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"taken" style action movie where a man searches for his wife. as he fights baddies in gunfights and hand-to-hand combat, it's slowly revealed that:

his wife hasn't been kidnapped

their marriage is not healthy or functional

this guy isn't rescuing his wife, he's hunting her down

his wife is a crime boss, those are her henchpeople he's fighting in a john-wick bloodbath

the tension builds until, drenched in blood, our protagonist steps forward for the final showdown. he pulls a manila envelope from his bullet-torn jacket and throws it at his wife's feet. he's just spent an entire trilogy biting & killing & maiming....all so he can deliver his shit wife her divorce papers

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Cowboy adventures.

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How to recover fic deleted from AO3 that’s NOT on the Wayback machine

Sharing this because I just found out about this and it blew my mind.

The short version of it is: The Wayback Machine is not the only backup/archive of AO3 content out there. It’s just the most user-friendly and immediately browsable.

THIS database on Archive.org contains most AO3 fics as text files, including plenty that are not Waybacked: https://archive.org/details/AO3_final_location

What you’ll need: A browser for .sqlite3 files such as DB Browser for SQLite, an archive manager (e.g. WinRar or 7zip), good internet download speeds, and potentially a LOT of free GBs in storage space.

Not needed but heavily recommended: A download manager such as HTTP Downloader (so you don’t lose the entire download the second your internet stutters).

1. Click here to get to the archive’s files. It’s going to look something like this:

ao3_current.sqlite3 and ao3_old_files.sqlite3 are metadata files. The .zip files contain fic, most of them in simple .txt format. The metadata files tell you which fic is in which zip.

The “current” metadata file is recent backups. The “old” metadata file seems to be fics archived until 2020ish.

2. First, download either ao3_current.sqlite3 or ao3_old_files.sqlite3. Now launch DB Browser for SQlite, then File > Open Database Read-Only > open the sqlite3 file. Now click on the Browse Data tab.

3. It’s going to look like this.

4. The “Filter in any column” field can be used for keyword searches in, well, any column of this table. Be warned, it takes a while to update, give it time, it’s indexing.

5. Here I searched for all fic which gets a hit for the “Avengers” keyword (usually fandom). You can also search for a specific title, author, description, etc.

Let’s try to locate the first fic on the list. Click on the field on the left - row 1, column 1.

On the right you’ll see the full content of that cell. The most important thing here is the start - ao3_01. This means that the fic is located in ao3_old_files_part01.zip.

6. Download ao3_old_files_part01.zip and open it with your archive manager. It’s 5.5 GB. This will take some time.

7. There are multiple ways to find the fic within the zip file. Probably the easiest way is to use your archive manager’s search/find function to locate the fic by keyword - author is a good bet here, or title if it’s unique enough - and extract that. This way you don’t have to extract the entire archive. Be sure to add a wildcard operator (*) on either side of the keyword.

8. Extract the file and you’re done. Note: It will probably be in .txt format, and might be in one giant block of text. Just select-all and paste it to a proper word processor to restore the paragraph formatting.

+ I suppose if you’ve got like a free TB of space you could just skip the metadata step and download all the zip files and unzip them and use a command line search tool for keywords, too. This will work with keywords like title, author and fandom that are part of the file title. The metadata file just contains additional info, like character fields, description, etc.

This isn’t a perfect remedy, there are still fics that got deleted before they could get archived here. But it seems more complete than the stuff on the Wayback Machine on average.

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Time Travel Fic Compilation - Part 3

Time Travel Fics Part 3

Continued from Time Travel Fics Part 2 and Time Travel Fics Part 1.  The fics below are mainly Mod L and follower recs at this point.

You can find - and sort through - those of these that mojo has read (current and future) HERE on the wangxianficrecs AO3 bookmarks collection.

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💖 Come Back to Me by s6115 (M, 9k, wangxian, time travel, fix-it, soulmates)

time and time again, you annoy me by hotpotluck_chaoscollective & Skadiseven (T, 3k, JC & WWX, time travel, fix-it, jc pov)

All this sorrow I have seen by Khloey53 (T, 3k, JL & LSZ, wangxian, temporary character death, fix-it, happy ending)

💖 Let the Heavens be the judge by A_Mirror_of_memories (T, 4k, wangxian, time travel, fix-it, not JC friendly, not YZY friendly)

💖 ripples spread out when a single pebble is dropped into water by RoseThorne (G, 1k, wangxian, time travel, fix-it, past character death, future character death, truth, crack & angst)

Marry for Love by tuesday (T, 3k, NHS/JYL, time travel, fix-it, political marriage)

The Cost of Happiness by Byfa (T, 8k, wangxian, time travel, fix-it, light angst, hurt/comfort, depression, suicidal thoughts)

And They Lived Happily Ever After… by Morgana_avalon (G, 51k, wangxian, JL/LSZ, Burial Mounds Settlement times, hurt/comfort, fix-it, my post)

💖 The Echoes of that News Ring Loud by Scarlet_Gryphon (T, 111k, NHS & NMJ, 3zun, NHS/WN, wangxian, time travel, fix-it, nie wwx, happy ending)

With you, I can fight the World by Weiyingbestboy (G, 2k, wangxian, time travel, fix-it JZX & WWX friendship)

(In)Hindsight, it’s obvious. by Potatoes_Radishes (G, 1k, LQR &WWX, wangxian, time travel, fix-it, matchmaker LQR)

Another Road by Rynne (T, 3k, wangxian, character death but it’s fixed, time travel, not JC friendly, fluff)

To Repeat, Repay, and Repair by adrian_kres (T, 14k, LSZ/OZZ wangxian, major character death, time travel, fix-it, burial mounds, angst, happy ending, WIP)

i’ll keep walking by justdoityoufucker (T, 2k, wangxian, time travel, fix-it, not JC friedly)

Alternate Evil by enchantingmiranchahalo (G, 1k, wangxian, fix-it of sorts)

Retracing my steps (I found you) by Asphodel_Meadow (T, 4k, wangxian, WWX & WN & WQ, time travel, romantic fluff, canon jiang dynamics)

3,000 Years To Get Back Home by Storyboradinventor (T, 8k, wangxian, time travel, fix-it, OP WWX, immortal WWX, angst w/ happy ending)

And the future, in it’s uncertainty, belonged to them by AurelienYu (M, 10k, LQR/WRH, wangxian, time travel, fix-it of sorts, feels, angst w/ happy ending, wen lwj)

Blur the Edges of Memory by geethr75 (Not rated, <1k, wangxian, JC friendly, angst w/ hopeful ending, WIP)

hope is an axe series by hausos (T, 14k, JYL & WWX & JC, BAMF JYL, time travel, fix-it)

Motherly Love by iluvnaruto1412 (M, 5k, JFM/YZY, wangxian, time travel, fix-it, dysfunctional family, character redemption, character death, WIP)

We Can See a New Start by preciousbunnynoiz (M, 127k, wangxian, time travel, fix-it, soulmates, angst w/ happy ending, PTSD, hurt/comfort, communication)

from the top, this time with personality by thunderwear (G, 15k, JYL/JZX, wangxian, time travel, JYL stands up for herself, family feels, WIP)

💖 The Cottage Amongst the Gentians by Enigmatree (T, 5k, wangxian, time travel, hurt/comfort, domesticity)

Start from the Beginning Until You Reach the End by adrian_kres (M, 34k, wangxian, NHS/JC, time travel, fix-it, angst w/ happy ending)

Even If It Breaks Time by WhiteSoul (T, 178k, wangxian, time travel, fix-it, reconciliation, hurt WWX, OP WWX)

💖 From the Future for the Past by friedchickenlord (G, 27k, wangxian, time travel, fix-it, fluff & humor, happy ending, denial, pining, bullying ur younger self is in fact ok)

💖 leave this life even more beautiful by Sanguis (T; 4k, wangxian, time travel, fix-it, kissing, making out, horny teenagers)

💖Trials of Time by Muggle_Diary (E, 32k, wangxian, not jiang friendly, time travel, butterfly effect) The Scapegoat by chiyukimei (T, 4k, wangxian, JL & WWX, bonding, not Jiang friendly, not JC friendly) 💖The Stuff of Legend by pupeez4eva (T, 21k, wangxian, JYL/JZX, post-canon, cloud recess days, misunderstanding, matchmaking, WIP) Butterfly Effect by EHyde (G, 29k, JL/LSZ, time travel, fix-it, break-it)

今日复今日 - Today after Today by ThisIsWhereTheMagicHappens (T, 3k, wangxian, time travel fix-it, WWX and his own core, hidden YLLZ powers)

💖 Sunlight Through Pines by handsofstardust (M, 66k, JGY/NMJ, wangxian, JZX/JYL, JC/NHS, time travel, eventual romance, pining, verbal abuse)

💖 Travel Back Down That Road by iSwallowMy_converse (T, 8k, wangxian, time travel fix-it, BAMF WWX, YLLZ WWX, sometimes it’s ok to bully your younger self)

💖 Little Crow Learns to Fly by AmareScribere (T, 16k, WWX & MXY, wangxian, time travel, bonding, friendship, demonic cultivation, angst, family reunions)

💖 Xiao XingChen’s travelling sect series by The Silverfish (ZephyrAndTheSilverfish) (T, 43k, wangxian, SL/XXC, time travel, children, rogue cultivators, hurt/comfort, murder mystery, world travel)

💖 Truth, Like an Arrow by Nahiel (T, 3k, wangxian, character death, time travel fix-it, WN is a good boy)

💖 Worthwhile Trade by nirejseki (T, 7k, NMJ & WWX, wangxian, time travel, fix-it of sorts)

💖 Mission: Ensure A Better Future by dancing_pencil (Not rated, 21k, wangxian, junior quartet, time travel)

💖 Regrets by antebunny (G, 37k, wangxian, miscommunication, misunderstandings, time travel fix-it, temporary character death, angst w/ happy ending, fluff, hurt/comfort)

💖 More than a Dream of You by VoidRune (T, 8k, wangxian, time travel fix-it, sunshot era, mutual pining)

Wei Wuxian’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good First Meeting With His Future by Enigmatree (T, 3k, wangxian, outsider pov, YLLZ WWX)

Listen to the Voice Inside Your Head by pupeez4eva (M, 12k, wangxian, time travel, humor, post-canon, sometimes it’s ok to bully your younger self)

Did I Not Explain Why the Sunset Turns Red? by 3988Akasha (E, 100k, wangxian, canonical character death, soulmates, demonic cultivation, sexual content, angst)

Crazy Little Thing Called Time by kippalittlefox (T, 11k, wangxian, time travel fix-it, fluff & humor, getting together, angst w/ happy ending)

Bind Me, Heal Me, Break Me by Gotcocomilk (E, 11k, wangxian, time travel, fix-it, angst w/ happy ending, fluff, smut, bottom lwj, YLLZ WWX, dual cultivation)

魔道祖师 Time Travel “One-shots” series by LadyKG (T, 33k, wangxian, time travel)

The One Where Lan Wangji Time Travels by Love_Psycho (T, 6k, wangxian, time travel)

After the world ended (Heart to Heart) by LilyMaxwell (T, 9k, wangxian, futuristic au, scifi au, apocalyptic setting, bionic lwj, sibling love, hurt/comfort, healing)

built by the fires of volcanoes by isabilightwood (T, 26k, wangxian, time travel, crack treated seriously, canon divergence, fluff & humor)

parent trap by tongzhi (T, 23k, junior quartet, wangxian, JYL/JZX, time travel, cloud recesses study arc, humor, matchmakin)

Resilience. by Vrishchika (T, 7k, wangxian, time travel, golden core transfer fix-it, not JC friendly)

Do you want to hear by allollipoppins (T, 12k, wangxian, time travel, dark lwj, epistolary)

Lan Wangji’s Prank by shiroakuma (E, 23k, wangxian, time travel, fix-it, pining, YLLZ WWX, love confessions, first kiss, tender sex)

Transpose by Marinelifeclub (Not rated, 35k, wangxian, WRH/CSSR, time travel, not Jiang friendly, wen wwx, Qishan Wen wins au, WIP)

drop me down to the dream below by AroPeterWam (E, 44k, wangxian, time travel, comfort, angst w/ happy ending, reincarnation, dimension travel, sick WWX, noncultivator WWX, WIP)

💖Matters of regret and confrontations series by pft_a_Frog22 (Not rated, 16k, wangxian, not Jiang friendly, time travel, golden core reveal, suicidial ideation, burial mounds, demonic cultivation, WIP)

💖 The Eternal Recurrence by countingcr0ws (E, 51k, wangxian, time traveler’s wife au, underage kissing, time travel, romance, fatherhood, family, poetry, coming of age, getting together)

💖 Back to the Seasons of My Youth by justdoityoufucker & MeliorismMint & Potatoes_Radishes & Vrishchika (T, 14k, wangxian, time travel, dimension travel, fluff)

Through The Abyss by bluesloth (T, 53k, WIP, WWX & JL & JC, Time Travel, Canon Era, Friendship, Drama, Humor, Explicit Language, Canon-Typical Violence, Canonical Character Death

Building a home by R95irth (T, 586k, WCZ/CS, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Time Travel Fix-it, Angst with a happy ending,. Family fluff)

Hanguang-jun’s Husband by lilacevergarden (T, 6k, Time Travel, post-canon wangxian being disgustingly in love, wwx bullying teenage wangxian, Yeah that’s it, Jealous WWX)

无别无离 | Without Farewells, Without Parting by dragongirlG (M, 30k, Junior Quartet, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Time Travel, Fix-It of Sorts, Burial Mounds Settlement Days, POV Alternating, Jin Ling’s Hundredth Day Celebration, qiongqi path, Family Feels, Hopeful Ending)

Timely by apathyinreverie (T, 8k, WangXian, Time Travel, Domestic WangXian, Fluff, Fix-It, Post-Canon, Cloud Recesses Study Arc, Mutual Pining, wwx is sunshine personified, Smitten LWJ, Genius WWX, Romance)

This Is Not The Senior Wei We Know! by SilverBells (T, 12k, WIP, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Time travel, Light Angst, Post-Canon, YL WWX, Burial Mounds days, Juniors travel back in time)

Scum Villain Jade by Anonymous (T, 2k, wangxian, crack, time travel fix-it, transmigration, WIP) 

Teen Project to Change the World animeloverhomura (Not rated, 625k, wangxian, watching the series, fix-it of sorts, bamf!wwx, WIP)

Jet Lag Angst series by SunYiJie (G, 2k, wangxian, time travel, immortality, age difference, humor, hurt/comfort)

Here With Me by iamwish (T, 58k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Time travel Fix-It, No war AU, Not YZY Friendly, Somebody Lives/Not everyone dies, Established Relationship)

A Wedding For The Ages by pupeez4eva (Not rated, 6k, wangxian, time travel, humor, everyone lives au)

Familiar Stranger by weavingBlue (T, 10k, wangxianxian, time travel fix-it, protective WWX, smart WWX, smitten LWJ, WIP)

The Present Past’s Future by pearliegloom (T, 11k, wangxian, time travel, comedy)

In You There is Love by Turtlechiii (T, 3k, wangxian, time travel, soulmates, angst, misunderstandings, WIP)

I’m Hardly Holding On by BunniesAce & JustAnotherGeek44 (Not rated, 2k, wangxian, time travel, pain, sadness, survivor’s guilt, depression, PTSD, WIP)

How To Change The Future by YouDontNeedToKnowWhoIAm (G, 2k, wangxian, major character death, time travel, humor, angst, happy ending, WIP)

I’ve Looked at Clouds From Both Sides Now by Rubberduckieassassin (M, 121k, wangxian, LSZ & LWJ & WWX, LJY/LSZ, major character death, time travel fix-it, LSZ pov, cloud recesses study arc, sunshot campaign, angst, WIP)

Stubborn Shadows by secretlyteo (teobunn) (T, 20k, wangxian, time travel, WIP)

Where Lan Sizhui fucks up by lan_mattress_zhan (T, 31k, LSZ & JL & LJY & OYZZ, LQR & LSZ & LXC, wangxian, time travel, fluff & humor, angst, crack treated seriously, panic attacks, WIP)

River Stones by littlesystems (M, 9k, wangxian, time travel, post-canon, cloud recesses study arc, oblivious WWX, suffering LWJ, WIP)

The Sixth Method Time Travel by ZenZer0 (M, 1k, wangxian, time travel, sunshot campaign, established relationship, WIP)

Come From Away by Anonymous (T, 12k, wangxian, time travel, junior quartet dynamics, WIP)

Desirable Future by luckytwentyfive (G, 1k, wangxian, time travel, established relationship, pining, family bonding, confused LWJ, older WWX, younger LWJ, WIP)

《梦忽还乡》· the song of river city by Anzul (T, 5k, wangxian, post-canon, humor, hurt/comfort, modern, reverse isekai, time travel, JC & WWX reconciliation, WIP)

New Achievement Unlocked: 4 Teenagers and 1 Adult Man with Anger Issues Save the World by preferably_monkey (T, 5k, wangxian, JL/LSZ, JL & LJY & LSZ & OYZZ, time travel, hiatus, up for adoption, WIP)

When The Clock Strikes Four by Enigmatree (T, 12k, JC & WWX, wangxian, time travel fix-it, watching the series (of sorts), WIP)

Never Again  by Hauntcats (T, 67k, WangXian, WQ & WN & WWX, Canon   Divergence, Angst, Golden Core Transfer Fix-It, Time Travel Fix-it, Not JC Friendly, Dark, BAMF WWX, mentions of abuse, Canon JC traits,   Somebody Lives/Not Everyone Dies, Cw for character death)

The blame game  by apathyinreverie (T, 13k, wangxian, time travel fix-it, possessive   LWJ, oblivious WWX, fluff, romance, golden core reveal, golden core fix-it)

Here With Me by iamwish (T, 58k, WangXian, Time Travel Fix-It, Canon-Typical Violence, Period-Typical Homophobia, Bad Parent YZY, POV WWX, POV LWJ,   POV JC, Somebody Lives/Not Everyone Dies, WWX Has PTSD, and also   depression sometimes, Unreliable Narrator)

Lessons relearned  by Iamnotawriter (T, 44k, WangXian, LQR & WWX, Not Madam Yu   Friendly, Time Travel Fix-It, Angst with a Happy Ending, Canon-Typical   Violence, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Inventor WWX, It Gets Worse   Before It Gets Better, No Golden Core Transfer, YZY Bashing)

Pocketful of Soul  by Jenrose (T, 182k,  WangXian, Time Travel Fix-It, Canon Divergence, It Gets Worse Before It  Gets Better, Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, BAMF MXY, MXY Lives, Genderfluid MXY, MXY Backstory, POV MXY, If At First You  Don’t Succeed Try Try Again and Again and Again, Wangxian Speedrun,  times three  because time travel, Found Family, Genius MXY, Genius WWX,  Not particularly JGY friendly, CQL-based)

Ad Oblivione  by Baph, HikariNoHimeWriter (M, 70k, WangXian, Time Travel Fix-It,   Temporary Character Death, Canon-Typical Violence, POV Multiple,   Hurt/Comfort, Grief/Mourning, Identity Reveal, Golden Core Reveal,   Cultivation World Critical, Not JC Friendly, Abusive YZY, Angst with a   Happy Ending)  

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i used to be so good at writing strong, thoroughly-researched, thoroughly-edited essays.

as a kid in hs, my teacher literally came up to me, holding my 40 page essay on the intersection of the European witch hunts and capitalism/exploitation/gender roles (it was supposed to be 7 pages...whoops) and went like "this is literally a master's-degree level thesis. what are you doing?? you could literally use this as your final dissertation in a master's program, what the fuck."

NOW??? NOW?? you'd think I'd be oh so skilled. but alas. i can barely piece together two ideas. adhd skill-regression is so so real. im SOBBING

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not romantic not platonic but a secret third thing [what would happen between earth and the moon if the earth stopped spinning as illustrated by xkcd randall munroe]

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guy with telepathy but he can't use it because every time he tunes into someone else's mind their unique perception of all of reality is so fundamentally different than his own and so incomprehensible that he just immediately passes out like a lovecraftian horror protagonist

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I haven't posted in a while but <333

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Soulmates

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In their defence, a lot of it is sand.

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“…𝘴𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵”

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"unalive" should just mean the opposite of undead. if undead means a dead thing thats alive, unalive shuld mean an alive things thats dead. no i dont have any examples. ☝️yet

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a moment of peace before the whole world shatters 😇

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MDZS Audio Drama Listening Guide

AKA Lace has listened to the Audio Drama an unholy amount of times and might as well put her knowledge to good use

(Suibian Subs) (NanaBeingNana) (Episode Guide by pumpkinpaix) (Purchasing guide for iOS)

NOTE: This is my own, personal opinion on what’s the preferable order to watch the MDZS Audio Drama extras.

The AD is by far the most accurate adaptation we have, and not only it follows the novel 1:1, it adds quite a lot of content that had only been left implied or left off-screen in the original text. However, there are also some events that do happen in the novel, but had to be put aside in an extra episode, either because of time restraints or for the sake of pacing. So, I’ve tried to set up this list to compensate it! The order is either based on at which point we learn such events in the novel, or if this event isn’t in the text, then it’s based on what I believe the best time to listen to the extra would be.

If you feel overwhelmed by the amount of extras and don’t know where to start, hold my hand and i’ll show you the way (*•̀ᴗ•́*)و

Keep reading

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I am at a loss for words for how I can express my gratitude for all the support I have received. This raffle is both a thank you for an amazing 2023, as well as a thank you for some seriously staggering follower milestones reached!

Raffle Time Troisième: Entry dates are from Jan 8th-Jan 29th (23:59 EST), after that I will select winners! I’ll pick 3 people (at random), plus 1 extra winner for every 50 reblogs!

RULES:

1) Reblog this post and write in the tags what you would like me to draw for you;

Make sure to write the character name & series they are from.

OCs are welcome, but tell me where I can find those details (e.g; #my oc Cata Wracks #in my oc tag on my blog).

You can also leave a little prompt, if you’d like!

This makes it a lot easier for me to start drawing ASAP, and not lose time trying to track down people.

Note: If you don’t leave comment in the tags or say ‘surprise me’, Its a 60% chance I’ll draw your icon. 40% true surprise.

Note 2 : If it’s something I’m not comfortable drawing, or ambiguous, I will contact you for alternatives!

1.2) If you run a blog that does not reblog, you may DM me your entry prompt.

2) Please be following me; this is a follower thank you after all!

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MDZS Audio Drama Listening Guide

AKA Lace has listened to the Audio Drama an unholy amount of times and might as well put her knowledge to good use

(Suibian Subs) (NanaBeingNana) (Episode Guide by pumpkinpaix) (Purchasing guide for iOS)

NOTE: This is my own, personal opinion on what’s the preferable order to watch the MDZS Audio Drama extras.

The AD is by far the most accurate adaptation we have, and not only it follows the novel 1:1, it adds quite a lot of content that had only been left implied or left off-screen in the original text. However, there are also some events that do happen in the novel, but had to be put aside in an extra episode, either because of time restraints or for the sake of pacing. So, I’ve tried to set up this list to compensate it! The order is either based on at which point we learn such events in the novel, or if this event isn’t in the text, then it’s based on what I believe the best time to listen to the extra would be.

If you feel overwhelmed by the amount of extras and don’t know where to start, hold my hand and i’ll show you the way (*•̀ᴗ•́*)و

Keep reading