This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things
I'm rad as hell
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Post reblogged from Katie | LoopyDangerFrog
LoopyDangerFrog Projects for VoiceTeam Mystery Box 2024
A running list of all of the things:
1) Bottled by StrangeBlueGlow
Podfic: archiveofourown.org/works/61807015
Fic: archiveofourown.org/works/487344852) Eight arms to hold you by @ophelia5wims
Collage cover art by the amazing @chokedbyanangel
Podfic: archiveofourown.org/works/61811761
Fic: archiveofourown.org/works/508164913) My Favorite Mistake by LyndziM as a gift for LyndziM!
Podfic: archiveofourown.org/works/61815532
Fic: archiveofourown.org/works/54491461
4) Stede Bonnet’s Guide to Using A Sequined Tux to Find the Merman of Your Dreams in Ten Easy Steps (Your Results May Vary) by Queenbee42 as a gift for kninjaknitter for all they do!
Podfic: archiveofourown.org/works/61821907
Fic: archiveofourown.org/works/579299565) Untitled Goose Fic by DimSimKitty
Cover art by @vexbatch
Podfic: archiveofourown.org/works/61812910
Fic: archiveofourown.org/works/563218576) Queen Anne’s Revenge Radio 69.5FM - A collaborative radio show hosted by Ed and Jack ft. florence_after_midnight, @chokedbyanangel, LyndziM, @vexbatch, and eafay70
Podfic: archiveofourown.org/works/61887916/
7) A collab read of Something to Fall Back On by SpaceCadetGlow ft. LyndziM, florence_after_midnight, @chokedbyanangel, and @vexbatch
Podfic: archiveofourown.org/works/61881340
Fic: archiveofourown.org/works/47228389
8) Cover art for Kings by StrangeBlueGlow, read by @vexbatch
Podfic: archiveofourown.org/works/61845838
8) Cover art for Frenchie Friday by kizzymeowmeow, read by @chokedbyanangel
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Post reblogged from Electroblastronic
when two musicians sing into the same microphone and lean in very close to each other… like omg are you guys gonna kiss now to relieve the homoerotic tension?😳
THIS IS NOT ABOUT ONE DIRECTION I DON’T KNOW WHO THIS “HARRY” PERSON IS GO WATCH BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND CLARENCE CLEMONS KISS ON STAGE RIGHT NOW
op is the only valid person i’ve ever met. everyone else needs to come to the light
Okay, but this is really important: Bruce Springsteen occupied this really weird place in music history. His songs were all from this pessimistic, nihilistic view of an America that had let him down:
Just like the anti-Vietnam War protest songs that we associate with the 1960s, or the early nihilism that spawned punk music in the 1970s. But he didn’t *sound* like a punk anarchist; he sounded like a country rock singer. When he released Born in the U.S.A. people completely misinterpreted (or possibly ignored) the lyrics in favor of the tone of the music.
Politicians used his music to promote their ‘Murica Yes! brand, and he had to literally explain that that was not what he was about. He’s over here asking when we’re going to have jobs and heathcare, not stanning the politicians who weren’t helping the people.
It was also kind of a big deal that he had an integrated band, because even as late as the 1980s music was still kind of segregated and MTV was straight up racist. They refused to play and promote black artists and then claimed that were no black artists in the first place. Michael Jackson’s record company had to threaten a boycott of their white artists to get MTV to play his Thriller video.
Plus, the first black/white interracial kiss on TV was in 1968 (OG Star Trek). Also it took us until the 70s to get sympathetic gay characters on screen, and the 90s to get gay characters to kiss onscreen. And all of those firsts were met with outrage.
So keep that in mind when you see Bruce Springsteen not just playing with an interracial band, but engaging in an interracial, gay kiss on stage repeatedly.
Passages from American Popular Music by Larry Starr and Christopher Waterman
I used to think that Bruce and Clarence kissing onstage was exuberance, showmanship, and telling racist homophobes to fuck off. Like, they picked up a certain kind of audience and went “Racist homophobes? Not in our house!” And started the kissing then but then I actually looked it up and
https://www.gq.com/story/this-fucked-me-up-bruce-springsteen-singing-about-clarence-clemons
It was a story where… we remade the city. We remade the city, shaping it into the kind of place where our friendship and our love for one another wouldn’t have been such an exceptional thing. - Bruce SpringsteenIt wasn’t about showmanship or rejecting bigots or anything it was just. Damn right that was one of the loves of his life and damn right he was going to kiss him onstage
It gets me a little that Bruce has had a divorce, that he’s been married twice, but he loved Clarence for the rest of Clarence’s life and will presumably love him the rest of his own
Clemons said in one interview. “Bruce and I looked at each other and didn’t say anything, we just knew. We knew we were the missing links in each other’s lives. He was what I’d been searching for.” In another version of the story, Clemons says “He looked at me, and I looked at him, and we fell in love.”I’m having some emotions about it!
“He was elemental in my life,“ Springsteen adds, “and losing him was like losing the rain.”Not just! I love you pure and deep and true but! I am going to love you like that in front of the whole damn world!
We have fewer narratives about taking risks and making statements for platonic love rather than romantic and supposedly it would be easier to downplay this onstage than romance and! They refused! They fucking refused! In front of hundreds of thousands of people, over the course of years! In the spotlight, in word and deed, I love you!
God I’m not okay about it
Now I’m mad that this is not among any of the things I was ever told about this artist.
I knew about this in general (& via all those fabulous photos), but this just adds even more beautiful context <3
Just to add to the pile: this was the cover of Springsteen’s break-through album Born to Run, in 1975:
I mean, will you LOOK at this:
This was the pic chosen for the album cover from an extensive photoshoot, too. A few others:
There’s a lot more online if you search. They’re all pretty amazing. But the photographer is right, the one chosen for the album cover just pops.
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Post reblogged from Somewhere Beyond the Sea
I figured since cartin got me kinda popular all of a sudden and I got a lot of new followers I might post some old art that I like
ALWAYS CREDIT ME IF YOU WANNA REPOST! or just don’t repost, that’d be perfect actually
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Post reblogged from chin up sluts
Finished making Ed’s shrine. I love that I have my art and the art and writing of others to keep OFMD alive for me.
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Post reblogged from am i making pitch or honey?
Go read Gutterballs for Days!! It’s funny and weird and so very sweet, and helping make our pirates mid-90s bowlers, slackers and scammers has been an absolute joy 💖 @yerbamansa
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Post reblogged from My name's Liz, I'll be your blogger here today 🤓
I thought I’d promote my kinktober fic that has got way out of hand for the new/returning people!
The Slightest Touch by AppleTeeth
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
Explicit, No Archive Warnings Apply, M/M
Tags: Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet, Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Stede Bonnet, OFMD, Kinktober 2022, BDSM, Dom Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Sub Stede Bonnet, Rope Bondage, Blindfolds, Safe Sane and Consensual, Nipple Play, Spreader Bars, Masturbation, Nipple Clamps, Gags, Lingerie, Stripping, Lap Sex, Face-Fucking, Cock & Ball Torture, Sensory Deprivation, Cock Bondage, Anal Sex, Anal Fingering, Anal Plug, Chastity Device, Unprotected Sex, Autistic Stede Bonnet, Blackbeard | Edward Teach Has ADHD, Canonical Child Abuse, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Cock Warming, Deep Throating
Language: English | Words: 37,833 | Chapters: 9/31
Comments: 296 | Kudos: 384 | Bookmarks: 91 | Hits: 6098
Summary: My fic for OFMD Kinktober 2022!
Stede Bonnet is fresh out of the closet and ready to try everything he’s denied himself his entire life. When he hires one of the best professional Doms in the business, he has no idea what to expect other than what he’s seen on dodgy websites. What he gets is something so much better.
In short:
Shit, I forgot to post here!
Chapter 31 is now ready for your eyeballs.
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Post reblogged from Saf (InNeedofDonuts) 🏴☠️⚔️
OFMD resources post
(Yes, you can reblog this post - no need to ask!)
I have both seasons here.
@chuplayswithfire puts the episodes here
@msilverstar puts the episodes here
@merryfinches puts the episodes here
@smol-ish-rose puts the episodes here
@solar-powered-potato puts the episodes here
@hubblegleeflower puts the episodes here
@bookshelfdreams has the first season with English subtitles here and recommends opensubtitles.org as a source!
@dickfuckk has a wealth of links to episode hosts and more here
For those who may have encountered messages saying you can’t watch or can’t download the files because the limits have been exceeded, there’s a neat workaround that will allow you to watch in your browser or download to your device, so long as you have a gmail account. (And you can make one of those for free, if you don’t have one.)
How to help your fellow fans by circulating the tapes
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Post reblogged from My name's Liz, I'll be your blogger here today 🤓
“Be Gay, Do Crimes”
Poster spotted in Naarm / Melbourne
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Title: Be Gay, Do Crimes
Author: ophelia5wims
Artist: flags
Beta Reader: fake_geek_boy
Characters: Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Israel Hands, Stede Bonnet, Jim Jimenez, Oluwande Boodhari, Crew of the Revenge
Relationship(s): Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet, Oluwande Boodhari/Jim Jimenez, Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Israel Hands
Rating: T
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Heist, Museums, Film History, Inspired by Ocean’s 8 (2018), Criminal Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Museum Collection Curator Stede Bonnet, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Espionage, Plot Twists, I invented an entire film ouveure for this, POV Alternating, OFMD Big Bang 2023, Digital Art, The David Jenkins School of Heists, An Israel Hands who has Been to Therapy
Warnings: None
Summary: Edward Teach finds out that the Bonnet investment group has acquired the estate of a famous queer auteur, a filmmaker who had a tremendous impact on Ed growing up. When Ed hears that they’ll be displaying the memorabilia in an exhibit at the Jenkins Museum of Art, he’s excited for a chance to experience the collection himself. However, when he learns that the exhibit will be a straight-washed rewriting of the auteur’s legacy, Ed decides that perhaps the collection would be better off in someone else’s hands. With the help of his partner Izzy, a newcomer with their own vendetta against the Bonnet group, and his old crew, Ed plans one last heist while avoiding suspicion from the exhibit’s curator, Stede Bonnet, who might not be exactly what Ed’s expecting.
Wordcount: 32,239
Link to art masterpost HERE!
Link to story HERE!
