Never Out Of Options

already late with day 2 of knuxadow week on insta but who careeesss. Day 2 prompt is alternate universe

Hope you're doing better, but if you're still looking for some good fics, here's some of my favorites from various longforms (that aren't depressing and might cheer you up- Apologies, a lot more of these were Christmas based than I realized- I was reading a lot of fics last month)

All of these come from AO3 by the way- I forgot to mention that

"Christmas Miracle" by Ailendolin (Kind of a crossover of a lot of different plays, mainly Divorces and Teddy Bears, but the second main focus is The Neighbor's Under The Bed) - You've gotta have an AO3 account to read it, and it's got a few sad moments, but I absolutely loved it. The North Pole gets a letter from Janae wishing himself and his brother a better family and they (being Snowdrop and Mr. and Mrs. Claus) try their best to oblige, with a few issues. It's a bit sad but it's got a happy enough ending if you're willing to read through it

There's a lot of Christmas related fluff ones for Inside The Mysterious Cube, so here's a quick list of a few of those that might be nice (A bit out of season, I know, but hey, they're fluffy): "The Joy of Christmas" by RiverBecca, "’Tis the Season" by drownedscribe, and "Their First Ornament" by fullsetandlots

Here's some nice Ditch/The Unrelenting Aubergine fics: "Drink some of this, it'll put color in your cheeks" (in which Titch is out in the snow a little too long and Derek finds him) and "Roadtrip!" (in which they go on a roadtrip) both by an Anonymous user, "Movie Night" by onyxdragonfruit (short and sweet, they have a movie night), "why don't we go where the weather is warm (and we'll finally feel at home)" by seawall (I don't remember this one well, but it's short and sweet so there's that)

And here's one for Lost In Your Eyes: "I See Forever In Your Eyes" by Han_eliza123 which is about Amanda giving Tarquin an early Christmas present (again, out of season but, hey, whatever)

One for The Milkman: "tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow…" by Kilimili is currently incomplete, but I've quite enjoyed it so far which follows Jim/Mr. Steven as he joins in on Hank (Fanon name for the bartender) and Gareth's relationship. Not fluff focused, necessarily, but good vibes overall

And that's all the ones I've read that aren't angsty-

And, just cause they fit the prompt and I know them well enough, here's some of my own (Shadowclaw756) if any of them fit your fancy: "Hugs" (A Ditch fic in which Titch wants and gets some hugs from Derek), "Informal Proposal" (In which Titch decides to propose out of pretty much nowhere), and "Even the Worst Gifts are Made With Love" (Tarquin and Amanda celebrate Christmas together and give each other gifts they think aren't good enough, but they are!)

Sorry that was kind of a lot! If you need any of the links to any of these fics let me know and I can send them, I hope this helped 💜

Hi Emu, thank you for everything you do re: info on sfth and especially the fic masterlist!

I'm a bit trapped in a fog of stress at the moment, so I'm wondering if you have any fic recs for feeling better after a bad day?

(there's a pun here... Pick me ups -> fic me ups?)

- Calim :)

Hi there Calim!! :))

thank you so much for saying that I really appreciate it <33 /gen

I mostly read angst honestly so I’m not sure how much help I’ll be with fic me ups lol (I love the pun btw) but if people want to reblog this with recs/plugs for fics like this that would be awesome!! :) I also just honestly have not been able to read that many fics recently as I’ve been very busy (but I really want to!!!) We have very talented writers in this fandom :]

I hope that you’re doing okay <3333 the stress will pass one day- even if it feels like it won’t it will get better. I’m sorry I don’t have any fic recs of my own!!! Hopefully people can put some in the reblogs <33

Scenes that get way funnier when you remember that Taishen still thinks that the 'fishing trips' are an innuendo

[VIDEO TRANSCRIPT:

Ketrastine: ...You are stupid. Dumb, even.

Skrimm: You don't have to look at me when you say that.

(laughter)

Ketrastine: (Stammers) It's just where my eyes went, I didn't mean–

Skrimm: I wouldn't know about that.

Mikey: Barnabos actually laughs.

Skrimm: Hey! Hey, Mr. 'Dreadwake', alright, we're still fighting, alright?!

Barnabos: Aye, alright Mr. Stabbaskotch.

Skrimm: And I want you to know too that I faked every single day of fishing we ever did together!

(Taishen gasps)

Barnabos: No, I know.

Skrimm: You didn't know. You didn't know.

Barnabos: You know how much fishing I've done, Mr. Stabbaskotch?

Skrimm: You didn't know.

Barnabos: ...Alright.

Skrimm (to Jornir): He– He didn't know.

(Mikey cackles)

END TRANSCRIPT.]

Oh, I don't believe it! The Nazis ruined my date!

RTGame

I absolutely adore Skrimm and Jornir throwing the bouquet at each other!!! I love it when Jornir is all silly!!!!

I always wondered how the AO3 team managed to make the character tags because I highly doubt they actually go and look at the source material - I guess they do work off of context clues, then! (and help from the fandom) I imagine the fanon names really mess things up. I'm always astounded when they actually go to the correct character tag

Hopefully it'll get easier since SFTH seems to be naming their characters way more frequently now than they did in the past

I was actually looking at the Beetroots & Murder tag today and wondering why it was a bit... Uh, messy - that does explain some things!

Sometimes I wonder what the AO3 tag wranglers thing about the SFTH fandom- we probably make things so difficult for them- just think about how many characters don’t have names, that in it of itself can’t make things easy

Anyway, thank you AO3 tag wranglers for dealing with the fandom. I love the tag wranglers

something about love and worship

this drawtectives wiki page is so funny out of context

Captain Vermeil in episode 2 when they all went to the basalt tower

young barnabos study yippee + old man enjoyers DON'T worry i am drawing him normal age too