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[cha1cedony]

Just mouthed ‘aww’ to myself while writing about a grown ass man snoring. Mortifying. I need to explode

[menlove]

any introductory beatles (just mclennon tbh) fics? 🤲

LORD OKAYYYYY i'll try not to go too crazy and just stick to my alltime faves.....

first of all anything @forthlin (milaway on ao3) has written literally ever. i am going to eat them one day. they are the yin to my yang and also the best writer this fandom has ever seeeeen. um. anyway! like i said, all their fics. but i'd Particularly rec your lucky break which is an au where john is a 30 something rockstar and paul is an up and coming musician in the 70s. and well! what can i say about this fic except it's sooo in character, hot, and also the reason i started talking to the best person on this earth so whatever

also completelyyyyy selfish but hey i only wrote half so i'm counting it but we also have an ongoing series: i want you, i need you, i love you where they're writing john's povs and i'm writing paul's! it's just basically our take on their timeline & relationship, but the third installment's going to be a fix-it

now onto me not being gay or selfish here's some of my favorites that i think are Must Reads.

Boy, You've Been A Naughty Girl

explicit. 49k. John makes Paul a bet. Paul takes him up on it. Crossdressing shenanigans and angst ensue, and ~feelings come out in the wash. 1961. rec notes: okay look. this one is just a classic. it's great. esp love it bc it's right up my alley with its "paul isn't an oblivious moron" takes. also.... hot.

I Still Miss Someone/I Know That I Miss You but I Don't Know Where I Stand

explicit. 64k. It's 1976 and Paul keeps showing up on John's doorstep with a guitar. Eventually John turns him away and Paul goes off to sulk in his hotel room the night before his flight from New York. Based on real events. rec notes: aaaaugh this one haunts me there's one scene i think of literally every time "i still miss someone" by johnny cash comes on, which is one of my fave songs. it's not a fix-it, but it's so so so good for the Vibes of their 70s relationship :(

Like Love, The Archers Are Blind

explicit. 22k. He wants to push Stuart out of the way, not even with a violent yank of his collar like he sometimes imagines. Just to melt into his place like butter sliding in a pan. Have it be an effortless breath of fresh air when John looks up at him and sees it all reflected back in his eyes. It’s you. rec notes: this one is just... soft. and so good for a snapshot of the hamburg vibe.

i was a younger man then (now) (post hoc)

mature. 27k. John’s twelve when a bloke appears from a flaming pie and says, “From this day forward you are Beatles with an ‘a.’” The bloke is Paul. Or: paul and john meet at all ages and eras and john is the time-traveler’s wife the way only john lennon can be rec notes: literally my favorite mclennon fic everrrrrr ever ever. other than your lucky break. this is everything. this is it. like it nails their dynamic even though it's a magical au. it explores their relationship sooooo fucking well. i think about it like weekly.

John My Beloved

explicit. 33k. They've always loved each other, in their own way… rec notes: OTHER FAVORITE EVER it broke my heart it changed my fucking lifeeeee it changed my world. major character death warning but fuck man. i think about this literally constantly. this fic haunts me. i think it changed me. i had to stare at a wall for like 30 minutes after finishing it. i got choked up.

two of us (burning matches)

explicit. 6k. It won't stop raining. Paul doesn't know what his feelings are doing. John's practising his right swing. Somewhere along the way, they fuse together. rec notes: this one is just cuuuute and perfect for the Early Days Vibes.

Grow Old With Me

explicit. 8k. fix-it. Paul breaks his arm, and John panics. rec notes: SOOOO FUCKING SWEET. this is what they deserved and i like to live here in my mind when the reality of what actually happened gets to be too much.

1967

mature. 11k. canon-divergent au. In 1961, John Lennon and Paul McCartney left abruptly on a trip to Spain, via France. In 1967, they finally come home to face the consequences. rec notes: the style of this one is INSANE. it's so unique and i love it sososososo much. also the plot? is super unique???? basically it's an au where they never came home from paris and it's.... so fucking good. i love the way it looks at their dynamic like fuck. it's just perfect.

Way Up Top

explicit. 12k. Falling out of the sky, together. | Snapshots of the Beatles in Greece, July 1967 rec notes: LOVE this one for its portrayal of all non-mclennon parties. it fleshes everyone out, especially jane and cyn, in ways a lot of fics just skip. just sooo well written and melancholic in a great way i think.

When You Are Young They Assume You Know Nothing

mature. 26k. But Paul knows John. There’s something about Paris, though... rec notes: THE paris fic to me. this is soooo good and so fucking soft and it just. augh. it killed me.

a brief interruption, a slight malfunction

explicit. 12k. During the rooftop concert, John remembers why he used to find Paul so irresistible after a show. One more time won't hurt, right? rec notes: perfect breakup era fic. my rec notes on ao3 were "this was devastating :)" so. god. this fucked me up.

aaand honorary mentions to the two non-mclennon fics i've read but !

Knocking at Your Door

george/paul. explicit. 6k. It's easy enough, this time, to lean in and touch their lips together. A firm press of his mouth to Paul's; first at the corner, then right on the centre of his yielding, expressive lower lip. Paul and George: a few meetings over thirty-six years. rec notes: the opening sentence to this made me sick to my stomach and then the rest of the fic destroyed me permanently

Where The Sailors Go

ringo/paul. explicit. 5k. A drunken German mistakes Paul, alone in Hamburg's red light district, for a rentboy. Ringo, the Hurricanes' terrifyingly adult drummer, intervenes. Things happen, but Paul can't stop thinking about John. rec notes: PRINGOOOOO. with background mclennon. this was so real to me. also in the same universe as this fic is (It's Just) Another Day which is a transfem paul mclennon fic that rooocked my world. it's still a wip but holy fuck. made me rearrange the way i see paul tbh.

[gingerpeachtea]

2, 8 & 37 for the meme for fic writers

2. Is there a trope you’ve yet to try your hand at, but really want to?

AOUGHH idk!! i feel like i can’t think of tropes off the top of my head for some reason?? fwb to lovers might be a fun challenge :3 on a completely unrelated note i need to reread sleeping with the opposition

8. Share a snippet from one of your favorite dialogue scenes you’ve written and explain why you’re proud of it.

AOUGHH okay so like. all the snippets i wanted to use for this are from something's in your eyes BUT i don't want to spoil that fic SOOOO have this excerpt from my moulin rouge post-canon satine lives fic :3

“If there were reason to worry, I would tell you,” Satine said. A tone slithered into Christian’s voice. A twinge of bitterness, not rare from him, but seldom directed towards her. He looked down to his own hands, where the wood’s edge dully bit into the flesh of his palm, his fingers curled around the backrest’s frame. “Months, we were together, and you made every effort to hide how sick you were from me.” “From everyone,” Satine corrected. “It was no more hidden from you than it was from anyone else.” She would’ve recoiled, were Christian’s reaction born from anything other than fear. But she knew better. Christian hung his head and sighed. “How can I trust that you won’t hide it again?”

37. Talk about your current wips.

YIPPIEEEEE okay SO i technically have somewhere between 10-30 wips rn so i’ll just talk about my two faves.

one is THEEEEE graceland wip of all time, something’s in your eyes, and it’s about an op gone wrong that forces the house to Make Connections about mike’s childhood (ft. poly graceland of course. because i have brain worms). it’s been in the editing stage for SOOOOOO freakishly long. it’s my BABY i’m so proud of it and i’ll probably cry the day i post it. there are So many lines in it that i’ll never be able to get out of my head and i’m going to post about it soooooo much once it’s finally posted.

the other wip i wanna talk about is (TENTATIVELY!!!!!!!! POTENTIALLY!!!!!! MAYBE!!!!! POSSIBLY!!!!) titled burning suns, it’s my first moulin rouge fic!!! and it’s just me projecting my problems issues etc onto satine but chronically ill post-canon satine is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO crucial TO MEEEEEEE<3333333 she survives her original fate but not without consequence and that is its own kind of tragedy!!!

(40 questions meme for fic writers!)

[qs63]

17,18, and 30 for the writing meme? :>

Hello there! 😄

17. Past or present tense? Why?

Past tense. This might be silly, but I just prefer if the story is described as something that already happened as opposed to something that is happening NOW. I like the disconnect in time between me and the story, because it makes it easier for me to forget the real world.

18. First, second, or third person?

Third person for a similar reason to the above. I don't want to be thinking of ME when I'm writing or reading. Both I and You are POVs that ultimately feel connected to myself. Third person makes it easier for me to disassociate and see things from a foreign perspective.

I'm not saying this is an universal truth, or the right way to do things, it's just how my brain works. lol

30. Describe a fic that almost happened, but then it didn't.

Oh boy. I actually have many of these. Do the WIPS I'm not sure I'll finish count?

There's one I started and I'm sure I won't continue which is a post canon de-aged Roy fic. Totally an excuse to have academy age Roy tell Riza she's beautiful no matter her age. lol

Another one I'm fond of but probably won't happen is a fic where Roy "dies" but is actually trapped behind the door. Riza and Ed then go on a journey to rescue him, while Ed is having dreams of Roy's memories. It's supposed to have a lot of heart to heart moments between Ed and Riza as he comes to better understand the world from Riza's and Roy's perspective.

There are soooo many of these that I could go on forever. My brain doesn't shut up with ideas. Help.

[nexfarious]

hi! i finished binging dq recently and i wanted to share some of my thoughts bc the brainrot it has given me is literally insane like. You dont understand. i didnt want to put this probably gigantic block of text in the ao3 comments so i figured id send it here so you can decide if you want it posted or not!

back to the topic i need to put thief in a blender (said with as much affection as possible btw). theyre soo painfully realistic and have a very unique perspective on the killing game which isnt rlly explored in fanfics so im eating it up! their talent is so cool and i cant wait to see them use it more later on. i also love how despite their paranoia and distrust they are still. Kind. Like they still reached out to ryouma and it literally saved his life!!!!! btw i think not killing him off in ch2 was a really good writing choice bc i think him dying after That scene with thief would just destroy them entirely -but on the topic of ryouma! im very glad you decided to give more spotlight to characters that werent given much of it in canon (or fanon ngl). him and tsumugi are characters that im rlly interested in but the game straight up gave them next to nothing, which i guess is very usual for danganronpa but yknow. Its still disappointing

thief and saiharas relationship makes me want to use both of them as a chew toy bc theyre so. So!!!!! im literally obsessed w them. we are still pretty early in the killing game but so many of their moments are already rotating in my mind At All Times. from the detective/criminal dynamic, to how much they care abt each other (thief obviously having a soft spot for shu despite not trusting people is soooo cute i need them gone). though that one scene in ch19 (i think?) where its said that their situation wld be considered romantic if it thief didnt have a knife at his throat is Life Changing and ive been thinking abt it so much -the contrast is just so good and the scene itself is so sad. also "Maybe this really was truly Shuichi, another side reflected to all of you, gleaming in the light like shards of a prism. Maybe you couldn’t see all of the sides right now, in this moment, but what you could see was so wonderful, spots danced in the back of your eyes." is such a beautifully written paragraph but the fact that thief thought this in the middle of a trial is so hilarious to me but i still support them. sometimes you really need to admire your Friend in a life or death situation to be able to push through. I get it

ok enough of those two. i love how you take the time to explore thief's relationships w other people as well. the break up scene between them and tsumugi had me blankly staring at my screen for good 30 seconds i think. the brief thief/ouma collab was great as well. i already mentioned ryouma but he is so dear to me head in hands.......cant wait for ch3 to physically beat the shit out of me

i have more thoughts but i also think this is too long already so ill stop it here. anyways i love your writing so much and im looking forward to more of dq! take care of yourself and have a nice day/night!

hi umm . this ask destroyed me emotionally, threw me out the window and then stole my lunch money /pos

this is genuinely so so lovely to read, i can’t believe you would take the time out of your day to come and tell me what you think of my fic,,, that’s so sweet <3

thief is my little freak whom i need to microwave at the highest temperatures. i think a lot of people should be more selfish in the killing game tbh, there’s a lot of characters who are ready to throw away everything for each other, i mean even a lot of the killers have selfless motives (kirumi, kaede) which is totally fine but!!! where my selfish bitches at where are the guys who just want to survive. despite all their paranoia though, they are a good person at heart which is something i’ve always found compelling in writing them.

WHY DIDN’T RYOMA LIVE IN CANON!!! you’re telling me a major theme of the game is overcoming yourself and pushing through despite hopelessness and then you just . kill off the other guy who’s canonically suicidal? it kinda left a bad taste in my mouth tbh. “oh you have nothing left to live for? die” i love ryoma i love mugi (obviously) and they deserve better than what the game gave them

they haven’t had much time for each other because we’re not even halfway through the game but UGH thiefhara means so much to me . thief wants to keep everyone at arm’s length but is actually way too soft to go through with it because there’s a detective with pretty eyes (which is so real btw) . i cant tell you anything about the plot but let it be known that chapter three is gonna have quite a few important moments in their relationship!!!

tbh the knife scene was something i just came up with as i was writing and thought “yeah okay that would be funny” and now people seem to love it,,, good thing i love it too

thief’s friends are so incredibly important to me btw . tsumugi who just wanted to be their friend but was rejected and has turned to angie and tenko, ryoma who still doesn’t have a reason to keep going but wants to try because there is someone who cares enough to reach out, kokichi (derogatory/with love), kaede who betrayed them in thief’s mind and still haunts them - someone who broke their trust after they went out on a line for someone, kaito whom i need thief to spend more time with because honestly he deserves more scenes

i hope chapter three slam dunks you into another dimension anon (said with so much sincerity and love), we got major canon divergence incoming ^-^

ANYWAY !!! don’t ever apologise for sending me your thoughts it’s actively encouraged and motivates me to write!! if you ever have anything more to say you are more than welcome to leave a comment or another ask i promise it makes me giggle and do a little spin in my chair of evil . hope you’re doing well too anon

[feuqueerfire]

I posted 1,328 times in 2022

That's 1,328 more posts than 2021!

131 posts created (10%)

1,197 posts reblogged (90%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

gunsatthaphan

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seekingidlewild

coldties

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I tagged 1,325 of my posts in 2022

#kinnporsche - 242 posts

#the eclipse - 210 posts

#not me - 132 posts

#scene - 105 posts

#love in the air - 103 posts

#vegaspete - 87 posts

#bad buddy - 78 posts

#analysis - 70 posts

#ep by ep commentary - 69 posts

#characterization and dynamics - 64 posts

Longest Tag: 140 characters

#are these the youtube subs? iqiyi had 'rain belongs to p’payu now' which is the same thing bc rain is the first person pronoun and p'payu is

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Semantic Error Interviews

I wasn't gonna watch Jaechan and Seoham's interviews because Seoham's literally in the military already and I can't afford to get invested in someone who's not even here. However... they're endearing in the few I'd seen or interview translations I'd read, so I gave in lol

Watched:

some random compilations

How Close Are You Two to Each Other? 스포츠경향: They answered questions about each other and the show

서함X재찬의 동계 MT현장: They play games and answer quizzes. It's fun

To Watch:

WATCHA Game Item Hidden in Box

Maybe some of the Making Of and Behind videos of the show

Watcha Party Live 1 (+ more in that channel)

Edits:

women of semantic error (cr: 4pawats on Twitter): please if there's a season 2, I need them to meet (and date)

a yuna edit (cd: thornfah on twitter): she's just soooo cool

53 notes - Posted March 15, 2022

#4

i have so many thoughts about post-canon patpran and one of them is do the high school friends ever find out about the two of them and how do they react?

another high school reunion 10 years later, i'm assuming they're married by now and their parents have had to come around: do they arrive together with rings on their fingers? shocking their friends from the get go?

or do they arrive separately like last time, their friends joking about the enemy arriving? maybe the two of them share smiles, so pat’s old friends are like glad you’ve grown up and put it behind you. maybe now that they’re all mid-30s they talk about spouses and pat’s ring begs questions but he waves them off with “it’s a ~secret~” only to have his friends be flabbergasted when halfway through the night pran and pat are found laughing together, wearing matching rings?

80 notes - Posted February 16, 2022

#3

life these days really is just me trying to read or watch something new and then choosing to read bad buddy fic or rewatch a bad buddy clip instead

103 notes - Posted February 27, 2022

#2

I only know Porsche from these episode 1 Tumblr gifsets but if anything happened to this slutty, charming dude I would kill everybody in this room and then myself

131 notes - Posted April 2, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

The Cafe For All/Cafe of Diversity

When I think of pride flags and displays of (diverse) queerness in BLs, I think of Not Me and tangentially Badhaai Do because of their giant pride flag scenes which included protests, joy/euphoria, fighting for rights, celebration, and were just momentous occasions. I loved those scenes.

What I love about The Cafe for All is how it's not as euphoric nor rare, I love the cafe with its casual display of queerness and community, just a space for queer people to safely exist and be themselves. You can spend time with your friends there, you can invite people into your little world there, you can divulge your struggles to your mom there and you can spy on your friends/frenemies there. You can be assured that you are not alone there.

146 notes - Posted September 2, 2022

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[m4nd0l0r]

Five Hargreeves Headcanons (That Have Consumed Every Single Space in my Mind-)

Description: “Live.. Laugh… Love the insanity the apocalypse brings me.” -Five Hargreeves, tired after a caffeine rush and/or from a drunken high. 2019. (this is canon.. HE TOLD ME HIMSELF)

Author’s Note: this is just how I’m dealing with writer’s block— i swear i’m still working on my upcoming Five fics- 😭😭 so uh have this for now i guess 🥲 no warnings btw!! its just me writing in lowercase a lot- a shit ton of crack and swearing- (five’s body is aged up- and his consciousness ranges from 30 to 50 in my works— however you decided which age you want for your experience :)))

Five Taglist (i forgot to tag im so sorry 😭): @ells-graveyard @noahspector @aelinismyqueen @sunweee @reinaeru @ne0boss @twauna00 @placidpluto @eichenhouseproperty @heartsforsuyin @ghostlywavelengths @technicallydifferenttraveler @seconds-not-decades @magical-girl-on-fire @emotionally-unstabel @peachy-wolfhard @its-loki-bitch @raven-fandomtrash @theilliterateskankula @magicstrange @ne0boss @venusrambles @whereintheworldisspencerreid @honeycombdumbass @mivzai @oscarisaacsleftballsack @zenithinthebin @peachteeaaa @rchaoz @wickedmystery @wordsandnerds @umbrellatte @666abby6666 @iameddiemunsonshair @starlightinhumanform @vennythearsonist @trashmouthsahra (if you want to be removed/added, pls tell me via pm!!)

he likes bitter coffee candy (if the mf cant get coffee he’d raid a candy shop rather than logically coming after a cafe-)

likes slasher films for how creative the deaths look (esp if its practical effects, he’s a sucker for those) (he likes nightmare on elm street, he gives me that impression for WHAT)

^ cos of this- i basically headcanon that in his commission days- he’d kill creatively- as if it were his canvas, my guy is an artist with blood 💪

idk why but he’d be an avid “gelato is NOT ice cream you idiot” typa guy (fucker knows italian and my ass RAN W IT)

he watches julia roberts romance movies (cos i like her rom films so im projecting-) (he def likes the maturity of the ending of my best friend’s wedding)

for some reason he considers mocha as chocolate rather than coffee (like the old man he is)

actually likes caramel, never tells anyone for no reason (fucking punk ass smh)

he’d say he hates animals but he’d give a pat to a dog/cat if he’d see one (but he’ll glare at the poor thing if it scratches him-)

from ptsd from the apocalypse- he tries to never indulge w small things like getting large amounts of food- cos he has the mindset that he “might need extra in case something bad happens”

he’d hate physical touch at first- flinching like a surprised cat on steroids— but he gets used to it slowly- and one person at a time

also i dont give a shit on what anyone thinks- FIVE IS A LITTLE SPOON IN HUGS— why you may ask? fucker is a touch starved ptsd filled mf- he needs those hugs ASAP- he would hold your hand 25/8 to reduce his paranoia i just know it (i PROPHESIZEEEE)

the first beer he drunk was a bottle he found in a post apocalypse alcohol store and the liquid was full w small grime and dirt- but he wanted to try some to “check off a bucket list”

LOVES dark comedies, he just does, he CACKLES when he watches one (but he only shows amusement when he’s alone, never w his siblings)

^ he’d also slap his thigh if he finds something soooo funny (old man behaviour smh)

has a personal vendetta against ppl who WOULDN’T put pineapple on pizza (klaus converted the grandpa and at first he felt gross eating it but as he continues he thought: “ok. this isn’t that bad.” the next thing you know, you see him on the phone calling the pizza place for 2 more boxes of hawaiian pizza—)

listens to edith pliaf RELIGIOUSLY (you would gift him a vinyl of hers and his eyes would SHINE) (the only time you saw his eyes the brightest-)

with modern music— he’d prolly like radio music (until you berate him and convert him to alt & indie rock)

has an odd fixation with guns and knives (like the papa he is) (would explain EVERYTHING ABOUT A SPECIFIC WEAPON) (he’s a nerd) (he’ll never admit it) (ever)

has a switchblade on his dominant arm pocket (he could use anything as a weapon, but he likes to be “prepared”)

like on s1, he’d pretend to be a kid and all innocent & shit to get free shit from strangers (you’d hop on the bandwagon and **nicely** ask him to get you stuff too.. he complains and says no but you’d see him on the next day with the shit you requested on his hands)

^ continuation with this— fucker prolly got a coffee machine cos he went up to some lady- went on, put a sad act, and went “oh no.. i dont got a gift to give to my dad.. he always wanted a coffee machine after ours broke” and the lady would have pitied his ass and bought a cheap but durable one for him— this would lead to a situation where the rest of the umbrellas try to take away the coffee machine away from his addicted ass-

viktor: should we?? do something??? diego: we’ve took THREE of those damn machines- what else can we do??? klaus: it’s like… he pulls it out of his ass.. you think he shits out coffee beans?? or is it just liquidated coffee at this point? you: i should call the ambulance before he falls off the window from the coffee… can’t deal with a cranky five.. luther: (is tired of it all and just wants to enjoy his married life) .. yes. please do.

in conclusion? never take away five’s coffee- he will drive you mad—

whenever he’s drunk- he acts like a goddamn sloth (esp if he’s comfortable with you- mf will CLING ON YOU LIKE SOME PARASITE—) (i wouldn’t mind tho 😏- i mean what?)

though as much as he likes bitter coffee- i see him DESPISE BITTER BEER, he would spit that stuff out of with the most offended face ever (all scrunched up like crumpled paper)

for my fellow filipino readers- he unfortunately SUCKS ASSSS when speaking in tagalog… you either tease the living fuck out of him about him or smile through your ear pain going “wow! galing! (amazing!)” (no he was not amazing he sounded like a screeching tire or smth- /lh)

[adamsvanrhijn]

7, 16, 30, 51 💗

7. Post a snippet from a wip.

...John added, "that every assertion must be correct or incorrect, with no in between at all."

"I don't want to believe that." Oscar, as always unable to be still for longer than a handful of seconds, rolled onto his back, eyes upward toward the sky, but he did not rescind his permission for John to hold his hand. "I do believe it, because it's true."

16. Do you write by hand, on your phone, or on your laptop?

NEVER by hand my god... those people are crazy & i am soooo jealous fajlkdsjfals i literally Cannot... i mostly write on my phone. even though my laptop is All Better Now, when it crashed last spring i switched to using my phone for everything and i haven't broken the habit.... also i write at bedtime and wake up time and i have my phone but not my laptop then

i always post via laptop though unless i can't help it!

30. How much do you edit your fics?  Do you edit as you write or wait until you finish the first draft?

incredibly extensively, i have also been known to make minor edits after publishing a work too jalkdsjflsak... & that includes both editing as i write and editing after a piece has been fully drafted; for fanfic i usually only have like two full drafts max ?? but everything is constantly reevaluated and changed as needed while i'm actively writing so i haven't had issues with that (given that it's fanfic.)

51. Does what you like to write differ from what you like to read?

in some ways yes because i really love reading fic that i personally don't think i could pull off or that i don't have a solid take on.... otherwise though i write what i write because i like to read it and it is nice to read it from other people too!!! i have been blessed with being in fandoms chock full of talent and intellect and i think even in the fic space reading improves your writing...

also because fic is like very specifically, to me at least, a kind of dialogue with the canon and seeing other people's arguments (in the classical rhetoric sense of the word) helps inform my own understanding of the text (in the literary but not literal sense of the word) which is really nice and works best actually when i am reading things i very much like to read and have put a lot of thought into, because that's usually areas where i most need to take a step back and e.g. revisit canon and be observant of my own assumptions etc that i bring into the story + my writing, which is just in general something i love about being A Fic Writer specifically... no professional fiction aspirations over here

[cyclogenesis]

For the writing ask (you don’t have to answer all of them since I probably picked too many, sorry!): 1, 2, 7, 8, 10, 19, 20, 26, 30, 31, 32, 36, 38, 39, 40. (Thanks 💜)

I did it, I answered all of them!! (Yes, it took me a couple of days aha.) Thanks for asking anon! 😘

1. Which of your fics would you keep the basic plot of but rewrite completely?

Generally speaking I would rather die than rewrite anything ever, and most of the stuff I’ve written I can look back on and be like “nice”. I did recently reread a few bandom fics I wrote and felt mildly horrified by the fact that some of the writing was so spare that the dialogue sections were like reading a screenplay, so I’d have to say those would come the closest. Like I wouldn’t actually ever rewrite them, but were I to write them today they would read very, very differently.

2. Anything that you’d like to write but feel like you’re unable to?

Honestly I read soooo much Hydra Trash Party stuff and would love to vibe with Bucky’s sexual trauma in fic more but I feel like I’d really struggle to write that kind of background given my usual writing style. That’s the kind of super iddy thing I usually do in chatfic, but unfortunately I don’t have anyone to do that with in this fandom, so I’ll just keep whining internally about the lack of HTP Sam/Bucky while doing absolutely nothing to address that glaring lack.

Rest of the answers behind the cut!

7. Your favourite ao3 tag.

I cruise the Bottom Bucky Barnes tag like a 50s kid dragging Main.

8. How slow is a slow burn?

HERE’S THE THING. So if I ship something super hard, like hard enough to write or read fic about it, then I have already interpreted the canon itself as a slow burn because presumably they haven’t kissed yet, and I’m writing or reading fic because I’m ready for the kissing to be happening. I also don’t tend to read a whole lot of long fic. So basically I’m gonna need kissing by at least the 15k mark unless it’s like, masterfully written.

10. Top three favourite fic tropes.

You know, I’m honestly not usually drawn to stuff that’s very traditionally tropey! I don’t write it too often either, usually with fic I’m just a simple gal who wants to look at canon and then figure out a way to get them to acknowledge they want to kiss each other. I do love fake relationships though!

19. Share a snippet from a wip without giving any context for it.

“There’s more than one Loki,” Sam is disturbed to tell him. “A bunch more. One of them is a good guy now.” Actually, Strange had described him as ‘moderately helpful and uncomfortably sincere’. “Another one, uh, broke time, and now there are multiple timelines that have created different universes.”

“Got it,” Bucky says, in the tone of someone who in no way has it.

20. Do you work on a single project or many at the same time? How does that work for you?

I usually have a couple of things going at once that I bounce between until I decide that I’m Going To Finish Something, Dammit and force myself to focus on just one. It’s generally fine because I’d rather have too many ideas than none at all, though I’ll sometimes inadvertently cannibalize myself and have to edit out things I’ve used in two different WIPs.

26. What would you describe as OOC?

I’m honestly pretty forgiving about that, having been trained to suspend my disbelief by liking really dark fic hahaha. One weird thing that tends to throw me in not-dark fic is a lack of humor in the dialogue. I tend to like fandoms with pretty funny characters or people, so I like to see their sense of humor reflected in fic. Sam and Bucky in particular are really funny characters in their own ways - gimme the banter, please!!

30. Describe a fic that almost happened, but then it didn’t.

In so many fandoms I’ve had visions of an OTP epic spanning years and years, and in zero of those fandoms have I ever completed one of those stories.

31. What was the most difficult fic for you to write (but in the end you made it)?

There is a point where every fic feels like the most difficult thing I’ve ever written. Something particularly cute that I do, which I love, is writing very intensely up to the sex scene, and then getting shy about it and wandering away and not working on it again for a little while, despite the fact that usually the whole point of the fic is that I want to get to the sex scene!!!

32. Do you have a word/expression that you always use in your writing?

I’m sure I have plenty of things like that!! I try to edit repetitive things like that out because when I’m reading a lot of a writer’s stuff little phrasing quirks always stand out to my copyeditor brain. That said, I know when I’m doing it and still tend to huffily be like “well that’s the best way to phrase that action!!” so, whatever.

36. How do you come up with fic titles? What’s the one you’re most proud of?

I either have a title from the jump or I’m combing my music library for a lyric snippet I can use like ten minutes before I post the fic. I’m pretty fond of This Is A Song About Fucking in that I committed SO deeply to jacking myself off there; it’s a phrase that Brendon Urie used to say to introduce Lying Is The Most Fun A Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off during the Nothing Rhymes With Circus tour (I had to look that tour name up. Thank GOD I had to look that tour name up) and I used it for a 5SOS group sex fic posted a cool eight years after that tour (which I went to multiple dates of, oh god) ended.

38. “This never happened” fix-it fics or “this happened but” fix-it fics?

Definitely the latter, when a canon makes a lousy choice I’m usually like well here we are, let’s talk about where we go from here. But I don’t really look for anything with the fix-it tag in general, once the canon breaks something I loved I’m usually so moody that I just abandon ship and stop reading fic haha.

39. Wildest AU scenario you have written?

I verrrry rarely write AUs for posting, but have chatficced some truly bonkers nonsense in my time. My old writing partner in bandom and I used to get weird with Brendon/Ryan - the satyr/fairy and fisherman/selkie days were really something.

40. Write a 9-word fic.

I’m too invested in the thing I’ve written 5k words of these week to think of anything new, so here’s a snippet from that instead.

“Come here,” he chokes out, and the helpless hope on Bucky’s face in response nearly undoes him completely. He sits up to meet Bucky halfway, grabs at his shirt the moment he’s within reach and drags him close, Bucky climbing onto the bed all long limbs and graceless need. The kiss is a surprise only in how rough it is, a hard press of lips like Bucky’s greedy to touch Sam any way he can, like this is just another way for them to collide.

[ladyfawkes]

Stop Calling Him ‘Horace’! - Eugene Fitzherbert Appreciation Week | Day 7: Birth Day

Sooooo.... Basically, I planned to have this pretty little fanfic finished up for today, the final day of Eugene Appreciation Week. This fanfic is extra-special, specifically it features our Eugene at ages we’ve never seen him in canon. Allow me to sum up this “plan” of mine in one word: HAAAAA!!!! Suffice it to say that although fanfic is very old-hat to me (I’ve been writing it since 1991, fgs) the world of fic-blogging is still relatively NEW to me and several of my fics and headcanons that I’ve released the past several weeks are needing to connect and soon, otherwise the whole convoluted, many-headed Medusa won’t wind up making any sense at all. I’m not exactly certain how it’ll all come together yet but I have to say that getting to spend the past week with all of you fellow Fitzy enthusiasts on Twitter and Tumblr has been some of the BEST DAYS EVER that I’ve experienced on the internet in my entire online life!!!! (And I’ve had an internet presence since 1991!!!) You’ve injected me with serious shots of Inspiration Elixir and I’ve had soooo very many ideas pass through my mind just over the past 7 days that I can’t possibly hope to catalog all of them. I haven’t felt quite this inspired in, well, YEARS.  I’ve enjoyed the heck out of sharing and exchanging headcanons, theories, ideas, essays, and even artforms. I’ve had a Tumblr account for more than ELEVEN YEARS and yet this is the first and only time I have consistently blogged and reblogged over the “heart-stopping” a time-span of 7 months **gasp** now (and counting). I’m a member of a couple dozen fandoms at least and this is the ONLY ONE that has consistently captured my interest AND managed to not scare the shit out of me so badly that I have to go and hibernate my account for the next, y’know, 3498349540 months. Until yet another worthy obsession captures my interest..... but Tangled the Series is still burning the brightest and I REALLY need it to right now, tbh. So THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU to everybody with whom I’ve interacted on this....I have health issues that cause me to transpose and forget names. But if you wish me to personally tag you, please tag THIS particular post and I shall tag you when I have actually finished this particular scene sequence featured in THIS ficlet. So now!!!!! Without further ado, I shall give you a teaser of the drabble-turned-ficlet-turned-short-story that will eventually feature the actual Birth Day of one Eugene Fitzherbert!!! Click the keep reading link below to see the remaining text. =)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Edmund knew from the beginning that Alexys did not like the name “Horace”. At the time, the king had told her that it was family tradition that the first-born son should receive a strong family name. Despite her pointed protests, he was utterly immovable on the subject.

The more Alexys’s belly grew, the more her dislike for that name swelled too. Shouldn’t she have a say in their child’s name, given that she was putting in all the work of keeping him healthy and strong, so to speak? Shouldn’t her family names count as possibilities too? Unfortunately, Edmund’s childhood largely consisted of his father and grandfather basically hazing him into believing that he had to “take command” of virtually any subject matter, in practically any situation. As a result, he thought of just about everything in militaristic terms. Over the past 4 years, Lexy had slowly and subtly molded her hot-headed young 20-something husband toward different healthier, less uptight ways of handling life and looking at various situations.

They had finally settled on a great couple synergy and got along very well -- except for the times they had an ongoing argument, that is. And this was definitely one of those times.

“I don’t understand why you won’t see reason, Edmund!”

“Because it’s more than just a name, Alexys! It’s a birthright. It connects him directly back to us and these names might very well be the most important gift we could ever give to our children!”

“You don’t think I know that?? Just as sure as I know this child is a boy, I am equally certain that he will not live a traditional royal life. And his name must reflect that!!”

Apparently, entertaining the possibility that any son of Edmund’s wouldn’t want to grow up a devoted soldier completely servile to the Moonstone wasn’t a possibility he was ready to face. Alexys watched as Edmund drew in a long breath, held it, his face turning interesting colors. Slowly his hands balled into fists and rather than saying anything, he exhaled one very pent-up breath and stomped out of the room. She had never before seen him so agitated. Although she also sensed the naming subject wasn’t at the core of his ire that day, she never brought it up again. Alexys hoped that whatever it was eating at him, Edmund would be able to solve it by the time their child came. And that would happen any day now.

Alexys wanted so much to tell Edmund about the beautiful vivid dreams she’d been having about their future child the past few nights. But he’d been increasingly preoccupied, sullen, and distant over the past month. It was most unfortunate and Alexys was as yet at a loss of how to help him. Now....while it’s true every good mother believes their child to be exceptional, Alexys knew that their son was destined to shatter tradition. For the first time in millennia, she knew without doubt that he would be the one to bring light to the Dark Kingdom. 

One of her dreams began with a small boy, age 4 or 5, who had floppy brown hair and very expressive round eyes just like Edmund. In the dream, Alexys and the boy were standing on a trail near the edge of a narrow rock crevasse....a location that somehow seemed familiar to Lexy....but she couldn’t quite place it. The little boy smiled up at her cherubically and reached out a chubby little hand toward hers.

“Play?” he questioned sweetly. He was happily bouncing on his feet, very subtly heel to toe, and even when he was in one place he barely stood still.

“Yes, of course!” Alexys replied, grinning in awe at this absolutely beautiful dream-child her mind was currently conjuring. She gathered up her long skirts and petticoats in her left hand and took the little boy’s offered hand in her right. As they walked, she noticed a small mole at the base of the boy’s neck and it matched exactly the one that Edmund had, only in miniature. So her suspicions had been confirmed; this was indeed their son.  They approached what Alexys recognized to be a very-scaled-down version of The Great Tree....and the crevasse was apparently a much-scaled-down version of the gorge which held the actual Great Tree. Even though it wasn’t the real Tree, it still possessed a very substantial and robust trunk. It was about 30 feet high and could easily withstand the weight of a couple dozen grown adults, if they ever had the inclination to climb this dream tree from within my own mind, Alexys thought wryly. As they reached the ground level of this miniature Great Tree, the little boy let go of her hand and latched onto the tree base itself. He turned back to her and said, “Play?” again while pointing upward. Bounce, bounce. Instantly, Lexy’s mothering instincts came out. “Uh, little one, I don’t think it’s safe to climb--” but it was clear the little boy wasn’t really listening to her. And even faster than a real toddler could climb, he scrambled up and out of her reach in a flash, giggling with childish abandon. She kept pleading with this child to stop and to come back down instead, that he might get injured, but he clearly had no intention of heeding her. Not only that, she didn’t even know his name. One thing was certain -- he definitely did not answer to ‘Horace’. Poor Alexys hoped this nightmare of a fearless toddler wasn’t an omen of things yet to come.  She fleetingly considered just tearing off her petticoats and skirts to climb and then realized it wouldn’t matter anyway; she was nearly nine months pregnant and thus not climbing anything that day. “Look!” She suddenly heard the little boy’s voice again. This time, he was speaking from some 30 feet overhead through the tree boughs. Alexys moved away from the Great Tree’s base to a better vantage point further out from the trunk. Shielding her eyes from the sun, the queen looked up at the tree to see that the little boy was now pointing out toward the opposite direction of the crevasse from where they originally came. In the distance, she could see what looked to be a miniature version of the impassable mountain range between the Dark Kingdom and the Great Tree. Just beyond was Black Crystal Valley and in the center of the valley, an exact copy of The Dark Palace, only much smaller. What happened next was nothing short of absolute surreality on toast. “Look!” said the little boy’s voice again, still giggling as he climbed even higher until it looked like he was physically standing on the canopy leaves of the fake Great Tree. Lexy’s breath caught in her throat as this little boy reached up and plucked a literal piece out of the sun -- yes, he plucked a PIECE out of the actual SUN -- straight out of the actual sky. The light emanating from the Sun and the Shard he had in hand didn’t seem to be affecting the little boy the way it was affecting Alexys. She was shielding her face from its overpowering brightness when suddenly, the little boy wasn’t in the tree canopy anymore. In the blink of an eye, he was standing miraculously in front of her. Alexys blinked incredulously and tried not to yell aloud in shock due to being so startled. She failed at not yelling, but at least the little boy didn’t appear to notice. Next, this little boy held out the Sun Shard toward Lexy. He must’ve done something to help it because now she could look toward its brilliance without being blinded.  “You can finally see my friend!” her boy said happily. Bounce, bounce. “We hug her!” he continued, holding the glowing object against his heart, rocking back and forth a few times. “And we kiss her,” and he gave the Shard his sweet toddler kisses. “And we be very soft,” he toddler-whispered, demonstrating deft touch through voice as well as action.“Now you!” he insisted, his pudgy hand offering the Sun Shard to her. Bouncy, bouncy, bounce. “I -- I don’t know. Won’t it burn me?” This dream had already gone so warped, she didn’t feel too weird for asking. Lexy was somewhat concerned with accepting the offerings of a toddler but he didn’t appear to be covered in slobber or any other mystery substances, thank goodness. Neither did the Shard. “Burn you?” the child echoed. He suddenly burst into giggles and said, “Silly Mama.” Lexy’s breath caught in her throat. Mama. He actually said it! How her mother’s heart fluttered. This….this interaction required something extra special. She oh-so-carefully got down on her knees (no small feat in her condition) so she could be level with her son. “Yes, your mama can be very silly sometimes,” Lexy acknowledged. Then she pointed toward the Shard in his hands and said, “Will you show me how?” Instantly, he came to her and passed the precious glowing object to Alexys. “Hold her here,” instructed her little boy, pointing toward his heart. Lexy was surprised to discover that the Shard wasn’t a shard at all -- and while it was very warm to the touch, it wasn’t burning hot. Pliable with only mild bit of give to it….rather like warmed sealing wax without the tackiness. Upon tucking the glowing object next to her bosom, Lexy looked upward at her boy and said, “and now I…” “Cradle,” followed by his rapid rocking back and forth motions. Bouncy-bounce bounce.  “Of course,” smiled Alexys, who had arranged both her arms to cradle this golden drop of sunlight. “Is that what you are now? Not a Shard -- but a Drop of Sunlight?” She was now talking to this object but again didn’t feel one bit silly for doing so. It seemed….alive, somehow. Slowly, carefully, she rocked back and forth while on her knees. “Sing, mama!” prompted her little boy, who was excitedly bouncing on his toes and clapping his chubby hands. A time-honored German lullaby sprang to mind and as she sang the words, the longer she sang, something rather remarkable happened. As Alexys looked down in her arms, she could’ve sworn she saw a ghost of an image, not more than a sparkling golden shadow really, of a completely different child in her arms. Only this child was much tinier and younger than the boy. This was an infant, a baby girl, one with remarkably long flowing golden hair. She appeared to have even more hair than her toddler son. By orders of magnitude more. Disembodied babygirl giggling and babbles filled the air around them. “You see her now!!!” Her little boy was more excited than ever! He clearly knows! Lexy could hear the rhythm of his feet in front of her. Bounce-bounce-bouncy bounce-bouncy-bounce. Alexys was afraid to look away, lest the wispy golden dust in her arms blow away before she could get her fill. “Who is she?” questioned Alexys in awe. “She is our friend. She is….Sun...shine. Yes. Sunshine,” the boy confirmed, tilting his head to one side as he spoke, as if he were listening for something only he could hear. ......to be continued!!!!......

[tb5-heavenward]

Prelude, I am COUNTING on you to write a post-finale series for TAG. You write the boys soooo well, you know their voices as if you were related to them and I must know how it all works out now that Jeff's back. Like, is Scott still in charge or does Jeff become the lead again? Do any of the boys (read: John, because we love him) have a hard time with the change? Are Pen and Ink official?! Who is the spy in the GDF?! What does Jeff think of EOS?! Who really is the Mechanic?! I need to know!!

okay well, boy, well okay

full disclosure, as of this answer I still haven’t found the mental energy or brainspace to watch the latest and lastest ep, which is a sad but accurate commentary on how far this show has fallen in terms of importance in my life, because I remember the early days of staying up til five in the goddamn morning, with fuckin hola vpn doing all manner of evil via my IP address, just to watch the latest eps live on ITV. But times change, and times have changed so much that I’m no longer awake at 5AM anyway because I have to nurse a one year old back to sleep, but instead I have to be in bed by 11:30 at the latest so I can walk a six year old to school. Times change.

Anyway, that personal note aside, as far as my writing goes, my major projects have always been a magnification of the aspects of TAG I find the most interesting. Heavenward dialed that lens in on John and EOS and the intensity of their relationship, Harvard likewise focused on John and his most fundamental nature, and these days TA’s focal point is on Gordon/Penny as a couple and the way that all of the relationships both within and without this family ripple outward and overlap and interfere with each other, like a handful of stones thrown into still water.

I’ve been pretty transparent about how I feel re: TAG and the way its latest season went, and the problem with me taking the metaphorical cueball of TAG’s canon and trying to bank a post-series fic into the corner pocket is that I fundamentally disagree with the arc that canon’s taken, pretty much from the end of Season 2. Right up to the finale of S2 there’d been nothing I couldn’t manage to work with, barring a few mental tweaks and adjusted details here and there, but S3 just went so buck fuckin’ wild compared to what I would’ve done, storywise, that to try to write past the end of it is fairly untenable for me personally. 

And while those are all interesting questions, I’ve already addressed a lot of them. The spy in the GDF was a literal fucking rando in a goddamn raccoon burglar mask with a walkie talkie in hand. That is how far the writing had fallen, because if you want a couple of those questions answered right here and now, the mole in the GDF should have been Colonel Casey. And who the Mechanic really was should’ve been was Casey’s son, kidnapped and brainwashed and leveraged against her by the Hood, because that’s a poetic and perfect and poignant level of betrayal---Casey betraying IR as a mother who loves her son, as much as those boys ever loved their father.

Anyway. Here’s the bigger problem I have right now.

(TA spoilers-ish below the cut, a loose discussion of the map of the rest of the story, leave this unread unless you want some insight into my process re: currently unanswered but fairly obviously rhetorical questions and the overall arc of the story)

What the finale does do is makes me ask a fairly critical question about the work I have ongoing now, and makes me wonder if I might want to make it into the venue where I explore what I would’ve done with the series’ larger plot (ie: see above re: colonel casey). talented amateurs is, as mentioned above, fundamentally a fic about exploring relationships within IR. TA is my homage to the art of the slow burn, only I’ve done it bassackwards on account of the pair of them fell in love and promptly slept together within the first five chapters of the work. TA also started as a straight-up mood piece, just something to explore what that moment of an initiated relationship between Gordon and Penelope would look like. Needless to say, it blossomed, and now about 200k later, here we are.

In the same manner that TA wasn’t initially intended to be the behemoth it’s become, it was also at one point a question whether the thrust of the plot would concern Penelope’s pregnancy. Obviously it does now, and the works that follow it will continue along that essential arc---that’s the fundamental three act structure of this story, the three trimesters of pregnancy.

But ever since it started getting serious and started making itself apparent as my Next Big Thing, its been teetering on the knife’s edge of the question: Do I want to bring Jeff Tracy into this? Do I want to overshadow the future of IR with the spectre of its past? Do I want to bring him back?

Because the thing with TAG is that, if you’re the sort of person who can perceive the fundamental shape of an overall story---even one as disconnected and disjointed as TAG’s was---it was always transparently apparent that one day they would find their father. It was the series’ biggest macguffin and it’s kind of like, invisibly woven into the tapestry of the narrative. I can’t even quite clearly articulate why it always seemed so obvious---probably simply because they open the show by searching for that last desperate trace of him, but there was never a doubt in my mind that one day that would be the resolution of that question and the ultimate expression of the boys as IR. Their father wasn’t dead and they got to save him.

So it seems like any fic taking place in TAG’s verse must have that truth baked into it---their dad isn’t dead. He’s out there somewhere, alive and findable. I think the question of where could be more compellingly and believably answered than by “he’s been fridged in the fucking Oort Cloud for eight goddamn years” and I think as a writer I could take the bones of the show we’ve got and craft a more interesting version of that story. TA is a Season 2 AU in the same way that hwd is a Season 1 AU, and as far as canon is concerned, it doesn’t consider anything from S3 to be true. In TA, the Hood is still in prison and he’s going to stay there. Havoc and Fuse and Rigby don’t exist. The Mechanic is the biggest unanswered question, but also no longer IR’s problem. As far as TA’s cast is concerned, their dad is dead as a goddamn doornail.

And maybe that would be the bolder move. Maybe he could just be dead and that’s the deeper and more interesting and more poignant thought. What I can’t decide about TA is whether or not I want it to catch a case of Plot. It’s a double-edged sword, because on the one hand, the interpersonal happenings of this story are easily as interesting than anything like an actual high-stakes narrative about their father being alive could be. But equally I know I could tell that story as well or better than the actual writers actually did, and it seems silly to pretend that I’d ever do it elsewhere, though it would be a hell of a thing if I did, and I only know that because I’ve done it already.

Anyway. I’ll know in about ten chapters or so. Til then the coin’s still in the air.

[elcorhamletlive]

i am such a huge sucker for soft stony smut. are you a huge sucker for soft stony smut? it even alliterates great what more could we ask for

I know, right? I like reading non-soft stony smut too, but the schmoopy stuff always gets me in the end. I’m still not very secure with writing porn, and every time I’ve done it, they just end up getting super soft and cheesy towards each other by the end. 

But, yes, anon, I’m totally into soft stony smut! I’ve got a few recs for you, actually. Not sure if that was what you were looking for, but I’ve been wanting an excuse to do a rec list for a while, so why not now, right? Anyway:

Sugar Sweet by viklikesfic (v_angelique) 

Summary:  Part figuring out how to assimilate Steve's sexuality into modern ideas of orientation and gender, part burgeoning D/s relationship, part mild-to-moderate sugar daddy exploration. Basically, Tony's creative and Steve is a very, very good boy.

Comment: I’ve reread this fic multiple times. I didn’t even know I was into sugar baby Steve before this - it’s such a sweet, wonderful exploration of the sugar daddy trope that manages to make it SUPER hot and also incredibly believable. It’s amazing.

Got You Under My Skin by @blossomsinthemist

Summary: “I’d be happy to show you a good time,” Tony said, smiling a little obscurely, Steve thought, as if to himself, but still with that warm, knowing look, affectionate and oddly fond, “any time you want.”

Steve Rogers goes to Tony Stark's birthday party. Things progress from there, with a lot of flirtiness leading to propositions, and propositions leading to, well, what comes next, and Steve isn't even sure what he wants after that.

Comment: One of my favorite fics of all time. The fic that got me into Ults in the first place. You don’t need to know anything about canon to read it, it’s just an amazing, wonderfully soft and hot story.

Met the Dodgers by Amuly 

Summary: Tony decides that, with his reputation, there's only one best way to show Steve he's serious about their budding relationship. Buy the Dodgers and move them back to Brooklyn for him.

Comment: This fic is from 2011, and it feels like it should be one of those fandom classics everyone has read at least once (maybe it is and I just don’t know it), but the number of comments is surprisingly (and unfairly) small? It’s a getting together fic, and the characterization is definitely not something you’re probably going to find much in more recent fics, but I think it works perfectly in the context of TFA!Steve and IM1!Tony. Tony’s pov is super fun and slightly sleazy and everything turns super soft by the time the smut rolls around. I love it.

Day 24: Shy by radicallyred 

Summary: Part 24 of 30 Days of NSFW Challenge- Stony.

Comment: I’m a simple woman. Blushing Steve gets me going, and this fic is just so cute, a short and sweet piece that’s super soft as well. Lovely.

I Watch Your Fingers Working Overtime by @royal-chandler

Summary: “Who knew that a heatwave could make Steve Rogers so petulant?” There’s a brightness to Tony’s eyes, like his brain is whirring behind them and hurriedly filing away this brand new piece of information.

Stuck in Chicago during a heatwave, Steve and Tony find a way to cool off.

Comment: !!!!! I love this fic SO MUCH, and it’s so underrated. The characterizations are wonderful, it’s SUPER hot, and there’s soooo much feeling packed here from both sides. You can really feel how much they love and cherish each other here. I like everything I’ve ever read from this author, but this one is a personal fave. It’s amazing.

Unfurl Your Gown by theladyingrey42 

Summary: "I feel ridiculous." Steve scowls at his drink and pretends he's not shifting just to feel the skirt against his thighs.

Comment: THIS is a fic that I’m pretty sure everyone who likes cross-dressing Steve has already read, but I don’t care, I’m gonna rec it anyway because even if you don’t like this trope, this is a stunning piece and absolutely worth reading. Seriously, give yourself the opportunity to enjoy this. It’s so emotional and sweet and Tony is just the softest boyfriend alive during it. It’s beautiful and touching in a way that’s hard to believe it’s mostly porn, but it manages to do both so wonderfully. I love it so much.

(Not for) Public Consumption by Poose 

Summary: “Can’t you like, I don’t know, do a little pirouette for me, sweetheart?” He shuffles backwards cautiously, glancing over his shoulder to avoid hitting the wall. There’s a chair back there, he should sit in it before his legs give out.

Steve cocks his head, hand on his hip. He puts his front foot at angle to the one in back and executes a tired swing around.

You’d think he’d like the attention a bit more. Tony may have to goad it out of him. “Steve, seriously, you’re like a bored stripper.” And then, suitably affronted, Steve takes another turn, more slowly, so that Tony can pan down and zoom in on his ass from a slightly lower angle. 

***

Or, Steve and Tony make a sex tape. Exactly as sophisticated as it sounds. A non-powered AU of another AU that I haven't written yet. Contains zero plot.”

Comment: I must have read this fic fifteen times one the past two weeks alone. It’s established relationship and a lot funnier than the rest of this list, plus mindbogglingly hot. It’s a DELIGHT to read from beggining to end, and Tony’s pov here might be one of my faves of all time. It’s so good.

Downtime by @sheronwrites

Summary: After a mission gone wrong, Steve and Tony take a vacation in a secluded cabin, where they have time to heal and time for each other.

Comment: SO. SOFT. Established relationship with great characterization and a little touch of hurt/comfort. I love this fic, I think it captures Steve and Tony’s characters so well, and the smut is top notch.  

do i wanna know by JenTheSweetie 

Summary: When Steve Rogers woke up, they told him a lot of things.

They told him they’d fixed things been wrong back before, and that the world was better now. They told him that SHIELD was where he belonged, that they took only the best and the brightest and the bravest. They told him that with his help, they were going to save the world.

They also told him Tony Stark was dangerous.

But Steve Rogers once jumped on top of a grenade, so really, it’s all relative.

Comment: I’ve still yet to review this, which is an outrage because I’ve read this fic at least five times and loved it every single one. I like everything JenTheSweetie writes, but this is one of my favorites. It’s post-AoU, more of a getting together story with smut, but the characterization is so good. The narrative is wonderful and engaging and there are so many feelings, everywhere. I love it.

[moononastring]

Because I’m lazy, but I love reading your answers, could you do the rest of the fanfic asks that you haven’t done? (I should really get the numbers but I’m *lazy*, sorry babes)

That is just mean. You and Krissy are out to get me XDDD. You just want me rambling haha.

21. least favorite character to write

Hm. I don’t think I have one in particular. I wouldn’t include the character in a scene if I didn’t like them lol.

23. least favorite story you’ve ever written

Yikes…do I have one? I love tooting my own horn so I mean XDD. I don’t think I have a least favorite story…I like most of what I’d written. If anything, I dislike certain things and would want to edit it for better.

25. favorite line you’ve ever written 

From my Elucien prompt, First Kisses. It’s not a line, it’s the moment.

This time when their lips touched, it wasn’t a caress, it was a claiming. The world seemed to fall away around both of them. It was slow and soft and careful and all the words that usually hung between them finally seemed to be said as Lucien cupped her face gently. He deepened the kiss and like everything else between them, their lips glided and danced with each other. Lucien gave everything he had in that kiss – it was searing, it was almost mind blowing and if Elain hadn’t been seated, she was sure her legs would’ve buckled under her. Both of their bodies had heated, their heartbeats racing and finally, when Elain began feeling lightheaded in awe of the kiss, Lucien slowly, very reluctantly pulled back a few inches.

FUN FACT, this was actually from a different fic I was working on but it fit so I well, I used it here. If I ever post the fic, this segment will be in it as well because I love it so much and it’s SO Elucien, I cry.

26. story you’re most proud of

This is like asking me to pick between kids (I don’t have any but you know what I mean) SIGH. IDK I’M PROUD OF THEM ALL. I’m proud of myself that I even wrote them and actually posted them on the internet (I’m a super paranoid individual lol). But you know what, I’m going to go with Quiet Thunder. I was proud that I could make myself write my babies in angst and not together for once XDDD (there’s a follow up piece, elucien will always be endgame). I really liked the piece because this is what I want from Lucien in future ACOTAR books. I want him to stand up for himself and demand his basic right to be acknowledged and heard.

28. worst review you ever got 

On one of my Elucien fics, it was “Nice! But this would’ve been soooo much cuter if it was Elriel.” And I just…*cue looking at the camera like I’m in The Office* It’s a fucken Elucien fic, why are you telling me this???? I deleted it almost instantly LOL.

29. favorite story/poem of another author 

OH GOD SO MANY. Sian’s Feyrhycien fic is something I constantly reread as well as Don’t Look Back. Krissy’s Elucien fics (all of them, yes) are ones I constantly reread as well her Azuala fic. Marie’s Nessian fics in general. SO MANY GAH.

30. hardest part of writing

When the idea sounds better in your head and the words won’t come out right.

31. easiest part of writing

Is there an easy part? Jk. I don’t know…just that you can use words to describe the visual in your brain and it flows out.

(You didn’t give a title/pairing for the 32-34 so SKIP).

35. single story or multi-part story?

I work better with single stories at a time. I don’t like doing multi-part because I lose focus and motivation. I work in scenes so each part can be a scene but I don’t work well with multi-chapters. Weird, I know.

36. one-shot or multi-chaptered story?

See question 35.

37. canon or AU?

 Both! Both is good but with AU you can really go to town on ideas lol.

38. do you reread your own stories?

Yup. All the time lol. Especially when I want to get motivated to write more.

39. do you want to be published some day?

That’s the dream!

40. which one of your stories would you most like to see as a movie/series.

The better question is, which one WOULDN’T I want to see done like so?? I’d love to see Oh, What A Night as a short thing. Because I did my best with words but ugh, the fic plays like a movie in my head.

41. one song that captures

You didn’t give me one SO SKIP :P

42. do you plan or do you write whatever comes to your mind?

A little bit of both! It depends on the idea.

43. would you ever write a sequel for (insert fic title here)

you didn’t give me a title so SKIP.

44. do you write linear or do you write future scenes if you feel like it?

I write future scenes. Sometimes I have an idea but I don’t know how to get it out so I skip to the scene I can see and then work my way back. Sometimes it helps to know what’s going to happen ahead of time to understand how you can get to it.

45. share the synopsis of a story you work on that you haven’t published yet

Elucien Modern AU  where Feyre sets them up on a blind date. Feyre, Nesta, Azriel have to basically tag-team Elain to go on a blind date to get laid and Lucien has Jurian and Vassa breathing down his neck for the date to go well because he also needs to get laid. Shenanigans ensue.

48. three spoilers for (insert story title)

You didn’t give me one so SKIP.

49. writing advice.

Just write it. Even if it sounds like shit, just get the idea out and go back to fix it later. You won’t have anything to fix until you write it so write it!

You are also a little shit but you’re forgiven for even expressing interest in knowing XDDDD. THIS TOOK SO LONG OH MY GOD LOL.

[idontgiveaquiznak]

rant time?

Soooo I get triggered really badly by a/nti content and blogs. That happened again just now, and I’m gonna rant about it. Feel free to read/reblog/whatever and talk to me about it if you’d like. I definitely would like to commiserate with other people who experience this kind of thing. I’m just putting it under a read more so I don’t accidentally trigger somebody else, or expose someone to discourse if they don’t want that.

I’m not explicitly discussing sexual assault or anything. I’m just mentioning abusive relationships with age gaps that I’ve had in the past. I’m also talking about how I feel when I’m triggered, so feel free to skip out on this if you’re afraid that’ll send you into a similar mindset.

A blog I was following just reblogged a post from an a/nti blog. I looked at a couple of their other posts, which also came from a/nti blogs. Conclusion: they are a super quiet a/nti, or person who’s okay with a/ntis, who doesn’t say anything about being a/nti-Shaladin in their blog description but follows a/nti blogs.

I’ve just blocked them, and a couple of the a/nti blogs their posts came from. This is the first time I’ve ever done this. I try to avoid blocking people on principle. I don’t like to cut myself off from other people’s perspectives. I like to be able to learn from them. But I just don’t see myself learning anything from perspectives that say I’m supporting abuse by shipping Sheith.

I’ve been in two different abusive relationships with significant age gaps. The first one started when I was 15 and the other person was 20. The second one was when I was 20 and the other person was in their 40s. (They never mentioned their exact age to me. They seemed like they’d rather not think about it and just relive their youth through me, making up for all the things they missed out on at my age.)

I am super, super triggered by a/ntis saying that by shipping Shiro and Keith, I am approving of everything that happened to me.

I started shipping them in the first episode of season 2, where Keith was jetting across a barren, rocky planet to save Shiro. I loved the way they worked together and smiled at each other and reassured each other through a scary situation. I always go for the “tragic best friends” ships. I also ship Stucky (Steve and Bucky from Captain America) real hard. Gimme that good “two dudes just being bros loving and supporting each other unconditionally and fighting impossible odds just to stand at each other’s side again” shit.

Today I thought, “I guess Sheith is like healthy relationship porn for me.” I also enjoy Kl/ance, but my heart goes to ships where people who are life partners in every other sense start to realize that they’re in love with each other too. I’ve seen a post where someone said they shipped Sheith because they’d never been in a healthy relationship, and they liked seeing Keith and Shiro’s dynamic. I relate to that. I like to see that it’s possible for two people to love and respect each other and come together to form something greater than the sum of their parts. I want to believe that something like that can exist.

I relate to Keith and project myself onto him. I love headcanoning him as a gay, autistic trans guy like me. Dating is so hard for me as an autistic and trans person. Even without taking systemic oppression into account, it’s hard to allow people in when I’m scared of being traumatized again. I’ve got some walls up too.

I want to believe that someone like Shiro can love someone like Keith despite all of his social awkwardness and pain and rage, or maybe even because of it. I want to believe that there are good guys like Shiro out there somewhere, amidst all of the creepy, misogynistic, transphobic guys who keep messaging me on gay dating apps. I want to believe that it’s possible for someone like me to find a healthy, loving relationship. Sometimes it feels like a fucking pipe dream.

I am deeply triggered by people saying that the relationship is inherently unhealthy because of an age gap. I don’t even view Shiro and Keith as having a significant age difference. I thought of them as being maybe three-ish years apart from each other before the guidebook came out, with Keith in his late teens or early twenties. After hearing that the guidebook wasn’t even made by the Voltron showrunners and some of the information is inconsistent or out-of-date, I’m not inclined to change my headcanons. If Lauren Montgomery and Joaquim Dos Santos are confused about the Keith and hippos thing, how do I know for sure what is true in the book? When Star Wars fans are confused about a certain aspect of canon, we don’t go to a book written for kids called “The Official Star Wars Handbook” or whatever and take what it says as gospel. It’s fun to enjoy this stuff, but I’m not going to take it too seriously.

But some people do, and they call people like me pedophiles. And I get triggered, because I start feeling like I must have somehow supported what happened to me, and like I’m supporting similar things happening to other people. I get so angry to have this happen when I don’t even see them as having a big age gap, when I don’t want to see them that way because that triggers me too. I don’t want to imagine a 17-year-old Keith meeting a 24-year-old Shiro at the Garrison and feeling sexual tension build between them. That freaks me the fuck out.

I’ve tried so hard to convince myself that I didn’t ask for what happened to me. It’s hard to believe that when a post pushes my Trauma Brain™ into “this happened to you because you deserved it and you’re a bad person and you secretly wanted it” mode. It starts feeling like maybe I’m just broken and I naturally gravitate towards things that hurt people. Now that I’m closer to Shiro’s age in the guidebook than Keith’s, it also starts feeling like I might hurt someone else the way I was hurt. Trauma Brain™ is not logical. It doesn’t care that I know for a fact, deep in my core, that I would never hang out with and date a fucking 15-year-old.

I like Sheith a lot, but I don’t have any problem with people who like b/roganes. If you find comfort from seeing Shiro and Keith’s relationship as brotherly, just like I find comfort from seeing it as romantic, please keep doing what makes you happy. I’mma stay in my corner and you stay in yours, and we don’t have to bother each other. But god, my Trauma Brain™ goes nuts when I see a/nti blogs that also have b/roganes. Like, not only am I approving of abusive relationships with age gaps, but I’m approving of incest?? Sometimes literal incest, because some b/roganes content portrays Shiro and Keith as literally being brothers?? My brain just starts shitting itself. And I hate it so much, because I’m autistic and Voltron is my special interest right now. This is supposed to be soothing me, not triggering the fuck out of me.

I especially resent that I can’t search for autistic Keith or trans Keith content without finding a bunch of a/nti blogs. I just want to be able to find this representation without shit saying “shaladins don’t interact.” Seeing that just sends me on a fucking roller coaster with my brain being like, “Right, I’m a fucking Shaladin, because I approve of Shiro being shipped with literally any of the other paladins, who are all apparently underage or barely legal, and he would be taking advantage of them if they ever actually dated, and apparently I fucking secretly support pedophilia and don’t even know it.”

Again, Trauma Brain™ is not logical. It doesn’t care that I know I don’t support abusive relationships with age gaps, or any abusive relationships at all, or pedophilia. Even though it’s illogical and just plain incorrect, it fucks with my mindset a lot. It’s past 1am and I’ve been writing this damn rant for a couple of hours. I got up at 6:30 this morning to go to work, and I haven’t gotten any sleep since. I know I need to go to bed, but I just want to get all of these feelings out. Otherwise I feel like I’m going to choke on them while I’m trying to fall asleep.

I’m just angry, tired, and bitter as hell that people are the way they are, and that my Trauma Brain™ is the way it is. I fucking love this show. I’ve seen all the episodes at least three times. Reading fanfic where Shiro and Keith are being sweet to each other has helped me get through a brutal year. I’ll even admit that the NSFW/explicit fics have helped me too. It’s pretty damn cool to see people having sex while keeping each other’s comfort and boundaries in the forefront of their minds at all times. Even the weird, kinky shit is healing for me when many of my experiences with sex haven’t had my comfort or boundaries in mind at all.

I just wish that I could have all of that without also being prompted to stay up late when I’m fucking exhausted in order to process being triggered by the fandom. I hate that a subset of the fandom fucks with my mental health so much when the show has been really good for me otherwise. I guess I just have to keep blocking a/nti blogs and hope I stop seeing them someday? Maybe? One can dream, I guess?

If you read all of this, I really appreciate it. I’m totally up for talking about this kind of thing together if you’ve had similar experiences and want to talk to someone. Have a good night!

[wearetakingthehobbitstogallifrey]

Talking about the X-Men...

Hi @camsthisky!  I know you asked if I had any reading/watching recommendations for X-Men.  First of all let me say that my knowledge is REALLY scattered, as are the individual X-Men I am obsessed with.  Like, in DC, I know and love almost everyone, but when it comes to the X-men I mostly obsess over just a few characters...and I have never read any of the comics, so my knowledge comes from movies, shows, fanfic, and reading pages of wikipedia.  So with that fair warning out of the way, let me just spend the rest of this post dumping my thoughts and recommendations out for you :D  (Also I don’t know what your familiarity is with any of this so....)

A few short character introductions mostly per the movies

Nightcrawler aka Kurt “my smile will melt your heart, also take three guesses as to my parentage” Wagner (hmm Nightwing, Nightcrawler, both lived in a circus at some point, guess what they’re both the light of my life...) 

Havok aka Alex “wait I’m supposed to be the younger bro, ah who cares my face is made of sunshine and so are my death beams and death hula hoops” Summers 

Cyclops aka Scott “I’m not a perfect person but dang it the movies screw me over consistently, also I’m the younger? bro??? what” Summers

Phoenix/Marvel Girl/Dark Phoenix aka Jean “most of the movies screwed me over too but at last I get to look badass and gorgeous, also I am legit the most powerful of you all” Grey

Quicksilver aka Pietro/Peter “I’m adorkable as heck and just as fast, also thank gosh the movies actually made that thing with my father a thing” Maximoff

Professor X aka Charles “my issues have issues but at least I help other people with their issues” Xavier

Magneto aka Erik “if ever a guy had good motivations because of his background, also that’s not my real name” Lehnsherr

Rogue aka Marie “with great power comes a great lack of human touch, I either need to kiss someone or punch them in the face, preferably both if it’s Remy” D’Ancanto (tbh the films did NOT do a great job with her, though she was cute still)

Mystique aka Raven “I’m blue, I look like everyone, my name is cooler than yours, I’m probably your mom” Darkholme

Wolverine aka Logan aka James “I have a different love interest for every day of the week but I’m really cool so hopefully Jean won’t notice, yeah that’s right go away movie!Scott because movie!Jean is my soulmate!” Howlett (I love this guy just...not how the first films push the romance with Jean...where is dad Wolverine that’s all I want)

Storm aka Ororo “queen of everything, deserved waaaaaay better than movies for real, where’s her backstory and her brotp with Gambit?!” Munroe

Gambit aka Remy “could and would charm you out of everything you own, a lover and a fighter, does both with Rogue, pretty sure he was Death one time” LeBeau

Angel aka Warren “my backstory changes, I’m an angel or a harbringer of the apocalypse, but either way I’m in pain” Wilson

THERE ARE SO MANY MORE I NEED TO STOP AND ACTUALLY RECOMMEND STUFF

Movies

1. X-Men, X2, and X-Men: The Last Stand:  I enjoyed the first two films.  I absolutely love Sir Patrick Stewart and Sir Ian McKellan, and to watch the two friends play best frenemies is a treat.  I love the teams and the people, though Cyclops several of the characters get screwed over and Wolverine several of the characters try to take over the story.  As far as I am concerned, 75% of the third movie does not exist

2.  Wolverine: Origins, The Wolverine, Logan: Apparently Origins is a terrible, terrible adaption of the comics.  I secretly love it anyway...mostly because we get an appearance from Gambit, the card throwing, stick-wielding, energy-kabooming Cajun thief who was probably the first X-Man I really fell for.  That said, even he is not a great adaption.  I’m just desperate for what I can get.  What I really want is a live-action film of his life story (not with Channing Tatum, sorry my guy I really do love you but you just don’t fit my picture of him), not to mention his romance with Rogue, the woman who literally kills whatever she touches.  Ahem, anyway.  The Wolverine was pretty cool--I enjoyed most of it, though there is one ethical dilemma that I still scratch my head over.  I HAVE NOT YET SEEN LOGAN BUT IT IS ON MY LIST BECAUSE APPARENTLY I AM DYING TO WATCH ANGSTY MOVIES

3.  X-Men First Class, X-Men Days of Future Past, X-Men Apocalypse: I love love love First Class.  James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender KILL it as young Professor X and Magneto, and they get to be besties almost the whole movie!  And we get an origin story for how the X-Men began in the first place!  And Alex Summers makes his first appearance as Havok, and I can’t help it I fell aboard the fangirl train I love him.  Days of Future Past isn’t my favorite but HOLY HECK I love Quicksilver and there is a fabulous speedster scene in it!  Apocalypse is my fave out of these three movies because my faves are almost all here.  Also another great speedster scene. Bby Nightcrawler is in this movie and HE IS THE FREAKING CUTEST THING TO TELEPORT THE EARTH!  He also happens to be the first X-Man who I decided to adopt as my son.  My sweet sweet blueberry son who deserves only happiness...look at his face again!

Cartoons

Okay, this is easy, seeing as I have only seen one so far.  X-Men Evolutions. I LOVE IT.  I LOVE EVERY CHARACTER’S PORTRAYAL.  ROGUE GETS JUSTICE.  NIGHTCRAWLER IS PRECIOUS AS ALWAYS.  WOLVERINE DOESN’T MAKE ME WANT TO PUNCH HIM.  JEAN AND SCOTT YESS.  IT’S FUNNY!!! LAST I CHECKED IT WAS ON YOUTUBE

Fanfics

1.  “This Is a Story about Control” by GrayJay      https://archiveofourown.org/works/4439783

      This is a really cool fic about who Scott Summers is.  A great intro to his character, one that makes me love him more and more.  

2.  “The Way Things Break” by GrayJay      https://archiveofourown.org/works/7227142       This fic is an au of Alex and Scott Summer’s relationship and meeting.  “It might help to watch First Class, Days of Future Past, and Apocalpyse, but you could probably get away without watching them, if you really didn’t feel like it.) The fic is a brilliant explanation of part of the FREAKING MESS that the film and comic timelines has become.  Because Scott is the older Summers brother and Alex is the younger Summers brother...except, well, after they find each other after YEARS of separation, Alex is 30 and Scott is 15.  It’s weird.  Both brothers have issues, but they love the heck out of each other.  There is soooo much angst!!!  

3.  “Corner Pocket” by GrayJay     https://archiveofourown.org/works/5520086

      This short little fic involves Wolverine watching Scott Summers play pool with Matt Murdock.  I never would have thought of Scott and Matt being good friends but I read this and the world makes sense.  Also I really really love Logan and Scott being kinda friends?  Despite their differences?  (The author has a few Daredevil stories that are really good too btw)

4.  “Connect the Dots” by GrayJay     https://archiveofourown.org/works/4279881

     Scott Summers wants to hire a lawyer to teach at the the Institute, so he pitches his idea to Matt Murdock.  Two guys with red glasses read Braille menus.  I REALLY LIKE SCOTT AND MATT BEING FRIENDS

5.  “Rex Racer on the Final Turn” by you guessed it GrayJay (I stumbled on her fics I am just so enthralled by them I can’t help it I have to spread the word)       https://archiveofourown.org/works/2356574/chapters/5200295

     This is a bit of a long fic but I LOVE IT TO DEATH.  It’s a mostly comic canon compliant au of how Alex and Scott reunited after having been seperated for many years.  Mostly it is letters, texts, emails, and phone calls, and normally I am not as into that but the author does it really well.  Realistic dialogue, a great mix of angst and fluff, so many freaking feels.  The author also links various fics along the way that more like traditional fics set in the same universe.  You like brother things?  You’ll like this.  When you start though, know that Scott is secretly Cyclops, that Alex hasn’t manifested his mutation yet, and he doesn’t know that Scott is a mutant.

6.  “The Busy Griefs” by likeadeuce        https://archiveofourown.org/works/63189

      This fic is heart-wrenching.  Deals with the aftermath of a major death in X2.  Storm has a lot to deal with--mostly people dealing or not dealing with grief.

7.  “in the lonely cool before dawn (the wings for wheels remix) by handyhunter       https://archiveofourown.org/works/189580

     A friendship fic for Scott and Ororo (Storm).  Scott really loves his plane

8.  “Hell of a Thing” by likeadeuce       https://archiveofourown.org/works/68110

     I feel like I’m staring to just randomly throwing out a bunch of my recent fave X-Men fics at you without regard anymore to whether you will appreciate them as a newcomer...so feel free to set these aside till you get better acquainted with the characters and stuff.  Anyway, this fic is a quiet one where Scott Summers and Kitty Pryde have a talk about griefs and miracles.  And weird relationships with former enemies.  (I love Scott but the guy’s love life is a mess.)

9.  “Angelus Redemtio” by Misha Berry      https://archiveofourown.org/works/7868899

     A beautiful hurt/comfort AU that takes place after X-Men Apocalypse.  Features Warren/Angel and my precious son Kurt/Nightcrawler.  Kurt is the sweetest kid in the world!

10.  “Help Me Find My Way on Home” by oppressa        https://archiveofourown.org/works/7010188

      Takes place after Apocalpyse.  Something is vaguely hinted at in that movie, like, really vaguely.  This follows up on it.  Features light of my life Kurt Wagner and also Raven Darkholme.  

WEEELLLLLLLLL sorry that all got really long and idk if any of it will even be helpful to you but...here it is anyway!  :D

P.S.  You think DC Comics is a mess?  HAH

P.P.S.  If you want a headache, just look up the Summers’ family tree and general timeline.  It’s a freaking train wreck