āļø 21 days of fic-mas (in August) - day 13 āļø
Bright in the Day - hetrezĀ / @hetrez
word count: 4,180 ā rating: general audiencesĀ
When I ask for fic recommendations (especially for QueliotĀ āclassicsā), hetrezās name always comes up. This is the first fic of theirs that Iāve read--a post-Monster Eliot is trying to figure out how to be in his body again, and Alice begrudgingly interrupts her own magical project and gives some of her time to help him. I have a huge soft spot for Alice and Eliotās complicated relationship, and this fic captures it so well. All the reasons people may not like Alice--her selfishness, her cunning, her impatience for emotions--are highlighted in such an insightful way here, and her soft, squishy, vulnerable parts are exposed too (also begrudgingly). If you are an Alice Appreciator (and I hope you are because this blog is NO place for Alice hate), this one is a lovely portrait of our girl š
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Itās still Wednesday in California, so I was tagged by @hetrezā for WIP Wednesday. Iām slowly but surely working on the next fic in theĀ āBuck adopted a dog with the Diazes and found love~ā verse (aka Kibble verse).
Buck has learned a lot of things since Kibble came into his life.
Heās learned that Chris has a natural affinity for dogs. Kibble follows him around the house, sleeps at the foot of his bed, and sits under his chair when they eat dinner at the dining room table (no matter how many times Eddie has tried to tell her to quit begging). Chris seems to know exactly when Kibble is hungry or tired or needs to go outside. Itās only been a couple of weeks since Kibble officially became a member of the household, and Buck is amazed by how close theyāve grown and how quickly it happened.
Buck has learned other things, too.
Heās learned that Eddie leaves his socks everywhere (like a total slob), that Chris likes to narrate what heās doing to anyone who will listen (including Kibble, which is adorable) and that having a dog around is better than Buck ever could have imagined.
Heās also learned that Eddieās morning breath is terrible.
āNo,ā he says firmly when Eddie tries to kiss him right after waking up.
āNo?ā Eddie echoes. Heās sprawled across half of the bed on his stomach, the sheet tangled around his legs, and Buck is sitting up with his back to the headboard, drinking his morning coffee. Eddie has propped himself up on his elbows and just tried to pull Buck down for a kiss, but Buck is categorically denying this request becauseāwell, because of the morning breath.
āYou should brush your teeth,ā Buck tells him.
Eddieās eyebrows rise up so high they look like theyāre about to take flight.
āItās pretty dire,ā Buck adds.
Eddie stares at him for another moment, and then he collapses back into his pillow. āFine,ā he mutters as he moves to roll out of bed, ābut itās not like yours is any better.ā
The Winter Soldier tries to incept himself into being Bucky Barnes. As a general plan, it goes very badly. As a way to reunite him with Steve Rogers and work out some of their interpersonal conflict, it goes pretty okay.
Responses to replies on āAre You Here to Stop Me? Part 2ā² cause I thought these posted but I put them in drafts AGAIN š¦
@nighthauntingā Ohhhh yes >:) It would have been so cathartic to get in a punch, but it wasnāt part of The Plan. Soon
@gingersnapwolvesā HOOOO YES, this AU is a constant battle of wanting JGY to just go apeshit on people and wanting him to see people go apeshit forĀ him. And yes, he is going to end up very very dead--JGY is still JGY, after all
@hetrez AHHH THANK YOU IāM SO GLAD šš
@pink-fuchsia THANK YOUUU!
@ablazeandmeanderingā IāM SO GLAD! :D As a treat! He deserves it! They both do >:)
@flamingwellā This made me laugh so evilly pfff Iām glad you...enjoyed it?? :D
@madtomedgar THANK YOUUUU. Heās going to go for maximum humiliation and discredit--I mean, he didĀ insult A-Li, after all. Not just any death will do. Hopefully, heās going to make it Zixunās own fault >:)
@stripedroseandsketchpadsā Yesss! Heās weighed the odds and what heās heard of Wen Qing and is pretty certain sheāll agree for the sake of her brother and her people. But perhaps it will bloom into something moooore? AHH, Iām so glad!! :D
@sparklespiffā WELL THEREāS A THOUGHT š The first one will definitelyĀ happen--the second perhaps as a happy dream
@themoonbunnyverseā I KNOW, WHO THE FUCK COULD INSULT YANLI?? Yeah, thatās pretty much JGYās thoughts tooĀ
JZXun: Fuck you
JGY: Unsurprising
JZXun: Fuck your wife
JGY: .... šŖ Well, now.Ā
If the other Jiang disciples are smart, they wonāt repeat the exact words to either JYL, JC, or WWX o.oĀ JGY certainly never will--he needs the man alive to kill! He made the best of a bad situation ;-;
@the-bi-bilingualā THANK YOU SO MUUUCH Heās a lot of fun and he definitely wouldnāt go full mush--heās still got that rage filled core, no matter how soft he might get! Like an angry gusher....
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Everything is cool when youāre part of a team, everything is awesome when youāre living out a dream. (and living with found family) Below are my Top 5 Favorite stories:
āMake Way For Ducklingsā (E, 28k) by hetrez
Bucky says, "Do you know, after you leave -- every time you leave, after the doctors have taken my mask off, I walk around this place and try to find everywhere you've been. Was your hand on the toaster? Did you lean against the doorway? Where were you on the couch? I haven't seen your face in seventy-five years, not really."
+ Post Avengers (2012) to Post -WS. Steve hires new agents, bonds with the Avengers, and gets his Bucky back
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āHow To Train Your Superheroesā (T, 3k) by StuckySituation
āBut of course, no matter how much we practice on schedule, we will need to learn constant vigilance and manage to get our reaction times down to the minimum,ā Steve continues and takes the last burger beef from the grill and puts it onto the table next to him.
Natasha has a brief millisecond to frown and think āConstant vigilance?ā, before Steve kicks the grill so hard that the coals rain on top of the flammable carpet feets away.
āWhat the hell-!?ā
āSTEVE!?ā
Steve is already sprinting towards the ledge. āFirst training session started! Wanda, Sam, Tony - someone CATCH ME!ā
Then he jumps off the Tower.
+ Post WS. Steve has learned from the best. His high stress and high intensity trainings may be unconventional/extreme, but they get the job done. Featuring stuffed animal team mascots
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āThe Ding Dong Warā (T, 6k) by icewhisper
The year Hostess releases their limited edition Star Spangled Ding Dongs, they all suffer.
(AKA no one should let Tony Stark have a credit card and history books never covered just how much of an asshole Steve Rogers really is.)
+ Post WS. Pranks gone astray and domestic life in the Avenger Tower
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ā@sgtbarnes1917 and @cptrogers1918ā³ (G, 114k) by BayleyWinchester
Bucky Barnes broke Twitter with one photo
+ Post WS. Mixed media of tweets, interviews, photos, transcriptions, and news articles. Chapter 5 & 6 is a tv documentary of domestic daily life in the tower, and Chapter 75 is the marriage record reveal
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āThe S. Rogers Memorial (itās NOT a shrine) to J. B. Barnesā (T, 18k) by SkyisGray
When the Avengers realize that Steve doesnāt have anything to remind him of Bucky Barnes, they embark on a project to track down Bucky memorabilia. But it seems that Steve isnāt the only visitor to the (unofficial) J. B. Barnes memorial (which is totally NOT a shrine, Tony).
+ Post Avengers (2012). Reposted from the Starter Pack list. Nothing like friendly competition and personalized gifts to show your teammate you Care
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*More Avengers focused stories in the Starter PackĀ and CookingĀ list
hetrez replied to your post āomg could you imagine if victor took makkachin to a dog showā
So my dad was an amateur dog trainer and used to take our Tibetan Spaniel to dog shows when I was young. What I remember is that the dogs had to have PERFECT posture, be still as a rock when judges were feeling them up, needed to be within 0.000001 standard deviation of the textbook picture of the breed, had to perfectly run some kind of obstacle course, and usually were washed and groomed to high heaven.
I have no idea what the judges would do if adorable, floofy Makkachin rolled in with Actual Purebred Whippet Victor Nikiforov holding the leash, but it would not be anything good.
okay so i know this is absolutely not the point but i want you to know that iāve been thinking about actual purebred whippet victor nikiforov for like ten hours, A VERY SATISFYING IMAGE
radialarch said: a) tearaway costume b) dramatic swoon/collapse onto the ice at the end, possibly with a splash of blood colored fabric over his heart c) yuuriās shameful teenage fantasies about this routine d) victor DISCOVERING yuuriās shameful teenage fantasies about this routine
mountliang said: old viktor, making sure to always shake it in yuuriās direction
hetrez said: WHAT WHAT THIS IS MY GO-TO KARAOKE SONG AND NOBODY ELSE HAS EVER HEARD OF IT. I think he did do this, and when asked about it in interviews afterwards he said he was inspired by Johnny Weir choosing Lady Gaga songs, songs that reflected Weirās deepest, truest self. The interviewers stared at him for a second and then changed the subject.
i am so glad i am finally home from work so i can give these replies the attention they deserve. Ā okay, first and foremost, iām going to say that young victor skated boney māsĀ ārasputinā as an exhibition, because of the above commentary, except iām going to argue that he paid tribute to 70ā²s soviet fashion by skating it in the following:
so yes, splash of red under the tearaway cowboy coveralls, into who KNOWS what. Ā of course, yuuri has probably got off at least thirty-six to fifty-nine times to victor slowly peeling off the denim monstrosity into whatever awful thing is underneath, and he has the routine memorized, and he only finds this out when the nishigoris and katsukis take him out to karaoke, and are like, YUURI, SING THAT SONG!! YOU KNOW, THE ONE YOU ALWAYS SING!! which is, of course, boney māsĀ ārasputin,ā which he knows by heart from watching the exhibition skate so much. Ā and victor is like, oh hey, i used to skate to this! and yuuri is like, PLEASE do not connect these two very connectable dots, except victor does, and sooner or later yuuri shows up to ice castle hasetsu and victor is in a (now, very tight) pair of coveralls with the music ready, ready to seduce his man to a disco jam.Ā