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Julie Andrews
The Sound of Music - 1965
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pansycraze
from GAY magazine, july 1970.
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ao3 wrapped/year in review: share one fic that absolutely changed your life this year
oooh this seems fun:
not all necessarily newly written but new to me and knocked my fucking socks off
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Summary: In 1938, there's a bar in Brooklyn called Sully’s where people are safe to be themselves. Behind the bar, a girl pours drinks. She's always got a big smile for Steve and she says queer like it's a good thing. On a regular basis, she takes his shoulders in her hands and tries to shake sense into him, saying, "When will you do something about that best friend of yours?" In 2012, Bucky’s gone, but Steve’s not, and the girl’s hands are too old to shake him. She does her best to make him see sense anyway. Steve had people who loved him before the war, and it turns out a few of them are still around when he finally comes home.
Specs: Bradel binding, rounded spine, single color bead headband, 317 pages, B6. Check out the second and third volume featuring more shots of the complete series.
Thanks @jaxington for giving me permission to bind your excellent work. Roll On has shaped so much of my understanding of these characters, and I’m so honored to have a physical copy!
On the process: This first foray into rounding worked out well enough, though it gave me a lot of trouble with casing in. Making pink single color bead headbands from scratch took way longer than expected, but I really liked the splash of color in the end product!
It was really fun figuring out how to keep the series uniform while maintaining variety, which was present in the typesetting, matching headbands, and coordinated endpapers.
(Submission for @steverogersbingo Card SB2003 / Square D5 Twink Steve)
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Girl in the War by jaxington, binding by DCB Bindery (dontcallmebree)
Summary: In 1942, Rachel Rosenbaum watches her boys go off to war. She sees them again, seventy years later. In between she falls in love, has a life, and builds a home for them to come back to. Or Rachel and Rebecca, during the war and after.
Specs: Bradel binding, rounded spine, single color bead headband, 146 pages, B6. Check out the first and third volume featuring more shots of the complete series.
Thanks again to @jaxington! Girl in the War is such a beautiful piece that tore me to shreds and then put me back together. I adore these women and their world.
On the process: Somehow the casing in for this one went even worse, not to mention the other countless mistakes. At the very least I’m real fond of the endpaper & cover pairing!
Thanks @otp-holic for letting me use your font for Steve’s handwriting! The typesetting was really fun, between the handwritten letters and year headings in place of chapters.
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Thin Blue Flame by jaxington, binding by DCB Bindery (dontcallmebree)
Summary: The tiny, blond lump in the bed, his name is Steve Rogers. It comes back to him while he sleeps. He closes his eyes thinking about the lump and he wakes up with a name, like he’d never lost it. Steven Grant Rogers. He was important, once. The soldier can’t figure out why. In which Bucky Barnes makes his way back to Brooklyn and Rachel Rosenbaum helps him figure out what's important.
Specs: Bradel binding, rounded spine, single color bead headband, 563 pages, B6. Check out the first and second volume featuring more shots of the complete series.
All the gratitude to @jaxington. This series is truly such a touchstone for me and Thin Blue Flame is one hell of a conclusion. A must-read stucky classic.
On the process: The longest work I’ve bind to date, not to mention a first multi-volume series. By the time I got to this third volume I had a better grasp of things and I’m real happy with how it turned out. The endpaper & cover pairing is also a highlight.
Timelines, character povs, and formatting were most varied in this volume, and I had a good time figuring out a comprehensive and stripped back typeset that suited the whole series. Learned a lot and very pleased with the end product!
(Submission for @steverogersbingo Card SB2003 / Square C3 Free Space)
Do you ever see something so stunning it just makes you immediately cry?? Thank you @dontcallmebree for this. It’s gorgeous. You are so very talented and I am truely honored.
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John Harmer - Moonlit Sea. Wick, Near Arundel, 1860
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Happy Meowlloween ~
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Happy Meowlloween ~
a glass of lost at sea
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Schoolhouse Rock, “Conjunction Junction”, 1973
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Diane Keaton and Al Pacino on the set of ‘The Godfather,’ 1972. Photograph by Steve Schapiro.
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Calling it done my illustration for smaugust I created a true monster. Hide the fish and the fries.
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worst day ever