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FAVORITE AUTHORS AND WHY
[ A/N: These are based on my opinion, standards, and experiences only. The writers in this blog are those whose blogs I read religiously. I weirdly have a high standard on what fics I can read without cringing and these writers are the ones on the top of my list. This is also for those new readers that are still kinda confused about where to start and where they can find writers with extensive and quality master lists. This is a continuously growing list and I will add more when I encounter others.]
This list are blogs that mostly make fanfictions of the characters Chris Evans, Henry Cavill, and Sebastian Stan plays.
Please read the individual warnings, rules, and tags in each of these writers' blogs or fics. Minors dni.
@littlefreya - "The Eve"
When I was lost and new to the Henry Cavill fandom it was her stories that were the final nail to my coffin that will bury me 6 feet under the fandom. Her master list is everything and more -- smut, ddlg, dark, fluff, domestic -- whatever you want it's there.
@onsunnyside - "My Sofia Coppola"
Sofia Coppola is my favorite director when it comes to imagery and aesthetics -- that is why I consider Sunny as my Sofia because I SWEAR the first time I read Tarzan!Steve fic it was like a movie and none of her stories have ever disappointed me. I still can't believe I read her stories for free.
@evansbby - "New York Times"
I've said it once and I'll repeat it, I check her blog every day like it's the morning news. I am so obsessed with her stories it is unhealthy. She writes the most delicious and varied Chris Evans and characters fics which makes it exciting but also comforting at the same time because at the end of the day -- they're all daddy.
@kinanabinks - "Spicy Shakespeare"
I actually took a lot of inspiration from her in one of my series -- she is that good. She writes the most delicious smut with the perfect splash of angst, tragedy, drama, and smut that will satisfy that itch in your head when you're looking for a bit of drama in your p*rn.
@comfortcap - "Guilty Comfort"
My daddy issues FLARE TF UP when I'm reading any of her (ddlg) fics. Such a sweet writer with the sweetest, fluffiest, and sometimes smuttiest fics that makes me feel guilty and comforted at the same time ;3 I love reading her stuff after a long and overwhelming day.
@junipermuses - "Lizzy Grant"
Lizzy Grant -- aka Lana del Ray -- is how I imagine her fics would be if it was a person. Sexy, effortlessly cool, and so put together. The subtle but easy-to-digest plots builds up the smut so much that it's so satisfying to watch it all unravel in the end.
@buckycuddlebuddy - "hey god ... me again"
Her fics immerse me so much that she has me giggling and kicking my feet as I read them. She is one of the few "x reader" fic writers that makes me want to cry and scream and beg whichever god is listening to move me in the alternate reality where I am the "reader" / main character in her story.
@sillyrabbit81 - "Mother Nature Called"
I swear every time I'm on my period you will find me vicariously scrolling through her master list because the way she writes the daddies (ESPECIALLY SY) are so comforting, dominant, and caring that it just turns my heart, womb, and coochie into mush.
@angrythingstarlight - "Pandora's Box"
Once you open her master list you will read nothing but her works for days (trust me I've been there) . She has an extensive collection of works that are a top quality. Her works can range from sweet to downright nasty to the fluffiest domestic scenarios that will have you grinning at your screen at 3 am.
@hansensgirl - "The Witch"
I forget feminism when I'm reading her works. I cannot believe I'm giggling over a man bossing me over and controlling my entire life?! And she somehow makes it work and that's how I've come to the theory that she pulls some witchcraft shit when she writes her stories but hey ... I'm not complaining.
@pellucid-constellations - "All Too Well (10 minute version)"
She writes the BEST angst and that's coming from me whose comfort film is "Love, Rosie". If you're looking for a well-developed plot, characters, and story arcs that end with a lot of groveling, comfort, and a happy ending -- look no further.
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I would love to give a recommendation for the authors Kirakiwi. I think all their stories deserve more attention, especially the current WIP "The Obsidian Castle" with dark wizard Kurt and optimistic puppeteer Blaine. I think the idea is very original and it is very well written. Also, on tumblr they post images for the chapters every week which enhances the reading experience.
Thank you, yes, I always enjoy their stories. ~Jen
The Obsidian Castle by @kirakiwiwrites (WIP)
Lady Rachel Berry has been taken by a mysterious evil wizard. Blaine Anderson, a humble puppeteer, vows to get her back, even if that means he will have to face the fearsome wizard Kurt Hummel locked away in his foreboding castle. He is violent and cruel, but is there is more to the story than the legends and the myths? Blaine intends to find out.
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Camp Klaine by @kirakiwiwrites
Kurt and Blaine are eagerly anticipating their last summer of theater camp together. Having been best friends since meeting at Sanford Theater Camp three years ago, they intend to make the most of this one. But this year, things feel different between them. Blaine’s starting to realize he might have a crush on his bestie while Kurt introduces everyone to his new boyfriend…
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Make Food and War by @kirakiwiwrites
What if Blaine and Kurt met another way? Original prompt: AU Meetings with the theme of: Food. We all know how our boys met on the show. For this creative challenge, let's play with how the boys might have met in alternate universes. And this time, use the topic of food to be the through line of your creations.
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Vicious by @kirakiwiwrites
When Blaine's life takes a dramatic U-turn, he decides to focus his attention on work at a record label. He gets his dream project with the band The Lima Losers, a punk rock band fronted by Kurt Hummel who has an in-your-face attitude and the talent to back it up. However, when he's not dazzling crowds, he's flirting shamelessly with his producer and causing all sorts of trouble.
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Plus 13 others on AO3!
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Stephen Robinett's Projections
My last post was about a fake short story collection, but this post is about a real one.
I picked up this book from a massive online retailer (I prefer to support large corporations, morally speaking). It's a collection of 9 science fiction short stories from Stephen Robinett (who wrote under several pseudonyms, most notably Tak Hallus). I was interested in grabbing a copy because it contains "The Linguist", which features the idea of an illicit 'engram transplant' operation whereby knowledge is physically extracted from someone and implanted in someone else. In this case, we have knowledge of Spanish (or at least Spanish reading comprehension since the test for Spanish competency is reading Don Quixote...in Spanish), being extracted from a reluctant linguist and presumably sold to some college student.
Another favorite is "The Tax Man", which imagines a world in which the IRS is lavishly funded and income is taxed at 98%, but the wealthy still get all the benefits.
It's a fun collection of short stories. Robinett explores big ideas in small, grounded settings and does so in a comedic/satirical manner. You can find copies of many, if not all, of Robinett's (or Tak Hallus') short stories online in various place in case you are interested. I've reprinted a section from the first page of the introduction to this collection which I think highlights his tone well:
First the title of this book, Projections. The title comes from the book's longest story. That alone usually justifies putting it on the cover. In this case, the story's title also seemed to me the most appropriate for the collection. In one sense or another of the word, all stories are projections. They project events, characters and ideas onto the reader's imagination. They project aspects of the writer's personality, his characteristic stamp of mind, his view of the world and, if he has one, his moral sensibility. Projections are also things that stick out from other things and trip people but since you've already stumbled over this book somewhere or other, we'll skip that meaning.
(That's my cat in the picture. And my couch.)
#stephen robinett#book recommendation#booklr#books and reading#science fiction#sci fi#author recommendation#short story collection
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“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
-Stephen King
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Author Recommendation
Hello,
My name is Myriah. If you’d like, please follow me on @myriahsb. I’m the writer of the play “Kamose” which has had quotes shared to this blog. I also write mostly about mythology and mythical creatures in the Fantasy genre. I’m working on getting an agent for my most recent book which is about a female vampire and female witch who fall in love with each other and hunt down evil ministers during the witch trials. The witch is from the Ancient Celts, the vampire from Ancient Greece. If you’re interested in my career or following my work, please follow me on here and also on my Instagram, same handle.
Thank you for your time and for the love you’ve all shown for my sassy versions of Anubis and Thoth.
-Myriah Barringer
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imagination (1963) - harold ordway rugg
"chekhovs cat / schrödingers razor / occams gun"
#chekhov#schrodinger#occam#the three genders#hope everyone has a good halloweekend#and a good hallowtuesday#watched the 1979 nosferatu#it was silly#feel free to recommend more german films#anyway#blackout poetry#blackout poem#author#book#poetry
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"A story doesn't need a theme in order to be good" I'm only saying this once but a theme isn't some secret coded message an author weaves into a piece so that your English teacher can talk about Death or Family. A theme is a summary of an idea in the work. If the story is "Susan went grocery shopping and saw a weird bird" then it might have themes like 'birds don't belong in grocery stores' or 'nature is interesting and worth paying attention to' or 'small things can be worth hearing about.' Those could be the themes of the work. It doesn't matter if the author intended them or not, because reading is collaborative and the text gets its meaning from the reader (this is what "death of the author" means).
Every work has themes in it, and not just the ones your teachers made you read in high school. Stories that are bad or clearly not intended to have deep messages still have themes. It is inherent in being a story. All stories have themes, even if those themes are shallow, because stories are sentences connected together for the purpose of expressing ideas, and ideas are all that themes are.
#original post#text post#500#1k#2k#btw i know my definition of death of the author is loosey goosey here#it wasn't the main point so i went informal with it! as ppl in the tags have pointed out it isn't exact#and i do recommend reading the wikipedia article or similar (possibly even the essay itself if you're narsty) if you want to learn more!#wasn't expecting this to take off so my apologies to my barthes-heads out there#love you mwah#5k#10k#15k#20k
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"internet historian's alt-right anyways" "great day to have never liked james somerton" "never even heard of illuminaughtii before this lol"
that's great buddy but don't go around thinking you're immune to this. if you're not looking for plagiarism, you likely won't notice it unless its egregiously obvious. hell, you've probably consumed plagiarized content without even realizing it. even hbomb pointed out that these people disguised what they presented pretty well as long as you didn't try and dig deeper. don't come away just thinking of this as a callout piece, take this as an important lesson about vetting your sources. if googling scripts in quotes was enough to expose the original, we should all start doing that shit!!
edit: it got a little too doomer-y a little too fast so one quick addition
this is hbomb's curated playlist of queer creators, many of whom were victims of plagiarism
this is producer kat on reddit calling for any more plagiarism discoveries and for queer content creators to be uplifted
please take some time to uplift these creators and recommend any you know! if you can help uncover more of the original creators whose work was lifted that would be great too :)
UPDATE- From Hbomb's twitter: "We're in the process of cataloguing everyone James Somerton plagiarised and finding their contact information. Which is quite a task, so to help us out: If you see this and happen to be one of the people Somerton stole from, please email us at [email protected]"
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#hbomberguy#james somerton#illuminaughtii#internet historian#vice#ign etc have had issues with plaigarism before#this isnt just some youtuber scandal remember#even books can fall victim to this#kaz rowe's history vids exemplify this pretty well#i'd recommend the triboulet ass slapping myth one if you want a good breakdown#and somerton absolutely had problems with the way he discussed foreign media and anyone that wasnt a cis gay man#but considering most of his ideas werent his own that doesnt dismiss the original authors' work keep in mind
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My best friend wrote a book, and I was one of the beta readers/proofreaders for it. It's amazing and it's on sale right now. I highly recommend it. It's the first in a trilogy. I've beta read the second book, which it even better and coming out later this year. Here's the description of the first one:
Nick’s mundane life as a barista is upended by a job offer from Lucifer himself. Balancing good and evil, he’ll need more than coffee to survive. A blend of dark humor, supernatural elements, and a protagonist’s journey of self-discovery.
“The author sets a world where characters leap off the page, vibrant and alive.” – Verified Amazon Reviewer
Go check it out!
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Top 11 escritoras no mainstream que debes conocer
¡#Brujillizos, llegó el especial de más de 50,000 leídas en el portal! Neta muchas gracias por los comentarios, compartidas y cariño. Este top 11 es para ustedes. ¡Agradecimientos a todos los que me leen!
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Author Spotlight — Tonya Kappes
Happy Friday book lovers and friends! I hope y’all have had a good week and if you live in the part of the country where it has been 100+ degrees I hope you were safe and cool.
It has been a while since I did an author spotlight and I promise to be more consistent with my Friday Author Spotlight post. I want to turn the spotlight on the amazing author Tonya Kappes is the author of the Campers &…
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If anyone around here is into horror novels and novellas, look up Hailey Piper. She's amazing.
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HIJAB BUTCH BLUES by LAMYA H.
Alright, changing it up a bit with my book stuff but this one hit home with me. The author draws very interesting parallels between stories in the Quran and her experiences as a gay muslim woman that are very interesting. And if you think you can’t be muslim and gay, or wear a hijab and be gay, or even tackle muslim culture and queerness in one, then you’re bound to be pleasantly proved wrong with this one.
#and you know what? the way the author handles the concept of coming out and anonymity is so fucking relatable#the author remains anonymous per her own choice and thats fucking something#lgbtq books#lgbt books#book recommendations#lgbt book recs#queer book recommendations#queer books#gay muslim#lesbian muslim#queer muslim#muslim representation#muslim books#lgbt muslim#lgbtq muslim#lgbt+ books#hijab butch blues#lamya h#hijab butch blues lamya
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EMERGENCY FANFIC PROTOCOLS: ACTIVATED
Hey while AO3 is down
Here is a GDrive link to all my downloaded fics (it's OVER 9,000 2,000)
Mostly Avatar, also The Magnus Archives, Danny Phantom, Teen Wolf, and a few others
Mostly unsorted, some not even intentionally downloaded because the auto-downloader I use is Like That, so consider this a glorified "give me a random fic" button
MAKE SURE TO KUDOS THE AUTHORS WHEN AO3 IS BACK UP
>>> Linkie link <<<
Edit: Note that when AO3 comes back up that link will go dead again... until it's needed, once more
EMERGENCY FANFIC PROTOCOLS: DEACTIVATED
...Until next they are needed
If you were going through these for fic recs, check out my AO3 Bookmarks for the more curated list.
To make your own fanfic backups, I recommend AO3 Downloader or FanFicFare. (I'm not tech support for either; please don't message me for help.)
Happy reading!
#ao3#emergency fanfic protocols activated#avatar the last airbender#atla#Zuko#buffy the vampire slayer#Danny Phantom#full metal alchemist#harry potter#the magnus archives#tma#my hero academia#mha#boku no hero acedamia#Naruto#Pokemon#rwby#teen wolf#Why do I have TWO Magnus Archives folders#yes I am creating these tags alphabetically as I scroll#the untamed#no but seriously kudos/comment on the authors fics when AO3 is back#download fics have a link at the beginning and end that leads you back to the story#if you've never downloaded before#also recommend the ereaders Evie and @Voice Reader#if you've never had the joy of listening while doing whatever#goodbye eyestrain#star wars#obi wan#so much obi wan
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hi sorry in advance if this is weird but i couldn't for the life of me figure out who machete was reminding me of and just now i figured it out - surku the dog from the moomins. can't remember enough to tell how accurate that is personality wise but something about the image of a distressed pointy-nosed dog shivering in a coat... plus ne on molemmat ahdistuneita queer ikoneita
I love Surku! Surku must be protected at all costs.
If you ask me, he's even more distressed in the comics.
I keep him on my fridge door as well.
But now that we're on the topic of Moomin characters, I must add that I see Machete in various Fillyjonks a lot. The short story Fillyjonk who believed in disasters is one of my favorite pieces of literature ever, when I first read it it shook me to my core, I still revisit it on yearly basis. For someone who seemed so wild and free spirited by nature, Tove Jansson did remarkable job at catching and depicting the essence of anxiety, uncertainty, vague sadness and irrational fears. At least in my opinion.
#loving the last moment Finnish jumpscare by the way#answered#anonymous#in the comics Surku only likes cats and is ashamed of it#I don't mean to theorize but surely there's no deeper meaning to that or anything#coming from a queer author#all iterations of moomin are wonderful I'm recommending them to literally everyone#but read fillyjonk who believed in disasters if you can#it has moments that are very Machete-esque#everyone loves Little My and Moomin and Snufkin and I get that but man Fillyjonks just hit different#also Sniff my beloved you deserved better
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Be thankful for who you are today, and do better than those who came before you.
I live on Iroquois land, specifically the Mohawk region. The Iroquois, or Five Nations, was brought together by Deganawidah the Great Peacemaker, and it was composed of the nations Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca.
Later on the Tuscaroras joined, and they became Haudenosaunee, or 'six separate nations.'
Happy Thanksgiving, keep your minds open, never stop learning, and don't let history become forgotten. The majority of us are already do a damn poor job of not repeating it.
#noahs book recs#queer books#fantasy books#indigenous books#indigenous authors#thanksgiving#book recommendations#book recs
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