a minimum of empathy is a beautiful thing

Just--I'm not going to say much on the issue, because a number of people have said it more eloquently than me (and if you ask me, I'll link to those posts), but the warnings debate? Infuriates me. I've said different versions of this in comments, but I realized I wanted to state it over here too, just in case anyone was confused about where I stood. And for the record, this has nothing to do with the author of the fic that started the debate, nothing.

I just--it takes ten seconds to add a warning for consent issues. Ten seconds. You do that, and you've avoided potentially hurting people. That's all.

just a couple of stories, darlings, just a couple of stories

My sister just left for the US, but I don't feel like dwelling on that, so I'm going to post three recs before I go to work.

The first one is Welcome to Planet Motherfucker, which is about zombies and how MSI end up investigating rumors of a cure against the zombie virus. Along the way MSI meets MCR and Chantal, and Gerard and Lyn-Z fight some zombies and, you know, yeah. But because nokomis305 is my favorite, this is not a story where the girl is any kind of damsel in distress, but a zombie story where said fair lady is the most awesome, amen. This story is so much fun, and I know she thanks me in the acknowledgments, but seriously, my involvement was limited to flapping my hands enthusiastically and telling her to kill more people. Also I kept typing ZOMBIES in all caps. Go read it! It's GREAT. I love, love, love the way Steph writes Lyn-Z--human, believable, funny and fantastic--and her Chantal is fucking perfect, as always. As is everyone else. I have so much adoration for this story, seriously.

The second one is liketheroad's Prairie Doll of Mine, which is a Ryan/Spencer small town au. This--it's Ryan and Spencer holding on to each other in the face of prejudice, it's about finding safety and home in another person. I told her she broke my heart and put it back together, and I don't know how to recommend it except to say that again. It's lovely and achy and I just, yeah. Wonderful.

And the last one was just posted--colouredmango's Until I Am Home With You. Butcher/Sisky, and oh my god. I read it this morning, a little heartsick and tired, and I left her a most incoherent comment, I can't even. It's a beautiful story--Butcher goes on his Chinese internship and leaves his boyfriend, high school student Sisky, behind, but they stay together, stay in touch. Oh, love. Love.