The Limitless Musings & Daydreams of Rose of Pollux
Back to the Future fic masterlist

The way my main BTTF fic timeline works, I operate on a fusion of the musical, movie trilogy, and Telltale game timelines; I take elements from each, and while my written version of Doc started out sounding like Christopher Lloyd, he’s very much now heavily based on Roger Bart–I write out of timeline order, so just keep that in mind if Doc’s voice isn’t quite consistent from fic to fic.

I write Doc as very asexual, which was definitely the vibe that I felt from the musical; subsequently, my backstory for Doc and his relationship with Clara differs greatly from the actual Part III, and I haven’t quite figured out how Jules and Verne fit in–only that they just exist for now, and I’ll figure their origins out later.

Lastly, I operate on the headcanon that, in the Lone Pine timeline, George and Lorraine remain good friends with Doc after 1955, initially because they think he’s their link to “Calvin Klein,” but eventually as true friends. This ultimately led to them asking Doc to be Marty’s godfather–a role Doc takes very seriously and makes him even more protective of Marty than he was in Twin Pines.

And now, the fics themselves–I’m going to try to keep these in chronological order from Marty’s POV (as best as possible, since, in a few of them, he isn’t born yet); distinctions between Twin and Lone Pine timelines will be noted as such, and AUs will be listed separately–
(Updated 11/13/25: added a lot of stuff I’d been forgetting 😅)

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bravonolanross:

#TeamBowtie

ostdrossel:

A blue Screemer at the bowlALT
a puffed up GoldfinchALT
a curious looking chickieALT

It’s cold and murky out there, and everybody just seems to try and stay warm and well-fed. So there is not a lot of activity. But some regulars are hanging around taking mug shots, and I am grateful for that.

napoleonandillya:

“mmm, uncle flavoured paper”

herpsandbirds:

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Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola), male, family Anatidae, order Anseriformes, NC, USA

photograph by Jeff Gresko

crittaslink:

crittaslink:

Online article headline: A cow has been filmed using tools for the first time ever, stunning scientists.   Image of a cow lying on a field holding a stick in her mouth.ALT

do I even need to post it

Wikipedia text: On January 19, 2026, the first scientific report of tool use in cows was published in Current Biology. The paper, which repeatedly references the Far Side strip, describes a pet cow named Veronika that scratched her own fly bites with a wooden broom, using different ends to target itches on different parts of her body - a rare example of flexible tool use by non-humans.  The research suggests a previously unknown sophistication in livestock intelligence, which the deprived environments of industrial farms may typically hinder. The authors note that Veronika "did not fashion tools like the cow in Gary Larson's cartoon, but she selected, adjusted, and used one with notable dexterity and flexibility". The paper concludes: "Perhaps the real absurdity lies not in imagining a tool-using cow, but in assuming such a thing could never exist."  Images of Veronika, the above pictured cow, demonstrating her use of the tool.  Veronika, a Swiss Brown (Braunvieh) cow, uses a broom to scratch fly bites, using the coarse brush on her tough hide and the wooden handle on her udders and underbelly.ALT

ilovemesomevincentprice:

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Vincent Price as the devil/Mr. Scratch -

Story of Mankind (1957)

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Received this comment on yesterday’s chapter, and while I’m certainly >:D-ing over this, I feel like I also have to humbly defer that title to the one and only Georges “Hergé” Remi, who basically was the one who taught me everything I know about writing a good adventure story (including liberally using cliffhangers), courtesy of all the Adventures of Tintin I watched and read as a child.