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heatherwentwest · 2 years

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Canon may tease that Scully will never die, but I firmly believe it’s the Mulder/Scully relationship—with its unwavering trust, unbreakable bond, and unconditional love—that is actually immortal.

(Re-sharing this older post in honor of my ongoing TXF feels attack.)

#txf #mulder and scully #msr #the x files #mulder x scully #the xfiles #they will never let me go #and i’m okay with that #otp: you are my touchstone #otp: you made me a whole person #otp of otps

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recurring-polynya · 2 months

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"Just do as you're told," Mogget said firmly. "Think of yourself as Abhorsen's sworn sword-hand, if it makes you feel better, though in this present era, you'll find common sense is more important than honor. "Very well", Touchstone muttered, humbly. He stood up and put on the underclothes and shirt, but couldn't get the trousers past his heavily muscled thighs. "There's a kilt and leggings in one of the chests back there," Mogget said after watching Touchstone hopping around on one leg, the other trapped in too-tight leather."

if you, as an author, aren't introducing your male love interests like this, what are you even doing with your life?

(from Sabriel, by Garth Nix)

#garth nix you were so real for this #if you haven't read these books for context mogget is (for the moment) an untrustworthy talking cat #guess who's back on her old kingdom bullllllllshitttttttt #the chokehold this book still has on me #(i bought my son terciel & elinor for xmas and then i read it and then i wanted to re-read the whole series)#(loved it btw the abhorsens have such dreadful kuchiki energy)#(also did not expect sabriel's mom to have like 12 ranks in clowning and buffoonery but you know what? based)#touchstone is a real fixer-upper of a man but he is trash for sabriel and that will win me over every time #the time he went into a berserker rage and used it to run up a hill with her crushed to his tits. peak.#i have a TYPE okay?#i have two types actually and if i had a nickel for every time i get an otp out of it i'd have two nickels and i can live with that

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birdmitosis · 5 months

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Have you watched manlybadasshero's play of stp? He's on youtube, gone through all the vessels and probably like 99% of the dialogue so if you need references I'm sure you can find it somewhere in his playlist

Also I found your fics on ao3 and I'm already in love with them! You do such a good job with writing all the voices, I look forward to seeing how they all end up developing

(Bonus, thoughts on hero/paranoid? Ik you have hero/contrarian (so good) and paranoid/cold (hadn't thought of it but intrigued) but the nightmare route where they're both just scrambling to keep the body alive just makes me want to ship them for some reason lol)

I have!! That's part of why I was so surprised to find that there was a combo of voices I'd never seen before at all; he's covered so much of the game, but I guess it's a pretty rare variation and the helpful chart I've been using to figure out how to get different voice combinations doesn't actually break down The Razor's chapters beyond "The Cheated -> Gain every Voice"... A combination of him and BAI GAMING and CrankyTemplar are how I'm getting mmmmost of my easy-to-revisit canon reference stuff, though. (And he was my first LP of the game I watched, so I have a real soft spot for him XD) And thank you so so much! That is really nice to hear; I'm looking forward to getting the next chapter out and showing a bit of... mitosis. How they interact with each other internally and externally. :D (I am also making a little list of synonyms for each voice's description due to one of the AMA answers, to give myself little touchstones for how each Voice's Main Trait could actually imply various little traits, because that answer just really intrigued me.) (And I really like Hero/Paranoid, honestly! Paranoid/Cold and Hero/Contrarian became OTPs mostly because they grabbed my brain and wouldn't let go, but I have a ton of other ships for the game for real, including Hero/Paranoid due to The Nightmare chapter, Broken/Hero/Paranoid due to The Apotheosis chapter, and Hero/Paranoid/Opportunist due to a particular variation on The Wraith chapter. Hero and Paranoid have a seriously good dynamic, really!)

#slay the princess #slay the princess spoilers #a little? maybe?#at least in the chart i link

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wexarethewalkingxdead · 1 year

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[5] tv shows [5] female characters [5] male characters [5] otps [3] romances [3] seasons [3] episodes that make you cry [3] episodes that make you happy [2] quotes [2] holiday themed episodes [1] pilot

TV SHOW MEME

[5] tv shows

The X-Files, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, The 100, The Walking Dead, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

[5] female characters

Carol Peletier (The Walking Dead), Det./Lt. Alexandra Eames (Law & Order: Criminal Intent), Abby Griffin (The 100), Capt. Olivia Benson (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), and Devon Adair (Earth 2).

[5] male characters

Rick Grimes (The Walking Dead), A.D.A. Rafael Barba (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), Marcus Kane (The 100), Robin Hood (Once Upon a Time), and Special Agent Fox Mulder (The X-FIles).

[5] otps

Devon Adair & John Danziger (Earth 2), Marcus Kane & Abby Griffin (The 100), Carol Peletier & Daryl Dixon (The Walking Dead), Regina Mills & Robin Hood (Once Upon a Time), and Rafael Barba & Olivia Benson (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit).

[3] romances

Carl & Rachel Hutchins (Another World), Marcus Kane & Abby Griffin (The 100), and Regina Mills & Robin Hood (Once Upon a Time).

[3] seasons

Season 14 (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), Season 3 (The Walking Dead), and Season 5 (The X-Files).

[3] episodes that make you cry

The Body (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Wild at Heart (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), and The Day Will Come When You Won't Be (The Walking Dead).

[3] episodes that make you happy

I really cannot pinpoint any whole episodes that make me happy. There are a lot of scenes in a lot of episodes that make me happy. So too many to list might be the right answer here.

[2] quotes

There was one thing that remained the same. You... were my friend, and you told me the truth. Even when the world was falling apart, you were my constant... my touchstone. - Mulder (The X-Files)

Somehow we allowed justice to become vengeance and vengeance to become sport, and I allowed that, that darkness to rise… but my complicity ends today. - Marcus Kane (The 100)

[2] holiday themed episodes

How the Ghosts Stole Christmas (The X-Files) and Fear Itself (Buffy the Vampire Slayer).

[1] pilot

Days Gone Bye (The Walking Dead)

#.maildrop #anonymous

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wyrd-syster · 1 year

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Oh sinnerman + 4 and 11

I still love love love this fic so much! It absolutely tipped me from a casual Lila/Diego shipper into them becoming my otp of otps.

From the fanfic authors ask post!

Oooh I am glad to hear that sinnerman was so influential! The minute I saw those two interact on screen I was like, "💕THEM💕THEM💕THEM💕THEM💕THEM💕"

4: What’s your favorite line of dialogue?

It was actually pretty hard to choose my favorite one! I ended up going with this one from the Lila chapter:

Allison glared at Lila as she pulled up a chair to the side of her bed. “You better be careful about who you’re picking on,” she said, pulling a bottle from the pharmacy bag and waving it threateningly in front of her face. “I can be very gentle with the peroxide, or I can be rough. Your choice.”

“Kinky,” Lila grinned, settling back into the pillows. “I’ll be good, I promise. And just between us, my safe word is schmekel.”

Idk, while I love writing the big, flowery poetic stuff, it's just so gratifying to write characters having fun, you know? Like relationships aren't always life-or-death (even though that is very sexy of them). I always want to know if characters can live and laugh as well as love.

11: What do you like best about this fic?

I fucking love this fic, honestly. I love how naturally Lila's journey came into my head and how messy it was - wanting to flee her grief, wanting to fix the past, wanting to find a reason to stop running, all with Diego being her touchstone. it was such a joy to have her grow and heal alongside the siblings, finding ways their stories interwove and conflicted.

From a logistical level, this fic was also pretty easy to write? Because I always knew at its core every chapter would run "Sibling alone - Sibling bonding - Sibling and Lila - Lila and Diego," which took a lot of the plotting work out of planning.

#lindsey posts #lindsey procrastinates #the umbrella academy #fanfiction #oh sinnerman (where you gonna run to?)#personal

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novelconcepts · 3 years

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Watched bly fully for the second time. And reread the best friends AU. ❤️👀

I’m still completely floored by Amelia Eves Jamie. She managed to be rugged without it feeling put on. Steady without coming across as disinterested. My first showing of bly was centered on watching Dani, but the second watch....all that quiet, confident subtly of Amelia’s Jamie, damn.

It very much felt like POALOF, where people unintentionally focused on one woman, yet on second blush a newness comes to the fore.

I always look forward to the perspective you choose with each piece you write. Each seems uniquely designed to make me chuffed for our girls. Like, each of them reaching out through your writing saying ~ I do having the hottest, bestest soulmate, string us together in any universe and we’ll show you how well we fit.

I hope they feel that way as you write, because it’s just fucking perfect from my perspective.

AE as Jamie is truly magnificent because...she could be a walking stereotype. No one among us saw her stride onscreen and didn’t go “gay? gay. gay, right??” —but it never feels like she’s making a mockery of it. The walk just feels right. The slouch just feels right. The way she comes to every physical action just feels embodied. She manages to make Jamie incredibly nuanced when she could be so simple—especially as a touchstone for Dani’s character, a solid presence to help stabilize all the madness in her world—and I will never be less than grateful for that. It is a truly lived-in performance, balancing the rough with the soft, the confidence with the uncertainty, and it is gorgeous to watch every time.

As for the writing bit: that is exactly how I come to writing any OTP. “These characters and their relationship feel like real people, and I want to experiment with how any twist in the narrative might adjust their interactions while also exploring how good they feel together.” I really like being able to sort out what makes them them, and what can be shifted around those elements depending on circumstance. I hope the integral parts are always there, but it’s fun to move the rest of the puzzle around.

#ask #the haunting of bly manor spoilers #kind writing words #like fwb isn’t how I’ve written either of them before #it’s a little more rom-com. a little more specifically rendered in terms of what they’d have to be like TO fit this prompt #but I hope under all that they still feel like the same two people as always

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waveridden · 2 years

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chorby short!

favorite thing about them: rolls with the punches. adaptable. warm! very warm

least favorite thing about them: holds a grudge i think

favorite line: tbh i liked the fifth base arc

brOTP: @leonstamatis sold me on the chorby-gloria dynamic but also: when she was a teen in the shadows she lived with mcdowell. they weren't family-close the way lenny and goodwin were but i still think they get along

OTP: lenny. although i do think they should have a breakup arc

nOTP: i do not have one! (yet)

random headcanon: goes for hikes a lot! she's outdoorsy, not in an extreme way but she loved being in yellowstone

unpopular opinion: uhhh that she prefers to be human and also is mid 20s in the expansion era lmao

song i associate with them: stay by mallrat was my lenny/chorby touchstone while i was writing good grief

favorite picture of them: i don't think this was ever posted publicly but a last year blink commissioned some lenny/chorby art for me from a friend and i still really dearly love it. aneurin if you see this i love the art

#waveridden.ask #kentuckycorpsereviver #i need a blaseball tag #thank youuuuuu

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heatherwentwest · 2 years

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These are just a handful of the insanely romantic quotes from beloved X-Files fics that I treasure for how perfectly they capture the enigmatic and endlessly fascinating Mulder/Scully relationship…

He’s so used to her small, powerful presence, she feels so much a part of his own being, his own personhood, that sometimes he forgets she’s not. Sometimes he forgets that they’re two separate people. …

She meets his eyes, smiles at him over the best waffles he’s ever had, and he knows that she’s it. There will never, ever be anyone else.

–lepusarcticus, “Sunday at Pluto’s”

Find more of my favorite MSR fic quotes here:

#mulder and scully #the x files #msr #txf fic recs #txf #mulder x scully #otp: you made me a whole person #otp: you are my touchstone

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aelysianmuse · 4 years

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DESTIEL FIC REC

Okay, so, fanfiction is something that has brought me so much joy, entertainment and comfort during these hard times. These are the Destiel fics that I have bookmarked and would suggest for everyone to read. They are top notch in every department and I’ve read each and every multiple times. I wrote them down from the lowest word count to the highest and I linked the authors to their tumblr accounts, whenever I could find them, so please go shower them with love!

Touchstone - by xylodemon - Words: 3,519 - Summary: "You're in pain," Cas says finally. He sounds sad. (Episode tag for 11x03, the one where Dean is hurt but doesn’t think he deserves Cas healing him. Cas disagrees and makes heals him in loveliest, most tender way. Everything is beautiful.)

Colette - by englandwouldfall - Words: 4,218 - Summary: Cain’s prediction keeps ringing in his ears. He’s going to kill Crowley, then Cas, then Sam. It makes sense to him. He hates how much sense it makes, but there’s something almost poetic about it; it’s circular, neat, the Mark wants it. The Mark wants to destroy everything, but most of all it wants to destroy Dean. And that would do it. (Episode tag 10x14, Dean struggling with the Mark, unable to deal with all the anger and urge to kill and Cas trying to be his savior Collette. Feelings are acknowledged but things are far more complicated than that.)

Newton’s Third - by felolle - Words: 6,220 - Summary: “How can I be running from something when I’m racing toward it?” “I dunno -- kinda your thing.” Thanks for the call out, little brother (Episode tag 14x03, Cas helping Dean deal with Michael possession. Awesome character portrayal!)

Take me home tonight - by persephoneshadow - Words: 8,111 - Summary: The one where Cas wants to have sex and Dean is there to help (It’s a PWP where it takes some jealousy for Dean to get his head out of his ass - and Cas knows exactly what he’s doing)

Boys on film - by loversantiquities - Words: 8,540 - Summary: But maybe that’s what it is—maybe Castiel’s finally realized something Dean is too chicken to admit, despite the fact he’s been jerking off to the idea of Castiel fucking him for the past few weeks. The idea warms him as much as it pains him to think about, his friend not being able to talk to him about something like that. That has to be it—it’s the only explanation. Castiel likes him.“Or maybe he knows you do cam shows.”Dean chokes on his burger. (Basically Dean does cam-shows, Cas knows. They get it on in the end.)

Cuckoo and Nest - by komodobits - Words: 10, 190 - Summary: For a long time, Castiel thought that every earthly possession other than the immediately necessary was excess to requirement. But Dean – Dean who named his car, who keeps a photograph of his mother in his wallet, some thirty-plus years after her death, who still has the crumpled ‘Do Not Disturb’ sign with a sleeping pelican emblazoned on it from the Microtel outside of Roanoke where he first kissed Castiel, clumsy and unsure, under the unsteady fluorescence of an exhausted bathroom bulb – is sentimental.It puzzles Castiel, where Dean draws the line between what is meaningful and what it is worthless. (Boys walking on eggshells around each other, Castiel mistaking Dean’s neatness for annoyance about Cas’s lack of thereof, Dean mistaking Cas’s apprehension for having one foot out of the door. Miscommunication that gets resolved. It’s delightful!)

Just turn around and go - by Porcupinegirl - Words: 11,320 - Summary: Dean should be happy. His best friend and housemate of five years, Castiel, is moving out to live with his boyfriend, Balthazar. Dean's career is going great, so he can easily afford the house on his own now. This is just growing up, moving forward to the next phase of their lives.It would be awesome, if he weren't in love with Cas. (Some angst and miscommunication among roomies who are in love but needed a little push to finally do something about it, and that push is Cas deciding to move out and live with his actual boyfriend. Things work out just fine.)

So glad we made it - by annie d (scaramouche) - Words: 16,421 - Summary: At twelve years old, Dean makes a friend, who becomes his best friend, who will eventually become the love of his life. (Destiel fic in which they know each other since childhood and take their sweet-ass time with admitting to each other that they’re otp: meant to be. But it happens. Timeline of little snippets that show them falling in love and owning that shit up, at last!)

I know who I want to take me home- by annodominique - Words: 17,548 - Summary: The one where Dean and Cas are new workmates who hate each other's guts, are somehow forced into driving each other crazy because they secretly want to fuck, and they might have fallen in love with each other in the process. (Lots of sexual tension, mutual pining and enemies to lovers storyline - all in a nursing home. It’s amazing and absolutely heartwarming.)

Welcome to humanity - by winnywriter - Words: 19,944 - Summary: Castiel is falling, slowly but surely becoming fully human. Every day there is something new to discover, and many of those discoveries are not wholly pleasant ones. And the whole time, Dean can't help but worry about the fact that the further the angel falls, the more he finds he likes the human Cas is becoming. (It’s exactly what the summary says it is. Moments of Castiel slowly becoming human and Dean trying to help him navigate that path while navigating it himself in the most Dean way possible)

On air - by wincechesters - Words: 21,219 - Summary: Cas and Dean are radio DJs who host the second most popular morning show in Lawrence. They’ve been co-hosts for years at different stations across the country, and they own a house together out of necessity, even though they’re just friends. But for some reason, a lot of their listeners and even some of their friends and family seem to think that they’re secretly in some kind of relationship, which they’re totally not (besides that one time that totally doesn’t count). In spite of that, Dean thinks he’s got everything figured out, until an ill-fated on air game of Truth or Dare turns everything upside down (and the billboards around town aren’t helping either). (Friends to lovers story that’s very well summarized, so I have nothing to add except that it’s such a wonderful read, this author is absolutely amazing and you should definitely read it.)

The Beach House in the Winter - by englandwouldfall - Words: 23,715 - Summary: They're not exactly in a good place right now, so it was probably a bad idea to agree to a full Milton family reunion at their old summer haunt to mark a year since Cas' father died.Obviously, he did it anyway. (This is a second part of a series, I absolutely suggest reading all of the works ‘cause they’re equally wonderful, but I read this one first and individually and loved it the most so I’m suggesting it. Look at tag warnings. It’s about Dean having panic attacks mid sex due to trauma, Castiel trying to treat him right and handle the situation properly. They love each other so much ugh)

There are many things - by imogenbynight - Words: 28,807 - Summary: In which Dean and Castiel learn, through trial and error, how to be together. (What starts out as an angsty fic that follows Cas’s human experience after Dean kicked him out of the bunker, turns into a Destiel falling in love fic as they find their way back to one another)

Sometimes it fits - by ballsdeepinwinchesters - Words: 37,720 - Summary: Castiel is an over-worked, socially awkward neurosurgeon; Dean is the ruggedly handsome paramedic that asks him out for drinks. The rest kind of fell into place. (Two hotties with busy work schedules having lots of sex and being domestic. It’s a lot of fluff and smut. No angst.)

Put up your dukes - by saltyfeathers - Words: 38, 282 - Summary: Dean can't sleep. Cas offers to tire him out. (Dean struggling to accept the sexual tension relief Castiel is oh-so-eager to offer. So much tension, sparring goodness and bed sharing.)

All’s well that ends well - englandwouldfall - Words: 52,326 - Summary: Dean knew the second he took off that he shouldn't have left, but that didn't mean he could have guessed what he'd be coming back home to. (It’s actually a part 4 of the series, and I do suggest reading the entire series, but I read it first and individually before even realizing this and I absolutely loved it nonetheless. It’s about both Dean and Cas having made some poor choices in the past, abandonment and infidelity and two of them loving each other so much that they’re willing to forgive and fight for each other no matter what. Angsty and beautiful.)

A midterms night’s dream - by englandwouldfall - Words: 75,756 - Summary: There's at least fifteen good reasons why they're not sleeping together, it's just that Dean can’t remember them when Cas sends him one second dirty snapchats to goad him into doing the dishes. (One of my absolutely favorite fics and one of my top 3 fic authors (does a lot of series, which gets you really emotionally invested!). I suggest you read literally every single Destiel story written by this author, ‘cause it’s consistent in character portrayal and in invoking emotional response and I’ll probably explicitly write down at least one more story that I particularly liked from them. This one’s about them being college roomates who’re basically oblivious to sharing sentiment of wanting to be in relationship with the other, so they pine emotionally while having exceptional we-are-strictly-fuck-buddies sex)

Version 2.0 - by elizabeth1985 - Words: 75,937 - Summary: Life is nothing but a series of processes. We rise, we work, we function within the walls we’ve designed for ourselves. Dean Winchester does not deviate from this system. Heavily tattooed and a certified genius; Dean necessitates control. Relationships are a no-go. Too messy, unpredictable. And yeah, he knows having casual sex with his best friend, roommate, and business partner is a dumbass move. But Cas’ suggestion is impossible to resist.What Dean doesn’t expect and couldn’t possibly predict is the unique way Cas manages to shut down his mile-a-minute mind, giving him a level of inner peace he’d thought to be unattainable.What starts out of convenience morphs into a dynamic emotional slide neither of them were prepared for, forcing them to decide what they’re willing to risk. (Cas and Dean being business partners turning to fuck buddies turning to mutually pining idiots, where Cas won’t let things progress further ‘cause Dean is so entwined in every single aspect of his life that he’s absolutely terrified to lose it all. But Dean makes an effort to show him otherwise!) + It’s hard to fool around in a tent (Words: 5,861)

Any little heartbreak - by followthattardis - Words: 76,897 - Summary: Dean Winchester knows everything there is to know about the human heart. Well. Anatomically speaking. (Very Grey’s Anatomy-y, Dean is a thriving cardiosurgeon, Cas is his new surgical nurse assistant, there are so many well written characters, so much gossip, gratuitous sex and eventually a relationship. It’s so lovely, ugh I love this writer.)

A crash course in computer safety - by followthattardis - Words: 85,269 - Summary: On the day of his 29th birthday, Dean receives an email from his old nemesis: Michael Milton, the guy who got him kicked out of college and stole his girlfriend. The email contains encoded images with top secret CIA/NSA intelligence – and now their only copy is in Dean’s brain. Both agencies send their best operatives – Castiel Novak and Victor Henriksen respectively – to handle their accidental asset and protect the invaluable data in his head. To justify their sudden appearance in Dean’s life, they adopt covers: Victor as Dean’s new co-worker and neighbor, Cas as his new boyfriend. Needless to say, Dean’s brother and his girlfriend are thrilled to see him in a relationship they believe to be real. Clearly, there’s no way this could go wrong. (This is a NBC: Chuck AU and one of my top 3 fics ever. I haven’t watched Chuck at all and regardless of whether you have or not, I don’t wanna write anything else in this section ‘cause I enjoyed discovering every bit of information on my own. I’ve literally taken this fic and studied/analyzed it as a writer myself to take pointers on accurate character portrayal and writing style. It’s book material, I’d literally buy anything this author writes. It’s becoming a series and more content is to come so I suggest subscribing.) + Curtain up (Words: 10,311)

La hantise (The only work in progress fic here) - by quiettewandering - Words: 87,468 - Summary: Castiel’s mother dies, leaving him the family home that sits abandoned on the moody coast of Maine. He’s forced to return to the past ghosts of his trauma, as well as meeting the mysterious and nomadic Dean Winchester. Dean offers to help Castiel fix up the house so he can sell it, which quickly becomes problematic as Castiel begins to develop feelings for Dean; especially when details of Dean’s troubling past come to light.This is a story about the sea, second chances, and two broken, forgotten people building a love between them while restoring a broken, forgotten house. (Romance, ghosts, house renovation, cliffhangers, angst - I am awful with WP’s, never read them till they’re done ‘cause I’m an impatient one but this is the one I couldn’t resist and thoroughly enjoy)

Ignore the butterflies: best friend advice from Dean Winchester - by impatient14 - Words: 114,837 - Summary: Dean likes his doctor, but his doctor doesn’t like him.Accidental friendship ensues, heartwarming bonding type moments occur, and oops!friends become best!friends.But best friends aren’t supposed to feel the way Dean feels about Castiel. He knows this. So he ignores all the things that he can’t help feeling. When he sits and watches a movie with his best friend or when they are arguing about which method of coffee brewing is best, he pointedly doesn’t look at his friends lips, or the adorable way he tilts his head when he doesn’t understand.Dean ignores his feelings.That’s the way he knows how to keep his best friend.Just ignore the butterflies. (Dean is a heroic firefighter who ends up in stand-offish Castiel’s ER and flirts mercilessly with him, but to no avail. Cas is not made of stone, though, he’s just trying to protect his little heart ‘cause Dean does scary heroic things. It’s super emotional, go read it.)

Keeping you in sight - by gingerswag - Words: 136,374 - Summary: Castiel valued his solitude, and was happy to stay hidden away in the mountains for the rest of his life. But when his seeing eye dog dies, that solitude is suddenly broken when Gabriel shows up not with another dog but an actual human slave. Castiel doesn't believe in slavery, but he can't turn away the very hurt and broken man he's given. (This is a slavery fic, look up the tag warnings! It’s extremely angsty, it has a very human and rational ending which not might satisfy those looking for a conclusive, expressed fairytale ending for these two. It’s about Dean having gone through a lot of trauma and Cas being extremely lonely and two of them trying to mend each other while going through an excruciatingly painful healing process. I don’t think I can summarize it in a way that envelops everything that happens in this fic - it’s a tougher read but absolutely wonderfully written and very angsty)

Stay with me, sweetheart - by mandalarose - Words: 142,926 - Summary: A single moment's distraction ends with a serious car accident that leaves Castiel trapped in his vehicle. Fortunately for him, fire fighter Dean Winchester is there, never leaving Castiel's side as the rest of his company work to free him from the mangled remains of his SUV.When the two meet again in the ICU, Castiel finds himself just as drawn to and comforted by the handsome fireman as he was during his accident. Dean is certainly attractive, but single father Castiel doesn't have time or space in his life for a romantic relationship.Then again, there's no harm in making a new friend, is there? (Dean is so whipped, so is Cas but he tries really hard not to get invested ‘cause everyone leaves and it’s not a commodity he can afford now that he’s got a baby. Thankfully for him, Dean is all-in kind of guy who’s gonna make all the right choices, one after another, fighting to show Cas that he can have what he desires and deserves, even after multiple attempts of Cas’s to push him away. Love conquers all!)

Four Letter Word for Intercourse - by bendingsignpost - Words: 194,739 - Summary: As a grease monkey turned college freshman, Dean's constantly three seconds away from being stressed out of his mind. It hardly helps that he's finally figuring out his sexuality in his thirties.What might help with that stress is a little phone number (and a big credit card bill). If he can't figure out how to be bisexual in person, he can at least give it a go over the phone, right? (I think I probably read this story a hundred times. Fantastically written fic where Dean is a student discovering his sexuality through a phone sex line, struggling with having to take over family business and Cas is a professor with a sidejob, with whom Dean interacts wordlessly at the library. It tackles on mental health, on wonderful sex dynamics, coming out and lots of other stuff. It’s one of the best writen fics out there, along with the other works in this series that I highly suggest to read: A Little Anal - Words: 18,805 and What makes a man kneel - Words: 9,920)

#destiel #deancas #supernatural #destiel fic #destiel fic rec

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skinks · 4 years

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So like imagine richie spending most of his adult living on take out and microwave dinners, and eddie spending most of HIS adulthood basically letting others take care of him which would mean neither of them having absolutely any kitchen skills which means a) hilarious kitchen shenanigans and b) the two of them slowly learning to cook together after their respective emancipations. Like finally hitting some adulthood touchstone and learning to care for themselves and gradually be human together.

2. Also wrt to richie and eddie learning to cook: it particular I just see eddie as just so deprived and emancipated in his pre ch2 life so when he’s finally liberated himself so to speak, I feel like he’d just be so ravenous for everything. All the things he never let himself enjoy before: sex, experiences, adventure, traveling, etc. and I think learning to love and be passionate about/have a relationship with food that’s more than just utilitarian is a huge aspect of his missed individuation.

3. And for richie like yeah it’s about learning to self care and cutting out time to take care of yourself. But it’s also about intimacy and love. He gets to spend time with someone who he loves and who loves him learning something that’s healthy for both of them and that eddies excited about. And he’s never cooked with someone before. And what’s more he’s got this whole new way of showing he cares by being able to cook for eddie. Like cooking for ppl is absolutely a form of love and caretaking.

4. Thank u 4 coming to my ted talk. I just like the inherent domesticity and GROWTH of them giggling like idiots after destroying their fourth skillet over something dumb but not being disheartened or upset about it because this is what growing is and hey the company ain’t too bad and failing together is fun and gives them good stories at loser reunions. and slowly after time they just aren’t destroying their appliances anymore and they’re getting good at it. Anyway I’m upset not bye

Anon!!! Anon I want you to know I’ve thought about these messages so often ever since you sent them and I’m sorry I’m only getting to it now, but every time I do think about it I go crazy. I go wild. This is so fun and smart and lovely and I really want a 20k fic about it.

I really don’t know what to add tbh, this is so good. I’ve read so many great takes and even fics that take the time to mention perhaps, Eddie having disordered eating patterns while growing up, or orthorexia as an adult. Having first Sonia and then Myra do all the cooking for him, (taking care of him, Eddie-bear) is such a fundamental thing to be out of his control. His literal fuel. It’s just another thing about his relationship to his body that he’s disconnected from, and you’re so right about a healing post-ch2 Eddie who’s suddenly ravenous for all the things he was starved of before.

How did Eddie know so well, how to beat IT, how to make IT small in the first place? Because Eddie has been made small all his life, he knows the effects of being stunted, starved of real love and experience.

So, by Richie being there as they learn to cook, encouraging each other, it’s taking real care. I circle around this concept constantly but like, them being able to care for each other in ways that AREN’T “smothering” or “greedy” or all the other unhealthy ways they’ve feared to love before, it makes them better!! It makes me wanna unscrew the top of my head and pull my brain out!

So yeah, it’s a huge thing for Eddie to take back that control. I’m also a terrible cook so it makes me happy to imagine their cute panicky struggles together as Richie accidentally cuts a finger and bleeds into the chilli, or Eddie irreparably burns his latest wok. Oh god, what if they start off by watching YouTube cooking videos and that’s how they find Brad Leone and that’s how Richie winds up on It’s Alive—

Anyway. Recently I’ve been kinda digging the idea that Richie does know how to cook because Richie/competency is my real OTP, but it’s more likely he’s the microwave dinners and instant noodles type. So even if he DID know how to make pasta, at least, he never got to make it with anyone else.

Now he gets to throw spaghetti at a wall to see if it’s cooked (you better believe he has a field day with those jokes.)

He gets to accidentally add way too much spice to the stir fry before, to laugh and sweat and gasp and playfully make Eddie chug a glass of milk, because they know he’s not lactose intolerant, dammit.

He gets to send a photo of Eddie to the group chat, wearing sunglasses and holding a wooden spoon clenched in his teeth as he determinedly chops onions. Captioned, “Don’t look now, but there’s a celebrity in my kitchen 😎”

He gets to wear an apron, and feel Eddie press up behind him to toy with the strings knotted into a bow just under Richie’s stomach. To feel Eddie ruck up the hem of the apron to hold his hips, while Richie stirs something, always giving Eddie first taste to make sure it’s any good.

They get to play music, and dance, eat and wash up and lie around with their stomachs full of food they made together!!

I’m thinking about it and about this fucking poem forever, thank you

#reddie

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wexarethewalkingxdead · 2 years

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[5] female characters [5] male characters [5] otps [3] bromances [3] episodes that make you cry [2] quotes [2] holiday themed episodes

TV SHOW MEME

[5] female characters

Carol Peletier (The Walking Dead)

Det Alex Eames (Law & Order: Criminal Intent)

Abby Griffin (The 100)

Sara Sidle (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation)

Devon Adair (Earth 2)

[5] male characters

Special Agent Fox Mulder (The X-FIles)

Rick Grimes (The Walking Dead)

A.D.A. Rafael Barba (Law & Order: SVU)

Marcus Kane (The 100)

Gil Grissom (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation)

[5] otps

Carol & Daryl (The Walking Dead)

Marcus & Abby (The 100)

Goren & Eames (Law & Order: Criminal Intent)

Barba & Benson (Law & Order: SVU)

Mulder & Scully (The X-Files)

[3] bromances

Rick & Shane (The Walking Dead)

Chandler & Joey (Friends)

Brian & Stewie (Family Guy)

[3] episodes that make you cry

“On the Beach” - ER Season 8, Episode 21

“The Body” - Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 5, Episode 16

“Wild at Heart” - Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 4, Episode 6

[2] quotes

“It seems to me that the best relationships, the ones that last, are frequently the ones that are rooted in friendship. You know, one day you look at the person and you see something more than you did the night before. Like a switch has been flicked somewhere. And the person who was just a friend is suddenly the only person you can ever imagine yourself with.” - Dana Scully (The X-Files Season 6, Episode 8 “The Rain King”)

“Scully, I was like you once. I didn't know who to trust. Then I... I chose another path... another life, another fate, where I found my sister. The end of my world was unrecognizable and upside down. There was one thing that remained the same. You were my friend, and you told me the truth. Even when the world was falling apart, you were my constant. My touchstone.” - Fox Mulder (The X-Files Season 7, Episode 2 “The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati”)

[2] holiday themed episodes

“How the Ghosts Stole Christmas” - The X-Files Season 6, Episode 6

“I’ll Be Home for Christmas” - ER Season 8, Episode 10

#.maildrop

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queeenpersephone · 3 years

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Hi Liv! I think you know me pretty well by now, so something fun I did in July was submit some of my writing to an online lit magazine! I didn't get accepted but I was proud of myself for taking the risk, and I'll try again next issue.

hi kendra!! that is SUPER awesome i'm so proud of you for putting yourself out there. that's so impressive - hats off to you <3

your superpower: you have siren-like powers. your voice can compel people to do things you are the god/dess of: love, but like deep eternal love. like pragma a poem that you should read: song of the open road by walt whitman a song that reminds me of you: shrike by hozier would you have been dusted in infinity war: you died sry a quote from one of my otps that i feel you’d resonate with: “even when the world was falling apart, you were my constant. my touchstone.” (mulder to scully, txf) a character that would fall in love with you/be your bff: marcus bell <3

#forever-and-almost-always #friends tag #answered #ask games

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