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[turps]

I've mostly been reading winterhawk and Musketeers lately, but I've read two bandom stories lately that I'm going to rec. They're both short and I enjoyed both a lot, though, I am that person who comments on a very hot Frank/Gerard that my favourite part was the Mikey and Frank scene.

The first is Three Hundred and Sixty One Shades of Blue by wenchpixie and dapatty. It's Mikey and Frank gen and anyone who knows my love for roomie days will understand why I enjoyed it so much.

The second is Aftercare by Winterlover, which is Frank/Gerard but has a Frank and Mikey scene I really enjoyed.

I've had a lazy weekend, never leaving the house yesterday, which meant I cleaned it top to bottom while watching more Downton and catching up on my surveys, while today I had to go for some groceries, then came home and caught up on yet more surveys and watched more Downton.

I'm on season five now and was I wrong about it being a show about little more than pretty dresses and locations. The melodrama is strong, sadness happening often, and time still seems to fly, but man, I'm enjoying it. While I haven't read any fic I strongly suspect Thomas will be written about often and I also suspect often written as woobiefied. Guess I'll see when I've finished watching.

Last night was the first of the Strictly specials and I enjoyed watching it. Not as much as I expected as none of the dances were shown in full, but it was good to look back. It also reminded me just how much I enjoyed Gleb in the one season he was on the show. Also, new Bake Off starts this week, which I'm very much looking forward to. Plus, on that night 911 Lonestar also starts, and flist opinion was that's worth watching. And new Jack Whitehall, Travels With My Father, so Tuesday night is looking to be a good tv night.

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[winterlover]

Awww, thanks for the rec. I don't mind you preferring the Mikey-Frank scene at all. I like them, too. :-)
The shades-of-blue fic is lovely, great rec!

[turps]

Your story was great, I'm so glad you decided to post.

And you're welcome.

[sperrywink]

As I seem to recall, there is a really nice, long Thomas/Tony Stark time travel crossover story that is fabulous, even for me who knows nothing of Downton.

Here it is! And it is 87k words, so definitely worth a read!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/1147421

[turps]

You temptress!

I was just having a quick look online before heading off to bed and now you're waving a tempting link in front of me *g*

Which is, thank you!

[frausorge]

Hey, the heart wants what it wants, and what heart wouldn't want Frank & Mikey??

Go you for all your cleaning productivity! It's such a great feeling to have a clean place around you.

[turps]

That is very true about the heart wanting what it wants. And thankfully people are still writing what I want.

I love having a clean house, and it always so much easier to keep on top of things when you have a clean base.

[wenchpixie]

Thank you lovely <3 <3. They are such a lovely lovely dynamic to write.

I'm excited about bakeoff - I hope it's a kind season, we need that this year.


I've started a Downton rewatch as well - there's something comforting about it, and there's been nothing as entertainingly soothing on a Sunday night since it finished. On prime, the last episode of season 5 is not in order, so you'll need to come out of series link and then watch what they've called season 501 to get that Christmas episode before season 6 or a lot of things won't make any sense.

[turps]

It's such a good fic.

I enjoyed Bake Off last night, it was just what I needed.

Your comment about Downton is very timely as I've just watched the last ep of seasone 5 and would have just automatically let it go to the next in 6 if I hadn't seen this. As it was I had to actually search for season 501 to queue it up for tomorrow.

I'm enjoying watching so much. There is a lot of melodrama, but also fantastic characters and such pretty things to look at.

[turlough]

There's noting "little" about pretty dresses and locations! Pretty clothes and locations are so much more interesting than melodrama and sadness ;-) Anyway, it sounds like you'd a great weekend bingeing on Downton.

[turps]

That's very true, the pretty dresses and locations are a big draw about Downton.

I'm in the latter seasons now, I don't know what I'm going to do when it's finished!