Thank You Canada 🇨🇦

stop playing it cool, just be passionate and intense and insane and whoever sticks around is meant for you

RIP Minthara, you would have loved spreading misinformation on twitter

LINK: tinyurl.com/oldgaySF

I'd like to share with y'all a project I've poured my heart and soul into over the last couple of years: a database cataloguing every single older queer science fiction book I've managed to track down, consisting of just over 200 titles with LGBT characters/themes & by LGBT authors, spanning over a century (1880-2000) 🚀

The database can be filtered by representation, subgenre, whether the book is currently in print, and more; additionally, it includes my own ratings & brief thoughts on the ones i have read, if anyone needs a suggestion on places to start! (or feel free to shoot me an ask for a more personalized recommendation)

The Athenaeum was my go-to as a teen! Highly recommend for Xena fics and femshalsh!

Most people tend to agree that Ao3 is the go-to fanfiction site nowadays, but some of you really need to remember that older fandoms (and fandoms up through the early 2010's even) have a LOT of content on places like FF.net, Livejournal, Wordpress, etc. Some people even still post there and elsewhere exclusively. Like, you're truly missing out in those cases if you think Ao3 is the end all and be all of fandom content. I was still actively using LJ communities to find and share fics until around 2020.

I've even been reading for an old fandom of mine on FF.net this past week. Y'all don't even know. There are literally FAR more fics there than can be found on Ao3 simply because of when this fandom began.

Ao3 is easier to use and superior in almost every way, but too many people think that all "quality" fic or all fic in general is on Ao3 without considering what was available beforehand. Too many people think all fanfiction on fanfiction.net is bad just because it's on fanfiction.net. They don't even think about the older blogging sites.

I'm just saying. Y'all are missing out by not being open to navigating the fandom archives and spaces that dominated before Ao3 got here.

reblog this if your icon could kill a man

kill the imposter syndrome in your head because not only is there someone out there doing it worse than you, they’re also using chat gpt to do it

WHAT is wrong with you. It is so attractive

Current situation: eating a cupcake while taking a bath because I got a massage yesterday and the masseuse beat the shit out of me.

Also wondering whether Jaheira and Astele would be bath girls or shower girls?

I bet Astele would appreciate the quickness of a shower, while Jaheira would be a long, hot bath lover with bath bombs and bath teas and shit like that.

Jaheira would have one of those deep copper bathtubs so the water would stay hotter for longer.

Astele would have a stand-up shower and only soak when Jaheira invited her to bathe together.

I don’t think either would eat cupcakes.

💚Jaheira x Astele: 19 Fingers FanFic Contest💚

Vote for your favourite fic!

So I made a drawing, and these AMAZING yet mysterious writers brought it to life! Thank you so much!

Now it's time to determine the winners!

Take a break, read some great fics, and vote for the one you love most.

The entries:

⚔️ Stay

https://bit.ly/STAYfic

⚔️ Jaheira and Astele ⚔️ 🌹

https://bit.ly/JaheiraXAstele

⚔️ Stakeout

https://bit.ly/STAKEOUT

⚔️ Sweetness captures honeybees in time

https://bit.ly/SWEETNESSfic

💚Vote here https://bit.ly/JAstele💚

🏆 Prizes:

The two top-voted writers will win an A4 print of the 19 Fingers drawing + a choice of one Jaheira A5 print.

Two runner-ups will each receive an A5 Jaheira print.

DEADLINE for voting: 4th May (7 days)

💜 Thank you so much for your support - it means the world, really!

Izz

(Vote sharing link is https://bit.ly/JAstele)

Nature’s servant awaits.