#there’s 569 of you last I checked

[tiazvni]

what about y/n that had to block eren in order for her to try and be with someone else. eren and y/n were never together but erens just possessive asf and they have always had something going on. like y/n goes to a party with this new guy and eren confronts her about it shortly after realising that she is there with a different guy.

i know it’s similar to other works you’ve done but just the thought of eren making y/n so weak just from his presence like ugh.

of course we all know how it ends tho :)

none of that might have made sense but i’m begging u. please.

give in | eren jaeger

words : 569

warnings : fem!reader, black coded, possessive!eren, toxic!eren, fwb!eren

eren seethed as he watched your most recent instagram story from his burner phone. dick jumping in his pants when a picture of you, so sweet and soft-looking, filled his screen, taken mere minutes before he pulled up outside of your house.

you were getting ready for a date - a juicy tidbit relayed to him by one of his sources - and he couldn’t stand the sight of you looking so pretty for another man. not when you just had his dick down your throat last week.

he shrugged himself out of his car and reached your front door in quick strides, knocking on the hardwood with a heavy hand. you shouted to him that you were coming! - double checking your appearance in your mirror before rushing downstairs to greet who you thought was your date.

but no, it was just your ex-friend-with-benefits.

“what the hell, eren,” you huffed, glaring at him with those beautiful brown eyes that drive him crazy. “i thought i told you to stop showing up at my house unannounced.”

“nah, fuck that. where the hell do you think you’re going?”

you choked on your breath. “excuse me?”

eren took a single step forward, crossing the threshold into your living room as he stared you down. his dark eyes narrowed as he looked you over - noting your sleek hair that reached your waist in waves, sultry eyelashes, glossed lips, thick body wrapped like a gift in a black silk dress, and dainty feet with painted toes strapped in the sexiest pair of heels he’s ever seen.

it’s almost like you were trying to kill him.

“you heard me,” eren scoffed. “you thought i wasn’t gonna find out about you trying to give my pussy away, hm?”

“my pussy doesn’t belong to you, eren.”

“like hell it does. you must’ve forgot the way i had you crying last week, mamas.”

you tried not to shiver at his words, clit twitching in your underwear as you wracked your brain for the memory of how you both got to this point. having gone from childhood friends to perpetual fuck-buddies, eren’s toxicity has been a recurring theme throughout the entirety of your life.

from the moment you let him fuck you after a smoke session for the first time, agreeing to a simple no-strings-attached deal, you should have known he would be the one to catch feelings all too quickly. but like the silly bitch you were, you forgoed all of his red flags solely because of the way he made your pussy sore during missionary.

but last week was the last time. never again would you give in to his control like he so craved.

“see, this is why i blocked your ass. you act like you own me the second i get the slightest bit of attention from another guy, and i don’t have time for it.” you shove at his chest, hardly moving him an inch back. “get the fuck out of my house, eren!”

“nah, strip for me.” eren licks his lips, unbothered by your words or your attitude.

your breath hitches as he moves another step closer, smirking at the sudden flash of desire clouding your doe eyes. he shuts your front door behind him, eyes never leaving yours as he shifted the locks on your door back in place, watching as each click made your body jump.

“let me see what you’re so eager to show him.”

um i WILL be making a part 2 to this. i literally wrote this during my lunch break at work — i hope it’s to your liking!! <3 <3

[antimony-medusa]

MCYT on Ao3 - July '24

It's that time again, looking at the stats on Ao3! My deadlines are crushing me to a fine paste, but at least I have conditional formatting.

Some Notes:

No new fandoms this month that I found! If you know of any, let me know. We are sitting at 54 fandoms I'd consider MCYT, and also Video Blogging!

Fics are still primarily in english, but we have three exceptions with significant spanish fics. Karmaland (794 of 917 are in spanish, which is actually down from 797 last month), Tortillaland (115 of 121 are in spanish, up from 113 last month), and QSMP (1,072 of 10,037 are in spanish, from 1031 last month, when we broke a thousand for the first time.)

QSMP also shows 51 works in French, the same as last month, and 603 works in Brazilian Portuguese, up from 569 las month.

While I didn't do an analysis across fandoms, the @mcytmultilingualbb posted this month, which is 22 mcyt works in non-english languages! Check out the collection here.

In the small and micro fandoms, we didn't see much growth, but the two fandoms that did post a significant increase are higher than last month. My Inner Demons showed an increase of 23, contrasted to last month's 8, and Kaboodle SMP showed an increase of 21, up from last month's 14. However, we didn't show a decrease in any of the small fandoms!

In the midsized fandoms, MyStreet took it comfortably, with an increase of 75 fics! Since being canonized, all of the Aphmau tags continue to be vibrant. Mindcrack showed a decrease of 8, in contrast to last month's increase of 12, so I suspect that is a tagging issue.

In the large fandoms, most of the big powerhouses all posted less than the month before, with Hermitcraft posting 655 in contrast to the month before's 700, QSMP posting 282 versus last month's 396, Traffic posting 401 versus last month's 494, and DSMP posting 265 to the month before's 352. It's notable that that's three months in a row down for QSMP, but Hermit, Traffic, and DSMP were all showing an increase over the previous month last month. Lifesteal's 95 was higher than last month's 92 and Empires 147 beat last month's 145, both holding very steady.

Video Blogging RPF showed an increase of 2,104, very comparable to last month's 2,452, but notably down from 3,548 at this time last year.

[kitausuret]

#eddie brock#he's gone through the cycle twice#no i will not elaborate#...unless someone asks Hey, Kita, I'm asking

(The original post, here, read: "I used to be a human then i was godlike and perfect for a while and then I got tired and now im an beast. you know how it is".)

So. We start at the beginning.

Man, still sorting out symbiosis. (Amazing Spider-Man Annual #26)

Godlike, justified in all his actions no matter the cost. (Amazing Spider-Man #300)

Beast, a true predator. (Amazing Spider-Man #347)

Man again, briefly, having found peace and reflection at last. (Amazing Spider-Man #362)

Godlike, having found purpose in a new place and a new role. (Venom: Lethal Protector [1993] #1 and #2)

Beast, as symbiosis falls apart. (Spectacular Spider-Man [2003] #1 & #3)

Human, as he loses what made him Venom, and is left only with himself. (Marvel Knights Spider-Man #6, and Amazing Spider-Man #568)

Godlike, when becoming Anti-Venom gave him the closest he's pretty much ever had to a true savior complex. (Amazing Spider-Man #569, Venom [2011] #7)

Beast, in the absence of the only thing that gave him meaning and direction in his life in the absence of his other - though in time it is something he learns to channel. (Venom [2011] #17, #35)

And human again, when he hands Toxin off to Jubulile and has to find some kind of peace with himself... (Carnage [2016] #15)

...until he finally rejoins with the Venom Symbiote. There is certainly a kind of divinity in Eddie's reunion with it. He is its savior, for once, rather than its would-be destroyer as he was for so long. He lacks the delusions of grandeur of past times, given his numerous reality checks since the last cycle, but his understanding, while imperfect, feels almost holy at times. There's a spiritual undertone to it all.

This era was, really, the joining of all three feelings - human. divine. beast. (Venom [2016] #150)

But the moment that tips the scales back to Beast is the return of Knull... (Venom [2018] #2-3)

...and ultimately, Eddie is shoved rudely back into his Humanity just long enough for death to claim him. (Venom [2018] #31)

Not even death can hold Eddie Brock, though, and so obviously his next phase is a tumultuous one, but it is Divine nonetheless as the King in Black... though sporting a look unexpected for him. (Venom [2021] #1)

Time is meaningless in Meridius' Garden, but there is a definite shift back yet again to Beast in the form of Bedlam. (Venom [2021] #20)

Until finally, he finds some semblance of all three - Human, Divine, Beast, in the forms of Eddie Brock, the Eventuality, and the as-of-yet-unnamed combination of the (more or less) resurrected Eddie Brock and the remnants of his battle with Bedlam. (Venom [2021] #18, #21)

I know originally I said this was two cycles... but really it's multiple. Eddie is trapped in this never-ending circle of just... over, and over, and over, never truly finding peace. So, really, what is he? Is he just human? Is he a savior? Is he a monster?

That's the question, isn't it? He certainly "knows how it is".

[aintgonnatakethis]

Thanks for tagging me @judgeverse ❤️️

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

16

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

108,855, almost all of that coming from this year as I spent the last few months of last year getting back into writing by telling myself 'I'm just going to write. I won't post, so I don't need to worry how good they are'.

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Stargate Universe because those guys are in my brain and I'd die for them, but my next fic I'm posting is going to be Stargate Atlantis. I also have 2 WIPs from Durham County as my brain went 'hey the SGU fandom is pretty small... You know what would be really funny?'

Back in the day on ffnet (*checks* 15 years ago jesus christ!) I wrote for Doctor Who, Torchwood, Star Trek: TNG, Blakes 7, Invasion, X-Men: The Movie, Demons, House, NCIS, Prison Break, and Being Human. 87 stories with 169,449 words. I'll have a quick look through them and see if there's anything worth reposting, but I doubt it. 14 years olds aren't usually very good, ya know? Though I do look at Reviews: 220 and think yikes, I did not have social anxiety when I was that age did I?

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

down here they call us animals has 32, but the rest of them are single digits because SGU is such a small fandom.

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

Always, love talking to people about my fics and it's not going to encourage people to keep commenting if they get no response from the author. Sometimes it takes a while because my spoons can get funky.

6. What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

so i bite my tongue and hope for blood, where Telford gets sexually assaulted by a drugged Rush, then goes on a killing rampage with none of the recovery (if there even is any beyond pretending it never happened) shown and nothing is really resolved.

there was a devil in my soul i think we activated, set during 2x07 The Greater Good, extends the scene aboard the derelict spaceship between Young and Rush. Young has a ton of trauma about Carmen, David, Riley, and P2S-569, and ends the fic in a pretty suicidal place.

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

This was a bit tougher to answer as I usually have some angst hanging around, but i'm a stolen car in a parking garage, where at the end Rush and Telford are bantering back and forth, sharing-time is happening, and they also have their first kiss in this fic, after having been fucking for a while.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Nah, it's much better than it was back in the day. At least in the fandoms I frequent.

9. Do you write smut? If so what kind?

Oh, do I! 😄 Every gay kind that takes my fancy, from vanilla to super kinky. There are of course a few kinks I avoid reading/writing about as I'm sure everyone does, but if anyone has a specific kink they'd like to see me write hit me up and we'll talk!

10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?

I'm afraid not. I'm just not that into them. 🤷‍♂️ (The fact that if I filter out crossovers on the SGU AO3 page I lose ~400 fics is a crime!)

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

I don't think so.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

No.

13. Have you ever cowritten a fic before?

Back in the day me and a friend wrote many hundreds of thousands of words RPing the 10th Doctor and the Master. RPing isn't allowed on ffnet so I received a warning and they deleted the fic. Thankfully I still have every single one of those fics due to being anal about backing stuff up on memory sticks, so if you'd like them @chosennightmares let me know. ❤️️

14. What's your all-time favourite ship?

Telford/Rush, if I have to pick just one, though I could chuck Young in there and go through every combination possible and still be very happy.

15. What's a WIP you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?

Nothing currently posted as due to having a lot of unfinished fics on ffnet I'm adverse to posting things without at least having an ending in mind. But there's an SGU fic titled Your Own Worst Enemy which was started in August last year and delves into rape recovery for Rush, Young, Telford, and Destiny herself. I need to be in the right headspace to write it and despite having 8 chapters of it completed I don't know how it's going to end up.

16. What are your writing strengths?

Developing different versions of Rush, Young, and Telford and have all of them still be in character despite being so different.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Getting the end of the fic written, knowing how to sign things off. The promised SGA fic sat 95% completed for fucking ages where all I could do whenever I scrolled to it was stare.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

Knowing the state Google Translate is in, I probably wouldn't risk it, no. It does annoy me when I'm reading and I'm told to scroll to the author's notes at the bottom of the fic to see what's been said and then having to scroll all the way back up, potentially losing my place. Much prefer people using the HTML hover text option.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Doctor Who. My mum was involved in putting together Who Cons when I was a kid, so I grew up watching the classic series.

20. Favourite fic you've ever written?

a memory, a distant echo I really enjoyed writing it, fleshing out David's character, and really digging into his psyche. It's a tough read, but I'm very proud of how it turned out.

tagging @thestorieswesay @no-more-pawn @chosennightmares @galadhir @sga-owns-my-soul

[discombogulated]

MAY 6TH

and, lo, an angel of the lord appeared unto them saying: "be not afraid. my nail polish is chipped, and i'm just out here riffin' with this one." ...meaning, the only tw is that i'm actually fine. —thanks for reading 569 of my words!

I must've kicked every dandelion in sight. The rest of my life began in that little, blue church that hugs the mountainside— the one so easily lost among low-hanging clouds and bilberry bushes. But, today began yesterday at five o'clock when I told you the truth and you said: "Wait."

May 6th has the biggest box on any calendar. Go on. Check my math. No amount of ink fashioned into a lopsided "X" can divide it into something I can stomach. Still, are four, sharp-cornered sections, each more barren than the last. Your tea stands unfazed though bitterly cold, and while the sun dresses for her march across the sky, I dance around it, sewing the fine tears in the parlor back together.

Waking up makes not a nightmare end; just as distraction, asked to bring peace, attends my self-wrought pity party empty-handed. Pillows, blankets, and records all go home after a long night out, but your tea— a porcelain cup, a cup I've never even thought was pretty— I can't lift. I don't think you'll ever talk to me again. And, if you do, it will not be the same. And, if you do, you won't tell me to wait. You'll land a sympathetic slap on my back and encourage me to start over with somebody else. Or, maybe, you'll look at me like you never have, brandishing a rotten smile quite foreign to a countenance so sweet, and explain life tastes better without me.

Nerves, intrusive like ivy, circle my every supposition until you are disguised, changed in fact. No longer the same woman of months past. No longer the one who sports her hat with the bow facing the wrong direction; who spots me a madcap glance every time she buckles her shoes and, somehow, a wilder one when she unbuckles them. Of twenty-four hours ago. You don't weigh your pockets down with rocks you think I'd like. You don't write your own invitation to lunch and forge my signature. You don't understand. You laugh. You hate.

I have made perfect strangers of us both with my transparency.

Noon. "All hope abandon, ye who enter in." Twelve times the little blue jay pops out to mock me while my fingers fumble with a window's rusted latch. The air inside the house has grown hot, oppressive, strange for the season, and there is nothing left to do except wait. Catching a dull eye in the pane, I see my efforts to at least keep a clean face have been for naught. What is it about staring at one's own reflection that brings tears, if they're there, to the surface? To break as a pent-up thunderstorm in the dead of summer?

A flock of real birds flies into the arms of a nearby oak, startled by the opening of my window. To them, the bugs, the distant neighbor pushing his grass cutter in neat rows— back and forth, back and forth— this is not May 6th. This is Saturday, and tonight, they will reinhabit their nests or bury themselves in dirt or Old Quaker like any other, never knowing of you and me, how I miss you. They will go on, and the rest of the world with them, never knowing that the two who might've sat here watching with laughter on their lips, dreams in their heads, and secrets in their hearts have been reduced to one.

ᅠ

[cult-of-caejose]

Josuke tries to come out while Joseph chokes on tacos ft. Tonio and Jotaro

originally posted on AO3 https://archiveofourown.org/works/43214907

Summary: Josuke tries to come out to his dad, and Jotaro is there to support him while Joseph tries to eat 12 Tacos in one go.

Words : 1 569

Content:

It was now or never. Josuke had spent the night before and this morning psyching himself up for this, practicing what he’d say in the mirror.

“Dad..” he began, toward his reflection whilst perfecting his pompadour.

The words ‘Dad’ still felt odd on his tongue. Despite Joseph being biologically his father, the idea of actually calling him 'Dad' filled Josuke with a strange discomfort., Mr. Joestar wasn’t something he could use as an alternative as he was going to tell him something so intimate, coming out to him was a massive deal. Perhaps he’d refrain from referring to him by any name whatsoever.

Josuke took a deep breath and stood up straight, staring deep into his own eyes. “I have something very important to tell you.” he asserted whilst checking his outfit.

He quickly decided that this was the perfect tone of voice to use. It sounded sure and demanded Joseph’s full attention without sounding too demanding, just the way he wanted.

“Josuke! Hurry up!” He heard his mother’s voice yell from downstairs. “You said you were going to be leaving at 11:20 and it’s 11:25.”

“Shoot-”

–

He’d just about made it in time.

Joseph was already standing outside Tonio’s with Jotaro by his side. As soon as Joseph saw Josuke he waved and beckoned him over.

“Hey, there you two!” Josuke said as he approached the two in a small jog.

“Hey, Josuke!” Joseph chimed with a wide grin.

“Hello,” Jotaro replied, voice flat as usual.

Josuke had already told Jotaro about his sexuality. Last week specifically and the guy was perfectly fine with it. He’d supported Josuke, and given him a pat on the back to stop his crying, he’d even helped him tell his mom about his sexuality so he had also decided to help him with telling his father. Once he did this he’d really have done everything he needed to for now, he’d feel like he could rest awhile and settle into his new life.

Of course he knew coming out is a lifelong journey but having all of his friends know about this part of himself, his family AND having a great boyfriend like Okuyasu just put him at ease, made him feel like he’d done enough work for now and forever.

“Shall we go inside?” Jotaro asked, he seemed to be watching Josuke’s expression very carefully.

Josuke swallowed as he gazed at the front door of Tonio’s and gave a slow nod in response.

–

They’d all ordered. Josuke had gone with “whatever is good today.” As much as he loved Tonio’s food he didn't have the energy to decide on something. His nerves had consumed him. Tonio had decided to treat Josuke and Jotaro to a nice Spaghetti and spent a while bragging to Jotaro about just how great this meal would be despite Jotaro’s blatant disinterest.

Joseph ordered 12 fucking tacos. Now, one may ask themselves ‘why were Tacos an option at an Italian restaurant?’

Well, our answer to that is “For the plot of the story of course” Tonio said with a smirk and brought out the large dish of 12 neatly lined up thick tacos, glad to be finally relevant to a Jojo’s fanfiction.

Josuke thanked Tonio for the meal and began mentally preparing himself for the vital moment whilst pushing his spaghetti around the plate and occasionally eating some. It was delicious but he couldn't enjoy it.

Should he tell him after they finish eating or should he just go ahead and take the leap of faith right now? Sure Joseph was a pretty old guy and for that reason, he had initially decided to keep this side of himself from him however Joseph would leave for America soon, if he wasn’t too happy with this he could just try his very best to move on- he didn't even see the man as his father anyways.

Joseph shoveled what looked like a chain of tacos down his throat. All 12 of them were connected in this long rope-like thing dripping with sauce, salad, and copious amounts of cheese, it was one of those sights that look so unhealthy and so large that you feel slightly sick looking at it. Why was this a meal option at an Italian restaurant again?? Why had Joseph even ordered this?

Josuke nodded toward Joseph clearly giving him the thumbs up, Josuke decided to speak up. He took a deep breath. Wait- what the hell should he even say? His mind was blank despite his desperate scramble to recall what he had prepared this morning.

“Old man,” He heard Jotaro say from across the table, interrupting his thoughts, “Josuke has something important to tell you.”

“MKJHEIBSJBIUGEB,” Joseph replied, trying to speak whilst having his sixth taco halfway into his mouth whilst he struggled to force the fifth one which was lodged in his throat down due to the fourth one not having been properly chewed whilst the remains of the third leaked from the corners of his mouth in a messy froth of sauce and meat. He gripped the sides of the table as he attempted to wheeze out the blockage however all he could do was sweat and muffle desperate choked cries.

Thank god Jotaro had helped him out there. Josuke took a deep breath after he’d gotten this reply from Joseph and spoke. "I have something very important to tell you”

He held his breath bracing himself to speak the next words, using Jotaro's reassuring look from across the table as encouragement.

“JEHEUJHAHSJDEHEBJ” Joseph replied as he slammed his fists against the table desperately, hacking chunks of the mixture so squashed that you'd be shocked to discover it used to be a taco all over the table, painting it in saliva, vomit, cheese, and hot sauce.

"I'm gay."

“YUGUHGUGUG” Joseph's head slammed into the remaining tacos splattering huge meaty white and brown chunks all over the walls and floor of Tonio and his face sank into the meal.

The other diners in the room couldn't contain their gasps. How could anybody say such a thing? Sure he was practically ancient but not even the most homophobic old men could come up with something that offensive.

Jotaro narrowed his eyes. "Old man, this is your son, what the hell is wrong with you?" He gave him a gentle punch, however, his face clearly showed he wished to hit way harder. Jotaro furrowed his brow and awaited the man's response, hoping he'd give the right one this time. Jotaro nowadays wasn't one to outright express anger unless he really needed to but homophobia like this just wouldn't fly.

Josuke looked toward his meal, tapping his finger against the metal fork creating a steady consistent clink sound in an attempt to ground himself. He didn't know what to expect going into this and had prepared himself for the worst, yet, it still really hurt. The idea that a part of himself, a part that has always been with him, sickened his father to this extent. His insides were jelly due to the strength it took to keep his thoughts running at a million miles per hour.

"I'm sor-" Josuke heard himself mutter, hanging his head low.

"Don't apologize Josuke, the old man is in the wrong here." Jotaro interrupted, voice booming. "What the hell do you have to say for yourself?!"

Joseph shot up and began quickly spinning around, bits of food that painted his face flying around as he did so. The snake of Taco’s leaking from his mouth swirling around with him as the small corners of his mouth that remained unclogged leaked with drool and vomit. Was he trying to wriggle it out like a worm?

"Huh?! Do you think it's okay to treat your son like that? Why the hell would you say that? Do you know how hard it was for him to come out to you? To tell you such an intimate thing about himself…!" Jotaro spat, fists clenched. "You are a terrible father."

"Hypocrite," a random customer said.

"Huh?"

Silence.

"Are all of you enjoying your me- MAMA MIA!" They heard the clatter of a metal dish against the hard floor ring throughout the restaurant. The room shifted their focus from the rather emotional scene to Tonio who was standing at the door from the Kitchen. "Is he okay?!" He shrieked in a frantic dash toward Joseph.

Jotaro shook his head.

"He's a homophobe Tonio."

Tonio gasped. Joseph did the worm. He’d gotten one Taco out finally but he still had way more to unlodge and limited time before he’d suffocate.

"I- I’m shocked." He looked toward Joseph.

“HGUYGUEGUYG” Joseph said as he rolled around on the group, clothes catching the vomit chunks on them and crushing them against the fabric of his now slimy jacket which definitely was going to reek for weeks if he survived this.

"Hey! YOU DON'T GET TO SAY THAT JOSEPH YOU AREN'T GAY!"

“E8u8982989jjhuh” Joseph was B-boying on the ground with flexibility no 79-year-old should have.

The entire room was filled with gasps and shrieks, even Josuke couldn't suppress his reaction.

"Oh my god, why would you say such a thing..!" Tonio yelled in shock.

Jotaro shook his head and stood, clearly biting back his rage, "let's get out of here Josuke."

"L- let's do that.." Josuke replied, still shocked from the amount of blatant homophobia he'd just experienced.

[themculibrary]

April Fools Masterlist

Links Last Checked: April 13th, 2024

part two

A Fool's War (ao3) - happyaspie G, 3k

Summary: Tony has a grand and fabulous idea as to how to pull ahead in any and all prank wars amongst his teammates. An idea that involved, several hundred water balloons and a reluctant spiderling. ...and it was April Fools Day to boot. What could possibly go wrong?

An Electric Feel (ao3) - amidtheflowers bucky/darcy M, 1k

Summary: Their anniversaries in the past have always been wonderful, but Darcy locking herself in the bathroom has to be a first.

(April) Fools Day (ao3) - KillJoy998 steve/tony T, 3k

Summary: The one in which Tony hacks into SHIELD to mess with everyone's passwords as a joke.

April's Fool (ao3) - AvengersNewB steve/tony T, 4k

Summary: Steve asks Tony out on April Fools' Day, not realizing what day it is. Tony gets upset and rejects him. Tony can't believe Steve would mock him like this. Steve can't believe Tony would reject him like that. There is a bit of a twist though, and Steve might need to take matters in his own hands.

april skies (ao3) - rainnorwind steve/bucky T, 654

Summary: Steve pulls a dumb prank. Bucky is kind of hopelessly in love with him.

Fish Day (ao3) - SharoScylla T, 9k

Summary: Pranks are basically the foundation for everything.

Everything that is AWESOME.

Give and Take (ao3) - ani_bester G, 569

Summary: April Fool's day, Bucky has pranked everyone. Everyone but Steve. And now Steve is on edge.

Gotcha ? (ao3) - screamingarrows (orphan_account) steve/tony N/R, 2k

Summary: Steve's not sure how it escalated this far. Honestly he isn't. It was- it was just supposed to be a joke.

In which Steve doesn't know what qualifies a bad prank and basically ruins the day.

Loki's First April Fool's Day (ao3) - CreativeReading darcy/loki, frigga/odin, jane/thor G, 6k

Summary: Loki celebrates his favorite new holiday, but his wife, Darcy, disapproves of his antics.

Not Your April Fool (ao3) - Hollyspacey steve/tony E, 2k

Summary: Tony is nervous about being around Darcy on April Fools' but Darcy is interested in much more than playing pranks.

Rock It, Rip It, Roll It (ao3) - amidtheflowers bucky/darcy E, 2k

Summary: Darcy joining the Manhattan roller derby team ends up being a very, very good thing for Bucky. Maybe a little too good.

Secret Library (ao3) - amidtheflowers darcy/loki E, 2k

Summary: It's not every day the Allfather of the universe hates a young Midgardian girl, but Darcy guesses she's just that special. Luckily, Loki is more than willing to help.

The April Fool's Babies (ao3) - StuckySituation steve/bucky T, 4k

Summary: “I’m pregnant,” Bucky says, and the first feeling that Steve experiences is relief.

Granted, that might sound surprising, but Steve knows what day it is, and this -- Bucky, with his hair a tangled, sweaty mess, leaning against the doorframe, with a big, brown envelope in his hand and his face carefully blank and neutral -- at last explains the horrible week and clears Steve’s mind from his fears and worries.

“Oh, good,” Steve says and sits down at the kitchen table.

Nothing is wrong with Bucky, after all. The sleepless nights, the haunted look that has been shadowing his face for days, everything must have been just set up for the prank.

This is by far stranger prank than any of those Bucky used to pull, but at the same time, it’s not that surprising. His sense of humor has become understandably a lot more twisted after the Hydra years.

“Good?” Bucky says. “What the fuck, Steve?”

“I mean, uh. Wow! Surprising. How did that happen?”

The First of April (ao3) - Ralkana clint/phil T, 1k

Summary: Tony Stark. April Fools' Day. 'nuff said.

The One Where It's April 1st (ao3) - thefatedthoughtofyou sam/bucky T, 1k

Summary: It's April fools day and Sam decides to fuck around. And, well, you know how the saying goes, fuck around and find out. Sam definitely finds out.

[justasmisunderstoodasloki]

I posted 2,721 times in 2022

76 posts created (3%)

2,645 posts reblogged (97%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@uglypastels

@grussell63

@bigilante

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@dont-you-fucking-dare

I tagged 569 of my posts in 2022

#joseph quinn - 43 posts

#eddie munson - 35 posts

#the sandman - 31 posts

#andrew garfield - 27 posts

#legendary post - 26 posts

#loki - 24 posts

#joe quinn - 22 posts

#dear no one - 21 posts

#spiderman no way home - 18 posts

#harrison osterfield - 18 posts

Longest Tag: 132 characters

#i really thought today was 1st of april until i checked to see if mobile network was on 0 again. first time i used all it in a month

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

I love when Daniel goes "gi gi gi eh eh eh eh"

36 notes - Posted September 10, 2022

#4

After 1,5 of having the same background I finally changed it!

Unfortunately, the gif background I have for my lockscreen can't be posted:((

Anyway, here is my homescreen. Feel free to use it yourself!! Let me know if you like it and/or if you use it

43 notes - Posted February 1, 2022

#3

Hello, I am here to announce that I have found someone new to crush on

*drum roll* it's Tom Sturridge!

And let me tell you, that voice!!!😍

70 notes - Posted August 23, 2022

#2

Closer| E.M. Imagine

I had this idea for an Eddie x female!reader imagine. Thought/ dreamed about this last night. I'm currently on my period, started to hurt like hell when i went to bed. Had a hot water bottle but I think having an Eddie would help a lot too.

This is not proofread, but you'll get the idea anyway.

You're best friends with Eddie. One day when you're hanging out at his place, you fall asleep in his bed. This happens in the evening/ night, so Eddie decides to also go to bed.

The two of you are quite close: you are comfortable enough to talk about everything, or just quietly enjoying each others company, but als frolicking (kind of like the relationship he has with Dustin). However you never cuddled when sleeping or when you're simply hanging out.

In the morning before you left your house, you're period started. Surprisingly, you barely had any pain until the night. Soft moans of pain left your mouth as you were in a deep sleep.

This woke up Eddie, he asks you if you're alright. Still in a very sleepy state you say that you're on your period. He proceeds to ask if you need anything. You mumble 'No, just hold me.', and he does. Eddie pulls you closer, your back against his chest. His right hind gently rubbing your stomach you help get rid of the pain.

When you wake up, Eddie is holding you. Laying on your sides, your head against his chest, Eddie's hands caressing your head and your back, and your left arm around his torso. You don't remember saying you wanted Eddie to hold you, but you definitely don't want him to stop or to pull away yourself.

Okay, that was my little idea! I hope you liked it!

93 notes - Posted November 25, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

1) Derry Girls S3 finally on netflix 👌 2) Liam Neeson is Derry Girls👌👌 3) this fucking gem of a scene👌👌👌👌👌👌👌

276 notes - Posted October 10, 2022

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I posted 1,740 times in 2022

That's 1,518 more posts than 2021!

204 posts created (12%)

1,536 posts reblogged (88%)

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@namchyoon

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I tagged 569 of my posts in 2022

#bts - 86 posts

#bts x reader - 79 posts

#bts au - 57 posts

#bts fanfic - 57 posts

#bts fluff - 48 posts

#i awnsers - 48 posts

#kim namjoon - 46 posts

#bts angst - 35 posts

#park jimin - 33 posts

#jeon jungkook - 31 posts

Longest Tag: 139 characters

#but seriously every time i find an amazing fanfiction i'm holding my breath crossing my fingers and scrolling to the ending notes hoping to

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Drabble : Blind for you

Pairing: Yandere Taehyung x toxic darling reader

Summary: Who thought blind could turn into blissful

Warning: Yandere, mentioned lovemaking non explicit (they do makeout though i guess), mentioned cheating.

More in this universe 🖤

Taehyung isn't interested in any of the blind date candidates he has met so far. They are the same old boring women.

Until he meets you.

At first you don't seem to be worthy enough for his attention. Honestly he just wanted to try the latest menu of the restaurant and Jungkook refused to accompany him because he was on a diet, the traitor.

You are an anxious mess. Easily startled when he comes sits infront of you. Your hands tiny compared to his are fiddling but he pretends not to notice that.

"You must be Miss Y/n. I'm Taehyung. Nice to meet you."

You were perhaps not ready to meet him because for a while you just stare at his face he doesn't blame you its hard to come across a face like his, but then you realise yourself and offer him a polite smile.

"Same.. I feel the same." you say.

He nods.

The server comes to takes your order.

You are torn on what to decide.

"I would like the same as his." You tell the server trying your best not to seem to out of place hating you are out of your comfort zone.

Then you both talk light topics. Taehyung is bored, he can tell you're pretending. Like calls to like afterall.

"So Miss Y/n What are you looking for in a partner?" He asks really not interested.

"Someone who can protect me?" You say eyes earnest. Wouldn't it be lovely to kill the hope in you.

"As lovely as you are I'm not the one youre looking for I am not a good man."

"I didn't ask for a good man." You said taking a sip of your drink.

He raises an eyebrow. Amused by the turn of conversation, do you even know what you're talking about.

"I just want someone to love and protect me."

"Waiting for your prince charming cinderella." He laughs rolling his eyes internally.

"No I don't mind a villain. Rather I'm fond of them."

A misinformed kid, he thinks. Probably with a saviour complex.

But then he looks at you, really looks at you and there is something about you which makes him feel that there is something more.

"You are very interesting Miss Y/n. Has someone told you that."

"You just did."

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295 notes - Posted August 27, 2022

#4

In too deep

Summary: Reconnecting with Jungkook you realise you never really knew him.

Pairing: Jungkook x Reader

Warning ⚠️: Yandere behaviour

His eyes were so pretty why would anyone blame you for falling but nobody told you his love was a maze with no escape

He stared at you with those precious doe eyes.

"Little Dove."

Your last memory of Jungkook has been of this shy kind boy who was so easily flustered that it was comical that was two years ago.

"Jungkook." You breathe out his name.

"You sound so sexy when you say my name dove."

You blush. You had no idea he could be like this.

Fiery intimidating but so in control.

You are dressed in your favourite sexy red outfit. You watch him as he checks you out shamelessly.He is dressed in a red shirt with way too many buttons open and skinny black ripped jeans.

He catches you looking at him and smirks.

How you had landed in this situation was a bit complicated.

Your younger sister was getting married. Your mother had asked you about your partner. Promising to set you up herself if you had denied. You had told her you were seeing someone but it was too early to meet the parents.Your sister had suggested meeting them on a double date.

Searching for a convincing guy proved harder than you had thought possible so after your sister had sent you the date for the date. Your fear became real.

Hurrying from work one fateful day you crashed into Jungkook transferring the cream of your cupcake into his shirt. You and Jungkook studied at the same University. He was the famous prodigy of the computer science department. Even though you joined at the same time he was completing his PhD when you graduated. You had met him at the lamb skewers shop located near your college.

"I'm sorry...Ju... jeon Jungkook., I'm y/n remember .. we went to the same uni we used to meet at the lamb skewers shop."

"Hi y/n. I remember" He replies.

"I'm so sorry I'm in a hurry please take my buisness card.. call me or text me your account for cleaning." You say giving him your card and leaving for work.

He called you later asking you to treat him to coffee instead and you obliged.

It was then you spilled the fact you needed a fake boyfriend.

"I could be one." He offered.

" You sure. Like 100%...Like definitely."

"I am."

"Remember when in college you never dated because you were an IU fanboy." You teased.

"Come on I never called you out for listening Mono on repeat." He countered.

"Wait when did I tell you I listen to Mono."

"You've put it on your story so many times."

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325 notes - Posted January 10, 2022

#3

Belong (3)

Part 1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Pairing: ot7 x reader

Genre: omegaverse au, hurt/comfort, Angst, romance

Synopsis: You seem to be falling in love with the pack and Jungkook isn't very happy but what will happen when. He realises you are his mate?

No warnings?! (Did I actually 😳 manage that)

Am I regretting making the different moodboards yes yes I am but was I still too invested to back out also yes

Your mother knocks on your door.

"Coming!!" You tell her opening your window and spraying all sorts of perfumes in the air so she doesn't worry about you.

Happy thoughts think happy thoughts . You think to yourself.

And it kind of sucks that all in the top of your head belong to the pack.

Your mom sits in the kitchen working on her laptop . A food package opened.

"Did you order something?" You ask sitting on the other side of the table.

"No the neighbour brought it."

"You hang out."

"Yeah a bit."

"Isn't he too old for you ?" She asks munching on the muffin her work abandoned for now.

"It's not like that he just helped me out before."

"Fine this old mother will nor interfere in your life."

"It's not that... ugh" You say picking for yourself some savory focacia bread.

"He did bring you breakfast after whatever happened to get you so depressed."

"You noticed."

"If I don't point everything does not mean I don't notice young lady."

"Mom." You say and go hug her. Nothing beats her calming scent anyway.

"My baby." She cooed. "Should we invite them to dinner so you can show me the skills you learnt in your cooking classes."

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344 notes - Posted October 7, 2022

#2

Belong (2)

Part 1 / 2 / 3

Pairing: ot7 x reader

Genre: omegaverse au, hurt/comfort, Angst, romance

Synopsis: You seem to be falling in love with the pack and Jungkook isn't very happy but what will happen when. He realises you are his mate?

Warnings: Mentions of eating disorders, self harming behavior, themes of depression and anxiety, anger issues(someone gets hurt)

Jungkook locks himself in his room angry at his pack. Only coming out to sneak in food.

The pack feels guilty and decide to plan a surprise vacation. While they didn't regret having you around they still cannot neglect there baby alpha.

All preparations are made.

Taehyung is kind of sad to be the one to tell you (Just because he lost in stone paper scissors.) You are saddened and he just wants to hug you till you feel better.

But you put on a brave smile and tell him he must give you a party later. He readily agrees and peace is made.

Noticeably you visit less. The pack is kind of disappointed.

Even though it is outside the house you do spend time with them, you and Joon enjoy hanging out in the park. You refuse to share earphones asking him to just put the song in speakers and Namjoon is kind of disappointed and he wants to protest hating the boundaries you have put but unable to say anything against them.

You, Hobi and Jimin go shopping together. It's fun you try on things. You suggest each other ridiculous clothes. You even beat them at the dance step machine in the arcade. Causing you all to laugh so hard that your stomachs hurt.

When Hobi asks you opinion for earrings.

"Are you planning on getting your ears pierced?" You question.

"No I thinks it suits you." Hecsays brightly.

"It's pretty but I didn't bring the money."

"Let me get then for you." He offers

"No. ... you don't have to why don't you get something for Tae his birthday is coming." You say.

Jimin silently notes your behaviour but passes it of as a sign of comfort but when Hobi comes close to kiss your forehead as they drop you of and you step back; He can't help but think Jungkook's word have deeply hurt you more than they could imagine.

Taehyung and you eat out. Going to different aesthetic cafe's. Yoongi accompanies too Because its been a whole week since you stepped inside the house. He's been counting and when he suggests to watch a movie together at the house which even surprises Taehyung because usually Yoongi's social battery would have run out. You just say next time.

When Jin complains of missing you. You with your brave face on, come visit him once or twice careful to not run into Jungkook.

It takes you 30 minutes to knock, Namjoon notices who himself had been out to bike and had seen you when he was leaving for a ride. He decides to wait until you went inside not wanting to embarass you.

Yoongi hung around Jin when you came.

Close to Taehyung's birthday Jungkook's rut hits.

He wakes up very groggy, very out of consciousness. Until he goes to the couch in the loving room and you had forgotten a scarf and it has your scent Jungkook just nuzzles into it. Happy to have the scent. His wolf satisfied for now.

Hoseok wakes up early and goes to get his clothes he had put out to dry last night when he stumbles upon Jungkook.

He swears to himself. They had checked earlier but no one had planned for an unexpected rut. He woke up Jin and Namjoon to help him usher Jungkook to the nesting room and prepare for his rut.

"Hyungie." He murmurs only half awake.

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370 notes - Posted September 23, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Belong

Part 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5

Pairing: Ot7 x reader

Genre : mostly fluff. {Tragic backstory.. the usual and a n g s t .. sorry not sorry } omegaverse, hurt /comfort

Warnings : reader's not confident and maybe anxious ... mentions of incidents but not in detail

Notes: people present at ages 21-24, late and early presentation also occurs.

⚜️⚜️⚜️

Imagine you a sweet smelling omega are neighbours with BTS.

With their subgender as follows Namjoon, Hoseok, Jungkook as Alpha, Jin and Yoongi as beta and Taehyung and Jimin as omegas.

So Taehyung and Jimin are go to an omega focused campaign event and you are there and they meet you and your scent smells really nice except it has a bitter after note to it. Still in the large amount of people they overlook it.

You go to cooking classes where you stumble upon Joon who wants to surprise Jin on his birthday with a meal without destroying the kitchen.

You end up talking as you help him with his cooking. Your inner omega preening under praise from an alpha.

As your cooking improves so does your confidence increases now you won't die alone, your alpha would love a mate who could cook.

Also you develop a crush on this handsome, kind alpha and a part of you knows it's wrong to let your feelings out of hand but you still decide to bake him something because you'd do anything to make him smile at you fondly.

So off you go to the supermarket to get ingredients to bake something.

Someone nearly hits you with their cart. Your eyes widen and you freeze on the spot.

The beta, a very tall and handsome beta. You know its a beta because his scent is faint. Beta scents are faint to everyone except their mates.

"I'm sorry are you ok" he ask concerned.

" I am fine."

"Thank goodness." He says and then spots the paper in your hand. "Looks like you're looking for baking supplies and you seem stressed. I'm a good Baker if I say so myself. Please let me help as an apology."

And your first instinct is to say no. Namjoon's face flahes infront of you.... you need all the help you can get.

You find Jin to be pleasant company. He guides you to the best things.

You are so engrossed in Seokjin that you dont see Yoongi approach. Yoongi eyes you and asks Jin if the grocery shopping was done.

Jin tells him how he was helping you find ingredients. Yoongi shakes his head and picks an easy to make mix and hands it to you.

"Here this would be easier and cheaper." He says.

That's how the two leave. Two Betas in a relationship you wonder if they have a pack at home.

You wonder how nice it would be to have a pack .

It was only you and your mom at your house. Your dad an omega. Had passed away, so had your little siblings. Your mom had thrown herself into work and with the insurance money and support manage to buy a big house to compensate the small space which killed your family. But bigger the house emptier it was.

You end up making a cake and take it to the classes. You are getting late though.

So you decide to take a shortcut except you come across some rowdy alpha.

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547 notes - Posted September 8, 2022

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LOVE IT!

I woke up early this morning, before 6 am. Work stuff, kid’s sick, whatever. But then I couldn’t really get back to sleep. So I headed out to the bathroom, and on the way, I thought I’d check and see if I landed the New York Football Giants Defense and Special Teams unit that I’d put a waiver wire claim on the night before. Turned on my computer, and guess what? I did land those NY Football Giants![1]

But then I saw something else. And that something else is truly a top 5 moment for me this season. Ladies and Gentlemen, the Matt Ryan Week Seven OMFG Bidding War:

Ironically this all happened about 24 hours before the Moved On From Matt Ryan Bowl between Dan Romans and myself kicks off. As I am sure everyone remembers, I traded Michael Carter, RB for the Jets, for Matt Ryan after week 1.[2] But then I signed the Other Prince Who Was Promised Kenny Pickett ahead of Week 5, which caused me to bench Matt Ryan. And then I watched the Colts play the Broncos on TNF and saw the Corpse formally known as Matt Ryan actually play a football game. Frankly watching a Matt Ryan that I had just benched was one of the prouder moments I’ve had this year, because Matt Ryan looked like the worse QB in the league. He threw 0 TDs, 2 picks, got sacked 6 times, and fumbled twice. So I dropped Matt Ryan.

But then Matt Ryan dropped 31 points week 6. He was 42/58(!) for 389 yards and had 3 TDs and no interceptions last week against the Jags.[3]

The waiver wire is tough.[4] And QBs are scarce. Listen, the Mighty Boom started Skylar Thompson last week in a disaster. And the Falcons QB room makes Ian look like he’s a serial killer collecting the worst QBs in the NFL: He’s got Mac Jones, Cooper Rush and Justin Fields. He’s previously started Baker Mayfield, so Matty Ice would have been a big get for Ian. And you gotta play one QB, you kind of got to play two, right?

But Matt Ryan? I only really listen to one fantasy football podcast. And when they talked about streaming QBs this week, they mentioned Matt Ryan’s Jags line. And they said to pay no attention to that line, because they’ve seen Matt Ryan play football just like I have. It doesn’t mean anything. 

Good luck Boom. Anyways, here are some things on Amazon I found that are much better uses for $569:[5]

[1] I need the Giants because the steady eddy D/St unit I’d signed a few weeks before (Fly Mighty Eagles Fly) are on a bye this week. I really like this Eagles unit and I really really don’t want to drop them. It’s always a struggle to fill out the bottom of your lineup, your TE, D, and K, and I think I’ve finally got the Jesus’s bottom all figured out: Ertz, Eagles & Buttkicker. But that puts me in IR roster hell. If James Connor (currently on IR and now officially questionable) is healthy, he’s gotta go in my starting 10 because BOTH Cooper Kupp and Justin Jefferson are on bye, and my only other two rostered wideouts (SHOUTOUT BERRIOS) are kind of emergency staring this week. James Connor is playing Thursday, along with Jameis Winston, also on my roster, maybe playing probably not but also probably not “out.” If Conner is ruled out before TNF I’m good, I can keep him in the IR, and move the Giants to the starting 10. But if he’s a go, I gotta both play him and cut somebody else. The decision gets much more difficult if Jameis is a go too and he starts. (Last week he was healthy enough to be a back-up a-la Teddy Two Gloves? WTF). Anyways, IR bye week stuff, amirite? Keep your eyes on my roster for updates to this ever-developing situation.

[2] BTW still kinda think I might of won that trade. Dano started Carter week 2, he score 10 points, but Carter hasn’t started for Dano since (scoring 5.6, 4.9, 17.3 on the bench). Meanwhile Breece Hall is the clear front runner in the Jets backfield. Matt Ryan started 3 games for me before getting dropped, and two of those starts were fairly effective: 17.5 in week 3 and 21.4 in week 4. He score 3 point fucking 8 points for me week 3. But if Carter never sees the field again for Dan, then I’m still counting this trade as a win for me. 

[3] Another reason I went for the Giants, they’re playing the Jags, who finally look like a real Jags team.

[4] I paid over $200 for Taysom Hill (verses absolutely no one it turns out) only to cut him a week after, but then he goes off again, so Odouls pays over $400 for him, starts him, and he scores 4 points. Taysom Hill is a tough nut to crack.  

[5] Dan signing Andy Dalton for free this morning as a free agent was the best move of the last 12 hours. There is, what, a better than even chance Andy Dalton scores more points than Matt Ryan this week?        

[tetskuro]

𝐌𝐎𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐀𝐙𝐈𝐍𝐆

content: you want to watch the night sky, but tsukishima would rather focus on something—or someone—else

warnings: gn! reader, incredible amounts of pining on tsukishima's end, cursing

character(s): tsukishima kei

word count: 569

a/n: any time i think of a fic idea that has something to do with the moon, i need to make it about tsukishima

Tsukishima prided himself on being a rational person. He rarely let his emotions overwhelm him and typically acted in a very logical manner. It was easier that way, relying on cold facts and reasoning rather than intuition and gut feelings. Head over heart was the phrase he usually lived by.

So why was his heart now beating erratically at the mere sight of you?

Under the blanket of the night sky, Tsukishima and you sat side by side on the grass, close enough to hear each other's breathing but just far apart that you weren't touching. When you had asked him to go cloud watching, which eventually turned into stargazing, he couldn't seem to say no to you. That's how he found himself here, spending hours watching the warm hues of the sunset morph into an inky black expanse.

Despite it being a clear night with the full moon out, Tsukishima couldn't help but focus on you instead. The glimmering moonlight perfectly highlighted your features: the slope of your nose, the curve of your lips, the shine in your eyes. Why would he look at the moon and stars when the brilliance of the entire sky was reflected onto you?

"Tsukki."

His breath hitched at your voice, afraid that his glances weren't so discrete after all. He also discovered that he didn't seem to mind when you called him by his nickname. In fact, he quite liked it, but he'd deal with that piece of information later. "Hmm?" he acknowledged, trying to appear nonchalant.

"Isn't the moon so pretty tonight?" you remarked, your gaze still directed upwards.

Sure, the moon looked nice, but your beauty was incomparable.

God, what the fuck was he thinking? How did he become a bumbling fool who couldn't get you out of his head? He can't remember exactly when he started to see beautiful things and subconsciously associate them with you.

Tsukishima tried to dispel his thoughts of you before he could say something that even remotely revealed the feelings he decided to keep locked away. "It's the same moon that was there last night," he commented. "And the night before."

You scoffed and finally diverted your attention from the sky to face him instead. "You've got no sense of wonder or whimsy," you grumbled.

What you didn't realize was that there was a deeper meaning behind his words. To Tsukishima, you were like the moon: a constant, reassuring presence yet just out of reach. There was no denying the moon's dependability; it would always hang in the sky every night, whether or not it could be seen. Similarly, he felt comforted knowing that you were right by his side. However, one step closer was all it would take to cross the precarious barrier between friendship and... what? Tsukishima didn't know, and that's what made him afraid. He liked how things were now, at least that's what he convinced himself.

"We can't all have our head in the clouds."

"We can't all be a stick in the mud," you fired right back at him.

"I'd rather stay on the ground, thanks," Tsukishima muttered. He desperately hoped the glare from his glasses would conceal any emotion clouding his eyes.

You chuckled, huffs of amusement released into the empty night air. "Predictable, coming from Mr. Vanilla himself."

At the sound of your soft laughter, Tsukishima swore he felt his heart stop. Oh, he was so fucked.

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[antimony-medusa]

MCYT on Ao3 - June '24

It's that time again, looking at the stats on Ao3! My life is a little on fire but at least I still have SPREADSHEETS.

Some Notes:

No new fandoms this month that I found! If you know of any, let me know. We are sitting at 54 fandoms I'd consider MCYT, and also Video Blogging!

Fics are still primarily in english, but we have three exceptions with significant spanish fics. Karmaland (797 of 906 are in spanish, from 779 last month), Tortillaland (113 of 119 are in spanish, same as last month), and QSMP (1031 of 9,723 are in spanish, from 992 last month.)

I'm probably going to stop checking all the fics in the QSMP tag, but for a final hurrah, I went through all the languages! 1 work in Bahasa Malaysia, 1 fic in Dansk (Danish), 2 fics in Deutsch (German), 1 work in Esperanto, 1 work in Filipino, 51 works in French (up from 48 last month), 1 in Lingua latina (Latin!), 2 fics in Polski (Polish), 569 in Brazilian Portuguese (from 519 last month), 5 in European Portuguese, 9 fics in Русский (Russian), 1 fic in Suomi (Finnish), 1 fic in Svenska (Swedish), 1 fic in Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese), 3 fics in Türkçe (Turkish), 1 fic in Українська (Ukrainian), 5 fics in 中文-普通话 國語 (Mandarin Chinese, I believe), up from 4 last month.

In the small and micro fandoms, we saw a general output of less than last month, but Kaboodle was still our standout at 14 fics! This is down from SOS's standout of 19 fics last month (they posted 11 this month).

In the mid-size fandoms, MyStree and Evolution SMP continued to jockey for the lead, but in contrast to last month, Evolution took it this month, with 36 fics.

In the large fandoms, we were kind of all over the map. Hermitcraft is back to posting more than the previous month (700 to 648, as their season is still going strong), and traffic's 494 was higher than last month's 471, but QSMP's 396 was down from last month's 421, potentially impacted by their season ending. Empires posted almost exactly the same as last month (145 to last month's 144), Dream SMP's 352 was up from last month's 224, and Lifesteal's 92 was down from last month's 107.

Minecraft FINALLY pulled itself out of the negatives, posting an increase of 204, and Video Blogging's 2,452 was comparable both to last month's 2,511, but much reduced from last year's 3,921. With that holding strong in that range I would theorize that with the significant drop from this time last year in DSMP, (1,357 a year ago, 352 this month), we saw that some of the folks no longer posting DSMP have left MCYT as a fandom and gone to other fandoms, not just relocated within MCYT.

[hydrus]

Version 569

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I had a good week mostly fixing small things.

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I fixed some issues with last week's URL improvements. It is mostly advanced stuff, so if you are a downloader maker, please check the changelog.

For regular users who download from certain sites that can produce multiple files from one post (I am told that Pixiv was not affected, but Inkbunny was), I am afraid I made a stupid mistake that meant only the first file of those posts was being downloaded. This is now fixed, so if this affected you and you have a bunch of subscriptions, let's fix it: once you are in v569, load your subscriptions up and sort their queries by 'last check time'. Select what has run in the last week, copy the query texts, and then paste them into a new gallery search page with the file limit set to something like 50. Your client will go over what was missed and fill in any gaps.

I harmonised some search logic related to 'system:duration = 0', '<1', '!=0', and other variants around the zero edge case, for duration and the other simple predicates I updated a while ago. When I first wrote this, I tried to thread a needle of logic where in some cases it would return files with no duration and sometimes it would not, but it all ended up a mess, so, from now on, searching for any simple quantity that would include '0' will now include any file that has no value for that property. (e.g. an mp3 has no width, so now system:width < 200 will include mp3s).

If you are a Linux user who uses a hydrus.desktop file, check the changelog! You'll probably want to rename it, and it might even fix your program icon.

I fixed the 'remember last used default tag service in manage tag dialogs' checkbox and dropdown in options->search. It wasn't saving right, sorry for the trouble!

future build

I have a new 'Future Build' ready. This is a build the same as the one above, but it uses newer python and libraries. We do not know if those libraries cause any dll conflicts on any OSes, so if you are an advanced user and would like to help me test it, please check out this link:

next week

More small jobs. If I can, I'd like to focus on some UI quality of life.

[lindsaywesker]

Good morning! I hope you slept well and feel rested? Currently sitting at my desk, in my study, attired only in my blue towelling robe, enjoying my first cuppa of the day. Welcome to Too Much Information Tuesday.

Ironically, the word ‘verb’ is a noun.

In Dubai, you can Uber a helicopter!

Music helps keep your memories alive.

We forget 80% of what we learn every day.

Obesity is now a bigger killer than malnutrition.

Masturbation dates back at least 40 million years.

23% of men and 17% of women never get married.

The scent that lingers after heavy rain is called petrichor.

When a cockroach touches a human it runs to safety to clean itself.

White-Stemmed Bramble has the Latin name ‘Rubus Cockburnianus’.

In 1847, a woman was sent to Aberdeen lunatic asylum for "abuse of tea."

The ideal time to make a joke about something horrible is 36 days later.

More than 1000 different languages are spoken on the continent of Africa.

People who enjoy dark humour tend to be more intelligent. Need I say more?

In his autobiography. Andre Agassi admitted that he has always hated tennis.

More than one in five Americans believes that the world will end in their lifetime.

If someone truly loves you, they tend to hug you for at least five seconds or more.

Viagra has been shown to revive drooping flowers and make them stand up straight.

The man who voiced Tigger in ‘Winnie The Pooh’ also invented the first artificial heart.

The ‘Wolf Of Wall Street’ uses the word ‘fuck’ 569 times, a rate of 3.16 times per minute.

The best person in your life is the one that first comes to mind after reading this sentence.

People with imposter syndrome are actually better at their jobs than people without imposter syndrome.

Left-handed people tend to have more emotional and behavioural problems than right-handed people.

The rate of sexually transmitted disease in London is more than double that of any other English region.

On his deathbed, surgeon Joseph Henry Green was checking his pulse and his last word was “Stopped!”

According to a study from the University of Vienna, you not only look like your dog, you look like your car!

The first bus in Britain to be powered by human excrement ran from Bristol to Bath on the Number 2 route.

In 2007, a married couple divorced after realizing they were cheating on each other in an online chatroom with each other.

People think about you more than you think they do and they also like you more than you think they do. Awww, thanks!

Brazilian footballer Argélico Fuchs spent much of his life spelling his name Argélico Fucks, resulting in headlines such as "Fucks Off To Benfica."

In Japan, napping at work won't get you fired. In fact, taking time out for a snooze is seen as honourable and a sign of diligence by employers.

In Japan, people commonly practice the act of pretending not to be home when an unwanted visitor knocks at the door. So much so they even have a word for it: Irusu.

Male koalas don't chase females. Instead, usually between 12-3, they lay back, make themselves comfortable, and bellow loudly at any females in the area to come and join them.

“I'm sick and tired of people saying that we put out 11 albums that sound exactly the same. In fact, we've put out 12 albums that sound exactly the same.” (Angus Young, guitarist of AC/DC)

Real bees were used during the filming of cult horror classic ‘Candyman’. Before accepting the role, actor Tony Todd negotiated a $1,000 bonus every time he was stung. He said he was stung 23 times.

Guinness has a world record for the ‘Most Successful Chimpanzee On Wall Street’. The chimp chose stocks by throwing darts at a list of companies. In 1999, she was briefly the 22nd most successful banker in the USA.

Lee Child’s character Jack Reacher got his name from a shopping trip. When Child retrieved a can from a high shelf his wife said, “Hey, if this writing thing doesn't pan out, you could always be a reacher in a supermarket.”

After the two hurdlers Belgium brought to the European Team Championships were injured, the team desperately needed someone to run the 100-meter race. Jolien Boumkwo, a shot-putter, stepped onto the track to save her team from disqualification.

At around age 23, the average person falls off what the researcher Jennifer Aaker calls ‘the humour cliff’: we start to laugh and smile less and less. The average four-year-old laughs and smiles 300 times a day, the average 40-year-old: 300 times every 75 days.

Okay, that’s enough information for one day. Have a tremendous and tumultuous Tuesday! I love you all.

[mbti-ramblings-and-whatnot]

You know you’re having a good time when you (INFP) and your cousin (ISFP) both take a 100 question mbti test and are both told you’re INTJs (my results below, hers were similar)

[kitausuret]

Why do you hate agent anti venom? (Also thanks for always reblogging my art and leaving nice comments in the tags <3)

Hi there!! Yes, I do love your art, and you're very welcome. (Everyone, @bean-ii has made some very lovely pieces, particularly of PeterFlash! Y'all should check that out.)

Let me preface this by saying: everyone who's ever drawn or written about Agent Anti-Venom as a form of transformative fandom or as a fanwork, this is 100% NOT directed at you. My frustration is not with any fan creations, it is totally and completely with regards to what the people crafting canon have done.

Ahem, but to answer your question... put simply, Flash taking on the Anti-Venom alias is antithetical to his character and his character growth, and furthermore, I think it does a massive disservice to Eddie Brock's history with the alias, as well.

But since you asked... let's start with where it all began, in Venom Inc. Alpha #1 (W: Slott, Costa; A: Stegman):

I'll be honest with you, this wouldn't sting so much if the last time we saw Flash interacting with Venom (barring 10 pages in Venom #150) wasn't Venom: Space Knight. It's pretty common knowledge for people who know me that I loved Space Knight, flaws and all. It was, in my eyes, some of the best writing we'd gotten for Flash in a long time. We got a great look at his charisma, his leadership, but above all, his willingness to do literally anything for the Venom Symbiote. Including jumping into an execution pit armed with nothing but his... uh... wits, I suppose.

(Venom: Space Knight #7 and #10, W: R. Thompson; A: Olivetti, Jacinto)

The whole point of Space Knight had been, in fact, to develop the relationship between Flash and his partner! Sure it was also a pretty fun rollick through space and all that good stuff, but we hadn't seen this kind of development between the symbiote and a host since... what? When the symbiote and Eddie got back together after Finale? And even that was kinda ehhh...

All of this is ultimately to say that Flash is vehemently not Anti to Venom by the last time we see him. Why is this important? Well, let's take a look at how the Anti-Venom alias actually came into being.

By the time Amazing Spider-Man #568 (this story, "Fifth Stage", was written by Mark Waid and illustrated by Adi Granov) rolls around, Mac Gargan has been well-established as the latest Venom for a good minute. Eddie is haunted, quite literally, by his last days with the symbiote. Now, I recognize that the writing for a lot of that was not... great. And to this day it's still not really well-explained why it was decided to turn Eddie and the symbiote's relationship sour. My personal headcanon is that Anne's death was the beginning of the end of their honeymoon phase, but regardless, things went south.

There are actually some interesting parallels between "Fifth Stage" and Venom: Space Knight #6, but that's another story for another day. In ASM #569 (Slott, Romita Jr.), we finally see the appearance of Anti-Venom:

Good or bad, the Anti-Venom era was a huge part of Eddie's character and it was very specifically tied into his perception of what their bond had become. But he took this thing that happened to him, the amalgamation of how Martin Li cured his cancer and then its unpredictable interaction with the Venom Symbiote, and (for the most part) tried to do something good with it. Sure, as is usually the case with Eddie, that strayed into morally grey territory most of the time, but his last act as Anti-Venom was saving all of Manhattan. That was pretty huge for him.

But needing an arc of finding himself again? Needing to regain his self-identity because he felt he'd lost it as Venom? That's not something that was ever the case or even relevant to Flash. Now, in the context of Venom Inc, did Flash ever know exactly how Eddie had even become Anti-Venom? No, but the writers did (especially Slott - he wrote both arcs for Anti-Venom as well as headed Spider-Island) and tagging on a cute new alias for Flash isn't doing any of the characters any justice given their histories. You can't call Flash Anti-Venom when he's never been Anti to Venom. He was, in fact, desperate to have his partner back. None of this makes sense!

And last but certainly not least, making Flash Agent Anti-Venom and then keeping him that way up through his death and even through the current run with his resurrection is... weird? Don't get me wrong, I love seeing him again. Like, this moment from Venom (2018) #33 (Cates, Coello) was beautiful:

(Flash is legitimately gorgeous here. I just kind of wanted to share the panel I'll be real with you.)

But it doesn't even make sense that he would still be Anti-Venom. If his codex went to the Hive, why wouldn't he be... literally anything else? There's also the little matter of Flash having been described as still needing prostheses but there's a panel in Extreme Carnage where he literally has ankles. When was the last time we saw him using mobility aids?

At this point, I don't even want him to have an alias. I just want him to be Flash. I want him back in the Spider-Man comics as a supporting cast member; I want him acknowledging his friends and family and loved ones; I want Flash being himself to be good enough. Yeah, I'm looking forward to seeing him in Savage Avengers but I'm so tired of seeing him in white.

Just want my beautiful boy back.