Summary: It’s been two hours since they started fighting, and neither Barry nor Oliver can’t even remember what the initial argument was about. All Barry knows is that Oliver is in the wrong, and Barry’s hardly going to apologise for it.
Words: 2,388
Rating: Explicit
“You know, when you
think about it, this is your fault, really.”
Barry rolls his eyes,
crossing his arms over his chest. It’s been two hours since they
started fighting – one and a half hours since Cisco called about
the meta on the loose – and if he’s being completely honest with
himself, he can’t even remember what the initial argument was about.
All he knows is that Oliver is in the wrong, and Barry’s hardly going
to apologise for it.
Before he can even whip
out a retort, though, another crack of lightning is sent in Oliver’s
direction, and Barry moves in the speed of light, knocking his
husband out of harms way and onto the floor, before whirling to meet
the eyes of the meta. “Do you mind? You’re kinda interrupting
something here,” he quips, although he doesn’t quite feel the
humour of it himself, so he can’t really blame the guy for not
showing any amusement on his expression.
“I’m not so sure he
appreciated your joke, Bar.” Oliver grumbles, struggling to his
feet without even a thank you for saving his damn life.
“Alright, look, we
can stand here and argue, or we can actually deal with this guy and
go home. Your choice, Oliver.”
So we’ve come to a decision on our next event - the Olivarry Holiday Weekend!
The event will take place over the weekend before Christmas - Friday 18th December to Sunday the 20th December.
Here’s the deal:
Similar to Olivarry Week, we’re asking you guys to send in some prompts (keep them short so that artists/writers/gifmakers/whatever have some wiggle room!). Prompts don’t have to be necessarily Christmas themed (although we welcome those!) however the overall theme of the weekend is Christmas, so every work submitted must be relevant in some way to that.
The format will be as follows:
Day 1 (Friday 18th Dec): Prompt #1 Day 2 (Saturday 19th Dec): Free Day Day 3 (Sunday 20th Dec): Prompt #2
Because we’re planning this one so far in advance, and there’s less days, we’ll keep the prompt suggestions open a little bit longer this time, so prompt suggestions will close on Monday 30th November.
Rules will be similar to Olivarry Week, but we’ve made a few additions so please check here if you plan on contributing to the event.
And again, if you guys could signal boost this post in order to get the word out to as many people as possible, we would really appreciate it! The more people that see it, the more works we shall have when the weekend comes.
As usual, we welcome any questions about the event. If there’s something that you think we haven’t clarified, please let us know so that we can fix it.
The tag for this event will be
#olivarrychristmas2015.
Rules: In a text post, list 10 books that have stayed with you in some way. Don’t take but a few minutes, and don’t think too hard - they don’t have to be the “right” or “great” works, just the ones that have touched you. Tag 10 friends, including me, so I’ll see your list.
1. Pet Semetary by Stephen King
Pet Semetary was the first novel by Stephen King I ever read, and from the first page I was hooked. I tend to lean towards darker writing so I was completely enthralled from the get go. I think it took me two days to finish it, more or less? But reading it really encouraged me to work to my strengths when writing, which worked out well for me in the end.
2. Lord Loss & Slawter by Darren Shan
Darren Shan is probably my favourite author, and he’s why: He’s not afraid to get into the nitty gritty detail of gore and horror and I absolutely love it. While a lot of things contributed to my writing style and genre, these two books from the Demonata series are my favourites and left the greatest impact.
3. Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan
I didn’t get stuck into PJO until the later years of my high schooling, after watching the first film. Of course, while I definitely preferred the film’s darker take on the Demigod World, I loved how Percy’s thoughts and feelings were projected to the reader, and the series stuck on me like glue. And I still can’t get rid of it. PS Luke deserved better.
4. Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling
You probably all saw this coming, but I have a lot of fond memories linked to the Harry Potter series, especially ones from my later primary school years. Like most kids my age, once I picked up Harry Potter, I wasn’t able to put it down. The world building was just so intense and intricate, despite Harry being as observant as a rock, and c’mon, MAGIC. ANIMALS. Harry Potter led me to a lot of the friends I have today, so I’ll always be grateful for that.
5. His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman
I’d first like to recognize that the movie sucked. The effects were absolutely amazing, but as an adaptation, it sucked. The whole idea behind the world in His Dark Materials, how it all works, the concept of daemons was, and still is, just so awesome and interesting and I play around in that world pretty damn often. Having a literal representation of your soul in animal form would just be amazing, think of all the possibilities. And again, like with the Harry Potter Series, the world building is just so incredibly well-done it’s difficult not to get absorbed by Pullman’s writing.
6. Where is Daniel? By Bruce and Denise Morcombe, with Lindsay Simpson
If you’re Australian, or have a kid, then you probably know about or heard of Daniel Morcombe. He was a young boy that went missing on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, in 2007, presumed to have been kidnapped and killed. The case of Daniel’s disappearance lasted years, with the murderer being convicted and trialed in 2014. This book follows the struggles of both the family and the law enforcers that worked on the case in such heart wrenching detail, I had to put the book down a few times when I was on the train because I got so emotional I started crying.
7. Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke
I’ll be honest I don’t actually remember much from this book, but I do remember how much I loved it and how it seemed to take me away with it every time I turned the pages. And the cover I had was all sparkly and as a kid sparkly things are what stick with you forever.
8. Deltora Quest by Emily Rodda
For this segment, we’re going to pretend that the anime didn’t exist, because it was terrible and should not be related to the book series. Deltora Quest was one of the first series of books I ever completed and contained all the things I loved: monsters, protagonists getting wrecked, giant killer snakes, etc. My first how to draw book was “How to Draw Deltora Quest Monsters”. Even though I had been drawing as far back as I remember, Deltora Quest really jumpstarted my imagination and helped foster my love for monsters and odd creatures.
9. Five Little Ducks illustrated by Pamela Paparone
When my sister and I were little, my mum used to read this book to us almost every night, and we were always so excited by it. I loved it so much, I’m upset we can’t find our copy but I keep it close to my heart.
10. Blossom and Boo by Dawn Apperly
As you might have guessed by now, my sister and I grew up close. Mum used to love reading this book to us because she always said it was like a story of Jordyn and I; she was Blossom and I was Boo. Every time I see it sitting in the book basket I get all smiley because we haven’t really changed since then.
yeah I’m not gonna tag anyone but feel free to do this and tag me in it! I’d love to see your responses.
I know a lot of people get anxious if their messages are ignored, so have a little reminder that there are a ton of reasons why people might not be responding, all of which have nothing to do with you. Okay? Okay. <3
THIS NEEDS A HELLA SIGNAL BOOST - PLEASE SPREAD THIS UP
EVERYONE needs to start using Invoices. This is very important.
Paypal has recently updated their TOS and it’s something that everyone should pay attention to.
“10.3h If you violate the PayPal Acceptable Use Policy, … you will be liable to PayPal for the amount of PayPal’s damages caused by your violation … You acknowledge and agree that $2,500.00 USD per violation … is presently a reasonable minimum estimate of PayPal’s actual damages … PayPal may deduct such damages directly from any existing Balance in the offending Account or any other Account you control.”
DO NOT SEND PAYMENTS AS “GIFTS” You will be risking your commissioners account and that is really really bad.
Artists, REQUEST PAYMENT THROUGH INVOICES. It lets YOU control how money is sent.
Commissioners, DO NOT SEND PAYMENT unless you send it through “for goods and services.” If your artist requests ‘send as gifts’ BEFORE you send payment, tell them about the $2,500 fine per violation, as they probably do not know about it.
Yes, paypal fees suck, but it’s better to have a few dollars missing than to get fined $2,500 for a $20 purchase.
This is really important! And yeah the fees suck, but it’s actually ILLEGAL to select “gifts” if you are actually paying for a service because of tax, like wise it is always illegal to accept payment that way.
Please if you are a freelance artist taking commissions ALWAYS SEND AN INVOICE! It can cover your ass in more ways than one, and you know actually makes it easier to keep track of things anyway.
