The pinnacle, the formative, the love confession scene in "Crown Duel" by Sherwood Smith. That whole climactic "I loved you when, I knew I loved you when" situation is SO FUCKING GOOD. Going to be chasing that forever, possible.
Similarly formative, "War for the Oaks" by Emma Bull, the phouka's confession is SO fucking good, I swoon every time.
"This particular fish loves you with all his crooked heart," George Cooper of Tamora Pierce's Song of the Lioness quartet you will always be famous.
Henry going to Danielle at the end of Ever After! "The part where you said my name"! Swooning forever actually.
And for another classic, it's really hard to beat the mirrored "I love you" "I know"s from Han and Leia in the original Star Wars trilogy.
i'm not familiar with the larger anne rice universe beyond the iwtv movie and s1 of the show, out of curiosity roughly how much of the talamasca show is vaguely threatening homoeroticism between various old men and store brand eddie redmayne?
short answer: UNFORTUNATELY, not enough.
long answer: I started watching the Talamasca show because I was vaguely interested, and then about halfway through -- there are only six episodes, so. -- it quickly became a "fast forward unless Guy (store brand eddie redmayne) and Jasper (prime puppy handler) are on screen"
its..... not good. it is not good as an urban fantasy/supernatural show, it has yet to tie itself back into the IWTV of the universe in any useful or interesting way. the witches kind of suck. I am 95% sure I have guessed any possible twists from ep 6, although I GUESS there is a universe where they surprise me.
HOWEVER, the guy/jasper of it all is DEEPLY compelling, so I will be fastforward watching it and continuing to read the fanfic, which has already produced some horny gems
do you have any tips for determining if a whale watching company/tour is ethical? i live in the puget sound area and i’ve always wanted to go, but i’m wary of picking a service that isn’t operating with best practices for the health of the wildlife in mind
That's amazing! It's been a dream of mine to see the wild orcas in the Pacific Northwest since I was a tiny kid obsessively rereading Killer Whales of the World. Unfortunately, I've never been to that region, nor have I ever lived near the coast for longer than 2 months, so I'm not really an expert on whale watching. But I did reach out to a few marine biologists and naturalists living in the area for their suggestions! Maya's Legacy and Outer Island Excursions were Puget Sound whale watching tours they recommended.
NOAA and Be Whale Wise are good resources for whale watching guidelines, and provide a hotline for reporting violations (don't feel like you're a snitch, it's necessary to protect the animals!). In general, whale watchers should stay 100 yards away from cetaceans (200 yards if they are killer whales), and responsible whale watching vessels will cut their engines to avoid disrupting the animals. Ships should never attempt to run down or cut off whales, bait them with food, and allow passengers to enter the water with them. Overall, I think Salish Sea tours are better about this than say, Florida or Baja California, but still worth keeping in mind.
I'm personally not a fan of whale watching tours that use drones, since I've seen a lot of footage on whale watchers' social media taken from drones that are flown way too close to the animals. I would prefer drones only be used by researchers or professional wildlife videographers with proper permitting.
There are a few certifications for whale watching companies, but I'm not really sure which, if any, hold merit. You could also check the company's website to see if any of their staff are credentialed in marine biology or conservation science.
📖📖📖📖📖 i have been DESPERATE for a bucktommy persuasion!au for aaaaaaaaaages
It is going to be a very niche audience for this one but I am glad you are also excited for it!
When they were together at Eton, Sal had once knocked a boy clean off his feet for making a thinly-veiled accusation about Tommy in his earshot. Tommy had tried to hide that part of himself and make friends, finding he had a natural inclination for athletics, but even his prowess in fencing and rowing couldn't completely erase the otherness that the other boys seemed to sense in him. Where his peers preferred adventurous tales like Gulliver’s Travels and Robinson Crusoe, or the scandalous titillation of The Monk, Tommy devoured the Romantic poets.
It was only once Tommy was old enough to participate in the amateur boxing matches — and left more than a few opponents with black eyes and broken noses when they underestimated a molly — that he was finally left alone for weaker prey.
i need you to know that your fem!buddie art has lit a hyperfixation spiral in me On Top of the regular weewoo show hyperfixation spiral. i now have Strong Feelings about what girl!buck and girl!eddie’s given names would be, and how changing their genders would affect their canon character arc. it Haunts me. this is Your Fault (compliment)
HAHAHA SORRY AND ALSO YOURE WELCOME
it’s an interesting sandbox to play in!! especially thinking about their arcs as they are in canon, and then how the implications of those stories change. like. man. maybe because i am a lesbian but some of their stories become soooo devastating in such a different way.
eddie enlisting after chris is born? like. holy fuck. everything about buck and bodily autonomy? god. MAN. it all fucks me up so bad. i love women. this thought experiment hurts me deeply. i love them
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The Monsterfucker Rec List: a Haven Discord Production
Featuring works for Critical Role, The Locked Tomb, New York By Night, The Untamed, The Sandman (Netflix), and Voltron
You can find the list in the link above (to a google doc) OR under the cut. The google doc has pretty formatting and a gif version of the banner.
Critical Role
Pact Boon: All Inclusive Stay by Demenior
E, No Archive Warnings Apply. Fjord (Critical Role)/Original Male Character(s)
“The Mighty Nein are Fjord's best friends. His family. His favorite people in the world. He'd die for them. He spends every waking moment with them.
They're smothering him.
Thankfully, Fjord can use his new relationship with his sugar dragon for a private getaway."
the taste of salty summer brine by mischiefseven
E, No Archive Warnings Apply. None
"By the third dream where Fjord opened his eyes to a murky, muted underwater vision, he… He wouldn’t say 'was used to it,' or 'knew what to expect,' but it wasn’t surprising anymore. The specifics were surprising, but he was aware by now that he’d gotten himself into something deeply fucked up. He still wasn’t sure what his patron would ask of him next, but he was as prepared as he could be, given the circumstances
So he thought."
Consume.
The Locked Tomb
open up all the faucets (be fruitful and multiply) by NotAFicWriter
E, No Archive Warnings Apply. Gideon Nav/Harrowhark Nonagesimus
Having crawled out of Hell more herself than ever, Harrow finds a mostly-restored Gideon and the two finally have that long-awaited discussion. Many mouths are involved, but very little talking is had.
N.Y. By Night (Web Series)
Blow out the Fire by ladyofrosefire
E, No Archive Warnings Apply. Reyes Malcolm/Margot “Fuego” Walker
After Rey suffers a bad night and a frenzy brought on by hunger, Fuego pays him a visit.
The Sandman
dare to eat a peach by tharkuun
E, No Archive Warnings Apply. Dream/Hob
“Hob had looked into a dangerous mouth of hungry fangs, had felt flayed open and spread before the gaze of innumerable eyes, had felt the insistent pressing of uncountable hands upon his body and Hob had, briefly, thought, Oh, yes please. For all his horror, his stranger had still been beautiful, and Hob could never stop wanting him.”
Or, once upon a time, Hob saw Eldritch Nightmare Dream and thought, "That one, I want that one."
The way they light candles in Rome by ladyofrosefire
E, No Archive Warnings Apply. Dream of the Endless | Morpheus/Johanna Constantine
Roughly a week after her run-in with Dream of the Endless, Johanna meets him again in his realm.
Set between episodes 5 and 6, for reference.
陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)
The soft animal of your body by Ladyofrosefire, NotAFicWriter
M, No Archive Warnings Apply. Sòng Lán | Sòng Zǐchēn/Xiǎo Xīngchén
"In the aftermath, the time Song Lan cannot name as anything other than yawning grief, there had been first nothing— a sword on his back and a bag in his hands or tucked away safely inside of his robes. And then he had looked into the bag, just once. Perhaps he had expected stardust, or mist, or light. He had felt Xingchen’s soul a hundred times, tangled up with his own in their bed. He had never seen it.
Song Lan opened the bag, and looked in, and inhaled."
Death, breath, and other things less simple than they seem.
Unbound, Unhallowed by Ritualist
E, Creator Chose Not to Use Archive Warnings. Sòng Lán | Sòng Zǐchēn/Xuē Yáng | Xuē Chéngměi Sòng Lán | Sòng Zǐchēn/Xiǎo Xīngchén/Xuē Yáng | Xuē Chéngměi
Xiao Xingchen doesn't believe in the Folk, but the Folk believe in him.
Voltron: Legendary Defender
The Monster Mash by Demenior
E, No Archive Warnings Apply. Shiro/Ulaz (Voltron), Shiro (Voltron)/Original Female Character(s), Shiro (Voltron)/Original Male Character(s), Prince Rahjim/Shiro (Voltron), Antok/Shiro (Voltron)
Collection of prompts written for the 'Monster F**kers Bingo'.
