#bmlap

[thelibrarybat]

i just read through your whole archivist!micheal au and oh my goodness so many things. i love distortion jon so much, truly the atrocity ever. as i was reading the fourth chapter and i thought “oh i sense jonmartin in the future” and then i scrolled up to look at the tags and yep, you did tag them. i just didn’t bother reading them since i came straight from break me like a pattern. thank you for writing this it is so so lovely and i can’t wait to see where it goes next

Thank you so much!! I'm glad you're enjoying the story so far.

The next chapter is currently mostly finished. Hopefully I should get it out soon.

[mallowstep]

“fight for me” by aliceband unofficial bmlap song in my head [drops it on the freshkill pile]

“i’ll make you fight for me and pray i pay the bills

i’ll make you die for me, and watch your body spill

i’ll make you cry for me, and lie for me, and bleed for me, and die for me

but most i’ll make you right for me, i’m sure i’m right for you”

hm. i can see it, i think. from tiger's pov maybe.

(for those with interest, my bmlap anthem is probably "tolerate it." not that that was subtle.)

[moonisthedoor]

once again TW&R and BMLaP updating at the same day. I'm happy but also I know at least one of them is bringing me angst today so I'm also peeking from under the bed like a cat hearing a vacuum cleaner

[gay-little-isopod]

just finished break me like a pattern (bmlap), and I don't think I'll ever be the same tbh

it was so fucking good i can't put it into words

y'all need to read it 🙏🙏

it's an archivist!Michael au and holy shit it's amazing

bout to start the sequel 🔥

[thalergetic]

break me like a promise - ch. 5

Adora nodded, walking towards the set of doors again. A word from Catra stopped her. “Adora?”

She paused, turning back.

“Have a safe trip.” The words were quiet, and held a multitude of emotions inside them.

Just for a second, Adora thought they might mean something else. She nodded a few times. “I will, Catra.” She gave her a lopsided smile. “I promise.”

that’s right — the final chapter is here! read now on ao3!

[yangsgauntlets]

hey your art of bmlap has me quite literally shitting my pants thank you so much you have no idea how obsessed i am ❤️

HOLY SHIT THANK YOU SO MUUUCH, i was so nervous to post this,, but i’m so friggin happy you actually liked it aaaaahhhhh!!!

[thelibrarybat]

need you to know that bmlap2 is like really good tarot rep so far im finally catching up and yeah im obsessed with your oliver and wanted to know if there’s any plans for him you’re willing to share??? love this, love you! genuinely such a good read, both parts so far

Thank you! I'm really glad you're enjoying it! 🖤

I've been obsessed with tarot as a narrative device since reading Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. It's such a lot of fun to play with - the idea of a self-fulfilling prophecy, of a character having clues but not answers, seeing signs in everything.

Hmm, what can I say about Oliver that isn't big spoilers...

He definitely will be playing an important role in future chapters, beyond reading other characters' tarot (though that has been his primary narrative function thus far!)

He will also be getting an avatar glo-up.

[mallowstep]

Whats bmalp

Break me like a promise

[moonisthedoor]

BMLaP update sound the alarmssss

[thelibrarybat]

do you know about tmagp? if not, SPOILER WARNING NOW. your fic was so close to how it could have been in a different life (excluding michael). ooougghhh my god.

I just listened and I am deeply suspicious

That whole segment with Gerry and Gertrude seemed way too wholesome. Something's off. Either they're hiding something and Gerry was laying it on thick or Gertrude's hiding something and something very, very bad has happened to Gerry.

[mallowstep]

Alright..Ive been wondering if I'm Actually anti ship because.. honestly I've always eqtaued proshippig with that one time I saw someone simping for a Real Live Seven Year Old...I didn't actually know what is was lol. Hm. Thanks for opening my eyes

Lol thanks

I don’t have a label or a dog in the fight, per se. I’ve had some good conversations abt this lately, and I think most of my current emotions are centered on…

We have a media literacy crisis. It’s a big problem.

When I write stories, I prefer not to do too much explicit morals. I like to trust my audience to get it, and they almost always do.

Almost.

Some of the comments on BMLAP…they do make me question if I’m doing my job well. It is tricky to tell where I have failed as an author vs where someone has misread my work. I go with my gut, mostly, and my gut says some people are so excited about the firetiger that they’ve missed that Tiger has been a consuming presence in Fireheart’s life. (Among other things.)

I don’t think having a label does much good. There’s too much nuance, and more importantly, too many different issues, to actually label accurately based on a binary. And it’s not like neutral is an option. I’m not neutral, I’m just…an adult. Who writes stories about the messiness of human connection. Lately I’ve been working on a series where a nearly-sixteen year old elopes with a nineteen year old except they’re just married so they have an Inalienable Right to not be separated. And then they fall in love. The way people fall for each other is inherently messy.

I’m getting a little off track.

Ig my main thing is…as long as you’re not writing erotica of children, you’re good. And I say erotica specifically, not just…well, I’m trying to keep this somewhat clean, but I think my body of work speaks to evidence that you do not have to write erotica to depict certain acts.

RLF will always make me incredibly uncomfortable, so much so that I feel I am unqualified to make commentary on it, because even just the way we treat celebrities feels horrid and invasive to me. (And I’m sure some of you agree, but I need to be clear, on a very basic level, knowing things about other people makes me deeply uncomfortable. I would like to know nothing about them. And I think there’s plenty that people would willingly share, that I would not want to hear.) that said…yeah, yikes. I’m sorry. That’s Fucked Up Man.

Recently a lot of my conversations about this subject have just been people sharing messed up experiences from the extreme polarization of views. I first was introduced to very, very vehement antis who were, in all likelihood, very young, and unaware of the complicated nature of real relationships. They triggered me, as someone who has fought and clawed to be able to embrace my own interests, and as someone who is very aware of how much the wrong story at the wrong time can hurt when you don’t have a space to process it, with support you need to understand. I reacted like I usually do, and lashed out.

You are not the only, the first, or the last to be introduced to this discourse by someone harmful, in whatever sense. It’s a strange uniting factor, but one I’ve observed closely.

I’m not really sure where to end this. I guess…I want to live in a society that does not misconstrue Lolita as a love story.

<3

[moonisthedoor]

BMLaP updating at the same day as TW&R gerrymichael enjoyers just keep winning

[mallowstep]

reread all of bmlap today and Man it’s just so good. i’m really rooting for fireheart there. poor guy. it kind of warms my heart that he and goldenflower seem to have almost an inverse of their dynamic in tpb? the line where goldenflower says “graystripe is being a nuisance, fireheart is helping raise you” just absolutely sent me. i’m so curious to think of how a fireheart mentorship of tawnypaw would go, i imagine very differently than brackenfur mentoring her! also obsessed with the warrior name we get for bramblepaw in the oneshot with feathertail (i’m so sorry i’ve forgotten the title fkndjd)!! the soft alliteration is so pleasing to the ear. all in all great stuff! :3

thank you!!!

i can't wait to continue bmlap; fireheart and tawnypaw's relationship is something i'm a huge fan of.

[mallowstep]

@queerhollyleaf replied to your post “Tigerclaw and Fireheart lost focus and had a...”:

Yes

in that case: tigerclaw explaining fireheart to goldenflower

[mallowstep]

[Insert bmlap ask here because I don't know what to ask that isn't massively spoilery for the general public.]

you think i know? i don't remember what's been published half the time.

idk.

uh, let's see...i can share a fun fact from the past maybe? we're around bluestar's death, yeah?

hm...

i think this is funny

[mallowstep]

This might be dark, so just a warning. If Fire was female, would Tiger impregnate her? How would the dynamics between Fire and Golden be?

great question. in general i don't answer what-ifs for aus because i'm not typically flexible enough in my thinking.