Nick often visibly checks in with himself before agreeing to or committing to something, but I especially love this instance of it a lot for three main reasons:
(1) Nick takes a deep breath and settles into his body, which is important and helpful for figuring out how you're feeling underneath other things.
(2) He does it in front of people, not minding if Elle anyone notices.
(3) Nick usually does his evaluating and deciding in the moment, in front of the person, but here he doesn't let the fact that he's already said goodbye to Charlie and walked away stop him from reevaluating and deciding to go back to kiss him.
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An addition to the cocktail chapter of the @worldsbeyondpod Unofficial Cookbook:
Honey With A Note Of Song
an absinthe wash (the green fairy, for your roots)
2 oz. rye (your liquor of choice, strong and spicy)
1/4 oz. pine and rosemary honey syrup (you cannot go home again)
1 barspoon of saline solution (for your first divine smite, where you found your breath once more)
1-2 dashes of peychauds bitters (because this is a play on a sazerac)
a grapefruit twist (a touch of the bitterness age has brought you)
serve in a glass reminiscent of a chalice
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Fic: Parasomnia (Wood + Glass series)
Dreamling || Rated E || 10,170 words || complete (Part 3 of the Wood + Glass series)
tags: Alternate Universe - Human, doctor Hob Gadling, museum curator Dream, sequel to fake relationship to real relationship, Dream was an unrepentant slut in college, Hob is still an unrepentant slut, former fetish runway model Dream, getting too deep into a relationship too quickly, Bisexual Hob Gadling, Lust at First Sight, Top Dream of the Endless | Morpheus, Bottom Hob Gadling, Genital Piercing, Cock Piercing, Frenum piercing, Nipple Piercing, Piercings, Ear Piercings, facial piercings, Tattoos, good thing Hob has a thing for piercings and ink, Cock Slut, Light BDSM, Dom/sub Undertones, Porn with Feelings, Consensual Somnophilia, Body Worship, Worship, Showers, Non-Sexual Intimacy, Confessions, Cock Warming, Sleeping Together, sleeping with your lover's cock in your mouth, Come Swallowing, Latex, discussion of sex in public, making breakfast
This is just the rush of a new relationship. It will pass. It will pass.
But Dream doesn't want it to pass.
God, it has been ages since he felt this good. Since he had someone respond to him, to his intensity, in kind, to meet him punch for punch at every pass. It is what he thought Corin would be, or Nada, or, fuck, even Killala way back when. He thought they could become this. He and Calliope had it for one bright, shining moment, before they burned themselves out.
And yet here Hob is, matching his steps, following his lead in this dance, seemingly without much effort, and on the first try. Dream is going to have a whole lot of trouble letting that go, now that he knows it is possible.
Read on AO3
With sexy Dream art by the AMAZING, GLORIOUS, STUPENDOUS ✨@teejaystumbles✨ (And if that doesn't at least get you to click the link I don't know what will!)
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I've started and deleted three drafts now trying to get my thoughts into a coherent recommendation, but there's just so much.
Let's start with the basics: You should read the graphic novel if you're a fan of the original show. You just should. It's new content of your old faves, and I'm telling you now that the art and writing are great and that you should give it a shot based on that alone.
But as for exactly why I'm losing my mind over it this much...?
It... feels like watching the show. But a version of the show unafraid to explore its own worldbuilding. A version of the show where continuity and character growth matter. A version of the show without jokes written by people far too old to understand mid-2000s teens.
And it is actually, honest-to-goodness funny. I went in fully braced for a badly shoehorned "fruit loop" one-liner, and instead I got incredible deadpan asides like this:
The art, too, manages to perfectly ride the line of looking enough like the original style to be convincing, but improving on the expressiveness of the characters' faces and actions to elevate it to something arguably better than the show:
(Like, I'm being so serious when I say the fight scenes are among the best I have ever seen in comic form. I'm the kind of person who tends to go for anime over manga because the fights are harder for me to follow in little sequential snapshots, but I can tell exactly what's happening in these battles AND they still look super cinematic and cool.)
And the story. Man, the STORY.
I won't spoil any of the plot here, but it's... really good. A little winding and goofy toward the beginning, but once things get serious, it really grabs you and refuses to let go til it's done. (Much like the best episodes of the show! Funny how that works.) It has a satisfying conclusion, but it also leaves a massive door open to continue telling more stories in the setting.
And I want more stories in this universe. The threads being dangled here might be even more enticing than those left by the original show. There is potential here for an INCREDIBLE series of comics.
We just have to prove how badly we want it.
If you can't buy the book yourself right now (it's relatively cheap for a graphic novel--I think it was about $15 even with tax from my Barnes & Noble), then please at least let other fans know it exists (I wouldn't have had any idea if not for tumblr) and keep the hype going on social media. I'm stoked to see that DP is trending on tumblr, at least, and I hope the same is true elsewhere. It's a small thing, but it's something corporate decision-makers take note of.
Fingers crossed we get to see more someday. This is one series that deserves to come back from the dead.
But, whether or not we get that continuation: welcome back, Phandom. Congrats and happy release day. 💚
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