like a proper little family

Anth, she/her, ao3: livflahertydingle

[sugdenfamilycurse]

leaving behind the sideblog life and migrating to my main @livflahertydingle. everybody please get in line like little ducklings to follow me over there, don't get lost! 🦆🤍

[livflahertydingle]

also changed my ao3 username, which was long overdue! livflahertydingle over there as well <3 (formerly meltingthesun)

[robrondale]

several sentence sunday!!

“D’ya think we should come up with some sort of gimmick?” Robert furrows his brow. “What do you mean?” “Like something that makes us stand out,” Aaron explains. “So we look like proper professionals.” “What, like suits?” Aaron snorts. “God, no. But we could wear matchin’ outfits, I s’pose.” “Wouldn’t we look a bit…” Robert scoots closer, lowers his voice as he murmurs, “queer.”

frantically speed writing to try and meet my self-imposed monday deadline for the latest update of in spite of all that may be but it's not looking great... scheduled this though because i've actually got something to share for once!

tagging @jackiemerrick @sugdendeeznuts @livflahertydingle @sugdenkatie @aaronsugdens @jcforsapphics @mellaithwen @capseycartwright @barnbert @illbeyourreasonwhy @maybemystcha @dreamer-of-ships @stuckinanothertimezone @medievalmiffy @robertbugden @whimsywooo @ggee-xx @nerdyfangirl76 @cylonbarnes @thatnervouswreck and anyone else who fancies joining in! <3

[grumpy-aaron-dingle]

Aaron Dingle, 7th October 2022

[robronbrainrot]

Robron Week 2026 2018 + my top five six episodes

[emmerdalevillagelibrary]

WIP Wednesday

roadkill fawn, you said "how sad, left to rot alone like that"

by @jackiemerrick

Aaron/Robert, John/Robert (2025, Mature, 15.6k)

In November, during a thunderstorm that meant daddy had to come in from work early and Victoria was in bed so Robert was cuddled between his mummy and daddy with hot chocolates watching Scooby-Doo, there was a knock at the front door. That was how John arrived. OR a reimagining of canon if john had been present in the sugden's lives since childhood. he is not well-adjusted

Sticking with this weeks theme of breaking the mould, this is certainly not your average Robron fic. The first chapter explores Robert's childhood if he had grown up with the looming, smothering, terrifying presence of John around. It's dark and twisted and wonderfully frightening in places, after you read it you will find yourself looking over your shoulder, making sure John isn't standing behind you with his first aid kit.

A content warning is necessary for those who are a little squeamish, but the darker themes are handled very well, with care and intention. This librarian will be eagerly awaiting the next update.

Read on AO3

[emmerdalevillagelibrary]

Trope Tuesday - B for Bodyswap

Too Close for Comfort

by @jackiemerrick

Aaron/Robert (2026, Mature, 7.2k)

The million-pound question: did you shoot Robert Sugden? Robert wakes up from his coma on the 21st October 2015, only he's not in hospital. He's in HMP Hotten and he looks like Aaron Livesy.

We have a winner! Trope Tuesday it is, so this week is B for Bodyswap.

This trope is sadly under explored in the Emmerdale cinematic universe however we are lucky enough to have this recent little gem. Set during the Who Shot Robert storyline this fic is a fascinating exploration of Robert grappling with his feelings for Aaron, his mortality and whether or not he believes that Aaron could have been the one to shoot him.

It's twisted and gory and wonderful, a lovely midweek treat for you all!

CW: Body Horror

Read on AO3

[charitydinglez]

I can’t see my future without him in it.

[sugdendeeznuts]

so funny to me that they have mack leaning on ross and kev about the charity cheating situation

hmmm if only he had a best friend who could empathise about their blond, bisexual spouse having unprotected sex with someone else while they were being tortured in prison…

[scrapyardboyfriends]

Today’s Throwback Art Theme is…times canon got it right.

[jackiemerrick]

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

rating: GA pairing: aaron dingle/robert sugden word count: 1616 summary:

Adam is a great best friend, but he's fresh out of prison and didn't expect to spend his precious time back in the land of the free listening to Aaron complaining about Robert Sugden.

~ my contribution for day one of robron week

[jackiemerrick]

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

rating: GA pairing: Aaron dingle/robert sugden word count: 1486 summary:

Aaron and Chrissie have a discussion post-he was with me. They both have big feelings about it.

~

my robron week day two contribution <33

[jackiemerrick]

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

rating: GA pairing: aaron dingle/robert sugden word count: 1818 summary:

Robert survived the crash, Aaron survived the crash, Robert knows these things to be true. So why can't he stop shaking?

~ thank you so much to @barnbert @stuckinanothertimezone @aaronsugdens @nerdyfangirl76 @capseycartwright @robertbugden @thatnervouswreck @mellaithwen @illbeyourreasonwhy and @maybemystcha for the wip wednesday tags. plz take this fic as my offerings for today <33

[illbeyourreasonwhy]

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

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Emmerdale (TV 1972) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Aaron Dingle/Robert Sugden Characters: Aaron Dingle, Robert Sugden, Alex Mason (Emmerdale) Additional Tags: Canon Compliant, Late 2017 aka The Breakup Era, you know what that means, Angst, Sadness and Pining and all that good stuff, robron week 2026 Summary:

Alex will never hurt Aaron like Robert did. He won’t ever be able to. No one will.

*

Aaron goes through the back half of 2017 missing Robert, convincing himself breaking up was for the better, attempting to move on, and missing Robert some more.

[charitydinglez]

[illbeyourreasonwhy]

wip wednesday

thank youuu @barnbert @stuckinanothertimezone @aaronsugdens @nerdyfangirl76 @capseycartwright @genuinewarmdecentfeeling @robertbugden @thatnervouswreck for the tags 💖 feeling like absolute hell rn but your snippets are giving me life <3

"John reckoned I was beyond help." "Yeah, well, John reckoned true love was throwing his husband off a cliff, so let's take his opinions with a pinch of salt, yeah?" Aaron frowns. "When did he even tell you that?" "Back in August. The day you found me smashing up my room." Aaron's frown deepens as he looks at him. "You were in a right state that day," he says carefully. "Yeah, I remember." He turns away, unable to face Aaron as he thinks back to that day, how everything got too much and too loud and too everything, how he lost himself in a rage about how broken everything was, how broken he was. If anything, that should be all the evidence Aaron needs for John's point to be proven. "You saw what I was like that day. You've seen the state of me. A therapist's not going to be able to help me." "That's not what you said when you found me that counselor all them years ago, is it?" Robert glances back at him, brief enough to see him raising an expectant eyebrow, then away again, swallowing around the lump in his throat. "Did counselling help?" he asks, knows Aaron will interpret it as the thawing that it is. "You know it did," he says. "You were there, remember?"

will i finish this in time for sunday? who knows certainly not me

no pressure tagging @jackiemerrick @sugdendeeznuts @livflahertydingle @dreamer-of-ships @maybemystcha @sugdenkatie @robrondale @jcforsapphics @robron-always @madroxed @ggee-xx @donotpercievemebaby @serena-sugden and whoever else fancies it <3

[capseycartwright]

sometimes i tell white lies

He wanted to do something nice, for his boyfriend. Robert spraining his wrist was just the cherry on top of a cake that felt as though it had been baked with poison.

The forlorn, far-away look in Robert’s eyes as Liam had carefully, gently, poked and prodded at his sore wrist, had checked him over for a concussion, had been enough to spur Aaron into action.

ao3 link

a vague sort of coda for this weeks episodes! title from 'white lies' by katie gregson-mcleod.

[mellaithwen]

WIP Wednesday

Cheers for the tags @barnbert @stuckinanothertimezone @robertbugden @aaronsugdens @thatnervouswreck and @capseycartwright <3

Robert had persevered. He’d practically absolved Kev of any wrong-doing because Robert had lied, Robert had cheated—you hurt me, because you were angry, that's not love, that's control.

Robert had blamed himself, taken full responsibility, and then he'd gone as far as to thank Kev. He’d made it clear—sincerely so—that it was Robert who didn't deserve Kev, and not the other way around—and he'd done it alone, because even though his hands had been shaking in the pockets of his jacket the whole damn time, the idea of adding Aaron to the mix and risking his safety was never even an option.

And in the end it had all been for nothing, because all Kev did was switch his matches out for a loaded gun—sent bullets flying from out of the shadows of the shaded trees—and Robert had spent his first Christmas out of prison wondering if it would be his last…

& I shall humbly tag @madroxed @allisonrw96 @littlespoonevan @donotpercievemebaby @softlass27 @ultrabananaquan @butteredsc0tch @robrondale @kellykadesperate @sugdenkatie @dreamer-of-ships @maybemystcha @jackiemerrick and @princessfbi :)