Sarah, 30+ "so women must choose between taking lovers and taking no prisoners" - Florence King If I just reblogged something you posted ages ago it's because I cleaned out my likes.
so today a group of 8-9 year old kiddos approaches my desk and goes āhey. we want to go to the downstairs part of the library.ā
iām like āyou can totally go downstairs, but just so you know, right now the only thing down there is the genealogy department. thatās like the history of this area and the people who lived here a long time ago.ā
iām expecting them to lose interest, but to my surprise, they go āwe want to see the genealogy department!!!!!!ā
so iām like āalright letās do it!!!!ā and lead this group of maybe six elementary school kids across the library make way for ducklings style and downstairs to our extremely not kid friendly genealogy room. our genealogy librarian is super cool, though, and he pulls out a few interesting things for them to look at & they ask a lot of questions and try to find where they live on maps from the 1800s
after about fifteen minutes, their curiosity has been sated, so we go back upstairs and over to the childrenās department in that same duckling parade style
truly wish i could render this little scene artistically for you all it was a delight
heated rivalry fics that are well researched / generally clever / conceptually smart. or all of the above
some of my favorites. im missing tons i need more recs
sleeping with the lights on - Shaylinne
(ilya gets thrown in jail. non linear narrative . politics, lawyers, journalism, svetlana!!!!
quote from me: āthis fic to me is like the syllabus of a course taught by a crazy educated professor that is a blessing upon the collegeā)
summary: āāIf hockey was that important for geopolitics,ā MarĆa deadpans, leaning across the table to stab another pelmeni with her fork. āThe Chinese wouldāve gotten into it by now. The Russians want international concessions, and this is a cheap trick to get it. To be completely honestāā
She dunks the pelmeni into her bowl. It almost looks like sheās drowning it when she twists the fork, coating it in fragrant orange soup. It almost looks like itās a thrashing animal.
āāitās really annoying me. From a purely tradecraft perspective, from one lawyer to another, itās a cheap trick,ā MarĆa continues, pelmeni between her teeth. āCanada isnāt even the country whoās detaining Russian arms dealers. Thatās US shit. Itās fucking annoying.ā
Shane doesnāt say anything. Shaneās looking at the pictures splayed across the table, face-up, and thinking about how if this all ends here, all Shane will have to show people when they ask about Ilya are six mugshots from when he was transferred from the Moscow jail to the Siberian penal colony, where his cheeks are hollowed out and his eyes are vacant.ā
Drag Hunt - R_Knight
(fantastic characterization and concept, beautiful prose but never flowery. an au which is completely believable)
ch1 authors note: āI read a non-fiction book a few years back called āRunning Freeā ā about the authorās experiences with running in nature. This story is, in a sense, RPF of one particular chapter of that book. I donāt know how to explain to you the way I felt reading what could be re-written as a 24/7 BDSM hunter/prey relationship, relayed to the reader like it was a relatively normal occurrence, except maybe by writing it out in this fic.ā
I. ONE LITTLE GOD FALLING OVER ANOTHER - toyourdetriment
(this fic (and any of toyourdetrimentās writing) truly exudes cleverness and is sooo Alive. mixed media story - mixture of news reports, text messages, jackie pike blunt, text threads, call logs, actual receipts, tweets and more. very meta about communication and secrecy.)
ch1 excerpt:
āSaturday, October 15, 2016, 11:43 p.m.
From:Ā [email protected]
To:Ā [email protected],Ā [email protected]
Fwd: MLH Murmurs Friday Rollup ā New team could land in Calgary or Seattle, Vrelsky out in Columbusā¦
Looks like an expansion draft for a new team in a couple years. Anybody youād banish to purgatory?
xx
Momā
If it wasnāt for that meddling kid - ARustySpork
(the hockey in this is written so well it makes me craaave a hockey game. author has a bottomless pit of hockey knowledge and picks the Perfect references to history and various plays to include. and includes a critical lens of the hockey world. this fic has Substance)
Summary: āāI feel really good about this kid, I think he could be great on your wing, he just needs some help settling in. Someone to show him the ropes.ā
āYes.ā
The line went silent for a moment. Ilya wasnāt really sure why his coach felt the need to run this by him.
āRozanov,ā his coach said at last. āI want him to live with you.ā
Ilya blinked, then nearly shouted into the phone. āWhat?ā
* * *
or, Ilya stays in Boston, gets a rookie, and tries to figure out how to make a secret long distance relationship work while there's a Russian teenager in his houseā
Thereās a Line in the Sand (Iām Crossing with Both Hands) - Eddywow
(this person Knows and Gets shane. amazing characterization and prose and conceptā¦epistolary #Myshane work.)
summary: āāYou know you chew on your pen a lot?ā She asked, jaw slipping against her palm as she tried to keep herself awake. Again. Fair. āLike, a lot.ā
(Shane has an oral fixation and itās ruining his life.)ā
Dig Two Graves - devovitsuasuartes
(i Love this fic it builds and builds tension and is exciting and harrowing and truly digs its fingers into the wound in an adrenaline inducing way. itās controversial because of how minimally tagged it is .& i love a polarizing piece of writing.)
summary: āThe Montreal Voyageurs won't stop slinging mud at Shane in the press, so Shane and Ilya decide to get revenge the best way they know how.ā
and iāll show you fearless - irreverents
(itās porn. itās incredible prose. the specific kink is fitting for hollanov. and ilya is mean! and the author is confident and earnest which transfers to the reader.)
summary:
Ilya likes the chase, and the chase loves him back. Talking shit at Hollander is a pastime heād wait months to indulge in. Hollanderās more than happy to greet him head-on.
The difference is that Hollander likes being caught too.
or: Ilya seeks in Hollander a consolation prize. It takes ten years for him to obtain something more.
anybody like you - plonk
(this is just so good. another tangible au. the worldbuilding is really immersive and itās like one big shane character study sandwich but it feels Sooo natural.)
summary: ā"Hey, are parties justā¦ like that, for you?" Shane asks. "Like the figure skating kickbacks were in Sochi?"
"What do you mean? Like what?" Joe asks.
"Like. I don't know. Fun?"
"Yeah? Do you go to a lot of bad parties?"
"I don't know." Shane stuffs some kale in his mouth.
"So yes."
It gets lonely at the top. In Sochi, unrivaled generational hockey talent Shane Hollander reconnects with his old skate training buddy, Joe.ā
tape 1 - unseemlydisturbed
(awesome. invigorating.)
summary: ā[NSFW] [DISTURBING] Video circulating on several gore sites, believed to show Shane Hollander, 24, captain of the Montreal Voyageurs, who was reported missing last Tuesday. Second individual in the video appears to be Ilya Rozanov, 24, of the Boston Bears. Link in thread. DO NOT WATCH IF SENSITIVE. Mods, please don't take this down.
parker and hardison pretending to be a couple on a con: we're newlyweds!! we just got married and we're so so so in love. she's the apple of my eye, the darling of my heart.... he's my very reason for being and my life has improved so much since meeting him ..... we're just so happy to be together <3
nate and sophie pretending to be a couple on a con: (screaming death threats at each other so loudly drunkenly and incoherently that everyone in the building is begging them to leave)
we seriously need to stop conceding to the personhood trap when it comes to abortion rights. is a fetus a person? thats a spiritual question. i dont care about the answer. should another person dictate what someone can do with their body? simple answer: no.
like if a fetus isnt a person it has no right to my body and if a fetus IS a peson it also has no right to my body because there is no other context in which we are required to put ourselves at risk of physical harm to preserve another persons safety or even life.
you dont have to save someone from drowning even if youre a strong swimmer. even in death youre not required to donate organs and that could save several people. you can kill someone if you truly believe your safety is at risk. we dont mandate preservation of life over autonomy in any of these circumstances.
if you work in a creative field...or if you do creative hobbies like writing or drawing...you need to make friends with people who don't do those things. you need to befriend normie Steve who has never written a story in his life. and this is because when you are in a creative job or hobby and spend all your time doing that thing, surrounded by very capable people, who you inevitably compare your own progress and skills to, you forget what the baseline human skill at that thing is. and it's usually zero. normie Steve has not written a story since the 3rd grade when his teacher made him do it. he's very good at other things that are not storytelling - but if you tell normie Steve that you wrote a full 300-page book from start to finish, he will think you're some kind of savant. he does not know ANYONE else who has done this. you need this perspective. because when you're constantly on Let's Write Stories dot Com then everyone on Let's Write Stories dot Com will inevitably be like "oh of course everyone on earth has written a book or several at this point!" and you canNOT let yourself think that. that is not even close to the average human experience. you are in a bubble. do not put yourself down. do not give up.
please behold the 24 Hours of Lemons race, in which you can only spend $500 total on a car to cross country race for 24 hours
named after the legendary 24 hour Le Mans race, Lemons rallies barely legal cars in an endurance race across America. had the privilege of sharing the freeway with this race and seeing the absolute art od this event
I need them stuck together in a caved-in ancient temple somewhere and having a near-screaming argument and Padme referencing something specific to her past that Anakin was there for in the process of making a point and Vader getting mad at thinking himself mocked and just Will Not Stand for anybody bringing Padme Amidala into the argument and
Padme just
fucking takes her mask off and throws it at himĀ and says sheāll use herself in her own arguments all she fucking well wants and it bounces off his face and she figures sheās gonna die and sheās totally not prepared for the second-in-command of the entire Empire to just fall on his knees at her feet.
I donāt even know what to follow this up with and I think neither do they.
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