Fuzzyred's Marvelous Reading Nook

So, i decided to do this challenge that pensnest made for the Snowflake Challenge.

I started with 9 entries I wanted to use, but I wittled it down to five, and I think these ones give a decent overview of who I am.

https://fuzzyred.dreamwidth.org/66941.html In which I mention spoons.

https://fuzzyred.dreamwidth.org/33906.html Musings about my orientation.

https://fuzzyred.dreamwidth.org/32297.html Empaths and feeling things.

https://fuzzyred.dreamwidth.org/9507.html Flapping and other stuff.

https://fuzzyred.dreamwidth.org/157749.html Goals that give insight into me.

Challenge #12

In your own space, tell us who you would recast in a film, tv series or webseries, or maybe someone voicing a cartoon or videogame. Or who would you cast to play a character in a book, comic or maybe even your own fiction! Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.



I wasn't sure where I was gonna go with this, because I don't know a lot of actors and I don't watch a lot of movies, but I figured out what to do. Not sure it's gonna make logical sense, but hey, when most of my thought process was "Ooo, hot badasses," I'm not sure logic really factored into it. XD

I love Benedict Cumberbatch in BBC's Sherlock and Dr. Strange. I think would be really cool to see him as James Bond, or perhaps a Bond villain. I think he'd be good at it, and it would be fun to watch, especially since I'm used to seeing him as crazy smart, witty and handsome. And if not Bond, perhaps he'd make a good Q...

And the second recast is actually sorta related. I love Clint Barton and Phil Coulson, espceially fanfic, and I quite enjoy Jeremy Renner and Clark Gregg in their portrayals of the characters. I think it would be interesting to see the two of them cast as John Watson and Sherlock homes, respectively, in the BBC series. I feel like it would make for a really intriguing dynamic.

Challenge #10

In your own space, rec a fanwork (fic, art, vid, playlist, anything!) you did not create. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.



Hockey Stories

I'm going to start by saying that I would recommend the whole Back Up There series by scribe-Tuesday, but I'm going to put my three favourites here. (Feel free to read the whole thing if it grabs you!)

Be More Bob by scribe-Tuesday
What starts out as a "confuse the rookie" prank turns into an actual superstition. This is really cute and the prank isn't mean-spirited at all.

Consequences by scribe-Tuesday
"Life just works, when somebody else makes the decisions. If Seb’s secure at home, he’s steady everywhere else - including on the ice. He never wanted to cope by himself. He never thought he’d have to. Holding everything together is harder than he’d thought. He can’t do it on his own, and the cracks are starting to show.
Josh has never been any good at minding his own business." This is a BDSM story, but not an m/m story. I find all the topics to be handled really well, and I enjoy it quite a lot. Definitely the one I've re-read the most in this series.

And the Little One Said / Glitter by scribe-Tuesday
A story about a single father and a drag queen. Various pairings in this one, but mostly a slice-of-life fic. If you want more diversity in your fic, this one has lots. :)

To Be Seen Aright by Deastar
This is a BDSM AU Sid/Geno story. There are some prevailing prejudices and quite a few internalized prejudices on Sid's part, but the main relationship ends up being good and solid. For all the tricky points in this story, I think it is really well handled, and I encourage you to give it a try, if you like the general categories. Please do mind any tags and your headspace though, as I've cried on each of my read throughs, even though there is a happy ending.

Avengers

We Found Love in a Hopeless Place by thekaidonovskys
BDSM AU Phil/Clint slash. Another BDSM AU one. I really like this one, because the relationship is so thoroughly explored, and we get to see a lot of the wider universe as well. This is a series with 18 stories so far, but it felt right to rec the whole thing instead of just the first work.

Professional Distortion by anachronic
Eventual Phil/Clint where Phil works at a high end sex store and Clint is a professional masochistic, sort of. If you like kinky & sexy fun times, this story is for you; I know I've read it about 4 or 5 times so far.

Stars and Stones by raiining
An Avengers/Dresden Files AU with Phil being Clint's mentor for magical things. So good!

The Underground by raiining
A story where Clint goes undercover at a BDSM club but is given shoddy intel and Phil rides to the rescue in spectacular fashion.

Let It Go by cakeisnotpie
Phil gets drugged and he and Clint end up confessing their feelings and proclivities to each other. This one is once again kinky and wonderful, and the issue of consent is handle very well, because Shield has all the forms.

Safe and (the) Sound by tisfan and 27dragons
A Bucky/Tony story where Bucky owns a diner and Tony ends up working for him. Various other Avengers make appearances as well. Also, I highly recommend checking out their other stuff, both individually and coauthored; they are awesome.

There are probably more stories I could and should rec, but these are the ones on the top of my brain... One more!

Love is for Children by ysabetwordsmith
An awesome beginning to an awesome series that is full of nonsexual age play, trustbuilding and teamfamily.

Okay. I'm probably still missing a bunch, but this is what I have for now. I hope you find something you like!

Challenge #8

In your own space, celebrate a personal win from the past year: it can be a list of fanworks you're especially proud of, a gift of your time to the community, a quality or skill you cultivated in yourself, something you generally feel went well. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.



At first I wasn't sure what to put for this one, and then I actually thought about 2021 and a few things came to me.

First (and this is one I almost forgot about), in January 2021, I participated in the Fresh Starts bingo fest on allbingo. Not only did I manage a blackout bingo on my first card, I started a second one and managed a decent amount of fills there too. All of what was written was original content, and I think they were all poems, but I think it's the most writing I've ever done and I'm really happy with how it turned out. I also used quite a variety of poetic forms, many I've never used before, so it was good to stretch my skills in that way too.

Second (this one I'm super proud of and was my first thought) I made a temperature blanket last summer. I crocheted one square for every day of June, July, and August, changing colours depending on how hot it was. I then stitched all the squares together and made a border using the last two days of August. I'm so happy with how it turned out! It was a lot of work, but I got it all done, and I did everything start to finish myself, with my sister consulting on colours to make sure everything played nice together. I have a fews posts with individual squares and patterns, but I am still aiming to make a giant post with the finished product, if anyone felt like seeing (or replicating) the whole process.

Third (on a personal front) I got a therapist this year after hemming and hawwing for quite awhile and it's helping. I managed to find a good one and she's given me some really good resources, so I'm glad I decided to take the step of seeking professional help to straighten out a few things in my head and gain some skills I've been missing.

In your own space, Create something. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.



After answering the Snowflake Challenge about AUs, the idea of a SHIELD/NCIS crossover popped into my head, so I'm going to try to put that in words. I'm not sure how well it will go, but I want to give an attempt at writing it, and not just explain what the idea was. I will leave an AO3 style summary/tag cloud though, so that there is some idea of what you're getting into.
( Story under here )

Challenge #4

In your own space, make a list of things that you wish existed in fandom or elsewhere, and/or that you'd like someone to create or do for you. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.



This is my first time doing something like this, so I'm not quite sure what to put.

I can always use more things to read, so fic recs are welcome. I'm open to maybe fandoms, though Avengers, Harry Potter, NCIS, Pacific Rim, Sherlock, and the Three Musketeers are what I read most often. I'm also open to lots of different content, but I do prefer M/M stories, works that include BDSM and fiction that is on the gentler side, rather than lots of violence and gore. If there is sex involved, I won't read non-con or rape; it messes with my head.

Also, if anyone feels like writing things, I have a few ideas for fics I'd enjoy:
-anything NCIS, there aren't nearly enough fanfics
-any Clint/Coulson stories, especially if they are in some kind of BDSM relationship
-Avengers ensemble fic, either genfic or something more x-rated
-Harry Potter fic where Severus lives and is not a heartless bastard. Bonus points if there is a Harry/Severus relationship or some kind; platonic or otherwise.

Challenge #2

In your own space, set some goals for the coming year. They can be fannish or not, public or private. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.



I made a post about my goals here. A lot of these are repeats from last year, but there are some new ones too. Fannish goals... I want to create at least one fanfic this year, perhaps diversify in my choices of reading (I tend to stick to a lot of the same fansom/pairing/tags), and interact more with creators, since I have a tendency to just lurk most of the time.