The Whole Lemon🍋

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[thewholelemon]

When That Light Hits the Sky

a fic by me for the @carry-on-au-fest (CO AU fest post here)

rating: T

Chapters: 2/6

Words: 3455/~15k

tags: superhero au (but more like ex-superhero AU); Batman AU; but more like life after Batman; Penelope Bunce is a Good Friend; Baz Pitch is Not the Joker; mentions of drinking and depression; non magical AU; despite this it is in fact a getting together meet-cute

based on this comic

Summary: Simon’s in his thirties and suddenly unemployed. His old job had its downsides, but he felt useful, full of purpose—and he didn’t have to worry about pesky things like making more than one friend, or minding his personal safety, or even picking out his own clothes (the uniform might have been the best part). Now he’s adrift, and he can’t even talk about it—revealing even an ex-Batman’s secret identity comes with some pretty hefty penalties, after all. But that shouldn’t be a problem—who’s he gonna tell, anyway?

READ IT NOW! (IF YOU WANT)(HOPEFULLY YOU WANT)

thank you to @monbons and @bookish-bogwitch for the beta read! and thank you to @monbons for my gorgeous banner!

thank you to the mods of this super fun fest! more chapters to come when the fest is over.

[thewholelemon]

Chapter 3 is now up!

[thewholelemon]

Chapter 4 is now up!

[thewholelemon]

Chapter 5 is now up!

[thewholelemon]

Chaper 6 is now up and this fic is complete!

@carry-on-au-fest

[johnwgrey]

Hi, all!

thank you for the tag @monbons I enjoy seeing your dolls come to life so much!! As someone who could not sew a button to save her life, I'm absolutely awed by your skills!

I haven't made much progress on my fic lately. Writing this new chapter is a challenge and I haven't had much time to think about it, let alone write anything, and somehow it's been a month since I've share words already??? I've managed to write 120 words today so hopefully I won't get off that train just yet and write some more in the coming days. Fingers crossed.

In the meantime, here are some old words I stumbled across while looking for something in previous chapters (chapter 7 is very spoilery and I'm afraid I won't be able to share much of anything from it. Even when I do eventually write anything shareable)

Under the cut to give Simon his privacy. You understand.

In the safety of his mind, Simon could play it again. The memory. Mr Pitch’s breath on his neck. Warm. So warm. Making his skin ripple with barely contained excitement.  His eyes, boring holes in his soul. Taking his breath away. And the long, slender fingers that reached for his face.  In his imagination, they did not stop. They cupped his face. His cheek. Held his jaw.  Strongly. Firmly. Upward.

In his imagination, Simon bared his neck to Mr Pitch.  An offering. And his pagan god accepted, sowing reverent kisses on the fine skin of his neck.  On his shoulders and his torso.  On his stomach.  Lower, lower, lower. Pyjama bottoms around his ankles. Fingers caressing the soft, soft skin of his thighs.

Simon’s heart was thundering.  His breath was shallow. Wet fingers teased his nipples.  His hand trailed along his body, reaching down, down, down. He bit his lip, body tensing, as his hand found its destination. In his imagination, the pagan god kneeled at his feet.  And Simon lost himself to the agony of bliss.

tagging a few people who said they were interested in reading more!! @leithillustration @lixdoesntknow And also @ileadacharmedlife because you've always been very supportive and I'm very grateful

[emmer-g]

I just felt like I needed some cute snowbaz in my life at the moment

it also reminded me that I really really need to get to the bookstore so I can finally read any way the wind blows (@rainbowrowell )

[theimpossibledemon]

big thanks to @leithillustration @monbons and @thewholelemon for the tags!

I waited too long to try and make my post last night and literally fell asleep on my laptop trying to put this together. It has been a WEEK but I have shockingly accomplished some goals!

Found a new dentist and finally made an appointment

Officially own my first car! I mean it's the same car I've been driving for years but I officially bought it off my parents and went to the DMV and got it inspected and did all the big paperwork like a proper grownup!

Actually managed to produce a handful of new sentences. My doc is about 80% skipped lines and filler text and sassy notes to myself but progress is happening

so without further ado we'll get to the main event:

I must’ve properly confused him because he doesn’t even argue. I stand outside the door, bracing for him to come back out and have a go at me for dragging him around his own flat, but he never comes. After a few minutes of silence, I hear him pull aside the curtain, and start the shower.  I breathe out a sigh of relief. It was a risky move but I like to think I’ve learned some things about Simon over the years. When you’re doing something risky it’s best to not let him think. Once the gears in his brain start turning they don’t stop.

I'm on a weird off day now and am once again slapping this out while fighting to keep my eyes open so imma skip tags for today

[ryebreadgf]

why is the hill silent. it's supposed to be alive with the sound of music

[ryebreadgf]

this is meant to be read in the tone of an exasperated gay theater director

[lenjaminmacbuttons]

[sadhoc]

as someone who has been involved in union organizing through my dad's union since i was literally in second grade, the way that people on tumblr think unions work drives me literally insane

[sadhoc]

unions do so much more than just strike. unions bargain. unions sit in at meetings with upper management. unions help people navigate benefits. unions coordinate aid drives for disabled members. my union ran a donations campaign for me for the interim between the end of my allotted paid leave and my disability claim

[sadhoc]

"unionize your workplace" means so much more than "talk to your coworkers about striking." you gotta actively know what a union is and what a union isn't before you can form one. calls to unionize should lead to more people learning their rights and learning how unions work, and coordinating with orgs like seiu and the teamsters and the aft (and if you don't know what those are, look them up).

[electricpentacle]

My union found me a legal expert to help me check over my last redundancy settlement for free, provided private medical cover whilst I was unemployed, and negotiated a good deal on cheap insurance for their members. It is so much more than strikes.

[bonearenaofmyskull]

Forming a Union at a Non-Union Workplace - Worker.gov

Forming a union at a non-union workplace You have the right to join with coworkers to address conditions at work. The National Labor Relatio

Form a Union | AFL-CIO

[jordanbolton]

To The Substitute Art Teacher - Jordan Bolton

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[mogblin]

the thing about job searching is i see all these job postings and im like i dont wanna do any of this for any of you

[prettygoododds]

Six Sentence Sunday All The Sentences Sunday

Thank you @thewholelemon and @monbons for the tags today, I super appreciate it!

I'm going to break the rules, but I think it will be allowed as I have been chipping away at a little ole fic called Picket Fence Is Sharp As Knives and I'm happy to announce the next /final chapter is heeeeeerrrrreee.

There's an epilogue to come, but fear not, it's already done. Cheers to not having to wait years for the next installment.

Thank you @aristocratic-otter for enduring my months of silence and then letting me barge back into your life asking you to read some words I hastily typed out. I appreciate you and your time.

Anywhoozle... Here you go! I hope it was worth the wait.

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Tags to post whatever it is you want, break the rules:

@jellousbiafrous @leithillustration @ileadacharmedlife @youarenevertooold @dohrnaira @artsyunderstudy @rimeswithpurple

@bookishbroadwayandblind @bookish-bogwitch @martsonmars @you-remind-me-of-the-babe @freclface

[kylieminvogue]

"LEGALLY BLONDE" 2001, dir. Robert Luketic

[pato-roldnart]

I got my copy of @oureternity-zine and I wanted to share the piece I did!!!!! Our favourite boys making Blitz 🥺

[monbons]

Stitches and Sentences

Thanks for the tag @thewholelemon. I am so excited to see you making progress on CORB and can't wait to get my hands on it to beta <3. In the spirit of continued accountability, an update on the goals I set last week! Find both Stitches and Sentences below the cut.

STITCHES To recap, as of last week I'd finished 22 dolls. I am now up to 27, which doesn't seem like much progress EXCEPT so many more of them are dressed! Specifically, I've clothed all my "summer" dolls because I am going on a beach trip next week and will have access to some new and fun backgrounds for photoshoots!

Speaking of photoshoots, I finalized four doll sets and photographed them, which feels good. The pictures are turning out great, and because it is SO HARD to sit on anything for several months, have a sneak peek of one. Can you guess who is who?

I also started mass producing the pieces I need for all my remaining dolls, including 14 standard-body Simons and 7 standard body Bazzes (half vampire, half non-magical). Some of my concepts require specialized bodies (bent legs, pointed feet, an actual booty for Simon...) so I will make those later. Please admire my little pile of flat Simon pieces below.

I will be taking these with me on vacation and hopefully returning with stuffed body parts--definitely amusing for the TSA agents to see in my bag. lol

SENTENCES I continue to struggle with visible progress here. I did not write for 15 minutes on any day this week, but I did think about my book nearly constantly. I also threw out huge chunks of my previous outline because nearly at every step of this thing I keep realizing the original idea was too ambitious, too sprawling, and that will be hard to manage within the confines of a traditional YA word count. So... I dropped characters and plot lines and am trying to tighten arcs as a result. Again, not visible progress, or particularly sexy to share, but progress nonetheless. As a reward, have some Xavi sentences I wrote many moons ago and *love*, but that will almost certainly not make the cut.

There were a million ways to mispronounce his name and Xavi had heard them all. Ex-zay-vee-er. Ha-veer. Simply X followed by a blank stare. Ironic really, since Xavi’s name wasn’t especially difficult or obscure. In fact, the internet had once informed him that it was among the top 100 names for baby boys. The real issue, Xavi knew, was that his name begged a question. On class rosters or stick-on name tags, Xavier López Bonilla might as well have read, “do you speak English?” or, perhaps, “where are you really from?” Xavi had sat through years of roll call as mouths filled with cotton, R’s not so much rolling as stuttering and stumbling. By fifth grade, he’d given up. If a teacher asked how it was said, he’d inform them he preferred his nickname, pronounced “ha-vee.” If any other iteration made an appearance, he’d just deal; white-washed Zay-vier was better than the lovely lilt of Spanish butchered on foreign tongues.

Thanks for sticking with me! If you have goals or progress to celebrate, I'd love to celebrate with you!

@alexalexinii, @aristocratic-otter, @arthur-pitch, @artsyunderstudy, @bachusekart, @best--dress, @blackberrysummers, @brilla-brilla-estrellita, @bookish-bogwitch, @confusedbiqueer,  @cutestkilla, @facewithoutheart,  @harrie-leithillustration, @iamamythologicalcreature, @ileadacharmedlife, @jyae23, @j-trow-95, @johnwgrey, @katatsumuli, @larkral, @letraspal, @lixdoesntknow, @martsonmars, @mooncello, @orange-peony, @pato-roldnart, @prettygoododds, @probablily, @raeny-day, @rbkzz, @run-for-chamo-miles, @rimeswithpurple, @shrekgogurt, @skeedelvee, @sleepyphobzz, @stitchyqueer, @talentpiper11, @the-beard-of-edward-teach, @theimpossibledemon, @thewholelemon, @toc-the-scrambled, @whatevertheweather, @you-remind-me-of-the-babe, @youarenevertooold

[thewholelemon]

For the game ask, prompt "what is a mammoth doing in the Senate", AO3 tag "crack" 🦣💙

@dohrnaira! You gave me this prompt for my microfic game ages ago and I found it in my drafts--I think I was intending to make it longer but when I came back to it, I really liked how this felt like a complete tiny story all by itself ! (I was so tempted to try to snowbaz this but mammoths deserve better and I love revisiting the Mars House.)

“What,” says an icy voice, “is a mammoth doing in the Senate, exactly?”

River turns and sparkles at the voice in a way that January knows means trouble. “Are you referring to my intern?”

The senator who objected sputters. “Don’t be ridiculous, an animal can’t be an intern.”

“We’re all animals,” January interjects, which earns him (and his cage) a cold glare.

“This is Gregory,” River says, bowing in Gregory’s direction.

The senator--someone from an old family, and one of the loudest voices in support of forced naturalization--manages to look down their nose at Gregory while also looking up. After a long pause during which they're clearly weighing whether it's worth the risk to anger the Consul, they say patronizingly, "I suppose your family is very proud of you being here?"

"Actually my grandmother thinks this is beneath me and going to be a terrible influence," Gregory says happily.

[thewholelemon]

Six Sentence Sunday

Good morning! I’m back again! Already, I know!

I’ve been working on my CORB, and if you’re thinking to yourself, I didn’t think CORB was happening right now…you would be right! I’m so, so late, but that’s pretty standard for me irl so I’m not going to let that stop me.

I'm a little more than halfway through a rough first draft and my plan is to have it entirely written before I start posting. I'm really trying to push through the rough draft, so there is a lot of placeholder dialogue and "[MAKE BETTER JOKE HERE]" and "[SPELL]" happening. Guys, the first draft doesn't have to be good, it's just gotta get writ. It doesn't always flow the way I'd like, but it's moving along, and that's enough for me for a first draft. It's going to be so, so romcom. Pray I can pull this off!

Tags & a snippet below the cut.

“Why’s your mouth so puffy and red?” Sophie says when I come in from my "baking" class. (Earlier than usual, because Simon and I both have to get up for the market in the morning.) (I don't tell them that part. No one knows about Simon yet.) “Oh no! Surely you told them about your kiwi allergy, Basil?” Daphne says, panicked. “It’s not kiwi,” I groan. “I’m fine, mum.” “Then what is it?” Mordelia smirks. “I have an incurable case of mind your own business. I hope it’s contagious.” Sophie and Petra giggle but Daphne still looks worried.

feel free to share something you're working on, writing or otherwise! I'd love to hear about it.

@alexalexinii @aristocratic-otter @artsyunderstudy @bachusekart @best--dress

@blackberrysummers @bookish-bogwitch @bookishbroadwayandblind @brilla-brilla-estrellita @carry-on-kissing-snowbaz

@confusedbiqueer @cutestkilla @dohrnaira @drowninginships @facewithoutheart

@fiend-for-culture @iamamythologicalcreature @ileadacharmedlife @ivelovedhimthroughworse @j-trow-95

@jyae23 @katatsumuli @larkral @larkthorne @leithillustration

@letraspal @lixdoesntknow @manicmagicat @martsonmars @monbons

@mooncello @musicallychaos @nausikaaa @noblecorgi @onepintobean

@orange-peony @pato-roldnart @papierhaikuphoto @prettygoododds @raeny-day

@rimeswithpurple @run-for-chamo-miles @shrekgogurt @talentpiper11  @the-beard-of-edward-teach 

@theimpossibledemon @valeffelees @whatevertheweather @youarenevertooold @you-remind-me-of-the-babe

[best--dress]

In honor of my pole teacher playing the song Baz and Simon first dance to together in The Tower Room during freestyle in class today, here are my fancasts for stripper!Baz and stripper!Simon from the fic:

Baz fancast - I wish he had a post of the performance that I saw because the song he chose was soooo Baz. I think you can still see the Baz vibes in this video though

Simon fancast - this guy is a brunette but he has the most golden boy energy. When I saw him perform he was wearing sweatpants and dancing about four feet away from me and it was the sexiest sweatpants have ever looked. He ended up stripping out of them and it was actually a disappointment. He also had insane charisma and seductive energy, just like Simon in the fic.

Tagging just a couple people who might appreciate: @artsyunderstudy , @iamamythologicalcreature , @mooncello , @fiend-for-culture

[redlipstickresurrected]

Keita Morimoto aka 森本啓太 aka Morimoto Keita (Japanese, b. 1990, Osaka, Japan, based Tokyo, Japan) - For the light that left us, 2025, Paintings: Acrylic, Oil on Linen

[run-for-chamo-miles]

I Am Yours, I Am Yours

“I’ll text you, then.”

Alex finishes his drink and slides off the stool. “I’m gonna be so normal about it and not reply within thirty seconds.”

“Rooting for you,” Henry snarks. Alex flips him off as he leaves the bar.

Or: Henry is coming out of a rough breakup. He spent two years dating a man whom his dog, David, hated. Now that he’s single, Alex is unabashedly flirting with him—and Henry must make a decision when David meets Alex and loves him.

The David-centric fic has dropped! Featuring a candid portrayal of mental health, a bit of spice, and Alex being down atrocious.

Tagging some friends as well as some folks who expressed interest, feel free to ignore:

@fiend-for-culture @facewithoutheart @thewholelemon @anyroomsrio @crownedinlove