Em (Perpetual Audience)

Five animals I've seen in the wild -

Humpback Whales
Wombats
Brolgas
Dingos
Koalas

Currently losing my mind over this fic! Incredible.

I really enjoyed it. Obvs check the tags for your own preferences. If I could get ao3 working I would direct link - but it’s by archiveofourown.org/users/Kalans...

Have you read Unchained Melody?

Oh yay, wrecked by fic at 1pm on a Tuesday.

Dahlia I need you to know that I had to pick up a cushion and yell into it.

I’m hanging onto that particular cliff by my nails, I have to say 😆

We had big plans to fill a day - and we got a massive storm instead. The kids are fine but I’m slowing losing my ability to function.

Also it was totally an AU moment. Sadly that’s where it will end IRL - but what do we do when that happens? We fix it in fiction of course!

Arms. That’s all.

We have one particular street that goes all out, at least 20 houses if not more, and it’s such a lovely community vibe, super safe and fun.

You know how in fic, either Stede or Ed see each other for the first time and are just 😍😍😍 immediately? I have honestly never understood that feeling until today. I feel like I just got smacked on the head with something.

The detail in this is delightful!!

Pondering how long it will be - how many years - until I can have OFMD songs randomly play while driving and NOT have to sit in my car for a while before I can interact with humans again.

Anyone know someone who lives in John o’ Groats? My brother lost his tripod 🤦🏻‍♀️

Met an #OFMD fan in the wild today - best feeling ever! She later tried to give me a pride flag they (her work) had going spare since I told her that’s why I was in town for. 🥹 Such a great moment!

Any Brisbanites going to Pride on Saturday?

Love this!!

Ha this is excellent 😆

I am here, I am ready.

Ouch ouch beautiful ouch.

Oh great, looks like today is a crying day. Lovely.

*Te Reo

2/2. They all cheered and laughed. One of them said something nice about me knowing it, we joked about the All Blacks, and then I stepped aside and they went past and sung a different song and that was it. None were Ed, sadly, but it was a delightful interaction.

My life is not an AU part whatever. Coming down a path on a mountain walk today, and some Māori boys (young men) walking behind me started singing the AoNZ anthem in Reo Māori. One of them said something about looking up the English words, and I started singing “god of nations at thy feet..”. 1/2

It’s really good! Such a clever concept.

Absolutely welcome. I think you’re definitely correct, this fandom in particular seems to really try to smash beauty standards in favour of authenticity.

Wouldn’t it be cool if people could just, you know, stop killing other people?

Meanwhile why do some people have depression/anxiety and channel their inner turmoil into incredible art, while I can’t manage to film an Instagram post about tropical fruit that only 3 people will see?

Don’t mind me, just raging at the shittiness of beauty standards for female presenting people. I’ll return to my normal OFMD cheerleading in due course.