#I will go absolutely ape shit if he really comes an servant (in a good way)

[kcciny]

Wdym we get crime and punishment in fgo????? HELLO??

[ukiyokki]

mars reads too much dreamnotfound fanfiction for their own good

a dreamnotfound fanfic recommendation list by your resident dumbass (me)

this took way to fucking long... i’m tired

below is a (very extensive) list dedicated to all my favorite dnf fics, ranging from quick one shots to 100k+ word monstrosities that devour the storage on my computer, forever incomplete masterpieces to ongoing works of art, you get the idea. i provided links for each fic/series for your reading pleasure. there will be no smutty/nsfw fics on this list, that’s just not my vibe lmao. this list goes in no particular order, and i’ll update it from time to time when i feel like it. now, without further ado, let us begin.

Heat Waves (complete) by tbhyourelame

(wtf else did you expect, looking at a dnf rec list?) amazingly well written, and while it’s not my favorite dnf fic it’s damn near close. in the midst of a brutal heatwave, a suffering dream comes to terms with the fact that he is desperately in love with his best friend. everything i could say about this fic has already been said by nearly everyone who’s read it, so if you haven’t yet caved into the hype, just go for it. you won’t be disappointed.

Gonna be around (completed) by georgescatcafe

(mc irl) my favorite dnf oneshot to date. just read it, i don’t wanna spoil for you :)

Inferno in the Sky (ongoing)by zairielon

(star wars au) an ongoing star wars au currently clocking in at almost 200k words. need I say more? everything about it absolutely slaps, each chapter is amazingly written, and it’s just good. also, can we just appreciate dream and tubbos dynamic in here? 10/10, amazing, must protecc. oh right, a summary: george, an exiled padawan turned engineer, must return to the jedi temple after attacks on it from an unknown assailant threaten the safety of himself and the other jedi.

Like Magic (ongoing) by KangarooKen, NotGra55 (Gra55)

(harry potter au) the unofficial official dnf harry potter au. we watch the young unlikely wizard pair grow up together throughout their years at hogwarts as they battle good old fashioned wizard racism. beautifully written, incredibly fun and suspenseful, and just an overall blast and a half.

GeorgeNotFound, Son of Poseidon, and the League of Minor Gods (ongoing) by Clichewho_69, Cygnvs, Trash_Kinggg

(percy jackson au) percy jackson au? check. “road trip” (technically quest but u get what i mean)? check. enemies to friends to lovers? check. this fic follows the plot of the lightning theif (albeit loosely), but everything is explained enough where you don’t have to read percy jackson to understand what’s going on. basically after moving to the usa, george gets taken to camp halfblood where he learns that a) gods exist. b) he’s the son of poseidon and c) he needs to prove that he didn’t steal zeus’s master bolt.

Protected (completed) by aenqua

(royalty/camelot au) my favorite piece of dnf media of all time. dubbed the official dnf camelot au, where dream is the heir to the throne and george is a servants son with a secret that couldp get him killed. these childhood friends grow up together and learn trust, love, and acceptance. (that summary did not justice to the masterpiece that is this fic) here’s the directors cut

The Hunter (completed) by HederEgo

(mc irl) a choose your own adventure fic with 13 different endings, where dream the hunter must kill george and stop him from beater the ender dragon. enough said.

The official dream team cowboy AU (series)(ongoing) by antsu_in_my_pantsu

(cowboy au) cowboys and outlaws horses and shit. and the big gay. it’s a cowboy au, what else did you expect? fucking yee haw (all seriousness this is a great read, i loved it so so so so much and i can’t wait for the final chapter to release).

This is a Drista moment, let's just accept it (completed) by Qekyo

dnf fic from drista pov. considering its unique perspective, it’s perfectly done. beautifully showcases a sibling relationship through drista and her memories/moments with dream, and it just works, y’a know? also drista supremacy.

Dear Dream (completed) by Qekyo

(wwii au) i don’t cry when watching/reading anything sad. translation: i’m a heartless bitch. however, this fic is the only exception. it caused me to cry so hard my mom walked in my room and asked if i was ok. ‘nuff said.

TECHNOlogical Wingman (completed) by Closeted_Bookworm

techno is the autocorrect ai on dreams phone, and he gains sentience. interesting concept, and the author fucking nailed it. great fic.

It Was Only a Fic (ongoing) by imagineitdear

dream starts reading a dnf fanfic (we’ve all been there buddy).

Teacher’s Pet (ongoing) by niyuha

(teacher au) in which dream is a high school english teacher and george is the new comp sci teacher in room 297.

Saltwater Secrets (ongoing) by earlgay_milktea

(mermaid/high school au) a great example of the shear amount of variety in fics this fandom has to offer. when i started reading dnf fics i would have never thought i’d find one about a mermaid george hopelessly crushing on his human friend, who happens to be his schools star swimmer. yet here i am, and i am far from disappointed.

Smash My Heart (incomplete) by dontrollthedice

george and sapnap are commentators for duper smash brothers tournaments, and george develops a crush on an up and coming smash streamer named dream.

roleplaying in the dark is harder than it seems (completed) by Alienu

laser tag. 10/10

solar system (completed) by quartzfia

(mc irl) george vists dream in pandora’s vault.

Ramblings of a Lunatic (completed) by jungkooksfic

ahh communicating through a notebook left on a shelf in a bookstore- what a perfect way to start a relationship.

Paint me like your French Girls (It's Charcoal, Actually) (completed) by Turtle_ier

(artist au) george is an art student, and dream is a model.

00:00:00 (completed) by isleofdreams

(soulmate au) 00:00:00 is the moment you meet your soulmate, as indicated but the clock ticking down on your wrist until the moment you meet. i’m not a fan of soulmate aus; this fic is the exception.

Blue Skies Smilin' At Me (completed) by kivy

(artist au) i don’t usually cry while reading stuff, but this brought me damn near close. george is a painting conservator and chats it is with the ghost of the artist if the painting he is working on. they fall in a love.

Current Location (incomplete) by hendollana

(influencer au) george simps for a hot american instagram model. who knew he’d actually follow back?

The Withering (series) (series ongoing, 1 work completed) by App1e_Juice

(mc irl) lore and world building and fight scenes and everything i crave. what’s not to love? something starts making the plants and crops around dreams village wither, and must team up with new friends to find the cause of the mysterious disease plaguing the land.

Minecraft, But You Can't Leave (complete) by facadecake

(mc irl) dream and george are sucked into their own private minecraft world together and must beat the game to escape.

Free The Game, Beat the End (incomplete) by goatgoatwasfound

(mc irl) a glitch in minecraft causes thousands of players from around the world to be trapped inside minecraft, with only one way of escape- beating the ender dragon. first dnf fic i ever read, and it’s still 10/10 for me.

Why don't you come a little closer? (completed) by lifeofandoms

george gets stood up by a date, and Dream pretends he’s the date to save george from the embarrassment. simply adorable.

lightning bug (completed) by saintachesP

(band au) while on tour, dream realizes his feeling for george.

Hold me closer (completed) by Treesofmyheart

(mc irl/dsmp) i just,, really like this trope.

Dizzy on caffeine (completed) by GleamingGreenGoggles

(coffee shop au) best dnf coffeeshop au i’ve read. periodt.

living a life of crime isn’t always easy (series) (completed) by itisjosh

(mafia/assassin au) stockholm syndrome except it’s not weird.

Inhibitions Make Interesting Situations (completed) by Ship_On_The_Sea

i pissed myself laughing. it’s just a dream and george being hilariously dense, flustered idiots. serotonin central.

thy eternal summer shall not fade (completed) by gracequills

(high school au) that moment when you recite shakespeare to your crush in your ap lit class instead of confessing (hate it when that happens).

All is Fair in love and Football (ongoing) by graciegirl2001

(college au) #1 favorite college au. in which george is a cheerleader, and dream is the football teams rising star player. this one gets extra points because of the amazing karlnap moments sprinkled throughout. *chefs kisses air*

online love (completed) by andbutso

(high school au) online classes go zoooooooom

Can’t help falling (completed) by isleofdreams

dream re-learns the guitar to sing to george on his birthday. beautiful. fluffy. amazing

dance in the rain and my arms (completed) by lazy_kitkat

george is a rain god, and dream is a wind god

Weather Boy (completed) by DaintyDiizzle

wouldn't you like to know, weather boy? (where dream can control the rain)

The color orange (completed) by anon

(mc irl) dream describes the colors of a sunset

Family Mode (completed)by Strawberry_flavoured_tears

they’re dads :,)

Breathing Room (incomplete) by papercranes

(band an) an amazing band au. the mad lad author wrote original songs for each chapter. above and beyond, mad props :). unfortunately, it’s incomplete

Piece of Clay (completed) by carbonbrine

(artist au) george is a sculptor and his sculpture comes to life- but oh no he’s hot.

Try (completed) by Not4typicalwriter

(royalty au) george must choose a suitor, but none of them are up to dream, his head knights, standards. or dream is hella jelly. also protective dream is perfect

When the Roses Bloom (completed) by HederEgo

(royalty au) close second for my favorite fic. go to royalty au for a quick serotonin bost. it’s all fluff and flowers and crushes, and i love it. criminally underrated.

Heavenstruck (ongoing) by dontrollthedice

george is dreams guardian angel, and dream want to find out more about him and his past life. bittersweet :,)

Bang and Burn (completed) by App1e_Juice

(spy au) george accidentally falls for target number 1 on sapnap’s secret agency’s hit list. this ones great, i love me a spy au :)

Can I get a uhh… (completed) by lemonskies

dream keeps pulling up to the drive through mcdonald’s that george works at drunk.

Pretty Stranger (completed) by anon

when looking for dream in the terminal, george sees a cute guy and decides to flirt.

Take my Hand (completed) by latinbias

(royalty au) another royalty au? poggers. surprise twists? double poggers. love this a lot.

seconds, minutes, hours, lifetimes (complete) by meridies

ROAD TRIP ROAD TRIP ROAD TRIP ROAD TRIP *inhales to compose herself* roadtrip au. unrequited love, ignored feelings, longing, pining, you know the drill. absolutely love this one, its the best roadtrip au i have ever read, in any fandom. (maybe cause i identify with it a little too much, but thats not important. whats important is that you read this fic. right now. im waiting).

Message redacted (complete) by justyouraverageloser

(text fic) dream asks for a girls number and realises hes been given the wrong number. however, an unexpected relationship starts to form between him and the stranger on the other end of the line.

the waves (completed) by anon

(mc irl) this fic was written by the same anon who wrote the color orange, which is up there on my fav dnf oneshot list. dream and george know they have a higher purpose. they don’t know where they came from, or why they are seemingly the only humans in the world, or how they feel about eachother, or even where the skeletons come from, but they are sure of one thing: they have to beat a dragon.

The Dream Doll (completed) by PeppDream (Pep_Pizza)

(voodoo i guess) i’m a real big fan of fics with really out there or unique concepts, so naturally this one makes the cut! i really liked it, it’s really sweet and made me think a lot about what matters to me in the world. george finds a strange doll in an antique shop, and would really like to just stuff it in a drawer and forget about it. sadly (?), the doll has other plans.

last updated February 6th, 2021

[jq37]

May we have a recap, please? :)

**spoilers for panic at the art show and home for the holidays**

OK people. I actually don’t have a ton of commentary on these two so I’m gonna try and keep it (relatively) short and sweet [Edit from Future Me: Failed Step 1].

Also, iirc, this is the week Dropout starts streaming new Fantasy High eps on Wednesdays which is very dope and I am very excited for. I probably won’t do full on recaps like I do for normal eps because, lbr, I don’t strictly have the time to be recapping these eps at all and it’s pure stubbornness that keeps me from making wiser time management decisions. But, rest assured, if I have an Opinion, you will hear it whether you want to or not. 

Anyway, on with the show. 

Last recap, I mentioned that this ep was giving me Aelwen house party vibes and now it reminds me of that ep in another way: Everyone rolled like TRASH almost the entire ep. It was so frustrating! They barely got any hits in until like halfway through the ep.

(Aw man, I just realized I’m gonna have to remember which spelling of Aelwen is correct again now that FH is coming back.)

I love how Murph is immediately like, “I need to make sure my wife doesn’t die during this fight avenging her fictional husband.”

Isabella also has Aelwen’s trick of poofing around the battlefield which is annoying as hell (ha) for the group.

Siobhan hilariously casts fear on Priya just to be spiteful. I thought she was doing it to help the evac process but no. It was a purely spiteful action. Bless. 

When Kug turns into an ape he, of course, turns into *the* NY ape, King Kong. 

“I roll a nat 20 on an epic shit.”

When Brennan was describing Kingston’s spectral New Yorker Guardians I was already thinking about that one part of Spiderman 2 (the OG Toby Mac version) and then he straight up said, “You mess with one of us, you mess with all of us,” and I lost it.

“Deny the stairs the pleasure of my feet.” Emily is a poet.

I want to know what makes a pigeon spicy more than anything. 

The fact that Brennan killed Ox AGAIN and then immediately looked into the camera and let the audience know the dog was fine because he clearly Oracle stared into the future between eps and saw the entire internet sharpening their pitchforks  was so funny. 

About midway through the ep, Pete tries and fails to send Isabella back to hell and Isabella starts monologing about her plans and connection with Robert Moses (she stole the list from Santa and is/was gonna marry Moses apparently). I wonder if Brennan was like, “These players are for sure gonna murder her without getting any useful info out of her unless she goes full Bond Villain right now.”

And, proving my point, Emily immediately does 56 points of damage, royally f-ing Isabella up. 

This is a really civilian heavy fight which feels weird in a way the FH fights never did. Like, these aren’t even civilians who live in an adventuring town in a fantasy world. These are just normal ass civilians in the wrong place at the wrong time. 

Pete fails a wild magic roll after failing to teleport into the building and then gets a choice of getting really strong (which prob would have let him bust down the door) or to teleport in (which is what he does and exactly what he wanted). Very clutch when the dice rolls play into the story like that.

Kingston lightning bolts Isabella’s hair off which is just malicious but also totally called for.

On her next turn, Sophie gets hurt on purpose to get low enough to activate her ring, lets her hair burn for long enough to shorten it to a cute bob, insults Isabella, then knocks her tf out. 

I love that Emily took one of her teeth (a seemingly crazy move) and when called out by Lou was like, “It’s a link to Robert Moses” (a completely reasonable answer). That’s the Axford one-two punch.  

I didn’t mention it before but, Willie the golem is here, first immobile but then brought back by Misty. Post fight, he says he was somehow brought here by one of the evil factions of the city and says they’ll talk about it later. Also, Misty makes out with him (DON’T KINKSHAME HER).

With a high insight roll, Kingston is able to deduce that the group was ambushed (though not by Priya) and that their victory was a really important one for the fate of the city. 

(Sidenote: The amount that Pete is Over Priya in this ep is so funny.)

Back at Wally’s (which is where Kug is now staying) Wally has gotten Kug a dog bed to sleep in and fancy charcuterie cheese because he and Ricky are the only pure-hearted people in NYC. 

At the same time, Pete and Kingston have a very sweet heart to heart and then settle down at Kingston’s place to chill and listen to jazz. Idk how else we expected this to resolve, considering this is a Brennan Lee Mulligan DM’d show where the sacred pillars are Teamwork, Friendship, Communication, and Making up an NPC on the Fly Because One of Your PC’s Decided to do an Insane Thing. 

Next up is the Christmas ep and Brennan, Emily, and Zac are in sweaters for the occasion. 

Well,actually it’s the 21st and Emily immediately clocks that that’s the solstice. 

Are cookies the good carb?/Absolutely not. But have fun with your life. (I love Ricky’s soft jock energy.)

“I run deliveries,” Pete says to Kingston’s parents, not technically lying but also not being completely truthful. Misty would be proud. 

Going over to Misty, it seems pretty clear at this point (and it’s confirmed in the promo for next ep) that Misty’s fairy business is some kind of de-aging/reincarnation for herself. I wonder how many of these she’s done so far. She said she’s been around for, what? 200, 300 years? Assuming she’s been doing then reincarnations at about 65-70 years old and she reincarnates to around 25? Maybe 6 times? Idk. Just spitballing. 

Saucer of milk to keep the faeries from stealing her (non-existing) children. Faerie lore is wild y'all. 

Did you take another level of warlock?/Yeah bitch.

The fact that since Sophie has joined a monastery, she’s only taken Warlock levels and no Monk levels is very funny from a story perspective. It’s like, she finally comes to this sacred place to be trained to her full potential and she’s just spending what should be her sparring time playing with her cat in exchange for spells. Wild. 

Emily’s cat-like, self-satisfied grin when Brennan is like, “So you just jerry-rigged yourself clairvoyance powers, huh?” is so good. 

And she did it on the fly because Emily Axford is winning D&D. There are no points but she’s winning.

So, uh, Emily does, two things, very in character right after the other:

Thing number one: She send her unseen servant to spy on her family. Her dad seems hardline, “F, Dale. Whatever. Family first. She needs to get over it.” On the other side of the spectrum is her mom who is very upset about the whole affair with her siblings falling in the middle. 

The second thing she does, very casually I might add, is have her unseen servant BURN DOWN HER HOUSE SO SHE CAN COMMIT INSURANCE FRAUD.

EMILY

Everyone loses their minds and rightfully so. What a wild-ass swing that no one could have seen coming. I love it. 

“I look in my backpack which is now my home[…]" 

I almost forgot that Ricky was a fire fighter who would not abide that nonsense until Brennan decided to cut to him. 

Ricky just dolphin swims across the Hudson in 2.5 mins to go put out the fire that Sophie set. Amazing. 

Ally mocking Emily/Sophie: Truthfully, I don’t know what happened.

"I love John McClane, because he loves his wife.” WALLY

Wally: Oh we’re gonna tell a lie on Christmas.

“This is what winning looks like.”

I would really like to know what trace stuff what on the drugs Pete got from 7 but Ally rolled too low to figure it out.

“I disassociate fully." 

Well it took him a long ass time but glad to have Pete on the selling drugs to kids is bad train. Choo-choo, dude. 

7 saying you can hack in real life in reference to his AK-47 has the same energy as Hardison using the word hack in literally any semi-weird episode of Leverage. 

SOCIAL MEDIA IS VOLUNTARY PANOPTICON

So Kug goes with Wally to David’s house disguised as a dog and, despite that, blurts out that he’s his dad immediately. Well, he tries to. The Umbral Arcana stops him, unfortunately. 

"I lick my son’s face.” KUUUUG. 

Sophie showing up with a raw goose and hellish rebuking it is so metal and it’s a shame no one got to appreciate it. 

Me when Sophie’s Mom changes into black top in solidarity for Sophie’s mourning: F EVERY OTHER NON-SOPHIE BICICLETA. I RESPECT YOU. 

Kingston is hustling very hard to get his man Pete a job which is a very Kingston move. That’s how guys like that show affection. 

Didn’t mention it before but Kingston’s parents and Mom specifically adopting Pete is very cute. 

Sidenote: Idk what 7 was talking about Pete trying to stay low profile. He wears a cowboy hat (now a ZEBRA STRIPED one, courtesy of Kingston). I think the subtlety train has sailed my guy. 

Esther shows up at the firehouse, carrying presents for her mom and grandma and looking for Ricky. The says that she’s kinda dealing with something and it feels good to be around him (beat) magically speaking. Sure. I’m gonna keep my Hercules soundtrack on hand just in case anyway. 

I think Ricky is the only person who, with no pretense, could give his crush a sexy calendar featuring him.

Anyway, turns out Esther’s mom and grandma are the furies of Tompkins Square and she’s fated to join them or something. 

Esther causally: I defy you, I defy the prophecy.

The fury thing would explain why Esther’s mom would have cursed Kug. They are famously magical punishers.  

Ricky is a magically certified Good Boy but we been knew.

Zac’s restraint to respect Esther’s personal boundaries in lieu of getting a lore drop to stay true to Ricky’s character is amazing. Mad props.

So we slide over to Misty’s Christmas party which Stephen Sondhein is attending and him having a character card kinda killed me. 

There’s a post on tumblr somewhere about playing faerie  incapability for impoliteness against a vampires need to be invited in and that’s what I thought about when Moses and his vamp friends showed up at Misty’s house.

Robert tries to talk Misty into striking a deal with him for protection from Titania. She’s very much not having it.  

“You know Robert, I love a comedy and I love a farce. I’d like to remind you of who it is that started this and it’s not me and it’s not my friends but I can assure you Robert Moses that we will be the ones to end it if you do not. Do you understand me?” Damn. That’s a mic drop from Misty. 

[As I’m editing this, I’m realizing I somehow lost a BIG chunk of text. I’m not gonna write it all up again but the Cliffnotes are as follows:

Between the Solstice and Christmas, the gang goes Grand Central Station to see the clockwork gnomes that live there because trouble is apparently afoot. Some size changing nonsense happens and Pete shoots a dog (with mini bullets, the dog is fine). Lou is enchanted even though Kingston is not (a common theme with him). Ally and Emily are on the same nonsense wavelength (as usual). 

There are dope magical dragon trains under Grand Central Station that go to the shadow realm which is a place I’d like to know about. Kingston has never seen these trains before even though you’d really think he would have.  

Murph says Gnome Rights which is wild if you know what Naddpod is like. 

Anyway, the high priestess of the gnomes passed out the other day and they figure out it was due to pixie magic which is suspicious. They also know they pixies have access to a “time stone” which leads me to believe that it’s Brennan and not Aguefort who thinks that Chronomancy is the most powerful magic of all. 

Sophie and Jackson go to Dale’s grave on Christmas. Jackson explains that the Order of the Concrete Fist is basically a literal school of hard knocks. A counterbalance to all the reach for the stars dreaminess that comes with NYC.

Dale was their chosen one who was supposed to stop the monastery from falling when some unspecified badness crossed over to this side, but when he went to the place where he was supposed to get guidance, there was no one there (clearly tying in to what Dale said to Sophie last time they talked. I wonder what she needs to get to the top of? Empire State maybe?).

Watching Murph watching Emily, his real life spouse, play at grief for her fictional husband and do some truly insane things is so funny because you can clearly see him thinking, “I am married to this woman,” which, in fairness, is probably the main thing he’s thinking when he’s playing D&D with Emily.

I’m probably missing something but that’s all I remember. Back to post-Christmas!]

So it’s opening night at Misty’s show and, somehow, Ricky’s first show ever. 

I love that Don Confetti is there because of Siobhan’s offhanded comment for a handful of eps ago about him being a supporter of the arts.

Anyway, everything is going great until the second act when Titania busts in through the mirror which is *not* is storage as Misty requested but on stage. It’s a theater fight, y'all! And not the West Side Story kind although if that doesn’t come up I will be very surprised. 

“Let’s kill Titania!” –Misty in the promo

Just going straight to 11, huh Misty?

See y'all then!

[team-free-squiggle]

Stitches

This is based off a one-word prompt from the amazing @rosetherandomreposter She is literally amazing, go check her out. 

Also, this is a part of @asofterfan’s punk AU so thank you for letting me use this! I love this AU so much, it’s amazing. 

Anygay, onto the story! ~~

Fandom: Thomas Sanders/Sanders Sides

Summary: Logan and Patton get hurt after a really big fight with Deceit, especially Patton. Logan feels really bad about it and wants to help his crush.

Characters: Logan Sanders, Patton Sanders, Deceit Sanders, Roman Sanders, Virgil Sanders, Elliot, Remy Sanders, Emilie Picani

Pairings: Logicality, Prinxiety, Elliot/Emile (i have no clue what that ship name is I’m sorry)

Warnings: Deceit, major fight, swearing, f-slur, blood, a few knife mentions, serious hurt/comfort

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Logan knew that Patton had a habit of threatening people to fights whenever they talked bad about themselves. Usually, it was Logan himself or Virgil or Elliot, sometimes Roman and Remy. Either way, it was people Patton knows, people Patton loves.

It was always someone who wouldn’t actually fight Patton, because they care about him and love him.

Logan had been walking happily with Patton, on their way out of the high school. They had just changed out out of the school uniform after their extra-curricular activities (everyone hated wearing it longer than absolutely necessary), and Patton always loved Logan’s non-conforming look. Logan was in his usual jacket and ripped black skinny jeans. Grey tank-top, loose blue tie, the works. He was also blushing happily as Patton practically checked him out.

Patton, meanwhile (albeit unknowingly), was taking Logan’s breath away. Not just the soft, pastel hair, or the cute pink t-shirt he had on. No, Patton was wearing a turquoise skirt with white capri-length leggings that was positively adorable in Logan’s eyes. Honestly, for someone so logical, he was head-over-heels gay for his pastel-punk friend.

They started walking towards the exit, holding hands to stay together through the small crowd of idiots - sorry, fellow students - that were in their way. They got close enough, and saw their other friends in the crowd. Virgil and Roman and Elliot were supposed to meet them outside, since Roman and Virgil had finally convinced Elliot to go get a tattoo with them. Logan wanted a new one too, and Patton wasn’t about to be left out of a group activity with all of his friends. So, as they waited for their three friends to catch up, Patton explained his latest art project happily to Logan. They were simply standing there, like the normal friends they were.

This is where it went wrong, when someone saw them. The two Punks recognized the “Punk” everyone called Deceit - though in Logan’s book his name was “Lead Asshole that Has a Weird Pet Snake that He Carries With Him Everywhere,” aka Asshole for short. He had some of his so-called friends with him - honestly, they were more like Deceit’s servants, the way he acted with them.

Deceit stepped towards Patton and Logan, people parting the hallway to give the 5 people - Logan, Patton, Deceit, and Deceit’s 2 little shits (sorry, friends) - room to talk. They all watched with interest, Logan noticing Roman and Virgil struggling to get through the crowd to him and Patton. That’s when Logan realized that he and Patton were still holding hands, though it was more for  reassurance now than anything.

“Well, well, well. A couple of fags, is that we have here?” Deceit’s voice drawled, lazily moving his words like honey that was going to trap you inside a rich sea of false sweetness. His snake crawled creepily around his shoulders, wrapping itself around Deceit’s neck just like his tattoo. His sidekicks laughed creepily, both eyeing Patton in a way that made the pastel punk very uncomfortable.

Logan growled at the two, Patton walking up and putting his hand on Logan’s shoulder while sighing. Logan was startled, freezing up enough to allow his slightly older friend room to place himself between Logan and Deceit.

Deceit was startled, to see the tiny pastel punk, the sweetheart of the school, standing up for himself and trying to… protect… Logan? Logan was one of the most badass people in the entire school, and usually it was him protecting Patton. It was confusing to see the roles reversed, to everyone. But nonetheless, there he stood. Jacket on, a warm fire in his eyes, ready to take on whatever Deceit would throw at him, even if it was literally Deceit’s snake.

The pastel punk squared his shoulders before beginning to talk directly to the liar opposite him.

“Deceit, if Logan has taught you anything, isn’t it that, and I’m gonna quote here, ‘nothing is binary and everything is gay!’?”

Some students, including Logan, Roman, Virgil, and Elliot laughed at Patton’s remark while Deceit blushed furiously.

“He’s wrong. And since when the hell do you care, you wannabe girl?”

Logan’s eyes flashed with anger, until he heard Patton laughing.

“You need to learn what makes a girl a girl, because I can tell you for a fact that it’s not wearing a skirt.” Patton smirked. That’s when Logan came up with the perfect insult, and just had to hurl it as he stepped out from behind his favorite pastel person.

“Or are you just not comfortable enough in your own masculinity to realize that, Deceit?” The students around them laughed harder, Deceit’s face contorting into an expression of anger before becoming a deceivingly calm mask. 

Deceit smirked, making Logan that much more pissed off. No one gets to try to insult his Patton and get away with it. Logan was about to respond, but Deceit continued, cutting him off. “Really, Logan. You, stooping so low? You of all people should know that I don’t care about my reputation anymore, especially since you were the one who threw a textbook at my head and ruined it for me.” 

That’s when Patton realized that Deceit had been moving closer to the two of them, along with his extremely buff goons who were both now standing in front of Patton. The pastel punk saw Roman and Virgil and Elliot trying to get to the two of them, but it wasn’t enough. Deceit had already punched Logan. Patton screamed Logan’s name as his punk crush crashed to the ground with the force of the punch. Deceit smirked at Patton, nodding at his “friends” before turning back to Logan. 

Patton was faced with two buff jocks, each at least a foot and a half taller than him. They were smirking at him, looking at him like they wanted to hurt him in many different ways. They both pulled out knives, making everyone scream. 

Logan looked up and saw the knives, screaming for Patton to run as he continued to fight Deceit. Patton couldn’t, though, because people were running and blocking him from getting away. He panicked, looking over to Roman and Virgil and Elliot for help since he knew Logan was occupied. 

The problem was that more of Deceit’s friends had come, blocking Patton’s friends from reaching him or Logan. Patton stopped, took a deep breath. He needed to find a way out of this.

As the jocks continued advancing on him, Patton looked over to his crush. His heart broke when he did, because Deceit had a knife out and was holding it threateningly over Logan as Deceit kicked him. More of Deceit’s allies were holding Logan down as Deceit hurt him, making things so much worse for the nerdy Punk. Logan was fighting back, trying to get to Patton, but he couldn’t break free.

Patton became pissed off, and looked for an out.

“Like hell I’m about to let my friends get hurt. Especially when it’s Logan who needs me,” was Patton’s only thought as he sprung into action. As a very smart, 5-times AP student who actually did all his homework every night, Patton had a lot of hella heavy textbooks in his book-bag. He ran towards the two jocks, swinging his bag into each of their chests.

The force knocked the two of them back, making them drop their knives as they gave Patton enough time to pull Deceit off of Logan and deck him. Deceit, unfortunately, didn’t stay down long, and swung back, hitting Patton hard. Patton cried out, feeling the blood from his newly split lip after he fell. He watched, still in shock, as Deceit went over to a bruised and slightly bloody Logan, kicking him in the stomach as the two jocks still held Logan in place. Now he was pissed. Not only was Deceit hurting Patton, but he had hurt Logan too. 

Normally, Patton hated violence. But for anyone who hurt his Logan? He made an exception with pleasure. So he got up, running into Deceit and pushing him away from the punk he had a major crush on, not caring about the knife Deceit still had in his hand. Carrying all those books every day made him stronger than he looked, and he used that to his advantage. He punched Deceit again, making even more students run away. 

Deceit kept trying to punch and kick Patton, getting a few hits in here and there. Unfortunately for Deceit, Patton was hitting him a lot harder and a lot more frequently than he was hitting Patton. Some students were watching the fight with fascination still, but they cleared out quickly enough when they saw that there were still knives in Deceit’s and his friends’ hands. Patton got distracted by the glint of the knives, letting Deceit take the upper hand in the fight and start hurting Patton more. Soon, Patton was on the ground. Most people thought he was done for, but he kicked the knife out of Deceit’s hands and got back up. 

What was left of the crowd cheered, but most people were now trying to head out in case security guards came because of all the noise. 

It was good that the students were really starting to clear out, because that made it easier for Roman and Virgil and Elliot to get to their friends. The three pushed away the last of Deceit’s friends, making their way to help Patton and Logan. Eventually, enough students had left that Roman and Virgil were able to get to Logan, knocking out the jocks that had been continually hurting him while he was powerless to stop them. 

Elliot went up to Patton, putting a comforting hand on his shoulder. Deceit was on the floor, hurt, with an even more hurt Patton standing over him. Patton took a deep breath, and turned around to walk away. He saw Logan, however, and rushed over. Elliot smiled at his pastel friend, but turned back to the person who had been hating on him, glaring. Deceit scooped up his pet snake (which at some point had fallen off of Deceit’s shoulders), and held it out so it lunged for Elliot. Elliot, however, was tiny, and therefore super quick. He dodged the snake and got his own punch into Deceit’s face, that knocked him out and made him drop his snake again. 

Elliot turned back, smiling, when he heard soft cheering coming from three of the four boys behind him. His smile quickly faded when he saw the state that his friends were in, however. Patton was leaning heavily on Virgil, the tall emo punk basically carrying Patton with the way Patton was leaning against him. 

Logan was worse. He was in Roman’s arms, bridal style, completely knocked out. Virgil was scared, and Roman was worried. Elliot did the only thing he knew to do in this situation - he called an ambulance to get his best friends into the hospital. 

An ambulance came, but it picked Deceit and his little gang up and took him away without a word to any of the others. Patton passed out as soon as Deceit and the others (including his evil snake) had left, making the others even more worried than before. Finally, their ambulance came, and they all piled into the ambulance.

The ride there was unbearable, Roman and Virgil holding hands as Elliot called his boyfriend and the tattoo artist they were all supposed to see today. First up was his boyfriend, Emile, who was stunned. Emile mentioned how proud he was for Elliot standing up to Deceit, and soon was on his way to the hospital to meet his boyfriend and friends. Elliot tried to talk him out of it, considering Emile was sick, but Emile wouldn’t have it. He insisted that Elliot needed him, and to be honest he was right. That call took long enough that it actually ended up being Virgil who called the tattoo artist, Remy. 

Remy, of course, insisted on coming over to be there for them, which Roman and Elliot could tell Virgil was extremely grateful for (even if he was never going to admit it). Roman squeezed his boyfriend’s hand as Remy hung up. He was on his way, and that’s when the three realized they were finally at the hospital. 

Patton and Logan were ushered into the emergency room, and the others were forced to go to the waiting area. Soon enough, Emile walked in, catching Elliot in a soft hug and making sure that his boyfriend was alright. Emile was still comforting his sweet, shy boyfriend when Remy walked in, showing that some students had taken a video of the whole thing. 

“Well, girls, I would take care of that snake for you, but it seemed like someone already did that for me.” Remy’s eyebrow quirked up at Elliot, who blushed as Emile smiled and held Elliot closer to him. Remy slurped his Starbucks, worried beyond all belief for the nerdy punk and the pastel punk he saw practically as little brothers. That’s when a doctor came out. 

“You are all here for the two punks in the ER, I assume?” She asked, looking at all the tattoos on most of the boys. All of them nodded, those that were dating holding their partner’s hand for comfort. Remy continued to sip his Starbucks. 

“Well, the good news is that neither of them are in a coma. They’re awake, asking about where their friends are (which is, I assume, all of you), and all in all are very lucky. We found the videos of what happened, and they aren’t in any trouble or anything.” There were sighs of relief from all, and they slowly relaxed. 

“Here’s the problem, though - They need stitches. Not to mention, the one in the tie has at least 3 broken ribs and most likely others that are bruised. And the treatment for both of those have to be payed for up front. And we can’t let them leave the hospital until those have happened or until everything has healed on its own, which takes longer and costs more money.” Virgil and Roman got out their phones, ready to call Patton’s parents (knowing that Logan’s really wouldn’t care). Remy stopped them. 

“How much?” She asked, stunning them all into silence. The doctor stared at him.

“For everything?” She paused, watching Remy nod slightly. “About $100.” Remy smiled, going up front to pay. The doctor smiled, thanking her, and left to go take care of Patton and Logan.

“Y-you payed for them? Why, Remy?” Virgil stuttered. Remy smirked.

“You of all people know why, Virge - you all are like little siblings to me. And I was never one to let people stay hurt if they’ve been hurt, especially when I care about them.” Remy finished, smiling widely as the emo punk she had been talking to crashed into her with the biggest hug Remy had ever received in her life.

Then he could feel Roman hug her too, and realized they were both slightly crying. 

“Hey, hey - girls, they’re gonna be okay. I will make sure of it.” Remy held two of her punks closer, silently begging whoever was listening that Logan and Patton would be okay. 

Then Elliot had a scary thought. “Where’s Deceit? Another ambulance had picked him up, right before the one came for us...” Remy smirked. 

“Oh, I asked about him on our way in. He’s in a different hospital, and he won’t be allowed to come near any of you ever again.” There was a huge, relieved sigh let out by the four high schoolers at that point, glad that they didn’t have to deal with that little liar ever again.

Just then, a nurse came out. “The stitches are in, and both are awake and asking for all of you. I can take you to them if you want, as they are in the same room. Refused to be separated, those two.” She rolled her eyes, though her smile betrayed how happy she was that they were okay. Everyone immediately got up, following her to their friends’ room.

They walked in on Logan and Patton kissing, before noticing everyone and pulling apart with embarrassment clear on their faces. There was a moment of silence before everyone laughed, happily crowding around the new couple. 

Logan blushed as Patton explained that they had woken up together in the emergency room, told that they were going to have stitches. Not to mention Logan had had a few broken ribs that needed to be treated.

“Yeah, they left us to go prepare for the stitches and stuff, and I wanted to talk about what happened.” Logan interjected, not wanting to feel left out. Patton nodded, smiling softly at all of his friends. 

“So he asked me why the hell I put myself in harm’s way when he could have easily taken them all on,” Patton paused to let the punks’ snickers at Logan subside, “and I explained that like Hell he could and that I wasn’t about to let him get hurt. Though I guess I kinda failed on that one...” Patton’s voice got softer as he trailed off, biting his lip gently. 

“Hey, hey, it’s okay, mio piccola farfalla.” Logan smiled softly, Patton blushing at the nickname. “You did the best you could, and you did save me from being hurt worse. I must thank you for that, though I still think I could have taken them if they hadn’t fucking held my arms behind my back...” Logan growled softly, Patton putting a hand on Logan’s face. Logan leaned into the touch, just glad that they were okay now. 

“So, what happened then? You guys get all fixed up?” Virgil asked as the new couple readjusted. Patton scooted closer to Logan, letting Logan lean into him as they both nodded.

“Yeah, and we talked through it. About why we didn’t want each other to get hurt to the point of getting hurt ourselves. Which is, evidently, because we like each other.” Logan smirked as he saw his boyfriend blush happily.

“And then we kissed, though you all interrupted us...” Patton half-heartedly glared at his friends. 

“Well it’s about damn time!” Remy winked, making the rest of the punks laugh. And while it was unfortunate that it took a fight to bring them together completely, Logan and Patton were very happy to have each other.

They were all okay, and their stitches would heal with time. Just as they would heal each other’s hearts.

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221B Baker Street

The second series on my marathon list starts now, the motherfuckin Sherlock Holmes from 2013, hoho yeah. 

If you didn’t know, I’m kinda one from the team that has subtitled the entire show, yeah, hi. So yeah, this is kinda big for me, like watching my child perform in a school play. Hell ya ur doin great son. See, dat my boi in the third row screeching on his violin. I’m a proud mama.  

Since a lot of peeps, apparently, are still watching, I have to warn everybody that these posts of mine are going to be really spoiler infested, not just in the context of an episode alone, but for the entire show. As you know, pretty much everything in this series is connected, foreshadowed, referenced and so forth, and I’m still looking for all the details. 

So hell yeah, let’s see what you have, the first episode

For me personally, this is my second to last favorite episode, so I’m not exactly thrilled about this one. If you want to know, so far this is my top:

Halifax

Rock paper scissors

Baskerville Hound

Musgrave Ritual

Mistresses of Lord Maulbrey

Clowns 

221b Baker Street

Holmes’ Last Case

Let’s see how that’s going or not going to change after this marathon, since after all, believe it or not, I haven’t seen the series since somewhere 2014 when we finished subbing it. 

So yeah, during my very first watch, things were kinda messy. Nobody knew what the show was even about back then, nobody knew what to expect, everything was very weird and different and confusing, so I wasn’t particularly excited, but I couldn’t really claim it was as bad as originally thought. Today, things are a bit better, but then again, I’m still not quite thrilled. 

The vibe that get from this episode now is that everything was basically a lot of accidents and coincidences happening together. Here’s Holmes that just happened to be one the same street as Watson when the faithful murder occurred.

Here’s Moriarty (told ya you have to take my spoiler warning seriously), and from what I’ve finally gathered about this case, he had literally nothing to do with it. 

He works as a cabman, that’s fair, he’s setting up stuff for the second episode, but what about this entire case? One dude blackmailing his bae, another dude steals the idea from him. The victim sends a thief after another dude, the original dude sends a hitman after the thief dude. In the end, the thief was victim’s, the hitman was the original dude’s, the original dude had his own thing to do. Where does Moriarty come in here? He doesn’t. The entire brawl was nothing but a personal war between different people, and as a scheme, too small for Moriarty to orchestrate. Logically, it means that this is the only episode where Moriarty was literally minding his own innocent business when he just happened to give a lift to some murderous asshole that landed him in some fucky mess, thanks Holmes for clearing it up. Fucking literally, his presence doesn’t add up to anything, the man was honestly doing nothing wrong and then he got his ass jailed. That is so fucking hilarious if that’s how it went. The fact that Moriarty had to go through a lot even without that is pretty funny by itself, but in the second episode, that was intentional. Here, some ape ass just loaded him into an unexpected fucktruck of shit and escaped. Jesus christ.

That was another, quite unfortunate, coincidence, as now Moriarty got to know Holmes and Watson in their full glory before the show goes down. He proposed Watson his “wife” as a servant - a throwaway courtesy or something more suspicious? No idea.

I was a bit annoyed with Holmes at first, today I notice him the most

Petrenko and Panin have about an equal match of tumblr appreciation between themselves, so I’ve got nothing to complain about, they’re both great and reprise their roles fantastically. If you’re appalled by Holmes, then Watson will win your heart. If you, for some weird reason, do not notice Watson, you’ll surely notice Holmes. Great tandem. 

Lestrade was yet to show himself, but hey, here’s Gregson in the background. And jeez, that’s a cup of tea waiting for Lestrade. It wasn’t just the sixth episode when that came in place, he was always there doing the same embarrassing job. 

These are kinda the little details I’m hunting for. 

Holmes  👌👀👌👀 

Like honestly, you do notice Watson there more at first, but then, after getting to know Petrenko and Holmes more, he’s really giving everything he has. They’re honestly such good actors

The casual feel of this pic is bone chilling 

Foreshadowing details part 2, Watson’s pipes that will become Sherlock’s pipes when he sets up his museum in the last episode 

The plot so far is a bit sporadic, that’s the general mood of the show as it never bothers to elaborate on everything, but I honestly never minded that at all. I don’t know about everyone else, but I always tend to make my own conclusions and move on, since I believe the show leaves enough to let the audience think of things for themselves. Am I wrong? Is it just its laziness? I never thought so. The series never ever drew your attention to the fact that Moriarty’s been there all along - not a single mention of his cabman persona will ever appear. If you don’t rewatch the episodes and pay attention, nobody will for you. And I love it. You know, I think of it as a some kind of elaborate thing. You don’t need exposition, the show assumes you’re not stupid. The show expects you to follow the same path as the heroes, and you don’t get any special treatment since you’re the almighty viewer. All the clues, all the foreshadowing, exposition and the details - it’s all been left in the show already, it’s up to you to notice it all, gather it together and make your own conclusions. Do your own little deductions. 

That’s how I personally think of it and I love it to death. No matter the opinion, the rewatchability goes up to eleven with this approach. 

The show already establishes things about the characters, like Watson’s injuries. As it’s the first episode, nobody so far expects them to stay and everyone will be wrong. But so far, his concussion kicked in and it will not cease till the end of the show.

Like yeah, duh, he’s a soldier and has injuries. Imagine this, they don’t magically vanish after the initial exposition. That kind of shit stays and affects your life. 

Again, Kavun has noticed a very interesting thing about the original stories: ACD’s characters literally do not change throughout the entire journey. They are static, and 27 years old Holmes in the very first story is exactly the same as 60 something Holmes in the very last story. ACD never gave a fuck and that’s no rocket science, but Kavun noticed this anyway, and approached his characters from Dostroevky’s point of view. And that’s so fucking great and you can already see it there - the simple reality the characters are facing with their original backgrounds. 

Weirdo 

Again, foreshadowing part whatever, Mycroft’s face was barely a secret: the pic had identical dudes on it, Watson literally did the face gesture when he saw it. 

I started asking myself the question of why exactly would Watson be interested in Holmes. I thought that it was explained in his journals, so I thought I had this one solved, since you know, considering their constant brawls, it’s kinda surprising he’s still tolerating this shit. But I see it even clearer now, the man is indeed fascinating. He’s very weird, very quirky, piss poor and lives like a pig, but whatever goes in his head is absolutely amazing. Of course that captures Watson’s interests. Of course his adventures draw Watson in. Let’s see what happens next and why everything would escalate to the title of “My Friend Sherlock Holmes”. 

Nerd

Panin did know boxing, so even the real life contrast was obvious: the professional and the man who doesn’t know what the fuck he’s doing

That was like the first genuinely enjoyable scene, Holmes learning the art of being a punchbag. You’ve no idea how useful it will be across the series. Somebody protect this man.

Literally not surviving this. The rest of the show was just his dying fantasy as his pitiful soul left his pathetic body into the shadow realm. rip in peace basil rathbone

This scene

I keep telling this and I’m going to repeat myself again, this lady came into SH world way back in My Dearly Beloved Detective and there she is now again. Welcome back or something.   

Fanservice time 

Now, this buff Putin guy’s got some real smooth voice, and I think only because he was actually voiced over. But the dude’s quite enjoyable

Now, Holmes recreating the murder scene is the moment where the episode redeems itself, in my opinion - it was the part where I realised that huh, I can’t really keep accusing it of being bad anymore. Black Peter is apparently a case that many love, but not many adapt on the screen, so that’s nice. The fight was staged very well, Holmes being so into it is incredibly enjoyable to watch, and his narration is just icing on the cake. Plus the music, of course. Followed by a double “no thnx”.  

Watson’s faces go through the roof when they play this entire show out with Roger, the man had just experienced every human emotion in a span of a minute and survived. 

I kinda enjoy that Roger guy because he’s so ugly and ridiculous. And everyone keeps calling him handsome. I could get it in that warning letter because it was Roger blowing his fucking self there, but Holmes? I guess well, his plank is quite low after whatever he sees in the mirror. 

A little tribute to the Soviet series, of course

The style of the frame plus the fireplace glass, the latter was taken straight from the original props of the Soviet series, no joke. 

Of course it’s only a tribute, so the style breaks pretty quickly. As one reviewer said, the Soviet series create a sense of intimacy with those backs-to-the-audience shots, as if we’re listening to a private conversation we were not supposed to peek on. The new series switches to their faces fast, it’s not this type of show. 

I like Holmes’ comment at the end, indeed, when things become personal, nobody cares about social reprimand. Please give the lady her necklace back tho, you ain’t gon wear it anyway. 

Mrs. Hudson, finally.

Her style is on point. I want to see the reaction of people who had no idea she is that young in this series, because for us it’s been no secret ever since the show was announced. If you’d seen the trailer, not even Watson’s proposal was a spoiler anymore, so yeah, for me here, her personality was the only new thing to discover from this scene. Not a bad thing per se, but you know, sometimes I wish I knew nothing about everything so I’d be properly surprised. 

So yeah, the first episode, nothing to comment on, really. I’ve talked a lot about misc stuff, almost nothing about the actual episode, because yeah, not much. The first episodes do tend to be quite expendable because they feature exposition that usually fades as soon as it’s introduced, like Watson’s background and so forth. This is not the case here, of course, but so far, nobody would’ve known. But everything is already here and all the main players have made an appearance one way or the other, so here we go.

The new series.