Val(erie) 🍉 ♠️

lament of the kraken #ofmd

Happy Halloween, here’s a throwback to one of my first OFMD fics, The Modern DIlF’s Guide to Halloween, featuring a bloody Stede, a fed-up Mary, and an Ed who enjoys scaring, just not always at the right time

archiveofourown.org/works/45059680

He do be kinda hot though

Do non-Irish/European voices count?

Specifically I think I was cradling a pool toy that was our pet and getting “anxious” so I was calming it down but singing stuff like “and things were getting FRIGHTENING, but the water was SOOTHING” or something along those lines and giggling

Heart monitor bill is on hold until I figure it out, but I still have about $150 in overdue bills to pay and we could use some money for groceries. I hate having to ask when so many people are in need, but even a little bit helps. Please share this post. #MutualAid 💸💕

Hearing Ballroom Blitz at the taco shop and remembering the song fucks but also remembering one time being at a pool either with my sisters or my friends and playing house or something but singing some nonsense to the tune of Ballroom Blitz and annoying them. Good times.

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I have 3 (and ideas for more) bite-size fics in a series called "Edward Teach Discovers the Wonderful World of Nature" in which our protagonist slowly learns the beauty of the natural world. On his own terms.

archiveofourown.org/series/4061593

Thank you!!

Ed with two sleeves on his leather jacket just looks wrong to me. This is not my beautiful house, this is not my beautiful wife

Also if you're following along with my year-long ace4ace rom-com, this *is* the shirt I designed for Ed in June, and I've updated the chapter to include an image of the design (not me wearing it though, of course)
archiveofourown.org/works/618518...

I looooooved this!

Eeee thank you!! 💜💜💜

Woman squatting on the ground and posing with a perplexed look on her face, wearing black pants and a black t shirt with a purple graphic that reads “You Wish!” In a spiky bubble, similar to old-fashioned comic book styles.

Woman sitting on a grey chair and posing with a serene look on her face, wearing black pants and a black t shirt with a purple graphic that reads “You Wish!” In a spiky bubble, similar to old-fashioned comic book styles.

Woman sitting on a grey chair and posing with a pleased look on her face, wearing black pants and a black t shirt with a purple graphic that reads “You Wish!” In a spiky bubble, similar to old-fashioned comic book styles.

Woman sitting on a grey chair and leaning toward the camera, smiling and winking with her face resting on top of flat hands, wearing black pants and a black t shirt with a purple graphic that reads “You Wish!” In a spiky bubble, similar to old-fashioned comic book styles.

Last thing for the last day of #internationalaceweek : a cheeky shirt I spent way too many hours making but love how it looks!
Sometimes it’s nice to inject some humor and hypothetical self-confidence in your style, don’t you think?
Now remember: respect all people on the asexual spectrum or else! 💜

The Road Less Traveled
archiveofourown.org/works/532079...
and the songbirds are singing like they know the score archiveofourown.org/works/53434351
No Lesser for Being Different
archiveofourown.org/works/63660382
Stede Bonnet is acing this. Probably.
archiveofourown.org/works/59905636
Check em out!

Some personal faves (a-spec Ed &/or Stede) from my bookmarks:
Different Names for the Same Thing (btw, have y'all done your annual autumnal listen of Plans?): archiveofourown.org/works/47731306
Hunger Games AU: archiveofourown.org/series/3454585
The Feeling Grows: archiveofourown.org/works/58762417

I'm also going to share the ao3 collection for the OFMD Aro/Ace Week which has occurred the past two years. Not sure if it'll occur in 2026, but there are some goodies here!
archiveofourown.org/collections/...

To start off I'm sharing my own ridiculous collection of ace4ace gentlebeard fics that I've written, which currently totals out to, uh, 31 fics & 597,113 words (& counting). Sometimes I feature my beloved aro-ace Frenchie in there, which is canon because I said so!
archiveofourown.org/series/4214767

Well, it's the last day of #InternationalAceWeek & it would be great if OFMD fans could get together and share their favorite fics featuring characters on the asexual spectrum! I'll share my own and my faves down below, but hopefully others will reply to and/or repost this with their own/favorites!

Happy birthday!!!

A 14-word replacement for most op-eds, substacks, etc about this moment.

The GOP could stop ALL of this, right now—if a handful of Sens or Reps could step outside the cult.

It would take four in the Senate, four (maybe five) in the House, to change history.

Until then, they're all to blame.

Elections always cancel people. It's called losing.

Thank you, Chicago.

some bloke’s all hot and bothered about a guy called ed 🥹

Yet another case to add as proof to that the MIT Report about GenAI not actually being this amazing company productivity booster Techbros keep praising it for.

Today was the first turtleneck day of the season! And of course I wore one with autumn leaves on it 😌

God I think I need to c0mm some art for this because like like you know like seriously