the widening gyre

Most of the intelligence community doesn’t believe he exists.The ones that do, call him ‘The Pole Dancer.’

The artistic ecosystem of Bucky Fanfiction is an intricate, fascinating, gorgeous landscape of entwined artistic works that deserves analysis and recognition

most contemporary storytelling considers "originality" as an inherently good quality. Creators are encouraged to conceal their influences as much as possible, so it should be difficult to trace directly where ideas descended from. It's not spoken out loud but once you see it, you can't stop realizing how weird it is.

An artistic ecosystem that rejects that premise can do some BONKERS stuff.

It's intoxicating to see stories interacting on an ecosystem level so closely, exchanging and circulating ideas, refining and clarifying

And with early Stucky fandom, it's driven by this frenetic sense of passion. I don't think everyone believed that the ship would become canon, but in a way that's hard to describe, you can tell they believed it was real.

Rocks (you will cry about one (1) rock)

Space germs/pond life in space (eating ur sun)

More space pond life

Found family (see: rock. You WILL cry)

Russian prison tattoos (just one)

Adorable kids (meat and rock varieties)

Karaoke (music with rocks in, non-Pratchett variety)

Really good space science

Truly terrible linguistics but who cares

Cute fox sweaters

Yes, he can take care of himself, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t vulnerable in many, if not most, of his scenes. This is the guy stricken by nerves during his first hookup. Panicking after said hookup. This is “wow, generic” teary eyes guy. Sad and rejected at the Olympics guy. Lip trembling while watching Ilya win the cup guy. Guy who looked like he wanted to cry during sex with Rose, after sex with Rose, and while Rose was coaxing him into coming out.

Hudson played him vulnerable, and fandom took that and built on it. While we should be cautious of racial bias and stereotypes about gay men, we also shouldn’t ignore that Shane’s softness is a wonderful and very present trait within his character.

It’s part of what makes him a good match for Ilya who is just as soft, if not softer, but doesn’t show it as much until the last two episodes.

Greetings from Button House (2025)

So, I collect vintage large letter postcards that often are based around a US state, city or landmark, and I decided to create my own version based on Ghosts.

All the character portraits inside each letter are hand-drawn digital art by me, the lettering was my design and the background was a little bit of rough sketching I did/digital modelling I noodled with.