JoCarthage
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And it can go on like this for many years // without the house falling down by JoCarthage
Fandoms: Roswell New Mexico (TV 2019)
06 Feb 2021
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It started with a little bit of quartz Maria had found on a hike. She slipped it under some blankets in the back of Michael’s truck senior year. She figured it probably fell out and got lost the next time he unfurled his sleeping bag.
She couldn’t do much for the kid, not with Alex and her Mom and Rosa and Liz and everyone else to take care of. But she had carried the little crystal around with her for weeks, starting when Michael’s face started getting thinner when they closed the cafeteria for 2 weeks for repairs and told everyone to just bring bagged lunches from home. She’d held it in her fist when she’d seen him jiggling the vending machine just right to get an extra helping of Oreos. She’d let its rough edge dig into her palm when she’d realized he was going to flunk a test she knew he’d have aced, except Isobel said he was missing class because his truck broke down.
Maria at 17 couldn’t do a lot for Michael Guerin.
But she did what she could.
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This is a fanvid about Michael Guerin and Alex Manes's relationship, with a bit of Michael and Alex's loving relationship with Maria. It's set to Gang of Youths' "Achilles Come Down" which I heard on TikTok and knew I would enjoy because of Haloud's faithful and tireless love for Gang of Youths.
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brimming with wildness just contained by JoCarthage for PinkSparkleUnicorn
Fandoms: Roswell New Mexico (TV 2019)
31 Jan 2021
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Michael and Alex meet at an orange orchard instead of his Airstream in 1x1. Some things stay the same; some are different.
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It’s not a memory if it’s something you see every day.
It’s a trigger and it’s not one Alex wants to ever let go of.
Alex saw Michael disappear into a blinding blue light, soft 17-year-old body pulled back into some kind of impossible vortex -- one hand, outstretched.
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“You just watched your government blow up a building full of elderly people. Your brain is trying to justify the slaughter so that your government can be right. You want to believe that we’re safe. That goodness prevails. That’s the coldest reality about war. Sometimes you’re just doing what you’re told. Then all of a sudden, things are burning. People are screaming. And then you look around, and you realize that the evil is you.” -- Alex Manes, August 7th, 2018
Alex and Michael refuse to let Jesse Manes, Don’t Ask/Don’t Tell, or the US Air Force pull them apart. Alex and Michael wrote 1000 letters to each other between August 2008 and August 2016.
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Long distances and close calls (2020 phone banking accountability fic series) by JoCarthage
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), Roswell New Mexico (TV 2019)
04 Nov 2020
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This is a fic series where, after each day of phone banking for the democratic ticket in the US's 2020 presidential election, I will write a fic that's 10x the number of calls I made. So if I make 14 calls, I write and post a 140 word fic. If I make 27 calls, a 270 word fic. Then, as I add more fics to the series, the total word count of the series is the total number of calls I've made divided by 10.
For the other people phone banking -- if you are open to sharing your number of calls/texts/postcards (either total, per week, per day) and if my style of writing is your jam, let me know what kind of fic you'd like in the comments or on tumblr (http://jocarthage.tumblr.com) and I'll try to write you a one-shot.
If you'd like to start phone banking, you can sign-up for a good, comprehensive training here: https://demvolctr.org. One of my friends from high school is one of the trainers. The training is 40 minutes, then 40 minutes of making practice calls, then 15 minutes of debrief.
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Supernatural Podfics by AleishaPotter, Annie D (scaramouche), casicastiel (orphan_account), DarkAuroran, entanglednow, JoCarthage, Lise, Misachan, perpetuallycaffeinated, shellygurumi, TemporalRanger (dorianpavus), Tenoko1
Fandom: Sleepy Hollow (TV), Supernatural, The Avengers (2012)
07 Apr 2019
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Kintsugi Series by JoCarthage
Fandom: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015), Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi (2017), Star Wars Sequel Trilogy
28 Sep 2019
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Life Will Find Away + Extra Features and Outtakes by JoCarthage
Fandom: Captain America - All Media Types
06 Sep 2014
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Scents and Sensibility: The Working Assassin's Guide to Supersoldier Seduction by galwednesday, silentwalrus, skellerbvvt
Fandoms: Captain America (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe
31 Oct 2018
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Captain America wakes up from the ice in 2013. The Winter Soldier wakes up in 2009, or rather defects from HYDRA, for a value of defect that’s closer to decimate. He ends up working for SHIELD. In April 2014, he’s assigned to Captain America’s mission as a sniper.
Steve’s just trying to get some kind of life together. Bucky is too, or at least he was until tall, blond and Captain shows up and starts just - being there, all the time. It’s terrible. It’s the worst. He has to do something about it. -
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Michael needs to get to Roswell. After he grew up in the foster system, with no family to tie him to New Mexico, he left it behind without a second thought. But when he comes across a piece of mysterious multi-colored glass, he has to trace it back to Roswell’s UFO Emporium, no matter what it takes.
The concept is simple. The contract is not. After Alex's injury in Iraq, his father forces him to return to Roswell to recover with the assistance of a Companion. And unless Alex selects a Companion of his own, Jesse will do it for him.
This story is complete and will update Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
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20 Feb 2021
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Michael and Alex have been tiptoeing around their new relationship, afraid to break the ice if they step too far too soon, but what starts as a light game--Michael teasing Alex at the bar--turns into something far more.
Bookmarked by JoCarthage
25 Jan 2021
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Some thoughts on the depiction of polyamory in Black Sails (up to end of Season 2).
Bookmarked by JoCarthage
16 Jan 2021
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Until You're Resting Here With Me by Limestone_and_Hemlock
Fandoms: Roswell New Mexico (TV 2019)
19 Feb 2021
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I won't leave, I can't hide, I cannot be....
(Michael and Alex over the years, plus Maria at the end.)Bookmarked by JoCarthage
12 Jan 2021