I started making a fake book cover for @firstelevens latest amazing fic sugar pie, honey bunch and then I got kind of obsessed with making book covers in Canva, so I decided to make covers for a few more of my favorite sambucky fics of hers to show my appreciation for her writing keeping me sane the last few months ♥️
by land, by sea, by dirigible [18K words, 6 chapters, complete] - Sam and Bucky team up with the dynamic duo from Marvel's Cloak & Dagger (RIP) and magic, literally, ensues. 🔮⚜️
sugar pie, honey bunch [AU, 55K words, 17 chapters, complete] - the plot of TFATWS except it's behind the scene of an all-star season of The Great British American Bake Off. Alliances are formed, conspiracy theories come to life on twitter, and whisks (and hearts!) are stolen. 🥐💖
a friend of any sort [AU, 3K words, 2 chapters, Part 1 in a series, complete] - Sam needs a fake date for Thanksgiving at his sister's and brings Bucky along to be the most unsuitable, obnoxious boyfriend ever, so his family will leave him alone about being single. Things do not go to plan. 🥧🦃
you can sing me anything [AU, 4K words, 1 chapter, Part 2 in a series, complete] - sequel to a friend of any sort, in which Bucky needs Sam to return the favor and pretend to be his boyfriend to get him out of an awkward situation (and into a better, but still kind of awkward situation). ☕😻
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what fascinates me about constantine is that he is well-known for being a very skilled and powerful magus, but at the same time, most of his fellow magic users in the world of hellblazer consider his particular brand of magic to be cheap as sin; one of his more popular monikers is even "the gutter mage". and a lot of it has to do with the way that maguses in hellblazer tend to actively create their own forms of magic, tailored to their strengths.
magic in hellblazer is constantly being reinvented by its users, to the point where some people have created entire subfields that had never been considered before — like ritchie simpson inventing quantum magic, being able to interface with technology in astral form; like map being able to symbiotically draw on the energy of the entire city of london in a way that no other mage Has ever or Will ever be able to duplicate. those two are some of the most powerful magic-users in that entire universe, solely because of their ability to invent. imagination, diligence, and intention are the cornerstones of hellblazer's magic system.
and then you have john constantine, who from the perspective of most of the older folks in the magic community just . . . kinda trails around after them, picking up their bread crumbs. his kit of choice are rituals and spells and artifacts and varieties of magic that already exist, rather than building his own. sure, he's innovative with how he uses them, but there's this general air of like: how the fuck did you accumulate a reputation that puts you in the ranking with all these "Actually Authentic" maguses for being the equivalent of a walking, talking dumpster of other people's used-up skills???
( the trick is: he's fucking worked for it. he's a survivor. he has a reputation as one of the most powerful magic-users because he is one of the most tenacious, the most innovative, and the most ruthless. he's able to be the most tenacious-innovative-ruthless because he doesn't turn tail and run at the first threat to his life. people like map, like clarice sackville, like nathan arcane, they feel that they are crucial to the continued existence of magic and need to stay alive for the greater good of the world, and that's why they will fail where constantine will succeed (and also why they'll call him to do the dirty work for them): because he has absolutely no need to preserve himself or safeguard his skillset beyond his basic human desire to live. because he has no magic that is unique to him, nothing that would go extinct if he did first. because as far as the forward march of magical progress goes, in the eyes of the magic community and himself, he contributes nothing that necessitates his future survival, and he is fucking fine with that, because he's the one who actually helps people. )
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Stardust Reblog Challenge Masterlist
Sept 5th - Dec 31st
@natrace created a wonderful reblog challenge and I have been so happy to participate! Thank you for spreading positivity, Lyra!
This is in no way a complete list of all fics I have wanted to read this year, and I have a lot to catch up on, but they are the ones that I reblogged with the challenge tag! Compiled below the cut! (Apologies for the lack of organization here lol)
Bradley “Rooster” Bradshaw
Faking It Pt. 1 | Pt. 2 by @tongue-like-a-razor
my forever, every day by @theharddeck
Steve Harrington
Everything Leads to You by @stevebabey
"You're staring" "So are you" prompt by @plainemmanem
She Drives Me Crazy Pt. 1 | Pt. 2 by @upsidedownwithsteve
Promptober Day 2: Drive in Movie by @upsidedownwithsteve
Dirty, Dirty Boys by @upsidedownwithsteve
kissing best friend!steve by @plainemmanem
Boys in Bed with Books (21) by @jobean12-blog
TASM!Peter Parker
streets by @venus616
Secrets by @asoulsreverie
you’re in a losing battle, babe by @p3mybeloved
Forever Isn’t Long Enough Pt. 1 | by @blooming-violets
Every Rose Has it’s Thorn by @withahappyrefrain
heat of the moment Pt. 1 | Pt. 2 | Pt. 3 | Pt. 4 | Pt. 5 | Pt. 6 by @liz-allyn
just another screaming speck of dust by @p3mybeloved
Sugar & Vice Pt. 1 | Pt. 2 by @liz-allyn
Missed You by @withahappyrefrain
Aemond Targaryen
Paper Crowns by @acrossthesestars (all chapters can be found on ao3 HERE)
Iron and Ash by @acrossthesestars (all chapters can be found on ao3 HERE)
Shimmer by @acrossthesestars
Daemon Targaryen
Salt in the Wound by @acrossthesestars (all chapters can be found on ao3 HERE)
Robert “Bob” Floyd
Full of Surprises by @withahappyrefrain
Mickey “Fanboy” Garcia
take me by the heart, take me by the hand by @rae-gar-targaryen
so deep in love with you (baby love) by @rae-gar-targaryen
my cup runneth over by @rae-gar-targaryen
mi media naranja by @rae-gar-targaryen
as blue as your taste (i taste the same) by @rae-gar-targaryen
swallow you like sunshine when i smile by @rae-gar-targaryen
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