#so that was nice

[discodrift]

How did anyone even manage to fight this guy, bro went around looking like a kicked puppy 24/7. I bet someone had a moral dilemma for about 5 seconds wondering if they are going to have to beat up the personification of a wet kitten (only to have said kitten kick their ass immediately after lol)

[nyoomfruits]

5. What's a fic idea you've had that you will never write? for the ask game? Thanks!

oooh i've had so many but i think The One That Got Away is the lestappen roommates/engineers au that was going to be enemies to friend to one night stant to enemies to friends to lovers over the span of like a ten year period.

(below the cut because this got LONG)

BASICALLY non driver au. charles and max are both studying engineering both with the ambition to become engineers for A formula one team. for charles it Has To Be ferrari. max will take whatever team will have him (there's an ongoing joke that his Ultimate Dream is to work for Haas because they gave him a free cap at some kind of industry event and he's been wearing that ever since. mostly out of convenience)

charles and max have a bit of a meet ugly on their first day and become Instant Enemies and then very shortly after also roommates because charles needed a space and a friend of a friend (lando) offered and so now he's sharing an appartment with lando and max. they DO NOT get along for the first few months, but then utlimately discover they're much better off working together instead of against each other and through shared study sessions and late nights actually become friends.

and by friends i mean BESTIES. these dudes spend the rest of their college days bascially living in each other pockets doing a very weird will they wont they

BUT THEN year four rolls around and max gets an internship at red bull and moves to milton keynes for the year. they have a stupid one night stand right before he leaves because they’re both emotional and stuff about having to say goodbye but the next morning max nearly oversleeps for his flight and so they don’t have time to talk about it. charles thinks maybe he should wait until max gets back because this feels too much of an Important Conversation to do over the phone, and so they Don’t Talk About It. which makes max think charles doesn’t want him, something he is very clearly upset about, and then to drown his sorrows he’s starts dating daniel who also works at red bull and is nice and sweet and like. actually wants him at least.

charles hears about it and is obviously upset because WOW max moved on fast. so when max gets back they get into a MASSIVE fight about it that doesn’t really get resolved. eventually max leaves and charles gets a job offer for ferrari and that’s the end of that

FAST FORWARD THREE YEARS for the second part of the fic which entirely takes place in the f1 paddock.

basically charles has been holding some kind of factory position at ferrari this whole time while max actually managed to get a job in the red bull garage as one of the youngest engineers ever. BUT THEN charles gets a job offer. for race engineer.

at red bull.

anyway its this whole thing of being able to do the one thing he really wants to do but not for the team he really wants to do it for plus theres a chance he runs into max and GOD does he really want that???

the answer is yes. yes he does.

and Max and him. Do NOT get along. they fight constantly and its showing in the way the car dnfs in both of the first races. eventually after the third race Christian summons them into his office and tells them to get their fucking shit together or else. so they talk and decide on a truce

anyway after that they’re sort of friendly now and they fall back into that easy rhythm they used to have back when they were roommates

and like. they’re a literal DREAM TEAM. the car is a fucking ROCKETSHIP in their hands. they actually make newey cry happy tears at some point etc etc.

charles is happy and its fine and then they win the constructors championship breaking mercedes winning streak and they’re celebrating and max falls into his arms and buries his face in charles’s neck and oh no.

oh no

turns out he’s not over that then.

but thats the end of the season and nothing really happens and then when the new season rolls around they pine for a while like they used to back in college lmao

and then max gets a job offer with another team

Charles hears about it through the grape vine, goes to confront him about it and he’s like “don’t you DARE leave me again we JUST found each other again” doing this whole speech basically yelling at max and max just. kisses him.

but then that upsets charles even MORE because he’s like “fuck YOU I cant do another goodbye fuck that’s not. NO. fuck you” and max is like “this is not a goodbye fuck, because I’m not leaving.”

and then charles frowns like “why not. It’s a good job offer”

“charles you’re giving me fucking WHIPLASH here do you want me to leave or not”

“I want you to tell me WHY”

“because I’m in love with you you idiot!!!!!!”

anyway they kiss about it its all very cute The End

so yeah. there's a 4k planning doc for this. there's a title. there's a PLAYLIST. yet i'm like 99% sure it will never get written. truly The One That Got Away

[bethanydelleman]

I finally finished my My Happy Marriage but set in Regency England AU. And a bunch of people even read it!

It's a magical Regency romance. You don't have to have read My Happy Marriage to read it, as it's a complete retelling. I'm told it's good! Enjoy.

[slothpoth]

I had a bad day at work I’m gonna talk to my therapist about it (I’m going to making matching jewelry for me and my fictional lovers)

[marvelousbutterfly]

I just graduated university! It was so hard and took a couple more years than my freshman classmates, but I finally did it! My mom recorded me getting my diploma on stage and I looked so much like a penguin since I already walk like one and the gown thingy was all black lol

[saucy-mesothelioma]

It's that time of year again, folks! Already got through listening to Jacksfilms's Thanksgiving song and Alice's Restaurant Massacre, and I just finished watching the WKRP Turkey Drop episode. Now all that's left is to tune in to the MST3K Turkey Day Marathon. Let's fuckin go

[koshercosplay]

I don't do anything for halloween but I did go to a costume wedding and that was fun

[ghosttotheparty]

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[karinyosa]

girl complimwnted my haircut gained he trength of 1000 suns

[class1akids]

I’m a bit bummed that we got kind of unlucky and got no sketch for Dabi vs Shouto, nor for Vol 36 promo and now for the Todo-fam episode either. 

I understand HK is probably still hurting, exhausted and super-busy with Vol 37. But still, it just feels like we are a bit cursed in S6, when it comes to the Shouto-content 😭

[xchrryblssmx]

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[silhouettecrow]

365 Days of Poems: Day 11 (January 11th)

Defiant Lightning

oh,

to be struck

in a way that leaves one stunned

in a way that makes one feel electric

in a way that fundamentally changes one

outside and in

the way a bullet rips through flesh

and the only reminder of the metal

is the tearing and blood

and the chasm left behind

the beauty and charge of the strike

the honour to be in its path

as it chooses me to caress

with soft white-hot fingers

branching from sky to skin

the touch excruciating and euphoric

and clear in the crawl of white lines

permanently dancing across my body

a melding of the lightning

into me

a fundamental change

from the scars that mark our meeting

to the glow of the stars and wind

sewn silver into something deep within me

that grew since I was a child

until I had no control or decision or say

in how the lightning

flowed through

and out

of me

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Here's the link to the corresponding writing prompt post

[xcziel]

tuesday new release for november 7:

i spent half the evening monitoring the line at the midnight release for iron flame AND trying to sneak in snippets of jungkook on jimmy fallon (lol) since i had my phone bc i was also taking photos for the party

sooooo yeah. but there's LOTS of stuff out today

iron flame, book 2 of the empyrean saga by rebecca yarros is out! as is the holiday edition of fourth wing (red! very pretty! also: sprayed edges!)

latest installment in christopher paolini's eragon series, murtagh, plus the large hardcover illustrated eragon to pair with it

my name is barbra, a brick of a memoir ($47 list!) by la streisand

remembrance a collection of the correspondence of ray bradbury

resurrection walk new mickey haller AND harry bosch law thriller from michael connelly

novel the future, by naomi alderman

new naturals by gabriel bump

so late in the day: stories of women and men by claire keegan

the olympian affair, a new cinder spires novel by jim butcher

"clive cussler" released the corsican shadow

ben mezrich - the bringing down the house poker story guy- release breaking twitter, possibly one of the most topically relevant books today

teddy and booker t. about roosevelt and washington "blazing a path for racial equality" from bestselling historian brian kilmeade

h.w. brands new book on the history of american politics founding partisans

love redesigned by lauren asher, first in new lakewood billionaires series

chestnut springs series book four reckless by elsie silver

katee roberts' first in a new series hunt on dark waters

in YA we have:

the second book in the lightspark series by alex aster, nightbane

sequel to the way i used to be by amber smith, the way i am now

powerless by lauren roberts

and a paperback teen romance from ali hazelwood, check mate

same as ever: a guide to what never changes from psychology of money author morgan housel

the fund, about ray dalio, bridgewater associates, and wall street shenanigans by rob copeland

class, a story of single motherhood and higher education, by stephanie land

lyrics by paul mccartney is out in paperback

world within a song from jeff tweedy

living the beatles legend: the untold story of mal evans, longtime beatles roadie and personal assistant, by kenneth womack

and new d&d heroes' feast: flavors of the multiverse cookbook

and finally: SYSTEM COLLAPSE is here!!!! the new murderbot story from martha wells!!!!

to paraphrase: un-follow me now, this is gonna be the only thing i talk about for the next week. ive been waiting forever it feels like. fuck.

(a tiny exaggeration bc i know i will also be obsessed with jk and standing next to you for the next little while but you get the idea)

[piedoesnotequalpi]

Okay I promise the next bachelorette au chapter will be up in a couple hours I was just experiencing The Horrors (today's job had like 2-3x the listed inventory and went into overtime hours and also my period decided to make a guest appearance)

[sweetdaniisovan]

Had a dream I was kissing a girl's neck