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Anonymous asked:

Do you have any favorite b99 bogs/ users? I'm looking to follow more blogs and make more friends in the fandom.

elsaclack-deactivated20180305 answered:

I do I actually have a ton!!! But just as some forewarning, some of these are not strictly B99, so you’ll be getting a mishmash of other things by following them. They’re all wonderful and fantastic and I love them all with my whole heart tho so you should 100% follow them!!

I’ll throw it all under a cut to keep from spamming dashboards :)

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#i#i made it from little league to big league#thank u ur one of my faves too
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can we please let historical women be historical?

NOTE: I AM REFERRING HERE TO AESTHETICS, NOT MORAL/SOCIAL ATTITUDES. RACISM IS GROSS AND ENOUGH PEOPLE IN ~YE OLDEN TIMES~ WEREN’T RACIST THAT IT’S NO EXCUSE

papers are praising Emma Watson to the highest heaven for refusing to wear stays and a hoop skirt in Beauty and the Beast and honestly, I’m kind of sick of it

yes, it’s a fairytale, but Belle is living in 18th-century France. she probably would have worn stays because they’re a basic foundation garment that provides breast and back support and pretty much every woman wore them. probably hers would have been laced more loosely because she’s not upper-class. and yeah, she would have worn some kind of hoops or panniers under her fancy ball gown. which would have been significantly fancier than the new adaptation is making it and needed the support and can you tell how hard I am side-eyeing the designers

in a fairytale it doesn’t matter so much. I’ll concede that the movie’s not actually set in real-life 18th-century France, so they can do what they want. but it’s a trend I see a lot in historical fiction, too. Miss Whatsherface is a Liberated Strong Female Character and doesn’t wear a corset! how shocking! how perfectly tailored to appeal to our modern sensibilities!

here’s a truth-bomb: women wore corsets. most women didn’t lace them at all tightly and some took them off upon returning home for the evening like we take off our bras today. nevertheless, they did wear them, in almost every echelon of society. factory girls, servants, farmers, sex workers, artists, aristocrats, the earliest female politicians and doctors- almost all women. the only time I’ve seen “liberated woman doesn’t wear corsets” done well was with a character in the Artistic Reform dress movement started by pre-Raphaelite artists in the late 1800s. and then the author actually did research to reflect that Artistic Reform was more than just not wearing corsets

most women also wore skirts most or all of the time (with notable exceptions like Amelia Bloomer, Anne Lister, and other singluar ladies who defended their right to pants). many also wore hoop-skirts, panniers, or crinolines. and guess what? they were still badass.

Ada Lovelace made her groundbreaking mathematical discoveries in the dorky balloon sleeves and puffy skirts of the 1830s

Madame C.J. Walker became the first black female millionaire in the US and ran her beauty empire in bustle skirts and corsets

Mary Shelley invented science fiction in stays and an Empire-waisted dress. Charity Bryant and Sylvia Drake got commonlaw married and wrote reams of poetry in the same

Dr. Shih Meiyu got her medical degree from the University of Michigan in a corset, as did Dr. Kang Cheng at the same time

these women were products of their time aesthetically and we shouldn’t have to divorce them from that or denigrate it to appreciate their accomplishments. the same holds true for historical fiction. if your female character can’t be just as strong dressed in the typical clothing of the era, you need to go back to the drawing board

YESSSSSSS

#thank you#it is completely ridiculous that out of all the ways we express liberalism it's through a moderation of historical fashion
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can’t get enough so stay

( a post ES finale thing, obvious jake/mc cheese, totally pg )

He anticipates the knock -- you suspect, that it’s less anticipation and more hopefulness, but he’s smart and quick witted, so you give him some credit -- giving you a rather smug look two knocks in.

“Back so soon? I knew I was good, but damn Princess, you’re really fanning the flames of my ego,” He says, words rolling of his tongue with ease. Any other day, you would match his wit, perhaps, give a push for shove.

Today is not any other day.

(The bitter, fearful part of you says ‘It stopped being any other day too long ago,’)

He notices of course, the beat of hesitation, the way you swallow a little too long. The crinkle in your eyes.

“Actually, I think my ego can take an off day. What’s up?” You appreciate it, the way his tone softens, but it also makes you feel like your fragility has been brought to the surface. 

“I. Um. I don’t know, where do I begin?” You manage in a bitter laugh, eyes flickering away from him. The words come out faster than you intended and you suck your lower lip between your teeth before you slow yourself down again and say “I can’t.... I can’t stop thinking about Diego how.. how he was right there. I had him right there and then, I guess I didn’t.”

“And- and Grace, and Raj and it feels like everyone’s getting picked off right before my eyes and.. I just wanted to be with someone tonight so I don’t wake up feeling like I’m the last one left and I did nothing about it,”

Jake blinks back at you slowly, his expression gradually softening before tentatively, he reaches a hand out for yours. “I don’t know, I charge by the hour for my stellar company,” He says softly and you manage a snort, to which he grins.

“That’s unfortunate, all I have on me is grime and a crumpled chewing gum wrapper,” You mention, letting him tug you towards him until he has an arm snaked around you and his nose buried in your hair. 

“It’s okay, I think I can give you a special one time offer. Because well,” He pecks your forehead. “I like you, and stuff,”

#jake x mc#endless summer#choices stories you play#this is what purgatory looks like and this is my entry ticket#yipee#my writing
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so my useless ass checked my inbox and i swear i'll write once b99 comes back AND my mid years end so i'm both back in the flow and free to do so - so so sorry to keep y'all waiting!!

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B99 + Mafia AU: in which Jake and Amy are New York’s Most Wanted… or so he thinks. Amy’s actually an undercover cop meant to take him down – except it’s a year into the assignment, her fake feelings for him are a bit too real, and she just can’t imagine turning over this big misunderstood softie to the feds.

Jake is kingpin of the infamous McClanes, the mafia rumored to have ties with everyone from your average petty theft to the Pontiac Bandit. For Amy, being assigned to gain his trust, uncover the secrets of his criminal network, and ultimately throw him and his cronies in jail is a dream. 
It’s two months into the assignment and one month into their fake relationship when he finally starts to let her in. She’s ready to hear him name his next main accomplice, but she’s not at all prepared for his speech on his Robin Hood way of thinking. It’s messed up, it’s convoluted, but holy crud does it make her realize the world isn’t all black or white. 
It’s ten months into the assignment and nine months into their fake relationship when he holds her close, wipes the blood from her temple, and says “I love you” for the first time. Her response comes out almost instantly, and it scares her how easy it is to say it back, to feel it back. 
It’s twelve months into the assignment and eleven months into their fake relationship when the higher-ups decide it’s time to send someone else in. 
“You alright, babe? Who’s the butthead I have to send a hitman out for?” “My boss.” “Gonna need some more details here, babe. You know my assassins aren’t the brightest… Alright, paper and pen ready, who’s your boss?” “The FBI.”

Props to @cassianperalta for linking me to this mafia au prompt and helping me come up with the story for this!  

But also: this is an AU that I NEED. If any fic writers out there feel compelled to pick up this plot bunny, please feel free to do so! It seriously would make my entire day/month/year/life.

#IM GOING TO FUCKING WRITE THIS I CAME OUT OF MY GRAVE TO WRITE THIS