i love you like a
Fandom is such an amazing place. It's full of people who care about each other having never met, and who do such amazing things to make others happy. I'll never be over it.
I didn't post about this at the time it happened because it felt a bit like self promotion but now I realise I was really remiss in not sharing my absolute delight at my beautiful friend sapphirescribe having podficced a fic of mine. I can't believe she sat there for hours and did that, made the story actually interesting by reading it aloud. I can't even imagine how long something like that takes tbh. AND NOW I KNOW HOW GORGEOUS AND RICH AND SEXY HER VOICE IS! I love you Sapphy, thank you so much for choosing something of mine as worth recording, here have a Chris Evans grope, I know you want it :D
podfic of Starting Something by sapphirescribe
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I've spent the last couple of mornings savouring this unbelievably thoughtful, generous, wonderful thing that Malu_3 has apparently been working on for months and posted it as my Valentine. MY FUCKING VALENTINE, PEOPLE. EEEEEEEEEEEfuckingEEEE And when I mean mornings, I mean in bed, one delicious chapter at a time. OH MY FUCKING GOD. IT IS HOT LIKE BURNING. FIREY HOT BURNING IN MY PANTS, and when I say thoughtful thing I mean that a porny little painting inspired her awesomeness!
A few months ago we were on TeamGreed together, and we both randomly turned out summerpornathon entries which were Arthur/Merlin/Morgana threesomes (well, hers was a hot Arthur/Morgana ficlet with an implied third party being Merlin, and mine being... well. Morgana's ass in the air with Merlin's face stuck in it and Arthur watching approvingly. Because I'm subtle like that. Yeah.) and so ofc we put that down to hot fap fodder and a meeting of minds in what can only be described as absolutely suspicious circumstances, but whatever WE DID NOT CHEAT OR COLLUDE OKAY, we just both happen to like our Season 1 OT3 naked with their asses in the air.
BUT ANYWAY I DIGRESS. So Malu has written this beautiful fix-it to end all fix-its where Arthur, Merlin and Morgana are the personification of The Triple Crown and there are the reveals we all ached for, especially between Merlin and Morgana, what wonderful allies they could have made, FUCK YOU TPTB for not making this happen in the show. Honestly, the story will kill you with feelings and an overwhelming sense of rightness about the way if could have gone if the three of them could share the burden and gift of ruling and serving Camelot. And Morgana, being BAMF and wonderful, assertive and fiery. I've never loved her as much as in this fic.
Look at how beautiful they are. I love this picture - it really relates to the story in so many ways, the way it''s told by Morgana, and the progression from one, to two, to three.
It's thoroughly engaging and written so beautifully I'm torn between adoration and intense need to break all my pencils and never write a word again (thank fucking christ, I hear you cry lol) BUT ANYWAY. The story is perfect and engages me an intellectual and emotional level.
And then there's the pegging.
Look how happy Arthur is. I mean, he's ecstatic okay
The Triple Crown by malu_3
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Finally, I have decided I hate Tumblr. It's not a healthy place for me to be, not at all, not ever. I've taken steps to lay off it, by subscribing to certain things so that I can still access the pretty but spend no actual time there. I just can't do it. It's bad for my mental state to be surrounded by people I don't know, who don't talk to me or I to them, and whom I know nothing about except for the content they reblog, which tells me little to nothing about them. If I could just look at beautiful fanart, antique treasures and the occassional bit of porn, that'd be great, but it's not that simple, and every visit leaves me with negative feelings I can't shake.
So.... no more Tumblr for me except to post my art or whatever, and I can do that remotely too. And never look at the tags or notes people put on it because those thoughts are not for me to stew and worry over, they're entitled to whatever they want to say or think about it, I just don't need to see it. Right? Right.
But, today I was reminded that Tumblr can be a full of wonderful things too, and people. Gorgeous people like Lamialee whose work I've admired whenever it's turned up on my dash and here on AO3 (taking you straight to my favourite one where Fassy and McAvoy rewrite each others's scripts). We got talking a few months ago and have teed up an art trade which we will do at some point when other obligations are not tugging at us (ALSO I HAVE NOT DONE ONE BEFORE and an super flattered to be asked) but in the meantime, she sent me a thing and I LOVE HER SO MUCH because it's totally brightened my day/week/month to a ridiculous degree).
The poor darling had to send it twice because the first parcel (sent just before Christmas) never arrived. I think there's a very pleased little Cherik-loving postie out there with a guilty conscience. I should be mad, but really, more love for Charles and Erik, right? ANYHOO. So it arrived today and LOOK . LOOK AT THIS FUCKING AWESOME THING WHICH I HAVE RECEIVED
look at the postcards, JUST LOOK AT THEM!! OMG, Erik's sharky grin and Charles' delightful fop of hair. And the book, THE BOOK IS SO CUTE, based on 10 Things I Hate About You, it's so fucking perfect I want to cry or maybe scream and lose my shit idk ♥
So, I love fandom. Fandom is wonderful and I don't know how the muggles survive without it.
And if you haven't seen this movie, DO IT. DO IT NOW. Frank will tell you how I feel about you all ♥
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