mac-n-den - Tumblr blog

[mac-n-den]

What We Do in the Shadows | 5.08 – “The Roast“  

[mac-n-den]

My 2023 AO3 Summary

So I didn't track most of my AO3 history this year due to me mostly reading outside of my account for whatever reason, so I did my best to manually calculate how much I read based on what I remember reading.

But I only remember reading RDR2 fanfiction, so I just scrolled through those tags and found as many of the fics I know I read as I could.

In 2023, I read approximately

4,807,569 words

of Red Dead Redemption 2 fanfiction.

**Note: it's probably closer to 5 million due to (1) fics I never finished but don't remember where I stopped, and (2) one-shots below 10,000 words.

For reference, 5 million words is the equivalent of reading:

the entire Harry Potter series ~4.5 times

War and Peace ~9 times

the entire LOTR series ~9 times

the entire GOT series ~3 times

the KJV Bible ~6.5 times

The thing is, I didn't even spend most of the year reading fanfiction. I haven't read any in like, months. The biggest contributors to this number (>100k) were fics I read within two days, but more often within just one.

The main tags I went to were Arthur Morgan/Charles Smith, but as the year progressed and my standards lowered in my desperation for more content, I got into some Arthur Morgan/Original Character fics that were honestly pretty damn good. Here are some of my highlights (with links), specifically the ones I don't think get enough love!

(SERIES) what stranger miracles by anderfels (Charthur, 481k)

Seaweed in Indiana Sawgrass by thickskeleton (Charthur, Young Modern AU, 86k)

One-Two Combo by lumbeam (Charthur, '20s Boxing AU, 40k)

(SERIES) The Journey Itself is Home (Charthur, 115k)

And my personal favorite, Crumbling is Not an Instant's Act by Petricharis (Arthur Morgan/Trans Male OC, 186k)

Here's to another year of escapism through fanfiction! 🤠

[mac-n-den]

Colinator !

Tshirt designed by me from redbubble :-) !

[mac-n-den]

I’m going to get pissed

[mac-n-den]

Reblogging both positive and negative takes on the finale to highlight how Mixed I am on this.

It left me with just enough not to hate it but it's just as an episode itself it just...didn't work. It didn't make me laugh. It didn't make me cry. At most it made me worry during the exorcist scene and then so relieved when they showed Alison they were safe - we got so little of actual soft moments between them with Betty taking up so much screen time. But then there was so much of the characters reverting back to how they were at the start of the show (KITTY BABE THEY DID YOU DIRTY!) to try to highlight that Alison would be better off without them, I didn't appreciate that at all. The coda felt so rushed and detached as we didn't get to see the ghosts with old Alison. Was that even Charlotte? Did they not want to do aging effects? We wouldn't have cared if they sucked!

But like....I still appreciate the idea of this ending. I like that it's just that little bit open to not be depressing. It's just a shame we didn't get to see much of that to make it happier like a montage of Alison overseeing construction of the hotel and having private moments joking with the ghosts, or her bringing Mia to visit and she continues to see them as she grows and even when she can't she believes her mum and keeps talking anyway. I just would have liked a bit more warmth to it all I guess? Rather than this sense of "we have to end this way, let's get it over with."

[mac-n-den]

A heavily lip-sticked grave

The final resting place of author Oscar Wilde, ridden with kisses, is not the only famous grave in the Parisian Père Lachaise Cemetery. Singers Jim Morrison and Serge Gainsbourg also attract a wealth of fans and mourners who leave blessings at their gravesides, normally in the form of lighters and/or cigarettes.

[mac-n-den]

RYAN GOSLING as LUKE GLANTON The Place Beyond The Pines, 2012

[mac-n-den]

Uncle, how to get to the beautiful country? by Xiaoyu Wang

[mac-n-den]

most lovable man in the world 🫶

[mac-n-den]

Day 13 - Ranch

[mac-n-den]

"I don't like old sci-fi shows, the special effects look too cheesy" you are incapable of joy. Go to the dungeon.

[mac-n-den]

#he's so pathetic i love him

[mac-n-den]

sometimes you just gotta listen to music at a volume that you know will be part of the cause of your hearing loss at the age of 28

[mac-n-den]

[mac-n-den]

"I felt like I was spamming you so I stopped" girl if I could download every thought you've ever had as a PDF I'd read that shit start to finish. Spam me more. I want to hear what you have to say.

[mac-n-den]

Hey PLEASE be wary of Dr. Gallagher and spread the word. Rylan (testosteronejew on Twitter) got top surgery from her in August. Here's the thread he wrote about his horrific experience.

He had severe complications that were completely dismissed by Dr. Gallagher. She kept telling him everything was fine, that it was because of his weight, and made a joke about him "menstruating" as he was bleeding from a torn incision. When he was rushed to the ER weeks later, he had over half a foot of dead tissue removed. He could have died from the infection (that she blatantly denied he had).

And in Rylan's own words, "My only desire is to keep our community safe. There are so many trustworthy top surgeons in the world. One of them saved my life. Transition is a beautiful process and we deserve safe access to it. I do not regret top surgery. I regret choosing Dr. Gallagher as my surgeon."

[mac-n-den]

Wanting top surgery so I can sleep face down, shirtless in boxers like the lazy teenage boys at the start of 90s films