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How might Aziraphale and Crowley react to going through a haunted house?
It depends whether it was Haunted by the kind of people who are paid to jump out at you and go boo, in which case it might end up a lot like the paintball battle they got involved in, or by actual ghosts, in which case Aziraphale would probably enjoy meeting them and Crowley would be amusingly cynical at their expense.
THE VERY FIRST STAR TREK SLASH FIC PUBLISHED
“A Fragment out of Time”, published in 1974. Kirk / Spock. page 1 page 2
I had to share it with you because I can’t stop laughing, and every time I reread it it just gets funnier and fUNNIER
This fan fiction is older than the push-through tabs on soda cans.
Your grandma wrote this on her Commodore 64.
I miss my Commodore 64
Oh my dear, sweet children. The Commodore 64 came out in 1982. This was produced on a typewriter and probably mimeographed. And while it may seem funny now, it took more courage to write and distribute this than you will ever know.
Reblogged for that last comment.
respect your elders
Children, in the olden days fanfiction was written on a typewriter, copied and sent by snail mail. Getting one one of those letters from across the world was every bit as exciting as getting a notification that your favorite writer posted a new fic.
It’s been said before, but the fact that this fic begins with the dialogue assertion “We’re by no means setting a precedent” is endlessly amusing to me.
Diane Marchant changed all our lives. May she rest in peace.
The precedent line is especially amusing when you bear in mind that “A Fragment Out of Time” is not only the first Star Trek slashfic to be published in a widely distributed magazine: it’s believed by some to be the first slashfic of any kind to be widely published.
I reblogged this last month, tagged it, and said “might as well see if it works.” I used this video as a reference to find all the forms that i needed (which is A LOT, especially if you’re a dependent) and sent them through the mail, not really allowing myself to hope.
dude.
$2,714 of medical debt from my top surgery - gone. im shaking this was such a weight on me for 2 years and it fucking worked. what the fuck.
will and control.
will isn’t submissive. his illness, jack’s dominance and hannibal’s psychological manipulation in s1 really distorted everyone’s perceptions of will’s character. his vulnerability in the earlier episodes contrasts with his true personality.
in season 1 he bites back, he’s sarcastic and mean to most people, but it’s overshadowed not just by his own vulnerability but by the dominant characters of those around him. this is especially clear before the enciphilitis becomes bad. jack and alana are worried for his safety and hannibal coerces him. being constantly under supervision makes him seem weak - even he begins to think he is. will’s illness makes him vulnerable to others - and especially to their manipulation. thus his character is seen by the audience and by those around him as “unstable” “weak” and “in need of protection” - a fragile little teacup.
that isn’t who he is.
will is hilarious because he hates authority. he’s cruel. he’s manipulative. he’s snarky. he wants to be in control.
hannibal knows this. you’re the mongoose I want under the house when the snakes slither by. immediately he recognises will’s rejection of dominant characters and his inner viciousness. his thought process goes like this - I need to break him down so that he can see how strong he is. he had to show me the negative so that I could see the positive. this is why hannibal alienated will from jack, for example. he wanted will to think for himself, in his own strange way.
and once will is reassured of his own sanity, he does.
when you watch season 1 and season 2 together you notice a MASSIVE contrast in how will behaves. before he is cured of enciphilitis he shakes, cries, lets people take care of him... season 2 will is never in this position. he manipulates everyone around him and is completely closed off - apart from several vulnerable moments (hannibal cleaning his knuckles, his dreams) we never know what he’s thinking. it’s because he’s in control. I think you’re more in control than you’ve ever been. everyone is under will’s thumb after season 1 because he knows he’s sane and he’s assured of his own beliefs. he wants to hurt hannibal (and be close to him), and he hurts so many other people while trying.
will is interesting because his empathy doesn’t make him kind - it makes him cruel. he’s sarcastic and distant with everyone. he calls out alana, makes fun of hannibal, despises freddie and snarks back at jack, and that’s just in the first few episodes!! he alienates everyone he meets despite being able to know them in their entirety. the only person he is remotely kind to is abigail, because she’s vulnerable. that’s why he so readily rejects the idea she could have killed anyone. he enjoys being the dominant one - the person in control. and everyone else in his life denies him this, except her. with abigail he can be a father, a caregiver, a steady presence instead of relying on someone else. thus empathy does not equal kindness.
to be clear: will’s empathy makes him powerful. most humans use empathy as a driver for kindness - because we can understand others, we want to take care of them. this makes will the most terrifying character because even though he knows how people work better than most of us, he hurts them anyway. manipulates them because he knows how they feel. and he enjoys it. sure, it takes a hard nudge from hannibal for him to really accept it, but even before he arrived will was like this. it’s his core trait.
wind him up, watch him go. isn’t this what will does to other people, too? in the second half of season 2 he watches jack and hannibal dance around each other, neutrally, not knowing what side he’s on. in the second half of season 3 he puts everyone into their positions the way he wants them - chilton, mutilated. bedelia, in fear. jack and alana, thinking they’re at an advantage. hannibal, free. everything happens the way will wants it to, after he’s escaped from his vulnerability. funny how he chooses molly, who’s a more dominant character, as a wife. he regresses to how he was before in an attempt to save himself.
and what’s the most interesting is that hannibal submits to will’s manipulation. when will points a gun to his head he turns his face away. when will says he wants to kill hannibal, hannibal is excited by it, and brings up the fantasy over and over again. when will says please hannibal smiles and does what he wishes. when will rejects him hannibal gives himself in. when hannibal is shot by francis he lies on the floor and waits for will to attack first. when will puts his hand on his waist on the clifftop hannibal keeps it there. he lets will manipulate him. when you see how readily hannibal lets himself be pulled off the cliff, it’s almost tender. oh, sure, he lashes back on occasion when will particularly hurts him (disemboweling him and trying to cut open will’s skull comes to mind...) but I think hannibal finds no greater pleasure than in seeing will take control.
that’s why will craves hannibal’s presence. he knows will. he’s aware of all of his strength and viciousness, and not only recognises it but loves will for it. he submits to will’s power, cultivates it, and watches will manipulative people’s lives as if life is a game of chess.
there’s a quote that always reminds me of hannibal’s love for will. I love your freedom, as much as mine. I think that hannibal would willingly die if it meant will could come into his “true form.” from the beginning hannibal saw will’s true nature and watched it come to the surface with delight. what is love but that?
what a cunning boy you are, hannibal says. and will, who lies and hurts without blinking and eye, secretly knows just how true that is. that’s why they’re perfect for each other.
people often discuss hannibal as a psychological thriller, wherein hannibal manipulates will and breaks him down. but it’s not quite true, once you make it past season one. once will is free of the influences that made him vulnerable, well, he’s far more terrifying than hannibal could ever be.
Two job-hunting resources that changed my life:
This cover letter post on askamanger.com. A job interview guide written by Alison Green, who runs askamanager.
useful
Alison Green’s advice works.
Alison Green got me all my interviews from 2012 onward, I am reasonably sure.
Alison Green is basically my life guide.
Mine too - she was my most visited website for the first few years of my working career, and I cannot emphasise enough how much her advice helped me navigate how to behave in a work environment. You name it, she has an answer for it. Definitely a life hack.
