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imagineitdearies-old · 1 year

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Why the fuck did you like those posts? You're a shitty fucking person if you think that omega or fem Luke is homophobic and then write omega Aemond like it's not feminization in the same way. People defended your fic from the discourse and those same authors that are being critiqued in those posts read and supported your work but I guess its a one way street for you. I'm glad they took screenshots of your shit and posted it on twitter

Oooo the girlies are talking about me! Twitter really sounds wild.

I personally don’t think authors who write fem!Luke are inherently harmful or homophobic. I enjoy many of those fanfics, and might write one, who knows! And I don't know that any of the OPs were calling out specific authors, but if they do in other posts that'd definitely not be cool. Writing fanfic is hard and I'm not here to hate on any author for doing something they enjoy and others love. General critique in a fandom does interest me once I get in deep with it, like I have with lucemond, but in the end it’s all fiction!

If anyone's wanting further explanation and an opinion from me on this matter of fem!Luke, buckle in! Lol.

Everyone is allowed to have their own opinion, but I casually read a lot of lucemond so at this point I have a lot of casual OpinionsTM on the pairing lol. Most of which I keep to myself, because we're all just here trying to find things we like, not get nasty about the things we don't.

But yeah, ngl my favorite omega/bottom/fem!Luke fics involve him having some personality beyond being submissive and salivating for Aemond-dick. I'll rec a few: omega!Luke a/b/o paint me in your colours is a great one, modern!au a losing game is getting SO good, and just started a very fem cam!boy Luke fic you can be the boss that's been fun so far!

Also, I admit it, I appreciate when I find fics where he isn’t constantly referred to like he’s a girl in all but pronouns.

There’s nothing wrong with trans characters of course, that can be a great thing to explore—but I think it’s concerning when I open up this tag on ao3 and the “Luke has a pussy” fics are dominating over anything else that's posted, don’t even tag him as trans, and almost always involve him acting very submissive and still looking like a prepubescent boy. And yes, fem!trans men exist, can be subs, and can look young!! Fuck gender roles! But hey, trans men can also look masculine, be doms, and look like adults too, and I have seen zero representation of any of that with Luke. Please somebody point me towards any that I've missed, would love to read!

(Maybe I’ll have to write a one-shot of Luke being trans!masc 🤔 seeing the lack of diversity in the a/b/o tag is what prompted D&S after all 😂)

So after enough of these flooding the ao3 tag, it starts to feel less like trans!rep and more like a trend we could analyze as a fandom whole. After all, if we’re just really cool and shooting for more gender diversity, it should make no less sense to make Aemond trans, you get me? Why are we so hung up on Luke as someone with a vagina?

Again, I don't as a blanket statement agree with the OPs of those posts in saying it's always sexist/homophobic to write Luke this way, or that there's inherent harm, but I did appreciate the discourse especially in the first post that addresses the trend as something to watch out for and think more critically about to avoid perpetuating stereotypes. Nothing wrong with portraying top/bottom and dom/sub couples, but it’s just as common with irl homosexual relationships for that dynamic to switch or even the one who through a 'hereto lens' seems more fem to be the top/dom. When a fandom as a whole is constantly putting a queer ship in gendered boxes (and the feminized one always seems to be very younger/an actual child, like Luke in canon), and also hates on any opposing portrayal, it’s just cause for reflection, ya know?

This ship is already problematic with one being underage and then also being portrayed by an underage actor—honestly when some of the more-nsfw art looks too much like a 12 year old next to an adult Aemond I really squick out—so I’m personally more cautious of how I portray his character just for that reason alone and appreciate when others are too.

Of course, I always stick with the “Don’t like don’t read” mantra of the olden days. Any harm in stereotyping/assigning heterosexual roles to lucemond is SO much less important than real-life stereotyping it's silly, and I’m personally never going to go hate on a story I don’t enjoy, just move on to something I do.

I'm also not going to pretend that I don't enjoy something! I literally just commented on a dead dove fic (derailed by theglitteringdark, the surprise CNC and babytrapping at the end really did it for me haha) with Luke as a trans!femboy because I enjoyed it. If you're looking through my likes, check ao3 too, okay? 😂

Last thing, but I have to add—writing someone unlikely as an omega is fun for me simply because I can then deconstruct the idea of it and, sort of like gender in real life, show that we are more than what is and isn’t between our legs. Idk if you’ve read D&S, but Aemond isn’t exactly a very feminine person in it. And this call-out is such funny timing, I have to spoil—in the very next chapter I'm working on, Aemond (an omega! gasp!) tops Luke! I've alluded to it in many previous chapters so some of you probably aren't surprised, lol.

Alright alright please cherry pick and tell me how I'm awful and wrong now 😂 I don't mind, like I said this is my opinion and it's all just fiction in the end.

#woof there goes my lunch break #lucemond is THE problematic ship so whatever we do it's just minimizing the damage loooool #shipping the child with his murderer amiright 😂#duty & sacrifice spoilerzz

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autumnsup · 10 months

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There are probably a million other (and better) lists out there like this, but for Pride Month and my own documenting purposes, here are the LGBTQ+ "classics" I've come across over the past several years of reading. My taste tends toward older literature and slash, so most of them center on gay stories and are somewhat dated in terms of general societal attitudes, but I know there are many other classics out there that are just as good and hope to get around to them eventually.

To be clear, my definition of "classic" is how often they crop up in various "best of" lists I've found on the internet (including this one), and who recommends them, as well as how long they've been around. For example, many of the titles here are based on the renowned gay author Edmund White's list of "representative freaks," which I haven't yet read through myself. (His books are interesting too, although they contain a lot of difficult themes, and are not always fiction or centered on gay characters). They are not necessarily recommendations, as I struggled with some or found them not so memorable, but I wanted to take note of them nonetheless.

The rest I've listed are books that I've just happened across, usually at a library or through a friend. I haven't included the YA books because in my mind they exist in their own category (although I'm happy to rec them to anyone who cares). Most, if not all, are written by authors who identify as LGBTQ+. And lastly, they are all in English because it's my first language, although I'm sure there are more I haven't yet discovered that originated in different languages.

So here they are, in no particular order:

Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin - I loved the first book, although I haven't yet read the series that followed. It represents all sorts of queer lives and experiences in 1970/80s San Francisco, including a truly memorable trans character.

Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters - a picaresque love story set in Victorian England. Not slash, although there is some gender-bending between the lesbian characters.

A Home at the End of the World by Michael Cunningham - The Hours was a much more popular book of his, but this was the first book to introduce me to the idea of a polyamorous/throuple situation, including two gay characters.

Memorial by Bryan Washington - a searching look at a modern interracial gay relationship and its strengths and flaws.

Gay Bar by Atherton Lin - not fiction, but a very engaging sociological read, about the history of gay bars and the author's present-day experience of them.

The Merry Spinster by Mallory Ortberg/Daniel M. Lavery - I read this at the beginning of my deliberately queer literature journey and liked the dark gender-swapped versions of fairy tales it contains. The author transitioned while writing this book, supposedly.

"Brokeback Mountain" by Annie Proulx - heartbreaking but good. Gods help me if I watch the film again.

City of Night by John Rechy - I didn't manage to finish this one because the style is very much of the Beatnik era, but I may attempt it again. It inspired the script for the film My Own Private Idaho (another queer classic).

"Howl" by Allen Ginsberg - also challenging to read unless you're in a stream-of-consciousness poetic mood. He does have mind-stopping imagery though, and was considered quite risqué for his time.

Burning Your Boats by Angela Carter - dark, sensual, borderline horror. Not all slash, but inclusive of different sexual orientations. I particularly like her retellings of fairy tales in this collection.

London Triptych by Jonathan Kemp - a breath-taking (and spicy) narrative that interweaves three different eras of gay culture.

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde - probably the best known classic of the 19th century, although I don't remember if it's overtly queer or just contains subtext. Haven't read it in years.

Maurice by E.M. Forster - honestly it's been ages since I read this one too. I love everything else by this gay author though, so I will probably reread it some day.

Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman - I tore right through reading this one after watching the film. A simple yet engaging coming-of- age story. I haven't read the sequel yet but will do so eventually.

The Spell by Alan Hollinghurst - I wasn't quite sure what to make of this one. Basically none of the characters are especially likable, although the story reveals interesting dynamics between them and their sexual escapades. I'm curious to read more by this author.

Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides - this book rocked my world when I was a teenager. I've since come to question how representative it is of the intersex experience, seeing as it was written by a seemingly heterosexual cis man, but it was the first time I'd ever been introduced to such a rich and unusual character in literature, and she stayed with me for a long time after (re)reading.

As for the future, here are some titles I intend to read (among many more):

The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood (story that the musical Cabaret was based on)

Orlando by Virginia Woolf

Pageboy by Elliot Page

Nevada by Imogen Bonnie

Here's hoping I've managed to add a few of these to my personal list by the time Pride Month rolls around again. 🤠 And of course, if anyone else has books/stories to recommend, do share!

#personal development #book recs #pride month #personal progress report #queer lit #lgbt reads

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hauntedpearl · 8 months

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hello!!

10. a book that got you through something

hmmm. I'd say Radio Silence by Alice Oseman. I read it when I was having a crisis of sexuality and I was in a very bad depressive funk, cooped up in my college dorm room and there's a part towards the end when Aled is like. Literally in the same state and it was sort of cathartic to read about that for me. i mean i tend to be moved by books so very often that I'd say all of them help me get through the every day horrors yk but I guess Radio Silence was kinda special.

Oh! and the six of crows duology. i threw my back out and literally only managed to call people to help me out bc i was like. RHE CROWS CAN DO IT SO YOU CAN TOO AHFHDJDKD

29. your favourite YA novel

oh. OH MAN. okay ykw. i have many. but I'm gonna pick one that needs more attention and i think everyone should read and it's the Mirage series by Somaiya Daud

it's a series that's kind of a sci-fi-ification of the political history of the Amazigh people. the author is an Amazigh woman, and the writing is exquisite, and the plot is just. So Damn Good!! definitely worth a read!!

43. a book that you have read more than three times

I don't reread books too often because my attention span is shit. like once I know the story I keep jumping past. i am trying to change this tho bc like. I keep forgetting quotes and i think rereading is the way to go to remember them agdhdjdk

that being said the book I've reread the most is probably, Hyperbole and A Half by Allie Brosh.

it's just a tiny little graphic memoir and it's hilarious and it always makes me feel better! There's this quote in it that I love so much:

"Nobody can guarantee that it's going to be okay, but - and I don't know if this will be comforting to anyone else - the possibility exists that there's a piece of corn on a floor somewhere that will make you just as confused about why you were laughing as you have ever been about why you are depressed. And even if everything still seems like hopeless bullshit, maybe it's just pointless bullshit or weird bullshit or possibly not even bullshit. I don't know. But when you're concerned that the miserable, boring wasteland in front of you might stretch all the way into forever, not knowing feels strangely hope-like."

there's a second memoir too which is so much sadder because it's about the author's grief after losing her sister, but it was still worth a read!

book recs ask game!

#doe's book recs!

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amelee23 · 11 months

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Let's start this!

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💫 What is your favorite kind of comment/ feedback?

Honestly I like any kind of feedback. It is to note I'm an absolute compliment goblin, so I like to eat any compliments up like toast in the morning 😂

1. I LOVE the ones who get a bit technical (about my writing style, words used, metaphors, anything literature nerdy basically)

2. I absolutely adore being added to fic recs. Just the idea that someone enjoyed my work so much to want to recommend it to others just breaks my brain

3. I love it when people describe their experience with the fic as well. Like 'I held my breath' or 'I was giggling the whole time' love that.

4. I love overdramatic comments. Like "I fell to my knees I'm sobbing" followed by a keyboard smash djispsjosns like y'all are so cute pls continue being dramatic to me ily

5. TMI comments. Yas queen tell me the exact hyper you specific reason why you liked this and what it reminded you of from your life experience. I love to hear it

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🎀 give yourself a compliment about your own writing!

The thing I like the most about my writing is how original my ideas are. I've always been really harsh on myself in the terms of 'quality'. I have this stubbornness that I won't just write a sweet little fic to make my heart beat faster and make me giddy. No, it has to be special, somehow, or else I don't feel like it's MY work. (I don't mean to be offensive to anyone by saying this, btw) I've given up on so many ideas and didn't even consider writing most ideas because they didn't feel me enough. And by me enough, I mean, having that shock factor. Knowing my readers will most likely not read anything alike it for, idk, months or years to come.

But the most magical thing about it is that, I don't just sit here and wonder "hmm what can I do that would be original" nah I just wait for it to happen. And when it does, my whole world catches color. My ideas are so ridiculous, so far fetched sometimes even I get shocked by them most of the time. And this originality is what gives me the most pride.

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🎉 how often do you celebrate completing & posting a work? How often do you give yourself the credit/ validation that you seek from others when you post? (If you don't, you should!)

I'm my own worst critic, to be honest. I only really celebrate my own fics when I feel I have created something of high quality. Original, coherent, compelling, immersive, emotional, you name it. If it's well crafted and well inspired I will celebrate it without outside validation.

If it's not something I consider to be Oscar worthy and I feel I "wasn't at the top of my game" I just pat myself on the back for being productive and hope the next one will be of better quality.

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Thank you for participating!

Here's the list of questions used.

#ask game #answered #kleo

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onewomancitadel · 2 years

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Things I read/watch because I have had a few anons about it

I read a lot of sci-fi off to the side and it's mostly depressing stuff to torture myself with. My actual taste skews bittersweet/hopeful - intense agony/intense joy. I can't really explain it lol.

I really don't like the majority of recommendations for romance (The Land of the Beautiful Dead is perfect though) and I always find myself disappointed with their tone, and more damningly I really hate the YA genre (it's not to my taste sorry) and that's also where a lot of mean man/nice girl recs come from. It's why I tend to prefer ships such as Reylo or Knightfall because they've got an epic backdrop to them.

In terms of nonfiction I have too many books to count on topics of archaeology I'm always skirting between and I'm in the middle of trying to sort out Jung and Campbell for a more serious masterpost I'm working on.

In terms of watching things, I'm going to rewatch Emma. (2020) with Best Mate after I finish the next update of Skimming Eye since she hasn't seen it, and then rewatch Ghost in the Shell (1995) to do a Jung write-up like I promised.

I would take recommendations on sci-fi/horror or particularly existentially nauseating works, but it's also really hard to get right and I think part of the fun for me is searching for stuff to torture myself with for a few hours.

Sorry if I come off curmudgeonly about recommendations, but unless it's something truly magnificent that manages to hit the very specific symbolic reincarnation/symbolic symmetry of a romance as the wound of the heart of the story redeemed by the final symbolic or literal reincarnation of the couple in question archetype, it's probably hard to get me into it. Unless it's Southern Gothic. Then I'll be into it.

I also noticed of the asks I've received with different recommendations (not just the last two but historically) were geared in the anime/manga direction, so I can see this is coming from the fact that my blog is often on the topic of R/WBY, but most of the same rules about what I'm interested in apply here, it doesn't really change for manga/anime. (Typed anima because I am on that Jung shit so much). I'm not an otaku or someone into manga/anime by definition, just where it crosses over with my interests I enjoy it. I'm sorry to disappoint. (I grew up an RVB fan before R/WBY. Lol).

Now, the topic of 'wholesomeness' is a different thing, and if anyone's curious I can expand, but I don't want to be rude. Lol

#all of my favourite things

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soraenun-archive · 2 years

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(shannon game song plays as I make my way to the stage) Ladies and gentlemen, this is a first in the history of the shannon game! Shannon has been 100% correct for two consecutive weeks. A round of applause for her 👏👏👏 Unfortunately for her, the difficulty will increase over the weeks (just because I want to make sure she knows me as much as I think she does)

There are so many things I want to say about them (suzy & krystal) that I don't know where to start >3< If I had to recommend some songs, I'd give you this list (sorry if you already listened to some of them):

touch, love song, I caught ya, breathe, if I were a boy (miss a)

yes no maybe, satellite, holiday, sleeplessness (suzy)

love, airplane, shadow, butterfly, dracula, rude love, when i'm alone (f(x))

As for their acting career, I haven't had the time to watch all their dramas/movies so I won't give any recs because I'm so far behind and need to catch up. I think the common factor between them is they both are dorks and they make me smile whenever I feel sad. I think of them as my safe place. I'd also recommend any running man episode suzy was on because she was super funny in those :D

YES I DID LISTEN TO BE MINE BECAUSE OF YOU <3 I think we have similar taste in music so I trust you :) Don't worry about giving too many song recs. I relate to that a lot! I can't give just some songs, I always end up sending a whole book and then I wonder why I don't hear from anyone after that lol I'll make sure to give the songs a listen and let you know what I think about them ^^

You are absolutely 100% correct about all your answers 👍 Some of my fave rv songs are (but aren't limited to) bamboleo, something kinda crazy, love is the way, sunny side up, rbb, butterflies 💞 I now realise I'm an open book. You know every single thing about me... You should definitely think about being a detective as a career option. I'd most definitely go ask for your help if you decided to do it ;)

Well now it's time for the difficulty to increase a little (just a little though)

Question #7: What is my favourite non-ghibli animated movie? (it's a very specific french movie, i'm sure you haven't heard of it so let's go with disney/pixar for this question)

Question #8: What is my favourite elo song? Now that I have listened to most of his discography, I can ask you this question (you can give out several answers because it's possible that there are some songs i still haven't listened to)

Question #9: Can you list some of my favourite 2nd gen girl groups? (4 to 5 groups is enough)

That concludes today's episode of TSG (the shannon game for those who didn't follow). Let's hope Shannon continues with her winning streak. I'm cheering you on! You can do it Shannon.

from 🐘💌 anon

hiiiiii !!! 🥰 thank you for the applause though i wouldn't get too carried away i think this round is going to be the start of my downfall if the questions are harder than last time :(

oo i have heard a few of these !! i really like the miss a colors album but i wasn’t familiar with the other songs! breathe was really fun though i liked that one! also yes no maybe is really good i haven’t listened to it in a while though! i did listen to satellite when it came out but i didn’t like it that much :( i just listened to all of the f(x) songs and i think i have heard a couple before like a really long time ago so i don’t really remember them but they’re all so good!!! i just never really got into them :( but they had some really great songs!! yeah i haven’t seen many of their dramas either but i enjoyed while you were sleeping and krystal was in prison playbook which is one of my favourite dramas of all time!! but the way you talk about them is so sweet :( they’re so lucky to have someone like you supporting them!! and i'm glad they make you so happy💗

ooo i can’t believe i was right about those!! but i forgot about sunny side up! thats one of my favourites too <3 but you really weren’t kidding about these getting harder 😭😭

literally the only french film i know of is amélie so if it isn’t that i have no idea! as for favourite disney/pixar movie i think this is finally something i don’t know… there’s just so many films to choose from maybe if you gave me a little hint or something i could take a guess but i really have no idea what it could be :( this is the question that has broken me </3

the fact you listened to elo enough to have a favourite song of his i’m 🥺😭 i’m not sure if you will have listened to his latest album yet?? so i’m not sure if it would be any of those.. (maybe falling dreams if you have listened to it though?) but i think maybe you would like rose? you said we have similar music taste so if i just name some of my favourites then hopefully at least one of them will be right... right? so maybe day n night or angel.. or perhaps osaka, melt or lip service. i don't wanna guess too many or that might be cheating so if its none of these maybe tell me which album your favourite song is on and then i can try guessing again asjdhakjsd

i would guess f(x) and miss a of course though those are probably too obvious so you might not count them... so i will also guess snsd (i feel like that has to be one right? everyone loves girls gen) maybe wonder girls?? or after school? i feel like i’m just naming very obvious or popular groups but i’m not sure! i’m bad at knowing what gen every group is too so hopefully these are 2nd gen asjdhjksd

those were some very tough questions i think my perfect score streak definitely ends here! but hopefully this doesn’t mean i’m eliminated or anything because the game is a lot of fun!! 💓💞

#anonymous #💌#🐘💌

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dandelionandkrindle · 2 years

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This if gonna be LONG so apologies in advance

Abt the dragon ages:

I'd rec playing them in order for it to make most sense

It doesn't use the renegade/paragon system like me used; instead they played around with some different... Stuff. Origins simply gave you multiple dialogue choices in npc convos, 2 introduced dialogue tags that denoted your character's emotional intent: aggressive/direct, humorous/sarcastic, diplomatic/helpful (or smth like that. It wasn't always employed well tbh); and inquisition added even more on to that approach, so much so that they introduced perks your character could pick up to unlock additional conversational value (like if you had like. An underworld perk, you could inquire abt criminal activity or something)

There's no sexism in thedas (world where dragon age is set) except there is! Origins is a 2009 game and it shows

Idk how it is with mass effect but quite a lot of the worldbuilding and lore is found in codex entries

Where me had commander shepard, dragon age played around with the game protag: in origins your choice in race and class open up different 'origins' for your character (there's a total of 6 of those. Well 7 if we count the expansion one but i don't); with dragon age 2 they tried the mass effect approach: the titular character is hawke, they're a human, you just choose their gender and class and the pain train starts; in inquisition they went back to the origins concept and you could choose race, gender, class and voice.

The combat is different from me and it might take some getting used to as it relies on pausing combat to redirect characters and such

Bigger party! You can take 3 companions with you. You can take 4 in origins and 2 by including the dog if you mod it right

There's a romance system like in mass effect. I do hate 2 for introducing the rivalmance system. The wiki is your friend 😔

WHERE'S THAT SECOND MOON BIOWARE. WHERE'D IT RUN OFF TO.

beware the fade portion in origins. Maybe the deep roads too. Also beware the fucking hinterlands in inquisition

Speaking of maps/zones: dragon age 2 had rushed development and so a lot of the zones were just. A handful of maps that they re-used, positioned differently, with different assets and stuff like that. It WILL feel unsatisfying, but what can ya do 😔

Dragon age WANTS to play at grey morality... But it doesn't do so successfully.

You will like some characters. You might even love some. You might fall in love with this world and its stories like i did. I also want to smash this series like a pinata. It WILL make you angry, so be prepared for that (though i suppose the mass effect ending already prepped you for that?)

Make lots of saves and consult the wiki liberally!

anon i'm gonna be real with you, u had me at 'you can include the dog in your party'. 5 stars 10/10 game of all time if true.

i'm glad to hear it's similar but also different from mass effect, worldbuilding and lore being found in the codex is definitely a mass effect thing too (and i loved reading every entry). anything that fleshes out the world i'm playing in is a huge plus in my book.

honestly, after years of playing wow, skyrim and the fallout series i feel like i'm (hopefully) prepared for the epic highs and lows of dragon age. when exactly i’ll get around to it is anyone’s guess but i will definitely keep ur advice in mind.

#thank you for all the info!#it was very nice of you to take the time to type this out #please imagine me furiously taking notes as i read thru this #dragon age #anon #asks

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liriostigre · 3 years

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have you read loveless by alice oseman? i love your blog 💙💗

thank u for loving my blog <3

no, i've only read Radio Silence cause someone recommended it (cause it's about dropping out and i'm a dropout lol) but tbh i didn't like it

#i posted some Radio Silence quotes and Alice Oseman herself reblogged one of those posts #i'm so sorry i didn't like her book 😶💔 YA is just not for me i think #(but i'm always up for it if anyone recs me YA... just. most of the time i don't like them 😅)#💌

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tackytigerfic · 2 years

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G and S for the ask game!

Hello bee sweetheart! Thank you so much for the ask, I've answered G here (including a sneaky peek at my unhinged Scrivener corkboard) so will go with S!

S: Any fandom tropes you can’t resist?

Ooh this is an interesting one isn't it? Because tropes are the backbone of the fandom experience in many ways, and one of the things I love about fandom is how authors interpret tropes and shape them around their writing.

When I first started writing I would have said I love all tropes but over the past few years (pandemic how are ya) I've become much less resilient in general and am much more careful about what I read.

I tend not to read tags so most of the fics I read are based on recs, or by following AO3 bookmarks, or by coming across a fabulous summary. But if all things were equal and I were presented with a list of tags and told to choose, I think the main tropes that immediately pique my interest and will get me clicking into a fic are probably the following few. I'll also link a few fics I love and a few on my MFL.

Multiverse/ time travel: It's a classic but In the Hand is just such a beautiful, moving example of the trope (see also: Dwelling and Far From the Tree by the same author!). From my MFL we have Turning Leaves by @kbrick (who wrote Running Mate which I really enjoyed -political fics hell yeah) and In Every Universe by the amazing @skeptiquewrites. And I tried it in miniature in Our Little Life but am also writing my own longfic at the moment - this is probably the one I'm most nervous about, as it's a complicated trope.

Draco in the Muggle world: An eternal favourite of mine! Here's the Pencil is my ultimate comfort-read in the trope and I've returned to it so many times over the years. Some highly-recced fics from my MFL are Knead by @jovialobservationanchor and Take a Chance on Me by @mintamintathings. I worked out my own obsession with this trope in Modern Love.

Politics!!!! Absolutely obsessed with political fics but I don't come across them as often as I do with other tropes, so if anyone has any recs please hit me up. My favourite is probably We Are Young by Femme, or the magnificent By the Grace by @letteredlettered. And from my MFL I am very excited by When Times are Dire by @aibidil. I've touched on politics in Modern Love, but not in any meaningful way, so this is definitely a trope for future Tacky and I have something in the works.

Case fic/Auror fic: It's a classic for a reason! I have read both The Boy Who Only Lived Twice by @letteredlettered and What We Pretend We Can't See by @gyzym many, many times, and they still feel just as fresh and complex and interesting as they ever did. From my MFL, I am itching to get at And I looked, and behold-! by @dwell-the-brave.

All this being said I will read anything if it's good! But if I really have to pick, these are the tropes that will always make me prick my little ficcy ears up.

Writer ask game here.

#drarry #drarry fic rec #drarry rec list #fanfic tropes #this fandom life #drarry squad #asked and answered

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olderthannetfic · 2 years

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Reading your tumblr, and talking to a friend about her reading habits, is making me think it might be fun to read more self published erotic romance books. But every time I've tried to read a romance novel, I've found it kind of boring. But it sounds like it should be fun! My current reading habits are mostly SFF from mainstream publishers, literary queer fiction, a little YA, and lots of fanfic--but maybe that's largely because that's what I'm used to? I definitely don't have any pretensions about my tastes being "better" than anyone else's! The fic I tend to like is dark, explicit, usually short, and mostly f/f, a little f/m, and occasionally m/m (I think I just fall much more on the "insert myself into the scene" side of things, and I'm a bi woman). When I've tried romance novels, I've always wanted more sex and action, less monogamy, and wished the sex was more fucked up (dubcon, noncon, intense power imbalances, "hardcore" kink). When I've tried reading just straight up erotica I have a bit more luck...but I don't really care about the characters, which is what I understand erotic romance is supposed to be better at (and why I love pwp fic, I think!). I guess I'm just wondering--how do I go about finding more self pub stuff that I might like? Or am I maybe just not quite the audience?

The monogamy issue is going to be hard to solve outside of pure porn things where Mary Sue or Gary Stu fucks their way through a large cast. It annoys me too. What I really like are triad romance novels, and those are barely a thing. (Think OT3 "how they got together" fic. It's not super common in fandom but it's a lot more common than in original.)

I also find that original doesn't go as far into dubcon as I like, and when it does, it's not labeled... for the very simple reason that Amazon is the major way to sell your work, and Amazon bans rape erotica and anything that verges too close to it. Smashwords would allow it, but it's even harder to search and tends to end up as a repository of straight up rape porn as opposed to fandomy dubcon.

I read things that are more or less sold as "romance" and that have explicit sex, but I don't tend to buy a lot that's labeled as "erotic romance" (which is a specific niche).

My general advice for selfpub stuff is to try random keywords on amazon until you find an individual book you like and then see if you can find recs lists (e.g. on goodreads) that include it. Sometimes, Amazon's 'people also bought' is useful, though it depends. There are Facebook groups and such where people rec things also.

I read almost exclusively m/m in the selfpub space. The m/f sector is much bigger and more profitable, but I don't know much. F/F is less common but certainly out there.

I never finished this assassin/target f/f novel, but the part I read was pretty decent: Requiem for Immortals by Lee Winter. It wasn't a particularly dark take on those tropes from what I saw, but it was a lot less tame than some of the other f/f offerings out there.

For more action-y works, if you're interested in m/m, I might try Meghan Maslow's Starfig Investigations series or one of Jordan L Hawk's various series. There are people working in the original m/m space who are writing series mystery and urban fantasy rather than pure romance. Starfig Investigations isn't super dark, but it does start with one of them being a sex slave who's on loan to the other one for the duration of a case. The series sometimes covers stuff about his time as a slave, though the overall tone isn't very dark most of the time.

In the het space, I might search for things labeled as thrillers or maybe the darker end of shifter romance or motorcycle romance. But I don't really read heavily in any of that, so that's just a guess.

Basically, it's a treasure hunt, and you'll need to do a fair amount of investigation to figure out what's out there and how it's labeled.

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spaceshipkat · 3 years

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Hey do you know any Fantasy YA Jewish authors? Cause I only know SJM and CClare and it makes me... furious?

They enbody almost every bad stereotype antisemites believe against us. Like they don't care about their audience (literal children!), even bully kids, have incest and abuse fetishes, romanticize awful things and only care about milking their series and making money because they're greedy. Anytime the reading group I'm in brings them up and I criticize these things, there's always the asshole that says "they're jewish what did you expect? Ahah!" (The worst part is that she is Jewish too! She just thinks it's funny? And I don't get it?).

I know lots of Jewish authors - YA, NA, A - but not for Fantasy YA specifically because I only recentry got into it. And when I ask around people always recommend SJM and CC as if they're the only Jewish authors in the genre.

Is there such a thing as bad irl representation? Cause I promise that most Jewish people are NOT like them.

It makes me furious that they are known as THE Jewish authors for Fantasy YA when they are THE WORST people :/

hmm i don’t know any off the top of my head, unfortunately (i don’t read much YA these days), but this list has a variety of genres for YA books with Jewish protagonists, though i’m not sure if every book is #ownvoices. OH WAIT have you read any books by Rena Rossner? she’s Jewish and writes #ownvoices books, such as this one! and this list mentions The Fever King by Victoria Lee features a Jewish protagonist, but, again, i’m not sure if the author is. does anyone else have any recs to share?

#ask #anonymous #book recs #book recommendations #booklr #bookblr

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yehet-me-up · 3 years

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*busts through the door like I'm the Kool-Aid man* BONJOUR FUCKERS I'M BACK!!! It is I, the Theatrical Gay Anon™! I hope you're ready to endure my endless babbling for a bit cuz I've got lots to say holy shit. Consider this part 1 of like, 1000 cuz I think Tumblr got rid of the submissions feature. I apologize in advance for the spam hehe.

Okay, with that out of the way. Ms. Yehet-Me-Up, may I call you Sarah? Sarah, what the fuck!? I can't even rn. I I give you a simple suggestion, no expectations behind it. I say "Hey, don't you think it'd be cool if Zitao was in the Exodus Mall universe?" to which you said "Yeah, that'd be neat, I might do that. Perhaps make him work at an Irish pub or something" and then I flip out with gratitude and excitement thinking you're gonna do like, a DRABBLE. 500 words at MOST -Theatrical Gay Anon

Imagine my SHOCK, my STUPEFACTION, upon realizing that you wrote OVER TEN THOUSAND WORDS about Huang Zitao aka the wind beneath my wings, the rain to my drought, the corny joke to my Junmyeon. And not only that! But you did this A MONTH AGO. I could've been reading this for so long and I had no idea! How foolish am I? I can't believe you wrote all of this based off of a silly little suggestion I made. I feel like bowing over how not worthy I am Wayne's World style -Theatrical Gay Anon

NOW IN REGARDS TO THE CONTENT OF THIS MASTERPIECE OH MY GOD WHERE DO I EVEN BEGIN!? I am floored by your preeminence. First things first, the title? Perfect. Full disclosure, I suck at titles. I've been writing for over a decade now and I'm still shit with titles. It's so hard to come up with just a few words to encapsulate everything you wrote but you do it SO WELL. The moodboard? Amazing. I've always loved that picture of Zitao and it fits so well with the pub setting -Theatrical Gay Anon

I'm afraid you've written "Fractions of Tomorrow" so well that I don't see there being a need for anyone to write anything else...ever. Stories? CANCELED. Poetry? CANCELED. Biographies? CANCELED. It's all over folks. Sarah has written The Best Thing Ever. We've peaked as a society. After I finish writing these asks I'm gonna become a hermit in the woods and make friends with all of the woodland creatures that inhabit it. -Theatrical Gay Anon

But seriously though, I love absolutely everything about this story. As a Zitao fan, I'm used to getting breadcrumbs. Not a lot of ppl write fics about him. I can count on one hand how many long fics of his you can find on Tumblr. But THIS?? This was no breadcrumb, this was a whole fucking bakery. And it all appeals to me so much oh my god? The sappiness of it all, the flowery prose, the rebellious rejection of cynicism, it's all so beautiful I want to marry it. -Theatrical Gay Anon

If I discussed all of the sentences in this fic that made me giggle with joy and kick my feet around I'd be here all day so keep in mind this is just a FRACTION of the ones I loved but I couldn't go without mentioning at least some of them so here we go. "It’s not his first time here, but it’s his first time paying attention" SHUT UP this line is go good it's so simple yet so nuanced I adore it. Seriously, why hasn't anyone hired you to write a screenplay? -Theatrical Gay Anon

"He wonders if you ironed the collar of your shirt to be that precise or if you simply move through the world without acquiring any wrinkles" God, this line is so CUTE it's DISGUSTING he's fond of the reader's un-wrinkled clothes that's such a specific thing to like and is totally the type of thing I've done with the ppl I've crushed on throughout my life. -Theatrical Gay Anon

"‘Zitao,’ he says finally. ‘Cute.’ You say" this is such a little thing but I love that you included his full name in this. I love his full name so much it sounds really pretty. Whenever I hear him refer to himself as "Huang Zitao" in interviews my heart soars. Hearing him speak Mandarin in general is a delight as well. It's an audibly gorgeous language and any racist who says otherwise can EAT MY ENTIRE ASS -Theatrical Gay Anon

"For someone who’s been in love for as long as you can remember she fights awfully hard against Baekhyun’s romantic nature" DEAR GOD I LOVE THESE TWO! I love these movie loving lovesick fools. I love that everyone in the world knows they love each other except them. I love seeing bits and pieces of their story throughout this written universe. I can't wait to see it all come together in Baekhyun's Exodus Mall fic. It's gonna be GLORIOUS -Theatrical Gay Anon

Also! I know you enjoyed my song recs that I thought fit perfectly with All Our Broken Places so here are some for when the Baek x Hitchcock fic drops. I know it's not done yet but I just *know* what it's gonna be like I can feel it in my bones. "Sidekick" by Walk the Moon and "Tongue Tied" by Grouplove. As for Fractions of Tomorrow I knew right away what songs I'd pick. "Dreams" by The Cranberries, "Jumpstarted" by Jukebox the Ghost and "Don't Stop Believing" by Journey -Theatrical Gay Anon

Gosh, this fic filled me with so much energy and joy I feel like a toddler on caffeine. But I really should sleep now though. It's gotten so late that I can see the sunrise peaking up sdksdksl. I'll see ya soon! I will be spamming you with more compliments about this fic once I wake up though! - Theatrical Gay Anon

Hi! I'm back. Okay, now where was I? Oh yeah, I was talking about some of my favorite lines from the story. "‘Hey man, how’s it going?’ Baekhyun reaches out and does a complex handshake with the man before you. ‘Oh, you know. Just working at the salt mines,’ Tao says with a laugh." I LOVE that you made Baek the one Zitao was close with. I miss the beef brothers so much. I'll never forgive SM for what they did to OT12. They were all such good friends 😔 -Theatrical Gay Anon

"‘I’m not sure.’ For a flash Tao’s eyes linger on you once more. ‘I think it would depend on the person.’ And then the bastard goes and winks at you." GOD, HE WOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS! HE'S SUCH A SHAMELESS FLIRT I HATE HIM *narrator voice* This was of course a huge a lie, he in fact loved Zitao immensely -Theatrical Gay Anon

"‘Sweetheart, I’m everyone’s type.’" You've captured Zitao's unlimited confidence so well and that makes me really happy. It's one of my favorite things about him. The man truly loves himself and I think that's awesome -Theatrical Gay Anon

"Tao looks at you through his lashes, bending close enough that you can feel his breath on your lips when he speaks. ‘Words are just the appetizer, darling. I prefer to have an entire feast.’ 'Any other questions or can I grab your orders?’" ASDKDSDSL SO YOU'RE JUST GONNA SAY THAT PANTY DROPPER LINE AND GO BACK TO BUSINESS AS USUAL ZITAO???? HUH??? IS THAT WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO??? -Theatrical Gay Anon

"‘Oh, nothing.’ He looks like the cat that caught the canary. ‘I just love being right.’" Something I love about EXO fic writers (myself included lol) is that despite all of the different ways they'll write the other members, there is one member who is always written the same and that's Baekhyun. He will always be written as a cheeky little shit cuz he *is* a cheeky little shit. That's just who he is. Messing with ppl is a favorite past time of his. -Theatrical Gay Anon

"'So, love, huh? There’s not some girlfriend or boyfriend of yours waiting for you at home?’" Thank you for not being heteronormative with the "are you dating someone?" convo. I know it might not seem like much but I really appreciate it. -Theatrical Gay Anon

"The beginning of love is always a lightning bolt. If that’s all it ever is you never have to deal with being knocked on your ass by the resulting thunderstorm" OOF, this one got me. So very true. The beginning of love is so scary! -Theatrical Gay Anon

"I could argue that anarchy still is love. Love of your beliefs and love of a person or a place or a thing so much that you’re willing to fight for it" OKAY BUT PASSIONATE LEATHER JACKET WEARING ANARCHIST ZITAO IN A ROCK BAND IS SUCH AN ATTRACTIVE CONCEPT!!! There's nothing sexier than a bad boi that will hate capitalism with you! He'd probably be the one to give ppl rides to protests and stuff I LOVE IT -Theatrical Gay Anon

"If we say love is a feeling, who’s to say that we aren’t in love? If we decide it’s an action then which one is it? A kiss or a commitment or - maybe it’s nothing more complicated than putting words to the way I feel when you look at me?" Listen I don't mean to be dramatic or anything (wait, who am I kidding? I'm literally the Theatrical Gay Anon being dramatic is like my Thing) but if a guy ever said that to me my trans boi pussy would be open for business IMMEDIATELY

Alright, so, uh Final Thoughts. This may be my new favorite work of yours, and no it's not just cuz it's got my ultimate bias in it lmao. This year has been so shitty and it's made my depression + anxiety reach the highest possible levels but reading this, this love story filled with hope and certainty despite not knowing what the future will hold for them, made this year seem easier to cope with. Thank you so much for making this, it means the world to me. -Theatrical Gay Anon

ALRIGHT, LAST ASK AND THEN I'LL SHUT UP I PROMISE but I personally headcanon that Double Shot + Zitao stayed together till the very end. They didn't get married cuz they hate formalities but they got matching tattoos and even when they're old and grey you can still them clear as day on their wrists. When they're asked how they met no one believes their answer lol. And when Double Shot died of old age before Zitao he would sing her favorite song by her grave every Saturday -Theatrical Gay Anon

OKAY SO I know I said I was done and I know I've already sent in like, 30 bajillion asks but I'm curious does Yifan or Luhan also work at the Irish pub?? Or do they work somewhere else in the mall? Inquiring minds want to know -Theatrical Gay Anon

When I tell you this made my entire month (when you sent it weeks ago, I’ve been hanging onto these because they seriously bring me SO much joy holy crap) I am not remotely kidding j;oaisjdflkasdjfa

I am absolutely going to put on these song recs while I work on the next chapter!

a;osdfjlaksdfjasl the fact that you stayed up late to read this warms my heart so much. It reminds me of all the times I stayed up til the ass crack of dawn reading fanfics because I simply could NOT stop reading, so the fact that you enjoyed this like that makes me helllllaaaa emo 🥰

I just??? 2020 was indeed such a long year and affected my energy and creativity and honestly don’t really remember writing this hahaha. I kind of go into a fugue state with these longer fics and they just EMERGE. So to see you reflecting back some of what I wrote allows me to enjoy the process so much more. Makes writing and tumblr fun and I seriously wish everyone writing and creating could have someone as passionate and thoughtful and hilarious as you hyping them up 🌟 it honestly feels like a GIFT and I will absolutely keep writing this series and hoping to be worthy of it 😘

We will definitely get to see more of these two in the finale fic! I got into EXO after Tao, Yifan, and Luhan left so I’m not quite as familar with their personalities, but I could definitely see Yifan working at the US Bank haha. Business suit by day and partying/flirting by night. As for Luhan I feel like he’d work somewhere like the bookstore or the music store?? somewhere quieter and more contemplative.

Thank you again for sending this and for being you <3 I hope 2021 is a wonderful year for you and that you know how AMAZING you are 💖💖💖💖💖

#asks #theatrical gay anon

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meshugana1 · 6 years

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Could you turn me into an attractive maid? My friends keep making fun of me about how I'm single because of my looks, my shy and timid personality. Plus, I need a job to pay off a bunch of debts.

My breath grew cold and heavy in my lungs like I had inhaled a block of ice. The center of the room felt like it was dangerous all of a sudden and every cell in my body screamed for me to avoid it. I couldn’t though, this was about personal growth. I wanted to slap myself but that would look really weird. Come on, come on, you can do this Jack. You’re the man, this is easy as pie. The scene played out before me. I had unconsciously crossed my arms as a woman asked a seated man about airfare to the Bermuda triangle. “What do ya want air rates for? We don’t even know if there’s no airports there anyway,” the travel agent said.“Well yes but ships always go missing in there,” she said.“Yeah, but we at least know there’s a couple docks so it’s probably safer.”“Probably? How often do ships go missing there?”“All the time. Every ship we send never comes back.” Come on Jack, jump in.“If no ships ever come back how does your company have such positive reviews?”“Well, no one’s come back to give us a bad one.” The crowd surrounding the pair chuckle and laugh, all but me. I’m still too nervous, a million lines and ideas are all competing in my head and it’s all too much. I’m sure a vein is throbbing somewhere in my head.

“Hey man, I thought you said you’d get up there tonight? I’m bummed I didn’t get to see you freeze up in front of everybody,” Alan said. He was the lovable asshole that first suggested I come with him to his improve class to ‘break out of my shell’. I was perfectly fine in it, but it still got lonely. It was over nine years since my last girlfriend, and I’m not even sure how that one happened. “Sorry, I just got a little sidetracked thinking of what to say,” I said as I popped two Tylenol to squash the headache I gave myself. “That’s the fuckin problem dude, you don’t have to think in improve. You just do, ya know?” I didn’t know in fact. I can’t remember the last time I didn’t take a weekend off to plan out all the conversations I was going to have the following week. I was always just so scared of saying the wrong thing. “I’ll try better next time, I need to get to my night job or that dick boss of mine is gonna fire me.”“Ya know, I’ve heard you call him dick, asshole, fuckhead, motherfucker, cocksucker, pissant, and douce, but I don’t think I heard his name yet.”“Yeah, I may not like it but I really need the money. I have those student loans I took out remember?” This made Alan laugh, way harder than I thought was necessary. “Oh yeah, you were all set for a law degree and you got kicked out like the first day cause you called some woman ‘the most fuckable MILF you ever saw’.”“Yeah.”“And who did she turn out to be, again?”“The dean, alright? She was the dean.” Alan laughed so hard I thought he was actually choking. Part of me wished he would.

I waited for Alan to recompose himself, he was the only one of us who could afford a car. I scanned the dimly lit hallway of the rec center. Looking for anything that could take my mind off my friend’s enjoyment of my situation. I saw a worn out cork board on the opposite wall lined with various ads. Better than listening to him choke on my misery. One said there was a snowmobile trailer in like new condition for sale, only $8500. Another advertised an old woman’s piano class, three times a week for only ten dollars a lesson. That was actually pretty good. A bright pink one hidden beneath a wanted poster from 1993 proclaimed the need for a groundskeeper at a country estate and offered to pay a hundred dollars an hour plus room and board. “What!?”

A hundred friggin dollars an hour? I work a total eighteen hours a day between both my jobs and I barely bring home three hundred a week! “What’s wrong?” Alan said.“This lady want’s to pay someone a hundred dollars an hour to mow her lawn and stuff!”“No way, let me see,” Alan said grabbing the flyer from me. “Oh dude, that’s that old Haderly place like five miles outside town.”“So?”“Dude, she like a shut-in. But from what I hear she’s a total babe and makes all her money from doing cam shows online. No way you can work for a woman like that.”“Wow, I’m not used to hearing you so mature Alan.”“What? No, you can’t work for her cause you’re shy, short, and um, a homely guy. She’s not gonna want to hire you. She probably wants some super stud around to ogle at and get her in the mood. Sounds like a job for me!” Now it was my turn to laugh. He might have had a little nugget of a point, but he wasn’t exactly much better looking than me.“Don’t you dare. If anyone needs this job I do. You make plenty of money at your job.”“Not a hundred fucking dollars an hour. Don’t worry, when I’m loaded and she and I start dating we’ll let you live in the attic or something,” he said with a smile.

It was an expensive Uber ride out to the property, but one hours wages from this lady would pay it back and more. It was early, the sunrise only just began to blind me as I walked down the path to the house. My fingers traced along the flyer as I walk, I would have called but there was no phone number on it, just this address. The air was so clean and filled with moisture I could hardly believe it. And the yard was nothing less than colossal. I had no idea there were even yards like this in the area. It looked like you had to measure it in acres. It took me nearly thirty minutes to walk it straight down the middle, no wonder the salary was so high, this was a full-time job. I was finally close enough to make out the detail on the ornate wooden doors when I saw another door at the side of the house open wide and a man stepped out. He was huge, built like a brick house and wore a really tight white shirt and jeans combo. He raised a Panama hat to his head and looked over the property with a steely gaze. Was this guy the lady’s husband? Not a second later did he reach back and grab a shovel and rake from the same doorway. Oh shit, was he a groundskeeper? Am I too late? Fuck, no wait. This place is huge, maybe she needs two? Oh please god need two, the ride back is gonna kill my wallet.

The closer I get the more beautiful the house looks. This might actually be an old plantation home. That would make sense given the size of the yard. I can tell it’s solidly built as I step on the porch. Not a single creak or grown from the wood at all. I take a second before I knock on the door to check my appearance. My shirt is tucked, my shoes are clean, and my hair feels good. Ok, you’ve reversed this a hundred times since last night. Knock on the door, she answers. I say hello and offer a handshake, not too firm. We exchange names, I ask about the job. She asks my qualifications, can’t be too complicated for yard work. She either says yes or no, shake hands again and say thank you. Then I go home and wait for the call. Easy. I turn to knock on the door only find it already open, with a very beautiful woman laying against the doorframe.

“And how can I help you young man?” she said. Her hair was a light brown color, accented with thin streaks of white. Her face looked beautiful despite light evidence of aging. He skin was still tight, but there was the odd wrinkle here and there. She wore a burgundy silk robe that failed completely at masking her impressive figure. Her hips made waves in her robe as they rested on the bawdy flesh. She looked like an ex-playboy bunny. “Young man? How can I help you?” she said. I hadn’t realized but her sudden appearance had thrown me off. “Oh, um, well,” I said. I fumbled with my hands trying to produce the slip for her. “I, well I was hoping that you could maybe hire me as a gardener. I mean the groundskeeper job,” oh god. I totally fucked this up. She had a questioning look on her face as she grabbed the flyer. “Well first off if you’re begging for a job you should probably lead with your name.”“Right, it’s Jack. I mean I’m Jack,” goddamnit Jack, you totally fucked up.“Thank you, Jack, my name is Irene Haderly. Secondly, I’m sorry to say that I filled that position over two years ago. This is just an old flyer, you probably already saw my groundskeeper, Samson, this morning. He’s more than enough for the property. What I really need right now is a maid. My last one quit about a month ago and it kills my knees cleaning this place by myself. So unless you want that job I can’t really help you.”

I knew it was too good to be true. I never catch any breaks, I’m gonna be in debt for the rest of my goddamn life. But as she turned her back to me I felt this little ball of white-hot anger in my stomach grow. I was pissed at everything. My shitty apartment, my negative bank account, my stupid shyness, and it just sort of exploded. “Does the maid job pay just as well?!” I said. God, even angry I’m pathetic. But my whiny ejaculation seemed to peak her interest. “It does, actually. Even better, one-fifty an hour plus room and board. You would be expected to live here while you’re employed by me, and there is an appearance code that needs to be followed, are you up for that?” It was even better than I hoped, except for the appearance code. “Um, you’re not going to make me crossdress, are you?” Hell for that much money I wouldn’t even mind. “No, no. Nothing like that. You would, of course, need to sign an agreement, I lose maids so often I would just feel better if you made a commitment to working and living here. Would six months be alright with you?” Six months? At one-fifty an hour? With no expenses? “Could we make it a year? That sounds great!”

I followed her inside and boy it looked awesome. It was the first time in my life I had an occasion to use the word opulence. I followed her down a naturally lit hallway, the sunlight blinding me on more than one occasion until we reached her office. She removed a simple looking brass key from her robe, it looked kinda heavy but I don’t remember seeing its outline in her clothing. “Now, other than tending to your duties, the only rule of the house is that you are never allowed in this office unless accompanied by me. Is that clear?”“Yes, ma’am.” That’s a pretty easy rule to follow. She handed me a fairly wordy looking piece of paper and told him where to sign. I had finally dotted the last I and crossed the last T, “Alright, ma’am, I think I’m done.” She smiled in a very loving way. “Perfect, now we just need to get your appearance up to snuff, follow me,” she said. This was the most nerve-wracking part. Was she actually going to make me crossdress? She said no but the thought was still chipping away at me.

I was both happy and confused when she lead me instead of her closet to a side room in her office. It looked like a pantry filled with mason jars. It looked like they were filled with various spices, maybe she made her money with some artisanal spice company. But why bring me here? She looked like she carefully considered each jar, then she reached up and grabbed a small one and dumped the contents into her hand. She brought her hands together and rubbed the spice into her hands repeatedly. She brought her hands close to her mouth as she rubbed and it seemed like she was whispering into it. “Now, this is going to feel a little weird but don’t worry, it won’t hurt a bit.”

What? She lifted her palm to my face and blew the dusty spice in my face before I could ask what she meant. I coughed violently as the powder flew down my throat and into my eyes. “What the hell was that!?” I said trying to rub the powder from my face, oddly enough though, she was right in that it didn’t hurt at all. “Sorry, I thought you read the contract? This was all explicitly stated.” I was about to tell her that nothing in there said anything about getting sand blown in my face, but all that came out was slurred speech. My knees were getting weak too. I didn’t feel any pain at all. But it was like I could feel the little bits of powder burrowing into my body. My vision got really fuzzy but I could feel everything so much clearer. I could feel really big, powerful hands grab my shoulder and cradle me in even more powerful arms. I knew we were walking but I didn’t know where until I was placed on a bed. It felt like little tacks all over my body just scratching the surface of my skin. It was heavenly.

My whole body felt like the head of my dick when I masturbated. I tried to reach down for my cock but my whole body felt like jelly. Then after what felt like an eternity, it started to die down. I could finally feel how heavy I was breathing and it was like a had weights on my chest. My back was arched somewhat awkwardly too, but overall I just felt a bit out of sorts. My vision was still cloudy, like my contact lenses had fallen out. Without them, I could barely see a foot in front of my face, but I could make out the shapes of two people on the opposite side of the room. One was Ms. Haderly, but the other one took a little thinking before I could recognize Samson’s broad shoulders. “Finally awake I see, well good. You woke up a lot faster than some of the others.”“Woke up? Did you drug me or something? This isn’t some kinda kinky snuff thing you have right? Please tell me it’s not.”“Don’t be silly, you just had to be altered to fit the appearance requirement, and you turned out pretty great too If I do say so myself.” What was she talking about, turned out great? Oh shit, this was totally like the human centipede. In a moment of cinema-induced paranoia, I reached a hand behind me and, for a brief moment, fully expected to feel the face of some other poor guy who got caught in her trap. I did end up grabbing a lot more flesh than I usually did, but it wasn’t someone else’s face.

It was my own ass, but it felt gigantic. My bottom was, at its apex, a boney little thing that only by the most generous definitions could be called an ass. This thing I had my hand digging into though, this was a real ass. It was curved, meaty, springy and pretty responsive to touch. I could feel the blood rushing all sorts of places as I fondled my way to understanding. Unconsciously my thighs rubbed together, and when they did I noticed a distinct lack of testicular pressure when I did that though. I wasn’t alone in the room but I really had to be sure. With my free hand I reach to my crotch I closed my eyes and uttered one last prayer and tried to grab my dick. Instead, my palm slaps into a flat, slick, cleft.

I’m not some super macho guy, so being emasculated wasn’t exactly earth-shattering to me but who wouldn’t start freaking out after losing something so important? Other than my ass and my chest my body felt so light and wispy. I felt a rising nervous energy in my toes and I started bouncing on my heels. Ms. Haderly moved to my side quickly. “Now I know this is a shock, I would be pretty flustered too. But let me just explain what’s going on, okay? Samson, why don’t you leave us to some girl time?” He didn’t say anything as he turned around and left. I still teetered on the edge of a meltdown, but if she did this to me she was the only one who could undo it. So I just listened.

“You have probably guessed already but I’m something like a witch. And you may not believe me but this was all spelled out in that contract, and I wasn’t kidding about the pay scale. Every hour you live here you’ll make one-hundred and fifty dollars, now a young guy like you probably needs cash like that. And this is only for a year. Now do the math, 24 hours a day at one-fifty an hour, you’ll be a millionaire by then.” That stopped me in my tracks. That was so much money it was crazy. “Why do I have to be a girl though?” “That’s just the way the magic works. Aside from the looks, which are much improved by the way, it also comes with the knowledge of how to execute your duties. That and, well let’s just say the job comes with some really great benefits,” she said. Her nails glided along my thigh, and her hand reached and grabbed what I assumed to be one of my breasts. I hope that’s what it was because I still couldn’t see well, and they felt amazing to be held. She moved in closer and kissed me. Her much larger chest pressed into mine and her tongue darted around my mouth. When she separated I didn’t need my glasses to make out the sultry face she was giving me as she licked her lips. “So, what do you think?”

She led me to my room a half an hour later, it was towards the front of the house on its left side. The room was directly beside Samson’s it seemed. When I stepped in, from what little I could make out, it was huge. It looked bigger than my crappy studio by three times. She guided me over to a bed and for a second I thought we were going to resume what she started upstairs, but instead, she told me to get dressed and start going through the list of chores. I suppose I shouldn’t be too surprised by the uniform she wanted me to wear. It looked like a sexy french maid’s costume, but the thing I was excited about was the glasses on top of the pile of silky clothes. I wasted no time or thought in putting them on, and oddly enough they were my exact prescription. The room instantly became clear and I took in its full rustic splendor. A room like this in the city would cost no less than six thousand a month, and it was mine for just the cost of my cock and balls.

I was nervous as I crept into the hallway in my new uniform, but not nearly as much as I expected or was accustomed to. This was the most flesh I had ever had exposed while still being dressed. My legs were encased in the thinnest white fabric stockings I could have imagined. The air passed right through and stroked my legs as if they were naked. My heels actually confused me in his easy I took to walking in them. They were over five inches tall, and at first glance, I had no idea how I could walk in them without undergoing training. But as my feet slipped into them it felt just like riding a bicycle, and not once did I even buckle in the slightest. The bra and panties went on in much the same way, but the feel of the silk underwear still caused a blush across my body. They were tight and the panties clung to my new sex, creating a slight camel toe. The bra seemed like it was intended to make my, really rather impressive, chest pop and call attention to itself. There I stood, dressed only in my new underwear and heels, like a lot of porn I had watched, with a chest that begged to be touched. I really wanted to, like really really. But Ms. Haderly had given me a list of chores to get to, and if she could do this to me to help my work go easier, then I really didn’t want to picture what she could do when she was mad.

My incredibly short skirt bounced as I walked the halls and cleaned the rooms, with a feather duster no less. The house was kept mostly immaculate and only required light upkeep. Still, the house was large and the sun was setting by the time I had finished. I had been required to make Ms. Haderly both lunch and dinner, now I hadn’t made much more than Kraft mac n’ cheese for the last few years, but as I entered the kitchen I flitted about like a master chef. Before I knew it I had made her a hearty seafood salad for lunch, and that evening I made her a two-course meal, a simple Caprese salad and a roast beef for the main course. She even praised the meal, saying it was simply delicious. I had no idea magic could make someone so effective at something so complicated.

Not only the cooking was different, but I seemed to have an intimate knowledge of the layout of the house, and my own timetable, and well…I seemed to just do everything in the sexiest possible way. I don’t think I ever bent my knees once the whole day, always at the waist and displaying my round ass to whoever was lucky enough to be behind me. My walk was punctuated with a side to side thrust of my hips with every step. Whenever I was in Ms. Haderly’s presence I always had my hands clasped in front of my stomach, which squeezed my breasts together making them look even larger. Honestly, I didn’t mind as much as I would’ve as a guy. I wasn’t good looking, not hardly, but now I was hot. Like really hot, and I kinda loved flaunting it. The sun was finally gone and as I returned to my sizable room, I ran into the groundskeeper Samson as he returned to his.

I had never actually been introduced to him. A few times I saw him through the windows as I cleaned them, he mostly didn’t wear a shirt all day. That was concerning me. Normally I would be jealous of his intense physical fitness, he was as big as Schwarzenegger and as toned as Bruce Lee. I was jealous that I didn’t have his body, just not in the way I normally would be. He still didn’t have a shirt on and his body glistened with sweat and his tanned chest and face were planted with small, light patches of dirt and dust. “Oh, nice to see you awake. I’m Samson. So I guess you’re staying then?” he says. His rock solid arm reaches up and rubs the back of his neck. His body is so toned I can see each individual muscle move when he shifts his weight. “Y..yeah, it’s really good money, ya know?” My thighs rubbed together absentmindedly, feeling much hotter than I thought they should. “Yeah, that’s what drew me here a few years ago. What was your name again?” he said.“It’s Jack, but you can call me Jaclyn if you think it sounds better,” I said, blushing harder than I had for a long time. “That’s a pretty name, suits you much better now. It’ll take some getting used to though believe me,” he said.“Wait, did she…?” I said.“Yup, two years ago. My name was Samantha, if you can believe it,” he said. I very easily could. I moved my hands behind my back and took a few steps forward, hips rolling with each step. “So, did she change everything on you too?”

Not five minutes later I was thrown on my bed as he used his powerful muscles to strip me bare. I undid his denim jeans with my teeth and his hard cock slapped against my face, the heat of his solid manhood made my glasses fog up. We were just about to get into it when we heard a that clear near the door. It was Ms. Haderly, dressed in the same robe from this morning. I was horny as hell but nervous, terrified I had broken some unknown rule. “You naughty, little servants should know better. You need to wait for your mistress before getting started.” She stepped forward and her robe slid off revealing her still tight and erotic naked body. She joined me on the bed and began to lick and tease Samson’s cock. Her hand was pawing at my supple ass. It was then that I had made up my mind, this was the best job ever.

The end. Hope Y’all like it!

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