Hello, I'm a new fan to 911 (just finished season 2) and I wanted to know how this fandom was? Is everyone nice? I had to step away from another fandom because of the toxicity. I want to join a new one, that will allow me to engage with other fans respectfully, talk about my favorites, and get me excited for the new season.
I'm afraid that being a newbie myself and not having engaged hardly at all with the fandom, I can't really tell you!
From Buddie fic in progress, “Geologic Time Includes Now,” wherein Buck and Eddie decide to be platonic domestic partners and Christopher’s co-parents and embark on the slowest burn imaginable. Hope to have this done in about a week and post it before S6 airs.
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Buck glanced up at Eddie, who gave him a silent “go ahead” nudge. “Chris, there’s something else that I need to ask you.”
“Okay.”
“So I think you’re a super awesome kid, and I love you a whole lot, you know that, right?”
Chris nodded. “I love you too, Buck!”
“Since me and your dad are going to be partners, and we’re all going to be a family…well, if it’s okay with you, I’d like to adopt you. Then I’d be your dad, for real, and forever.”
Chris’s eyes were wide. “You would both be my dads?”
“That’s right.”
“You…want to adopt me?”
“If that’s okay with you, that would make me really happy.”
Chris was quiet for a moment; Buck felt a sliver of nervousness slide into his belly. Eddie’s hand was firm on his shoulder. Chris looked up and there were tears in his eyes. “You…really wanna be my dad?”
“More than anything, buddy.”
Chris burst into tears and flopped into Buck’s arms. Buck exhaled and wrapped him up tight, bowing his face into Chris’s curls. Eddie slid to one knee on the floor and put his arms around both of them, meeting Buck’s eyes, relief in his. “When?” Chris asked, his voice clogged with tears. “How soon can you be my dad?”
“Well, there’s forms to fill out, and that’ll take some time, but I can be your dad right now, right this second, if you want.”
Chris nodded and buried himself in Buck’s embrace again. “What can I call you?”
“Call me?”
“I mean…I already have a Dad, it’d just get confusing if I call you Dad, too.” Buck looked at Eddie, his eyes wide.
“You’d want to call me something besides Buck?”
“Well, yeah!” Chris said, sitting up and swiping at his wet face. Eddie wordlessly handed him a Kleenex. “I can’t call you Buck if you’re my dad,” he said, as if it was hopelessly stupid to even suggest such a thing.
“Um…well, do you have any ideas?”
“Hmmmm.” Chris thought for a moment. “How about…Papa?”
The term hit Buck somewhere in the vicinity of his solar plexus. Eddie saw, and put a steadying hand on Buck’s knee. “Papa?” he croaked.
“Yeah! I like that one! Dad and Papa!”
Buck nodded. “That sounds great, bud.” Chris hugged him again and Buck choked back his own tears, not wanting to alarm their son.
Welcome to another Madlori Patented White-Hot Writing Frenzy. In like ten days I’ve banged out almost 30K on this story. I think I’m about...2/3 to 3/4 done. I’m on a bit of a clock since I’d like to release it well ahead of the season 6 premiere which is 9/19. I think I’ll make it. Anyway, here’s another teaser from early in the fic.
Title: Geologic Time Includes Now
Summary: Eddie and Buck decide to commit to being platonic domestic partners and co-parents. That’s it, that’s the fic. Slow burn like glacially slow.
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“Eddie, I’d like you to imagine yourself in the future. Do you see yourself with a committed, long-term partner?”
“Yes,” Eddie said, right away.
“Describe who this person is to you.”
“Hmm. Like a teammate. Someone to make plans with, to run things by, to combine our resources. Someone to be sad with and happy with. Someone to…talk to. Someone I can take care of, who’ll take care of me. Someone who makes me feel safe, and who feels safe with me.” He nodded. That all felt right.
Frank smiled. “I don’t know if you’re aware of this, but in all that, you never mentioned love, sex or romance.”
Eddie blinked. “Huh.”
Hopping in late to a fandom with established history is all about discovering that one of your opinions you thought was controversial is actually extremely popular while also discovering that your other opinion you thought was simple canon will actually entice people to come gun you down in your home.
it helps to have a fan on the inside, thanks @blackandwhiteandrose
@usergif back to cool event: challenge #5 - growth @pscentral event 06: favorite characters ↳ evan “golden retriever” buckley [in/sp]
With so many elections coming up worldwide it's probably a good time to remind everyone that tumblr once got infested with agents trying to convince everyone not to vote, or not to vote left because the candidates weren't morally pure enough.
Also a reminder that they were better at tumblr than most of us, comrade interloper was great at memeing. Like, the talent!
Anyway don't fall for it. There is no morally pure option.
Vote for whoever can move you one inch closer to your goals. This is a long game. If there's a candidate who wants to move you a mile closer to your goals but they do not stand a chance in the general election, you vote for whoever can move you one inch closer to your goals. The time to vote for the "one mile" candidate in the primaries. Once you get to the general, you vote for the one who has a chance in hell of winning, or you're actively working against progress. 100% of the time, voting in a general for a "can't win" candidate because their beliefs align more with your beliefs is actively working for the opposition. There is no situation in which this is not true.
Ka?!
love how he nonchalantly sets a fire extinguisher within reach before deep frying (good idea actually)
I need to try those donuts, anyway.
I absolutely adore B. Dylan Hollis. People in the comments are always amazed when he’s never heard of [random American/Midwestern dish] such as potato donuts, but there’s an answer for that! HE’S NOT AMERICAN. Dylan is from Bermuda and came to Wyoming (where he’s shooting his cooking videos) for school. He’s graduating soon and I hope he keeps making them if/when he leaves Wyoming.
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THAT WAS FUCKING TUVOK???
Tim Russ is, like, understating that he was in Star Trek. He was in ALL the Star Trek. Aside from playing Tuvok on Voyager, he was a guest star on TNG, DS9, he had a bit part in “Generations” AND he was on The Orville which is at least Trek-adjacent.
From Buddie fic in progress, “Geologic Time Is Now.” This bitch is up to 20K already and I’m nowhere near done.
quick summary: Buck and Eddie decide to become platonic life partners. Hijinks ensue. Spoilers: they fall in love. Eventually.
[scene: buck is having lunch with some new racquetball friends.]
“But you said you have a son together?” Marcus asked.
“Yeah,” Buck said, smiling as he always did when he thought of Christopher. “We have a twelve year old son, Christopher. Eddie is his biological dad, I adopted him a year ago. We’re talking about having more kids, too.”
“Oh wow, so you are really, like seriously, official partners,” Ethan said. “I’m fascinated by this.”
“Yep, we’re legal domestic partners, power of attorney, life insurance, all the bells and whistles. It’s been about a year now, although I was practically living with them well before that. It’s pretty great. We share all the chores and the cooking, and take care of Christopher. And it’s just like…one long sleepover. We watch the game and take Chris places and work on our house and weed the garden and well…it’s pretty normal stuff.”
“But you’re both straight? Do you still date women?”
“We are and we could, although honestly…it doesn’t feel all that urgent. I could meet someone for a casual thing if I wanted to, but I’m committed to Eddie as a life partner. I’m not interested in meeting a woman who’s looking for something long-term. I won’t risk what I have.” He pulled up his favorite photo, taken by Hen. It was him and Eddie and Christopher at their adoption court date. Christopher was holding their certificate and grinning, Buck and Eddie on either side of him, all of them hugging each other. He showed it to the guys. “That’s my family,” he said, beaming. “He’s Dad, I’m Papa.”
Marcus grinned. “That’s sweet. Wow, your partner is…um, yes, that’s a guy who looks like that.”
“So let me get this straight,” Neil said. “You live with your best friend, co-parent his kid…sorry, your kid…hang out at your house, cooperate on all the life tasks, chill out together, and do fun stuff? And you can still see women and it’s all fine?”
“I mean…basically, yeah?” Buck said.
“Damn,” Marcus said. “That sounds awesome. Hey, I want a bro-husband!”
The others burst into laughter. “Wait, a…a brusband? Bro-band?”
“A HUSBRO!” Ethan cried, triumphantly.
“Oh my God, stop,” Buck said, clutching his stomach. “I’m going to tell him you said that. He was in the Army, he’ll show up and kick your ass.”
From Buddie fic in progress, “Geologic Time Is Now.” This bitch is up to 20K already and I’m nowhere near done.
quick summary: Buck and Eddie decide to become platonic life partners. Hijinks ensue. Spoilers: they fall in love. Eventually.
[scene: buck is having lunch with some new racquetball friends.]
“But you said you have a son together?” Marcus asked.
“Yeah,” Buck said, smiling as he always did when he thought of Christopher. “We have a twelve year old son, Christopher. Eddie is his biological dad, I adopted him a year ago. We’re talking about having more kids, too.”
“Oh wow, so you are really, like seriously, official partners,” Ethan said. “I’m fascinated by this.”
“Yep, we’re legal domestic partners, power of attorney, life insurance, all the bells and whistles. It’s been about a year now, although I was practically living with them well before that. It’s pretty great. We share all the chores and the cooking, and take care of Christopher. And it’s just like…one long sleepover. We watch the game and take Chris places and work on our house and weed the garden and well…it’s pretty normal stuff.”
“But you’re both straight? Do you still date women?”
“We are and we could, although honestly…it doesn’t feel all that urgent. I could meet someone for a casual thing if I wanted to, but I’m committed to Eddie as a life partner. I’m not interested in meeting a woman who’s looking for something long-term. I won’t risk what I have.” He pulled up his favorite photo, taken by Hen. It was him and Eddie and Christopher at their adoption court date. Christopher was holding their certificate and grinning, Buck and Eddie on either side of him, all of them hugging each other. He showed it to the guys. “That’s my family,” he said, beaming. “He’s Dad, I’m Papa.”
Marcus grinned. “That’s sweet. Wow, your partner is…um, yes, that’s a guy who looks like that.”
“So let me get this straight,” Neil said. “You live with your best friend, co-parent his kid…sorry, your kid…hang out at your house, cooperate on all the life tasks, chill out together, and do fun stuff? And you can still see women and it’s all fine?”
“I mean…basically, yeah?” Buck said.
“Damn,” Marcus said. “That sounds awesome. Hey, I want a bro-husband!”
The others burst into laughter. “Wait, a…a brusband? Bro-band?”
“A HUSBRO!” Ethan cried, triumphantly.
“Oh my God, stop,” Buck said, clutching his stomach. “I’m going to tell him you said that. He was in the Army, he’ll show up and kick your ass.”
What irks me about the yahoos trying to take down Ao3 is that fans built it. Ao3 isn't some corporate overlord, Ao3 is us. The creators saw a need, imagined what could be possible, and did the work. They built it and and gave it to fandom.
What I'm saying is, if you don't like it, fine! Literally no one is making you use Ao3. But now, go put in the damn work and build your own thing. You lazy, small-minded, short-sighted motherfuckers.
I’m still convinced that a good portion of the purity wanker anti-AO3 crowd DOESN’T REALIZE THIS. They see a good interface and the appearance of the site and assume that it’s a corporate product and therefore must be rebelled against on general principles.
when people are like “the hunger games just stole the plot of battle royale” like listen everything steals from the plot of everything the lion king is just furry hamlet westworld is jurassic park but sexier lost is edgy gilligan’s island there are no original stories and the only good piece of media is jennifer’s body
Michael crichton wrote westworld and jurassic park tho so he just pirated himself
michael crichton keeps TRYING to tell y’all about the evils of capitalism impeding on the progress of science when will y’all LISTEN
Maybe he just doesn’t like theme parks
michael crichton in line for a roller coaster at six flags: fuck this
micheal crichton who at 6′9″ was probably too tall to ride roller coasters: fuck this
Tumblr folk are so patient with each other. I don’t remember why I followed half of you people and every day I scroll past Discourse from someone who’s moved fandoms ranting about some show I’ve never heard of in incomprehensible shorthand like “WC/YT shippers from ZZNMHP just don’t understand why Jyrra of the North couldn’t retrieve the Aggro Crag from the MalignaSwamp” completely untagged and I’m just like
I’ve seen a few people upset or mad that Sidney Crosby didn’t join Nathan MacKinnon in his Cup parade in Halifax. Saying that he wasn’t being a supportive friend or whatever, and I’m like...you’re thinking about this all wrong.
Sid was THERE, we know because there are photos of him at the parties/signings/celebrations/etc. No, he wasn’t IN the parade. I have no doubt that this was his choice and this WAS him being a supportive friend.
If Sid was IN the parade, he’d pull focus away from Nate, and this is Nate’s day. He is definitely aware of this. He’s intentionally de-centering himself, which is just like him.
Party at Ground Zero anon here... Yeah, I've learned never think about how long ago stuff was theses days, "holy shit!" sums that up, usually followed by staring off into the distance and taking a moment. Your Who stuff was the first Who Fics I encountered, and then on top of that, it was seven and Ace? Yeah, I was THERE. Still in the "revisit once in a while" file. PAGZ was just so much FUN.
Yeah all my classic Who fic was Seven/Ace. It was my honest-to-god VERY FIRST fandom where I published fic for others to read. That fic is (I'm sure) painfully immature. I don't even know if I still have it or if it's accessible. I should go look up Party at Ground Zero. I barely remember what it was about.
Coming in to second Marked as an absolute favorite. I also loved How to Fight Loneliness and Genius at Work. Plus, Unveiled single handedly got me into hockey fandom
My work here is done.
I've literally followed you to fandoms. PoU is the first time I read anything by you. Then I remember reading HI/TCJ (still the only Brokeback Mountain fic I've read, though I watched the film in theaters when it came out). And then life (and grad school) got in the way and I wasn't reading in any fandom for years. Until I thought to look up PoU again, found your Tumblr (or Twitter?) and had to binge Schitt's Creek so that I could read Strike Anywhere. I knew if you wrote it, I'd love it.
Awwwww that's so amazing, I'm flattered! I hope you enjoyed SC! And the fic, natch.
