#i did these in chronological order

[yesokayiknow]

happy birthday to the worst girl in the universe (23 november 1986 - 2016 (eventually))

[courfee]

» I love you. That's all.

– Art Heist, Baby! @otrtbs

paintings I referenced here:

Gustav Klimt, Death and Life, 1908-1915 – Regulus' shirt has the same pattern as Death's cloak, James' shirt is patterned like the background of 'Life'

It was life and death, and death was there, on the left side of the canvas, waiting eagerly to pluck any one person from the conglomeration of life and claim them as its own. – chapter 28

Mark Rothko, Untitled (Seagram Murals), 1958 – Regulus bleeding out into the background

And he remembers looking out at the thick red blood on the marble floors and nonsensically, being reminded yet again, of Rothko. – chapter 34

Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky, Gathering Storm, 1899 – Regulus' socks have this pattern

'Hang painting here?' – chapter 37

and here some little details and an alternative bloody version :) look at that snake ring being handed over <33

[quinn-pop]

something about learning, idk

[atlas-dr0wned]

when i was a kid i used to think i really understood beatlemania and why everyone was so crazy about them, but it turns out i’m just autistic

[gayvecchio]

Timestamp Roulette - due South: 2.16 -> The Duel

Inspired by @portlandwithyou

[lemongogo]

just thought of stamps treatment of elendira again ..no .. NOO

[iceinherheart-kissonherlips]

“That old reflex never died; the little pang of Don't go, just stay. Settle over me like the tide, cover me like a blanket, wrap around me like the sun. 

Don't go, don't go, don't go.” [x]

[dizzybizz]

you will never guess but i have another magma compilation

the discord didn't appreciate my "she hanako on my toilet til im bound" joke 💔

the only non magma art from the past few days someone drag me away from there

[wantonlywindswept]

so all of the fic where the GAR and Coruscant Guard don't get along because the GAR thinks Coruscant is a cushy gig and the Guard are in Literal Hell are 

so fucking chefkiss

like it is a trope i will DEVOUR, i will unhinge my jaw and swallow that shit whole

but 

what about an inverse?

what about a Guard that's the protecting soldier meme except real?

troopers on leave on Coruscant finally feel like they can relax from the war because they know the Guard has their back, and everyone knows that if you need a hand or an ear or a hug you can ask any Guard* and they are always the most patient helpful big brother types ever, they will listen and they will help and they will protecc

(*sole exception: fox**, who shoulders all of the pain and rage and condenses it into a tiny supernova of fury in his chest that he shoves down into a locked box of emotions, and one day he'll die

**except also very much including fox, who rages and rails and might throttle you for being an idiot but he'll also absolutely gut any aggressive natborn that even breathes in your direction)

so they still might think that Coruscant's a cakewalk compared to the frontlines but they're glad that they have brothers protecting the homefront too, they're glad that at least SOME of them can stay gentle and kind and at peace

of course then palpatine and the sith and all the corruption in the senate are exposed

(because TCW canon is for COWARDS and people who like being SAD)

and the GAR realizes all the shit that the Corries went through, all the ostracization and threats and abuse and pain

and it just

made them kind

[dalbit0]

jyl’s visit pt 2 !

+ little extra under read more

[sketchychelsea]

✨ 𝑳𝒆𝒐 ✨

[the-red-thread-that-strangles]

Sweater AU masterpost

Because all the links are broken now that I changed my username we're redoing things and just putting them into chronological order, that's probably less confusing

The Original Sin (The Tea Party sweater theft)

Intermission I: Petty Thieves

Akai family revelations (Part 1/Part 2/Part 3)

Rei realizes he has a problem™

The Last Briefing

The Immediate Aftermath

Dinner for Two

Akai Shuuichi and the mortifying ordeal of being known

Operation Campfire (Part 1)

Bonus thoughts, loosely canon to this AU until they're incorporated properly:

Akai family shenaniganry

Hiding in plain sight, if one is optimistic and can look up (so, not one Furuya Rei)

[velociraptorsaurusrex]

1x02 Tempered Steele // Casablanca (1942) // 1x18 Steele in the News // 2x03 Red Holt Steele // Reborn, Susan Sontag // “Divers,” Divers, Joanna Newsom // 1x17 Steele Among the Living // “Kingfisher,” Have One on Me, Joanna Newsom // 1x11 Steeling the Show // 1x10 Steele Trap // 1x07 Etched in Steele // combined translations of Ovid's Pygmalion // 3x05 Blue Blooded Steele // 1x12 Steele Flying High // 3x01 Steele at It // Pygmalion and Galatea, W.S. Gilbert, Act I, pp15 // “The Creation to the Creator,” Mildred Pluma Foulke // 2x04 Altared Steele // 2x19 Dreams of Steele // Genesis 1:27 // 3x06 Steele Your Heart Away // Genesis 2:23 // 3x21 Steele Trying // Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë, pp179 // “To Helen,” Frank Marshall Davis // Herman Melville letter to Nathaniel Hawthorne, Nov. [17?] 1851 // 2x01 Steele Away With Me // “Act,” León Salvatierra, trans. Javier O. Huerta // 4x01 Steele Searching // “Corpse Song,” Margaret Atwood // Job 10:8-9 // The Eye, Vladimir Nabokov, pp?? I only have an ebook // Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare, 2.2.46-55 // 4x02 Steele Searching // 4x07 Premium Steele // Dark Passage (1947) // “Song of Myself,” Walt Whitman // “Now I Become Myself,” May Sarton // “Sacred Emily,” Gertrude Stein // “Recreation,” Audre Lorde // s1 intro voiceover

[the-uncanny-dag]

Actually, my favourite thing about the original The Crow comic is just how much of it is about Eric openly grieving Shelly & the life they had together in the middle of his unhinged quest for vengeance. He cries remembering their Christmas together & the domestic life they had, he hallucinates her in their empty bed in the ruined house they painted together, he can't stop thinking of her face & body even as his dreams turn to ruin. Shelly in Eric's flashbacks, meanwhile, is characterized as someone more than a box shaped like a Gaussian blurred wife in a white dress for the author to tick and give the protagonist something to avenge.

And that grief for that person that she was, in spite of driving him to self-harm, derangement & brutality, lets Eric hold onto his humanity as well. He adopts Gabriel the cat after her old lady owner was also murdered by a gang as a gift for their would be first anniversary & gives her another home at Captain Hook's when it's time for him to leave this mortal coil for good. He gives Shelly's ring to neglected little Sherri as the first gift she's ever had, treats her gently, urges her mom to get clean ASAP & lets Officer Albrecht know that she needs protection. Even when Funboy, one of the members of the gang, talks with Eric & tells him he doesn't know why he is the way he is, doesn't see the way to be better & thinks resisting Eric pointless, he lets him take drugs to overdose and have a relatively peaceful end instead of killing him himself. Not only bc of Eric's own personality buried under layers of rage, depression and disgust, but also bc of Shelly's retained influence on him beyond the grave.

You can tell that, in spite of its flaws, this is a comic made by someone intimately familiar with trauma of losing a loved one & how the grief that comes with it messes with you. It's too bad that the later comics & adaptations decided that the edgy anti-hero vigilante shit was too cool to let all of that distract the viewer from it

[mcrowann]

So far in making Good Omens in Chronological Order:

Fun.

[meadowlarkx]

Some March fic recs!

For Tolkien Fanfic Reading Month! Limiting myself to stories I read in March (but posted anytime). (header by Anna Zakharova on Unsplash)

picnic by @swanmaids - A bored and reckless Aredhel goes to Vána's orchards seeking adventure and has an experience. This lush and sexy fic feels like a warm summer afternoon. I love how seductive and eerie Vána is here!

Kiss and Marry by @thecoolblackwaves - Have you ever looked at Celegorm and Curufin and thought, "They should be the stars of a romcom"? No? This fic is here to reveal that wonder to you.

弄假成真 by Divano_Messiah - Maglor has been telling people at school that he has a boyfriend. Maedhros is jealous until he learns who it is. (I admit I read this via google translate, you can too...)

Envy by @polutrope - In Tirion, Maglor and Elemmírë struggle to handle each other's reputations with equanimity. The people around them try to respond. This fic is so funny and sweet--I love this take on Elemmírë and Fëanor's guest appearance is hilariously him.

Youthful Regrets by kitkatkaylie - Turgon and Maglor fall in love in Valinor before Turgon's engagement to Elenwë. I really like the personality contrasts of this ship, with Turgon opening up to Maglor, and how this story sketches out their relationship through the whole arc of Silm to its bitter separation.

I risk my life to make my name by @maironsbigboobs - The brave knight Galadriel goes on a journey to meet the Green Woman Melian and her fate, ft. adventures along the way. I love how Tolkien is blended with Arthurian conventions here--it works so well and brings out the myth vibes of Silm that I love so much!

Strange Currencies chapter 12 by @jouissants - This is such a beautifully-crafted tale in every regard, but I want to especially mention this flashback chapter I read in March, covering Maedhros' and Maglor's voyage on the swan ships up to just before Fëanor's death. The horror of the Fëanorian Noldor arriving in the dark with their distrust, inflated ego, and total lack of knowledge of Middle-earth comes through here so, so vividly--this part can be read by itself, go check it out!!

Oubliette by Stramonium - Horrifying and so vividly written scene of Maedhros in Angband, isolation, and monstrosity. Poetic and awful, I can't do it justice in summarizing it.

arrangement for flute and harp by @jouissants - Maedhros is determined to work late, so Maglor and Fingon decide to entertain each other. The Himring atmosphere and incredible character dynamics make this also really sexy smut such a wonderful story.

whatever you would crave by @eight-pointed-star - Sooo sexy ficlet in which Fingon and Maedhros attend to Maglor's Needs. Short but immensely powerful.

scherzo for ink and parchment by @dovewifes - Charming and comedic missives exchanged between Maedhros and Maglor during the Long Peace, ft. romantic endearments and the invention of emojis. Maedhros' so-apparent love for Maglor is something I especially cherish about this fun fic.

Star-kissed by @aipilosse - Celeborn of Doriath rescues recently-of-Gondolin (and silver-haired!) Celebrimbor from a predicament in Nan Dungortheb. Incredibly clever, funny, and hot!

Purification by @zealouswerewolfcollector - Thingol is curious about Maedhros: throne sex ensues. A favorite ship of mine in a flavor I'd never considered. Incredibly intense and super well-written.

Comfort from a Heavy Hand by @undercat-overdog - After the Bragollach, Mablung tends to an injured Beleg, and they seek comfort together. The wreckage and destruction of the battle feels so vivid in this one, and the dynamic of Beleg/Mablung as past teacher and student (and current battle companions) is wonderful.

Thou knowest to-night, and wilt know to-morrow by @welcomingdisaster - A brilliant installment in an ongoing Children of Húrin AU series that has the most beautiful, unsettling, and dreamlike atmosphere. In this fic Maedhros teaches "Cáno" about pleasure in preparation for their marriage bed. Catnip to me personally!!

Proxy by @aipilosse - Celebrimbor comes to reproach Celegorm in Nargothrond after Finrod's departure. They fuck. Gender, tension, messy and complicated emotional dynamics all around. The dirty talk is so so good.

Star of the Nevrast Shore by joanofarcstan - Silmarillion filk of one of my favorite folk songs! What more is there to say!! A sweet tale of Gondolin told from Voronwë's point of view, recounting the love between him, Tuor (the star of the Nevrast shore), Idril, and Maeglin.

A Light Burns in the Forest by fictional_hr_department - Thranduil and Oropher escape Menegroth with child Elwing. The title and art by @lycheesodas give me chills and the atmosphere of the fic as they make their disorienting journey to Sirion really brings to life the terrible aftermath of the second kinslaying.

By Your Side by HiyoriTomioka - fem!Eärendil and Elwing support each other in this ficlet... such a good vision of this ship, and the way Eärendil thinks about Tuor and Idril here with longing uncertainty makes me think of a trans!Eärendil even though that is not explicit.

Something Sleepless in Mirkwood by @imakemywings - Thranduil sickens as the Greenwood does. Elrond tries to heal him, but can't understand at first what's happening. Brilliant and canon-compliant (To Me) wry, proud, and eerie woodland king Thranduil--go give this a read!

A boat, my boat, out upon the River by Tethys_resort - Sméagol is trying to craft his own boat to take fishing. His family keeps getting in the way. This sweet fic paints such an idyllic picture of proto-Hobbit life and made me really feel the tragedy of Gollum.

The Fortress by TheLegendCreator - Brief and haunting fic in which a Dwarf visits the ruins of Himring and they have a conversation. I love the view this offers of Maedhros and the fierce loyalty Himring and its folk had for him.

one whole with my other by @i-am-a-lonely-visitor - Indis' marriage to Finwë is transferred to bind her instead to reembodied Míriel. This turns out to be a good thing. An incredibly touching, beautifully wrought and worldbuilt story. I just love it so much.

The Number One Exercise for Relieving Work-Related Stress (Click to Find Out!) by @imakemywings - Date night in Mirkwood. Maglor (Noldorin princess, ex-kinslayer) adorns herself for the benefit of Thranduil (the Elvenqueen)--or that's her plan, anyway. This story is so sexy, so funny, and honestly so touching. I just adore this ship as a happy ending for Maglor and their relationship is gorgeously fleshed out here.

Cousin, Sister, Lover, Queen by broken_pencils - Lesbian Éowyn discovers desire... through Éomer's betrothed Lothíriel. Lothíriel is a stealth fav for me from the Éomer fics I used to read as a kid and I really enjoyed her here, and the lush atmosphere of this story.

His Return by @danmeiljie - Beautiful, tender scene of Maedhros and Maglor reuniting as per @tari-cua's art. Such lovely descriptions in this one and so cozy.