Zelda MacGregor

Amphytrion on Ao3. Grumpy Cape Codder. Captain Hook (Jason Isaacs), Broadchurch, SG1, FREE PALESTINE, etc

[fandaniel]

having a multi year long character obsession becomes like a abstract thought experiment at some point

[zeldamacgregor]

Latest fanfics - A writer meme!

Tagged by @sarcasticsciencefictionwriter. Thanks so much! This looks fun.

Rules: Post the first sentence of your latest 10 fanfics, then tag 10 people.

Secrets at Sea - "The Black Castle was a ruin in name only, as it was never a proper castle to begin with, but a mountain." (Part one of May Drabble Challenge, Peter Pan)

He was Fine - '“Look, Captain Carter, I don’t wanna ruin anything you got going on over there, but,” and he pointed to his foot, still in the claw trap.' (Part of May Drabble Challenge, Stargate: SG-1)

Hook and the Butterfly - "The Butterfly never wandered anywhere; wandering suggested aim or aimlessness, and he had neither." (Peter Pan and The Last Unicorn)

Star Mile - "Wendy Darling was not an ordinary girl."* (Peter Pan)

An Agreement - "He could never be mortal again; that he knew." (Peter Pan)

He Can Be Very Charming - "Sam feels a sudden drop in the sofa cushions next to her as Jack hops down over the back of the couch and his arm drops behind her against the back of it." (Stargate: SG-1)

Learned Behavior - "One thing Cor never forgot was what it smelled like to be a fisherman." (The Chronicles of Narnia, The Horse and His Boy)

Putting Up With It - "Lan can and has put up with a lot." (Wheel of Time [more show than books])

Here, Right Now, On This Moon - "Jack O’Neill is completely aware of the absurdity of his life; he knows that the choices he’s made and the circumstances he’s experienced are simply outrageous and silly (and sometimes tragic)." (Stargate: SG1)

Wash Your Face; You'll Feel Better - "Knitting is a funny hobby, Moiraine thinks, watching a young woman effortlessly negotiate two long needles and a ball of wool into what looks like it will be a charming shawl."

*Star Mile is in my recent top 10 because I started working on it again, but it was started 2007. It seemed right to put it here, though, as it is my most frequent source of work and the main occupant of my brain.

Thanks again for the tag, Sarc! I don't think I have 10 people to tag, but I will include @saintofjainia64 and @tina-mairin-goldstein (double tag for you at least lol)

just happy to participate!

[zeldamacgregor]

The rainbow goes Red, Orange, Yellow, Blue, Indigo, Violet what do you mean "green"

[sludgebitch]

"🥪" is shorthand for "🍞🧀🍅🥬🍞"

[snommelp]

So, I’ve been pulled over a few times in my life. Not many, but a few. And I’ve also been in a couple of cars that got pulled over. And let me tell you, if you were actually doing something wrong, the officer doesn’t make any small talk, just straight into “I clocked you doing 70 in a 55.” The only time I’ve ever gotten the “do you know why I pulled you over?” was the time when I wasn’t doing anything wrong, and I got let go even though he insisted to the end that I was doing 87 in a 70 (white privilege at work).

“Do you know why I pulled you over?” is a trap. It means there’s a good chance the officer doesn’t actually have a good reason to ticket you, and is trying to get you to waive your 5th Amendment rights and incriminate yourself. If you make a guess, that’s a confession of guilt.

But there’s another trap, that I’ve heard of but haven’t yet experienced. It’s “do you know how fast you were going?” With that one, they’re hoping you’ll say no, because then they can name whatever speed they want – you just said you didn’t know how fast you were going, if you deny the speed they name then you’re lying to them.

[themightytej]

Oh, I’ve had that one. Go with “yes.” Don’t give them a number, just say “Yes.” Then they still have to offer a number and you can deny it without contradicting yourself. They could just ask you, at that point, but that’s suspiciously similar to saying they don’t know, and they tend to avoid doing that.

[fattyatomicmutant-deactivated20]

Reblog to save a life

[suspiciouslysharklike-deactivat]

if you scroll past this just because it doesn’t affect you personally, i see you.

[dovewithscales]

Also, you can always go to court and contest a ticket, and a lot of times you’ll win. Or if the cop thinks you’ll win they won’t even show up and you’ll win by default.

They like to target out of state plates because anyone who would be majorly inconvenienced by a court date two months away is a lot more likely to just pay it.

[anarchist-rat-swarm]

Also, if you get the court date changed to a different day of the week, the cop is much less likely to show up. A lot of cops, being the sort of people who are too lazy to get a real job, will try to have all their court dates on one day, so not being on that day means they’re probably not going to make an entire trip to court for just one case.

[michanvalentine]

TAG GAME ❗️❗️❗️

Thanks to @litsenn for the tag! <3 Well, I’d say you did very, very well with our favorite vampire spawn.

As for me? The game apparently decided one spouse wasn’t enough and handed me both Karlach and Astarion. I’ll happily take the threesome. Living the dream, apparently. xD Though I can’t help feeling a little guilty about being the third wheel. Lol.

P.S.: This photo is part of a set of three. I was trying to figure out how Lighty Light works, with admittedly limited success. 😅 I still have a lot to learn, so I’ve decided to redo the whole set from scratch, maybe in a different setting.

No pressure tags: @floehie, @cursed-nyxan, @baelthi, @aristenfromwarsaw, @surprise-based-teddy-bear, @elceewunjo, @rivereverie, @missfortunetherogue, @oonalovesastarionssimpleplan, @spillingteanotpermitted.

[floehie]

Well, I wasn't so lucky as you @michanvalentine 😭 but at least my future husband is super cute and can do magic 🤷‍♀️

It's Vivi from Final Fantasy 9. And why exactly do I have him in my camera roll? Because he's gonna be part of my Tattoo very soon 😍

No pressure tags: @desperateani @anacdoce @wildbloodwolf @cantaby @themossstomper @marlowethebard

[cantaby]

D:

I really don’t know how the marriage will go, but I am fairly certain it comes with two polar bears.

Thanks for the tag @floehie !

No pressure tags: @tinknevertalks , @f0xlight , @bloodjune

[tinknevertalks]

My sister sent the group chat this pic... So apparently I'm marrying a train? Hang on, I'll find one I actually took/saved/whatevs...

... I'll stick with Thomas, tyvm.

Tagging @offworld-lamb, @eidetictelekinetic , @sarcasticsciencefictionwriter, @fabledshadow, and @electricrogue.

[sarcasticsciencefictionwriter]

Gabriel Book? Sure! I wouldn't mind having a nice lavender marriage with him. Bonus points if Trottie is still around, could be a nice queer platonic situation.

No pressure tagging @samsanalien, @lanistas, @zeldamacgregor, @tina-mairin-goldstein, @disguised-as-a-flamingo and anyone else who wants to play!

[zeldamacgregor]

lol let's gooooooooooo

no presh tagging @saintofjainia64 @disneyvincent @aerialmai

[stingchronicity]

i always see “tag fav fruit” posts but i’ve never seen a fav veg post so rb & tag your favourite vegetable

[questions-about-blorbos]

How does your Blorbo handle physical combat?

Feral biting, scratching, and hissing like a wet cat

Overly elaborate, tragic monologues while holding a sword

Just throws a random chair at the problem

Stands there menacingly while their minion/partner does all the work

Delivers cold and precise death to their enemy

Voting ended onJun 26

Every poll on this blog is about fictional characters only. This request was sent to us and we made a poll in response to it. Send any Blorbo-related question you want to our inbox and we’ll make a poll on which people can vote with their own Blorbos in minds

[zeldamacgregor]

captain jas. hook will do all five of these thank you very much

[fortitudinis]

[trans-pickles]

you don't need to write a dark deconstruction of Peter Pan where he's willing to kill people and his state of eternal childhood makes him morally ambiguous, JM Barrie already wrote one and it's called Peter Pan

[redfrockcoat]

[zeldamacgregor]

how did you find this camera pointed inside my head

[freakazoiddaydreamer]

Peter Pan knew not to take my ass to Neverland with this man residing there

[zeldamacgregor]

lmaeo is how you laugh on the internet in targaryen

[zeldamacgregor]

accidentally said "shesus christa" the other day when in distress and it's my new exclamation now

[iam-the-wild]

feels so rare now to get a show with normal looking people, widows bay did a really good job at actually doing that

[zeldamacgregor]

absolutely, top tier work. i am a coastal new englander and the general vibes of the area and people are also perfect. i love it so much

[zeldamacgregor]

actually cannot wait to be annoying and feral about how much I hate team green again. let's go, fellow haters. we're so back

[zeldamacgregor]

hello, captain