#thelillykane

[andremichaux]

Lilly, could you...? All right. Hey, I'm only young once. How many braless years do I have left?

[ilya-rozanovs]

international women’s day celebration week

↳ day one ‣ favourite celebrity — amanda seyfried

[absolutelyiris]

Tagged by @thelillykane // rules: post a line (or segment) from a WIP 

This is something I started for a CHRISTMAS FIC-A-THON and it's still not done, please please please forgive my uselessness. I hope this formats properly:

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“Next time you want to trail a lead, leave me and my date night idea out of it.”

Veronica nipped at her bottom lip as her eyes lowered. Logan's quiet remark was cutting, whether intentionally or not. Who was she kidding, of course it was intentional. Logan was always a careful speaker, even in his carelessness, always so careful to make his words count. 

“Logan,” she tried, hating the hesitation in her voice, then. “It wasn't about-”

“Don't.”

She glanced up at him but he wasn’t returning the favor, opting to stare at the elevator numbers as they lit up on each floor. This was ending up being the longest trip to a luxury suite ever, with a tall drink of handsome who was busy growing ice right from his pores.

Actually, she would have preferred the silent treatment or even a vintage verbal throwdown. Logan's current guilt trip was way worse. 

She licked her lips slowly, letting out a sigh. "After this one thing, we can-"

His chuckle, a sharp exhale, cut her off completely and her lips pressed together. Maybe later. 

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I tag: anyone! Go!

[scabopolis]

C A T S (i saw you already did a so give me another pairing or talk some more about them. u know who)

C - A ship you have never liked and probably absolutely never will. 

Oh man. There are too many to name them all (I might be slow to warm up to a ship, but once my embers of hatred are set aflame, they never go out). 

Duncan x Veronica (Veronica Mars): Setting aside the “he thought she was his sister and sexed her anyway” element, which that is a wild statement to write, he’s just such a slice of American cheese trying to convince the world he’s brie. SHUT UP, DUNCAN! YOU’RE NOT A SLICE OF BRIE! I WOULD NEVER HAVE YOU WITH HONEY AND APPLES. 

Jane x Rafael (Jane the Virgin): This one is tricky for me, man, because I have a hard time explaining why it didn’t work for me. I think I resented the way the writers setup a false equivocation between Michael and Rafe - that Michael was the fun safe one and that Rafael was the passionate edgy one. I think it did a big disservice to both Rafael and Michael. 

Chuck x Blair (Gossip Girl): Back when Gossip Girl came out, my friend was a big fan, I’d never seen it, and she had the first season on DVD. We had a girls weekend in Portland and ordered room service and watched the first several episodes of s1 and I hated Chuck on sight and kept hating him. And my friend kept telling me he got better and I kept waiting and kept hating him. So...I do not want to see his marble mouth face on my TV and I do not want to see him messing with my girl Blair who might be one of the greatest TV characters from the past 15 years. No further questions. 

Others include Katniss x Gale (The Hunger Games), Dawson x Joey (Dawson’s Creek), Ted x Robin (How I Met Your Mother), Cristina x Owen (Grey’s Anatomy), Dan x Vanessa (Gossip Girl),  Fez x Jackie (That 70s Show), Josh x Donna (The West Wing, just going to sneak this one in and hope no one notices), etc. etc. etc. 

A - Ships that you currently like a lot. (They don’t have to be OTPs because not everyone has OTPs.) Friendships, pairings, threesomes, etc. are allowed. 

Alright. I know what you want. To quote one of the Olsen twins in the cinematic masterpiece It Takes Two, “I can see right through!” 

Let’s talk Will Cooper and Angie D’Amato from the cancelled too soon show Single Parents (I have gotten 3 people hooked on this show and I will not rest until my reign of terror widens). 

There’s a blithers fic for Will x Angie (that you, @thelillykane absolutely need to read!!!) that includes an incredible description of who Will is from Angie’s POV: 

Will isn’t the type of guy she’s normally into. He isn’t some tall skinny dude with amazing hair and/or the ability to scream-sing his feelings into an unfeeling world. Will is a big old goofball of a dad, dependable and kind and sometimes manic, with undercurrents of a real weirdness that Angie gets such a kick out of every time she taps into them. Will is intense about the things he cares about, but he doesn’t write cryptic songs about his repressed man-emotions or play guitar while looking soulful about it or anything awesome like that. Will acts on his feelings. He organizes and works and makes life better for the people he cares about.

And it’s that undercurrent of weirdness that Angie sees in Will and that Will sees in Angie that unites them and that I love. Yes, Angie is predisposed to think the worst of people and Will is predisposed to see the best. But! they are both giant weirdos who absolutely are like “yes, when one has transgressed in friendship, the thing one buys to make up for it are giant turkey legs.” 

I think the series focuses more on how Will’s labradoodleness betters Angie’s life, but I also see so many ways that Angie’s skepticism of the world would be good for Will - “not everything always works out, dude, and you have to find a way to be okay when it doesn’t.” And also, like, Will gets Angie. I think from the Pilot episode, he sees that her bossiness and meanness and zero tolerance for nonsense is how she cares. Most importantly! It works for Will to have that in his life! Because otherwise he never would have stopped wearing zip-off short cargo pants. He would still be carrying that mermaid bag around. He might have convinced himself to give his marriage with Mia another shot, etc. etc. etc. 

Anyway, I probably just need to write my fic about them to get my feelings out. 

T - Do you have any hard and fast headcanons that you will die defending? 

Not really, I’m afraid. So utterly boring, I know. Idk, man, send me an example of a headcanon you’d die defending? I feel like the things I get heated about are when I feel canon is interpreted in a way I don’t agree with. 

S - Show us an example of your personal headcanon (prompts optional but encouraged)

Single Parents: You and I have talked about this, but Will does not remember what he said to Angie. There’s no possible way. And Angie absolutely rides out the summer in Barstow because there’s no way she’s confronting her complicated feelings head on. Hell no. 

Veronica Mars: This one’s for you, girl, but Lilly Kane would have been fine if she’d lived past 16-years old. I don’t think she would have been a forever giant hedonist or super destructive, because her acting out had a very clear origin. And I think her getting out of that house, getting away from her parents, getting away from Duncan, a lot of that chaos would have cleared in her mind. Yes, she might have always struggled with this feeling of inferiority, but I think she would have been okay. 

Once Upon a Time: This is a small silly thing, but I like to think that the reason Emma was never adopted or found a stable foster family was because Regina’s curse reached into the Land Without Magic. Later seasons establish (I think??? I basically haven’t watched 3 seasons of the show) that there is magic in the real world, but it’s dormant and hidden because people don’t believe. Regina’s curse took away the happy endings, and so doesn’t it make sense that it would follow Emma to ensure she also didn’t get her happy ending even separated from her family? I have a premise for a fic in my head where the family she lived with felt this need to return her to the foster care system. That there was a pressing on their chests, a squeezing of their hearts if you will, a voice in their ear whispering to send her back. Instead of listening to it, though, they fight against it. And that’s one of the first moments, right from the start, the love of these adopted parents weakening the curse. 

[nightlocktime]

1, 7, 10, 26, & 59!

From this post.

01: Do you have a good relationship with your parents?

In short yes. Answered here.

07: What did you last eat?

Lentils, mashed pumpkin, salad, and beef.

10: When was your last physical fight?

alsdkjf I don't remember! But it was most likely with my brother lmao I don't think I've ever fought anyone else besides him. There was one in 2006, it was during the Germany world cup, not sure if it was the last but I remember it vividly. WAIT!!! I did punch my uncle around 2017 lmao. He's just THE WORST and I just went for it asdfjh. I don't even know how I did it. He's way taller than me and I'm not one to get into a confrontation. I just remember he was being a piece of shit to my Nona and making a lot of noise while my Nono who was sick in the next room finally fell asleep. Thankfully he didn't punch me back or anything but it affected me greatly. I kind of had a breakdown after that lmao. How do people get into fights? It was emotionally draining.

26: What are you craving right now?

Does this apply to something that's not food? Not sure how English works but if yes, then I really want to swim. This virus took it away from me and I'm SO MAD.

59: Do you like the snow?

YES! I have only seen it once and I cried lmao. It was a 3 day trip and not for a second I stopped being awed by it.

[fatherjerusalem]

ghost, mummy, and tomb!

Ghost: have you had a supernatural encounter?

I remember visiting a friend up in bumfuck Washington and we were going out to visit someone else who lived in bumfuckier Washington in the dead of night, and they had a gate that we had to open to drive up the road. I got out of the car to open the gate and there was this feeling of.... something. Not necessarily scary or supernatural, but just... something. That’s probably the closest I’ve come to a supernatural encounter.

Mummy: do you believe in curses?

I’m a sports fan. Of course I do. But, like, real curses? No.

Tomb: have you ever been in a graveyard late at night?

Tbh, I haven’t even been in that many graveyards during the daytime. It’s just not something that I have a real urge to do is go hang out among dead people. If that’s someone’s thing, cool, go for it and have fun and be respectful, but I’m all good without it.

[quicklikelight]

hi! this is about the oracle card reading!! thank you for doing this!!! i would like a reading about hearth and it can be public!! (i was also wondering if could request a reading for a friend who is going Through It. their name is joey & if it could be a reading about life path that would be wonderful but if you can only do the one reading i understand thank you again!!!)

Hello! 

For the hearth reading for Jennie, I pulled this: 

This set of cards together speaks of something new coming into your life, via the Messenger. Earth also speaks to new beginnings, of planting seeds in the soil, and helping them take root. Balance is the key to this reading: note that its image is a tree with prominent roots and branches. For any of the new changes that are coming to flourish and change your hearth-space, you need to be sure the roots are tended, with adequate rest and watering. 

For a life path reading for Joey, I pulled this: 

When you said they were Going Through It, you weren’t kidding. Here’s the thing: A choice has to be made. On the other side of that choice is both a period of rest and spiritual awakening, but first is the choice. If Joey is struggling to come to a decision, I would offer this mantra for meditation: “I have power, and I can choose it.” 

I hope these help! 

[vmficrecs]

the mods, they are a changin’

Change has a way of just walking up and punching me in the face. - Veronica Mars

In December 2013, @imkait began a project called LoVeCember wherein she recommended Logan and Veronica centric fics every day for 31 days. Due to very popular fandom response, and a request to expand beyond L/V centric fics, she asked @nevertothethird to join forces and the two of them created @vmficrecs.

We intended the blog to continue posting one daily fic recommendation and couldn't have anticipated the number of requests we received. At one point, before closing the inbox, we had 75 distinct requests all requesting very specific lists of fanfiction. Our blog grew to include fic request lists, find my fic requests, interviews with fic authors, episode inspired videos (I think we only manged three of these...yeesh), and sponsoring of fic challenges and prompts. We created a masterlist. We scoured for the most obscure fic we could find. When we weren't able to keep up, we added an 'advisory team.' As is common in fandom, though, interest among the team would ebb and flow, and maintaining an active advisory team was something both Kait and Suzanne couldn't do.

So...the blog went into hiatus. A

loooooong

hiatus.

We closed the inbox about 2 years ago, but occasionally the odd request will find its way to our submission box. Those smattering of requests, as well as Kait and Suzanne's lack of enthusiasm for fandom post s4, have shown us that while there is still interest in @vmficrecs, we are no longer the right people to be at the helm.

When discussing with one of our fandom friends the possibility of putting the blog up for adoption, she readily expressed her desire to adopt @vmficrecs. 

Which leads us to the main point of this post

Kait and I are happy to announce that effective immediately, the biggest Lilly Kane stan we know (@thelillykane) will be the sole mod of @vmficrecs. Expect an announcement from Jennie (your new mod!) in the coming days about features of vmficrecs, her plan, and potential requests for partnerships and submissions.

To start with a clean slate for Jennie, we will be clearing vmficrecs' inbox, however, so if  3-years ago you asked for a specific list of fic and you're still waiting for a response, please submit it to us again.

It's been so fun to celebrate vm fandom and vm fic with you for the past 6-years. Here's to another 6 of being in the most creative and lovely fandom.

Sincerely, Kait and Suzanne