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THIS??? THIS????????????????????????

this is something else!! I don't know where u guys are from. But where I'm from, we don't have men like this here. This is insane. They should have put up a warning before the episode aired. It's like giving a victorian child a sour patch kid. They simply couldn't cope with THE FLAVOUR or THE SENSATION and I cannot deal with THE FLAVOUR he provides and THE SENSATIONS he gives me. I'm gonna pass out. HE DOESN'T EVEN LOOK REAL.

#grace is a stronger woman than i #if i knocked on a door and a living breathing human opened it looking like this #i would simply perish #like #someday someone will look up the phrase ‘for personal reasons i will be passing away’ #and it will just be this picture #carlos reyes #clear skin. cow eyes. can’t lose. #911 lone star

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Fanfic writers are like crows. If you give them treats (comments) they will bring you shiny things (fanfic)

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“Grief is a nasty game of feeling the weakest you have ever felt and morphing it into the strongest person you will need to become.” -Windgate Lane

#oh my heart #ow ow ow #tk strand #the bravest little toaster #the littlest engine that could #911 lone star #peas and queues

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adulthood is just a constant struggle of, “man, i want cookies for breakfast, but I also recognize this is a bad nutritional decision.  On the other hand, the only one who can stop me is me.  i know that fucker’s weaknesses.  i could totally take me in a fight.”

#it me fam

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Happy May.

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Love is a sacrament that should be taken kneeling.

marc fishman - john william waterhouse - stephan abel sinding - richard westall - pompeo batoni

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Dear @freneticfloetry

plz accept this sketch of Carlos Reyes as a token of my public apology for choosing violence for the sake of plot.

-tay

#bringing this back #because look at him #tay is so talented #even though they did in fact choose violence #911 lone star rewatch 2024

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🤏

#look at this baby #he really thought he was going to sit in the corner and be emotional support #maybe chime in every now and then #just to be helpful #but we all know how that turned out #carlos reyes #clear skin. cow eyes. can’t lose. #911 lone star

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“omg you’re so creative. how do you get your ideas” i hallucinate a single scene in the taco bell drive thru and then spend 13 months trying to write it

#ain’t that just the way

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Sibling energy

#they’re so sibling coded it’s not even funny #(even though it is) #tk strand #nancy gillian #i love them so much #911 lone star #peas and queues

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RAFAEL SILVA — via Instagram (2024)

#SIR #IT IS A SUNDAY. #how very dare #rafael silva #congrats on your everything

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What I should be doing: cleaning, laundry, wrapping up esta noche es de alegría.

What I'm actually doing: leaving @liminalmemories21 unhinged comments on every chapter of Knave 4. (Join me, won't you?)

But in the meantime, have this mystery snippet from best i never had, the little fic that never ceases to make me smile (and which I'll desperately need after the particular angst of the TiMER fic). Thanks to @carlos-in-glasses, @cold-blooded-jelly-doughnut, @sznofthesticks, @strandnreyes, and @im-overstimulated-and-im-sad for the tags today.

“Carlos, we watched that movie together, remember? [Redacted] was naked on a [redacted] with a [redacted]?” He hadn’t been, actually, but TK's particular brand of selective memory tends to skew towards nudity once a certain skin-to-shot ratio has been reached. “I remember. You snickered every time anyone said the word ‘bangs’.” TK hums. “And then you decided that I’m never allowed to eat that much caramel corn again.”

Tagging in @never-blooms, @paperstorm, @lemonlyman-dotcom, @rmd-writes, @reyesstrand, @herefortarlos , @ladytessa74 , @orchidscript , @heartstringsduet , @alrightbuckaroo , @walkinginland , @whatsintheboxmh , @welcometololaland , and of course @liminalmemories21 for being such a damn distraction (in fic form).

#tag games #seven sentence sunday #my fic #best i never had

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#lmao that faaaaace #(also yes)

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it’s his favorite spot.

#i will never be over this #it's like a holdover from tk's feral cat days #when the best way carlos could keep him from running was nosing the scruff of his neck #carlos reyes #tk strand #and they were soulmates #911 lone star #peas and queues

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There’s a way that panic can make you feel nauseous, and he has to swallow hard before he can get the words out.  “Tell me what you need me to do.”

Trudie gives him an approving smile, like a teacher with a student who’s given the right answer.  “You’re going to help me steal a statue.”

The Knave of Clubs . . . swears he'll take her part

liner notes below the cut

First things first.  Yes, Iris is in this alot.  No, there is no secret marriage. This is not a spoiler, this was referenced in the previous story in this series. The Carlos in this universe is a step to the left of the Carlos in canon, and he has different experiences.  Also, this is my unhinged AU, which means I get to pick and choose which bits of canon I work with.   I did not vibe with that one.

Second things second.  This was going to be a caper, y'all.  It was going to be a short caper.  Carlos and TK were going to go to NOLA and help the Leverage crew take care of some business , and, I don't know, eat beignets and popsicles.  Why popsicles and not po'boys?  Because the last time I was in NOLA I had the best popsicles of my life - they sadly no longer exist, but I can resurrect them for fic.  I also had excellent po'boys, but the popsicles were better.

[eyes fic] I don't know what happened?  Okay, I do know.  One of the weird upsides to writing a series is that you get to deal in consequences and messy afters, and the way that making a decision isn't the end to that decision, and what you did last time around keeps echoing in what you do this time.  Nothing exists in isolation.  And, I love love a story about what happens after - after the war, after the quest, after the reveal.  How do you rebuild, what happens next.  That is my die-hard kink.  Also, there was S4 of Lonestar and I had . . . thoughts, questions, concerns, reactions.  I worked them out in fic.

Third things third.  My characterization of Trudie in this fic owes a debt to Mags Bennett in S2 of Justified.  She was terrifying, and ruthless, and totally in control, and one of the most interesting characters - she's why that season was so good.  Also, go watch Justified, it's fantastic.

Fourth things last.  As ever, don't try this at home y'all, this is not how any of this works.

Reference links in final chapter, because see previous notes about being too much of a geek not to footnote.

And finally, the chapters aren't for @rmd-writes, but they're not not for her either (sorry @freneticfloetry- but this time, the structure did actually lend itself to chapters).

#IT’S HAPPENING #y’all just don’t understand #knaveverse is one of the great fandom joys of my life #and i have been waiting for this

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20 questions for fic writers

Thanks to @liminalmemories21, @rmd-writes, and @tellmegoodbye for the tags! 😘

How many works do you have on ao3?

47

What's your total ao3 word count?

373,444. It’s kind of crazy to think about the hundreds of thousands of words from my fandom board/LiveJournal days that never made it to AO3 (and never will, because yikes).

What fandoms do you write for?

I’ve written single fics in a frankly batshit number of fandoms, but actively: 911 Lone Star, The Magicians, and now Red, White, and Royal Blue (with multiples in Smallville, Firefly, and Supernatural in the past).

Top five fics by kudos:

Ashes and Flame (Every You and Every Me) (The Hunger Games trilogy)

Lost in Translation (The Losers)

Deck the Halls with Daddy Issues (pre-Avengers MCU)

Big Girl Pants (New Girl)

Shells of a Long-Ago Lifetime (Faces That Once Were Mine Mix) (Supernatural)

Do you respond to comments?

Usually! Sometimes they get away from me. The Hunger Games fic, for instances, has a couple pages of comments that went unanswered.

What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Hmmm. I am usually an Angst with a Happy Ending girl without fail, though I’ve written my share of hopeful open endings. Outright angst at the end? Of what’s published, it’s probably either Of All Our Yesterdays, a Black Dagger Brotherhood fic that’s basically about Phury being miserable, or Requiem, a Supernatural/Sarah Connor Chronicles crossover featuring two unlikely protagonists, their shared history, and the shakiness of common ground.

What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Again, I’m generally a purveyor of happy endings, no matter how angsty the journey may be. But in the name of fucking justice for Quentin Coldwater, I’m going with scenes from an unfinished story. Because fuck canon, obviously.

Do you get hate on fics?

Not until recently. Thank you, Iris-hating anon, for ending that streak (not once, but twice!).

Do you write smut?

Somewhere in my writing history, pre-Tarlos me is aghast, but the answer these days is enthusiastically and unequivocally yes.

Craziest crossover:

Besides the aforementioned Supernatural/Sarah Connor Chronicles? I used to love writing crazy, cracky crossovers in utterly serious ways. Supernatural/Grey’s Anatomy. Smallville/Leverage. There’s about 40k of an old Roswell/Angel buried on my passport drive, along with the beginnings of a Smallville/Ally McBeal that literally involved Josh Groban. Of what’s still in public existence… I guess And To All A Goodnight is technically a crossover between books, though they exist in the same canon — ditto to words to get off his chest, which crosses 911 with Lone Star. scenes is a Win a Date with Tad Hamilton fusion, if that counts, though I took a lot of creative license. Craziest posted, though, has to go to American Hero, which is a Sunshine/Journalism RPF crossover that, more than a dozen years later, I still have no explanation for.

Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Yep.

Have you ever had a fic translated?

Also yep.

Have you ever co-written a fic before?

I have! Back in OG Roswell fandom. Though @ambiguouspenny and I have plans. Mwuaha.

All-time favorite ship?

This is an evil and utterly unanswerable question.

What's a wip you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

Adagio in B-Flat. It’s my white whale.

What are your writing strengths?

Dialogue. Characterization. Usually humor. (The angst goes unsaid.)

What are your writing weaknesses?

Writing action. I live in fear of the day people realize I write tens of thousands of words of nothing but people talking to each other. Also, writing short. I used to be able to bang out fics full of quick, tight snippets, but that ability is gone from me.

Thoughts on dialogue in another language?

I mean, hello. I’ve written my fair share of Spanish dialogue in various fics, as well as some strategic Mandarin back in my Firefly days. I’m all for it, if it’s done well.

First fandom you wrote in?

OG Roswell.

Favorite fic you've written?

Still to build a home. Though I’m looking forward to both the same in every language and the TiMER fic being finished and giving it a run for its money.

Tagging in @never-blooms, @lemonlyman-dotcom, @paperstorm, @reyesstrand, @paperstorm, @orchidscript, @heartstringsduet , and @welcometololaland .

#tag games #about meme

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Ronen Rubinstein as TK Strand 9-1-1: LONE STAR | 3.10

#look at this baby #and his little backpack #off to save lives #tk strand #the bravest little toaster #the littlest engine that could #911 lone star #peas and queues