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[bananapeel5127]

Made a couple moodboards for my paddy x Eoin Witcher au, the links to the fanfics in the series currently below:

1. https://archiveofourown.org/works/73678441

2. https://archiveofourown.org/works/73879076

3. https://archiveofourown.org/works/78642256

[handheldrope]

blind sketch requests :)

been getting people asking me to draw stuff so i am opening my ko-fi for sketch requests! send me $10 and a character, ship, or meme redraw (no scenario requests please, but thesis statements are welcome)

i mostly do top gun/hbowar/sas rogue heroes but i WILL take requests for other things if i enjoy them! please ask or search my blog first if you are unsure, tysm! i like to draw things i like!

[jackoxox]

that little squeeze im going to vomit somebody end me

[cuntbitchandthebottlemen]

your brother's best friend who's always a fool but sweet and tender with you

[jimmythecookiemonster]

Skins (2010)

[sapphicmontague]

Also, I kinda ship them I SHOULDN'T, but I do. idk the forbiddenness of it all, them connecting over shared grief. Ok, shutting up.

[aureutr]

Unfriendly reminder that if you're displeased with a piece of fanfiction your courses of action are:

Read something else

Bitch PRIVATELY to friends

Write your own take on the premise (strongly recommend!)

All of the above

Under no circumstances should you try to "politely" critique the author who put the story up as a hobby. For free. Especially if the story in question is multiple years old. Ao3 is not Goodreads

[narrative-driven-off-a-cliff]

I disagree, totally agree with the multiple years old thing but constructive criticism is okay and good! When you improve on things it makes you write things that make you feel better!

[authortobenamedlater]

No.

Once a story is finished, criticism cannot be constructive because the story is no longer under construction. Concrit on a published work is just criticism, which is rude.

Concrit is only OK if the author explicitly asks for it or if you are beta reading. Otherwise, refer to the OP.

[hisbelfastboy]

just kill me it would literally hurt less than this 😭😭 - @eoinmcgonigall

No but listen, I've been thinking about Paddy and his relation to touch non-stop for days and now you've given me the perfect excuse to talk about it? I love you <3 (Tags were from this post)

One thing that struck me most with Paddy/Eoin is how often Eoin reaches out for Paddy (ie. lightly tapping his shin when Eoin gets back to their tent) but most importantly, Eoin ALWAYS squeezes before withdrawing the contact, almost like he's preparing himself, or Paddy, or both, to lose this connection. But also, I'm a firm believer that Eoin was as much in love with Paddy as Paddy was with him, and that was his own little indulgence (and what a rush it must give him, being the only one allowed to touch Paddy in a way that isn't a punch or marked by violence). And the touch is always so tender, lingering, this is (to me) Eoin threading the line between what's acceptable between two best friends and what raises eyebrows. He always drags the touch a little longer, always touches Paddy even if the situation doesn't call for it.

On the other hand, Paddy touches Eoin almost only when there's an 'excuse' for it, like steadying himself on Eoin shoulder to play the piano while standing (gif 1). The one time the situation doesn't call for touch but Paddy touches Eoin anyway is in prison (gif 2), and it's such an awkward little pat, almost like Paddy knows he doesn't have an excuse to hide behind beyond wanting to touch Eoin and is trying to hard not to reach for more (and!! he drags his palm over Eoin's hand as he takes his hand away!! Repressed Paddy, I love you so)

But back to the way Paddy reacts to Eoin's touch; he never outwardly reacts to it. In fact, he never (except for the jail scene) watches Eoin i those scenes, always keeping his eyes in front of him and carrying on whatever he was doing. In the plane, before the jump, that can be explained; he's focused (gif 2). But in the scene where he's eating soup (gif 3), I can't help but feel like he's making a point not to look at Eoin as the touch is made, almost like when someone who doesn't usually give physical affection lays their head on your shoulder and you stay still so you don't bring attention to it and they withdraw. Now, Eoin is rather free in his affections with Paddy, so my theory is that Paddy makes a point not to bring attention to the touches so Eoin doesn't withdraw, but Paddy is soaking in every touch. Maybe this is their silent understanding, that they're Friends but friends don't usually touch like that but They do, because they're Paddy&Eoin. Maybe he's come to associate Eoin with these friendly, if lingering touches. A beacon of affection when the only other people who ever touch Paddy are the people he's fighting/boxing with/MPs arresting him

Anyway to me, this purports my hc that both Paddy and Eoin were in love with each other but neither of them dared to confess. I think Eoin was comfortable/aware of his feelings, but he wasn't sure how that was with Paddy so, not wanting to push Paddy, he was happy to indulge in those touches, making them linger because if that's all he was going to get, he was going to make the most of it. On the other hand, Paddy strikes me more as repressed - not so much in being gay (see the poem he recites in his first jail scene + the signet ring) but in his feelings for Eoin, only finding the strength to confront them once Eoin's gone, because what is there left of Eoin if not the love Paddy has for him? (These are all personal hc, of course, I'm not preaching lmao)

Which brings me to my point: the last time Paddy touches Eoin is when Eoin can't feel it anymore. The only time Paddy finds the courage to hold Eoin's hand is when Eoin is no longer alive to return the hold. And, if memory serves, that's the last time anyone touches Paddy in season 1 (though I could be wrong, it is the last time there is any close-up on touch and Paddy, except for the fighting in the sand scene with Augustin). But Paddy is definitely isolated once Eoin dies - by choice, as shown by the fact that his tent is outside the main camp of Jalo.

* and ** For some reason, the technique I used to properly link specific gifs from a gifset stopped working midway despite the different links BUT gif 2 is from the same gifset as gif 1, and gif 4 is by @loo-nuh-tik in this gifset. If anyone knows why tumblr only showed the first gif of the gifset despite manually putting the link to another one and tumblr showing the new link but not a different gif, please do tell me so I can properly credit the OP

Now season 2; as far as I recall, there are only three persons who dare to reach out and touch Paddy in non-fighting situations, Bill Stirling (gif 1 and 2*), Jim Almonds (gif 3) and Eve (gif 4**) (excluding the barber and Montgomery fixing his beret, even if in that one it was Paddy was Not Comfortable). All three times (although honorable mentions to every time Bill Stirling pats Paddy's shoulder/back, even if it's quick, it's ALWAYS deliberate), Paddy freezes for a millisecond, looking slowly down at the touch like he's trying to make sense of it, if he should allow it, what the touch means, and how long has nobody laid a hand on him without wanting to hurt him? Should he shake it off?

Let's remember that season 2 starts in 1943, almost a year and a half after Eoin's death. That's a LONG time to go without any meaningful touch; Paddy is someone who likes his personal space, who's uncomfortable when people reach into his space (you know how sometimes, if someone touches it makes you tense up because they aren't some of the Special People you've mentally allowed to touch you?) but he ALWAYS let Eoin into his space. And then, there was no more Eoin, and few people daring to reach out (and the few who do are people who genuinely care about Paddy). And even during his home leave, he did not go see his mother, did not hug her or his siblings, even though it could have been the first time he saw them since at least 1941, and since his father's death (do you ever think about how he had no one to comfort him, to hold his hand and give him a hug when his dad, whom he clearly loved, died? I do and it's not fun).

Anyway, my heart breaks for him

[bluesycatharsis]

— joc characters + their patronus + their hogwarts houses (imo!)

📜 patrick sumner — owl — ravenclaw

— wise, observant & intuitive 🪶

📜 lion kaminski — deer — hufflepuff

— loving, devoted & strong-willed 🪶

📜 james cook — cat — slytherin

— intelligent, curious & self-sufficient 🪶

📜 paddy mayne — bear — gryffindor

— protective, brave & nurturing 🪶

📜 remmick — phoenix — ravenclaw

— powerful, hopeful & healing 🪶

📜 roy goode — horse — gryffindor

— independent, passionate & free-spirited 🪶

📜 eric love — fox — slytherin

— clever, cunning & complex 🪶

📜 jude williams — dog — hufflepuff

— friendly, forgiving & fierce 🪶

📜 jimmy crystal — wolf — slytherin

— mysterious, social & loyal 🪶

[jimmythecookiemonster]

SAS: Rogue Heroes (2022)

[jimmythecookiemonster]

Sinners (2025)

[thewolveswithin]

"Not many actors come from where I am from. I am quite proud of that."

Happy 36th birthday Jack O'Connell (🎂 August 1, 1990)

[jimmythecookiemonster]

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - June 4: (L-R) Jack O'Connell and Cillian Murphy are filmed on the set of "Quiet Place 3" in Midtown Manhattan on June 4, 2026 in New York City. (Footage by Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Video)

[a-non-event]

Bonus: Paddy returning the favor

[jackoxox]

he truly outgayed himself..

(not him trying to act nonchalant at the end)

[jimmythecookiemonster]

SAS: Rogue Heroes (2022)

[jimmythecookiemonster]

28 Years Later (2025)