"all because I could throw a ball": on pitchers and pain
two pitchers warm up in a bullpen / ada limĂłn, "the hurting kind" / mets pitcher david wright 05 / blue jays pitcher shane bieber 57 / pitcher matt harvey 33 / "Equine performance genes and the future of doping in horseracing" / dodgers pitcher shohei ohtani 17 / pirates pitcher nick burdi 57 / yankees pitcher carlos rodĂłn 55 / yankees pitcher max fried 54 / cubs pitcher shota imanaga 18 / cubs pitcher ben brown 32 / pirates pitcher paul skenes 30 / cubs pitcher andrew kittredge 59 / phillies relief pitchers in the bullpen / Mary Oliver, "Blue Horses" / Mary Oliver, "Two Horses" / Blue Horse 1, Franz Marc (1911) / The Tower of Blue Horses, Franz Marc (1913)
huge s/o to @hxwae for the incredible original webweave about pitchers and racehorse which compelled me to explore similar themes <3
on the power of hope, the narrative, and the seattle mariners
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1: Rainbow over T-Mobile park, 11/9/2021. (Tyler Thompson on Twitter)
2: Ken Griffey Jr. hits his first major league home run, 4/10/1989. (source)
3: Cal Raleigh hits the walk-off home run against the Oakland Athletics that sends the Mariners to the postseason, 9/30/2022. (Steph Chambers/Getty Images)
4: Ichiro Suzuki gets his record-breaking 258th hit against the Texas Rangers, 10/1/2004. (Dan Levine/AFP via Getty Images)
5: Kyle Seager leaves his final game during the ninth inning against the Los Angeles Angels, 10/03/2021. (Steph Chambers/Getty Images)
6: Felix Hernandez is taken out of his last game with the Mariners in the sixth inning against the Oakland Athletics, 9/26/2019. (Lindsey Wasson/Getty Images)
7: Logan Gilbert pitches against the San Diego Padres during the fourth inning after recording his 600th career strikeout in the second inning, 7/9/2024. (Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images)
8: Bryce Miller pitches during his debut game against the Oakland Athletics, 5/2/2023. (Michael Zagaris/Getty Images)
9: Bryan Woo pitches against the Philadelphia Phillies for seven scoreless innings, 8/2/2024. (Ben VanHouten/Getty Images)
10: Julio Rodriguez hits his 30th home run of the season during the tenth inning against the Los Angeles Angels, putting him in the 30-30 club, 9/11/2023. (Steph Chambers/Getty Images)
11: J.P. Crawford hits a grand slam in the second inning against the Cleveland Guardians on his first Father's Day as a dad, 6/15/2025. (Mollie Handkins/MLB Photos via Getty Images)
12: Cole Young celebrates after walking off the Minnesota Twins in his major league debut, 5/31/2025. (Stephen Brashear/Getty Images)
13: The Mariners celebrate Cal Raleigh's postseason-clinching walk-off home run, 9/30/2022. (Steph Chambers/Getty Images)
14: Dylan Moore gets absolutely soaked by Jesse Winker and J.P. Crawford after walking off the Boston Red Sox, 6/11/2022. (Abbie Parr/Getty Images)
15: Ken Griffey Jr. scores the game-winning run on Edgar Martinez's double to win the ALDS, 10/8/1995. (source)
16: Cal Raleigh hits his first major league home run during the second inning against the Oakland Athletics, 7/23/2021. (Alika Jenner/Getty Images)
"We've entered another realm here, one that's far larger, and doesn't operate on the dead currency of winning and losing. Unless you let those limits go, you're an astronaut who brought your wallet." - Jon Bois, The History of the Seattle Mariners
Thanking @crystalmir for this month's theme as well (thank you for the different, they were all brilliant)! This time the theme is time-travel! The same rules apply as always, one fic per author, even though all of these authors have other brilliant fics you should be reading and if you want to add your own recs in the comments, tags, or reblogs please feel free to do so! đ
Also, I have tagged the authors whose Tumblr account I know (aka found on their AO3 profile), but if you'd prefer I not tag you, please tell me! I don't want these to be annoying for the authors.
One-shots:
Time Loop by @Master of Unlocking: Alec is stuck in a time-loop and isnât dealing well with it. One of my favourite fics when I need some angsty angst.
Warning for (not permanent) character death and suicide! This fic is very angsty even if it has a happy end, so youâre warned.
Summary:
Alec is done.
âYou win,â he whispers as he sits down, his back against the wall of the crypt. He rubs his fingers together, trying to brush away the ash that covers them. He looks at the podium and the orb resting on it. Alec finds it hard to believe that such small thing can be the cause of such great grief.
âIâve tried everything.â Alec looks down at his hands and in the past he would have cried, but he is already out of tears. They are all used up by now. âSo you win.â
Your Name For A Capital by @theprophetlemonade: Magnus POV fic where he keeps meeting Alec in the past and itâs just so deliciously angsty and emotional in the best way!
Summary:
 âI canât wait another hundred years to see you again, Alexander.â
He hates it, he does. He hates the way Alec looks at him with a history they havenât yet shared.Â
Alecâs fingers dig into his ribs. A moment of hesitation. âYou wonât have to wait that long,â he murmurs, quiet enough to be a secret. âI promise.â
âYou donât know that.â
Alec stops, forcing Magnus to stop too. Magnus squints at him, seeing double, but Alec shakes his head. âMagnus, I do.â
âHow?â
âBecause,â says Alec, and once again, Magnus feels the tug of magic kneading at his skin, a string of fate that wraps around his bottom rib and leads beyond his chest and enters Alecâs in exactly the same place. âYou and me, we always find our way back to each other. Whatever happens.â
To endure by @thisissirius: Alec is stuck in another time loop fic and forced to watch Magnus die over and over again. Another lovely fic with a happy end but does have some temporary MCD so beware.
Summary:
âI canât watch you die again,â Alec blurts out. He rubs his hands against his knees, looks up at Magnus through his lashes. âI donât want to do this anymore.âÂ
a time loop threatens to confine alec to a lifetime of losing magnus.
Teach Them Well by @ellegy42: Magnus meeting his kids in the past. This fic is just adorable and reading it never fails to bring a smile to my face.
Summary:
When Magnus sees a Shadowhunter chasing a young warlock, he comes to the natural conclusion.Â
It just so happens to be entirely wrong.
belong by @starkguzman: A blueberry POV that is just sublime and I want to throw all of the praise in existence at this fic. All of it. Just yessssss. Also our favourite blueberry deserves a hug or twenty cuz I said so.
Summary:
Heâd only been trying to portal home. Heâs done it a million times before and he doesnât know where he went wrong this time. He had ended up in the loft, but he knew something was horribly wrong from the very first second. Nothing looked the same, nothing felt familiar. The very air he breathed caused his whole body to itch, every instinct he had screaming at him that everything was wrong. It had only been when Magnus had found him that it had been confirmed. While his Papa was exactly the same as he had been the last time Max had seen him, it was so very clear to Max that he was not the same man. A hesitant âPapa?â had only cemented it.Â
He wasnât home at all. He was as far from home as he could get.
Everything it has taken (everything it has given) by @lawsofchaos1: hauntingly and painfully devastating like all of Lawâs fics. There is again some temporary MCD but if you can handle that then itâs so, so worth the read.
Summary:
The sensation of blood-soaked metallic dirt beneath his cheek is insubstantial and fleeting, overlaid and then replaced with the smooth slide of cheap cotton and Alec jerks back into being entangled in the rough weave of Institute-standard sheets, agony shrieking down his side.
In which the world burns the first time and Alec and Magnus break reality (to burn it down again the right way).
Multi-Chapters or Series
Across the Lonely Decades by @dreaming-marchling: If you havenât read this yet then please stop whatever youâre doing and go read this (unless youâre working, of course I donât want you to get fired). This fic is angsty and stunning like all of Marchlings fics are and I am obsessed.
Summary:
Alec, Magnus and their family work to investigate a series of murders that has rocked New York, trying to figure out who this mysterious warlock is thatâs murdering people in elaborate and never seen before pentagrams. What the warlock is trying to do isnât clear either.Â
Well, it isnât clear until Alec accidentally activates the spell himself and finds out in literally the worst pay possible.
Beside me by d_aia: A Ragnor POV fic! Alec time travels to the past and meets a past Magnus and Ragnor. Iâm pretty sure my love for time travel fics comes from this particular fic. And also, because it bears repeating, Ragnor POV!
Summary:
A portal opened between two trees, and an oddly dressed man came through. He landed on his back and, like a bug, was trying unsuccessfully to turn over. The portal winked closed immediately after.Â
The man was the tall sort, had a bow and arrow, a couple of blades, and a satchel. He had rune tattoos, which marked him a Shadowhunter. He was also currently writhing in pain and bleeding all over the place.Â
What was a Warlock to do with such a man?
*
Alec goes back in time. Then things get complicated but oddly sweet, and they stay that way. Ragnor is just along for the ride.
Flames to Embers by @notcrypticbutcoy: Have I already recced this fic? Yeah, pretty sure I have. Will I do so again? Undoubtedly!
Summary:
Jace froze. His parabatai rune burned white-hot, but he hardly felt it. It was easy to forget what people looked like, long ago, but the image of the boy in front of him was unmistakable, even with the emo fringe and the scowl. In fact, when combined with the defensive stance, hazel eyes, and still-healing cut through his left eyebrow, it made the whole thing more convincing.
âWhat the fuck.â
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***
Teenage Alec is magically poofed into the time of his forty-year-old self, and what he finds is really quite overwhelming. Especially the really hot guy heâs apparently married to.
Or: in which Teen Alec is very grumpy, Magnus thinks heâs very cute, and Adult Alec is Tiredâ˘.
If My Heart Was A House You'd Be Home by magnusbicon: Max and Raphael do some more time travelling and create just a tickle of chaos (can you tell I adore those two beans).
Summary:
Prompt: Max and Rafe accidentally time travel to present day during a Downworld cabinet meeting.
it doesnât matter (if itâs now or then) by @soveryaverageme: Soulmate AU meets time travel, what more could you want? đ
Summary:
Alecâs words were branded across his right forearm, spiraling towards his shoulder. The phrase âIâm Magnus, I donât think weâve been formally introduced?â was stark across his skin, as bold as his own love. They were a comfort and a reminder every time he drew his bow back to fire another arrow. He knew every curve and bend of his words. He could trace them without looking.Â
He had never seen Magnusâ words, but he knew was that they werenât his.
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