#honeynpeaches

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What do you think a REN wedding would be like?

I feel like there would be one! Possibly two!

REN enthusiasts have been blessed with some absolute gems of fanfics that I've adopted as my own personal canon on this topic, making me very fond of Emma learning about weddings from the books' in Grace Field's library and immediately thinking of course she and her two best friends should have one. They've been inseparable since she arrived at the house, and she can't imagine her days without either of them, so the only solution is for all three of them to marry each other.

I adore the way Ray's chapter of Between Your Fingers, Between the Lines by honeynpeaches opens when he's around six years old and Emma dropping flower crowns on the boys' heads, declaring they'll be wed that very day.

Everything about this little snapshot is perfect. Emma walking onto the scene framed in the imagery of a halo. Norman being an adorably smitten baby going on the fritz for the first few minutes of the entire conversation. Ray being an amalgam of emotions held together with a rubber band on the verge of snapping. His reaction to Emma's quick and casual defiance of whatever she deems arbitrary is a wonderful blend of comedic and heartbreaking. The pure frustration at her flippancy born out of a deep and endearing love that trumps his fear of the whatever consequences result from confronting Isabella.

But he sees how Emma and Norman smile, and he can’t deny them. He’s never been able to. Not really. Not when it matters most…He’d give anything for them, and he already knows it.

Down to the more minute gestures of Norman moving to calm Ray after he's calmed himself down in a familiar, reassuring rhythm

(Chapter 28 Bonus Comic about Chapter 14's flashback)

with the gentle placement of his hand over the other boy's, and Emma taking his other hand to move close to her heart to subconsciously convey how much it would mean to her to be able to reify their bond through such a ceremony, even if it's only pretend.

For how their play wedding goes, I love what @carnivorouswillgraham does in w.a.m.s. that I've already gushed about here

But aaah do I love the idea of the music box Emma received from Isabella as her gift being the musical accompaniment to their ceremony.

(Mystic Code Book Chapter 1 Q&A)

In addition to them just all being adorable little babies enjoying the chance to recreate such an important ceremony between all three of them, even if just pretend.

Baby Ray going through an existential crisis but still trying to be present for his bffs/soon-to-be spouses and genuinely finding some solace in these moments with them that will solidify his resolve to confront Isabella in just a few days.

Just continue to fucking gut me.

For adulthood, I'm half and half of whether they'd have one, but if they do and Emma regains her memories, I imagine it playing out very similar to how it does in @salsae's to have and to hold, which I've gushed about a bit already here.

All of their friends and family gathered together at one of their homes or whichever quiet venue could accommodate such a large gathering, some of their siblings walking them down the aisle as Nat plays the piano, Emma in relaxed summer attire befitting or her kind and free spirit, incorporating the paper cups as part of the vows and the galaxying braining of turning it into a REN thing rather than solely an NE one, the trio taking turns crying out of joy (because ofc they can't all cry at the same time), Ray somehow getting roped into catering his own fucking wedding…it all comes together in such a beautifully brilliant way that I can't really think of anything to be altered except Alex walking Emma down the aisle.

If Emma doesn't regain her memories, I'd still imagine something similar playing out with it being a lowkey event in someone's backyard, but there's less chance of Ray prioritizing getting NE together separate from him (for a while) because in his mind they're forever classified as a matching set that he's not a part of

(2020 Exhibition Interview)

And more of a chance of them officially getting together as a trio to start off due to both the search for Emma leading Norman and Ray to grow closer in her absence (while holding off on progressing further in a relationship until reunited with their third) and then all three of them navigating her memory loss.

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alternate / close-up version:

Read this really cool fanfic called It Usually Takes a Trowel to Dig Up the Dirt, But Your Bare Hands Work Just Fine by honeynpeaches on AO3.

It's been a while now but this story (and their others, they're all so good!) still stuck with me. So I drew fanart of it!

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UNDERTALE and its characters belong to Toby Fox

Though this scene in particular is from a story by honeynpeaches ( @peachpitss ), as I mentioned before

[carlyraejepsans]

have you read this fic i think youd really like it its a flowey and toriel character study

ht tps://archiveofourown.org/works/52943653

you should check out other fics from this author too they have some really great stuff on there

Toriel's dollhouse ABSOLUTELY it's one of my favorites. i think I've recced it before, such a fantastic flowey AND toriel fic. it also nails my number one favorite writing style (rambly 3rd person pov but character voice heavy flow of consciousness). thank you so much for reminding me of it again, i just had to go for a reread

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Hello! I love your writing and was wondering if you happened to have any recs for Flowey-centric fic in particular? I've been reading some other ones lately and would love recs for more, if you wouldn't mind! Thank you!

Oh boy it's been a hot second since I read any Flowey fics but I will scour my bookmarks for you!!

Floweytale by andreabandrea is definitely THE flowey fic - lots of oneshots about his characterization that range from funny to emotional. And it updated recently!

Flower to flower communication. Flower to flower conversation. by YetAnotherPersona is a personal favorite with some really unique headcanons from what I recall. Focuses on Flowey and his complicated relationship with Chara.

flowey the flower's annotated guide to tolerating the end(less cycle of worthless garbage) by johnchurch is a great King Mettaton route Flowey fic that also involves Papyton and just. poor flowey having to deal with that LOL

You Can Convince Yourself of Anything with Elbow Grease and Time by honeynpeaches is Alphys and Flowey bonding and being cringe and I love them <3

Hatewatching by uselessundertalefacts is MORE Alphys and Flowey bonding and being cringe <3

With the exception of Floweytale these are all oneshots and pretty short, but all really good from what I remember! I hope you like them!

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do you have any fanfic recs?? 👀🙏🏽

Omg lemme look through my vault brb

Edit: ok here we go UwU

Deltarune

Ralsei existential crisis fic by honeynpeaches: https://archiveofourown.org/works/34463431

Some kind of Spamton timetravel fic ITS SO GOOD ITS SO JUICY ITS ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITES by SpaghettiForPapy: https://archiveofourown.org/works/34834519/chapters/86740756

Berdly x Kris fic funny by bluebirdnerd (CringeWritingSpace): https://archiveofourown.org/works/36916987

Undertale

DoomGuy in undertale by AgitatingSkeleton: https://archiveofourown.org/works/9275174/chapters/21019793

BURGERPANTS BEING THE MAIN CHARACTER by Taliax: https://archiveofourown.org/works/31662938/chapters/78360050

Burgerpants x Nice Cream guy one shots by DarklingImp: https://archiveofourown.org/series/366731

Theres a lot of good fics for these fandoms, but these are my favs lol

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post your picrew and the most recent song you listened to!

thanks for the tag ! @fairyheart

no pressure tags: @lewinblue @pullman-lewis @rhettabbotts @hangmanapologist @honeynpeach @floydsglasses

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drop the akiangel fic recs 👀

here i go (keep in mind i havent caught up on all the fics in the tag yet so these fics arent that recent)

every fic by boostergold my favorite is mannequin (boostergolds writing style is just sooo gooodddd)

every fic by jadedbutler particularly fishbone (they capture the tension between akiangel so well)

muse, cloth, and light up the dark by cloversdreams (clovers fics in general are just very fluffy and cute, they have the cutest fics in the akiangel tag which is great considering how full of angst the tag is ashfjsh)

side note but i call boostergold, jadedbutler, and cloversdreams the holy trinity of akiangel writers ahdfjs they were the ogs when there werent that many akiangel fics yet 🙈

pink carnation by dandeaix (the writing is beautiful and the ending will make you go wahhhh)

tabula rasa by honeynpeaches (it is also a character study on angel but it is a super good read that draws you in. the writing is chefs kiss)

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Can you recommend an anon some spicy Chara content on AO3

honeynpeaches on A03 has one of the best written Charas I recommend their fics =)

[peachpitss]

realized people on mobile can't see my "about" page, so! Abby she/they lesbian 25+ yrs old anti-TERF, pro-BLM mexicana based in california i'm honeynpeaches over on my cringe ao3 i like video games & manga and i’m incredibly sorry

cult of the lamb sideblog: peachapotheosis

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I wanted to ask: what are your favorite norayemma fanfics? 👀👉👈

Ooo we will be here for a bit I love promoting fics that resonated with me so deeply and continue to shape my interpretation of the series (check out my TPN Fanfic tag for snippets to longer commentary in general), though I have yet to properly comment on some of them on AO3.

Beginning with one of the realest author's notes from @hylialeia:

Can you believe they invented OT3s 🖤🧡🤍

☆ This unnamed piece set during the timeskip by @p-s-geeks:

There is a flower in your pocket. It’s wild and medicinal. You’re familiar with it. You remember white bedsheets, a pleading whine, two pairs of hands embracing you, and the flower on your forehead, working more wonders that it was biologically capable of (it wasn’t the flower, you know). The flower currently in your pocket is probably in a worse state, has probably shriveled up and wilted after hours of being plucked. It weighs lighter than a feather but feels heavier than diamonds. […] You unearth the flower from your pocket. Ray deserves to see this. Deserves to relive memories with you. And you kind of need him to. Right now, he’s the only one who’s been through thick and thin with you in majority of these trials and tribulations. He’s the only one who can look at it the way you look at it. […] “It’s alright” Ray says, pressing himself closer to you. You hold onto him like he’s the last lifeline on a sinking boat. “It’s alright. You’re not alone. You never were alone” You sleep listening to her gentle words in his gentle voice and it’s the deepest sleep you’ve gotten in a long time. (You wake up to a beautiful orange sunrise. To limbs tangled around yours. To soft snores. To groaning and complaining about morning coming too early during summers. And the hole in your heart subdues itself. It doesn’t disappear, doesn’t stop panging, but you still smile in remembrance and hope.)

How all the little things build and build until they become so deafening, and how so much solace is able to be found in those small‚ tender exchanges on one quiet night, with Ray echoing simple yet loving words he learned from her so long ago that became etched into his being after Grace Field not only by her but through the actions‚ big and small‚ of their family as well (because family is so very integral to each of them). How at first orange is such a painful reminder and how it ends on a most radiant sunrise that's the true embodiment of Emma, giving them both the strength to continue onward.

☆ Everything in banana_slug_army's library. Too much to cite in one post, but here's her tag on here and me talking about the only kind of jealously I enjoy between them:

(I do subscribe to the headcanon of Norman having a pang of jealousy over how much time RE got to spend together before their reunion in the Paradise Hideout with how he tends to navigate extremes at that age, but it’s of a very specific variety. Seeing how close the Grace Field escapees have become during their near two years out in demon world and how that shared trauma brought them together could be a mixed bag for him, with the aching reminder that he wasn’t there with them, didn’t share those memories with them after a lifetime of being together, and the initial flare of jealously turns into shame over thinking it in the first place when 1) he’s mad at not being able to have been there with them‚ not at them, 2) how selfish it is to still want that when they already went through his death once and now will have to go through that a second time, and 3) he spent so long isolated and effectively helpless in his immediate circumstances while at Lambda and suffered for no justifiable reason that it manifests in a festering internal rage, which heartbreakingly can never be given a satisfactory answer…so basically banana_slug_army’s Interwoven lol)

☆ Everything in @salsae's TPN library. Again too much to cite but here's her tag on the blog, me gushing about (so what am I defending now?) aka the quintessential Norray-focused REN fic exploring NR's relationship nine months into the search for Emma, and me gushing about her canon-divergent REN wedding fic, to have and to hold (fanart here). I am constantly citing this snippet of defending and thinking about the flashback and dream sequences Shirai went back and added to the volume release of chapter 181.

☆ Speaking of wedding fics, @carnivorouswillgraham's w.a.m.s. gushing can be found here. Also the post that inspired the fic with my silly edit.

The softness she regards them with, almost proto-shoujo bubbles. 🖤🫧🧡🫧🤍 Norman, adorably, hesitating because he’s still grappling with latent feelings he can’t even begin to articulate about his friends, but at the forefront of them is how he unquestionably gravitates to them and is attune to all their little nuances. Ray, heartbreakingly, hesitating because he’s grappling with the reality he’s beginning to comprehend and the crushing acceptance that he can’t save all his siblings as things stand now, and after already narrowing it down to just Emma and Norman, being faced with the question of if he could honestly live with himself if he chose one to save over the other. The conclusion he comes to further bolsters his resolve to confront Isabella in just a few short weeks, and foreshadows the devastation of Norman’s shipment after a lifetime of realization and meticulous planning. Really like the quiet magnitude of this both for Emma and Norman’s blissful unawareness of the farm system’s horrors conceived for them and ofc from the future romantic perspective as being the core foundational tenant of REN. 🖤🧡🤍

☆ Last of the wedding-related fics but honeynpeaches' Between Your Fingers, Between the Lines also has the first portion of Ray's chapter dedicated to it so I'll use that as a segue (gushing found here). The third chapter exploring Emma's inner monologues throughout the course of the series remains unpublished, but the Norman and Ray chapters can be read as self-contained fics. Highly recommend it and frequently to go back to reread when I need to reground myself in their character foundations.

So many little nuances and call backs, profoundly beautiful.

Additional citation of snippets in this post and this post, as well as this post for Ray angst fic recommendations.

There are so many amazing passages in here, but the "[o]ften, those eyes are blue" line absolutely fucking wrecks me every time. How the cadence of that brevity lands on such a simple fact that now evokes so much sorrow when he used to have such warm and positive associations with those eyes. Windows to the soul and everything that made Norman Norman and what he loved about him.

And then the often referenced celestial symbolism of him as the stars of the trio (to Emma's sun and Norman's moon), but a less romanticized, more viscerally horrifying perspective on it.

☆ As the Crow Flies by Goldfish_Writes I've talked about in more depth here. I'm not very big on full genre AUs, with my usual thoughts being "I consider the characters' personalities inherently shaped by the narrative itself. If you remove them from those circumstances they cease to be the same characters anymore, and I grew attached to them in part because of the circumstances they found themselves in; I got attached to this story." I'm also not very big soulmate AUs as they seem to miss more than they hit for me. But I am a big fan of REN, and I'm interested in seeing where this fantasy story goes.

The pre-established Noremma is absolutely delightful. Another thing thing I've mentioned before is my dislike of Norman being extremely uncharacteristically nebbish or aggressively confident and suave when pursuing relationships that' works in tandem's usually packaged with Emma becoming bizarrely demure. Again, I understand the appeal of stock scenarios, but it's not something I enjoy reading for them. I adore when they reach this level of knowing, playful banter with an underlying thrum of challenge, bred of familiarity at which boundaries can be teasingly skirted and which are low blows and off-limits, and founded on them being equals (after both of them, to different degrees, placed each other on pedestals).

☆ home by 81194, featuring a classic scenario of Ray, a dumbass, trying so so hard to lie to himself about his feelings for NE and failing spectacularly throughout a series of snippets before the two take matters into their own hands.

i think emma wouldn’t have been so spontaneous if she hadn’t been sure of how everything would go. things always go her way when she’s involved, after all… i love her sm.

Very much in agreement on Emma's respectful tenacity and ambition on these matters lol

☆ A Relatively Brief Reflection on Cognitive Dissonance by ribbontype is a wonderful character study of Norman up to the trio's reunion in chapter 121 executed through exquisite, deft prose, allowing one to easily luxuriate in its flow and imagery.

The way they make him whole and reaffirm his resolve to damn destiny itself. <3

☆ Tethered by SuddenWhispers is a beautifully written fic beginning during the human world arc and continuing past canon as the cast navigate what living truly means in the human world, along with what Emma regaining her memories could mean for the new promise.

Also some Ray and Barbara and Cislo interactions with the latter two acting as mentor figures to the former encouraging him on one of his weaker fronts of advocating for his wants, hello??

☆ the ambiguity of belonging by Kiss_Kiss is another post-canon fic that's smaller in scope but no less rewarding of a read with its quiet and desperate moments of vulnerability between the trio reaffirming how much they mean to each other.

Also not only is the handwave of Lambda sickness done away with for Norman, but it also touches upon what the difficulties of losing one's ear entails for Emma, something I rarely if ever see.

☆ Finally, hoping you're someone i used to know by @hylialeia

A post-canon fic delivered in gorgeous lyrical cadence. Such loving attention is paid to sentence composition that the words aren't merely a means to an end, but a reflection of a deep appreciation for both these characters and the craft itself, the weight of them meant to be lingered over and savored. Always a treat when you can find a fic like this in a fandom.

[chrispyevcns]

my turn to do my part in the tag games! thx for tagging me @cityofstqrs <3

c herry cola - john kuwada

h oneypie - jawny

r u mine? - arctic monkeys

i love you so - the walters

s treets - doja cat

p erfect- logic

y ou know how we do it - ice cube

e xxus - glass animals

v ibez - dababy

a fter the storm - kali uchis

n otion - the rare occasions

s hining on my ex - bbno$ & yung gravy

my music taste is alll over the place lololol

no pressure tags: @stevescapt @universitypenguin @planetofawe @rogerscherry @n00t-no0t @bloomingbucky @breakablebarnes @signofthebarnes @slut4marvelcharacters @ragnaroqk @honeynpeach @bitchy-bi-trash

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Do you have any Ray angst centered fic recomendations?

If you're looking for ones centered around his relationship with Isabella, I have these four recs here.

I also recommend There is Nothing You Can Do About it, Now by @bblueraven-and-fandoms14, a one-shot missing scene where Ray confronts Norman one last time before his shipment.

The imagery of their identification numbers as a noose and bisecting line across their necks has stuck with me ever since.

If you're open to OT3 fics, I also recommend the Ray chapter of Between Your Fingers, Between the Lines by honeynpeaches. It's incomplete, so there's no Emma chapter, but it's extremely foundational for me as one of the fics I reread when I want to recenter myself on the trio's dynamic as well as their individual characters.

Each chapter provides four snapshots across their lives in canon from their early childhood years to when they're thirteen.

Adore the exploration of the toll experimenting on his siblings took on him (there's no explicit confirmation of this, but I have a hard time accepting he would hand the device off to Norman, one of his two most precious people he was willing to sacrifice everything for, without testing it on another child at some point during its construction to make sure it worked) when he tries so hard to steel away his heart, never once explicitly citing how it makes him feel even after the reveal he's Isabella's spy because he loathes pity and doesn't believe he deserves it for the choices he willingly made (never mind that he's a child and given the circumstances they were coerced choices).

His connection with Isabella angst, natch.

There are so many amazing passages in here, but the "[o]ften, those eyes are blue" line absolutely fucking wrecks me every time. How the cadence of that brevity lands on such a simple fact that now evokes so much sorrow when he used to have such warm and positive associations with those eyes. Windows to the soul and everything that made Norman Norman and what he loved about him.

And then the often referenced celestial symbolism of him as the stars of the trio (to Emma's sun and Norman's moon), but a less romanticized, more viscerally horrifying perspective on it.

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#what fucks me up most about Norman's departure to Lambda is - he couldn't know if Ray survived #yes his plan was (almost) perfect but would Ray really come along? #it was so close for Emma to catch the match #everything could have gone up in flames (literally) so easily #so Norman had to leave his suicidal best friend behind #Emma's strong. Emma surely made it out of Grace Field #but Ray? would he want to be saved? #Norman's fear of hearing Ray didn't make it is my headcanon why Norman *only* called for Emma first when meeting her again #because seeing Ray again - or worse. not - would have broken him #yes there was a lot of anger in him for Ray being a traitor but even more sorrow for his friend's miserable life #and his sacrifices to them (via @officersnickers)

The way I go absolutely insane reading @salsae's smoke and mirrors

and honeynpeaches' Between Your Fingers, Between the Lines

where Norman conjures phantoms of them in his mind and those doubts creep in, but he reaffirms a world without them is inconceivable.

Ray intends to die. From what he said, he's doing it so you and I don't get killed. He didn't include himself in the numbers. He's not escaping. Ray has decided to die inside this house. He's going to set himself on fire to distract Mom in order to let us run away. That's his entire plan.

But I won't allow him to do that. Not ever.

The inclusion of these two simple frames in the anime is everything to me actually

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How long did it take you to start shipping the entirety of REN instead of just part of them?

Oh man I did not come out of my original viewing of season 1 in 2021 unscathed fjlsdl they already got me hook, line, and sinker by the end of those twelve episodes (while the execution of Norman's shipment absolutely nailed the emotional devastation of his loss, I assumed like many people over ten with any familiarity with media that he wasn't dead until we saw a body and he'd eventually show up again). I already loved the way they challenged, inspired, and so deeply cared for one another, so it was like, why pass up such an adorable and excellent OT3 so generously gifted to me?

I was so taken with the story that I binged chapters 38-181.4 over the course of the following three days, and I was rewarded with a number of panels that further solidified the foundation of my fondness for the ship.

(Chapter 181.1 | 74 | 93 | 119 | 123 | 145 | 153 | 154 | 161 | 180 | 181 | 181.4)

And then before I made this blog it was further reaffirmed through the works of banana_slug_army, honeynpeaches, @just-like-playing-tag, @officersnickers, @salsae, @7w7thais, @vinokurinner (x) whom I like to affectionately refer to as my patron saints of REN for how influential they were for me.

I've said this a dozen times at this point but the way sae writes the dream sequence included in the volume release of chapter 181 in (so what am I defending now?) resonates with me so deeply. Unparalleled required reading for any Renthusiast to help fill the void of that two-year timeskip.

I'll also never be unamused by conversions like this kljfksdj; one of the first AMVs I ever saw for the series that I still really love.

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hey! hope you’re doing well! i was just wondering if you have any ralsei fic recommendations? 👀 thank you !

An Arcane Apocrypha by honeynpeaches

at a crossroads by charmallows

Something nice, something soft by Anonymous

ButJuice by Taliax for joespoopy

(i don't know who to call) my friend by acaciapines

Actually the entire series thank u very much

Wardrobe Malfunction by swiftishere

Heres some :)

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I'd argue the first gif along with sequences like these showcase him thinking and fretting over Ray just as frequently. There's vitriol thrown into the mix because of how hurt he was by Ray's perceived betrayal, but if anything the ferocity behind those sentiments are what propel him to so swiftly and strongly swing the pendulum back to viewing Ray as a dear friend who must be protected and deserves to be saved at all costs.

This in turn influences Ray to see Norman atop the wall during the escape as the final marker of him genuinely internalizing one of the deepest desires in his heart that he had locked away for so long, which I personally put on the same level as Emma having a vision of Norman after Leuvis stabs her in chapter 93 and find interesting what leads one to be played up over the other. I'd also say the focus on Norman voicing how much he wants to see Emma again too, though to be fair the anime lends itself to this as well.

But yes, the way he consistently voices wanting to see the both of them along with the rest of his family again and the facsimiles he'd conjure of them to keep him going 🖤🤍🧡 (already posted these fic excerpts on another post but they're just as applicable here and they own my ass for how foundational they were in my interpretation of the series with their poignant portrayal of the dynamic between the trio so yolo)

(smoke and mirrors by @salsae)

(Between Your Fingers, Between the Lines by honeynpeaches)

And even after they reunite, his thoughts repeatedly return to the both of them as he ruminates on what he plans to do.

(Chapter 129 | Chapter 145)

While desperately wanting to reach out to both of them the entire time for help.

(Volume 18 Cover and Inner Cover | Chapter 154)

Ray TPN

KLJDFKLVDK HIM THOUGH??

(S1 Episode 6 | Chapter 181.1 | Chapter 93 | Chapter 119 | banana_slug_army's A Bizarre Proposal | 2020 Exhibition Interview)