#claudiajcregg

[wavesoutbeingtossed]

coney island x mbobhft

WHAT A COMPLETE SHOCK I WONDER WHAT INSTIGATED THIS /ijbol

Sorry for putting you on blast friend but also this is a very unique experience we share 😂

Ah, London N6, a night that will live in infamy for many reasons, not the least of which being IT WAS RARE WE WERE THERE WE REMEMBER IT ALL TOO WELL.

As many of you will know (and @claudiajcregg literally witnessed next to me as I mouthed WHAT THE FUCK), this is the mashup that broke my brain because it made my third eye open in the rafters of fuckass Wembley Stadium.

Warning: this is going to be a very long one because I am far too personally invested in it 😂

(It's so interesting seeing it from this angle head-on given that we were behind the stage 😂 I don't think I've ever seen it properly lol.)

First of all, My Boy was one of those songs that I loved as a bop when TTPD came out, but then when the voice memo version was released last summer (iirc a few weeks before this?) it made the song click even more pointedly because it made it infinitely sadder (and clearer and maybe confirmed my own inklings but anyway). Looking over my blog archives the day it was released is a trip because it can just be summed up as: IT'S SO FUCKING SAD! The idea that someone who you considered your closest confidant also being the one to help break you into a million more pieces? Devastating! "It sounds sad because I'm sad in general," ugh. But I digress.

Then you have Coney Island, which is where I confess that despite evermore being my favourite album, the song was one I didn't particularly gravitate towards. It's beautiful! It's evocative! It just wasn't one that like, permeated my consciousness all that much. It was one of those "wow she's sure telling a sad story with pretty words" type of things. Until, of course, she combined it with My Boy to maximize their joint slay that wrecked my brain and made me reconsider BOTH of them.

OK ENOUGH BACKSTORY LET'S GET TO THE PLOT 😂

Should've known it was only a matter of time, my boy only breaks his favourite toys... Break my soul in two, looking for you but you're right here, and if I can't relate to you anymore, then who am I related to? I loooooooove that transition! Again, one of the fun parts of the mashups that has become more evident as I've been on this exercise is that sometimes you can see the "hook" lyrically of what makes her craft the mashup. Here, it's the break toys/break my soul parallel.

And I *think* this might have been the point at which my brain went WAIT WHAAAAAAAAAAT in real time lmao. Again, I don't know why Coney Island never quite rooted itself in my brain, although thinking back on it, I do wonder if the fact that it's a duet played a role in that; as someone who tends to gravitate towards melody/sound before lyrics, maybe the fact that it's split between Matt Berninger and Taylor just made the story "split" in my brain? I don't know, but Taylor playing it on her own on the piano somehow made it click haha.

So back to the story of the mashup: You have the start of the story about the a cycle of depression (voices in his head), resentment (only breaks his favourite toys) and lashing out (I'm queen of sandcastles he destroys). And the cycle is on both parts tbh (sickest army doll/rivulets descend my plastic smile). It's a contrast to the early days of the relationship, where she felt like they were something special (but you should have seen him when he first got me/it fit too right, puzzle pieces in the dead of night), even though reality would set in and destroy it.

So then enter Coney Island, where she/the narrator is saying: you keep breaking me because you're pulling away from me (ostensibly because of said cycle) and I don't know why. You used to be the person I relied on the most in this world, and now I feel like half of me is drifting away. (At least, that's how I read "break my soul in two.") Like, this person is still physically there, but in every other respect, they're a million miles away. (Looking for you, but you're right here.) You used to be my everything, my other half, but if you're now pulling away from me, how am I supposed to exist in this world without you? (if I can't relate to you, then who am I related to?)

So admittedly this is where the duet vs. solo gets complicated in the narrative lol and I'm probably going to contradict myself just as a warning. But the theme from the start of My Boy is totally reflected in, "If this is the long haul, how did we get here so soon? Did I close my fist around something delicate, did I shatter you?" Again, the idea of: this was supposed to be our forever, yet it seems like we have just hit the beginning of the end. Was it something I did? Did I break you the way you've broken me? Is that why I'm in so much pain? IT'S SO SAD. (And again: is not only very similar to the theme of My Boy, but IMO of TTPD in general.)

The chorus of Coney Island is what this mashup REALLY illuminated for me: The idea of remembering the good times at a spot that used to be yours together, and wondering how the hell you lost sight of each other (lol) and ended up here, broken and alone. "Sorry for not making you my centrefold, over and over" is so ouchie because if it's the narrator singing that, it could almost be a little resentful, like, "I made you the centre of my universe, sorry I couldn't keep doing it again," but if it's the subject, it's like, "sorry I could never prioritize you the way you did me," and either way it's SAD.

"Lost again with no surprises, disappointments close your eyes and it gets colder as the sun goes down," REALLY got me, because it's just so resigned! Like, you keep expecting things to get better, but they don't, and you're just continually disappointed and floored with every setback. There's no grand gesture, no magic cure to save the day, everything just wilts and fades away. "It gets colder and colder as the sun goes down," is just like... all the life in your home and your relationship bleeding out like, well, death by a thousand cuts.

The bridge of Coney Island finally really hit me here because it's like the promise of youth being completely replaced by the jadedness of adulthood. "Were you waiting at our old spot in the tree line by the gold clock, did I leave you hanging every single day?" to me just feels like: I knew you were waiting for me [to join you-- and IMO that's a metaphor for "you were waiting for me to be ready for our plans"], but I kept stalling and with every day that I stalled I hurt you even more. Obviously this may be reading too much into it, but I could make a case for the "old spot by the tree line" being a stand-in for a familiar beloved space (e.g. home) and the gold clock being a stand-in for counting down to life plans that had once been on a timeline that no longer were. But this is getting deep into literary analysis instead of a walk down memory lane with the mashup itself 😂 Anyhoo this just gave me more thoughts about another song but we are not going there on main.

And of course, "did I paint your bluest skies the darkest gray a universe away" ties into so much of what we hear on TTPD (and imo much of rep through Midnights too), but also calls back to "here we go again, the voices in his head call the rain to end our days of wild," in the My Boy intro of this mashup. Like I said, this is where the duet vs. solo gets complicated if you're looking at it from a performance point of view here 😂 but it makes sense to me. (And to borrow from twitter brain rot, it fits my narrative.) But, this person drifting away emotionally and taking it out on her (a universe away) completely tears her world apart and turns her world into sadness in kind. (Which: again, is the theme of My Boy too.)

And maybe my favourite part of the mashup, thematically and sonically because it brings it all together:

When I got into the accident, the sight that flashed before me was your face, but when I walked up to the podium, I think that I forgot to say your name... but just say when I'd play again, he was my best friend down at the sandlot, I felt more when he played pretend than with all the Kens, cause he took me out of my box, stole my tortured heart, left all these broken parts, told me I'm better off, but I'm not.

It's this idea of: this person loves you more than anything (e.g. your face being the first they see when their life flashes before their eyes), but being unable to show you that kind of love and taking you for granted in spite of it (forgot to say your name). Like, I'd die for you, but I still can't be there for you. THAT IS HEAVY. (Yes, complicated by duet/solo, no, I don't care.) And in spite of it all, I would have still tried again! (And she did, ahem.) Because even when you hurt me, I still loved you more than anyone else! This love felt like it was worth more than the pain it caused, even when I was denying how much it was hurting me! I somehow believed you every time, but I know it was killing me. OOF.

(I could say "told me I'm better off, but I'm not," sounds like "You swore that you loved me, but where were the clues?" but I don't mean to veer into muse discourse because the mashup stories stand alone on their own etc.)

In the end, it comes down to "he saw forever, so he smashed it up." If you're looking at it as one full story, My Boy is like the context about the dark place they both find themselves in, and Coney Island fills in the lines about how said boy broke said favourite toy, little by little, until it turns into the destructive force you find in My Boy that leaves her in pieces to pick up on her own. And this is a case where the mashup really deepened my understanding of BOTH songs! Coney Island wasn't just a tale of fading love in the backdrop of the place of childhood dreams, it's a whole metaphor for a shared life disintegrating. And while I got the themes of My Boy instantly, pairing it with a song that's a little more grounded in reality kind of highlights the darkness behind the toy box conceit even further. My Boy sets the stage for the fallout from mental health and personal struggles, and Coney Island shows how that happens.

As an aside, she does some incredible things vocally in this mashup, and the way she belts out "I'm not" repeatedly is one of them! The power! The emotion! Master class in using your voice as a tool to tell a story! From the first quiet "I'm not," to the final angry one, it is a journey!!!

Thank you so much for this bestie!!!! It took me literal hours but it was worth it 😂 Aaah August 2024 you will always be famous.

(And for everyone else: we are still on a moratorium for mashup madness asks because I still have too many to go through lol. I will let y'all know when I am accepting requests again!)

[unseenacademic]

@claudiajcregg Thank you sooo much, Elena! 💜💜💜💜I somehow managed to delete your ask, because it's me 🙈🙈 can't find it anywhere now 😅 sooo, anyway...

4. total number of words you wrote this year

I've got over 35,000 words, spread across several documents, including published fics and WIPs, various drafts and completed scenes, but not including the drafts and scenes handwritten in a notebook. I do like to outline or full-out write my fics in a notebook.

19. any new fics to start next year

Aaaaa, so manyyy! Wow! Okay, so I want to write a series of one-shots depicting scenes from Bartlet history (college, Kennedy-style wedding, or that time Jed accidentally ran over their next-door neigbors). There's another short, winter/holiday fic that I just might end up finishing before the New Years and a 5+1 things fic I've talked about on discord. (I have no self-control). I've also been working on my "What Was Abbey Bartlet Doing" fic which is basically a collection of standalone post-eps, so I'm going to continue working on that one as well.

22. events you participated in this year

This summer, I participated in TWW Press' Wheel of Destiny Drabble Challenge and I wrote two ficlets. One is a little bit of self-indulgent fluff, the other's a post-ep which started the whole Abbeyverse fic madness. I'm finishing my fic for TBW holiday fic exchange and I'm having so much fun!

[malkaleh]

I am borrowing this from several people (who will be on this list as well). This year actually was not all bad for me in the slightest (there were a lot of lovely things) but uh, it’s been A Lot A Lot. Especially this last bit. So a lot of love to all the people who have helped me make it through and been amazing friends.

@nocompromise-noregrets @shes-a-voodoo-child @bibliothekara @beyondthisdarkhouse @cephalopodvictorious @pearlsthatwereeyes @wheresonichedgehogwnt @kawuli @ruffboijuliaburnsides @taibhsearachd @lemonsharks @amadiwhispers @gen-is-gone thank you saatis. thank you. For all of it.

To all my TWW discord darlings and @miabicicletta - thank you friends for such a beautiful beautiful space. @claudiajcregg @holy-ships-x-red-lips @librarianmouse @krazykitkat @onekisstotakewithme @unseenacademic @hondagirll

@alexseanchai @beatrice-otter @theladyelizabeth @elephantlovemedleys @emilykaldwen @eidetictelekinetic @naurielrochnur @dr-dendritic-trees @doomhamster @lorata @rahabs @cleoselene FRIENDSHIP and you know. the mutual enabling of blorbo shrieking and venting and <333. And my twitter mutuals @sarking @jesidres @geeoharee @kshandra @bessemerprocess <3. @herawell

@borgialucrezia @corporalicent @lordlykisses @ricardian-werewolf @jamesfrain @mythopoetry @quillington @goshawke @taraljc FRIEND SHAPED <3333.

(If you are a mutual and not mentioned I absolutely treasure all my mutuals fyi. Always will. You are wonders and truly mean that).

[thebreakfastgenie]

nine people I want to get to know better

Tagged by the lovely @claudiajcregg!! Thank you!

LAST SONG?

FAVORITE COLOR?

Yellow! 🍋🌼🔆

CURRENTLY WATCHING?

The Sopranos

LAST MOVIE?

I think it was The Godfather

SWEET/SPICY/SAVORY?

All of the above! Sweet if I must pick but sometimes savory is what I need in the moment...

RELATIONSHIP STATUS?

Single 👀

CURRENT OBSESSIONS?

Cold War history, Billy Joel, frying the perfect egg, lemons

LAST THING YOU GOOGLED?

"us states map" because the fastest way to remember which states I've been to was to refer to a map

Tagging @nero-neptune @wiklm @nowhereindiana @norma-jean-monster @coralreeferband

@lesbiandarvey @rocketsaurus @punkrockhound @damejoansutherland

Anyone else who wants to do it can too!!!!

[hondagirll]

TOP FIRST TIME WATCHES OF 2024

Rules: post 9 of your favorite films you saw for the first time this year that aren't new (2023/2024) but are new to you and tag 9 others to do the same.

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Tagged by the lovely @talldecafcappuccino, thank you! 🫶

Please note I have been trying to catch up on classic or well known films I've missed over the years and this is what I watched in 2024. Clue and My Cousin Vinny were both hysterical. The Shop Around the Corner was both sweet AND funny at the same time, and I was pleasantly surprised how much I enjoyed the first two Alien movies albeit for different reasons (Sigourney Weaver is such a bad ass). If you have any classic or pop culture film recs for me to watch in 2025, let me know! My Dinner with Andre and Meet Me in St. Louis are currently on my to be watched list.

Low key tagging @claudiajcregg @muldxr @acehardy @lightedwindows @librarianmouse @lucy-moderatz @stars-inthe-sky @malkaleh @useyourtelescope & anyone else who wants to do it!

[onekisstotakewithme]

Tell People About Your WIPs

make a list of all your WIPs with a brief description of each and then people can ask you questions about them and then tag other people.

tagged by the creator of this game, @mihrsuri, and will in turn say 'anyone who wants to, feel free' but specifically of the westie besties Lil didn't tag, I'm yelling at @claudiajcregg 💜 I've been agonizing over having nothing to publish for ages now 😭

Currently Active:

Close to the Heart, aka MASH noir AU where Hawkeye is still a doctor, and Peg comes to him wanting him to kill her husband.

the west wing post-canon wedding: CJ and Danny try and make it work after CJ decides to stay in the WH, can't make it work, break up... all of which is backstory to the two of them reuniting at Charlie and Zoey's wedding a few months later... and going from there

the "BJ accidentally follows Hawkeye to a gay meet up, learns some things" WIP that I have been agonizing over.

the valentine's day tww discord prompt fulfillment (I know I'm not in the discord but humour me, i did the christmas exchange) that starts during "Manchester".

Things that Should be Active (but Aren't)

the prompt fulfillment for the Josh/Donna Rom-Com exchange in which I Romcomify "Inauguration: Over There" (I have words written for it, but not many. that was a busy week lol.)

President!CJ - you know the drill. I keep calling it president!CJ but the actual name should be "CJ runs for President and Ally rambles her ass off trying to make it happen". Anyone looking for a full time volunteer job as my research assistant to make this story happy, apply within.

The Requiem First Time Smut - it's six thousand words long and contains only one orgasm so far. aka the wednesday night where CJ shows up and they 'don't reallly talk' (except nobody is naked yet because they can't stop fucking talking!)

Random WIPs that can't even be considered in the same realm as active, yes i'm as annoyed about it as everyone else.

tww plane crash au - on the way back from a summit in Japan, AF1 crashes on a small island in the South Pacific. This project is my baby but alas. Featuring bioluminescence, sex cabanas and copious amounts of Repentance.

sperm donor AU - canon divergent in s5 of tww, after slow news day et al, where CJ starts seriously thinking about her life post-administration... and having a kid. Coincidentally, Danny comes back into her life around the same time.

mash triad ski au - BJ and Peg go on vacation over Christmas of 1998, and meet another skiier when they all get trapped on a chair lift together 😉

triad wedding - I include this on every list (sigh) just because a whole draft exists, it just needs to be burned to the ground, chopped up with a machete and started from scratch and I burned out hard wriitng draft one. Anyway, final part of the first "arc" of Home verse. BJ, Peg and Hawkeye get 'married'.

Ambassador Spock - genuinely don't think I've touched this since 2021 but. Kirk is still captain of the Enterprise, charged with bringing the Vulcan ambassadors (Sarek and his son Spock) to a summit, "Journey to Babel" style only with more Spirk.

[twwpress]

@claudiajcregg​, here are your drabble prompts! Writer’s Choice for season and Only One Bed! In case you wanted the season defined since you only have 2 prompts, I spun an optional Season prompt that you can choose to use or not!

Optional: Season 1

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My boy only breaks his favourite toys / Did I close my fist around something delicate? Did I shatter you?

[unseenacademic]

unpublished fics game

I was tagged by @mihrsuri (thanks, friend 💜) you know how much I love talking about my fics, so if you want to know more about any of these, ask away 💜💜Anyway, I'm gonna sort my WIPs into three groups, based on the level of their WIPness 😂 Level 1: Fics I'm Actively Working On

The First Lady - my ongoing project, a series of post-eps and behind the scenes, which answers the most important question of them all: what was Abbey Bartlet doing during the episodes she doesn't appear in. The chapter I'm working on at the moment is a post-ep for "Evidence of Things Not Seen", part 1. Contains a lot of banter.

Substance of Things Hoped for - post-ep for "Evidence of Things Not Seen", part 2. Contains a lot of barbecuing.

Day Four - what happens between Abbey's return and the state dinner in season 5, ep. "Shutdown". Features the First Lady dressing a nice bird, Millicent Griffith as the voice of reason and a lot of Angst.

The Proposal - exactly what it says on the tin. Features a Ferris wheel, a beaver plushy and the phrase "hens etc."

Level 2: Outlines + a Scene or Two

The Hospital Scene - A deleted/missing scene from "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen". Feature a lot of cuteness and too many references to Ronald Reagan.

It Never Could Have Happened in New Hampshire - Jed and Abbey spend the weekend at her parents'. Features a malpractice suit, golf, Vermont maple syrup, Abbey's ex-boyfriend and an MS episode.

Level 3: Just an Idea or WIP's I'm Not Actively Working on

Jethro the Snowman - a holiday fic. Inspired by Jed's quote from season 7 that Abbey's dad took him on a six-hour hike in the dead of winter after he proposed to Abbey.

Abu el Banat post ep - a sequel to Day Four.

The First Meeting - exactly what is says on the tin. Features a lot of gratuitous nerdiness.

The Dead Irish Writers Missing Scene - not sure when I'll finish this one, so far I have only two scenes and one of them needs rewriting.

Tagging (no pressure💜): @claudiajcregg @holy-ships-x-red-lips @miabicicletta @librarianmouse @temperancecain @krazykitkat @hondagirll @muldxr @onekisstotakewithme

[malkaleh]

A Mostly Complete List Of Fic Ideas I Want To Read Not Write (A Meme I Just Made Up)

Includes content from TROP (will also have influences from the books because I’m me), Grishaverse, Tortall and TWW. All of these are free plot bunnies just like LINK ME PLEASE.

TROP (this is gold cages unless otherwise specified)

(non gold cages) Sauron did not expect to fall in love with Galadriels husband as well as Galadriel (he is still very much mourning Celebrimbor as well) and WAIT they have a daughter who I am having…parental feelings about (AU Celebrian doesn’t get kidnapped by orcs because of her parents kind of boyfriend).

AU AU: Finrod is there in Gold Cages

Saurons entire arc of falling in love with all of them in Gold Cages, in detail. Especially featuring I Am Screamingly Fucking Jealous Of Everyone Right Now.

Sauron learning about the Celebrian/Elrond wedding and after that, the resulting children.

The day(s) they arrive in Lindon after they have escaped.

The reactions (Durin, Disa, Gil-Galad, Mirdania, Cirdan) when they find out exactly why Sauron has them from someone they captured.

(non gold cages) good!mairon AU who was a captive of Morgoth - the day Eonwe and co broke into Angband in the War of Wrath.

(non gold cages) human!halbrand featuring Halbrand realising that Elrond Really Freaks Hair Bow Fucker Out.

Tortall

Good Duke Roger Verse. Just ANYTHING.

Half Bazhir Jon of Conte

Kel was never put on probation AU

Jon/Numair/Thayet - featuring the aftermath of Wild Magic in this AU.

Spymaster of Tortall Ozorne (he and Numair and Varice all ran away together and are married with children) crosses into regular universe.

Grishaverse

Darkling is in fact who he told Alina he was.

Darkling is as into Nikolai as he is Alina.

Crows-Grisha-Mal polycule/found family.

Grishaverse Hunger Games

TWW

Josh/Donna/Sam modern administration AU (because I’m kind of fascinated by them being in a relationship but social media ala @jessbakescakes Josh/Donna AU).

CJ getting actual proper apologies and like affirmations that she’s part of the family hurt/comfort after people actually realise how much she feels not enough and gets hurt/sick in the process (this is just self indulgence in the extreme okay).

The ‘Sam the rape survivor’ one

Abbey has adopted these kids as much as Jed and Leo and the times she realises it.

Tagging to post your own wishlist (if you want to): @plotdesigner @themalhambird @conundrumoftime @verecunda @shes-a-voodoo-child @mariedemedicis @nocompromise-noregrets @onekisstotakewithme @holy-ships-x-red-lips @scary-grace @seagull-energy @ruffboijuliaburnsides @captainlordauditor @erulasse23 @queenmeriadoc @claudiajcregg @self-destructinganimal @naurielrochnur @eidetictelekinetic and anyone else who wants to do.

[hondagirll]

The wonderful @bethanyactually tagged me in the Best Books I Read This Year meme. According to my Goodreads account I read 71 books this year (msg me if you want to be friends there!). I read some really good books this year but these 6* were the ones that I gave 5 star ratings too and are thus are highlighted.

Special shout-out to the DI Adam Fawley mystery series which got me through early spring, re-reading Nora Roberts Chesapeake Bay series from the late 90's in the summer and winding down this fall with some good memoirs including She Memes Well by Quinta Brunson and The Third Gilmore by Kelly Bishop.

* Promise Me Sunshine by Cara Bastone was also a 5 star read but since that book doesn't come out until March 2025 (I got an ARC through NetGalley) I did not include it here but please know I love it and cannot wait until others read it. In fact, it might be my favorite Bastone book so far, it was that good.

Low key tagging some fellow book readers, and anyone else who wants to do it. This was a fun meme. I love talking about books!

@queenofattolia @acehardy @earnmysong @lajulie24 @ladytharen @dollsome-does-tumblr @claudiajcregg @librarianmouse

[clintbeifong]

Thanks for the tag @hondagirll

Last song: Umm...nothing sticks out so, last songs I added to my playlist were "Sea Cruise" by Frankie Ford for Reasons™ that I promise make sense in my head, and "Mountain Sounds" by Of Monsters and Men because I heard it in a coffee shop and was like "this is mine now."

Currently watching: Suits, which I wasn't sure about at first but it's growing on me. Before that The Diplomat which was phenomenal.

Currently reading: Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott. I'd put it off for ages, but I highly recommend for anyone who writes. Before that A Psalm for the Wild-Build by Becky Chambers, which was sweet and cozy and beautiful.

Current obsession: Not to jinx it, but I have a lot of irl activities going on right now, and not a ton happening in fandom land. It's kinda nice actually?

Lowkey tagging some recent activity on my dash @burningdisarm @claudiajcregg @coping-via-clint-eastwood @frostysfrenzy @glurk-world @emmi-kat @themcwrathofsean

[onekisstotakewithme]

wip title tag game

was tagged by the lovely and talented @neekerbreeker 💜 (one of my dearest mash friends!) for this one and I always love doing it!

Rules: Post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! Then tag as many people as you have WIPs

mashnoir (M*A*S*H)

wedding fic (The West Wing)

president cj (The West Wing)

peg love magic fudge (M*A*S*H)

requiem smut fic (The West Wing)

ski resort AU (M*A*S*H)

plane crash (The West Wing)

sperm donor (The West Wing)

triad wedding (M*A*S*H)

Obviously anyone who wants to do this is welcome, but specifically tagging @claudiajcregg @remyfire @saltyfilmmajor @thebreakfastgenie if you feel so inclined! 💜

Also please send me asks, I love blathering on about my WIPs

[malkaleh]

@claudiajcregg

Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Andrew Scott running back to the VIP tent as soon as they heard that Style was playing is actually so real of them 😭

(ps I love how Andrew made sure to take the bracelet from the fan)

- The Eras Tour in London, England (N3) on June 23, 2024 (x)

[wavesoutbeingtossed]

Ok well since everyone else is in their feels tonight, I just want to say a giant THANK YOU to everyone here for welcoming me into this weird, wonderful little community in the last year and a half. I was a little island loving Taylor’s music on my own for years, and Eras is what pushed me to dip my toes into the fandom spaces instead of just lurking, and I’ve met some of the kindest, most generous, funniest people on here I’ve come to call friends. I’ve loved seeing things you write and make and create. I’ve loved using the tour as an excuse to travel, and it gave me the opportunity to reunite in person with a dear friend I hadn’t seen in years (this is for you you know who you are I love you *cough @claudiajcregg cough*) and have an absolute blast in my favorite city in the world.

I’m so grateful for all this wonderful art Taylor has given us, I’m grateful for the safe space Eras was for fans around the world, I’m grateful for the conversations it’s started and the growth it’s fostered and the changes it’s making as we speak.

It was just a real damn blast, y’all. Whether it was from a grainy livestream, gifs on a dash or live in a stadium, Eras was a hell of a lot of fun and so much more than a concert.

Thanks for hanging out with me everyone! ❤️

[unseenacademic]

Two Truths & a Lie

I was tagged by the lovely @mihrsuri seven billion years ago, but I couldn't come up with something good (I'm still not sure I did lol)

For this challenge, I picked my WIP "It Never Could Have Happened in New Hampshire".

Rules: In the poll, list two true things that occur in your WIP, and one that is a lie. Responders then must vote for which one of the three options they think is the lie. Check back in when the author posts their WIP to see if you were right!

Tagging: (only if you want to, no pressure) @claudiajcregg @onekisstotakewithme @holy-ships-x-red-lips @muldxr @krazykitkat 💜💜