swim through the fires to stay in this world

I was reading tv tropes' page on Defrosting The Ice Queen, which (unsurprisingly, as it's often a subset of ruthless girl/emotional open guy) is a trope I really enjoy. Whoever wrote that entry really nailed the ways it functions as wish fulfillment in two different directions:


(I edited the above to be more gender inclusive.)

This week is fucking fired. Seriously, I am so glad that I just have a shift tomorrow left and then I swear to god, I am going to spent Saturday curled up under the covers. And then go watch Man of Steel with awesome people.

Work had been endless and dull and my headspace has been totally grey.

In an attempt to cheer myself up, I've been thinking a lot about the friends-to-lovers trope and specifically, the tipping point moment, when the couple can no longer be (or pretend to be) "just friends."

So I'd love to hear people's friends-to-lovers recs! Or we could just chat about our

(For my part, I'd suggest everyone read Making It, based off Jenny Crusie's Faking It.)

And while we're on the subject of tropes, can I just say.... okay, look, I know that 'healing cock' gets a lot of dissing, and I understand why, BUT to be honest, I felt the sex is often pretty pivotal to my enjoyment of hurt/comfort (which I love). Like, after the hurt, I really do want to see boning, or some sexually laden act 90% of the time.

For example, I was reading this pretty decent Clint/Darcy fic in which Darcy had past emotional trauma and I was getting super into it, and there was this total slow burn thing going on, and Darcy was trusting Clint more and more, and Clint was being super-patient and expressing his lust and affection in ways make Darcy feel safe and then.... they hold hands. The end. And I was like, 'BUT WHAT ABOUT THE BONING?'

I've recced The Goat's Back before (Steve Rogers, gen, hurt/comfort) and while that fic is amazing, there was a voice in my head that shrieked, at several points, Natasha Romanoff, get on that. (That being Steve.)

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For one week, recommend / share:

Day 1: a song
Day 2: a picture
Day 3: a book/ebook/fanfic
Day 4: a site
Day 5: a youtube clip
Day 6: a quote
Day 7: whatever tickles your fancy

Mwa-ha-ha-ha! Mine is an evil laugh! Mwaha-ha-ha!

Also, there's this: how to look like a twilight vampire.

Do you think Logan and Veronica of Veronica Mars qualify as a Takahashi Couple?

I vote yes but I want to hear your thoughts before I edit the page.

Does anyone have any examples for the Boring But Practical that aren't from video games or real life?

Also, can someone explain this joke?

This is hilariously true:


Also, I was trolling around on tv tropes (damn you, fairest1 !) and was wondering what you would call that think Sanzo did where you TRY to go crazy and kill people because you precious person got injured, but fail.

Also I tried searching for the straight version of this (precious person is harmed: massacre ensues) via looking through the Saiyuki and Naruto pages, but couldn't find it.

Also, does Tsunade quality as a vain sorceress? I say no. While she fits the letter of the definition, I don't think she has the spirit: she never mentions her youth, she is never shown being overtly sexual (beyond what is impossible to avoid with those breasts), and she isn't threatened by other, younger woman (if she was, she wouldn't have trained two that we know of).

From tv.tropes:

"Tsunade in Naruto can not only deliver an armour piercing slap but an earth shattering kick. Such is her incredible strength that the beat the titular character with one finger. Her student, Sakura, is following in her footsteps and Tsunade herself has commented that she could become stronger then her.
What's scary? Is that her Armor Piercing Slap is tied to her ability to increase her NORMAL attack strength."

I have no idea where they got this fact, but I just want to say: Fuck, yes. If you watch Sakura, when she is breaking down walls and punching through mountains, her posture is fucking excellent. You get hit by someone with form like that, it's going to fucking hurt.

I have no doubt, that in a straight hand to hand fight, she could beat just about anyone sans Lee or Gai, without using a smidge of chakra.

Pay attention, fanfic writers.

(Okay, it was just that fanfic that one time, but it bugged me then, and it retroactively bugs me a hella lot having seen Sakura post-timeskip.)

Also, I don't know if I mentioned it before, but I will love tvtropes.com forever for having the header quote for both "Badass Normal" and "Action Girl" be this fabulous quote by the fabulous Karrin Murphey:

"I put on the boots and kicked some monster ass. I dropped the ghoul, and I'm the one who rammed a chainsaw through the head of that plant monster thing. Crippled the ogre too. What did you do? You threw a can of Sterno at him. That's barely an assist."

-Detective Lieutenant Karrin Murphy, The Dresden Files.

....Except some jerk totally changed the quote on badass normal to something someone I don't care about said. *annoyed face*