#clexa Forever

@aaronginsburg so glad InStyle posted that great pic of Lexa. Too bad all y'all queer baiters killed her in the third season.

MOVE OVER, ICE DRAGON!

Hugely honored to be on InStyle’s fun, new list!

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Truth

I used to think I had high standards for men but then realized this high standard was “women”

an incomplete list of fics to read (and comment on!) while you’re quarantined/self isolated

SUPERCORP

quite literally anything by @c–and–b (on ao3) just read thru the whole account and youll feel better

it feels better biting down - by nirav - lena’s new girlfriend might be a spy :O

but then, my homework was never quite like this - what is there to say, absolute classic by @jazzfordshire

[yeah, we really are] - bs13 on ao3, @pippytmi on here. i trust these fics with my life. absolutely the best best best. also try hypothetically, which is my favorite.

when i say read everything @seabiscuits-us has to offer, i mean it. read everything. my top two are a foolish wit & to refashion the matrix of creation. do NOT complain that it is unfinished. revel in the fact youve been blessed with these chapters.

a ribbon in time - abcooper - just a beautiful story, a wonderful read.

and when im feeling alone you remind me of home - mooosicaldreamz - WE STAN AGENTCORP BROMANCE

@spaceman-earthgirl has small delicious offerings ready to get u through this (ao3)

the fifth wall. im a slut for a good baby fic, im sorry

is this even a fic rec list if i dont include @lynnearlington‘s stay the night? a staple.

SANVERS

i would move mountains to make you smile is just the best fic of all time it will make you smile and cry and i love it with my whole heart

yearning to breathe free - the fake dating hollywood au. what a treat.

and still the world spins. it makes my heart hurt.

CLEXA

she - thefooliam - bruh every single person on planet earth should read this fic. idc what ships u like or not this is artistry and you should read it now.

in love and war and politics - centuriesofexistence - lexa becomes clarke’s campaign manager. phenomenal. 10/10

commander in chief - lexa is the president. christmas fic. lovely and warm.

beat the devil’s tattoo - isawet - another ‘everyone should read this’ fic

the business of caring - college au that just,,,, chef kiss

be the lightning in me - OOFT WHAT A FUCKEN FIC, LADIES!!!!!!!

break your plans - i forgot how much i love this. delightful!

FABERRY

youre the trouble that i always find - @mooosicaldreamz - what an absolute fucken dream of a fic. im always thinking about it. in fact, read all of their faberry fics.

here’s my previous list of faberry recs

also i hate to be That Bitch but if ur desperado i have a bunch of fics that are all mostly short and relatively easy to read so like,,,,, here u go lol

Day Twenty-six

of @the-wip-project‘s chalenge:

Q26: Which character is an absolute pain to write and why?

A26: I like the characters in my orginal wip but sometimes the main character is a cringe worthy awkward, anxious mess and that is difficult to describe because I care so much about her.

This one is so beautiful :’-(

it matters how this ends

‘cause what if i never love again?

People keep asking “How can anyone have a problem with AO3 doing fundraising!”

And I’m just like…. Have people not noticed all the virulent anti-AO3 hate on tumblr propagated by the anti shipping community? Antis have a problem with AO3 raising money because they hate the fact that AO3 won’t allow them to censor content they don’t like and doesn’t tolerate bullying. That’s who is putting out these posts like, “how can this nasty site raise so much money?” Read between the lines.

And for all the people who are just like, “If they don’t want AO3 to to raise money why don’t they just not donate?”

Because antis are incapable of saying “this isn’t for me so I won’t support it but I don’t care if other people support it. They have to actively discourage other people from supporting the thing. At the same time, they also won’t stop using AO3 because 1) they’re a bunch of fucking hypocrites who want readership and that’s where the readers are and 2) they’re too lazy to put together their own archive using AO3′s open source code because that would require doing coding and buying servers and doing all the moderating they want, which is hard, and they just want to engage in empty virtue signalling, which is easy

Anyway, my point is, people need to be aware that these people are out there and they hate AO3 and they want it to go away even though they’re actively using the platform. They’ve even said they want AO3 to fail so something “better” (re, something they control) can take its place. Some of them are blatant about it, calling AO3 a cesspit of pedophilia, and some of them are subtle about it, saying more innocuous things like ‘Does AO3 really need 130K a year?” “Shouldn’t you give your money to individual needy people doing gofundmes for stuff that’s more more important?”

But all of these people have the same end goal, which is the destruction of the archive, and the way they’re going about it right now is to try to discourage people from donating.

So instead of asking, “Why do people object to AO3 raising money?” start telling people “Hey there are people out there who hate AO3 and want to destroy it and we have to protect the archive from them.” And donate, if you can, and signal boost, if you can’t.

What are your fave clexa fics and why

Oh boy. That’s just too much pressure. I’ll do it for multi chapter fics:

First off my favorite fic ever is probably More Women than Warriors by @steklir

My (close) second favorite is in love and war and politics by @centuriesofexistence

My favorite fics right now (that will easily enter my top-10/20) are maybe a crown seldom enjoyed by @onemilliongoldstars and you are in my head (and the prequel) by @mopeytropey

Fics that will forever feature in my top-10/15: in the shallows by @blindwire , the white queen running (and the sequel) by KL_Morgan (@entirelytookeen on Tumblr) , what heart’s ease must queens neglect by thrace, black ribbons by CareyElizabeth, open windows, open hearts by Sheisme, when love becomes the reason by @clarkesquad, blood rush in the hazy glow by firetestsgold, the fight me series by @fairytaleslayer, and the whores’ queen by @clarkethewanheda .

EDIT: I knew I was forgetting two fics! They’re Grand Slam Thank You, Ma'am by faithtastic (@femininenachos on Tumblr) and This Is Heaven In Hiding by @orangeyouglad8 (I’m so torn between this one and the Pirate AU)

There are probably more but these are the ones I remembered off the top of my head. Also, everything by the authors I mentioned is great. And there are so many other authors I love (like @commanderlexaofthegrounders , @paintthebrain , eternaleponine, raspberytree, AnonBeMe, AphroditesLaw, Teroe, etc) but I really tried to keep this list as short as possible.

Beautiful image and great story by @aphrodites-law

do you think Lexa ever wore those skull masks that other Trikru warriors seemed to favor? who’s skull would it be? Full illustration here.

Of an excellent actress, a predictable script and a tripe load of heteronormative tropes.

I just watched Christmas Inheritance. Eliza Taylor is an excellent actress, I really enjoy her work. I enjoyed her work in this film but it was not easy to. The reason it was not easy to was: the horrible and predictive script, the somewhat wooden actors that were also in the film (Andie MacDonald was great, love her), the awful awful choice in eligible men available to “Ellie”. I mean seriously, I have not dated or tried to date a man in an age but surely their are more choices than: option one - entitled judgy rich elitist douche bag who treats his fiancé like a possession; or option two - judgy dismissive “set in his ways” not in touch with his feelings and can’t even look his love interest in the eyes traditionalist. Like wow both these dudes spent more time looking at inatimate objects e.g. cellphone or floor, than looking at the woman they are supposed to be into.

Is this what straight movies are like? Is the bar this low for male suitors? Surely there is more than one Justin Trudeau out there.

At one point I drifted off during a Ellie Jake scene because there was no chemistry and was like “how did Eliza and Alycia create so much chemistry in a post apocalyptic world when this Jake dude is stiffer than a nut cracker in this rom com?” Near the end I was just hoping Ontari would show up and kill the suitors. Sigh.

My only explanation for this film is that Ms. Taylor, as an Australian, had all these nostalgic ideas around “White Christmases” and was wooed by that aspect of the script. But that wasn’t real snow. Snow doesn’t spray up from the sidewalk midway up a stairway.

Le sigh.