swim through the fires to stay in this world

I have lost the original comment, but someone was feeling demoralized about the lady of queer ladies on her screen, so I wanted mention that YOU NEVER HAVE TO ACCEPT LACK OF QUEER LADIES (OR DUDES) ON YOUR SCREEN, and also through out some queer lady recs:

Bomb Girls (two of the four main characters are lesbians)

Orphan Black (a reoccurring character is a lesbian, and she actually gets a really interesting romance)

This post with a fuckton of movies with lesbians.

The Arrow episode Heir of the Demon (with a couple quibbles).

Chicago Fire has a main character who is a lesbian.

I’d check out the Adventure Time episodes with Marceline The Vampire Queen and Princess Bubblegum (uncanon, but only because the network wouldn’t let the show go there).

There is also 2 Broke Girls, which skews more towards the 'queer-bait' end of the spectrum, but has some really slashy moments between the leads.

I just raved about Living Is Easy over on het_reccers here but let me just say OH MY GOD, THAT FIC IS GLORIOUS. Seriously, it has so many of my favorite tropes and character dynamics that I feel like it was written solely for my enjoyment.

Based on rec lists, which had gotten me to read (and adore) about ten Yuletide fics I would have otherwise missed, I have already realize that I need to go fandom by fandom through the Yuletide archive and read everything that is for a fandom I know.

IF I HADN'T, HOWEVER, THIS SEXY-AS-FUCK ARROW FELICITY/OLIVER FIC WOULD HAVE INFORMED ME THAT YEAH, I NEED TO READ EVERYTHING. LET MET JUST QUOTE THE AUTHOR'S NOTE, SHALL I? (I ALMOST SCREAMED WHEN I READ IT.)

"Some credit for this belongs to redbrunja. I don't really know her, nor was she harmed involved in the writing of this story, but the idea -- and the title -- came to me while reading the comments section for This Is The Art Of Living With A Ticking Heart. Because when someone commented liking that Oliver was "the kind of guy who goes straight for the oral sex," redbrunja replied "Sometimes, he really is a hero."

So. Here's to Oliver being a hero. :)"

First I read this fic and then I saw this gifset.

Hell yes, slightly random but TOTALLY AWESOME Teen Wolf ship!

(via musesfood) If you are interested, here is another person speaking truth about Steve Rogers' political and social justice affiliations and also an excellent Steve x rule 63 Bucky (that has some bonus really great Tony moments).

Some random things:

• So, the winter soldier trailer happened and I am so excited.( Read more... )


• I read the second volume of morning glories and you should all start reading it too. kidiots has a great rec post here, although to be honest, I am kind of temped to just tell you all to just trust my taste and read without any prior info.


• I don't think fandom gives Alfred Pennyworth credit for what a sick, twisted sense of humor he has.


• This picspam made me really hope that someone requested unrequited or partially requited Art/Beth for Yuletide this year. I always thought that Art, at least, had a bit of a thing for Beth.

Stop what you're doing right now and go watch this amazing wonder woman fanvid:

Today has been a good day for fanfiction.

• LJC posted a Felicity/Oliver fic that I recommended in detail here, so now you can all read that.


• I finally read this Damian Wayne-centric fanfic, which I had passed on previously, because I did not realize from the summary that it involved Damian Wayne MATCH-MAKING, oh my heart, and also really fabulous Barbara/Dick.


• And finally, hot, in character, BRAND NEW TO ME Clint/Natasha, with sex pollen and pegging.

First of all a rec:

No Dawn, No Day, Stephanie Brown/Damian Wayne

(Read the pdf of the main story first, then if you desire, look at the side stories.)

(There are two endings, btw, and both are awesome for different reasons, but one involves character death.)

I was so thrilled to stumble upon this fic. It’s long, it’s character driven, it’s GLORIOUS.

It takes all the threads of Stephanie Brown’s stories – basically, all the ways that DC screwed her over (the not-really-a-Robin thing, Bruce-Wayne’s-Batman’s lack of trust in her, the teen pregnancy) and resolves them in natural ways that feel organic to the story. It hit me in the middle of the story that, without feeling forced or preachy, the author was gracefully acerbating and then healing all of this trauma that Stephanie carries with her.

She also deals with the toxic Batman legacy vis-a-vis Damian Wayne and Jason Todd as well. I’m not 100% sold on her Jason Todd characterization, but especially towards the end, there are some fantastic character beats for him.(Milkshakes! Stephanie’s ringtone is “Walking on Sunshine”! He answers the phone in the middle of a gunfight!)

Other things that I loved about this story:

• Damian being head-over-heels in love and terrible at expressing it!


• An adorable kitten!


• An epic Pretty Woman-esque moment, followed by a truly epic verbal bitchslapping!


• Damian being the most amusing brat ever!


• Great upgrade of Harley Quinn!

Now, it must be said, I get the majority of my opinions about the Batfamily second hand (but I trust y’alls taste, so).

That is one of the MANY reasons why I think it’s a TERRIBLE idea for DC to try and reboot Batman with Batman vs. Superman.

Besides being a not-great idea for a movie in the first place, what DC really needs to do is create a Batman (and a movie-verse) that can believably have a Justice League. Which is why a trilogy of movies about the Batfamily could be so brilliant.

First, a Batman who is, by definition, interacting with another superheroes logically leads to a world that could support a Justice League. Secondly, a Batman who has a Batfamily (especially a Batfamily dealing with the weight and hypocrisies of his legacy) is so much more interesting than some square-jawed dude brooding. Third OH MY GOD HAVE YOU NOT PAID ATTENTION TO THE DRAMATIC POTENTIAL DRIPPING OFF THESE CHARACTERS? Dick Grayson, who both broke broke away from and struggles to be his father-figure! Jason Todd, who Came Back Wrong and with a morality that 85% of theater-goers are going very as 100% valid vigilante justice! The unsinkable Stephanie Brown, who is a hero because she refuses to be anything less!

(Sidenote, think about how visually perfect Stephanie Brown would be in Gotham’s night – her blonde hair as this light in the shadows, the visual representation of her innate optimism and the triumph of the human spirit. Awww, and now I’m imagining a conversation in a dark room between Stephanie and Jason, where she’s sitting in the stripped light that’s coming in from the broken blinds and he’s leaning against the wall, the only thing visible the glint of his eyes, the glow of his cigarette, and that shock of white hair.)

(Sorry, Timothy Drake and Cassandra Cain, I do not have opinions about you.)

Basically, DC. MAKE ME A BATFAMILY MOVIE.

In other news, all the speculated casting for Batman I’ve heard has been terrible. So, so terrible. I know! It’s time for a round of Batman-verse fan-casting. And…. go.