#ugh i love gender fuckery archives
Text
tma makeup headcanons:
Jonathan "serving cunt" Sims:
S1 Jon doesn't know what makeup is (he absolutely wore eyeliner every single day at uni but he's not letting everyone else know that)
He like spot conceals but that's about all he feels comfortable getting away with while maintaining his air of professionalism
He also despises the feeling of foundation on his face
S2 Jon is barefaced as the day he was born. My man's last priority is how he looks, he's too busy buying axes in central London and stalking his coworkers
S3 Jon has none of his makeup with him but he's got loads of spare time and Georgie has a whole drawer so he experiments a little bit, he goes for Kajal (black pencil eyeliner lining the inside of your eyes) instead of his previous winged eyeliner but he hesitates at the any colour because she managed to pull it off but he's never been one for drawing attention to himself like that but one day he goes for a burgundy or like dark purplish red colour and he's quite pleased with himself
I feel like Jon would go for a natural kind of look, with concealer and a skin tint at best, some dark brown eye shadow to deepen his hooded eyes and kajal
Martin Kslaying Blackwood:
Ugh I love this man so much
I'm literally such a fan of trans Martin it's pretty much canon to me so I'm headcanoning that he's very hesitant about makeup cause he was a late transitioner and had only just gotten used to passing recently so he doesn't want to do anything to risk that
But he's such a slut for a nice little blush or like a subtle lip tint
He goes for powder blushes cause liquid ones feel sticky on his face and also powder blushes just Look Nice
He also likes lip tints cause he's constantly rubbing off lip products, with the multiple mugs of tea a day and it's getting awkward handing Jon mugs of tea with faint lipstick stains on them
He keeps an emergency kit in his bag with like some eyeshadow if he needs to darken his facial hair and on a whim he puts a baby pink powder blush in there and a matching lip tint
So it's not like he decided to bring it to the safehouse, it was just sort of there
Jon finds it and he's like let's go, we're going down to the shops and buying some, we're gonna do some experimenting and Martin's like oh!!
When he was working for Peter Lukas, he was also barefaced, he didn't want to give him the satisfaction of thinking he put effort in
Timothy "Take notes" Stoker:
This man is such a fun makeup guy
He's a random dots around his eyes, shimmery colourful inner corner, new colour every day, just drawing shit around his eyes kinda man
He's a no foundation no concealer kinda guy as well I think
ugh just can you imagine??? They have a little tally of what colours/patterns Tim's using today and somehow he never managed to repeat a look - it might be a repeated colour but the pattern or the way it's used it's always different
And then one day he just stops. He still wears makeup but the colours are more muted and they make his eyes look bruised in a very decisive way
It's almost as if he's spent ages on a look and then tried to scrub it all away
Sashay Away James
She's such a glamorous girly I feel like she really enjoys the process of makeup more than actually changing the way she looks
I'd love her to be doing the whole shebang, spending hours picking the right primer and stuff like that
She goes for the yeah I'm wearing makeup and I'm slaying look
I feel like she's so good at a little nose highlight
Can you imagine every day Tim greeting Sasha every morning with like a love the highlight girl and it makes her happy every single time
Oh she's such a fake freckles girly absolutely
Hated false eyelashes cause they feel weird
Not Sasha believes makeup is pushing feminism backwards
#ugh i love gender fuckery archives#ive made every single archival staff autistic in my head#tma#the magnus archives#jonathan sims#martin k blackwood#tim stoker#sasha james#tma headcanons#archival assistants#not sasha#brown jonathan sims#desi jonathan sims
58 notes
·
View notes
Text
Fic Rec Friday 1/19/2024
Title: The Weather Outside is Frightful
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Category: M/M
Fandom: The Sandman (TV 2022)
Relationship: Dream of the Endless | Morpheus/Hob Gadling
Characters: Dream of the Endless | Morpheus, Hob Gadling
Additional Tags: Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Crying, Cuddling & Snuggling, Panic
Summary: In the Dreaming, the mood of the King of Dreams and Nightmares determines the weather. In the waking world, the same process occasionally works in reverse.
———
Got a sweet lil thing for you today.
The simplicity of this. The casual domesticity. Just Hob and Dream, in bed (and then out of it) during a storm. I enjoy the subtlety of Dream’s inner thoughts. And then, of his fear. It doesn’t go over the top, but you can still feel it. And Hob, ugh. He’s so incredibly sweet in this. Sleepy, caring, protective Hob is such a mood. Also I love any fics where it’s implied (or even outright stated) that Hob, through personal experience, knows exactly what to do about Dream’s PTSD. What he needs, how to comfort and care for him, etc. He handles him so gently, even if Dream isn’t exactly sure why at first. It’s lovely.
There’s something so casually intimate about this fic. Just the feeling of cozying up with your partner during a storm. There’s almost nothing better. And we don’t need much more in this than Hob and Dream, being each other’s anchors in the storm. Maybe Hob is more of a lighthouse for his love, emitting light, guiding him home. The love is palpable throughout, even when Hob is still asleep, and all we have is Dream thinking about him. These two are so gone on each other it’s stupid, lol. And I wouldn’t want them any other way.
———
Next Week: More Steddie! This time, it’s another trip down one of my favorite trope lanes: Gender Fuckery. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it 100 more times - in this house, we love Steve Harrington, gender fuckery, and just about any combination thereof.
Bis bald!
#fic rec friday#the sandman#dreamling#writer: Dira Sudis#light angst#hurt/comfort#cuddling during a storm#so soft and lovely#❤️
22 notes
·
View notes
Text
Fic Rec Friday 1/26/2024
Title: The Skirt
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Category: M/M
Fandom: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
Relationships: Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson, Robin Buckley & Eddie Munson, Robin Buckley & Steve Harrington
Characters: Steve Harrington, Eddie Munson, Robin Buckley
Additional Tags: Trans Steve Harrington, Coming Out, Internalized Transphobia, Implied/Referenced Cheating, no actual cheating though dw, Hurt/Comfort, Gender Dysphoria, author is trans but in a different direction, Hurt Steve Harrington, Hurt Eddie Munson, Trans Female Character, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, no beta we die like steve’s manhood
Summary: Steve didn’t know what to say. How could he explain that Steve Harrington, the guy with the nail bat, a jock with too-broad shoulders and hair on his chest, who was narrow in the hips and had fat in all the wrong places, wore skirts in secret? An unexplainable embarrassment washed over him, feeling like a little kid that got caught raiding his mom’s closet. Something crumbled inside him. He couldn’t tell his boyfriend that no matter how hard he tried, he’d never be the man Eddie wanted.
———
Today’s menu: angst and gender fuckery. Two things that go very well together!
I love overall how the Steddie fandom plays with gender. There are popular headcanons and fics of either Eddie or Steve (or both!) being something other than cisgender boys, and I always enjoy seeing them. This particular one is centered on Steve. On their tentative steps into the feminine, and on Eddie’s initial (unfortunate) reaction. To be fair to Eddie, he came to an extremely incorrect opinion when he found the titular object. And they eventually work through the misunderstanding. But man, that first scene? Ugh. Hurts so bad, but also so good. And that hurt makes the eventual apology and discussion (the comfort, if you will) even sweeter.
Robin remains the real MVP. I adore the idea of Steve being trans (or just, y’know, questioning certain things) and confiding in her. Because they would. Absolutely. Platonic soulmates and all. And she has their back completely, even to the point of reading Eddie the riot act over his reaction. Sometimes, silly ‘boys’ need their lesbian bestie to knock their heads together.
Also, the moment Steve’s pronouns shift in the narration? Beautiful. This story is beautiful.
(also also I didn’t plan this to be a Steddie rec on this particular day, knowing what it was, other than a Friday, lol. Happy 30th birthday to Joseph Quinn! I hope his day is a good one, and is as relaxing or as exciting as he prefers it to be ❤️)
———
Next Week: Hannigram. Sweet, sweet Hannigram.
Features include: post fall, escaping the FBI, angst, smut, and a lovely transmasc Will Graham. Plenty of good ingredients for a delicious dish.
See you soon!
#fic rec friday#steddie#writer: telltaleheartthrob#angst#hurt/comfort#coming out#transfemme Steve Harrington#these guys#they have my heart in a chokehold#I would go to war for transfemme stevie harrington#❤️❤️❤️
6 notes
·
View notes
Text
Fic Rec Friday 11/3/23
Title: Another Version Of Me
Rating: General Audiences
Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Category: M/M
Fandom: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
Relationships: Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson, Robin Buckley & Steve Harrington
Characters: Steve Harrington, Robin Buckley, Eddie Munson, Nancy Wheeler, Maxine "Max" Mayfield, Eleven | Jane Hopper, Erica Sinclair
Additional Tags: Genderfluid Steve Harrington, Established Relationship, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Post-Season/Series 04, Fluff, Minor Angst, not very much, Genderfluid Character, Platonic Soulmates Robin Buckley & Steve Harrington, girls night, Author is genderfluid, if this doesn't match your experience just know it matches mine
Summary: In which Steve discovers that he's genderfluid and he only has a little bit of a crisis about it.
———
Two of my favorite things in the world: Steve Harrington and gender fuckery. Any story that manages to include both is a special kind of amazing to me. And this one is no exception.
It’s beautiful. The emotions, the love, ugh. It’s palpable. And not just the Steddie side of things (more on that later). No, all of Steve’s relationships in this are great. With Robin, who’s so gentle and understanding, but not without teasing him of course. And the other girls, for a small section. His convo with Max is so sweet, makes my teeth hurt, lol. And all of his introspection, his feelings about his gender… it hurts, but in a good way? Somehow? As someone who has dealt with (still dealing with, honestly) the concept of being neither one thing nor the other, I feel that pain in my bones. And I already project onto Steve a ridiculous amount, lol. I’m glad he has such a support system while he works through this thing. It is kind of a struggle, even today, let alone for a twenty-something guy in Indiana in the 80s.
And Eddie. Oh man, Eddie. I’ve said this before, but every time Eddie is endlessly proud and supportive of a non-cisgendered Steve, I just… melt. He just loves them so much. So much it makes my heart sing. I wish every person out there who feels similar to Steve had a person in their life like Eddie. Like Robin too, let’s be real. Steve’s had a hard life, and he deserves the love and peace of his friends, his platonic soulmate, and his boyfriend. He deserves all the good things.
A truly beautiful story.
———
Next week: Narumitsu! But only incidentally. Oh sure, Miles and Phoenix are 100% together, but Phoenix isn’t in this story. In fact, outside of a text (and one or two mentions of him from Miles), he doesn’t even appear at all. No, the draw of this fic is Miles and his friendship with another character. One you might not necessarily expect, but which makes an insane amount of sense if you think about it. Who is it though? Hmmmmm.
See you next time!
#fic rec friday#steddie#writer: tinkerbclla#gender fluid Steve Harrington#they’re just so *clenches fist*#you know?#ugh#Stevie Harrington gives me every feeling ever#lol#I love them so much#❤️❤️❤️
6 notes
·
View notes
Text
Fic Rec Friday 10/27/23
Title: White Noise Music
Rating: Mature
Archive Warning: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Category: M/M
Fandom: Hannibal Extended Universe - Fandom
Relationships: Nigel (Charlie Countryman)/Adam Raki, Will Graham/Hannibal Lecter
Characters: Nigel (Charlie Countryman), Adam Raki
Additional Tags: Spacedogs, Hannigram - Freeform, spacedogs au, Sickfic, Hurt/Comfort, sick!adam, comforting!Nigel, Stomach Ache, Vomiting, Emetophilia, Graphic Depictions of Illness, Caretaking, Separation Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Aspergers, Fluff
Summary: Adam won't answer his phone and Nigel panics.
———
Nothing better than a good ol’ sickfic, lads. Seeing one partner suffer while the other does their best to care for them? Such a great subgenre to Hurt/Comfort. And as a longtime connoisseur of H/C, I always appreciate it.
Adam is such a precious bean of a character, it’s very easy to find myself on his side. I find him relatable in many ways, but maybe especially when he’s sick. Makes me wish I had a Nigel of my own to look after me, you know? Speaking of Nigel, he is so SOFT when it comes to Adam. Like, seriously. If you saw the character (or the movie he’s from, I think? Never seen it myself), you wouldn’t think he could be so adorable. And loving. But he is, man.
I love established relationship Spacedogs so much. First meetings are great too, but there’s just something about seeing them already together that makes my heart sing. Also the fact that these two guys ended up together at all. From the outside, it might seem silly, to put these two characters from completely different movies (not even in a shared universe!) together. And it kind of is, but at the same time… it’s perfect. They work well together. Plus, it’s really fucking cute.
In any fic like this, the main draw (for me at least) is the comfort. Even if a story is 90% Hurt and only 10% Comfort, if that comfort is strong enough, it still evens out. And the comfort in this one is excellent. Almost nothing warms my heart more than Nigel gently helping Adam to the bathroom, then bringing in some pillows and a blanket so they can both be comfortable spending the night there while Adam’s sick. Keyword: Both. He’s not going to leave Adam to suffer alone. Ugh. So cute.
I adore this fic. Hate to see my baby hurt, but love to watch him get that sweet, sweet comfort.
———
Next Week: Steddie again! Time for a dive back into one of my favorite types of fic - Steve Harrington and gender fuckery. No matter what flavor, it hits me right in the heart, every time.
See you soon!
#fic rec Friday#spacedogs#writer: Jaysop#hurt comfort#sickfic#hate to see him hurt but love to watch him get comfort#a classic tale#lol#would that we all had our own Nigel to help us when we’re sick
2 notes
·
View notes
Text
Fic Rec Friday 8/4/2023
Title: Endless. Not Everything.
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Fandom: The Sandman (TV 2022)
Relationship: Dream of the Endless | Morpheus/Hob Gadling
Characters: Dream of the Endless | Morpheus, Dream of the Endless, Hob Gadling
Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Dream can have a gender, as a treat, Dream of the Endless | Morpheus is Bad at Feelings, Lack of Communication, Idiots in Love, I cannot stress enough that nobody in this fic has any emotional intelligence, they're all idiots, idiots who don't talk about their feelings until shit goes tits up, LITERALLY, Happy Ending, Body Horror, kinda? tagging anyway cause better safe than sorry
Summary: "I am. Endless. But there are still... things that I am Not."
'Lovable' is at the top of the list, he thinks, though 'wanted' isn't far behind.
'Woman' is on there somewhere too, apparently.
———
And now for something completely different. But if it’s yet another gay ship, how different can it really be?
Much like with Steddie, I fell for this pairing sight as yet unseen. I’ve never watched The Sandman. Never listened to the audiobook(s). Never read the comics. But someone posted cute fanart. And dammit, I am weak.
Y’all know gender fuckery is one of those fic subgenres I adore, and I feel like this fandom/pairing is particularly well-suited for it. Just the fact that endless, ethereal beings could have gender at all (Desire notwithstanding) is pretty interesting. And Dream trying to be something else, only for it to be just… wrong wrong wrong, ugh. My little Enby/Gender-Fluid heart just breaks for him. Because I know that feel. I’m sure a lot of us know that feel, even if we are only squishy humans and not Endless. Also I love the Author’s note at the end. Definitely shouldn’t be that hot of a take - it makes perfect sense to me!
Dream is absolutely precious in this, in his gender conflicted glory. And Hob. Hob Motherfucking Gadling. I am officially crowning him as my Sandman Blorbo. That man is a saint. He certainly has the patience of one, at least. The care he shows to Dream in this fic is just everything. When his first concern when he finds Dream after their… encounter(?) is if Dream is okay, if he hurt Dream… I cannot. And I love that, despite him being several hundred years old (and Dream being several millennia), their communication skills still need work, lol. They may be an immortal human and the immortal personification of Dreams, but they really are just like us.
This is a beautiful story.
———
Next Week: Spacedogs time again! And this one’s a doozy. I mean, with how obsessed with space Adam is, canonically even, it somehow makes absolutely perfect sense to have an AU where Nigel is an alien, right? It’s soft, romantic, slightly silly, and sexy as hell.
Stay tuned!
#fic rec friday#dreamling#writer: Cheshyr#these two gave me gender feelings#lol#dumb boys need to talk#I love them#especially Hob
6 notes
·
View notes
Last Seen Blogs
