#brice wonders

[kaiyonohime]

Warning to all fiber artists

This is an updated and abbreviated post to warn all fiber artists about a scam artist that is currently fleecing the community.  I will keep this post pinned and updated with new information as it becomes available.

There is a scam artist in the fiber arts community named Sherry Tenney.  She sells fleece and wool on facebook and etsy.  She frequently does not send the fleece or wool she has been paid for, and plays the customer until the time window for a dispute is passed.  Afterward, if you continue to contact her, she will leave unhinged, violent, and threatening messages to you, doxx your name and address on her facebook live streams and posts, and still refuse to either send product or refund you.

A lot of complaints have also come forward about the product she does send out.  It is frequently moth and larvae infested, contains large amounts of shit, completely matted fleeces, or are trimmings that are completely unusable.  If you have received product from her you must quarantine it and freeze and bake it to destroy the moths and larvae.

She frequently tries to force smaller fleece sellers from small farms to go out of business to purchase their fleeces for cheap.  She, with the help of several associates and sock puppet accounts, will contact people in the groups of small sellers and offer them fleeces for cheaper and claim they will be of better quality.  She, and her associates and sock puppets, will then report the small farms public media repeatedly until they are taken down, thus preventing the farmer/shepard from being able to sell.  Several small farms have confirmed losses of nearly 60% in sales due to her actions. Some have unfortunately gone out of business due to her actions as well.

Sherry has also focused her scam on small, independent suppliers as well. She will orders goods and services and then, once received, she will refuse to pay for them, or dispute charges with PayPal and her credit card.  She will claim the items were never received, were not what she ordered, or were damaged.  She will then sell them to gain a full, one hundred percent profit on the goods.  If she contacts you to purchase goods, or to do labor on her farm, she will not pay you. Shearers on the east coast will not work with her or shear her sheep any longer because of her actions, and she depended on a young charity shearer to save her sheep from heat stroke this year.

Sherry Tenney is also currently trying to sell lambs on facebook (against facebook rules).  Her animals do not have official papers (she does not control breeding, her ewes and rams are mixed together at all times), she does not know the breed of most of her sheep (lots of random breeds together with unknown breeding has resulted in unknown crossbreeds and a large quantity of inbreeding), and her sheep/lambs do not have the proper veterinary certificates that would be required for transport.  

Sherry Tenney’s confirmed know aliases and the names she goes by (she changes her name frequently on social media):

Sherry Tenney

Vondorp Sherry

Sherry Vondorp

Lee Giltay

Sara Rudacille

Sherry Lee Price

Sherry Tenney Giltay

Sherry Tennay

Giltay Sher-Lee

Rudacille SaraEarle

Known associates that are actively working with her on her scam:

Suzanne Smith Collier

Cynthia Karitianos Tilker

Caroline Moss

Roberta Van Harn

Adrienne Lehman

Jeannine Talley-Cramer

Lindsey E Bucci

Brice Wonders

Elizabeth Nicole Washburn

Tuesday Rose

Sherry Tenney’s facebook groups are:

Farmlife in the country

RAW WOOL 4 ALL selling buying group USA

Wool and Fiber artists supplies buyers group and silks too

Fiber sellers

The Cashmere Turtle luxury fiber affordable prices

The Dye house and Mrs Tuttle country fiber arts (community)

McCullough Farm primitives and country life

Sherry Tenney’s instagram is:

wensyledale_and_elenor

mccullough_farms_and_primitive 

tenneysfinnsheep 

Sherry Tenney’s online shops are:

Shop Website: Tenney’s Fiber Farm https://tenneysfiberfarm.com/

Etsy Storefront: TenneysFiberFarm

eBay Storefront: crabapplesheep

Suzanne Smith Collier’s etsy is:

FinerThanFroggyHair (Spinning Yarns & Weaving Tall Tails)

Suzanne Smith Collier’s facebook group is:

Finer Than Frog’s Hair

If you have a Ravelry account, this has all been compiled for viewing here.  I do warn you, the videos are unnerving and I could barely stomach just reading the transcripts.  

Here is a link to a google form filled out by those who Sherry has stolen from, and how much she has stolen. It is currently at over $15,000+ USD.

Here is a link to a YouTube channel of Sherry’s livestreams.  I feel I should warn everyone that they can become violent and aggressive in nature, and several have been known to trigger survivors of domestic violence.

The Pennsylvania Attorney General has filed suit against her, and you can read the paperwork filed here.  If you have filed a complaint with the Pennsylvania Attorney General they will keep you up to date.  If Sherry has stolen from you, please contact the Attorney General, even though they have already filed against Sherry, every victim coming forward helps.  The next court date is February 1st, 2024.

Here is a link to a video on YouTube that goes into detail about the charges filed by the Pennsylvania Attorney General against Sherry Tenney.  The judge has ruled that Sherry’s case is going forward, and has overruled Sherry’s lawyer’s attempt to get the charges thrown out.  Cases take time, but Sherry Tenney is being charged!

Sherry Tenney has once again filed for bankruptcy!  She filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy.  Here is the info:

[The Bureau of Consumer Protection is writing to update you concerning the consumer complaint you filed against Tenney’s Fiber Farm, LLC (the “Company”) and the above-referenced litigation.

As you may know, Sherry Tenney has filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy in the United States Bankruptcy Court in the Middle District of Pennsylvania under Case Number 1:23-bk-02752-HWV.

If you have not done so already, you may wish to file a proof of claim form in the bankruptcy. A proof of claim form may be filed either electronically or as a paper document. The Bankruptcy Court has set a deadline of February 12, 2024 for creditors to file proofs of claim. To assist you in that matter, we have enclosed a blank proof of claim form for you to complete and submit to the bankruptcy court.

Please send the completed proof of claim form to:

Sylvia H. Rambo US Courthouse U.S. Bankruptcy Court 1501 N. 6th St. Harrisburg, PA 17102

Please be advised, our office cannot offer you legal advice. You should consult with a private attorney to ensure that your rights are preserved in the bankruptcy proceedings.

Very truly yours,

Mia Paone Consumer Protection Agent]

If Sherry Tenney owes you money, please file immediately!

Sherry Tenney has made multiple claims that would indicate she is abusing and neglecting her animals.  Please do not contact authorities as that would give Sherry Tenney reason to sue someone for harassment.  That is the unfortunate state of laws in the US.  All of her chickens died of neglect last year, she would not bring them in at night and they were eaten by local wildlife, and she has claimed that a fairly large number of her flock has passed away last year and this year as well, over 10%.

Sherry has changed the name of her facebook group to ‘McCullough Farm primitives and country life’ and is claiming that her farm is the historic McCullough farm.  Her farm is not historic, the previous owner was named McCullough and it was owned by them since 2015, before that no McCullough’s owned it or were associated with it.  In fact, Sherry bought the farm in 2021, it is not a generational farm.  Her and her husband move states fairly frequently, they have no generational farm.  She has changed her group name, and has started randomly posting stolen food recipes with stolen photos, in an attempt to confuse people and attract new victims to her group.  Please warn others.  Yes, she frequently uses the word ‘primitive’ for many things.  She is that kind of person.

Sherry was selling in the FB group WAFA via pm, and was called out several times by customers who had received moth ridden fleece that was shorted weight.  After a month the head of WAFA finally stepped in and kicked Sherry and several of her associates from the group.  Unfortunately Brice Wonders of Spinaway Farms is still a member of the group, and he does work with Sherry.  So WAFA is still a group that has a warning about using, as they are incredibly slow to react and only when called out on social media are they willing to take action at this time.  WAFA has also contacted an attorney about the situation, though it is unknown what will be done.  

Sherry has been stealing photos from noteworthy people in the fiber arts community and linking back to them in an attempt to appear that they associate with her.  If you are well known in the fiber arts community please know that she will try to make it appear that you know her and approve of her business.  So please be warned, and please warn others who follow you if you know that Sherry is doing this with your name.

Sherry is currently bragging about luring black bears to her farm to threaten her sheep by urinating, very frequently, on all of the fences that surround her animals.  Human urine will attract black bears, as will animals left in the open all night that a bear would have easy access to.  She enjoys luring them to the farm, and then brags about threatening them and shooting at them with her guns.

It cannot be stressed enough: DO NOT APPROACH THIS WOMAN IN PUBLIC OR AT PUBLIC EVENTS!  She has threatened to shoot and kill people in several posts and rants, and brags about the amount of guns she has.  Within recent days she has bragged about owning a glock, an AK, multiple shotguns, and frequently has them on her person.  A shotgun has been spotted improperly and dangerous stored in the background of her photos.  She is to be considered armed and dangerous at all times.  Do not drive by her farm if you live in her area, do not sign up to attend a class if she holds one in person on her farm.  She is a mentally unhinged and violent woman.  She should not be approached in person at all costs.  No one wants to see anyone hurt because of this.  Especially now that her scam is failing and legal authorities have filed suit.

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Wonder Woman by J. Brice Robertson

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Release & Instagram Tour & Giveaway: Signs And Wonders (Witchbane Book 7) by Morgan Brice

Release & Instagram Tour & Giveaway: Signs and Wonders By Morgan Brice Witchbane Series, Book 7 When a coven of dark warlocks killed Seth Tanner’s brother, Seth became a man driven by vengeance, sworn to stop the cycle of ritual killings, willing to die for the cause. He never expected to fall head over heels in love with the witches’ next intended victim. Evan Malone didn’t believe the…

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@skulld3mort-1fan replied to your post “PERSONAL ASSISTANT DANNY AU!!! Amity Park has a...”:

Question is this before brice adopted dick or after ?? Is this when he has either jason or tim?? Cause this could be hilarious that they see Danny as Bruce keeper by how he manages to get him to his next schedule despite the amount of bullshit he's gone through and they all love the man cause he manages to be able to scold bruce as well as has Alfred's respect ( this can also slowly build to bruce x Danny thered very few of them and I really want to find some other )

​I think there's potential for the AU during any section of Bruce's life! It'd be funny to see 40-something year old Bruce with a massive gaggle of kids and is also secretly a hardened vigilante, city cryptid, and recognized founder of the Justice League to be manhandled by some 25-year-old recent graduate that looks like he weighs a hundred pounds soaking wet.

However, I think for this AU I'm leaning more towards Danny and Bruce being around the same age. (I've already discussed my thoughts on a possible romantic relationship for them here if you're interested)

So to set the scene:

Bruce is around 25/26 when he returns to Gotham and is intent to regain his position as CEO and majority shareholder of his parents' company while also setting himself up as The Batman. The former he accomplishes with all the pizzazz and efficiency of Elle Woods from Legally Blonde (because you can't convince me that a competent Brucie Wayne isn't just Elle Woods). But the board members still underestimate Bruce. They think he's too young, too inexperienced, and honestly? He's been gone from the face of the earth for years so they just have no idea how to deal with Bruce. And if there's one thing businessmen don't like (other than losing money), it's uncertainty.

They pressure Bruce into getting a PA because "Well, Mr. Wayne you've been gone from Gotham for so long, there's so much you need to catch up on. A PA would do wonders in keeping you organized!" It's honestly just a very thinly veiled excuse to get someone to spy on Bruce. Bruce can't figure out a way to get out of it, so he's forced to go along. He rejects ever applicant that came at the recommendation of most of his Board, and while it would be great to hire someone from Gotham, this is the era before Wayne Enterprises gained its shiny and clean personality, and there's no telling if any of these applicants have been bribed by one party or another.

Surprisingly, the answer to his problems came from a business meeting with Vlad Masters.

"If you're still looking, I'd like to recommend a candidate," Vlad said. "He's the son of some good friends of mine and had worked as my own PA for some time. He's quite good." Bruce nearly missed Vlad mutter 'almost too good' under his breath, but didn't remark on it.

"Oh? Why are you handing him to the competition then?"

"Ah, the two of us had some...differences. And the boy's at that age where he wants to see more of the world. So, why not Gotham? I'll send you his resume. Just think on it."

Despite Bruce's suspicions, there wasn't anything sketchy that he could dig up on Danny Fenton. Besides, Vlad Masters was notorious in guarding his privacy, and if he recommended Fenton, well, Bruce could at least count on him not getting bribed by anyone.

[vintagestagehotties]

Hot Vintage Stage Actress Round 2

Fanny Brice: Dora in Why Worry? (1918 Broadway); Ziegfeld Follies of 1921 (1921 Broadway); Fanny Fiebaum in Fanny (1926 Broadway); Marchesa Vera Di Livio in Fioretta (1929 Broadway)

Dame Gladys Cooper: Victoria in Home and Beauty (1919 West End); Clemency Warlock in Cynara (1930 West End); Desdemona in Othello (1935 Broadway)

Propaganda under the cut. Semi NSFW propaganda below cut

Fanny Brice:

THE Icon (tm), The Legend (tm), no one else is doing it like her

Gladys Cooper:

She’s so pretty I didn’t even think she was real when i first saw a pic of her

The last photo (taken from Peter Pan on Stage and Screen, as is the following quote) shows off the changes she made to the costume, which I think say something about her approach to acting:

“I wonder where Peter got his high boots from. Did he go to Clarkson?” I asked at one lunch. Barrie pondered for some time, and then said: “Well, what do you propose?” Result: I got my own way and played Peter in a pair of old shoes of John’s [her son]. The same with shorts. I asked Sir James where he got them—result, I was allowed to wear an old pair of flannel shorts belonging to Gerald du Maurier. By taking thought—and Barrie out to lunch—I even managed to get the fight between Peter and Hook changed. I said it was “silly” for them to fight with wooden swords, and so it came about that when Franklyn Dyal [Captain Hook] and I had our fights we used real sabers.

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NSB (Straud Legacy) Gen 9 Ep 81: Settling Differences

Luigi’s excitement about his new relationship hadn’t made him forgot his vow to make amends to sims hurt by his previous reckless behavior.

The first sim he wanted to mend fences with was his co-captain. Since being paired up to lead the E-Sports team they’d hung out a few times to talk strategy and Luigi had come to appreciate that Beau was a fantastic judge of character who hid a kind spirit behind his spiky demeaner.

Thanks to Peppino’s curious generosity, he would have an excellent opportunity to chat when he handed over the fertility clinic refund.

Any chance that Luigi might catch Beau before practice was cut off when a second pregnant teammate intercepted him on his approach.

Jade’s obvious excitement when he arrived had him frantically calculating, wondering if her “condition” could possibly be a result of their one-night stand. He set those odds at impossible just as she opened:

“Looo-eeegeee! Look! Brice and I are expecting a new little gamer!” With a much friendlier demeanor than when they’d last parted ways she continued more quietly. “Hey, I’m sorry about last time we talked man. I wasn’t in a great place, but this little pea…” she stroked her belly lovingly. “Really brought Brice’n me together y’know? Really put what matters into perspective. I’m glad you and me didn’t get entangled in anything complicated.”

Luigi expressed happiness for her, certainly overjoyed that Jade’s baby had helped focus her back on her own family, and off giving him trouble.

Luigi escaped Jade’s enthusiasm and began what turned out to be a fantastic practice session, finally finding a chance to chat with Beau at the end.

His teammate offered a small “go ahead then” gesture when Luigi asked to speak to him. Leading them to a quiet corner of the large open multipurpose workspace he presented Beau with Peppino’s gift, smiling as his eyes went wide with surprise when he realized what was inside.

When Luigi saw Beau’s shock turn into embarrassed anger instead of happy acceptance he started talking fast, pouring out a hasty explanation of the idealistic nature of wealthy ancient mages. Beau’s attitude mellowed: “Hmm, well of course your highness would find this kind of thing natural.”

He stowed the simoleons away safely and added “Thank your old family friend for everything, on behalf of me, Brianne, and our tiny tot to be.”

Glad to have delivered the gift, even if the exchange was unexpectedly tense, Luigi skated past the topic of his “suspiciously lucky” family line, as Papa Jack had advised him time and again. Instead, he took a deep breath and launched directly into his planned attempt at deepening their relationship.

“Beau, I know we got started off on the wrong foot, but since we’ve been “stuck together” as co-captains I’ve truly come to think of you as a friend.”

“So, I just want to put out there, again, that I’m really sorry about hurting your arm that night at the club. I didn’t mean for it to happen, but that doesn’t excuse how I acted. I wish I could undo the past, but more usefully, I want to show you that our future is going to be better.”

He wasn’t sure how Beau would react and was immensely relieved by the comfortable smile that broke out over his friend’s face. “Don’t be so full of yourself. If I hadn’t had a Mt. Komorebi sized chip on my shoulder, our Spooky Day fight wouldn’t have happened, but then I wouldn’t have met my wife. So, screw your wish to undo our past! If I had to, I’d fight you all over again to keep it!”

A relieved Luigi wished Beau a good evening, but his friend brought him up short with a sassy: “And where do you think you’re going!?”

Seeing the twinkle in the other sims eye Luigi fired back “I was heading home before I have to watch you drop that baby right here in the commons!”

Beau countered “You won Spooky Day fisticuffs, and I just demolished you in our first Scuffle of the season. “No-one’s leaving or getting born until we settle this with a tie breaker!” So, I’m thinking… Ping Pong is just physical enough to give you a sporting chance despite your raging lack of skill.”

 “If you really want your unborn child to witness your hopeless loss, I am happy to oblige” Luigi replied, following him downstairs to get started.

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I Drive His Truck

Based on “I Drive Your Truck” by Lee Brice

Pairing: Rooster x Reader

TW: major character death, this is pure angst with as close to a happy ending as it can get lol

Word Count: 2.2k

You look at the keys in your hand and close your fist tight enough that you're sure you draw blood. As much as it hurts, you know this is what he would want. You hadn't brought yourself to even look at the blue bronco sitting in your driveway in the past month. You close your eyes and will the tears not to fall as you make your way forward one step at a time.

You unlock the driver's side and pause to take a deep breath. Slowly but surely, you open the door to climb in and shut the door. The second you take a breath you're overwhelmed with the familiar scent of fuel and woodsy yet sweet cologne. You can feel it work its way into your bloodstream and wrap around your throat, threatening to choke you. He engulfs you completely. Bradley.

It's been exactly a month since Jake and Pete showed up in their dress uniforms with solemn looks. 

You opened the door with a bright smile expecting to see your Bradley. Instead, you found his Uncle Maverick and teammate, Hangman, on your doorstep. They glanced at each other before watching your face fall as realization set in. 

The entire world froze. You swear you felt your life stop right then and there. You could pinpoint the exact moment that your future was ripped from your hands. 

"It is with great sorrow the United States Navy informs you…….killed in action…..deepest condolences" You only latched onto certain parts as your blood rushed in your ears and your eyes lost focus. You already knew what they were going to say anyway. You knew the second you saw them. Your Bradley was gone.

You screw your eyes shut as hot tears cascade down your face and onto your neck and shirt. You take a deep breath and wipe your eyes before starting the engine. The familiar sound brought you a comfort you weren't expecting. Maybe Mav was right. Maybe this would be good for you.

You put it in reverse and back out of the driveway, starting down the road. As you drive with no destination in mind, you think back to all the memories you have in this old truck. 

Bradley opens the door for you and takes your hand, helping you climb up and situate yourself. You were going on your first date. You watched the houses get further apart before slowly becoming nothing but trees. You got further and further away from the base before looking over at the man beside you.

"You're not gonna kill me right? This is giving off real dateline vibes right now." You quipped with half a smile. He threw his head back and let out a loud laugh. You watched his eyes crinkle and wondered if this is what heaven would be like. You couldn't help but smile and laugh along with him. 

After a few seconds, he calmed down and glanced at you. He had a twinkle in his eyes that you were certain even the brightest star couldn't outshine. "I can't tell you where we're going but I would never hurt you. Pinky promise." He says with a smile, sticking his pinky out.

You give him an incredulous look and he wiggles his finger at you expectantly. You hook your pinky through his and he brings your hands up to his mouth, giving them a quick kiss. He pushes them toward you and you do the same before smiling at him. You believe him wholeheartedly when he says he'll never hurt you.

A few minutes later he pulls up to a field of flowers and you see he has a picnic set up. You look over at him in disbelief. There's no way this man looks this good and is a gentleman. He runs around to your side of his bronco and carries you over to the blanket. 

You spend hours munching and chatting. When the sky gets dark, he lays back with you against his chest and you watch the stars together. You look back at him and wonder if he knows he just ruined all other men for you without so much as a kiss. You look over his face and notice how handsome he is, making a mental note to get the back story on his scars. You knew at that moment you would love this man until your heart stopped beating. 

You smile fondly at the memory before turning onto a back road. He had kissed you for the first time that night. It was a quick peck over the center console, but you were hooked immediately. 

Next, you recall the night you met his friends. 

Bradley opens the door of the bronco and helps you up as usual. You watch him round the truck and climb in the driver's side. He grabs your hand and brings it to his mouth, gently pressing his soft lips to your knuckles. 

He holds it there for a second before lacing his fingers with yours and setting them on the center console. "Did you have fun?" he asks. You sigh and lock eyes with him. 

"The most fun. Do you think they liked me?" you ponder out loud. He scoffs gently rolling his eyes playfully. "I know they loved you." his voice is so sure and you silently wonder how he does that. He's always so sure of himself that you can't help but be sure too. 

Nonetheless, you ask, "How do you know?" You break eye contact and let your head drop. 

He reaches over and takes your chin between his thumb and index finger, gently making you look up at him. "Because I love you, so they have no choice." His mouth opens slightly and he drops his hand before turning away. His face flushes a deep red as he realizes what he so casually admitted like he'd been saying it his whole life. 

Your eyes widen when you register what he just told you. You have a wide smile on your face as you dramatically gasp and throw your hand over your heart. "Bradley Nicholas Bradshaw. Did you just admit you're in love with me?!" you ask in a playful and mocking tone. 

You hear him groan. "I'm sorry if I made it weird." He turns his head toward you but doesn't make eye contact. "You don't have to say it back, I unders-" he's cut off by you pulling him into a bruising kiss.

He stiffens for a second before melting into the kiss. His hand wraps up in your hair as you pull back, resting your forehead against his. "I love you too. Have since that first night when we looked at stars until dawn." you whisper against his lips. 

This time it's his turn to gasp. "That's really embarrassing for you." he states trying and failing to suppress a shit-eating grin. "Don't ruin it." you grumble as he pulls you in for another kiss. You had never known that the group saw the whole ordeal. "He's gonna marry her." Jake says turning to Nat. She nods before responding, "You might be right about something for once, bagman."

You roll all the windows down and reach forward, turning the radio on. It's still on his favorite station and you turn it up as loud as you can without causing permanent hearing damage. You take in the fresh air as it whips through your hair, and feel at peace for the first time since that fateful afternoon.

The next scene that plays is the night before his first deployment. You never would have imagined that your worst fears would come true. You almost wish you could go back and warn your younger self of the world-shattering heartbreak to come. 

You sat quietly with your hands folded in your lap while tears silently streaked your blotchy cheeks. Bradley sat next to you, looking out the window. He had never had to leave someone behind for deployment before. He had never felt the fear of knowing he would leave someone heartbroken and forever changed if he didn't come back. It was choking him. 

You broke the silence first. Your voice was watery as you tried to hold back the next wave of tears. "I love you." It was a simple statement that you had exchanged thousands of times. But it was enough to push Bradley over the edge as his own tears began to fall. It held so much more weight this time. It felt like there was a finality to it. A goodbye hidden somewhere between the lines. 

You silently climbed into his lap, ignoring the steering wheel digging into your spine. His arms wrapped around you, holding you as if he believed he could stay here forever if he just kept you pressed tight to his body. 

Your tears soaked each other's shirts as you cried, your heads nuzzled into each other's necks. 

"Please come home to me." You begged, stifling a sob. He pulled back and rested his forehead against yours. "Always. Pinky Promise." He held out his pinky just like he did that first night and it took all you had not to let out a wail. 

You took his pinky in yours and kissed it, repeating what was now a tradition for you two. "Pinky promise."

You were naive enough to believe him. That had been 2 years ago. Technically, he kept his promise. He always did. He just didn't come back to you the way you had always prayed for when he left.

You hear his dog tags clinking and look at the rearview mirror. You take the cool metal in your hands and rub your thumb over the indents where his name was pressed. Something in the backseat catches your eye. It's a pair of cowboy boots Jake had insisted Bradley needed and one of his Navy shirts. You feel pain shoot through your chest and your throat closes up. 

A tear slips out the corner of your eye and you can hear Bradley scolding you for crying over him. He always hated when you cried. You wipe it away before looking at the sky. 

"I'm trying to be strong, Roo. I just miss you." You manage to keep the tears at bay but your throat hurts, and your voice cracks. You almost get out and fall to your knees when the next song starts through the speakers. Great Balls of Fire. 

You smile and for the first time, you let out a real laugh. He was always with you. You speed up causing a trail of dirt to kick up and scream along at the top of your lungs. You saw a glint of gold and your smile only grew wider. You reached over and plucked the Aviators from their spot, sliding them onto your face. Maybe this was the best way to feel him. 

Over the next few months, driving Bradleys bronco became a therapeutic coping mechanism. You would drive fast with the windows down and radio up, letting yourself feel what you needed to. It was the closest you'd gotten to feeling him since it happened and you weren't willing to part with it anytime soon. 

You screamed, cussed, cried, and begged. The inside of that old truck had seen every part of you now, just like Bradley. It brought you a comfort you couldn't describe. 

Bradley's team noticed that you seemed to be doing better. They still came around often and made sure you were taken care of, but they didn't have the same look of pity they did in the beginning. They didn't treat you like glass, expecting you to shatter at the smallest mention of his name. 

You were all sitting around your living room drinking and telling Bradley's greatest hits. Jake couldn't help but notice that you looked like you were okay. Maybe even happy. He sat next to you and wrapped his arm around your shoulder.

Jake had become one of your closest friends in the past few months and you gave him a wide smile as you nursed your drink. He returned your grin before speaking. "You seem happy." He said it like a statement rather than an inquiry. 

The rest of the group had quieted down to try and eavesdrop, curious themselves as to how you seemed to be so okay when you were living out their collective worst nightmare. You hum and give him a nod before responding. "I am happy, Jake. Well, as happy as I can be. There are times that it gets hard and the grief swallows me whole, but I'm working through it."

Jake looks thoughtful and the rest of the group has all but stopped talking now, fully tuning in. Phoenix is the first to break the silence, asking what everyone is thinking. 

"How? You seem to be handling it better than the rest of us, but you're the one who has the most right to be a blubbering mess." She says with a gentle yet inquisitive tone. You just smile at the group and shrug your shoulders. "I drive his truck."

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20 Qs for ficcers

I have been tagged by a smorgasbord of wonderful people - @celaestis1, @cha-melodius, @kiwiana-writes and @welcometololaland. One of them even sent me flowers (thanks @clottedcreamfudge, you are a constant delight).

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

12!

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

101,280 - not too shabby, I like that it's a round number.

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Red, White & Royal Blue, The Thrilling Adventure Hour, Tamora Pierce, *cough* Angels Unlimited...

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Just Like a Dealer (which I am HESITANT about including because, once again, I only wrote the first paragraph)

Henry Fox: All-American Hero

Red, White and Royal Ballet

Alien Magic

Stringbean

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

No! I very rarely respond to comments. Right now, it's because I don't have time, but it's also because every comment will be 'aaaah thank you <3' and that feels like artificially inflating my comment count sometimes. Having said that, if people have questions, I tend to answer them.

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

It was gonna be Ghosted before @clottedcreamfudge talked me out of it. Maybe When a Dancer Dies, because the 'happy ending' is massively open to interpretation.

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Either Henry Fox: All-American Hero or Red, White and Royal Ballet. I mean, I'm writing for a novel with a strong romantic element - it's unusual NOT to write happy endings.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

I haven't yet, but hey! I probably will! And when that happens I will specifically write them into my next fics and make them suffer horrible fates!

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

I have written explicit stuff before, but not yet for RWRB. However, @dumbpeachjuice left a comment on All-American Hero that has me considering an expansion/missing scene in that world.

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?

The only crossover I have is Alien Magic, which is two worlds by the same author, Tamora Pierce, and me crossing over characters from one into the universe of the other, but they're aware that the other world exists, it's just on the other side of the globe from them.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

If I have, I don't know about it! Doubtful, though.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

No, but I did receive my first comment in Spanish yesterday which made me very happy.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

YES and I have also co-written a book with my BFF.

14. What’s your all time favourite ship?

Fun fact: my fiance and I almost had 'fictional couples' as the theme for our wedding tables but abandoned it because two bridesmaids (u know who u are) would have wanted to sit at different tables.

Top three: Frank and Sadie Doyle, Mel Beeby and Brice de Winter (thoroughly not canon) and, of course, Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor and Alex Claremont-Diaz.

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

Henry as a contestant on a pottery show, Alex as the kiln assistant who became a much bigger part in season 2 and has a lot to say.

16. What are your writing strengths?

Punctuality. Does that count? Errr, okay, I can write a banger of a sentence now and then and I'm good at description.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Em-dashes, and trying to be funny. The funniness comes in when I'm not trying too hard.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

It's difficult and I haven't done it yet! I'm learning Swedish (445 days in a row so far) and what gets me is sentence structure. Sometimes it's structured like English, sometimes it's structured like Early Modern English, sometimes the structure is specifically foreign and I fuck it up. However, I really liked what Junot Diaz did in Oscar Wao, which is not italicising words in other languages because that's not how the character thinks.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

The very very very first fanfic published somewhere was LoTR. It was about the Entwives and it was dull.

20. Favorite fic you’ve written?

Ghosted. Or Cold Cases, Lost Causes. Sometimes you want to chew on some PLOT, and Ghosted deals with death, and Cold Cases deals with the ethics of podcasts covering true crime. I can't wait to release the last 3 chapters because I'm proud of how I've ended it!

Tagging -- ah shit, it seems that everyone has been tagged. Okay, if you want to do this, do it and say I tagged you. I love you all!

[phoenixthemenace]

Coming Home

Angstpril 2024

Day 1 Homesick

Three days. You've been sleeping for three days and the faces around you grow more grim the longer you do. The medical staff grow weary, I think, of telling everyone no change, no change, no change.

No change. 

Except for some reason I can't figure out, it feels like everything has changed. My stomach has been in freefall ever since you shoved me clear and bore the brunt of the falling beam alone. 

But it's more than that. 

It's waves of hollowness that's settled into my bones and joint causing a dull constant ache. It's a strange sense of melancholy, of yearning for long ago summers and holidays and echoing laughter. 

It's not grief. It can't be grief. You're not gone. You're just…sleeping. There's still hope. As long as you draw breath and your heart beats there is still hope. 

It hits me at two o'clock in the afternoon on the fourth day. I'm lugging our equipment from the squad up three flights of stairs to a cardiac victim. I'm rounding the corner of that third flight when out of nowhere I'm winded, doubled over with the shock.

Homesick.

I'm homesick. For you.

Somewhere in the whirlwind of training and getting the program up and running you became my home.

My temporary partner was at my side in an instant, stopping the flow of revelation. It didn't  take much fancy talking to get out of Bellingham calling another squad and carting me off to Rampart. At least it wasn't Brice. Thank heavens for The Animal.

It wasn't until lights out that I had the uninterrupted chance to think, to wonder what this homesick feeling means. I started with the day we met and go over everything I can remember up until you were hurt. When the wake up tones sounded the next morning, I was still empty, except for one consuming thought.

To be by your side as soon as possible.

*****

I'm here. After a call out just before shift change and interminable delays, I'm here. And after endless fussing by Brackett, Early and Dixie, we're finally alone. I stare at you, disappointed that the ache that wears your name doesn't ease just by being near you. It's worse, in many ways.

I glance at the door, double checking that we are alone before taking your hand. I lean in close. My voice, which was meant to be warm and encouraging, comes out in a whimper.

“Please wake up. I want to come home.”

[spooky-circuits]

It's a tie between Branch and Bruce. Branch because he literally wasn't recognized as Bitty B for over 20 years, and it took his brother literally saying it to his girlfriend's face, and Bruc because he just vibes that way.

In Snack Attack its totally Brice who is the most like Tony Hawk tho

Branch is more of his identity was kept vague enough it makes sense people don’t know him while Bruce was out there using his legal name until he had to change it because people probably kept saying shit like wow you look like Spruce from Brozone wonder what he’s up to now? This.

[trulybetty]

Sunday Recap

I feel like I've read a lot this week, for me at least, and had a lot more interactivity than I'm normally used to and I figured I would share some of that.

Will I do this every week? Likely not because I'm me and I'll probably forget, and I also don't like the pressure - but will I be more conscious to share like this moving forward? Yes.

Some Things I Read This Week & Enjoyed... (side note: this is not an exclusive list)

Ghost of You Series by @thetriumphantpanda Very good slow burn between Joel and a widowed F!Reader

Buck Moon & Your Spot by @grogusmum My heart. The characterisation of Frankie here, *chefs kiss*, pulls at your heartstrings and throws a little smut into the mix and my heart still gets a little fluttery every time I think of them both.

Things I'm Looking Forward to Starting Soon...

Curls by @stardustandskycrystals Some characters I don't like to read other fanfics with them in while I'm writing, as I'm afraid of absorbing characteristics written by other people and Dieter was one of them. But now that my Dieter is a little more solid I'm looking forward to getting stuck into this soon!

Fall Apart Again by @wildemaven If you haven't read Sweet Creatures, please do! It's what inspired me to finally put my Dieter fic to writing from my head. But she's back with a Joel Miller fic this week that promises to be angsty (right up my alley) and comes with a warning tissues will be required. I. Am. Ready.

Conversations with a Moviestar by @gnpwdrnwhiskey Speaking of Dieter, this premise sounds delightfully wondering - Dieter Bravo running a motel named the Bravo Inn and a journalist looking for a story to stake her claim on her career? I cannot wait to see how this plays out!

Living Rent-Free in my Head 24/7...

Delta Landscaping - if you know, you know... @goodwithcheese & @rhoorl

And to close it out, a song that's been stuck in my head all day that just reminds me of @wildemaven's Dieter every time I hear it as I just imagine him serenading Poppy...

Hope everyone has a great week! And if you are in the land of Canada, happy long weekend eh! 💕

[kaiyonohime]

Warning to fiber buyers

Update post on Sherry Tenney.  She’s still selling infested fiber and fleeces and has scammed people out of tens of thousands of dollars, and the Pennsylvania Attorney General is still investigating her.  The wheels of justice are slow, unfortunately.

This post is a warning about shops that use her as a source, knowing that her fleece and fiber is infested, and those that support and help her in her illegal activities.  Any person and or shop listed here is to be considered as having possibly infested product, and should be avoided.  They all also knowingly support Sherry’s illegal activities, or actively help her in her illegal activities, and should be avoided.

ExpressionsInFiber, Etsy shop run by Elizabeth Washburn

Finer than Frog’s Hair, FB group run by Suzanne Smith Collier

FinerThanFroggyHair, Etsy shop run by Suzanne Smith Collier

Spinaway Farm, Brice Wonders

Sheeps and Me, run by Tuesday Rose.  A fair circuit seller, not online

All of these shops and sellers are confirmed to either use Sherry Tenney’s moth infested fleece and fiber to resell to others, or actively support Sherry Tenney in her illegal activities.  Please avoid them, for the safety of your money and your stash.

Sherry Tenney also stores all of her fleece and fiber out in the open on her porch, outside, and under a tarp in her barn, so moths are not the only insect infestation she currently has.  There is a high risk of lanternflies, an invasive species that will do high amounts of environmental harm to an area.  

[my-chaos-radio]

Release: April 10, 2020

Lyrics:

Are you one of them girls?

That peels off the Bud-Light label

Just might run a pool table

Roll your eyes if I call you an angel

Ain't you, one of them girls?

Ask you to dance, you say, "No"

Just to see how far I'll go

Your song comes on and your eyes closed

That's when I know, yeah

You got your heart on lockdown

Got a wall I gotta knock down

Kinda wanna do a shot now, come on now

And you're one of them girls that

Ain't tryna meet nobody

You're just here for the party

If I'm wrong then stop me, yeah

You're one of them girls that

Ain't handin' out your number

You like to make us want you

You like to make us wonder

If you're one of them girls

'Cause I'm one of them boys

Who'll trade his whole world, hmm, yeah

For one of them girls

Who likes to act all quiet

Sexy, not even tryin'

Yeah, you know I ain't lyin', damn right

You one of them girls

Broke every heart in your hometown

On the day you rode out

Got 'em all wishin' on stars now

If I find one of them girls that

Ain't tryna meet nobody

You're just here for the party

If I'm wrong them stop me, yeah

You're one of them girls that

Ain't handin' out your number

You like to make us want you

You like to make us wonder

If you're one of them girls

Well I'm one of them boys

Who'll trade his whole world, yeah

For one of them girls

You're one of them girls

I wanna put my lips on

Hold all night long

Write a little love song

Hmm, one of them girls

For one of them girls that

Ain't tryna meet nobody

You're just here for the party

If I'm wrong then stop me, yeah

You're one of them girls that

Ain't handin' out your number

You like to make us want you

You like to make us wonder

If you're one of them girls

Well I'm one of them boys

Who'll trade his whole world (his whole world)

For one of them girls

Songwriter:

Lee Brice / Dallas Davidson / Ashley Gorley / Ben Johnson

SongFacts:

"One of Them Girls" is a song by American country singer Lee Brice. It is the lead single from his fifth studio album, Hey World. Brice wrote the song with Ashley Gorley, Dallas Davidson and Ben Johnson. It is the highest-charting song of his career on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 17.

Taste of Country's Tricia Desperes described the song as "a summery song that tells of strong, confident girls who hold their hearts up like a kind of armor, waiting for the right person who can get over their guard." Brice introduced the evening a songwriting session with co-writers Ashley Gorley, Dallas Davidson and Ben Johnson and presented them with the idea for the song; They finished it overnight and recorded it the next day. Brice released the single in early 2020 as a prelude to his upcoming fifth studio album, building on the success of his duet with Carly Pearce, "I Hope You're Happy Now."

The music video shows a woman struggling to raise her daughter and ends up rescuing a man trapped in his car.

[aurorawest]

Reading update

Light Up the Lamp by Kit Oliver - 5/5 stars

Kit Oliver can do no wrong, I guess. I figured I'd like this one a lot given that I loved her other two novels, but hockey books usually aren't five star reads for me. Along comes this book! Unrelentingly lovely, and even though I knew it was going to have an HEA, I still found myself worried that Gil wasn't going to figure shit out.

The Faerie Hounds of York by Arden Powell - 5/5 stars

Gorgeous book that read like a dreamy, dark fairy tale. The first book by Arden Powell I read was really funny, and this was like the complete opposite. Powell has range! This one is sad, but still has a happy ending. If you like Emily Tesh's Greenhollow Duology, I highly recommend this one. They're definitely in the same vein.

Deosil by Jordan L Hawk - 4.75/5 stars

I was SO SAD to get to the end of this series. Whyborne, Griffin, Christine, Iskander, Persephone, Maggie, Niles...I could go on, I love them all. It's hard to say good-bye but they all got a wonderful ending.

The Inside Edge by Ashlyn Kane - 3/5 stars

The Taste of Desert Green by Kim Fielding - 4.25/5 stars

Your Lonely Nights Are Over by Adam Sass - 1/5 stars

Crushed Ice by Ashlyn Kane and Morgan James - 4/5 stars

Roustabout by Morgan Brice - 3/5 stars

Prince in Disguise by Tavia Lark - 5/5 stars

Loved this one just as much as the first in the series. I expected the Draskorans to be...idk, like stereotype fantasy barbarians, so it was extremely refreshing that they weren't.

Old Time Religion by EH Lupton - 5/5 stars

Ahhhhhhhh I love this series!! I really really enjoyed the first book, and I loved this one even more. Really good, really original. I can't recommend this one and Dionysus in Wisconsin enough!

A Thief and a Gentleman by Arden Powell - 3.5/5 stars

The Devil to Pay by Katie Daysh - 4.75/5 stars

If you like Patrick O'Brian but find yourself thinking, surely this could be more gay? Then Katie Daysh's books are for you. This is the second in the series and I was delighted to learn yesterday from her newsletter that she's working on the third, because I definitely am not ready for the series to end! The first book was from Nightingale's POV (there might have been some bits from Courtney's POV? But not many), and this one is entirely from Courtney's. Courtney and Nightingale didn't actually get to spend much time together in this one so I hope they catch more of a break in book 3.

Lord of Eternal Night by Ben Alderson - DNF at pg 6

The Engineer by CS Poe - 4/5 stars

The Larks Still Bravely Singing by Aster Glenn Gray - 5/5 stars

If you're not reading Aster Glenn Gray yet, why not? Why not??? Seriously, if you like Cat Sebastian, PLEASE give Aster Glenn Gray a try. I have yet to read a book by the woman that isn't gorgeous. This book is set right at the tail end of WWI and into the interwar period and is about two young English men who were injured and invalided out of the army. They're both disabled (Robert, the POV character, is missing a leg, and David is missing a hand) and have PTSD.

Also recommended if you like KJ Charles's Will Darling Adventures trilogy. The Larks Still Bravely Singing is just straight historical romance, not romantic suspense, but it deals with similar themes.

Guardians of Dawn: Zhara by S Jae-Jones - DNF at pg 24

Mr Warren's Profession by Sebastian Nothwell - 4.75/5 stars

LOVED this book. I think it's the only historical romance I've read that uses the Industrial Revolution so heavily in the plot, which I really enjoyed. Plus, gorgeous cover.

Honey Mead Murder by Dahlia Donovan - DNF at pg 5

A Market of Dreams and Destiny by Trip Galey - 3.25/5 stars

String Theory by Ashlyn Kane and Morgan James - 3.75/5 stars

One Night in Hartswood by Emma Denny - 5/5 stars

I honestly don't know why, when I received this book in like, November, I didn't immediately put it on the top of my TBR pile. I knew I was going to love it; I was super excited to get my copy. Every time I've shuffled my TBR (like, my actual physical TBR...it's a whole thing...it's actually been mistaken for my full book collection but haha no that's just 200 books I haven't read yet sitting on my stairs...), I've lamented that it's not closer to the top. And then I realized, this is literally my TBR and my own weird fake rules that I've made up about it, so I can actually just pull it from the stack and read it now. So I did!

And yeah, I loved it. So much. Raff and Penn will probably live rent free in my mind forever, not to mention Ash and Lily. I loved the medieval setting (another setting you don't see much in queer historical romance!) and how it really felt like a different world than ours. Plus I'm a sucker for road trip romances. And daddy issues. And horrific scars.

And ugh, the training scenes. The sexual tension. The PINING. Masterfully done. Chef's kiss.

Also we're going to find out who Oliver was, right? RIGHT??? And what happened to Penn's brother?

Out of Touch by Michael Sarais - DNF at pg 7

The Long Call by Ann Cleeves - 4.25/5 stars

Always enjoy a mystery that's well-paced and well-written. I've never actually read anything by Ann Cleeves but I'm going to pick up the rest of this series.

The Death I Gave Him by Em X Liu - DNF at pg 284

[a0wz]

On Their Way to Gotham?

Season 2 Ep 3 Spoilers!

My stream of consciousness after watching the most recent episode.

Lois is offered that job in Gotham and they are slowly leading up to Supergirl this season. I wonder if there will be an episode dedicated to Clark and Lois going on a trip or even Lois going alone to Gotham because she probably is going to be hesitant about revealing the job offer to the others.

I hope the small mentioned of Gotham and the main cast being drawn to it will be an intro to another series but focusing on Batman! I'm not too confident they will because of the show's overall vibes though. It fits perfectly for the lovable himbo Superman but Badman would need something darker. The show airs on adult swim so I think it would be interesting if they did a series that was noticeably darker and more serious than MAWS. Though it would be difficult to have crossovers because the producers would have to settle on either making superman face the maturity Batman's day-to-day involves or watering down Batman's vibes. The only thing really giving me hope for a crossover/entire series dedicated to Batman is the scene when Parasite was basically getting his insides disintegrated.

Either way, I really want to see what this show will do with Bruce and his first interactions with Superman/Clark. If they are more than ok showing and hinting at future DC villains/allies, then why not more explicitly other superheroes? There was that brief moment with the Helmet of Fate, the mother box, mace, (wielded Hawkman and Hawkwoman), green lantern power battery, T-Sphere, and the book of destiny (not super clear if it really is but that's my best guess?) all in Season 1 ep 7. It was a super lore heavy ep basically introducing the DC multiverse. I just feel like they are taking too long to introduce other key members of the justice league when they are so comfortable bringing in things that surround the league. Why not a mention of a prodigy forensic scientist Berry Allan while Superman is trying to investigate something, or wealthy business man Oliver Queen/ Brice Wayne when Superman is asked to investigate a white collar crime? These small easter eggs and name drops don't have to only be for villains and lesser allies!

[purple-fig]

Well well well, look who's got the Remini app lol

May I present Hamish as Brice Catledge in wonderful HD

Also I would like to add that my current all consuming obsession over Brice is by no small parts due to the amazing @chronic-ghost and specifically their latest fic a brief, fragmentary, and most imperfect record of specters few have seen. One of the few fics that currently help me through the week.

Now if you excuse me off I go make some edits and fancams of Brice to some Lana Del Rey songs