Florida/Southern beta needed!

My spouse Jack is working on something for the Banned Together Bingo challenge (sign-ups open through May 23), and would like some help making sure they're not completely screwing up their depiction of Northern Florida/the Florida panhandle area.

Any help would be appreciated!

Note: Jack is not actually looking for any other sort of beta at this time, though if you feel like offering your services on a story with slash, marijuana use, and, as they put it, gender *vagueness*, it would be appreciated. Also, being a Tom Petty fan would be helpful, but not necessary for any of the above.

If you’re interested, drop me a line at leytelj AT gmail DOT com rather than here, since I never check tumblr anymore.

Thanks for your time!

Chapters: 9/9 Fandom: The Musketeers (2014) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Underage Relationships: Porthos/de Tréville (Jean-Armand du Peyrer) Characters: Porthos, de Tréville (Jean-Armand du Peyrer), Laurent (OC), Amina (OC), Reynard (OC), Kitos (OC), Marie-Angelique (OC), Jean de Tréville Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Witchcraft, First Time, Romance, Happy Ending, Parent/Child Incest, Polyamory Negotiations, Kink Negotiation, BDSM, Dogboys & Doggirls, Magic, Telepathy, Humor, Banter, Treville Is SO Bad At Boundaries, Luckily So Is Porthos, Dirty Talk, Sexual Fantasy, Hand Jobs, Anal Fingering, Oral Sex, Anal Sex, Knotting Summary:

"I won't run you over like a carter in the street, son."

Porthos snorts hard.

"That didn't ring true?"

"Sir..."

"Mm? Tell me."

Porthos *looks* at him -- and then nods slowly. "Right. You *don't* actually know this. I don't know why I'm surprised."

Treville frowns. "Know what, son?"

"Sir, you have the ability to run a man down like --" Porthos shakes his head. "Just picture the kind of cart that would need about *six* of Lieutenant Kitos's horses in front of it in order for it to *get* anywhere --"

Treville *coughs* --

"That, sir. *That*. You run us *all* down like that. But you do it so gently, so easily, so *effortlessly*, that you make us *thank you for the bloody privilege* while we're still trying to figure *out* how to pick ourselves up out of the *wheel* ruts."

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Musketeers (2014) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Underage Relationships: Constance Bonacieux/de Tréville Characters: Constance Bonacieux, de Tréville (Trois Mousquetaires), Jason Blood Additional Tags: Established Relationship, Romance, Humor, Training, Dirty Talk, Vaginal Fingering, Cunnilingus, I May Have Spent Way Too Much Time Thinking About That Desk Over The Years Series: Part 2 of A ride in the sky Summary:

Take Our Daughters To Work Day... I'm so sorry.

Chapters: 9/9 Fandom: DCU (Comics) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Underage Relationships: Tim Drake/Clark Kent, Clark Kent/Bruce Wayne, Tim Drake/Jason Todd, Tim Drake/Clark Kent/Bruce Wayne Characters: Tim Drake, Clark Kent, Bruce Wayne, Jason Todd, Jason Blood, Janet Drake Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Romance, First Time, Happy Ending, Bad Parenting, No Really More Than Usual, Clark Is The Biggest Pervert In Parsecs, Light BDSM, Magic, Angst and Humor, Under-negotiated Kink, Background Relationships, NO ONE DIES DAMNIT Summary:

Some aliens probably shouldn't be allowed anywhere near where children congregate. I'm just saying.

Chapters: 4/4 Fandom: DCU (Comics) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Underage Relationships: Roy Harper/Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson/Roy Harper, Dick Grayson/Bruce Wayne Characters: Bruce Wayne, Clark Kent, Roy Harper Additional Tags: First Time, Romance, Happy Ending, Questionable Humor, BDSM, Polyamory, Polyamory Negotiations, Sexual Fantasy, Kink Negotiation, Backstory, Genital Torture, Blindfolds, Cock Rings, Rough Oral Sex, Anal Fingering, Anal Sex, Aftercare, Whipping Summary:

In which Clark and Bruce are big, weird perverts who can occasionally do things right for people other than themselves. Mostly by accident.

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: DCU (Comics) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Rape/Non-Con, Underage Relationships: Tim Drake/Bruce Wayne Characters: Tim Drake, Bruce Wayne, Matches Malone Additional Tags: Abandoned Work - Unfinished and Discontinued, Sex Pollen, Extremely Dubious Consent, Emotional Manipulation, Daddy Kink, teaching kink, breath play, Poorly negotiated BDSM, Breathplay, Choking, Rough Oral Sex, Hand Jobs Summary:

In which self-awareness doesn't save anyone.

GOOD NEWS WHO KNEW

No, it actually is good news! Updates to the posts I made earlier this month asking y'all to donate to two good friends of ours who were facing eviction:

First up again is Greyandgold. Between direct paypal donations and Greyandgold doing honest-to-goodness bake sales (she is an incredible baker), she raised enough to cover her rent, and her landlord agreed not to evict her even though she was late with it. THANK FUCK.

That brings us to Stef. Between her gofundme and other fundraising activity, Stef and Janis have raised $2000 so they can stay in their apartment... but they need another $500 by the end of the month (and it takes about a week for gofundme to release funds), so if you can help out now (or again), please do. LINK.

Again, even boosting this is a help, and I know a *lot* of you have been doing that, and I can't thank you enough for that. Please, again. *Please*.

Thanks again to everyone who has helped me help my friends. Watch this space for further updates.  

Chapters: 12/? Fandom: The Musketeers (2014) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Underage Relationships: Aramis/Porthos (Trois Mousquetaires), Athos/Thomas, Aramis & Thomas, Athos & Porthos, Aramis/Thomas, Laurent (OC)/de Tréville (Jean-Armand du Peyrer), Laurent (OC)/Marie-Angelique (OC)/de Tréville (Jean-Armand du Peyrer), Athos/Marie-Angelique (OC)/Thomas, Amina (OC)/de Tréville (Jean-Armand du Peyrer), Athos/Marie-Angelique (OC), Aramis/Marie-Angelique (OC)/Porthos/Thomas, Athos/Laurent (OC)/de Tréville (Jean-Armand du Peyrer), Aramis/Athos/Porthos/Thomas Characters: de Tréville (Jean-Armand du Peyrer), Aramis, Porthos, Athos, Thomas d'Athos, Laurent (OC), Marie-Angelique (OC), Amina (OC), Kitos (OC), Reynard (OC) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Witchcraft, Romance, Established Relationship, First Time, Parent/Child Incest, Sibling Incest, Families of Choice, Marriage, Polyamory, BDSM, Sexual Fantasy, Magic, Pregnancy Kink, Telepathy, Dogboys & Doggirls, Hand Jobs, Biting, Hair-pulling, Vaginal Sex, Knotting, Rough Oral Sex, Facials, Voyeurism, Masturbation, Banter, Jealousy, Foot Jobs, Frottage, Loss of Virginity, teaching kink, Rimming, Oral Sex, Cunnilingus, Spanking, Genital Torture, Mommy Kink, Praise Kink, Anal Fingering, Anal Sex Series: Part 2 of A New World Summary:

"What are you thinking, Olivier?"

"I — filth."

*

Added two new chapters to this deviant beast. Do any of you even remember it...??? Ah, well. It’s *there*. Note the new pairing.

A State of Permanent Facepalm

As many of you know, I’ve been dealing with major depression for much of my life, but especially for the past year. Additionally, the past year has seen my bipolar disorder veer somewhat wildly out of control, and, well...

Shit’s been real, is what I’m saying.

What this has to do with you:

I haven’t been writing. I -- a word or two, here and there. A few paragraphs on this WIP, or that one, every few *weeks*. That’s making a lot of things *worse*, but I hate just leaving y’all in the lurch -- and I hate pretending more than that. So, over the next little while, I’m going to be posting *some* of the WIPs, in full. Not the ones I actually have real hope of finishing -- I hate doing that shit, especially since ‘real hope of finishing’, with me, still might mean ‘could take another 3 years’ -- but the ones which have been languishing...

And languishing...

And languishing some more.

So, you’re going to be getting mostly Musketeers, but also some DCU. Watch closely, lovely Patreon followers. Some of you beautiful people will have seen these works before.

I’ve already started with a sex pollen piece that, inexplicably to me, I never could finish. Sex pollen was always the easiest *possible* thing for me to write, but, somehow, this one just stalled six hundred million times, and smacked me around while it was doing it. Ah, well. ENJOY.

Sound the Klaxons

I hate to be doing this. Y’all *have* to know how much I hate to be doing this. There’s so much bad in the world right now, and I know exactly how little some of you are seeing in terms of tax refunds -- assuming you’re getting anything, at all.

But I have to ask. It’s *that* kind of an emergency, for people who are very, very dear to me and mine.

First, let’s talk about GreyandGold.

(That’s GG bein’ cute.) She’s been a close fandom friend to me and Jack for several years, a provider of wonderful feedback, and someone who keeps her promises. Unfortunately her medical insurance doesn’t cover her anxiety medication and she’s underemployed, so it took until today for her to accept help raising money for her rent and legal paperwork; her anxiety at the idea of taking help had been outweighing her anxiety about potentially being homeless in Canada in winter. I know a lot of y’all know *exactly* how that works.

She needs $1300, a thousand of it by Monday to forestall eviction; the balance is for legal paperwork for her to get a business loan to start up a bespoke comic books service. Time is of the essence here, so please, if you have *any* amount to spare, even $5 -- even $1 -- paypal it to eslanyj AT gmail DOT com. (No gofundme due to the short deadline.)

Next let’s talk about StefanyD.

(That’s Stef on the right, with her partner) I can’t say enough about Stef, really. She’s the little sister I never got to have -- and a far better sibling than my blood-family provided. She’s been there for me for a lot of hard times over the years, coming to see me and Jack when we’ve been too sick to travel anywhere ourselves. She’s shared food, media, life and love and laughter with us -- and, of course, dragons. And, right now, she’s in a bad, bad way. She’s got a *little* more time before she, her partner, and their cats will be evicted, but we’re talking weeks -- not months. So, again, any little bit you can give would be vastly appreciated. We’re all learning to appreciate soup a lot these days.

I mean… a lot.

Stef needs a total of $2500; her gofundme is here: https://www.gofundme.com/keep-that-roof

Every little bit helps. Thanks again, and wish me luck getting to a point where I can post something other than emergency appeals again, eh?

Help needed.

Hey, folks. I hate to break radio silence for this, but things have been... rough at the Casa de Te for a while, so here we are.

My lovely spouse Jack needs some dental work, and it's outside our budget. Jack's missing several teeth, and Medicaid will pay for a partial denture, but Jack has a condition that makes it impossible to fit dentures without them first having surgery.

You knew this was coming: Medicaid won't pay for the surgery that makes dentures workable for Jack.

That's where you come in. Jack found an amazing oral surgeon who will do the work for what they'd earn via insurance, so the price tag is $550.

If you have a few dollars to spare, we'd really appreciate your help. If your budget is as fixed as ours, a signal boost would help, too.

https://www.gofundme.com/help-jack-chew-oral-surgery-fund

seeking fic recs far and wide!

A friend of mine is looking for gen fics -- or stories that are more adventure-oriented than romance-oriented, even if they *aren't* gen -- where, well, there's a ton of adventure, lots of Surprise! moments for the characters, lots of humor, *not* a lot of deep emotional moments, and -- above all else -- happy endings.

She's willing to go *far* beyond her usual fandoms here, so give me what you've got, no matter how out there, especially if it's long/is a series.

Additionally, she's looking for gen or gennish fic -- pro or fan -- set in ancient Egypt. This has to be *well*-researched, though. She knows her stuff, and she's *going* to get knocked right out of the story if, say, the characters are cutting into people's bodies for autopsies.

Additionally, she's looking for gen or gennish fic in which military characters (any gender) come together and make new families with each other/other characters. Jargon is a plus.

In all of these, as little drama/angst as possible would be the main draw -- she's got a little too much of that irl, atm.  

Thanks in advance for all your help!

Adventures in tagging

Upon the request of a few of you, I’ve gone through my Musketeers stories and gotten specific with my OC tags. This means that, instead of seeing things like de Treville/Original Female Character(s)/Original Male Character(s), you’re going to see things like Amina (OC)/Laurent (OC)/de Treville. And so on. 

I uh. I really didn’t expect to do this much with my OCs when I first came up with the sketchy outlines of three of them way back when to fill in gaps in Treville’s backstory. 

Thank you all, so much, for coming with me on this weird-ass journey. <3

Chapters: 14/14 Fandom: DCU (Comics), The Musketeers (2014) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Porthos/de Tréville (Jean-Armand du Peyrer), Kitos (OC)/Porthos/Reynard (OC)/de Tréville (Jean-Armand du Peyrer), Amina (OC)/de Tréville (Jean-Armand du Peyrer), Aramis/Athos/Porthos Characters: Porthos, de Treville, Reynard (OC), Kitos (OC), Laurent (OC), Amina (OC), Yejide (OC), Aramis, Athos, Jason Blood, Marie-Angelique (OC) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Witchcraft, Time Travel, Romance, First Time, Established Relationship, Kink Negotiation, Polyamory, polyamory negotiation, Multiverse, Magic, Telepathy, Pseudo-Incest, Roleplay, M/M/M/M - Foursome, Blood Drinking, Alcohol, Banter, Daddy Kink, Angst & Humor, Mostly humor, Multiple Endings, Light BDSM, Hand Jobs, Rough Oral Sex, Rimming, Anal Fingering, Spanking, Knotting, Hopeful Ending, Happy Ending Summary:

"At *some* point? You're going to have to stop making decisions based on what's best for the *other* people in your life."

PORN

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