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Tony has a problem (chp. 1)

How To Excel At Supervillainy (and lose your heart to America) by Zekkass (AO3) Avengers – Explicit – Steve Rogers/Tony Stark #Alternate Universe #Villains #Secret Identity #Humor #First Time #Blowjob

dashdtys i’m kind of uncomfortable spreading it around now since I’m getting a lot more attention so

If you search the tag used generally for NSFW TF artiists, you’ll find me x’’D

it’s time for @cannibalisticcutie’s TFILF again! already missed a few days, alas. so I’m just gonna rec some good angst AUs, since they’re my jam!

Reprise d'Attaque by @neveralarch

Fencing AU! Because in what other sport would Starscream have a convenient excuse to take a flying leap at someone with a pointy weapon? Reprise is the first fic in the Attaque Composée series, and I don’t know a thing about fencing, but I know some good writing, some delicious Starscream trauma, and some sweet Starscream/Wheeljack when I read it. The translation from canon Autobot/Decepticon wartime interaction to a long-standing space alien robot fencing feud is perfectly done, the Starscream characterization is fucking crisp, Stageflight is best girl who emulates Starscream’s victory screech when she scores points, and in at least one tumblr-only ficlet Wheeljack jokes about getting a mustache. 10/10, would scream again. I need...more...

And I Alone Have Escaped To Tell You by @astolat

With an additional plug here for @shibara‘s absolutely gorgeous fanart for this fic, located here: http://shibara.tumblr.com/post/179461125334/aaaah-it-is-finished-this-piece-is-a-lonnng. It feels almost redundant to rec one of Astolat’s fics when they’re so well known, but the fact is her writing is phenomenal, I’m a sucker for competency porn-style/time travel/fix it fic (especially ones where you get to explore people’s reactions to someone who’s just that good), and I do so enjoy works that do Quintessons right. Cyclonus winds up with a second chance to do things right after losing everything, and by god is he going to be good at it.

You Are Listening To by @zekkass

Nonbinary Soundwave, check. A stunning exploration of some G1 AU worldbuilding, check. Soundwave/Optimus, check. Soundwave is a deeply integrated part of the living comms/datanet, part of the unique kind of community politics and culture that stems from what kind of information and coverage you provide in the network as you move up in the city, and I adore the perspective and tone it gives the narration from Soundwave’s point of view. I recommended it already for last year’s TF literature fest, but I’m doing it again. 

Your Face Becomes The Sun by @spockandawe

Oh, golly. So, it goes back to my first few years in the fandom, when I was watching through G1 but wasn’t even all the way to Season 3 yet. And I found cute hot fic with Galvatron and Rodimus and Cyclonus (see some of it and I’m sure a lot of broken links on my old pinboard: https://pinboard.in/u:caiaslinks/t:galvatron/). And it was hot and cute and I got hooked. Galvatron and Rodimus and the other TFTM-created characters are curvy and sexy in a way that most G1 characters are not, and I dug the bold colors and the sexy thighs and hell, even Galvatron’s canon is nice and curvy.

At the time I was developing what turned out to be a long-running kink for loyalty and specifically loyal second-tier villains and Cyclonus was the first I really imprinted on. I really like that Cyclonus is powerful and ruthless and terrifying in his own right, but he’s still always going to defer to Galvatron, forever and ever. It hits me in happy places in my id. So, partly Galvatron is my favorite because he’s Cyclonus’ favorite. And because Galvatron, even though he doesn’t treat Cyclonus well most of the time, values that loyalty in the way (G1) Megatron really doesn’t. As much as I love MegaSound and MegaShock, there’s always the bittersweet sense that no matter what the ‘Waves too, Starscream is always the favorite. But Galvatron vaporizes Starscream the first chance he gets. I’m not going to argue that the Galvatron-Cyclonus relationship is a healthy one, but it makes me happy. Even when it’s making me sad.

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“I got the new Foreigner novel in the mail and at first I was like “oh...”

I've read the whole series twice and dear Cherryh I've READ IT TWICE STOP TELLING ME ABOUT WHAT A PAIDHI IS

Every single book she explains 1) what the paidhi is 2) Jago and Banichi are Assassins ™, and 3) the intricacies of household staff moving messages between people to coordinate everything.  EVERY. SINGLE. BOOK without fail these get a few paragraphs of explanation as though the reader has never heard it before.

I did! I enjoyed most of Sailor V quite a bit. I’m hoping the main manga is just as enjoyable, or that I can at least find a few things here and there to enjoy. I hate when I hate things, I really do.

Anonymous said:Congratulations on starting the manga! Have a pleasant journey of it being absolutely NOT like Crystal.

THAT WOULD BE NICE.

Anonymous said:I hope at the very least that what you were able to take away from the Sailor V manga and Naoko Takeuchi in general that Crystal might have given you a bad impression on: NAOKO TAKEUCHI CAN DO EMOTIONS, SHE CAN MAKE THE SENSHI EMOTE AND GIVE THEM PERSONALITIES AND DIFFERENTIATE THEM! This totally negates the myth that Crystal was "100% faithful to the manga." It wasn't, they messed up on a ton of shit and that's why ppl were telling you not to judge the manga based on Crystal.

Unfortunately I got so much more “CRYSTAL IS JUST LIKE THE MANGA” pushbacks on every last drop of criticism I had about the damned thing that even though people I trust assure me it’s not, I can’t completely divorce that feeling. Crystal, alongside the commentary I was getting at that time, tarnished the manga so heavily for me, when I’d already been struggling for years with aggressively passionate manga fan reaction to my anime thoughts and opinions. I’m going to try to the very best of my ability to not carry that with me, but I know it won’t be easy.