#recap post

[thatsmutaccount]

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

(This is a programmed post, set to be published the moment it's midnight in Italy, since I'll probably be busy celebrating irl, but I want to express my happiness and gratitude and extend my wishes to all of you beautiful people as well ^.^)

What a year this has been, for me it had been a year of sorrow and happiness at the same time. I lost some people do to their age but I finally got my degree, I started a work that would help me a lot in my future career and I decided to be more open and know new people, which allowed me to start chatting and meet tons of new wonderful people that I'm more than happy I can call friends.

And from an ao3 point of view, this was also a great year for me I think. After all, this year, together, we:

explored the Free Use World and met Brian and his family of cock-hungry bottoms (The family business: a story from a free use world)

we saw the deep bond two characters so different from each other like Luis and Bobby can share (The opposites rule)

went a day in the life of arch-rivals and super-boyfriends Manuel and Calvin (The villain is a himbo!)

got a glimpse in the world of the Super Jock Sluts (Coach Bronson's trust test & Enjoy the show)

took snippets of a thousand lives and their smutty outcome (Pictures worth a thousand words)

saw the love blossom between jock Tim and his beloved professor, mr. Crow (The crow and the jock)

we had a happy halloween in the company of all the different monsters couples and their human handlers (Monster Handler)

and we ended with a bang with the first glimpse of the horny adventures of scottish twins Neil and Duncan (The scottish twins horny tales)

And all of this without taking into account all the stories about Rex, Logan, Alex and all the other longs and collections that kept us company during this year.

I'm... happy. Yes, I think, looking back, that I can proudly say I'm happy with what I made and what I accomplished from a creative point of view. This year I created some of my favorite characters like Manuel the himbo villain, lovesick jock Tim and his beloved professor Donovan, and the troublemaking pair of Neil and Duncan.

And I know all of this is possible only because of you guys, the people who are reading this. All the guys that kept leaving likes here on Tumblr and voting on my polls, the people leaving kudos and bookmarks on ao3, and all the wonderful people who took the time of their days to leave a comment.

Seriously, to all of you:

Thank you, from the bottom of my heart and from all of my horny characters as well.

You are all amazing and I hope next year will bring you all that you wish for. Let's strive to make this world a little better and a little more smutty together.

Happy new year, dudes, you are all awesome

(Pic by the always talented Itachi Gokko/Takezamurai, I wanted to add a new year pic, but none of those that I found matched what I wanted, so I just opted for a horny/suggestive pic, and if you wanted you can imagine yourself as the smaller guy and the bigger one to be my OCs that give you all some love, kisses <3)

[coceauxsims]

A Little Recap

well, haven't done one of these in a while.

as we know, all three of my saves corrupted (one of them twice) with one of those last big updates. I've been playing through the one that was still somewhat manageable until I get to the end of the current 'season' we're in.

one of them I deleted and turned into a new save/series.

and the other I'm still working on rebuilding.

it's a lot goin' awn, lmao.

we're about halfway into season 2 of my 80s (it'll be the 90s real soon) series, and if you haven't already, you can read the first 24 episodes here, and season 1 (if you'd like to go back to beginning) here.

Monday we're getting into the new series, New Beginnings, with my babies Kali & A.J., Preston and Jihanna (she has her own side series too).

There's a little update featuring Kaseem & Natalie, as I figure out what I want to do for them and Genevieve ... and their updates will be featured during NB weeks because they're in the same universe and timeline as Kali & A.J.

And then the week after we're picking back up with Dom & Tam with Dom's birthday and his 3-part bday post. The only Leo that can get that much energy out of me, lol.

That's it, that's all. The little recap.

I hope you all enjoy the rest of the weekend. ❤️

[slythindor100]

2024 25 Days of Draco and Harry Recap Post

Here's the recap for the 2024 25 Days of Draco and Harry.

It took a bit to get through all the submissions this year, so I'm sorry this is a bit late. First of all, my co-mod and I want to thank every single one of you for another great holiday season filled with Draco and Harry love. The word count of just the completed fics was almost 275k!! You all rock!! We also had a record 4 podfics this year!! It thrills us mods to see all your hard work.

Presenting fics and podfics for 25 Days of Draco and Harry 2024. This list includes all completed fics. At the end are a few fics that have at least 15 chapters posted (and the authors are still posting).

Completed Fics

A03 – gnarf wrote next to you M, 33.6k

A03 – oldenuf2nb wrote Nineteen Years Later E, 46.9k

A03 – Skotini wrote Meet me under the Mistletoe M, 14k

A03 – maraudersaffair wrote the Mark of Scars E, 28.6k

A03 – dodgerkedavra wrote Clear, Warm Light E, 36.5K

A03 – flowerfan wrote Wandcastle Christmas Teen and Up, 23.8k and for the additional prompt wrote What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? Teen and Up, 3k

A03 – Devious_Muffin wrote Last Christmas, I Gave You My Heart E, 49.5k

A03 – Burning_Up_A_Sun wrote Merry Christmas, I Could Care Less E, 15.2k

A03 – harDeehar (dryrsheet) wrote tunneling for beginners M, 14.9k

Only on LiveJournal and/or Dreamwidth – enchanted_jae wrote Yuletide Verse

PODFICS

A03 – lastontheboat // tumblr – lastontheboat read A Room Up There (And You In It), by thestarryknight Chapter 26 is complete reading - 5:49:08 Entire fic found here

A03 – Aulophobia, Cailynwrites, CelilasPodfics (LLAP115), Eleanor_Elizabeth, Flamelikefire, ineedtodomylaundry, jc647, lastontheboat, LauDH8, Melcarrianna, micha_making_podfics, PhenomenalAsterisk, philowriting, Podfic by (Thunder_of_Dragons), read by (horchatapods), Rhyebony, SassySaori, sweaters_in_the_summer, TheseLittleWonders, wianwriting, (bluedreaming), (Literarion), and_Djapchan (Djapchan) each read a chapter of Light up the Night by saras_girl (chapter by chapter available only) Entire fic can be found here

A03 – reveriepi read Helix by saras_girl Full pod fic available on post – 9:00:30 Entire fic can be found here

AO3 – LauDH8 did a cold read of next to you by gnarf (chapter by chapter available only) Entire fic can be found here

FICS STARTED AND STILL BEING COMPLETED:

A03 – thestarryknight started Little Gods 17 chapters completed

A03 – digthewriter started 25 Passionate Interludes 19 chapters completed

A03 – sassy_cissa started Our Life in 25 Memories 15 chapters completed

The entire 2024 25 Days of Draco and Harry Collection can be found here.

Thank you to everyone who participated in 2024 – whether you wrote, read, commented, cheered or just sat back and quietly enjoyed. We couldn't do this without you!

We hope to see everyone back for the 2025 round and bring your friends!! The more the merrier.

Your 25 Days of Draco and Harry mods sassy_cissa and timothysboxers

[ingravinoveritas]

Follow-up to this post and a point-by-point recap of last night's events:

- Definitely thought I would be nervous, but as soon as I saw Neil waiting backstage from the vantage of my fourth row seat, all that went away.

- The event was a tribute to Ray Bradbury, with Neil and several actors reading different short stories and Neil talking about them in between. He started off the night by talking about being a TikTok meme ("Neil Gaiman, why are you in my falafel?") and how his time as a meme was almost up.

- There was an after party in the bar following the show, and the ticket I had purchased allowed me to attend. I didn't even realize Neil was there yet because he was so low profile and just chilling while a line began to form at his table.

- When I went up to him, he was very smiley and kind and soft-spoken. I mentioned really enjoying the Bradbury story he read ("The Homecoming") because it felt like an allegory for autism, for an autistic person in a family full of neurotypicals, and it really resonated with me. So we talked Ray Bradbury and writing and it was lovely. - I also mentioned the tweets from a few years ago (here and here) that involved him commenting on a photo of me in a red bikini and me offering to cook him dinner if he came to New Jersey, and he remembered! Haha. He also still seemed very interested in the offer and said, "It's a date" and "We'll do dinner." Oh, Neil... - At the end, I somehow finally remembered to tell him my name and said "I'm Amy" as we shook hands. To which he replied, "It's lovely to meet you, Amy. I'm Neil." - After we took the picture, I wished Neil a good flight (the venue staff said they were trying to hurry up the queue because he had an early flight today) and safe travels, and he said "Thank you!" and was again so sweet and lovely and just a person. - Didn't talk to Neil about anything Good Omens, but I did end up chatting with a woman who knows Rob Wilkins (someone waiting in the queue asked Neil how to get in touch with Rob and he pointed to this woman, so that was how I first became aware of her). Later on in the evening, after Neil left, we were on the other side of the bar and struck up a conversation about all things GO, Terry Pratchett, fandoms, Michael and David's chemistry, and much more. She also told me to follow her on Instagram and message her if I ever needed tips for navigating the overwhelm that is NYCC. A totally unexpected and thoroughly enjoyable conversation overall. - Also got to talk with Yetide Badaki (who was in American Gods and one of the actors who performed last night) and she was beyond lovely. I complimented her performance and said how it was "like Siri, but less creepy" and she burst out laughing and asked if she could put that in her résumé. Haha. The topic of autism came up and she said how it was so important to her and how there needs to be more awareness. I mentioned being a professional speaker and that I've done a TED talk on autism, and she said she wanted to watch it. Again, completely unexpected interaction, but so delightful and so much fun.

My overall thoughts and takeaway from this is that real life is very, very much different and not the same thing at all as online fandom. It was incredibly refreshing to see Neil and talk to him in a non-fandom context, and to see how gracious he was with every person in line (adults, kids, couples, all of it). He signed books, took pictures with people, and hugged fans who seemed to be sharing particularly emotional moments. I feel like the fandom tends to treat Neil like some kind of god, but for me, I truly enjoyed seeing and getting to meet him as a person--charming, intelligent, funny, polite, and just a bit awkward...

[nolofinweanweek]

Save the date for Nolofinwëan Week 2024: Nov 3-9.

You can browse the wonderful submissions for Nolofinwëan Week 2023 below:

📚 Things to read 🎨 Things to see 💡 Things to think about 📷 Esthetics 🔖 Rec lists

Creations featuring Nolofinwëan characters are reblogged year-round, feel free to mention the blog @nolofinweanweek or tag #nolofinweans

[doesntmeanitsmeaningless]

Hola Ailo!!!! The recap that you did ask for is here(a little bit late sorry but still counts), Louis show at the Victorious Festival:

Festival poster.

As you saw but still will link some pics because he look gorgeous, Louis wore full black with a cap 🫠 and the barricade photo I show you that deserves to be link again haha.

🚨Highlight of the recap shirtless Steve is back!!! Thank you Steve 🚨 (no idea if that is a highlight for you but it wouldn't be a recap of me without that important info).

His family was there, here is a cute video of Lottie, other with Olive and other with Lucky.

Seems like the weather was cold, because Mr. Weather Man comment about it and also was doing some arms and hands gestures a few times to said that he was cold, poor Louis, but hey we thank him for showing a tank top.

He said this sweet quote and mention that it was his first festival in the UK.

Here he was interacting with a fan but I wonder what the sign said.

Louis instagram story.

Some observations about the live:-Hands up and down during kill my mind instead of kmm lights (like this other time that they did it in other festival), seems like is a tradition now and I love it.

-You can see his family on the side of the stage moving to the rhythm.

-Fans were yelling I love you Louis and he was smiling.

-He was interacting with a lot of fans, was very smiley and so confident. It was lovely seeing him like this.

He also sign a doncaster bear of a fan I guess maybe after the show I don't know.

For your Nouis' heart, Louis give a like to a video of Niall and Ed Sheeran singing Little Things (here is the full video) on today's show of Niall, they also sing Lego House (there was no live 😑, we just have to listen after it was sad but still beautiful).

Louis took a shot backstage with Phoebe and Daisy.

I already share it but still, the short setlist 11 songs rip 7 😭.

The crowd look huge, I'm so proud of him.

Here is the live in case you want to watch it.

And that is it for the baby recap. I'm probably missing some things but is what I could do, I was very busy with Niall's updates so I didn't pay much attention to everything that was shared yet.

Let me know what you think, I love reading reactions of the recaps :)

I hope you have a lovely day. Here is a spanish phrase for you: Te mando un abrazo.

Oh wow CC 🤩🤩🤩 this is amazing!! Thank you so much!! 😘 Even though I did request it (as I’m in the alps, no wifi, and quite some fandom fomo), the feeling of getting a recap is… so unexpectedly heartwarming! 🥰 It made me sing We Made It “sayin’ goodbye, wavin’ to the hard times” to the mountains this morning, as you really make me feel so included!!

I love the outfit as a whole: it works!! I’m glad you sent a photo of the cap, I would’ve missed the “mauled by a dragon” aspect of it otherwise. 🤪

Weatherman Louis 🥶 lives in an entirely different climate than Steve 🥵! And the shivering pic… is gonna be a favourite of mine!! It’s convincing me that it must’ve been freezing 😎

Aww… the mini Tomlinsons!! 🥹 They do bring a cuteness factor that we don’t often see. And I can’t believe how big Olive is! Can that really be?!?🤔🤔

I love that the kmm hands are back: you know the Louies are in the crowd when…!!

I’m guessing the sign was one of those “please write me a tattoo” or something requests… and Louis didn’t wanna explain that he’s working, day job etc again… so he just says “how?” in THAT voice… wow! 🫠 Good of you to include that!! 🤭

Mini but fun setlist! Face the Music surviving every cut is a surprise to me, but hey… not my day job 🫢

And thanks for the bigger picture: Niall singing Little Things with Ed! Yeah! And Louis liking it!! Now c’mon boys…!! Just a little click, babe!

So much more to say but the kids & mountains are calling. Schöne Grüße aus den Bergen!

Und herzlichen Dank für die tolle Zusammenfassung!! 🫶🫶🫶

[the-dog-watch]

The Wine-Dark Sea

As I referred to last time, this novel begins with a volcanic eruption in the middle of the ocean. It’s fucking cool, and also scary. But what the book is about is an even scarier natural phenomenon than that: growing apart gradually from someone you used to be close with.  That’s what happens to Stephen and his erstwhile pal Nathaniel Martin. This book is about FAKE FRIENDS. Don't you hate fake friends? Boy I sure do.

Because of the structure of these books I tend to take awhile to warm up to secondary characters. Not because I don’t like them but with Jack and Stephen sharing protagonist duties they kind of take up all the air in the room, so to speak, so that even I, a certified Minor Character Investor who has dreamt for years of being a Metal Gear Solid miniboss, tend to take awhile to warm up to the secondary and tertiary characters. Sometimes it takes a couple novels but then after that I’m like. I would die for you, Tom Pullings. He is 100% my fucking girlfriend. He’s everyone’s girlfriend. God we love Tom Pullings. 

One character I did warm up to right away when he was introduced, though, was Nathaniel Martin, who appeared for the first time back in The Ionian Mission. He starts as a chaplain and then when Jack starts privateering becomes the assistant surgeon to Stephen in the Surprise.

If I could once more compare our characters here to cartoons I watched in the 90s/early 00s: if Jack Aubrey is Bart Simpson (daring, occasionally foolish, troublemaker, bad boy) and Stephen is his BFF Milhouse Van Houten (nerd with deep seated psychological issues) then Nathaniel Martin is their Martin Prince: he exists to be a nerd AND a square, to give Stephen someone to talk to but also to stand near Stephen and make Stephen look cooler in comparison. Stephen is a nerd, of course, but he’s down with gay people, his views on women are more progressive than typical men of his time period, and he loves to get high; all of this contrasted with Martin, who’s a bit of a fuddy duddy with more traditional views on those sort of things. (Though, in his defense, he is sort of right to question Stephen on some things. Like the "loves to get high" stuff, for example.)

Like Stephen, he is a naturalist and he has one eye because he was observing an owl’s nest and the bird attacked him and gouged his eye out. Honestly, fuck all these soldiers and sailors with their battle scars, talk about an actual honorable wound in the line of duty. I’m also monocular and I like birds so this biographic detail was what endeared me to Martin from the very start.

Another thing I like about him is how his friendship with Stephen is contrasted with Stephen’s friendship with Jack. The thing is, Jack is sort of low-key loathes Martin a little bit?? They don’t outright hate each other, of course, but Jack finds him grating because of Jack’s habitual discomfort around clergymen, the fact that Martin’s a pretty poor musician whenever he tries to play with Stephen and Jack, and, most petty of all, the fact that Martin and Stephen get on so well. Jack is conscious that his dislike is unjust and at least partially fueled by jealousy; he’s aware that Stephen and Martin have a lot more in common than Jack and Stephen do. It’s a very middle school “my friend has another friend she likes more than me but GOD I hate her!!” type of dislike. A humanizing bit of frailty on Jack’s part.

Another thing about Martin that I like is that he does tend to call Stephen out on some of his shit, in a way Jack can’t or won’t. Martin is, I think, the only character we see who confronts Stephen about his laudanum use before the disaster in The Letter of Marque. Of course, a lot of good that does, since obviously Stephen was too self-deluded to actually listen to anyone at that point but, you know, it was nice that someone was there to stand in the background and be like uh. That’s a lot of laudanum dude. 

Honestly, Stephen could use that now! “Hey, that’s a lot of coca leaves, dude,” was literally my commentary through the entire second half of this novel, when Stephen gets to Peru and replenishes his stash finally. He sort of reminds me when an alcoholic quits drinking but they start smoking a lot instead. Call it harm reduction, I guess?? Friendship ended with DOWNERS, now UPPERS are my new best friend. Christ almighty.

Before the coca leaf binge, though, Martin is ejected from the book due to illness, just as the Surprise finally reaches Peru. It’s a very abrupt end to the character, if not to his friendship with Stephen; he’s not dead, but something about his exit has a very nail in the coffin feel to it. I’m of two minds about it; I’m somewhat disappointed that a character who has been around for so long, and was so important to Stephen, was just booted out of the novel with not much mention or ceremony afterwards. But I do like the realism how gradually the two of them drifted apart; Stephen starts to see that their interests and passions in life have diverged, but even in the previous novel, I think there was a clue that Martin wasn’t cut out for the seafaring life much longer:

“[Stephen said,] ‘Yet on the other hand I do not find that the turmoil of a ship prevents me reading: with a good clear candle in my lantern and balls of wax in my ears, I read with the utmost delight. The confinement of my cabin, the motion of my hanging cot, the distantly-heard orders and replies, the working of the ship – all these enhance my enjoyment.’

‘I have tried your wax balls,’ said Martin, ‘but they make me apprehensive. I am afraid that there will be the cry “She sinks, she sinks! All is lost. She cannot swim,” and I shall not hear.’

‘You were always rather apprehensive, Nathaniel,’ said Paulton, taking off his spectacles and looking at him kindly with his myopic gaze.” - 14-The Nutmeg of Consolation, ch.9, paragraph 94 

It’s funny; like Stephen, Martin is also constantly described by most of the sailors as a hopeless lubber, but Martin lacks Stephen’s occasionally troubling “if I die I die lmao” outlook on life that makes him weirdly suited to the naval life. Again: Martin’s a bit of a fuddy duddy. He’s no 100% perfect ride or die girlfriend like Tom Pullings. But then, who is?

Personal Ranking

The Far Side of the World (10) > HMS Surprise (3) > Desolation Island (5) > The Reverse of the Medal (11) > The Nutmeg of Consolation (14) > The Ionian Mission (8) > The Fortune of War (6) > The Wine-Dark Sea (16) > Clarissa Oakes/The Truelove (15) > Master & Commander (1) > The Surgeon’s Mate (7) > Treason's Harbour (9) > The Letter of Marque (12) > The Thirteen-Gun Salute (13) > Post Captain (2) > The Mauritius Command (4)

[badlydrawndavepeta]

Mod: Recap Blog

This BadlyDrawnDavepeta Recap covers the start of the blog on 9/19/2023 through 11/12/2023.

Highlights: that new blog smell, furries, fleas, detectives, and Halloween.

That New Blog Smell

Davepeta of the badly drawn variety came into existence. They proceeded to laze about in typical cat fashion, taking naps and drinking tea, before bragging about their status as a furry. They truly aspire to follow in the footsteps of the ultimate furry, Nyancat.

They celebrated several follower milestones, including the funny number and over 100 followers.

Controversy came up when Davepeta accused their followers of not getting laid, only to become the target of that same accusation. Truly, an exercise in putting out the energy you want to receive.

In entirely non-controversial moves, Davepeta confirmed their stance on Lord English, professed to murder crimes, and encouraged followers to be gay and do crimes. They also spent time suggesting that post-scratch Dave not only doesn't know how to drive, but also rides Maplehoof everywhere. No one has yet to argue with this assertion.

Davepeta showed off a lot, from cool weapons, including a sord^2 squared, their guns, and a really big sword, to their various skills in flying, swordship and teleporting, drawing, blind drawing, and reading comprehension. They also played Minecraft.

Davepeta indulged in some casual shipping before realizing that one of their ships got leaked. More importantly, the rumor mill also churned out the idea that Davepeta chirps at their reflection.

They reflected upon several topics, including Snoop Dogg, godtiers, really tall pants, angles, and more specifically triangles.

Davepeta also briefly got a mullet and an undercut.

Furry Friends and Family

Along the way, Davepeta met up with several friends, including fellow cat lovers, Fefetasprite and Meulin.

In an exclusive interview with Kanaya, Rose, and Jade, Davepeta leaked a sneak peek of SBAHJ Furry Edition: thinsgs just got furreal and exclusive premiere popcorn SBAHJ Furnanza buckets.

In a startling move, Davepeta briefly becomes a worm and is reaffirmed of MSPA Reader's love for them, even as a worm.

Davepeta goes catfishing with Eridan. Later, while Eridan was under the influence of being a cat person and high on catnip, they helped him through the munchies.

The Strilonde family has dinner at Rose's place. It goes about as well as expected. But at least there was really good pizza.

Davepeta also met another version of themself, which although seemingly paradoxical really is totally fine y'all I promise.

Erisolsprite came by just to nya with Davepeta. It was incredibly fun and now Erisolsprite is on record as calling Davepeta "pretty chiill"!

Davepeta Gets Fleas

Beginning a curious series of events, Davepeta was threatened with fleas. They initially responded in hostility, yet when confronted with the innocent life of a flea, they chose to instead invest in a flea circus. Davepeta gets accused of having fleas and cannot deny the allegations.

Growing closer, Davepeta defends their new flea friend from a dangerous shower, only to realize a much better strategy for keeping their friend safe from water via bath.

They embrace the flea lifestyle, only to come into contact with more fleas than they know what to do with. So of course they continue investing in their flea circus. There have been many interested parties, including folks interested in flea music.

Detective Davepeta

Among many badly drawn blogs, a mysterious trickster candy was passed around. Davepeta donned a detective hat and began questioning several people, including several Strilondes, as to the nature of this candy.

They narrowly avoided trickster mode after a close call with Meulin. Their trickster form is best left to speculation.

After putting together a bunch of clues, they eventually learned from Jade that an anonymous source gave John the trickster candy. John confirmed this in noir fashion.

They gained a sleuthing ally in MSPA Reader, who came through in bringing in evidence.

The mysteries began multiplying. Permanent tricksters started appearing and grim forces began influencing folks.

The Halloween Party

On Halloween, Davepeta received several treats, including Swedish Fish from MSPA Reader, assorted candy and a mouse toy from Erisolsprite, and a smuppet from some insufferable prick.

They originally dressed up first as one famous furry, GIR from Invader Zim, before pulling out their actual Halloween costume as a much scarier famous furry, Cat in the Hat from the Cat in the Hat 2003 movie. They accidentally scared Jaspers with how accurate their costume was.

They attended a fun party hosted by Nepeta and Sollux. Davepeta made a failed ashen pass at Eridan and Sollux and then filled Erisolsprite in on the relationship between the aforementioned trolls.

While noting the high rate of furries at the party, Davepeta gave Karkat a cat ear headband (thus propagating the furry agenda), accused Vriska of being a furry, and welcomed Jasprose to the party.

Davepeta also introduced Nepeta and Feferi to the terror that is the human mythological figure of Cat in the Hat. Unfortunately, they seemed not to understand the horror.

Davepeta entered the costume contest and produced propaganda for people to vote for them. Despite campaigning for scariest costume, they were beaten by a baby. But they did win funniest costume!

After the party ended, they promptly passed out.