I'm Riley and I've been around in various fandoms over the years, including but not limited to Oz, Due South, A Song of Ice and Fire, Supernatural, Black Sails and The Terror.
I'd been off tumblr for a while when I started watching 911. I'd heard so much about it over the years and it seemed like a fun show that (I felt sure) I would not become painfully obsessed with.
Well.
Here I am a year and some later. Turns out I called that one wrong.
I'm glad though obviously, because ♥ ❤ ❥ ❣ ❦ my them 💕.
And Eddie Diaz, my absolute beloved, character of all time to me. I will get you out myself if I have to.
I'm also glad because, while fanfic has been an enormously important part of my life since I was a teenager, I'd not actually been able to write anything for a good few years. Until 911.
I'm pinning this post so I've got somewhere to keep a little catalogue of my fics and my wips. I'm trying to write more and post more stuff, just for myself because I'm having a blast writing again.
My AO3
Current WIP list
I am a slow writer and easily distracted...
Tiny Eddie - snippet
Sex pollen aftermath - snippet
Eddie gets out (the romcom) - snippet
Various bpreg (sidenote, I do actually enjoy epreg as well, I contain multitudes)
writing has been going so fucking slowwww so slow. but i'm trying you guys 😭 some more from my one and only wip
Buck’s voice rings out from the couch. “I don’t – listen, like I told you and Ravi, the – wait, is Chris here?”
“No, he’s at a sleepover,” Eddie calls over his shoulder, uncapping their drinks.
“Okay, alright, so, like I told you guys, they were fun and the...the sex was really...ugh, god.” Buck is practically whining, and Eddie has to take a beat in front of the sink to close his eyes and breathe.
His wires are getting crossed; he’s worked up, he was edged against his will and they’re talking about getting laid, so it’s natural that Buck’s tone would stir something in him. He rolls his shoulders, fruitlessly tries to will his blood to go anywhere but south, and joins Buck back in the living room.
Buck takes the beer from Eddie’s extended hand. “It’s very tempting. But I can’t, I shouldn’t.”
Eddie sits down with more momentum than intended and the toy drags against his prostate. He digs his nails into his palm to rein in the sound threatening to escape him as he shifts in his seat, readjusting his hips until the pressure relents enough to restore some of his brain function.
He chances an anxious glance to his side, but Buck is focused on frowning at the bottle in his hand.
The cool glass wets the line of Eddie's bottom lip as he takes a slow sip of his beer, eyeing Buck carefully.
“So, you’re using me as your cooler.”
i feel like i have tagged a LOT lately lmao so whoever wants to share, please do, but otherwise ur good lmao <3
this wip now has a taglist though so here ya go @tweetsongs and @eddieeddieeddieee 🥰
Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuude I just finished your Eddie time loop fic and came straight here to tell you it was BLOODY DELICIOUS
❤️🩷❤️🩷❤️
Ahh thank you, that's so kind! I am very fond of that fic, it's by far the longest thing i've ever written so it's always lovely to hear that someone finished (and enjoyed!) it. 💕
spent some time post-nap on the eddie vibrator thing. i feel like this might be a little longer than originally planned lmao but it's going pretty slow. idk we'll see we'll see. anyway. eddie's gonna have some fun alone before he actually gets his boybestie to do it for him
again. this is barely edited. im sharing this as im writing it literally
Eddie rises to his feet and grabs the box with the disproportionate force of someone who’s overcompensating. He strides into the hallway and clicks the bedroom door shut behind him, carelessly tossing the items on the comforter.
He pulls his shirt over his head, kicks off his sweatpants then his underwear, ignoring how limp his dick is, and climbs into his neatly-made bed.
It’s only then, when he’s lying rigid on his back with his legs bent and feet planted on the mattress, toy clutched in his hand, that the absurdity of the whole situation dawns on him. Leave it to him to try and get through this like it’s a military drill.
He rubs a hand over his brow with a self-conscious chuckle – he’s definitely going about this the wrong way.
Buck would harp on him about taking his time, try to learn something new about himself since this is kind of the whole point. And he would be right.
With a few deep breaths, he closes his eyes and gets his body to relax as he lets go of the toy and instead digs his fingers into the blanket. He focuses on the shift of his ribs under his skin, on the faint scent of fresh laundry, on the softness of the fabric under his palm.
His legs slip back down, slightly bending outwards, and he rests a hand over the inside of his thigh, bringing the other one to his chest. He skims his nails down his sternum to his bellybutton, spreads out his fingers to brush over his ribs then back up. Shivers ripple out from the path like Lichtenberg figures, his skin coming alive under the touch. His fingertip brushes over a nipple and his breath hitches slightly, but he keeps the motion going, gently scraping the skin up his neck, behind his ear.
This is already more self-indulgent than Eddie’s allowed himself to get in years. When he blinks his eyes open to peer down, he’s a little surprised by the sight of his half-hard dick. Maybe he’s more pent up than he’d originally thought if one minute of touch alone managed to get him there.
no pressure tagging @sinnabonka (i know you JUST finished the beautiful beast that was dead reckoning but i'm also sure you have some wips, so you never know! mwah) @exhausteddiaz @eddieeddieeddieee and anyone who's got something to share! 💖
tagged by @mihidecet and @tweetsongs, thank youuu 💖it took me so long to reply. my brain has been mush bc it's been 37 degrees here for one william years
also repost bc i forgot to change the survey time
What Explains All This
i have adopted every stray kitten i've come across (two nickels)
co-wrote several gay rpf fics with a friend about two of our teachers at
spent 50 hours painting the LOTR map on my (rented) wall on a whim
went on a 18h roadtrip to spend one singular night at a festival
cried at the grand canyon (ron swanson would be proud)
did a 180 on my career plans after One Debate Class 2 months before grad
Voting ended onJul 2
np tagging uuuh @sunflowerbuckleys @eddieeddieeddieee @hawkslonggoodbye @exhausteddiaz and sorry if you've already answered a tag for this lmao
Treated as a hurdle to a m/m pairing that's not even that interesting. Despite the man she likes being like 30 and her being a high schooler, she's treated as the one who should supposedly know better than to get involved with him. A lot of the fandom likes to put this male character on a pedestal and ignore the fact he was attracted to her even before he knew she was 18.
Her relationship to Laura and Donna is so interesting. She's strong and smart but also can be vulnerable. She has dreams outside of what her little town can offer. My personal favorite twin peaks character behind Laura.
Hen Wilson:
Constantly overlooked by the fandom in favor of men, and when people do focus on her it's all about how she helps the m/m ship du jour get together, or supports them, or guides a man in his sexuality discovery. People outside the fandom are constantly being bombarded with the noncanon ship between two white (passing) men, and never even hear about the Black lesbian main character. The OG animals facts girlie but everyone gives that trait to her (white) male coworker.
BADASS Black lesbian firefighter who joined the crew at a time when it was rife with racism and misogyny. Had to fight three times as hard to earn her place and boy did she! Multifaceted, makes devastating mistakes, lashes out, is sososo compassionate, funny, and the smartest character on the show! And her wife is so hot
Hen is a main character who has been in a lesbian relationship since the very first episode(!!!), and yet it's only when the white male lead comes out as bi that fandom celebrates how wonderfully queer the show is and put his face on all the fandom Pride events and artwork! I guess it's not queer rep until it's a white man doing it…
Hen is brave, kind, has a huge heart, makes mistakes, loves, laughs… She's such a wonderful and vibrant character and she doesn't deserve to be overlooked by both the writers and the fandom!
Fandom turns her into a cheerleader for their fave m/m ship, usually Buddie but sometimes Bucktmmy (the latter being especially crazy considering her history with Tommy). Fans also hated on her for what she said about feeling like no one supported her after Bobby died because Buck made her fill out a grief checklist one time, even though that speech (while maybe not super supported by the previous episodes) had very clear subtext about her being the only black woman at her workplace.
Hen is a friend to all animals and is extremely messy in her personal life, two great qualities for any character.
fandom refuses to give her the same rich inner live her male coworkers have, because she's just allowed to be the mothering, wise, funny black woman. it's not that fans hate her, they proclaim to love her, but everytime she gets a storyline they complain. everytime she behaves like a human being, with flaws, on the show they complain. anyone's guess whether that's misogyny, racism or misogy-noir
Henrietta fucking Wilson, smartest person you'll ever know (except for her rocket scientist wife) is a firefighter/paramedic, she is badass, she's a mom, she's a lesbian, she's a great friend and she has this incredibly dry wit sometimes. she has flaws, she's stubborn, she tries so hard not to burden anyone that it's burdening, she makes decisions and takes the fall for them. she!!!
This is a complicated answer but here's my thesis. Hen (main character) is sometimes (sometimes!) not served that well by the canon, and I think it's because they are (since s1) afraid to let a black lesbian character be too messy. But this is about fandom, not canon. And she does have some really juicy storylines. And what I have noticed is that fans love to hate the show and they like to say Because Hen Has No Story as one of the reasons. And then when Hen has a juicy story, many of these some fans will insist it's Bad Actually and will come up with some of the most convoluted nonsensical reasons the storyline is objectively bad, when they are in fact clearly just upset their fave didn't get more attention that ep, but they can't say that because that would be racist and they are Not Racist, you see. So some really fun and interesting stories gets crickets at best and torn up and discarded at worst and sucks.
She marches to the beat of her own drum. She's compassionate and kind and brilliant. She's Judging You. She is SUCH a good friend. She is constantly celebrating people and making sure they feel appreciated. She had a really cool villain foil in s5 and nobody ever talks about how good it was. She loves animals. She's had to carve out her place wherever she goes. She has excellent intuition and she's daring and kind of egotistical about her ability to save lives with risky ad hoc medical hail marys. It's hard to sum her up, she's been here 9 seasons. In some ways the family dynamics of the team started with her.
