarships with teaching labs around the department for the past two years of his degree. But when his usual positions fall out from under him, the university presents him a TA position in the Literature department, of all things. Jeremy can’t do anything but lie egregiously about his qualifications and accept it. How hard could an introductory comparative literature course be to bullshit, anyway?

Of course, it then goes to shit almost immediately when Dr. Ullmark clocks him as embarrassingly underqualified. But he hires him anyway, and Dr. Ullmark has a quiet but wicked sense of humour, and is ever so patient when walking through the course assignments with him, and doesn’t laugh meanly at his attempts at pronouncing the author names on the reading list, and —

Jeremy may be falling a little too fast. For an Arts prof, of all people.

As the semester begins, will Linus and Jeremy figure out how to run the course together despite their differences? And is something else brewing on the horizon?

Academia AU Swaymark for @ullybug :3

[hauntedppgpaints]

for the moodboards, swayman and your breath in the air?

winter moodboards // accepting

[lovethytendytenderly]

ooooooo please share about the wishbaby au??? love that trope to pieces!!!!

The wishbaby au is one of the few wips from when I dabbled in sidgeno hrpf circa 2018 that got ported to my gdrive from a different notes app that I fully forgot to check because so many of those wips are straight up abandoned/wip-amnesty. What I have written is outline/not!fic territory.

The summary/pitch is: Wishbabies but they already have kids. Basically more wishbabies.

[guentzel]

for the word/wip ask game, nervous/embarrassed?

SORRY i totally forgot about this!!!

Embarrassment flooded Nolan's entire being, his jaw working but not producing any sound. The entire pack was staring at him, but Willson's gaze hurt the most. He was being chastised, treated like a pup in front of everyone, after he had been explicitly told that they don't do that here.

Sonny had to sit, his nerves getting to him. Now that they were standing here, in front of the entire team, he was suddenly face to face with the fact that they have all undoubtedly seen him on his knees, sucking Willson off like his life depended on it before taking it up the ass. They all knew.

[zeawesomebirdie]

9 people I would like to get to know better

Thank you to @killdear4 for the tag!!! It was getting a little long so I've made a new post for it >:)

Last song: use me by Charlotte Sands

Favorite color: pink

Last movie or show: the 1943 Batman serial starring Lewis Wilson and Douglas Croft (it is incredible and I am utterly in love with it!)

Currently watching: the 1943 Batman serial, Gunsmoke season 5, Batman 66 season 2, and Avatar: the Last Airbender season 3

Sweet/spicy/savory: savory!

Relationship status: single

Current obsession: anything Batman and zukaang

Last thing googled: linen fabric by the yard

No pressure tags: @unmaskedcardinal @moinsbienquekaworu @tnc-n3cl @astrophilic-soul @melancholic-entrails @gingersnappish @littlebitfurtheron @ephhemeralite @the-curious-croissant

[alavenderleaf]

@simmyfrobby tagged me to share some pics of the last few days, but I’ll be cheating and going back a few weeks because I’m allergic to taking pics <3

Show me ur camera roll <3 @ephhemeralite @patrice-bergerons @capsvsducks @enarratives @fvcking-damage

[somefanficrecomendations]

acquainted with the saint of never getting it right

Author: ephhemeralite Fandom: Batman, White Collar

Summary: Despite all of the hassle Caffrey caused with his jailbreak, Peter doesn't find him overly remarkable in the beginning. Criminals, caught and kept, devolve into basic archetypes under the punishing weight of prison. Any interest they might provide him is lost, somewhere, behind those walls. Caffrey does not prove to be the exception to the rule, no matter how much some small part of Peter had hoped that he would be. (Peter Burke is doing as he always does: following the rules, catching criminals, and wrangling his resident art thief. Dick Grayson is doing his best not to lose himself to a long, awful mission. You know what they say about building Rome.)

Readers Notes: Anyone whose been in the Batfam space for any length of time has probably run across a Batfam/White Collar crossover fic. This is one of my top 5 favorite DC/WC fics. The way this author is so upfront about the issues between Peter and Neal in terms of power imbalance and the way Peter treats Neal is a refreshing sort of break to the way most fics tend to either skirt around the issue or ignore it outright. Additionally, the writing of this fic is amazing! The way the differences between Dick and Neal are emphasized and the way ephhemeralite writes Dick is just *chefs kiss*

Rating: General  Warning: N/A   Words: 13k         

Characters: Dick Grayson, Peter Burke

Additional tags: Neal Caffrey and Dick Grayson are the Same Person, POV Alternating, Character Study, Identity Porn, Emotional/Psychological Abuse, Panic Attacks, Unreliable Narrator

[gaybroons]

Opening line pattern tag game!

Rules: list the first line of the last ten (10) stories you published. Look to see any patterns you notice yourself, and see if anyone else notices any.

Tagged by @ephhemeralite and @capsvsducks (aaaaaaa I’m sorry it took so long!)

(Organized starting by the most recent)

1. Dressed in nothing but gold

Willy’s fingers are tight in Mitch’s hair, he tugs him back far enough to see his back arch, poised and ready, a bow preparing to fire.

2. Hot Blue Mess

“Please,” he gasps, “please please please please please,“

3. Paying what’s owed

Of course Crosby’s here.

4. Why the fuck is there a PRIEST?

He just wants this nonsense to be over with.

5. BAM-BAM!

Andy leans in, stretching his arm; the cabinet door is too narrow for him to reach in further, and he still can’t get to the tape down there.

6. Pink Whitney doesn’t taste like lemonade; you’re just an alcoholic

They’re trying to watch a football game, or more accurately, Whitney is trying to watch a football game while Biz is doing everything in his power to obstruct him from doing so.

7. Do you think you deserve a kiss?

Kailer looks beautiful on his knees, flushed and panting, already hard in anticipation.

8. Inevitably you will burn (as all living things do)

Max knows he shouldn’t mess with this. He knows .

(Disclaimer, the actual first three lines of the fic are a poem that joy sent to get me to write the fic, but I imagine the game is more about writing trends so I’m using the first written line.)

9. If this Eichel/Tkachuk Rumor is True, it Would’ve BLOWN UP the NHL…

“Nobody’s gonna know,” Matthew whispers against Jack’s lips.

(I feel like I need to defend my title choice here. This post is what inspired the fic)

10. Dude, like, why can’t we just print more money?

“Ughh!!” Trevor groans, flopping down on the couch next to Jamie.

I’m actually shocked that I’ve GOT over 10 fics out there. Man. That’s crazy. This was fun tho!!!! Thanks for the tag guys :)

I can’t really see a specific pattern other than liking to start by using people’s names, my writing style is far from consistent.

No pressure tags: @hard4softthings , @keyshui , @darkangel0410 , @draisaitleons <3

[kookabara]

oh this tag is delightsome :)

thank you @ephhemeralite for tagging me ! here are some lovely sights from this week, and the absurd little guy i bought :)

[ryan-nugenthopkins]

for all of this i think you owe me a qhughes + 🐈‍⬛ board btw

[hauntedppgpaints]

tuukka rask + hellhound?

halloween moodboards // accepting

[sidsthekid]

Shuffle your 'on repeat' playlist and post the first ten tracks, then tag ten people. tagged by @othellho 🤍 thanks bud

friends - the japanese house

barbie girl - aqua

be cool - maggie rogers

overdrive - post malone

graceland too - phoebe bridgers

deli - ice spice

beating heart - ellie goulding

harvey - alex g

true blue - boygenius

1988 - whose rules ft, selmer

tagging: @mistyrocks @capsvsducks @phdmama @kylesdubas @dragooncroft @readingbythestreetlights @diningchairs @ephhemeralite @behindallthings

[guentzel]

35 and 12 for the spotify asks!!!

12 - Footloose by Kenny Loggins

35 - my bad taste is getting shown against..... stayed gone from the h*zbin hotel soundtrack

[flareguncalamity]

@ephhemeralite

[zeawesomebirdie]

WIP Title Tag Game

Rules: Make a new post with the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! And then tag as many people as you have WIPs.

Thanks for the tag @tnc-n3cl !! These are always fun to do, and I actually have Real Writing to share and not just zero drafts this time!! (though most of these are still in zero draft stages, full disclosure)

I was going to split this up into DC and non-DC fics, except there's only a few non-DC fics that I am actively haunted by rn so. I am sorting these by ship instead lol

Bruce Wayne/Dick Grayson fics:

Bruise Your Lover [rated E] [fistfighting as foreplay, blood kink]

report card smut [rated E, underage] [zero draft]

5+1 Dick Fucks For Distraction [rated E]

brudick sex pollen [rated E, underage] [zero draft]

Dick Grayson/Clark Kent fics:

mid-air sex [rated E, underage]

5+1 Clark fills in for Bruce [rated M] [zero draft]

Barry Allen/Leonard Snart fics:

STAR Labs lounge [rated T] [zero draft]

injured!Barry >:) [rated M] [graphic injury] [zero draft]

Operation: Sleep [rated E] [zero draft]

Fics for other ships:

dickjay gameboy fic [Dick Grayson/Jason Todd, rated E] [canonical major character death, but he gets better] [zero draft]

6+1 times Riddler saves Robin [Dick Grayson/Edward Nygma, rated M] [underage]

batfam game fic (girl help?) [Jason Todd/Bruce Wayne, rated T] [in German]

6+1 courting fic [Perry/Heinz Doofenshmirtz, rated E] [zero draft]

Dear Radar [Hawkeye Pierce/Radar O'Reilly, rated M] [graphic surgery] [zero draft]

For the Old West!AU:

The Last of the Waynes [rated E] [major character death(s), graphic violence] [zero draft]

The Man Who Went Rogue [Barry Allen/Leonard Snart, rated E] [graphic violence] [zero draft]

No pressure tags: @astrophilic-soul @someguywriting @battybrownboo @ful-crum @theydjarin @etwlemons @ephhemeralite @camp-bruins @nixie-deangel @incorrectcoldflashblog @girlcalledwhatsername @aeriedwelling and anyone else who wants to do this!

[gaybroons]

nothing else to give

by pensultimate (ephhemeralite) @ullybug 

Tonight, their feet take them to an old, dinky dock hidden somewhere out of the way of the group. Even knowing that all of their other friends are somewhere nearby diving into this same pool of water, it feels enticingly private.

Enticing Quinn to do what, he couldn’t say.