#it always finds a way back to aloto

[whvtechapel]

ive only been listening to the crane wives for the past week and still cannot get over the way they sing “the devil knows my name” at the 2:50 mark of The Garden

#ive also been associating aloto characters to these songs #thats fun #it always finds a way back to aloto #the crane wives #a league of their own #aloto

[ohcaptains]

smoke and mirrors

synopsis. jess finds subtle ways to let everyone know you’re hers. 

an. back on my jess bullshit. though to be honest, i never really left. here’s something short and sweet. apologies if you’re not in the aloto fandom, mostly because it’s good and you’re missing out on great telly !

warnings. ‘hiding’ ones sexuality and mentions of homophobia. not beta’d.

It all started when she saw you hanging with the Danvers’ eldest son. Had stepped out of the grocer with a fresh pack of smokes, and her first drag was ruined from the sight of you walking into the diner with his arm slung over your shoulder.

Rage had ripped through her, a living, breathing thing. It fuelled her, sparking a desire to stalk over there, rip his arm from you and then slug him one in the face. Feel the pop of his nose from under her knuckle, then see the blood start to pour. Yet she stayed rooted in her spot. Never dared to cross that line. 

She dreamt about it later that night, instead. 

Got into bed and imagined beating him senseless, then pulling you into her and planting a kiss on your pretty lips, victorious. She knew it came from an odd sense of masculinity that she’d aspired to but was never allowed to achieve.

 I want everyone to know that you’re mine, she’d whispered into your ear a couple of days later, after you’d explained that your mother had set up the little arrangement. Jess had traced the line of your nose. Bent over you, covering your naked body with hers and whispered, want to take you out and show you off. 

It was bittersweet. It could never happen – certainly not in her hometown of Moosejaw, anyhow.

So, she got creative. Got desperate, more like. Started leaving her smokes in your jacket pocket. Her cap in your bedroom. Started depositing little bits of herself in your life, so that others could see that you were hers, and that she was there, and she wasn’t moving a fucking muscle. Gum packets, receipts, her favourite soda that you hated.

“You left these in my room again,” you spit, throwing her smokes at her as you climb into her truck. Jess catches the packet, waiting for you to turn to her in mock impression – like you always did when she showed off her skills – yet you don’t grace her with your eyes.

“You gotta be more careful, Jess,” you tut, glancing out of the window. Face snarled together, frustrated – Jess sees it in the way you wring your hands together. She licks her lips. Tries to be nonchalant about it all, even if her heart is slamming against her chest. She knows. She knows. She knows about my game. “Just say they’re yours.” Your head whips around, and Jess gets a whiff of your perfume. “You think my Mother would let me smoke?” “They’re good for you,” she shrugs, pushing the half-empty packet into her skirt pocket, in front of the new one. This decision of hers to fill you up with her things was getting costly. “I don’t think doing anything as often as you smoke is good for you.” Jess smiles, thinking that there was a flirtatious joke in there somewhere. She doesn’t say it, though. Knows you’re pissed, and it would just deepen the fact. So, she licks her lips and watches you furiously buckle up. Tries to find a response that won’t earn her the silent treatment. “The man on the radio said so,” she counters, and you roll your eyes, looking at her with a disappointed huff. Her face collapses – said the wrong thing. A horrible thing, it seems, as your eyes go cold – busy with a memory. You shake your head at her. “Man on the radio says a lot of things, things my parents listen to – remember?”

She remembers, of course, how could she not? Getting into your house, your parents were in the living room as the buzz of the radio fluttered through the hallway. The pair of you had stood in the foyer, listening to some preacher spread lies and hatred over the airwaves. Just…leaning against the wall, listening, and watching each other. Saying everything that needed to be said, without uttering a word.

“'m sorry,” Jess mumbles. The word is foreign on her lips, but she withstands the taste anyhow. “I didn’t --” she mutters, scrunching her face up and slinging a hand to the wheel. “—didn’t think.” “Yeah, you didn’t,” you quickly spit, and Jess is filled with such regret that she wants to vomit. The truck is silent until the hears the rustle of your jacket as you shrug.

“Besides, my mother would never believe that I smoke Old Golds…Chesterfields, maybe.” You turn to her, fighting a smile. “Old Gold…now that’s an old man cigarette.” She looks at you – relaxing, slightly. Emotions shifted, said your piece. Jess’ face breaks into a slow smile, and when it reaches her ears – as it always manages to do – she shakes her head at you.

“Damn baby, you’re mean.”

Though she decides she’s going to smoke Chesterfields from now on, to avoid suspicion.

#jess mccready #jess mccready x reader #jess mccready drabble #jess mccready x female reader #jess mccready imagine #a league of their own #aloto #aloto fic #a league of their own fic #kelly mccormack #attention lesbians

[elliesgaymachete]

god as a women's sports fan i could write ESSAYS on how the ALOTO creative team was absolutely on the mark with queer women in sport. like, nowadays you can look at woso, bball, hockey etc and a vast majority of players are queer. when we go back to the 40s, where it's an incredible misdeed for women to play sport, of COURSE it'll be queer women who'd be more inclined to put themselves out as outcasts!! I think the show absolutely LANDS the nuance of queer history - yes it's representation to us, but to the characters, it was about finding their space and their people. all the bigots crying about how "theres no way ALL of them are gay", it's like buddy, gays have been flocking together throughout time. women's sports have always been intrinsic with queer culture, and I'm so happy ALOTO recognised and DIGS into it.

Bro seriously, I was a history major in college and while queer history was still glossed over, I made a point to focus my studies on queer history. We’ve always existed and history and media has tried to erase that! This is the first time I’ve seen such an authentic representation of history, specifically queer history!

If you haven’t seen it yet I would highly recommend the documentary A Secret Love (2020) because it’s about actual queer women who were in AAGPBL! Not historically accurate, my ass.

[sarahlevys]

my 5 favorite fics that i've written (for fic writer appreciation day)

thank you @lilythesilly for tagging me!

1. The Seven Husbands of Alexis Rose — schitt's creek; alexis/twyla (with art by @hagface, and podfic and additional art by Amanita_Fierce, @danieljradcliffe, HowOldAreWe, @hullomoon, @lilythesilly, @n0connections, @rhetoricalk, @roguebebe, @schittposting, @sunlightsymphony, @thesleepyskipper, wi22iou)

My name is Alexis Rose. But you knew that already, didn't you?

There's no need for shyness. You don't need to pretend that you didn't Google me before you read this article, or that you don't know who I am. I shouldn't misspeak, though: you think you know who I am. You have an idea of who Alexis Rose is.

Maybe you've never seen any of my movies. Maybe you think I'm washed up, someone only your parents care about. Maybe you think I'm irrelevant. Maybe you think I'm a whore.

Oh, don't duck your head. I guarantee you're not the first person to ever let that idea enter your mind, and you won't be the last.

In 2015, Alexis Rose pens a tell-all for Vogue, promising to finally tell the truth about all seven of those infamous husbands and then some...

2. heaven is a place not too far away — schitt's creek; alexis/twyla

"Oh, but soulmate marks are real." Her mother's expression softens. "Always one-sided, unfortunately. So difficult to know when you've truly met your soulmate without a matching indicator on the part of the other person, or other persons, if you're following." Her mother winks, and Alexis makes a face. "Your father was the exact same way. The poor little lamb couldn't carry a tune until he met me!"

"So you and Dad..." Alexis' head is spinning. "You guys are, like, actual soulmates."

"Very much so." Her mother appraises her carefully. "And you must have met yours, too."

"Yeah." Alexis blinks, stunned to find that she's short of breath. "I guess so."

OR: Alexis' soulmate mark – the ability to sing – triggers when she moves to Schitt's Creek.

3. salt air and the rust on your door — schitt's creek; alexis/twyla, stevie/ruth, stevie/alexis/twyla/ruth (with art by @schitthappens and podfic by Amanita_Fierce, @sunlightsymphony, @schittposting, @roguebebe)

At first, it seems too good to be true: four girls, all the same age, all on the shore for the same overlapping dates. Alexis has never known girls like this, has never wanted to spend as much time in their orbit as she does now.

She's drifting in the ocean, riding the waves next to her three friends, when the thought occurs to her as quickly as the tide changes: she could get used to this.

Alexis, Stevie, Twyla, and Ruth meet at fifteen, during one pivotal summer at the Jersey Shore. What happens during the eight summers that follow?

4. time—curious, wondrous, mystical time — schitt's creek; alexis/twyla

Alexis leans in, lowering her voice to a whisper. "I already lived today. Like, yesterday was August 20. My mom got back on Sunrise Bay, and I gave you all my clothes, and—"

"Alexis!" Twyla exclaims. "You did what?"

"Okay, I promise I will circle back to that, but." Alexis flattens her hands on the countertop. "Like, am I losing it, or is this something that maybe you've heard of happening before?"

Twyla purses her lips, thinking a little, before she turns her patient gaze back to Alexis. "I don't think that's ever happened to me, but nothing's impossible if you believe that it's true."

Alexis finds herself reliving Start Spreading the News... over and over again.

5. Choosing So Carefully — schitt's creek; stevie/ruth

Stevie can't remember looking at Ruth without wanting her, without aching for her company. She looks at her hands, turning them over in the air, and tries to remember a time that they didn't feel empty whenever she wasn't touching Ruth. Hasn't she been craving the sound of Ruth's voice for all of her life?

And then she fucks it up.

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Plus my favorite (of a grand total of two, lol) fic that I've written for ALOTO!

1. it's okay to want things (i think) — a league of their own (2022); greta/carson

It's far from the first time that a married woman's ring has snagged Greta's clothing or left scratches on her skin. But it's the first time that she's cared this much—and she hates that the cool press of unfamiliar metal against her cheek is enough to make her eyes narrow and her breath catch.

AKA: The reason why Carson stops wearing her wedding ring.

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i haven't been able to keep track of who's been tagged, so if you wanna do this, please do!

#fic: the seven husbands of alexis rose #fic: heaven is a place not too far away #fic: salt air and the rust on your door #fic: time—curious mystical wondrous time #fic: choosing so carefully #fic: it's okay to want things (i think) #my writing #meme response #schitt's creek #alexis x twyla #stevie x ruth #greta x carson #a league of their own

[emeraldcitynerdfighter]

Leaguetober micro fics: day 27 - boxers (reposted from my Twitter)

Being a part of the Blue Socks was hard. But they were better than the Peaches. Jo knew that before and after the trade. But they let her shine in all of her greatness in a way she always thought she deserved to.

Still, it was lonely.

Their chaperone, not as warm or...like them...or lenient as Sergeant Bev kept them more regimented than even Carson and perhaps this was the reason the Blue Socks were so good.

Still, she missed the laxity and casual chaos of the Rockford boarding house.

There was only one other queer person on the Blue Socks. Her rules were stricter than Greta's. No sneaking around or coy moments in a back alley. Only holding one's breath and hiding and pretending to not exist.

Still, she wondered if this was for the best after all.

"De Luca. Package."

Fan mail came on Thursdays, and she hadn't spoken to her family in fifteen years, so Jo was surprised to find a package sitting on her bed one afternoon.

The box was tightly wrapped in brown paper and twine with the precision of a department store clerk.

The package was full of boxers. White linen, some with pinstripes and red polka dots. A note card sat on top, covered in tight, scrawling script.

"Hope these fit. If not, I know a tailor in Chicago who can fix 'em. Love, your forever hermano"

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If you like this, catch up on all of my Leaguetober micro fics here

OR

Read my longer ALOTO fics here

:)

#a league of their own #aloto #leaguetober #jo de luca #(mostly) gay baseball family #a league of their own series #let them write poems

[lumoslesbians]

im so gay i don’t know what to do with myself

y’all watching aloto and getting back into fandom is a fuckin blast

i'm having so much fun it’s like right as i was at a lowlowlow point where i really needed something to keep me going this beautiful show fell outta the sky and there’s this beautiful fandom that’s everything i’ve ever wanted in a fandom like actual beautiful real life lesbian shenanigans that really freakin align with what i’ve always wanted and i like

didn’t expect it to give me so many feels

and it’s good it’s really good like i genuinely feel like this show and fandom have been helping me start to find my footing in terms of my identity and what i want romantically/sexually and that’s fucking amazing and beautiful and while there’s obviously some ~jsafkldjdsfl if only i’d had this kind of actual quality queer representation in high school~ feelings i’m just fucking grateful to have it now and grateful that young queerios have it now like squeeeee af about that

but also like

i'm 2 and a half months sober right now and i’m very intentionally not dating bc i know that would be a B.A.D. bad idea for me rn

but it’s liKe I fiNALLY feel like i have some semblance of a sense of what i would want to look for if i were dating people (jesslupe vibes just like all the jesslupe vibes lmfao) and i knowwwwwwwww that on so many levels the smart move rn is just to take this time to come into being the butch i’ve always wanted to be and explore that in a nonsexual context until i’m ready to do that in a way that feels healthy for me but

this

show

just

makes

me

horny

as

fuck

and

i

want

to

date

girls

so

bad

😭

#why am I posting this on the internet dear gawd lmfao #I just need to get it out and shout into the void about all the feelings this fucking show is bringing up for me now #early sobriety is hard ok #this is literally just gay whining lmao #but if anyone resonates like hmu bc i would love to make new fandom friends :)))) #jesslupe #aloto #about izzy #textytext

[lilolilyr]

1, 7, 10 for ALOTO?

I've just finished watching the series & I waited to answer this ask until afterwards and I'm glad I did bc I think my answers changed a bit! Anyway I'm still feeling that cinema high, you know the feeling you get when you walk back into the real world after a fantastic movie? Even though I was just watching on the couch in my parents' living room... Anyway I Love A League Of Their Own, definitely now also bothering everyone who reblogged this ask meme from me with questions about it xD (here it is if someone else wants some questions...)

thanks for the ask!

What originally drew me to it

I'd like to say a mix of Greta/Carson gifs on tumblr and friends saying it's really a great show with realistic representation of so many different people, and that's not entirely wrong but the sad truth is I probably wouldn't have watched it if my parents and sister hadn't already started the series when I came to visit them last week lmfao (I've still not watched the second and third episode bc while I started to catch up, I didn't get vry far before they continued...), so, definitely not just a show for the gays, my family enjoyed it as well! (My dad did have a 'what they're All gay now' moment but more in a 'how did I not notice that' way than a homophobic way xD which, understandable bc How can anyone not notice that from the start)

I just... I haven't watched a lot of TV lately? I'm mostly just reading fic or organizing fandom stuff, maybe watching some YouTube... And I'm actually reading books (discworld, slowly, and Agatha Christies, many), idk why but sometimes I'm just not in a TV mood, so ALOTO would've probably just ended up somewhere on my watchlist for a while!

A character who feels like home

I love all of them and I want to hug them so much and especially Carson I vibe with a lot, but hmm 'character who feels like home' idk how exactly to take that question...

If it's about who I feel most alike to, in some ways actually Greta, because she doesn't know what she wants from life and is always trying new things and can't and in a way doesn't really want to commit, but on the other hand really needs those deeper connections?

And a minor character who just made me feel so At Home and like I don't even know, just Love, is the butch from the lesbian bar <3

A ship I would gladly go down with... and then become Davey Jones, so I can continue to captain said ship for eternity

I'm not so invested in the ships! Maybe that's a yet if I end up in the fandom, because I could see there being great Carson/Greta fix its and all, and I'm vry capable of shipping sth from fanon only, but really from just the canon point of view, I see them more as that sometimes necessary first relationship that's doomed to fail because of all the baggage and mistakes, but it's such a vital stepping stone for Greta to get back out there and let herself love, and for Carson to find herself. Maybe one day they'd be right for each other, maybe even during the next baseball season (yess definitely fix it fic potential xD) but I think Carson was right in not going with Greta, and Greta did the right thing leaving for NY.

Maxine/Esther I could actually see working out! They're so fucking cute, and they're honest with each other from the start. Also, Max had already (at least started to) figure out what she wants before she met her, so I don't think their relationship has quite the same issues Carson and Greta's has there. And ahhh total Only One Bed trope, I mean they're already together but still adsfghjkl that's such shippy cuteness!

Also (I'm terrible with names I barely remember the main cast ngh) but Maxine's uncle and his wife??? RELATIONSHIP GOALS Right There

Again thanks so much for the ask!

#anon #ask the blogger #aloto #my aloto #sept'22 #mine #answered #f #22.09.22 #family #tv ask #ask meme ask

[namelessexistence]

It’s been a while, those last days were not great to me, a loto f things happening in my personal life, but I’m back with the part 9 of 10 of my top 100 favorite characters

20 – Lucifer Morningstar (Lucifer)

The TV show. I haven’t read the comic, but I want to. I admit I wasn’t always happy with the Direction the writers went with this character, specially When it comes to his relationship with Chloe, maybe I’ll write na essay about the show one day. I actually did this, but then the final season came, and I have to edit it taking this in consideration. Anyway, despite all my problems with the show, I coudn’t help but grow attached to this character.

19 – Tony Stark (MCU)

Does he have flaws? Yes. But he’s still the best written character of the franchise. AThe first Iron Man movie as well have a lot of flaws, but, character-wise, I love it.

18 – Raven (Teen Titans)

That cartoon was a vital parto of my childhood, and I know it’s the same for aloto f people from my Generation. Raven was my favorite since first season, but my love for her only grew as the show went on.

17 – Ciel Phantomhive (Kuroshitsuji)

If you never watched or read and are interested in checking the story (unlikely, I think the fandom is pretty Much dead at this point), my advice is that you read the manga instead of watching the anime. I was young back then, When I first had contact with this story (trough the anime, unfortunally), and I swear I coudn understand why the fandom seemed so obssessed with Sebastian When Ciel was a far more interesting character

16 – Lucifenia Trinity (Evillious Chronicles)

Is it cheating putting three characters together? Well, I’m doing it anyway. I love them so much. I don’t really care about Elluka/Levia outside the Trinity. Of course, knowing her makes it more impactful to have her finding this weird family that was doomed from beginning. Swear Na Oath On That Bridge is such a bittersweet song

15 – Zuko (Avatar The Last Airbender)

Praising Zuko’s character ar cis already a cliche by now, but it’s not without a reason. I was really invested on this character as a preteen, and, to my endless frustration, though I managed to convince my friends to watch atla and They liked it, I was still the Only one in the group who liked Zuko. There was even this girl who would Always roleplay as Mai When we would play pretend, but hshe Always found a way to not be in a relationship with Zuko.

14 – Mulan (1998)

This movie was very importante to me. And I know that, When it comes to portraying chinese culture is not exactly... great, but it still have a lot of strenghts. I really like how the song Honor to Us All shows us Mulan’s personality trough scenes like her intefering in that game and giving back that little’s girl doll.

13 – Laurent of Vere (Captive Prince)

I normally like the complicated bastards, I already know that. No one has to tell me.

12 – Luo Binghe (Scum Villain Self Saving System)

And I’m talking about both Bingge and Bingmei. Two sides of the same coin. I just can’t resist the allure of his fear of abandoment and attachment issues. How Bingmei was so convinced near the end that SQQ would never chose him, that no one would ever choose him. How Bingge is so unhappy and so quick to try to take what Bingmei have, because as much as he mocks and look down on Bingmei, he knows that Bingmei is happier than he. That Bingmei has something he never achieved. The main difference between the two versions of Binghe is not their morality (because, let’s be honest, Bingmei is not that moral), but the fact that Bingmei is satisfied, while Bingge keeps on conquering and taking because it’s never enough. Someone once wrote that SVSSS is not about cycles of abuse, and it’s true (how could SY break a cycle he was never part of?), but PIDW is, and Binghe never realized that, and, as consequence, SY and the Other readers never realized as well. I really should do a whole post about LBH, this is getting too long, so I’ll move on.

11 – Jake Peralta (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)

He had a great character growth, but he was never a bad person to begin with. He was immature, and self-centered at times, but never purposefully cruel. I think he’s well written as well. I mean, he was basically raised by movies like Die Hard and had it as his inspiration, and that’s easy to notice in his behaviour. He’s not exactly the most complex character in this list, but I simply like him

#lucifer #tony stark #iron man #MCU #marvel #teen titans #raven #teen titans raven #ciel phantomhive #kuroshitsuji #black butler #evillious #evillious chronicles #lucifenia trinity #elluka clockworker #mariam phutapie #leonhart avadonia #Zuko #avatar zuko #atla zuko #Avatar The Last Airbender #atla #mulan #laurent of vere #captive prince #luo binghe #luo bingge #luo Bingmei #svsss #Jake Peralta

[jelenasbitvh]

if it's meant to be it will find the way to come back ...but if it's no, if they never get back together , i know it will be hurts, but im pretty sure that they learned aloto about what its love, even us learned a lot , we have to let the things, be I always will love jelena , i just wanna the best for them , even if the best for them its away from each other, i just wanna them to be happy

👏👏👏

[emeraldcitynerdfighter]

Leaguetober micro fics: day 26 - adventure (reposted from my Twitter)

Her adventure started with an ending.

She thought it ended when she left Charlie at the hotel in Rockford after the season ended. The ending began when she first pulled out her suitcase and started packing for Rockford.

Everything after was just a pit stop.

It took her back to Chicago first. Walks along the river in the late autumn, figuring out how to live in a city on her own. Serving coffee and pies (never making them) at a diner at regulars going to factories and housewives starting their daily errands.

To New Orleans, in the winter. Just, anywhere that wasn't cold.

Walking past cemeteries in the early mornings, when the veil between planes was still thin.

Drinking bourbon and eating seafood stews and fried balls of goodness and listening to jazz.

By spring, she found herself in Seattle, the last stop before her trip back to Idaho, where she would begin to sort out the mess trailing behind her from Rockford. It was familiar enough to ground her back into her old life, yet remind her of the possibility of staring anew.

This city was by far her favorite. The mountains and air crisped by the ocean and fruit trees. She found herself lost in the libraries of the university in the city, occasionally catching cherry blossoms floating past the windows.

Along the way she finds a few friends of the girl from Kansas. More so usually in the big cities. Finding more ways to *be* than even she learned from Lupe and Max and Greta and everyone at The Office.

There are as many ways as there are of them. Her world opens up even more.

There are even one or two nights (or...five or six) that begin with a beautiful woman leaning in close and tickling her cheek with whispers of desire, that end with bodies pressed together and fumbling for keys and locks and discarded clothing and tangled sheets.

But Carson always let them down gently. Left them and the cities behind.

Because her greatest adventure was there waiting for her on the front steps of the Peaches boarding house.

Ready to pick up right where they left off.

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If you like this, catch up on all of my Leaguetober micro fics here

OR

Read my longer ALOTO fics here

:)

#a league of their own #aloto #carson shaw human disaster #my life has been ruined by the existence of carson shaw #a league of their own series #aloto series #leaguetober #let them write poems