nerd-inary disaster

For your consideration: grey ace Vox who has never felt sexual attraction before meeting Valentino. Part of the reason he keeps coming back to Val despite the toxicity of it all is that the rush of attraction is so addicting and Val knows exactly how to manipulate Vox's internalised acephobia to get him back. And then he meets Alastor and oh yes there's that sexual attraction again, Val is no longer the only one who can make him feel like that. And then Alastor rejects him. The rest is history.

one of the many things that keep me awake at night re: ofmd S2 is that us Izzy people have long argued that his hostility towards Lucius in s1 could be very much read as "your softness has no place in a world like this, you're going to get in serious trouble if you don't change, on any other ship you'd be fucked, I've learned this the hard way why are you being so stupid" and back in S1 none of us expected that to actually become a plot point and then S2 came around and slapped us over the head with "the second Lucius leaves the Revenge he goes through absolute trauma city and when he rejoins the crew, he is bitter and angry and hardened just like Izzy was in S1" and... like... I just want to lock them in a room and make them talk through their trauma ok

Riddler is both an annoying menace who is a danger to himself and others (but mostly himself) AND a pathetic traumatized twink who gets bitch slapped every other issue. In this essay I will

Riddles & Lies

Summary: It's Eddie's first stay in Arkham and they sorely need a protector.

Rated M for sexual content and consent issues.

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@tauremornalome tagged me in smth so I have risen from the dead.

The rules: List the first lines of your last 20 stories (if you have less than 20, just list them all!). See if there are any patterns. Choose your favorite opening line.

To make this easier I'll go for last 20 published fics rather than overall written stories, otherwise I'd instantly loose track.

Counting backwards:

20. Lesser Passions

The huge fur coat should have looked ridiculous, really, but on Elias, wrapped tightly around his bony shoulder, it regained an almost redeeming, old-fashioned charm.

19. Unfavourable

His leg was almost completely healed when they brought him into Wilde's make-shift office and the muzzle had been removed, for now.

18. Linguistics

Carter wasn't sure how it had started.

17. Kiss and Tell

“He doesn’t kiss me when he’s sober."

16. Not very sensible either

Peter paused in the doorway to his old childhood room.

15. Bedtime Brew

Peter poked his head out from the kitchen.

14. Sky High

Peter was 14 years old when Conrad got married.

13. Sleeping Beauty

Elias had once read an article about a woman with narcolepsy

12. Hurts so good

Martin almost dropped the kettle when Peter materialized before him.

11. Family Values

They made port around 7pm.

10. The Vessel

Martin stared at Peter, waiting for the punch-line.

9. Thee Kisses

“Just ask him out already.”

8. All alone and a-lowly

Peter wasn’t too thrilled at the prospect of having to play messenger.

7. Happy all the Time

His brain had always been a little glitchy and oh that’s just funny, isn’t it?

6. And all is well

“I need some fresh air.

5. Changing Tides

Oswald had been one of the first rogues to take him seriously and they had soon evolved from lucrative business partners to actual friends.

4. Indebted

Christopher Drawlight was not a particularly well liked man.

3. Kindness Repaid

There was something fascinating in watching Jonathan eat.

2. House Call

Don’t you fret

My little pet

We’re off to see the doctor

And if this doctor isn’t in

We’ll have to find another.

1. Arts and Crafts

Edward did not stare at the green crayons and didn’t have the urge to take one of them either.

Observations

Well the pattern certainly is that I apparently have a tendency to start with a characters first name (11/20, damn). I also have a thing for jumping into stories during the middle of a conversation or similar in media res shenanigans, which is less surprising.

Faverouite line... oh this is hard. I suppose it’s from The Vessel aka The Platonic Fear Orgy (“Martin stared at Peter, waiting for the punch-line”). I like the way it throws you right into the conversation without knowing what exactly has been said but understanding fully how exasperated Martin feels. Which is your faverouite, squad? (Also wtf is up with this new tumblr design, I’ve only been gone for a year or so when did this happen? lol)

Anyway, tagging whoever is still following me despite the fact that i’m mostly awol atm. Hit me with those opening lines y’all.

Listen I know I’m barely online anymore but I have risen from the depths to tell you that you need to listen to this album.

It’s folk inspired Christmas music - yes, actually good Christmas music not the kind that makes you roll your eyes and switch the channel. It’s by Kofi Young of The Mechanisms fame and lemme tell you you’re missing out if you’re not giving it a listen.

I was tagged by the lovely @tauremornalome​  to make a moodboard about myself using the images of:  

(Physical feature is a facial beauty mark. Subject of study is historical men’s fashion. I don’t have a real celebrity crush but Kofi Young of Mechanism’s fame is on my celebrity free pass list since I saw him live at DttM so... make of that what you will. The quote is from Les Miserables and yes that’s the same quote I’ve got tattooed.)

I still don’t do the tagging thing so if you see this and you wanna do the thing consider yourself tagged.

the only ripped Riddler I accept is post hamster wheel Riddler from Harley Quinn

do y’all even realize how strong my insta game is

or: I haven’t posted selifes in years and I’m feeling nostalgic so have some “what the fuck did Luka do with their hair this time” (12/19 to 02/20)

I’ve spent the last 12 years boycoting BBC Merlin despite being very much into all things Arthurian - and by “boycoting” I mean: I had the most groundless, pettiest hatred for the show. Like guteral reaction dislike without ever having seen an episode. Despised it for it’s premise and, to be fair, parts of it’s fanbase. I am now proud to say that I have overcome this particular feud and have watched the first two episodes due to quarantine. And it was... fine? Like I don’t think it’s very good but I can see why people enjoyed it. It might even turn into a guilty pleasure if it gets better further along.

Why am I telling you all this? In parts to amuse you with my pettiness. But mostly because I genuinly spend the last 12 years not knowing that there was actual magic in the show and had to pause the pilot episode to scream into a pillow when I realised that most of the queer readings I hated on for so long actually had a point because the way they portray the surpression of magic users is a text book example for queer subtext. So I guess what I learned this quarantine season is to actually watch things before I call bullshit on them.

Summary: “The singing got louder and more off-key. Peter glanced at the clock. 9pm. He wasn’t sure what was more ridiculous: that he was still way behind on his reading or that Elias Bouchard was able to be this chipper during midterms. Peter got up. He hated everything about this flat but what he hated most was the noise. Peter slipped out of his room and crossed the small corridor. He knocked hard enough against the bathroom door to make his knuckles sting.”

or: And they were flat mates!

reading Billy Bud for the first time and the stranger danger vibes are real