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Master List

Baldurs Gate 3

Elf Sandwhich (Astarion x Juniper x Halsin/ Astarion x OC!Tav x Halsin)

Divine Bloodlines (Astarion x Juniper/ Astarion x OC!Tav)

Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3

Sanguinem Viventium (Astarion x Juniper / Astarion x OC!Tav)

Part 1 / Part 2

Midnight Snack (Astarion x Juniper / Astarion x OC!Tav)

Wrap Me In Your Skin And Bones (Astarion x Juniper / Astarion x OC!Tav)

Part 1 / Part 2

vetochkarowan

modernbat: comments

meanbossart

A bloodthirsty vampire spawn and a murderous demi-god enjoying their good ending 😌

lemaldusiecle

Repose en paix, dear Marjane Satrapi (1969-2026).

You were my goal during my teenage years. Photographs by Rahi Rezvani 🖤

overthinkingao3

We write for ourselves, but we post for others.

(this came out of a conversation in the comments on a previous post about an author threatening to stop updating a fic because of lack of engagement)

So there’s this idea that fic writers should write for themselves and not care too much about stats or engagement,

and i totally get the sentiment behind that. if writing becomes entirely about stats and external validation, something important does get lost - creative freedom and joy, conviction in your own writing

but i also think:

“i write for myself, but i post for others.”

because posting fic is not only self-expression. it’s social. ao3 is called an archive, but emotionally it often functions as a community space.

people post for connection, for participation, for others to bear witness to their pain and trauma and grief,

and i don’t think most people are asking to be admired so much as acknowledged. there’s something deeply human about wanting another person to encounter something that mattered to you and go:

“ok, yeah, I see what you were trying to say. I see you.”

especially because fanfic is often people processing very real feelings through fictional characters at a safe distance, one step removed,

and then uploading that deeply personal thing into a shared archive and hoping somebody else might connect with it.

And i think that’s why it hurts so much when you summon up the courage and post a fic into the void and you get nothing back,

and then it’s like,

does anyone see me? does anyone even care?

books-in-order

The kids reading to therapy dog Rizzo at the library were clearly reading him bedtime stories :)

orteil42

given the current climate this pride especially i feel i must mention that i love my trans friends, i stand with trans people in the fight against transphobic legislation and those who would enforce it, and this blog is not a good place for you to be if you do not vibe with that

sitronsang

Summer is here 🖤

insomniac-arrest

Introducing a Worldwide Day of Play for the internet will fix us

insomniac-arrest

Every site has this banner for 24 hours

praguegirl

they just don’t do any classic homophobic children moments like this anymore

coughloop

There was really no winning that one

fairycosmos

big life tips dont be neurodivergent dont be poor dont get in any sort of situation and dont let yourself need or crave

fairycosmos

not getting good reports back on your progress with this guys

machine-saint

we justifiably give Biden a lot of shit but I think "at least 3" is the funniest possible response to some right wing dipshit asking you how many genders there are

madnessofmen

wait it gets better

imjunebitch

one of the (many) issues with late-stage capitalism is that there is no counterculture anymore, no true underground, or at least true counter culture and the underground no longer have any influence. your punk friend's anarchy patch was made in the same factory and your elderly neighbor's don't tread on me flag.

and this means that essentially ALL satire or anti-establishment media requires you to suspend your disbelief just to accept it as a product. you have to think "yes, this is produced by the corporate overlords in close company with our corrupt government BUT I mean the actors and writers are still artists! they still mean it!" and yes, that's true! but you have to continually ignore that the anti-corporate satire you are watching is produced by fucking Amazon. and that's hard. for me, anyway!

womanenjoyer

like at least 50% of internet lgbt discourse would evaporate if people quit using the term "spaces" when they mean "discord servers" or "tumblr blogs" because we would collectively realize how stupid that shit is