Friday Fics Fix - B-A-B-Y Baby

Something a li'l different for you this week my nerdlets!

This week I've got a fic based on the awesome film Baby Driver - if you haven't seen it, it's pretty damned cool!

For those not in the know (or in need of a reminder,) Baby Driver is about a getaway driver called Baby who plays music (LOUD) on a semi-permanent basis to drown out his tinnitus (and the whiny bank robbers he works with.)

Friday Fics Fix - Anything But Ordinary, Please

In fandom, anything that can be shipped eventually will be shipped.

Which is both awesome and terrifying when you think about it. 👍😅

(Fangirling notes: fandom is here used as a collective term for fans.

Shipping is wanting two (or more) characters to be in a romantic or sexual relationship. This may or may not conform to the official materials, known as canon.)

Friday Fics Fix - Birthday!

It's my birthday today!!!! (Woo!)

That means, under the rules of birthdays, I'm allowed to pick a totally self-indulgent fic for this week's post. That may be unfair, but I don't make the rules*

*OK, I do - but that's because it's my birthday! (That's one of the rules!)

Month in Review(s) - August 2017

August. Yeah, August...

August, for me, was stressful.

My 88-year-old grandfather was very unwell and ended up in hospital, he's better now but we still have to do a lot to make sure he and my grandmother are safe, happy, and as healthy as they can be.

Friday Fics Fix - You're Guaranteed To Run This Town

The Da Vinci Code controversy seems so long ago, doesn't it?

How quaint that the early-to-mid noughties were so full of debate over a mediocre thriller plot. Why did people care so much over whether Jesus ever had a wife and/or child?

Friday Fics Fix - The Avengers vs Nazis

Warning: this post contains jerky/not-smooth-moving gifs which may affect people with photosensitive conditions.


FAN FICTION WRITERS ARE GONNA SAVE THE WORLLLLDDDDD!!!!!!!!!

Millennials have got it going on! Nerds are gonna save us! FANFICTION IS THE WAY FORWARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Friday Fics Fix - Drarry in a Cupboard

Drarry time!

Friday Fics Fix - Flash-Back

This week I have a fic for you from DC's Flash series.

It's cute, it's fluffy, but it's also quite hard-hitting.

Yes, hard-hitting and fluffy. At the same time. Fanfic writers are gonna save the world my dearest nerdlets! 😎

Friday Fics Fix - Aristotle and Dante Appear In Fanfiction

This week, I've been reading some YA fanfiction.

Most of the fanfiction I read is actually TV/movie-based (maybe because a lot of the fanfiction out there in internet-land is based on TVs and movies stuffs! Lol.)

I figured I'd read some book-based fics for once. What with this being a book blog and all that jazz.

Month in Review(s) - July 2017

July was a big month for this little book nerd's blog!

This was the month that Diary of a Reading Addict (DORA) became Dora Reads - with a custom URL to match.

It's something that'd been on my mind for a while, and I'm so glad I did it!

Friday Fics Fix - THIS is Cap

Fanfiction is going to save the goddamn world.

I know I say it a lot. But it's f**king true dammit!

The horrendous moves made this week against the rights of American people - especially transgender Americans - is yet another reminder that the world needs to keep fighting.

The world needs to remember that bigotry, fascism, and hatred are NEVER going to be the way forward.

The world needs to remember that Steve Rogers, aka Captain America, will never be a goddamn f**king Nazi!

Friday Fics Fix - You Zigged When You Should've Zagged

One of the most wonderful things about fanfiction is that it asks, again and again, 'What If...?'

This can mean explorations of anything, from looking at characters in a different light, to alternate universes, to changes of plot-point.

Friday Fics Fix - Fanfiction in Koru Mag

Do you want to read a whooooole magazine issue inspired by fanfiction and fan art and all that jazz, including a fic by your dear darling book nerd (i.e. me)?

Of course you do! Why in hell's name wouldn't you?!*

*Don't answer that.

Friday Fics Fix - The One I Forgot To Title

I love new takes on established characters - especially the ones that blow your mind ;)

That's what I have for you this week - something that will make you sit up and say, 'Huh? Wow. I can't believe I never considered that!'

via GIPHY

Friday Fics Fix - Told You I Was Trash

Something you may or may not be aware of is that there are a number of fics in which Clint Barton (Hawkeye) and Matt Murdock (Daredevil) meet in a dumpster.

I f**k you not. This is a thing. A fandom thing. And it rocks.

It's gotten to the point where they're now referred to as 'Dumpster Buddies' or 'Dumpster Bros.' #TrueStory.

Friday Fics Fix - Save the World with Glitter!

Lots of people aren't straight. Like, lots.

And since it's still Pride month, let's celebrate the not-straight, shall we? ;)

Friday Fics Fix - Valid

As we're in the middle of Pride month, I figured it was the perfect time to shine a spotlight on an orientation that doesn't get as much attention.

There are a lot of sexual and romantic orientations that are lesser-known - especially among non-queer people - and deserve more awareness.

Friday Fics Fix - I Can See It There In Your Eyes

Some things in this world are pure awesome - one of those things is that Sanvers is canon.

Because Supergirl is an excellent TV series, and was like, 'dudes, let's see Supergirl have a lesbian sister who kicks criminal alien butt!'

And the kids of this world are all the better for it.*

*Link warning: discussion of suicidal thoughts in relation to LGBTQ+ issues/coming out.

Friday Fics Fix - My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark

I think we all need some Drarry.

The world is a weird place, but there is fanfiction! (Which is even weirder! Yay!)

We have something we can cling to dammit! (And don't EVER feel guilty for enjoying the small stuff!)

(Fangirling notes: Drarry is a romantic and/or sexual relationship between Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter.)

Friday Fics Fix - Secrets I Have Held In My Heart

You ready to save the world with fanfiction my nerdlets?

Today I have Stucky for you (I know, I'm total Stucky trash,) but with a genderqueer/gender-fluid/NB Bucky Barnes!

This is also written by a genderqueer fic author - so we have #ownvoices as well!

(Fangirling notes:

Stucky is a romantic and/or sexual relationship between Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes.

If you've read my fanfiction posts before, chances are you already know this!)