#cat health chronicles

[byjove]

please help my scruggly cat

Tommy, Tumblr micro-celebrity famous for featuring/being the muse for hit posts such as ‘father is…evil?’ and ‘my cat can tell when I’m sad and instinctively bites my toes’ and ‘frustrating each other is our love language’ needs a little financial support. Please consider donating to my ko-fi or buying something from my teespring store.

Tommy was diagnosed with diabetes earlier this year under dramatic circumstances that involved a week long intensive care vet stay. She has stomatitis (an inflammation of the gums and mucus membranes) that she was on steroids for and the steroids may have damaged her pancreas. Since her diagnosis we’ve had a hard time controlling her blood sugar. Her insulin dose goes up and up. The vet thinks she has a good chance of stabilizing, that diabetic cats can and do live long, healthy and happy lives. She’s only 5. Her 6th birthday is later this month. She’s fighting. She wants to live.

Each insulin vial costs $160. Her prescription cat food is $35 for a 4 pound bag. She’s also on gabapentin for her pain and neuropathy and she’ll probably need another course of antibiotics. She currently goes to the vet every two weeks and the cost of that varies immensely. Basically, she’s a much more expensive cat than she was before and the cost of living for me has risen as well. It’s not an immediate emergency but we need funds. I’m disabled, I have an autoimmune disease that attacks my colon, I have a hard time working outside of the home or even at all because my health fluctuates and my energy levels are low. I’m trying so desperately to get better but for now I’m living in my mom’s house and sponging off my loved ones and tapping into my meager savings.

I know what you’re thinking, the thing people always comment on donation posts about pets, “if you can’t afford to care for your cat, why do you still have your cat?” and as biting as that question is, I know it’s a valid one and I’ve thought about it myself. I still have her because I need her and she needs me. She’s like my soulmate animal. We met when I was 16 and she was about 4 weeks old. There was no way I could have known we’d both be struggling sick moneypits in 5 years. I’m trying to give her the best life I can and she’s trying to give me her best self. I’m her person. I’m home 24/7 so we’re so used to having each other. She brings me immense joy and I know she’s brought a lot of other people joy. If you’re one of those people, please consider giving a couple of dollars. If you can’t afford to, that’s fine. Thank you for reading anyway.

TL;DR: cat sick. I’m sick. please help.

[ooklet]

we managed to scrape together the money for this old man to have surgery to remove his lung cancer!

hey honest question, did anybody have GOOD stuff happen to them in 2024? cause it was really bad for me and for most people i know, so it would be nice to hear about anything that's been going WELL for any of you. even if it's small stuff. just to know there's light out there.

[ravennaortiz]

Masterlist!

Hell Loves! Below is the list of stories for Juicy January! If I get more request I will add them and as they come out I will put down the titles! Thank you all for joining me on my Juice obsession!

Yes....but I have a request- Fruit rollup shenanigans story

Elevator Chronicles Story: Neighbor Juice who is just trying to distract you from the fact you both are trapped in a small space.

Should've Been A Cowboy-Long Live Cowgirls Series: Juice falls in love at a rodeo.

Always Here from the Give Heaven Some Hell Series: Juice works through his grieve and regret at never telling you his true feelings.

We All Have Skeletons: Juice Confronts Chloe OC about the dead bodies that are piling up

One for Two: Juice and Scarlett OC post Lost and Found Series. Juices release from prison and post Jaxs death.

How I Met Your Mother: How him and Trinity OC met.

Tequila, Tacos and an Interrogation: Juice and OC Lupes first date is crashed.

May I?: Juice asks Happy for his daughter OC Coris hand in marriage.

Lazy Sunday- A lazy day of weed, painting and sex

Rescue Kitty: Juice finds an injured stray cat one night and nurses her back to health. Shapeshifter AU

Sorry About my Tail- Playful Trickster/Demon Juice who just cant seem to control his tail.

Call Me Mommy- Subby Juice Smut Fic

What Are You Doing?- When you enter his dorm room without knocking one day a Juices dirty little secret comes to light.

Request 1- Hate- Smut Fic

Request 2 -The Start Of Something-Fluff fic

Request 3 - What Do You Think Fluff/Smut Fic

Request 4- Butterfly-Fluff Fic

Request 5- You Love Me. Right?- Dark Fic

Request 6- Confiding- Fluff Fic

Request 7- Of All Times- Fluff fic

Request 8- Not So Funny Now- Smut Fic

Request 9- Rather Have- Smut Fic

Request 10- Didn't Mean- Fluff/Smut Fic

Request 11- Love Gone Sour- Dark Fic

Request 12 Both- Smut Fic

[hana-no-seiiki]

COMME ON FAIT SON LIT, ON SE COUCHE.

⟣┄─ ˑ 𝐈. ✧ PAIRING: YAN! NEUVILETTE x SCUM! READER (ft. yan! other characters + mystery major pairing)

⟣┄─ ˑ 𝐈𝐈. ✧ TW/CW: Typical Yandere Themes: Stalking, Delulu, Yun’s vv broken French. Canon Divergence.

⟣┄─ ˑ 𝐈𝐈𝐈. ✧ SYNOPSIS: When given the power to flood the world with your admirer’s tears and skip work, who were you to reject it? | This happens prior to the Archon Quest

dedicated for le sims ( @o-tears-o-tides ) , aka the object of my platonic love and affection. happy birthday employee!!

Fucking with Neuvilette was your lifestyle. Figuratively that is. You wanted him to work harder if you were to provide him with the more literal definition of the term but regardless —

— making him suffer was your favorite hobby.

You held the prestigious role of documenter at the esteemed Palais Mermonia, where the dramatic tale of "Furina's Courtroom Crying Sessions" unfolded under the watchful eye of Neuvilette. In addition to chronicling these legal theatrics, your literary talents blossomed, weaving novels and insightful commentaries based on the trials you meticulously transcribed. This dual creative and professional endeavor earned you a devoted following throughout Teyvat and established influential connections with prominent figures across the nation.

Your relationship with Monsieur Neuvilette started off differently than what many would assume. Those privy to your early interactions could discern an undeniable enchantment on your part towards this man. Undoubtedly, he exuded an aura of elegance, elevated prestige, and an unwavering work ethic, all of which captivated admirers across the spectrum of society. His demeanor possessed an intoxicating allure for young ladies and gentlemen alike, leaving an indelible mark of respect and awe upon those fortunate enough to witness it.

“Monsieur Neuvilette.”

You greeted him with a slight bow, resisting the urge to smile at his presence. He reminded you a bit of someone from back home. A man that you’d do anything to receive a single praise from.

“Ah, Mx. [Y/N] to what do I owe you the pleasure?” He looked up from his documents. He too had to resist the urge to beam at your form. After all you were one of if not the only person he felt like he could never have enough time with.

“It’s just that I thought you’d be home by now. In any case I have this coffee a friend gave me but I can’t drink it . . .” You looked to the side, breaking off eye contact from your superior. He would have frowned at the action had it not been accompanied by a sweet gesture of yours. You always excused your good deeds with some nonsense about self-interest but he knew you well enough that he could see through it all.

“Thank you.”

Then, you realized that it rained whenever he felt sad.

And when there’re intense rains there would be no work.

And when there was no work, you could stay at home or go out and do whatever the hell you want.

Also he liked you and whatever but that was besides the point! You could slack off and fulfill your sadistic needs.

And so began your journey to find what made your senior co-worker tick. Most of the time it was when you gave other people your attention ( aside from Furina for some reason ). A single headpat towards either Freminet or Lynette caused some light rain. Rejecting his advances caused the skies to stay blanketed for hours. Whenever you were absent it poured cats and dogs.

And lastly, when you and Lyney were practically fucking with words it was as if the Raiden Shogun herself was here to cry alongside him.

The man practically saw you as more valuable than the water he drowns himself with.

It was all you ever wanted and more.

Despite your excessive amounts of free time, you still found yourself to be stressed and tired. Due to your high profile job and connections, it was a must to move from place to place frequently as to avoid paparazzi among other dangers to your health and privacy.

You were planning to check the Fortress of Meropide that day to . . . have a date with Lyney. Don’t look at me like that! You two are the ones with the weird taste in scenery.

“Oh! Your Grace. How do you fare?” You bowed politely. You could feel the glare from the magician beside you burning as bright as his vision.

The man was a menacing person from looks to begin with, but there were also other reasons you often felt something crawl up your spine whenever you two met.

He always stared at you like you had done something wrong. When he was the former criminal between you two! Really, what a crude man. His trial was one of the biggest hits of your career so at least you had that to owe to him.

You still remove the chills you felt when he simply admitted his guilt.

“Mx. [L/N]. I was told to deliver this to you.”

“Oh? I didn’t know that the Duke of Meropide also worked as part-time delivery men.”

“Trust me, this is works for my own self interest more than the sender.”

You gave him a pointed look. Well those words didn’t seem suspicious at all. You shrugged as you examined the object. A letter. Cold pressed paper — the expensive kind too, bound together by stamped blue wax and what seemed to be a miniature lakelight lily.

Inside — in the most elegant cursive you’ve ever seen — was . . . a poem. It read as follows;

Ma gouttelette du ciel,

Telle une étoile dans la nuit,

Ton amour est mon miel,

Dans ton regard, tout est infini.

Tes sourires, doux rayons du jour,

Illuminent mes jours comme un phare,

Dans ce monde, tu es mon seul séjour,

Ton amour est ma plus belle fanfare.

La tendresse de tes mains,

L'éclat de ton rire mélodieux,

Sont pour moi de précieux biens,

Qui éclairent ma vie, radieux.

Ma gouttelette du ciel,

Dans ton amour, je m'égare,

Ton essence est mon miel,

Chaque moment avec toi est un phare.

It only took one line for you to recognize Neuvilette’s work. His water tasting hobbies was somewhat common knowledge to the public, and Lyney was less of a poem man and more of a showy partner.

And so, after making sure his eyes were on you, you ripped it apart.

“That’s a bit too harsh is it not?” Lyney spoke with a nagging tone, yet his eyes were filled with the utmost delight.

“Monsieur Lyney. You know of its contents? Has your father ever told you not to pry into other people’s business?”

“Perhaps. But we’re friends aren’t we? Friend’s don’t hide anything from eachother.”

You sighed. You hated it when he knew where to hit. “. . .Then can you do me a favor and use your vision for its disposal?”

“My pleasure.”

Orange flames barely appear for a moment before it is doused by the sky’s tears. But even then it was enough to destroy the letter.

“Your Grace—“

The clock was ticking.

A few months after you’d heard his screams, you found out that the traveler would be arriving to their next destination soon. There was only a small fragment of a moment to lose for preparation. The rain was getting unbearably strong. You could not count the amount of times you’ve had to replace your umbrella.

In any case, you had invited Charlotte for a chat at the cafe. Partly because of her vision which helped with the rain, and mostly because you wanted to gossip with her as you usually did when slacking off.

Those works of yours outside of your actual career at the Palais Memornia don’t make themselves after all.

“Rumor has it that young women of have been disappearing of late. Do you have any clues on this phenomenon yet, Charlotte?” You leaned unto the table. Your signature smug smile on your lips as you presented your question to the young lady.

“Not yet. Wait — aren’t I the journalist here? Why are you asking the questions? Don’t tell me you missed another deadline again.”

“I just want to get ahead on my writing. The Steambird must have gotten a lead, no?” You dipped on your tea as you spoke, gaze directed at its reflection of your face and the dark skies above.

“So you can slack off some more?”

“T’was what my doctor had prescribed. I need to take care of my mental health too, yknow.” You smiled, poking your cheek in a cutesy manner.

This was no good. You were getting nowhere in your investigation and your anxiety bit at you as time could only pass by. You bit your nails. What would he do? How would he bypass such a situation? Oh, how useless you were without him.

“[Y/N]!”

You almost don’t react to that name as you were overtaken by your thoughts. It seemed that you spent too much time worrying that Charlotte wasn’t even at your side anymore.

“Ah, Lady Furina. How may I be of service?” You stood from sit in a jolt. You were guilty of looking down at the archon from time to time but appearances must be kept in public.

“I came to personally escort you to Palais Memornia. We have a case that requires your presence.” She coughed. An unusual shaken demeanor on her. Not that she was a completely confident person all the time, but this look on her particularly screamed fear.

But what would an archon be afraid of?

“Urgently.”

“A case? But with this rain. . . surely — “

The rain abruptly stopped and with its sounds disappearing, a deep voice makes its way into your ears.

“It is yours, [Y/N]. You’re under arrest for suspicions of colluding with the Fatui.”

“Monsieur —“

He looked away from you before you could finish your call. You feel metal touch your skin as none other than Wriosthesley himself puts cuffs around your wrists.

“Stay put, Mx. [Y/N].”

You eyed the Iudex from beyond the ‘glass’. This chamber had not existed the last time you visited the Fortress. Yet here it was, almost an exact same replica of your room — yet it did not feel like home at all.

You supposed Fontaine in its entirety was not home at all.

“You framed me.”

You were lazy. Incompetent even. But you would never collude with those miscreants.

At least, those were the lies you fed yourself in order to feel better about the betrayals you made in a day to day basis.

You could imagine the looks on your colleague’s faces. Would they be surprised, neutral, would they even care at all? Or would they be so utterly hurt by your actions that they fall into a spiraling abyss of despair?

You yearned to witness it all.

“All you had to do was to accept me.” His gloved hand touches the material between you two, a ripple forming from his touch. You were surrounded by what seemed like primordial water.

“I would have forgiven your sins. I would have made you be reborn anew. Innocent and pure as water.”

The water parted for a brief moment but you do not dare do anything foolish. You stayed put, remained still as Neuvilette reached through, and allowed the dragon to drag his thumb across your jaw and lips.

“All you did was push me away.”

And then — he pulls your head through the opening.

You close your eyes. One smallest movement would have your neck turn into foam.

“[Y/N], ma gouttelette du ciel.”

Perhaps, you had no need to see all the other’s fall into hopelessness. After all, the man who put the most trust and adoration into you was right here with you.

If only you were able to empathize with him. If only you were able to return his feelings and live a fulfilling life filled with love.

If only you weren’t cursed to feel nothing for him at all.

“Comme on fait son lit, on se couche.”

After all, what the Doctor wills is what the patient gets,

and if you must sleep in your deathbed this day and suffer the Iudex’s judgement — then so it shall be.

⟣┄─ ˑ IV. ✧ DIVIDER

[ TRANSLATIONS ] [ MY FRENCH IS VV RUSTY SO PLEASE TELL ME IF THERE ARE BETTER REPLACEMENTS/TRANSLATIONS FOR THESE] :

Ma gouttelete du ciel- My droplet from the sky/heaven/my droplet of heaven etc.

Comme on fait son lit, on se couche - You made your bed, sleep on it / You dug your own grave.

[battyaboutbooksreviews]

🦇 Batty About Books' Three-Year Bookstaversary

[ I hate posting pics of myself -- be kind ]

💜 Hi there, my wonderful, beloved bookish bats! I hit my three-year Bookstavery on Monday (but kinda forgot and didn't do a full post)! Thank you to everyone who has supported me by sharing these posts, providing book recommendations, and lamenting over recent releases that stole our hearts! To celebrate, here are a few things about me:

✨ my goal for Batty.about.books was/is to spotlight queer, diverse, BIPOC, & indie authors who deserve to have their voices amplified

🦇 I think bats are misunderstood, stereotyped creatures (exactly how I feel most of the time), which is how this account got its name

🌙 my favorite books before creating my bookstagram account were: ✨ An Ember in the Ashes - Sabaa Tahir ✨ The Wrath & the Dawn - Renee Ahdieh ✨ The Lunar Chronicles - Marissa Meyer ✨ Gearbreakers - Zoe Hana Mikuta ✨ Fangirl - Rainbow Rowell ✨ The Rajes - Sonali Dev ✨ Iron Widow - Xiran Jay Zhao ✨ ACOTAR & GOT - Sarah J Maas

🦇 I have two black cats, Luna & CleoCatra

🌙 my favorite tropes are: ✨ second chance romance ✨ books about book lovers ✨ grumpy/sunshine ✨ found family ✨ friends or enemies to lovers ✨ forced proximity ✨ mental health rep ✨ fake dating

🦇 I've written a sapphic/queer young adult romance (trying to stay motivated as I survive rejections) and a follow-up sapphic romantasy series

🌙 my favorite genres are: ✨ contemporary romance ✨ young and new adult ✨ queer romances ✨ fantasy/romantasy

🦇 I've been applying to work in the publishing industry for over a decade and haven't gotten a lucky break yet (help!!)

🌙 my favorite shows are: ✨ The Owl House ✨ She-Ra ✨ Lost Girl ✨ Buffy the Vampire Slayer ✨ Ted Lasso ✨ Brooklyn 99 ✨ Charmed ✨ Shrinking ✨ Mythic Quest

🦇 my gf and I met on Tumblr in a writing group, realized we were going to college close by, and have been fangirling side-by-side for 11 years

❓Tell me one fun fact about you!

[resolvedbrunette]

the 'whole other post'

okay so january, i became close friends fairly quickly with a girl from a class we shared. by april we were going mad places, going to the movies, having sleepovers, etc.

late april i go to library where she's got some mutual friends + friends of friends, we're all helping to de-escalate a situation. there's this guy who she apparently thinks is hot, i also kind of think he's hot, but he's interested in her, not me. whatever. don't care.

so further de-escalation, we spur of the moment decide hey yeah let's all have dinner together ??????? just-bpd-moments (on her part i assume but boy i love impulses too) so yep we all have dinner and it's so obvious she likes him a lot and he likes her back but he's poking at me and like. that's flirting to me, indirectly but yeah.

uh anyways later wow he has fancy car lmao i don't care but my friend is . knowing her. immediately obsessed

which continues and then within a week and a half they're dating and i'm involved with a friend of hers and then we're not involved, but her now-boyfriend just thinks i'm a silly goose and encourages my silly goose behavior at this party. this is when he takes us all home and i accidentally blab a huge open secret i have that he still pokes at me for to this day

hm. anyways. he visits her several times over the summer (THIS IS A 4 HOUR DRIVE ONE WAY MIND YOU) and like one time after my shift ends we all get together and it's weird. the closest i can describe to it is a friendship threesome and my friend keeps bringing up how we should date. bitch you guys are dating right now. "okay well what if i was dead" and being the obsessive rule follower i am socially i flat out refuse several times and he's like "maybe like 6 months after, maybe" OKAY??? fuck anyways yeah. grrrrrrr. and they're talking and flirting and i love being a third wheel to them except for when

she

says

him and i should date.

NO.

rest of the summer elapses and they're reading my fanfiction over a voice call and i hate everything, and they're drunk and she's sending me pictures of him sleeping like ????????????

so by mid august they've broken up because 1. his mom 2. his dad 3. she needs space for her mental health. ok. valid. ok. fine. hyeah. okay. woosah.

thus begins the chronicles of him and i being close friends, or closer i guess, because somewhere between church and lunch after that he pays for (thanks for that still, buddy, if you ever read this; that was the best ramen i ever had and it was because i had it with you) we take up a tiktok streak, and we're talking about what we had for breakfast, i'm telling him my new PR for running up 6 flights of stairs, he's sending me pictures of his cats, we're eating dinner, he's telling me he's in the hospital for an allergic reaction and she's blocked him. he almost died and she wouldn't have known except through me.

Did I fall in love? Is it entirely brotherly? The poetry says the first. Not the latter. The shakes I get around him - why are those? Everything is deranging.

But I tell her that he's going to help me get halloween costume items, and she's getting jealous that we're hanging out, everything i tell her about him becomes a carrot for her to hang out at him in these long strings

Hey Res told me you said X, is that true? Wowwww okay you couldn't have said that to me first? Damn. That's crazy. Wow. Okay anyways just wanted to tell you that. also I still hate you. Bye i guess

A diagnosis is not an excuse. I don't want to tell you things that you can use as a weapon. A diagnosis is not an excuse. He's in therapy now. NOW, of all times.

Several girlfriends, he has, allegedly, but have you ever considered that they were to try and cobble together to fill the void you left in him? You had sex with him and told him it was horrible and gave no recourse, no ability to fix it. You worshiped him when you had sex with him, and now you're making it seem like he was horrible for even consenting to it.

And I can't talk to either of you for a month, but do you know who I cried about on the way home last night? It sure wasn't you.

I don't know how to feel about you or him anymore. A diagnosis is not an excuse.

addendum 1

really, from what she's said and he's said, she just wants him for his status and money. hell the fuck no. leave that man the fuck alone. he wants a genuine connection. that man wants to be loved, just like you do, except yours is threaded through with obsession and it sure as hell ain't calm. but what do i know. i'm booboo the fool.

addendum 2

think i'm js tired of the drama really. aint no drama with him. they is major drama with her. i aint with it

[books-and-strawberry-tea]

Discarded Good Reads TBR

1/11/24

I was gonna leave this till New Years 25, but decided to do it early. Yes it's November, but I have over 600+ in my good reads tbr and would rather get it sorted sooner rather then later. Some of these books and been on my list for years. So long I didn't even remember I had a good reads account. So lets go!

Can I Steal You for a Second

The Lady Upstairs

Silverglass

Night Tide

Off The Record

Dearly Departed

Melt With You

Her Countess to Cherish

Two Winters

Never Ever Getting Back Together

Mistakes Were Made

The Fiance Farce

Victories Greater Than Death

Fake It

The Hellion's Waltz

Payback's a Witch

Cool for the Summer

In The Event of Love

Something Borrowed

In Her Shoes

The Fault In Our Stars

Bridget Jones Diary

The Devil Wears Prada

Confessions of a Shopahoplic

The Help (As you can see from the last few listings, I went through a time were I wanted to read the books of some of the movies I loved but I've just lost interest in doing this. Doesn't help that the people who wanted to read them with me didn't end up reading them either.)

Good In Bed

A Lady's Guide to Scandal (turns out this book was a sequel)

The Dead Cat Tail Assassins

If I Stopped Haunting You

I Hope This Doesn't Find You

Funny Story

A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping

The Ballad Of Never After

A Curse For True Love (Iykyk)

Safe Haven (An Aussie Book, I'm wanting to read Chai Time of Cinnamon Gardens, and if I like this book I'll try the other one)

Wrong Text, Right Love

Spellbound in the Stacks

That Time I Got Drunk and Yeeted a Love Potion at a Werewolf

That Time I Got Drunk and Saved A Demon

Girls Weekend

Parties

Redeeming 6

Saving 6

Keeping 13

Binding 13

Not In Love

Taming 7

Hate Mail

To Woo And To Wed

Haunt Your Heart Out

Otherworldly

Truly, Madly, Deeply

Make The Season Bright

I Feed Her To The Beast Series

Tangled Up In You

Werewolf's Guide to Seducing A Vampire

King of Sloth (Kings Of Sin Series as a whole)

Ready or Not

Kilt Trip

Dead To The World

Dead of Night

Dead Weight

Dead Wrong

A Thousand Broken Pieces

She Who Rose From Ashes

Rebel Belle

Sinner's Anonymous Series

Pretty Little Liar's (I loved the tv show but I dont feel like reading the books anymore)

Peculiar Tastes Series

Children of Blood And Bone

We Used To Live Here

Shatter Me

A Sweet Sting of Salt

My Darling Dreadful Thing

The Summer of Broken Rules

Morrighan (The Remnant Chronicles)

Beasts of Gatamora Series

Dungeons and Drama

Rewitched

The Cottage Around the Corner

A Hunger Like No Other

Crimson Debt

Scream For Us

The Binding

The Betrayals

The Undermining of Twyla and Frank

The Undercutting of Rosie and Adam

A Rival Most Vial

The Volcano Girls

Vampire Girl

The Christmas Appeal

The Pairing

By Any Other Name

Small Miracles

Hum

YouthJuice (I DNFed this. Dunno why its in the TBR list on GR. Boring as all hell)

My Best Friends Exorcism

The Raag of Rta

Silent Sister

The Price Guide to the Occult

Never Fall for a Dragon

The Gathering Dark

Mortal Skin

At Least You Have Your Health

After The Forest

Fit To Do

Natural Beauty

The Glow

All Night Pharmacy

Guillotine

The Vanishing at Castle Moreau

Slasher Girls and Monster Boys

In The Dream House

The Dark Within Us

The Vampires Melody

The Invocations

Such Sharp Teeth

The Ones Who Come Back Hungry

Indian Burial Ground

Castle of the Cursed

Diavola

Haunt Sweet Home

The Dangerous Ones

Fang Fiction

So Let Them Burn

The Woods All Black

We Shall Be Monsters (Turns out I had two books under this name from two different authors)

The Botanical Daughter

Red In Tooth And Claw

Such Lovely Skin

Incidents Around The House

The House Of Last Resort

I Accidently Summoned A Demon Boyfriend

Together We Burn

Even Though I Knew The End

The Monsters We Defy

The Magpie Lord

Mortal Follies

The Dead Romantics

A lot of the books I got rid of in the older tabs were contemporary genre, and there's not a whole lot of contemporary books I like. At least as a whole. There are exceptions but mainly, I find the genre boring. I feel like if it's contemporary, it has to be something really gripping or deranged for me to stay entertained. Murder mysteries and thrillers that are particularly messed up (I loved Butcher & Blackbird), Dark Romance (Adored Haunting Adeline and everything else I've read so far from H.D. Carlton.)

(Also just side note, a lot of the older books listed in my list reminded me of bi erasure and how its alive and well. Bi characters are always listed as lesbian. It's so stupid. Anyway, rant over.)

Books I found that I forgot about (That sound amazing!!)

Spice Road

Off With Their Heads

Dragonfruit

The Lunar Chronicles (I always forget about this series but it looks really awesome, and really want to give it a go)

The Heir of The Beast (I keep missing being able to read this.)

I now have 490 on my list, I may go through it again. Cause there's still a lot on the list. If I go through it again, I'll edit this post. If you've read any of these books, and you think I should reconsider, please let me know!., , ..0 (Greetings from my cat apparently)

[achillescomehome]

What fandoms do you write for?

Percy Jackson, Heroes of Olympus, Black Butler, Kane Chronicles

Can I read your stuff if I'm not 18+?

I mean, I can't stop you. Just don't, like, tell me. Even though most of the fandoms I write for are usually family-friendly, I focus on topics such as trauma, mental health, suicide, power struggles and dark relationships. While I do believe that teenagers should be allowed to explore a lot of these topics, please do not take all of these fics as a way to cope. If you find yourself recognizing symptoms or affects these characters have from mental health, please reach out to someone.

How do you get your writing so realistic?

Trauma. 9/10 times whatever Percy is going through draws inspiration, sometimes heavy inspiration, from my own experiences and thoughts. Please do not try this at home.

Do you accept requests?

No. As stated above, these fics are born as a way for me to vent. They come to me. Therefore, I probably couldn't do your request justice, or do it in a way satisfactory to me.

Can I translate your fic?

Not at this moment.

When do you update?

Whenever I want. I am in college, working on a conference presentation, and volunteering on historical projects. I write when I have the chance.

Your fics are too dark. Can you tone them down?

There are plenty of non-dark PJO fics out there. I aim to present the raw, ugly truth of what Percy, and many other demigods, have gone through and the lasting effects of trauma in a way Rick cannot delve into given his rating. It doesn't have to be palatable for everyone. There are warnings slapped on the fic for a reason.

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THE WRITER

I am currently a uni student about to graduate and then pursue her master's. I'm studying archaeology and Egyptology, and have specific interests in the mortuary (death/afterlife) practices of the Ancient Egyptians, as well as the history of the discipline itself and the dehumanization of cultures in the process of being studied by archaeology.

I started writing for school. My mom homeschooled me and made me read and write for 30 minutes a day. I honestly hated it at first lol but then I slowly fell in love with creating my own worlds and stories. My first completed fanfiction was about an OC daughter of Marvel Loki.

I absolutely love dissecting characters in my writing. It's so fun to pick them apart and see what makes them tick, what their flaws are, what their greatest fears and loves are. Percy Jackson is honestly the easiest person to write for in this sense, because I saw so much of myself in him.

Please come yell at me about him, I would love to talk about him!

Some random facts about me: I was adopted, I lowkey have an obsession with the Undertaker from Black Butler, I love the dark and macabre, and I'm currently studying abroad (can you guess where?). I'm absolutely a cat person, and if there is a cat around, I will be petting it for the next hour. I have been late to class because of this.

[savrenim]

so for those who have been following our chronicles of Holy Fuck Not A Week Has Gone By Without Something Going Terribly Wrong, we had a pipe burst which cost $2300 to fix and handle the water damage before mold set in, and then the plumber found another corroded pipe and pressure problems that will be $1400 to fix to make sure this doesn't happen again in a month. at this point I'm just flat-out not going to make it through the summer without some serious help. 

(for those of you who have not: I am the sole reliable source of income in my household, my previous job broke the contract it negotiated with the union resulting in us not getting thousands of dollars of backpay we contractually should have and a class action lawsuit there will take years, we ran into $5000 unexpected extra moving costs, and my beloved 18-year-old cat nearly died last month resulting in $3600 vet bills. before. you know. a pipe burst last week.) 

we never filled up the ko-fi fundraiser goal from last year, which is pinned here: https://ko-fi.com/savrenim. any help would be VASTLY appreciated. I'm fairly certain if I make that goal and manage to negotiate for more overtime at my current job I'll be able to make it through the summer. any bit helps.

I've also got a patreon https://www.patreon.com/savrenim although that's going to be a bit choppy with respect to what I usually try to do monthly there just given my mental health right now and everything I'm trying to juggle. If you're interested in my writing, I'm going to try to throw together some of the stuff I already have to try to self-publish an original novel before summer as one last hail mary.

[diversegaminglists]

Games Finished in 2023

Didn't get as much gaming as I usually do, due to a combination of health issues, my cat having cancer (she's fine now) and my computer breaking in a couple of infuriatingly nebulous ways.

Games I recommend are bolded.

Archvale

Franken RPG

Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga

Signalis

Bound by Flame

Monster Train

The Last Door Season One

Unforgiving: A Northern Hymn

Dirk Smallwood HD

The Excavation of Hob's Barrow

Flynn: Son of Crimson

Dishonored: Knife of Dunwall

Dishonored: The Brigmore Witches

Sands of Salazaar

Adios

Talk to Me

Dishonored 2

Power Wash Simulator

Power Wash Simulator: Tomb Raider

Power Wash Simulator: Midgar

Pilgrims

Stone

Teacup

Cloud Gardens

Memory Traces: Japan

Khimera: Puzzle Island

Katamari Damacy Reroll

I was a Teenage Exocolonist

100 Hidden Frogs

lure

Lights Off...

Viltnemda

Suspicious Downpour

The Lost Dachshund

Resonance of the Ocean

Swallow the Sea

Shadow Burglar

Kore

Fears to Fathoms: Home Alone

Greedfall

Rapture: The Beginning

Adventure Escape Christmas Killer

Apeture Desk Job

Corridor Z

Hero of the Kingdom: The Lost Tales 2

The Shore

Alder's Blood: Prologue

Mirlo Above the Sun

Stillwater

The Call of Karen

Karisvale

Momotype

Epic Battle Fantasy 5

Aztlan Uncovered: Prologue

Good Dog

Adventure Escape Mysteries: Cluedo

You are a Whale Also Part 1

Adventure Escape Mysteries: Midnight Carnival

I want to be a Triangle

Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery

The Case of the Golden Idol

The Darkside Detective

Project Exhibited

The Case of the Golden Idol: The Spider of Lanka

The Test

Fayburrrow

Faefever

You Will (Not) Remain

Bad Dream: Stories

Star Apprentice: Magical Murder Mystery

Arcanbreak

Glass Masquerade 3: Honey Lines

Dot's Home

Westwood Shadows: Prologue

The Suicide of Rachel Foster

The Looker

Nancy Drew: Legend of the Crystal Skull

Without a Voice

Escape Academy

One Night Stand

Nancy Drew: The Phantom of Venice

Janosik

Don't Escape Trilogy

Spirit Cleaning

Fatum Betula

Viridi

Sarawak

Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear

Riddles of the Past

Desolatium: Prologue

Apocalipsis

The Vagrant

Apocalipsis: One Night in the Woods

Hayami Chan

Ginkgo

Alba: A Wildlife Adventure

Memory Traces: Egypt

Wilful

Distraint

Baldur's Gate 3

Zombie Admin

The Lost Night

Inside

Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix (PS4)

The Painscreek Killings

Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising

One-Eyed Lee: Prologue

Nasty Little Man

Halo CE: Anniversary

Technoccult: Covenant

To be a Herpwitch

Seethe and Scab

Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition: Main Campaign

Moons of Madness

Dragon's Crown Pro (PS4)

Paradise Killer

Amnesia: Rebirth

Dave the Diver

Zemblanity

Fighting Fantasy Classics: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain

[vanalex]

I can't help it... I'm obsessed with him...

A little "history lesson" (for the ones interested) about how I became a fan of Type O Negative... and my feelings towards them...

When I heard 'my girlfriend's girlfriend ' for the first time in 1996 I was just a teen. Watching MTV in my bedroom. I was, at that time, very much into 60s music and aesthetic. A hippie après la lettre, sort of speak... I was also, for as long as I remember, obsessed with vampires and a huge fan of Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles.

So when this video came on I loved the colorful backdrop and sixties influences. And then there were 4 guys dressed in black, looking like vampires. Especially the singer. I lost it. This was my new favorite band. 🤗

When 'Love you to death' came out I ordered the T-shirt (a girl t-shirt, not the unisex shirts they sell now) via postorder catalogue Large. I loved that T-shirt and would still have it, if my mom didn't throw it out with all my other band shirts, because she thinks you need to keep the economy going by buying new stuff all the time and getting rid of "old" stuff. Insert *dramatic eyeroll*

Type O Negative were not a mainstream band and unfortunately, growing up in a small town, I was about the only one, as far as I know, that liked their music.

So, I completely missed out on their 1999 world coming down release. ☹️

In the early 2000s, a record store in the city where I went to college had a clearance sale. I found the least worst of CD and bought it. Around that same time I bought the After Dark DVD. It was only then that I found out about world coming down. I liked the "new" songs, but also had mixed feelings about them. They depicted an unhealthy lifestyle.

In 2003 'I don't wanna be me' was playing on MTV and I was excited to hear more new music from them and seeing them on MTV again. I remember also being shocked with Peter's appearance in that video. He did not look well... It would become clear he wasn't doing well at all: mental and physical health problems, addiction, jail time, forced rehab, relationship problems, etc...

Later that year Type O Negative came to a festival a few hours driving from where I lived... Unfortunately I had noone to go with and my boyfriend and I were volunteering for a local 'save the forest' non profit that same weekend. I thought I would see them next time, but the same circumstances made me not see them in 2007... 😥

And although Peter looked better (healthier) in the late 2000s, he aged a lot due to his addictions and lifestyle, he also looked kind of sad when he was performing on Wacken in 2007.

When he died in 2010 I initially had peace with it, thinking it was probably for the best.... knowing about his struggles and losses...

I did not know about the circumstances of his death until many years later and since then I've felt it could have been prevented. He did not OD, he did not commit suicide... he was clean for almost a year (!), he looked happy in his last interview 🥹... he died because he didn't receive the correct medical care on time... because he was taking care of his sick cat instead of himself, because the people nearby him didn't help (Did they not see/know how severely ill he was? I guess we'll never know)...

I've always felt like I missed out on something with not seeing Type O Negative live. From all the bands I've listened to as a teen until now, they're the only band that I love more with each time I listen to them. I don't have this kind of connection with other bands/artists... Seeing pictures, videos, ... of them makes me very nostalgic... it feels like they're still around. And then it hits me they're not 😥 I just miss this band a lot and wish we had more years with them, more music...

So... seeing old pictures of them, especially Peter in his more happier and healthier years (everything before world coming down era and even before 1997), makes me feel nostalgic ... "obsessed" ... and the pictures where he smiles are solid gold. 💚

I wonder... did he ever know how truly special he was ? Handsome, intelligent, goofy, creative, sensitive... I guess he didn't and let his value be determined by others. At least, that's how I interpret some of his lyrics... What do you think about this?

So, what's your story? Why do you love their music? I would love to find out!

This last picture is my absolute favorite 💚

[byjove]

Tommy is not dying, not eminently! The vet thinks there is a good chance we’ll be able to bounce back, that her quality of life and potential to get well is so that euthanasia is not a reasonable option. Unfortunately, her blood sugar was 500 which is extremely high. She was also dehydrated and needed subcutaneous fluids again. She’s up to 12 units of insulin a day and I’m going to get a glucometer to check if she’s hypo or hyperglycemic when she’s acting unwell. But, she gained .3 of a pound since last week so that’s good!

She’s having her piss sent to Virginia Tech to be cultured to see if she has a lingering UTI and what antibiotics would be best for her. If she has some sort of lingering UTI, that might explain her yo-yoing blood sugar levels. If the upping insulin dose dose doesn’t work, we’re going to have to change insulins. But overall, the end is not near. Once her diabetes is under control, the vet has faith her quality of life will be fine and I’ll have her for many more years. Which is an incredible weight off my shoulders.

[do-or-dichotomy]

I have so many thoughts on the ever-shifting ship dynamics of bandom rpf, mostly centered on my chemical romance and fall out boy. I’m sure a good chunk of it can be summed up as “it’s not that deep,” but I think there’s something very interesting about it. why do interpretations, portrayals, characterizations mean, and why do they change?

the swap from primarily frank/gerard -> gerard/ray and mikey/frank I’ve been seeing across the platforms. the differences in the popular interpretation[s] of pete/patrick and how they change based on what era they’re written in. popularity of pete/mikey over pete/patrick, at least on the surface. the differences in willingness to write nastier [documented] behaviours of the men depending on what ship the author is writing for. how different authors and artists portray the hard topics–addiction, infidelity, mental health, etc.–if they choose to portray it at all. the popularity of danger days-verse content versus the lack of youngblood chronicles content. what era an artist or author chooses to draw/write a band in when making alternate universe content. which men are the popular choice to be the token straight and why. who is revered and who is on their knees?

it’s 3am. I’m laying in bed next to the twelve-year old version of myself, my cat snores between us, and we’re comparing notes into the early dawn.

[bluemoonsystemrq]

Blue Moon Pack

We don't know how to start these things, so we're just going to start with "welcome" and state this is our new pinned post.

We're collectively interested in video games as a hobby of ours, mostly we use laptop and mobile for them but we do have a nintendo switch lite. We will initiate any friend code giving for the switch, so we would rather not get asks about this. We also watch a lot of anime, so universes similar to that tends to be where a lot of our Xives and adjacent folks come from.

We graduated from university a few years ago but life decided to hit us with a ton of bricks just after that. We're nothing if not persistent, but we do get very randomly sad sometimes and then complain a lot. Sorry. There is nothing you can do about that and we don't have many places to do our complaining. We try to put a content note on it if we realize that's what's happening, but we don't always realize.

We have a fediverse account because we like VPNs and Tumblr hates them, and plan to start posting there more often. Please give us a follow or follow request over there: https://xelebre.com/@thebluemoonsystem

We're probably just going to slap all of our collective/shared labels amd stances here...yeah, yeah, that's what we'll do:

Cisautistic (with a few exceptions), cisplural/cissystem, cisendogenic, transradqueer (be warned, as we see this as both a stance and an ID), aniqueer, transmasbodyic, transneutrabodyic, female-to-queer (FtQ), 404gender, nonbinary, (cis)sysian, cisADHD/cisamistic, anti-contact (with the strong belief there is a lot of misinformation on what that means running around the rqc), proshipper, transgender

There is more but this is what we can currently put up with sharing. Most other IDs are on an individual headmate level.

For the love of all things, rqc, please stop reblogging Sophie. Sometimes we see her crop up because of someone new to rqc who found rqc we assume through her and...we're just gonna need to stop you right there.

Games We've Played/Have Interest In: Infinity Nikki + Love Nikki + Shining Nikki (all collectively tagged as #Love Nikkiverse on this blog), Genshin Impact, Rimworld, Project Zomboid, Stellaris, Clangen, Pokemon (through US/UM, and some of ScaVio, unless we're also talking fangames), Honkai Star Rail, Life Makeover, The Sims 4

We refuse to Play: Honkai Impact the 3rd

Stuff We've Watched: Death Note, Hunter×Hunter, Owari no Seraph, Pokemon (through the start of DPP only), Blue Exorcist (is on thin ice rn), The Promised Neverland, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Magical Girl Raising Project, Zombieland Saga

We Refuse to Watch: Fairy Tail, Elfin Lied, the Hoopa Pokemon movie

Books We've Read: Warrior Cats (through Omen of the Stars only), the first book of the Hybrid Chronicles (god we have never felt so seen as an endogenic anti-psychiatry plural system), the Pretties trilogy

We Refuse to Read: N/A for now will add when we can think of something because we know of at least one or two things vaguely.

We do in fact have a basic tagging system running (although it's...spotty, to say in the least).

resource - stuff that feels like we would want to find later, and-or feel others might want as well

plz survive - not a mental health tag, not a positivity tag but...similar? we do not know how to describe this one but it's adjacent to those.

disc horse - teasing way of saying "discourse" and is a general tag for the overall nastiness if you wanna mute that.

stim stuff - we needed a general tag for all of the pretty gifs

terms - what it says on the tin.

flags - what it says on the tin.

icons - for your profile icon needs.

userbox - for your userbox needs.

Credit to @kodaswrld for the divider! It's gorgeous.

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

By: Abigail Shrier

Published: Dec 22, 2023

At age nine, Chloe Cole started early puberty. By age twelve, she was uncomfortable in her body; online influencers convinced her that she was in some sense really a boy. She came out to her parents as “transgender” and, not knowing what else to do, they took her to a therapist.

“They didn’t expect that by seeing a psychologist, I would just be funneled further and further into this pipeline,” Cole told a rapt audience at AmericaFest this week.

For Chloe, that pipeline meant puberty blockers at age 12 followed by cross-sex hormones. A medically unnecessary double mastectomy at age 15. By 16, she was filled with regret.

It’s easy to see this as one more ghastly entry in the macabre chronicles of gender medicine: incompetent therapists and unethical doctors deconstructing young girls’ bodies for reasons that seem alternately depraved, mendacious and confused.

But if you take a step back from the case of the detransitioners—young women shepherded into medical transitions they later came to regret—another image emerges. Not merely of therapists’ “affirming” teens’ transgender identity, specifically. But one more instance in which the Bad Feelings experts made adolescents’ bad feelings worse.

“[My parents] didn’t expect that by seeing a psychologist, I would just be funneled further and further into this pipeline,” Cole said.

Like a lot of teen girls who suddenly adopt a transgender identity, Cole’s mental health treatment preceded her gender confusion. She had been medicated for ADHD starting at age nine or ten—given escalating levels of stimulants that made her feel lousy and disconnected from her body and didn’t seem to help. She now believes ADHD was a misdiagnosis.

“In general, this model of making everything a condition—if a child is different in any way, if they’re not focusing in school, if they’re a little bouncy in class and they won’t sit in their seat—it takes the responsibility off of the adults to say, ‘Okay, let’s just medicate them. That’ll fix the problem,’” Cole told me.

Writing my last book, Irreversible Damage, involved extensive interviews with many detransitioners and American families in general.  In the course of my research, I became aware of three things: First, that unprecedented numbers of American kids were undergoing therapy or on psychiatric medication. Second, that therapists’ diagnoses were often altering adolescents’ self-understanding. And, third, that large numbers of parents had become profoundly dependent on therapists to guide their parenting and “fix” their kids.

It wasn’t only ideologically-motivated “gender therapists” who were making mischief, reifying the idea in adolescents’ minds that they were really, truly transgender. Ordinary, well-meaning therapists were doing the same, not primarily for ideological reasons. Sometimes the therapists were simply following the guidance of their accrediting organizations. But just as often, affirming the adolescent – in place of treating her – was simply par for the course. That was simply what the therapeutic relationship with the teen patient had become.

Sure, I’ll call you ‘Sebastian.’ I can see why you feel Mom’s taking away your smartphone was emotionally abusive. Losing a beloved cat can be devastating; let’s talk about coping with your grief for the next few sessions. It sounds like having to move after seventh grade was traumatic.

This model of making everything a condition—if a child is different in any way, if they’re not focusing in school … it takes the responsibility off of the adults to say, ‘Okay, let’s just medicate them, ’ Cole said.

When faced with a surly teen who isn’t yours, one you must somehow keep engaged for a potentially interminable 50-minute hour, and for whose mistakes you bear no direct emotional consequences—it’s just so easy to validate their perspective. Her mother’s decision to take away the smartphone, her pet’s death, her parents’ move—how did they make you feel? Let’s talk about your pain, every week, for years.

The rising generation is swimming in therapy. Forty two percent of Gen Z—those born between 1995 and 2012—has been in therapy (more than any other generation). Forty two percent has a mental health diagnosis. One recent survey indicates the extent of diagnosis may even be more dramatic: 60 percent of those between the ages of 18 and 26 may have been diagnosed with an anxiety disorder.

Perhaps most alarming, by 2016—long before the Covid lockdowns and well before American kids aged 2 to 8 were even on social media—almost 20% of these little ones had a diagnosed mental, behavioral, or developmental disorder.

They are receiving unprecedented levels of mental health treatment. Curiously, they also seem to be getting worse.

For well over a decade, teachers and school counselors have assumed the mandate (and curricula, and use of instructional time) to play shrink indiscriminately with kids, often styled as “Social Emotional Learning.” Parents stopped trusting their own judgment and family traditions regarding childrearing, instead relying on shrinks to guide their parenting. And we all allowed our kids’ (largely normal) bad feelings to be pathologized by the those in the bad-feelings business.

Gen Z is receiving unprecedented levels of mental health treatment. They seem only to be getting worse.

Harrison Ford made this point nicely in an interview with the Hollywood Reporter, in February of last year. A reporter had said to Ford, “Your fans online have done some armchair diagnosis, looking at things you’ve said about being shy in social situations and some of your talk show appearances. Some assume you’ve wrestled with social anxiety disorder. Are they onto something?”

“Shit,” he said. “That sounds like something a psychiatrist would say, not a casual observer.”

For the rising generation, the language of psychopathology provides the lens with which they understand themselves and each other. Where my generation would “self-diagnose” with laziness or procrastination, the rising generation might see complex post-traumatic stress disorder or ADHD.

But while laziness can be obliterated by a change of attitude and habits, a mental health diagnosis demands treatment or accommodation. Trying to lift yourself out seems futile. And so, unsurprisingly, the generation lavishly labeled with mental health diagnoses also has the least faith in its ability to meet even routine challenges or turn their lives around.

“No. I don’t have a social anxiety disorder,” Harrison Ford told the reporter. “I have an abhorrence of boring situations. I was shy when I first went onstage—I wasn’t shy, I was fucking terrified. My knees would shake so badly, you could see it from the back of the theater. But that’s not social anxiety. That’s being unfamiliar with the territory. I was able to talk myself through that and then enjoy the experience of being onstage and telling a story with collaborators.”

“No. I don’t have a social anxiety disorder,” Harrison Ford told the reporter. “I have an abhorrence of boring situations. I was shy when I first went onstage. But that’s not social anxiety.”

A case of the fantods. To overcome those, Harrison Ford didn’t require an expert or a prescription. He needed only to summon the guts.

Imagine if he’d been born in 2012 instead of 1942.  

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You don't have a "gender," you have a personality.

You don't have a disorder, you've just never been told, "no."

This issue isn't exclusive to professional therapists. Tumblr and Twitter are filled with assholes who defend their assholery with self-diagnosed autism or "trauma." They're under the misconception that if they claim it's some kind of disorder, rather than them just being a colossal asshole, you can't complain, and they can do what they want. This also explains the multitude of "genders."

[get-prompted]

Not A Prompt;

I have some book recommendations!!! I don’t get time to read much, so it’s very short, but I have a few that I love to bits!

- The Travelling Cat Chronicles; When I heard they made a movie I was ecstatic! Nothing beats the book though. It’s from the perspective of a cat! It’s adorable and can get pretty emotional (I cried). I love it.

- The Deathless Girls; Lesbians! Has some extreme mature content though. Very sad. Sometimes you just kinda want that stuff though, you know? I honestly kinda hated it when I first read the ending because owch, but imo I think it’s good to sometimes find a book where the ending isn’t all flowery. Also, vampires.

- Nowhere on Earth; Great story. Great characters. Absolutely one of my FAVOURITE books! Only trigger warnings I can really think of is asshole jock guys being asshole jock guys, but it’s definitely a good read. Very memorable.

- Between Us; One of those books I got forced to read in school yet somehow managed to like. It’s based in Australian, so probably a bit far from most people, but it’s about the struggles of refugees. It’s really good! The author did a lot of research on immigration and mental health to make sure the story was accurate, and the characters are very real. Trigger warnings for violence, PTSD, religious abuse, and I can’t remember too many others; in general just mature content. If you like exploring complex characters this is a great book imo

- Finding Audrey; About a girl with social anxiety learning to grow past her trauma, with the help of her new crush. Very nice, it does have a very heavy scene about mental health; well actually the entire thing is very mental health focused, but that’s why I like it so much. I feel like the issues were pretty well handled, especially in later scenes. Maybe a bitttt too much “manic pixie dream boy” but I don’t have much experience with that kind of thing so maybe it’s a nitpick? Pretty good imo!

That’s all for now. Let me know if you end up reading them!!!