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I am going on a trip soonish. Book recs for the airplane, especially if I can get them as ebooks (epub or Kindle)? Fiction or nonfiction, I'm omnivorous.
hmm, I mean, fiction-wise I have the distinct impression you've already read most of what I'd normally recommend. Or written it, in one case (but you've read Gideon the Ninth and A Memory Called Empire, right?).
But lets see-
Nonfiction (overwhelmingly history, I'm afraid, take with variably sized grains of sale):
The Making of the Atomic Bomb, by Richard Rhodes - What is sounds like, basically. The history of the development of nuclear power (and, like, physical science for the first third of the 20th century) that everyone recommends and won all the awards and gets called Magisterial. Shockingly readable, for the amount of chemistry the early chapters tried to teach me. Last third or so of it is, unsurprisingly, very heavy reading. So, you know, fair warning.
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, by Siddhartha Mukherjee - Again, more or less what it sounds like. A history of the study and treatment of cancer from the late nineteenth century through the then-current early twenty-first. Surprisingly kind of hopeful, for all the horrors.
Strangers Drowning: Impossible Idealism, Drastic Choices, and the Urge to Help, by Larissa MacFarquhar - A book length study of, well, people who take ethical obligations seriously? Chapters alternate between case studies of, like, a woman who left her life behind to be a nurse in Sandinista Nicaragua after she heard about the need for some and more zoomed out intellectual and cultural histories of extreme altruism and moral obligation as ideas.
The War That Ended Peace: The Road to 1914, by Margaret Macmillan - Another self-explanatory title! Nonfiction's great like that. A shockingly readable and funny history of Belle Epqoue Europe and the leadup to World War One. If the topic's even slightly interesting to you, really couldn't recommend this one enough.
The Verge: Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years that Shook the World, by Patrick Wyman - It's what the title says it is, but more broadly it's basically a thesis on the causes of the Great Divergence ('Why Europe?', basically), with each chapter zeroing in on a different factor and explaining it at ground level by examining the life of one historical figure or another whose a good entry point into it. (Well, 'ground level', one of them is about Charles V, but you get what I mean?). Also pretty heavy reading in terms of subject matter, what with all the enclosures and slave trades and military revolutions and etc.
Fiction
Annihilation/The Southern Reach Trilogy, by Jeff Vandermeer - Non-Lovecraftian, well-done, properly eldritch cosmic horror. I will forever remain bitter that the movie basically nailed the aesthetics while getting all the themes and characters exactly wrong. First book is absolutely the best, but I love the Biologist as a protagonist enough that I can't not recommend getting through Acceptance for the conclusion to her arc.
The Ballad of Black Tom, by Richard Lavalle - Probably my favorite of the whole subgenre of Lovecraft deconstructions/subversions/remixes. Certainly the one that works the best as horror and not just urban fantasy with Shoggoths and racism ; probably simultaneously the most faithful and the most directly spitting in old Howard's eye. "The Horror At Red Hook, but through the eyes of a cultist', basically. Ish.
Song of Achilles, by Madeline Miller - Absolutely beautifully written retelling of, well, the life and death of Achilles, told from the perspective of Patroclus. Not really much to say beyond that, really?
This Is How You Lose The Time War, by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone - Is "Time Travelling Spycraft Transhumanist Enemies To Lovers Lesbian Romance" a thing? I mean, it should be. Probably the best book I read in 2020.
The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi - Okay proper high transhumanism. Um, so, it's Arsène Lupin, except in a gonzo sci world where he's been trapped in a prison where thousands of copies of himself are trapped in an endlessly iterating prisoners dilemma before his old flame (one of the posthuman gods of the inner system whose long term goal is rewriting the laws of physics to abolish entropy) sends a cybernetic mercenary from the Oort Cloud to break him out so he can steal back his memories for her (hidden somewhere on the clockwork city of Mars). It just gets weirder from there. Also Mieli is great.
The Ten Thousand Doors of January, by Alix E. Harrow - Turn of the (20th) century Portal Fantasy series about the young ward of a robber baron who keeps her father constantly travelling around the world digging about rarities and antiques for him to lock away in his private museum, who in her adolescence begins stumbling across doors to other worlds. Absolutely charming and with some passages I had to spend a minute or two just rereading again and again.
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik - Very very very loosely based off Rumpelstiltskin, insofar as there's a poor girl and a faerie and a lot of gold changing hands. Russian-ish fantasy setting about a moneylender's daughter and a noble heiress and a peasant girl, and the dread king of Winter and a mortal prince whose made a binding pact with a demon of flame.
Downbelow Station, by C. J. Cherryh - Classic space opera about a prosperous trading station orbiting one of the only lifebearing worlds yet discovered, suddenly on the front lines as Earth's hold on its colonies finally collapses. Really hard to explain in any detail without going into way too much detail, except that it's the most, well, history-like bit of genre fiction I can really recall reading, and a big part of that is having like three dozen POVs and no real protagonist and zero sentimentality towards anyone. (to me this is a compliment)
....okay yeah that kind of got away from me. Zero idea how many of them are available on screen readers, I'm afraid (though I'd assume most?). Hope at least a couple look interesting!
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What's the last TV show/anime/movie that hit you in the feels?
In which I overthink writing a summary and take too long. Ahem.
I recently finished watching all of Violet Evergarden (anime show, OVA, a film-length special and a film). Aesthetically, it’s gorgeous - lovely character design, backgrounds, expressions, etc. The things they do with animating fluids in this are amazing, whether it’s a shot of tea rippling in a teacup or the view of someone walking on the other side of a fountain.
The stories evoked far more emotion than I expected too.
Violet was a child soldier - mysteriously VERY GOOD at fighting and treated as a weapon by many - in a war that has ended by the opening of the show. She is recovering from losing both her arms and adapting to usage of prosthetics. She is taken in by a friend of her prior guardian and commanding officer and he happens to run a new postal company that also supplies ‘Auto Memory Doll’ services. Dolls are women (or at least, I don’t recall any who are not women being shown or spoken of) who are both scribes - typing letters for people that can’t read/write - and ghostwriters trying to capture the emotions of their clients in their missives.
Violet, who struggles with comprehending and displaying emotion, decides she wants to become a Doll as a path to learning more about it. The show follows her journey in this, but is also about the emotional situations of the people she works with.
There were a few episodes that actually made me tear up, which is not a typical thing for me. I admit some of it may have been due to some personal feelings going on in the background, but still.
(Warning for those bothered by gore: there are quite a few war flashbacks spread throughout the series and many of them involve a lot of blood and injury.)
For something completely different and evoking hilarity: Thermae Romae. Historical comedy about a bath engineer in Ancient Rome who keeps getting transported through time to modern day Japan somehow and then returning home to implement things he’s seen about its bath culture. Extra funny if you know a bit about Ancient Rome, but amusing regardless. (Note this is about the series available on Crunchyroll. There’s a newer one on Netflix apparently, but I haven’t seen it yet.)
Thank you for the ask!
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🤠🐓Omegaverse Fic Recs🐓🤠
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Alpha!Bradley / Omega!Jake
Ao3 Authors: Booklover03, Caliburn, Chillibeam, Cristinuke, Eclair_Fair98, Elizabethgee, Fuddlewuddle, Hockeyandfootballismyish, HoneyWhatever, Janie94, Kezzanza, Ladylanera, Lizbeth_e, Lovelybattle, McDanno50, Oopsiedaisiesbaby, Perishablealex, PleaseHellMe, PVB, ReformedTsundere, Renai_chan, SamHeartfilia, SerenaLight17, SissySpargo, Trizte, WaffleToaster.
Alpha!Jake / Omega!Bradley
Ao3 Authors: Bbr1, Caitlin44, Chase_acow, Deuceofgears, Earthangel_44, FlowersOnMyMind, ForMaverick, Goosed, Happytree, LadyLanera, Multishippingtrashfire, Nightfuryy, Thursday26, Vannral.
Alpha!Bradley / Alpha!Jake
Ao3 Authors: Anonymous, Chase_acow, Hngstercity, Janie94, Milestaller.
Omega!Bradley / Beta!Jake
Ao3 Author: Ginnydear.
Alpha!Bradley / Omega!Jake
In the Blink of an Eye by Janie94 {M}
It's been a few weeks since the dagger mission and the squad is hanging out at their favorite bar. Bradley is still trying to figure out how his feelings for Jake have changed in the past weeks when Jake gets harrassed by another Alpha and Bradley promptly loses his shit.
Life Still Goes On by Renai_chan
Got to Make It on My Own {E}
Jake and Bradley spend one night together under the heavy, heavy influence of alcohol. It does not go well. But it goes worse for Jake than it does for Bradley because he wakes up with a bonding bite and his new alpha nowhere to be found.
When they're recalled for a special training detachment eight years later, Jake finds out that Bradley doesn't remember giving him the bite at all and Bradley finds out about it for the first time.
It still does not go well.
This Time I Know It's for Real {E}
This takes place two years later when Jake and Bradley's bond has settled down and Jake's heats have turned regular again. Or so they think.
On Bradley's first deployment away from Jake, Jake suddenly finds himself in the throes of an unexpected heat, and with Bradley halfway across the world, he has to again deal with it without his alpha. Except this time, he's already gotten used to having Bradley to help him through them, and not even Javy can suffice as a substitute anymore.
I Can't Get Over the Way You Love Me Like You Do {T}
Bradley reflects on being a dad and a husband.
Rulebreaker by Fuddlewuddle {E}
Jake doesn't sleep with Alphas as a rule.
Bradley Bradshaw made him want to break that rule.
An unscheduled, but well-timed heat, might help the Omega get that through the Alpha's thick skull of his.
The Highs and Lows of Having a Naval Aviator as Your Omega by hockeyandfootballismyish {T}
Bradley wasn’t quite sure when he started to refer to Hangman- no Jake as his omega. It may have been sometime after the Mission when his omega saved his life and simultaneously gaining his second kill to cement his title as one of the best currently or maybe it was when they hooked up for the first time and Bradley couldn’t help but stare in absolute awe at the man riding his knot and taking his pleasure as he pleased.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Eclair_Fair98 {E}
”There is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled. / There is a void in your soul, ready to be filled. / You feel it, don't you?” — Rumi.
Summer, ‘73: A month before she dies, Mabel Mitchell signs away her son’s future in Tom Kazansky's name.
Fall, ‘78: An eighteen-year-old Pete Kazansky, is married, bonded, and expecting his first baby. Until one day, he isn’t.
Summer, ‘83: Two people find their way back to each other, and on the path of healing and forgiveness, also find themselves.
Or,
A story spanning decades—about love, loss, and carving out an identity for yourself, in a world that doesn’t want you to have one.
Relax by lovelybattle {E}
Bradley was nervous, it was clear as day to anyone, but especially Jake. The way he fiddled with his hands, curling in on himself slightly, hunching his shoulders inwards. “I was- I saw something. The other day, online.” he said, voice quiet, words choppy, “apparently… sometimes, omegas fuck alphas.”
Let the Riptide Pull You Close by McDanno50 {E}
Hangman’s green eyes were the slightest bit unfocused and his usually styled blonde hair was mussed. He was also barefoot and wore threadbare sweatpants, the material loose enough to hang from his hips. He didn’t have a shirt on and all those golden muscles on display made it hard for Bradley to think.
They've survived the impossible and now it's time to party. Except Hangman isn't answering anyone's texts and Rooster is most definitely not concerned. Phoenix orders him to check on the other alpha at his home, but Hangman has been keeping secrets...
You’re a Bad Habit… by HoneyWhatever {E}
You're a Bad Habit I Can't Shake Off (but I still want more)
They don't date, they are not even friends, what they have is similar to a bad habit you want to quit. And now they have to figure out how to be parents together.
In Need of Some Life-Affirming Touches
They don't date, they are not even friends, what they have is similar to a bad habit you want to quit. Now, in the face of uncertainty, boy do they love getting high on each other.
i’m so in love with loving you, that's all I do by hockeyandfootballismyish {M}
Jake Seresin has never had an easy life.
From being his father’s punching bag after his mother died to bouncing around in the foster care system until eventually his foster father took it upon himself to mate him because after all, who would want a troublesome omega? Much less one who was pregnant.
Or that’s what Jake thought until he met Bradley Bradshaw.
I Am Yours by Booklover03 {_}
Being an Omega with a mating bite and a half-finished mating bond without his Alpha in sight is hard. Hiding the fact that he’s a mated Omega is even harder. What happens when years later he meets his Alpha again? Especially when the other man doesn’t seem to acknowledge the bite mark he left on the Omega years prior.
You Got Me Walking' Side To Side by PleaseHellMe {E}
"You're burning up. Are you feeling sick?" he asked and noticed how sweat had started to bead against Bradley's hairline, making the bronze curls stick against his skin.
When Bradley didn't answer, Jake cradled his cheek and tapped it lightly to gain the Alpha's attention. Bradley blinked his eyes open. It happened so slowly like they felt impossibly heavy to open. The barely opened eyes revealed blown-out pupils that had swallowed the beautiful hazel irises, which were one of Jake's favorite things about him.
"Are you going into a rut Darlin’? Is that what's going on?"
Make someone happy by WaffleToaster {T}
Bradley Bradshaw feels like he has misjudged Jake Seresin when he finally gets to know him better after the mission and quickly comes to realise Jake is actually quite different from the Hangman persona he knew up until now.
Much to his and everyone's surprise they actually get along with each other, they still bicker but that's to be expected when you're both of the same dominant type.
But it's when Bradley starts feeling something more that he starts doubting the situation.
The thing they called 'the tug' only happened between you and your soulmate.
But that couldn't be correct, because two alphas couldn't feel 'the tug' for each other, right?
Heat Waves by elizabethgee {E}
"It's bad enough the temperatures are in the triple digits. Did he really have to go into heat on the hottest day of the fucking year too?"
-- In which Jake goes into heat at the most inopportune time, and Bradley really tries to be a gentleman about it.
Let Me Face Hurricanes by Cristinuke {E}
Hangman and Rooster are caught and held captive by the enemy. This is always less than ideal, but then they learn their captors decide to take a different approach in interrogation, and they suddenly realize that escape is about to get a lot harder.
Misconceptions by SamHeartfilia {M}
Jake "Hangman" Seresin received an incomplete mating claim from one Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw a week after graduating from the Naval Academy. No one but his best friend know, and now that the uranium mission is over, things are looking up. His claim is completed and he's feeling like himself for the first time in years.
Of course, everything starts change when his secrets come out. Secrets he was only just coming to terms with himself.
A Fever You Can't Sweat Out by perishablealex {E}
The itchiness had been working its way under his skin for the better part of the last hour, as he’d been sitting in a classroom for debrief on today’s training. This isn’t supposed to happen.
Or: Jake goes into heat unexpectedly, and it's Rooster who shows up at his door and offers to help him through it.
All Over You by chillibeam, Renai_chan {E}
Due to outdated military rules, Jake needs an Alpha (evidenced by their scent on him) to keep flying. When the previous Alpha he had an arrangement with ships out, he asks the next best thing: Bradley. They're rivals, sure, but after the Mission, Bradley's proven himself to be a worthy candidate.
It was supposed to be purely transactional--a favor for a favor--but when Jake realizes he might be leading Bradley on, he breaks it off and moves on to someone else.
Except that Bradley doesn't want to.
Years of Salt and Sunshine by PVB {E}
His whole life, all Bradley Bradshaw has ever wanted is to join the Navy. But his mother kept him shielded from the darker side of the Navy - especially its conservative views of omegas.
Bradley finds this out first hand at twenty-two years old, when he goes to a party at his new CO's office and meets his omega - Jake Seresin, Bradley's summer camp crush. Only it's Jake Prentiss now, with three small kids and another on the way, held captive not by laws but by the oppressive weight of his family, his duties, and the Navy's idea of a good omega.
I get under your skin (deep within, there's my territory) by kezzanza {E}
Jake is broken: when Bradley gets furious, Jake gets hard.
Takin' Care by ReformedTsundere {M}
A little domestic moment between Jake and Bradley amid the waves of Jake's heat.
collide. by SissySpargo {E}
rack this
jake and bradley play some pool, and the cue balls aren't the only things that get sunk as the night wears on.
heat
bradley goes into his rut. jake helps out.
Norman Fucking Rockwell by oopsiedaisiesbaby
And, Baby, Only Then {E}
“No,” Bradley shook his head, still grinning down at Jake in his arms, held up by Tom’s. “My baby.”
“Okay, Baby Goose,” Tom agreed with a chuckle, an amused grin taking over his face.
From that moment on, Bradley and Jake were inseparable.
There's Nothing to be Sorry About {T}
“I thought you wanted me to grovel?” Bradley teased.
“Yes but no,” Jake whined, seconds away from hitting Bradley with a pillow. “I’m apologizing to you right now.”
“Fine,” Bradley sighed, propping his cheek up on his hand so he could continue to smile down at Jake. “You go first.”
Jake couldn’t believe fate had chosen this asshole for him.
The Contract by LadyLanera {M}
True Mates--might as well as be True Hell on Earth in Hangman's mind. His didn't want him. That was obvious. The funny thing about True Mates and the bonds that come with it, though, is that they always have a way of coming back to one another eventually.
Could his father signing a contract be the way to Hangman's happily ever after--or will it be yet another Hell?
I WIll Follow You Into the Dark by lizbeth_e {E}
In a world where your secondary gender decides the fate of your status in society, Jake is stuck at the bottom of the barrel. Not only is he an Omega, but a male Omega, which is the most rare combination of genders, as well as the one with the least amount of power and status in the world. And now that Jake has turned 25, the age an unmarried and unbonded Omega must now legally find an Alpha to wed or have one chosen for them, Jake is forced to enter into an arranged marriage. Said Alpha ends up being one Bradley Bradshaw, head of the powerful Bradshaw House, connected to a long line of families in power, like the Kazansky House, which makes Jake feel literally and figuratively screwed. Because not only is Bradley sitting at the top of the food chain as an Alpha, and a male one at that, but he is also just about the most attractive living thing that Jake has ever seen, and he's not quite sure just how long he can ignore that. And in a society where Jake basically has no rights, he doesn't even know if he is truly allowed to ignore it, anyway. ...And maybe he doesn't really want to.
Struggle and Fight (Dark Forces in the Clear Moonlight) by caliburn {E}
Since 'The Mission', the Daggers have bonded as a pack - except Hangman who loiters and pines around the edges but won't allow himself the comfort he clearly craves. Bradley has fallen for the prickly, talented, Omega Aviator that saved him, but he can't get him to talk. He would woo him - if he could have him permission. Carole, Maverick and Iceman raised him right - he needs enthusiastic consent for anything other than a game of nine ball. Phoenix is tired of Bradley whining and decides to talk to Jake... but will she just make everything worse?
The mishap in medicine by WaffleToaster {E}
A mistake with his medication causes Jake’s body to show some interesting side effects. Or rather it’s mostly Bradley who finds it interesting while Jake has to suffer for it. Otherwise known as: the weird kinky get-together story of two idiots involving Jake’s pecs and Bradley’s growing obsession with them.
What You Need by trizte {E}
An unexpected heat exposes Jake’s true identity to Bradley.
Baby Bird Learns to Fly by SerenaLight17 {M}
"Baby Bird Learns to Fly" takes off in the aftermath of Jake's turbulent break-up, where an unexpected twist of fate grounds him, leaving him to grapple with life's uncertainties. In an unforeseen turn, two Navy legends become Jake's steadfast anchors, offering him stability and a surrogate family.
Fast forward a couple of years, and Jake is summoned back to Top Gun for a covert mission that thrusts him into a world of high-stakes aerial maneuvers, fierce aviator rivalries, and unresolved emotions. Hangman, driven by an unwavering resolve to become the best aviator, finds himself rattled when face-to-face with the man who shattered his heart.
Amidst the adrenaline-fueled skies and prideful aviators vying for supremacy, Jake is torn between protecting a long-held secret and the prospect of reopening old wounds.
Alpha!Jake / Omega!Bradley
Top Gun A/B/O by multishippingtrashfire
Heatstroke {E}
Rooster goes into heat and learns rivalry sometimes works as an amazing basis for a relationship.
Questions that Need Answers {T}
Hangman has to ask Maverick and Ice an important question. And then he has to ask Rooster an even more important question.
Jake to the Rescue by nightfuryy {_}
Bradley finds himself going into heat around a pushy alpha. He calls Jake for help. Fluff happens.
Aphrodite’s Revenge by LadyLanera {M}
Dagger Squad attends a dinner party as guests of honor… and all goes well (mostly) until a certain Captain mixed up his drinks. Thanks, Mavdad!
not a one time thing after all by ForMaverick {E}
A One Time Thing
“I’m fine. Stay the fuck where you are.” Bradley inches closer to the shower wall, the coolness of the wet tiles soothing against his burning skin. “Or better yet, leave.”
“You don’t look so good—”
“Fuck off.” Bradley closes his eyes again as another wave of pain and nausea sweeps through his body. “I’ll be fine, just leave me the fuck—”
“Bradley.”
That makes Bradley stop in mid-sentence. Jake using his first name is a rarity. ‘Rooster’ is familiar territory. A teasing ‘Bradshaw’ is not too uncommon either. Hell, sometimes that menace of a man will even drawl out the full ‘Lt. Bradley Bradshaw’ when he’s going for maximum asshattery. But just ‘Bradley’? That’s—that’s new.
Bradley exhales shakily. “I’m asking this from the bottom of my heart and as politely as I possibly can right now: please fuck off.”
“Are you—” Jake pauses. There’s a sharp inhale. “Dude, are you going into heat?”
maybe this, maybe that
Another moment of awkward silence follows. Jake shuffles a bit more, pursing his lips and looking thoughtful. “Hey, how about you come with me to my family’s vacation home for a few days?” he then says, the suggestion rushing out in a sudden burst of words. “There’s plenty of room, and we could hang out or—” He cuts himself off, giving a one-shouldered nonchalant shrug. “You know.”
“Uh-huh, sure.” Bradley makes sure his voice could not possibly drip any more sarcasm. “So we’re going to, what, sit by the fireplace holding hands and sing kumbaya?”
Jake rolls his eyes at the remark, then mutters, “You don’t have to be a dick about it.”
Bradley stares at him, blinking in disbelief. “Wait, you were being serious?”
Jake shrugs again. “I mean, you got someplace better to be?”
meet me in the woods tonight by Caitlin44 {E}
What followed was probably the most emotionally draining hour of Bradley's life since his mother's death. But in the end, the air was cleared between them, and he'd ended up curled into Mav's side, all parts of him once again connected to his surrogate father and his Pack, the connection between them all restored and open wide.
He had laid there in almost wonder, exploring the connections he hadn't felt in over ten years, feeling the different links that led to the people he loved, that now formed a pack more extensive than the one he'd left.
Can't take my eyes off of you by FlowersOnMyMind {T}
An Alpha at the Hard Deck won't leave Rooster alone. Hangman steps in. Oh, and did I mention that Hangman is close to his rut?
Call it what you want by Happytree {_}
When ‘don't think just do’ is harder than it sounds.
A story of fixing broken bonds, forgiveness, learning to love and flying as fast as you can.
Mostly though, a story of Bradley and Jake.
The Octagon by Earthangel_44 {E}
Monday
“Unless you can’t mount me,” Bradley baits in a low voice, “unless you can’t fuck me like you think you can.” Bradley cups Jake through his sweats and squeezes. “Unless I need to find another alpha to fuck me and finish what you started.”
AKA: Omega MMA fighter Bradley with Alpha Boxer Jake.
Tuesday
Bradley watches Jake fight for the first time since they’re together.
’til the storm breaks loose by vannral {E}
'”Do you want to stay?” Rooster asks, willing to meet him half-way since Jake can’t get a goddamn word out.
Jake lifts his chin, his jaw clenched so hard he might crack his teeth into ground up glass.'
In which Bradley’s going into heat, Jake checks up on him and they’re faced with just how much they mean to each other. (+snapshots of their life together afterwards.)
I will love you, dear, forever by FlowersOnMyMind {E}
"Do you have someone to take care of you?" Jake asks.
"Are you offering, Seresin?"
"Are you asking, Bradshaw?"
Or Jake and Bradley help each other through their ruts and heats.
Jake pines.
Untrammelled by deuceofgears {E}
In which Rooster only wants to cook on his leave and maybe go on vacation, but there's the small matter of Jake, his impending rut, and Rooster's ability to resist the said rut.
Or,
Rooster finds out that Jake might be an excellent test case for his maybe-probably-barely there kink.
Shake it off by Happytree {E}
“This is the bit that’s going to piss you off,” Jake warned, “so think of tonight as an apology and a final hurrah okay Roo.”
“What the hell did Mav dare you?”
Jake took a deep breath as he looked him in the eyes, “No sex for two weeks.”
“That asshole!”
A Perch Built for Two by chase_acow {E}
Rooster is well known for keeping his own company, but between Maverick's reemergence and the suicide mission, Hangman manages to weasel his way into Bradley's attention. He's never let an alpha so close to him before, but Hangman might be the best choice - experienced and unlikely to ask for more than Bradley was willing to give. Unfortunately for him, it's Bradley who wants more, and he has no idea how to ask for it.
A Matter of Convenience by bbr1 {E}
From above, clear as a bell, Jake laughs and says, “Baby, you couldn't pay me back in a million years what you owe me.”
Right now I wish you were here with me by FlowersOnMyMind {T}
He doesn't miss his husband's thick, Texan drawl or his stupid smirk. He definitely doesn't miss the Alpha's scent of campfire, leather, and the grass after it rains. He doesn't miss tripping over Jake cowboy boots in the entryway of their home. He doesn't miss seeing Jake's Stetson hat hanging on the hook by the front door. Or the way he teases Bradley, trying to get a rise out of him. He doesn't-
He misses Jake so much it hurts.
Or Jake is sent across the world for a mission that takes much longer than they thought. He and Bradley don't handle it well.
3 months (12 years and 3 months) by goosed {E}
Bradley and Jake meet and spend a decade in each others lives. From strangers to reluctant friends, to lovers and back to strangers again.
Or, The When Harry Met Sally AU
Wildcard by Thursday26 {E}
They have survived a mission that needed three miracles. How bad can one long weekend meeting the family be?
Alpha!Bradley / Alpha!Jake
One and Only by hngstercity {E}
“C’mon, Bradley.” Oh, now he’s using his real name? Fuck him. “You haven’t had anyone after him.”
“I did. You know I did, Maverick. You’re the nosiest Alpha I know, and I know you know any time I’ve slept with someone. You can’t keep your fucking nose out of my business.” And he means it literally, because anytime Bradley had someone over, the next day Pete would always inflate his nostrils to process every single scent that came out of Bradley. Including his hormones, including Jake’s missing ones.
“That’s exactly what I’m saying. You haven’t had anyone you loved after him. You haven’t mated. If I asked you to talk to me about love, would you tell me about someone that isn’t him?”
No. And that’s the fucking problem.
- Jake is back in town, and Bradley is forced to face him, their past and their future.
Yes, Alpha by chase_acow {E}
“I’m not looking to get bitched, Bradshaw,” Jake drawled, tipping his head back to kill the rest of his bottle. “So, whatever little fantasy you’ve got going on in that little hamster wheel of yours, get over it.”
“But, you-” Bradley stuttered to a stop, twisting around to plant his elbow on the bar so he could study Jake better. The man was handsome as ever, with his sharp jaw and long torso leading down to his low-slung pants. “You like it. You like . . . taking it.”
“I do,” Jake agreed, sliding his empty bottle onto the counter and then pulling Bradley’s fresh one from his numb fingers to take a drink. “I also like being me. Christ, Rooster, look at me. Why would I change anything about this perfection?”
My Whole Existence Is Flawed by Anonymous {E}
Hangman is an alpha who loves to take it up the ass, no matter how it hurts, he still craves it and how it makes him feel, and craves being treated like an omega.
Bonus points for descriptions of how his body differs from an omega and how he works around that, ex. training his hole to take a knot even though he'd be in excruciating pain (but loving it!), filling himself up with lube to simulate slick, etc.
good wood by milestaller {E}
Jake follows his nose and finds Bradley.
Things sort of escalate from there.
I'll Be Right Here With You by Janie94 {E}
After Hangman has saved Rooster and Maverick from the fifth gen plane and they land back on the tarmac, Rooster goes into an unexpected rut. The last person he should want in this moment is another Alpha, least of all Hangman.
Omega!Bradley / Beta!Jake
secrets I keep to keep you by ginnydear {E}
(Omega with Beta characteristics!Bradley/Beta with Omega characteristics!Jake)
They've now been on several dates that always end the same - a kiss that starts to get heated before Bradley pulls away and wishes Jake a good night.
- or, bradley and jake, figuring out their dynamic.
#Omegaverse Recs List#hangster#sereshaw#hangaroo#bradley rooster bradshaw x jake hangman seresin#bradley rooster bradshaw#jake hangman seresin#🐈red🐈furry🐈cat🐈tag🐈
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I made it! Excuse me for not posting a bingo before my blackout, I have literally no idea when my first bingo happened. The last two days have been a little crazy. But so much fun!
I also for the life of me can't figure out how to add the fics to the picture when I've only got my phone with me. So here's a casual list under the cut (I might actually link the fics at a later time but that too was too stressful with only my phone and half an hour to spare (in my timezone)). Go read them yourself!
1. fic tagged Porn Without Plot
pulling down back streets, deep in your head - thegeckbros
2. WIP
he loves me, i love him not - hey_its_me88
3. fic that's the first part of a series
I Couldn’t Help It, It Had to Be You - mackwinnon
4. art rated gen / teen
western sunset - enthyrea
5. crossover / fusion
Cyrano - arami_d004
6. fic completed between March - May 2023
The Penguin Agenda - greenstuff
7. fic where the last comment was 5+ months ago
Kiss me, baby - julie_sailorway
8. fic completed in July or Aug 2022
Feel the Heat, See the Light - ForASecondThereWedWon
9. fic tagged first time / getting together
You got me stuck on the thought of you - Popstar
10. fic set post TGM canon
that summer (when your shadow merged with the shadows of the leaves) - deuceofgears
11. fic with fewer than 5 comments
take you like a drug - callsignvalley
12. fic with a ship you haven't read
Sleeper Hit - goldcranes
13. FREE CHOICE
Homesick - theinsouciantknitter
14. fic completed in June 2023 or later
bare - Saturn
15. fic less than 3k words
I’ll Kneel for You - ReformedTsundere
16. fic from a fandom event
hot as a fever, rattling bones - Notchka88
17. canon divergent fic
Song #86 - LadyLanera
18. fic rated mature
bad idea, right? - ok_thanks
19. fic with more than 15k words
the whole time, under the lights - teacupivy
20. fic focused on a POC
no need to take it slow - boasamishipper
21. fic you already commented on
Rack ‘Em Up, Big Blonde - Earthangel_44
22. fic from an author you haven't read
Spare - wordsonamission
23. fic rated teen
get your head in the game - abliafina
24. fic tagged fluff
Cravin’ You - Jeston17
25. fic with a trope you love
can you see me glowing - dracculaura
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hi, another bottom rooster enjoyer here 👀 i feel you one hundred percent, i can't read him any other way and there aren't that many fics to choose from 😮💨 if you ever decide to share your bookmarked list, i'd be eternally grateful!
i'll just give u everything i have bookmarked and you can pick n choose what u wanna read x
floydsinshaw - sweet air by dum_dish
roosmav - trying new things by liabilitea
hangster - your body's writing checks (that i wanna cash) by storiesofmylife
hangster - held in your gravity by dulceit
hangster - my sweetheart (where are you?) by nymelodica
hangster - needs and wants by anon
hangster - clementines by flyingcoffeemugs
roosmav - the life you save may be your own by hazelmotes
hangster - pillow talk by bbr1
hangster - that summer (when your shadow merged with the shadows of the leaves) by deuceofgears
hangster - the way we move by anon
hangster - can you see me glowing by lilgreyarea
roosmav - the past is a long distance runner by jayforfirefic
roosmav - running toward the fire by beyond_belief
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so @deuceofgears posted about a writer thought-question - ‘what three writers would you pick so you could channel their writing skills/abilities at any time’ & now I’m pondering! right off the top of my head, Terry Pratchett and Ursula K Le Guin.
Pratchett could do so many things at once - humour, yes, but also character, and exciting plot events, and interesting unusual world-elements and pastiche and reference and satire and-- But aside from that, by the later books, he’s one of those writers who always had a crystal-clear theme to every book, a question that book was asking, a topic it tackled. That’s rare. So many books are about Things Happening, and his are that also, but you’ll get a book on the nature of belief or the inadvisability of monarchy or the necessity of learning to forgive yourself for what you were when you were young or the interplay of war w/ gender. He asked questions, and gave multiple characters multiple answers to them. & I really admire and aspire to that.
Le Guin... Le Guin was a poet, and it shone through in some of the sparse beauty, but she also had the ability to gut you with a person’s situation and emotion and bravery. Tombs of Atuan will always get to me the most, but I wish I knew how to wield her efficiency, because those books are so very tight and I am boggled every time to realise it. I have a copy of the British edition of the complete Earthsea and it’s just a double-thick mass market paperback, it’s tiny.
...and then I get stuck, because. I raised myself on Anne McCaffrey, and I retain an undying fondness for the author for writing women and women and women across all the genres and pages I mostly only got to see men on, but. But. Oh, McCaffrey. I do not yearn to channel ye.
John Wyndham is the other childhood beloved, and - maybe? But his thing was also sparse efficiency, except with a focus on fascinating thought experiments and plot, and I don’t know that picking a scifi author who I admire for ideation when I mostly don’t write scifi is quite right either.
You know. Maybe I’d go with Jenn Lyons. I wish I could write epic fantasy with the complexity she does; I get an inside view of a lot of her plotting and I still don’t understand how she keeps it all straight, let alone comes up with all the ideas. She’ll routinely juggle a half-dozen different civilizations with totally different magic systems and norms, epic culture-clashes even amongst friends & constant allegiance shuffling. Grand battles and epic spells and horrifying betrayals and gruesome trials. It’s kinda awe-inspiring. Not least because all of that is stuff I’m so bad at. (And, unlike Rothfuss and Martin, she actually finishes series...)
Who’d you channel, if you had the choice?
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NEW FIC ALERT!
Warning: 18+, Drunken sex implied
#tgm#tgm fanfiction#rooster top gun#rooster angst#hangman fanfiction#hangster#sereshaw#rooster x hangman
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Book asks for @deuceofgears
10: Have you ever judged a book by its cover?
Oh definitely! I used to treat myself to a book every time I traveled by airplane, by the means of going into the airport bookstore and picking the novel cover with the best vibes.
Usually they weren't amazing favorites, but I read some deeply weird fiction that way. While I love flying itself, that's pretty much always going to make airports better.
If work travel becomes a thing again, I'll probably resume that habit, just because the last one was Circe and I cordially loathe that book.
27: what book can always make you cry?
I don't normally cry at books (music is a different story.) A few have done it, though.
Tanith Lee's Night's Master. Different parts on different reads, too! It's a wild fever dream of a book and I love it to itty bitty bits. There are sequels but the first one is the strongest, imho.
Mercedes Lackey's Magic's Price is another. The tragedy is telegraphed a whole two five! books before, you know it's coming, and the characters do it anyway because it's the best possible ending. I read that trilogy as a teen and it left a mark in the best way.
I'd say City of Stairs is likely to be on the list, but I haven't actually reread it and tested that theory.
I could be reasonably accused of having a taste for tragedy, yes.
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~ #audiobook Marvel / Marvel's Thor_Metal Gods Trailer - mjolnir
‘Get ready for a wild, spacefaring quest starring the gods of thunder and mischief themselves ⚡️ Written by @.somebadideas, @.BrianKeene, @.NotLasers, and @.deuceofgears, with narration by @.danieljgillies!’ (x)
Bonus:
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Hi! I'm kin with Darkling from the Grishaverse and I'm looking for anybody (including doubles, ocs, etc) except Mal. You can find me at deuceofgears here on tumblr or like/reblog this post.
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@deuceofgears
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“The Mermaid Astronaut” by @deuceofgears @BCSmagazine is a beautifully written and sweet fairytale about wanderlust, knowledge, and sisterly love. https://t.co/Lmm4v1CcpC https://t.co/eUNBxjEB1f
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For the villainize ask meme: Breq?
Okay getting to this altogether too late, so legitimately sorry about taking a literal month to reply. Mostly that I didn't use that time re-reading Ancillary Justice, which I probably should have to give a good answer.
But as far as my kind of vague memory goes, the answer's got to be vengeance, right? Not changing tacks after her assassination attempt on Anaander Mianaai and just radicalizing further, and instead of doing the cute rules lawyering with the aliens to pull that secession scheme (or in addition to it), making Athoek an armed camp and dedicating everything to making the Radch's life as painful as possible wherever and whenever she can, regardless of the cost.
Writing that out it doesn't really fit, honestly, but I can't really think of anything better.
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"unwritten but daydreamed about fanfiction meme"
📓
Thank you! A perfect emoji choice too, I have so many composition notebooks squirreled away around here....
I must assume someone has done this before in a fic given how long the fandom has been around, but I just saw FMAB late last year. I've had an idea for writing a study of sorts that looks at Roy Mustang going from an idealistic teen who wants to join the military to help his country, to complicity and disillusionment in Ishval, to deciding he's going to rise in the ranks of the government in order to transform it. For obvious reasons, the series focuses on the main characters and not much on the day to day of Amestris and the elements of a society shaped for the purpose Amestris was. And I think that'd be very interesting to examine via Roy.
I know people have fun joking about liking Roy 'in spite of the war crimes'. But what I think is super interesting is that in universe, there was no legal mechanism in Amestris by which war crimes occurred in Ishval - or anywhere else in their borders. So you have someone who seems to have been raised with very nationalistic influences - as it seems many people in Amestris are - who was excited to help Amestris, etc., who then over time arrived at the idea that not only was what was going on deeply wrong, not only did he want to change things, but he wanted to change things to force he himself to be held accountable in a society that had no concept of him needing to be accountable to start with.
Why haven't I written this? Well, want to finish the manga too before deciding on any fic. Also, it may prove too ambitious for where my head's at right now. But we'll see.
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~ Fall Book Stack 🎃📚 ~ I admit it! I was super jealous of everyone doing fall-themed boom stacks so I had to have one too ! 😅🍁 3 of these books are nonfiction, but excellent. I pulled them from our home library for the coloring, 🍂 but they come from my days as a historian, hence the types of titles. 😉 The others include one of Mr Wiggles’ 🐲 (aka my older daughter’s) books from the Serafina series - all of which are excellent and very attuned to the fall season. 🍃 And last, but not least, Phoenix Extravagant by Yoon Ha Lee @deuceofgears , which was released earlier this fall. If you haven’t read it yet, it’s absolutely fantastic! 📖 Hope everyone has a great week !!! 🌳🍁🍂🍃🌻🎃 * * * * * * #fallbooks #fallbookstack #fall2020 #fallvibes🍁 #bookstagram #readstagram #livrestagram #libros📚 #booksbooksandmorebooks #bookstacks #happyfallyall🍂🍃🍁 #📚📚 #mgbooktober #scifibooks #historybooks #autumnvibes🍁🍂🍃 #pumpkinseason (at Saint Augustine, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFuMi5YgrKU/?igshid=103y3hff32c0k
#fallbooks#fallbookstack#fall2020#fallvibes🍁#bookstagram#readstagram#livrestagram#libros📚#booksbooksandmorebooks#bookstacks#happyfallyall🍂🍃🍁#📚📚#mgbooktober#scifibooks#historybooks#autumnvibes🍁🍂🍃#pumpkinseason
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Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee
Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee (@deuceofgears) reviewed by @dvaleris who always appreciates a chance to read more of his work.
When it comes to children’s books, for me, my most important criteria for judging a volume’s worth lies in whether or not I would give it to my kids to read. The answer in this case is a resounding yes, even as I found it less entertaining for myself due to the same lack of complexity that many kids would embrace as being the lack of a stumbling block to otherwise understanding this very cool…
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assumptions game: You read a lot of nonfiction for fun.
[Lookong up from Stiffs, by Mary Roach] maaaaaybe
But no, histories, mostly. It's cheaper and less soul crushing than going back to school.
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