#and thank YOU laurelier for barging right in with this storytime! i enjoy long asks and this was incredible

[muldxr]

take a seat seven, get comfy buckle in, it’s storytime because you inadvertently and unknowingly sent me into an interplanetary spiral this weekend and you need to KNOW what you have DONE

i was innocently dingle dangling around on the dash earlier this week, just beebopping around, as one does, and i found my way to your lil ao3 link, said ooooo lemme just see what they’ve got on there!

first thing that pops up is your bookmarks, right? MY dumbass, blissfully unaware of the absolute firestorm that i’m about to walk into, clicks on……….. the afterlife fic. and the past WEEK of my LIFE just WHOOSH in that moment it goes up in FLAMES i literally

i’ve not just. like. lain in my bed and read for 2 days straight (ha) in. YEARS. i literally? literally. LITERALLY barely moved this whole weekend because i was just ~~*READING*~* i was so absolutely absorbed in that story i laughed i yelled i cried and I FINISHED IT last night at 3am and i can’t stop thinking about it and my heart aches and i’m just. i wanna read it again i want it to go on forever but it HURTS—but it hurts GOOD—HHHNNNGGGGGGG i’m flattened i’ve been steamrolled i don’t know whether to thank or block you for introducing me to that but i think it’s thank? i think it’s thank. what a beautiful story i’m gonna just. i’m gonna sit here and let my heart cry and just—uuuuuuuuuuggggh

anyway that’s that on that, a big thank u to your ao3 faves for providing a lot of hurt comfort catharsis to an internet stranger, hope you are well <3

HELLO THERE! i am so happy you're here ranting in my inbox!!! this extremely long essay made my day because i was so confused about what i did 😂

"beebopping around" ily

ah yes. the afterlife fic. it all makes sense now.

it is my FAVORITE. OF ALL TIME. while i would say "no! i can't believe you spent a whole weekend in bed reading!!!" but i can believe it, because i did the exact same thing. I read and read and did not move until i finished it (and it's quite a beast at 491k words). and that ENDING? THAT ENDING?

i am sO SO thrilled you found it through my bookmarks! i should go back and add more (because i'm shitty when it comes to ao3 and remembering which fics i enjoyed). it was an incredible read and it HURT so much but that's the point! good writing is supposed to make you feel things!!!

you're very welcome <3 please don't block me.

if any of you want to dive into a 400k fic that is absolutely perfect with the best worldbuilding, set aside a cup of coffee/tea/whatever, make sure you're comfortable, and cancel all of your plans to read The Afterlife Fic (The Best I Ever Had In My Entire Life... Or Death) by LovingCup