#wei timestamps

[lunetual]

TOP 10 TITLE TRACKS OF 2023 ✧ JANUARY - JUNE ooooh let's go girls (gender neutral)! it's that time of year again, so i'm going to go ahead and launch us for our midyear favorites! ♡ i will probably try to make a b-sides post also since almost all of my big favorites have been bsides (or peak time original songs lmao) so stay tuned ig! but for now, here are the ten title tracks that have at some point taken up residence in my brain. will tag some of the multituals under the cut! no pressure of course, and if i miss you and you would like me a tag pls shoot me an ask or dm and i will !!

honorable mentions because i didn't have the gumption to make more than ten of these: designer by vav / freedom by joohoney / madness by moonbin&sanha / waterfall by younite / loser by ab6ix / u by ikon / bite me by enhypen / sunshower by epex / wild heart by lun8 / puzzle by sf9 / perfume by dojaejung / save me, kill me by cix / s.o.s. by kang daniel

tagging: @wonjinist, @minkyunies, @dreamaze, @berryjaellie, @flops, @weitual, @yangsminho, @leewonseo, @kyubins, @dongkwan, @ambivartence, @mizugucci, @jaebeomtual, @jangdaehyeonz, @alexmoons, @heeseunq, @jaeyunsim, @hongberries, @seokmatthewz, @shorelinnes ♡

[guzhufuren]

China 🇨🇳 A Guide to Some of the Best Queer Asian Shows

Full list here.

Most chinese shows are adapted from explicitly queer novels, the shows are undeniably and obviously queer, but nevertheless the queer romance part is censured. The only exception is number 4 on the list, it is not censored.

1. The Untamed period drama; fantasy

An epic fantasy led by a problem child who comes back from the dead 16 years later in order to fix the broken world he left behind — and finally unite with his soulmate.

YouTube

2. Word of Honor period drama; fantasy

The leader of assassin organisation Zhou Zishu quits his position in pursuit of freedom with drastic measures. In his travels, he meets Wen Kexing, the leader of Ghost Valley who wants nothing but revenge. The two become entangled in various machinations within the martial arts world, and eventually become soulmates instrumental in each other's redemption.

YouTube & Special Episode on Tumblr or DailyMotion

3. Couple of Mirrors wlw; period drama; socialite/assassin

You Yi is a kind-hearted socialite and a successful author. Her perfect life is turned upside-down when she discovers a betrayal by the two most trusted people in her life. With no one left to turn to, she finds refuge in the friendship and support of Yan Wei, a lonely female killer disguised as the owner of a photo studio.

YouTube. the show doesn’t have a happy ending, but it can be a happy ending for you if you stop watching at episode 12 timestamp 28:02.

4. Stay With Me enemies to lovers; high school setting; unconventional families; slow burn

Su Yu is a high school student who lives with his single poor father. Su Yu gets a new classmate Wu Bi. The two clash right from the start, and after getting off on the wrong foot, their explosive relationship takes a turn.

YouTube or GagaOOLala. the show doesn’t have a happy ending, but it can be a happy ending for you if you stop watching at episode 24 timestamp 05:00. OR watch the full thing and look at this post after

5. The Spirealm inside of a video game; mystery; fantasy; horror-ish; hopeful ending

A game designer Lin Qiushi is transported inside of a game he recently played, and now he must go through 12 horrifying survivor game doors to survive in the real world. Inside his first door he meets Ruan Nanzhu, a mysterious man who offers him to team up.

The show was taken down from streaming, download files here and subtitles here.

Various WLW mini web-dramas here.

Various WLW short films here.

[blackmoonlightexpress]

TTEOTM Master Post

Opinion/Explainer Articles

TTEOTM vs. the Industry: Or Why TTEOTM is much more than a TV show (link)

About the Mixed Responses in China and Why I Think TTEOTM Will Prevail in the End (link)

Clarification: There were never 58 episodes (link)

How TTEOTM made "clam town" famous (link)

Further Reading

Novel English translation: Happy Ending Chapters 127, 128, 129, 130, 131 (credits go to Micha101), Full Novel

Novel vs. TV: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 (WIP!)

Screenplay: Cut Scenes from the Ending (link)

Worldview & timeline logic (link)

Easter Eggs: Part 1 (plot), Part 2 (production), Part 3 (costume)

Compilations

Viewership Data: TTEOTM is the most viewed non-dangai xianxia drama since Ashes of Love (link)

Costume Count: Luo Yunxi (41), Bai Lu (35), Chen Duling (16), Deng Wei (18), Other Main Characters, The Uncles

Fun Facts: Creative Team, Production (link)

Merchandise: Top 7 Officially Licensed Merch (link)

Promotional Materials: Videos (link), Poster: Main, Dunhuang, Three Lives, Character Portraits

Concept Art: Part 1, Part 2

OST with English subtitles (link)

Complete OST guide with timestamps (link)

Luo Yunxi's many talents (link)

News/Updates

TTEOTM nominated in the 2023 Seoul Drama Awards (link)

TTEOTM finally reached Top 1 TV programme in Singapore (link)

Goodbye message from Luo Yunxi (link)

Goodbye message from the screenwriter He Fang (link)

LuoYunxiActing is #1 trending topic in China (link)

Reddit Episode Discussion Threads

Hostage Prince Arc: 1-6, 7-8, 9-10

Dream Arc: 11-12, 13-14, 15-16, 17, 18

Jing Kingdom Arc: 19, 20, 21-22, 23, 24, 25-26, 27, 28, 29

Cultivation Arc: 30, 31-32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40

More on r/TilltheEndoftheMoon!

Shui Long Yin 水龙吟

The Official Announcement (link)

What do we know so far (link)

[dragonsinthedarkness]

Happy birthday Wei Wuxian!

I'm so happy to share my first playlist about this amazing character!

Timestamps are on the way

[doomdvys]

CLOSED STARTER || aramonta xia wei ( @aramonta​​​ ). LOCATION: a hidden lab facility, mawar district. TIMESTAMP: a couple of days after the curfew lift, nighttime.

Much like the rest of New Jakartans, the curfew had been a sore spot for Daesung. It took almost twice as long to commute from Mawar District and into Sora, having to present their paperwork at all times was a hassle, and the disruption on public transport was making it a lot harder to move around the city. Not to mention the commotion around HQ in response to their stolen goods. Needless to say it was a little hard for Daesung to make time for side projects, which in turn had slower progress towards results. A simple and logical causality, but it was still one that made them itch. And so the moment the Overseers lifted the curfew, Daesung didn't want to waste anymore time to scratch it.

That had translated to long research after hours, in a lab provided tucked away in the city away from prying eyes– all courtesy to a generous benefactor who not only provided the facility, but also the very blood specimen they were working on. Yet, instead of exhaustion or weariness, Daesung felt escalating frenzy as they worked through each steps until all was complete and they were ready to show what they had been working on.

That excitement was also vibrating through their body when they opened the door. "Aramonta," they beamed, stepping aside before leading her inside the lab. "I know it's been a while, definitely a lot longer than I had initially promised. But like I said on the phone, I ran your sample through various tests. The results– well, some of them actually brings more questions. I had to run some of them multiple times just because I thought I had done something wrong. But overall, they're were all very fascinating." They stopped in their tracks as they reached a desk, pivoting on their heels to face her. "Oh right, where's my manners. How have you been? Do you want anything to drink, water or tea?"

[that-one-gothic-murder-of-crows]

Late night thoughts 😴.

((EXTREMELY Long character analysis ahead. Vary Possible tw)) [I'm sorry in advance] {approximated timestamps imcluded}

OK the title is a lie. I actually think about this once every 2 weeks. [If that]

It's about in time. Specifically Raymond Leon. He's the main antagonist of the movie But no one focuses on how tragic he really is.

Let me explain

1. Timekeeper Raymond Leon. Like everyone he stops aging at 25, And his clock starts leaving him a year to live. Cannon to the film he mentions that hes been doing his job for 50 years. He's pushing 80 years old if we track it properly. 80 years!! Of age... (01:27:15)

2. Most if not every time we see Leon, He's always chewing on a piece of gum. And it said that gum is a way to pass time.

3. During an exchange with Mr. Weis Towards the end of the movie. The man worth eons, sitting behind a desk in front of Leon, asks how many years he wants wants for his services. And ray, with a dead straight face, looks at the man and says.

"there aren't enough years, not even in your lifetime. Mr. Weis." (01:09:10)

4a. And that brings me to Layla. His little Dayton Mistress If you will.

All that Being said... Putting the pieces of his deeper puzzle together, Raymond Leon is much more tragic than he seems on the surface. Because from the outside the viewer is made to detest him as an antagonist of the film. And they follow.

But Leon as a deeper character. if you dig into what he says, and his actions, his little ticks and motions. you can see how done he is with his own existence. But he can't time himself out, That's just asinine for a man of his standing.

4b. She offers him 10 minutes for an hour of his time, The time that he has left and let's dwindle to the last second, habitually. He advises her to

"get out of the game" (00:22:26)

Because she's

"pushing 60."

Ray comes from Dayton, He managed to cross time zones and escape the habits of the lower class. That's how he knows all of wills tricks.

Meaning she's wasting her years on a job that will get her nowhere.

"He's conscious of the security he doesn't have a body guard and he runs" (00:29:18)

Leon has been there and done that. He escaped for a better life. But only ended up in a job that gets him nowhere. Working it for 50 years and finding no fulfillment.

He doesn't concern himself with the Justice that his role demands. He only concerns himself with the time that he usually measures.

"Seconds minutes hours." (00:41:35)

He has lost confidence in what he does because of what hes been through and what he's had to do and sacrifice.

In pursuit of what he does for a living, He will let his time dwindle to the last Seconds if it means getting the job completed, keeping up that front and not letting any one see what he actually thinks.

Chewing gum to pass the time, Remarking that a man worth eons (!) doesn't have the years that Leon would need for his services. Draining his clock to his last hours just to see how far he can push it.

The lowest in the movie we see his clock get is 2 hours. And even with the other time keepers concerns, His only remark is-

"I'm still walking around." (00:50:47)

Dismissing that he's putting himself in danger.

And his dismissal of his needs is what brings him to his ultimate demise. 5 seconds left on his clock he watches it fade, Standing in front of the 2 people he had his heart set on stopping, Confessing that he can't turn back the clock, And to a certain point he wishes that he could. And he keeps the time because that's what he knows, He knows his job, he knows the rules. But it's not what he wants, It was never what he wanted.

"I keep time" (1:37:53)

he says.

Time keepers are only given A day. Every day as a top up of their time. Imagine taking A day every day for 50 years in a job that gets you nowhere and gives you nothing. (00:50:47)

He is practically invisible, A man in a coat. Defined by what he works for and not seen for who he is. Not seen for the story that he could tell. The lives he could save and the lives he could change.

Leon is a story in and of himself, He is a story of an old soul in a young body, he is a story of the day to day monotney, And he's a story of what people would do to stay alive in this world.

Being a timekeeper is the equivalent of being a cop, The Dayton people don't respect him, And No one in new Greenwich seems to acknowledge his existence.

Because of who he is and what he "stands for" no one would give him a chance. 50 years of only being seen as a one sided story. He's grown tired of it all. Stuck in a dead and job with no way to pass his own time. Except simple pleasures, intense euphoria, and a soul breaking livelihood.

He doesn't want to stand for what that coat stands for anymore. He wants his own life but he can't have it, It is stuck in the confines unable to reach higher.

He left the low and climbed the ladder. But got stuck in the pursuit of his own future, Tying himself up in a spot that he thought would make him happy.

He lived by-

"Follow the time" (0:22:26)

But he followed the time so far the bread crumbs turned to pebbles, and he lost his way.

Time is money, Time is life, But time can also be the enemy.

[callunavulgari]

Top 25 Fics of 2022

1. all that and more by Euphorion | The Untamed | Wei Wuxian/Lan Wangji | 20k

His first thought is that Lan Zhan meant them for someone else. That he just woke up at—he checks the timestamp—6:30 am on a Sunday and decided to go absolute full nuclear seduction option on some poor boy he met on Grindr, who would now be missing out on the best thing to ever happen to him because Wei Wuxian had a bad habit of distracting—of—oh.

Heather Says: So, I don’t normally go for the “dude thinks he’s straight and is increasingly dense about wanting to fuck his best friend” trope, but whew, this one here is an exception. The way Euphorion writes Wei Wuxian is this perfect storm of chaos and VERY in character. Also, it’s really sexy.

2. A Thorough Reassessment by veilchenjaeger | The Untamed | Song Lan/Xue Yang/Xiao Xingchen | 37k

Xue Yang looks up at him, his usually piercing eyes softer, almost shy, under hooded lids. It’s just a fleeting glance, but it’s intense, and when his eyes return to the ladle in his hand, his smile is sticky sweet.

Oh, Song Lan thinks. Xue Yang is in love with me.

Heather Says: Okay, just trust me here. I fell in love with this OT3 last year as the wangxian hyperfixation was slowly easing, and this was a really delightful fic. I secretly love fics where Song Lan and Xue Yang are sharing Xiao Xingchen and end up accidentally falling for each other.

3. haarlem by spqr | Hannibal | Hannibal/Will | 6k

“Hannibal,” he thinks he says. He gets told later that he doesn’t really say it at all, but that the entire police station—most of which is waiting outside in the rainy parking lot—hears his voice clattering around inside their skulls like someone standing on a roof banging pots and pans and screaming at the top of his lungs: HANNIBAL, HANNIBAL, HANNIBAL.

Heather Says: Okay, so this is first of a truly shocking amount of @andthepeople’s work that made it onto this list. I will not apologize. I’d considered limiting it, and to a certain extent I have, but restricting it more than I have didn’t feel honest. Fact of the matter is that their fic blew me away this year. I haven’t even really thought about Hannibal in ages, but I had a brief spell earlier this year where I clawed through as much of it as I could get my hands on. This one features a Will Graham who is a telepath, which is very obviously my cup of tea.

4. here's a story by mimilamp | The Untamed | Wei Wuxian/Lan Wangji | 45k

Wen Qing tells her about the couples’ retreat and Wei Ying laughs like, Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!, like that, four times in a loud row. Wen Qing says, “So that’s like, a rude no?”, and Wei Ying says, “Biiiiiiig no. No thank you. Nooooo thank you.”

Heather Says: Rule 63 Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, featuring the sexiest butch Lan Wangji that I have ever read and typical disaster Wei Wuxian with bonus lady parts. Mimilamp writes the best rule 63, it is known.

5. A Twist of the Knife by RC_McLachlan | The Untamed | Lan Xichen/Nie Mingjue | 14k

Xichen, do you remember when we were younger—before Sunshot, before our brothers gagged on the metallic taste of war—and I stayed at the Cloud Recesses that spring? On the first morning, you woke me at that ungodly hour and dragged me to the crest of the mountain that overlooked Gusu to the east. As the first rays of the new day touched your cheeks and cast you in gilded vermilion, I felt the strangest feeling in my gut. A shifting and settling. A sense of finality.

When I picked up the brush to write this, I felt it again. It crept into my fingers and eased the tremors that seem to plague them constantly, which explains the sudden improvement in my penmanship.

This will be my last letter to you.

Heather Says: Lan Xichen/Nie Mingjue is a pairing that I typically appreciate in an aesthetic sense, but don’t often actively pursue. This though, was just really lovely—and yes, tragic—all the way around. Told from Nie Huaisang’s POV after Nie Mingjue’s death, he finds a series of letters that his brother never sent to Xichen.

6. Heal Thyself by @astolat | Harry Potter | Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter | 46k

"Are you going for the course?" Lovegood asked. "You have the NEWTs.”

“What course?” Draco said, then, “No, don’t be ridiculous,” when he realized she meant the notice pinned up on the board he’d been staring at: Applicants To The Introductory Mediwizard Course For The Coming Term Shall Present Themselves In The Chief Mediwizard’s Office By August 24th.

Heather Says: I love a good Draco redemption AU. I also am very, very weak for every single thing that astolat produces. This one was honestly probably my favorite that she’s written in a very long time, featuring found family and a very long pursuit towards redemption.

7. heat lightning by spqr | Avatar: TLA | Sokka/Zuko | 9k

It’s a text from Toph. Heads you socks and cookie mocap again – which with Toph’s shitty speech-to-text software means Heads up Sokka and Suki broke up again.

Heather Says: And here we have the second and certainly not last of spqr’s fics to feature on this list. This one is a blast from the past Zukka in a delightful modern setting featuring sexting and messy boys. spqr is a master of characterization, and it really shines here.

8. Coral Bone by @kaikamahine | Arcane | Silco/Jinx | 57k

"It's not like you to leave a vacancy," she said. "Let me be useful."

Heather Says: Okay, okay, okay. Let’s talk about toxic relationships and how with this particular one, all I really wanted out of fandom was a fic where Jinx tried her damndest to throw herself at Silco and be (mostly) neatly rebuffed every time. Or, the even more bad wrong option, successfully seduce the old man, but the dubious consent being entirely on Silco’s side of the equation. Eh, eh? Nobody else came out of Arcane wanting that? Anyway, this fic is amazing and is basically exactly what I was craving. 

9. Grenadier by @kaikamahine | Arcane | Violet/Caitlyn(/Jinx) | 24k

Then, yesterday morning, Caitlyn had walked yawning into the bathroom and found Jinx sitting on her vanity, swinging her heels and eating the cucumber slices right out of her waiting face mask.

She put her hands up immediately and bared teeth. "I surrender! Cuff me, sheriff, I'm at your mercy."

Heather Says: Okay, so all that I said up there about what I came out of Arcane craving? This was not that, at all. I came out of Arcane with no real inclination to ship Violet/Caitlyn in any real sense because they’re too put together as a couple for me to really pursue the ship outside of canon, but apparently when you add Vi’s crazy sister to the equation, I get incredibly interested. Also, I got THREE whole Elizabeth fics this year and am ecstatic about it. There’s another one where Jinx lives in Ren’s ceiling and I just! It’s so good! They’re all so good!

10. 1-800-ROBIN by spqr | Batman | Tim Drake & Jason Todd | 12k

“Gotham Youth Mental Health Hotline, this is Jason speaking. Can I ask who I’m talking to?”

Heather Says: Oh look, the third one. Like I said, this is probably going to get embarrassing but look. Sometimes one author dumps a series of bomb one-shots over the course of the year and like ten of them make your top 25. It happens. Anyway, I had never once considered venturing into the Batman fandom, but I trust this author with my life at this point. There are several other Batman ones from the same author, but this one was my favorite. Found family is very much my weakness.

11. Lifeline by astolat | Fast & the Furious | Dom/Brian | 37k

"Vampires dominate by biting, alpha wolves dominate by fucking. What the hell’s going on between the two of you, I don’t even have a clue."

Heather Says: Another fandom that I have never once had an inkling to delve into, but again, I trust astolat and would basically read anything she’s written. Also, I love the vampire trope so so so much, and this was astoundingly hot.

12. what survives of us by @wildehacked | The Magnus Archives | Jon/Martin | 32k

I don't forgive you, Tim says, and then there's a click.

Heather Says: Considering there’s twenty-five of these, I obviously can’t pick just one, but if I could, this one would definitely be in the running. This brought me all the closure that I never knew I needed after the Magnus Archives finale, every gorgeous, heart-stopping word of it a love letter to this podcast that stole so many of our hearts.

13. Royal Flush by astolat | GOT | Jaime/Brienne/Margaery | 85k

Robb Stark had swept his entire hand of cards off the table, and Tyrion couldn’t see how to make a single play at all.

Heather Says: Oh, look, another astolat fic. I’d say I’m surprised, but I’m not. Her Game of Thrones fics have always been long, epic, and usually incredibly compelling in more ways than one, but I THINK that this one may have been my favorite. I really like the way that she writes Jaime and Brienne together, and adding Margaery to the mix really worked. I mean, I’m downplaying the sheer amount of politics and world-building and just about every other reason to love this story, but the shippy parts were a delight.

14. if i stare too long by @brawlite & @toast-ranger-to-a-stranger | Stranger Things | Billy/Eddie/Steve | 191k

After the end of the world, Billy Hargrove is a mess. But at least he has company.

Heather Says: Okay, I know that it’s long. It is very, very long. But, it was my first real taste of this OT3 after I finished the most recent season and it’s really, really good. Character’s voices are spot-on, and I love their Eddie. I love the way their Eddie is with Billy, in particular, but obviously with Steve too. 

15. Lovesick in Loch Nora by red0aktree | Stranger Things | Eddie/Steve | 62k

Even though Eddie's name has been cleared legally, he's still very much on trial in the court of public opinion. Dealing drugs isn't a lucrative occupation anymore, and getting a legitimate job in a town who still considers him a killer isn't much of an option, either. Eddie is beginning to think skipping town and starting over somewhere no one knows his name is the only chance he has left. Steve has another idea.

Heather Says: I think this was the first Steve/Eddie fic that I read this year that I really sat down and enjoyed (in a non-OT3 context). It’s really good and super sweet and just all around a fantastic fic.

16. The 1,000 Hour Sleep by spqr | Star Trek | Spock/Kirk | 27k

“You’ve been exposed to a novel form of radiation,” M'Benga explains. “It seems to prevent you from sleeping, and yet requires sleep in order to leave your system. One thousand hours of it, by my estimate.”

“Hell of a catch-22,” Jim jokes, but his smile feels weak.

Heather Says: I do love how Star Trek just kind of spawn and catch me with my guard down. I never seem to have to go looking for Star Trek fics, they just find me when I need them most and boost my mood for like a month and a half after. At the risk of sounding like a broken record - this is really good! Characterization! Sleeping together (in a non-sexy way!) as a plot point!

17. (feel like i die) ‘til i feel your touch by decideophobia | Star Wars | Obi-Wan/Anakin | 15k

Their bond, ever since Obi-Wan had gone to the Halls of Healing, sits eerily silent at the back of his mind; mute in a manner it hasn’t been in years, maybe ever. Anakin hasn’t touched it since the—diagnosis. Obi-Wan keeps running careful fingers over it, wondering if he’ll feel anything. He never does. With Anakin’s side of it so tightly shut, the once vibrant connection is void of—anything; nothing there to even give him a slight zap at the contact.

Obi-Wan has never considered himself a masochist. Now, a little pain is lightyears more preferable to the dead nothingness that’s constantly lurking around his connection to Anakin.

Heather Says: Ahhh, tragedy! Touch starvation! Curses! So much to love in one perfectly sized 15k fic.

18. Heat Wave by spqr | The Sandman | Dream/Hob | 6k

“Sounds like you’re horny to me,” says Matthew.

Heather Says: The Sandman was SUCH a delight this year. I did fall in love with the whole cast and was intrigued enough by the Hob/Dream pairing that I hunted a couple relatively unsatisfactory ones down, and then this one (and the two-three others by the same author) found me! I really loved everything about this, particularly the dream settings. 10 out of 10, would read again.

19. oh it's not real (if you don't feel it) by BeeLove | Stranger Things | Chrissy/Eddie | 31k

In which Chrissy Cunningham gets the chance she deserves to take control of her life and also maybe falls in love with a too-cute-for-his-own-good, tattooed rocker boy along the way.

Heather Says: I really fell in love with Chrissy Cunningham this year. We had for a small portion of one episode, had her and Eddie together for even less time, but you know? It woke something within me.

20. sick part of a sick thing by betts | Stranger Things | Chrissy/Eddie | 45k

“Gotta say, I didn’t have ‘sneak into Chrissy Cunningham’s room at three a.m. to help her come down from a bad high’ on my senior year bingo card. Excuse me if I’m a little in over my head here.”

Heather Says: This was actually the fic that made me fall in love with Chrissy. I read it all in the span of a day and had some incredibly severe emotional bleed-off (mind the tags), but you know what, it was a great ride. A lot of this fic colored my characterization of Chrissy. It’s sexy and sweet and takes an abrupt dip into very angsty before coming out the other side. 

21. Dirtbag by betts | Stranger Things | Chrissy/Eddie | 10k

“Eddie,” Chrissy says, looking away like she’s shy, like he hasn’t dicked her down in every way imaginable a thousand times. “We haven’t seen each other in a year. Don’t you want to get caught up before we start?”

Is that how she sees the obligatory pre-fuck small talk? Getting caught up?

“Health, good. D&D, good. Band, good. That’s all I’ve got.”

Heather Says: I ALMOST didn’t read this one. The tags spooked me a little and after the last Chrissy/Eddie fic from this author, I was very concerned about more bleed off, but I’m really glad I gave this one a chance. It is sweet and yes, angsty, and the infidelity, while not to be ignored, is a lot more nuanced than I was expecting, with a couple surprises.

22. In A Year by tenddisorder | The Untamed | Song Lan/Xiao Xingchen/Xue yang | 58k

When Song Lan wants to defy the natural order of things, there's only one person he can turn to.

Heather Says: Another long one, this fic did a VERY good job at bringing the Hozier song “In a Week” to life. It was immersive and slow and dreamy in all the best ways. Again, there was angst, but it was such a perfect sleepy kind of angst that you almost don’t notice how saturated in it things are until it comes out the other side into something sweet.

23. dirtbag by spqr | The Goldfinch | Boris/Theo | 10k

y did you do that, he types out to Boris, meaning why did you kiss me and why are you reminding me about it, why aren’t we ignoring it like usual, then deletes it and slams back the rest of his drink with extreme prejudice so he doesn’t have to remember what his best friend tasted like. He tasted good. Fuck.

thx 4 the tix, he texts, frowning hard.

💋, Boris replies.

Heather Says: I read The Goldfinch in 2017ish. I watched the movie a couple months after it came out. I haven’t really thought about it since. Then spqr published this fic and it basically punched me in the throat. It is unapologetically horny and so, so incredibly good. The characterization is the stuff of legends.

24. i like my empty life (but dang!) by @wildehacked | What We Do In the Shadows | Nandor/Guillermo | 15k

“Speak to me,” Nandor says, sounding portentous. God, he has a good profile. Just, Guillermo doesn’t know how someone can have a perfect forehead, but Nandor has a perfect forehead. A really good brow bone. “Remind me you are a rational creature.”

“...I am speaking to you,” Guillermo says. “Actually, I spoke first.”

Heather Says: It was really, really hard picking only one of these WWDITS fics. But as much as I love the slice-of-life’ness that is wilde’s other WWDITS fic, this one really, really took me by the throat and shook me. Characterization obviously means a lot to me since I can’t stop talking about it, but the characters really come to life in this one.

25. Clear Blue Sky by spqr | Suits | Harvey/Mike | 17k

Whenever Mike’s allowed herself to think about Harvey and sex, she’s mostly imagined: Clooney and Lopez in Out of Sight, Bruce Wayne and Bond girls, clandestine choreographed encounters in anonymous hotel rooms, gorgeous Italian and Russian and other such intimidatingly foreign supermodels peeling him carefully out of tuxedos with price tags that would make Mike’s eyes water – neat, elegant encounters that left the women as puddles of goo and Harvey cooly unaffected, lighting a cigar on the balcony and looking appraisingly out at the city while his partners recovered.

She’s gratified to discover that she was completely, totally wrong.

Heather Says: Yet another fandom that I did not expect to make any kind of comeback since I haven’t thought about Suits since.. god, 2013? Maybe? Anyway, rule 63 where Mike has always been a girl. There is trauma. There is also some REALLY sexy moments of pure UST before you even get to the sex. It was. A DELIGHT. 

[amethyst-noir]

“Nobody asked about my writing” meme

@aelaer tagged me - thank you so much! 💜 My writing has become pretty private these last few months - I write a few pages, send them to @inthegreyspaces and she eventually convinces me to put them up. Mostly by writing sequels/prequels and my words are needed for context. 😅

 1: what are you currently working on? 

Something I was so sure I would never write: Even more omegaverse, set in the world of Until There Was You. I have an unposted short story and two more in the works while @inthegreyspaces (who is responsible for all of that!) also has a few in the series in active writing. I also have another short thing, the third and last part for the Closer Still series. That one is annoying me a bit at the moment because I know exactly what I want to convey but I can't find the right words for it. I hope to get it done over my summer vacation when I can concetrate on writing.

2: summarize your current project 

Ahahaha. Let's take the third part of Closer Still: The same as always, basically. Confessions in the dark. Emotional introspetion. Tenderness. Handholding. Endless devotion and love. A bit of Angst.

3: summarize your current project poorly 

The omegaverse fic: Man fucked around and found out (not in the literal sense, though, that would have actually been good for him), now has to live with the consequences. And so does his partner. It's not going great. Also, who knew that nesting could be so damn complicated?

4: describe your favorite character or characters

Really? I think it's pretty obvious at this point. Basically I like my characters damaged but not beyond repair. I like it when there is a ton of emotional undercurrents I can dig into and when there's some chronic pain I can work with. I like them to be equals and have a good, solid friendship from which I can develop a romantic relationship.

5: post a line from your current project without any context 

Wei Ying is still too thin.

6: how do you get through writers block?

It kind of happens. Sometimes weeks go by without me writing at all and then, out of the blue, I have an idea and start again. Sometimes I try to force it but that ends with me staring at an open document without adding a single word.

7: would you want to live in the world of your current work? 

No! I don't want to give up my modern comforts. (Although the aestethics are breathtakingly beautiful.)

8: briefly discuss your outlining process, if you outline 

Please insert hysterical laughter here. These days I chuck ideas at @inthegreyspaces and then watch in amazement as they become fullblown stories. And then I write tiny timestamps for them where I don't know what I'm doing.

9: what is the aesthetic of your current project?

It was supposed to be fluffy fluff. Now it's an angstfest (with hints of fluff) and right now I'm trying to decide if it wants to go into NSFW territory or not. The last sentence I wrote is literally:

He was undecided on how to continue.

10: what song sums up your current work the best?

Tagging: @inthegreyspaces, @gravitywonagain, @illicien and @descaladumidera. (And whoever feels inspired to do this, I think many of my mutuals are not writing at the moment.)

[thatwitchrevan]

Look I don't think anything is ever gonna be as romantic as them again. Just grabbing onto each other wordlessly. Lan Zhan staring at Wei Ying and not looking away for (checks timestamps) uhhh almost three minutes. Only looking up when JC starts to attack him. That's just peak.

[irnjehernandez]

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[bbmyungho]

[12:03 PM] “Junseo- Junseo, I have to breathe.” You giggled in between the short pecks you were still receiving from your boyfriend. “I just can’t believe I get to kiss you ‘s all.” He muttered against your lips, finally ceasing his attacks in favor of giving you a gorgeous grin, a nice compliment to the pretty pink blush dusting his cheeks as he too caught his breath. You couldn’t help but catch his lips again, cuddling into his broad chest as warmth settled in your stomach.

[missfangirll]

Guardian Timestamps

@everyone who makes videos and gifs, maybe you have use for this? There are probably a lot of those already but I couldn't find one, so I made my own 😄

Abbreviations: SW - Shen Wei ZYL - Zhao Yunlan HPS - Hei Pao Shi DQ - Da Qing GCC - Guo Changcheng CSZ - Chu Shuzhi YZ - Ye Zun Color codes: blue - Chu Shuzhi x Guo Changcheng green - Shen Wei x Zhao Yunlan red - Da Qing & Zhao Yunlan yellow - Ye Zun light blue - general cute or symbolic moments

I hope someone finds this helpful 😄🥰

[yunhohours]

genre: optional bias (male) x reader (gn); fluff; established relationship

word count: 372

a/n: let me know who you thought of while reading this in the tags! i would love to know! xoxo (this is also my first time posting anything so please be gentle with me ajfsf)

[08:17am] you open your eyes and he is the first thing you see. but really, it's not him you're seeing first. not quite. not all of him. you're seeing the galaxies he holds in his eyes and in the next moment you realize that he appears to have had his galaxies trained on you for quite some time. the light is shining through your window, casting a beautiful glow on his already divine features. you watch as the bashful but purely euphoric smile you've come to adore so much spreads across his face, pushing his cheeks into perfect apples for your lips to kiss. you don't. you could tease him about watching you sleep. you don't. he's caught but you're in love. instead, you simply raise one brow ever so slightly, inviting him to fess up or make up an excuse. you would happily digest either. instead, he doesn't say anything. his smile grows somehow brighter though you could've sworn that was impossible a moment ago and before you know it, he has enveloped your waist in his arms. his strong but gentle limbs pull you closer to his body, chests and faces only an inch apart. he holds your eyes with his. slow blinks, slow circles on your back courtesy of his hands. "you're beautiful," he whispers. he is just barely loud enough to hear but the earnestness in his voice is echoing off the walls. "you too," you return. nothing is more beautiful to you but you don't need to say that. he brings one hand up to your face,  gently stroking your cheek with the backside as he scans every feature of your face as if it's the first time. it always feels like it's the first time when he looks at you, touches you, opens his heart to you. your body feels warm. all of the feelings spill out of your mouth in a soft, "i love you." he nibbles his lip briefly, then his smile is back but it's softer, fonder. the sunshine replaced with comfort and security. his hand turns, wraps around the side of your head to provide you the same comfort and security in a physical manner. "i love you, too." you know he does.

[agendratum]

don't you just love it when you find yet another moment of foreshadowing that breaks your heart just a little bit more

[mag-milk-millennium]

oh YO it’s a good thing I actually decided to watch this vid!! 

Cassie just announced that she and Yamato got married last summer!! Their anniversary is (surprise surprise) 6/17!!

Apparently they didn’t even tell the other members of Mili until the day of the stream, lol. She said they didn’t really tell anybody, that nobody really knew about it.

I don’t know that they were trying to keep it secret - I think they just didn’t want to make a big deal out of it. They seemed to happily accept congratulations from the chat ~