Cinderella’s ball gown from different adaptations of the story (requested by @cinderboi)
Jan 22 2016
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If you want 2016 to be your year, don’t sit on the couch and wait for it. Go out. Fucking make a change. Smile more. Be excited. Do new things. Clean your room. Throw away what you’ve been cluttering. Unfollow negative people on social media. Go to bed early. Wake up early. Kick ass. Every damn day
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I’ve compiled a list of new fics, oldies-but-goodies, and all around favorites that I’ve come across over the years.
Enjoy!
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High school AU’s:
Binomial Coefficients by DevilDoll
So Shed Your Skin and Lets Get Started by halfhardtorock
the lunch table configuration by thepsychicclam
Practice Makes Perfect by blacktofade
This Might Be Irony by thepsychicclam
seems to me it’s chemistry by HalfFizzbin
John Hughes Did Not Direct My Life by nascentgalaxies
We Are So Intimately Rearranged by secondstar
I stopped believing in happy endings by otatop
Why don’t you say so? by sassywerewolfuncle
College AU’s:
No Homo by RemainNameless
There is a Brotherhood by minusoneday
Hemingway Can Suck It by KuriKuri
Losers by stilinskisparkles
It’s Called a Heart Boner by RemainNameless
The Chemistry Between Us by coffeeinallcaps
My Bitchy Soulmate by tee_tee
Hemingway Can Suck it by
KuriKuri
Hot Nerd Alert by alisvolatpropiis
A Certain Romance by Vendelin
Kid fics:
DILF by twentysomething
our lives are changing lanes by grimm
Trust In This (Even If You’re Scared Stiff) by otter
Stiles’s Story Time by trilliath
He’s Not Mine by Sunnee
The Littlest Alpha by triedunture
I Know Where Babies Come From, Derek by DiscontentedWinter
Reasonable to Assume by Saucery
Daddy Do’s by apocryphal
How Derek Met His Smallest Fan by purpleduvet (maga_nw)
Famous AU’s:
soulmates tbh by bleep0bleep
my heart’s been offline by thepsychicclam
Midnight Wolf vs Abominable Snowman! by KuriKuri
Take Me Back To The Start by thingcalledlove
Dancing With The Moon by starsandgraces
Play Crack the Sky by
WeAreTheCyclones
Just Act Normal by zosofi
Wheatgrass and Froot Loops by WhoNatural
In Fashion by stilinskisparkles
Kiss Me and Fall Asleep by KuriKuri
Period AU’s:
an exaltation of larks by llassah
With Warmest Regards (Affectionately Yours) by asocialfauxpas (fuzzytomato)
Burning Glances (Turning Heads) by Yiichi
Phoenix by Unloyal_Olio
Kindred Spirits by Stoney
I Am Your Liege by relenafanel
Never Did Run Smooth by blacktofade
heart as black as night by thepsychicclam
Like Heaven Catching Lighting by weathervaanes
And the Cry Goes Out by secondstar
De-aged AU’s:
Where Clouds Roll By by ohanotherday
Beware of the Spell by MemeKon
Hold On, Hold Tight (make it through another night) by callunavulgari
The Time Traveler’s Prerogative by weathervaanes
The Time Traveler’s Prerogative by weathervaanes
Baby One More Time by Castielific
Hormonally Yours by Nokomis
Out of the Mouths of Pups by cardel
Sticks and Bones by kellifer_fic
Apocalypse AU’s:
thank god your heart is too close by hoars
In This Twilight How Dare You Speak of Grace by secondstar
The Isolationists by velveteenshadowboxer
Ride by wolfbeater
Come with Me and Walk the Longest Mile by DevilDoll
It’s a mad, mad world by ElisAttack
We, the Monsters by neko_fish
A/B/O dynamic AU’s:
What Stays and What Fades Away (you can’t choose) by standinginanicedress
Knot if You Don’t Knock by jsea
The Chase by saltandbyrne
Nowhere Man by 1lostone
Eat, Knot, Love by pandabomb
Alpha Spikes by starbeast
Hello, Heartbreaker by astoryaboutwar (ofalexandra)
Scent Left Unsaid by bleep0bleep
The Dating Game by lielabell
All You Ever Needed to Know About Knotting by KuriKuri
Mermaid AU’s (this is me we’re talking about, it was bound to happen):
No Oceans Left by zoemathemata
Hurricane Stiles by Shake_n_Blake
Sea Foam and Sunshine by Jenetica
Mermaider by nothing_left_sacred
Sui Tollech Gwanna Tach Omen by atlaspeaks
You Make Me All Achy by Emela
Fathoms Below by Saucery
Cold and Deep with Bite Beneath by orangecrow
Where Angels Dance by xxxillusionxxx
Whatcha’ reading? by scarlettletterr
Pornstar AU’s:
Desperate But Not Serious by sofonisba_found
I want you (no, I mean your art) by ElisAttack
Prepared by ericaismeg
All’s Fair in Orgasms and War by bleep0bleep
Love Runs Wild by DevilDoll
Dating Backwards by RemainNameless
Love Comes in Spurts by talktowater
Skilled Direction by ashley_ingenious
Dude, is porn a taxable income? by ElisAttack
Two Hearts Race (Gay Porn Edition) by kat_fanfic
Fusion AU’s:
That Which You Cannot Undo by uraneia
Not Like Bond & Moneypenny by WhoNatural
Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble by pandacowhipster
By Moon And Stars by kellifer_fic
But Not With Haste by uraneia
Stardust by raisesomehale
Easy Alpha by interropunct
Seriously, it’s like you’re photoshopped. by nevermetawolf
we’re catching bullets in our teeth (it’s hard to do but they’re so sweet) by prettyasadiagram
I thought the world would move on by raisesomehale
Bonding for Beginners by Ember
No Superman by WhoNatural
Amnesia AU’s:
By Any Other Name by entanglednow
Remember Me by stilinskisparkles
Our Memories Are Numbered by rufflefeather
It Starts When You’re Around by strobelighted
should the pillars of memory topple out of my reach by bleep0bleep
And We’ll Be Complicated by ingberry
To Feel Your Heart as It’s Keeping Mine by Vendelin
Ephemeral by thegirlgrey
Take Me Back to the Start by TroubleIWant
The Man in the Snow by mikkimouse
Magic!Stiles:
Play It Again by metisket
A Desperate Arrangement by mikkimouse
A Life Less Ordinary by Jebiwonkenobi
hope is the thing with feathers by ShanaStoryteller
Stiles, why is Derek Hale passed out on our front porch? by marguerite_26
flint & tinder by grimm
A Thousand Fiery Suns of Angst - Just Press Play by apocryphal
In Desperate Times by Nokomis
Noticed by InTheArmsofaThief
Soulseeker by alisvolatpropiis
Outsider POV:
From the Cradle to the Grave by jezziejay
Five Times the Sheriff Found Derek Hale in His Son’s Bedroom by suzvoy
Derelictions of Duty by Regann
the lovers [murderers] in 9B by ofherlionheart
Single Parent, Multiple Problems by hoosierbitch
a target that I’m probably gonna miss by HalfFizzbin
Little Talks by pollitt
hear his alibis by 1001cranes
i’ll fall (forever endlessly) by shipmateee
New Morning by Captain_Loki
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There’s so many more wonderful sterek fics out there, probably a handful for any AU or trope you can think of. This is just a little taste of the 30,000+ fics just on Ao3 alone.
(Eltz Castle is a medieval castle nestled in the hills above the Moselle River between Koblenz and Trier,Germany. It is still owned by a branch of the same family (the Eltz family) that lived there in the 12th century, 33 generations ago.)
When we first saw you in Supernatural we thought “Oh well, he’s really handsome.”
But then we found out that there was more than that, that you have so much more to offer. We think that a good actor can take you to a different place and is able not to only make you forget that you are watching an actor but who also makes you care about the journey of a character. And that you really make people who watch you care about you and your characters and not just because you have a pretty face.
You handle both, tragedy and comedy, with equal ability and your face and eyes speak a thousand words, even when you are saying nothing at all. So, when Supernatural will end, don’t think about it as a conclusion but as a stepping stone which will lead you towards a bright future, because you are Oscar material.
Notice how he accepts it simply and almost jokingly at first, because he doesn’t know how else to react. And then he lets the reality and sincerity of her words get to him and he breaks.
Jensen is beautiful and he needs to be loved like this more often.
OH MY GOD IM CRY
I honestly love him! That last gif is killing me!!
Last week when I visited a high school in Seattle, a student asked me for recommendations of YA books about gay boys who didn’t have to struggle with a lot of coming-out angst. While coming out can certainly be a struggle (mine was!), I completely understand and sympathize with those who want to read books about gay main characters where they can simply be the main characters without facing a ton of homophobia. For a gay reader especially, encountering a large amount of homophobia in a novel might feel realistic and it might make them feel less alone in the world, but it can also feel like an assault on your own identity.
That’s why I’ve put together this list of a dozen YA books in which the main character is a gay, bisexual, or queer boy, but the story is not necessarily about their sexual orientation. Six are fantasy/science fiction, and six are contemporary realistic fiction. If you’re looking for a complete lack of coming-out angst, it’s better to stick to the fantasy and science fiction; the realistic titles listed below do address coming out, though with much less angst than in some older titles.
Fantasy & Science Fiction
The Bane Chronicles by Cassandra Clare, Maureen Johnson, and Sarah Rees Brennan — Coming Nov. 11, 2014 in hardcover; features Magnus Bane from Cassandra Clare’s Shadowhunters series
Proxy and Guardian by Alex London — a science fiction/dystopian duology available now
Masks: Rise of Heroes by Hayden Thorne — a superhero trilogy available now
The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater — the second book in the Raven Cycle, available now
Witch Eyes by Scott Tracey — an urban fantasy trilogy available now
Coda by Emma Trevayne — available now; has a companion novel, Chorus
Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan — now available; Levithan’s Boy Meets Boy is also a classic of the no-gay-angst type
M or F? by Lisa Papademetriou and Chris Tebbetts — now available
Boyfriends With Girlfriends by Alex Sanchez — now available; Sanchez’s Rainbow Boys trilogy begins with some coming-out issues, but subsequent books move past that aspect of being gay
Thanks to everyone on Twitter who helped me out with recommendations! I’ll post a similar list about lesbian, bisexual, and queer teen girls in the near future.
I was an unfinished painting collecting dust in the corner that the artist swears to pick up once again someday, but let’s it sit for hours, staring, until they finally mutter out, “Maybe tomorrow.”
Maybe tomorrow.
That was my tagline for years, as if my happiness was a demanding task that was not worth my immediate attention; push it back on the To-Do list, other things are far more important, like math equations and strategizing the lies to your parents; as if giving up joy was the price to pay for average grades and an hour or so of sleep, as if crying every day was fine if nobody saw it.
But tomorrow would be the same.
It would be the same if I didn’t try to change the outcome. I was flying the plane, and I could have prevented the crashes, and I could have also made it soar, if only I knew I been in control all this time.
The truth is: we all want happiness. This goal can seem impossible or unattainable at times, as glossy faced smiles on magazine covers and on TV screens create the ideal display of this faraway feeling, a photoshopped reality of an absence we so often feel. Being happy is not a means of having a ton of money and a pretty face, this undefined contentment is what you create.
I hate to say it, but you are in charge of your own happiness, nobody can give it to you. You have to want it, you have to want it more than anything in the world. You have to make it a priority. You have to be your own best friend. You have to think positively, laugh at mistakes, do things that make you feel lucky to be alive. You have to choose to save yourself, and then choose it again and again. Happiness is so rarely one single place, but a roadtrip to get there.
Maybe tomorrow?
Maybe today I will compliment myself, I will call myself pretty and smart and put aside an hour to do what I like. Maybe today I will talk with my friends, and take photographs of my favorite garden, and go on a run. Maybe today I will be half full, and finally take the wheel to steer towards positivity, to finally feel the ignition hum under my fingertips; these vibrations that I thought were earthquakes before were just an imitation of my own power.