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waow omg that is soso kind of u to say!! the parallels between human grace and eridian grace were def my fav parts to come up with, just because there were so many interesting ways to make it work!!

i really liked the horror of stratt drugging grace against his will and wanted to preserve that for sure. and so taking grace during his sleep translated especially well bc of all the connotations eridians have in canon abt how sleep is dangerous and you need to have someone watching u to keep u safe. i think in this au, grace got used to sleeping alone, trusted that the other eridians wouldn't do anything to hurt him while he was unconscious. but he was wrong :(

and and and i loved how not having someone to watch him sleep made him vulnerable! just like how not having a partner or family on earth made him vulnerable to that part of stratt's argument to send him to space! aroace grace is my fav headcanon of him everrrr so including that bit was very important to me!

Merry Christmas @astralpenguin

Title: Bay Window Pareidolia

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Wordcount: 9,977

Summary: A story in which Teresa learns that the things she desires most aren't as far out of reach as she might think. She also talks to a house.

One of the squares on my bingo card for @fanartfrenzy was to comment on a fic for a ship with fewer than 100 works. Ben/Gally fits the ticket! I decided to pick a few works I like the looks of and comment. Here are the ones I read:

You Between My Arms by @faiasakura Or, unrepentant fluff involving a sunset. (AU where everyone (except WCKD) lives and makes it to Safe Have/Paradise. Everyone.)

Of the ones I read, this one was my favourite. It's very fluffy, with some funny moments sprinkled in. I love an Everyone Lives AU, and it's nice to see all the characters interacting at the safe haven together as Ben and Gally work themselves up to the sweetest love confession imaginable.

everything under the stars is in your arms by @makuroshi When Gally moves to a new town, he doesn't expect to have his heart stolen by a ballet dancer whose messy blond hair and clear blue eyes make him lose all ability of coherent speech.

This was my favourite Ben/Gally AU I read. It gets into the complexities of Gally's emotions and insecurities, amid a backdrop of art and domestic-type moments. Despite being in Gally's POV, Ben got to have quite a lot of feelings as well. Very beautiful.

Greenie Builder Day by @astralpenguin Gally was excited about Ben’s day with the Builders.

Our canonverse rep for these two. Nothing very eventful happens, but it's a good exploration of how this relationship could've started, and slots right into canon in a totally believable way. A good starting point for daydreaming other stuff that could've happened between them in the Maze era. And it's nice to see Gally get a happy moment amid, well, the Maze.

rules by @astralpenguin It didn't matter that Gally loved him

Also canonverse. The fic is only 3 sentences long (this is by design), and boy does a lot of emotion fit into those three sentences. Explores Ben's Banishing from Gally's perspective. Angsty but thought-provoking. Worth reading from both an emotional and structural standpoint.

A little piece of something by PeonyMoon Sunshowers, morning cuddles with your boyfriend, and no work. What more could Gally ask for?

Really fluffy fluff, seemingly set in a high school AU, where Ben and Gally get to snuggle in bed together. So cute and so sweet.

wake up to the sun by @faiasakura Ben and Gally watch the sunrise. (AU where everyone lives. Everyone.)

Another oneshot with Ben and Gally cuddling together, but post-canon. Two cakes, you guys!!!

art by @astralpenguin Ben's been acting strange around Minho ever since Gally and he got together.

A high school AU. Definitely the funniest of the fics I read. Minho is SO chill and so big hearted. Bonus Minho & Newt friendship.

Bonus:

From Now On by anglophileadventures Gally reconnects with his childhood best friend, Ben.

This one is 19K, and I didn't have time to read it for this bingo square, but I've marked it for later. If you'd like to give it some love in my stead, please feel free!

Content warnings for mild homophobia, anaphylaxis, and trauma.

[Podfic] Flowers For Your Heart by writing_moonchild What if the Flare was just hanahaki, and nobody had figured it out yet? (Newt/Thomas & Ben/Gally)

Rules: Write the latest line(s) from your WIP and tag as many people as there are words in the (last) line. Make a new post, don’t reblog.

Luckily, I finally wrote a bit today! So I can do this! :DDD

"Is there any particular reason you go out of your way to make my life difficult?" Gally asks.

"There are a few," Thomas replies.

for my current wip, blinded by starlight.

uhhhh do i even have 6 people i can tag??? let’s see.

@its-tea-time-darling @graeae @crestfallercanyon @hoesaekyoongi @newtedison @subjecta5newtella 

Via Dolorosa - (noun) a distressing or painful journey or process; literally ‘painful path’

The Outbreak of the Flare destroyed the world and most of the human population almost one year ago. Thomas, an Immune, is on the run, alone after his friends Teresa and Aris abandon him. He’s found by Minho and joins his survival group that includes Alby, Chuck, Fry, Newt, and others. Embarking on this survival from Cranks, Thomas's journey is filled with pain, loss, and more love than he could have ever hoped for. 

Merry Christmas @astralpenguin

Title: Glass Half Full

Rating: Teen Audiences

Warnings: N/A

Wordcount: 2524

Summary: Newt had a bad feeling when Minho called him to come over to the nightclub

The blond wasn't much of a drinker, and all his friends knew this fact, hence why they didn't invite him whenever they'd decide to go celebrating after midterms. That was until Minho found his one weakness and started constantly using it against him.

Thomas Greenie.

His best friend, roommate, and secret crush.