#queer-mac

[bettsfic]

Hi! This is a super basic question (and not actually writing?), but what's the program with the pretty colors and neat organizing that your screenshots come from? Thanks for being such a great, open resource!

i use airtable! it’s a very fancy complicated spreadsheet/database. happy organizing!

[deadpresidents]

Do you have any recommendations for a book on Gorbachev? I just finished 1983: Reagan, Andropov, and a World on the Brink and it reminded me how little I've really dug into his life/story, at least when compared to other major Soviet leaders. Thanks for the work you do, your books recs list is a regular resource for me.

William Taubman released a great biography of Gorbachev last year that I would definitely recommend: Gorbachev: His Life and Times (BOOK | KINDLE).

[popliar]

2, 11, 12, plz!

2. What’s next on your ‘to-read’ list? (Fan fiction or otherwise) - Trial Run by Dick Francis, one of the few Francis novels I've yet to read. I am reasonably certain it will contain a crime, a horse, and a stoic hero who gets beaten up at least once.

11. Kid fic or childhood friends? - I'll go with childhood friends as long as the fic doesn't dwell too long on the childhood part - if you have 10 preliminary chapters of playground cutesiness, I am probably gonna skip them. I prefer the focus to be the longevity and importance of the friendship, not the minutiae of their childhood.

12. Friends with benefits or secret dating? - I love FWBs stories, all those dumb scenes where they're developing all sorts of feelings but ofc they CANNOT admit to their emotions bc it would ruin their agreement! no, no, faaaaar better to suppress their love and have bitter internal monologues about how a physical relationship  is the closest they'll ever get to having their heart, SOB. What a trope. 

[kbs-theunit]

queer-mac replied to your post “Blog Update”

Thank you so much for all the work you’re putting into this! I can’t imagine the time it takes, and I know I’m far from the only English speaker who would be lost without your help.

You’re so sweet pls ;;_;; Tbh I’m not actually the one translating the stuff I post, I only gather the info I find online~ Each time I post news and stuff I add a link to the source, I’m not taking credit for any translation!

[thelaurenshippen]

Oh man -- care to share any details about your soccer-watching injury? The soccer fan in me is desperately curious!

Sure! It probably isn’t as interesting as I made it sound, but it sure felt dramatic at the time. 

So, in 2012, I was spending a semester studying at the University of Manchester. Through an amazing stroke of luck and knowing someone who had season tickets to Manchester City, I got to go to the Premier League final match. It was Man City vs. QPR and Man City hadn’t won the championship for 40 some years. So things were tense. 

And you know how basically no one ever scores in soccer matches? Well, this was a crazy game. Man City was doing pretty well but then QPR scored two goals in the second half and it seemed like maybe that was going to be it. But then Man City score two more goals in, like, the last ten minutes and won the game and the crowd went NUTS. 

We were all jumping up and down, screaming, hugging, etc. etc. and these guys behind me got a little bit too enthusiastic and in their excitement, tripped over and fell into my row, which pushed me into the row in front of me. Thankfully the people front caught me pretty quickly, saving me front losing some teeth or just creating some kind of terrible snowball effect, but my shin caught on the back of the plastic stadium seat and the momentum sort of just...took a big ol’ hunk out of my shin. 

So not only was I a spectator, but the game wasn’t even still going. That’s how bad at sports I am - I get injured watching people accept a trophy. Five years later (+ a lot of scar cream), my shin is pretty much intact with just a white line in the middle. Could have been a lot worse. 

[procyon-podcast-network]

I just finally listened to Iris and HOLY CRAP I LOVE IT! I was sucked into the characters and story at, like, minute one, and am now jonesing mightily for ep. 3. Thanks for what you're doing and for the team you've put together. Can't wait for your other shows + the Kickstarter campaign!

Hi there! Thanks! Oh man, that is so great to hear. <3

I, too, am super super excited for those things! Under Pressure and Station to Station are going to be so rad, you guys. 

(Also hella looking forward to unveiling that Kickstarter; the Procyon crew has put together some pretty nifty stuff!)

-Jess

P.S. Nice icon! Paper Girls rocks.

[popliar]

Seventeen + SF9 for the ask thing plz!

Seventeen

- my bias: Jun - bias wrecker(s): Minghao - fave title track: Aju Nice!!! - fave non-title track: OMG - fave mv: Fallin' Flower

SF9 - my bias: Taeyang - bias wrecker(s): Zuho and Dawon - fave title track: Now or Never - fave non-title track: oh no i can't choose... maybe Like The Hands Held Tight? - fave mv: O Sole Mio or Summer Breeze

[allelitewrestlings]

Thank you so much for the Robert Anthony set! ❤️I'm sure it's already on your list of stuff to do from this show, but any Eddie Kingston would be amazing.

it’s been nice seeing more ego on dark lately. and eddie kingston was definitely in our to-gif list haha! we’ll probably do more later (from his match with cody) but we hope you like this edit and this gifset! 🥰