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Stitch Sunday

School is out for the summer!!! I cannot wait to spend every single day doing *whatever* I want. And by whatever, I clearly mean several different stitch projects, so without further ado...

PRIDE! If you didn't get a chance to see it yet, check out my pride post. These are some of my favorite outfits I've ever made, although they required lots of trial and error. For Simon, I'd never made overalls before, and my faux jean material didn't look as good as I'd hoped. So, after making the entire thing (pictured left) I decided I needed real jean material (pictured right). I ended up sacrificing my oldest and most worn pair for the redo. It is VERY difficult to work with full-weight denim at this scale, but I think it was worth it.

You can also see from Baz's position that dressing him was difficult as well. The fabric I selected for his shorts has no give, so I had to re-engineer my pattern to make them fit. While I was going above and beyond, I decided to add a magnet inside his hand so he could actually hold the little ring box I created for him (the base of the box is a magnet as well).

FUTURE PROJECTS I've also started working on several upcoming projects, including Simon's birthday post. Here's a small preview of one of the dolls involved in that... and my first doll in heels! (She required special tip-toe feet!)

While we are previewing shoes, this is a periodic reminder that although I have learned how to make nearly everything my dolls wear (and I am starting to make most of their photo props as well), I am still not a tiny cobbler. I have a few reliable vendors for shoes, but sometimes, I'm searching for a specific look and will contact someone new. Despite asking for measurements and doing tons of research, the product doesn't always fit. I hold on to all the too small or too big shoes anyway, in case I can use them later... and later has finally arrived for three sets of too-tiny shoes! I'm using these in a top secret project for later this month---can you guess who will be wearing each pair?

Happy Pride Month, everyone!

One of these weeks, I swear I’ll actually post an update on a Sunday 😅 I wanted to share, though, so here we are!

First order of business - I posted a fic a couple days ago! It’s another snowbaz oneshot also known as the fic where Simon wears jeans to sleep. There’s a heart-to-heart and some Grimm family shenanigans.

I feel like I’ve shared so much of this fic in WIP posts that you could stack them together and basically read the story, lmao—but, six sentences for the hell of it:

“I love you,” I whisper.

“Love you too.” It’s amazing to be skin-to-skin like this. It makes me push my luck, because Simon quickly follows up with, “Fuck, your feet are cold.”

“Loving me means loving my cold feet, Snow.”

“Wouldn’t have it any other way.”

Second order of business - I usually like to post a Pride-related fic in June, and I’m in the mood to write firstprince or Arcane now since it’s been a few weeks. If you have a prompt or an idea, please feel free to leave a comment, pop something into my inbox, whatever! I do have some ideas on the back burner which I could tackle, but it would be fun to hear from y’all, especially in the spirit of community.

Third order of business, under the cut - I haven’t done this in a while, so I thought I’d rec some fics I’ve enjoyed recently! Please lmk if I forgot someone’s Tumblr url.

Happy Pride! 🌈

@rainbowrowell

I've always wanted to make one of those over the top lambeth cakes and I love the idea of Simon picking up baking!

Happy Pride! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

The whole gang made it out to pride this year and what better way to celebrate queer joy than with a proposal? Baz planned the entire thing, including the amazing speech he promptly forgot in the thrill of the moment. That's okay. Simon said yes before Baz could even get any words out anyway.

(Close-ups of details below the cut because I am SO proud of everything I made!)

Hello, and welcome to the Summer of Buddie Fic Rec Extravaganza!

Over the course of fifteen weeks, we'll be celebrating Buddie fanfiction in all its forms: getting together fics, alternate universes, outsider POV, canon divergence, long fics, hidden gems, and everything in between. Every Thursday from June 18th through September 24th, a new themed rec list will be posted featuring fan-submitted fic recommendations centered around Buck and Eddie. 

This event is designed to celebrate the incredible variety within Buddie fandom. Whether you love emotional hurt/comfort, soft domestic fluff, massive slow burns, weird little one shots that changed your life forever, or underrated fics that deserve far more attention, there is a place for all of it here.

Participation is simple:

Each week has its own theme and submission form, and anyone can recommend fics for that week's prompt. You can recommend your own work or someone else's, submit one fic or twenty, participate every week or only once, and rec old favorites alongside brand new discoveries. The goal is to spread love around the fandom and highlight as many incredible creators and stories as possible.

Submission forms will be open two weeks before the list is published, and will close on the Wednesday before.

The rec lists will include fic title, author, rating, archive warnings, word count, a short summary, and the recommender's comments where provided. 

Themes are intentionally broad and open to interpretation, so don't be afraid to get creative with your submissions. Works in progress, explicit fic, dark fic, podfics, alternate universes, and pre-canon stories are all welcome provided they are properly tagged and submitted in good faith. 

Follow #summer of buddie fic rec extravaganza! for news, updates, and rec lists.

Whether you've been here since season 2 or just discovered Buddie yesterday, we're excited to have you here. Happy reading, happy reccing, and welcome to the extravaganza!

LInks:

Rules

FAQ

Timeline

This Whole Thing Between Us

Explicit, 4k, Complete, Buddie, Body Swap, Masturbation, Phone Sex, Anal Sex, Unsafe Sex, Dubious Consent, Zero Eddie Angst, So Much Buck Angst, Eddie is having the best time with Buck’s cock and Buck’s working through every strand of restraint he has left.

Eddie knows he shouldn’t be here, that it isn’t right for him to be lying on the bed where Buck should be sleeping.

Where is Buck, by the way? Shouldn’t he be here?

And why does Eddie feel … bigger? The sensation doubles when he shifts on his side, like there’s somehow more of him than when he went to sleep. His clothes feel different, the skin beneath them more sensitive. He shivers, goosebumps on his forearms which is weird because Eddie always runs hot.

It’s when he tries to stand up that he realizes.

Oh. So that’s where Buck is.

Eddie’s not just inside Buck’s bedroom.

He’s inside Buck.

One More [Podfic]

Fandom: Check Please!

Pairing: Eric "Bitty" Bittle/Jack Zimmermann

Rating: M

Length: 00:12:42

Summary: What if Jack didn't leave right after the graduation kiss?

“That’s… uh. That’s my phone. I should–”

“One more,” Bitty whispers into Jack’s open mouth, his hands turned to fists in Jack’s open graduation robe, asking a question Jack aches to answer. “One more, please.”

Original Work by @facewithoutheart

Coverart by @mistchievous

When That Light Hits the Sky

a fic by me for the @carry-on-au-fest (CO AU fest post here)

rating: T

Chapters: 2/6

Words: 3455/~15k

tags: superhero au (but more like ex-superhero AU); Batman AU; but more like life after Batman; Penelope Bunce is a Good Friend; Baz Pitch is Not the Joker; mentions of drinking and depression; non magical AU; despite this it is in fact a getting together meet-cute

based on this comic

Summary: Simon’s in his thirties and suddenly unemployed. His old job had its downsides, but he felt useful, full of purpose—and he didn’t have to worry about pesky things like making more than one friend, or minding his personal safety, or even picking out his own clothes (the uniform might have been the best part). Now he’s adrift, and he can’t even talk about it—revealing even an ex-Batman’s secret identity comes with some pretty hefty penalties, after all. But that shouldn’t be a problem—who’s he gonna tell, anyway?

READ IT NOW! (IF YOU WANT)(HOPEFULLY YOU WANT)

thank you to @monbons and @bookish-bogwitch for the beta read! and thank you to @monbons for my gorgeous banner!

Six Sentence Monday

It's a day off for me today and my Batman AU is on my mind. I'm trying to finish the final chapter and give Simon some rest. It's been hard, mostly because spending a lot of time with Simon on the (metaphorical but also sometimes literal) couch is always hard for me. I feel a lot of empathy for him in these moments, and it's hard not to feel what he's feeling. But also, I want some resolution for him, you know? I want him (me) to know there's light ahead.

It's just, in order to write that, I have to believe that there's light ahead, and sometimes it's hard to live in that space. I trust there will be light. I just can't actually see it and I can't write it.

But, I have a draft. No word if it works yet, it will probably need edits, but maybe that can get posted soon.

In other news, I tore through Thirty Love by Tom Vellner and that was a true delight. Highly recommend. And now I'm watching the French Open, which is pretty great, even though I still don't 100% understand the scoring conventions. I need to spend some time on Wikipedia to figure it out.

Under the cut, some Simon thinking about Baz and also tags.