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Amy Reads And Stresses

@amyreadsandstresses / amyreadsandstresses.tumblr.com

AO3 writer with an affinity for Sherlock content, I am constantly posting prompts, stuff on fandom, or funny bits from my day to day life. She/they, obsessed with reading and writing; I can often be found crying over a book or drowning in fanfics (as should be). Also, very queer.
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GUIDE TO AMY READS

Hi! Welcome to my insanity in my little corner of the internet. Since this blog has grown quite a bit in the last few years I've had it, here is a pinned post with the most important stuff to make navigation easier.

AO3

My AO3 fics: AMYREADSANDSTRESSES

Collection with my absolute favourite reads: AMY'S LITERAL MASTERPIECE READS

TUMBLR

-The tag for the fic recs I make every other week is here: AMY'S DAILY FIC RECS

-Specific Sherlock recs: SHERLOCK FIC REC

-Stuff on my own fic writing is here: MY FICS

-The tag for my series where I relate Sherlock with music is here: SHERLOCK'S PLAYLIST

-Tags for general Sherlock content are: BBC SHERLOCK, JOHNLOCK, SHERLOCK HOLMES

-Tag for my series of collages and moodboards is here: MOODBOARDS, SHERLOCK AESTHETIC

-I talk about the films I make my poor mother watch here: WATCHALONG WITH MUM

-I add little bits of my daily life here: UNI CAOS

-Tumblr relevant content is here: TUMBLR CULTURE

-Fun games: TAG GAME

-Talk with me: AMY RESPONDS

-General reblogs for misc content is here: REBLOG

Other tags:

MY SIDE BLOGS
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u know ur a tumblr local when u immediately come here to make sure ao3 is down and see people already posting about it. how dare ao3 be down and deprive me of my gay fanfiction. this is homophobic.

edit: just saw it’s for maintenance and i forgive them. their work makes a wonderful reading experience for me, so.

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helloliriels

Join me in raising a glass, to a fic that raised the bar ...

And the Award goes to ...

Nominated by @discordantwords and echoed by @the-reading-lemon for 'Author most likely to make me scream about those two idiots in every single chapter'.

Read the fic that has critics raving: "An Absolute MASTERPIECE!", "Had me completely enthralled from start to finish!", "A tour de force!", "Wrenching. Heartbreaking. Painful and Beautiful.", "Crafted so carefully!", "I'm a puddle of emotions 🫠", "One of the BEST johnlock fics ever!", "Earned it's place in the top 10 fics of all time!", "The Love Was There!"

To scream about those two loveable idiots more, as only Arwa can deliver! ... also check out Monsters in the Woods, Full Mount, and To Stand Before the Storm. All worthy of their own award consideration!

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helloliriels

Definitely on the side of the Angels ...

And the Award goes to ...

nominated by @keirgreeneyes @ninasnakie @7-percent (and backed up wholeheartedly by the writing fandom!) we decided not to overwhelm her with titles when so encompassed by one!

Follow the blog critics are hailing as: "A Bollocking Brilliant Mind!", "An exquisitely talented writer", "Chief Fandom Cheerleader", "An absolute delight!", "A Guardian Angel to Fic Writers in the fandom", "Silver takes the GOLD in friendship", "She reblogs, reccies, cheerleads, betas, inspires and enthuses!", (and for her involvement and contributions to @fluffbruary ...) "I might have died from lack of fluff, if not for her timely interventions!"

Check out all of Silvergirl's own award-worthy fics on AO3, including: 'Ride On', 'Drawn to Stars', 'Solace & Joy' and 'Sunday Evening, 6 P.M.' ... !!! (a personal fave!) and as the 'Guardian Angel of Fic Writers' one should not be surprised to find her collection of: 'Getting to Know Johnlock Authors' introducing new readers to new authors in the fandom every day!

We'd physically give you the award (if we knew how to make one irl!) but I'm pretty sure you're already wearing the wings!

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myrfing

blogging

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h3r0-hunter

Me trying to get the last bit of whipped cream out of the can.

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wx-ray

😳 What is this?! Why does it sound like that!?

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todaysbird

This is a kiwi! They call primarily to stay in touch with their mates or guard their territory, but I’m not sure why they chose to sound like a velociraptor that smokes a pack a day.

Very dinosaur of them, sweet

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venka

you can click on this button once daily to help palestine and support other causes in the middle east for free. it takes literally 5 seconds and could help save lives so please take the time to click and share this link.

Proceeds are donated to the UNRWA, which is one of the major funding agencies providing aid to Palestine. Recently, the US and other major countries have escalated genocidal efforts by cutting funding from the UNRWA, as AlJazzera reports : Which countries have cut funding to the UNRWA and why?

This is a direct action you can take to say fuck you to the government directed genocidal efforts, bookmark the tab, add a calendar notification daily, do what you want. Or if your prefer: Donate Directly to UNRWA

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Can’t risk it

The duck of creativity. I waited so long for it.

Well, I don’t want to take the chance. And maybe it will give me some creativity.

I need this. Especially if I’m gonna end up losing my motivation cause of school which just started.

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sariphantom

This’ll come in handy

I desperately need it

Please save me from the empty void of writers block.

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skydoesx

please get me out of this art block hellhole

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kitcatttt

Weh

Computers are so awesome

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aklaster

I don’t have any anyway, i hope it gives me some

Please help

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Let's play... Bella or Watson?

While waiting for the next Letters from Watson email to arrive, fancy joining me in a little game of BELLA OR WATSON?

Some of these statements were written by Dr John H Watson about his friend Mr Sherlock Holmes. Some were written by Bella Swan about Edward, the hot teenage vampire from Twilight.

[IMG Silhouettes of Dr Watson and Bella Swan, text reads Watson or Bella]

(This was inspired by a tumblr post, but I'm afraid it's lost to the mists of ancient dash for me by now. Answers are under the cut!]

With his long, white, nervous fingers he adjusted [REDACTED], and [REDACTED].

glanced sideways at the beautiful [REDACTED], who was [REDACTED], [REDACTED] with long, pale fingers

His eyes were gloriously intense as he uttered that last sentence

I turned and he was leaning toward me, his pale, glorious face just inches from mine.

In the darkness he looked much more normal. Still pale, still dreamlike in his beauty, but no longer the fantastic sparkling creature of our sunlit afternoon.

In height he was rather over six feet, and so excessively lean that he seemed to be considerably taller. His eyes were sharp and piercing Watson or Bella?

His face flushed and darkened. His brows were drawn into two hard black lines, while his eyes shone out from beneath them with a steely glitter. 

An instant later he pulled me back into the blackest corner of the room, and I felt his warning hand upon my lips. The fingers which clutched me were shivering.

It was worth a wound—it was worth many wounds—to know the depth of loyalty and love which lay behind that cold mask. The clear, hard eyes were dimmed for a moment, and the firm lips were shaking. 

ANSWERS UNDER THE CUT

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