#one year of aiekoy

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｡ﾟﾟ･｡･ﾟﾟ｡ ﾟ。 aiekoy anniversary

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guyssss (gn) i genuinely cannot believe that it has been one full year since i posted the first chapter of all i ever knew, only you! the fact that i have spent a year creating and writing lore surrounding baby and carmy honestly doesn’t even feel real. aiekoy is the first fic i’ve ever published and to know that i’m still here a year later writing and continually evolving aiekoy is proof to me that i can stick with something.

i want to thank you all for sticking around so long even with all my inconsistencies in posting. i truly am grateful for every like, comment, and reblog you’ve all gifted me with and the friendships i’ve made through writing this fic and our mutual love for the bear. and i’m sorry this isn’t an update but i’ve got to sustain my reality in order to be able to indulge in a hobby i love so much.

that being said i had plans to celebrate by posting a new chapter but it’s heavily unedited so my inbox is open if any of you have any burning questions about the aiekoy universe such as…

snippets from upcoming chapters

snippets that were scrapped from particular chapters

any clarifications you might need regarding aiekoy

the original plot line for the story

whatever question you can think of, etc.

honestly this is all optional, no one has to send in questions but aiekoy wouldn’t even be a fic without all the support so feel free to send in questions or not, but again thank you for all the support and i hope you’re all doing your best! 💙🩵

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all i ever knew, only you | timeline

because i've gotten multiple questions regarding the [aiekoy] timeline here's a cute gif! timeline can also be found under the cut for accessible reading!

interlude one: parle-moi (may-june 2013)

a berzatto family christmas (december 2018)

the weight of existing

lavender vanilla

interlude zero: dear carmy (january-april 2019)

baby's copenhagen adventures (january 2022)

mikey's death (february 22, 2022)

interlude two: anyone who had a heart (march 1-14, 2022)

mikey's funeral (march 1, 2022)

baby visits carmy in new york (march 12-14, 2022)

baby returns to west coast from chicago (april 25, 2022)

chapter four ↣ onwards (the bear season two timeline)

extra(s):

seven fishes episode takes place 5 years before the bears opening (according to wiki)

season 1 carmy takes over the beef summer 2022 (according to wiki)

renovations for the bear start/baby is introduced to season two timeline (march 2023)

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Hi Vee!!! I hope you’re doing well and congratulations on 1K woot woot <3! I was wondering what some of your favorite songs are right now and what are some of the songs that remind you of aiekoy currently? For me it’s definitely Pigment by HER, unthinkable by Alicia Keys, and Do4Love by Snoh Allegra both sonically and lyrically are what I usually listen to when reading aiekoy!

bestie bestie bestie…i hope you’re sat and ready for this presentation you’re about to receive. also the pfp is so cute i love that for you!! 🥰

firstly i am doing well thank you for inquiring, i hope the same could be said for you my love! also 1k wowie! most are bots and pages that don’t interact but we’ll take our wins where we can get them! please babe prepare yourself for this behemoth of a post! 💕

some of my fav songs atm are…

nothing matters - the last dinner party

this song makes me feel like i’m a witch in salem and my neighbor wants me hanged because he thinks i seduced his wife with witchcraft but we’re actually just two ladies in love

history of man - maisie peters

i’m a whore for greek mythology references and girly pop got me

rapstar - polo g

word for word bar for bar i could sing this song drunk

megan’s piano - meg thee stallion

dare say this is my hype song (could also sing this song faded out of my mind)

slow burn - infinity song

gives me 90s vibes and i love anything they put out (it inspired aiekoy chapter 12 heavily)

walk like this - flo

listen flo has been doing it right since cardboard box i don’t play about these girlies!!!!

the way things go - beabadoobee

i actually have a carmy one-shot based on lyrics from this song 🥲

songs that remind me of aiekoy:

only you - yazoo

i mean this one feels kind of obvious to me, it literally inspired this whole fic and without it aiekoy would have never seen the light of day.

cybah - syd/lucky daye

listen okay, this song just speaks to my sole and i promise you everytime i hear these lyrics i can see baby and carmy in my minds eye just going through so many different scenes its absolutely crazy. this song is just so intimate to me and it reminds me of the soft intimacy barby shares.

loved by you - kirby

this song is so carmy coded it inspired an upcoming interlude and anytime i hear it all i can think about is barby (mostly carmy) and all the scenes i have planned to write about in interlude 3. this song gives me very much carmy’s internal dialogue throughout this series and that’s basically what the interlude is as well. this song also really inspired me to keep writing this series when i was ready to just give up on it and idk it just holds a special place in my heart (also shoutout to s1e4 of the bear for introducing me to this song 😭)

ros - mac miller

i feel like this is so out of left field but it just fits! also very carmy coded imo just hearing this song immediately makes me think of barby and lyrically i just feel like it fits them almost perfectly (also heavily gives carmy’s internal monologue).

honorable mentions:

achy bones - ash the ghost

dark red - steve lacy

i like the way you love me - brenton wood

back in town - florence + the machine

bestie brattyb’s immaculate music taste:

pigment

literally gagged me, i was not ready for that! i love the mixture of singing and spoken word it was so beautiful and i feel like it balances the love and toxicity that can sometimes be present in relationships and it screams barby. you really put me on with this one bestie it was such a good choice!!!

unthinkable

a classic really miss keys rarely misses. listening to this song i could literally see scenes between carmy and baby playing out in my head which is always inspires me to write. like oh my goodness how have i not considered this song before this is literally barby’s relationship in a nutshell!

do4love

bestie you really have superior music taste. this gives me like the ‘missing’ years between carmy and baby. especially baby trying to move on and create a life outside of her love for carmy and her little Chicago gang.

i genuinely love you so much for all the constant support you have given me and this funny little series i decided to write, also thank you so much for participating in my 1k celebration your ask forced me to go through the aiekoy playlist and remember why i love writing this series so must and it has really inspired me to keep writing for aiekoy!!

please enjoy the long awaited playlist i’ve been meaning to share (apologies in advance there’s some random songs that def don’t belong and i’m too lazy to delete) 🫶🏽🤍

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Please don’t delete aiekoy! 😭 it’s seriously one of the most well written fanfics I’ve read, the plot is so unique compared to the others I’ve read and there’s so many layers!! I seriously love it, I reread it this weekend as a refresher for the new parts you put out recently 😭🤍 you’re so talented! Your story has so much heart, I love it!

i found a journal entry today from earlier this year, and it was basically about how i wanted to get back into writing because of how much happiness and love it brought me. in that same journal entry i talked about finally posting some of my work. that work is the aiekoy series.

as frustrating as it is sometimes to not get the interactions with this series i desire, i don’t think i could ever permanently delete aiekoy. it can just be a bit sad sometimes because people have no problem liking parts of the fic, but it can feel a bit lonely and at times like i’m a machine just pumping out chapters because of the lack of verbal interaction.

but alas, i love aiekoy too much to quit it. and i love the community it has built that i know have the same love and respect for it that i do.

thank you anon for all the love you have for aiekoy 🤍🫶🏽

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I know it was forever ago but I finally caught myself up on aiekoy don’t judge me for how long it took I’m still super pregnant and my love for baby and carmy just gets deeper and deeper every chapter. Are they toxic? Maybe! But who isn’t a little toxic these days!? They’re in love and that’s all the matters 😭

Also seeing you’ve been writing for my man Richie so my love of older men is about to be satisfied by my favorite Bear writer when I start diving into that in the next 5 minutes

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coming back to a fic and realizing you have so many parts to catch up on may be one of lives greatest joys! i’m crying at your justification for these two, yes they’re toxic but they’re in love goddam it! happy to hear that you have reached the phase of super pregnancy and i wish you all the best as you draw closer to your due date 💕.

it’s weird bc i do too love fictional older men, but i think aiekoy really just made me see richie as just like that older brother type, but now that i’m writing for him all i can think about is him! like i’m gen going feral about that mess of a man!! stop though your favorite bear writer? i think you just made my whole year with that one. 😭🫶🏽