Title: Gifts of Gold By: MerlinLikeTheBird Gift for: Alehalebane Rating: Teen and Up Word Count: 16,205 words Warning(s): None Summary: “I’m the king,” Arthur says grumpily, swallowing around the stone that has settled in his throat, “I can wear what I want.” “What about what I want?” “I’m the king,” Arthur repeats slowly, since Merlin is being particularly thick, “and so you can also wear what I want.” Or, Arthur dresses Merlin, which goes about as well as you would expect. Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/54308713/chapters/137544148

Title: Prawns Pairing/main characters: Regulus Black/James Potter Rating: Teen Warnings: None Medium/Word Count: 7,459

Summary: 

“You’re a dog, Sirius?” Regulus asks. “Of all the animals in the world, your animagus is a big shaggy dog?” “Oh shut up, like you’d get something better.” “Definitely would get something better.” “Oh yeah?” “Yeah.” “Well, I guess you’ll just have to prove it now.” “I guess I will.”

AO3 link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/47098750

'Tis the Damn (Magic) Season Masterpost

Title: 'Tis the Damn (Magic) Season Pairing: Charlie Bradbury & Rowena Macleod Rating: T Word count: 28691 Author: butterflyslinky & PrincessaKyla Artist: PetraAmia Beta: EllenofOz

Summary: Containing the correspondence of the Lady Crowley and her ward, regarding the events of a London season that had it all--scandal, intrigue, magic, and murder. Warnings: Graphic Depictions of Violence, Major Character Death, Human Sacrifice Tags: Epistolary, Witchcraft

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Shadow had a vague outline of what happened.

He had been fighting Eggman about something he couldn’t quite remember, when a cold object lodged into the fur of his back and made him plummet to the ground.

He had woken up afterwards with a persistent headache that didn’t seem to fade and a sense of déjà vu that transported him back to his time on the ARK.

Luckily for him, Sonic is there to hold him

Rating: Teen and Up

Words: 3k

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The First Pride Was a Riot

Creator: @queerofthedagger Rating: Teen and Up Length: 5,100 Pairing(s): Merlin/Arthur Pendragon Warning(s): None

Summary:

The first pride was a riot, and Arthur stands amongst the wreckage of glass on cobblestone. He stands amongst blue and purple and pink, amongst all the colours of the rainbow, and Arthur—

—well. All that Arthur can think of is Merlin.

The first time Arthur goes to a pride march, he doesn't feel like he belongs, doesn't think that being bi has to change anything. The first time Arthur goes to a pride march, he meets Merlin, and it changes everything.

As it turns out, Arthur discovers that perhaps, change isn't such a bad thing.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/39647706

DRIZZLE FIC: Throwing Rocks at Your Window

Title: Throwing Rocks at Your Window Author/Artist: @beyondtheclose Prompt: # 104: Draco’s cursed so that his mood reflects the weather, but for the first week or so no one notices because it’s been raining. One day, though, the sun comes out Pairing(s): Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter Word Count/Art Medium: 4500 words Rating: Teen And Up Notes: A big thank you to K for alpha reading and to O for beta-ing! Summary: 'Maybe it's worth the risk' was possibly the worst, most Gryffindor thought that Draco could have acted on. At least London's rainy weather fits his mood.

(Throwing Rocks at Your Window)

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: All For The Game - Nora Sakavic Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Neil Josten/Andrew Minyard, Neil Josten & Andrew Minyard, The Foxes | Palmetto State Foxes Member(s) & Neil Josten Characters: Neil Josten, Andrew Minyard, The Foxes | Palmetto State Foxes Member(s) (All For The Game) Additional Tags: Lies, Character Study, Canon Compliant, Mentioned Nathan Wesninski, Mentioned Mary Hatford, Introspection, Neil Josten Loves Andrew Minyard, POV Neil Josten, Protective Neil Josten, It's Not Paranoia If They're Really Out To Get You, no beta we die like neil's 'i don't start fights' persona, takes place before baltimore Series: Part 1 of AFTG Bingo 2024 Summary:

Neil Josten is a liar. It's a bad habit, he knows, but he can't stop.

@allforthegamebingo

balls

(miraculous s5 spoilers)

I do find it really funny how miraculous s5 goes from 0 to 100 like, REAL fast. The season starts off all, “Monarch may be powerful, but Ladybug and Chat Noir are finally gonna KICK HIS BUTT!” and by the end it’s like, “GABRIEL AND TSURUGI HAVE LOCKED UP ADRIEN AND KAGAMI. ADRIEN AND FELIX ARE SENTIMONSTERS. GABE IS FORCING HIS OWN “PERFECTION” DRUG ON EVERYONE. NATHALIE IS DYING. CHLOE’S BEEN HUMBLED. LILA HAS THE BUTTERFLY MIRACULOUS. GABE GOT THE LADYBUG AND BLACK CAT MIRACULOUS AND THE WORLD EXPLODED AND HE’S REVERED AS A HERO AND ADRIEN KNOWS NOTHING.”

Such assholes I love them

character turnarounds for orbit n zeph i made a few months ago, with a little bit more fleshed out info about them

Title: Mere Sight Make Obedient By: Elvenqueens / @translesbianlanwangji Gift for: @flossibelle Rating: Teen + Word Count: 5478 words Warning(s): Angst, Child Death, Non-Graphic Violence, Emotional/Psychological Abuse, Uther Pendragon's A+ parenting, Hurt Merlin, Whipping Boy AU, Mutual Pining, Pre-Relationship, Hopeful Ending

Summary:

A chance encounter.

A promise broken.

Arthur was the obedient child. He was the one who stayed in line. the one who would inherit the throne. Morgana was the one who spoke out, who questioned his decisions, who went behind his back and damn the consequences.

Uther had started to lose his grip on his son. Morgana may have influenced him more than he thought, or perhaps Arthur had been going behind his back this entire time. One to draw the attention and one he would never suspect.

He was losing control of his son, and for a King and his Heir to be at odds is a dangerous thing.

Or, I write a whipping boy au cause its a royal drama so why not

AO3 Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/54666655

Title: A Little Bird Told Me Pairing/Main Characters: Gen; Regulus Black, Sirius Black, Original Character (Regulus's daughter) Rating: Teen and Up Warnings: mentions/discussion of injustice, oppression, and bigotry; canon-typical violence; minor character death; brief mentions/references to self-harm Word Count: 49,988

Summary:

In 1979, Lord Voldemort asked to borrow a house-elf, and Regulus remained silent. As a result, he never learned of the locket horcrux and remained a Death Eater until the end of the war, avoiding punishment by claiming to be a victim of the Imperius Curse.

Now, it's 1995, and the Dark Mark is burning again. Regulus, who has spent fourteen years trying to distance himself from the Death Eaters, is not exactly thrilled about this turn of events and has no desire to rejoin their ranks. Unfortunately for him, the Dark Lord does not accept resignations. What is a semi-reformed Death Eater do when the past he thought he had left behind comes back to haunt him?

AO3 Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/46457365/

Shadow the Hedgehog is one of the most powerful beings on the planet.

He is stable. He is determined. He always knows what to do.

He is The Ultimate Lifeform,

and The Ultimate Lifeform does not cry.

Rating: Teen and Up

Words: 3k+

By: @robyn-runestone

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worth the yearning, worth the wait

Creator: stanzas / @dorochas Rating: Teen and Up Length: 2,083 Pairing: Gwaine/Percival/Elyan Warnings: n/a Summary: “I know no matter how far they have to go, Arthur and the others will return.” Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/42520401

I feel that the 2003 Teen Titans cartoon has a weird chokehold over a lot of the DC fandom, particularly the parts that don't actually READ or even like COMICS, to the point where this show, whose creators openly admit had to be simple enough for a toddler to follow, largely informs a lot of fans' interpretations of some pretty complex characters, themes and continuity. The show, specifically, can tend to become nostalgia bait, and I think it's due time for a lot of this fandom to take off their rose-tinted glasses and let the show go.

Like I enjoyed the show growing up and I still have a soft spot for episodes like Lightspeed and Hide & Seek, but...frankly it's a simple show tailored to young kids that just does not, and was never meant to, do justice to the Titans' comic canon. This show could never have done Who is Donna Troy? and conveyed the unlabelableness of Donna and Dick's relationship, but it was never supposed to. Characterisations are intentionally dumbed down, themes are broken down into bite-sized morals, half of the show is dedicated to comedy, and character development is purposely few and far between because this show was designed for kids aged 2-11. And all that is fine but it's just not at all a reflection of what the Titans really are in print. It should not really inform any serious reading of the DC comic universe.

On the one hand, I really didn't need to see a Red X comic arc or Starfire talking in broken english in a comic, it's all just cheap nostalgia bait that people need to stop falling for. It's sacrificing theme in favour of cheap references. On the other hand, I do think the fans I'm talking about probably owe it to themselves to a) be a little more honest and critical about their engagement with DC media, and b) challenge themselves more when engaging in media to avoid wallowing in flanderized fluff.