#twentythousandleagues

[ralphlanyon]

For the ask meme:

Ralph 21, Laurie 14 and Alec 10? 😍

Thank youuu!

21 and 14 answered here and here!

10. Could you be best friends with this character?

Oh, absolutely! Alec is probably the character I relate to the most, so we'd have plenty to talk about. We're both in medicine, queer, frequently stressed, and highly invested in Ralph Lanyon's happiness and well-being!

[themagicianshea]

Title: like snowflakes in the air

Author: @filloryandfurthest [AO3]

Artist: @twentythousandleagues [Twitter | AO3]

Summary: Eliot Waugh is a disgruntled Brakebills department store employee who's given up on his dreams of a professional singing career. Quentin Coldwater is a teacher at a local Manhattan school who's just moved into Eliot's apartment building and is still recovering from the death of his father. When Brakebills decides to host a charity gala for teachers, Eliot and Quentin are thrust together to plan the gala.

None of this is made any easier by the fact that Eliot's "guardian angel" Charlton has chosen this exact moment to show up and tell him all about how he's been living his life wrong.

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[bonearenaofmyskull]

Just wanted to drop by to say how much I loved your ‘Crossing Caïna’ fic – how beautiful, how true to their characters it is, how I could hear every word being said in their actual voices. Not even to mention the settings, but that’s just my personal affinity. :) More objectively speaking, I loved the language and the poetry of it. Thank you for sharing this beautiful masterpiece! I hope you’ll write more sometime (fic or original writing), I’m certainly looking forward to it.

Thank you very much! I’m going to try to get some writing done this weekend, though it’s a bit far off from publication. I play too many games. XD

[ralphlanyon]

uuuh prompt writing 😍 how about... The Charioteer Ralph/Laurie Rain/Rainy Day

"Don't you dare say I told you so," Laurie says firmly after they finally reach the blessedly dry sanctuary of Laurie's Oxford bedsit, their plans for a romantic picnic by the Cherwell thoroughly dashed by the late afternoon's sudden heavy downpour of rain (which Ralph had of course prophesied earlier, on the basis of nothing but a mere old mariner's superstition).

Despite his uniform becoming entirely soaked through on the way back, Ralph can hardly stop from smiling innocently at the sight of an out-of-breath Laurie shivering underneath Ralph's sopping greatcoat, with dripping russet hair plastered against his skin and his nose slightly pinked from the chill. "Would I ever, Spud? Anyway, I can think of a few good ways to spend a rainy evening."

Laurie's heart pounds a bit faster at that, but he sniffles and answers, casually, "Dinner and some music first, I think; I'm famished."

[ralphlanyon]

I couldn’t resist: Ralph/Laurie 6 or 13? ;)

6. - Any tasks that are always left to one person?

when they first move in together, ralph and laurie initially strive to keep the distribution of housework relatively equitable, though this still results in small arguments from time to time. however, it gradually becomes apparent that there are some tasks that are just better suited to one of them because of their respective experiences and disabilities. ralph, for instance, is fastidiously neat and takes on most of the cleaning and repair jobs around their flat that are particularly difficult or cumbersome for laurie to do with his bad leg, and he somehow manages to keep their flat perpetually spotless. they both cook but laurie is somewhat better at it, having accumulated a fair number of old family recipes from his mother while growing up (ralph is more used to preparing simple meals, having lived at sea for most of his adult life, and losing part of his hand has also made it harder for him to try anything complicated or fancy). ralph typically does the driving for the two of them, which forces him to curtail his hard drinking habits. laurie usually is the one to walk their dog as well as house-train it and teach it tricks; ralph mostly just spoils their dog lovingly because he never got to have one as a child.

13. - What do they do for fun? Do they have a favorite activity or do they like to switch things up?

they often like to go punting when ralph is visiting laurie at oxford, and they spend lazy afternoons exploring the river and picnicking with wine or champagne. laurie still enjoys swimming despite his self-consciousness about his leg (and ralph enjoys watching him swim). ralph eventually gets a sailboat after the war and takes laurie sailing every now and then when he’s itching for the sea.

with laurie being such a music and art lover, they go on a lot of dates to operas, concerts, plays, museums, etc. they frequently listen to the radio together at home, discussing politics and wartime strategy and cursing out the nazis. they’ll occasionally deign to watch a popular film at the cinema, which (as they are both horrible snobs) they’ll probably mock mercilessly afterwards on the drive home. they don’t go to queer parties very often, though they will at times attend smaller gatherings with alec and other close friends, in part for the rare opportunity to be open with their relationship in front of other people. laurie abhors any form of dancing in public because of his leg, but ralph is genuinely good at dancing (having learned from one of his former girlfriends) and can sometimes coax laurie into slow dancing with him when they’re alone.

their absolute favorite activity, of course, is usually confined to the bedroom…..but laurie would adamantly deny this. ;)

[rottenlaertes]

This old decaying castle is long overdue for a proper makeover, henceforward twentythousandleagues will be rottenlaertes :)

To my old followers my eternal thanks for your support ❤️ to my new followers thank you for finding me, have a cup of my signature hot choc as a welcome 🫖!

[ralphlanyon]

@twentythousandleagues​ replied to your post “Reblog if you are a fanfiction author and would...”: @ralphlanyon the devil and the deep blue sea #2? 😊

2: What scene did you first put down?

I think it was the scene where Ralph’s merchant ship gets attacked by Vane’s pirate crew and Ralph gets into a sword fight with the pirates (demonstrating his mettle and competence in battle). It was really fun to write!

[pumpkins-study]

Review for twenty thousand leagues under the sea illustrated by Francesca Rossi

This book was absolutely amazing both visually and textually. This book can be enjoyed by both children and adults, im personally a 20 year old gal with 0 kiddos but I absolutely adored this. I’ve always wanted to read 20,000 leagues but it always scared me with its length and entire monologues about various plants and species. This edition was enough to satisfy me in every aspect, it was visually so beautiful, Francesca is an incredibly talented artist who manges to breath life into the pages of this book with her illustrations. And as far as the abridged text goes I wasn’t left longing for more as many abridged versions do. I can’t say it was absolutely perfect with no faults compared to the original text as I have not read it, but I think this edition is a great place to start.