Ven

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Ven, she/her, Stony, Destiel, Ineffable Husbands, annnddddd Cockles. I write a lot of fics and finish and post some of them, read a bunch of fics and some comics, and sometimes get lost deep in the dumpster. I LOVE prompts, and all your thoughts about things we both like, and (nice) asks in my askbox are direct shots of happiness into my soul :)
Anonymous asked:

thank you for describing my anon ask to blanketforcas as “jensen coded” will i ever receive a better compliment in my life, no i don’t think so

you’re most welcome my friend. it’s so very Jensen to get drunk and wax nerdy poetics about Misha 💕😁

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okay, forgive me if this is a dumb question, but…is your basingstoke because of Ruddigore?

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I tried to answer this before, but had a technical problem because tumblr is dreadful.

All right. So, the light operetta writers Gilbert and Sullivan created "Ruddigore." In this, the protagonist Mad Margaret is encouraged to anchor herself to fact and reality by uttering the phrase "Basingstoke!"

Robin. Despard! And his young wife! This visit is unexpected.

Margaret. Shall I fly at him? Shall I tear him limb from limb? Shall I rend him asunder? Say but the word and–

Despard. Basingstoke!

Margaret. (suddenly demure) Basingstoke it is!

Despard. (aside) Then make it so. (aloud) My brother – I call you brother still, despite your horrible profligacy – we have come to urge you to abandon the evil courses to which you have committed yourself, and at any cost to become a pure and blameless ratepayer.

Robin. But I've done no wrong yet.

Margaret. (wildly) No wrong! He has done no wrong! Did you hear that!

Despard. Basingstoke!

Margaret. (recovering herself) Basingstoke it is!

This is not the source of my nick.

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Post-CACW Stony: a fic rec list

I've been on a Captain America: Civil War kick lately, and since I know that Steve-friendly CW Stony fic can be hard to find, I've put together a rec list!

I am thoroughly team cap, but these range from being anti-accords to just not getting into the issue, and all are Steve-friendly as long as you can accept a lot little loving Steve-whump.

Atlas by nanasekei (@elcorhamletlive) (Not Rated, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, 11,505 words)

Summary: They don't hear each other.

Eigengrau by vorkosigan (@the-vorkosigan) (Teen And Up Audiences, 16,811 words)

Summary: Tony is captured; he doesn't know by whom, or why. He doesn't know how much time has passed since. What he knows is, he can now hear something in the adjacent cell, and that 'something' sounds a lot like Steve Rogers.

Nights When the Wolves Are Silent, and Only the Moon Howls by Cluegirl, Defiler_Wyrm (@cluegrrl) (Mature, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, 77,612 words)

Note: has a Stucky element too, but the relationship between Steve and Tony is the main focus.

Summary: “Could you drop all that stoic shit and be my freaking-the-hell-out wingman for just like, five seconds here?” Steve wasn’t sure he could think of anything he wanted less to do than to freak out about his wounds just then though, so he reached across his chest and gingerly patted Sam’s clenched knuckles. “It’ll be fine,” he promised, believing it. “Serum’s handled worse.” “You know, I actually believe you,” Sam allowed after a long second of glaring. “Which is deeply alarming, considering how much of your connective tissue I’ve touched in the last 4 hours. Now you wanna tell me what Russoff’s men did to you that made it look like you got mauled by a bear?” Steve flinched, then breathed the memory down to size. “Not a bear,” he murmured. “Wolves.”

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my parents never came to anything I did.

I have so many memories about this, but one in particular: when I was away at camp with 89 other teenagers, and at the one-month mark the post was collected distributed to all the dorms. 89 other children tore open their boxes and, shovelling handfuls of sweets their parents had sent them into their mouths, read pages-long letters and handed around photos of their brothers and sisters.

I didn't. I didn't get anything, I sat on my empty bed watching them. The teachers had to call my parents and ask if perhaps the post had gone missing...? but my parents were surprised they were required to interact with me while I was away.

Well, today, my 3-year-old daughter had a fun-run. The childcare centre invited parents to come but stressed that if we weren't able to, it was alright. There was no fucking way I wasn't going. My daughter wasn't going to be the only child there without a parent watching.

I got time off work and stood there in the beating sun and plastered in greasy sunscreen waiting to see my little girl emerge from inside the centre and stand on the track.

When she did, her little eyes searched through the crowd person-by-person for me, and absolutely lit up like the sun when she spotted me.

Mine filled with tears as I waved at her and cheered.

I'm breaking the cycle.

My daughter is 13 now and still very invested in my presence at every single performance that she does (which frankly are over 10 times a year). When she was 10 and had a small performance at the local mall, I found her at brinks of tears when I arrived a couple of minutes late, even though the program was not started yet.

They care.

Show up.

It’s just that simple.

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Aziraphale does not...

  • Aziraphale does not need to learn and see how awful Heaven is

Gif by @crowlixcx

  • Does not need to suffer to 'deserve' Crowley

He suffered and cried enough (and so did Crowley)

  • He does not need to explain to Crowley why he spent millennia 'pretending' they are not friends

Crowley knows why.

  • Aziraphale does not need to apologise for how he'd turned Crowley away again and again

Crowley knows they can't really run away. Not for long. Not when the whole Universe is set to be destroyed when the Earth is done with. Not when they are always watched.

  • Aziraphale does not need to Fall to understand Crowley or be worthy to be with him or to understand anything better

Crowley loves him as the angel he is. And Aziraphale loves Crowley exactly as he is. A demon. A demon with a soft heart.

Crowley doesn't want Aziraphale to change. And Aziraphale doesn't want Crowley to change either.

BONUS

  • Crowley is IMO not self-destructing because Aziraphale left. I think he understands why he did. And I think he will help him willingly. Because Crowley loves Earth too.

It's not like S1 when the world was about to end and Aziraphale was gone.

Aziraphale is gone because the world is about to end. And that was the case in S1 too, Crowley just didn't know it. He does now. He helped when he found out then, and he will again.

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18+ 616 Steve/Tony Discord Book Club: Avengers Assemble (2012) #1-8

It's Avengers Book Club! We are reading Avengers Assemble (2012) #1-8, by Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley. This is the arc "Zodiac." This is a good comic where nothing bad happens to the good guys. I promise.

This run is partying like it's the 2012 MCU Avengers, because that's the team lineup, and it is additionally partying like it's the 2010 616 v4 Avengers, because Tony's wearing Bleeding Edge, everyone knows where their Infinity Gems are, and nobody has mindwiped anybody! Refreshing!

Come join us on You Gave Me A Home, an 18+ comics Steve/Tony Discord server! We are located at discord.gg/stevetony! And we've got plenty of stuff going on that isn't Book Club, if you need a place to chill with your fellow Steve/Tony fans today. It has sure been a day.

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Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favourite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Spread the self-love ❤

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Thanks for the love @meidui - this is such a fun post!

I'm currently in a newborn baby haze so its very hard to think of five fics I've ever written, let alone my five favorite. BUT I was recently thinking of a fic I wrote earlier this year that I loved so much so I'll highlight that one!

Relationship: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark

Tags: United States President Steve Rogers, CEO Tony Stark, Getting Together, Secret Relationship, Paparazzi, Social Media, Press and Tabloids, Sleep Sex, Oval Office, Texting, Red White and Royal Blue Inspired, The American President Inspired

Summary:

BREAKING NEWS: Bucky Barnes, Press Secretary: I have answered this question multiple times, Stark and the President met at the Climate Conference over a year ago and became friends thereafter. That’s all there is to say on the matter. Next question.

It was inspired by amazing art by @avengersnewb and I just had so much fun with it!!

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