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Fly Me to the Moon (2963 words) by 7iris Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Captain Marvel (2019) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Carol Danvers/Maria Rambeau Characters: Carol Danvers, Maria Rambeau, Monica Rambeau Additional Tags: Post-Captain Marvel, pre-avengers Summary:

"It's a vacation. Like spring break," Carol says.

Monica's eyes widen. "Really? So we can hang out? What are we going to do?"

(For the trope meme.)

I've written amnesia fic before! Forget-Me-Not, (PK Subban/Carey Price)

And the fic I wrote for Yuletide this year: Memories of Unreal Things (William Laurence/Tenzing Tharkay, Temeraire series) -- this was for a fandom that has a canon amnesia plot, which was interesting because I was really meh about that plotline in canon, but really enjoyed writing that fic, and it helped me clarify what I'm looking for in an amnesia fic.

The thing I like specifically about amnesia as a plot device is that it's chance for your afflicted character to see their relationships and the other people in their lives from an outside POV. It's not that I wouldn't read a serious, medically accurate amnesia fic, it's just that it wouldn't be as much fun as the self-indulgent Hollywood amnesia fic that lets you have some angst and some h/c and then another bonk on the head and/or some healing sex, and a happy ending. It's one of those tropes that have been done so many times in both fanfic and popular media that you have to abandon all sense of shame and just roll around in it.

8. First time together

Did you mean my entire oeuvre?

(For the trope meme.)

Hmm, I don't think I've written wingfic! Which is odd, because I am a sucker for it.

I did Yuletide for the first time in a long time this year and I had a lot of fun!

I wrote:

Memories of Unreal Things (3,134 words) Fandom: Temeraire - Naomi Novik Rating: Mature Relationships: William Laurence/Tenzing Tharkay Additional Tags: Memory Loss, Magical Healing Cock

There was a room, and a pallet inside it; a small torch burned low in a socket upon the wall. A man lay upon the cot, his face bruised and battered, his hands curled against his chest bloody, and Laurence did not know him.

Or, a little part of Blood of Tyrants goes differently.

Because what is fanfic for if not to lean hard into the tropes when the author won't?

I received:

Your Fever Gives Me Shivers (2,032 words) by misura Fandom: Almost Human Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Relationships: Dorian/John Kennex

Dorian gets infected with a sex bot virus. John gets infected with feelings.

*gestures delightedly at that summary* Um, yes??? Everything you could possible want from that set-up.

And!!

standing sentinel (8,889 words) by howlingmoonrise Fandom: Alien vs Predator (2004) Rating: Not Rated Relationships: Scar/Alexa Woods Additional Tags: Alien Culture, Alien Cultural Differences, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Ending

He gestures towards himself, towards her. Fist against his heart, and a chirp. Partners.

If you've been finding it hard to get into Dreamwidth as a platform because of its performance on mobile, consider trying the Coexistence Alpha CSS patchset by solarbird. I've been using it, and I am pleasantly surprised by how much better it made things look on my phone. The style I was using before looked similar to Coexistence Alpha on my laptop, but on mobile it was a mess. Coexistence Alpha is intended to get rid of horizontal scrolling (e.g., because of larger images or deep comment threads) and weird zoom issues on mobile. Compare a post on my journal with the site default skin on this dw_news post.

But 7iris, you might be saying, screw the people looking at my journal, I want to have a more mobile-friendly experience while looking at other people's journals. Or, if you're logged in, the posts you linked look exactly the same to me.

Fun fact: Logged-in users can override the style of any journal or entries they're looking at.

This means that if you apply Coexistence Alpha to your journal, DW can show you everyone's entries in that style. (And if my post and the post look the same to you, you may have already turned on the option to see everything in either your style or one of the default site styles -- try looking at those posts when you're logged out.)

If you don't have a DW account (or don't want to log in on mobile), or you don't like the look of Coexistence Alpha, you can try the "light style". If the journal owner hasn't disabled the navbar at the top of the journal there should be a link that says Reload page in style: light Click that and it will give you a stripped down, more mobile-friendly version of the page, and if you click through to any entries or comments from that page, it will keep the light styling on. If you don't see the navbar, you can also add ?style=light to any journal or entry adress to get the same effect, e.g., https://7iris.dreamwidth.org/26379.html?style=light. If you do have DW account, you can also choose to have DW show you all entries in a light style if you are logged in.

Light is a decent choice for mobile, but I do like Coexistence Alpha better overall. style=light won't rescale images, so you can still get horizontal scrolling annoyances if a post has a larger image, or if it has deep comment threads. Compare:

A text-only post on my journal in Coexistence Alpha vs. ?style=light

A post on my journal with a (SFW) image in Coexistence Alpha vs. ?style=light

That post (text only but deep comment threads) in ?style=light

If you haven't been thrilled with the mobile experience on Dreamwidth, and you spend a lot of time on mobile (or want your journal to be more mobile-friendly to others), I would urge you to try Coexistence Alpha out. It's not perfect, and there are still accessibility issues that this style does not resolve, but for me, it's better than the default options DW provides. solarbird has provided very basic instructions on how to apply that style, but I'll put some more detailed instructions behind the cut, as well as a couple of notes on what you can tweak, and how to apply your preferred style (Coexistence Alpha or otherwise) to other people's journals or entries.

There are definitely things I will miss about tumblr (including the fact that it was socially acceptable to just slap some [redacted] gifs up there without a cut, in part because you could blacklist things if you wanted). But let's focus on the good parts of DW, which include minimal content restrictions and threaded comments.

So, come on over to Dreamwidth for a few of my favorite banned-on-tumblr gifs with a little commentary. Feel free to drop your own favorites and/or a fic prompt in the comments!

ETA: @werewolfzero said:

your icon is showing now you should be back to normal now!

pssst come to DW now, a bunch of us are already there

(So I was waiting on replying to this until I made sure my DW had my latest posts, and it turned out it was a lot more out of date than I thought. ANYWAY.)

I am 7iris on Dreamwidth, and I'll try to make more of an effort to post and be social over there now that this hellsite is crumbing into ruin. Don't get me wrong, I'll be on here until they delete my blog, in part because I want to witness this trainwreck in its entirety, but I can be found other places.

That hug check is the Best Thing Ever and I want so much fic about G seeing this and feeling jealous and worried and does Sid want Shea and Shea instead teaches G how to be Tender and Loving to your needy goose-honking hockey-loving Captain. Like with actual lessons and Skype sessions and lectures and graphs. Which Sid finds but doesn’t know the subject of and is impressed! G is going back to school! he is supportive! What..what kind of homework is this anyway, G,

"Wait," Sid says, looking at a worksheet about Active Listening. "Does this mean we can't yell at each other on the bench anymore? Because I like that part of our relationship."

"Um," Geno says.

"But I like this bit, this is good," Sid says, pointing to a flow chart about doing things that your partner wants or needs, not just what you want to do. "Is that why you downloaded that World War II documentary to your iPad for the flight yesterday?"

Geno straightens the pencils in front of him instead of looking at Sid. "Maybe."

"Hmm," Sid says, still shuffling papers. "Well, you can definitely hold me down the next time you ride my dick."

Geno makes an inarticulate choking noise.

"Oh, did Shea not get to that part yet?"

YES. GOOD.

LISTEN, I know that I have tagged at least three of the last big beefy players I reblogged as service tops, including Shea Weber, BUT I STAND BY ALL OF IT.

Especially Shea Weber, who comes across as the strong, silent type, a big scary dude, but who is actually incredibly soft (THE HUG CHECK) and self-deprecating underneath it all (although he is not wrong about Carey Price getting more makeout sessions). He wants to take care of people. He wants his partner/teammates to be happy, and he wants to give them what they need.