#backofthebookshelf

[dathen]

I’m not used to getting positive responses to aroace headcanons ur gonna make me cry ;;

[theaceace]

backofthebookshelf replied to your post “me? write nearly 400 words around crowley being ace all for the...”

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As a demon, it was expected that Crowley have at least a passing familiarity with all seven of the deadly sins – and by expected, he meant compulsory.

He’d given them all a fair shot over the years, and had really found his stride with most. Sloth was simple enough – despite being such busy little creatures, humans had a healthy (in his opinion) appreciation for sitting in the sun and doing absolutely nothing for hours on end. Gluttony and greed, too – Crowley himself had a deep love and respect for the finer things in life, and no qualms about inspiring the same in others. Pride – well, he certainly knew the value of a bad job well done1. Wrath wasn’t something that Crowley himself was overtly fond of, but it was so terribly easy to push humans right up to (and then well past) that breaking point. Similarly, he didn’t personally have a great deal of experience with envy – when you can miracle up anything in the world you really want, there’s not much point fussing over what other people have – but there were plenty of people over the years that had stared at him with envious eyes.

Lust was a little trickier.

Crowley liked to think he’d given it a fair shot, and overall, had found it enjoyable enough. The problem, he thought, was that it wasn’t really enjoyable enough to be worth the effort he had to put in to making sure he had all the necessary parts present and in working order.

Besides, lust was the sort of thing humans could really teach Hell a thing or two about. They’d whittled it down to something of an art form over the years without any sort of demonic help – the invention of pornography was a perfect example. Mostly, Crowley sat back, watched them go about their business with mild bemusement, and wrote up the occasional exaggerated report to send back Down.

All of this was a rather long-winded way of saying that when Crowley described something as being ‘better than sex’, he was mostly doing it because he’d really got into the swing of human turns-of-phrase. Crowley thought there were plenty of things better than sex, including – but not limited to – vintage wine, lunches out, warm summer afternoons on a park bench, being comfortable enough to do away with his glasses, finding typos in old books2, and, of course, sleep.

Something which he was, unfortunately, no longer partaking in.

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1 – And, for that matter, a good job poorly done

2 – Had Crowley actually been asked to make such a list, he might have noticed a common factor in almost all of his answers. It’s unlikely, but not impossible

[kalgalen]

backofthebookshelf replied to your post “can u tell I'm having big feelings abt jon and being ace and not...”

Oof that's a big mood. I usually see "make me feel human" in the context of sex, which is a huge Do Not Want and very alienating, so to see it in the context of cuddling and affection was just...very good.

Mmmhyes thank y ou... I just feel like what makes us human (if anything) is our connections to other people, and having someone love you unconditionally the way martin loves jon has to be enough to make him realize that, yeah, yep, he’s a Thing that Exists and he Matters to at least one person and excuse me i need to go hug my datemate and cry now

[holdthosebees]

backofthebookshelf: i will SCREAM tam lin is the fairy tale of my HEART

twodrunkencelestials Do iiiiiit. It'll be such a fitting tale to fit!!

Thank you for enabling me! On the one hand I’m deeply tempted to a series of folk ballad based AUs for this fandom because why the FUCK not, but on the other hand the story i’m currently 4 pages deep in and suffering over is also Tam Lin inspired, and I’m not sure I can justify two wildly different fics with nigh-identical climactic scenes

But the idea of a Lonely ritual is just begging for someone to jump out from behind a rock, recognize their unrecognizable loved one, and hold them close until the light of day amiright

[lostjonscave]

*chinhands* politely waiting for you to share more autistic!Jon headcanons, they are Very Good

hey you made me write such a long post that i had to make it a separate thing for the formatting but thank you so much for giving me the boost i needed. i also just realized that whole post was basically me infodumping so we really have come full circle lmaO 

[janeturenne]

backofthebookshelf replied to your post: In celebration of the second of Gallifebruary Two...

oh my gOD HIS LITTLE KITTY FACE

He is currently napping next to me with his arms stretched straight out in front of him like a tiny furry zombie and he’s kind of so adorable I don’t know what to do with myself and you should definitely come over tomorrow for Babylon 5 and kitty times :)

[essieincinci]

backofthebookshelf replied to your post

Due South is the fandom that just will not stop giving, no matter how much you want it to.

it really is the best. and no one can tell me different.

[sashayed]

backofthebookshelf replied to your post “i guess the way im thinking abt trump vs pence is: trump = everything...”

The way I figure, if we can get one of them, we can get them all. Impeachments all the way down! YOU get an impeachment, and YOU get an impeachment...

Walking into the executive branch like