#carole and tuesday vibes

[gabbyp09]

[mizutaama]

ok ok o k carole and tuesday is amazing. i was looking for something soft like this and it's a perfect thing to watch when my whole town is covered in mist rn

[guideaus]

this description of the witch and the beast on amazon is so funny because i dont think i'd ever compare this series to either of those works

[undercoverpena]

stockings and stars

javier peña x f!reader

summary: Still need the star putting on the top of the tree. ive got other plans for you Because I’m the star? yeah you're my star and youre not going anywhere but on your back

from the late night texts world - but can still be enjoyed on its own. chapter warnings: allusion to/mentions of smut. no actual smut. javi undresses you, though. flirting. fluff. reader wears red lingerie and a dressing gown. javi flirting. sexy talk, romcom vibes ofc ✨ wordcount: 3k

an: to @goodwithcheese merry christmas from me, to you. thank you for everything, for the tuesday fun we have - i wanted nothing more than to have this out sooner, but life, you know? but, i adore you. and I'm so glad we found one another. ahuge thanks to @thetriumphantpanda who cheerleaded for me throughout.

text key: bold is you/reader | italics is javi

Will I be seeing Santa Javi today? I want to decorate my tree.

one time I come to yours in a red shirt

You also had the tree under your arm and a bag of baubles, I’d class those as gifts.

keep talking baby and you can decorate your tree alone

Think I’m gonna wear that shirt you left here while I do it. Make sure I have to get up on my tip toes. Hope it doesn't rise up...

you don’t play fair

I think I’ll be in stockings too…

youre killing me

Maybe they’re white and red, and…

baby if i wasn’t putting this thing up for Pop, i’d be driving over right now

Hope you hurry up, I need someone tall to put the star on top of the tree.

how am I gonna eat you out when youre perched on the tree baby

The last thing on his to-do list from his Pop is to hang the front porch garland.

He had learnt there had been a huge difference in the front and the back porch garlands. A fifteen-minute-long difference when he'd timed the response given to his sarcastic answer.

Javi learnt there was not only one for the back porch and the front, but one which sat across the fireplace and one on the staircase.

He learnt that after he'd made a joke about mixing them up—earning himself a very pointed glare, and the task of the front porch.

Now, it’s a battle he’s losing.

Tremendously so.

While he’d never want his Pop to do the more challenging tasks, he did rather hate he hadn’t thought to trade this one in for the back porch at the very least—because that had looked fucking easy.

Holding the garland in hand, he’s suddenly hit with a second wave of nostalgia, the first having arrived when he'd pulled down the box and peered into it.

It did the same thing as it had done then, all but rushed over him, layering itself on his shoulders, sitting, nothing short of a comfortable weight on him. Letting his gaze fall out over it, he smiles at the tuffs of fabric, all the bows tied by hand, all in an array of sizes and shades.

Over time, he can see how they've become sun-dyed, remembering the first year they'd been sewn into the faux greenery by his mamá, memories of her all hunched over, humming carols.

Smiling, he rolls his lips, letting out a heavier sigh than he intended as he drags it to the post he’d begin at.

But, all he wonders is whether in the years he wasn’t here, whether it was occasionally hung—or if this year is just that special.

The mere hint that he was going to ask if you wished to spend Christmas at the ranch had sent his Pop into overdrive. Practically yanked him out of his chair like he’d been electrified, a bunch of orders being flung from under his white, wiry moustache that they needed to get ready.

He wasn't sure he'd get the image of his Pop suddenly scrambling around like a man half his age, to drag the decorations out from the cupboard, would ever be erased from his mind. Least of all the sound you'd made aww'ing down the phone when he'd given you a condensed version of the story.

Because he hasn't asked you yet, not properly.

Even though he's spent the last two days at the back of barns and spending a ridiculous amount of time at the hardware store—because we need to make sure the lights stay up, Jav.

He just hasn't found the right time to ask you. A promise each time he goes to see you left in the air. Not that his Pop remembers that, instead he's just busy thinking up ways to make it special: one of which includes decorating the trees at the entrance to the ranch.

An idea having sprouted with the newest ranch hand—one which, if Javi overheard correctly, involves rope acting like tinsel and a cowboy hat being the star on the top of the trees.

Feeling his phone vibrate, he temporarily ignores it as he begins to weave the beginning of the garland around the wood—already knowing, before he tries to move it around the spindles, that it isn’t going to be easy.

Because nothing ever fucking is.

Least of all when you’re waiting for him.

His mind begins to concoct images of you in bows and sheer material, lips painted, sat waiting, smelling nothing short of heavenly as you call out for—

“Fuck,” he shouts, dropping the garland to the ground.

It had pricked him, stabbed him right in the skin—hand shaking the pain out, face likely all scrunched. And, if it didn't have sentimental value, he's sure he'd have kicked its protesting ass with everything he had. Instead, he just narrows his eyes more than he had done moments ago as he begins again.

He feels his nostrils flare when it begins to undo itself. The sound of faux bristles on wood grates him before it will even attempt to do what he needs it to.

And it makes him want to quit, to throw it back into the box and tell his Pop it isn’t worth it. But he knows it is. Knows that his mama didn’t spend hours bent over under flickering light for it not to be seen.

Javi also strongly suspects you’d love it. Likely run your fingers over several bows asking who made it. He can even imagine the look of joy on your face when he tells you.

It’s why, if he didn’t already suspect it anyway, he’s pretty sure his Pop loves you more than him. Because even the first Christmas he was back, there weren’t this many decorations; not nearly as much need to have them all out, either.

Not that Javi really minds—or blames him.

There’s a notable shift in energy when you stay over. Even more so in him. He can see there’s a cheer and a glow to the place—one Javi hates watching vanish when he takes you back to your place.

It's why, when—and where—he can, he fights for you to be here. Practically finds convincing ways to do so, including, crossword puzzles, dinner, and two-person showers. But, at some stage, your clothing dwindles, underwear runs low, and he has to make the painful drive into town to return you to your place.

Your fingers in his hair, practically clambered into his lap as you whisper that you’ll be back before he knows it. His fingers on your chin, thumb stroking out the words he says right back—that he’ll miss you all the same.

Javier Peña. Texan softie—what will the world think?

He only thinks one thing when he drives back—a response which had been there on his lips. Guess they’ll see just how much I love you. A thing you know, comment on, say back to him first thing in the morning and last thing at night. An array of promises there, sometimes spoken at a normal level and sometimes whispered.

You always keep them, just like the one that you are always back before he knows it.

He likes it when you are. Enjoys it when you’re nestled beside him, arm across his chest, hand close to his ribs—strumming them, tracing lines and words he tries to understand before sleep takes him.

He still always sleeps better when you’re beside him. When his breathing can mirror yours, when he can feel for you in the night when he’s awoken with nightmares and things he knows won’t ever come true.

Now, he’s fighting a different battle. One to get to you.

Halted in his path to freedom by the garland which refused to be hung, and could be labelled as giving him more grief than the horses which had banded together. A phrase he never thought he’d admit out loud, never mind think.

You still fighting with the garland?

baby its torturing me on purpose

Do you want me to come and help?

will you come in the stockings

No!! Your dad is there.

then stay there actually lie down, but do not begin without me

Still need the star putting on the top of the tree.

ive got other plans for you

Because I’m the star?

yeah you're my star and youre not going anywhere but on your back

Hurry then.

i’m hurrying

He does hurry—practically scratched up by the time he’s parking his truck outside your place.

As he takes the step up to your door, Javi realises how much he misses it here when he doesn’t visit. A place less frequent and often spent time in, even under your insistence of renting it.

It is always usually a stopping point, him parking up, letting you go in and grab what you need before you're back in his truck, heading back to his.

He does like your place though, likes how small it is, how cosy. Plus, it has all the things which make you, you. A thing his place is currently missing.

Although, as he steps through the door, and calls your name, he does have to admit it currently looks fucking ridiculous.

On a good day, he’d describe your place as crowded, but right now, it’s claustrophobic.

The tree you’d forced him to get is shoved into a corner, branches fluffed out, surrounded by the piles of unpacked boxes you’ve tried to discreetly hide. Your remaining floorspace is overtaken by a bit of rug, several piles of books (you have no room for, but continue to buy) and odd bits of furniture you find and attempt to restore.

For the most part, you’ve decorated. A thing you did inform him of.

You’ll be pleased to know when you get here your only job is the star. managed it all yourself, did you I’m a very competent woman, Javi. oh i know baby ive seen you with a crossword Does that do it for you? Me finishing a crossword. does something to me Get over here. im leaving now

There’s a warm, comforting glow spread out across the place from the fairy lights you’ve hung and the array of mismatched decorations—both bought and handmade—hanging from branches.

He breathes in the scent of orange which hangs in the air, his eyes finding the culprit on your fireplace, a garland—one not dissimilar to the one he’d been battled with—places there, mocking him due to the ease of which had been laid, with oranges and little beads all entwined within it.

Snorting, he glances back at your tree, spotting the things he's been with you when you've bought. And, as promised—and informed him through text—there’s nothing at the top of your tree.

“You finally made it!”

Spinning on his heel, he comes face to face with you, and fuck if the sight of you doesn’t make it all worth it.

Dressed in a red, silky dressing gown, all tied in the middle, you're a vision. Then, there's the fact your lips are painted a shade he’d now famously dub Christmas red, a colour he wants nothing more than to be stained with. A path of it from his mouth down to the space where his jeans meet his hips. A thought which seems to only make how tight his jeans are even more uncomfortable.

“Cariño, you’re…”

You sway a little, letting the fabric move—allowing his gaze to land on the stockings. The ones he’s been thinking about all afternoon. The ones he can’t wait to feel under his palm and know whether they’ll create friction when wrapped around his waist.

“Fuck me.”

“I’m kinda banking on it,” you say, biting your red-painted lip. “But first…”

His hand crawls around your waist, feeling the smooth, soft texture under his hand—swallowing, dragging his eyes up and down you, unsure how he could ever be so lucky—how something so good could ever be here for him to unwrap.

“I need you to hang the star,” you continue.

“Right now?”

Nodding, you ghost your lips over his. “I’ve been so good waiting for you.”

“You're never good. You, baby, are a menace.”

“I’m your menace.”

Snorting, he presses a kiss to your lips. “Damn right, you are.”

Moving from you, reluctantly, only to pick up the gold star he assumes you want to hang, getting a nod from you that he’s right.

“Need to ask you something too.”

And even though he’s only taken a mere short step from you, he’s floored all over again about what a picture you look like when he glances back. That you’re standing all for him, dressed in nothing but cheer and ribbons all for him.

“Go on.”

Turning to your tree, he flattens his hand to the wall for stability. “I wanted…”

His concentration slides in—suddenly aware he doesn’t want to knock anything from the branches. Doesn’t want to force things to be misplaced from where they were expertly hung.

He’s also sure he’s wanting to swallow the question. A part of him, all the way deep inside of him, having been bracing—and waiting—to hear you’d be apart for the holidays. A thing the two of you have rarely been since you moved here, not a day going by he hasn’t seen you for at least an hour.

“Wanted to know if you—shit—” the star almost sitting atop, before at the last minute protesting. “I wanted to know if you wanted to spend Christmas with me—with us, me and Pop. At the ranch.”

The star slides into place, sitting more comfortably with another shove, more branch supporting it.

But he doesn’t turn, not immediately. Not as the question hums around him, swirls in the silence of you not immediately saying yes. So much so, that it takes him a second to move on his heels, to face you—to read the answer before it’s delivered.

What he sees is something his heart couldn’t have ever prepared for.

You, grinning—a silly, almost goofy, smile spreading out as you bite down on your lip, forehead slightly crinkled.

“You… you want me to spend the holidays with you?”

“Of course—cariño, I want nothing more than for you to be with me.”

It all quick to leave his mouth, mirroring the movement to be back in front of you, fingers under your chin, lifting your eyes—those beautiful, fucking eyes—to his.

“Do… do you—wanna spend it with me?”

You pull a different face before you’re nodding. One more excited, one which begins to expel out over a smile and a bunch of escaping phrases such as I can’t believe you want me with you and of course.

“Why wouldn’t I want to be with you?”

Shrugging, you scrunch your nose—an act he finds just as cute as the first time he saw it. “Guess it’s a big deal. It’s… a thing people do with families.”

Pulling you close by your hips, your hand lands flat on his chest. “You are my family.”

“Javi,” you whisper, making each letter feel so individual the way you say it, that it makes his heart double.

“It’s true. You’re it for me, cariño. All I’ve wished for.”

Eyes widening, your eyes shimmer under the lights—more so than normal. Taking a deep breath, you lift your chin before pressing a kiss to his mouth. One which turns hungry, desperate—your mouth searing, a thing he’s craved since he woke up before the sun even rose.

“Baby,” you whisper.

And he hums.

It vibrates out, able to feel it from the way his fingers cup your cheek.

“Undo me.”

Releasing your lips with a pop, he opens his eyes, studying your eyes, moving from one to the other.

“Go on,” you urge in a whisper, more breathless, more tinged with something that makes his skin hot.

Sliding his fingers over the knot, he barely has to tug before it comes undone—unveiling you, like a curtain which wishes to part. If he’d thought you’d looked good before, he’s sure every bit of you is a sin now—a Christmas sin.

Red and lace. It’s all he sees. It sitting there, against you, hugging your breasts—sitting on your hips. His mouth is suddenly dry at the thought of running his tongue over the place it meets your skin before pulling it down.

Your fingers follow his eyes, sliding between the valley to land on the bow in the centre, twisting the edge of the tie around your index finger—palm skating over your stomach, allowing him more chance to take in how you’re stood before him in see-through fabric and promises.

“How’d I get so lucky?” he asks, more to no one, than to you.

His fingers teasing the fabric sat on your hip—marvelling, unsure how to think straight until you clear your throat, forcing his eyes to meet yours.

“Hey,” you whisper, tightening your hold on his hands, bringing his arms more around your waist, pressing your front to him, feeling the heat from your skin through your clothes. “You’re all I wished for too.”

Smiling, he looks at your tree, before landing back on you. “You look so good.”

“I know. Could look better though?” His brow arches as you slowly begin to smile, the tip of your tongue sliding over your upper lip. “Everything is held in place by bows.”

Groaning, he closes his eyes, letting his hand slide down your lower back, over sheer material before his fingers find the ribbon on your hip.

“All for you.”

“Mine,” he answers, slotting his mouth over yours—staining the four letters to your lips.

His fingers slide around, brushing over soft skin, until he finds the first bow. Undoing it with ease, licking into your mouth, only to grunt against you when you whimper as the fabric falls to your feet.

“Yours,” you say back, your own hands beginning to undo him.

an: merry christmas, love you

[cepheusgalaxy]

They are trans and I will die on this hill

Desna (left), from The Legend of Korra

Look, that's seriously talk

Do you know what are bivitelin and univitelin twins?

Univiteline twins are the ones whose embryons are from the same origin

Biviteline are the ones whose embryons are unrelated, but happened to envolve and born at the same time

Biviteline twins often look very different, in what univiteline twins are identical

Obvsiously thought, they even have the same genes

Did you know uiviteline twins also are always the same sex

They are made of the same seed after all

See what I mean?

Eska and Desna as obviously univiteline

And they have different genders: Desna's a boy and Eska is female

I assume Desna is the trans one, since their designs, aside from being identical and giving us a vibe of nobelty and inaproachableness expected of the North Pole prince and princess, tend more to a feminine aesthetic

Also, Bolin thought they were both girls firs time they met lol

In a side note, Bryan Konietzo and Michael Dante Dimartino have a history of representing minorities, such as disabled characters

And brown/black people

As well, as they already have done queer characters (Asami and Korra), despiste the latter's representation abeing way more sutile

So it's natural to guess that the level of sutileness would be the same while approaching another queer character

Logical conclusion: Desna is super trans

Pyotr, from Carole and Tuesday

This guy

Come on, have you heard his music??????

Like, have you heard his music??

[heavencasteel420]

AU where Joyce gets taken to the UD in S1, so Jonathan and Will go to stay with the Wheelers that week. But Nancy still really wants to go to that party on Tuesday night and Barb is NOT feeling it and guess who else has a car? So she’s like. Jonathan. Hey. You wanna go do something fun? And he’s like there is something very wrong with you but if I have to stay in this house and do nothing one second longer I will die. But Steve is actually very weirded out by Nancy’s “uh hey my female BFF whom you invited to be nice didn’t want to come, so I brought this strange guy whose family tragedy you were snickering at earlier today” move. Like he’s actually pretty gracious about it but it kind of obliterates the sensual vibe he was going for. Tommy and Carol go off to have sex in the guest room early on in the night (their plan all along) which leaves Stoncy alone, making awkward small-talk. And Steve’s kind of bummed because his parents are only gonna be away on business for so long and he didn’t get to do anything fun. So he suggests a three-way to salvage the evening. Nancy is shocked for a second but then she’s like wow Steve is so open-minded and sophisticated! And Jonathan is like you know what I could use the distraction. So they all do it, and the rest of the teen plot is about negotiating the aftermath of the world’s most fraught threesome. Steve’s going through a bisexuality crisis (having realized post-nut that most people don’t suggest m/f/m threesomes out of boredom). Nancy is like “is it weird to lose your virginity in a boredom-induced threesome?” and Barb is like “I stayed home for ONE night.” And Jonathan has gone from basically never talking to anyone outside his family to having two sex partners, and also his mom is apparently found dead in the quarry twenty-four hours later and his abusive dad is coming back to town and his brother has befriended a psychic child who’s being hunted by the government. Plus Tommy and Carol are telling everyone at school about the supposed orgy.

[lilbeanz]

Hii! I'm so excited to start reading you new fic, retellings of the books are my fave kind of fics, I just love to see people's interpretations of all the events and characters.

Also if it's ok, can you rec me some active drarry blogs to follow?? I just recently made a Tumblr and almost all the blogs I've found are inactive 😭 I'd like to fill my feed with drarry art 🥺

Ahhh hello anonny darling~!

Firstly thank you soooo much! It updates every Tuesday 🥰

And secondly yes I most certainly can! The drarry community has so many wonderful talented artists, you are in for a right treat!

@caroll-in creates wonderfully cheeky comics and art, a classic around these parts!

@ihopeyoubothstaysafefromharm is truly an ✨️artiste✨️ creating showstopping painterly works of art every time!

@to00fu makes the most wonderful drarry art for them ✨️classy vibes✨️🥂 but they also do such soft pieces too there's such a nice balance🥰

@babooshkart makes you feel so warm and cozy with their gorgeous homely pieces of artwork🥰

@pato-roldnart I get on my hands and knees for Pato, their work is S T U N N I N G!!!

@reebeex makes adoooorable drarry art (as well as some wolfstar!)

@snarkyships-drarryside is a master of illustrations, I bow down to their hilarious, amazing work.

@trashcanprince LEGENDARY pieces of drarry artwork like seriously top tier, amazing, stunning, never seen before, *the whole Lady Gaga meme.*

@anzukero has an art style that POPS out at you, so stunning and amazing!

@nina-scribbles has a beauuutiful style!! Does drarry so much justice! (also the actual goddess of background art like😍)

@beebox-illustrations my love, my queen, my wonderful amazing Bee! Has a spectacular array of hilarious comics for you to sink your teeth into🐝💛✨️

There are soooo many more wonderful artists who churn out drarry for you to stumble upon, I'm so excited for you🤩

[kagehinataboke]

another anime recs list because a lot of good new ones have come out….

Komi Can’t Communicate

tags: slice of life, comedy, school

status: in progress,

i usually avoid school life anime like the plague but this one is very cute and wholesome, and the characters are so fun and diverse and just really lovable

recommend for fans of love is war, although it’s not nearly as unhinged lol

Spy X Family

tags: comedy, action/adventure

status: in progress, 7/12 episodes

obviously i had to talk about this, nobody better be snoozin on this chaotic & heartwarming shit ok

fairly unique premise, not sure what to relate it to… it sorta has balance: unlimited vibes?? either way, it’s a fun story and i honestly think fans of any genre could get into it

Skeleton Knight In Another World

tags: fantasy, action/adventure, isekai

status: in progress, 7/12 episodes

i usually avoid isekai as well bc they’re….well, garbage—but this one is so funny and unique and for some reason i like it a lot, maybe bc i just think Arc is funny? idk

anyway i recommend it to anyone tired of the same old over-used and gross isekai tropes and looking for a new take on it

Koi wa Sekai Seifuku no Ato de

tags: comedy, romance, action/adventure

status: in progress, 7/12 episodes

what’s not to love about this? i am literally obsessed. i am obsessed. he’s so awkward for a hero and she’s so unlike a villain that it’s funny, and together the whole enemies-to-lovers trope just blew me away

a very fun and endearing story that will have even the most cynical person laughing hysterically and also wanting a relationship like what these two have

Paripi Koumei

tags: music, historical (iffy but…reincarnation)

status: in progress, 8/12 episodes

do you ever want to watch an anime that lowkey makes no sense but you’re in the mood for a laugh? yeah this is the one. i kinda had no idea what was going on but in the best way, also the music is great

recommended for fans of the one punch man “i kind of get it but also what the fuck is even happening” vibe and also people who wished Carole and Tuesday was funnier

Aharen-san wa Hakarenai

tags: comedy, slice of life, school

status: in progress, 8/12 episodes

like i said i usually hate school life anime but this season is making me looking inconsistent bc i love everything about this

these two have such a funny, relatable, and endearing relationship, and the comedy isn’t cheap or annoying as it is in a lot of school life anime—but since this is an iyashikei (it’s supposed to be relaxing and “healing”) i guess it makes sense

i recommend to everyone tbh, but once again to those who like love is war bc this is a lot more similar to it

[pixelated-jellifishi]

ok poll for theme change, if u dont know any of them just go off their vibes

[mstornadox]

Thoughts while watching Eurovision semifinal 2

Wish I could watch this live. Dadi Freyr is in the audience!

Denmark - why are the vocals so quiet?

Armenia - like the raked stage with the visuals. But. I want dancers.

Romania - liked him better in the vid peacock is actually showed the lyrics in romanian!?!?! Earlier, even French was captioned as “non English”

Estonia - another solo performer. Where are the groups? The backup dancers? That piano does not count. And ya lost points when you sat at the bench and pretended to play

Belgium - finally, a faster tempo. And the backup singers are good. Wish the drag queens in the visuals had been on stage. At least the vogue dancer appeared towards the end.

Thoughts so far:

not liking the lineup

Want more variety

Want more spectacle

No crazy zany or weird energy

Excuse me while I watch a video of Scooch’s performance from a while ago.

Cyprus - best love song so far :/ Maybe because it reminds me of a song by Imagine Dragons

Iceland - dramatic disco ballad. Best performance so far

Greece - really, what is up with sound mix

Poland - backup dancers! Finally! Who are wearing different outfits and colors! Song even has a dance break, so much energy.

Slovenia - omg a band and they are having fun. alt-disco vibe

Georgia - finally a solo performer starting the song loud and vibrant instead of quiet

San Marino - another band! But the singer is not good. Now I want to watch last year’s entry

Austria - oooh, a duo and they are bringing the weird. Fitting for a song about Edgar Allan Poe

Albania - yes.

Lithuania - good energy, the performance was all about the song

Australia - metal band; too much focus on the lead singer. Everyone else in the band was much more interesting

Other observations:

Tonight’s vid intros are showing lots of sports.

Most of the songs have had the same structure. As do the performances. Is this because there have been so many solo performances on the stage alone?

If Malta had been in this semifinal, they would have made it through to the finals. I’m retroactively adding them to my favorites from this year

The last 5 acts were the best sequence

Seriously, the sound mix is not good tonight

When they started singing the Carol of Bells, I really missed having a commentator

Hannah Waddington is awesome

Favorites today: Portugal and Croatia (even though they performed on Tuesday); Belgium; Slovenia; Georgia; Austria; Albania; Australia; and the drag queens medley

[nijigasakilove]

Rogue got me about to act up 😩 the girls are definitely hot in this one, but I’m pretty confused by what’s going on story wise. I think they introduced a lot of stuff in this episode that was kind of overwhelming at times but from what I gather there’s 9 immortal androids we’re going to see Metallic Rogue take on?

The setting and characters were good so far. I didn’t know these were the same people behind Carole and Tuesday so that explains the singing set up at the beginning.

Liked the two leads’ chemistry a lot. Their first meeting in the bar where Rogue repeats the sentence like 3x was hilarious. The action was great as well. The world feels like it’s buzzing and alive which is a plus. Hopefully they can continue to expand upon it. Heavy blade runner vibes to this with the cityscape and mechanics. Nice start to this.

[lola-andheruniverse]

For ZA Tuesday I love “For Her, For Us “ by CarolPeletier. After the farm, Carol and Daryl never reunite with the group but they find their way and build a life. Also Fervor by the same author is Za and has a lot of spice. Sophia makes it in this version. The author hadn’t written in over a year but she is so good. Maybe some positive comments will help.

Hi, anon! I've been saving your recs for a while now because I wanted to read both fics before reviewing them. Sorry it took me so long and thank you to introduce me to a new author and new stories! Our fics for today were both written by CarolPeletier and I have to tell you, dear fellow caryler, this author approach on new possibilities for our old TWD ZA are very interesting! Both fics diverge from canon very early so nothing is sacred here - except, of course, Carol and Daryl. Be ready to see our TF characters developing and connecting to each other on different settings and different points in TWD's timeline. Shout out to two of my favorite Merle portraits ever! He's amazing on both fics. Nothing makes me happier than a happy ending with a Dixon family and here we have two versions of it so satisfaction guaranteed!

For Her, For Us is posted only on AO3.

Summary: After the Greene farm is overrun, Carol and Daryl are left separated from their group. After weeks of searching, they find a new place to call home. Broken and weary from the events at the farm, an unexpected complication brings them closer together and helps them heal.

Rating: M/Mature Word count: 115.481 (55 chapters) Published: November 18, 2019 - COMPLETE What I loved most about this fic is how Carol and Daryl progress from friends to lovers. It feels very organic and real how they fall in love while taking care of the "unexpected complication" mentioned in the summary. Yeah, dear fellow caryler, this one is a spoiler I won't give you, you've got to go and read it. But trust me, it's a very sweet one, especially if you enjoyed S9/S10.

Fervor is also posted on AO3.

Summary: Carol waits until everyone's asleep to take her shower at the CDC. Daryl has the same idea. Two lost souls find each other in the middle of the night and take each other by surprise.

Rating: E/Explicit Word count: (54 chapters) Published: April 07, 2020 - COMPLETE

Anon is right, this fic is spicy! But the smut is really well written and it works nicely with the plot, which is something important on a long fic. I've loved how our author used major canon plot points to build a whole different story (for example, how Carol deals with Alpha when there's no Henry to be lost?), creating a truly AU ZA. Thanks anon, one more time, for your recs! They're delightful stories and I'm sure more carylers will enjoy them just like us. Feedback is water and food for any author's soul so please give these two fics lots of kudos and reviews, okay? Sending positive vibes to you all! Caryl on, lovelies, caryl on!

[touchmycoat]

Temptation Tuesday oh I love it: a list of the ideas distracting you from your current WIP (tagged by @authenticaussie)

fic ideas pouring out my brain (all Only Friends TTT):

sequel to everyone bleeds, Sand catches Ray & Boeing at the hotel and has a Fucking Moment. Ray gets to see Sand's insecurities up close and personal.

Ep 12 fix-it where BostonNickBoeing bang at the club, Nick goes with Boston to the nye party, and Sand apologizes to Boston in front of the whole friend group about stealing the recording. This disrupts the "Boston needs to apologize to everyone" flow and Cheum gets competitive apologizes too for the Atom thing. BostonRay bff agenda, and as everyone gets progressively more drunk Mew also comes around. Ray and Mew catch Boston & Cheum up on the whole Boeing situation and Boston demands to see a pic. Nick is horrified he sucked Sand's ex's dick 'cause that's not Bro Code.

OF x Not Me crossover where once upon a time, Sand helps a random street artist escape pursuit by cops and as luck would have it, Dan's one of the arresting officers at the Halloween party. Problem is, Dan's more interested in shutting Sand up than taking Top's money so he finds an excuse to take Sand away (a la Dan just kidnapping Yok out of school & taking him to an abandoned building). This is where all my dark fantasies can go but point is, no good deed goes unpunished for Sand yet again and Ray has to contend with the fact that Sand's bearing the consequences for his recklessness.

Another Not Me crossover but it's just a Sand/Ray/Yok threesome, 'cause Sand trusts Yok and Ray deserves to be the filling in a First sandwich

OF x The Shipper crossover where Kim's working in heaven as *handwave* a junior in the Grace department (in exchange he gets to watch his loved ones grow old and move on, at least for a little bit, until he feels like he's got closure). He develops a little program based on A Christmas Carol and yoinks Ray to purgatory to show Ray past, present, and future: Sand's past with Boeing to explain why Sand reacted the way he did when Boeing came back into the picture; the present, some of the little things Sand does because of Ray that Ray doesn't know about; a vision of the future where eventually Ray's inability to exercise patience & self-destructive tendencies results in him really hurting Sand again. Ray gets frustrated at this point at Kim putting all this blame on him. Kim reveals that Sand's been his client this whole time, not Ray; it's Sand who needs a bit of grace. Ray's even more panicked at the prospect of failing Sand so he asks why Kim didn't just tell Sand all this instead of him. Cue Kim monologue about how he just wanted to prove something, how he'd immediately seen Sand was the type to stupidly carry the whole world on his shoulders and how he just wondered if someone Sand loved would be willing to share the burden.

Don't know if this would be a part of ^ fic or a separate relapse fic but Ray & Kim having a conversation about suicidal thoughts. Something about how Ray imagined his death would bring people relief vs. Kim imagining his death would bring about regret, very vindictive how does it feel to lose everything I do for you huh? vibes. And ultimately how both their thoughts stem out of the same desire: I wish I could stop. Ray wants to stop fucking up and disappointing his loved ones. Kim wanted to stop taking everything onto himself and resenting the world for it.

I don't fucking know I just have so much unresolved grief about Kim I want to rotate him

Tagging YOU who sees this (so I can scramble to a work meeting nsklfasjdbfksd)

[bebopsource]

hi there :) can you recommend me some other animes like cowboy bebop?

Hello!! We’ve got a couple for you.  To start, Samurai Champloo would be the first rec, as it’s another one of Shinichirō Watanabe’s masterpieces that follows up after Cowboy Bebop. Other series that are similar in the vibes would have to be Lupin III, Trigun, Black Lagoon and Michiko e Hatchin.  If you’re interested in Cowboy Bebop universe, we’d also suggest Space Dandy and Carole and Tuesday! vERY different vibes, but same universe.  Carole and Tuesday actually takes place in the same city that the Cowboy Bebop movie takes place, and you’ll find Vicious’s crow in Space Dandy :DD

[elegyofthemoon]

1 and 24 for the song asks?

@springagainafter ty you two

makes me happy

"Day by Day" from Carole and Tuesday. It's kinda silly too because the song's apparently all about losing one's self with the loss of a relationship, but I always wind up smiling once the song starts playing, especially at the lyrics that are like "Now I'm feeling free to be myself". Maybe it's like the found freedom at the end.

24. i want to be my theme song

hrmm I think I'll say "Egoist" by School Food Punishment. I won't say the lyrics are on point as a theme song, but the vibes are right. Maybe it feels more like an ending song ?

[perryhedge]

Bocchi the Rock Ep 1 Impressions

I'm a big fan of music anime. As someone who was always in music groups all throughout school, stories about people coming together to express themselves and their bonds through music never get old. The newest such anime, Bocchi the Rock, is a fairly standard but very enjoyable entry that definitely did not disappoint.

One thing that I really like is the "rock" element. A lot of music anime especially these days is either idol stuff or, like K-On, "light" music. So for the opening scenes of this anime to show our main character doing Van Halen shreds was pretty refreshing. The music isn't super hardcore or anything, but it's got this nice grungy edge and at least aspires to be something other than pop, which I appreciate. It seems the production used motion capture and CGI in the same way as something like Kids on the Slope or Carole & Tuesday, but mixes that with carefully done hand-drawn elements that add some volume and cartoony expressiveness to the movements. I really like this approach and think it looks really interesting, and I hope the genre of music means there will be more of a focus on musicianship and playing instruments.

The backgrounds in this show are really impressive! The main character, Hitori, lives in a closet Harry Potter-style and as a result her room feels cluttered and lived-in. Similarly the band rehearsal room is chock full of details and character. It's a fun, real seeming environment.

There's plenty of really fun character animation too, mostly used to serve the show's extremely dry sense of humor, which I thought was very funny. The protagonist's pathetic-ness mixed with the irreverent fast-paced 4 koma gags made this episode consistently fun to watch. I chuckled a bit at the gag where the show ends midway through the first episode and the credits roll.

The characters could use some work. Though Hitori is funny and endearing (mostly carried by some good gags and voice acting) the other characters so far are slightly flavorless. This seems like the kind of show that could lose momentum very quickly. On the other hand, the vibes are pretty great and the production values impressive, so at the very least I'll be keeping an eye on this one.