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I just love a sunny afternoon with a gentle breeze that caresses my face

[sutherlins]

↳ ALL THIS NOTHING HAS MEANT MORE TO ME THAN SO MANY SOMETHINGS by @turbulenthandholding [COMPLETE - 62K | Rated M]

Post-season 3 You've Got Mail-inspired Advent Fic. With a good enough review, Jimmy gave them until the end of the year to save The Bear; Carmy and Syd have one month left to manage it. Carmy turns to Reddit for advice and makes a new friend.

sutherlins fic appreciation week (please show the fics love, kudos, and comments on ao3! movie poster insp is under the cut!)

This fic was so much fun to read as it was posted, the flipping between them talking online and in person, the building of each of those relationships - incredible! The twists and turns are done so well too - you can't help but be urged on to read more and find out what happens next. There are so many little details in this fic as their relationship changes and develops over the course of the fic - it's so gorgeous. The pull they have to the other (online) while wanting the other (in person) is so PERFECT!! There is one part in the fic close to the end that had my brain going !!! and I don't want to spoil it so go read!!!

Please go read if you haven't already, and show some love over on ao3! (ps. I'm doing 7 this month and intend to make this a monthly thing!)

This is the movie poster I loosely based the fics poster on ↓

[catchymemes]

[heatandapathy]

[sutherlins]

How Will I Know [SydCarmy Fic] Chapter 13 | [Read Here]

Chapter 13: [16 Days To Go] Carmy and Sydney are temporary roommates (is roommates the right term when they share a bed?) and an apology breakfast turns into a conversation about moms and tattoos.

(See under the additional chapter pics/vibes etc)

[idontsleep22]

This fic has me in chokehold

[foodffs]

[foodffs]

Korean Beef

Follow for recipes

Is this how you roll?

[deepestdelulu]

Girly Comfort Movies

Little collection of my favourite comfort movies (take with a grain of salt lol) <3

Legally Blonde (1 and 2)

the devil wears Prada

The Princess Diaries (1 and 2)

Little Woman

Clueless

Mean Girls (1 and 2)

Pride & Prejudice

Roman Holiday

Uptown girls

Marie-Antoinette

The Virgin Suicide

10 things I hate about you

Lady Bird

Jennifer’s Body

how to lose a guy in 10 days

American Psycho

A Cinderella Storie

Emma

Watching the detectives

La La Land

Peters to Juliette

Bling Ring

Fight Club

Dead poets society

13 going 30

The Notebook

Breakfast at Tiffanys

Sex and the city

Dear John

The breakfast club

Mamma Mia

Monte Carlo

Black Swan

Girl Interrupted

Pearl

Bridget Jones (ty @dionysus-drabbles 🫶🏻)

If you guys have any more suggestions and/or recommendations (maybe some shows and series as well!!), please feel free to share them with me in the comments!! <33

[glowettee]

30 Ways to Romanticize Your Life 🌸

Life is more beautiful when you slow down and notice the magic around you. Here's how to romanticize your everyday moments:

 Wake up early to watch the sunrise.

Use your favorite mug for morning tea or coffee.

Write love letters to yourself in a journal.

Go on a solo date to a cozy café.

Light a candle while you work or study.

Play soft instrumental music while cooking.

Take a walk in nature without your phone.

Organize your desk with pastel stationery.

Capture small moments with a disposable camera.

Make your bed every morning.

Wear an outfit that makes you feel confident.

Add fresh flowers to your space.

Watch your favorite childhood movie.

Dance in your room to nostalgic music.

Try a new skincare routine.

Write down three things you're grateful for every day.

Learn calligraphy or start a creative hobby.

Keep a collection of your favorite poems.

Use a fancy pen for your daily notes.

Take a luxurious bubble bath.

Treat yourself to your favorite dessert.

Read a book that inspires you.

Keep a vision board of your dreams.

Watch the stars on a clear night.

Use aromatherapy oils for relaxation.

Write a letter to your future self.

Wear perfume even if you’re staying home.

Set up a cozy nook for reading or journaling.

Look for beauty in small details.

Smile at yourself in the mirror every morning.

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[berzattohugs]

SydCarmy Ao3 Fic Recs Part 2

hello, hello!! here's my second sydcarmy fic rec list for all of you to divulge in :)

quick note: if you know any of the missing tumblr users, please message me so i can tag them

links: part 1 | my ao3 bookmarks

(also petition for oysterknife (@purposechef) to reupload 'over the bridge' pls)

legend: ongoing | completed | multiple works | AU

happy reading :)

eight days - anonymous (@a-miss-e-dew-cation)

in which carmy and sydney spend a week together when he's back from copenhagen for the holidays. eight days across years that define the start, end, and re-start of Sydney and carmy.

are you sick of me? - living_fast

or, sydney wants a cat, carmy doesn't. the cat likes carmy more, and sydney's not jealous at all. she's not even what she's even jealous about.

shewalksoverme (@shewalksoverm3):

summer breeze (makes me feel fine): sydney and carmy, their lives, and falling in love over a summer.

chicago, illinois: immigrant syd (fremont vibes)

i want this, can we make it last forever? - amaneeeta (@amanitacaplan)

carmy and sydney meet on Love Island

keeping up with the berzattos - chefskiss40

a flash into a future - vignettes, slices of life and a look into what life could be if carmy and sydney got married, had children and how their lives evolved and changed.

and it's you I need in the summer time - anxiety_croissant (@anxietycroissant)

what if syd and carmy met in the 90’s? Specifically 1997 in a suburban shopping mall just outside chicago. carmy’s running a second location of the beef, and syd is working at the bookstore.

from poisoned seeds - tvfanatic97 (@tvfantic87)

sydney gets some unexpected news and does some reflecting on her mother, motherhood, and so much more.

calla - debutante_gurl (@tvgremlin)

a drive home after friends and family, the night that follows, and everything else after that

fairest creatures - fallpoutboy (@falllpoutboy)

lord carmen of house berzatto, returns from his travels back to his ancestral home of ursiday after the tragic death of his eldest brother lord michael. now the lord of ursiday, he is pressured by his uncle and liege lord james “jimmy” kalinowski to clean up the utter mess michael left ursiday and to marry and have children so the berzatto name lives on..

umightbinthewrongbuisnessrogers:

i used to hear a simple song (that was until you came along): what if sydney and carmen met when they were kids?

i'm the powder, you're the fuse (just add some friction): either way, the words are flowing easily and carmen's in a comfortable rhythm but of course, she - in true sydney adamu style - had to come in and rock his fucking world.

life, love, grief (and everything in between): they really should have listened when natalie told them to go home before midnight for once in their lives. they really, really should have listened when tina told them it looks like there'll be a rough storm tonight when she was leaving.

the rise and fall (and rise again!) of carmen anthony berzatto: our beloved carmy's life told in vignettes of his birthday

while you were sleeping, i fell in love - romancier (@happylikeasadsong)

sydney is a lonely cta (chicago transit authority) worker that sees her life change forever after she pulls her longtime crush out of the tracks and she jokingly says she's his fiancée. suddenly she's around a dysfunctional, but loving, family that shows her the love that's been missing in her life. especially when she meets her fiancée's brother, carmy.

down in the heart | hidden in the stars - sutherlins (@sutherlins)

follows on from the season three finale. syd and carmy realise that they both want more from each other, and carmy attempts to do better. In the midst of navigating therapy, grief, and a new relationship they try to keep their thing a secret from everyone else at the bear.

make me your future history - jdjupiter

oneshots from a universe where sydney and carmy are each other's joy, safety and peace.

food of love - anonymous

samosa: ice chips 2.0

pastina: "syd, what's wrong?" "it's nothing – no, it's not nothing. but it's not as deep as it sounds. i'm fine" "you're not fine. are you and carmy doing okay?" the implication her husband's mother makes kindles the most intolerable fire in her.

puzzlepuppy (@sydneys-adamu)

as i ebb'd with the ocean of life: two airheads figure out what they are to each other.

the law of the threefold return: bored and unassuming, sydney accidentally casts a love spell on her business partner.

ourblackdalhlia (@xblackreader)

those eyes: “if sydney and carmy ever had a baby, that baby would be all eyes.”

teenage dream: sydcarmy, 2010, age seventeen

i won't say i'm in love - wrightworth

sydney, an overworked lawyer spends the perfect night with a chef, carmen, but the next morning, things go awry and the two separate. months later, they unexpectedly clash when they go to celebrate a wedding for their loved ones. to fend off a sleazy ex-boyfriend and a meddlesome family, the two pretend to be happily in love. (anyone but you vibes)

devotions - halfwayhome

sydney, carmy, and two puppies.

honey stickin to your hands, sugar on the rim - orangesliqes

on a warm monday, sydney and carmy go to the farmers’ market.

wrapped in your warmth - pinkwriterink

the soft glow of the early morning sun filled their bedroom in a warm, golden light. the digital clock on the nightstand read 6:20 AM. carmy murmured sleepily, feeling the warmth of a body pressed against his. he opened his eyes to look at his wife on top of him, her arms wrapped around his neck, her legs tangled with his under the covers. her head rested on his shoulder, and her soft snores created a comforting rhythm that had become a familiar part of his early mornings. he sighed, gently kissing her forehead. it was going to be one of those days again.

having a coke with you - oysterknife (@purposechef)

“i guess you’re just not the jealous type,” carmy concluded as they finished locking up. “or i’m just not jealous in the same way you’re jealous,” syd retorted. “i’m jealous?” “carm.” she gave him a look that implied that she didn’t have time to explain the levels of ridiculousness behind that question.

merry christmas, baby - freedelusionshere (@freedelusionshere)

"we're having christmas dinner at the bear this year," she tells him firmly, pushing the stroller back and forth. how that is asleep with all the noise in the kitchen. oh, to sleep like a baby.

(after all the boys and girls we've been through) would you give it all up? - hwere (@hwere)

two years ago, in the smoking area of the hotel where the afterparty was being hosted, illuminated by the ‘exit’ neon sign—sitting unbothered and unaware above their heads—sydney adamu kissed her co-star carmen berzatto.

blue-eyed surprise - florexandra

the truth is that they both wanted to be in each other's lives but were they meant to be? What would happen if they were dealt an unexpected hand? would their partnership be able to survive anything and everything? would their friendship?

charm - mosspreacher

sydney, carmy and a year-long situationship

but i'm runnin' just in case - turbulenthandholding (@turbulenthandholding)

"take a seat, ms. adamu," carmy's agent says, gesturing to the folding chair next to him. she sits down, sliding her chair closer to carmy's as she does. he can feel the warmth of her from the mere inches of space between them. the agent drops a heavy binder down on the table. "mr. berzatto, ms. adamu, let me be the first to welcome you to the witness protection program."

rebeccabackatya:

colors of connection: sydney, a recently divorced single mother, relocates to chicago with her daughter lilly and finds herself unexpectedly drawn to lilly’s art teacher, carmen. what begins as a casual “friends with benefits” arrangement quickly deepens into a profound emotional connection, leaving sydney, who is wary of vulnerability, both excited and terrified.

seeing more skin: sydney has been nursing a crush on carmy for far too long. she decides to wear a skirt to one of their normal hangouts to test if he likes her back. spoiler: he does.

melodicchaos (@pacinglikeghosts):

i could never give you peace (would it be enough?) - collaboration with make_easter_gay_again (@twoaugustsago): which is worse; falling for your daughter's first grade teacher, or falling for the father of one of your students?

(you're in the kitchen humming) all that you ever wanted was sweet nothing: five times sydney and carmy had quiet moments in kitchens together, and one were they couldn't find peace.

"what color" - only_one_brain_cell (@only-one-brain-cell)

carmy wants to be more accommodating for sydney's... time of the month

[veryfunnymemes]

[mistybox051]

!!

[blackxmansxhaki]

Fr? Lemme check this out

[ms-demeanor]

Here’s the link to all of the free online classes offered by Harvard:

https://www.edx.org/school/harvardx

But TBH I prefer the MIT Open Coursewear approach. Feel like taking a class on the policy and economics of nuclear engineering? MIT’s got you covered:

https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/find-by-topic/#cat=engineering&subcat=nuclearengineering&spec=nuclearsystemspolicyandeconomics

In fact they’ve got  you covered with A LOT of their courses, everything from fine arts to immunology.

Have fun :)

[pluto-the-demigod]

WHERE HAS THIS BEEN THE LAST TWO YEARS

[rosesatdawn24]

Mea Vita, Mea Lux - stunning poster created by @grayhello22

Can you believe this absolutely stunning art from @grayhello22. I am completely obsessed. There’s another even more amazing poster they’ve created of both our lovers, but I’m selfishly keeping it back to share when I publish the next chapter.

Such an honour that someone would create something like this for me, thank you so much my friend ❤️

This week I’m splitting my writing time between post-battle Kate’s POV in MVML, which is angsty AF, and two sickly sweet Kate the Virgin chapters of pure fluff and, you’ll be happy to hear at last, SMUT! They are two totally different fics to work on, but it’s making me happy so I’m rolling with it.

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

[japrilalltheway]

All of you beautiful, amazing Sydcarmy writers - I know it's hard after this season, but please stay inspired and keep saving us with fics ❤️ we need it more than ever 😭

[berzattohugs]

SydCarmy Ao3 Recs

note: this is going to be a super long post, you're welcome. (you can find more through my Ao3 profile (berzattohugs) also i don't know some tumblr usernames, but if you do please let me know so i can tag them! happy reading :)

legend: ongoing | completed | multiple works

get ready for a gapers' delay if you're heading down Sheridan Road, folks! (Find an alternate route if you can) by anxiety_croissant (@anxietycroissant) and turbulenthandholding (@turbulenthandholding)

“Carmy, sorry but… this is the first day off we’ve both had in weeks, and I got Lisa to trade shifts with me so I could spend time with you. I never see you anymore,” Claire complained, sighing softly. “I know The Bear is important to you, but like, we’re important, too. Right?”

sydcarmy through claire's perspective

the million little things by peachybunnybabie (@ethxocore)

favourites: like kasama (marriage of convenience au), the constant (six things carmy loves about his girlfriend), the support (six things sydney loves about her boyfriend, our thing (sydney and carmy celebrate christmas together)

avenues all lined with trees by oysterknife (@purposechef)

“you're a lifesaver,” the mother-of-the-bride gushes. “I didn't want to go with just anyone. The groom is a bit of a foodie, so I wanted a caterer who could impress.” Syd is about to call it quits for good on Sheridan Road. But then she gets a last-minute request to cater a wedding.

yes, chef by shareece (@bootlegramdomneess)

favourites: food is a universal language (Carmy and Sydney are two peas in a pod.) you are what you eat (Some time after the grand opening. Life is lifing. Carmy is in therapy. Sydney is being a supportive partner. Richie is going to Italy and really it's all about making connections.)

rules for fake dating an italian by poorlittlegreenie (@poorlittlegreenie13)

wanted: Female, aged 20-30, to be my date for Christmas eve dinner with my Italian family. Must be willing to eat my mom’s cooking. No physical intimacy required. No strings attached—I will drive you home after. 4pm-10pm, 12/24. Salary negotiable. Call Carmen: [phone].

a new take on faith by linascribbles (@laviejaguardia)

the fridge guy’s name was Terry. They got the lock replaced a few weeks ago. There are no more torn tapes on the containers. The pans are on the right side. They hired a new line cook that doesn’t do meth. Nat’s belly is getting bigger by the second. Carmy hasn’t mentioned Claire since friends and family. Syd and Carmy haven’t really talked to each other in weeks.

if i didn’t love you, it would be fine (I know that’s a lie) by melodicchaos (@pacinglikeghosts)

when placed in a series of events based in misunderstanding, carmy and sydney decide to start fake dating. however, when real feelings get mixed with a relationship formed on carefully crafted lies, they realize they may have bit off more than they can chew.

copenhagen (let me go home) by turbulenthandholding (@turbulenthandholding)

6 months after The Bear opens, Carmy goes to Copenhagen for a short guest stint at Noma before it closes and realizes some things about his life back in Chicago.

scraping together by mila_milax (@milamilamilax)

is it fucked up to ask out the caterer at your brother’s funeral? Probably. But today is already pretty fucked up, and he’s done it now.

a need to amuse and enjoy by sashafiercer (@sashafiercest)

Sydney and Carmy learn how to offer each other amusement and enjoyment that will last the rest of their lives.

there we two, content by puzzlepuppy (@sydneys-adamu)

carmy, sydney and the adventures of cat parenting.

do me a favor? by onlytheredumbrella

sometimes we bypass the red flags and say, "Why shouldn't I make a baby with my best friend slash business partner?"

small plates by novelsandnoodles

favourites: as you wish (Richie and Natalie notice that Carmy loves saying no. Except when it comes to Sydney.), you put me on (Carmy lends Sydney his sweater. It’s far more distracting than either planned.), I don’t wanna look at anything else (a soft morning with Sydney and Carmy leads to a life altering question.), forgotten lunches and forgotten kisses (Sydney left home this morning without her lunch or her goodbye kiss. Carmy has come to give her both.)

soul meets body by turbulenthandholding (@turbulentandholding)

Emmanuel is unable to make himself say the words to his daughter: you, somewhere, have a soulmate, and the permanent marks of their life will be written across your skin for all of yours, just as your life is being written on theirs. No, I don't know who or how to find them. No, I don't know why. It's like magic, baby, in this sad and awful world of ours where magic does not exist and bad things happen all of the time.

the mark of a lover is patience through time by 924inlegend

five times Carmy and Sydney are mistaken for a couple and the one time it isn't a mistake anymore.

in another world it’s still you by puzzlepuppy (@sydneys-adamu)

favourites: the singing of a body (soulmate au), this heart with all its changing hues (rewind in time, sydney and carmen meet at CIA. it's not an instant friendship.), wind and water; cloud and fire (soulmate au)

my stomach's all in knots by sunflowerayo

Claire isn’t dumb. She wouldn’t have gotten anywhere in life if she was. Surviving in East Chicago, becoming a trauma nurse, all of it. So Claire knows she isn’t imagining the tension between her boyfriend and his business partner.

forever by noangeleitherr (@noangeleither)

a story of Sydney and Carmy's relationship and building love and life around grief.

take care by oysterknife (@purposechef)

Ingredients: - 1 culinary school dropout - 1 recently fired CDC - 48 hours in New York City

Steps: 1. Have a panic attack; drop out of culinary school. 2. Accidentally become the head food critic of the New York Times. 3. Write a review that gets the CDC of Eleven Madison Park fired. 4. Let sit until you have an emotionally unwieldy mess.

commute by somberiety

“i love a matcha. I always try to make one at home with the-” she makes a whisking movement with her fingers, sweeping in her imaginary mug. He mirrors the motion softly at the back of her neck, curtains of black and blonde sway by his fingers. He feels Sydney trailing into his touch and seeks more. He’s so fucking needy in the middle of this packed running metal tube.

inspired by that video from the baseball game

housed by your warmth by amiera (@amieraisposting)

favourites: it's all for you, everything i do (Syd and Carmy's journey navigating pregnancy.), bubbles (Carmy and his daughter stumble upon a kitten during a rainy day.)

don't be alarmed if i fall head over feet by romancier

love is blind au

pot & kettle, hand in glove by shroooms

five times claire has a hunch, and one time her hunches are confirmed

stay with me wherever you go by puzzlepuppy (@sydneys-adamu)

carmen (emotionally balanced) and sydney (also emotionally balanced) are well equipped for long distance and handle it very very well and very very normally. not.

taking the long way home by ogigia

sydney trying to be a normal adjusted adult who doesn't have feelings for her business partner technically boss coworker maybe best friend definitely the best kisser she has ever encountered.

child with a child pretending by emilybrontay (@emilybrontay)

Before she meets Carmy, Sydney has a baby.

[sydneys-adamu]

puzzlepuppy fic masterlist :) 

organized by series! gif by @chefkids

stay with me wherever you go: carmen (emotionally balanced) and sydney (also emotionally balanced) are well equipped for long distance and handle it very very well and very very normally.

not.

travel lightly, but keep me in your back pocket, okay?: sydney gets an offer and carmy almost fumbles his chances. again.

write me like it’s your last time, I’ll read it like it’s my first: carmy and sydney are an ocean apart. naturally they start exchanging love letters.

heal me when I’m hurt, I don’t care how far you are: sydney’s injured while away, all the while wishing her damn boyfriend was still with her at the very least.

tell me my love is enough, yours is etched on my heart all the same: sydney finally comes back home, and carmen makes a choice (for him, a no brainer.)

in another world it’s still you: a montage of sydney and carmen choosing each other again, and again, and again. (AUs in no particular order!)

forever alive, forever forward: sydney needs someone, and carmy is the one who tries to save her. (sheridan road au)

the singing of a body (electric): carmy and sydney are linked, for better and for worse. (soulmate au)

burn down the disco: syd and carmy want each other, even when the world tells them they're not supposed to. (black mirror hang the dj au)

this heart, with all its changing hues: rewind in time, sydney and carmen meet at CIA. it's not an instant friendship.

wind and water; cloud and fire (meet me where the roads connect): sydney and carmy meet. sydney sees carmy. carmy sees sydney. not particularly in that order. (soulmate au)

there we two, content: carmy and sydney get a cat. he’s the love of their life. send tweet.

maybe this is just the next step: carmy, sydney and the adventures of cat parenting.

time with you is time well spent: a holiday montage with sydney, carmy, and their cat by their side.

miscellaneous: canon compliant silliness

time nor place, distance avails not: it's not sydney's *first* choice to take her ex to get his wisdom teeth taken out, but so is the irony of life. at least carmy makes it easy (nope).

ceaseless musing (my soul is where you stand): sydney's dad makes an assumption, so she asks her very good friend carmen for a small favor.

a curious token (would the talkers be talking?): sydney and carmy's lover's quarrel through richie's eyes. maybe he helps, maybe he doesn't.

[cryptidize]

Fuck It, Internet Guide

Hey there! As social media becomes more and more inhospitible for the local user, I wanted to post some useful/fun links to just about anything I can think of! Enjoy! Also, if you'd like an invite to the P!rated Games discord, lmk! ^_^

I AM CURRENTLY STILL UPDATING THIS POST AND I WILL REBLOG IT WHEN I ADD TO IT! Feel free to comment things I've missed, I'm sure there's way more than this came from!

WEB CENTRIC

CURLIE: THE COLLECTOR OF URLs (Curlie strives to be the largest human-edited directory of the Web. You can save sites and create your own mini webring!)

Internet Archive (A collection of over 818 Billion websites, books, movies, music, and more. Hosts the Wayback Machine, which can be used to access a multitude of sites, given they were indexed in time.)

Wiby (Human submission search engine for older webrings, as well as a how-to guide on how to develop your own search engine)

Unicode Text Converter (Easy way to make your text illegible to Google but be warned, it will make screen readers malfuction)

Embed Responsively (Easily convert links and embeds to work responsively within your site - perfect for neocities!)

Generator Land (Generate a list or prompt for just about anything!)

GifCities (Part of the Internet Archive, a special project done as part of the 20th anniversary in an effort to save data from GeoCities. Find a gif for just about anything!)

Animated Images (Another gif repository, though this one is easier to search and includes small animations.)

Gifs-Paradise (Another gif repository. I swear I collect these. Searchable and categorized.)

ASCII Art Archive (Database of ASCII Art, also known as text art)

Christopher Johnson's ASCII Art Collection (Another, arguably larger, ASCII Art database)

MelonLand (A web project and online arts community that celebrates homepages, virtual worlds, the world-wide-web and the digital lives that all netizins share, here at the dawn of the digital age. See their thoughts and the WEB REVIVAL they're starting.)

Sadgrl Webrings (Webrings brought to us by Sadgrl.Online - 60+ different ones to be exact) and Sadgrl Links (70+ links just like the ones in this post)

Districts at Neocities (Remember neighborhoods on Geocities? Imagine that but for Neocities!)

Neocities Banners (Banners from all across neocities. Blinkies, banners and more leading all over the web. Mostly 88x31, though there are bigger ones too. Technically counts as a webring.)

Blinkies.cafe (Site for blinkies where you can even make your own! I get most of my blinkies here and off DeviantArt.)

88x31 Collection (Possibly the largest collection I've seen for 88x31 buttons)

90's Cursor Effects (Want a funky cursor for your blog or website? Wanna be able to realtime preview what cursors would look like? Come get some code!)

The Malware Museum (Interact with malware and viruses from the 80s and 90s through emulation! No nasty virus interactions needed :D )

KNOWLEDGE BASES

Library Genesis - LIBGEN (Scientific journals - dedicated to archiving every science journal and their articles in existence.)

Information Mesh (A web platform celebrating the 30th anniversary of the World Wide Web that explores social, technical, cultural and legal facts throughout different interactive timelines.)

Web Design Museum (Over 2,000 sorted websites showing web design trends from '96 to '06.)

The History of the Web (A twice monthly newsletter about web history, and the incredible people that built it. Goes from 1989 to present.)

Field Guide to Web Accessibility (Principles and applications to every day web scenarios in order to make the web a more friendly place!)

CARI - Consumer Aesthetics Research Institute (an online community and collective association of researchers and designers dedicated to carrying on the important work of categorizing "consumer aesthetics" from the late midcentury, when work on the subject somewhat trailed off, through today.)

The Eye (Archive consisting of 140TB of books, websites, games, software, or anything else you can really think of.)

The Uncensored Library (A project from Reporters without Borders, where they use a loophole using Minecraft to distribute information.)

National Gallery of Art Public Domain (The National Gallery of Art has an open access policy for images of works of art in their permanent collection which the Gallery believes to be in the public domain. Images of these works are available for download free of charge for any use, whether commercial or non-commercial.)

Library of Congress Public Domain (Features items from the Library's digital collections that are free to use and reuse. The Library believes that this content is either in the public domain, has no known copyright, or has been cleared by the copyright owner for public use.)

Public Domain Review (an online journal and not-for-profit project dedicated to the exploration of curious and compelling works from the history of art, literature, and ideas.)

New York Public Library Public Domain (Our digitized collections are available as machine-readable data: over one million records for you to search, crawl and compute.)

Official articles from NASA (PubSpace is NASA's designated public access repository. It is a collection of NASA-funded scholarly publications within the STI Repository, aiming to increase access to federally funded research in accordance with NASA Public Access Policy.)

Universal Hint System (Wanna get some vague help for an older video game without getting spoiled? Check out these awesome hints!)

Smithsonian Open Access (Download, share, and reuse millions of 2D and 3D digital items from their 21 museums, 9 research centers, libraries, archives, and the National Zoo.)

Instructables (Wanna know how to make just about anything? Check here!)

QZAP Zine Archive (Archive of LGBT+ Zines, began in 2003 with zines dating back all the way to the 1970s. NSFW AT TIMES, BROWSE AT YOUR OWN RISK.)

P!racy Masterpost (Tumblr-based masterpost of game piracy, last updated 2021. A bit old but some of the stuff there is still good. If this link breaks, please contact me.)

P!rated Games Megathread (masterpost created by r/P!ratedGames includes required components as well as anything else you need. NOTE: PLEASE HAVE SOME SORT OF PROTECTION WHEN NAVIGATING THIS SITE)

Geocities Gallery (A website hosting a working archive for many abandoned Geocities Sites.)

Snipplr (Code Snippet repository. Great for coding issues.)

GeoCities (Archived) (Great for searching ancient webrings for gifs and website ideas. Not so great for downloads.)

Freeware Guide (Archived) (The Freeware-Guide died sometime in 2021 [we think March] but it's still full of VERY valuable information. Links are broken pretty much all the way through, but the names of software as well as what they do can be useful in finding them elsewhere thru some google searching)

Peelopaalu (Where I got a good handful of these links - AND THERE'S MORE!!!)

The Simple Site (More links to so much more cool stuff!)

ART TOOLS

Untitled - Paint (An in-browser version of classic Microsoft Paint!)

KidPix (In-browser version of classic KidPix for the public domain!)

Pixel Logic - A Guide to Pixel Art (Comprehensive guide to making cool art for $10 USD, updated semi-frequently and you get all new versions for free)

SAI - Bootlegged (A version of SAI with a multitude of brushes and textures pre-installed. Quite literally the only thing I use to draw aside from Clip Studio Paint.)

Stripe Generator (Need some easy stripes for an art piece? Can't be bothered to try and space stripes evenly? This is for you!)

Photopea (Free online photo editor supporting files for Adobe Photoshop, XCF, Sketch App, Adobe XD, and CorelDRAW, as well as many more!)

blender (A FOREVER free and Open Source software for 3D Modeling, full of tutorials and assets. I feel like most people don't know it's completely free to play with)

Vertex Meadow (A web-browser tool that renders 2D images as explorable 3D terrain. With it you can create detailed and unusual 3D environments to explore using a 2D paint-program-like interface.)

OpenGameArt (Need art for your game but you're not an artist? Consider checking here first [or just hire a real artist looking for work on here!])

MUSIC TOOLS AND DISCOVERY

BandLab (Social music platform that enables creators to make music and share their creative process with musicians and fans. Completely free with an option to set up stripe where you get 100% OF PROFITS. Available for apple/android/desktop)

JummBox (Free online beat-maker with a very simple interface that runs on your browser)

Mydora (Mydora is a continuous streaming player that gives you a deep dive into the lost archives of Myspace Music, based on some recovered data called the Dragon Hoard, with some additional metadata (most notably the locations and genres) from a different scan of Myspace conducted back in 2009. Contains 490,000+ songs, only a fraction of what was wiped out.)

Radiooooo (A place where people are able to play hit songs from the decade of their choosing from whatever country they wish.)

WFMU (Independent freeform radio broadcasting. Currently ongoing.)

Gnoosic (A sort-of music search engine that finds you songs/bands based off of your music taste.)

Khinsider (3.1 TB worth of video game soundtracks)

Radio.garden (Listen to thousands of radio stations all around the world.)

FUN STUFF

FrogLand (The purpose of Frogland is to show that the Internet can indeed provide a wealth of useful information and still be fun. Mainly, this site is dedicated to the many teachers out there who are finding new uses for the Internet as a tool for educating youngsters. Hopefully, it will inspire some young minds to find new interest in herpetology, biology, and environmental issues...not to mention providing some inspiration for young future computer "wizzes"! No longer active but still useful.)

Windows 98 icon Viewer (Want clear jpgs of all the Windows 98 symbols and icons? They're all here!)

GifyPet (Create your own embeded pet that people can play with and feed when they visit your page! See my version HERE [only works on desktop tho])

Ultimate Mushroom (Like the idea of picking mushrooms in your area but no idea what to look for? Check out this info hub!)

Gif Gallery (Another gif repositiory, only sorted by being numbered 1-100,000. Fun and silly, not so much useful unless you're looking for random gifs. Part of the MelonLand Webring)

Interesting DOS Programs (A host of DOS programming, guides and links.)

Internet Archive: MS-DOS Games (8,000 games right in your web browser! Your browser can play DOOM!)

Tiled Backgrounds (Need some small jpegs for easy website bg tiling? Browse this collection sorted by color.)

cOOl & EMO tEXt cOnVERTer xXX (Flashing warning. Wanna type like you're in the 2000s? Need a funny Green Day lyric as a caption? This is probably the best place for you.)

0x40 (Flashing Warning. Anime images synced with music. Fun for parties, lol)

WebGL Fluid Simulation (In browser fluid simulator, great for art backgrounds and desktop wallpapers.)

Flashpoint (The biggest collection of preserved Flash Games and Animations)

NCase (Free games and open source projects from Nicky [THESE ARE REALLY COOL AND FUN, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND])

Your World of Text (A huge interactive text doc that anyone can add to anonymously.)

Text To Speech (TTS in more than 30 languages and over 180 voices.)

ASCII Art Generator (Make ASCII Art from any image.)

Petit Tube (Random Youtube videos with less than 10 views)

Noclip Website (Noclip around various video game maps in your browser!)

Monster Mash (Create and animate some monsters in browser! You can also download their files.)

[erins-quinn]

I love your sydcarmy fic recs. Do you have any new or recent ones you've been loving?

😈 (tysm for giving me a reason to make another fic rec list on this fine afternoon)

I’ve got a couple! as we near the end of the hiatus it’s been a little slow but we still got gold for days in that tag! here’s a small bit that’s been amazing lately:

General Audiences

Bubbles by Amiera (@amieraisposting)

Teen and Up

like the color when the spring is born by emilybrontay (@emilybrontay) (single parent AU)

Be My Secondhand by sashafiercer (@sashafiercest) (soulmate AU)

a curious token (would the talkers be talking?) by puzzlepuppy (me 🤙🏽)

Hide and Seek by oxymercuration

the mark of a lover is patience through time by 924inlegend

you put me on (and said I was your favorite by novelsandnoodles (@youkindofblowmeaway)

Bear Cubs (Part One) by mila_milax (@milamilamilax)

Mature

Summer Breeze (Makes Me Feel Fine) by shewalksoverme (@shewalksoverm3)

soul meets body by turbulenthandholding (@turbulenthandholding) (soulmate AU)

I Don’t Sleep, I Dream by anxietycroissant (@anxietycroissant)

Explicit

Blue by Anonymous

Good Things by IsletsOfLangerhans

Warmest Part of the Winter by OysterKnife (@purposechef)

Those Innocent Eyes by Ceselle1024 (@ambeauty)

a soft place to land by flantattoo

as always whether or not you are on this list as a writer, you’re fucking baller, I love you, and I hope you never stop 💛

[idontsleep22]

[planned-obsolescence]

god-tier sydcarmy fics

no one asked but i'm suddenly overcome with gratitude that fic writers just drop these gems for FREE. we are so lucky. these are the ones i constantly reread because they make me feel so much.

all of these are rated M or E because if they ain't fuckin, i ain't reading.

five times at a simmer; once boiling over by seh28 my kink? emotional intimacy. that's what these two need more than any bullshit stars. this fic serves it up like it's a floor donut and i'm carmy straight up eating that shit.

friends, partners, and intimates by sashafiercer i'm always here for it when syd gives carmy what he deserves. and i'm DEFINITELY here for it when the dialogue between the two is so on point it gives me whiplash. written by an all time 🐐.

forget about your house of cards by minecrafter42 i love reading about how carmy can't get it together in sydney's presence. this fic presents their dynamic so viscerally that the slow burn is more like a slow simmer. i needed a cigarette after i finished this one.

temper, temper by malariamonsters have you ever read anything so beautiful it made you cry? yeah, this fic. it's at the top of the tag for a reason because it captures carmy's consuming love for syd so perfectly. i want to live inside this fic.

child with a child pretending by emilybrontay sydney has a baby before she starts working at the beef, and carmy knows what bluey is. i'm done. i am very picky when it comes to stories set in sydney's POV (my girl is a complex masterpiece, you better get her right), and this is one of the greatest, most thoughtful.

Mise En Place by badcircuit love fics that present syd and carmy as partners in every sense of the word. beautifully written, hot as fuck. another one that gets syd right. again, i take portrayals of my girl so seriously and this one is gorg.

Take Care by oysterknife oh boy. this one literally came out last week but i already read it upwards of 10 times. i will read anything oysterknife writes but GODDAMN. this one changed my brain chemistry with the emotional intimacy between the two. i love longing and yearning and this one is like a masterclass in it. the literary references made me kick my feet and giggle. as a brooklyn girlie, THIS is the nyc i wanna see: flushing, crown heights, greenpoint minus the condos, shitting on the residents of murray hill, i want it all. also the ending made me sob. not joking.

[turbulenthandholding]

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

Thank you for your patience...chapter 5 exploded and was taking a very long time to finish...so it has been split into two. The chapter count has subsequently gone up once again.

Thank you, as always, to @anxietycroissant, who is an absolute joy to me and whose internet-bestie-mind-melding has made this so much fun to write (and so much better)!

[idontsleep22]

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