Bael Penrose

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See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna

All Series!

All series featured on this blog have their masterlists posted here! This is a master post of master posts! A master-masterpost. A masterpostception, if you will.

Anyway

Tiger Squadron Original Series. (Complete!)

Tiger Squadron Next Generation (Complete!)

Arcadian Inquisition

Under Avandra’s Eyes!

Poll Closed - UAE Won, But if you Voted for Nihilus Rex, don’t worry - it’ll happen eventually!


And if you’re the type who would rather binge or download all four on PDF via Ao3….

Each chapter has been updated as well, for your binging pleasure, with “Next” and “Previous” chapter buttons, to make it easier to read them in order, and never have to worry about finding the next one in my clusterfuck of an archive again!

Enjoy!

And support the ongoing madness on Ko-fi if you wish!

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frownyalfred

I love how all of the Batman villains are like “ah he’s not at the manor, it’s defenseless! and then alfred just racks an AK-47 and is like pull up bitch

thefingerfuckingfemalefury

Batman’s Villains: The butler will be easy prey!

He’s just an old man…he doesn’t have any of the Batman’s gadgets or training or fighting skills!

Alfred: Oh my you’re right

There’s something else of Master Bruce’s I don’t have as well

(Cocks a shotgun) A CODE AGAINST KILLING

welshronin

Batman’s Villains: Wayne isn’t here to save you old man!

Alfred:

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dragonpuppies

Alfred is the original “Call an ambulance — but not for me”

frownyalfred

@dragonpuppies I spent way too long on this

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trader-j0e

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a-boy-too-weird

Bruce: I have a code.

Alfred: And I have a gun.

dadzawa-adopt-dabi

Bruce: time to remove the guns.

Alfred: good fucking luck.

ms-demeanor

This is funny for multiple reasons but the reason I laughed out loud and downloaded one of the images is because I know someone who did R&D for a company that hired him to develop frangible plastic bullets, and frangible plastic bullets will 100% kill you.

“Of course not, I’d never get that out of the carpet,” says Alfred of someone clearly collapsed on top of wood flooring. “Frangible plastic bullets killed him.”

Source: frownyalfred

Under Avandra’s Eyes VII: To Stem a Tide

Thank you to @canyouhearthelight for your tireless support and encouragement in our shared writing enterprise and for your beta-writing that makes everything flow so much better.

Also thanks to @feral-possums-in-the-bog for your binging, @barest-of-bones for your Ao3 binge. Also to @drbibliophile who has been so hyped for this project in particular and has reblogged this series and to @dierotenixe for their reblogs as well.

Without further ado - let’s see what Vixen meant by her remarks about Baldor, shall we? @1978sah good guess, but no cigar.

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another-suffering-artist

SPOONIE THINGS NO ONE TALKS ABOUT PART 15

Feeling like a phoney.

Even though we are in excruciating pain all the time, struggling to accomplish even simple tasks, that voice in our head always says,

"Well you're just like this because you're lazy, you do it for the attention, it's not like you're really ill."

It's like imposter syndrome for spoonies. We don't feel validated in our pain often because of how other people treat us, but sometimes because living under such stress all the time creates negative mental health. Negative mental health means a negative veiw on yourself and your situation.

It's already hard enough to get any kind of validation or understanding for your illness, but when your brain isn't backing you up either, it becomes another battle to add to the dozens of others your already fighting.

Source: another-suffering-artist
autisticexpression
lennythepope

y’all really recommend books like: title, there are gay characters, enemies to lovers, young adult, written by poc

not once do i ever see a summary

mycoolstoryworld

What more info do you need?

fakewant

A SUMMARY

starshine-honey

WHAT DO U MENA SUMMARY WHAT ELSE MATTERS ITS GAY POC AND ENEMIES TO LOVERS HOW OFTEN DO U CONE ACROSS THAT

jg-piff

i want to know what its about mainly. is it a romance? is there plot besides the romance? is it realistic fiction? sci fi? fantasy? historical? future? alternate history? whats the tone? what are the themes? what are the main characters’ NAMES?

starshine-honey

I- it’s gay the gay

jg-piff

i value queer characters too. but i also want to know WHAT THE BOOK I’M READING IS ABOUT.

marzipanandminutiae

“GAY AND/OR RACIALLY DIVERSE” IS NOT A GENRE. nor is it an indicator of quality

do you know how many times I’ve been recommended a book solely because “it’s queer fantasy!”

do you know how many times those books have been so poorly written that I couldn’t finish them

captainlordauditor

Mostly, I want to know the tone. A 19th century war story isn’t gonna do it for me when I’m in the mood for a lighthearted austenesque romance - and those are both historical. A star warsy space romp isn’t gonna do it if I want to read about interplanetary political negotiations - and those are both sci fi. A fun gratuitious don’t-think-about-it-too-hard action story is not the same as a dark and complicated mob drama. A suspenseful thriller will bore me if I’m looking for a fast paced spy novel.

museoftragedies

not providing a summary literally just shows how you treat marginalized people and their representation as this token woke thing that you can show off like a shiny trophy. no, people aren’t going to read something just because it has representation! that’s not how it works!

socksual-innuendos

This is how people can hand you shit on a platter if they know the only requirement to get you to purchase their book is hitting a few character qualities and tropes

autisticexpression

This is yet another example of tumblr recreating fundamentalist Christianity with a gay hat. This is exactly how evangelical media works. They churn out garbage and gullible Christians buy it because they will throw money at anything sufficiently jesusy with no regard for quality.

Source: lennythepope
garrettwrites
lennythepope

y’all really recommend books like: title, there are gay characters, enemies to lovers, young adult, written by poc

not once do i ever see a summary

mycoolstoryworld

What more info do you need?

fakewant

A SUMMARY

starshine-honey

WHAT DO U MENA SUMMARY WHAT ELSE MATTERS ITS GAY POC AND ENEMIES TO LOVERS HOW OFTEN DO U CONE ACROSS THAT

jg-piff

i want to know what its about mainly. is it a romance? is there plot besides the romance? is it realistic fiction? sci fi? fantasy? historical? future? alternate history? whats the tone? what are the themes? what are the main characters’ NAMES?

starshine-honey

I- it’s gay the gay

jg-piff

i value queer characters too. but i also want to know WHAT THE BOOK I’M READING IS ABOUT.

marzipanandminutiae

“GAY AND/OR RACIALLY DIVERSE” IS NOT A GENRE. nor is it an indicator of quality

do you know how many times I’ve been recommended a book solely because “it’s queer fantasy!”

do you know how many times those books have been so poorly written that I couldn’t finish them

captainlordauditor

Mostly, I want to know the tone. A 19th century war story isn’t gonna do it for me when I’m in the mood for a lighthearted austenesque romance - and those are both historical. A star warsy space romp isn’t gonna do it if I want to read about interplanetary political negotiations - and those are both sci fi. A fun gratuitious don’t-think-about-it-too-hard action story is not the same as a dark and complicated mob drama. A suspenseful thriller will bore me if I’m looking for a fast paced spy novel.

museoftragedies

not providing a summary literally just shows how you treat marginalized people and their representation as this token woke thing that you can show off like a shiny trophy. no, people aren’t going to read something just because it has representation! that’s not how it works!

garrettwrites

Let me tell you my story on why I started to loat one specific, well acclaimed diverse book.

There was a time when I was looking for LGBT books to read. I came across one described as “gay, enemies to lovers, one character is a Latino man, has a diverse cast”.

On another post, the book was recommended again, this time the OP stated it was about politics. About an English prince and the son of the American president. That combined with the “enemies to lovers” tag always being presented made me want to read it, cause it seemed right up my alley as a gay man interested in such themes, even though most recs and reviews were vague at best.

If you know your LGBT books, you know I’m talking about Red, White and Royal Blue. No hate to those who enjoyed the book, but I’ll use this as an example on why such vague pandering recommendations suck.

The book was the most badly written, non character developed thing I’ve ever read. And I not only tolerate Twilight, but enjoy it, so this shows you I’m not incredibly picky with my content if certain things interest me (with Twilight, said things were vampires and Jacob).

Your pandering of “it’s gay!! Gay lovely romance!!!” led me to read a story where yes, it’s gay alright. But it wasn’t the slow burn love you promised, it was the two characters just fucking every few pages. The MC was developed enough at first, but had little to offer after you read more. His princely love interest? I can tell you he’s a gay royal nerd, but not much more. In fact, I don’t even remember his name, he felt more like a side character than anything.

Enemies to lovers? They were never enemies to begin with. I urge you all to learn the difference between an enemy and a rival. On the first third of the book they are already friends and intimate. Your pandering tag wasn’t even accurate.

Diverse? Yes, it was diverse, plenty of different ethic characters. Where being “ethic” (using the word vaguely here the same way y'all do) was pretty much their only defining trait. You’d think writing a political driven story mostly centered around the USA would show its diverse cast as humans rather than post cards, or make their backgrounds relevent beyond the empty shell the story gave them, but no.

Oh, and politics? The author had a lack of understanding of British and European politics, which showed. The USA they created was idealised too, and that WOULDN’T be a problem in my eyes, since you can change reality in fiction. But instead of discussing the nuances and making the characters learn each other’s systems, the author forces their views as the most righteous down your throat without an ounce of subtlety or thought engaging process.

All in all, the book didn’t sell what you tagged it as. The solution? Instead of using pandering tags, where even one shot fanfic authors manage to be more specific with… Just put a summary. “Feel good fiction centered around USA politics, where two men (British Prince and the son of the American President) who start out on the wrong foot find a relationship with one another. Not the most fleshed out in character, but it’s good for a warm read if you enjoy it. Politics get too much paragraphs at times, so if you’re a fan of that, this book is also good for you.”

It doesn’t spoil anything, and I might have still read it and hated it, but at least it tells me what the book will be about.

As a member of the LGBT community, I don’t give damn if a book has gay characters or trans characters if the plot isn’t up to my tastes. You won’t catch me reading a fluffy, non-conflict 400 pages long flowershop au no matter how good it is. So instead of using diversity as a pornhub tag, why don’t you start viewing different people as people and realize there’s more to them and their story than bland “black, gay, modern world” tags?

You guys see people who are white, cis and straight as the default. You see anyone else outside of it as an exotic fiction tag. You can’t phantom the idea someone being gay or non-white tells us nothing about their character or the story they are in. So you think such tags are enough for the majority of the population, when they, in fact, aren’t.

Rant over.

Source: lennythepope