#I really REALLY can't wait to get back to writing fics and not just thesis
Explore tagged Tumblr posts
Text
WIP wordgame
Rules: you will be given a word. then you share one sentence/excerpt from your wip(s) that starts with each letter of your word!
I was tagged by @xianvar and given the word NGVOT
N - No matter how vividly he tries to recall Damon’s fingers playing along his spine like keys on a piano, or Bojan pulling him in for a half hug, or Jure’s hands digging into his thighs to hold him up.
G - Getting to be greedy, having time and Jere askingaskingasking about the album.
V - >>vibrating into the next several dimensions wHAT IS HAPPENING
O - Otherwise I take plane and come back to Slovenia.
T - The nonchalance should strike at his proud heart, but his heart is weak, his heart is in danger, hidden behind nothing but a splintered cage of brittle, smoldering bones.
Tagging in turn @meerkathideout @saffei @blossom-boo @mint-ty and @dragon0blood the word RUOSKA
9 notes
·
View notes
Text
my 2sorcs gushy post
2sorcs is done at last, and i feel like i've run a marathon (albeit very slowly). now that people have had a chance to read the final chapter, i want to be squishy about it for a minute. so without further ado, I yap under the cut.
it's no secret (because I can't shut the fuck up about it) that i have had a pretty rough past year of grad school. things have often not gone as planned. i'm not where i wanted or expected to be when i started this program. and yet, i think i am happier than i would have been had everything gone to plan. all of the delays and difficulty of my master's degree have forced me to sit down and actually learn how to cope with this shit instead of forcing my way through. apparently (this will shock you), i cope pretty well by writing fanfiction.
i'll be honest, when i started domains, the scope was 40k of PWP under a thin veneer of H/C and comedy. I still wanted to do a little character work, and I couldn't help but do a bit of jujutsu theorycrafting. but i very much expected it to be a one and done thing that i was writing as an easy way to get back into writing fic after a long hiatus.
while writing 2sorcs, i started doing a lot of work unpacking my own anxiety and depression, and it's been quite a journey. but it has been a much more pleasant journey than it might have been, because i can project it onto some gay boys and make them kiss. and (eventually) be happy (maybe).
many of my readers have said very kind things about my characterization in FIYM, and that makes me so happy. 2sorcs, and FIYM in general, is extremely unserious. but underneath the comedy, there's a lot of real sht. i wanted the characters and their ridiculous hangups to feel real, and i wanted their extremely illogical decisions to still make sense. because real people are like that. i'm like that, and so - as most authors do - i put a lot of myself into these characters while i write, and we can feel and grow together. (i can't say that i'm a gay special-grade jujutsu sorcerer in the 2010s, but i think we'd have a few things in common.)
FIYM is also my first time writing comedy! there's something fun about writing serious, artistic fanfic, but there is something freeing about putting the dumbest 2010s shit i can think of onto a page and seeing how much psychic damage i can inflict on my audience (and Nanami). i love that you guys are here for it. it really makes the whole writing process so much more fun.
your comments and your asks have gotten me through some of the roughest months of my life to date, and i am just so grateful to have such a rewarding hobby and community to retreat to when the real world gets dark and cold and shitty. i would not have been able to write this fic, or honestly my thesis, if i didn't have you all cheering me on in the background and reminding me that things i do make people happy. <3
so what's next?
well, 3sorcs, obviously! FIYM is far from over. i feel a liiiiittle guilty leaving you all on such a cliffhanger, but with any luck, you won't have to wait too long. i've had the outline for part 3 in the works for a long time now, although it's nice to sit and take some time to re-work it and make sure it fits the writer i am now, who has grown so much over the past two years. part 3 will be (primarily) from satoru's pov, and it may get more serious, but also more unhinged. i can't wait. i also have plans for a few more interlude pieces, including a longer multichapter focused on shokohime in this verse.
for now, though, i'll take a short break and take some time to read some of the lovely fic in this fandom and some of the books on my tbr to recharge creatively for the next and final leg of this race. and defend my masters if these motherfuckers will get off their asses and send me my test samples. i know that we might be looking at a dip in the jjk fandom, at least until new animation comes out. but i hope that by the time i am back, you guys will be here and ready for some more tomfoolery :)
if you have stuck around through my yapping, here is your reward: a 0-context snippet from part 3, 'fellas is it gay to be his one and only'.
21 notes
·
View notes
Text
2024 REWIND ☆
thank you so much to beam @sungbeam for tagging me in this! I really love stats and numbers so this is definitely something I enjoyed doing. I know I haven't posted in a while but I think it's still great to look back a little on what I managed to put out this year!
first fic of 2024: beloved (eric sohn)
I remember being super super scared of posting this one. I wrote it when I was having a really hard time dealing with a lot of thoughts and emotions. definitely self-indulgent and very personal, but I am happy it's out there 🫶🏻
last fic of 2024: cool kids (sim jaeyun)
not gonna lie this drabble was the most spontaneous thing ever 😭😭 for the length of it it surprisingly took me a lot of time to finish and I wasn't even 100% happy with it, but I think it's a sweet harmless little drabble!
longest fic of 2024: partners in crime (ji changmin) - 33k
this was a work that I've wanted to write for literally years. this idea has been bouncing around my head since like 2020, so I am happy I finally got to write it. I think the timing was just right, since changmin really fit the role of who I wanted the main character to be, and although I was really scared to put this one out there, I am very proud of it.
most popular fic of 2024: cool kids (sim jayeun)
not gonna lie I believe I have works that deserve the number of notes more and I didnt even expect this drabble to get so much traction, but I am thankful to enhablr for this 🫶🏻 over 1.4k notes is truly crazy
personal pick of 2024: to. my first (kim sunwoo)
this fic (alongside with millennium bug) might just be the works I truly love the most. I posted this in early january, so it almost feels like last year, but I am still going to count it because this fic has a very very special place in my heart. I love everything about the plot, characters and the universe I created with this 90s au and I will definitely revisit it in 2025!
total fics written: 16
total words written: ~ 131 600
I battled with writer's block a lot this year and was also very busy with uni since september started, so I can't really be mad at myself. Happy that I focused on writing so much in summer and hopefully there are many more words waiting to be written by me next year, when I have a degree and a lot less to worry about haha.
top artists/muses of 2024:
kim sunwoo ~ 58.5k words written
eric sohn ~ 44.4k words written
ji changmin ~ 34.5k words written
nothing surprising here, not gonna lie HAHA. although he is not my bias, sunwoo is just the most fun to write about for me. I adore creating his character because I feel like we are similar in many ways (I am in his walls.)
last words:
thank you so much for everyone on this site that has read anything written by me this year. It's crazy to think there are so many people out there that cared enough about what I have to say and I am insanely grateful for every ask, reblog, follow, comment, message and like I've recieved this year 🫶🏻
thank you also to all of my friends on this site but mainly @csenke my belovedest. you helped me insanely in a lot of ways this year, but also with writing by always listening to me rambling, beta reading for me, brainstorming and giving me inspiration. I owe you my life and love u forever my best friend, can't wait to see u again in january <3
not sure when there will be a new work posted by me, since I need to write a bachelor's thesis before I let my brainrot win and write a fanfic, but trust me when I say I WILL BE BACK. the ideas in my drafts are too good to abandon.
happy holidays. I wish everyone's 2025 will be kind.
13 notes
·
View notes
Note
Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Spread the self-love ❤
thank you for this! i think my favourite fics i've written are the ones that are basically like. my thesis statement. if you ask me about these characters, i will slide you one of these fics and say: here's my dissertation on the subject. everything you need to know about how i feel is in there.
can't get a life (if my heart's not in it)
libertines rpf | peter/carl | M | 20.9k
When Peter came to London, Carl was waiting for him under the hanging clock in the middle of Waterloo station. It had been romantic, in the way that Peter saw all their meetings as a little romantic – a song in the making, all Terry meets Julie and a sunset over the river. Or: the early days of Peter & Carl's love affair with London - and each other.
note: i wrote this one during my first year moving to london. inhabiting this story with these people and their music helped me settle there. this was also my way of taking every insanely romantic and toxic thing peter and carl did or felt about each other in those early years and weaving it into one point of reference.
on the wings of a nightingale
good omens | aziraphale/crowley | E | 11.1k
Aziraphale liked his body. He liked the shape of it, the way it moved and touched the world, a type of sensory feedback that made him understand the shape and extent of his corporation. Like he wasn’t just an ephemeral vessel. Like he was flesh. Or: Aziraphale gets a tattoo. Crowley is an accessory to this crime against good sense. Everyone’s kinks are very poorly disguised.
note: i think this is the one where i really got to grips with my authorial obsession with bodies, embodiment, sensation as existence. it's probably one of the most personal things i've written, too, in terms of its dissection of touch, and espousing thoughts on faith as tangible feeling vs abstract thought. this is the aziraphale that exists in everything else i've written in this fandom.
i hope i find my home
it chapter 2 | richie/eddie | E | 53k
The peak of summer is long gone, if it ever came, but the funk of stagnant air still hangs low over the suburban streets. Richie Tozier – sallow-skinned and puffy-eyed, wearing a too-small denim jacket that smells of sweat and mildew – hasn’t slept in several days, and he's trying to remember how he got here in the first place. Or: Coming back to Derry, Richie hadn't expected to live. Eddie hadn’t expected to die. In the aftermath of Neibolt, they’re both confronted by another shot at life.
note: possibly actually my favourite thing i've ever written out of all of these. features this ongoing obsession with bodies, though this is from a more confrontational perspective than the good omens one - there's an element of body horror, a sense of fear and discomfort about the body, and grapples with embodied repression. took me two years to write this one. it was a labour of love and hard work, and a proof of my commitment to getting this story about survival and recovery told.
le temps qu'il faut
disco elysium | harry/kim | T | 5k
Snow blows in from the east. It falls on Martinaise, thickening the frigid air like cornstarch, thick enough to chew on. Lieutenant Kim Kitsuragi stands – quiet, watchful, an oddity placed at the centre of a racket – collar turned up against the weather. Or: winter is tough and so is Kim, but a lot can change in ten days.
note: a story where i feel like i got the closest to capturing the mood of the original media. it was such a fucking pleasure to write something that was almost pure atmosphere. felt right that the poetry came out of this cold and battered landscape, and really solidified my interest in capturing environments. (who needs plot when there are buildings and lakes covered in snow).
when we fight about love
our flag means death | multi | E | 41.2k
Bonnet took a dainty sip of rum, then put the mug down with a fussy finality. “Look, I’m not interested in deals and riches and who gets what from who. I want to find Ed, that’s it. You’ll come with us, and you’ll guide us to the Revenge, and when we’re done, you can have my other ship to do with what you like. Sell it, sail away, set it on fire, I don’t care. Do we have an accord?” Bonnet held out a hand. His nails were ragged, and there were blisters on his fingers. Somehow, he still smelled of lavender. With all the recalcitrance of reaching towards an open flame, Izzy shook it. (Or: after brokering an uneasy peace, Izzy Hands, Stede Bonnet and the rest of the Revenge’s depleted crew are thrown together for a mission: find Edward, snap him out of his terrible madness, and then – and then.)
note: this is the one. the story that sums it all up. "how do you feel about izzy? what do you think was going on with him? how would a coherent version of him, flaws and all, realistically interact with the people most important to him during this time?" well: like this. focuses on repression, again, a key theme for me. though the repression here is not just physical, but mental, too. this was an exercise in finding a way to present a dislikeable, misguided, unreliable narrator as a point of view character and still finding meaning and empathy in his perspective. one of the most satisfying things i've ever written.
19 notes
·
View notes
Text
Writer Interview Game
thank you so much for tagging me @eraserspiral !!!!
When did you start writing?
I wrote a lot of 'original fiction' as a teen, including a couple of TERRIBLE novels, that were essentially just a grab bag of all the books i was reading at the time. School (and in hindsight, grief) stopped this around 16-18, and then a very high pressure degree at a high profile university seemingly killed off my love of writing entirely.
I got back into writing at 26... weirdly?? just before the panini?? (january 2020, did past-me feel something in the water and know i'd need to hold onto any crumb of serotonin for dear life??) I had just finished my PhD applications, and after sinking so many hours and so many words into the most joy sucking series of forms I've ever encountered, I decided I wanted to write something fun for a change!
Are there different themes or genres you enjoy reading than what you write?
I don't write smut. I read a LOT of smut.
But in terms of themes, I tend to write in worlds/fantasy settings where we can all pretend that capitalism doesn't exist, or that if it does exist, the protagonist is winning at it. I really like speculative fiction (sf and fantasy) that tackles capitalistic themes/poverty well - this has been on my mind recently bc of an arc in a D&D game I've been playing, where my wonderful DM has essentially gone 'capitalism bad' but then let us do something about it <3
Is there a writer you want to emulate or get compared to often?
I find it hard to know what my writing 'is like'... not bc it's wildly unique or anything, but just bc I don't think I can see my own influences that clearly (if anyone wants to drop me some comparisons in the askbox, go for it, I'm curious!)
But in terms of writers I want to emulate, at the chatty/colloquial end it's T Kingfisher and Sarah Rees Brennan, who have a good handle on when to hit emotionally or on high fantasy register, and then when to have really grounded/human moments that make their characters incredibly relatable (and often very funny). At the high fantasy end, it's Shannon Chakraborty, Ann Leckie, Nghi Vo, Silvia Moreno Garcia. They write haunting and engaging narratives!
And, of course, I'm always trying to muster an ounce of whatever the fuck Howl/Sophie had going on.
Can you tell me a bit about your writing space?
I use my desk for work/thesis and want to exclusively keep it that way, so my writing space is actually just on the corner of the sofa in my living room, with my legs crossed, a blanket, and a cup of tea. No music, pure autistic silence (but also bc my laptop speaker is broken). Scotland gets dark for a long time in the winter, so it's usually pretty cosy vibes. It's probably not good for me, as I get a LOT of leg cramp.
What’s your most effective way to muster up a muse?
Honestly, not to be tsundere about it... but maybe ignore the muse a little? If you've burned out or you're trying to brute force a scene, all you're doing is guilting yourself into being productive. With fic writing, especially, you should be doing it to have fun, not bc you feel like you have to. So if the words aren't coming, do other things for a bit. Go on a day trip, hang out with friends, do chores or read something. In my experience, my brain doesn't stay quiet for long, and ideas for my current project will come to me when i'm not trying to squeeze them out of myself like toothpaste.
Sometimes the well runs dry! Rather than feel terrible about it, be kind to yourself, and wait for rain x
Are there any recurring themes in your writing? Do they surprise you?
Hahahahaha, let's not talk about how I keep placing people into the worst versions of themselves and then have them improve and earn love anyway, regardless of if they deserve it. Or how I'm interested in characters who feel a wealth of emotion they hide from everyone behind a mask of either performed indifference, wilful charm, or simply bc they can't articulate it in the socially correct way. Or women who think 'if I cannot be beautiful or loveable, I will be competent', and the men who-
Anyway, introvert x extrovert pairings, amirite? Everything else is shown to me in a vision (my therapist reaches a dead end in my session as I insist nothing is wrong, asks me about my fanfic, and then delivers me a laundry list of the stuff I'm currently coping with. Lowest point: being told im IDing through the fucking DARKLING, on one project. That man is a war criminal, and I dont look like Ben Barnes).
What is your reason for writing?
In the beginning, I think it was pure comfort. I'd just come out of a period of extreme depression, and wanted to hallucinate some characters in love.
But recently, and going forward, I think it is a genuine exercise in proficiency. I thought my writing was so terrible that I said 'I couldn't write', for so fucking long. I now genuinely think this is something I'm good at, and that is something it has taken me so very long to believe, and even longer to say. I am a very self-deprecating person. I have so few things I feel good at, or that I think bring something worthwhile to the table. As academia delivers me blow after blow and the world leaves me feeling worthless, I am going to cling to this until my hands bleed.
Is there any specific comment or type of comment you find particularly motivating?
focusing on the 'motivation' part of this question... I think the comments that happen to land on the one specific thing that matters to me, those are the ones that hit hardest. It happens rarer than you'd think. part of the joy of fanfiction comments is the wealth of different reader interpretations, with people seeing things in your own work that you've never noticed. All interpretations are amazing, especially the ones that show you a blindspot you never considered. But when a reader hits the nail fucking on the head (gets a 'gold star in reading comprehension'), that's the most motivating, and makes me want to open my document and write the next chapter. Because I know then that at least one person out there 'gets it', and is fully on board with the story I want to tell.
But that is a very selfish, specific feeling. All comments are motivation, and all reader interpretations have value!
How do you want to be thought about by your readers?
Idk if this seems weird or a disingenuous answer but... as a person?? Writing a story for fun? Pieces was a very cool and special experience, but it was very unexpected. I wasn't and never considered myself to be a 'big name fan'. I never want to enter any kind of popularity contest, and I never want to be beholden to people who are reading a story I am writing for fun. Very funny to have a story blow up when you have weird feelings about attention lmfao. Like don't get me wrong, absolutely amazing to ride such a huge tide of support, but this was meant to be my silly introvert hobby :')
I also hope they think my writing is good!! obviously!! i know it can't be everything everyone wants all the time, but you know!! i think it's neat!! I hope y'all think it's neat!! plz and thank!!!
What do you feel is your greatest strength as a writer?
lmao eraserspiral's reply to this question was a fucking mood. (just deleted it in my template to make space).
I guess... I know how to flesh out a character, and a character voice. I think I can establish a character's personality, their strengths and their flaws, and have them consistently become the vehicle for both progression and some very real, understandable mistakes. I think chapters from different perspectives feel distinct, and that when development in either direction (bad or good) happens, it feels earned.
idk man, this is a hard one to answer when depressed :')
How do you feel about your own writing?
At the end of the day, it's a lifeline. Sometimes I keep very much to myself and I protect it fiercely, because it's one of the only things that kept me going at certain points in the last few years. At my lowest, I've often wondered for what, if anything, I'll be remembered for or what I'll leave behind... and now I actually have things! 12 whole stories, where once there was nothing! Sure, it's fanfic! But some people's favourite fanfic. None of it is perfect, but it all matters to me, and we're now at the point (4 years in) where I am starting to slowly realise how it has changed me as a person, and will continue to change me going forward.
I want to start on some original ideas once my thesis is over, vivaed and done, but I don't currently see my writing as anything something I can make into a career, bc I need to keep the joy in it as the joy literally keeps me alive :')
tagging: @imscissorbladez, @pricemarshfield, @blarfshnorgull, @violacae, @dededrabbles, @brabblesblog - no pressure, just trying to share this tag game to more groups/social circles! :) x
14 notes
·
View notes
Text
Binderary 2023 Wrap-Up!
Binderary 2023 is over, and I come bearing some stats, thoughts, and a compiled list of my QOTD answers! :3
Stats:
Books planned: 7
Books completed: 7/7 (woohoo!)
Fandoms: 3 (Yuri on Ice, Harry Potter, and The Sandman)
Total word count: 340,654
List of books (from left to right):
Maybe sprout wings by @moorishflower
Flower King by @landwriter
The Politeness of Princes by @aboxthecolourofheartache
Uncertain Results (also by Box!)
I'm caught inside every open eye (also also by Box :3)
Not pictured (on account of them being given away as gifts!):
My Immortal by Tara Gilesbie (aka xxxbloodyrists666xxx) (community typeset by @renegadepublishing)
Until My Feet Bleed and My Heart Aches by @kazliin (typesetting by @ziezie13 <3)
QOTD answers under the cut (and these are copied directly from our DW post, just with added tumblr @'s!)
1. What does Renegade mean to you?
Renegade has, in all honesty, probably changed the course of my life! That's not hyperbole--it's had such a huge influence on my hobbies, my friendships, my academic trajectory, even my career. I was still in undergrad when I found ASH's post on fanbinding, and I was very lost as to what the next steps would be. And like so many others experienced, the pandemic only made things even murkier and more isolating. Then I found ASH's manifesto in June 2020, worked up the courage to join the Discord in July 2020, and found a community of like-minded weirdos who were just as passionate (if not even more so!) about their favorite stories, and a craft that I fall a little bit more in love with every day (well, most days. fuckin printers man XD). I wrote my honors thesis thanks to Renegade; I've made lifelong friends thanks to Renegade; I have my current job, in a field I love, thanks to Renegade. (My first Rocky Horror Picture show at Havencon 2022? All thanks to Renegade :D) This really feels like my forever fandom home-- even when I jump around from fandom to fandom, there's always a wonderful and supportive community to fall back on. In short, I really love it here, I'm so pleased with what we've done so far, and I can't wait to see where we go! ❤️
2. Favorite Fic
As everyone else who answered this, this question is IMPOSSIBLE. However, if you put a gun to my head and told me to answer right now, I'd have to say Tell Me About the Big Bang (my binding of it here!) It's one of the fics that has touched me most deeply and which has probably had the greatest influence on my writing. It was one of the first fics I'd ever bound, and I really wanted to rebind it to see how far I've come!
3. One thing you'd like to learn more about
GOD SO MANY THINGS. Backing! Headband techniques. Chisel trimming. Edge gilding. Tiny books. More advanced Cricut techniques. More cohesive and professional-looking graphic design. This hobby is really a dozen hobbies in a trench coat, and there's so much to explore.
4. Paper!
For my textblocks, I use 20 lb. cream Hammermill paper! I order it in 11"x 17" and get it cut in half for short grain, like a lot of other folks at Renegade. Recently I've started experimenting with quarto-sized Legal (8.5"x 14")and fell in love. I also want to try a bunch of the other paper that folks have suggested (looking at @robins-egg-bindery Mohawk Via o.o). For my endpapers, I usually use scrapbook paper from those scrapbook paper packs you can get at Michaels and Joann's (and when they're on sale...WOOF)
5. Cloth!
DUO BOOKCLOTH MY BELOVED. God I wish I'd gotten in on the Renegade group order - but ah well. Big fan of making my own though! There are just so many options to choose from, so it really expands what you can do (again: a dozen hobbies and crafts in a trench coat)
6. The Glue War
LOVE me some PVA! I know that it gives you less time to do things, but I get impatient XD. Plus it's cheap and easy to find and ready to use right out of the bottle, which is great. I've tried my hand at making starch paste + PVA with very mixed (ha!) results, although I had a wonderful time with some methyl cell that @simply-sithel gifted me at Havencon last year <3 So mayhaps will have to buy more of that for a future project!
I also love my Cricut Explore 2, Charlotte! She holds up very well, although I think she's due for a blade refill soon. I've just been setting my pressure higher and higher LOL
7. Machines
Love my Epson ecotank! I recently bought it--for the first two years I was going to my local print shop because the quality was great and I had a discount card. Unfortunately the discount card eventually expired, so I decided to bite the bullet and get my own printer. I really love it! I didn't want to have to deal with laser and printing in color can get pricey--the cartridges are just so goddamn expensive, although I do think laser prints in higher quality. Mayhaps a future purchase, because I'd really like to experiment with foiling!
8. Favorite binding technique
Ooh this one is interesting! I know which part of the process I enjoy the most, which is sewing! Kettle stitch my beloved. ALTHOUGH I am a sucker for the French link too--it's just so pretty! And we just had a wonderful workshop put on last week by @queercore-curriculum on their...embroidered binding/long-stitch binding (??? I don't know if there's an official name for it yet), which I LOVE. Glueless bindings are SO cool and I would love to experiment more with them.
9. Your best tip/trick
Ooh! Hmmm...I'd say: never bind while you're super tired/hungry LOL. I've made many a preventable mistake very late at night because I wanted to get something cased in or glued before bed when I probably should've waited till morning XD That being said, on the flip side I think you should never be afraid to experiment! Go hog wild!!! Use those glitter pens!! Try out that fancy silk for your endbands!! Try that new binding style! And if you fuck up, remember that's okay too! These are handmade objects and those mistakes are proud proof of that, and of your journey as a fanbinder. Stick 'em in the channel on the Discord, laugh and (maybe cry a little XD) about it, and then keep going. tldr; ya live and learn!
10. Favorite Detail
Ooh, this one's hard! I love leaving little Easter eggs in my designs. I'd say my favorite is putting my maker's mark on things! My imprint is Moonham Press (a fun mix of my usernames, chubsthehamster and chubsonthemoon), and the logo includes a little crescent moon. I'd actually been binding for about two years when I finally made the imprint--I used to think that it was...idk, kind of weird to put myself in the book? Like I was taking away from the story inside it. But then I got to thinking--well, hey, I'm the one who made this book, right? If nothing else, putting my mark on it tells someone who may pick it up one day that I was connected to this story. Some conversations with some folks at Renegade during Havencon 2022 also helped me embrace this. So these days I put my imprint logo in the typesetting, and I also put it on the cover somewhere! My favorite spots are either on the spine, between the title and author name, or on the back cover, in the bottom left corner :D
11. Spines
Spines are the bane of my existence. Haha, jk. They're mostly just tedious, since they're one of the only parts of the process that still require precise measurement (I've cut templates for everything else by now, and I use my guillotine to cut boards, so that goes super fast). For my thicker books I use Bristol board; I actually still use the same sheets I bought in 2020 when I first started binding--I didn't know how much I would really need so I think I ordered four massive sheets which will probably last me for ten years LOL. For my thinner books, I use Davy board, which is a pain to cut but gives the book a really nice board feel. And for my paperbacks, the spine is just the cover, which I make out of kraft paper for the backing + the decorative paper (usually scrapbook paper or something I've designed and printed)
12. Mistakes/Fails
Ooh BOY are there many. My most recent was my experiment with making a hardback quarto letter. I made the hinge waaaaay too small so when I tested the case the textblock was sticking out of it LOL. But I've been pretty lucky--this is only the second case I've had to remake in my time as fanbinder *KNOCKS ON WOOD*, but my printer fuck-ups when I was trying to figure out how to print on legal sized paper (since my printer doesn't duplex) probably make up for the luck I've had in the case department XD. Casing in, though--I think I've had maaaaaybe...two or three case-ins where I was completely happy with the results. A large part of this is because my guillotine doesn't cut completely straight, so my squares are never even LOL. But hey, I'm not getting paid for this, and I'm having fun, so eh.
13. Process
Ooh, interesting! My process has remained largely unchanged--I think the only thing that has really changed is now the frequency at which I print. I used to print at a print shop, so I'd make typesets in large batches--usually two to four books, sometimes more (I think the most I've done at a time is five?), and I'd make a day out of it. Now that I have my printer at home though, I can do things in smaller batches! I can also test print things, so I've been able to get a lot more experimental with my books sizes and my covers. Everything else has remained largely the same--the first book I did I typeset in MS Word, but everything after that I've all done in Affinity Publisher. I typeset > print > bind > take pictures! I really like how different each step is (like I said, twelve different hobbies in a trench coat), so there's always something different to do if I get bored. My favorite parts are probably designing covers and sewing the signatures!
14. Storage solutions
OUGH. I have one of those rollaway drawer thingies for all my tools, a dozen scrapbook paper containers, several large baskets for my vinyl and cloth, a hanging stand for my larger sheets of decorative paper, a standing desk which holds my Cricut and printer (a few of the aforementioned vinyl baskets are under this desk too), another rollaway basket thingy that holds my printing paper and my press (also under the standing desk), another desk which holds both my two guillotines and cutting mats (and under that desk are all my scrapbook paper containers and Cricut mats), and a final third desk where I keep all my sewing stuff and where I do my typesetting and other sitting-down parts of the process. And of course my shelves for all my books! This doesn't really give a sense of where everything is, but it's actually fairly organized, and for the most part I know where everything is (except for my FUCKING bone folder god that thing is always ending up in places I do not remember putting it XD)
15. Your Workspace
Ah, see my answer to 14! I'll probably upload a photo here later XD
16. Dust jackets and covers
Oooh, I've never made a dust jacket before--I don't think my printer could handle the wonky paper size that it requires, but they look really cool and I'd maybe be up for making one someday! And covers! Both my greatest love and my greatest enemy. They're super fun to design, but this is one part of the process that always feels like an uphill battle for me! There are so many skilled and talented folks in Renegade with GORGEOUS covers, and it's always a mix of being incredibly inspired and getting some design envy--but either way it's very motivating to keep me out of my comfort zone and to always keep trying new things. I use decorative paper and scrapbook paper mostly for the base material (although I've begun experimenting with designing things digitally and printing them out on Epson matte presentation paper), and then the rest is fuck it, we ball. I usually design the cover last, so I have an entire typeset and title page already when I begin, which makes things a little easier since I have an already established aesthetic to work with. My font selection is kind of determined by how small the text for the title/author name is, since my Cricut isn't great at cutting super small sizes (Times New Roman, funnily enough, is one of the only fonts that it can do at smaller sizes LOL so a lot of the text on my covers/spines are in TNR). I'm excited to keep improving and experimenting in this area!
17. Published inspiration
Ooh!! This one's fun--when I first began making my Master pages in Affinity publisher, I literally grabbed the first few books I saw on my shelf and said 'alright, this looks good' and haven't looked back since LOL. Those books were Vintage's editions of Toni Morrison's novels, Picador's Gilead by Marilynne Robinson, Vintage's edition of Willa Cather's The Song of the Lark, Fall River's omnibus editions of Shakespeare and Sherlock Holmes's works, Penguin Classic's Deluxe edition of Jane Austen's novels, and a few others that I can't remember. I looked at all these books, found what they had in common (for example, a simple title page before the decorative title page, the use of a single graphic or design at the beginning of each chapter, etc.) and went with that! I don't usually take inspiration from specific books, EXCEPT for a project I'm currently working on which I'm super excited about :3 More TK here eheh (ADDITION 3/7: I was talking about Maybe sprout wings here LOL)
18. Illustrations
FANART MY BELOVED. I LOVE including fanart in my books, because it's such a lovely demonstration of the communal nature of these stories and it's so fun getting to collect all the pieces. For free use graphics my favorite sites are Adobe Stock images and Heritage Library. Heritage in particular has a beautiful selection of free vintage graphics packs that I've used for years now. And very occasionally, wingdings fonts will have something I really like XD
19. Favorite tool
Despite my gripes earlier about always misplacing it, I ADORE my bone folder. It's a funky lil dude and it makes all my edges nice and crisp! I can't wait for the retreat bone folder fufu :3 Also a very big fan of my guillotine, which despite its flaws makes my life a hell of a lot easier in the long run, as well as my presses, which were handmade by my dad and do their jobs very well (squiiiiiiish)
20. Favorite part of the binding process
Oooh, this one's fun! I really like the actual construction of the book--sewing sigs is always relaxing and has been one of my fave parts since the very beginning. Recently I've started to really enjoy designing covers, especially if there are a lot of physical elements (like layering scrapbook paper or playing around with Mod Podge).
I had the absolute privilege to hold @clovenhoofbindery's copy of Away Childish Things at Havencon last year. Literally every book Space makes I fall in love with, and her designs are a HUGE inspiration for me. Everything from the typesetting to cover design to physical construction--I lose my marbles every time.
21. Inspo: The binder that inspired you!
Ohhh this one's so hard! Literally every time I check the #show-off channel in the Discord I'm struck by so many beautiful books. I'm going to cheat and name a few people here, but this list is by no means comprehensive and doesn't even begin to cover everyone I could name.
Everything @pleasantboatpress binds is just so beautiful. Their color choices are always inspired and their headbands make me want to cry! Their bind of Unconditional in particular had me foaming at the mouth.
The quality of everything @zhalfirin-binds makes, likewise, always blows me away. Her books are so polished and professional, and her photos make me feel like I'm in a museum when I'm trawling her blog for inspo!
@simply-sithel's tiny books are literally the coolest things ever! I'm still working my way through the Binderary vids and I can't wait to get to hers. Six plays with form in mind-bending and truly innovative ways, and her blog is wonderland of tiny and fantastical book creatures.
@teleportbooks's binds are the definition of classy and refined. They're so good at designing their books according to the contents of the fic--their binding of Thirty-Three Lashes in particular is just the best design centered around fic content and title I've seen. Their designs always make me melt a little when I see them!
@no-name-publishing's endbands are to DIE for. Like fr I am in awe every time!!! And Kam's cover + title page designs are a huge source of inspo for me--forever in love with this bind of theirs, with the beautiful painted cover + matching endpapers T_T
And of course!!! I (and everyone else) wouldn't be here without our beloved leader, @armoredsuperheavy. He's the first binder that ever inspired me, and he continues to do so today!
22. Inspo: The fic that inspired you!
My original answer was also my answer for 27 ("First bind"), but I'm gonna say something a little different here! I usually know pretty quickly whether I'm interested in binding something, but very rarely has a fic gotten me hook, line, and sinker the way @that-banhus's King of Infinite Space did. Like, from the first line I was like "oh god I need to hold this one." And eventually I did! :3
23. Author spotlight: Someone you've bound
AHHHHHH this one is so hard too! I've bound a good number of authors over the years, many of whom are my dear friends, and to spotlight only a single one would be impossible. So I'm just going to poke @dodici12, whose killugon fic See You Upside Down is one of the best killugon reunion fics ever in my very humble hamster opinion. Hiiiii Tessa ilysm <333
24. Author spotlight: Someone you'd like to bind
OOOOOH. Many, many fics are in my queue. I'll keep them to myself for now, since I prefer to ask for author permission via DM, but atm I have my eye on a few Good Omens authors whose work I adore!
25. Favorite bind by you!
THIS ONE IS SO HARD AJLSKDJF. I love all my babies so much and I'm proud of what I was able to accomplish and what I learned from each of them. However, if you put a gun to my head and asked me to choose right now, I'd have to go with my most recent bind of Maybe sprout wings by @moorishflower. I'm really pleased with both its construction and particularly the curation of its contents, which includes the work of nearly a dozen people. It was my attempt at capturing the communal nature of fanfiction's creation and dispersal, and it was also my Big Project this Binderary. I'm ridiculously fond and proud of it!
26. Favorite bind by someone else!
THIS ONE IS SO HARD TOO HELP. Okay this is only one of my many many favorites, but dragging Space back out here again to say that her bind of Away Childish Things permanently altered my brain chemistry. Like, the cutout!!! The patronuses!!!! The title page cutout???? THE KEY??? Again, I held this book in my hands IN PERSON last year and I'm still not over it. The quality of the work is absolutely bonkers crazy incredible and I think about it Often.
27. First bind
The very first fic I ever bound was On Stranger Tides by @theroyalsavage. It's still one of my favorite fics ever today--it has the perfect blend of action/adventure, romance, humor, and fantasy. It gives me the good ol' "roaming the high seas with found family and magic and pirates" ache. It holds a very special place in my heart!
FINAL THOUGHTS
28. Latest bind
See 22! But for funsises, I'm also ridiculously fond of the binding before that, of @aboxthecolourofheartache's fic The Politeness of Princes, because I got to do lots of fun arts and crafty things with the cover!
This was my first year doing Binderary, and I had such a blast! It's so crazy seeing how far Renegade has come, from a little Discord for book shop chatting (ASH mentioned in one of the talks how it was just called, like, "Bookbinding Discord" at the beginning LOL) to now. We're well on our way to a proper organizational structure, with several yearly events, in-person meetups, and thousands of members all over the world. And we have so much more planned! It feels truly special, and I'm so grateful to everyone who makes this possible.
Okay!! That's all from me for today, folks. If you made it this far, thanks so much for reading! <3
97 notes
·
View notes
Note
helllooo i just want to let you know much i love, adore, treasure, cherish, LOVE your fanfiction! your fic threw me back in my dick grayson AND young justice phase! i honestly stopped watching at s3 cuz i heard s4 sucked but like now i finished s4 so i can read your fanfic without any confusion. morgan is sooo well-written i can't get over her. i can't even read other young justice fanfics cuz the fanfic writers oc/reader do. not. compare. to. MY. morgan!!! her personality, her trauma, her chemistry with dick, HER PERSONALITY??? i'm sorry its just so hard to find an amazing fic where the oc doesn't annoy the hell out of me😭. i was hella skeptical cuz i thought she'd be like every other typical mary sue character but nah morgan's literally the best 😱💕?!! i'm tempted to read your fic on fanfiction.net done but i will be patient and wait for your glorious updates 😍!!
Okay can I cry for a bit 😭😭😭 thank you so much this was seriously the best message I've gotten in a while!!! I just handed in my thesis today so I'm FINALLY on a break and I'm itching to get writing on the fic again!! There'll definitely be an update this week ❤️
You're more caught up on YJ than I am, I still haven't watched the fourth season 😅 maybe I'll get around to it one day, so I promise you only have to have seen the first two seasons to read the fic but the fact that you love it so much that you'd watch a TV show just to follow is just 😭😭 like that's so sweet!!!
I'm so happy you like Morgan!! Honestly the more I write, the more I love her. She feels like my child at this point lol, so hearing someone write so sweetly about her is honestly really touching❤️❤️ you're so right, she's OUR Morgan ❤️ in all of her messy, traumatized and quippy glory!!
(Also I totally get the temptation to go on ffnet and read the finished fic, but if you really enjoy Morgan as she is now and their dynamic + the vibe of the story as it's playing out on AO3, I probably wouldn't recommend it? Most of the stuff that's different in the rewrite is that I've really been focused on adding depth to their characters and their relationship, upping the intensity and the pining, so it'll probably feel like a bit of a letdown!!)
3 notes
·
View notes
Text
Update - Happy New Year! (and some housekeeping)
*TV static intensifies*
Hey everyone! π here.
Once again, I'd like to wish all of you formally a happy new year! This will be my third year with you, and I hope you're still enjoying my works and I appreciate you for your continued support.
Now that I have your attention, I'd like to give you an overall update on things happening behind the scenes, but first:
2023 Poll
I only posted 10 fics over the previous year, rip, but they're easily some of my most popular and positively received works in the library. Vote up to three of your favorite fics released from me during 2023! I was supposed to include Plaid on the list, but I didn't finish it on time, and as a result this poll also delayed lol. You can change your votes anytime if you have a change of heart. Poll begins from today until January 7, 2024 1:00 P.M. KST/12:00 AM EST.
2024 Road map
And because I only posted 10 fics all throughout 2023, my personal goal in 2024 is to increase the amount of releases, while continuing to improve the quality and maintain consistency. Hopefully. In real life, I'll be entering my third year of college once the holidays are over, and this may be the last full year of freedom I get. I might have to do on-the-job training (OJT) and write up my thesis, which requires a lot of personal commitment so I can finally graduate. I'm basically on borrowed time at this point.
Plans change. Shit happens. Everything that I'm about to say isn't exactly a 100% guarantee, and I really don't wanna promise anything because I've broken way too many promises. But here's the initial proposed list of idols that will be getting fics in 2024:
Hanni
Chaeryeong
Ningning
Yunjin
Rei
Sejeong
Nagyung
Haewon
Yuqi
Xiaoting
Minji (Newjeans)
Sakura
Youngeun
Karina
Sullyoon
Heejin
And this doesn't include idols I've already written :)
Looks ambitious—and it is—but if I can complete even half of that list, I feel as if I've already accomplished my goal.
Commissions
To the people who've been waiting for their requests, once again I'd like to apologize for the delays. I feel terrible knowing I've got so many projects in limbo because of circumstances beyond my control, and it feels as though I've betrayed your trust. However, we're picking things up and I'll gradually be releasing them throughout the early stages of 2024. Thank you for waiting just a little bit longer.
With that said, my personal plan is to implement the following so this never happens again: I'll be scaling back on the number of commissions I can accept at a time so there's more breathing room for requests as well as personal ideas/projects. Ideally, this would mean releasing fics in a 2-to-1 format: 2 commissions then 1 personal idea, but this would vary based on personal schedule and overall demand. Balancing real life commitments with burnout is a huge challenge, and I believe this is the most comfortable situation for me. Please understand that I'm still just one guy and I can't do everything all at once. If I could clone myself, I would abuse the shit out of that ability.
Closing
Overall, I've been blessed to have such a wonderful 2023, and I pray 2024 will be just as kind, if not kinder. I've experienced some of the highest highs and the lowest lows, but I personally feel that 2023 was the best year I've had in almost a decade, and this blog is one reason for that. It wasn't as productive as it used to be, but the increasing support is simply humbling. Heck, I've been entrusted to bring some of your visions/fantasies to life, which shows how much faith you have in me to succeed and bring you quality art. There's no amount of words that can express how truly grateful I am to you, the readers, my peers in the writing community, and to our heavenly Father.
Regardless of what happens to me or this blog, I hope 2024 will be kind to you all. Love you.
with grace,
peter / π
17 notes
·
View notes
Note
Hiii sweetie
I've always wondered where do you take your inspiration from? As an example, what helps when you don't know how to get to a certain point in the plot? I'm sure it's not always easy to write everything down. Just wanted to know more about you and your writing technique. ❤️❤️
| 02182024 log |
I've been gatekeeping this ask since the end of november so I could put out chamapagne confetti and more of lacrimosa, but tonight i felt like talking about it ♡🫧𖦹⋆。˚⋆ฺ
Art creates art and I'm no different. Sometimes it is a song, piece of media that is tucked in the back of my mind or my own experience that I cypher to my writing. But sometimes the original idea I have does not remain the same till the very end of the writing, e.g. champagne confetti is defo a way different than what I initially planned but I would not change it.
Another thing that I love to employ is a certain degree of obliqueness in the narration. There are certain gaps or details I leave in the story that give space for interpretation (please do not mistake this with reader writing the story). I'm leaving them be because I know they will slowly solve or unfold themselves as the plot progresses. So if you're confused, yes and? Just kidding ♡🫧𖦹⋆。˚⋆ฺ Just trust the process please and be patient. And even tho you think what i'm on, pls don't spoil it for others by voicing it, my dm's are open if you really want to, but think of others too please ♡🫧𖦹⋆。˚⋆ฺ
I love doing the story's graphic and sometimes I do it before it's even finished. It helps me to give a final touch to the mood/vibe of the story. E.g. the colouring of the collages in champagne confetti is either very vibrant or black or white to indicate darker atmosphere.
Something I don't share (just yet, ig) are the playlists! I make playlist for each story and I listen it while I write. Champagne confetti's playlist was full of 90s hits that helped me to dive in the era. Lacrimosa's playlist is full of classical orchestral songs and songs from that time period. To write historical au, I love to listen to the music of that time ♡🫧𖦹⋆。˚⋆ฺ I also make pinterest boards to visualise the fic inside of my mind.
I'm big on symbolism (wrote a whole thesis on it), hence, e.g. the letter opener in Lacrimosa symbolises the freedom Y/N yearns for. Firstly it freed her from her father and now she used the very same letter opener in an attempt to free herself from Yoongi. She knew he won't let her go and the only thing that could show him what he has had done to her is if she hurts herself as that will bring him the greatest pain.
I don't choose the member beforehand, I write a bit and then think about which one of them is the best male lead for the wip. Apart from Lacrimosa, I always knew that it's going to be with Yoongi. It was actually in drafts for almost two years before I got the courage to put it out.
I can't think of anything else as of now, but be sure there's more I could disclose but I'm still trying to find my style fully, so it will take some time till my writing will have more significant characteristics.
I used to write in my native language when I was younger, but that was fundamentally different. I think I was about 17 when I first wrote a fic in english that I'm actually rebooting now as it has a special place in my heart, but tbh, it needs corrections and fillings as it was a video story. Can't wait to put more stuff out ♡🫧𖦹⋆。˚⋆ฺ
lots of love, p.
#bts#bts fanfic#bts fic#fic:lacrimosa#fic: champagne confetti#yoongi#jungkook#writing#chummerstalk#springieeee chummer
5 notes
·
View notes
Text
Last year I tried co-writing a fic with KoboldAI, but it was a bit of a hassle so I gave up after the first one. 😅 It felt more like I was fighting against the AI instead of a collab. Then I forgot all about it until @seoulsborne123 posted this.
I'll let the result speak for itself.
My input is in bold.
Naru is being weird
>Mai tries not to fall asleep at her desk in the office in case Naru would come out and ask for tea. Naru had not come out of his room for three hours. She had been waiting, thinking he might want some company, but she didn't dare go into his room.
She is still here, sitting on a chair in the corner of the room, staring at the wall, when she hears someone knock on the door.
"Come in," she says.
Naru opens the door without saying anything.
> Mai frowned. He wouldn't knock on his own door. She wondered if Naru, her boss, was okay. His eyes were a bit glazed over.
Naru's face twists in surprise as he sees her standing there. "Oh... I'm sorry. I thought you were someone else."
He walks past her, heading towards the kitchenette. He stops suddenly and looks back at her. "I don't suppose you'd like some tea?"
Mai shakes her head. She doesn't really know what to say.
> What happened to Naru? What made him behave in this manner? It was HER job to serve tea, not his! And what's with mistaking for someone else? But what shocked her the most is that he actually said sorry.
Naru returns from the kitchenette holding two cups of tea. He places one cup on a small table next to the sofa and sits down.
"It's just that... well..."
He takes a sip of his tea and then continues, "... I've been feeling tired lately. My physical condition isn't good, and I haven't been getting enough sleep..."
> Mai blinks. It doesn't sound like he was messing around with her. She watches Naru drink his tea again and says: "So you're tired to the point of knocking on your own office door. Are you still reading academic journals? Writing a thesis? You need a break too sometimes, Naru."
Naru nods slowly. "Yes. I guess so."
He seems embarrassed by the subject matter of his research, but Mai doesn't care about it. She just wants to make sure that he's doing alright.
"You should get some rest," she says.
Naru smiles wanly. "Thanks for offering, but I'll be fine.
> Mai felt her cheeks flush. That's just strange. It almost seems as if he was possessed by someone. Naru turn his head to stare at the window, then gets up and presses his eyelids shut. He opens his eyes again and blinks.
"Why am I..." Naru looks at Mai again. The cold expression has returned. "Mai, what just happened? I was in my room. How did I get here?"
Mai's eyes widen. "Did something happen to you?"
Naru puts his hands on the sides of his head and rubs them. "No. No, nothing happened. I guess I just got carried away."
Mai frowns. "What do you mean?"
Naru stares at her blankly. "Nothing. It's nothing.
> "Oh come on!" Mai got up from her chair. "You knocked on your own door, offered to make tea for both us and... your personality has changed!"
Naru scowls. "That's not true."
Mai sighs. "Okay. If that's how you feel, then fine. But I think you're going through a rough time right now. So stop being so stubborn and come back to your senses. We're all worried about you."
Naru turns to look at her. "Worried about me?"
> "Yeah, even Lin said you were behaving oddly when I came in at noon."
Naru gives her a tight smile. "Lin is always full of useless advice. He thinks he knows everything."
Mai rolls her eyes. "Fine. Whatever you say."
Naru sighs. "Perhaps I have been neglecting my health. I can't deny that. But that doesn't mean I'm losing my mind."
Mai gulps.
> "I'm pretty sure you are losing your mind in some way. Shall I call Lin?"
"No!" Naru shouts. "Don't call him. Don't drag him into this."
Mai frowns. "But Naru, he's your legal guardian. And he cares about you."
Naru waves her off. "As if that matters anymore. As if anyone cares about me anymore."
Mai raises an eyebrow.
Naru stands up abruptly.
> You're not going anywhere, Mai thought. She ran over to Lin's office and knocked on his door. The tall Chinese man came out and asked what was wrong. She said, "Naru has officially lost it. He's talking nonsense and I don't know what to say to him. Please do something about it!"
Lin sighed. "Alright. I'll see what I can do."
He walked over to Naru, grabbed his shoulders and gave him a good shake.
"Lin! Stop it. I'm fine!"
> "You behaved strangely since this morning," Lin said. "I also overheard your conversation with Mai. I agree with her. Sit back down on the sofa and drink your tea."
Naru looked at him in confusion. "What's going on? Why are you treating me like this? I'm perfectly fine!"
Lin shook his head. "If you want to stay here, you'll listen to me. Now sit down."
Naru rolled his eyes and sat down.
Lin turned to Mai.
> "I believe Gene has possessed Naru," he said. Mai gasps. Naru is possessed by his dead twin brother? Why would Gene posses his brother? Lin continued to speak, "Gene is quite bad at impersonating Naru... That's why I know."
The more he spoke, the more Mai understood.
She knew that Gene had been trying to contact her.
She knew that Naru was acting strangely because of his possession.
And she knew that Naru's words were hollow.
Gene was controlling his body.
She knew that Naru wasn't himself anymore.
> "That's right," Naru's voice said. "I'm Gene. How have you been, Mai, Lin? I'm sorry for possessing Naru, by the way."
Mai stared at Naru in shock.
Naru smiled. "It's okay. I'm glad to see you."
Lin frowned. "I'm afraid you might have taken things a bit too far."
> "Well, I'll leave soon then," Gene said. "It's not fun pretending to be the Chief of Shibuya Psych Research."
"Wait!" Mai cried. "What are you saying? You've possessed Naru?!"
Naru glared at her. "Yes. I'm Gene. And I'm leaving now."
Gene closed his eyes, then opened them again.
"Ah... Mai, Lin."
Mai leaned in closely and asked, "Is it really you, Naru?"
"Are you back, Naru?" Lin said.
"Yes," Naru sighs. "Gene, that idiot."
> Mai let out a breath of relief. It seems like Naru was back to being himself.
"But I'm still not convinced that you're yourself," Lin said.
Naru nodded. "I understand. I'll try to prevent something like this happening next time."
"Next time?" Lin said. "There won't be a next time."
Both Mai and Naru look surprised.
> "Excuse me?" Mai said. "Why did you say that, Lin?"
"Because... well..." Lin hesitated. "I think Naru has been possessed by Gene for a long time."
Mai stares at the man.
"I don't understand."
> "I am merely suggesting that it's time for Gene to move on," Lin said, "In other words, it is for the best to exorcise Gene."
Naru inclined his head. "So that's what you meant..."
Mai frowned deeply.
> "You mean... you want to kill Naru?"
Lin nods slowly. "Yes. That is exactly what I mean."
Mai felt sick to her stomach.
Naru stood up suddenly. "I'm not going to let you do such a thing!"
Lin's face darkened. "We will do whatever we feel is necessary."
> "But that's just madness..." Mai's eyes glimmered in defiance. "Naru needs your protection! Didn't you promise his parents?"
Lin's eyes widened. "We promised them nothing. If they wanted me to protect their son, they should have made that clear when they entrusted him to me."
Mai inhaled sharply.
> "Lin, you're the one out of your mind! I can't believe this is even happening," Mai said. Her tears welled up. "This just has to be a dream. It can't be anything else. Someone, anyone, pinch me!"
Naru shook his head. "No, please don't make me go through this again."
Lin sighed. "Very well. But if you ever attempt to harm Naru again, I will kill you myself."
Mai gasped.
> "What?!" She turned to Naru. "Damn it, just pinch me! I want to wake up from this nightmare."
Naru's eyes widened.
"You'd rather die than give up?"
Mai gaped at him.
> "Why are you saying that? I don't wanna die. I want to WAKE up." She grew furious. "Did you forget how to understand Japanese?!"
Naru turned away from her. "Please stop shouting at me. I am trying to tell you that I don't want to die."
"Then why are you so stubborn about, Naru"
Mai couldn't take it anymore.
> "Fine, then I'll wake up by myself," she said, dropping herself onto the sofa and laying down on it. "Don't even think about bothering me."
Naru looked upset. "Mai..."
She didn't bother to turn around.
> Mai closed her eyes and willed herself to wake up from this nightmare.
Mai could hear voices.
"... I heard that someone knocked on her door last night."
"She must have been dreaming or some nonsense..."
> This was it. She was back in her own bed. Covered by her own back. She had returned to reality.
It was just a nightmare.
A nightmare that seemed so real.
She sat up and rubbed her eyes.
"Mai? Are you awake?"
"Huh?"
> Next to her was Masako who sat beside her. The girl smiled.
"It seems you woke up from a terrible nightmare," Masako said. "You were screaming just now."
Mai blushed. "Oh my God..."
Masako chuckled. "Don't worry. I know what it feels like. I also had nightmares once."
"Really?"
"Yes."
> "I see," Mai said. "This one was just terrible. I was in the office and... Naru and Lin had lost their minds. I didn't know what to do."
Masako nodded. "That was a very scary dream. I'm glad you got rid of it."
Mai smiled. "Thanks, Masako-chan. I'm glad it was just a dream."
> "Would you like something to drink? You must be thirsty."
Mai raised an eyebrow. "Um... sure. What would you recommend?"
"How about some tea?"
Mai nodded. "Tea sounds great."
"Good." Masako got up from the bed.
> After Masako left, Mai began to wonder. Why was Masako even in her room?
She knew that no one was supposed to enter without permission.
The only reason that she could come up with was that Masako had been summoned.
Mai frowned.
> She reached for her phone and scrolled through her missed messages. One was from Naru.
"Hey, Mai, I'm sorry to bother you but I need to talk to you. Can you meet me at the office today? I'll be waiting there. Thanks."
Mai stared at the message for a while before replying.
> She typed: "Sorry Naru, but I'm not feeling well. Maybe next week?"
Naru sent back a quick reply.
"Okay, I understand. Tell me if you change your mind."
Mai sighed.
She wasn't sure whether to be relieved or worried about Naru.
> Normally he didn't send such messages, but she decided to put it out of her mind. Masako returned with two cups of tea.
"Here you go."
"Thank you."
"Are you okay, Mai?"
Mai shrugged. "Just tired."
"Well, I'm going home now. See you tomorrow."
"Bye, Masako."
> In the end, Mai was left alone with two cups of tea to drink.
She sipped at the hot beverage slowly.
She felt numb.
She hadn't experienced something like this since she was a child.
She felt confused.
And yet, she couldn't help but feel grateful.
Because she knew that Naru was still alive.
He wasn't possessed by Gene at all.
And that meant that he was safe.
12 notes
·
View notes
Note
cielo.......cielo, cielo.......four parts of Godmaker (including the prologue) has been out, four times I have cried myself to a 3 hour long power nap. There's just something about the way you write. Pulls me in and drowns me in your world. I'm not exaggerating, your writing style genuinely shakes me up (in a good way ofc).
When I started reading Godmaker, I had jujutsu kaisen's gojo satoru in mind. It was supposed to be a different take with satoru in center. But somewhere down the line everything just washed away and all I see now is YOUR gojo satoru. The way YOU built him. YOU wrote him. Satoru is just a name for me now, the character is completely yours. And please allow me to say how big of a feat that is. I'm not a writer, I'm not even remotely involved with creative writing. But taking an already established character and making me forget the established backgrounds and all??? Even I know that's huge. You're an amazing writer cielo, I hope you know that.
I wish I could pick one favorite part of this chapter but i just can't. It was just too good, start to finish. Oh my god. Reader is WRETCHED but honestly, I don't think I'd be any better given the chance lol. And gojo satoru.....I'm keeping my mouth shut about him cause all I can say rn is [incoherent noise]. You're amazing for writing every character so beautifully.
Waiting every week for this is worth it. Many love cielo, and take care💕 Sorry the ask got so long shdhdhdh
anon this is soooo 😭😭 i'll CRYYY. thank you so much WOW. im sorry for making you cry into three hour long naps LMAO but this is so so kind of you to say.
i was really worried that i was taking too many liberties with gojo. actually, the initial inception of this fic (and i have quite a few scrapped scenes of it) alternated to gojo's POV as well and dealt very heavily with his parents, too. it paralleled reader's parents greatly and her struggle with them. it featured gojo's mom quite a bit. but i thought that was TOO much liberty on his character + the fic is already too long LMAO and that would've made it at least five chapters longer lol and i just....can't. i would lose my mind. i also figured people didn't want to read 30k of my Thesis about how i Think gojo might've been raised?? lol??? i was overwhelmed by it at first too. HOWEVER, we will still get a gojo POV chapter in the interlude since i think showing a bit of his perspective IS important to the story. also its a little nod to myself and the initial concept, where gojo had a much larger POV and arc alongside the reader.
but gosh, thank you!! reader is a wretched little thing. everyone has called her that and i love it lol i am just really enjoying leaning into awful readers. i have quite a few more ideas in mind for some Wretched Ones with different characters.
but THANK YOU again. it means so much to me! pls never apologize for the ask being long, it seriously means the world to me!! i hope you had a wonderful weekend and a good week ahead of you!! much love back to you 💕💕
#thank you again!!#i am so excited and happy to be sharing this with you!#wishing you well friend!!#cielo chats!
1 note
·
View note
Note
If you feel like for the prompt thing: confessing your feelings to someone you think are asleep for PatPran 😊
I really love your writing!! I only just now found your tumblr but I am obsessed with your Bad Buddy ao3 fics!! I’ve read them all in one go🧡
Also I wish you good luck on your thesis and that you can relax post-thesis!!!
[Prompt Me]
Pran is still getting used to what it feels like to share a bed—to share a bed with Pat. He's never been a particularly light sleeper, but the novelty of Pat laying next to him still hasn't quite worn off, even after a few weeks, and has him almost hyper-aware of his boyfriend's movements.
He's fine with it, knows that it will pass sooner or later—and it could be worse. Pat isn't a particularly wiggly sleeper, but he does get up in the middle of the night sometimes, to use the bathroom or get some water, and the loss of his warmth will have Pran stirring blearily for a few minutes until Pat returns.
Usually when that happens, Pran finds himself quickly dropping back off once Pat has resettled next to him, and wakes up the next morning with barely a passing thought towards the brief awakening.
Tonight, however, Pran sleepily registers the sound of Pat's glass of water clinking on the bedside table, but the expected shift of the covers and dip of the mattress that would signal Pat getting back into bed doesn't come. Instead, there is a vague awareness of Pat hoovering, and then, the soft shuffle of him making his way around to Pran's side.
He crouches down, and it feels like he's near Pran's face, but at this point, Pran is wide awake and barely breathing, and he doesn't dare crack his eyes open to check. Pat hums softly—a dipping, fond noise that makes Pran's heart stutter—and then doesn't move for a few long seconds.
Pran can't tell whether he's imagining the weight and warmth of Pat's gaze, but the thought of it makes him incredibly aware of being seen, makes him wonder what Pat is looking at and what he's thinking.
Finally, Pat shifts, and Pran resists the urge to tense up in anticipation, breathing out carefully and matching Pat's breaths. When the touch comes—of Pat's finger carefully lifting a strand of hair off his forehead—Pran can't help but be surprised by it, and his face twitches with the suppressed expression.
Pat freezes at that, and then they're both waiting, trying to see if the other has caught them. His heart thuds in his chest, staying still and hoping that Pat hasn't realized, and eventually, Pat blows out a soft relieved breath the curls across Pran's skin.
He finishes the movement, settling the strand back down, and pauses, fingers resting against the top of Pran's head lightly. After a beat, the light touch turns into Pat cupping his palm into Pran's hair, and then there's the shift of air between them as Pat leans forward.
A soft kiss is brushed against Pran's forehead, achingly gentle, the slight chap of Pat's lips catching against his skin. Pran's entire body goes hot, and he's sure that if it wasn't dark, the red staining his ears would be incredibly obvious. It feels so overwhelming that Pran is convinced for the briefest of moments, that there is no way Pat doesn't feel the heat radiating off him.
Pat shifts away just the slightest bit, thumb brushing against Pran's hairline. Pran waits, expecting this to be it, for Pat to rise back up to his feet and return to his side of the bed so that Pran can quietly lose his mind over the affection he has been given, but Pat isn't done.
"I think I love you," Pat confesses, quiet and reverent, and Pran's mind whites out. The words begin ringing in his ears almost immediately.
Pat thumb passes over Pran's skin once again. "And it makes me so happy."
The joy in that, barely suppressed and shining, has something warm and glowing rushing through Pran, making him feel like every molecule in his body has been coated with gold. Loving Pran makes Pat happy.
It seems like the kind of thing that could never be true, not with the circumstances around them, and yet—and yet—
Pat finally rises, slowly drawing his hand out of Pran's hair, and Pran waits patiently for him to go back to his side and slip under the covers, and then waits a little bit more before rolling over, trying his best to make it seem like a natural shift, and curls into Pat's side.
Pat stiffens, just slightly, whispers, "Pran?" but Pran doesn't answer, keeps his breaths even, and after a moment, Pat lets out a tiny sigh, rolling over as well and tangling their legs together.
It makes me happy, too, Pran thinks, lets that truth settle into his bones, and thinks of telling Pat that, soon.
#bad buddy#bad buddy fic#fai answers#thank you for this one nonny <3#i'm so glad you've been enjoying my fic and I hope this makes you happy!#also really really appreciate the thesis well wishes
85 notes
·
View notes
Text
So I guess I am back
Hello, this is just a random update. It's been so long. I think I left this blog inactive for 2 years(?). So...basically life happened. I graduated from uni, struggled in the last 2 years of uni, and now I'm in my 1st year in law school.
Anyways, I'm here just to let ya'll know I'm still alive and I'm still planning to finish my ongoing fics (especially The Heart Holiday and TPAHR). I missed my babies so much.
For those who waited for me, thank you so much for your patience and I apologize for this super late notice and quite tired(?)-sounding post. Law school messed up my sleeping schedule and I sleep an average of 3 hours daily so I hope for your kind understanding.
So for just a quick catch-up on what I've been up to before I left this app:
🌸 I had COVID in 2021 and I almost delayed myself from graduating bc I was so sick and I was struggling with my thesis that I felt the need to drop it. Luckily, I didn't drop it and I was able to finish it on time. Big shout out to my family who knew I would hate myself if I didn't graduate on time and supported me all throughout my thesis era. Ya girl is a Magna Cum Laude graduate 🏅
🌸 I applied for law school, not really thinking I would get in (bc I was already dying bc of my thesis and the review period starts the same period of my thesis writing). I just applied for the experience so if I fail, at least I already know how to answer the exam for the following year. So I was shocked that not only did I pass, I was able to get into the top law school in my country.
🌸 I rekindled my love for watching anime and reading mangas/manhwas/manhuas. I've been in love with these stuff since I was 6 yrs old and they helped me keep sane in the past 2 years.
🌸 I love Haikyuu and I've been an avid fanfic reader of Haikyuu fics. It's amazing and I enjoyed myself a lot so expect some reblogs of anime-related content.
🌸 Last anime watched: Chainsaw Man
🌸 Last manhwa read: We are not Dating
🌸 I still love BTS and I listen to their music although I'm not as active as a fan like I used to be. I also started stanning groups like ATEEZ and The Boyz.
🌸 I started getting into Western shows (sorry, Kdramas took up the entire 20 years of my life) and oh my god, I love Breaking Bad and that show is hands-down one of the best I've ever seen. Better Call Saul is amazing (tho I haven't finished this yet) and Stranger Things is also cool.
🌸 Currently enjoying my subjects Criminal Law and Civil Law. I hate Political Law bc it's kinda draining and the cases are boring and my god the great disparity of page numbers in Political Law cases - they're either 10 pages long or 185 pages long and I have to read them all (they're 11 Arial, single spacing, narrow margin).
That's all for tonight as it's already 11:52 PM here and I have to get back to studying. Anyways, it's great to see ya'll again and I can't wait to start writing again in this blog! 🤗💖 Have a good week ahead, cuties! I'm wishing you all the best in your school/work/other stuff you're doing! 🍀💗🍀💗
17 notes
·
View notes
Text
{Recently Read 1D Fics}
August 2021
These are all the One Direction fics I read and enjoyed in August. There are 16 recs here in all and are in order by word count and organized by pairing. You can also listen to my podcast to hear me talk about each of these fics as well as an overview of what was posted on ao3 in August including the fics on this month’s fic roundup which you can find here! Please let the writers know if you liked the fics by leaving kudos and comments! Happy reading!
Fanfictional Podcast #28 | ko-fi | fic recs
-Larry-
Memory of a Dream by tomlinvelvet / @afterglowslouis
[E, 64k, Sleeping Beauty au, a/b/o, alpha Harry, omega Louis, royal, fantasy, fairy tale, dark magic, angst with a happy ending, witches, violence, arranged marriage, hurt/comfort, no smut, wow this was such a cool take on this fairy tale, really enjoyed how the story was adapted and changed]
a Sleeping Beauty AU.
Caught In Your Gravity by @lululawrence
[NR, 62k, footie au, coach Harry, football player Louis, Ted Lasso au kind of, friends to lovers, misunderstandings, secrets, secret relationship, pining, coming out, homophobia, humor, no smut, the footie fic of my dreams]
an AU inspired by a 30 second trailer of Ted Lasso that doesn't actually have much in common with the show at all.
Home Again...Winter Harlow by dandelionfairies
[T, 27k, small town au, chef Harry, holidays, winter, Christmas, injured minor character, strangers to lovers, light angst, a lovely Hallmark-esque movie fic]
While Louis is basking in the glory of the holidays and everything new to him, Harry is walking into everything he once loved but now hates.
I'm Hot for Teacher (series) by phdmama / @phd-mama
[E, 14k, doctor Louis, med student Harry, semi public sex, hand jobs, masturbation, flirting, professional ethics, library sex, office sex, smut, holy shit this was so hot whew]
You cannot fall in love with your professor, Harry admonishes himself sternly as he exits the building and heads home. You just can’t.
Moments by jacaranda_bloom / @jacaranda-bloom
[E, 10k, fake exes to lovers au, strangers to lovers, particle physicist Louis, event manager Harry, banter, smut, hand jobs, anal sex, bl, so funny and cute!]
Looking back, Louis should’ve known that the universe likes to fuck with idiots like him who think they’ve got it all sorted.
i know i've grown (but i can't wait to go home) by LiveLaughLoveLarry / @loveislarryislove
[T, 7k, royal au, time travel, historical, Prince Harry, time traveler Louis, fantasy, violence, assassination attempt, humor, this plot was so cool]
When Louis falls down a hill behind an old castle, he wakes up and finds the castle new and full of life.
Climbing The Swells by @cyantific
[E, 5k, surfing au, surfer Louis, surfer Harry, California, strangers to enemies to lovers, minor injury, hurt/comfort, smut, so hot and so much fun especially if you love surfer fics like I do!]
The one where a clumsy Harry and a stubborn Louis reconcile their grievances on the beach with a heartfelt apology from Louis on his knees without saying a word.
We Go Together (series) by cherrylarry / @beelou
[G, 3k, Grease au, Harry as Sandy, Louis as Danny, summer romance, high school, such a cute adaptation!]
the movie Grease as a larry au. Louis is still the one that he wants.
As Good As Scone by SunTomato / @sun-tomato
[NR, 3k, meet cute au, baker Harry, Louis can't cook, humor, flirting, first meeting, minor injuries, this was so much fun and I loved the snappy writing and dialogue]
The one where Louis tries and fails to impress a first date. Luckily, there is the 'Sweet Creature' bakery, and they deliver.
Eco-Friendly by amomentoflove / @daggerandrose
[T, 3k, uni au, roommates, pining, green living, humor, this was so cute and funny and relatable lol)
the one where Harry just wants to get through one college year with a good roommate
Thesis Management by LadyLondonderry / @londonfoginacup
[T, 2k, werewolf au, wolf Louis, human Harry, grad student Harry, uni, established relationship, crack, humor, full moon, fluff, where does she come up with this stuff? lol]
Harry's got an assignment due and it's the full moon.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle by skipper / @skipperxao3
[T, 2k, break up au, angst, drama, saving the world, ouch, this hurt so if you're in the mood for heartbreak this one is it]
the one where Harry wants to save the world but loses sight of who’s been right in front of him all along
Wordplay Poems 2021 by @kingsofeverything
[NR, 381 words, poetry, clumsy Harry, clumsy Louis, this was such a cool idea!)
Week 1: Diamanté Week 2: Couplet Week 3: Idiom Doggerel Week 4: 2 or 3 stanza poem Week 5: Free verse poem
-Grouis-
Getting a Head for Heights by LadyAJ_13 / @ladyaj-13
[T, 3k, Louis/Greg James, uni au, size difference, pining, flirting, sharing clothes, kissing, I could scream I loved this so much! so so cute!]
The problem is, Louis thinks Greg would be quite good to date, so it would really help if everyone would stop reminding him of that fact so he could unthink it.
-Zaynshaw-
Long Shot by @fallinglikethis
[G, 816 words, Zayn/Nick Grimshaw, strangers to lovers, pub, Nick's birthday, drinking, well Nick's friends are crap but love how Zayn pulls him heh]
When Nick's friends throw him a birthday party in a pub and invite his ex, Nick wants nothing to do with any of it.
-Zouis-
Reduce, Recycle, … remove? by @reminiscingintherain
[G, 611 words, Zayn/Louis, neighbors, teacher Louis, artist Zayn implied, open ending, this is the rare pair jackpot tbh]
When someone’s nicking recycling out of the rubbish bins, who’s going to take them to task?
#28th appreciation#trackinghome#trackinghappily#1dsource#tracksintheam#fic rec#larry fan fiction#zouis fic#zaynshaw fic#grouis fic#one direction fan fic#august 2021
177 notes
·
View notes
Text
mj. i know you wrote this and posted it for everyone. i know that. but i am going to proceed with the delusion that this is for me. it's you writing ez. this is my ideal tuesday. bless up. i can't wait for you to make him suffer.
"toward the orange-lit yard and the house EZ has passed through a thousand times—with no issue. Until today, of course." OF COURSE!!! For it wouldn't be whumpril if things went well.
Oh the way that this is already so fucking chaotic and wonderful. Fully gnoshing on my laptop screen.
"Like his brother isn’t buried beneath the concrete he’s killing time on." lmaoooo Reader is so bitter and I love that for them. Deserved.
‘Hm, I don’t know.’ You line the sarcasm with enough venom to sting. ‘Something about my boyfriend being trapped in a collapsed smuggler’s run?’ GET HIS ASS!!!!!! GET HIM!!!!!!!!!!
"It doesn’t matter. If EZ’s stuck in there, you’ll make space. You’ll pick the walls apart with your own hands if you have to." mmmmm this is so yummy. in this moment i truly am Reader.
"Creeper’s topless" fully well and truly NOT the fucking point of the fic but GOD the way my horny rat brain instantly just 👀👀👀👀
"The thing, the fucking." god why is this the most relatable thing ever. bless.
"You can’t dig any faster or better than they can, determination or not. Even love can’t manage that." If i wasn't already sitting down, I would've had to take a fucking seat. That really. Oof. That's the thesis of it all, isn't it? Not enough love in the world. Fuck.
Lord it really is just me and Reader waiting and waiting and freaking the fuck out, huh? We're in this together. I'm sobbing and shaking.
"he’s still catching up on being alive" This really just had me sitting back and staring at the wall for a moment. My god. MJ you've really done it to me this time.
‘Seems like heaven.’ He forces a dry swallow. ‘I see an angel.’ oh fuck off I'm sobbing. I'm a mess. THis is so infuriatingly EZ I could scream. He really can't help himself. Man is on his deathbed and yet!!!!
"from the clench of his jaw, you can tell he’s hiding what it costs him, how much it hurts, to protect you." THAT'S MY MAN!!!!!! THAT'S HIM!!!! god I'm just crying. fully unwell.
"If only it made a difference. If only that would stop him walking through one again." You have NO RIGHTTTT to hurt me this way!!! NO RIGHT AT ALL!!!!!!
that being said you could hurt EZ every day for the rest of your life and i would tune in every fucking day bless up
trapped
ezekial ‘ez’ reyes x gn!reader, whump, happy ending, 2627 words
warnings for claustrophobia(?)
for day 11 of whumpril : ‘i’m right here.’
a/n: i always knew this day would come… the solo EZ fic finally beckoned, and i answered. and i promise next time i write him he wont be in mortal danger LMAO
tagging: @drabbles-mc @cositapreciosa @hausofmamadas (let me know if u want to be in any taglists ofc)
Gilly’s barely got the truck in park before you’re flying from the passenger side, door left open behind you. He’d driven far too slow for your liking, so you’re running now, toward the orange-lit yard and the house EZ has passed through a thousand times—with no issue. Until today, of course. And still, Gilly showed no hurry in bringing you here, despite the situation. The very time conscious situation. You’d think, after trying to hide it from you, and then trying to stop you from coming to help, that he’d drive with a bit more pep under his pedals. Use that guilt he’s harbouring, to make amends and get you there fucking faster than the speed limit.
If he did, you’d have time to consider the situation properly. To assess the risk, the likelihood of EZ being in real, serious trouble. As is, you don’t, and your sneakers can’t hit the ground fast enough.
Coco’s the only one you can see, standing by the open garage. Standing, yes, fidgeting, smoking, and doing nothing—like he can afford to do nothing. Like his brother isn’t buried beneath the concrete he’s killing time on.
‘Where is it?’ you blurt, pausing long enough to show him your face. Let him see that it’s you, you’re serious, and stressed out of your mind, so it would be very fucking smart for him to answer without argument. ‘The tunnel?’
Keep reading
80 notes
·
View notes
Note
Did not just come back to see mother threatening on locking us up in a study room… but jokes on you I already did 💀 Haven't left my dorm room since saturday (except to get food and to use the bathroom)
Anyways I didn't realized the last ask sounded that mean cause thats generally how my uni works (ya know looking back maybe my uni really is the akademiya irl, they legit make us write 3 thesis papers, 1 for our major subjects and 2 for minor subjects 💀) But mother dont we love hurting characters in the most painful way here?
But it's nice to know i'm not the only one whose hyperfixated on Al Ahmar and the Goddess of flowers, I'd love to fully share my brain rots but my schedule is so tight that it's tighter than my hold on my will to live /j
Anyways it's heavily influenced by "Shoujo rei" (love this song sm) like some of the lyrics just hit hard especially if you go down the "friends/lovers where one commits unalive and the other soon follows after their death." For the goddess of flowers and al ahmar, i imagine before the goddess of flowers could reciprocate the scarlet kings feelings she decides to sacrifice herself during the accident
(Since theres little known details i just winged it so might not be 100% accurate, also doesn't take into account that the goddess of flowers may be the only survivor of the seeles, but if she is the angst would be so immaculate.)
- Lady in the lake anon
(P.S I just remembered, for those who like heart!cyno and heart!reader, i suggest you look into asra's route from the arcana, to avoid spoilers i wont say much other than its a 10/10 espeially if you were to play the route itself, might not be everyones cup of tea tho)
Since Saturday?! My child, are you getting sunlight, fresh air, some grass?!?! Make sure to immerse yourself in a healthy environment too, just to liven up your surroundings and alleviate some of the mental stress
I also get the uni part of the bombardment of major requirements, gosh it was so terrible I took a year's break from this blog you have no idea, but it's probably because of our uni's freedom ideals that I wasn't exposed to the mean students trope haha we do we do but not ALL the time!!
You make it sound like Romeo and Juliet than anything haha but man, their love story is actually my favorite and still the most heartbreaking. Still don't know what happened to her (she might even be alive, can't be too sure) but with my heavy grip on the seelie theory, the tragic fact that the feelings will never be requited makes it even better honestly. Actually wait I can't talk much cuz I am going to use this for my Harbinger fic ahshshaj
But it's very nice to see you again, lady in the lake anon, please take care!
2 notes
·
View notes