despite everything, it's still you

Just a little personal blog where I reblog things I like/my friends will like... Current flavor is CAPTAIN AMERICA!!! and Check Please!. If you know me from anything, it's probably 'cause I run fuckyeahcaptainamericapolyamory! If you haven't heard of that blog yet and it sounds like your kind of thing, please check it out!

[cutetanuki-chan]

commission art for upcoming book 'Call Me Traitor' by Everina Maxwell @avoliot

published by @torpublishinggroup

[everina-maxwell-updates]

En stayed in a defensive half crouch, touching the pattern with her elbow and her heel like a child nudging a spinning top. “Wait,” Tamol said in the roaring heat. En felt her kick her ankle. “En. En, please! This is all a misunderstanding!” En hesitated. Tamol was not her commander and couldn’t give her orders, but the spinning flame around them faltered. “You want me to stop?” “It’s just Pirelle and Clai!” Tamol said. “We came here to find them! En, I know you don’t have to do what I say, and I know you could kill everyone if you wanted, but I am begging you to stop.”

Incredibly delighted at this prerelease art! Could not have captured lesbian-winter-soldier vibe better! Realised I should probably add a plot summary but there is not room here so if you haven't seen it, here is the plot summary.

Bonus extract for under the cut (from approx two minutes later):

“Just a mix-up, no harm done— ” “She attacked me,” Clai said, slowly lowering his hands. “I was making soup.” “— no harm done except a few bruises on Clai—” “It’s all over the wall now.” “And a tragic soup casualty, fine,” Tamol allowed. “You did spring a noise trap on her and then lock her up, which quite understandably doesn’t seem friendly. I told you we were both escaping from someone trying to kill us. I’m sure En didn’t mean to attack anyone— ” “I did,” En said. “You’re not helping. Listen, Clai,” Tamol said, for some reason appealing to the person En had knocked prone and given a black eye. “She’s a war-tank. If she wanted you dead, you’d be dead.” There was a silence.

[beaft]

common advice for social anxiety is to tell yourself "people aren't going to think less of you just because you said something a bit daft" but the thing is. sometimes they will. and you just have to learn to be cool with that and to treat it as a dnd random encounter rather than letting it ruin your whole day

[beaft]

recent example. lady at my careers appointment had a post-it with her name on it stuck to the monitor, so i introduced myself by saying "hello, i'm eliot! you must be [name], it's nice to meet you!" and she stared at me as if i was the stupidest person alive and said icily, "yeah, i'm [name]. congratulations, you can read."

in bygone times this would have reduced me to a sort of quivering blancmange. thankfully i am now in a place where i was able to pull back, calmly evaluate this interaction, and say to myself "this woman should probably not be working in a customer-facing job"

[beaft]

important additions!!!!

[ministuckybingo]

ministuckybingo event rules/info

So... You want to join the ministuckybingo?

Then you've come to the right place! Here you'll find a brief overview of the event rules—the full document can be found on Google Docs, containing just over 1,500 words. These rules are established to keep our creative space fun and safe! We also have a separate document for our Discord server rules (slightly over 1,000 words) if you're interested in joining the event server, but it requires an application to join. This is for safety purposes and to keep the community enjoyable. The application will only contain two simple questions with a brief overview of the server rules. An invite link can be found in our mobile bio or at the bottom of the document.

All banners that you see on this blog have been made by me, @metalbvcky, in Photoshop CS6.

Schedule

July 4th | Sign-Ups OPEN July 18th | Sign-Ups CLOSE August 1st | Cards go out and the start of the round August 15th | Last day to request Square Swaps (for custom cards) August 15th | Late Sign-Ups OPEN (for premade cards) August 22nd | Late Sign-Up CLOSE August 29th | Late Sign-Up cards go out December 31st | Last day to submit fills January 7th | Masterposts Due January 14th | Badges sent out

Fill Requirements:

Writing: 500 words, unless you're writing a drabble (100 words exactly) Art: A sketch/art piece that you deem complete, however that may be. Gifset: Four gifs (no specific sizes required). Moodboard/Photoset: Six photos in a collage or other stylistic choice. Podfic: Five minutes and permission from the author. Other Fanworks: Poetry, crafts, manips, fanvids, and other mediums are also allowed. Take the above minimums into consideration, and it will count as a fill!

General Rules

★ This is an 18+ only event. All participants must be over the age of 18 when signing up. ★ Steve and Bucky must be the main pairing of your fill(s). This can be romantically ( / ) or platonically ( & ) as long as Stucky is the central ship/duo. Poly ships are allowed, provided that Steve and Bucky are part of the main pairing. ★ Reader insert (X-Reader/YN) and original main character works are excluded from this event. Sorry, but even though we acknowledge all wonderful types of creations in fandom, this is a Stucky-centric event. ★ Tag your works accordingly. Everything goes here—extreme kinks, underage, non-con, and other dark topics or genres such as Hydra Trash Party. All ratings and archive warnings are allowed, including Choose Not to Use Archive Warnings. This is a judgement-free space. ★ Crossposting with other events is permitted if the other event approves. ★ Creations must be your own human work. The use of AI is prohibited, as this is an anti-genAI event.

Bingo Info

★ Since this is a miniature bingo, there will be nine squares (prompts) on each card. The middle square is a free space, but we do have the option to replace that square with a prompt during sign-ups. ★ Square interpretation is up to the creator. We are not here to stifle creativity, so if you think it fits, it counts! ★ Fills must be new and not previously posted. Additional chapters to existing works are highly encouraged—finish up those WIPs! ★ One square = one fill. You may use more than one square in multi-chaptered works, but they have to be distributed between the chapters to count. We do have one exception to this rule—there is a badge option for combining all squares in a single work. More info on that in the full document. ★ Square Swaps: If you aren’t satisfied with the prompts on your card, you may request up to four squares to be swapped with other prompts. Square swaps will only be allowed once and will last for two weeks following cards being sent out.

★ Your card will have a number (ex: MSB001) that identifies everyone. Keep note of this since you’ll be needing it throughout the event. ★ For every fill you make, you must complete a fill submission form. This helps us keep track of what everyone has submitted. ★ We’ll have a list of monthly adoptables (prompts) for you to choose from if your squares aren’t speaking to you, or if you’d like the extra challenge. New adoptables will be posted on the first of every month on our Tumblr and specified Discord channel. ★ The AO3 collection can be found here. Add your fills (if hosted on AO3) under the name ministuckybingo2026 to be part of the collection. ★ Post your creation(s) whenever you choose. Tag us @ministuckybingo on Tumblr or add the tag #ministuckybingo2026 to your post. ★ We have a handful of badges that you can work towards. There will be a badge claim form near the end of the round. Badges will go out after the round has ended.

Participant (one fill made minimum) Bingo (row, column, or a diagonal) Blackout (all squares filled individually) White Fuzz Ball (a fill where Alpine is included) The Fill To Rule Them All (all squares used in a single fill) The "TFTRTA" badge is the ONE exception for using all prompts in a single work. If you think you can squish all your squares into a oneshot, no matter the length, then we say go for it!

[harbinger-of-silly]

All gays will go to hellsite

[king-of-oreo]

What if in hellsite but not gay

[punky-beaver-offical]

[king-of-oreo]

NO!

[avhira]

[hellsitegenetics]

String identified: A ga g t t at t t t ga T tag g a Ag agag Acctac ! T tag g a Ag agag Acctac

Closest match: Psylliodes chrysocephala genome assembly, chromosome: 4 Common name: Cabbage Stem Flea Beetle

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[graveexcitement]

[kebbopulos]

[spaghettihell]

[remieil]

【 main scenario quest "kiss the scum villain" accepted! good luck user! (˶˃ ᵕ ˂˶) ♡ 】

[pokeballvictimized]

> steam sends me an email

> game you wishlisted is on sale!

> wow, 30% off!

> $50

[pokeballvictimized]

I can wait. You'll be 80% off one of these days. I'll outlast you.

[stiltonbasket]

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

Chapters: 1/?

Fandom: 人渣反派自救系统 - 墨香铜臭 | The Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù

Rating: General Audiences 

Relationships: Luo Binghe & Shen Yuan | Shen Qingqiu, Luo Binghe/Shen Yuan | Shen Qingqiu 

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Dragon Shen Yuan | Shen Qingqiu, Domestic Fluff, Pre-Relationship 

Summary:

Hibernation?! What did the System mean, hibernation?! Shen Yuan had been in the world of Proud Immortal Demon Way for four hundred years and never once needed to hibernate—so what exactly were that wretched entity’s intentions when it told him to take that nap and then announced that twenty years had gone by while he was asleep?

[User 002 did not come equipped with an OOC lock!] the System cried, after Shen Yuan had finished cursing at it and set off for Cang Qiong. [If you were left to your own devices, you’d have ruined the whole plot! This System had no other choice!]

“I’m awake now. Kiss your plot goodbye,” Shen Yuan said darkly; and with that, he muted the System and flew down towards Qing Jing Peak.

Or: in the autumn of Luo Binghe’s fourteenth year, a dragon comes to Cang Qiong Mountain.

[parkersgeorg]

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

The System had been very clear: User 001 had transmigrated into Shang Qinghua’s character. For the past ten years, as he struggled against the limitations of his child body, Airplane had tried to reconcile himself with the fate that awaited him—the sect burning because of him, his neck snapped by a demon’s hand—and hoped desperately that he could change it somehow. Except now… his fate seemed to have changed by itself? “You have indeed been selected to join Xing Jiao Peak,” the teacher repeated. “Do you accept?”

Airplane joins the Sex Peak and tries to make the most of it.

Inspired by this post by @sunderwight

[parkersgeorg]

fic complete! five chapters, 41k! 🥳 will sexpert shang qinghua shoot towards the sky or will author god airplane shoot himself in the foot?? you can now find out!

[inthefallofasparrow]

When yet another stupid update gets rolled out

[inthefallofasparrow]

Although without the spirit of communal posting, now it's more like this

[inthefallofasparrow]

[inthefallofasparrow]

[inthefallofasparrow]

[inthefallofasparrow]

[vaspider]

When the userbase bullies staff into putting it back:

[sleepyspoonie]

when you see a tumblr poll with this picture attached and you know it's time to lock the fuck in lest you get a bad grade in an impromptu absurdist pop quiz you didn't know you were about to take

[diaryofandnwoman]

[cbarc]

okay let’s get all this straight.

the FIRST figure skating backflip was performed by this guy Terry Kubicka

now Terry landed his flip at the Olympics in ‘76 and in ‘77 the backflip was quickly deemed illegal in this level of figure skating as it was considered dangerous and, some argue more crucially, couldn’t be landed on one foot, as is the required landing for all other figure skating jumps

Fast forward to 1998 at the Olympics once more and French skater Surya Bonaly.

It is widely discussed and disputed as to whether Surya was historically underscored by American judges. She won five straight gold medals in the European championships from ‘90 to ‘95 but couldn’t break past 4th place at two Olympics during this period of time. It was at her 3rd Olympic Games she pulled out her backflip and crucially landed it on one foot.

The one foot landing was seen as the big obstacle in the way of the backflip being legalised. That and its danger level. In the time between Kubicka and Bonaly however many skater had already added two foot landed flips to their performance routines (ie not scored competitions)

Some people see this as the moment the backflip should had been legalised in competitive figure skating. Many skaters had executed it safely and Bonaly proved she could accomplish the one foot landing. Bonaly placed 10th at this Olympics, incurring harsh deductions for the illegal backflip. The backflip was at no point considered in contention for legality despite Bonaly’s accomplishments, (one of which being the first female skater to land a quad jump at the Olympics). Her Olympic backflip was seen as a middle finger to Olympic judges and the stringently unprogressive nature of the sport. There were more moments than this throughout her career such as her initial refusal to mount the second place podium at the ‘94 worlds for reasons unclear. There are rumours of her ‘throwing tantrums’ or being ungrateful, and while this may be true, it’s not an uncommon sight in the world of figure skating, and given how black women are still treated in sports today, especially those that take physical appearance and body lines into account, it is undoubted that Bonaly faced racial bias during her professional career.

Surya Bonaly continued to preform her now signature one footed backflip in performances. And the backflip remained illegal in competition.

Within the conversation about Olympic figure skating backflips, there is one skater who may well be the most overlooked. The one who got the committees to legalise it! And that would be this guy, Adam Siao Him Fa

At the 2024 worlds he told himself if he skated his routine clean he would finish with a backflip, a move he had been practicing with his coaches despite it still being an illegal move. Fa did skate clean, and did preform his backflip, and so incurred the mandatory penalty of a 2 point deduction for the use of an illegal manoeuvre.

In a figure skating full circle moment, one of the judges on the panel for that competition, was Terry Kubicka himself. Almost 50 years on from his backflip he has since commentated on the irony of seeing the move he began in the 70’s and being required to deduct points for it. This two point deduction wouldn’t stop Fa from still claiming the gold medal that year. He preformed an illegal move at the end of a perfect routine and took the gold. Mere months after this at a scheduled review the backflip was removed from the group of illegal moves. It would not be granted any technical points like other jumps but would no longer incur a two point deduction.

Today at the Olympic Games in 2026, Ilia Malinin, thanks to these three (and many more performance skaters) before him has landed the first backflip at the Olympics since it’s legalisation.

So to wrap up.

First backflip (two foot) - Terry Kubicka - move made illegal

First backflip (one foot) - Surya Bonaly - move still illegal

Legalisation turning point - Adam Siao Him Fa - move made legal

First fully legal backflip - Ilia Malinin - flip still does not score points

In the future personally I hope to see the flip be utilised by more and more skaters, be given a score, and personal creativity to be more welcomed into the sport, because really we could have had 50 years of Olympic Backflips at this point.

[transformativeworks]

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[conflitdecanard]

I did ONE single doodle of Shang Qinghua as a cat - cuz if I like you, you get turned into a cat at least once - and bem I got an idea and there it is...

When does it happen in the timeline of the story ? Idk and Idc I just wanted my fav guy SQH as a cat and then Mobei-Jun decided to manifest himself. Typical.（︶^︶）

[yawpyawp]

Commission for the lovely @zepysgirl!

This is a scene from the barbershop quartet masterpiece that is Kelly, the Well-Meaning and Very Confused Barista by @fieldbears!!!!! That fic was a damn joy to read, and everyone has gotta treat themselves to all that poly sweetness!

COMMISSIONS | PATREON

[everina-maxwell-updates]

Cover is UP! The stunning art is by @eliotbaum.

Call Me Traitor is the story of a living weapon fighting her way towards personhood and the awful lesbian she's doing it with. I keep calling it 'the sapphic Winter Soldier wizards' book despite being told we can't put that in the blurb.

STORY:

En is a weapon. Battle spells are carved into her skin, she’s trained to work through pain, and she’s magically compelled with loyalty to the archmagi. When she's sent on a mission to retrieve a group of infamous traitors from exile in a land of unpredictable and deadly magic, she's forced to team up with a common soldier to have any chance of success, or survival.

Tamol is a disaster. En isn’t fooled by the soldier’s silver tongue and good looks. Tamol is flighty, cowardly and the worst soldier En has ever met. But she’s also brilliant at magic and kinder than En has any right to expect. When she saves En’s life, it takes everything En has not to start falling for her. That is, until En discovers Tamol is one of the very traitors she seeks.

The empire never forgets. Years ago, the exiled traitors were just normal students with a vision for a better kingdom. They put their lives on the line fighting for it and lost. So they were exiled to the Far Peninsula to die. But now, the empire discovers the traitors may yet live, and they’ve unearthed something in the wilderness that the archmagi will pay any price to get.

But the might of an unforgiving empire isn’t the greatest force in all the land. Something monstrous is living in the Far Peninsula that does not discriminate between soldiers, traitors, and kings.

Out October! Preorders (every one of them highly treasured for obscure publishing industry reasons) are up here!

[queeraang]

i'm just saying i watched jeff davis force dylan o'brien and tyler hoechlin to spoon on a sailboat so they could beg for teen choice award votes so you'll have to excuse me if my bar for queerbait is a little high

[omgcheckplease]

👋 Hi Wellies,

First—

Ukazu says, a rising tide lifts all boats, including the S.S. Check, Please! She’s hopeful that the success of Heated Rivalry, as well as another queer romance graphic novel-turned-TV show Heartstopper, will make the dream of seeing her work onscreen into a reality: The book has been optioned for adaptation. — Vanity Fair

Check, Please! has been optioned for a film/television adaptation. A while ago, actually—and that’s lovely. Nevertheless, the vast majority of options do not become television because it takes a million things going right to get projects off the ground.

That being said.

Ahem.

Speaking of getting projects off the ground...

From when Bitty first stepped out into the rink at Faber, to when he kissed the ice at graduation, we've all been part of this fun, weird, magical world of Samwell hockey. But when I left the world of Samwell hockey, I left knowing Jack and Bitty's story was done. Bitty's journey as the first openly gay NCAA Division I hockey captain was done. We baked the last pie; we shut off the lights at the kegster; the story was complete.

…But as I looked around I realized, I had one more story to tell.

Which is why I'm thrilled to announce that a brand new volume of Check, Please! will be serialized in 2026. Dozens of new comics, exciting update drops, your favorite characters with brand new storylines, and characters you've yet to meet.

Hello, Internet Land—SMH is coming home.

This fifth year of Check, Please! will be filled with shenanigans, drama, hockey, pies, Haus parties, and a new message of acceptance that is near and dear to me. And it's been brewing over the last year and half! But with the latest boom in queer hockey stories, I figured, hey! ¯\(ツ)/¯ Here's another one to look forward to. :)

Marginalized athletes still face harmful bigotry, and for this reason, queer sports stories are more important than ever. I love Samwell hockey and how each of you has embraced this roster of athletes.

There's so much more to come.

Ngozi 🏒🥧❤️

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MORE NEWS? SURE:

I’ll be at Emerald City Comic Con 2026, and yes, I will be dropping exclusive details about Check, Please! Year Fived during my spotlight panel: Ngozi Ukazu - From Check, Please! to DC and Back! (Be there!)

Follow me on Patreon for behind-the-scenes on the making of Check, Please!: Year Five. I'm gonna livestream...a lot.

If only there were an original mm romance that you could read right now while you wait for more Year Five updates! Good news—John Rich & The Big Picture is very cute and laugh-out-loud funny and you can read it now, for free.

My latest graphic novel FLIP has made the best-of lists for the New York Public Library, the A.V. Club, Kirkus Books, School & Library Journal—and more. Get it here.