astonishment & joy

26 || she/her || little gremlin

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

Carrie (1976) directed by Brian De Palma 

[cjtyofjoy]

wait wait wait wait wait but a jemily fic that mirrors silence of the lambs. jj already a liason reaching out to local pd sources off the clock for fbi agent in training emily. emily being recruited by rossi after her work in his seminar. and the best part? no generalized assumptions about trans people <3

my brain is doing things. I very much want to write this.

[cjtyofjoy]

started drafting this, I'm cooking.

[cjtyofjoy]

wait I need everyone to be honest with me, is it horrible and cringey if I make gideon the hannibal character and instead of a cannibal he’s just a genius who snapped after frank and turned incredibly violent………………… is this genius or stupid or neither

[darkaviarymc]

Tragedy alignment chart. Feel free to use, but please reblog if you do.

[mikkeneko]

And of course the second part of the tragedy, which is: which quadrant did you think you were in vs. which one you were really in

[mynameisrocks]

[charlesoberonn]

[cjtyofjoy]

working my way through katharine hepburn's filmography to keep sane while I finish the last bit of work before school starts and I'm feeling like jason gideon

[haughtyraban]

shark tank idea !! books that you can watch but it’s not like a movie and it’s not auditory like an audiobook it’s a new different thing

[cosmicretreat]

[red-velvet-0w0-deactivated20250]

two women. and they kiss. think about it

[cjtyofjoy]

so okay. I have search and rescue dog experience (handling, training, learning the dynamics of a team, etc.) and even though I'm 100000% sure no one wants my brain vomit on the connection between the working dogs and behavioral profiling..........

JJ as a PA SAR/HR handler that keeps crossing paths with newly appointed BAU Agent Prentiss over the course of several northeastern cases..... à la the beginning of Will and JJ's relationship but more prolonged and angsty (and gayer)..... my brain is moving and shaking

[lizardlicks]

Hey, quick PSA for young or otherwise inexperienced fic writers:

"*****smut marked with asterisks so you can skip!*****""

Don't. Don't do this.

You let readers know what your fic contains through proper tagging and rating. Content warning notes at the top of the chatter are also great. You can even summarize key "this is the plot relevant stuff you missed of you're skipping this chapter" notes at the bottom too! This is a much smoother reading experience.

This is HELL on screen readers which is a disability access issue. Screen readers will read out every single asterisk you put, which I have seen done as entire page breaks. It's an awful reading experience. Please just don't.

Readers do not need their hands held through the reading experience. If they're enjoying the fic but don't care for smut, they can just skim until it gets interesting again. If they REALLY don't like smut, you warned them. There's a back button. You don't have to do a special song and dance isolating out the specific parts you think might be "icky". (If you think those bits are icky and don't like writing them, consider just don't! Fanfic is a hobby we do for fun and you don't have to write anything you don't find enjoyable. There's plenty of readers for gen fic and smut free ship fic).

If someone reads something they don't like then gets mad at you, block em. They need to be responsible for their own choices. It's not your job to please everyone. Your job as a fic writer of his to tell an entertaining and engaging story. (The reverse is true for a reader that demands smut or says it would "improve" the fic but that's not the story you're trying to tell. Block button is your friend!)

[muffinlance]

This is also super common in scene breaks.

Please, please don't try to span the entire page with whatever symbol you're using for your scene breaks. It takes an eternity for screen years to get through, and typically has me noping out of even the most interesting stores.

Instead, use just three (or fewer) make. Three is standard, and does the job without making your story unreadable.

In general: please, think of the screen readers.

[vivaciouscynner]

as a person whose only good trait is their eyes, this has eluded me until i was tasked to test websites with a screen reader.

It is hell

It is absolute hell

From navigation to listening to the voices

It's just awful

Since then I've tried to write with screen readers in mind because the number of websites that think about accessibility is SO SO SMALL

If you don't believe me, use NVDA which is a free accessibility tool. Otherwise you have to spend thousands of dollars for a slightly better one. Then try to navigate a website.

So yeah, listen to the above posts

[calliopeprelude]

fell to my knees

[rhysjamesart]

Hear my soul speak. Of the very instant that I saw you, Did my heart fly at your service.

Happy Pride!

Dusting off the old favourites, just because...I mean, do I need a reason?

illustration by me

[dykecinema]

You don't choose the milf the milf chooses you

[cjtyofjoy]

wait wait wait wait wait but a jemily fic that mirrors silence of the lambs. jj already a liason reaching out to local pd sources off the clock for fbi agent in training emily. emily being recruited by rossi after her work in his seminar. and the best part? no generalized assumptions about trans people <3

my brain is doing things. I very much want to write this.

[cjtyofjoy]

started drafting this, I'm cooking.

[niamhmccormack]

THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940) dir. George Cukor

[cjtyofjoy]

wait wait wait wait wait but a jemily fic that mirrors silence of the lambs. jj already a liason reaching out to local pd sources off the clock for fbi agent in training emily. emily being recruited by rossi after her work in his seminar. and the best part? no generalized assumptions about trans people <3

my brain is doing things. I very much want to write this.

[so-much-for-subtlety]

[lesbian-moon-gf]

Girl you are an obligate carnivore

[humedetector]

but her appel

[cjtyofjoy]

starting grad school in three months so obviously I’m panicking and revisiting my high school comfort ships. anyone down to read the entirety of criminal minds seasons 3-18 rewritten as if jj and will broke up that first time in Miami