The mountains are my throne

[vecasse]

Welcome!

Here's a list of my fandoms

(really this is just my way of indexing all of the stuff. Yes, I'm aware that's what tags are for, but do I use them (or remember to tag anything)? Sometimes. This list is really just easier rip)

Marvel/Spider-Man

Spider-Man fic recs Spideytorch fic recs Reblogs/fav tumblr posts wow i love this rant iron man & spider-man i can get behind this

Merlin

Merlin fic recs Reblogs/fav tumblr posts Leon the Long-Suffering If it's sarcasm I can't tell

Percy Jackson

Percy Jackson fic recs

K-Pop Demon Hunters

Reblogs/fav tumblr posts Aquarium date

ATLA

ATLA fic recs Reblogs/fav tumblr posts Fire Lord Zuko

Star Wars

Star Wars fic recs Reblogs/fav tumblr posts rip jacen Gif

Miraculous Ladybug

Miraculous Ladybug fic recs Reblogs/fav tumblr posts Lukkadrien? Dimension swap Something's off you say... Lateness RIP adrienette.... Liar Failure Beauty of fandom Things that look interesting

DCU

Fav Jason Todd fic recs- Part one Jaytim fic recs Jaydick fic recs Reblogs/fav tumblr posts jay's age & again & characterizations & bi coded? Batcest? who knows https://www.tumblr.com/chapter56/812193169897816064?source=share

Hollow Knight

HK Fic recs Reblogs/fav tumblr posts Fanart (looking elvish) The layers of the hallownest Pale king's foresight stacked vessels Tarot cards fancomic How to grow ur vessel Foresight for the pale siblings Hornet the sister Sister of the void GET YOUR NAIL Da shade lord PotC

Ninjago

ninjago fic recs Reblogs/fav tumblr posts ninjago Elemental compass

Hogwarts Legacy

Harry Potter fic recs Reblogs/fav tumblr posts Sebastian x player Oh look it's another one Lost letter the other one Misunderstandings

Outer wilds

Feldspar and their harmonica

Social Issues

Reblogs/fav tumblr posts Intersex & transgender what does fandom racism look like? use real words they matter

-Note to self: wade through these guys later

Also:

so satisfying crow! Artificial

[sillysunshinesstuff]

I like to think that the batfamily is always complaining about how Jason is so hot headed and impulsive and reckless to the rest of the vigilante community. So before they actually meet Jason, they think he's this loud, brash guy who's always yelling and shooting at people's heads without a thought. But when they actually meet him, he's quiet, pensive, and everything he does is calculated and strategically executed. The vigilante community realizes that he's a Bat™ through and through, he's just the most impetuous out of all the brood when compared to the rest of the Bats™ and that really says something about the batfamily huh?

[littledead-ridinghood]

He’s pretty silent & off in the corner the whole time to the point most forget he’s even there before suddenly emoting and instantly everyone’s like “OH!!! *THAT’S* why the others talk about him like that!!!” because what other bat are you gonna see offer up an actual, genuine smile and laugh towards a joke the lantern across the room made?

[aalghul]

Jason being known as the “emotional one” of the bats except it’s not in a “this asshole manchild” way but a “thank fucking God, one of them knows how to express an emotion without punching something” way is the good shit

[tumblingxelian]

Bruce: Red Hood is in your city to stir up trouble. Ollie: well you always said he was reckless, arrogant and foolish right? Bruce: He is. Ollie: OK this should be easy. (One extremely exhausting and traumatizing night later) Ollie: NONE OF WHAT YOU SAID WSAS TRUE!

[shinyshammie]

I love this take and the tags just make it better

What’s the chance Bruce talks poorly of Jason purely because Jason does everything better AND manages an iota of emotional competence and Bruce is just mad about it

[milftatsu-deactivated20230524]

[mizz-miscellaneous]

@aalghul's tags:

#literally how the ga crossover went#bruce: i forgot to mention he outsmarted me & everyone else for months & I played into his plan the entire time#ollie: you’re the worst person i have ever known

@shinyshammie's tags:

#Bruce: all I have left after Jason’s kicked my ass five ways to Sunday for the 50th time is my pride#Bruce: and admitting Jason is terrifyingly competent to the point that he had all of Gotham dancing to his tune would kill that pride#Bruce: time to lie#Bruce: it’s Oliver so it should be fine#now when Damian calls Jason the emotional one#I’m going to assume it’s done with excessively concealed admiration#Damian: Todd does everything Father says should make him a monster and yet is one of the most human of us all#Damian: no wonder Mother adopted him#Damian: does Father know Mother has adopted Todd#Damian: trick question I don’t actually care but I’m not telling him when I can mock him for being the inferior Batman instead#is he referring to Dick as the better Batman?  Himself?  Cassandra? Bruce will never know#DC#Red Hood#Jason Todd#Green Arrow#Oliver Queen#Batman#Bruce Wayne

[abyssal-ali]

I love this and I have about five fics kind of based off of this

I may or may not need help

[myeteore]

it's officially chilly out!! cozy sweaters!! hot tea!! hurrying back home to the fireplace!!

[pigeonriot]

OUTER WILDS + TEXT POSTS (part 2)

[chamacafeahorrible]

getting into the shower: evil evil evil

being in the shower: there is no past and there is no future, there is just the here and now, i am alone but i am not lonely, i am calm and one with the universe, existence is sublime

getting out of the shower: evil evil evil (wet version)

[mcfanely]

Cole always having an immaculate sense of direction

He always know the exact direction north is in, he can feel the tilt of the world's axis and always points in the exact right direction

He can feel true North through the magnetic field, can follow maps perfectly and discern general coordinates just by standing there and feeling the earth around him

[anonthenullifier]

Scarlet Vision Fic Recs

In all the excitement of trying to get everything for the Scarlet Vision Exchange done (which was fantastic, everyone made such wonderful works!), I realized I missed a major day. As of September 2, I have been writing for this fandom for a year!  That’s not when I joined the fandom, I was a long time lurker well before I ever got an official account anywhere. So, given this anniversary, I want to honor the fantastic writers and stories in this wonderful fandom. Below is a list (not at all exhaustive, there are far more great works than just these) of stories that I not only loved the first time I read them but have re-read many times in my long time of being a Scarlet Vision fanfic consumer. 

1. For Love and Wanda Maximoff by StellarRequiem

I read this story three times in a row when it was first posted, because every single time I reached the end I was so emotionally satisfied that I wanted more. I come back and read it every few months because I just adore it. 

2. Anything by ChestnutBrumby but my particular favorites are:

Fall in Love too Easily

 Flow of the Tide

Calculations 

Keep it Clean

Of note is that the only reason I started writing Scarlet Vision stories is because, during one of our many conversations back in the day, ChestnutBrumby told me to write one of my hypotheticals and that is how Clothing:Optional came to be. 

3. Open Mind, Metal Heart by Huntressride

Amazing characterization and impeccably done slow burn. 

4. Come in from the Cold by thelilacfield

Follow-up to Civil War that is full of well-handled, incredibly tense angst (with some well-deserved fluff too).

5. A Study in Humanity by panpipe

This story was one that I read over and over and over again when I first joined the fandom. 

6. Reasoning in Error by VespidaeQueen

Short, sweet comic Scarlet Vision story.

7. The Anatomy of a Kiss by VespidaeQueen

Explores the inception, end, and reconciliation of Wanda and Vision’s relationship (comics based).

8. Under the Radar by Serina

A cute and hilarious take on how the team finds out about Wanda and Vision’s relationship. 

9. Welcome Distractions by nayanroo

A classic Vision teaches Wanda to fly story with some mid-air affection. 

10. A Brief Lesson in Humanity by ceryss

Tony forces Wanda to teach Vision how to be a functioning human and, unsurprisingly, emotions form. The ending of this is just wonderful.

11. Color Theme by rambeaufan3000

So short but so damn heartbreaking (Comics Scarlet Vision).

12. Will You Give Me a Name? by LauraNightingale

In general and only as a personal preference, I am not a big AU person, but this AU is utterly amazing and so well done. 

Hope you enjoy these!

[frownyalfred]

Reminders for new ao3 users (in no particular order):

- filter your searches like you would on a library website or in an online catalogue

- don’t post placeholders, fic searches, or recommendations as fics. DON’T! It’s against ao3 TOS

- there is no algorithm. ao3 sorts by date posted/updated unless you filter with specific search criteria

- ao3 is a non profit. that means it doesn’t sell ads to make money — it only survives on donations. this is why it can show you so many fics without ever flashing an ad or pop up at you!

- report fics that break TOS when you see them (I.e., placeholder fics, searches) to help other users navigate better

- the tag “dead dove, do not eat” doesn’t equate to gore/awfulness automatically. it is a complementary tag that enhances current tags. E.g., if the fic is tagged “gore” and “dead dove, do not eat” the author really wants you to mind the gore tag

- most fandoms have a variation of “no beta, we die like (x character)” and they all link back to the “No beta” tag

- publishing a new fic sometimes means it won’t show up in the fandom/pairing tag for a few minutes

- subscribers receive update emails at different times, depending on when you update/publish your fic. there’s no good way to predict when an e-mail will be sent — it can be in 30 seconds, or two hours later

- some fics are restricted by authors to those with ao3 accounts only. if you see a blue lock in the upper right corner, that fic is only visible to logged in ao3 users

- you can block commenters now! this didn’t use to be a thing

- updating a fic just to stay at the top of the pairing tag/fandom tag is a dick move. unless you’re legitimately editing or adding chapters, this just annoys readers and fellow authors, and people will skip over your fic

[bundibird]

- make sure that you tag your ships correctly, both romantic and platonic. Putting an “&” between a pair of names means that the ship is platonic. Putting a “/” between the characters means its romantic. For example: “Greg & Steve” = platonic. “Greg/Steve” = romantic. They are NOT interchangable.

- if your fic includes original character/s or reader insert or y/n or etc, then TAG THOSE IN THE CHARACTER TAGS. Not just in the relationship tags!! They are characters in the story, so include them in the character tags. Failing to do so means people who want to find fics with those tags won’t be able to, and people who want to exclude fics with those tags won’t be able to.

- NEVER EVER EVER ADD A LINK TO A PATREON OR KO-FEE ACCOUNT OR ETC. Ao3’s entire legal protection hinges on the fact that no one is making money from fics. If you start commissioning fics or linking to a monetary platform, you are in breach of the Ao3 terms, risking legal action, and risking ao3 as a whole. There are loads of authors/companies who WILL sue if they think you’re making money off their intellectual property.

- seconding what OP said about Dead Dove Do Not Eat. It doesn’t automatically mean “gore”; it just means “heed the tags.” It means “Hey yeah when I tagged this as [thing] I was NOT fucking around, ok? Only read this fic if you’re OK with reading [thing].”

[arahir]

additions from someone who has posted way too much on this site please listen to me:

there are no best times to post but generally sunday and monday are a good zone for traffic

you must double check and make sure the publication date matches the day a chapter is posted or it won’t show up on the first page of updates. sometimes you have to physically edit the posting date multiple times for this to be fixed.

on that note: artificially editing your publication date so your fic shows up at the top when you haven’t added a chapter is the dickest of moves and will make you a pariah. do not do this. yes everyone will notice.

editing existing chapters doesn’t count as updating a fic and won’t change the publication date.

ao3 usually adds weird spaces after italics if you copy and paste in your writing pre-formatted. it doesn’t add these until after you’ve saved a draft or posted so you have to re-edit.

check the “add space after paragraph” option in your word precessor of choice to avoid having to delete an extra space between all your paragraphs on ao3.

when you add a second chapter to a one chapter fic, your original start/end authors notes will now be appended onto the notes of every chapter unless you move them to the now extant first chapter notes sections. this is confusing, but you’ll see what i mean.

to post on anon: add your fic to the anonymous (anonymous) collection. it’ll take up to fifteen to minutes to show in the tag once posted. it’ll show up (to you) as AUTHOR NAME: fic title. no one else sees it this way. it will never show up on your own dashboard unless you go to your stats page. if you ever de-anon, all your subs will get an email about it as if it were just posted.

if you update multiple fics at once, ao3 will group the updates into one email.

to transfer a fic to a new ao3 account: make a new account, make the new account a co-author, remove the old account as co-author.

you cannot mention money changing hands for fic on ao3, ever. don’t say commissions. say a fic was requested if you must say anything. your fic can get taken down for this.

reply to comments or never complain about engagement in fandom.

per that: EVERY TIME YOU EDIT A COMMENT, THE AUTHOR GETS A NEW COPY OF YOUR COMMENT IN THEIR EMAIL. we can see all the edits. be aware.

tagging is both a warning and an enticement, do so accordingly. you really don’t need to tag things that fall outside that unless you want to.

on that note: please don’t do the “short fics for 300 different fandoms in one fic” thing. no one wants to scroll past that. i mean you can but it just makes it harder for people to find the thing you’ve written that they want to read.

if you are really bad at summaries just think of it as a movie tag line and don’t say you’re bad at summaries. don’t neg your own fic.

re all the questions i saw in replies: fic searches are people looking for specific fics. i don’t know what the fuck a placeholder fic is but these aren’t fanworks and you can’t post them. you can’t post discord links or rp requests or complaints about fandom. you can post fanart and meta essays. that’s allowed.

[cleanlenins]

“Read by Author” tag is not a tag to say that you proofread the fic. It is specifically for podfic, saying that the fic is read outloud by the author

Remember the Block and Mute feature. Block means that someone cannot interact with your works. Mute, however, means you will not see the person’s works in the search. If you don’t want to see fics by a specific author, mute them.

Basic html works in comments. If you want to add an image, use <img src=“URL”> with the image url replacing URL. Keep the quotation marks.

Comments are not for critique. Unless the author specifically asks for critique, you are a jerk if you start pointing out everything you dislike. It doesn’t matter how vile you think the content is. If you don’t like it, just back out without saying anything.

If you do not want a work attached to your account at all, you can Orphan it. When you Orphan a fic, you can no longer edit it or delete it. This cannot be undone. If you just want to be anonymous, use the Anonymous feature described above.

If you wish to make a collection of fic that includes all of the fic you have read, consider making a collection of your bookmarks instead. Not every author wants their work to be in a million collections, but you don’t have to ask permission to make a collection of bookmarks.

The “Inspired By” option is great if you draw inspiration from another author’s fic. And it helps give credit to other amazing fanfic writers.

Fic can be downloaded in many different ways. If you want to download a fic and use it like an ebook, go for the EPUB version. But all versions have their merits.

No fanfic author in existence is going to be upset that you made fanart.

[chimaerakitten]

“Blanket permissions” AKA a writer saying if they’re cool with people making podfics/translations etc are usually going to be in the writer’s profile tab. When in doubt check there.

[fan-a-tink]

Merlin: We need more firewood. Gwaine: Your right about that. Merlin: Do you want to go and get some? Gwaine: Not really, thanks for asking. Merlin: There's wolves out there, bears, boars... Gwaine: Exactly. Merlin: I'm not a warrior, I can't defend myself Gwaine: Never too late to learn.

Merlin & Gwaine | 3.12 "The Coming of Arthur - Part 1"

[andromaex]

okay but we need to TALK about how Merlin just casually gives merlin the most insane, compounding trauma and then expects him to go back to polishing boots like nothing happened

like. this is a BOY.

this is a teenager who shows up in camelot and within approximately five minutes is told by Gaius: “hey so you have world-ending levels of power :) also if anyone finds out you will be executed :) have fun!”

and then Kilgharrah is like: “your destiny is everything. your feelings are irrelevant.”

???????

so now we have merlin:

cannot tell anyone who he is

cannot be fully known by anyone

cannot even react honestly to the things happening to him

and THEN

Will dies protecting merlin’s secret → merlin learns: people die if they know me

Freya dies in his arms right after he allows himself to love someone → merlin learns: if i love someone, they die

Balinor (his father!!) dies basically immediately → merlin learns: i don’t get to keep family

Lancelot sacrifices himself → merlin learns: good people die for me

Gwaine is tortured and dies → merlin learns: i can’t save everyone, even when i try

and then. THEN.

Arthur Pendragon dies.

after YEARS of merlin:

saving his life in secret

sacrificing everything

shaping his entire existence around this ONE destiny

and what does merlin get?

arthur finding out the truth for like five minutes and then dying in his arms.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME.

and the show just— ends.

no processing. no support system. no “hey maybe this boy has severe survivor’s guilt and complex trauma”

because merlin can’t even GRIEVE properly.

he can’t tell anyone:

why will died

who freya was to him

that balinor was his father

what lancelot actually did

how many times he saved arthur

so all of that grief just sits there. unspoken. unacknowledged. unresolved.

like imagine carrying:

the weight of destiny

the responsibility for a kingdom

the knowledge that your loved ones died for or because of you

and the fact that the ONE person it was all for is gone anyway

[andromaex]

Merlin is literally just a love hexagon

like let’s map this out:

Merlin → in love with → Arthur Pendragon Arthur Pendragon → in love with → Gwen Gwen → emotionally entangled with → Lancelot Morgana → has whatever the HELL is going on with → Gwen AND Merlin Gwaine → in love with → Merlin (don’t argue with me on this one i’m RIGHT) and Merlin → also vaguely?? attached?? to everyone like a deeply magical emotional support disaster THEY ALL HAVE CHEMISTRY WITH EACH OTHER.

like the writers really said “what if every single relationship had just enough tension to be interpreted as romantic if you squint even a LITTLE”

and then—

and then—

they killed:

Lancelot ✔️ Gwaine ✔️ Arthur ✔️ Freya ✔️ (bonus tragic girlfriend slot) half of Merlin’s will to live ✔️

like oh okay cool. so the narrative solution to the love hexagon was just:

✨ eliminate the gays ✨

bbc really looked at this emotionally complex web of longing and said “what if we resolved this by making it EVERYONE’S PROBLEM FOREVER”

merlin out here immortal, carrying:

his dead king

his dead friends

his dead situationships

and approximately 47 unresolved romantic subplots

just walking around like:

“haha yeah :) destiny :)”

SIR YOU ARE THE LAST POINT IN A BROKEN HEXAGON

ANYWAY. moral of the story:

if you ever feel like your love life is complicated, just remember at least you are not a warlock in camelot emotionally entangled with your boss, your boss’s wife, your enemy, your enemy’s ex-best friend, and a knight who would absolutely flirt with you mid-battle and it actually gets WORSE the more you think about it

like i didn’t even TOUCH the knights’ situation???

let’s expand the crime board:

Gwaine ↔ Percival = “we fight side by side and would die for each other” (HELLO??)

Elyan ↔ Percival = quiet loyalty + shared trauma + standing too close for no reason

Gwaine ↔ Elyan = bickering like an old married couple who have been through war (because they HAVE)

and then ALL THREE:

Gwaine + Elyan + Percival = a polycule the writers were too afraid to confirm

like you cannot put three men in matching armor, give them unwavering devotion, have them risk their lives for each other CONSTANTLY, and expect me to believe there’s nothing going on

be serious.

Lancelot ↔ Merlin = lancelot being the ONLY person who sees merlin fully and immediately accepts him??? the softness??? the trust??? the “your secret is safe with me” of it all???

that is not heterosexual behavior.

and ALSO:

Lancelot ↔ Arthur Pendragon = mutual respect + tension + the whole gwen situation??? sir why are you looking at each other like that during life-threatening situations

so now the shape is no longer a hexagon

it’s a SPIDERWEB.

a cursed, shimmering, emotionally devastating spiderweb of:

doomed loyalty

repressed feelings

“i would die for you” energy

and at least SIX different dynamics that could’ve been canon if the bbc had any courage

and what did they do with this rich tapestry of homoerotic potential?

✨ kill them ✨

“this one was my king. this one was my friend. this one could’ve been something if the writers weren’t cowards.”

camelot was a queer tragedy generator

[jadedgenasi]

I've seen this before, but it's been years and it just came across my Twitter in its dying days. The words are from a favorite author of mine, Maggie Stiefvater, and they are the words I most need to hear when it comes to dealing with chronic pain and illness. I didn't need this the first time I saw it, six years ago. I need it now. Maybe you do, too.

[shit-abled-people-say]

Shit Abled People Say #250

Therapist: So what does (4 yr old autistic daughter) do when you put her in uncomfortable clothes/take away her comfort objects/spend a long time in loud and crowded places/tell her to do something new without preparation?

Me: … I don’t do those things.

Therapist: ???? But she’s so relaxed and well-behaved for an autistic child, why not?

Me: …. and I’m pretty sure the two are connected.

This happened multiple times, with two therapists and one pedatrician, all of whom I moved on from as quickly as possible. It freaks me out how many supposed experts on autism think it’s acceptable to deliberately cause my child distress because it would be ‘normal’. As an agoraphobe with panic disorder, social anxiety and a fun boatload of other issues myself, I am far more concerned with avoiding triggering situations and helping her to cope when they happen than whether her behaviour seems ‘normal’. *I* don’t wear uncomfortable clothes, part with my comfort objects or cope well with crowded spaces, why would I inflict them on a child who finds them even more difficult than I do?

It makes me worry a lot about kids whose abled parents and therapists don’t get this.

[endreal]

I know that—objectively—this is bullshit, but I have chosen to believe that the reason the US hasn't formally changed to the metric system is for the poets. When the going gets tough you can still claw your way forward inch by inch, but centimeter by centimeter just doesn't quite carry you. You're in love/excited/nervous/scared and your heart is beating a hundred miles per hour, whoa that sounds fast and dangerous! But a hundred kph? I've been passed by people going faster than that coming out of downtown on capital boulevard. The pound of flesh they take from you is raw and bloody and full of pain, the kilogram of flesh is impersonal and excised in laboratory conditions under strict observation. Liters are okay tho, if only because they sound like meter and a meter is used to measure things, so the measure of a man can be siphoned (as a byproduct of the kilogram) into a bottle with a screw cap lid and stored in a dark cool room until he is found wanting. A gallon would be wasteful, a quart too unserious, and a cup not enough to keep him from withering in the desert sands under 100 degree faeghreignheit sun. ...Okay maybe celsius gets a pass too.

[endreal]

hi, op here. you're my new favorite person and i am express airmailing you 10 thousand high fives and this heart emoji: 💜

[4rk-in-the-road]

I think the reason a lot of leftists struggle with disability justice is that they haven't moved past the concept that discrimination isn't bad because it's objectively "wrong." yes, sexists are objectively wrong when they try to claim women are dumber than men. yes, antisemites are objectively wrong that jewish people are inherently greedy and run the state. yes, racists are wrong when they try to claim that white people are the superior race. and so on.

but then with disabled people, there are a lot of objective truths to the discrimination we face. people with IDs/LDs do fall behind and struggle with certain concepts. physically disabled people are often weaker and less capable of performing demanding tasks than able bodied people. many of us with mental illnesses are more reckless and less responsible. a lot of us are dependent on others and do not contribute much "worth".

and guess what? disabled people still deserve a place in the world. disabled people still deserve the supports they need. because they are people, and that should be enough to support them and believe they deserve a place at the table.

if your only rebuttal against discrimination is its objective inaccuracies, you are meeting bigots where they are at. you are validating the very concept that if and when people are truly incapable of being equal to the majority, that means they are worth less. this causes some leftists to then try to deny the objective realities of disabled people and/or become ableist themselves.

your rallying behind marginalized groups should start and end with the fact that people are completely worthy of life and equity, because they are fellow human beings and that should, frankly, be enough.

[asteroidtroglodyte]

Me, tears streaming down my face, sobbing, as I stare at the stars: it’s just so beautiful

The medieval peasant I went back in time to give a bag of Doritos to, concerned: what terrible and powerful sorcerers they must have in your age, to be able to veil the vault of heaven itself from view, as you say

Me, sniffling: I didn’t realize, I can’t, it’s so much, I, I… are the chips good, at least?

Medieval peasant, trying to make me feel better: they’re… magical, strange traveler

[ultrafacts]

Source 

[hellkatsally]

These dudes are fucking legit.  They don’t just show up one day in court, either, they actually make friends with the kids and let them know they have a support system and that there are people in the world who care about them and will always have their back.  And less important, but also cool, is that the few times a couple of them have come into my cafe, they’ve been super friendly and polite and when I told one of the guys that I noticed his Bikers Against Child Abuse patch and wanted him to know how awesome I thought he was because of it, he got kind of shy and blushed and said, “The kids are the awesome ones, we just let them know they’re allowed to be brave.”

[bebinn]

The source is long, but so, so good. These men and women are available in 36 states, 24 hours a day to stand guard at home, in court, at school, even if the child has a nightmare. Many of them are survivors of childhood abuse as well, and know what it’s like to feel scared and alone.

In court that day, the judge asked the boy, “Are you afraid?” No, the boy said.

Pipes says the judge seemed surprised, and asked, “Why not?”

The boy glanced at Pipes and the other bikers sitting in the front row, two more standing on each side of the courtroom door, and told the judge, “Because my friends are scarier than he is.”

[lesbian-moon-gf]

Actual tears.. hnngh

[bee-whistler]

Show me more of people like this, world. I give up on humans too easily.

[groovypirate]

where do i sign up for this,i want to be in this gang

[ultrafacts]

[haydengisearchive-deactivated20]

This is fucking amazing. It may be out of character for me to say this but rock on

[clatterbane]

Bikers Against Child Abuse was founded in 1995 by a Native American child psychologist whose ride name is Chief, when he came across a young boy who had been subjected to extreme abuse and was too afraid to leave his house. He called the boy to reach out to him, but the only thing that seemed to interest the child was Chief’s bike. Soon, some 20 bikers went to the boy’s neighborhood and were able to draw him out of his house for the first time in weeks.

Chief’s thesis was that a child who has been abused by an adult can benefit psychologically from the presence of even more intimidating adults that they know are on their side. “When we tell a child they don’t have to be afraid, they believe us,” Arizona biker Pipes told azcentral.com. “When we tell them we will be there for them, they believe us.” ( Article)

More about BACA, from their site

[uriesays]

My parents are a part of this organization and they are metal af

They go on runs to protect the child if they feel even the slightest threatened no matter where. If the child needs them to go on vacation with them, they do. Bikers come from across the nation to watch over and take shifts for these kids. And the best part is once you’re adopted into this family as a BACA kid, you’re always one. Even when you’re 40 and the perp gets released from jail, they’ll come meet with you and find your best options for avoiding the person and maintaining the life you’ve built for yourself. Once a BACA child, always a BACA child. In Florida, there’s 100% rate for identifying the perp based on the child’s testimony. Why? Because BACA stands with the child and supports the child so they feel comfortable enough to point out their attacker.

What’s better than a badass biker gang being on your side???

[kikithegirl]

NATIVE AMERICAN CHILD PSYCHOLOGIST WHO IS A BIKER AND NAMED HIMSELF CHIEF HELL YES I’M HERE FOR THAT AND BIKERS BEING BAD ASS TO PROTECT KIDS. HELL YEAH.

[birdungehrl]

it’s back! I will always reblog BACA

[your-uncle-dave]

Damn good people.

[rowsdower-saves-us]

I know they wouldn’t consider themselves such, but these people are freaking heroes and the world is a better place because of them. 

[racethewind10]

Hey folks, it talks about this in the article but its not mentioned in this post, BACA is a 501 © (3) charity that depends in part on donations to help pay for stuff like gas for their bikes. If you want to help, consider donating. 

[drgaellon]

@copperbadge You like posting about heroes, Sam. Seems like this would be up your alley.

[copperbadge]

I love these folks! I’ve reblogged them before but it’s wonderful to see the donation information has been added. 

[galaxy-of-stories]

Always reblog. Keep doing what you’re doing y'all.

[hurtlittleboy]

Guys? This post changed my life. I saw this post. Forever ago. And thought it was only in america… and wished desperately that they could help me. But then I saw it again, during a bad episode, and checked their site. They aren’t just in the USA

They’re in Canada as well and probably other countries. I met and talked with a native guy who runs the place near me. His name is Shaman. I got in, and I’m considered a BACA child now. Despite being 17, turning 18 when I talked to them. They spent time with me when my abuser was over, they gave me therapy resources. They give you something called a ‘level 1′ where they go to your house with as many bikers as they can, i shit you not a solid 20-40 bikers came from even out of province, and met me. I got to choose my biker name and I got a vest with patches on it and my name on it. They all hugged a Teddybear before giving it to me, and told me if I ever felt the BACA bear was running out of love, to give them a call and they’d refill it for me, and then I got a ride on one of their bikes. Just a day or so ago I went to an annual party with them and they we ate food one of them cooked and had a lot of laughs. 

I’ve never felt as loved as I did being a part of the BACA family. They also gave me dog tags with the names, and phone numbers of my 2 workers.  So I can call them whenever I feel scared. 

BACA is an absolutely wonderful group that will do everything in it’s power to help any child whos been abused. 

And it doesn’t end when you’re 18 either. As long as you get in contact/get your level 1 before you’re 18? you’re ALWAYS a BACA kid. I’m 18 now and they still invite me to parties, ask me if I’m okay, and are there for me. They’re still trying to find me resources for therapy. 

BACA has changed my fucking life. 

I hope you all can read this, and reblog it knowing from someone who fucking been with them, that they are absolutely amazing. 

[feanor-the-dragon]

If I ever don’t reblog this, it’s because I am physically being restrained against my will.

[gasdiver2]

Supporting your local hero’s.

[darkangelfoundmyway-069]

FUCKEN AMAZING what these Bikers do!!!! This is why I don’t give up on humanity…

💞🖤💞 Carpe Diem 💞🖤💞

[instructor144]

[pottercastleminds]

Links the International BACA Chapters:

United States

Canada

Australia

Belgium

Denmark

Germany

Spain

France

Italy

Netherlands

Iceland

Austria

Greece

New Zealand

Portugal

Sweden

United Kingdom

Switzerland

B.A.C.A’s Byline: “Keepers of the Children.” B.A.C.A.’s Motto: “No child deserves to live in fear.”

Not all heroes wear capes, some wear biker vests.

[humanjoy]

Had seen this before, but never realised that this is on an international level - there’s even a contact address close to where I live (in Germany), very cool (though hoping the only use I’ll ever have to make of it is for donations) ❤

[stalker-among-the-stars]

That’s a lot of countries.