#i love aziraphale and crowley so much but they are both incredibly obtuse idiots at times

[thenevarranseeker]

You know, in fairness to Aziraphale and Crowley...

...since we’ve all been having a laugh about ineffable bureaucracy becoming canon so quickly: not only did Gabriel and Beelzebub have the authority to say “fuck you” to whomever tried to stop them, they also had the excruciating experience of watching two idiots on Earth dance around each other for 6,000 years, barely able to call each other friends (let alone say the “L” word to each other) by the end of it. I’m fairly certain they looked at each other and said right, whatever Aziraphale and Crowley are doing, let’s NOT do that.

#i love aziraphale and crowley so much but they are both incredibly obtuse idiots at times #no matter how much they might love each other #nina and maggie's point about them not actually telling each other what they're thinking? yeah #those are some communication Issues with a capital I #good omens #good omens season 2 #good omens season 2 spoilers #good omens s2 spoilers #good omens spoilers #ineffable bureaucracy #ineffable husbands

[focusfixated]

april fic rec round-up

oof. another month gone. let’s forget our troubles and read some fic.

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for i am fearfully and wonderfully-made by @itsevidentvery

rating: E

fandom & pairing: good omens - aziraphale/crowley

summary: In which Aziraphale teaches Crowley to take a compliment.

notes: good, old-fashioned praise-kink fic, but with a subtle, humorous twist. i really enjoy the precision and structure of the writing style here, and how certain words work as a kind of motif throughout. there’s some deeper ideas at the heart of this, but also such a deft, light-touch of comedy and silliness - aziraphale trying to sneak praise in where crowley won’t notice was just extremely delightful.

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meanwhile by @drawsaurus

rating: T

fandom & pairing: tintin - haddock/tintin

summary: He was such a wildly clumsy man, Tintin thought with great fondness, and yet so firm and reliable when it was needed of him.

notes: there are a few authors whose writing moves me beyond what they choose to do with the characters, at the level where the word-choice and verbal construction of the story is as captivating as the story that's being told & @drawsaurus is one of them. there’s such lovely homage to the source material in this, and beautiful details that create a glorious picture of domesticity. and the longing, oh boy, the longing. what’s wonderful about the story is the way that the misunderstanding between the two characters is not so deliberately obtuse as to be unbelievable. it’s a kind of soft skirting of the edges of a feeling, giving into it on some level, understanding the strangeness of it but not the fullness of it. simple, evocative, emotional. just perfect. 

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better dreams and plenty & isoscelees (extra e) by @stitchyblogs

rating: E

fandom & pairing: it - richie/eddie

summary: Miniseries Eddie wakes up in a strange world thirty years after his second battle with It. He’s stranded from the time and the people he knew, and he needs help. Luckily he’s not the only Loser around.

notes: two stories in which eddie from the 90s miniseries collides with the film-verse versions of richie and eddie. i was surprised by how much i got into this polyamory premise, but the balance of deeply-engaging character development with a super fun, heartwarming story is just perfect. amazing prose, precise and never overwrought, and the dialogue is so in-character, amusing and dynamic and pitched just right. there's a beautiful kind of hope to this story too that got to my feelings in a way i didn't expect when i started reading. a gorgeous story about discovering yourself, learning to love, and understanding that sometimes you have more than enough love to go around.

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stood up tall on two legs like a man does by @skinks

rating: E

fandom & pairing: it - richie/eddie

summary: Eddie rides a mechanical bull like a pro, and Richie wants to buck his bronco.

notes: a short but brilliant read. the concept of this is so ridiculously hot, but the entire thing is heightened to an absolute unbearable heat by the poetic carnality of the language here. an incredible stream-of-consciousness that transposes you directly into some kind of wild-west fever dream. incredible, transformative.

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let’s get together before we get much older by tempestbreak

rating: E

fandom & pairing: it - richie/eddie

summary: Eddie has never been to Richie’s birthday party. But Richie had kind of hoped this time would be different.

notes: this is such a lovely story. there's something deep-down-soulfully satisfying about this kind of unconfessed longing that lasts a lifetime and finally, finally comes out. a wonderfully-written and moving character journey for the both of them. the dialogue is so wonderfully in-character, and so perfectly crafted for the telling of the story, with memories and motifs coming back in meaningful ways later down the line. really excellent.

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salt all around that rim by @royal-chandler

rating: E

fandom & pairing: it - richie/eddie

summary: Richie moves farther onto the bed as his hand sneaks higher, bending over the gorgeous stretch of golden-limbed glory that is Eddie Kaspbrak.

notes: extremely yes. a story that manages to be deeply soft and affectionate while giving off this absolutely rabid carnal energy. there's also a sweet relationship at the core of this without the kind of tiresome snappishness that can characterise this sort of "my boyfriend is an idiot" dynamic. really creatively written with lovely use of language, a treat for the brain on all levels.

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queer eye 5.01: adult content by @tiny-steve

rating: G

fandom & pairing: it - richie/eddie

summary: In which Bill accidentally nominates Richie for Queer Eye. Are five gay guys in his house Richie Tozier's worst nightmare or will they turn out to be just what he needed? The answer is yes.

notes: gorgeously-written. a tricky thing to pull off, writing a story structured as a TV show, but reads so naturally with the script insertions and real-time conversations in between. this is really masterful writing. the strength of this is really on the pure-dialogue script moments of the fab five, the banter and dynamic and the speed of their interaction and the author absolutely nails their speaking style. it's just wonderful. and the whole thing is also just really fucking lovely and soft.

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previous fic-rec posts:

month #01: january

month #02: february

month #03: march

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