Rey Doing The Same Reverse Grip Move As Kylo; Presumably Because She Picked Up His Lightsaber Fighting

Look, the trees are turning their own bodies into pillars

of light, are giving off the rich fragrance of cinnamon and fulfillment,

the long tapers of cattails are bursting and floating away over the blue shoulders

of the ponds, and every pond, no matter what its name is, is

nameless now. Every year everything I have ever learned

in my lifetime leads back to this: the fires and the black river of loss whose other side

is salvation, whose meaning none of us will ever know. To live in this world

you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it

against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it go.

—  In Blackwater Woods by Mary Oliver

ICONIC

yes & no by natalie wee

Do you have any a/b/o verse reylo fics? Thanks xx

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) I sure do.

I can’t imagine finding one of these that’s NOT explicit, but putting the warnings on anyways. Suggestions welcome! 

+ - fic is mature/explicit

* - fic is incomplete

Multichapter:

*+ Summer Heat by IshaRen

*+ House of Heat by PetraTodd

+Misbehaving For Days by t0bemadeofglass

+Unavoidable by Twin_Kitten

*+I Seek My Freedom in the Moonlight by asongforjonsa

*+Marked, Take Two by ChelleyPam

*+When it comes you cannot fight the heat by Pbabes_143

+Labyrinth - a Reylo Book Of Sins Re Write by RayofDawn

*+Downfall by Shakes116

+keep on getting closer by t0bemadeofglass

*+The Voice In My Head by Water_Fox (NightSiren)

*+the thick of it by bitterbones

*+The Ballad of You, Me, and Everything in Between by bluetoast

*+ Algorithms by greyorchids 

*+Beneath the Moon, I Saw You by Poaxath 

*+Winter’s Cage by Nelsbels

*+I Seek My Freedom in the Moonlight by asongforjonsa

*+Hunger by benperor-ren (winterelf86)

+Your Pretty Little Heart by Ever-so-reylo (Ever_So_Reylo)

*+Wolves by AlbaStarGazer

*+The Mating Service by AlbaStarGazer

*+Temperature by arroways

*+No One But You by faequeentitania

*+Baby, It’s Just Biology by Polkadotdotdot

*+Lie to Me by deadlikemoi

+i want to (wail at the moon like a cat in heat) by crossingwinter

*+How Little We Know by gopherbroke

*+I Will Possess Your Heart (If You Let Me) by raptorginger

*+Arm the Doors by Minkel23

*+Club Alpha by HisAngel910

*+A Tale of Tooth and Claw by Khawapashi

*+The Lycan in You and I by Reylogirlforever

*Speed and Heat by AMLark

*+Heartstring by Oh_Snapcrackle

*+Auribus Teneo Lupum by MalevolentReverie

*+Gap Year by way_of_the_pathfinder

*+Morut'yc Morut by CajunSpice714

*+can’t turn off what turns me on by audreyii_fic

*+Blow your smoke to fog up the mirror (Write our name in hearts) by reygrets

*+I will love you endlessly by crossingwinter

*+All She Ever Wanted by ToMakeMeDreamofYou

Oneshots:

+ By the Grace of Your Training I Will Not Be Seduced by Aiffe

+ Be Mine by kuresoto

+ You’re Hard to Resist (When You’re on Your Knees) by ViciousRhythm

+Swell by Hormonal_Trashbag

+Bite. by 2kitsune

+unexpected by thewayofthetrashcompactor (BriarLily)

+lust for life by kuresoto

+The Empress in Heat by Rhonda3Green

+Knot Me Up by Eskayrobot and Poaxath

Reading with Ru: Aug/Sept Fic Recs

I know I'm certainly in need of some positivity and escapism lately, so I'm gonna try to do semi-regular fic and book recs! Starting with a retroactive what I've been reading from the past couple of months with this account! (I might go back in time and make an all-time rec list later)

COD

starting with cod because i know most of you go here

Sergeant Squeaks by @charliemwrites - (series of one-shots ghost x reader and price x reader separately) both one of my favourite reader characters and my favourite canon setting depictions of Ghost and Price. their own weird brands of showing love are wonderful; the tension leading to getting together is fantastic, and the sex is super enjoyable.

Ghost Stories by @kneelingshadowsalome - (ghost x medic!reader) I'm repeating myself, but I love Salome's writing. This is where I was first introduced to it, and I think it's really special. Ghost POV as he struggles with developing and then accepting love. felt so real and grounded. angsty and then fluffy, and you can't help but adore the reader as well.

saltwater by @ceilidho - (ghost x reader) It's pretty unlikely any of you don't know Ceil, but on the off chance you haven't given this one a read yet, it really is a must. I lump praise on her pretty regularly, but I don't know anyone who is able to portray their character's emotions as intimately as Ceil. her ghost feels really grounded in all his complexity. there is a common theme in these recs of really enjoyable reader characters, and this is not an exception; the reader feels like a full but still ambiguous character who is vulnerable and strong and really great.

don't leave me locked in your heart by @ohbo-ohno - (ghoap x reader dark!) we all know bo, we all love bo. I always love the way she depicts ghost and soap's dynamic changing and evolving to include the reader. the descent into dark territory in this is really really fun. It's also just hot and well-written! if you haven't read it before, go read it, and then go read all of bo's drabbles and asks on here. genuinely one of my favourite dark but still fun writers. I think she balances it really well.

body electric by @yeyinde and Afterburn by @sprout-fics - (141 + Los Vaqueros x reader) a classic. I've returned to these so many times. sometimes you just want to read dirty, filthy, well done, smut and then warm cozy aftercare. not to wax poetic about pure sex (except that's exactly what one should do), but I think it can be really hard to write group sex like this and still have such insightful and individual glimpses into each character and dynamic, and Lev does it wonderfully. and then it's also hard to find good aftercare fic, and Sprout's feels like literal aftercare for both the reader character and the reader.

other fandoms

tried to curate to themes i think overlap in some of the cod works! and I think most of these can be read fandom blind.

i revisited @winterrose527's fic in August, and even though she already knows how much I love her work, I won't skip a chance to repeat it. Anna writes for asoiaf and is pretty much the queen of Robb Stark/Myrcella Baratheon, but I would say the modern AUs (my favs) can be read almost completely fandom blind. Any contemporary romance enjoyer would love her work. I'm really partial to her kid/single-parent fics. I think it's so hard to get right, and I always adore reading her kid characters and how she approaches love stories when kids are involved. anna's works are always brimming with love and incredible platonic, familiar, parent-child, and romantic relationships (if kid fic isn't your thing she also has a ton of other great fics). personal favs: We Could Be a Little Something, And There They Are, All the Same

Lawless by @goldcranes - (arthur morgan x ofc) age difference, cowboy love story, essentially a romance novel. if goldcranes has no fans, I'm dead. I encourage you to explore her work; very few people write as strongly across multiple fandoms as she does, and each of her works feels like a really strong love story with special characters.

The Odyssey by @sunlightmurdock - (bradley bradshaw x reader) 1980's roman literature prof x virgin student - no need to know top gun. katie's work is another entry in the 'feels like it stands really strongly separately from the source material' category. she has multiple ongoing AU's that I really love, but this one is a favourite. i think she does complex characters really well - their actions always feel intentional, and as flawed as they are, I always love them.

Wouldn't it be Nice by allyoops - (m/f captive ABO) if you aren't reading original works smut on ao3 you are missing out and allyoops is a great place to start for noncon, dubcon, age gap, taboo etc. enjoyers. they have a ton of works; usually one shots with lots of really delicious dynamics and different settings and tropes.

An Intoxicating Presence by FormerlyIR - (mob abo haladriel) MOB. ABO. HALADRIEL. picks up with Halbrand in prison thanks to undercover FBI agent (and his mate!) Galadriel. does that sound crazy and awesome? well it is. mix it with Gal's internal struggle, the added complication of omegaverse, and overall great writing. really fun and really damn good.

civitas terrena by banalityofweevil - (darklina) angel Alina on an exploration of love in immortality with fallen angel Aleks. honestly, it's just a must-read for enjoyers of writing. incredibly creative with divine (literally and figuratively) imagery. i think one of my comments was on the precision of lulu's diction and I really stand by that.

tinsel into gold by ribbonedhare - (darklina) ddlg and cnc friends, this changed me. it is so warm and soft and my god, is it good. just scrumptious.

Be My Babydoll by KittyDruthers - (darklina) ddlg dollification need I say more

william finally rendering noora speechless

funny scenes - otp: n&w [5:1] 1x11

Reylo Fic Rec: Of Penmanship and Discourse by @intp-slytherin97

This incredible fic just crossed 150K words, a monumental achievement, so I wanted to make a little something for it! In case you aren’t reading this fic already, you MUST. Definitely one of my favorite Reylo fics out there.

Read here on AO3

“Not marble nor the gilded monuments Of princes shall outlive this powerful rhyme, … So, till the Judgement that yourself arise, You live in this, and dwell in lovers’ eyes.”

– William Shakespeare, Sonnet 55

Paolo Sebastian | Autumn/Winter 2016

somewhere someone waits up for you. somewhere someone takes their phone off silent with the hopes of catching your call. somewhere a roomful of people plan for your return. somewhere an audience waits to applaud you, is applauding you, will applaud you for your rest of your life. and i know you swear you’re no heart-stopping beauty queen but the ones who love you still look for you first in a crowded room. still watch you, eagerly waiting for your eyes to light up with the next joke you’ll tell. or for the smile that tells them you’re okay after all. this is your fame. this is your legacy. you were loved in this world if only for a moment. and now you’re starting to forget. back then, you imagined your life as a series of miracles and you waited for it to all happen to you. but your heart caught up with the world and stopped dreaming so big. or so loud. and you folded yourself away and never told anyone how scared you were of everything. and you thought, this is it. this is the rest of my life. i’ll live on the sidelines of love and ill laugh at the right parts of the story. and it worked for a while, but you knew it couldn’t last. you, expert daydreamer. you, cynical romantic. you who once fed the birds on the stoop, knowing it would make their flight a little easier. you, who kept the light on because it helped your best friend sleep. you who smiled at the cashier like you meant it, because you did mean it. you who led the river home. you who the sky stared back at. you who the moon followed. you are not as small as you think nor are your fears as large. someday you will turn the tea kettle on, you will open the windows, you will breathe deeply and you will move forward. you will thank the ordinary things for bringing you back to the miracle of yourself. and you will waver and see a flicker of the dark calling you back and maybe you will get lost in it. but you will be found again and found again and found again.

terrible summaries of classical lit

plato’s apology: adult toddler sentenced to death for being pedantic asshole, asks “why”

the aeneid: man fucks up at every possible opportunity, generally has bad time

the iliad: manchild sulks excessively at slight to honor, hundreds dead as a result

the odyssey: man uses wiles to return home after war, ruins lives of everyone around him

the satyricon: if we could tell you what the hell is going on, we would

medea: loathsome toad abandons wife, ensuing custody battle has body count

herodotus’s histories: the history channel is older than you think it is

commentary on the gallic wars: man speaks in third person about encounters with other cultures and how he mercilessly destroyed them

oedipus the king: man unwittingly sleeps with mother, psychologist centuries later jerks off to the concept