#Weekly Roundup

[steddiebbang]

A Lick And A Promise: Western AU | Teen | 36k

Second Skin: Punk Steve/Metalhead Eddie | E | 156k

The Hand That Feeds: Hurt Comfort | Teen and Up | 82k

A Kind Of Merry War: Theatre AU | Explicit | 48k

Updraft: Steampunk AU | Rated E | 39k

how to wake a dead boy.: Pushing Daisies AU | M |  33.7k

Lust, Love, and Other Side Effects: Romance | Explicit |  38k

I'll be alone, dancing, you know it baby: Timeloop | M | 30k

Wolf in the Light: Werewolves | Explicit | ~35k

The Choice Is Yours: Rom Com | E | 65k

STEVE AND EDDIE MAKE A PORNO: Romcom (+Porn) | Explicit | 55k

Senior Year: Angst | Mature | 50k

I was a teenage dirtbag: Romance | Mature | 75k

Two Minute Notice: Romance | Mature | 30K

The Act: Saltburn AU | E | 44K

I Wake With Your Memory Over Me (That's a Real Fucking Legacy to Leave): Second Chance Romance | Mature |  31K

[hd-erised]

Welcome to the first Weekly Round-Up of @hd-erised!

We hope you've been loving the fest so far. We want to give a great big thank you to everyone who's been following the fest and supporting our fantastic participants with comments, kudos and recs. You are amazing and we know for certain our awesome artists and wonderful writers appreciate all your love and excitement!

Please check our first week to make sure you didn't miss anything, and please don't forget to leave some love for our participants. They are the stars! <3 

Art:

Brewed Awakenings for @jessixaluci [T]

The Case of the Mysterious Baker for @sorrybutblog [G]

Ceilings. for @karamelised [M]

Fic:

Where Starlight Falls for @citrusses [E, ~33,700]

The magic concealing Sirius’s Last Will and Testament doesn’t reveal the full extent of Harry’s inheritance until two years after the war. When it does, it turns out that Harry has inherited more than just the Black Family vault—he’s inherited the family’s magic, too. He just has to find it first. And he needs Draco Malfoy’s help to do it.

Runaway Train for @lqtraintracks [E, ~18,100]

Harry was already keen to figure out what’s been causing a series of disturbances in the London Underground before Draco Malfoy showed up acting suspicious. Two explosions, several very confused Muggles, and a cloud of mysterious sticky powder later, Harry and Malfoy can’t seem to keep their hands off each other. Can Harry shag his way to the answer to all of his questions? Seems unlikely, but what can a man do but try?

At Night All Birds Are Black for IzRoan [E, ~51,800]

Harry loves being an Auror—the long hours, adrenaline-fuelled chases, and even the paperwork. But when a haunting leads to his suspension, he’s forced to continue his investigation in secret. As he unravels the murder of a young girl, he turns to the one person he never expected he’d need: Draco Malfoy.

The Melting Point of Wax for @vukovich [M, ~10,500]

Harry Potter is many things: captain of the Chudley Cannons, the fun uncle, a good enough friend, comfortable in the life he's built for himself. Comfortable, that is, until a risque broom advertisement and a rumor about a fellow athlete come together to send him spiralling into the world of high-stakes broom racing, high-flying turtles, and the chaos of falling in love.

Body and Soul for @a-sentimental-man [M, ~22,200]

When the headaches became worse and it got more and more difficult for Draco to work, he was left with no other choice but to recognise his stupid problem exactly for what it was. Even if that meant realising that the best, or perhaps even only, solution could solely come from one person: the one person he hadn’t seen for months, the one person he was still in love with. The one person who should never know. Because, clearly, Harry would never be able to give Draco what he needed anyway.

The Pain From an Old Wound for @sharperthan [T, ~31,100]

Getting hit with a mysterious blood curse is all in a day’s work for Harry Potter. Having to work with his former colleague, rival, bully, and boyfriend, is not. Harry’s not sure which is going to do him in first: the curse sucking his magic dry, or Draco Malfoy, as frustrating, condescending, and painfully attractive as he’s always been.

The Most Splendid Thing for @sleepstxtic [E, ~61,200]

Star Quidditch rivals Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter become accidentally bonded. They still hate each other, but now it’s untenable to leave each other’s sides—and my, but it feels oh so good to touch. They’re either going to murder one another, or fall in love. OR: A story in which Draco finally allows himself happiness, and Harry finally learns that he deserves to be whole.

Borealis Green for @faiell [E, ~47,200]

Draco left Harry on the night of their first kiss, when they were eighteen. Ten years later, Harry, now Deputy Lead of the Norwegian Aurors, barges back into Draco's life at the Ministry, seeking his help—both personal and professional—for a case, to re-capture Rodolphus Lestrange and Augustus Rookwood. Turns out that Draco couldn’t really get over Harry, either.

[weeklyhotchniss]

💜 Fic Recs: May 25-June 1

Small (G) by Alpha_Echoe chapter 1/1 tags: lauren arc, protective aaron hotchner

He steps forward and catches her gaze, even as the doctor rests a gentle hand on Emily’s shoulder. It’s the wrong choice, because they all see when she flinches violently away from the light touch, eyes locked on Hotch like he’s her lifeline. Pain and fear radiate from her even as her breathing shakes in a telltale way that says tears might only be second away from flowing. But she's staring at him like he's the sun and oh.

We Embroidered the Memories (G) by @sequinsmile-x chapter 2/2 tags: secret relationship, emotional hurt/comfort, post-ep: time to say goodbye

“Sweetheart,” he says, his voice firmer than it usually would be with her as he cuts over her, desperate to stop the spiral he’d caused. He places his hand over hers on his cheek and links their fingers together. “I’m okay. It’s just a headache.” 

She chokes on a sound he’s never heard her make before, and she collapses in on herself, her chest concaving under the weight of everything she’d felt in the last few weeks. “It wasn’t just a headache for Will.” 

pas de deux (M) by @ssaemilyhotchner chapter 1/1 tags: young hotchniss, ballet, getting (back) together, smut

For all the tension that has been crackling between them, the kiss is surprisingly gentle. Tentative even, like they’ve well and truly never done this before. And they haven’t, really—the man Aaron Hotchner presently is, with all his physical and emotional scars, has not ever kissed Emily Prentiss, the culmination of everything she has survived to this point. It’s sweet, she’s sweet.

Until she isn’t, because then she takes his bottom lip between her teeth and the groan it pulls from deep in his chest leaves her no choice but to climb on his lap. 

Marksmen (M) by @caladeniablue chapter 1/1 tags: bisexual aaron hotchner, past relationships; crossover: NCIS

“Who do you think taught me how to shoot long range?” he said. “I could already handle a rifle, of course, but he showed me how to check my sight alignment, maintain proper trigger control and follow through after hitting the target.”

She smirked at the not-so-subtle innuendos. “He ‘showed’ you all that?”

His grin widened.

TRACKING #WEEKLYHOTCHNISS ❖ NEED A FIC REC?

[gentleaffirmations]

[rei-ismyname]

X-Comics Weekly Roundup

Hey folks, trying something new here. The way my creativity works is like the weather. Often it's cloudy and I don't feel inspiration, but the flipside of that is a lovely day - then it just pours out of me. Well, the sun is shining.

I post whatever interests me thrice a day and I always review the flagship X-Men books, except this week there isn't one. I need to write something and feel like reviewing, so I'm going to do mini reviews of all the X books that dropped this week. Two paragraphs or three per book. Way less if I'm feeling cynical and can think of a one liner/joke. If people like it, I'll make a habit of it. Spoilers for all of them, of course. To me, my X-books!

NYX #10

I have conflicting feelings about NYX. The Hivemind wrap up this premature final issue about as admirably as can be expected, tying up loose plot threads. The Mojo hi/bye feels abrupt, but that's unavoidable when your book gets cancelled and a crossover runs through it. Each issue has had something interesting to say or show, and using all-brain Alleyne's power of common sense and communication to rally all corners of NYX in solidarity (plus Doop) to fight a big bad who sees people as units feels appropriate. The fight is whatever but it doesn't really matter. It's intentionally atypical. They win through people power and sapphic love. Sobunar has a mobile phone too! Good for them, I wonder who they call.

They win and cheer but someone's not laughing. It's fucking cousin Bilal being an obnoxious pest and calling Ms Marvel out. She unapologetically addresses him as Kamala Khan and he's stunned. Dude changes his tune by coldly advising her to never tell her parents, as it would break their hearts. It's a lot to fit into one issue, but after tying off loose ends it segues into the Kamala show ahead of her 5 Giant-Size X-Men one shots.

It's a sensible and bold ending under the circumstances, and even takes a breath to fit a 'should I tell my family?' scene with a single sentence from David and Sophie - succinctly pouring their years of secrecy and experiences into a few words. NYX took some pretty big swings and felt like the loving continuance of Krakoa's story and characters in a new world. It was really starting to cook but the time constraints are visible. NYX needed and deserved more time. I want more time with it. I trust the Hivemind with the Kamala nostalgia tour in Giant-Size X-Men History, but in a mostly drab line NYX's colour and community will be missed. For me at least, it's going to drag the curve down. I'm still hungry, and that's not on the writers. Morlocks! Cuckoos! Queers! Ideology! Arakki! Synch! Fauna! Kiden! Hellion! NYX (the clubhouse thing!) Dante (probably - we know jack shit.) A nibble is not enough and a thousand boos to Marvel's play it safe publishing practices. I appreciate the genuine efforts to go wide and include all these underrepresented things so much. I'm glad it happened but I'm wistful about what could have been.

WOLVERINE AND KITTY PRYDE #1

I think I missed the solicits for this one lol. I had no idea they dug up Claremont to write about moments in between the Ogun arc - ninjas, Japan, Kitty and Logan, Yakuza, feudalism, samurai, and a shitload of angst. It deals with the aftermath of Ogun possessing Kitty and turning her into a killing machine. She's horribly traumatized so Logan is 'helping' her with a gruelling 'training' regime. She's not enjoying it even a little bit until she saves a kid from ninjas and gets over it. I LOVE how Logan is explicitly ignoring everyone's wishes and wearing traditional Japanese garb (I think? With Claremont who fucking knows.) He sounds like a maniac weeb and basically usurps her father to his face unapologetically. Even Yukio is like 'duuuude..' It's Sensei Logan at his most ridiculous - and THAT is saying something.

Aside from the complete lack of sexualisation, it's a very Claremont book. The purple prose is quaint - even restrained and the dialogue pops. The hybridised art style definitely suits the mood while reining in Claremont's usual excesses. His pedigree from his 16 year tenure has afforded him a lot of latitude in the past. Too much. It's not explicit but I feel like someone is telling him no. Kitty is drawn as a rake thin prepubescent next to Logan's squat brutishness and Carmen's middle aged banker vibes. The women don't get a lot to do or say, but for a 2025 Claremont #1 it's worth a look if you like the characters. The narrator should shout at the characters. Maybe next issue.

Can we just not discuss Xavier for a while pls?

Carmen Pryde gets shit on even further, sandbagging the reader with fond memories of Xavier then switching it around to stating how much of a manipulative bastard he is. I enjoy him speaking his pain and not minimising how abnormal this is - tying it in to Exceptional X-Men thematically - but his impotent bitterness at having no say over his 14 year old daughter is heart-rending. Xavier and Logan are like uncaring self-justifying Gods ignoring the hatred and agency of lesser men. Astride the narrative and the world making things happen while the bozos watch from the sidelines if they're lucky. Kitty is in the lesser pantheon, denied agency and childhood while living constant danger, but still special compared to her father.

WEAPON X-MEN #3

ROGUE: THE SAVAGE LAND #4

Didn't take long to go from rejecting X-Men completely to being on multiple teams. Shocking.

Yeah I don't have a lot to say about this one, as it's Deadpool and Wolverine plus Cable fighting Nazi robots and not much else. Chamber and Thunderbird are wasted, with the latter regressing from his Krakoan arc then spending the issue getting beaten up off panel. Chamber shoots a fireball I think? I don't know why they're here, they should have just cloned Logan twice. I swear the book was about something else in the first two issues, but it's not. Cable basically kidnapped everyone except Proudstar, who they met in Latveria about to attack DOOM by himself or something. If you like gruff masculine violence and a thin plot with Deadpool pedantically lampshading the low effort, then this is your jam. No judgement, but it's not for me. The name is a bit weird too. Logan and Wade are products of Weapon X, chamber infiltrated them briefly and got a new body, but Cable and Thunderbird? No association I know of.

People seem to be enjoying this romp, but I just can't be bothered. I love Magneto but he's not at his best here. It's Rogue's story, as it's meant to be, and I don't feel like it's adding much to the original than a fresh coat of paint and a vague, slow Zaladane God plot. I know it's cynical, but remixed nostalgia doesn't excite me easily. I keep an open mind but this, the Giant-Size one shots, the Emma Frost upcoming set in the past, Wolverine and Kitty Pryde, etc. Marvel is the House of Ideas and it'd be good to see some new ones, you know? New ideas. I'm not really a webhead fan - the X-Men is my shit - but Ultimate Spider-Man #15 dropped this week and it's full to the brim with new ideas.

Maybe it's not fair to compare it to one of the best, if not the best, Marvel ongoings right now, but is this really the best we can do? I feel like these kinds of projects should be a victory lap when the current line is humming. Something special instead of one of many old stories shined up. I'm sure plenty of folks are digging it, but I can't help but look at the entire line. Don't get me wrong adjectiveless and Uncanny look like they might be kicking into gear, but we're a year and two crossovers into the reboot and there's not much there.

ASTONISHING X-MEN INFINITY COMICS

Came out last week but I have been following it. It's not really about the Krakoan diaspora and the labour market right now. It was, and the workers realised that fucking Murray was the enemy. Yay! Then Banshee the cop stopped them getting his ass. Boo! The narrative has veered off into a bit of a holding pattern until the next thing happens, but there was a partial Gen X reunion and Skin is in Banshee's castle just chilling. I'll let you know if it picks up again.

That's the week that was in X-Comics. Overall, pretty dull. It feels like there's double digit books out each week so the low number and average quality this week left me dissatisfied. NYX was a bright spot, but it just got cancelled. I've been reading the 1963 X-Men run, Bendis' Uncanny X-Men, an Ultimate Spider-Man re-read to process new information, and working on an X-Men event title prediction machine. I enjoyed doing this column - with less commitment and research required than for a full review. Hope you enjoyed reading it. ❤️

[iwillrememberyoumarathon]

❥❥ iwry marathon: week one ❥❥ thanks to everyone who has contributed/commented/cheered for the marathon so far! if you're looking to catch up over the weekend, check out the links below

fics

Day 1 : Nocturne by @missfiggy Summary: She always comes to him in the night. One-shot from season 3, can be slotted in immediately after Beauty and the Beasts. (Rated E. 3,892 words)

Day 2: Fuzzy Feelings by fatalfae (@fatalfaeri) Summary: Buffy finds a new friend on the way home from patrol. (Rated G. 2,875 words)

Day 3: Burn by @buffy-targaryen Summary: Buffy helps Angel in the immediate aftermath of What's My Line Part 2. (Rated G. 1,682 words)

Day 4: Dreams of Home by Liana_Medea Summary: A few months after the battle in the alley, Angel returns back home. Prophecies cannot be signed away after all. (Rated G. 11,188 words)

Day 5: A New Dawn by @sasusc Summary: AU S5/No Place Like Home, a What If Dawn was created to be Buffy's daughter and not her sister. (Rated G. 3,192 words)

Day 6: Escape to Capri by melodys_muse Summary: Buffy and Angel visit the Blue Grotto in Capri, Italy. Part of my “When in Rome” series but can also be read as a standalone. (Rated G. 1,013 words)

Day 7: will we find this light by bonniesfire (@lalosalamcnca) Summary: I should have was the word of the summer. (Rated T. 1,880 words)

Day 8: Wherever You Go by a2zmom Summary: After NFA, Angel and Buffy have choices to make. (Rated G. 5,010 words)

art

❥ Grounded — drawing by @mamabewear (also posted on AO3)

❥ your lips, my lips, apocalypse — wallpaper by @casenpoint

❥ bangel + locations, part one: buffy's house — gifset by @ptieuca

❥ now i'm haunted... — gifset by @lalosalamcnca

❥ bangel — between good and goodbye — gifset by @peeta-mellark

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H/D Muggle Fair Weekly Roundup: Week 2

Art Tangled Tension Twister (Digital Art, Teen)

Art & Fic Starry, Silver Anchor (19k, Digital Art, Mature)

Fic Of All The Things You Could Be (Convenient Has Never Been One Of Them) (10k, Explicit) Spellbound (23k, Mature) Draco Malfoy is everywhere and Harry needs a break (3k, Mature) What Doesn't Happen in Venice Stays In ... (13k, Explicit) My Father Won't Hear about This (5k, Teen) Change the Ending (54k, Explicit)

in chronological order

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This Week in Gundam Wing 19 October - 14 December 2024

Here’s the roundup for October 19th - December 14th, 2024!

Remember to give your content creators some love! Be sure to join in on the events at the bottom! And remember to send in any new works you see or make this next week!

~Mod Hel

So sorry I’ve dropped the ball on this again. V_V

Fanfiction/Ideas/Snippets:

@duointherain

https://duointherain.tumblr.com/post/767277740072337409/random-gw-chatter

Random GW Chatter

@helenrourke

https://helenrourke.tumblr.com/post/769651571518849024/when-facing-things-we-turn-away-from

Fic idea

@janaverse

Pinch Hit https://www.tumblr.com/janaverse/765593910487695361/fly-boy-in-the-sky

drabble

Bullshit https://www.tumblr.com/janaverse/765991875282976769/bullshit-11012024-it-was-apparent-that-duo

Duo+Heero, drabble

Hopeful https://janaverse.tumblr.com/post/768598919050575872/hopeful-so-much-has-changed-in-the-past-four

drabble

@ms-miserable-misery

this is getting ridiculous https://www.tumblr.com/ms-miserable-misery/764772564419641344/day-19-this-is-getting-ridiculous

Day 19

“This is getting ridiculous.” Duo glared over at Heero where he sat at the other side of their office. “You keep staring at me like you want to say something. Out with it!”

@vegalume

Welcome Home https://archiveofourown.org/works/60221575

Gen, M/M, Duo Maxwell/Heero Yuy, Chang Wufei & Duo Maxwell, Chang Wufei & Heero Yuy

Duo Maxwell, Heero Yuy, Chang Wufei

General Audiences, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Halloween, Friendship, Ghosts, no beta we die like men, Short and hopefully sweet, English

Roommates with a twist - Written for Halloween 2024

Yoiko

The Hunter https://archiveofourown.org/works/60334918?show_comments=true&view_full_work=false#comment_836326342

M/M, Heero Yuy, Chang Wufei, Treize Khushrenada, Zechs Merquise

Mature, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Gundam Legends, Horror, English

Heero had seen hunts go badly before, and lived to tell the tale.

Arts/Crafts/Photo Manips:

@cephalopadre

https://cephalopadre.tumblr.com/post/764744281247383552/mechtober-day-16-duo-maxwell-and-gundam

Duo Maxwell, Deathscythe, fanart

@fionnegan000

https://fionnegan000.tumblr.com/post/766885742733623296/i-just-want-them-to-be-happy

GW Boys with fur, fanart

@ghost-proof

https://ghost-proof.tumblr.com/post/766626952976220160/many-thanks-to-janaverse-for-the-inspiration

Duo/Heero, fanart

https://ghost-proof.tumblr.com/post/765442437028167680

Heero/Duo, fanart

@hyper-girlcrush

https://hyper-girlcrush.tumblr.com/post/767378423002906624/old-trowa-drawings-that-i-made-many-many-years

Trowa Barton, fanart

@janaverse

https://janaverse.tumblr.com/post/765545408923615232/a-vision

Duo Maxwell, fanart

@katquasar-art

https://www.tumblr.com/katquasar-art/765977311091851264/i-made-this-for-my-boyfriend-because-he-was

Tallgeese the Goose, fanart

@keiko1183

https://keiko1183.tumblr.com/post/765773929031909376/happy-halloween-pt1

GW Boys, halloween, fanart

https://keiko1183.tumblr.com/post/765846116802740224/happy-halloween-pt2

Zechs, halloween, fanart

https://keiko1183.tumblr.com/post/769303953863213056/sketching-adult-quatre

Quatre, fanart

@mio222

https://mio222.tumblr.com/post/769013037619380224/a-kiss-for-duos-braid

Heero/Duo, fanart

@phantomdive022

https://www.tumblr.com/phantomdive022/765306174936596480/%E0%B8%A7-%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%A3-%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%81-%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%94-%E0%B8%A1-%E0%B8%A3-%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%81

Duo Maxwell, fanart

https://www.tumblr.com/phantomdive022/765311185661919232/%E0%B8%94-%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%AD-%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%88-%E0%B8%81-%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A3-%E0%B8%8A-%E0%B8%99-%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%94%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A5-%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%82%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%94-%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%AD-%E0%B8%A1-%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%AD-%E0%B8%81%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%A5-%E0%B8%A7

Duo Maxwell, fanart

https://www.tumblr.com/phantomdive022/765309682307956736/%E0%B8%A7-%E0%B8%99-%E0%B9%86-%E0%B8%82%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A5-%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A7-%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%AA-%E0%B8%8A-%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%95-%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3-%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%AA

Duo, Heero, Trowa, fanart

https://www.tumblr.com/phantomdive022/765308995745480704/trowa-lady-unes-favorite-boy

Une, Trowa, Nichol, fanart

https://www.tumblr.com/phantomdive022/768109390766227456/wip-quatre-raberba-winner-ver-nisca-%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%93-%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%A2

Quatre wip

https://www.tumblr.com/phantomdive022/768326837660188672/just-some-%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%81-%E0%B8%81-%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%99-%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%94%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%81-%E0%B8%81-%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%94%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A5-%E0%B8%99

Trowa wip

https://www.tumblr.com/phantomdive022/768326466823946240/wip-again-chang-wufei-%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%99-%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%94%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%AE-%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%AD

WuFei wip

@saykamachuhirik

https://saykamachuhirik.tumblr.com/post/766503731368951808/w

Duo Maxwell, fanart

@seitou

https://seitou.tumblr.com/post/766264619640684544/home-sunlight-sky

Merch Drop! (super late V_V getting it to y’all)

@thaumazomai

https://thaumazomai.tumblr.com/post/769697798360842240/i-just-think-duo-would-absolutely-wear-a-biker

Duo Maxwell, fanart

Photosets/Gifsets/Screenshots/Manga Pages:

@catherinearbour

https://catherinearbour.tumblr.com/post/767451913123971072/santa-sandrock-and-maganac-reindeer-centerpiece

Sandrock and Maganac, photoset

@janaverse

https://janaverse.tumblr.com/post/764971959190683648/heero-and-the

Heero Yuy, Sims, screenshot

https://janaverse.tumblr.com/post/765917336880414720/04-dressed-to-kill-1-of-ongoing-secret

Quatre Raberba Winner, Sims, screenshot

https://janaverse.tumblr.com/post/766086367154487296/gotcha-he-does

Duo/Heero, Sims, screenshot

https://janaverse.tumblr.com/post/767457346654961664/my-most-precious

Heero Yuy, Sims, screenshot

https://janaverse.tumblr.com/post/767520034599911425/it-is-more-frogfei-i-wish-i-could-say-i-was

WuFei Chang, Sims, screenshot

https://janaverse.tumblr.com/post/768318047783141376/small-and-cuddly-this-pose-makes-duo-look

Duo/Heero, Sims, screenshot

@reaper-pro-gamer-ua

https://www.tumblr.com/reaper-pro-gamer-ua/766341370058260480/deathscythe-hell-is-my-favorite-gundam-all-time-in

Deathscythe Hell, gif

@seaofolives

https://seaofolives.tumblr.com/post/764834482972950528/yes-sir-ill-bring-him-home-by-8pm-your-son

Trowa Barton, photoset

https://seaofolives.tumblr.com/post/766589012394868736

Quatre/Trowa, gifset

https://seaofolives.tumblr.com/post/768495348957233152/if-anyone-asks-me-why-i-like-quatre-its-bc-hes

Heero, Quatre, photoset

@vegalume

https://vegalume.tumblr.com/post/769269735984627712/five-golden-boys-in-the-tree-2024

GW Boys Tree decorations, photoset

Head Canons/Meta:

@ikuzeminna

https://www.tumblr.com/ikuzeminna/765803549594615808/is-it-tsubarov-or-tubarov

Name Meta

Fandom Discourse:

@cuteciboulette

½ NaNo Update https://cuteciboulette.tumblr.com/post/766255031847649280/12-nano-update

(I like that it can both be read as “half” and as “Heero/Duo”, lol.)

@lifeaftermeteor

https://www.tumblr.com/lifeaftermeteor/767713720363352064/and-lets-be-honest-a-tall-goose-is-quite-a

Tallgeese etymology

@theawfulledges

https://www.tumblr.com/theawfuledges/768721449271918592/i-hate-that-there-are-no-gundam-wing-figures-of

So much this!

Quotes:

@roseunspindle

https://roseunspindle.tumblr.com/post/765931530433576960/a-rap-at-the-door-made-him-pause-as-he-was-about

Heero Yuy, WuFei Chang, Fanfic quote

Calendar Events:

@gwcocktailfriday

Cocktail Fridays!

Post responses on Friday, during Happy Hour between 3 & 5 pm in your own timezone.

Here’s the prompts for Friday, December 20th: https://gwcocktailfriday.tumblr.com/post/769866163850297344/cocktail-friday-post-responses-on-friday-december

In need of prompts!

@thisweekingundamevents

Events Calendar https://thisweekingundamevents.tumblr.com/post/730188053636841472/updated-events-calendar

If you are hosting an event currently, or are planning on one, hit us up with links and dates! We’ll add them to the Calendar and reblog your notices to get the word out!

GW Holiday Gift Exchange 2024

Getting Closer to the finish line!

[lucigoo]

Weekly Roundup: 17th March - 23th March

There was only one fic this week with 966 words of a 15,000 weekly word goa,l, meaning we are at 19,270 of my monthly 60,000 word goal (yikes lol)

So, without further ado, this weeks fic recs.

What is Right and What is Easy - WinterSky101 - Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling [Archive of Our Own] (Gen fic, Percy Weasley-centric)

Summary: The war hits the Ministry hard, and Percy Weasley is stuck in the middle of it.

Harry was really hoping for a normal fourth year ... - nlpiersee - Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling [Archive of Our Own] (Another Gen fic, this one Harry-cnetric, divergent 4th year)

Summary: Harry was ... depressed. The Tournament stated he was required to participate, somehow. Which was stupid since he hadn't actually entered. Thankfully, he has Fred and George Weasley. Instead of first meeting with the other Champions for the Wand Weighing Ceremony, they're all required to have medical evaluations done to document injuries they have prior to starting everything. Fred and George are acting suspiciously like they suspected this would happen the whole time, but the other Champions fully jump on board the 'protect Harry' train, regardless of what he says.

A Life Well Lived - MannixMind - Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling [Archive of Our Own](Sirius/Remus, Draco/Harry, Master of Death Draco)

Summary:  Five Times MasterofDeath!Draco Malfoy intervened to give Sirius Black the life he deserves.

Follow the Butterflies - RainstormRadish - Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling [Archive of Our Own] (Flying Ford Anglia/Aragog, I know it sounds .... but its actually beautifully written)

Summary: There is a visitor. A new beast in the Forest. It has four legs, like the centaurs, but it’s unlike anything Aragog has ever sensed. Cold, metallic, clanging. Few dare to venture deep enough into the Forest to reach Aragog’s lair, and those who do creep and hide, avoiding the Acromantula. The visitor makes no effort to be stealthy. It tramples through the undergrowth, loud and unapologetic. Foolhardy. Reckless. Intriguing.

Toss A Bard To Your Warlord - TheSilverQueen - The Witcher (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

Summary: Jaskier stares. “That,” he says cautiously, “is a baby.”

Eric grunts an affirmative.

“Why do you have a baby?” Jaskier demands, because although Eric of the Wolf School is a Master Witcher and has shown extreme skill in everything from tracking monsters to slaying monsters to bashing knights over the head, not once has he ever displayed even the slightest interest in babies.

Eric gives him a look. And then he gives Jaskier the baby.

And that is how Jaskier ends up leaving Cintra: with a Witcher, a baby, and a milk goat.

Letters from the war - ArthurtheGatekeeper - The Witcher (TV) [Archive of Our Own] (Geralt/JAskier, WW2 au, letter fic)

Summary: The draft comes for every able bodied adult man who can bleed. The war needs blood. But it also needs food. This saves Geralt from the front.

The same is not true of Jaskier.

As always, | hope you found something to read, adn let me know if oyu have any recs.

Now, my one little fic was for @flashfictionfridayofficial - #297 - Like a weed.

Toss a Coin to Your witcher (Because the world is loud and accomodations are expensive)

Summary: Geralt is suffering from overstimulation due to his potions. Jaskier is not helping, until he does with accomodations Geralt would never have know about, let alone used.

[steddiebbang]

Smiling and Sweet (Smarter and Bolder): RomCom | Explicit | 80k

Far Beyond Repair: Hellfire Adopts Steve AU | M | 32k

Don't Go Where I Can't Follow: Suspense/Thriler | E | 30k

Here Come the Dreams of You and Me: Post-Vecna Slow Burn | E | 79k

Tales of Hawkins: Slice of Life | M | 60k

Heart On Your Sleeve: Supernatural | M | 29k

The Ghost In Our Story: Supernatural Thriller | M | 75k

Idle Hands (With Time to Kill): Supernatural/Mythical | E |  24k

The Words Between Us: Future Fic | M | 25k

Steve Harrington's Guide to Travelling Dimensions and Falling in Love: Dimension Travelling | T | 28k

It's Only Forever: Labyrinth AU | M | 43k

a stout heart, a good bow, and a merry life: Robin Hood AU | M | 75k

world's finest: Superhero AU | M | 60k

The 5 Dreams of Eddie Munson: 5+1 | T | 20k

Rose Ceremony: The Bachelor AU | M | 60k+

Queen for a Day: Romance | E | 25k

Royal Pain: Royal AU | E | 50k

Wild Child: Sport!AU | M | 33k

shampain: RomCom | E | 60k+

A pretense of the heart: regency omegaverse | E | ~45k words

I Love You (It’s Ruining My Life): Unrequited-To-Requited Lovers | T | 42k

You could kill me and you should: Murder Boyfriends | E | 25k

[hd-erised]

We are over halfway through @hd-erised—isn't that exciting? It's been another fantastic week filled with art and fic and, as always, we hope you've been enjoying the fabulous submissions!

We hope you'll  take a moment to check out anything you might have missed this week, and don't forget to check our Week 1 and Week 2 round-ups for even more goodies. And, of course, please don't forget to leave a comment for our lovely artists and writers who make this fest the incredible experience that it is!! <3

Art:

Unemployed and On Guard for @makeitp1nk [T]

No One but Me for justlikewriting [M]

Fic:

Second Chance Resort for @elizah321[E, ~42,800]

A holiday forced on him by his friends after the latest in a long string of failed relationships might be a chance for Harry to relax, but all that is thrown up in the air by the appearance of one newly divorced Draco Malfoy. Mainly because they had been together almost fifteen years ago before Draco broke it off to marry the woman his mother chose for him… Feat. a matchmaking hotel, a spa day, an all-knowing Weasley, and friends who do try their best, but can get a little distracted.

Seven-and-sixpence for @oknowkiss [E, ~35,700]

The entire plan of Harry’s life had been defeat evil, become an Auror, marry Ginny. Not necessarily in that order, but it seemed to be going that way, the first two managed and the third in easy limbo. He can be better, though. He can be more. Draco will see to it.

Slip Slidin’ Your Way (In a Land of Fire and Ice) for @frm9pm [T, ~9,800]

How does a war-scarred young wizard recuperate and create a new identity? Harry opens himself to the magic of the land. Draco learns to wonder at the humblest of creatures. Years later, Magigeologist Evan Jameson and Malacologist Derek Black begin an enthusiastic correspondence. They’re in for a shock when they finally meet. Or: Science nerds go to Iceland and fall in love. Or: Why should kelp have all the fun?

Pillar of Salt for @agentmoppet [E, ~62,200]

From the lake in the Room of Hidden Things, Draco knows three things: 1. Mirror universes exist, and he’s going to find the best one—the one where he did the right thing. 2. Harry Potter and him are awfully cosy in some of these other universes, whereas Potter in real life is starting to act very odd around him indeed. 3. Draco’s reflection—the mirror version of him, the worst version of him—seems to be growing crueler. And stronger.

Prescription for @fantalfart [G, ~2,600]

Draco couldn't say he hated his job, not really. In fact, he loved it⁠—and wasn't that something surprising, a Malfoy being a Healer, when most of them hadn't worked a day in their lives?—and most of all, he loved knowing that he was helping people heal, above anything else. (And if there was a part of him that craved the normalcy of something that helped instead of what he had been taught to do his entire life? Well. That was between himself and his journal when he remembered to write in it.) (And maybe there was another reason too.)

Old love don't rust for @drarrydoodles [E, ~20,600]

“Why do you keep coming?” Malfoy asked at last. Harry mulled over the question. For a moment he debated trying to turn the tables and asking Malfoy the very same thing. But this time he didn’t want to hold back. “Because I can’t stop,” Harry said.

Equipoise for khalulu [T, ~88,200]

Ten years of peace have settled over the wizarding world, leaving Harry Potter feeling strangely adrift. Teaching Defense at Hogwarts is fine and all, but when mysterious magical blackouts start sweeping across the country, he can't help but jump at the chance to investigate. It would be the perfect outlet for his restless energy - if he didn't suddenly find himself tangled up in an elaborate charade, pretending to date the Prophet's most illustrious journalist, Draco Malfoy. Between hunting down the cause of the blackouts and maintaining their ruse, Harry's beginning to think that peacetime might actually be trickier - and far more surprising - than he'd bargained for.

Victory Lap for @traylalascrisis [E, ~4,700]

“I wasn’t sure if you’d want to eat first.” For emphasis, he pinches the skin at my waist. I want to cover myself in him. I want to roll in him like a dog. I want to devolve on top of him. And he wants me to sit nicely and use a knife and fork first?

[weeklyhotchniss]

💜 Fic Recs: May 4-11

stay alive, that would be enough (G) by @ssaemilyhotchner chapter 1/1 tags: minor character death, angst, first kiss, post-ep: run

Emily's nails scrabble against his skin as she tries to break free from his grasp—she’s so close, just one code away, she just needs more time, certainly more than the forty-seven seconds remaining but she has to try something, otherwise how can she look JJ in the eye?—but Hotch is stronger, and she soon has no choice but to match his stride as he urges them away and down the stairs, faster, I’m sorry, faster.

I wouldn't ask you to take care of me (G) by @em-prentiss chapter 1/1 tags: fluff, insomnia, aaron hotchner whump

She knows how isolating they are, nights like these. Everyone else trapped under the safe bubble of sleep and her hovering just at the edge of it, barred entrance. She could never get herself to shatter their bubble, ask for company—because what would it do, anyway? She’s never known how to help herself. It’s unlikely that anyone else would.

Though Aaron’s company she doesn’t mind.

My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys (M) by Ace95 chapter 1/1 tags: emily prentiss whump, protective aaron hotchner, best friends; tw domestic violence

Holden, mid-conversation with Aaron’s father, reached for Emily’s hand under the table, his fingers sliding over hers.

Emily flinched. It was barely perceptible — a subtle stiffening of her shoulders, a second of frozen breath — but Aaron saw it. He felt it like a slap.

Someone's Mother (G) by @sequinsmile-x chapter 1/1 tags: domestic fluff, mother's day, jack hotchner

The anger is fierce and overwhelming. It’s something she’d only felt once before in another life when she had to kill a little boy to allow him to live. She wonders what it means that the stakes are so much lower this time, that it isn’t a case of morality or life and death, but that it hurts so much more.

Writers, tag #weeklyhotchniss to be reblogged!

[gentleaffirmations]

[rei-ismyname]

X-Comics Weekly Roundup

Week 3

What's good? I reviewed X-Men #17 here! As I said in my last Uncanny review, I'm done with that book and anything that just plods along. Who has the time? I'll say something about every book every week in the roundup, and also choose issues that excite me for a full review. Exceptional X-Men and adjectiveless are in my good books, though the latter is on the edge. But yeah, this is the one stop shop and masterlist for my X-Men comics thing each week. Spoilers for all, including Imperial #1, Ultimate Wolverine, and solicits. To me, my X-books!

Looks great, drags a bit

Ultimate Wolverine #6

Looking good, Yana

The Ultimates #12 changed a lot for the Ultimate line in my book. It was already excellent - as if every time a Marvel event has been disappointing the ideas all went to this universe to multiply - but the books were really taking their time to get out of act 1 and come into focus. Act 3 has always been sitting there, the called shot of The Maker returning after 2 years, but now it's clear that EVERYONE in this prison universe has to fight for freedom. He's the enemy of every person on this planet, even his lackeys, though they probably don't know that. Too busy doing atrocities.

David fucking Haller is dead, the poor kid, but that doesn't mean he's gone. He exists as code for now. It's a really clever usage of him that facilitates a genre shift, maybe. Logan has his own brain back and I have no idea what happens next. Beast is there, Forge and Brand too plus a whole bunch of resistance folks. There's a lot of different directions to take the book from here and I'm pumped for what comes next. It's called Ultimate Wolverine and while he's been present physically we've only seen personality and relationships through others and flashbacks. It's unclear how long the Rasputins and their evil AF authoritarianism had Logan as their Winter Soldier or what he'll do now that he can exercise agency, but there's an insurgency going on. As Logan gets his memory and sense of self back so too does the reader learn details about the strange shape of this world's mutants - deported en masse to Eurasia, familiar faces dead or changed, suffering under the Rasputins' (literal) iron fist.

However, this is the Opposition, the resistance, and it doesn't care what's in your genome. Xavier's nightmare of humans and mutants fighting side by side, against a regime that doesn't care enough to hate or fear them. Everyone here is a winter soldier - will poor Logan even have the space to explore his guilt over being made to kill his friends? Of course he will, but there's still a lot of work to do. Logan tends to interpret guilt as revenge, and the people who hurt him most also made him a lot deadlier. Who am I kidding? He'll want to rescue Jean.

Imperial Chuckwatch

No Chuck in issue #1. Imperial was Chuckless, I repeat Chuckless. Maybe next time. No Cannonball or Sunspot either but I think they're confirmed as not showing up, alas. The issue was very Hickman and liberal with continuity, seemingly MCU-ified in many ways. Doofus Peter Quill, for instance, and characters with movies. The most X-Men thing about it is the Shi'Ar all over the place, with Deathbird getting some great lines and being more competent than usual.

STORM #9

Huh, weird. Storm is in jail. She got arrested last issue, so it's not entirely unexpected, but the whole aliens/FBI thing continues to be bizarre. They put her in rags in a shitty cell but she gets a phone call! Alas, She-Hulk is busy at the fighting tournament taking place in Ro's house. Apparently DOOM wanted this? LOL! It's great to see acknowledgement that DOOM runs the world but why would he want Ororo imprisoned for helping Xavier escape? DOOM should go catch Chuck himself, I'd pay to see it. I think I'm coming around on the banquet Ayodele is cooking, just the sheer amount of courses overwhelmed me.

Hold up! Arakko is in the house, literally. Is that Isca the Unbeatable? I think it is. Uh, Lactuta the Knower (who famously DGAF about trivial things.) I know that's Jon Ironfire. Callisto is chilling. It's the Morlocks/Arakki crossover I've been waiting for! It's a shame they have no lines or anything, but I'll take what I can get. What are the odds of a Craig of NASA cameo I wonder? Is Blue Marvel the referee? Fuck, I love all these black characters that rarely get used. I've come around on the fighting tournament at Storm's house. Jude Jones put forward an insightful rubric about the reality of a black creator using black characters in a white supremacist world. I'll link here instead of paraphrasing further, as I'm not black, though I will refer to it. I feel the tension between wanting Ayodele/Storm to succeed and feeling overwhelmed by the impressionistic deluge of threads. I too find Ororo's voice absent and am certainly glad it's showing up re: Eternity, but there's so many plots going on! Honestly I kinda wish the cosmic god nonsense was removed and Storm's community focused on heavily. That's the stuff I'm enjoying and honestly, 'gods you've never heard of are doing a thing' is a bit of a dry well. Ororo ends the issue vowing to kill Eternity for joyriding her body, which - sure Storm kills now, fine - isn't Eternity the universe? All of existence? Sigh, it's been killed before by randos, why not Storm? It makes at least as much sense as Eternity deciding it really likes Ororo specifically. Keep cooking, Ayodele.

Agent Fuckface! Oooh, 'it's time.' Idiot.

The US government has some weird fucking plans and even weirder agents. Mutant hate looks very silly when you have fish aliens and cosmic juggalos doing wack schemes. I can absolutely buy that the 'greatest country in the world' LOVES financing regime change in sovereign bodies (duh, it's the USA) but Limbo? Do they have oil I didn't hear about? Why would demons give a shit about the USA? Whatever, it's funny. I really wouldn't piss Maddie Pryor off if I was them, she will burn your shit to the ground and snort the ashes. I don't think they've considered the 'then what?' of this operation. Maddie or Magik might Inferno you once a decade, but a 10000 year old demon seems ... worse? Did DOOM approve this? Somehow I doubt it. I mean, they tried to pull a fast one and fucked up so badly that they had to let Storm go. Omega Maggot conveniently had invited half the regulators in the universe over just as the FBI does a warrantless raid assuming Limbo demons would distract anyone there. RIP Limbo demons. Does that mean the FBI plot is over or will Storm have to go to court? I still think she should have lied but whatever.

Not how She-Hulk works but whatever

LAURA KINNEY WOLVERINE #7

This fantasy world mini arc is not especially relevant to the issues preceding it, which is fine, and it was an interesting enough diversion. I think if you just want to have your protagonist kidnapped by aliens and escape over the space of two issues, why the hell not? Laura dwelling on the implications of her 'perfect life' has opportunity, but I don't think we'll see the Badoon again. I wouldn't be against it, as shutting down mutant trafficking is very much in Laura's wheelhouse RN. However, alien abduction is a poor fit for the mutant metaphor. We'll see.

Nobody cares about your wack schemes. Get rekt

If I was a pettier person I'd unblock that queerphobic kook from last month to jeer about Laura walking away from Hellion and the comphet fantasy world. I don't think there's a Wolverine in existence that accepts the suburban fantasy of normativity at face value. Maybe Logan would with Jean and Scott, but that's just another reason Laura is the best Wolverine. No Akihiro is a shame but I get it. So Laura got kidnapped by random aliens for an issue - sure why not? I'm noticing that aliens are more present in the line, here, there and in the FBI. I'm not sure what to make of it. It makes the universe feel bigger and smaller at the same time. Aliens in the FBI, Badoon abducting mutants, Imperial kicking off interstellar wars, Phoenix fighting Dark Gods, Thanos and her sister, etc. They're all under the same office yet the connections are absent. Space is enormous but it feels like a missed opportunity.

GIANT-SIZE NOSTALGIA #1

Wait a minute, I'm getting deja vu. I must have travelled through time to last week when this came out. I do have thoughts, foremost of which is that I have not seen a single person talking about it. Not even to say 'meh, the backup story by Ewing was okay.' I don't really see people, X-Men fans, discussing the current X-book releases at all, but especially this one - which feels grim. There's the odd panel from one of the flagships here and there, but even Rogue fans aren't talking about Rogue in the Savage Land, at least that I'm seeing. I don't see anyone talking about Kitty Pryde and Wolverine. Granted, they're not great, but it might be worse than that. The X-books might be boring and exhausting.

That's a pretty big statement, and it's going to be different for everyone usually, but who is this stuff for? I really like Kamala, and NYX was doing fun new things. Going from that to this feels like a meal nobody ordered. Here's the thing - woo 50th anniversary of Giant-Size, let's celebrate! It didn't feel like a celebration to me. It felt like an OC in a Kamala skin solving the plot because they read this one (somehow.) There's four more of these coming and differentiating it from Weapon X-Men, Kitty Pryde and Wolverine, Spider-Man and Wolverine, Deadpool and Wolverine, and whatever other 'set in the past' 'say the thing' story is out that week is tough. As I said, nobody is talking about it? Are they reading? Buying? Are you? I'm not even mad about the gibberish continuity and nonsensical implications; I just wanted something new and this ain't it. Even feeling mad is better than feeling bored.

I feel kinda bad ending on a cynical note, but constantly recycling nostalgia is a fundamentally cynical practice. Kamala Khan is popular! Giant-Size is a favourite! Her touring through the big X-Men moments in history should feel Giant-Size, but there wasn't even enough story to fill all the pages. Her MCU powers hitting the page was bound to happen eventually, and it happening next to her speaking Krakoan to Krakoa itself (never mind that's not how it works, at all) should make me happy. Theoretically it does, yet the story itself flopped. There's four more of these, with Giant-Size Dark Phoenix next month. Giant-Size Age of Apocalypse is after that, as well as a relaunch? Reboot? Mini? X-Men of Apocalypse, where the world and X-Men in it didn't die, actually. They're coming to 616 for reasons, and nothing will ever be the same! It's like someone is playing Boggle with X-Men titles that sold well in the past, desperately trying to recapture the success of previous decades. I can play that game too. Giant-Size Wolverines Omega. Age of Weapon X-Men. All-New House of Phoenix. Astonishing Old Man X-Venom 2099. Admit it, you can imagine all of these existing, despite being gibberish I cobbled together. Those would be new stories too, I didn't even revisit old shit. Bah!

ASTONISHING X-MEN INFINITY COMICS

Hey Mondo

The Infinity Comics are... okay. They're full of interesting concepts and underutilized characters, plus Banshee the cop, copping around. It's basically a Generation X reunion, except for Monet (in jail, somehow,) Jubilee (wallpaper in Uncanny,) and Synch (NYX was cancelled, but he got an issue dedicated to him.) The promise of exploring the post-Krakoan struggles of the everyday mutants is being mostly fulfilled, though there's a bad habit of pulling away to a different concept just as it gets interesting. This is the most connected and lived in current X-books get, benefiting from a lot more latitude than the print books. It goes a little too hard trying to poke fun at influencers but veers into 'hey, Marvel is ruthless capitalism too.'

There was even a mutant activist group that seemed super interesting, except they turned out to be race war accelerationists who kill people for really trivial reasons. I find it pretty frustrating to be setup for a nuanced take on activism only for the anyone more radical than X-Men to go 'lol, we kill people. It's exactly one bad guy's fault but we'll give up because Banshee frowned at us.' I'm willing to entertain that desiring any sort of political sophistication probably places me in a demographic minority but come on! It'd be nice to see an exploration of organising. Maybe I'm delusional for having expectations from the medium, IDK. Either way, they're a worthwhile read.

Thanks for stopping by! ❤️

[iwillrememberyoumarathon]

❥❥ iwry marathon: week four ❥❥ thanks to everyone who participated in the marathon this year! enjoy the fanworks from this week (links below) and stay tuned for Another Minute on December 1!! we'll have a full masterlist for iwry 2024 coming soon

fics

Day 23: Sun in the Storm by bonniesfire (@lalosalamcnca) Summary: Buffy through some of the metaphorical (and occasionally literal) seasons of her life. (Rated T. 3,960 words)

Day 24: Blood Group (Группа крови) by B_E_S Summary: Buffy reacted calmly to the story about the Day That Never Happened. But not to the story about Darla and Connor. (Rated T. 5,754 words, in Russian)

Day 25: Do Vampires Dream of Undead Sheep? by @taaroko Summary: When the nightmares of Sunnydale become reality, what horrors will a certain vampire with a soul have to face? (i.e. What was Angel up to during "Nightmares"?) Canon compliant. (Rated G. 2,970 words)

Day 26: Gambit by @aboutafox Summary: He's the ace up her sleeve and a constant gamble. Trapped in a nest of vipers, she's the only one he can trust. But can their relationship survive the games they play? Or in short, what if nothing that happened in season 5 was as it appeared? (Rated E. 7,433 words)

Day 27: The Blood of Eternity by Liana_Medea Summary: There lives a monster in the bogs of the West, cursed by the Red Sorceress. (Rated G. 2,987 words)

Day 28: Do Si Dos and Aliemande Left by a2zmom Summary: The sixth story of the Steps Saga, a rewrite of BtVS season 4 where Angel stayed human after IWRY. Buffy winds up cut off from friends and family. (Rated M. 13,260 words)

Day 29: Just One Day by MeTheMermaid (@casenpoint) Summary: Buffy proposes she and Angel spend Christmas Day together. But only Christmas Day. (Rated M. 2,724 words)

Day 30: In Every Generation by @taaroko Summary: In every generation, there is a chosen one. At least, there used to be, before the power in the Slayer line waned. With the gaps between new Slayers stretching from years to decades and the secrets of creating them long forgotten, the Watchers grew desperate, so they turned to a Romani curse in hopes of forging loyal warriors out of their greatest enemies… (Rated T. 27,391 words)

art

'i will remember you': 25th anniversary — gifset by @liam-summers

bangel x like real people do — edit by @bangelism (also posted on Instagram)

bangel + locations, part five: the mansion — gifset by @ptieuca

bangel + locations, part six: angel's apartments — gifset by @ptieuca

previous weeks:

❥❥ iwry marathon: week one ❥❥

❥❥ iwry marathon: week two ❥❥

❥❥ iwry marathon: week three ❥❥

[hdowlpost]

Week 1+2 Owl Gift Deliveries of the @hdowlpost Fest

Dear Owlpost Participants, we are posting an overview of the owl gifts posted during the last two weeks. It's a chance for you'all to catch up with reading, commenting, leaving kudos and ♥.

Giftees, please try to comment on your gifts in a timely manner.

If you discover any mistakes or broken links, let us know in comments or email.

Comments are NOT screened. Please do not reveal your identity as creators. :) Enjoy!

OWL GIFTS for @harryandhislittledragon | Retiredunicorn CRAFT with LIGHT (G) + HAND-MADE MAGICAL BOOK (G) + FIC (1300 smutty words | NC-17)

OWL GIFTS for @sita-z PODFIC (41 minutes | PG) + ART (digital | G) + FIC (3500 | NC-17)

OWL GIFTS for @wrtrgrl-spacewitch | Wrtrgrl FIC (7084 words | G) + ART (digital | G) + BETA reading

OWL GIFTS for @dreamingandwidewake | KatIsSleeping ART (G) + FIC (4200 words | PG) + FIC (2300 words | PG)

OWL GIFTS for @drwhoisginnyholmes | Logan CRAFT (Drarry advent calendar) + FIC (2611 words | E) + PLAYLIST

OWL GIFTS for @lumosatnight FIC + ART (3000 words | G) + FIC & ART (1400 words | E) + POEM (108 words | G)

OWL GIFTS for @bererjs | Bere CRAFT (wooden House coasters) + FIC (3404 words | G) + PODFIC (4:25 minutes | G)

OWL GIFTS for Smirkingcat FIC ( 2500 words | NC-17) + CRAFT (Drarry key keeper) + PODFIC (12:01 minutes | NC-17)

OWL GIFTS for @uncannycerulean CRAFT (Drarry clock) + FIC (3300 words | G) + COMMENTS

OWL GIFTS for @starquestingfordrarry | Starquesting CRAFT (crocheted Drarry kitties) + FIC (7500 | M) + COMMENTS

OWL GIFTS for @maraudersaffiar ART (E) + FIC (10,500 words | NC-17) + FIC (5400 words | NC-17)

OWL GIFTS for @mintyelbows FIC (2800 words | PG-13) + FIC (652 words | G) + FIC (3931 words | G)

🎄 Still 18 more sets of gifts to go! 🎄