I was feeling very down, so I decided to read some fanfic. I deliberately picked a “Heated Rivalry” fic with all kinds of dark tags, thinking that because one of the tags was “angst with a bittersweet ending”, the bad guy would get his just desserts and I’d feel better. (Cont’d)

I’m feeling the need to go find every single person who’s defended Trump’s disgusting misogynistic comment about the women’s hockey team as a “joke” and tell them “I don’t get it. What’s funny about that? Explain it to me.”

I feel this in my bones.

I won’t lie, folks - as a Canadian, I’m bitterly disappointed about the outcome of the men’s gold medal hockey game. (It’s especially ironic because the U.S. goalie is from my home town.) But if my American friends are happy, I’m happy for you. #CrewForLife

Question for y’all, what do you think Stede would’ve done if he’d known that Izzy’s “boss” was none other than Blackbeard? Agree enthusiastically to meet? Run off squeaking in terror? Something else? #OFMD

YESSSS! WE WON!

Harrison Ford singing the “Raiders of the Lost Ark” theme on #Shrinking is everything my little 80s heart ever wanted.

Ed (lustfully): Here, let me help.

Here's an #OFMDRareShips that's also a #TakeTwoTuesday! What if Archie and Ed - both of whom are competitive as hell and hate to lose - find themselves in a Hot Ones Challenge? Let's find out in "I've Got a Fever of One Hundred and Three"! archiveofourown.org/works/62972695

I am and will always be an OFMD girlie, but this #HeatedRivalry fic wouldn’t leave me alone until I’d written it. Presenting: “The Man in Mexico”. https://archiveofourown.org/works/79748051

Throwback to when I took this photo 13 years ago, and my coworker accused me of photoshopping it. Sadly, I hadn’t.

Anyone who’s read @clairegregoryau.bsky.social’s “Love Beyond Borders” #OFMD series (https://archiveofourown.org/series/3357199)#OFMDis saying “Duh” right now.

I am so sick of seeing an adorable kitten video and having to ask “Is this AI?”. I’m even more sick of the answer invariably being “Yes.” 😡🤬

Roses are red Dumbbells have heft

Corporate wants you to find the differences between these two pictures.

I can’t wait for this! I’m not going to submit anything myself because I have no artistic talent whatsoever, but I’m going to be spending some monnnayyy!

I love “Heated Rivalry”, but a fan calling it a “once in a decade quality show with groundbreaking queer representation” doesn’t sit right with me when #OFMD came out in the same decade.

You asked for it!

As I sit here staring at a paragraph in my latest fic that absolutely refuses to conveniently word itself the way I want, I'm reminded of a post on the AO3 subreddit that's never far from my mind: "Bad news, folks. It turns out that if we want to write fanfic, we have to actually, y'know, WRITE it."

Deli order … or the dish you serve your crush right before one helluva frotting session. (No, autocorrect, I didn’t mean “frothing”.) #HeatedRivalry

These candles are so wonderful! I light one in my study to give me inspo while I write fanfic!

I dreamed that I was hired as TW’s assistant, but I was fired almost immediately when I wouldn’t stop gawping at him. When I woke up, I was like “Yep, that sounds like me.”

I confess, I still visit the cursed bird app to feed my HR obsession, then I see bullshit like this - from someone who then says that they’ve NEVER WATCHED #OurFlagMeansDeath. Urge to go scorched earth, rising. (And don’t get me started on the person who said they’re glad it was cancelled. 😡)

Obviously I adore Taika, but the de-aging the ad did on Sam and Laura and Jeff gives me the big-time ick.

In honour of a magnificent lady wand tremendous talent that was taken from us too soon, here’s Catherine O’Hara, Danny Elfmsn, and Paul Ruebens singing a live version of “Kidnap the Sandy Claws”.

That’s one reason why I love my country. In the midst of the horrors, a little much-needed whimsy.

I just had to share a comment that has the best description of Jack EVER. My husband laughed so hard, he almost choked. I don’t know if the commenter (who left wonderful words for every chapter of “Daft and Dewy-Eyed Dopes”, which I love SO MUCH) is on BlueSky, but if you are, this is for you!

It’s coming! Just like Shane and Ilya! https://provinceofcanada.com/pages/heated-rivalry?srsltid=AfmBOoqWcoUDcMxYZXKi8guHte80E0oAmLKENzU3wFJGDigxr4QoZt8s

A couple-more-days-later bump, this time with an additional author’s note: “It’s dedicated to the zanies and fools in the world who, like me, continue to believe in a better tomorrow. I love you all.”

The final chapter of “Daft and Dewy-Eyed Dopes” is here! https://archiveofourown.org/works/73893221/chapters/205234236

I’ve heard a rumor that the Team Canada fleece will soon be made available for purchase - I so hope it’s true! It looks so cuddly! #HeatedRivalry #ReleaseTheFleece

This sucks so hard. Being Canadian, I knew I wouldn’t be attending any U.S. conventions anytime soon, but my heart aches for my pirate pals who were looking forward to attending. Fuck Reedpop. Fuck ICE.

I have never heard of Pattie gonia before, but I’m now lowkey obsessed. Those arms!

Is anyone else seeing a repeating pattern of teddy bears and/or kitties, or is it just me?

@politestmenace.bsky.social, I believe you and your #OFMD Tree Crotch Boys have been summoned!

Stede hears ye! Stede doesn’t care!

All those emails I received from AO3 yesterday, telling me about the new fics I can’t read right now because the site is down for maintenance. Sitting in my inbox. TAUNTING me. “See this? Looks good, doesn’t it? You want it, don’t you? Don’t you? WELL, YOU CAN’T HAVE IT! NYEAHHH!”.

There’s a guy on Reddit insisting that David Tennant isn’t all that well known outside of Great Britain. ‘Kay.

I’m partway through “Tough Guy”, the third book in Rachel Reid’s “Game Changers” series, and I’m hopelessly in love with Ryan Price. He’s shy, awkward, introverted, and terrified of flying. He’s basically me if I were a 6’7” 31-year-old hockey player.

Handsome men must stop making smoking look so hot. Taika and Hudson Williams, I’m looking at you.

From one of my (many) #OFMD WIPs. Ed's an unemployed actor who's just had a one-night stand with TV star Jack. His best mate Izzy is Not Pleased, because he doesn't trust Jack. (He's right not to. Jack's definitely the villain of this piece, because I love writing about that dirtbag.) #WIPSnips

I made the mistake of checking out some of the YouTube comments under the #HeatedRivalry trailer, and hoo boy, the hatred makes me so sad. Time to write more about our beloved #OFMD pirates to cleanse my palate, I think.

Watching “True Lies”, and Jamie Lee doing THAT stunt herself never fails to make me smile. She looked like she was having the time of her life!

This story was so lovely and cozy and just delightful!

Here’s a late entry for Day 3 of #ofmdjanuaury! “Limitless”, starring Steddyhands, in which Izzy has heard of the new “gay Canadian hockey show” and isn’t impressed. Part of my Izzy’s Hobby” series, and I recommend you read the other entries first. https://archiveofourown.org/works/77777381

Vicki Lawrence and Carol Burnett in the sane show, again! My 70s heart is so happy! #PalmRoyale

“We drove him to Costa Rica.”

Roses are red, pineapple on pizza is a choice

Folks, I’ve been living a lie, and it’s time for me to come clean. One of my hobbies is doing online crossword puzzles that flash when you get an answer right, and whenever I’ve gotten all the letters but one, I try every letter of the alphabet until I get that flash. I hope we can still be friends.

I’ve got some amazing new #OFMD swag, including handmade wedding topper figurines from my dear @i-dont-miss.bsky.social#OFMD Aren’t they fab?