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tragicallynerdy | jim/ed 4eva

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your fav queer canadian who writes fanfic about pirates and noodles about. tealoranges, Jim rare ships, and garlic soup fan. mid-30s, they/them. Co-captain of @garlicsoupweek.bsky.social & @ofmdrareships.bsky.social! Mod of @ofmdevents.bsky.social‬.

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tragicallynerdy | jim/ed 4eva @tragicallynerdy.bsky.social · Jan 3

Where to find me:

Tumblr - thetragicallynerdy.tumblr.com

Ao3: archiveofourown.org/users/tragic...

Garlic Soup Week -
@garlicsoupweek.bsky.social

Rare Ship Week - @ofmdrareships.bsky.social

All The Soup (Jim, Olu, Archie, Zheng-centric fic collection) - archiveofourown.org/collections/...

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Mel Gillman @mgillman.bsky.social · 11h

A final week's worth of diary comics are up on my patreon! patreon.com/mgillman
And for anybody with a trifoliate orange growing in their hedge: 1:4 ratio of juice to water (this'll use up a lot of fruit), sweetened with honey to taste, and optionally with a small pinch of salt if you're into that

A three panel black and white comic titled "10/11/25 -- Residency Work Sharing". Panel 1: Mel addresses a crowd, pointing at a jar in the back of the room. Mel says "Before I read my comics -- I made citrus-ale with trifoliate oranges, Bunny Mellon's "bitter" ornamentals, which now are growing invasively in the woods." Panel 2: Mel continues, "While drinking it, we can think about how most edible wild plants were at some point shaped by indigenous agricultural science somewhere. So even "ornamentals" can have good uses, if we learn to meet them where they are." Panel 3, labeled "Afterward" -- a man in a baseball cap tells Mel "I liked it! It tastes like Tang."

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tragicallynerdy | jim/ed 4eva @tragicallynerdy.bsky.social · 12h

Love this!!

tragicallynerdy | jim/ed 4eva @tragicallynerdy.bsky.social · 12h

Saaame!!

tragicallynerdy | jim/ed 4eva @tragicallynerdy.bsky.social · 12h

Y'all don't even understand how much the TealOranges fans lived on shreds of season 2, Oluwande calling Jim babe was and still is one of my favourite tiny lines

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tragicallynerdy | jim/ed 4eva @tragicallynerdy.bsky.social · 12h

"YEAH, BABE"

#tealoranges

Our Flag Means Death Frames @ofmdframes.bsky.social · 12h

right so is everybody else’s arms and various limbs getting tired

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Del @blackdelphinium.bsky.social · 1d

Change the pronouns, and this is Olu with any other member of Garlic Soup.

Screenshot of a post-
"OMG so I hooked up with a guy last night who has abs and I was like 'fuck you have actual abs' and you know what he said to me? 'So do you, they're just under here' and he stroked my tummy admiringly and told me I was a big gorgeous boy.

Reader, I felt gorgeous. "

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Aimee Steinberger @aimeekitty.bsky.social · 13h

Hey #portfolioday I’m looking for directing or storyboard work. I have many years experience in kids and adult, comedy and drama. I meet my deadlines, I’m nice to work with and I always care so much about doing the best job. References available! Aimeemajor.com

Aimee Steinberger @aimeekitty.bsky.social · Apr 8

And for #PortfolioDay I’d like to repost this #OurFlagMeansDeath short animatic I made based on David Jenkins’ text. When I have the battery I enjoy doing personal animatics that reflect my taste. I’m available for directing and storyboards.

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tragicallynerdy | jim/ed 4eva @tragicallynerdy.bsky.social · 12h

(Also please don't come at me re: dumping 7 fics in one "fic," it's not something I do for fics that aren't drabbles anymore, but felt was best at the time. and considering that it's the fic that has *the most* readers of any of my OFMD ones by far, I stand by it lmao)

tragicallynerdy | jim/ed 4eva @tragicallynerdy.bsky.social · 12h

ANYWAY all of these are TealOranges, and all focus on Jim, so if you want to read some Jim Jimenez whump, here you go!!

ALSO did you know that I have an Ao3 Collection that's entirely Jim hurt/comfort and whump fics from various authors???? WELL NOW YOU DO

archiveofourown.org/collections/...

Jim Jiménez Whump & Hurt/Comfort Fics | Archive of Our Own

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tragicallynerdy | jim/ed 4eva @tragicallynerdy.bsky.social · 12h

9) Yippee-Ki-Yay, Motherfuckers

The Die Hard AU. In which Jim is John McClane, Oluwande is Holly Gennero, and Ed is Al Powell (but none of them are cops). If you've seen Die Hard, you get why this one is a whump fic lmao. 55K, many chapters.

archiveofourown.org/works/525973...

Yippee-Ki-Yay, Motherfuckers - Chapter 1 - tragicallynerdy - Our Flag Means Death (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

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tragicallynerdy | jim/ed 4eva @tragicallynerdy.bsky.social · 12h

8) Ask Me Anything, a TealOranges SMAU - written with the wonderful @yerbamansa.bsky.social

A timey wimey TealOranges fic involving tumblr asks, loss, grief, sex, and love strong enough to break time. Please heed the tags as well, this one involves MCD. 55K.

archiveofourown.org/works/427520...

New Session | Archive of Our Own

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tragicallynerdy | jim/ed 4eva @tragicallynerdy.bsky.social · 12h

7) Torture and the Brig - Part 2 of 2

Part 2 is Oluwande's POV, focusing on 3 time periods - when he realizes Jim is missing, when he rescues them, and the aftermath/recovery/slow healing. Big focus on trauma recovery.

Also rated E, 17K. Heed the tags/warnings

archiveofourown.org/works/389482...

i like to call myself wound (but i will answer to knife) - Chapter 7 - tragicallynerdy - Our Flag Means Death (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

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tragicallynerdy | jim/ed 4eva @tragicallynerdy.bsky.social · 12h

6) Torture and the Brig - Part 1 of 2

Jim gets captured by the British and tortured for information on Ed and Stede's retirement whereabouts. This one is rated E for explicit violence/torture, *please read the tags*. 10K ish.

1st part is Jim POV.

archiveofourown.org/works/389482...

i like to call myself wound (but i will answer to knife) - Chapter 6 - tragicallynerdy - Our Flag Means Death (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

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tragicallynerdy | jim/ed 4eva @tragicallynerdy.bsky.social · 12h

5) Jim gets a splinter :(

This one is actually pretty light and short, maybe 500 words. Oluwande helps Jim get a splinter out of their hand. Rated G.

archiveofourown.org/works/389482...

i like to call myself wound (but i will answer to knife) - Chapter 5 - tragicallynerdy - Our Flag Means Death (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

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tragicallynerdy | jim/ed 4eva @tragicallynerdy.bsky.social · 12h

4) The Aftermath (of killing Alfeo de la Vaca)

Jim, after they kill Alfeo de la Vaca. Themes of trauma and well, killing someone. Rated T??, 3K

archiveofourown.org/works/389482...

i like to call myself wound (but i will answer to knife) - Chapter 4 - tragicallynerdy - Our Flag Means Death (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

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tragicallynerdy | jim/ed 4eva @tragicallynerdy.bsky.social · 12h

3) Attempted Kidnapping/Protective Crew

Jim almost gets kidnapped over their bounty poster. The crew notices in the nick of time, and Pete, Wee John, Roach, and Lucius come to the rescue. 10K, rated M for injuries.

archiveofourown.org/works/389482...

i like to call myself wound (but i will answer to knife) - Chapter 3 - tragicallynerdy - Our Flag Means Death (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

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tragicallynerdy | jim/ed 4eva @tragicallynerdy.bsky.social · 12h

2) Nightmare/Flashback

Modern AU, 2K-ish, rated T. Oluwande POV, he finds Jim after a flashback or nightmare at night, and grounds them.

archiveofourown.org/works/389482...

i like to call myself wound (but i will answer to knife) - Chapter 2 - tragicallynerdy - Our Flag Means Death (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

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tragicallynerdy | jim/ed 4eva @tragicallynerdy.bsky.social · 12h

1) Hiding an Injury

Jim gets injured during a raid, and hides it until Oluwande comes looking, and they pass out from blood loss. 4.2K. Rated M-ish???

(All of these are TealOranges ships)

archiveofourown.org/works/389482...

i like to call myself wound (but i will answer to knife) - Chapter 1 - tragicallynerdy - Our Flag Means Death (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

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tragicallynerdy | jim/ed 4eva @tragicallynerdy.bsky.social · 12h

It's #TakeTwoTuesday, and #Whumptober, so I'm going to make a thread of all the Jim whump fics I've done so far :)

Most of these are in one big ficlet collection called "I like to call myself knife, but I will answer to wound" - each chapter is titled with the theme/prompt for easy navigation!

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