My most recent bind! a kind of dwell and welcome, by @leupagus , as well as other related works!! I really love how this one turned out.

I used my beloved Cormorant suite, as well as…I want to say it’s Ephesis for the titles, and the Helvetica and Roboto suites for digital formats. The titling is difficult to photograph, but it’s a really lovely highly reflective copper-ish color.

Someday, I’ll take pictures in a photo box instead of on my messy desk, right after the book is finished, but today is not that day.

fic rec fun

So wanted to get some hiatus rec lists going and encourage some self promo in my friends so how about sharing your top fics no matter how big or small - give us the links to your wonderful words with the Most hits/Most kudos/Most comments/Most bookmarks /Most words/Least words Tagged by @valonia47 Most hits:

and i'm known for giving love away The first fic in my main ot3 series, and probably the fic of mine that has been most popular since season 3. I'm not surprised really, if you left that season a fan of ot3 this might be the one for you. 26,302 hits. Summary:

Apparently this isn’t some fantasy scenario Keeley has dreamed up, and Roy is on board with the whole threesome thing. Jamie doesn’t need any more encouragement before saying yes to sex with two of the hottest people he knows. How the fuck do you cope with the beard. It’s so scratchy. Hate to think how raw you are down there. Keeley doesn’t take long to reply to his text. Shut up! Heard the second conversation went better than the first? 😏👨❤️💋👨 ------- In the first week back of pre-season training, Jamie’s misstep at the funeral finally comes back to bite him. Or does it? When Keeley and Roy approach him with a very unexpected offer — an invite into their bed — Jamie isn't one to look a gift horse in the mouth, even if he wishes it was more than just sex.

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This is the same as above and has 1,649 kudos so I'm going to cheat and plug my second most kudosed fic too.

I Get By With A Little Help

This is the first in a Roy/Jamie, canon divergent season 2 AU that follows the events of the season fairly closely, but with one change at the start affecting Jamie's relationships and actions. 1,030 kudos. Summary:

He can’t hang out with the boys, but he hates going home too. He hates being alone in his new flat, terrified that his dad will find out where he lives now and send them after him again. He’s taken to hanging round the club after training. He’ll find a quiet place to sit, pull out his book, and settle in for as long as he can before the stadium locks up for the night and he's forced to leave. He’s onto the 34th book to read before you die — Emma — and is surprised by how much he likes it. In comparison to his own drama, gentle scandals and gossip are a nice escape. Today’s reading location is the boot room. The new kitman has some magic way of making it smell of lavender instead of sweaty feet, and if Jamie puts a couple of towels on the bench, it makes a nice pillow to sit on. Mr Knightley is in the middle of yet another stern lecture — in his head, Knightley looks a lot like Roy, but he's not sure Keeley quite fits as Emma — when the door bangs open. Jamie jumps and is surprised to see Keeley standing there instead of Will, a guilty look on her face. — After a traumatic event Jamie falls apart, then puts himself back together again. He does the hard work, but he has a little help. Most comments

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Okay the first here was and i'm known for giving love away with 564 bookmarks. The second was I Get By With A Little Help with 387 bookmarks. I won't do a full summary of number three, but I'll cheat again and link to it. It's in a language that you can't read just yet, another ot3 fic with 229 bookmarks.

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A Little Better, All The Time The Roy POV sequel to I Get By With A Little Help, so you'd probably want to read that first! 46,825 words. I'll be honest I think a couple of my other WIPs either are already longer, or will definitely end up longer, but not in terms of published words. Summary:

He’d known Tartt could do it, but knowing it and fucking watching that masterpiece of a goal happen with his own eyes are two very different things. And best of all, he got to feel responsible for it. He had gotten to set that in motion for Richmond, for his player. Ted grabs him in celebration, and Roy’s still roaring and oh, fuck. Careful what you wish for, Kent. Jamie’s seeking out his gaze, flipping him off from the middle of the pitch and smirking before accepting praise and hugs from the rest of the team, and Roy had wanted Jamie to spark some emotion in him, but this? This is electric, this is overwhelming. Roy wants to fucking run out there, grab him in a bear hug of his own, and not let go. This might become a new problem. ___ Roy wasn't about to admit it, but he'd been sort of excited to see Tartt again. Except when he returns to Richmond, Jamie is... different. On the pitch and off it, he’s quieter, more reserved, a shadow of the person Roy remembers from last season. He’s determined to get to the bottom of the change.

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funnier than step brothers

Okay this is one of my AUgust fills, for a prompt where I was otherwise I bit stuck as to what I wanted to write. A rogue pairing for me - Colin/Isaac and very silly, but I will stick to the rules and link to it anyway. Word count 374. Summary:

“This is your fucking fault,” Isaac hisses at Colin from their place on the front pew. Colin’s not paying him any attention though, too busy wiping away his tears as he watches his dad marry Isaac’s mum. — Ted Lasso AU-gust Challenge Prompt #8: Adoptive Family

This was a lot of fun! I tag @goldiegaytime and @liesmyth to do it should you fancy it, no pressure though!

We are pleased to introduce the newlyweds.

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Ted Lasso (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Keeley Jones/Roy Kent/Jamie Tartt Characters: Roy Kent, Jamie Tartt, Keeley Jones Additional Tags: Future Fic, Established Relationship, Marriage Proposal, Polyamory Summary:

He's doing yoga with the mums a week later when the thought tumbles through his brain, finally fully formed. "Fuuuck," he says, right in the middle of sun salutations, earning him a scandalized look from Janice and a giggle from most of the other ladies. "Sorry," he says immediately, doing his best to focus on stretching and not the fact that he's just had a life-altering thought.

[PT 2/2] Happy Valentine’s Day 💕 @kissykissymouth

all sweet things beyond by andaskwhynot

For the rest of the walkthrough, Trent finds himself wanting to go back to the third bench on the left and just explain to the American standing there why cutting the fresh apples to the same size as the dried cranberries and candied ginger is a terrible idea. He restrains himself.

Trent Crimm is a judge on a beloved British baking show. He finds himself captivated by a mustached American contestant.

Fandom: Ted Lasso Pairing: Trent Crimm/Ted Lasso Rating: Teen Words:  34,845 Podfic Rec:  [Podfic of] all sweet things beyond by klb (approx. length: 4h25mins) Notes: I am a sucker for a bake-off AU, and this one is exceptionally good. 

kudos to Jamie's mom and stepdad for being nothing but cheerful and polite when their boy rolls up with the two people whose posters are on his bedroom wall facing the bed. in that situation I guarantee my family would have lit up like Christmas came early and dragged me directly to hell

additional kudos to the stepdad for introducing the room with the posters as "the main attraction," watching with a straight face as Roy sees his poster, and then ultra-casually closing the door behind him to reveal Keeley's poster. there was NO other reason to close that door, that man knew exactly what the fuck he was doing

Ted Lasso, the character, is one of the only representations of 'sometimes getting better with your mental health issues means that you are less visibly happy, and that is okay, because you are not required to be happy in order to be loved' out there and I am really discouraged that so much of the audience is angry at that.

i make one joke and i immediately run around to draw it

i need them to kiss!

the tension...

Jamie Tartt as Precious Moments Figurines

Because, as you may have seen in our 3.03 conversation review, I died at that moment in the episode. Jamie Tartt is a precious moment.

Starting with the obvious from my article reblog post: Jamie Tartt playing football with a puppy:

Jamie Tartt rocking out to fucking Stevie Nicks. Sadly, earrings not included:

Jamie's arts and crafts project at school, though he misspelt mum:

Jamie and Keeley watching a film together and lamenting the most recent stupid thing Roy has done:

Jamie's funeral outfit (though this is apparently meant for wedding cakes):

Jamie sharing Christmas with Dani:

Jamie and his Man City bear:

Jamie's funeral outfit in I Get By With A Little Help, minus the rosary:

I think the closest thing I‘ll ever accept as a proof of god‘s existence are fix-it fanfictions. Jesus sounds great and all - but have you ever had a post canon fanfic that was so well written that it sounded like it was actually canon and you felt as if all your wounds were suddenly healed?? THAT‘S a religious experience if there ever was one, if you ask me.

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Ted Lasso (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Keeley Jones/Roy Kent/Jamie Tartt Characters: Jamie Tartt, Keeley Jones, Roy Kent, Rebecca Welton Summary:

In which Jamie's proposal is a joke. Kind of.

[PT 1/2] Happy Valentine’s Day 💕 @kissykissymouth

I've just had the thought that Jamie's insistence that everyone is playing mind games with him in S1 is probably a massive massive indicator of his abuse. James swans into the locker room all upper and chippy and "oh my son, my boy" and then that false brightness slides right off his face. How many times did he do that to Jamie? Start as the kind, fun dad before quickly turning when he didn't get his way?