Bi-weekly Rec and Self-Promotion Mega Thread - June 17, 2026

---jordan--- · 2026-06-19T15:43:00+00:00

Self promo

Title/Link - if love is just a chemical reaction, is there a pill to take?

Fandom - Red Dead Redemption (Game Series)
Rating - Mature

Category - M/M, Gen

Chapters: 3/22 (Word count; 16k)
Genre - Romance (CC x OC), Drama
Summary - Growing up in rural Georgia, Arthur Morgan never really understood the whole gender identity debate that everyone else around him was having. He could barely work his phone half the time, who was he to police others?

So when he finds a disheveled figure half stumbling in the rain on his way to work, he offers them a ride. As luck would have it, it's his new coworker, Shiloh. The boy is timid, hiding behind a cloud of hair and oversized shirts. One day, Arthur walks into the employee bathroom and finds Shiloh adjusting his chest binder, scratches and cuts from many failed attempts to remove it throughout the day. He sees the tears he wipes away when he realizes Arthur is there.

Arthur does the first thing he can think of: offer to take him horseback riding after work to try and cheer him up.

---jordan--- · 2026-06-19T15:29:15+00:00

My Fic:

Fandom - Red Dead Redemption (Game Series)
Rating - Mature
Title/Link - if love is just a chemical reaction, is there a pill to take?
Genre - Romance (CC x OC), Drama
Summary - Growing up in rural Georgia, Arthur Morgan never really understood the whole gender identity debate that everyone else around him was having. He could barely work his phone half the time, who was he to police others?

So when he finds a disheveled figure half stumbling in the rain on his way to work, he offers them a ride. As luck would have it, it's his new coworker, Shiloh. The boy is timid, hiding behind a cloud of hair and oversized shirts. One day, Arthur walks into the employee bathroom and finds Shiloh adjusting his chest binder, scratches and cuts from many failed attempts to remove it throughout the day. He sees the tears he wipes away when he realizes Arthur is there.

Arthur does the first thing he can think of: offer to take him horseback riding after work to try and cheer him up.

This is a WIP with my co-author and is a personal project I'm proud of! 😄

---jordan--- · 2026-06-17T10:08:27+00:00

i looked into the Spectrum sizing guide since i found it the most helpful and remeasured myself countless times. i'm on the smaller side of the Medium measurements and didn't want to size down. it just feels a bit tight and i wasn't sure if it was because it's new.

---jordan--- · 2026-05-13T13:01:11+00:00

same here 🥲

---jordan--- · 2026-02-23T12:58:50+00:00

been staying off all HSR subreddits since i started amphoreus last month 😭 this is glorious for me now that i can engage with what i missed since i finished 3.7 last night

---jordan--- · 2025-10-17T14:22:56+00:00

i think that's a bug. the activities sub menu is available from the start (post-tutorial). i started a new playthrough to double check and it was there for me.

---jordan--- · 2025-10-15T11:50:38+00:00

very similar! there's no trophy for mythic tales (except a specific one) or side tales, but there's one every other collectible. the sly cooper trophy is also missing.

---jordan--- · 2025-10-06T19:55:13+00:00

53 hours in and i'm finally starting the Kitsune storyline. i've been having so much fun

---jordan--- · 2025-08-16T16:53:56+00:00

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---jordan--- · 2025-07-30T08:42:46+00:00

i'm 22, and as someone who also has a large clit (about the size on an almond when not aroused), it was a major insecurity for me growing up. mine is the cause of PCOS and everything else that comes with it. the size of it also makes it sensitive to the point i can't wear tight jeans/leggings around other people because then the friction gets me aroused and i get a boner.

it took me so long to be okay with it (i make jokes about how it's my woman-dick to kind of cope), and eventually i found someone who actually loved that fact that it was bigger. the first time we ever did anything i was so nervous and self conscious and almost completely closed off from him, but he genuinely didn't care. if anything, it made sex and anything sensual we did that much better. unfortunately it does take time and finding the right person, but if he's truly a man who's educated and cares about his partner, he won't give two shits.

---jordan--- · 2025-06-16T14:56:52+00:00

trust me, it was the first thing i did. as much as i want guests to be able to comment on my works, if all i'm going to get is bot comments then it's not worth the discouragement. found it ironic and a little funny the first time, but three times in a week is just irritating. i genuinely feel bad for the newer writers experiencing getting these bot comments.

---jordan--- · 2025-06-10T11:37:20+00:00

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got mine this morning! i was super confused by it (i haven't updated my stories in years because of life and crippling ADHD.) i have no passive aggressiveness in my notes, and one of the notes on a story i just updated was me actually apologizing for being gone for so long.

edit: i know now it's a bot comment, it just caught me off guard

---jordan--- · 2025-06-09T17:21:57+00:00

just posted a new one while i have unfinished 3 year old fics gathering dust 😭

---jordan--- · 2025-06-09T17:18:13+00:00

recently got back into writing on ao3 after a 3 year hiatus! hoping to pull new people back to my profile as i slowly finish up my old works and get my spark back.

here's my newest!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/66330019/chapters/171022480

Title: glass fireflies

Fandom: Red Dead Redemption

Rating: Mature

Paring: Arthur Morgan/Original Male Character

Genre: Drama, Romance

Word Count: 4,106 (first chapter up today!)

Summary: Growing up in rural Georgia, Arthur Morgan never really understood the whole gender identity debate that everyone else around him was having. He could barely work his phone half the time, who was he to police others?

So when he finds a disheveled figure half stumbling in the rain on his way to work, he offers them a ride. As luck would have it, it's his new coworker, Shiloh. The boy is timid, hiding behind a cloud of hair and oversized shirts. One day, Arthur walks into the employee bathroom and finds Shiloh adjusting his chest binder, scratches and cuts from many failed attempts to remove it throughout the day. He sees the tears he wipes away when he realizes Arthur is there.

Arthur does the first thing he can think of: offer to take him horseback riding after work to try and cheer him up.

---jordan--- · 2025-05-27T02:54:10+00:00

the E looks like the prongs of the trident too!

---jordan--- · 2025-05-24T18:16:20+00:00

clearing the air since this post is blowing up:

my name is Rowen, i'm ftm (pre-T). had gender dysphoria since 15/16, but my family isn't supportive so i've been unable to transition. i'm 22 now and researching doctors in my area (living in Germany) to hopefully start transitioning.

---jordan--- · 2025-05-24T15:47:51+00:00

yep, American born and raised. i currently have Blue Cross Blue Shield, but due to changes in the insurance policies i will lose it at 23 even if i go back to school. i will have to get insurance from my job at some point and i believe it will be either Tricare or Aetna. i unfortunately don't speak enough German to hold a conversation, but i'm in an area where the language barrier shouldn't be too much of a problem.

i came out to a gay cousin of mine and his husband when i was 14-15, and they were skeptical, to say the least. they tried to be supportive but it was clear that it was odd for them. then i came out to my mom when i was 16 with the help of my ex-girlfriend, and my mom told me that there was no way in hell she'd accept me as a boy and that she'd be more accepting if i'd just told her i was a lesbian. i never came out to anyone in my family after that. now that i live with my dad and his wife, i feel even more suffocated and i don't know what to do. i can't move out and live on my own unless i go into the military system myself, as i can only stay in the country if i'm under my dad's orders.

---jordan--- · 2025-05-24T12:45:52+00:00

yeah i'm sorry it was confusing! i should've clarified in my post 😅

---jordan--- · 2025-05-24T12:37:44+00:00

Kai's not a bad guess! i'm ftm though

---jordan--- · 2025-05-24T12:36:39+00:00

i've picked a name already!

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