Vid: Fell In Love With a Girl, by Melissa

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Gloriously random surfer!AU, this is just a whole lot of fun for our usually so angst-ridden couple. Music by The White Stripes.

Vid: The Boys Are Back, by Buchanan Barnes

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3 ½ minutes of Steve & Bucky being BAMFs, this is a joy to watch. Makes a nice change from the usual angst-heavy fare… Music from Highschool Musical.

Vid: BROKEBACK TWILIGHT TRAILER, by brokebacktwilight

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I’m very late to the party, but this just cracked me up – and the editing is flawless! Music from the Brokeback Mountain trailer.

songs of jonathan, by straddling_the_atmosphere

Jack looks startled when David appears in his room that night. I didn’t think I was going to dream you tonight. 

Teen, post-series. David fights, and dreams, of people he’s lost – of Jack, trapped in a tower… Poetic and haunting, this fic uses the Song of Solomon and the biblical David & Jonathan to great effect.

songs of jonathan, by straddling_the_atmosphere

Love Will Come Through, by monroeslittle

But her mother’s arm brushed her shoulder, and she wasn’t allowed to refuse. 

“Bellamy,” she told them. “I’d like to marry Bellamy.” 

Adult, AU. In which Clarke has to marry Bellamy for an alliance. I love how things are different yet the same, right down to the complicated politics.

Love Will Come Through, by monroeslittle

the head to my hat, by novembersmith

Surprises aren’t often good, in Wonderland. But maybe they are here. This surprise is top notch, an unasked for feather in the jauntiest of caps, a Cheshire cat presented with unexpected cream. This is Alice, clean and warm and in his arms, neither of them in mortal peril or freshly tortured or bleeding. Heaven beyond reckoning.

Adult, two part series. Hatter and Alice after the mini-series. I’m totally in love with this Hatter, and their first time is absolutely wonderfully perfect in all its funny imperfection.

the head to my hat, by novembersmith

MCU Supercut: The Road to Civil War, by MCUExchange

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7 minutes of brilliant editing showing very clearly how we get to Civil War… It actually does a really good job showing Tony’s side, but I can’t help it – #TeamCap ‘til the end (of the line *g*)! There are NO WORDS to describe how much this movie will wreck me.

I’m sure someone’s already said it better, but no one’s saying LBGTQ folk AREN’T desperate for representation. You and Sebastian Stan and Marvel, etc. are just saying that canon is canon. Yes, we can have our meta about exactly how close their bond is, how they look at each other, how they act around each other, but canon says they’re not lovers. Soulmates, best friends, brothers, whatever, but YOU can’t be held responsible for 60+ years of straight storyline. Blame Marvel, Anon, not other fans.

brendaonao3:

Yeah, that was pretty much it.  Steve & Bucky have never been portrayed as anything other than straight.  Now, would I mind if Marvel gave the go ahead to have one or both of them explore their sexuality?  HELL NO.  I would be the first person in line to buy that comic series or watch that movie or TV show.

But I also think true platonic soulmate love stories are really hard to come by in mass media – in fact, the other other one I think that might come close is Dom Toretto & Brian O’Conner in the Fast & Furious series, and let’s be honest. There is NOTHING well-written about those movies. 😀

Totally agree, and I wish fans would recognise the difference between fanon and canon. 

Except that, as far as I’m concerned, there have been plenty of platonic soulmate stories between men, starting with Holmes & Watson, Kirk & Spock, Starsky & Hutch, Butch & Sundance and a million other movies and tv shows focusing on male bonding… I wish TPTB would finally give us some romance, but I’m honestly not holding my breath. If it happens in the MCU, I think the best bet is in one of the tv shows. 

As far as Bucky & Steve are concerned, I’ll be over the moon if the Russos continue to focus on their friendship and not waste time on introducing het romantic subplots (although I do like Steve/Sharon and especially Bucky/Natasha a lot in the comics). The platonic friendship between Steve and Nat was one of my favourite things about Winter Soldier.

Vid: “The whole world was wrong.”, by TatyanaOracle

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This is amazing! As if I needed to be more excited about Civil War… Music: Diamond Eyes (Boom-Lay Boom-Lay Boom), by Shinedown.