#and reread

[potatosaresweet]

"not all men" you're absolutely right hirotaka nifuji would never

[the-apocrypha]

Dude, I gotta tell you how much I appreciated your cottagecore update. Honestly, it was just what I needed today. Any time I see an update from you, instantly i'm just ~~~my crops are watered, my skin is clear, my headache is evaporated~~~ Instant balm, Aquaphor for the soul.

I also love how you're blending the lovey aesthetic ~cottage~ material with the -they live in a shack in the woods and nature has a hit out on their lives- material. That's why hurt and comfort go so well together; you really need one for the other to make its fullest impact, and you've got that down pat. Mmmpf, it's the endurance, and the grit, and the perseverance- so inspiring!

(Also, as an additional aside, your style of writing to me is proof that you can be both poetic and characterized and elegant- and succinct. Important stuff for an overly wordy bug like myself.)

I pray for good news about the life of Cat as well, I hold out hope that she survived Eskham, if just to terrorize Dream and Hob more.

Oh my goodness, this message totally made my day. Wow. Thank you so much! I absolutely have my own authors whose writing is also an InstaCure for That Which Ails You, and it's an honor to be that for another person.

The cottagecore setting is actually pretty convenient, as writing goes, because it's historical + magic, which means I can make things exactly as easy or as difficult as I need to depending on what the narrative calls for. We get a little bit of sitting cozily before the fire with your embroidery and your whittling, and we also get bedpans and moldy hay.

I especially appreciate your comment about my writing style, because I honestly feel like I don't have much of one! I am not very poetic, by nature, and most of what I write feels very functional. Brevity it always something that I am striving for, though. A lot of my writing process is typing things out, reading it, and then finding a shorter way to say it.

(Cat is the dark horse of this series, I swear to god, you are one of many demanding for her rescue. A GENTLE REMINDER THAT TRANSFORMATIVE WORKS ARE WELCOME, FOLKS.)

[littleplantfreak]

(⁄ ⁄>⁄ ▽ ⁄<⁄ ⁄) you’re amazing and i hope you’re having an amazing day 💕💖💕💖💕

flower for u Scarlet!! <3

You’re amazing too!! I love love seeing you on my dash

[the1975attheirverybest]

nothing is "wrong" with you, this is your anxiety talking. your brain just can’t differentiate between good stress (achievement/ excitement/ relief) and bad stress (failure). You’re not used to good things happening so your body reacts the only way it knows how. Maybe you’re afraid because you are closer to a goal now and have more to lose? Something good has happened so you need to accept that. Not dismiss it or diminish it. No jokes or what ifs or catastrophising. Let it happen and take in the good!! I know it might be hard or feel unsafe but you can take you time and get there! You can learn it. Acknowledge that you did it and it’s something to be proud of!! Validate yourself 💕💕

Ummm…..anon??? Are you…..ME? How did you know that is exactly the case?!!! Do you have access to my thoughts and feelings? Did my therapist send you here??? Are you my fairy god anon???

No for real you are so so so sweet and I can’t believe you’d go out of your way to write this thoughtful message and send it omg I guess kind humans do exist. 🥹💗💗 this me sending you all the love and hugs in the world thank youuuu 🩷🩷🩷

[cyanoceans]

Rules: in a text post, list ten books that have stayed with you in some way. don’t take but a few minutes, and don’t think too hard — they don’t have to be the “right” or “great” works, just the ones that have touched you.

tagged by @sparrowmoth 🌸

this is in no particular order either

the little prince by antoine de saint-exupéry

mio my mio by astrid lindgren

the song of achilles by madeline miller

the secret history by donna tartt

the percy jackson series by rick riordan

night on the galactic railroad by miyazawa kenji

six of crows duology by leigh bardugo

heaven official’s blessing by mo xiang tong xiu

the raven and the reindeer by ursula vernon

pandora hearts by mochizuki jun

[tangledmelody]

I think I would cry if someone took the time to comment something like this on one of my fics.

Someone bookmarked my fic with a little "can't wait to read this" and a heart and I swear that my heart skipped a beat.

BTW i see these posts all the time like "ohhh i dont know what to comment on fics.." and every response is "keysmashes! or hearts!! anything works :3" and thats GREAT!! thats helpful!!

but: consider. if u genuinely like analyzing writing.. do u know ur just allowed to go through and quote your favorite parts and ramble abt what they mean to u and the author will LOSE IT WITH HYPE?

genuinely. i felt SO WEIRD the first time i did it.. but like. holy shit authors love it. its crack for authors. the first time i did it, it was on a fic that hadnt updated in half a year, give or take, and the author made 3 updates that month BECAUSE OF MY COMMENT.

LIKE. as an author every comment is INCREDIBLE!!! but also, dont feel like your comment has to be short or otherwise ur invasive or smth!! authors ADORE long comments more than ANYTHING.

[jandjsalmon]

Fun Story to Share.

I got my (now 18-year-old) daughter into Ao3 back in 2021. I taught her she should always comment - even if the fic looks old or abandoned or whatever. She did.

Well - she got this email this morning:

The fic was written in 2014 and essentially abandoned.

Bethy read and reviewed in 2021 (and was actually the only person who had commented at all).

Today in 2025 - the final chapter was posted by the author and this was her reply to Bethy’s comment.

———

Never question whether a fic is too old to comment on.

[septemberkisses]

the fact that i'm no longer the same age as the protagonists of novels and films i once connected to is so heartbreaking. there was a time when I looked forward to turning their age. i did. and i also outgrew them. i continue to age, but they don't; never will. the immortality of fiction is beautiful, but cruel.

[chessb0r3d]

Analysis so bad you don't even know what it's talking about anymore.

[skecherss]

@batbirdies honestly this SOUNDS like something your Jason would say

[pollen]

Kaveh Akbar, from "Wild Pear Tree"

[thatbuddie]

people telling you they reread your fic is the biggest compliment you could ever receive. there are thousands of stories out there begging to be found, to be explored, but your story meant so much to someone that they came back to it eagerly, they went over every word again. to love is to return and loving a fic is rereading it. thank you to all readers and rereaders <3333

[gerrykeay]

did you know there's a day-by-day timeline of the plot in the dungeon meshi adventurer's bible and TODAY is when it all kicks off

happy falin gets eaten and the gang starts eatin' day :)

[stemmmm]

more people gotta try this shit where bill has not improved and will not change but he's just chilling so its fine probably. its great

[theodysseyofhomer]

odysseus absolutely does present a threat to penelope if he perceives her as at all unfaithful, and i feel the unfairness of this, and i think people tend to undersell how much tension at least potentially exists between odysseus and penelope. but i'm also like. his reaction, all speculation aside, his actual reaction in the odyssey to her flirting with the suitors is delight, because he immediately ascertains that she is running a con. sorry that they're so in-sync in spite of the forces that try to drive a wedge between them, including their own misgiving hearts. sorry that they invented homophrosyne ¯\_(ツ)_/¯