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bookgeekgrrl · 1 year
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📚 STUFF I READ 📚
🥰👂‍ Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman (Lucy Worsley, author & narrator) - an excellent biography
😍 All That You Are to Me series (2bestfriends) - 87K, shrunkyclunks - holiday reread, 'the lumberjack steve/twink bucky fic of our hearts' - main fic 67K, sequel fic 20K
😍 It's the Best Time of the Year (chicklette) - 40K, shrunkyclunks, holiday time fic - reread of a fave with baker!Bucky & Cap!Steve - perfect blend of angst, fluff and action
😍 (if only in my dreams) (jehans) - 45K, stucky no powers AU - reread of holiday season friends2lovers/2nd chance with some QUALITY pining
💖💖 +323K of shorter fic so shout out to these I really loved 💖💖
SHOCKING! Spiderman's Alien Baby: Friendly Neighborhood Hero and His Hanukkah Blessing (AggressiveWhenStartled) - MCU: Peter Parker v the Geriatric Supersoldier Husbands, 4.8K - no one writes the adventures of a hapless Peter tangled up with the Geriatric Supersolider Husbands like AggressiveWhenStartled - pure hilarity throughout (and ZERO alien babies despite the title)
One Does Not Simply Walk Into JoAnn Fabrics (And other millennial lessons from The Winter Soldier) (attackofthezee (noxlunate)) - MCU: shrunkyclunks, 11.9K - forever fave; holiday reread of a recovering WS who gets a job working at JoAnn's and falls hard for a customer
Bucky Barnes Has His Shit Together (and Other Lies He Tells Himself) (betts) - MCU: stucky no-powers AU, 14K - holiday reread of recovering vet Bucky & single dad baker Steve
Here Comes Santa Claus (AidaRonan) - MCU: stucky, 6.7K - holiday reread - hilarious and hot - Bucky meets Santa!Steve and this santa definitely fucks
then a small thing happened (BeaArthurPendragon) - MCU: stucky no-powers AU, 35K - new holiday fave about recovering photojournalist Bucky and astronaut Steve - LOVED LOVED LOVED
rockin' around (wearing_tearing) - Stranger Things: Steddie/Ronance/Fruity Four, 13K - an absolutely DELIGHTFUL advent collection of ficlets - every day was a pop of pure joy to read
Knit One, Purl Two (mollus) - MCU: stucky, 32K - holiday reread, forever fave - recovering WS/Cap with healing via crafting with a delightful knitting group
📺 STUFF I WATCHED 📺
Taskmaster - s14, e1-10
Glass Onion
Single All The Way
🎧 PODCASTS 🎧
Decoder Ring Plus - Encore: ‘You’ve Got Mail’ Got It Wrong
Switched on Pop - Anitta & Rosalía on the borders of Latin pop
The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Tumbleweed Christmas Tree
99% Invisible #519 - Balikbayan Boxes
The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Priscilla’s Homecoming
It's Been a Minute - (Almost) 20 years of 'Love Actually'
Off Menu - Ep 41: Joe Lycett (Christmas Special)
Into It - Matt Rogers Has Heard of Christmas, But 'Do They Know It's Christmas?'
Off Menu - Ep 175: Alex Horne (Christmas Special)
🎶 MUSIC 🎶
Simply Christmas (Deluxe Edition) [Leslie Odom Jr]
Merry Christmas…Have A Nice Life [Cyndi Lauper]
Trans Siberian Orchestra playlist
Classical Christmas
A Sunny Brazilian Christmas
A Merry Little Christmas [Linda Ronstadt]
A Legendary Christmas [John Legend]
Jingle Bell Swing
It's a Holiday Soul Party [Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings]
Twelve Songs Of Christmas [Etta James]
Home for Christmas [Daryl Hall & John Oates]
A Very Too Many Zooz Xmas [Too Many Zooz]
A Heavy Metal Christmas [Christopher Lee]
A Heavy Metal Christmas Too [Christopher Lee]
Merry Flippin' Christmas Vol. 1 and 2 [Bowling For Soup]
Punk Rock Christmas
Classic Soul Christmas
my rockabilly christmas playlist
my xmas playlist
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stationintern · 7 months
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Hello all! And a great big welcome to the month of September. Lots of excitement on the horizon: school starting, holidays, etc. But, before we focus on the month ahead, let's look back at August, and the many amazing fics that helped me through it.
Let's get into 'em!
Modern Love by @tackytigerfic E, 61k
I could reread this fic weekly and probably never get sick of it. It has one of my favorite characterizations of Harry, a hot priest, and an intriguing, and layered, political side plot that'll make you think. Will rec forever. Tacky, my beloved, thank you for sharing this with us.
LA, Who Am I To Love You? by @epitomereally E, 42k for @hd-wireless 2023
I have been waiting (foot tapping, shifting in my seat) to rec this fic. I have so much love for the state of California, and this fic really captured its beauty and let you bask in it as the reader. Love Harry trying to cope with what's happened to him, love Draco on a motorcycle. Love everything about this.
Down A Hill At High Speed by @tepre E, 3.9k
I'm gonna let the notes I took directly after reading speak for themselves: Losing my mind, actually. Angry Draco. The whole thing oozes tension. It's like one of those rollercoasters that goes straight up and then drops you. Sexy, sexy, sexy.
IDK My BFF Hermione? by @letteredlettered E, 19k
This fic cracked. me. up. I love a format that gets flipped on its head, and this fic delivered. So much character packed into 19k words. Did I mention it's filthy?
Haute Allure by zeitgeistic E, 12k
Harry Potter as a fashion designer is definitely not something I thought I needed in my little life. Unbeknownst to me, it may have been the one thing I was lacking. This fic is sexy from beginning to end, and the characters are inlaid with little quirks that are just so adorable. I had so much fun reading this. Steeped in desire and Draco's tantalizing ankles.
Cut From the Sky by @mallstars E, 150k
Not your traditional timeloop fic. May have changed me a little bit. I'm gonna, once again, let my bookmark speak for itself: clawing at the walls screeching exploding things with my mind.
See ya'll next month!
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rhoorl · 3 months
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Week in Review | Dec. 24
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Hi! Like the new addition above? I figured after doing these for so long I’d make a graphic (thanks to a trial of Canva Pro I got for myself). I did some maintenance to my masterlist this week too since I have more than just two fics going. Anyways enough about me, let’s get to the fic recs...
Fics I read this week:
Frankie Morales
Cold, Biting and No Need for Mistletoe by @undercoverpena - I adore the way Jo writes Frankie and I felt so spoiled to get to read two Frankie entries this week!
Common Thread by @wildemaven - Relationship Frankie just hits different. I loved all of the little glimpses we got into this relationship.
Javier Peña
Plaid Pajama Morning by @javierpena-inatacvest - I love everything and anything in this universe …a domestic Javi makes me melt.
Good Boy by @ramblers-lets-get-ramblin - This also features Dieter Bravo and is 🔥 Like I literally finished reading this and stared at the wall for who knows how long…
Joel Miller
Symphony by @maggiemayhemnj - This one is moving to the Compulsory Series section next week but had to pull it out and give a big shout-out to my friend for publishing her first fic!! How exciting!
Dieter Bravo
In Reality by @sin-djarin - If you’ve been around here for a while you know that a soft Dieter is just *it* for me. This fic does such a great job of getting inside of his head…I just love him.
O, Christmas Tree by @covetyou - This fic cracked me up and is so menace Dieter, I loved it!
Gift Wrapped by @sp00kymulder - This was so cute and silly and showed off one of the reasons why I love this menace of a man so much. 
Tim Rockford
Underwater by @secretelephanttattoo - This little extra in the Undercover universe (see below in my compulsory series section) was such a delight. Learning about how Tim found Cleo (his pet fish) was so damn endearing and sweet. This doesn't help the Tim brain rot … 😆
Marcus Pike
Make Me Like the Holidays by @undercoverpena I want this Marcus for Christmas, ok? Thank you! 😆
I've Got a Crush on You by @5oh5 - This has so many elements of Marcus that I love…a sweet, thoughtful man who is a little menace. Oh and he'll get you food.
Oberyn Martell
A Baker's Dozen - Four by @avastrasposts - Oberyn visits the bakery and oh boy, was I so into this! There’s just something about Oberyn … and Mel captured it beautifully in this.
Jack Whiskey Daniels
Dessert and Sugar Coated Kisses (both in AO3) by Ladybess (@ladybess-a03) - Some charming Jack in both of these 🫠
Dave York
The Things She Does to Please by @ramblers-lets-get-ramblin Some Dave York smut was very welcomed!
Ezra
A Baker's Dozen - Five by @avastrasposts - I read this yesterday and I’m still thinking about it. The Ezra in this is so layered but there’s still a very endearing and sincere part that comes through. I will be rereading this one.
Current Compulsory Series:
These are the series I am keeping up with at the moment.
Merry Fic-mas (Various) by @ladamedusoif - A great list that I need to work through, but I'm particularly fond of the Mr. Ben entry.
12 Days of XxxMas (Various) by @morallyinept - I’m behind on these but what I have read so far is 🔥
Holiday Prompts (Various) by @trulybetty
Delta Palms Tropical Resort (Frankie) by @linzels-blog 
Destiny & Deliverance (Dieter) by @mysterious-moonstruck-musings 
Paranoid Heat (Javi P) by @goodwithcheese 
Undercover (Tim Rockford) by @secretelephanttattoo 
It’s Never Too Late (Javi P) by @javierpena-inatacvest 
OTHER CHARACTERS
Will Miller
All I Want by @laurfilijames - The holidays aren't always rainbows and butterflies and this showed how it affects Will 
Posts from the week:
Check out these hilarious PPCU-inspired queue tags from @wannab-urs. Expect to start seeing Paddington Queue in a queue near you.
Check out these PPCU IDs and badges @morallyinept made!
A photo from Freaky Tales came out this week, but all I can see is older Joel.
Examples of what the Pedro boys’ Instagram profiles would look like!
I got tagged in a few Pinterest Moodboard things and they were all funny to me - mostly because of the random animals that showed up. Example 1, Example 2, Example 3
Feral corner:
Jose Pedro Balmaceda Pascal is out here with his hair grown out and the curls are CURLIN. This man is seriously a menace - LOOK AT HIM.
Thots about Steve and Javi. Pedro cosplaying as Joel. Speaking of Joel … obligatory Young Joel post coming at you. This Dieter-coded look from Pedro sent me into a tailspin. If you read Working Title, that is how I picture Dieter. Marcus Pike just being the finest-looking MFer in the FBI. Proof that the wardrobe department knew what they were doing with Frankie.
It’s been Charlie Hunnam week apparently for me but I watched this video more times than I care to admit. I can’t mention one Miller without the other…this Benny gifset gave me some thots (particularly the ones of him yelling, wtf is wrong with me).
Things I watched:
I watched Rebel Moon on Netflix. I know this movie didn’t get the best reviews, but I enjoyed it. Was it because Charlie Hunnam looked hot AF? Maaaaybe. 😆
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I'm planning on watching it again with Mr. Rhoorl this week.
Personal Stuff
Tonight we are taking Baby Rhoorl to a holiday light display, which I’m pretty excited about. It’s just going to be the Rhoorl’s this year for Christmas since our families live in other states. We’ll keep it pretty low-key. I, unfortunately, have to work this week - although I will be able to work from home which is nice.  
Fic updates:
The Benny Miller brain rot is REAL y’all. As a result, I put out Are You Going to Be Quiet? this week.
I’m working on a few different things. I’m excited to be participating in the Pickled Peña writing challenge and will post something on Jan. 1. I’m also almost done with part two of Turbulence (a Frankie one-shot that’s now a two-parter). New updates for Delta Landscaping and Working Title are in the works too!
And to Wrap
If you are celebrating this week, I hope you have a great time. I know this can be a tough time of the year for a lot of us, so I’m sending you a Frankie hug and a Javi forehead kiss (consensually of course). As we approach the end of the year expect a sappy post (or two) from me. If you made it all the way to the end, hi, you're the best! 😘
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Working Title (Dieter, series, ongoing) | AO3 
Delta Landscaping (Triple Frontier, series, ongoing) | AO3
Turbulence (Frankie, one-shot) | AO3
Are You? Masterlist (Benny Miller)
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sadhappylady · 4 months
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If you’re still answering the fic asks:
14, 21, 33, 37.
If there’re any duplicates - feel free to sub something you wish you’d been asked 🌻
Thanks a lot for the ask @gulliblelemon! Some of these were quite hard, so took some time to figure out (and I 'unfortunately' had to reread all of Ex by @stretchoutfics to be able to answer the first question - what is a girl gonna do?? 🤷)
14.          your choice of fanfic for each season
Spring: maybe Känsla by despassurlaneige? I think it is set during summer, actually, but it's all about new beginnings and new feelings, so it has that 'I just have to dance barefoot in the garden even though it's far too cold, because the snow is gone and the sun is warm and God! everything is just perfect' vibe, if you get what I mean.
Summer:. Matters of adjustment by @sflow-er is the summerest of all summer fics. And Ex by @stretchoutfics is a summer holiday fic that is just too extraordinary to forego.
Autumn: inte framför dina ögon utan, utan att du knappt ser det by graveyardorgarden is depressing and sad, and really nails that November feeling, just ten times worse. (TW: eating disorders. Thank god it has a sequence where they're doing better.) Heartily recommended anyway, for anyone who reads Swedish.
Winter: I already gave you all my Christmas favs, so maybe Put Me Back Together and Take My Heart by @notalotgoingonatthisinstant. A winter fic where Simon gets a head injury and Wille doesn't care what anyone says anymore. Lots of angst! (Or if it's more of a fluff day: will you hold me tight and not let go? by @toffeelemon. Valentine friends to lovers fic.)
Which is the fanfic with your favorite scene of this scenario ?
21.          a dancing scene
Definitely Dancing through life by @pagegirlintraining, because I love it! (Haha, I use every opportunity to say so.) So many great dancing scenes, but their last routine is my favourite!
33.          Henry and Walter favorite fanfic
I said I'd do a list, so here's your list 😌
Closure by @stretchoutfics. So sad. Post break-up story. Seriously so sad, but also sooo good.
You Have Reached the Voicemail Box of... Henry and Walter by @zee-has-commitment-issues (you should start from the first part of the series, though, you won't regret it). Has Walter seriously been dating Henry all this time, and not noticed?
Other people's secrets and Matters of adjustment by @sflow-er. Ace Henry friends to lovers fic. Henry is watching Wilmon being Wilmon through s1, while also having revelations about himself and his roommate. Must-read. (Matters of adjustment is the second part of the series.)
Last chance by @sflow-er. Also ace Henry friends to lovers fic/coming out fic. Super cute. 
There Is No 'Without Me' by @verukamtl. Friends to lovers fic, with lots of pining. And I seem to remember a certain hickey in there 😳 I love this one!
oops, didn't see you there by Elisabeth13. Cute, funny sickfic where Walter hates germs and Henry catches a cold.
37.          the trope you didn't expect to like
I think the YR fandom attracts writers that find nuance interesting. Which is to say that I have enjoyed some Wilmon superhero fics. I have never liked action movies or superhero stories much, because they often have very black and white perspectives. Either you are the hero, or you are the villain. But Wilmon superhero fics tend to add a lot of nuance to this picture. For instance:
Where we come from by This_time_its_just_me
what lies within by museraphoria
Falling in webs by Etvie
I'm still open for more asks, just know that if I need to find a lot of fics, the answers will be slow. Will get to it, though 💜 Or if you ever look for a fic rec later!
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lordfenric-writes · 4 months
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Nine People You Want To Get To Know Better
I was tagged by @starscribes to answer a bunch of questions so folks new to following my blog can get to know me a touch better! Thanks a ton, I would've tagged you in this but you already answered your questions so oh well!
So, before I answer, here's some folks I will tag: @tardisbird, @winterandwords, @freedominique, @sarandipitywrites, @card-queen, @dragomango, @ladvofthelake, @aziz-reads and @my-cursed-prince! This is also an open tag so anyone else who wishes to join is welcome to do so :)
Current Book I'm Reading: As always, I have a number of books I'm reading all at once. I have a habit of leaving them around the apartment, picking them up, reading a chapter or two, then moving onto something else. I also have a propensity for rereading books/series though at least one of these I'm reading for the first time.
So, at present, i am reading The Shadow Rising: Book Four of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time (best book in the series); The Garden of Rama by Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee (first Rama book is a classic, second one is pretty good, third and fourth are OK to meh); Unnatural History by Kate Orman and Jonathan Blum (a Doctor Who novel in the 8th Doctor Adventures series, need to finish it for my review series); and One Piece: The Water Seven Arc (forget the specific volume as I own the omnibus editions, enjoying the hell out of this arc)
Last Song I Listened To: Here, have the list of songs I played while working on writing yesterday, a mix of songs chosen at random (yes, my tastes are varied and influenced by my wife as well as anime): Cosmic Love-Florence and The Machine; 21 Guns-Green Day; Centuries-Fall Out Boy; Dark Chest of Wonders-Nightwish; The Essence of Silence-Epica; Starman-David Bowie; Phoenix-Fall Out Boy; Endless Forms Most Beautiful-Nightwish; Fake Town Baby-Unison Square Garden; Seven Nation Army-The White Stripes; Joker no Yoroshiku-Penguin Research; Welcome To The Black Parade-My Chemical Romance; Hello, World-Bump of Chicken; Ghost Love Score-Nightwish; Holiday-Green Day; Storm The Sorrow-Epica; Bohemian Rhapsody-Queen; Phantom of The Opera (cover)-Nightwish
Currently Watching: Adventure Time: Season One, Doctor Who (multiple serials from classic and new series in time for the 60th Anniversary Specials), Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Arc, Avatar: The Last Airbender & The Legend of Korra, Gravity Falls, Star Trek: Lower Decks, Wheel of Time: Season Two, Good Omens: Season Two (a number of things on this list are re-watches)
Current Fic I'm Reading: Hmm, don't have any fics in mind at the moment, I tend to read them only if recommended.
Next On My Watch List: Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (starts tomorrow), thinking of actually trying to get into the One Piece anime (a monstrous undertaking, I'm aware, but I'm fond of many long-running narratives), Across The Spider-verse (it's on Netflix now, too), possibly The Expanse (my sister's been desperate for me to watch it and I hear its a great series)
Current Obsession: My NaNoWriMo 2023 writing project, haven't clicked with a story and set of OCs like this in a while (admittedly I spent the last year recovering from a skull fracture, broken leg and other injuries sustained from being hit by a car at 40 mph so not the most conducive creative state for writing) Barring that as an option, I am obsessed with making food from the cooking Youtube channels Binging with Babish and You Suck At Cooking (YSAC's peanut-sauce noodles with chili crisp flakes and chives is amazing, just devoured some)
All right, sorry if that was a lot or TMI or anything of that sort! Thanks again for tagging me, I look forward to seeing other folks' responses :)
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wikiangela · 3 months
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mushy end of year post alert lol
so, bc it's the end of the year, over the last few days I've been just thinking about this year which just overall sucked, but tumblr and writing have been the only things bringing me joy and I'm just so grateful to be here
I've technically been in the 911 fandom since February/March 2021 (I binged the show and caught up between Buck begins and jinxed haha), but it's only this year that I actually got over my tagging anxiety and overthinking, and worrying about being annoying, and started tagging people and interacting more, and started just actually being here and not just lurking lol
I've been writing buddie since March 2021 too, just much less than now, bc I was in my sambucky era haha - but then I did fictober2022, and s6 was airing at the time so I was back in buddie mindset, and I wrote like half of the prompts for them - and then as I was finishing my sambucky 150k fic, I got the idea for the buddie holiday fic, which I started posting in December last year. instantly the reception of that fic was more than anything else before, it's still mind-blowing, and then I kept writing buddie, and now I can't and don't want to stop haha
tbh it's been kinda insane and when I think about it too hard and too long it gets overwhelming, but the love on all my fics, so many nice comments, it's been crazy! and to add to that the way my follower count grew this year, not to mention user subscribers on Ao3 is just 🤯🤯🤯 I'm still always surprised that more than one person enjoys my fics so every time I look at my stats I'm just shocked (that one person being me tbh, I started to really love my fics this year and I reread them all the time 😂 which is another great thing that's changed somehow, bc I used to never look back at my fics haha)
and above all, I met so many amazing people, and whether we talked once, talk from time to time, or just interact in tags/notes, I appreciate all of you so much ❤️ I'm still shy and introverted and don't start a lot of convos and can't keep up a convo to save my life but I always love talking to everyone ❤️😂
I've been in many fandoms over the years but 911 fandom has been the best experience for me - it might just be my little bubble over here on tumblr but either way, I love it, and I love all my mutuals and everyone who follows me, and it's just been a really fun year over here on this hellsite, and tbh it might be the only thing keeping me from breaking down atm lol - this is the first fandom where I truly feel like I belong, however silly it might sound haha
the amount of support on my fics, and the encouragement, all the comments, it's been truly unlike anything else in any fandom I've experienced, and it's been so motivating to keep writing too ❤️ I honestly don't think I'd write as much as I did this year if it wasn't for y'all
so @ all my mutuals and followers, thank you so much for making my year so much better by just being my pocket friends haha <3 i love you all <3
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naffeclipse · 1 year
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I feel like I might have had the wrong reaction to “The Lost Episode” because the whole time, I was just like:
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(But also my heart ripped out at the realization that y/n won’t ever see the sun again ;; at least they still have their Sun)
I owe you so many comments on your fics, and I’m so sorry for taking this long to get to them 😭 Maybe I should make my New Year’s resolution leaving comments on all the fics I haven’t gotten to. I promise I will get to loving on each of them eventually! 💜 It’ll give me a good excuse to binge read new fic and reread some other fics hehe
Also, I have a bit of a research question for SJ for reasons 👀 I might have missed it while reading the series, but is there a time estimate for how long it took Moon and Sun to join the police academy after they left the daycare and Eclipse began running around with gangs? And when would you say Eclipse rose to power and became a mob boss? Were Sun and Moon detectives by that point or still a lower rank?
Typing that out just made me curious about how Eclipse did become a mob boss and how he got a gang, and I’m restraining myself from sending you a bunch of lore questions. So I’ll just imagine him sending out fliers with his face printed on them and a caption that promises a competitive base salary. Just ignore the super fine small print that says there are no health benefits with this job
Hope you had a nice holiday as well, Naff! You’re a freaking powerhouse with all the writing you’ve been getting done, so I hope you’re taking care of yourself and resting too! Much love <3
PFFFT LUMI!!! Nah, I love all reactions, it fuels me and I'm glad you enjoyed hehe ♥
No, don't apologize!! I get it! I'm behind on reading/commenting on fics, too ;-; but ahhh, I do look forward to when you do comment!! You always leave such nice ones ♥
Oh ho! Research you, say? I am gazing directly at you, Lumi!
Okay, I'm really bad with timelines and dates so I'll try my best to keep this coherent and hopefully non-contradictory with the main storyline!
15 years after the boys left the daycare, Sun and Moon were finally able to join the police academy while Eclipse was digging deeper into gang activity. Now mind you, Sun and Moon were attempting to join the academy much earlier, but due to politics and human-animatronic relations still being tense despite animatronics being legally recognized as individuals with rights, they were discriminatorily barred from joining the program. It took Eclipse calling in favors, owing a favor or two himself, and offering a lot of bribes to those in charge of the program to get Sun and Moon in. At that current time, Eclipse was climbing the ranks. He was gaining a reputation and a name for himself, but he was still a thug working under someone else's command.
Eclipse didn't control his own gang until after Sun and Moon were detectives and after the Afton Family's fall, but by then, the brothers weren't in contact with each other. Learning that big brother was a crime lord was something the detectives discovered in their work. It was disappointing, but not surprising—just a lot to think about piled on top of everything else.
Fun fact! Eclipse killed his gang leader and took the man's gang for himself. It happened after he learned the crime lord was conspiring against him (funny enough, this was due to others looking towards and being loyal to Eclipse due to his ruthlessness and efficiency, which spooked the gang leader so he thought it would be wise to act preemptively, but ah, Eclipse was not amused to see his loyalty repaid with betrayal.) Eclipse had no qualms with reigning in control and very little resisted his takeover. Eclipse did take care of those who stay loyal to him, but he ran a tight ship. Great risk, great reward.
Wow, sorry, I just went on a ramble there, but I hope that helps answer your questions! But you're absolutely right, there are no health benefits in Eclipse's gang. *Shrek voice* They don't even have dental.
Thank you, I hope you had a nice holiday as well! Ahhh, thank you so much! I've been taking breaks, don't worry, babe! ♥ Much love *smooch ya on the head*
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willalove75 · 2 months
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So I am finally reading The Estate and I love love love it. Equally obsessed with it as I am Alcina’s New Maid. Thank you for feeding this fanbase with great stories. I feel like the love for Alcina stories is decreasing. I can’t express how much it means that authors like you and many other are still creating stories or chapters, despite the dip in popularity.
I know you are always supportive and always willing to reblog other works, and that is actually how I found many of the works I am reading today.
I just finished I’ll Make You Sing by tabtab317 and although it might never be finished, I enjoyed every single minute of it and will reread it over and over again. I also started reading Shield Me by Wolfsbane14 since you recommended it and it has not disappointed. Jarl Alcina is everything I am missing in my life. I am also half way through A Lady & Her Huntress by Vionette_In_The_Dark and it has been such an emotional journey that I’ve become addicted to it and intend on finishing it this weekend. Then I will be starting The Devil’s Den by littlelesbinonny. Heard and read great things about this that story.
I am going to keep reading stories on your recommendations and any I come across on my own because you authors deserve so much love. Like SO much love! All the work you put into your stories doesn’t go unnoticed, even if it feels like it. Just know for every person that comments, there are five more lurkers that might be too shy but read every chapter you put out.
Let us all continue to support Alcina/Reader or Alcina/OC stories in the year 2024 (both old and new stories)
P.S. Congratulations on the pregnancy!
AW thank you SO, SO MUCH!!!!
I'm so happy you're enjoying my fics! I definitely feel like there's been a lack of Alcina content lately, but I also think the holidays and all are a big reason why that's been happening - at least I hope so!
I'm so glad you liked the fics I've recommended so far!! Ugh buckle UP for the Devil's Den, it's so fucking good I'm obsessed with that fic😂
"Just know for every person that comments, there are five more lurkers that might be too shy but read every chapter you put out." THISSSS!!! This is SO important for all authors to keep in mind! It's definitely something I have to remind myself of often when I feel like my fics aren't getting a lot of engagement.
And thank you so much!!💕
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cchickki · 3 months
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"About the Blogger" Meme
Thanks for tagging me @currymanganese! ❤️ sorry i'm doing this super late ugh
Star Sign(s):
virgo sun, pisces moon, capricorn rising (i can list my entire chart if anyone is interested lol)
Favorite Holidays:
i'm not religious but i absolutely love christmas. my favorite time of year and favorite holiday. i get depressed whenever it's over and i have to take the decorations down.
Last Meal:
i think a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. i was craving it lol
Current Favorite Musician:
lana del rey and kendrick lamar! i listen to a lot of music and all different genres, but those are my go to. there's something about fantastic writing/wordplay and production across both of their genres that just inspires me and transports me to a different place when i listen.
if anyone is interested, my spotify profile is here: (x)
When the Tigers Broke Free by Pink Floyd
The Wall is one of my favorite albums!
Last Movie Watched:
Everything Everywhere All At Once
i'm so glad i finally got to watch this movie, it was incredible. although watching it with my boomer dad at parts was awkward (aka the butt plug part lmaoooo)
Last TV Show Watched:
oh man, still trying to finish Succession, my husband is dragging his feet with it even though we both are enjoying it. finished The Boys almost 2 months ago, need to start Gen V soon. i'm bad at finishing shows, unless they're mini series.
Last Book/Fic Finished:
i recently reread Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas, the prequel to The Hate U Give. i haven't finished any of my fics in awhile, except for the two mini requests from my friend @chrissymodi-frost.
Last Book/Fic Abandoned:
oh boy... i've got quite a few i'm struggling to get through... just look at my ao3 and you can see how bad my writer's block has gotten lately :(
Currently Reading:
rereading The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas <3
Last Thing Researched for Art/Writing/Hyperfixation:
i graduated in may 2023 with my art history degree, so i was deep into ancient egyptian history and art, and had to write a hefty 20 page paper on german painter Albrecht Dürer. my most recent hyperfixation was the uncharted games again, so while writing i was researching the Hoysala empire
Favorite Online Fandom Memory:
first joining tumblr and meeting so many friends on here. but i'll tell you back in 2013 when the citadel dlc for mass effect launched, that was an incredible build up and very fun few months.
Favorite Old Fandom You Wish Would Drag You Back In/Have A Resurgence:
not really an "old" fandom, but i was HEAVY into spiderverse over the summer, met some great mutuals through it. i still spiderverse, but don't feel as fixated with it at the moment. the fandom was kind of annoying with some people's think pieces, not gonna lie, and kind of turned a few of us off from it. i'm sure it'll have another "resurgence" when the next movie Beyond the Spiderverse comes out!
Favorite Thing You Enjoy That Never Had an Active or Big "Fandom" but You Wish It Did:
most recently the movie The Creator! movie was so visually stunning, with great/powerful themes, and one of my favorite tropes: found family (kinda) with a father/daughter dynamic. not enough people liked it/saw it which sucks, so the fandom is pretty much non existent for it. i want more art and fanfics from it! i'm going to be buying it soon, that way i can get inspirited and hopefully create more for it!
Tempting Project You're Trying to Reign In/Don't Have Time For:
i was working on creating a real-life version of nate's notebook from uncharted 4. it's taking a lot of time, and is quite an undertaking so i had to take a break from it. i do want to continue it though!
no pressure tags (sorry if you were already tagged!): @mothertodaughters, @chrissymodi-frost. @malabadspice, @not-those-kids, @durrtydawg, @lilylavender, @lilsnatch, @libertatias, @xinamiguel, @georgieluz, @distantsonata, @soft-girl-musings (and anyone else who wants to! sorry i'm trying to remember all my moots tumblr names)
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leverage-ot3 · 3 months
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I was tagged by my buddy and old siren (freeform) mutual @imaginejolls for this ask game!
Star Sign(s): Sagittarius sun, Aquarius moon, Capricorn rising
Favorite Holidays: halloween :3
Last Meal: my mom's cajun beef stew with rice pilaf and a roll
Current Favorite Musician: I've been listening to a lot of noah kahan recently (vermont represent), but I also adore hozier, gracie abrams, lizzie mcalpine, phoebe bridgers, etc. I've never been the same since I was told my taste in music was yallternative. I also love lil nas x and found a new musician through tiktok that goes by brye that is really good
Last Music Listened To: the playlist I listen to the most, especially for sleep: immaculate fall vibes (technically the name of the playlist is just a bunch of the artists featured in it but the description is immaculate fall vibes). my most recent song was save me by noah kahan
Last Movie Watched: this is so embarrasing but I watched the meg with my dad yesterday lmao. I have a weakness for stupid monster movies (we used to watch the shittiest syfy movies together when I was in hs. the shittier the better). I thought he'd like it because jason statham but he was meh about it
Last TV Show Watched: last one I was invested in was the new episode of percy jackson, but I did watch a little bit of that polish show high water on netflix the other day which seemed interesting
Last Book/Fic Finished: god I actually haven't been reading fic for a hot minute which is really surprising. probably my reread of of the northmost winds and skies by @jjackfrost. wasn't in the crossover fandom until earlier this year but actually adore that pairing. this is now my comfort longfic (+400k). it's so good, I read it and I wasn't even in the fandom at the time and it was amazing!!! all the characters are written so well, the voices and pov are great, the worldbuilding and storyling is amazing! I've gushed in the comments before but ugh I love it so so much. inject this into my mf veins
Last Book/Fic Abandoned: I don't really abandon fics, I just wait for them to get updated again. as for books, I really tried to get into loveless by alice oseman because aroace rep but I couldn't really get into it :/
Currently Reading: nothing at the moment (not going to list all the fics I'm waiting for updates for because I can't remember them all and the ones I can remember would take up like multiple pages lol)
Last Thing Researched for Art/Writing/Hyperfixation: ooo this is hard. technically speaking I've been hyperfixated on playing animal crossing so the most recent thing I looked up for that was what treasure islands were lmao
Favorite Online Fandom Memory: oooo I'm not sure actually? I really love having mutuals even if we don't talk. I also really enjoy when people engage with my posts and appreciate my tags and aus. I like sharing my thoughts and ideas with you guys and it's so heartwarming and validating when y'all enjoy it right back
Favorite Old Fandom You Wish Would Drag You Back In/Have A Resurgence: I agree with jolly, I miss siren dearly. can they just do a leverage in like five years and retcon the last season? thanks
Favorite Thing You Enjoy That Never Had an Active or Big "Fandom" but You Wish It Did: probably some of the kdramas I've watched. I adored the guest on netflix but there's no fandom. I really REALLY wanted some fix-it fics for the ending of my name but there weren't any because the fandom was too small :(
Tempting Project You're Trying to Rein In/Don't Have Time For: so many things that I jump between (the adhd of it all lmao). I really would like to make a leverage ot3: are they queer video essay and I have some stuff typed up BUT I work in the healthcare field and I'm really hesitant of putting myself on video because when you work in this field it can be weird if clients or employers find your channel. so that's technically on hold for privacy reasons rn. I also really want to learn how to sew and make clothes and my roommate has even offered to help (they used to do competitive cosplay) but I'm just very unmotivated. I want to get back into witchy things but don't have the mental energy to invest in that other than appreciating my stones
tagging 10 moots but anyone can play!!!: @leverageclips @all-things-breathing @digitaldiscipline @peachyteabuck @vampirewalterskinner @buzzmcnab @sidras-tak @my-beloved-lakes @kajaono @suddenrundown
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autisticlenaluthor · 3 months
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Can’t comment on ao3, so I’m messaging here. :)
This line from the latest chapter of One Single Thread of Gold:
‘Maybe the worst part of being fifteen, Lena believes, is that you're old enough to be thrust into an independence you've never been taught to handle but too young for the control to truly be yours. You're supposed to be responsible for yourself, your grades, and your extracurriculars. You're expected to be an adult. But when your parents argue or they decide to punish you, you're not allowed to push back. You don't get to fight and you certainly can't leave. The illusion of adulthood disappears and suddenly, you're left feeling younger than ever.’
Is absolutely perfect. I’m not fifteen anymore, but I feel like this is pretty much exactly what I felt, and in a way I think when you feel this, growing up in your teen years it kinda follows you and that illusion of adulthood with the feeling of being a child just haunts you wherever you go and whatever you do. That whole little paragraph- it just describes how it can feel to be sometimes, especially obviously for a situation like/similar to Lena’s. You always have these astounding and touching fics with the most beautiful and also striking lines and they always get me to make me think, and this one- this one really just- it made sense and makes sense in a way that it’s like I can just understand her and feel what she feels without too much thought. It’s like this immediate description and realisation that matches the situation so well, in which you describe Lena as a fifteen year old so well that as a reader it becomes so clear and every little detail makes sense. It’s almost like a perfect maybe watered-down summary of everything else about Lillian and Lena in that chapter. As a bit of writing it is amazing, and as a reflection on teen life, I think it’s great too.
Happy holidays. :)
thank you so much!! i cannot even tell you how many times ive reread this message
i feel like 15 is such a complex age because you’ve got one foot in adulthood but you’re still just a kid. and especially for someone like lena, that experience is so complex and difficult
thank you so much for your words about my writing, it really means so much to me ❤️
happy holidays!!
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jandjsalmon · 4 months
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2023 FFRC - November ❄️
Happy December, my friends! I was delayed in this post because the basketball season has begun again and I'll spend the next 4 months chasing after my daughter and her teammates as they try to defend their Provincial Title for their final year of high school. This weekend, we travelled far for her first tournament of the year. It was a lot of driving - which meant a lot of opportunity to read fanfiction.
With that in mind, as of yesterday morning, I finished the complete @fanfic-reading-challenge and I feel super accomplished. It’s a fun challenge. If you’re interested in fanfiction challenges, next year’s will be just as awesome. Lots of fun pairings explored and SO many great stories. I'm going to keep counting on my tracking sheet so I can reach my goal of 20 million words read this year. I'm SO CLOSE!
November 2023
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Since my challenge is complete, I'm free to read anything I want. If you have any suggestions or favourites - please point me in their direction. I'll need stories to read on the way to 🏀
Anyway - Here are just a couple favourites from November. Enjoy!
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like some passing afternoon. by @theravenandtheartist (Wenvier - M 1/1) Notes: A Hanahaki Disease fic. There are lots of these in various fandoms and they always make my heart twist with worry. This one is no exception - when one of the pairing is as emotionally constipated as any character ever has been, it's unsurprising when she doesn't realize that he's been pining and in love with her until it's almost too late. But I'm here for only happy endings of course. It's a new-ish author and I really like them. Give it a try!
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Scars by IndianSummer13 (Bughead- T 20/20) Notes: I reread a lot of favourites this month. Comfort fics - and this one is my ultimate comfort Bughead fic. I reread it often and if you're one of the very few people in the fandom who haven't read it yet - I implore you. Juggie is a photographer. Betty is a model. Some pretty horrible things happen to her and Juggie is able to be a friend to her and then help heal her (by helping her heal herself). If chef's kiss was a fanfiction - for me at least, it would be this one.
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Anyway - the holidays are almost upon us. I hope you’re all able to be rested and find joy in whatever holiday you celebrate.
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gardenerian · 1 year
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hey you! can you believe it’s the end of the year? 🥳✨🥂
to wrap up another fucking fantastic year of loving on ian & mickey & each other, please share:
your favorite thing you created this year
a fanfic that you can’t wait to reread
a piece of fan art you can’t stop thinking about
happy new year! cheers to another go around the sun! xx
hello my sweet ✨ what a lovely way to wrap up an incredible year of creating here in this space 💓 so proud of the work we get to share and experience every single day 🥰
favorite thing i created? oh boy oh wow. it was a great year for trying new gif things! i was super proud of this 4x11 set, the gallavich week fleetwood mac set, maggie rogers purple set, and my bigass music set. i have many fic WIPs and i remain excited about them (may 2023 be your year, sweet lil baby fics), but bad brain disease etc etc has them in limbo. however! i was also very proud to post a nice wrap up to the garden song series 🍅
so many fantastic fics this year! YQHBR is a current favorite (ty @celestialmickey), as is faffy our @goodkwuestion beloved! then we have: ian the friendly ghost and bound & free from @sunoficarus, paragraphs by @palepinkgoat, sweetpea 🐈‍⬛ from @whatthebodygraspsnot, tender hearts and other maladies by the lovely @whatwouldmickeydo, @thisdivorce's reckoner, ITQD by @spoonfulstar, peace comes dropping slow from @metalheadmickey (yall. i love this fic so MUCH.), selfless acts of the illegal variety from dearest @abundanceofnots.
i still have MUCH to catch up on for recent fics - so this list will go on and on! but darling @loftec wrote the LOVELIEST holiday fic for me this year. and then of course we have M8TE by our very own YOU!
for art.... oh yall. so much. SO MUCH! flowery husbands from @glitteryolks, roadtrip husbands and freckle boy! by @heymrspatel, @iansfreckles dancey ian, @milkovski's MASTERPIECE, celebratin boys by @onlyopia, @grumpymickmilk veggie boys, @doodlevich dumb baby men!!! this golden beauty from @mishervellous, @deathclassic's snugglin babies, stunning starts by @mzshko, these vivid colors from @tectonicduck, and of course of course this elevator music piece i commissioned from the incredible @darthvaders-wife ✨
a gorgeous year around here. i could keep going for ages! i love to see this fandom continuing to create and inspire and share their talents. thank you all for everything you do to keep this place so lively and wonderful 🍅☀️
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backhurtyy · 2 years
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Happy Zukka dayyyyy, it’s a national holiday. I see you are already celebrating by putting it all over my dash, 10/10 thank you for reminding me. Also I hope you are having a great day in general and better than the past however many you’ve been having. A long while ago I was writing a long fic that has a Zukka endgame but it’s like. The slowest burn and kinda in the background. Anyway, I talked about for a second but I got stuck on a chapter and it got to the point where I couldn’t read it without wanting to die so I stopped working on it and had to take a break from avatar altogether but now I’ve circled back around to it and have just restarted the chapter completely and its. So much better now.
Anyways. How are you, how’s your day, and what are some of your favorite Zukka fics and ones you reread or go back to a lot? - 🤍
HAPPY ZUKKA DAY!!!! what a wonderful day it was, zukka nation losing it in real-time over our beloved boys 🥰🥰🥰
and i’m doing okay!! going through some stuff and feeling some big feelings but. c’est la vie. i’m getting through it slowly but surely 💖💖💖
here are some of my fave fics that i always go back to:
real enough to get me through by @marriedzukka
finding solace in parking lots and the of love and tea leaves series by @rejectscanon
the not kitten around series and now that i see you and if the shoe fits by @bisexuallsokka
electro swing, b-boying, and pancake art (among other things) by @terracyte
i love you (and that’s all i really know) and this ultraviolet morning light by @zukkaoru
there’s a whole lot of power in every little word by @that-was-anticlimactic
that midnight sky and swords of fate, pride of heart by @zukkababey
what did you bury before those hands pulled me from the earth (what were you digging) by @dracosollicitus
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you’ve converted me into a tsu’tey girlie 🫶😭 i ran out of jake fics to read after scouring the internet (and rereading sex education a billion times) and i ended up clicking on tìtunu out of curiosity and i am HOOKED
TSU’TEY SUPREMACY !!
i have so many great tsu’tey asks that i haven’t gotten around to answering yet, and i can’t wait to get to them when I’m back from holidays! He’s just so baby girl 😔
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londonhalcyon · 1 year
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Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas and happy holidays @tojiriki! I was your Secret Santa for this year’s @hphmsecretsanta.
For your gift, I wrote a fic involving Talbott and your MC Nancy. Thank you for answering my anon ask to help me to get to know Nancy a bit. I hope I wasn’t too far off!
Here’s the first part of the fic. The rest is available on AO3 here. Hope you’re enjoying the holidays!
“Flawed Phials”
Toward the deep black water
beneath the arches,
the swan floats slowly.
Into the dark of the arch the swan floats
and into the black depth of my sorrow
it bears a white rose of flame.
- F. S. Flint
Talbott reread the last stanzas of the poem aloud, just under his breath, quieter than Madam Pince’s superhuman hearing could catch. Imagism—simplicity, clarity of expression, and precision, without excess of verbiage. Feelings and meaning through concrete, detailed images. He could feel the narrator’s somberness—perhaps an admiration for beauty and light in darkness, perhaps some mourning for their loss. It was an excellent way to deliver a message, he thought.
But what if he should take a different approach? There were centuries of poetic movements and scores of groups within those movements and hundreds of styles within those groups. So many ways to tell someone something. So many ways to convey admiration. He could write a Shakespearean sonnet, or a series of haiku, or abandon structure altogether. 
He stared at the blank piece of parchment before him, quill motionless in his hand, and then shifted his gaze back to the castle of books he’d inadvertently built around the desk. He suppressed a groan. It was no use. He had gone through every poetry collection in the Hogwarts library, from the works of scholars from ancient Greece and distant Chinese dynasties to the stanzas of French revolutionaries and English journalists, and he had yet to find the inspiration he sought. 
Why was this so hard? He wrote poetry all the time. He’d never had this much trouble before. 
He’d never written a poem like this one, either.
Half-heartedly, he turned another page in his book. He hadn’t gone through many of the more contemporary poems yet. Maybe he could search for inspiration there next. 
“Hi, Talbott! What’s that you’re working on?”
Startled, Talbott swiftly dragged the book over the parchment. The blank parchment. That he hadn’t written anything on yet. 
Brilliant move, Winger. You’re not acting suspicious at all. 
Nancy had appeared next to him with a quizzical smile. “I didn’t forget an assignment, did I?” she asked, a little worriedly. “I thought the term was over.”
“It is,” he said. “I’m just, er, writing a letter for… Yeah, just writing a letter.”
“Oh.” Her smile quirked even more. “Then what are all the books for?”
“Reading,” he said, which was the daftest answer he could have given. Of course books were for reading; that hadn’t been her question. No one checked out a whole fortress of books for a bit of light reading—not even a Ravenclaw. But he didn’t elaborate, and she didn’t press, to his relief. 
“Well, er, I always enjoy a good book,” she said. She shifted her weight from foot to foot. She adjusted her glasses—took her time before she settled on the right words. “I came to ask you—Dumbledore needs volunteers to put up the last of the Christmas decorations. Not many people are here over the holidays, and Hagrid and Flitwick already have so much work to do. I’m on my way to the Great Hall to help out. Would you like to join?”
“You’re staying for Christmas again?” he asked. He wasn’t entirely used to the concept of people who had families choosing to stay away from home during the most family time of the year. He wasn’t complaining; he understood—in Nancy’s case, probably more than she knew. It was just…he wasn’t used to it.  
“I am,” she said. “I think it’ll be fun. It’s almost better, in some ways, to spend Christmas with friends, don’t you think?”
“I…suppose.” That was something else he wasn’t used to. The friends part, specifically. 
“I’ll still write to my family, anyway.” She fidgeted with the ends of her hair. In the soft light of the library, her dark locks were a rich brown-black. “Sooo how about it? Want to decorate with me?”
“I can’t,” he said, too quickly and with too little thought. “I need to finish my, er, letter.” Which he did, sort of. He’d been working for hours with nothing to show. Belatedly, he added, “Sorry,” because he often forgot to say sorry (not that he didn’t mean it; he simply forgot to communicate it), and people didn’t like that. And he didn’t want Nancy to not like him.
Her face fell, a sign he had messed up anyway. “Oh,” she said, her cheeks flushing pink. “That’s okay. Maybe later, then.”
She trudged away. The candlelight fell across her retreating form, granting her dark hair a gentle glow where it tumbled past her shoulders. Talbott looked away. His gaze fell to the book of Flint poems, open overtop of his blank parchment. 
But as the moon creeps slowly
over the tree-tops
among the stars,
I think of her
and the glow her passing
sheds on the men.
Talbott slammed the book shut, heart pounding unexpectedly. Madam Pince hissed at him from some dark corner of the library. On second thought, maybe Imagism was too direct. There were other ways to convey a message.
Quickly, he shoved all the books on a return cart, gathered up his quill and parchment, and bolted from the library, ignoring another furious hiss from Madam Pince. In the corridor, he saw green-trimmed robes about to round the corner. 
“Nancy, wait!” he called, walking as fast as he could without breaking into a full sprint. The Slytherin politely waited for him to catch up. “I changed my mind. A break would be good, I think.” He rubbed the back of his neck. “Library was a bit…stuffy.”
Her lips pulled into a broad grin. She clapped her hands together. “Great! This will be so much fun! I mean, decorating’s already fun, but it’ll be extra fun with you.”
“I don’t know if I’m any good at it. It’s been a while since…” 
A white feather necklace draped around his neck. Red-petaled flowers crowding a chipped table. Peppermint on his mum’s hands. Paper snowflakes stuck to a pale blue wall. Music from a crackly wireless. His dad’s foot tapping in time. 
Since my last proper Christmas.
“Don’t worry! You can’t get it wrong, not if you’re having fun.” She did a little spin so that she was walking backwards in front of him, hands behind her back. “You know, if you’ve been in the library all day, we could work outside. Hagrid set up a huge Christmas tree in the training grounds, and he hasn’t had the time to make it pretty. We could do it, just the two of us…if you want.”
He looked down at her (he had to; she was shorter than him) and looked at her grin, and he didn’t think he could say no if he wanted to, because his heart kept pounding. Outside would be good. Compared to the Great Hall, almost no one would be outside, so he wouldn’t be crowded. It would just be…just the two of them.
“Sure, let’s do it,” he said, before he could lose courage. “I prefer being outdoors.”
“Great! It’ll be cold out. Want to meet at the entrance hall in fifteen minutes?”
“Sure.”
“Perfect. See you then!” She dashed off towards the dungeons, robes fluttering behind her. Talbott watched her go, feeling the sudden urge to take off into the winter mountain air and fly until his heart calmed down. He restrained himself, though, and instead walked to Ravenclaw Tower to retrieve his cold weather clothes.
London, my beautiful,
I will climb
into the branches
to the moonlit tree-tops,
that my blood may be cooled
by the wind.
That was it. No more Flint poems for him.
[Link to the full fic on AO3]
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