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“This is Donatello”

Lewis blinks as the white fluffy cat is shoved in his face. It is pretty cute, with big empty eyes and spiky ears and a flat face. It blinks back at him. 

I found your blog today and I’ve spent the last four hours on here and let me tell you friend, you have unlocked AUs I’ve never even thought of, unlocked versions of Max and the grid that I now hold close to my chest…

BEST FRIEND THE PACIFIC RIM AU HAS ME LITERALLY CRYING

I loved that movie growing up and to see Maxiel in that setting, to see that angst, THE SINGLE PILOT, THE MEMORY REMOVAL SERVICES, THAT FUCK ASS ORANGE GEL, I just… chef’s kiss my friend

and don’t even get me started on DarkBull my beloved… there’s just something about Red Bull as a family of misfits; loving, caring, possessing, owning Max as their golden boy that just makes me go feral…

Anyway, sorry for my rant friend I just love your work, sincerely a new blog traveler! I hope the rest of your day is good and that your sleeping conditions are optimal and your grades high!!!

I can see in my notifs whenever people people go on a reading spree, so I knew you were having fun!! it's always interesting to see what order people like to go in and what they like most. I'm definitely an AU kind of person, which I think the blog definitely showcases lol

pacific rim au!! it's one of my favorites, partially because it's so tragic from the jump– I dump you all into a broken relationship and then let you piece it together the same time daniel does. there's something about daniel voluntarily getting the service but then not telling max, and max waiting for him to come back and then eventually becoming 01 that's very on-brand for them.

darkbull my favorite least favorite child... I've put a lot of work into that verse and sometimes feel like I can't write for it now without accidentally contradicting something I might've said a year ago, but every once in a while I'll find myself in a darkbull mood!

since you're new to the blog, I hope you don't mind a few recs to go searching through the masterlist for!

- tiny gax verse is super popular over here, and despite to the name it does not involve max/george. check it out!

- the tab labeled "team as pack" has some of my more popular omegaverse stuff set in one verse, so if you really liked the "rb as more than coworkers" vibes, try giving it a read :)

The Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands is a micronation near Australia.  This is their flag:

The Gay Kingdom (as it is colloquially known) was founded in 2004 in protest against Australia’s legal stance against same-sex marriage.

Here are some of their stamps:

They are currently ruled by Emperor Dale I, and their currency is the Pink Dollar.

they have a declaration of independence that talks a bit about gay rights and then just flat out copies the “life liberty and the pursuit of happiness” part from the american declaration of independence. and here’s the best part: the founding group actually elected their emperor. he was originally going to be called the “administrator” of a republic. their website, however, says that “upon legal advice, his title was changed to that of Sovereign on the grounds that under Australian law a defacto prince trying to claim his crown cannot be charged with treason”. so they made it a kingdom and he now claims to be a descendent of edward ii.

everything about this is glorious and everyone should know about it.

As previously mentioned, the idea originated at Pride (Brisbane 2003) in reaction to punitive anti-marriage legislation

“On the 14th day of June 2004, at this highest point in the Coral Sea, Emperor Dale Parker Anderson raised the gay rainbow flag and claimed the islands of the Coral Sea in his name as homeland for the gay and lesbian peoples of the world. God Save our King!”

The campsite/capital Heaven was named after the London nightclub

War was declared on Australia in September 2004

The aforementioned stamps were issued in July 2006 “with the aim of creating a high and distinctive reputation amongst the philatelic fraternity”

They were never recognized legally/internationally as a micronation (and in fact Anderson refused to attend a conference in 2010 because they weren’t actually trying to be a sovereign nation)

In Feb 2017, Abetz was objecting to the flag of a “hostile nation” being flown

Mercedes having illegal engines? ❌Boring, unoriginal, repetative, demonstratably false