#collaborative works

Title: Your Golden Rule Doesn't Shine So Bright Fandom: Sanders Sides Category: Gen Rating: T

Patton is trying to have a peaceful breakfast. Patton is trying to make sure everyone has a fun time. Patton doesn't understand why Remus is so devoted to ruining that.

@saki-the-cup-bearer-blog and I have been working enthusiastically this summer on a post-canon DiFangHua collaboration (my writing, Saki's drawing, Saki's extensive editing and consulting on plot points, and a lot of mutual thirsting and sobbing over pornography photo references) and we are VERY excited to share that Chapter 1 is almost ready to post. Maybe this week??? Hopefully this week??!???!???? Anyway! Please enjoy this one (1) small snippet, because we are very excited to share what we've been up to.

I didn't actually ever watch it -- mafia movies aren't my thing -- but some years ago i was in a YouTube dive, you know the type, and i watched this fascinating 15-minute video essay on Goncharov that's stuck with me even though i've never been able to find it again.

It was about the role of mothers in Goncharov, which is interesting because if i recall correctly, no one's mother ever shows up onscreen. But he pointed out that the pairs of rivals/foils in the film, Andrey and Goncharov, Katya and Sofia (i think?), Ice Pick Joe and Papageorge, all have similar relationships with their mothers. Andrey and Goncharov's are appear to be loving but overbearing, so their sons treat them with affection but try to keep them at arm's length. Katya and Sofia's are barely referenced but seemed to use their daughters as stepping stones (i think it's Sofia who says her mother only cared about her when she saw herself in Sofia's mirror; i'm mangling the quote but it's the only reference to her mom in the film and it establishes so much). Meanwhile Ice Pick Joe and Papageorge are both described as "men who'd kill their own mothers", but we get such staggeringly different ideas of what that actually says about them.

Anyway the video essay suggested it was part of the message of the film, a rejection of nature and nurture as a explanation for bad behavior (and adding more tragedy to Sofia thinking if she gets pregnant she'll be able to leave the mob life behind). I love it when a film's themes are interwoven so deeply, and the essay was really well-written. Though now, seeing all this other stuff that was apparently going on in the film at the same time, i wonder how much of this supposed theme was just the essayist reading into it.

Part 6: Collaborations

Teamwork makes the dream work! 

[Podfic] The Not-Lake House - Podfic of The Not-Lake House by DisgruntledPelican. Collaboration with Amanita_Fierce. 

Fantasy romance about a relationship that forms between two people living two years apart from one another, who communicate through written letters. The pair begin to fall for each other, but will they ever be together?

Published: 2020-11-15 Chapters: 1 Length: 33:24 Rated: G

I Put A Spell On You - Stripper Patrick collaboration with didipickles, missgeevious, reginahalliwell, ships_to_sail, and yourbuttervoicedbeau (kiwiana). 

David can feel the crowd shift gears. Conversations halt and bodies still. Up until now the music has been a series of the usual strip club songs with a strong, thumping bass good for high energy dancing and thrusting. This song is different. Patrick is different. He has the entire club’s attention immediately.

Published: 2020-06-07 Updated: 2020-07-06 Words: 10,247 Chapters:2/? Rated: E

A Taste For the Finer Things in Life - collaboration with spiffymittens. 

David peeked around the door frame a split second later, sweeping the flashlight around the kitchen. There was no robber, no sign of any disturbance—wait, what was that? David whipped the light back to the kitchen island and the flashlight illuminated a paunchy raccoon calmly eating macaroni and cheese out of the garbage can. 

"The fuck you looking at?"

Published: 2020-09-01 Words: 1,302 Chapters: 1/1Rated: T

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This is the last of my “The Year I Thought I Wasted” posts. I want to say a big thank you to everyone who liked, reblogged, or even just read these posts. 2020 was a tough year for a lot of people, and I struggled looking back and trying to find something I did that made any difference. And even though I didn’t make much of a difference here, if I put a smile on your face, or made you laugh on a day when you didn’t think it was possible, then I think I can be proud.

Love and (virtual) hugs to you all.

Chapter Five of the collaborative Thor: TDW canon divergent au written by @whinywingedwinchester and TalkingToMyselfAgain.

Chapter Summary: Freed from his prison, Loki has something he must do before he leaves for Midgard.

Full Fic Summary: During the attack on the palace, Thor dies protecting his mother from the Kursed's blade. Loki escapes his prison beneath the palace with the sole intent of avenging his brother, his grief almost too deep to wade through. But Thor is still fighting, even in death, and he will not let his brother face this alone.

by AndrogynousInk & lickitysplit

Rating: Explicit Archive Warning: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: F/M, M/M, Multi Relationships: Estarossa/Mael, Estarossa/OC, Mael/OC Additional Tags: Romance, Modern AU, Friends to Lovers, Established Relationship, PWP, Porn with Feelings, Polyamory, Threesome, Threesome - F/M/M, Explicit Sexual Content, Oral Sex, Anal Sex Summary: Estarossa and Moth have been dating for several years, but when they run into her ex-lover, Mael, they find out that the third love happens without even trying.

Estarossa drums his fingers on the door, not sure what else there is to talk about. But he bursts out laughing when Mael pulls into the Family Fun Park and finds a space. "You can't be serious."

"It’s the only thing I could think of that didn't involve alcohol," Mael says sheepishly. "Let's play some mini golf, it will be fun. I'll let you go first."

"You're gonna lose either way," Estarossa chuckles. He slides out of the car, listening to Mael doing the same as he takes in their surroundings.

It's not the first time he's seen the place, and he knows what they offer: a mini golf course, an arcade, and a small go-kart track. But it is the first time he's actually stopped in, and he watches a family head into the arcade with a faint twinge. Then Mael's hand is on his elbow, and he turns his head to find the other looking at him with concern.

"Are you okay?"

Estarossa takes a deep breath. "Yeah, I am. Just nervous, I think. I've never, y'know . . . Gone on a date with another man."

Mael nods. "I understand. If I overstep or make you comfortable, please let me know. I want to get to know you, and I want you to have fun." He smiles, and Estarossa stares at him, caught off guard by how utterly handsome he is and his own appreciation of it. "And, no, I won't lose. I haven't yet."