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Hand Me Down

This is lovely and kind of heartbreaking, but not? IDK, hopefully you know what I mean, lol, because they’re struggling, but they’re making it work and I just want to hug them, they are so precious.

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Signed, Sealed, Delivered

OMG, how freakin’ adorable is this?! ♥

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A Beautiful Sight, We’re Happy Tonight

This is one of the cutest things! They’re just so adorable and playing in the snow and I love it. ♥

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Health Benefits
Comment!fic: Deleted Scene!
Comment!fic: Pete
Comment!fic: If Murdowg was Gabe
Comment!fic: You can’t believe everything you read online.

OMG the summary did not fully prepare me for the awesomeness that is this fic, seriously! I love how unfazed Spencer was and that his first reaction was to call Jon. And Ryan, so ingrossed in his game and Brendon with his bright idea, hahaha. And OH GOD, RYAN’S CONVERSATION WITH MURDOWG! I can’t even imagine what it would be like to be on the receiving end of that! I love that Jon’s willing to help, but has a cup surcharge, lol.

Ryan says, “Fuck, I got killed again. Sorry, guys. The mercs are good. What, no, I don’t — I’m not a noob, I’m famous. What? No, I am. I’m not — you’d just give out my handle, dude, no. I’ve got stalkers. Why would I lie? Because I’m — just because I’m insecure doesn’t mean I’m a liar. Bren, get your hand out of my pants. What?”

Seriously, MADE OF WIN! Also, comment!fic additions! XD

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The Wisdom of the Deep

O.M.G! I love this so much, lol. This is, like, the best kind of crack, f’reals! XD I love the snarky dolphins and the stoner whales and the deep octopi, hahaha. And Spencer holding onto Brendon’s beltloops to prevent him from going overboard, OMG, and then Hubert, pet snail! OH GOSH, WHAT! XD

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Mutual Appreciation Society

Oh man, I love genderswap!fics! XD And I love that Ryan didn’t really change all that much, LOL, and how the boys totally didn’t believe Ryan at first. And then, of course, calling Pete for advice because that is obviously a good idea, right?

“Hey. Hey. So can I stick my penis in your vagina sometime?”

Pete’s line there TOTALLY MADE MY LIFE, I’m not gonna lie! XD

And I love that only Keltie realized, kinda, lol.

“Keltie’s not freaking out, at least,” Ryan says. “We still have sex. It’s okay. Don’t worry.”

Spencer says, “Ryan, seriously, seriously, none of us care that much about your sex life.”

Jon says, “That’s pretty hot.”

Brendon says, “Ew. Ryan Ross. That’s messed up.”

Ryan shrugs. “I just didn’t want you guys to freak out and think she was going to break up with me.”

“Yeah, that was definitely my first thought,” Jon says.

“See,” Ryan says.

“I was kidding.”

“Oh.”

And, okay, I loved Brendon in this! He wants to help! He’s down for making out with Ryan to get his penis back! He’s willing to appreciate Spencer’s penis for him, just in case! He doesn’t want to catch PMS! OMG! XP

And the last little paragraph, OMG. I’m not gonna lie, I kind of bursted out laughing and it was vaguing embarrassing because my sister was looking at me like I was a freak. BUT OMG, WHAT! XD

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Sleeping Lessons

I love the feel of this and the relationships between the boys. It’s absolutely perfect, how they get annoyed at each other and playing games and taking care of each other. Wonderful and precious — love it.

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Head Tilt

I really liked the little moments in this, how everything just flows and just showing how they are, day-to-day. I loved how excited Ryan was in the beginning on their road trip, and how exasperated Spencer was already because road trips kind of suck, haha. (Well, I mean, the idea of a road trip is cool, but I think actually doing it, the actual traveling part, would probably suck. But then again, I’ve never taken a road trip before, so I don’t have first hand experience. But I do take Amtrak (bus/train) to and from school and home during breaks, so good enough. XP)

Also, I like the ending, how it brings everything full-circle. =) Lovely fic.

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And Some You Do For
Coda #1: Wager All
Coda #2: Will Be King
Coda #3: Baby’s First Earthquake
Coda #4: Hazards of Love
A Clover Bed

OMG THIS FIC SO AWESOME! I love Ryan’s shop and the “No Crickets Allowed” sign and how Ryan is just so weird and absentminded and charming. *heart*

“Hey,” he said. “I haven’t got anything planned tomorrow.”

Ryan looked up. “Yeah?” he said, and smiled. “You could come around again, if you wanted.”

“Are you open on Sundays?” Brendon asked.

Ryan’s smile got bigger. “You can come around,” he said, “whenever you want.”

Seriously? My heart kind of melted!

It was unfair to be angry, Brendon knew, scuffing his foot along the ground. It was unfair, and not very friendly of him, and he should be glad that people were being nice to Ryan. It was just – it had been good, Brendon thought, to have someone who met his gaze, looked at rather than past him. Brendon had almost forgotten how nice it was to have someone to hang out with, and it was almost certainly coming to a close now. It was only a matter of time before somebody told Ryan about Brendon, and once they did, he would be on his own again. Jon was ridiculously well-liked around the town, Brendon knew, though he’d never really spoken to Jon himself; probably he would soon be deemed a much more suitable friend for Ryan than Brendon could ever hope to be. Brendon wouldn’t mind so much except it hurt to know that Ryan might end up thinking it, too.

Oh Brendon, you break my heart! GAH!

“Um,” Brendon said, staring. “Dude, what are you doing?”

“I forgot to have breakfast,” Ryan said, sadly. “I’m having this for lunch.”

Brendon blinked at him. “Ryan, we ate dinner, like, fifteen minutes ago.”

Seriously, this part was kind of amazing, I don’t even know why. XP

Occasionally, Spencer Smith would wait outside for him, peering in curiously when he thought Brendon and Ryan weren’t looking. One day, Ryan confessed, “I think I might have scared him off.”

“How?” It was a lazy kind of afternoon, both of them sprawled out on the floor of the shop. Ryan was making the dust motes form clouds and dance Swan Lake in a distracted sort of way.

“I.” Ryan turned a little pink, and Brendon propped himself up on his elbows to study Ryan’s embarrassed face all the better with delighted disbelief. “I think I started talking about unicorns. I forgot that I wasn’t… that this is Thornton Hill.”

“And that that was Spencer Smith,” Brendon said, and cackled. “Dude, I – his mom and my mom used to be friends, he totally used to come around to my house when we were kids? He’s like, the most down-to-earth dude ever. He told me – when we were four – that Santa Claus didn’t exist. It was pretty traumatic.”

It’s kind of weird that Ryan and Spencer don’t know each other, lol.

“Don’t you need, um… to give notice?” Ryan looked anxious. “I saw a documentary, once.”

“I work at a smoothie café, Ryan,” Brendon said. “I think they’ll deal.” He stopped, mind catching up properly, and stared, bemused. “Wait, you saw a documentary about quitting your job?”

“It was nice,” Ryan said earnestly. “The boss and the girl fell in love at the end. It was a bit weird, but sweet.”

Brendon blinked. “Ryan?” he attempted, the sick feeling in his stomach dissipating and giving way to glee. “Did this documentary happen to be called Two Week’s Notice?”

“Yeah!” Ryan beamed. “Have you seen it, too?”

“Oh my God,” Brendon said, “Hugh Grant would be so proud,” and promptly burst into laughter.

OH GOSH, RYAN ROSS! You slay me! XD

Okay, I think I really need to stop with the C&P. But yeah, this is pretty awesome, even if it gets a little hurt-y in the middle (but you know you were expecting it, haha).

Also, don’t forget to read the Codas to the fic (all in that comm) — they are awesome, even the sad #4 one. =(

The best one, though, is A Clover Bed because OMG CUTENESS MUCH?! I love the apple blossom and the hand and the kiss and OMG WHAT! And Ryan was so happy and Brendon didn’t know why, and he introduced Brendon to the trees, and then GAH! ANGST! But it ended perfectly — I love it so! *heart*

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After

Short and sweet. Loved it. *heart*

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Do Not Disturb

Oh gosh, I love this more than words can express! Love that Ryan’s solution to his sleep problem is getting an android because of course, it let’s him sleep in! And how Spencer is not phased because he is used to Ryan!

“He’s only going to be on duty until, like, two or three. Whenever I wake up. He’s like me, but with an off switch. The guy, like, programmed all of the stuff I know into him, so he can totally answer the same four questions we always fucking get. I’ve got his card somewhere if you guys want to get one.”

Oh Ryan, you absolute dork! And then Brendon, reading the user manual because he wants to find out all the cool stuff that Ryan2 can do! And Zack walking in! OH GOSH! WHAT HIS THIS AWESOMENESS?! And the end, Brendon hanging out with Ryan2! There should be more in this ‘verse! XP

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Crucial Differences Between Movement Supporters

I really really love this fic. I think I’ve read it a bazillion times — I love that it’s Ryan/Brendon-ish, but that it doesn’t really take over the story and reads, for the most part, as gen with just some hint of Ryan/Brendon. I just love the flow of the story, how the the interview parts are woven into the narrative of the story. I really love Ryan in this — he was just perfect.

I love Brendon and Jon arguing about the direction of water flushing down the toilet in the beginning, lol, and how they immediately go check once they land. And the spouting of random Exxon Mobil facts! And the rhyming scene is awesome too.

“Oh.” Brendon stretches, props himself on an elbow to look down the narrow hall toward the front of the bus and then drop his head back to check behind him. “How about ‘claw’? Raw? Paw, chainsaw, coleslaw, outlaw, grandma, bylaw.”

“Coleslaw,” Ryan repeats, skeptical.

“That’s right,” Brendon says. He pinches Ryan’s thigh and his hand ends up staying there. “That’s right, I said it. I stand by it.”

Seriously, so cute. I kind of want to quote, like, everything because it was all so amazing, but I’ll try and limit myself. XP

“Are you enjoying yourself?”

“Yis. Tho mucth,” Brendon mumbles around a mouthful of cream and spongy cake. He says, “Mm. Hab thum,” and turns the unbitten side to Ryan, who dodges the pastry at first before finally giving in once he realizes that Brendon won’t quit. He manages to catch Ryan awkwardly, and the cream smears on his mouth. Brendon laughs and pops the rest of the twinkie in his own mouth, chewing happily.

Ryan swallows, says, “I always forget how sweet these are.”

Brendon says, “Dude, let me — I accidently creamed on your face,” and hovers closer, giggling at his own joke.

Ryan turns his head, trying to simultaneously lick the cream from his lips and drag his knuckles across his cheek. “I got it.”

“You act like I was about to kiss you,” Brendon says, stopping short.

“No, you were probably about to lick my face to be gross and freak me out.”

Brendon takes a bite of his second twinkie. He tucks in against his cheek to say, “I was just gonna wipe it. I have a moist towelette,” and actually produces said packet for Ryan anyway. “See?”

Oh Brendon, you’re such a dork. *heart*

I really liked this:

People like him make a fucking living off of screwing things up and writing about them afterwards. They never see anything coming. That’s part of the point. Hindsight is twenty-twenty and a platinum record.

Because, really, it’s kind of true, right?

And then track five, at the laundromat? Awesome!

“Screw you guys. I hate you all,” and the thing about Brendon is he still sometimes crosses his forearms in an X over his crotch when he tells them to suck it.

People on the crew call him ‘tumble dry’ for three days straight. They call him static cling, spin cycle, and lint trap. Right before a soundcheck, Ryan just calls him, “Brendon.”

Oh gosh, suck it, LOL. And calling him names! XDDDD

One of my absolute favorite parts has to be the interview during track seven:

“And obviously some things are different this time around. ‘Cause we know that earlier this year, you got rid of your first bassist, Brent. I’m sure most people have heard the story by now, but for those who may not know, what happened with that?”

He thumbs the button on his front pocket when the microphone tips toward him. Barely opening his mouth, Ryan says, “Um.”

Brendon leans his way and asks, “Did you know that two members of Supreme Court went to GMU, whose Law and Economics Center has received something like $180,000 from Exxon Mobil?”

The interviewer laughs. No, that’s news to him. He looks down at his pad of paper and tries again. “But were there lawsuits? I mean, you made some accusations — you said, wow, that he didn’t play any of the bass parts on the record, right?”

Jon puts down his water, nodding. He says, “Oh, yeah, Brendon’s right. And, I swear, it’s people like Dixy Lee Ray who have us thinking greenhouse gases don’t need our immediate attention.”

“And Spencer,” the interviewer says, turning to him now without rolling his eyes at the rest of them. “You were quoted as saying the difference between Jon and Brent is — I have here — ‘musical talent.’”

“Oh, uh,” Spencer says and glances at the rest of them for a second. He looks entirely serious when he turns back, and he folds his hands over the arm of the couch. “Well, you know, Brent didn’t believe in global-warming. And Jon’s just — ”

Ryan cuts in, adding, “Yeah, Jon learned how to fuel cars with diesel vegetable oil from, um, Carey Hart.”

OH GOSH, I love it so much, just the idea of them answering that interview question like that! Especially Spencer’s comment, OMG, because obviously, obviously they just can’t stay with someone who doesn’t believe in the seriousness of global warming! Really!

But my absolute FAVORITE part is track nine!

Sticking out his tongue quickly, Brendon still says, “I’m Brendon,” holding a hand to his chest, and then moving it to Ryan’s shoulder. “And this is Ryan.” His fingers are still cold. “And we are going on record — video record — to say that Gabe Saporta is abusive, and he plays dirty.”

Seriously, this is just amazing! I could just imagine how this would have went, lol, Ryan with his monotone-y voice and Brendon with total excitement and Spencer behind the camera, haha.

“He pulls me down,” Ryan corrects. “Like, he tackled me. And I have,” Ryan holds up his left arm, stepping a little nearer to the camera to show off the red scratch tracked along his forearm, “I have this now. My side hit the ground kind of hard, I think I twisted my ankle.”

“Poor guy. You want me to make it better?” Brendon says, and Ryan just turns toward him, so he can kiss the scratch without missing a beat.

What is this cuteness? WHAT? XD

“Officially. There’s gonna be a rumble.” Brendon points at the camera. “We’re coming for you, Cobra Starship. Watch out.”

Ryan says, “But Gabe’s mine. I’m gonna get him. With my, uh, secret karate chop action.”

Brendon makes a chopping move at the camera, and then turns his face up to Ryan’s. “You have karate chop action?”

Ryan nods. Completely straight-faced, he admits, “It’s almost as good as my running, actually.”

Laughing, Brendon says, “Okay, you have to teach me.”

“It’s a secret, Brendon.” Ryan holds a finger to his lips. “If I showed you, I’d have to kill you.”

“Oh.” Brendon’s eyes go wide.

Ryan nods again. “Yeah. I’m a little intense.”

Spencer flips the camera around to show himself. He pretends to slit his throat with his finger, and then closes the camera.

I don’t even know what to say because of all this amazing. XD

And then track ten? Perfect. *heart*