#nice things about therentyoupay

[therentyoupay]

hello dr. therentyoupay! congratulations on finishing your phd! i'm beyond proud and happy for you 💙💙💙 take care, much love~!!! 💌

THANK YOU BEAUTIFUL NONNY 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 FIVE YEARS OF MY PROGRAM, but really, A WHOLE LIFETIME OF WORK 💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏✨😭😭😭😭 thank you for this love and support!! 😭😭😭😭💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏 y'all have really seen me through it all, from undergrad and beyond 😭😭😭😭 love youuuu 💕💕💕🙏🙏😭😭😭

[therentyoupay]

💕💕💕❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️💕💕💕❄️❄️❄️❄️💕💕 TWELVE+ YEARS, THIRTY+ FICS STRONG AHHHHHHHH💕💕💕💕💕💕💕❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️ THANK YOU FOR THE SHOUTOUT CALLI ✨✨🤣🤣🤣💕💕💕

(ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

You are a godsend for the Jelsa fandom. I want to spend 2 hours convincing people of my ships one day just like you

DO IT

DO IT I SAY!!!

I would also argue that my partner in crime @therentyoupay and the incredible gem that is @myrthena are bigger godsends for the Jelsa fandom though. But we can all be godsends together I suppose! In different ways!

Mine being incredibly comprehensive and unhinged youtube videos and a bit of art where required.

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Fanfics recommendations let’s goooo

Alright people.

Please keep in mind that I’m a pretty basic girl? So you won’t find anything completely mind blowing—unless I actually tell you they’re mind blowing, so please enjoy!

It has some pretty unknown ships btw, so if you don’t like it please ignore it, no need to be annoying 🩵

Like Growing Frost (Lysistrate) on FanFiction.Net.

I do not know how to put a link for this one, but you have the most important infos! It’s a Hiccelsa fanfic so if you’re not about that, please don’t.

I found the story pretty interesting, the romance is well written and if you like slow burns you will definitely like it. It’s not extremely slow but they won’t fall in love immediately which is really nice. I’m not a romance type of girl, but I really liked this fiction and I read it more than twice so yeah :) The writer handled the characters pretty well, although there are some parts that I personally didn’t really like. Still, no work is really perfect so it doesn’t matter. Overall a great Fanfic you should read if you dig the ship. I personally wasn’t even into it until I read the fic haha. A 8/10! will read again for sure :d

If You’d Agree To Be My Love (eLJay)

A good Mericcup serie—these are so rare, so please enjoy! It’s a modern AU; I usually don't mess with them but it was pretty great to be honest. You quickly get attached to the characters and they're pretty relatable. The only piece I didn't enjoy that much might be the Eurotrip one but it is great nonetheless so don't listen to me, it’s best to make your own opinion. l'm just stupidly picky at times. Also read her other fanfics too! they're pretty great. A 8.5/10 ? Will read again soon.

Check the pipes for frost (therentyoupay)

This fanfic. It’s a masterpiece. Read it. Really, please do read it. It’s a Jelsa one (I think you guys can see a pattern now 😔) , but it’s so great like wooow why are you that great ? The ending tho...I think they low key hate me. Anyway, a great fanfic and the writer is overall so good at this so read her other work please! I could pretty much put all of her pieces here. The characters were likeable and cute, some little things annoyed me, but like I said earlier I’m kind of annoying sooo. Definitely a 9/10 will read again immediately.

His Decay (pangmida)

This one was so good ! It’s a Yandere simulator fanfiction I think ? I’m not really into the fandom but I acknowledge great work. Maybe it’s just me being extra but I really liked it so please enjoy ! Characters well written, I understood them even tho some were pretty messed up, and a nice ending. Overall a nice fanfic, 7.5/10 will read again maybe :)

Super Attraction (Rosa_Cotton)

Damn, this one was kind of a lot lmao. It’s a The Incredible fanfic, it was pretty nice and kinda cute. I really don’t know how to explain the plot but do give it a try, it’s great ! 8/10 :)

I have such weird taste it’s getting weird

I Am Groot (sherlocksmyth)

I feel kinda awkward putting smut here, but it really is that great. Might feel weird reading this since Groot is a tree, but omegaverse is a thing so why tf not, you know? An overall great piece of work really. 8.5/10

And They Were Quarantined (JellyLollie)

If you’re not really about the angst and don’t want to think a lot over a plot, this is the one for you. (It’s a Jelsa). It’s extremely light and easy to read, the characters are so cute and it’s a nice one to pass time ! 8.5/10 will probably read again this week

ALRIGHT. I think I’m done ? I cannot remember anything else even tho I know I read more awesome things than that, but this will do for now!

Hope you like some of them even tho my list is pretty messy haha, enjoyyy 🩵

[therentyoupay]

Hi, I'm a longtime reader of yours (on and off since 2015) and I just wanted to thank you for all the stories you've shared with this fandom throughout the years. When I sought to reread some of my favourite stories by you a few months ago, I did not expect to find (but was undeniably delighted by) the plethora of new stories to read. Neither did I expect to get sucked back into my Jelsa hyperfixation of old, yet here we are. (1/2)

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭🙏 *cries into the next ask*

[therentyoupay]

Hey, just dropping by to say, I've read a lot of your Jelsa fanfics a while ago, and only recently realized they're all yours lol. Great work, you're awesome ❤️

this is the sweetest thing ever 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹 this message tells me that you loved my writing for the writing... not because it's attached to any penname!! 😭😭😭💕💕💕😭😭😭💕😭💕😭😭 thank you so much for leaving this sweet comment, nonny!! 😭😭😭😭 i hope you have a magnificent day and i hope that you keep enjoying whatever other stories i end up writing haha 💕💕💕💕 thank you!! 🥹💕🙏✨

[therentyoupay]

Hi again, (I'm the anon who wrote that rather lengthy passage). I also wanted to say I noticed MTYK has been updated!!! I can't read it right now, as I'm in the thick of studying for my finals, but once I'm done I'll be sure to reread the story and leave comments. Finally, I just want to leave a final thank you for all you've given this fandom, and a congratulations for all the life milestones you've achieved thus far. (2/2)

nonny THANK YOU 😭😭😭😭😭🙏💕💕💕 so MUCH!!! i wasn't able to be online for most of the day, and closing down the night to these askbox messages is just 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭🙏🙏 it has completely made my day/night, and i am so serious when i say that this really means so much to me, and i just really really really appreciate you taking time out of your busy FINALS SCHEDULE and studying time to drop these lovely thoughts and share them with me?? 😭😭😭😭💕💕💕💕🙏🙏 thank you so much, thank you thank you 💕💕💕💕

and also as an academic i HIGHLY COMMEND YOU ON FOCUSING ON YOUR FINALS 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 LOCK IN, MY LOVE, STAY FOCUSED! more than you know will be there in the end, when you've tackled your exams and papers 😘💕💕💕💕💕

thank you so much, i love you, and i appreciate your kindness and your generosity and the time and energy you took out of your day to share these thoughts with me 💕💕💕😭😭😭😭😭🙏🙏🙏 ilu 💕

[therentyoupay]

It’s really fun seeing you so excited and active rn, I’m happy for you kris!!

THANK YOU, AND HONESTLY SAME 🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭😭 ALTHOUGH I SHALL LIKELY RETREAT INTO MY ACADEMIA MODE (i think????) in the coming weeks, it's very nice to still be able to find so much time to write and to still log into tumblr every day!!! 💪💪💪💕💕💕💕💕💪💪💪💪💕💕💕💕💕💪💪💪💕💕💕💕🥹🥹🥹🥹💕💕💕✨✨ thank you for the support and the love, nonny!! 💕🥹🥹🥹✨✨

[therentyoupay]

I think what I most like about your Jack is that it's just motherfathering amazeballs how you keep his humanity intact esp. since he's been dead for 300+ years! You'd think that, after living that long and being basically nonexistent to anything and everything, he'd be a little... desensitized (?) when dealing with things, but they way you write him! The awkwardness, the overthinking, the fact that's he's so much more than just snowballs and fun times, the ANGST! SUCH GLORIOUS CHARACTERIZATION!

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[therentyoupay]

I cannot remember for the life of me where or who I got a recommendation from to read ur fics BUT IM SO GLAD I SAW IT CAUSE YOU’RE WRITING IS ART 🤩

GAHHH THANK YOU 💕😭😭😭😭😭😭💕💕💕💕😭😭😭😭😭😭💕💕💕😭😭😭😭💕💕💕✨✨😭😭😭😭💕💕 thank you so much for taking the time to drop by and leave such a nice comment in my askbox! this provided me with so much positive fuel as i now leave my lunchbreak and dive back into my Friday workday 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹 THANK YOU 💕💕💕💕💕 and thank you so much for creating funny incorrect quotes 🤣💕💕💕💪✨ HAVE A LOVELY LOVELY WEEKEND 💕💕💕💕

[therentyoupay]

Heeey love. I was just talking to a mutual and we were bonding over your stories as we do and they said I could tell you they thought you were “just one of the best writers ever! Like she’s my inspiration.”

You’ve touched and inspired so many people!!! Thank you and I love you 😘

thank you so so so so so much 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 for sharing this comment, for discussing my works (!!!!) with a friend, for saying and passing along such lovely sweet generous thoughts, for reminding me that there are people out there who truly really do love my stories (and perhaps in ways/moments/times that i am not even aware of!!), and for reminding me that there are such beautiful souls out there and on this site and in this community 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭💕💕💕💕💕💕 i like to screenshot and save these asks/comments/messages and save them on my computer and, eventually, print them out and keep them in a book in my office! 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭💕💕💕💕💕 comments like these really mean SO much to me!!! thank you so much, and i hope hope hope you and your friend keep enjoying, keep writing, and that you both have a wonderful wonderful day 😭💕 ilu both 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

[therentyoupay]

Can I just say I’ve been following you for years and years now and am so happy to see you’re finishing up your phd!!!! I hope you’re doing well Kris, you’ve seriously accomplished so much in the time I’ve been here. Running, personal writing, post graduate 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 thank you so much my beautiful nonny 💕💕💕💕💕💕 this really means so much 😭😭😭😭😭💕💕💕💕💕💕💕 i love you beautiful anon, THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

[therentyoupay]

Beautiful Person Award. Once you are given this award, you're supposed to paste it in the ask of people who deserve it. If you break the chain, nothing happens, but it's sweet to know someone thinks you're beautiful inside and out!🌸

[therentyoupay]

i'm going to print out these tags and frame them on my wall 😭😭😭😭😭😭🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏😭😭😭😭💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🙏 thank you so much 😭😭😭🙏🙏🙏😂😂😂😂

#otp: frostbite#viv speaks#so I’ve been kinda missing writing lately and looked back on my jelsa ff I started in 2 0 1 6 and worked on in January#that’s right i started this dumb fanfiction when I was 17 The fuck#anyways..#I wanted to read more jelsa ff so I can get some inspiration and THIS ???? THIS FANFIC ????#I would pay for this in theatres#INSERT LADY GAGA SHOWSTOPPING MEME HERE#like oh my god I read this all in two days after I came home from work#I couldn’t put it down I was INVESTED#I need an update more than air but I understand the grind so hard#THE GREENHOUSE SCENE ??? THE WRITING WAS GOATED#this is exactly what I want my writing to do. the intensity of that whole scene was and is utter perfection#the grasp on the characters and their heritages is IMPECCABLE. what I wouldn’t give to have this good of a grasp on Jackson and Elizabeth#the way the dialogue is written is so canon and real to me like it’s so natural and suits them to a T#I’m writing Jelsa as silly little teenagers but oh my god as full fledged adults this is what I envision them being like#like I don’t think y’all get it THIS FANFIC IS A MASTERPIECE#sometimes u gotta dig in the trenches of ao3 to strike gold#the fucking greenhouse scene living rent free in my head rn#the Wikipedia page 💀💀💀 HELPP#idk how to tell you this politely op but…u ate. house down boots. no crumbs to be seen.#lord can u leave the manuscript on my grave please I LIVE FOR THIS PIECE OF ART#okay thank you#I needed to rant abt how fucking good this fanfic was#it’s just so jelsa—if that makes any sense#this gave me the fuel I needed. I am blessed. crops watered#OP I HOPE U HAVE THE BEST SLEEP OF YOUR LIFE. YOUR PILLOW IS COLD ON BOTH SIDES. PERIOD.#okay it’s 1:00am I NEED TO SLEEP#but I had to rant abt my babies I miss Jack and Elsie so fucking much#I sleep now gn pookies

[ modern!AU | neighbors-to-lovers!AU | mountain living!AU ft. jelsa ] [ based on snow globe by @therentyoupay ] [ 1 2 3 ]

On July 1st, the lonely house at the top of the mountain was finally sold. — In which Jack(son) Overland tries his best to befriend his neighbor, one woodworking project at a time. Prompt: Three-word sentences: "Just say it," for @aicosu.

[therentyoupay]

Hey kris! I’ve followed you for a long long time now and am so happy to see you doing your thing and active on tumblr rn. I was really really active a couple months ago and am now on here when time permits. Seeing you pop up on my dash again made me realize I don’t think you’ve ever changed your profile pic since like idk 2012 when I started following you. is there any significance behind the and symbol? I hope you’re enjoying the beginnings of fall ☺️☺️

HELLO, NONNY. 😭🙏💕💕 thank you so much for your lovely lovely message!!! i'm also so sorry that you sent this three days ago when i have actually been super absent from tumblr for the past week or so due to ✨life obligations✨🤣😭🤣!! you and i are in the same boat! super active on tumblr when we can be; otherwise.... we swing by, when life allows. 🤣

thank you so much for your question! you are correct!! 🤣 i started writing fic at age 11 on FFNET through another penname (bonus points if anyone here actually remembers what it used to be, 2001–2011 👀?) and it was a really big deal when i decided to ✨rebrand✨ after ten years! the rebrand to therentyoupay started in december 2011 (long story short: a reviewer left such a nice comment on my FFNET dramione story that it kickstarted me into actually continuing it! comments matter!!) and at the time, ampersands (&) were all the rage, and i was definitely one of the basic bitches obsessed with them. 🤣 (no millennial-"&" tattoo but i did consider it lmao. maybe I'll still get one, one day, so y'all can try to identify me in The Wild lmao.) therentyoupay is from one of my favorite quotes. 🥹🥹🥹💕💕 (does anyone know? 🤣)

so, that following summer in 2012, lok came out and i was lured into making a tumblr! unsurprisingly, my avatar/icon slid over from FFNET/ao3 into tumblr, as did my penname, and i will likely keep it for the rest of my life 🤣 therentyoupay/kris(which isn't my real name👀)/TRYP have now all been associated with this account and my fics for so long that it would cause great confusion and, quite probably, losses in the community i've built over the years!! so TRYP i shall remain forever 🤣

i also personally get so confused when long-term friends on tumblr change their icons and URLs... it's like i no longer recognize them! i have a spreadsheet with everyone's URLs over the years, their names, etc., so i can keep track... but i was also off tumblr for three years during the pandemic 😅😅😅 so i have lost track of a lot of people 🥹 that's why i always really appreciate when people leave a note in their profiles/pinned posts about their previous URLs and a name to call them by! (whether it's a fake name or not lol) otherwise i don't have a name for them–they're just their URL lol, and their "face" is just their icon. 🤣

and yes, i totally am!! 🍁🍂🍃🍁🍂🍃🍁🍂🍃 i'm feeling so lucky and so grateful for all the amazing things happening in my life right now 😭🙏 if only 2012!kris had any idea what was in store for her.... 🤣💕💕💕

LOVE YOU, NONNY. TAKE CARE AND HAVE AN AMAZING REST OF YOUR WEEK. 💕💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏🥹🥹🥹🥹💕💕💕 thank you so much for this beautiful ask!

[therentyoupay]

just want to quickly tell you that i really admire your dedication in completing your 'at the center' fiction, which is WOW, absolutely commendable!! ( and expanding other drabbles as well??? i'm blown away ).

although we've only been following each other recently, i hope to be like you someday and have the motivation to keep posting updates for my fics no matter how long it takes 🥹 okay that's all and have a very nice day!!

thank you!! 😭😭😭😭🙏🙏💖💖💖💖 so much!!! for your sweet comments and for the encouragement and for dropping by to leave a message 😭😭💖💖💖💖💖🙏🙏🙏🙏 I HOPE YOU, TOO, HAVE A VERY NICE DAY ✨

and i'd like to also take a moment to say a few words about (✨forging, fostering✨) the motivation to keep posting updates for fics (no matter how long it takes!!!!), but first, i'd also like to very briefly share with you two of my all-time favorite fanfiction WIPs (one is ongoing 20+ years, and the other is 10+) to help contextualize my response:

#1. ————

More Than Human (Words: 332,245 | Complete: No) by sbj "Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal." - Camus {High School AU!RrB/PpG}

FIRST PUBLISHED: January 31, 2009

LAST UPDATED: June 18, 2019

As of January 7, 2024, the chapter updates span 10 years, 4 months, and 21 days

#2. ————

Re-Entry (Words: 568,178 | Works: 22 | Complete: Yes) and Re-Entry: Journey of the Whills (Words: 923,940 | Works: 59 | Complete: No) Obi-Wan Kenobi, while still a young Padawan, suffers an injury and wakes up with all of the memories, experience, training, and Force-strength of Old Ben Kenobi. {Time Travel AU!Star Wars Re-Write} by flamethrower

FIRST PUBLISHED: October 1, 2002

LAST UPDATED: December 30, 2022

As of January 7, 2024, the chapter updates span 20 years, 3 months, and 6 days

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these WIPs are only two examples! tons of my favorite stories have spanned multiple years of progress!

mine! ————

at the center (Words: 395,094 | Complete: No) by @therentyoupay Legends and fairy tales, magic and myths, and—at the center of it all—a story of a young, future-Queen and her young, ageless-Guardian; a girl cursed with fear and a god frozen in time, and all of the reasons why seeing isn't always at the heart of believing. {Guardian AU!Jelsa}

FIRST PUBLISHED: January 17, 2014

LAST UPDATED: January 2, 2024

As of January 7, 2024, the chapter updates span 9 years, 11 months, and 22 days (happy almost 10th anniversary!! ✨)

thoughts & feelings! ————

everyone writes at their own pace, in their own time, with the best resources they have, according to whatever life stage(s) they are at 💕

~most readers generally express gratitude and understanding and patience! fandom culture (across fandoms) shifts and changes all the time, so while there are times in fandom (generally) in which the ✨entitled expectation✨ is for fic authors to "WRITE FAST, PUBLISH OFTEN," there are also times in which readers go out of their way to share beautifully encouraging messages like "even if you never update again, i am so grateful for what you have given us (so far)!" and "i will wait for this story to update for the rest of my life, and i will be happy with an update no matter how long it takes" and, often—both messages at the same time. 💖

a good skill to develop is the mental strength to withstand the not-so-nice messages while absorbing the positivity of the lovely ones! i don't post or respond to the really nasty anons i sometimes receive 👀 like the ones that accuse me of having "abandoned nearly all [my] fics"—i personally delete them immediately! anons like that do not deserve someone else's ✨energy✨. (for the first time—i think, ever?—i did post someone's confusing? rude? anon the other day [i.e., i am a hoarder who creates suffering by withholding fic updates?? i think??], but i attribute that choice to publicly post [my reaction gif to that anon] to my current Life Stage™ and my hard-earned self-confidence in the knowledge that I Can Do Hard Things. ✨ my development of that muscle has come from finishing other long-progress fanfics, and, to be honest, Real Life Milestones like going to grad school [twice] and Doing a Dissertation ✨). all in all, the motivation to keep updating is really, at its core, about having the will and the time and the mental energy and the passion to dedicate time to something that you really want to do, even through all the obstacles and nonsense, which takes mental (and emotional) strength! 💖 develop and fortify your mental fortitude! 💖💖💖💖 it's a lifelong process! ✨

and lastly, and most importantly, in my opinion... regardless of whether or not you think any potential readers might be out there (chances are there WILL BE, but that's not the point!!!), just keep writing... and write what you want, and write for yourself! whether you update in two days, or ten years, or twenty-two—do it, anyway!! 💖💖💖💖💖

LOVE YOU, THANK YOU, GOOD LUCK 💖✨ (and keep me posted lol)

[therentyoupay]

I just want you to know that I appreciate all of the hard work and time spent that you've put into everything that you've created. I really truly feel like I've almost gotten to know you through your writing and you're a wonderful person. I wish you all the luck in your writing future (and am holding out hope that you'll share some of your original fiction along the way) Thank you so much for sharing your heart with us Kris. sincerely, a fan (and i always will be one) <3

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