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I would love to see this redone even if its only to add the links in, they are a little hard to find without even which site they are one.

En’s fanfiction recommendations

[for some reason the links aren’t working? sorry…stupid Tumblr]

«fanfictions»

ＡＵ = alternate universe.

⒳ = crossover fic.

gen = general. no pairings.

tw = trigger warnings / content warnings

NOLAN’S BATMAN TRILOGY

❝ Come Around : by 3raser (kay_elizabeth_roxx).

⒳ Inception × tDKR. Arthur/Eames. Bane/Blake. partner-swapping. explicit. ‘Bane and Eames are brothers, estranged since Bane chose to follow in Talia’s footsteps. But when Bane abruptly returns, pulled from Gotham’s rubble by John Blake, long-neglected issues on both sides rise to the surface.’

BLEACH

❝ I could be a damsel, and I’m often in distress, but I can handle it, so have a nice day, and move the fuck on : by cywscross.

cisfem!Ichigo ＡＵ. tw: emotional/psychological abuse. gen. ‘Rukia gives her a don’t-be-stupid look. “I’ve been shopping with you, Ichigo. I’ve noticed what you like but never buy.” ’

❝ Sight : by cywscross.

canon divergence ＡＵ. protective Zanpakutou spirits ‘Ichigo can see ghosts. He can see Shinigami and Hollows, and that’s fine with him, if not always safe. But he kind of wishes that he doesn’t also see Zanpakutou spirits. All Zanpakutou spirits. Because apparently, no one else can.’

❝ Storm the World with Reckless Abandon : by SSAerial.

⒳ Bleach × tHG. crackfic. dimension travel. Ichigo trolling Snow and Finnick tries…to contain him. crack humour from disproportionately-BAMF-Ichigo with a side of Finnick-fuelled angst. ‘#Ichigo fucks shit up #Finnick is sooo done #Snow doesn’t know what he’s dealing with #Coin too #They’re both fucked #Johanna thinks Ichigo’s a riot #Haymitch is drinking as usual’

❝ Stranger in a Strange Land : by cywscross.

dimension-jumping, mirror!verse ＡＵ. ‘Ichigo lands himself in an alternate universe where the Gotei 13 rules with an iron fist, Aizen is actually not that bad a guy to hang out with, and both sides keep trying to recruit him. How is this his life?’

❝ Time Jump : by cywscross.

time travel. oneshot. ‘Six months after their exile from Soul Society, Urahara cooks up a machine for a glimpse of the future. As with most of Urahara’s experiments, things don’t go quite as planned.’

D.GRAY-MAN

❝ A Little Matter of Compatibility : by MArvensis (MSylvatica).

⒳ Pacific Rim × DGM (Pacific Rim fusion). Allen/Kanda. ‘ “We have to test you with Allen. We can’t find a good match, and we can’t afford to have Crown Clown grounded for lack of a pilot. We have to test you, if only to eliminate you.” Kanda snorted. “We’re compatible.” “Ah…how do you know?” “Because we’ve been screwing for the last ten months.” ’

❝ Getting Things Done : by metisket.

⒳ FMA × DGM (FMA universe). the children’s brigade. ‘ “You can’t be here,” Edward snarls, pointing accusingly. Allen forces himself to stop looking horrified; he pulls the act around himself like a shield, and smiles gamely. “But here I am. Hello, Ed. It’s been a while.” ’

❝ What You Make Of It : by metisket.

⒳ DGM × FMA (DGM universe). chosen families. ‘Timcampy beat Allen to them, swooped happily over their heads, and bit Ed on the shoulder for the hell of it. Ed had missed the little maniac. “Hey, Tim.” He held out a hand which Tim ignored in favor of zooming insanely around. “Still fightin’ the good fight? Stealing Allen’s food for me now I can’t do it?” Tim did a gleeful barrel roll that meant hell yeah. Ed laughed.’

DETECTIVE CONAN (名探偵コナン)

❝ About Edogawa : by Ellen Brand.

third person p.o.v.. the new guy in Division One asks about the weird kid who keeps cropping up whenever bodies hit the ground. regularly. in numbers. hilarity ensues at his expense.

❝ Akumu : by joisbishmyoga.

BlackOrg!Twins ＡＵ + shrunken Heiji ＡＵ. implied incest. tw:threats of rape/non-con. ‘Heiji really shouldn’t have followed those two suspicious guys in black at the amusement park.’

❝ The Candy Con : by The Silversage.

Conan fakes tears to bait armfuls of sweets while he and a grouchy Heiji are waiting for the girls.

❝ Fallout : by The Silversage.

movie!verse continuation after events of Raven Chaser. hurt/comfort + mystery adventure. Conan & Kaito broship. incomplete.

❝ Inconceivable : by joisbishmyoga.

twins!ＡＵ. tw:kidnapping, tw: torture. hostage situations. generally dark. ‘In the face of a DNA analysis Kaito can’t deny, he begins uncovering the rest of his family’s secrets. Too bad he’s not the only one looking.’

❝ Nerves of Steel : by Ellen Brand.

‘I will have what is yours…Somebody just sent Kuroba Kaito a heist note. And the treasures being targeted are very precious indeed…’

❝ An Unprofessional Opinion : by Ellen Brand.

third person p.o.v.. essay. psychology/personality analysis by guest character Cade Moroboshi…hired by Hakuba, to catalogue the detectives (including himself).

❝ An Unprofessional Opinion: Gaiden. : by Ellen Brand.

　…sequel to An Unprofessional Opinion.

DOCTOR WHO

❝ Just an Ordinary Boy : by rosewarren.

Rose/Tentoo. aliens, Torchwood, adventure and romance. post S4.

❝ Impossible Adventures Through Time and Space : by rosewarren.

　…sort-of-sequel to Just an Ordinary Boy. dimension jumping. Rose’s little brother is a mouthy cutie.

DORAÉMON (ドラえもん)

❝ のび子ちゃん

cisfem!Nobita ＡＵ comic (※ Japanese).

EAGLE EYE

❝ Ten Years : by glorious_spoon.

Ethan p.o.v.. pre-movie. gen. ‘Ethan was the one with the rocket strapped to his back, but there’s always more to the story.’

EUREKA SEVEN & E7AO

❝ その扉の向こうへ : by 夕日赤丸.

post-AO!verse ＡＵ (※ Japanese). addresses the alternate world theories, the disappeared adopted Thurston children play an active role, and Ao reunites with his living sister and adopted family.

EVANGELION (ヱヴァンゲリヲン)

❝ i missed you for 29 years : by lisettedelapin.

Shinji/Kaworu. Angel-less!ＡＵ. ‘somehow everyone managed to live past fifteen and now kaworu doesn’t know what he’s doing.’

FALLING SKIES

❝ First Patrol : by sugarcandyaddiction.

canon divergence. Jimmy/Ben. explicit. “You just sounded like someone I could have been friends with. You know, before.”

❝ Fire Light : by sugarcandyaddiction.

　…sequel to First Patrol. Jimmy/Ben.

FAST AND FURIOUS

❝ Home series : by verdreht.

　Dom/Brian. canon divergence.

❝ Never Leave Home Again

　…post-F&F1 hurt/comfort.

❝ Won’t Go Home Without You

　…post-F&F2 hurt/comfort.

❝ Not Coming Home

　…post-F&F2 hurt/comfort.

FINAL FANTASY

❝ Nerd Chic : by Up_sideand_down.

adorable fic. polyamory-ish, Zack/Angeal/Genesis/Sephiroth/Cloud. ‘Cloud has needed glasses his entire life and never knew it. Once he breaks down and gets some spectacles it turns out that he has become quite the spectacle for quite a few people.’

❝ Too Good To Be True : by Miko.

FF7. post Advent Children. Zack lives ＡＵ. Cloud/Zack. ‘ “Hey, kid.” Zack’s voice was harsh and raspy after a long period of disuse, but his quirked smile was still the same. Lifting a hand that trembled with weakness, he brushed his fingers over the boy’s - no, young man’s - cheek. “I always knew you were still in there somewhere. Welcome back.” ’

FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST (鋼の錬金術士)

❝ Absolution : by mellish.

post Brotherhood series. gen. ‘Al regains his weight, his strength, his coordination. Ed watches.’

❝ Getting Things Done : by metisket.  

⒳ FMA × DGM (FMA universe). the children’s brigade. ‘ “You can’t be here,” Edward snarls, pointing accusingly. Allen forces himself to stop looking horrified; he pulls the act around himself like a shield, and smiles gamely. “But here I am. Hello, Ed. It’s been a while.” ’

❝ Reverti Ad Praeteritum by Batsutousai.

time travel ＡＵ. Ed/Roy. ‘Unwillingly forced to serve as a human trial for a crazy alchemist experimenting with time travel, Edward Elric finds himself standing across from Truth in the moment it takes his leg from him. Armed with the knowledge of what’s to come and burdened with guilt for the choices he’d made as an adult, Ed sets out to fix every mistake he ever made and save every life they ever lost, no matter what it takes.’

❝ What You Make Of It : by metisket.

⒳ DGM × FMA (DGM universe). chosen families. ‘Timcampy beat Allen to them, swooped happily over their heads, and bit Ed on the shoulder for the hell of it. Ed had missed the little maniac. “Hey, Tim.” He held out a hand which Tim ignored in favor of zooming insanely around. “Still fightin’ the good fight? Stealing Allen’s food for me now I can’t do it?” Tim did a gleeful barrel roll that meant hell yeah. Ed laughed.’

GAME OF THRONES / aSoIaF

❝ The Prerogative of the Brave (1, 2, 3, 4,) : by eenaangel.

⒳ GoT × VD. Caroline/Robb. Caroline as the reincarnated eldest child of Cersei and Robert. ‘A prince destined to be born, but is not to live. A prince of thick black hair and bright blue eyes-a prince born too soon and taken away even quicker. A prince who is meant to be born alone and to die the same way. But here is where the story is changed.’

GOKUSEN (ごくせん)

❝ The New Student : by arrasails1977.

OFC p.o.v.. a girl transfers to Kurogin incognito and the boys take her under their wing as bros.

HANNA

❝ Adapt or Die : by Daybreak.

Hanna retracing roads from her past. angsty/melancholic. Hanna/Sophie.

HANNIBAL (NBC series)

❝ pitiful things sometimes born in hospitals : by persiflet.

⒳ Hannibal × HDM. His Dark Materials fusion (a.k.a. Daemons ＡＵ). tw: ableism. autistic character. ‘The man who killed her father has no daemon. “There’s a gaping hole in Will Graham,” Ms Lounds says, her words so carefully formed between pearly white teeth.’

HARRY POTTER

❝ C'est La Vie : by cywscross.

time travel ＡＵ. Hufflepuff!Harry ＡＵ. gen, but background pairings of James/Lily and Sirius/Remus. some angst. hiatus/incomplete. ‘The war ends on Harry’s twenty-first Halloween, and, one year later, with nothing truly holding him in that world, Fate takes this opportunity to toss her favourite hero into a different dimension to repay her debt. A new, stress-free life in exchange for having fulfilled her prophecy. A life where Neville is the Boy-Who-Lived instead, James and Lily are still alive, and that Harry Potter is relatively normal but a downright arse. Dimension-travelling Harry just wants to know why he has no say in the matter. And why he’s fourteen again. And why Fate thinks, in all her infinite wisdom, that his hero complex won’t eventually kick in. Then again, that might be exactly why Fate dumped him there.’

❝ Dead Man Walking : by cywscross.

alive!Regulus ＡＵ. Regulus as Harry’s god-uncle figure. ‘Kreacher goes back to save his master, and Regulus survives but his near-death-by-Inferi puts him into a coma for the next sixteen years.’

❝ Eyesight : by TGP.

Harry/Draco, Harry/All pretty much. polyamory! …tw: past rape. ‘contains genderqueer, polyamory, a huge blended family, the press trying to ruin people’s good names, a couple confused kids trying to figure out the world, and lots and lots of love. book compliant, except for one or two tiny, itty bitty details. epilogue non-compliant because reasons.’ ‘Sometimes unnoticed things are unimportant. Sometimes they change a lot of things.’

❝ Petrichor : by BlameMyMuses.

Master of Death!Harry. canon divergence ＡＵ. ‘In attempting to stop Sirius from falling through the Veil in the Department of Mysteries, Harry goes half through it himself before being dragged back into the living world. After the battle, things should have gone back to normal…but they don’t.’

❝ vagaries and vicissitudes : by aud_k.

illustrated. racebent!Harry. tw: emotional/psychological abuse. ‘When Harry is nine, Aunt Petunia takes a pair of shears to his head.’

THE HUNGER GAMES

❝ Hunger Games Aesthetic → Time Travel AU : by cywscross.

collage graphics and short fic by Tumblr posts. ‘It’s the 74th Hunger Games all over again, and she doesn’t know the hows or whys, only that she found an old pocket watch in the attic of one of the houses she was cleaning out right before she opened her eyes and found herself in the past, standing beside an Effie who didn’t understand loss, and facing a sea of people who haven’t yet given up after all. She’s always been a pragmatist though, so first thing’s first – where is that stupid drunk? Because if she’s going to suffer – again – through all the bullshit that was her life ever since she volunteered, and just when homes were being rebuilt and people were becoming less afraid and the future in general was finally kind of starting to look up, she’s damn well dragging Haymitch down with her.’

INCEPTION

❝ The Boy Who Spoke With Ghosts : by AvocadoLove.

⒳ Inception × Sixth Sense. supernatural ＡＵ. post-movie. Arthur/Eames. tw: gore. tw: kidnapping. tw: torture. ‘No one suspects Arthur. He’s too practical, too organized, too sensible to believe in the supernatural. Based on the kink meme prompt: Arthur’s real name is Cole Sear.’

❝ Come Around : by 3raser (kay_elizabeth_roxx).

⒳ Inception × tDKR. Arthur/Eames. Bane/Blake. partner-swapping. explicit. ‘Bane and Eames are brothers, estranged since Bane chose to follow in Talia’s footsteps. But when Bane abruptly returns, pulled from Gotham’s rubble by John Blake, long-neglected issues on both sides rise to the surface.’

❝ Incipit : by thehoyden.

modern ＡＵ. Arthur/Eames. ‘Arthur has been his editor from the beginning. Eames says he won’t work with anyone else, and what Arthur will never tell him is that he would cut anyone who tried.’

LEVERAGE

❝ Seeking That Which Is Lost : by Jedi Buttercup (jedibuttercup).

⒳ tM & tMR × Leverage. ‘It was no surprise, really, that the guy was related to Eliot. “I’m sorry, you want us to do what?” Nate asked, raising his eyebrows at him. ‘Call me Rick‘ cast a sidelong look at the barstool where Eliot was studiously playing with his beer bottle; Eliot sighed and shrugged his shoulders a little, conveying whole sentences without so much as saying a word.’

❝ The Carnahan Gene for Luck : by Jedi Buttercup (jedibuttercup).

　…sequel to Seeking That Which Is Lost. ‘ “Now, Uncle Rick,” Sophie said. “You know very well you’re not in a position to cast stones.” ’

KATEKYŌ HITMAN REBORN! (家庭教師ヒットマンREBORN!)

❝ Brightly Burning : by Araceil.

⒳ HP × KHR. crossover worldbuilding. twin-fic to Dusk to Dawn by Reighost. Harry has Sky Flame. Reborn/Harry. ‘Green eyes widened, practically dominating his face as he slammed the glass down and very nearly broke it, coughing and spluttering as he reached for the napkins the bartender had left for him. Reborn cackled outright as the boy fixed him with an accusing watery stare, mopping his face. “You…are a…b-bas…tard,” he coughed out painfully. “Puppy,” Reborn retorted, casually appropriating the unappreciated glass from the kid and taking a very pointed sip in front of that accusing green glare.’

❝ The Darkest Fire : by Mizuki99.

Tsuna/Xanxus, Tsuna/Reborn. explicit. ＡＵ. ‘Time changes people and Sawada Tsunayoshi is no exception. Seventeen years of age, Tsuna goes out for a walk after a heated argument with Reborn…only he never reaches his destination. Bagged and gagged, Tsuna finds himself in enemy territory. Now he has to find his way back to Japan without letting his hunters know that he’s Vongola Decimo.’

❝ Darkest Edge : by Mizuki99.

　…sequel to The Darkest Fire.

❝ The Dead and the Forsworn : by metisket.

Hibari p.o.v.. gen. ‘Hibari is starting to doubt that his carefully ordered world will ever recover from Sawada Tsunayoshi.’

❝ Dusk To Dawn by Reighost.

⒳ HP × KHR. crossover worldbuilding. twin-fic to Brightly Burning by Araceil. Harry-Tsuna has Sky Flame. Reborn/Harry. angst. reincarnation. tw: kidnapping. ‘Harry Potter’s life reached its end, turned to dusk and Sawada Tsunayoshi’s life has yet to begin. A Sky from Dusk to Dawn.’

❝ Fifty Snapshots - Sun and Sky : by cywscross.

Reborn/Tsuna. ‘Reborn doesn’t think of Tsuna as that wimpy kid in Iemitsu’s photo anymore.’

❝ Forged in Flame : by Reighost.

⒳ HP × KHR. crossover worldbuilding. Black family as Cloud-Flame attributes. ‘Harry Potter’s encounter with Voldemort in the graveyard in fourth year went differently and a split-second decision changes everything. An old bloodline awakens, memories clash and a new Harry Potter is reborn.’

❝ To Kill a King : by ArborMist.

Tsuna/Reborn. TYL!verse ＡＵ. ‘Reborn hasn’t killed in fifteen years and Tsuna won’t answer him.’

❝ To That Faraway Sky : by cywscross.

twin!ＡＵ. gen, Tsuna & Hibari friendship. tw: emotional/psychological abuse. ‘Tsuna’s never liked attention so it’s only natural for Ienari to stand out more. But being himself means a mom and a brother who don’t care about him, and Tsuna doesn’t have enough tolerance to overlook it for long.’

❝ To The Victor Go The Cuddles by Reighost for Araceil.

⒳ HP × KHR. crossover worldbuilding. adorable fic. Harry’s baby familiar shape-shifts to beat the Gryffindors with the power of cute. ‘ “Where did you get the gold for the start-up bets?” he asked the silver haired teen playing bookie, eying the half-full cauldron with a look of disbelief. He hadn’t given him any spending money…also exactly how many people had placed bets already? “I sold some of my dynamite to a few Ravenclaws.” Hayato grinned brightly at him over the top of his glasses, looking away from the little black notebook he was scribbling in to flash him a proud thumbs up.’

❝ Tsunahiki : by metisket.

spoilers ch 281. in which Tsuna is hilariously described as a creepy hamster and there are feels. ‘Intuition. Blood of the Vongola. Reborn can call it whatever he wants, but nothing will change the fact that it feels like an alien taking up residence in Tsuna’s skull. A know-it-all alien.’

❝ Under Wing : by Reighost.

⒳ HP × KHR. crossover worldbuilding. tw: murder. secret/unknown identities. angst and fluff. also crossover elements with xxxHolic, Cardcaptor Sakura and Spirited Away. ‘Prophecies where tricky things and lies are even tricker, Sirius’s death becomes a catalyst and Dumbledore’s lies crumple like a house of cards. Harry is left with a burning question…Who is he really?’

❝ What We Fought For : by metisket.

canon divergence. TYL!verse real!mafia ＡＵ. ‘Mistake, confusion, and misdirection are the allies of a truly successful family. It’s hard to beat something that defies definition. (There is no criminal underworld; it’s your imagination. You’re paranoid. There’s nothing here for you to fight.)’

KEKKAISHI (結界師)

❝ Leaving Well Enough Alone : by metisket.

third person p.o.v.. Ichigaya and Tabata follow Tokine and Yoshimori one night and see for themselves the cause for the latter’s constant drowsiness – they see him awake. grumpy Kagemiya features, to boot. ‘ “Tabata, if we die doing this, my mother will disinherit me.” “She won’t be able to. You’ll be dead. Now shh!” ’

LORD OF THE RINGS & THE HOBBIT

❝ Alone in Anórien : by Swytla.

non!MarySue. during a walking trip up in Canadian mountains, Megan strays into Arda through an old Native American site. running from Ork-hunting men, she is taken in by the Druedain folk… slow build.

❝ Master of Wood, Water and Hill : by Karmic Acumen.

ＡＵ. BAMF!Bilbo, BAMF!hobbits, sentient!BagEnd. ‘Bilbo Baggins wondered what Gandalf was thinking. Fortunately, the one living under the delusion he was a regular hobbit was NOT him. Oh well, Bag End would sort him out. His house did NOT approve of vandalism, thank you very much.’

MARVEL (MCU+)

❝ The Boys Wear Red… : by Orcusnox (Cat9894).

Peter/Wade. role reversal ＡＵ – merc!Peter and hero!Wade. post Iron Man 3. tw: torture. tw: gore. explicit. ‘{Hey it’s the Merc with the Mouth!} [Not this universe, idiot.] “Shut up you two. Hey Pooly!” Peter called cheerfully, creating a nice bit of web from which to hang. “Any reason you decided to show up and be all friendly?” ’

❝ And Are Black And Blue : by Orcusnox (Cat9894).

　…sequel to The Boys Wear Red. tw: torture. tw: gore. explicit. ‘Peter and Wade’s relationship might be back on track, but their lives are far more hectic.’

❝ I (created from fantasies) exist solely for you : by Mizzy.

Steve/Tony. secret identities. ‘Six years ago, without the Avengers Initiative there to save the day, scientist Dr. Eric Selvig sacrificed himself to save the world, the almighty demi-god Thor was lost to a terrible storm, and vigilante Iron Man – spotted with a nuclear weapon trying to take advantage of the situation – was forever labelled an enemy of SHIELD. This is a comic book office AU, where Steve is defrosted a year too late, Thor has forgotten who he is, and no one knows Tony is Iron Man.Also includes: office pranks, inappropriate post-it notes, and superheroes who like pina coladas and getting caught in the rain.’

❝ Peter Parker’s Home for the Wayward Villain : by BeanieBaby.

adorable crackfic. normal!Peter. chosen family, where Peter takes in stray villains. Peter/Wade. Steve/Bucky. redemption story. ‘ “I’m Peter, what’s your name?” He asks finally. The silence stretches for another minute before the man reaches for the sweater. He croaks one word. “Asset.” ’

MERLIN

❝ Arthur’s Silent Guardian : by Sydelle Rein. 

ＡＵ. gen. secret identity. a sorcerer kidnaps Prince Arthur as bait, intent on wringing out the truth from the warlock himself – why does the prophesied Emrys protect Camelot and the Pendragons?

❝ On Shaky Ground : by Sydelle Rein.

　…sequel to Arthur’s Silent Guardian. hurt/comfort.  ‘With the unknown identity of his sorcerer-protector plaguing him, Arthur is unsure how to deal with this new knowledge. Meanwhile, a series of mysterious earthquakes is threatening the safety of Camelot.’

❝ King Arthur’s Ward : by jaqtkd.

ＡＵ. post-Merlin/Morgana. ‘It’s been four years since Arthur claimed Camelot back and now his and Merlin’s destiny is truly set to begin. However, Morgana’s continuing quest for vengeance will result in unexpected consequences for all generations of the royal family.’

❝ This Is The Hunting Ground : by AmiNoo.

gen. Arthur and Merlin feels. ‘In the depths of the forest, a hunt is underway for a dangerous fugitive - one who had dared to call himself a ‘friend of Camelot’: “Until then, chase me.” ’

THE MUMMY & THE MUMMY RETURNS

❝ Seeking That Which Is Lost : by Jedi Buttercup (jedibuttercup).

⒳ tM & tMR × Leverage. ‘It was no surprise, really, that the guy was related to Eliot. “I’m sorry, you want us to do what?” Nate asked, raising his eyebrows at him. ‘Call me Rick‘ cast a sidelong look at the barstool where Eliot was studiously playing with his beer bottle; Eliot sighed and shrugged his shoulders a little, conveying whole sentences without so much as saying a word.’

❝ The Carnahan Gene for Luck : by Jedi Buttercup (jedibuttercup).

　…sequel to Seeking That Which Is Lost. ‘ “Now, Uncle Rick,” Sophie said. “You know very well you’re not in a position to cast stones.” ’

NABARI NO ÓU (隠の王)

❝ Ventricle : by etceteralish.

backstory spoilers. bird!Aizawa. ‘Over the years, Bird learns to walk and talk like a human.’

NARUTO

❝ backslide : by blackkat.

time travel ＡＵ. Sasuke/Naruto, shifts to Kakashi/Naruto. ‘Kakashi looks between the two of them for a moment, and then asks airily, “Anyone want to fill in those of us who don’t live in the T&I basement?” Genma flicks a hand at the papers Ibiki dropped. “There’s been a wave of bounties being claimed in all of the Elemental Countries these past few months. Not small ones, either—Deidara of Iwa, Hoshigaki Kisame of Kiri, and Kakuzu of Taki. All S-rank missing-nin, and all rumored to be part of the same organization. I’d say someone’s got a grudge.” ’

❝ criminals do it better series : by blackkat.

adorable. modern ＡＵ. Kakashi/Obito. domestic banter during crises. ‘A super-cracky modern!AU where Akatsuki is a group of quasi-reformed terrorists and former suicide squad now (nominally) on the side of the angels, saving the planet their own way. Mostly accidentally. Or through recycling. (That’s entirely Obito’s fault.)’

❝ The Life and Times of a Shinobi Den Mother series : by blackkat.

chosen family. Genma/Raidou, and alternatively, Gai/Raidou.

❝ Myoushuu no Fuuin : by May Wren.

genius!Naruto. cohesive Team 7. canon divergence ＡＵ. ‘A seal had managed to defeat and imprison the Kyuubi no Kitsune, the strongest demon to ever exist. It was just ink on paper-or a stomach, as the case may be-and it held so much power…‘Yeah,’ Naruto decided ‘I gotta get me some of that.’ ’

❝ reverse : by blackkat.

time travel ＡＵ. role reversal with Naruto and Kurama from blackkat’s previous time travel fic backslide. human!Kurama. chosen families. sort-of body dysphoria. ‘To make a tragedy, you break something beautiful and frame the pieces. To make a victory, you break something mighty and rebuild it piece by piece. To make a life, you glue the pieces together and hope for the best. Kurama’s still getting the hang of this ‘human’ thing, but given that he’s 30 years back in time with catastrophes to prevent and a blond brat to save, he’ll have to figure things out on the fly. Luckily, living with Naruto’s been good for his ability to improvise, if nothing else.’

NATSUME YŪJINCHŌ (夏目友人帳)

❝ Child of Spirits : by harunekonya.

canon divergence, post ep 51-53/S4E11-13 (spoilers). Natsume is spirited away by a free Madara and raised among spirits, until the day an exorcist learns of him.

❝ Dust and Gold : by Mr. Moop.

Matoba kidnaps Natsume and unleashes youkai to torture him into submission. angsty.

❝ Kings and Thieves : by Mr. Moop.

　…sequel to Dust and Gold. it got darker. tw: physical abuse. ‘Natsume must now find out how to fix the Book of Friends with Natori’s help. Matoba has other plans.’

❝ Secrets series : by VickyVicarious & aishiteru.

canon divergence ＡＵ. gen. ‘At age eight, Natsume goes to live with the grandmother he’s never met, Reiko. A series of shorts regarding various aspects of their lives as Natsume grows up.’

PACIFIC RIM

❝ Wonder : comic by feriowind + fic by pfdiva.

#newt the small mother. Hermann and baby Kaijuu. ‘It takes a while for Hermann to learn the finer nuances of communicating with a kaiju, who understand best and learn fastest when emotions and images accompany one’s words.’

PRIMEVAL

❝ Fine : by verdreht.

Matt looking out for a hallucinating Becker –who is decidedly not ‘fine'– after a minor incursion settles. Connor/Becker.

❝ Texts from ARC #602 : by verdreht.

Connor/Becker. emotional hurt/comfort. ‘#602: You can do it. What doesn’t kill us just drives us to drink.’

❝ Good Help : by smilebackwards.

ＡＵ. Connor is the Lester family nanny. he ends up in the ARC anyway. with a side of Connor/Becker.

❝ Brain Freeze : by verdreht.

Connor/Stephen. S2E1 follow-up. hurt/comfort. ‘He really should’ve known it wasn’t just brain freeze.’

RISE OF THE GUARDIANS

❝ Zastruga : by Solemini.

canon divergence ＡＵ. tw: emotional/psychological abuse. ‘Jack Frost has spent three hundred years in the care of Pitch Black, hidden away from a world that neither sees nor wants him.’

❝ Beneath A Sanguin Moon : by Solemini.

⒳ tHG × RotG (tHG universe). ‘Jack Frost was not the name drawn from the pot.’

SHERLOCK HOLMES

❝ Soldier’s Heart : by Piplover.

Holmes/Watson slowbuild. hurt/comfort, PTSD!Holmes. ‘After his return from his three years’ “death,” not all is as it should be for Holmes. The road is long ahead, but Watson will always be there to walk it with him.’

SUPERNATURAL

❝ Wrong : by Holly Lukeman.

Winchester brothers bonding. gen. hurt/comfort. ‘Sam and Dean are on low-key hunt three weeks after the events of Lucifer Rising. What was supposed to be a normal haunting turns into something much worse…’

❝ Brotherhood series : by various (Ridley C. James, Williamson Scott, Tidia).

Brotherhood!verse. multiple fics in chronological order through link.

STAR TREK

❝ Antigravity : by sinestrated.

Kirk/Spock. genius!Kirk. hurt/comfort. disabled character. ‘Five times Spock was surprised by the brilliance of Kirk’s mind, and one time he totally saw it coming.’

❝ Atlas : by distractedKat.

novel-length fic. post-movie ＡＵ. Kirk/Spock. genius!Kirk, genius!Spock. hurt/comfort. …the cadets who survived Nero’s attack go above and beyond to rebuild their Academy. ‘Between what was and what will be stands James Tiberius Kirk, in all his fractured patchwork glory. Because saving the Federation was only the beginning.’

STAR WARS

❝ Shadows of the Future : by stormqueen873.

tPM ＡＵ. ObiAniQui bonding, with a realistic young Anakin. gen. ‘Obi-Wan lost the duel on Mustafar, but instead of dying, he finds himself on a ship leaving Tatooine, with his old Master and a familiar young boy.’

❝ Re-Entry series : by flamethrower.

canon divergence ＡＵ. extended universe characters and events. Obi-Wan/Qui-Gon. ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi, while still a young Padawan, suffers an injury and wakes up with all of the memories, experience, training, and Force-strength of Old Ben Kenobi. It isn’t long before the Jedi discover that Anakin Skywalker, a five-year-old slave from the Outer Rim, has undergone the exact same change.’

TEEN WOLF

❝ A Miracle For Christmas : by cywscross.

Stiles/Peter. emotional hurt/comfort and fluff. ‘The ornaments are all broken or crumbling, the paint faded and chipped, and all of it blackened and singed, just like the Hales’ tragic past. And Stiles can’t stand just leaving them like that.’

❝ But Not With Haste : by uraneia.

⒳ TW × XM1. Stiles/Derek. ‘in which Derek is the werewolf version of Wolverine and Stiles is Rogue and the plot of X-Men progresses accordingly, with a few notable deviations.’

❝ drowning in the sea of you : by Corpium.

empath!Stiles ＡＵ. Stiles/Peter. hurt/comfort. ‘Scott’s sickly sweet panic spurs Stiles into action, and he jams his keys into the ignition right as the alpha tosses Derek’s not-quite-dead, desperate body past them. While Stiles throws the Jeep into reverse, the alpha’s rage turns warm and satisfied, a slow burn under Stiles’s skin that feeds into his own anger. No one’s fucking dying tonight.’

❝ Meet the Family : by cywscross.

Stiles/Peter. protective!Stilinski family OCs. ‘ “Peter, I have six aunts, eight uncles, and fifteen cousins all coming to town for Christmas dinner, a father who can’t cook to save anyone’s life, and exactly seventy-five hours and counting to get everything ready! I literally cannot spare a single second for your crazy right now!” ’

❝ Play It Again : by metisket.

dimension travel. magic!Stiles ＡＵ. Stiles/Derek. ‘Laura wants to lure the kid in with food and kindness and make a pet of him, like a feral cat. Derek wants to have him arrested for stalking. They’re at an impasse. (And the rest of the family is staying emphatically out of it in a way that suggests bets have been placed.)’ 

❝ This Doesn’t Hurt : by metisket.

　…sequel to Play It Again. Melissa p.o.v.. ‘Melissa isn’t sure how she accidentally adopted a teenager, but she’s confident that somehow, it’s all Stiles Stilinski’s fault.’

❝ Your Heart on Your Sleeve : by cywscross.

empath!Stiles ＡＵ. Stiles/Peter. ‘Stiles is an empath, and it’s just his luck that he’s surrounded by broken people. Then again, it’s not like he has any room to talk either. Surprisingly enough, Peter helps, something neither of them realizes for a good long while.’

❝ Wolf Whistle series : by ashinan.

magic!Stiles ＡＵ. Stiles/Derek.

…companion fics of Wolf Whistle-verse…

❝ Smoking Lightning : by ashinan.

❝ Children’s Work : by ashinan.

　…Sheriff p.o.v..

❝ Sideshow Villain I & II : by ashinan.

　…Peter p.o.v..

❝ ‘one-eyed kitsune!Stiles’ request : by cywscross.

kitsune!Stiles ＡＵ. Stiles/Peter. banter. ‘Stiles gets hurt. Not badly, but it’s still humiliating. He’s several hundred years old; he should not be falling prey to Inari-forsaken bear traps.’

TOKYŌ GHOUL (東京喰種)

❝ 泉くんがＣＣＧに加わる話１【喰種＋寄生獣クロスオーバー】 : by えむ＠牛歩状態.

⒳ TG × Kiseijuu. (※ Japanese). canon divergence ＡＵ.

TRANSFORMERS

❝ Stockholm : by Cru- That Uptown Girl.

Bay-verse canon divergence ＡＵ. tw: kidnapping, tw: abuse/gaslighting, tw: torture. not-quite-complete. Shockwave took Sam captive, and is slowly turning him into one of them – a Decepticon pet trained to take down the Autobots.

❝ Transformers: Prime Divide : by Karmic Acumen.

Bay-verse canon divergence ＡＵ. BAMF!Sam. some original worldbuilding. ‘Sam refused to think it was over after Bumblebee was captured by Sector Seven and they were all carted off like criminals in the middle of the night. He just didn’t expect the next bout of interference to come from within Sector Seven itself.’

WELCOME TO NIGHTVALE

❝ Republic of Heaven Community Radio series : by SailorPtah.

⒳ WtNV × HDM. Daemons ＡＵ. Carlos/Cecil. awesome crossover worldbuilding. ‘More than a century after the events of His Dark Materials, a Rusakov particle physicist (and lifelong Lyra Belacqua fanboy) brings a team of experimental theologians to Night Vale.’

❝ He Says He Is An Experimental Theologian : by SailorPtah.

‘Dr. Lyra Belacqua’s true legacy is still bigger than Carlos ever imagined…until he took a team of scholars to study Rusakov particles in the most theologically interesting community in Hispania Nova. Now his own day-to-day life is full of things like angels, witches, hooded spectres, portals between worlds, vague yet menacing branches of the Magisterium, and a man who walks around without his daemon and can read an alethiometer as easily as a stop sign.’

❝ Cecil On The N.T.A. : by SailorPtah.

…WtNV episode “Subway” with daemons, in two parts.

❝ Five Anonmeme Threads About Carlos ; by SailorPtah.

…adorable outsider p.o.v. banter.

❝ A Blinking Light Up On The Clouded Mountain : by SailorPtah.

…‘The Republic of Heaven cannot be allowed to fall. Especially not to a Smiling God.’

❝ A Dragon at the Opera : by SailorPtah.

…‘In an alternate dimension of an alternate multiverse, Hiram takes a friend to see a show.’

❝ Let The Shadows Fall Behind You : by SailorPtah.

…tw: suicidal thoughts. ‘It’s a few years after the Republic of Heaven took out the Smiling God, and teenage Janice is approaching her separation ordeal. Her uncle Cecil is fine with that! Absolutely fine! Or at least, he’s coping. He is doing an excellent job of coping. Until he isn’t.’

❝ End-Of-Year Secret Police WIP Amnesty Showcase : by SailorPtah.

…‘As a holiday gift, the Sheriff has extended limited amnesty to people who post fanfiction they never intend to finish.’

UNDERTALE

❝ One By One : by CourierNew.

alternate ending post-game. spoilers, especially for the Pacifist Ending. male!Frisk. male!Chara. gen. ‘The world is saved, but that wasn’t enough. Asriel remains lost in the dark. To retrieve him, Frisk is ready to crack apart time itself. As he turns back the clock again and again, undoing every happy ending, Sans reluctantly confronts his own past in the most secret corners of the underground. Together, they must overcome their regrets, recover the last soul, and give the world back its future. Hold your friends close. Seek the broken man. Beware the whispering shadows. Be kind. Be brave. And above all - stay determined.’

xxxHOLIC

❝ Sunflower : by metisket.

spoilers for Himawari’s backstory. character study.

«fantasy»

❝ Diamonds in His Pockets : by Renaissance Makoto J.

fairytale kingdom with magic and curses. slash romance. prince/knight. ‘He’d seen the children in the town below the castle playing at being Gilbert. He’d seen them wave sticks in the air and proclaim themselves to be Malcolm. He’d never seen one say, “I’m Brighton the Wise!” He knew he never would. After all, he was wise. He knew lots of things.’

　…part 2.

❝ Prague Race ∷ by Leppu.

comic. Prague Race is a comedy horror story, and it offers a softly satirical views of the fantasy genre.

❝ Sfeer Theory ∷ written by Alex “Muun” Singer, drawn by Jayd “Chira” Aït-Kaci.

slash comic. magical worldbuilding. ‘The basics of Sfeer Theory are this: all things have a sfeer and in this sfeer all is subject to their will.’

❝ Witchy ∷ by Ariel Ries.

comic. The witch kingdom Hyalin is Nyneve’s home, but she hides her long hair so the Witch Guard, ‘who enforce the law in peacetime and protect the land during war’, don’t subject her to a witch burning for being judged dangerous.

«science fiction»

❝ Mare Internum ∷ by Der-shing Helmer.

comic. tw: depression. tw: attempted suicide and suicidal thoughts. an online science fiction graphic novel about the isolated inhabitants of the planet Mars.

«fiction»

❝ Best Friends Forever ∷ by Mickey Quinn.

slash comic. ‘A newly-popular dirt-poor quarterback and the nerd-chic billionaire president of the student council try to hold their unlikely friendship together throughout their senior year of high school - despite the suspicions & meddling of their nosy (and often frustrating) schoolmates.’

❝ Fishbones ∷ written by Jisuk Cho, drawn by Yuki S.

comic. ‘Fishbones starts in the year 1999 in the fictional, east coast city of Southport. The story is about growing up, friendship, and sometimes the mob.’

Fishbones novel.

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I would read the fuc out of that!!!!

My favorite thing about the bats is that… they are gothamites. And sure they scare the shit out of people… but they are in Gotham. Superman is loved by his people, Flash is adored, people pray to Wonder Woman, Green Arrow is feared. But the Bats? The Bats are like all of Gotham's weird older brothers/sisters/parents. Superman and Green Lantern are visiting Batman in Gotham and all of a sudden he gets smacked in the face by a banana and they turn and find a group of teens skateboarding away and one kid calls over his shoulder ‘eat the fucking potassium you absolute brick.’ and Batman doesn't even do anything. Barry is chilling with Nightwing when a girl runs beneath the building they are sitting on and screams “Nice ass Night! But get it the fuck down here, my cats stuck in a tree.” And Nightwing does a flip off the building and just?? helps her?? Wonder Woman and Black Canary are passing through Crime Alley on their way to the Batcave and spot Red Hood standing in an alley, being lectured by a woman who is half his size and she ends the lecture by throwing two sandwiches at his face and walking away. Red Hood just takes his hood off and starts eating. Superboy is helping Red Robin defeat Scarecrow and while they’re hiding, waiting for him to walk into their trap, RR is casually conversing with a Gothamite about Hogwarts Houses, and when he says the Gothamite looks like a Gryfindor he pops his head out and screams “Yo scarecrow hes right fucking here!” J’onn is heading to the Manor to discuss League business with Bruce when he spots Robin(Damian) fighting Riddler all alone and is about to intervene when three teenagers show up and just fucking deck him instead. Damian doesn't thank them, just glowers, and one of the guys goes “you're welcome you fucking brat.” And the girl even smacks the back of his head and goes “manners.” Clark is sent to go find Tim and Steph and Damian and finds them at this girls birthday party, in full costume, eating cupcakes and drinking punch, jumping on the bouncy house and is like “errr, B-Batman needs you home.” And as one the entire birthday party group went “Fuck Batman.” Spoiler was spotted painting these guys nails, Black Bat was seen teaching calculus to a group of teenagers, Batgirl(Babs) was running after a group of kids screaming “Give me back my laptop you fucks!” Just- just the batfamily and Gothamites being annoying to each other and appreciative yet bitches. 

Bus driver: stop getting thrown at my fucking bus, i got places to be and my insurance only covers so many shatter windshields and person sized dents  Batman: I don't really control where I get thrown Bus Driver: well you better fucking start otherwise theres gonna be another fucking villain on these streets *drives away and almost runs him over* Superman: *gaping* yo-you're just gonna let him do that? Batman: *shrugs* Gotham insurance aint what its cracked up to be Superman: *staring dumbly*

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I'm okay with not having an AO3 app, since it works fine as a mobile site. My sister's eldest only knows how to use any browser due to us taking the time to teach them how. Their 18...

So this was originally a response to this post:

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Which is about people wanting an AO3 app, but then it became large and way off topic, so here you go.

Nobody under the age of 20 knows how to use a computer or the internet. At all. They only know how to use apps. Their whole lives are in their phones or *maybe* a tablet/iPad if they're an artist. This is becoming a huge concern.

I'm a private tutor for middle- and high-school students, and since 2020 my business has been 100% virtual. Either the student's on a tablet, which comes with its own series of problems for screen-sharing and file access, or they're on mom's or dad's computer, and they have zero understanding of it.

They also don't know what the internet is, or even the absolute basics of how it works. You might not think that's an important thing to know, but stick with me.

Last week I accepted a new student. The first session is always about the tech -- I tell them this in advance, that they'll have to set up a few things, but once we're set up, we'll be good to go. They all say the same thing -- it won't be a problem because they're so "online" that they get technology easily.

I never laugh in their faces, but it's always a close thing. Because they are expecting an app. They are not expecting to be shown how little they actually know about tech.

I must say up front: this story is not an outlier. This is *every* student during their first session with me. Every single one. I go through this with each of them because most of them learn more, and more solidly, via discussion and discovery rather than direct instruction.

Once she logged in, I asked her to click on the icon for screen-sharing. I described the icon, then started with "Okay, move your mouse to the bottom right corner of the screen." She did the thing that those of us who are old enough to remember the beginnings of widespread home computers remember - picked up the mouse and moved it and then put it down. I explained she had to pull the mouse along the surface, and then click on the icon. She found this cumbersome. I asked if she was on a laptop or desktop computer. She didn't know what I meant. I asked if the computer screen was connected to the keyboard as one piece of machinery that you can open and close, or if there was a monitor - like a TV - and the keyboard was connected to another machine either by cord or by Bluetooth. Once we figured it out was a laptop, I asked her if she could use the touchpad, because it's similar (though not equivalent) to a phone screen in terms of touching clicking and dragging.

Once we got her using the touchpad, we tried screen-sharing again. We got it working, to an extent, but she was having trouble with... lots of things. I asked if she could email me a download or a photo of her homework instead, and we could both have a copy, and talk through it rather than put it on the screen, and we'd worry about learning more tech another day. She said she tried, but her email blocked her from sending anything to me.

This is because the only email address she has is for school, and she never uses email for any other purpose. I asked if her mom or dad could email it to me. They weren't home.

(Re: school email that blocks any emails not whitelisted by the school: that's great for kids as are all parental controls for young ones, but 16-year-olds really should be getting used to using an email that belongs to them, not an institution.)

I asked if the homework was on a paper handout, or in a book, or on the computer. She said it was on the computer. Great! I asked her where it was saved. She didn't know. I asked her to search for the name of the file. She said she already did that and now it was on her screen. Then, she said to me: "You can just search for it yourself - it's Chapter 5, page 11."

This is because homework is on the school's website, in her math class's homework section, which is where she searched. For her, that was "searching the internet."

Her concepts of "on my computer" "on the internet" or "on my school's website" are all the same thing. If something is displayed on the monitor, it's "on the internet" and "on my phone/tablet/computer" and "on the school's website."

She doesn't understand "upload" or "download," because she does her homework on the school's website and hits a "submit" button when she's done. I asked her how she shares photos and stuff with friends; she said she posts to Snapchat or TikTok, or she AirDrops. (She said she sometimes uses Insta, though she said Insta is more "for old people"). So in her world, there's a button for "post" or "share," and that's how you put things on "the internet".

She doesn't know how it works. None of it. And she doesn't know how to use it, either.

Also, none of them can type. Not a one. They don't want to learn how, because "everything is on my phone."

And you know, maybe that's where we're headed. Maybe one day, everything will be on "my phone" and computers as we know them will be a thing of the past. But for the time being, they're not. Students need to learn how to use computers. They need to learn how to type. No one is telling them this, because people think teenagers are "digital natives." And to an extent, they are, but the definition of that has changed radically in the last 20-30 years. Today it means "everything is on my phone."

This!! Yes and yes and yes!!!

It drives me a little spinny when I see people posting “Why Aziraphale doesn’t just keep his books at home if he doesn’t want to sell them” because it seems to me to so clearly be a riff on real life antiquarian bookshops?

I worked in a used and rare book shop for five years, and have frequented them since I was young, and Aziraphale is like, a type of guy who just exists. An older fellow who refuses to keep his books in any sort of order, neglects to write prices in, opens at wildly varying hours, and by all accounts does not seem to want to be in business at all. The answer I found, by the end, was because many of them were doing it as a sort of retirement hobby. They made enough money to keep the lights on and to buy new rare books to look at.

I swear to you: nobody in the book business would bat an eye at Aziraphale. Especially if his shop had been there for generations. They would assume that the occasional loose encyclopedia plate sale would be enough to make rent, or that Mr. Fell had business and land holdings elsewhere.

And I assume that though he doesn’t want to sell them, he would LOVE a curious browser. Antiquarian vendors often adore it when you ask how to find a rare book, because the thrill of the hunt is often better than actually owning the volume. Anyone can have a private library, but owning a quaint little bookshop is a saucy way to brag and chat with other book lovers, and you can’t put that on your shelf at home.

Being of Jewish decent, it's amazing to be able to see this!💜🌈

Gay weddings from different cultures

So today I want to talk about puberty blockers for transgender kids, because despite being cisgender, this is a subject I’m actually well-versed in. Specifically, I want to talk about how far backwards things have gone.

This story starts almost 20 years ago, and it’s kind of long, but I think it’s important to give you the full history. At the time, I was working as an administrative assistant for a pediatric endocrinologist in a red state. Not a deep deep red state like Alabama, we had a little bit of a purple trend, but still very much red. (I don’t want to say the state at the risk of doxxing myself.) And I took a phone call from a woman who said, “My son is transgender. Does your doctor do hormone therapy?”

I said, “Good question! Let me find out.”

I went into the back and found the doctor playing Solitaire on his computer and said, “Do you do hormone therapy for transgender kids?” It had literally never come up before. He had opened his practice there in the early 2000s. This was roughly 2006, and the first time someone asked. Without looking up from his game of Solitaire, the doctor said, “I’ve never done it before, but I know how it works, so sure.”

I got back on the phone and told the mom, who was overjoyed, and scheduled an appointment for her son. He was the first transgender child we treated with puberty blockers. But not, by far, the first child we treated with puberty blockers, period. Because puberty blockers are used very commonly for children with precocious puberty (early-onset puberty). I would say about twenty percent of the kids our doctor treated were for precocious puberty and were on puberty blockers. They have been well studied and are widely used, safe, and effective.

Well. It turned out, the doctor I worked for was the only doctor in the state who was willing to do this. And word spread pretty fast in the tight-knit community of ‘parents of transgender children in a red state’. We started seeing more kids. A better drug came out. We saw some kids who were at the age where they were past puberty, and prescribed them estrogen or testosterone. Our doctor became, I’m fairly sure, a small folk hero to this community. 

Insurance coverage was a struggle. I remember copying articles and pages out of the Endocrine Society Manual to submit with prior authorization requests for the medications. Insurance coverage was a struggle for a lot of what we did, though. Growth hormone for kids with severe idiopathic short stature. Insulin pumps, which weren’t as common at the time, and then continuous glucose monitoring, when that came out. Insurance struggles were just part and parcel of the job.

I remember vividly when CVS Caremark, a pharmaceutical management company, changed their criteria and included gender dysphoria as a covered diagnosis for puberty blockers. I thought they had put the option on the questionnaire to trigger an automatic denial. But no - it triggered an approval. Medicaid started to cover it. I got so good at getting approvals with my by then tidy packet of articles and documentation that I actually had people in other states calling me to see what I was submitting (the pharmaceutical rep gave them my number because they wanted more people on their drug, which, shady, but sure. He did ask me if it was okay first).

And here’s the key point of this story:

At no point, during any of this, did it ever even occur to any of us that we might have to worry about whether or not what we were doing was legal.

It just never even came up. It was the medically recommended treatment so we did it. And seeing what’s happening in the UK and certain states in America is both terrifying and genuinely shocking to me, as someone who did this for almost fifteen years, without ever even wondering about the legality of it.

The doctor retired some years ago, at which point there were two other doctors in the state who were willing to prescribe the medications for transgender kids. I truly think that he would still be working if nobody else had been willing to take those kids on as patients. He was, by the way, a white cisgender heterosexual Boomer. I remember when he was introduced to the concept of ‘genderfluid’ because one of our patients on HRT wanted to go off. He said ‘that’s so interesting!’ and immediately went to Google to learn more about it. 

I watched these kids transform. I saw them come into the office the first time, sometimes anxious and uncertain, sometimes sullen and angry. I saw them come in the subsequent times, once they were on hormone therapy, how they gradually became happy and confident in themselves. I saw the smiles on their faces when I gave them a gender marker letter for the DMV. I heard them cheer when I called to tell them I’d gotten HRT approved by insurance and we were calling in a prescription. It was honestly amazing and I will always consider the work I did in that red state with those kids to be something I am incredibly proud of. I was honored to be a part of it.

When I see all this transgender backlash, it’s horrifying, because it was well on the way to become standard and accepted treatment. Insurances started to cover it. Other doctors were learning to prescribe it. And now … it’s fucking illegal? Like what the actual fuck. We have gone so far backwards that it makes me want to cry. I don’t know how to stop this slide. But I wrote this so people would understand exactly how steep the slide is.

Yeah, but it's also a learning experience, like you now know to buy less or something else. And when you get done it's clean.

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My first thought was that this was something Anthony Bordain had said, because of how it's worded. But while I know it's likely not, I think I will be trying it out.

Take a red onion. Caramelize it. Add garlic. Add tomato paste. Add smoked paprika (a lot). Add 1 can of butter beans. Mix. Juice 1 lemon. Add the juice. Add sriracha. Add heavy cream. Add spinach. Serve with bread or over rice. Cry over how fucking good it tastes. The only “cooking” you have to do is cooking your onion down. Everything else is just adding shit. You don’t even have to measure it’s just to taste. It’s very good, very filling (1 can could probably feed 2 people). Got veggies in there, got protein. Very little effort required

Still a good 😺

Hi.. my name is Khloe the Cat.

I am a 3 year old Maine Coon mix that came from an extremely abusive home. They neglected to feed me properly and I’m extremely overweight with diabetes. Here I will be chronicling my journey with my new family and posting it on Tumblr. I’d love if everyone could boost this post to let people know there’s a new cat in town 🥹

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