Virtual Tale

All the way to the end: a documentary about my love for Bill Adama and Laura Roslin. I write things sometimes. (VirtualTale on AO3). I read things a lot. There is squealing involved. (she/her)

[mewvore]

"we detected a mature post" yeah I'm in my 30s

[hypotenussy]

the number 1 rule of fanfic is have fun and be yourself. the number 2 rule is the average healthy adult male can lose roughly 2 liters of blood before dying.

[thecharmingquirksofothers]

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[maestrita]

@virtualtaleinternet

[virtualtaleinternet]

@maestrita I hadn't planned sexy times while Bill is injured but good to know 😂

[maestrita]

@virtualtaleinternet - I was thinking more of surviving 2L of blood loss than sexual function in that scenario, but 😆😆😆

[virtualtaleinternet]

He lost 1.5 liter but he dies anyway because too much of the remaining blood is in the crotch area 😂

Jk won't do this to Laura, otherwise she's gonna murder the entire Tauron contingent

[hypotenussy]

the number 1 rule of fanfic is have fun and be yourself. the number 2 rule is the average healthy adult male can lose roughly 2 liters of blood before dying.

[thecharmingquirksofothers]

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[maestrita]

@virtualtaleinternet

[virtualtaleinternet]

@maestrita I hadn't planned sexy times while Bill is injured but good to know 😂

[write-on-world]

[frakyeahbattlestargalactica]

"27 years" via Tricia Helfer

[scribeherself]

the absolute devastating intimacy of a forehead rest. when you are both just so tired from existing in a world that demands you to be a rigid, functional individual, and you finally collapse into each other and just lean your forehead against theirs, or against their shoulder. it’s the physical equivalent of dropping your shields. it’s saying i am entirely heavy right now, and i am trusting you to bear a piece of that weight. and the most beautiful part is that the other person doesn’t even flinch. they just adjust their stance, tuck you a little closer, and absorb the impact. we were designed to divide the burden of being alive.

[virtualtaleinternet]

Laura was so frakking tired. Not only was she having to fight Baltar as he ran against her in the election, but she still had to keep the government going, dealing with the Quorum's incessant questions, concerns and a desire by some to always piss her off.

Lately, she'd been spending time here and there in the Admiral's quarters, stealing moments of calm from the jaws of chaos.

On this particular occasion, when the Marines let her into Bill's quarters, he was reading on his couch, absorbed in his book. She joined him there, kicking off her shoes, and for a while, just let herself exist in the silence, listening to the ship's ventilation system, Bill turning the pages of a well-loved book, her own breathing. She didn't have to be anyone here, now, other than Laura, the human. For just a moment, there was no crisis to fix. Slowly, she leaned to her right towards Bill until her temple rested against his shoulder, and stayed there. Her headache receded, just a little, and she released a long-held sigh.

She'd never done that before. They'd never touched in that strangely intimate way, but she was too tired to worry about it. He said nothing, didn't move either, letting her rest on his shoulder for as long as she needed to. He understood the toll that being a leader of men took on a person, especially in their situation. After a minute, he started reading his book out loud too, and she closed her eyes.

Later, she would straighten up, be the President again, and go back to Colonial One. For now, she caught a break.

[gerec]

AU-Gust is one of favourite personal writing challenges, and I really wanted to try and do it - and finish it - again this year! I built this list of prompts with some of my favourites, and thought I would share it with anyone who might also be looking for inspiration. Please feel free to use it and share it as you wish! Happy AU-Gust!!!

[maestrita]

I made words?!?

https://archiveofourown.org/works/43591395/chapters/234934491#workskin

AO3 preview doesn't want to display so uh... here?

[vaspider]

Watching BSG again & so annoyed by the glowing spine thing like... sorry, did renowned horndog Gaius Baltar never hit it from the back??

[raccoonboywrites]

“This character is dead in canon” to you. They’re dead in canon to you. To me they’re fine

[stuckinapril]

[stuckinapril]

happy if you have scholarly inclinations there is usually something wrong with your sexuality july

[bpd-dylan-hall-deactivated20190]

“our teeth and ambitions are bared” is a zeugma

and it’s a zeugma where one of the words is literal and one is metaphorical which is the BEST KIND

[tuesdayisfordancing]

I didn’t know about zeugmas until just now! That is so awesome, everybody: 

zeug·ma ˈzo͞oɡmə/

noun

a figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses (e.g.,John and his license expired last week ) or to two others of which it semantically suits only one (e.g., with weeping eyes and hearts ).

ISN’T THAT AWESOME??

[professorsparklepants]

#in english class in high school my teacher had us write our own zeugmas in class#and one guy came up with ‘he fell from her favor… and the window’#i am forever looking for opportunities to use that one

[siesiegirl]

She dropped her dress and inhibitions at the door.

[crumbvulet]

What’s this? My favorite rhetorical device showing up on my dashboard?

[thranduilland]

IT HAS A NAMEEEE!! OH MY GOD!!!

[candiikismet]

I LOVE THIIIIIS!!!

[orriculum]

One I’ve loved was “on their weekend trip they caught three fish and a cold”

I love these they’re like a pun and a metaphor wrapped up into one neat phrase

[amilynsorgana-deactivated202512]

[justalilfandomguy]

The throuples in sense8 are so fucking funny like what do you mean "two gay men and their fujoshi" and "your regular 'straight" indian couple and their german mobster boyfriend" are both 100% canon

[guzhufuren]

Dope Things To Watch This Pride Month (1/∞)

Sense8 scifi; psychic connection; polyamory; w/w; m/m; trans woman character

Eight strangers around the globe find themselves mentally connected to one another due to an unknown evolutionary leap.

[depsidase]

[do-not-u-dare]

Stole this from somewhere but i think it’s appropriate

[nervouspearl]

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