I Don't Ship Mainstream, I Knock Shady Mariah

Celebrating ShadyMariah, The Ship that Sails Itself in Art, Music, Literature, and Thirstiness. New Harlem Renaissance. 

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You Make Me

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Chapters: 11/14 Fandom: Luke Cage (TV), Marvel Cinematic Universe Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Shades Alvarez/Mariah Dillard Characters: Mariah Dillard, Shades Alvarez, Cornell Cottonmouth Stokes, Mabel Stokes (mentioned), Darius "Comanche" Jones (mentioned) Additional Tags: Past Lives, Slow Burn, Light Angst, First Kiss, Eventual Smut, First Time, Smut, Older Woman/Younger Man, Porn With Plot, Porn with Feelings Summary:

What if Mariah and Shades had a fling in 1999?

Chapter 11

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Kinda crazy that the first time I go to post a new chapter on AO3, the site immediately goes down for maintenance. Like, I made it just in time to reset my password and do nothing else.

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Back on my Shady Mariah bullshit (thank you Leon Thomas)…

But I'll let my guard down for you (for you)

Said I'll put my guard down for you

Said I'll be vulnerable

So you can break my heart if you want to

She said, "Take your time, what's the rush?" (Take your time, what's the rush?)

I said, "Baby, I'm a dog, I'm a mutt" (I am)

She said, "Take your time, what's the rush?" (The rush)

I said, "Baby, I'm a dog, I'm a mutt" (ooh-ooh)

I'm a dog, I'm a mutt (I'm a dog)

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The way Alfre Keeps a Thotty on Her Arm…

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Chris Evans & Alfre woodard - The Gray Man LA Red Carpet 

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 10/? Fandom: Luke Cage (TV), Marvel Cinematic Universe Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Shades Alvarez/Mariah Dillard Characters: Mariah Dillard, Shades Alvarez Additional Tags: Past Lives, Slow Burn, Light Angst, First Kiss, Eventual Smut, First Time, Smut, Older Woman/Younger Man, Porn With Plot, Porn with Feelings Summary:

What if Mariah and Shades had a fling in 1999?

Chapter 10

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Damn, over two years since I last updated this. Finally logged back into AO3 & getting high on my own supply.

Been watching P-Valley and Cliff/Murda/Teak gives me heavy Mariah/Shades/Che vibes but with the emotional weight that we craved from LC and had to write ourselves. I thought I wanted to write some P-Valley fic, and maybe I will eventually, but what I really want is to finish this story.

Think I’m gonna write the final four chapters this year. Rereading what I’ve written so far has legit made my heart swell and I’m excited to get back into it. If you’re still out there, shout out to you.

Favorite chapters: 9 & 5

Horniest chapters: 7 & 8

Final chapter: 14

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ShadyMariah really was the finest of wines served alongside a mediocre charcuterie board.

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Shadymariah bitmojis as a back and forth texting between them exchange, just because

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Because they’re still in love, got damnit!

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Please tell me I’m not the only one who drools over the relationship between Mariah and Shades in Luke Cage. I’m late to the second season; just started it today. I was hoping they’d explore all that eye fucking Shades was doing and it looks like they are and I looooooove it.

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You Are Not

They are everything and the things that people claim happened in the end didn’t really happen.

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Ok but I have a question cos curious and also I’m evil: What are your headcanons about Shades first learning Mariah died? And why is he at a diner eating food? (Idk why the second part is relevant but it’s weird)

I imagine that maybe the first time he heard about it, it was in passing and it didn’t register. Idle chatter between strangers in the bodega, nothing worth paying attention. No one’s fucking with him anymore, so no calls, no texts. 

It doesn’t really hit him until he sees that headline. And his stomach drops. He’s surprised, but he isn’t; she had, after all, gone full on gangster, but gotdamn that was fast.

So he buys the paper, takes it to a diner. One last meal together, one last goodbye.

And then here comes fucking Misty to break up the party. Like always.

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she had, after all, gone full on gangster, but gotdamn that was fast.

That was fast, all right.  Just a little too fast.  By the way, Mariah went full gangster the moment she killed Cornell.  Turning her into some she-devil near the end of the series . . . fuck it.  I’m too disgusted to finish my sentence.

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I agree, I hated her devolution. I can’t believe the people who created such a wonderful, dynamic, and nuanced character are the same ones who tore her down so inelegantly.

However, I don’t think her killing Cornell was gangster; she snapped when he gaslit her about her sexual abuse. Not knowing the truth of the matter, Shades assumed the killing was (or tried to frame it as) a power move and then groomed her into criminal leadership. If he hadn’t been at the club that night, she probably would have stayed at the scene freaking out until someone else found them or she would have panicked, fled, and kept quiet. She definitely wouldn’t have been making plans to take over Harlem or frame Luke Cage.

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Team Mariah Forever

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Thank you, Chadwick.

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Yesss, Stan A True Queen!

Just got into Double Toasted and watched their review for the back half of Luke Cage S2. Can’t say I’d seen many video reviewers discuss Mariah’s complexity, greatness, and sexiness at length.

Full video (including more on Mariah) here: https://youtu.be/c_KYxy946Jc

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RIP, Queen.

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do you think that mariah dillard effectively utilized girl power by ordering the murder of candace miller, the only witness to her previous crimes?

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YES,