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aftgficrec · 2 years

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Staff Recs - Why Don’t You Just Stab Me in the Heart? Angst

We’ve read some fantastic angst lately so decided to feature it in staff recs. Not all of these end unhappily, but some do. We classify these as medium to heavy angst. Please heed the trigger warnings! - AFTG Fic Rec Fam

Scribbles and Sticky Notes by Fortheloveofexy [Rated T, 11750 Words, Complete, 2022]

It started soon after Andrew’s official retirement from Exy.

tw: major character death, tw: major character injury, tw: car accident

Nor are we forgiven by AyeAyeAye [Rated M, 16866 Words, Complete, 2022]

“Dissociative amnesia,” Andrew said, and Aaron tried his best to listen.

“She’s really dead,” he said.

“Yes.”

“You killed her.”

Andrew said nothing, just twirled his knife between his fingers and stared Aaron down.

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Aaron is the host of a DID system. Andrew is one of his alters.

Pre-canon and works through canon also.

tw: child abuse, tw: drug use, tw: did, tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon, tw: implied/referenced self harm, tw: violence, tw: vomit, tw: withdrawal

Can Nobody Hear Me (I cannot breathe) by temporaryeverything [Rated M, 23803 Words, Incomplete, Updated Aug 2022]

Andrew looks at himself in the mirror. He has electric clippers in one hand and his phone in the other, and debates which one he should turn to first. He flicks his thumb over the button of the clippers and it starts vibrating viciously in his hand. Another flick and it turns off just as quickly.

He unlocks his phone without looking and presses speed dial. He puts it on speaker and while it rings he flicks the button; on, off, on, off. On.

He starts at the front and just as the first strands of thick blond hair fall to the sink the dial tone stops and labored breathing can be heard in its place.

“Andrew?”

Where Andrew goes to see a doctor and doesn't tell anyone about it

tw: major character illness, tw: panic attacks, tw: implied/referenced csa, tw: explicit sexual content

Inked Petals by jaydreamz [Rated M, 11265 Words, Incomplete, Updated Aug 2022]

Andrew spent 3 years in a shithole small town in Florida trying to get through the loss of the only person who made him feel something.

Then Aaron convinces him to move to New York to start living his life again.

It all goes well until Andrew makes a tinder account and matches with his dead boyfriend.

tw: assumed major character death, tw: alcohol abuse, tw: implied/referenced drug use, tw: car accident, tw: panic attacks

Train Wreck by jaydreamz [Rated M, 8837 Words, Incomplete, Updated July 2022]

Neil never made it out of Baltimore.

Six years later, Andrew has his life together, more or less, but he's far from okay. When Bee convinces him to change the scenery and go on a trip around Europe, he knows this isn't going to fix anything.

Except, he's sitting on a train in Switzerland across a ghost who's staring at him with a familiar crystal blue gaze and no spark of recognition in his eyes.

tw: assumed major character death, tw: violence, tw: explicit sexual content, tw: implied/referenced self harm

lamb to the slaughter by skullcaid [Rated M, 405804 Words, Incomplete, Updated Aug 2022]

After being saved from a vicious and merciless kidnapper that had him for eight long traumatising weeks, Asher Foster is trying his best at normalcy; which means he continues to work at a local convenience store and continues to do his schoolwork.

However, his attempt at prevalence is postponed when he learns he has not one, but two older twin brothers, and now Asher's not only dealing with the aftereffects and the outcome of his own grisly dark past, but also with the task of meeting and understanding Andrew and Aaron Minyard and their own family, the Palmetto State Foxes.

But Asher's life is far from a fairy tale, and not all demons are content with staying buried.

or, there's another secret Minyard brother.

tw: kidnapping, tw: implied/referenced child abuse, tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon, tw: implied/referenced torture, tw: panic attacks, tw: implied/referenced self harm, tw: murder, tw: violence, tw: vomit, tw: referenced forced feeding, tw: eating disorders, tw: paranoia

NB: extras from fic author @skullcaidd: ‘lamb to the slaughter’ book cover mockup (tw: blood, tw: injured animal) here, playlist here, and fandom fun post here. Fanart by @artattacker here and here, by @bevmvrsh here, and by @asher_katsumi on twitter here

just one thing series by Lyndis [Rated M/T, Collection, Updated July 2022]

Part 1: Just one thing [M, 3021 Words, Complete]

Neil is married off to Andrew Minyard. He tries to be a good husband. When he searches something in their shared bedroom he finds something unexpected, something very much not good.

Andrew likes Neil but he also knows his father and he knows what that man is capable of. He doesn't think for one minute that Neil is unharmed, even though his experience is strikingly beautiful. But while he is fully prepared to take care of his new husband, he had no clue what he was signing up for.

“These are for self-defense.”

“Of course they are.” Neil was quick to respond, looking up for the first time and giving his husband an empty, lifeless smile. He couldn’t do better at the moment.

tw: implied/referenced abuse, tw: negative body image, tw: panic attacks

Part 2: The Butcher's Son [T, 3670 Words, Incomplete, Updated July 2022]

Neil kills their Chef. Andrew tries to find out what happened.

tw: blood/gore, tw: murder, tw: minor character death, tw: disordered eating, tw: implied/referenced forced starvation, tw: panic attacks

it would have been you by theresnothis [Rated T, 2142 Words, Complete, 2022]

Jeremy should have known. He should have fucking known. All the signs were there. How could he have been so blind?

tw: major character death, tw: suicide, tw: implied/referenced rape

What died didn't stay dead. by freshtaylorswiftduck [Rated T, 11065 Words, Complete, 2022]

Neil Josten is dead. Neil Josten was never even a real person.

Thank you. You were amazing.

And now Andrew Minyard was left with a pair of keys and nothing else.

tw: assumed major character death, tw: implied/referenced torture, tw: implied/referenced abuse, tw: panic attacks, tw: depression

The Songs Around Us by doodlingstuff [Rated M, 80076 Words, Complete, 2022]

The mission was simple: Nathaniel would join Astral Foxes as Neil Josten and make them part of Moriyama Music.

In reality, Neil became real, found a home, and fell in love despite his lies.

When the Moriyamas send the Butcher to remind Neil of his mission and Andrew's life ends on the line, Neil will have to decide how to escape his fate and bring Andrew back.

Sometimes, music is the only answer, and others, as Neil will realize, truth is the only weapon you have to save the ones you love the most.

tw: car accident, tw: major character injury, tw: torture, tw: implied/referenced child abuse, tw: panic attacks

Skin Comes Apart (Angel in Lothian) by JuiceGremlin [Rated E, 60088 Words, Incomplete, Updated June 2022]

Andrew has signed with a team halfway across the country. Neil is determined to make it work, to break the distance down into something manageable.

They are going to survive this.

That is, if Ichirou doesn't have other plans.

tw: graphic depictions of violence, tw: blood/gore, tw: murder, tw: implied/referenced child abuse, tw: implied/referenced self harm, tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon, tw: panic attacks, tw: explicit sexual content, tw: implied/referenced nonconsensual drug use

Either Love is a Shrine or Else a Scar by Texfoxyard (twda1003) [Rated E, 2762 Words, Complete, 2022]

14 years.

He is 14 years old.

168 months. 5110 days. 122640 hours. 7358400 minutes.

That is how long he has been alive. Though alive would imply he has a spirit, a vigor for living, not his 14 years of barely surviving on scraps of food, scraps of affection, and scraps of love.

By all accounts, alive does not mean laying in a pool of his blood hours before he legally becomes a part of a family, finally belonging.

or, the one where pig Higgins doesn't come across Aaron, which means Andrew stays with the Spears'.

tw: major character death, tw: suicide, tw: rape, tw: csa, tw: self harm, tw: blood, tw: graphic depictions of violence

Run to You by Major_816 [Not Rated, 38078 Words, Complete, 2022]

Part 2 of The Books of Baltimore series, part 1 (also angsty) recced here

When Nathaniel wakes up after Baltimore he bides his time, and as soon as he’s left alone in his hospital room he does what he does best.

He wanted to stay this time. He’d even been dumb enough to think there was a minor chance he could pull it off. He knows better now, back in the seat of a hotwired car and heading North on instincts learned under the threat of death. Nathaniel fights until he runs, and he runs every fucking time.

Sometimes, Nathaniel wonders if that’s all he’ll ever be good at.

AKA - the one where Neil runs.

tw: implied/referenced torture, tw: violence, tw: implied/referenced child abuse, tw: suicidal thoughts, tw: major character injury, tw: blood, tw: drugs

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psalm22-6 · 1 year

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“Les Miserables,” dramatized by Mr. Sam. Ryan, has been running all the week at the Baltimore Museum, of which establishment Mr. Ryan is the manager. The Dramatist has succeeded in retaining in the play the most exciting and brillant scenes and passages of the book. Mr. J. M. Ward took the character of Jean Valjean; Mr. Ryan that of Thenardier; Miss Jennie Parker, Fantine; Cosette, aged 10, Miss Parker; aged 18, Miss Frank Monell; Eponine, Miss Mollie Williams. Mr S. Ryan is not only the author of this dramatization, but also of Rose Elmer, Doom of Deville, Cabin and Parlor, and Our Own 69th, or Scenes on the Potomac.

Source: the New York Clipper, 7 February 1863

#les miserables #other stage adaptations #Ryan's adaptation

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rockyp77mk3 · 2 years

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Stern view of the “Pride of Baltimore”. Modern reproduction of the class of small ships called “Baltimore Clippers” whose performance on the water made them invaluable as privateers in the War of 1812.

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ltwilliammowett · 1 year

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Pride of Baltimore II, July 2021

Video courtesy of Chief Mate Jeff Crosby

#tall ship #pride of baltimore ii #baltimore clipper #privateer #war of 1812 #age of sail replicas

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clove-pinks · 2 years

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Pride of Baltimore II, a replica topsail schooner built to the lines of an 1812-era Baltimore Clipper.

They were used in naval service, illegal trading, and for carrying light cargoes. But the Baltimore Clippers received their true recognition for their role in the War of 1812. The Clippers were used to prey on English merchant ships and run blockades. If and when discovered they were able to outsail their opponents and therefore were able to keep on schedule better than their counterparts. In this way the Baltimore Clippers were responsible for more than 500 sinkings or seizures of British ships.

— Jennifer Klima, "The Baltimore Clipper", Maryland State Archives.

#baltimore clipper #war of 1812 #age of sail #naval history #replica tall ship #tall ship #pride of baltimore ii #us history #the linked essay is great

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spacetimewithstuartgary · 2 years

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NASA releases Webb images of Jupiter On the heels of Tuesday's release of the first images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, data from the telescope's commissioning period is now being released on the Space Telescope Science Institute's Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes. The data includes images of Jupiter and images and spectra of several asteroids, captured to test the telescope's instruments before science operations officially began July 12. The data demonstrates Webb's ability to track solar system targets and produce images and spectra with unprecedented detail. Fans of Jupiter will recognize some familiar features of our solar system's enormous planet in these images seen through Webb's infrared gaze. A view from the NIRCam instrument's short-wavelength filter shows distinct bands that encircle the planet as well as the Great Red Spot, a storm big enough to swallow the Earth. The iconic spot appears white in this image because of the way Webb's infrared image was processed. "Combined with the deep field images released the other day, these images of Jupiter demonstrate the full grasp of what Webb can observe, from the faintest, most distant observable galaxies to planets in our own cosmic backyard that you can see with the naked eye from your actual backyard," said Bryan Holler, a scientist at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, who helped plan these observations. Clearly visible at left is Europa, a moon with a probable ocean below its thick icy crust, and the target of NASA's forthcoming Europa Clipper mission. What's more, Europa's shadow can be seen to the left of the Great Red Spot. Other visible moons in these images include Thebe and Metis. "I couldn't believe that we saw everything so clearly, and how bright they were," said Stefanie Milam, Webb's deputy project scientist for planetary science based at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. "It's really exciting to think of the capability and opportunity that we have for observing these kinds of objects in our solar system." Scientists were especially eager to see these images because they are proof that Webb can observe the satellites and rings near bright solar system objects such as Jupiter, Saturn, and Mars. Scientists will use Webb to explore the tantalizing question of whether we can see plumes of material spewing out of moons like Europa and Saturn's moon Enceladus. Webb may be able to see the signatures of plumes depositing material on the surface on Europa. "I think that's just one of the coolest things that we'll be able to do with this telescope in the solar system," Milam said. Additionally, Webb easily captured some of Jupiter's rings, which especially stand out in the NIRcam long-wavelength filter image. That the rings showed up in one of Webb's first solar system images is "absolutely astonishing and amazing," Milam said. "The Jupiter images in the narrow-band filters were designed to provide nice images of the entire disk of the planet, but the wealth of additional information about very faint objects (Metis, Thebe, the main ring, hazes) in those images with approximately one-minute exposures was absolutely a very pleasant surprise," said John Stansberry, observatory scientist and NIRCam commissioning lead at the Space Telescope Science Institute. Webb also obtained these images of Jupiter and Europa moving across the telescope's field of view in three separate observations. This test demonstrated the ability of the observatory to find and track guide stars in the vicinity of bright Jupiter. But just how fast can an object move and still be tracked by Webb? This was an important question for scientists who study asteroids and comets. During commissioning, Webb used an asteroid called 6481 Tenzing, located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, to start the moving-target tracking "speed limit" tests. Webb was designed with the requirement to track objects that move as fast as Mars, which has a maximum speed of 30 milliarcseconds per second. During commissioning, the Webb team conducted observations of various asteroids, which all appeared as a dot because they were all small. The team proved that Webb will still get valuable data with all of the science instruments for objects moving up to 67 milliarcseconds per second, which is more than twice the expected baseline—similar to photographing a turtle crawling when you're standing a mile away. "Everything worked brilliantly," Milam said. TOP IMAGE....Jupiter, center, and its moon Europa, left, are seen through the James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam instrument 2.12 micron filter. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and B. Holler and J. Stansberry (STScI) CENTRE IMAGE....Jupiter and some of its moons are seen through NIRCam’s 3.23 micron filter. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and B. Holler and J. Stansberry (STScI) LOWER IMAGE....Asteroid 6481 Tenzing, center, is seen moving against a background of stars in this series of images taken by NIRCam. Click on the image to play the gif again. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and B. Holler and J. Stansberry (STScI)

#space #science #Astronomy #physics #news #nasa #esa #james webb space telescope #Jupiter

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whitepolaris · 2 years

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Baltimore’s Bar District

Fell’s Point has two proud boasts: It was the birthplace of the Baltimore Clipper and, at one time, had more than fifty bars and saloons. If the walls of these buildings could talk, they would tell tales of hard drinking, outbreaks of disease, and the drugging and kidnapping of strong young men to serve as unwilling deckhands onboard ship. Such was the way of things in port towns in centuries past. And with this kind of history it’s no surprise that some unwilling souls are still being spotted along these brick-paved streets around Alliceanna and Thames.

The Horse You Came In On Saloon boasts several things, all with great conviction. It’s the oldest drinking establishment in Fell’s Point, dating back to before the Revolution. It’s the last place in which Edgar Allan Poe ever took a drink-they say he fell facedown in the gutter staggering back from a night’s bender here. And they say a ghost that everyone calls Edgar makes his presence felt here all the time.

They also relate that cash register drawers fly open at random. The chandeliers swing for no good reason. And sometimes, to appease the ghost, the staff will leave a glass of whiskey out for him at closing time. Those are the rumors, and when we asked Mike the barman about it, he confirmed another: One night after closing time, something slammed shut the heavy door of the safe in the office. This heavy metal door was hard enough for a barman to move; it seemed unlikely that gravity or a guest of wind could do it. With a laugh that wasn’t entirely mirthful, Mike told us he closed up pretty fast after that.

The Cat’s Eye Pub at one time could have been more accurately named the Cat House. During renovations to the place, workers discovered a system of switches wired to the upstairs to receive customers. This had clearly been a fast-turnaround operation. Naturally, the switch system hadn’t worked for longer than anyone could remember, and by the end of the renovations it was safely hidden behind a wallboard. But many insist that it’s possible to hear clicking behind the wall, as if the ghosts of the former working girls haven’t quite shaken their work ethic even in death. But the weirdest tale of all is one of the co-founders of Fell’s Point Ghost Tour tell. Amy Lynwander and Melissa Garland spent years pulling together the tales they relate on their tour, during the research phase Garland visited the Cat’s Eye and bought a T-shirt from a barman there. When she returned to the bar a few years later to tell him he would be mentioned on the tour, the staff looked very disturbed and named had died six years earlier, a clear four years before she claimed she had bought the T-shirt from him.

Bertha’s Restaurant, with its famous, if uninventive, slogan “Eat Bertha’s mussels,” is a favorite haunt of paranormal watchers. This tends to make the tales of the place a little unreliable, since people looking for ghosts tend to find this evidence they want. The number of photographs from Bertha’s we have seen with orbs in them is huge . . . and after the event, it’s hard to tell whether these faint circular blobs are ectoplasm or dust or some strange refraction in a flawed camera lens. But the sheer volume of Bertha’s stories is hard to ignore. A few years back, when the Maryland Ghost and Spirit Association had a dinner at the restaurant, most of the people present were getting dozens of cloudy flaws in their pictures, swearing that these were spirits transit lacking the energy to take on their human shape as they moved.

For those who aren’t impressed by such evidence, there’s a stained glass window in the restaurant that responds very strangely to electromagnetic field detectors; it can elicit wide EMF detector readings that swing from the edge of the red back to a normal ambient green without any apparent electronic interference. Like most places in Fell’s Point, Bertha’s used to lodge people in the upper rooms in times when yellow fever and typhus were rife in the port towns. People who hear strange noises on second-story floors or see the owner’s cat hissing down the fall or feel strange presences in the rooms (and these people are many) like to pin their experiences on victims of some nasty outbreak who aren’t yet ready to quit the vibrant bar district. After all, it’s much cleaner and safer than it was in centuries past. And all the really interesting characters seem to have stuck around.

#type read #weird maryland

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moonlight26posts-blog · 5 months

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In Baltimore City, MD: 12 y/o gentle & affectionate senior found in rough condition with a traumatic, painful ear amputation - BARCS, Baltimore MD

Vin Diesel- 12 years, altered male, 8lbs

FELV-/FIV-

12-year-old Vin Diesel may not be looking or feeling his best (and that's quite the understatement), but his personality and demeanor are still so delightful. He is incredibly sweet, and given his condition, it would be no surprise if he was less than thrilled with our advances/handling, so his affectionate nature still is a testament to his resilient, though gentle, soul. Even painful and uncomfortable, Vin Diesel could not quiet his purrs during his intake examination.

Poor Vin Diesel was brought to the shelter at just the right time. The Good Samaritan who found him noted that his ear was injured, appearing to be ripped or torn off. Upon examination, our vets noted that aside from a fairly recent and traumatic amputation of his right ear, Vin Diesel also had an elevated temperature, small lacerations likely due to inexperience grooming via clippers/scissors, and is very underweight. We've started him on pain meds, but he will need surgical repair.

No senior should spend their days in a shelter, and sweet Vin Diesel here is no exception. This fella has been through more than what any animal ever should, and he deserves to get the care he needs and spend the rest of his golden years in retirement, in the warmth and comfort of a home. Vin Diesel is available immediately for rescue pick-up.

Please let us know if your organization can help!

Thank you,

The BARCS Rescue Team

Baltimore Animal Rescue & Care Shelter (BARCS) New Address! 2490 Giles Rd, Baltimore, MD 21225 [email protected]| (410) 396-4695

Rescue pick-up hours: Monday-Friday: 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m

Adoption hours: Monday-Friday: 2 p.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday: 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter, Inc. (BARCS) | 2490 Giles Rd, Baltimore, MD 21225

#cat rescue baltimore maryland #barcs baltimore

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