#ch: rona

[mata-aetara-if]

Talking about boba tea, what would the ros boba orders be?

i love this question so much !!!

i'll answer this like i was ordering from my local boba tea place ~

Asahi: taro milk tea, boba topping, regular sugar, regular ice

Niko: passionfruit green tea, boba & coconut jelly topping, regular sugar, little ice

Shikako: jasmine green tea, honey jelly topping, half sugar, regular ice

Inoru: coffee milk tea, boba & oreo crumbs topping, regular sugar, no ice

Rona: lemon black tea, boba topping, regular sugar, regular ice

Jun: milk tea, boba topping, regular sugar, extra ice

Chai: milk green tea, taro boba topping, extra sugar, regular ice

Mokoto: taro milk tea, boba & oreo crumbs topping, extra sugar, little ice

Ryoku: honey lemonade, aloe vera topping, regular sugar, regular ice

Kougetsu: pineapple green tea, pineapple jelly & coconut jelly topping, extra sugar, little ice

[claudeng80]

Dearest Readers, ch. 10

Insulated as we are in the great metropolis of Wistal, at times the plight of Clarines’ language minority groups can be very distant from our notice. But yesterday’s incident here in the city should remind us that we can do better.

A trader down from the far north, in Wistal for the first time, became turned around and then lost. Seeing a small group of knights, he approached them for directions, but his Clarinese was not sufficient to the explanation and none of the knights spoke any other language. Irritated at his insistence, they thrashed him.

Our correspondent found the man very eloquent in his native language. “I owe a great debt to a royal knight who righted a great wrong back in my home. I assumed that other knights of his circle would be equally educated and helpful, but I was disappointed to find quite the opposite. I will not be traveling here again,” he says.

He may have been mistaken about the circle of the knight he holds such fondness for, or else he may just have come across an unusual knight, but either way, the actions of the royal knights here in their own city are a disgrace.

***

Obi returns with reinforcements- Rona’s social standing may exceed theirs by far, but Shirayuki’s sad eyes care nothing for rank.

Read the rest on AO3

[hadesdancehall]

happy wip monday bc i can't wait for wednesday

my mom brought miss rona home from a coworker after i posted the first ch of @lemon-wedges phantom au which brought everything to a halt where instead i was watching yt clips of cdrama palace intrigue. did numerous mini drafts on paper of something i thought i'd use but then decided to use later on (how did this grow from two to four planned chapters aaaaa) so now we're going in a completely new direction

also after a bit of back and forth with myself i made the Very Important Decision of having barok at a pub

[ramayantika]

Braj ki Holi (Ch-5)

//Ch-4// //Masterlist//

The next morning Dau decided to take all of us to Vishram ghat in Mathura. Our train was in the evening at around 7pm and Mathura was barely half an hour away so we agreed to visit a few more temples and ghats. 

All the girls decided to wear ethnic today, and I was glad that I had packed some nice ones to wear. My mother had packed a maroon chikankari kurti for me and lent me a beautiful pair of silver jhumke from her collection. She had also asked me to send her photographs in this dress. 

"Yaar koi dori bandh do mera mera bhagya kahan hai ki koyi cute sa ladka bandh de mere liye," I heard Bhumi who was trying to tie the threads of her backless kurti in front of the mirror. 

Subhadra laughed and helped my sister to tie those threads while commenting, "Arey didi itna rona nahi lago kya pata koi ladka aaj mil jaye?" Radhika who was combing her hair joined in too, saying, "Ekdum apsara jaisi sundarta leki padhari hai humari Bhumi ladkon ka dil phisla degi."

Bhumi giggled and applied perfume to her arms and then looked at herself in the mirror. "Tumhe koi haq nahi banta ki tum itni khubsurat lago. Not fair!"

I facepalmed and pulled her away from the mirror. "Okay Bhumi ji, now let others use the mirror too. Hume bhi khubsurat lagna hai."

Bhumi sat on the bed and began scrolling on her phone. Radhika was braiding her hair while Subhadra was playing with the beads on her beaded kurti. I applied a thick stroke of my kajal on my eyes and after feeling satisfied with the length and thickness of the kohl, I announced, "Okay, I am done. All ready."

"Whoa!" All the girls exclaimed. "Your eyes look stunning in kajal. You should wear it often," Subhadra commented. "Kanha bhaiya would get lost in your eyes for sure." This earned her a smack on her shoulder from Radhika. 

Radhika walked over to me and moved her fingers in a circle around my face. "Like those typical indian tv serial vali mummy, tujhe kisiki nazar na lage."

"Jaa meri Bhaishmi jaa ab inn aakhon se aankhon ki gustakhiyan khel."

Adjusting my dupatta over my shoulder, I rolled my eyes at Bhumi who shrugged her shoulders and pushed me outside the room, making me collide with someone. 

"Bhumi, what are you…" Thank you Bhumi! "I am so sorry Krishna, Bhumi pushed me and I had no idea that you would be walking here."

Subhadra's words indeed came true and I was struck with the realization that Krishna was holding me by my shoulders, his face leaning a little dangerously close to mine in front of everyone. 

"Not in front of my lipstick, you two!" Radhika's words brought Krishna out of my kohl lined eyes.

I took a step back and adjusted my dupatta again, a brilliant way to hide my blushy face. 

"Uh.. No I- not that, we won't… God, Bhaishmi, your eyes look angelic in kajal. Had you walked over to my seat on the train with kajal in your eyes, I would have proposed to you there itself." 

Radhika, Subhadra and Bhumi smirked. My devious sister pretended to clear her throat and motioned the others to walk with her. "Generous of us to offer you guys some privacy. Bhaishmi, I need details."

"Ghanta details." I looked at Krishna who was back to smiling amusedly at me. "Chalo sab mandir."

****

It was 2.30pm and all of us decided to have lunch and visit the Vishram ghat after which we would head back to kaki's house and leave for the train station. 

The ghat was usually crowded in the evening where tourists as well as locals gathered together to witness the yamuna aarti. Sadly, we couldn't stay that long to see the aarti, so we decided to enjoy the sight of the river and take a look at the various shrines built on the ghat. 

The ghat looked quite empty in the afternoon. We could see some of the priests and a few devotees here and there. The boats were aligned together on the river and tied to one of the posts. 

"There's our Vrindavan," Radhika pointed towards a distant mass of hills and trees visible from the ghat. 

I saw Ranvit staring at that location for a long time. He then said, "I love how Vrindavan and Mathura have still kept their history and culture together while moving forward with time. Here are various ghats and temples constructed by so many saints and kings in history; so many folklores and tales connected to each and every corner of every street. Even though we live in the twenty-first century, a part of the old times still resides here. Call me crazy, but I can still feel that maybe once we turn a corner, a portal will open and we all will be with Krishna and his sakhas." He paused and sighed, "This holiday will be the most memorable holiday in my life."

Arjun then spoke up. "This was my first time in Vrindavan too, and I feel blessed to come here. Somehow connecting to our roots grants a different sense of happiness. I don't think I have the right words to describe what I feel, but I feel that this place has changed something in me."

Arjun was right. This place, this little vacation did change something inside me too. I met some amazing people and bonded with them; celebrated a festival together and created so many lovely memories that I will look back on in the future. 

Heck, I feel like Naina from Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani as I write this. Now in the movie, Bunny and Naina got together, but does this story have the same ending? 

Subhadra gave a side hug to Bhumi. "You all don't make me cry, okay. Bhumi, Bhaishmi and Ranvit… I am going to miss you all so much. Be in touch or I will spam all your inboxes."

I saw Radhika looking at Krishna, their eyes having a silent conversation on their own. Her hand gently patted his shoulder. 

"I agree with my little sister. I never expected to have such a wonderful Holi celebration. All of this feels straight out of a book or a movie you know but I am glad I met you guys," Dau said. 

"Are we going to stay here the entire time? We need to head back and drop them off at the station too."

Thanks for reminding me Krishna about that! 

The journey back to kaki's house was no longer filled with us talking about how special this trip was or if we were going to miss each other or not. Radhika and Krishna had decided to cheer up everyone with a playful banter and soon we all were laughing until our stomachs ached. 

We reached kaki's house in an hour. Everyone rushed out of the car except me and Krishna. I wanted time to slow down by a few hours just to spend some more time with him, thus I walked excruciatingly slow while passing occasional glances at Krishna. 

"Okay, I am going to regret this if I don't do it now and let you go." This was the last thing I heard before Krishna pulled my wrist towards him and led me towards a secluded wall. 

Pressing his forehead against mine, he murmured, "Do you want this too? For the first and maybe the last time I think?"

"Do it, Krishna."

And at last, I was closer to his lips than his flute had ever been. Both of us let our yearning out for each other, not caring even once about the consequences. His lips were soft like rose petals and he kissed me as passionately as he played his flute. 

And we slowly moved away from each other after what seemed like eternity. We smiled at each other, and his arm moved around my waist, bringing me close to him. 

"You know the next time I look up at the stars, I will always be reminded of you, Krishna," I told him as I hugged him for one last time. 

His fingers played with my hair, delicately brushing them over my hair. "And why so?"

"The first time I saw you, it was your eyes that drew me in. They always shine with happiness and love for each and everything that exists in this world." Pressing a soft kiss to his cheek, I added, "And we have met like two stars too; coming close for a while and then moving away to our respective paths ahead."

I could feel him smile and his arms embraced me tighter. A very funny feeling arose in my chest. Warmth seeped inside my body, the more I stayed in Krishna's embrace. I felt the heaviness in my heart at the prospect of leaving this place and him, but there was peace and understanding too. I could feel my stomach do somersaults yet there was a calming effect too. 

Are there any specific words to describe this feeling? 

"Bhaishmi, where are you? Kaka and Kaki are calling." Thank you, Ranvit. I love you so freaking much! 

The warmth that had enveloped my being had escaped back to nature, as I felt Krishna move a step back from me. 

The end, isn't it? 

****

Bhumi was on the phone with my maasi who had once again taken up the role of cautioning sixteen year olds to not accept any food from strangers on the train. 

God, how would she react when we would tell her about our little adventure. Now, dear reader, it's obvious that we all lied to our parents that we were at the hotel and not with a group of teenagers

"Tum sab badme parivar ke sath aana bachon samjhe?" Yashodhara kaki wiped a lone tear with the end of her pallu. 

Nanda kaka was busy settling all our luggages near our seats. I saw him smile and shake his head at kaki but I could make out that he too felt a little sad with us leaving. Strange, how people take up spaces in other people's hearts when they have met only for a short amount of time? 

Bhumi was munching on those tasteless, saltless yellow Lays chips causing me and Ranvit to grimace. Dau was inside with kaka and Krishna was on the platform, standing silently. 

Radhika's gaze often switched between the two of us. Subhadra being the clever girl she is, cleverly asked everyone to get inside the train after sending Dau out to get some more snacks for us, leaving two people behind at the train compartment's gate. 

Reader, you must know who they are? 

"Goodness, my sister is far more clever than me," muttered Krishna. 

I looked at Subhadra's retreating figure as she walked to my seat. God, just a few days ago only we were on the train meeting each other the first time and now it was time to go back. Soon. This was ending too soon. 

I think when we leave a place we leave behind some part of ourselves there and carry bits of the places in us while leaving for the next destination. I was taking away some scenic sites, fun memories, amazing friends, beautiful flute tunes that would always find a way to enter my dreams and sweet memories of a very pretty boy. 

The train was to leave the station in ten minutes and Krishna and I weren't speaking a word. Our fingers would fiddle around each other, with our lips trying desperately to conceal the words of our hearts. 

But finally, Universe being the master conspirator, conspired against every bodily function and made me speak the sentence. 

"I am going to love you, Krishna."

His eyes met mine and he held my gaze for a very long time. His eyes that had lost their shine for a few moments back there on the platform were twinkling again just like my favourite stars adorning the night sky. 

Sometimes we don't need to have those forever kind of love stories. Love can be found in small moments of time too and maybe you may choose other things or some other person later in life, you are still going to house that love in your heart forever. I think people might not be forever, but love is. 

And I was going to nurse this beautiful plant of love forever. These four to five days with him were going to be some wonderful memories inside my heart. 

But indeed was it love? We only met for a few days. You can love people for the briefest of moments too. Love is a very mysterious but beautiful language of the Universe that connects your heartstrings to many people. Popularly, love might always mean romance and relationships, but one must never forget the love that exists in friends, amidst nature and quiet places that exist to tell you little secrets of life. 

I was going to love Subhadra, Dau, Arjun, Radhika, Kaka and Kaki too. I was going to love this blissful experience of Vrindavan and Mathura. There was love flowing in the breeze when Krishna and I talked by the Yamuna river. The stars that I saw with him on the terrace the night before and the darkness that welcomed my eyes after sleep embraced me as my head rested on his shoulders spoke of that love. 

This little bud of love had blossomed into a lotus inside me. And, Krishna understood everything that I have written here because… 

"I am going to love you too, Bhaishmi."

Kaka, Kaki, Dau, Subhadra and Radhika came back to the gate and stepped down on the platform one by one. Krishna was the last one to move down, but he did not leave my hand after giving me a very precious object. 

He left his peacock chain from his flute in my fingers. Those beautiful lips curled upwards for one last time and I committed his smile to my memory, and those starry eyes once again promised: I am going to love you, Bhaishmi. 

"Goodbye, Krishna."

"No. See you soon, Bhaishmi."

Kaki waved at us and I felt Ranvit's hand over my shoulder. I stood near the gate until the others on the platform were reduced to a dot in my vision until I could no longer see the platform, with Krishna's sweet voice ringing inside my ears. 

"See you soon…"

*****

Hello! It is 12.36am with machhar attacking me from all sides but I managed to write this fic nevertheless.

Wait wait wait I completed this fic??? I had started this out before my board exams maybe somewhere in April after I posted about a fic I had wrote somewhere half way about meeting Krishna on a train and some people told me to post it here. I changed a lot of things here though that what I had originally written before.

Also the last section of the fic, I would love to hear your thoughts about it. And worry not, we are going to have an epilogue. Picture abhi bhi bali hai mere dost!

Also, I would love to hear your thoughts about the ending. What were you expecting? Was it good or you wanted something else. Everything!

Anyway, I should go to sleep now. And god I am going to miss these characters. I hope you guys miss them too. Bhaishmi and everyone will always be here on this blog.

Okay so tagging people for one last time here for this fic:

@ma-douce-souffrance @lil-stark @jessbeinme15 @inexhaustible-sources-of-magic @pokemon-master-elita @manwalaage @phoenix666stuff @itsfookingloosah @riiddhhiii

[idrellegames]

ive been trying to figure out how to word this for a while now but in wayfarer i love... fucking up? the first time i finished up in rona i had failed (quite badly) to get anything done or find any clues as to where the chalice was and faced the count empty handed. but on my next playthrough i did actually find the chalice but failed to persuade Luthais's mom and then uh, failed a skill check and accidentally killed her. which really sucked, especially since i was nice to Luthais earlier and so he was the one to get me a meeting with her in the first place. and all this was really sad but also like, holy shit thats some juicy storytelling right there. and then after that the town is set on fire and you meet the Lethais party in an explosive escape sequence and flee Rona leaving it to the mercy of the count. like damn. failing the count of course was also terrifying, the way he tries to get under our skin, the basilisk fight, but its definitely a more sinister terror that contrasts so strongly with the bombastic chaos of the attack on the town. (its kinda funny to me that the collectively better outcome is when youre a cringefail treasure hunter and leave it in the swamp) and yet that near seamlessly comes together in a cohesive chapter ending of "quest: escape rona, completed" where you sail to velantis and are either willingly or cornered into dealing with lethalis.

when fighting aeran at the end of ch.2 you're always going come out of that pretty rough. but based on the askes whether someone reconciles with him or wants to or is frustrated and is standing their ground or decides to cut him off completely, you can tell theyre invested! failure always puts a huge twist in the game, and even in smaller failure adds to the story! regarding aeran, on my first playthrough i chose the best friends to ex friends dynamic bc i figured it would be interesting. and directly i was kind to him, i took his advice at times and didnt hold the contract against him, but at the same time i would choose a jokey dialogue option at a bad time or be diplomatic with quirinus or let him take the lead at the meeting when he didnt want that and the little [aeran: bond ⬇️] really felt like being out of sync and missing a step with someone you were once attatched at the hip to! later on, i was a bit worried but figured losing out on the contract when in velantis was another merge-point story beat but then on a replay i did actually score the contract! which !!! was so interesting!!! its such a huge divergence that i had to relabel my og playthrough as "jobless behavior" and actually made me start keeping a second running game file!

💕💕💕

Thank you, anon! 😭

[nani-nonny]

Your snippet is basically what happens if people had **Rona but levled up, future dee coming and blaming leo and am here like " YOU'RE THE ONE WHO SAID YOU'RE NOT SEARCHING ABOUT MYSTIC YOU MYSTIC DROPOUT!! ".

Mikey growing hair got me giggling like " thus what happens when someone is stressed " and raph taking " warrior lessons " to grow up?! Like more then he already is?!/j

Donnie refusing to search about mystic because part of him still doesn't approve of it is making me a bit upset but leo didn't tell him about the " no return " part, because if he did am sure Donnie would go far and beyond to NOT see krangfied leo. So the twin take fair amount of blaming.

Seeing the golden boy (bad dum dss) making his entrance made me GIDDY!! a part of me LOVES CJ/p

Also last thing; when you said " DM was meant to be short one-shot " BUT IT'S 4 CH IF ALMOST 5 🤣🤣🤣🤣

I wouldn’t say he is patient zero to a full-spread infection of the Krang virus but more manipulated by the Krang to do their evil-doings like the infected person in DisMir, who sold out the presence of all Resistance leaders in the throwaway base which brought Prime to attack. :)

And Future Donatello coming to the present timeline blaming Leo is a very silly and mean thing he did hehe silly ol’ hypocrite

Mikey growing hair and slowly becoming the mystic warrior makes me giddy hehe and Raphy just wants to be big like a dinosaur because dinosaurs are cool :D

It’s not entirely that Donnie doesn’t want to research mystics because he doesn’t approve—which he still kind of does but will reluctantly do it if needed which it is—it’s because the one person who knows all about mysticism is too busy creating a mystic warrior. And he finds it very annoying that Draxum is taking away his little brother from him, albeit not literally but you get it

Golden boy Casey Jr makes my brain go brrr /pos he’s such a cool teen who deserves to be a kid (kicks away the trauma he encounters in my fics)

Pleaseeee, it will forever haunt me that I thought DisMir would be a oneshot—not even just that, a 20k word oneshot i— akaakak things just sort of happen and they’re out of my control hahaha!

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[lostchild02]

Victoria — Bharat chauhan

" Is patharan de sheher vich, ek jionda pul banaya si

Sab kehnde ne ehnu bada zor lejavega saanu etho dur

Par kon jaane ohdi maadi kahani

Changa ei ohdi hor zubaani

Ishqe ch peyaa naal nadi de

Ee jaanda ke mel na hona , Ee tha us pul da rona

Ishq ohda pura na honaa... Har saal kre oo barsaatan da intezaar, kade nede hove ohda yaar te kare ohnu izhaar

Ohde vichode nu vekh ke ambar roya saari raat

Der mile si oo dono barasaan de baad... " 💌

[lilflowerpot]

queen, flowerpot, you are amazing like, damn. I actually let my hopes down after seeing you hadn't updated in a long, long while (last time I'd checked) but after all these years I suddenly have a craving for keitor and suddenly there's, like, three??? four??? new chapters? (honestly can't remember where I left off lol)

bro, I kid u not I *vibrations intensified* and binge-re-read the entire fic in one sitting.

you are amazing and I love u and ur story. have a fantastic week.

Thank you my lovely—and welcome back to this humble corner of the keitor fandom! I hope you enjoyed the new content!! ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡

Just checked my chapter index and I'm going to take a wild stab in the dark and say that you left off after ch.21, because after that point it really took me,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, sixteen months to update again, RIP.

2018: february / february / february / march / march / june / june / july / july / august / september / october / november 2019: january / march / may / september / november 2020: may / july (podfic update) / september 2021: 💀💀💀 2022: january / august

My early chapters were, as you can see, posted in far quicker succession than the later ones have been; in part this is because I'd written chapters 01-through-04 ahead of time so for a while there I had a nice little cushion to fall back on, but it's also due to those early chapters averaging at around 5k whereas my more recent ones are 8k minimum. Not to mention LB's setup was merely a matter of introducing narrative threads, whereas I am now playing the not-so-simple game of weaving them all together into something resembling an actual plot.

((also,,,, 'rona happened, and that hardly left me feeling inspired))

So updates nowadays do unfortunately take me rather a while longer than they once did, but rest assured(!) as it says in my faq, while I do periodically oscillate between being very intensely productive, and dropping off the grid entirely, I have absolutely no intention of discontinuing LB!

[castielcommunism]

dude i just tested positive for covid and immediately after got the notification that ch 12 was posted. MY MEDICINE!!! thx for curing me

NAUUUUUUR I’m sorry to hear that!!! I also have rona atm so solidarity with you 🤝

[ceuzlist]

some op sims stuff

so i dont lose the link

S*nji

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Eyebrow & Goatee: https://yuushishio.tumblr.com/post/130716828207/so-i-finally-manage-myself-to-create-a-definitely

Z*ro

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S4C*sAn*me Compilation (L*ffy, Z*ro, S*nji, N*mi, Ch*pper, R*bin, Br*ok, Us*pp, Ko*la, B*a)

C*splayS*mmer Compilation (L*ffy, B*a, N*mi, R*bin, S*nji)

M*n*s*ms Compilation (N*mi, R*bin, Y*mato, T*shigi, R*iju, B*nney, B*by 5, P*rona, Ko*la)

T*riN*rae Us*pp&S*nji L*ffy&Z*ro

C0mar*ns*ms random op stuff

F1nalco*l ASL Compilation

Ch1b1noN*kama Z*ro L*ffy S*nji

opsims stuff

Another Inspo

L*ffy's Outfit

M*rsmeriz*ngsims outfit summer ver. (L*ffy, Z*ro, Us*pp, B*ggy)

aruru

fr*nky alt spikes hair

h*art p*r*tes outfit

M*rik911 link (L*ffy, S*nji, Z*ro, B*a, C*rrot)

K*josims link

K*lyn*vie ASL?

another z*ro reference

simspo again

J*mbei

body1 / body2 | teeth

Fr*nky

Br**k

N*mi

R*bin

Us*pp

L*ffy

Ch*pper

Ear1 / Ear2 | Antler | Skin Genetic / Ungulate clothes | cap

V*vi

S*bo

Ace

H*artP*rates

V*nsm*kes

M*hawk&P*rona

Sh*nks&Uta

B*ggy&Cr*codile

D*flamingo&C*razon

legacy inspo

here 1 || another link

str*wh*t

[mata-aetara-if]

how do the ros fare with scary movies?

I love this question lol, especially this time of year! 🎃👻

Asahi - points out that it's just fake to reassure the ones who are scared.

Niko - may or may not be crying.. don't ask them they'll deny it.

Shikako - hiding behind a blanket, clinging to the closest person.

Inoru - tries to act tough but screams during the jump scares, scaring everyone else. tries to play it off (no one believes him).

Rona - not really a fan of horror movies (they don't scare her) so she's on snack duty, making popcorn, getting drinks, etc.

Jun - complains about the main characters making stupid decisions.

Chai - screams at everything even if it's not a jump scare. / tries to challenge herself to watch the whole thing without hiding her eyes (fails, cries about it)

Mokoto - is enjoying this so much, watching everyone else's reactions. / will randomly scare everyone by screaming during a quiet scene or go to the bathroom and come back sneaking up and "BOO!!!" -ing someone.

Ryoku - watches in silence, no one knows if he's scared or enjoying it.

Kougetsu - loses the plot, has to keep asking questions interrupting it for everyone else. / screams during the killing scenes but not from fear.

[dungeonsanddragonsfifthedition]

(GUESS WHO FOUND A SUMMER JOB)

[oh-atlas]

@ my dm PLEASE stop picking up and trying to fling my goblin artificer with giant birds, you’re giving him trauma

[claudeng80]

Dearest Readers, ch. 3

 Dearest readers,

 With the completion of the seven nations summit, another disappointed princess returns to her realm having failed at fixing the interest of either of our most eligible of royals. We don’t imply, of course, that King Izana would set aside his long-standing engagement, despite the inexplicable lack of motion toward a state wedding, but Prince Zen is of age and, so far as we are aware, unencumbered by betrothal. After last year’s debacle with Princess Rona of Tanbarun, we thought he might have been more open to options closer to his age, but there were tears in Princess I——’s eyes as she ascended into her carriage.

 The summit itself resulted in a number of agreements and treaties that should ensure peace and prosperity in the northern half of Fortissia for years to come, but the enumeration of those is beyond the scope of your beloved correspondent’s understanding. Instead I shall predict that, based on the gowns worn at the celebratory ball (from which Prince Zen disappeared early with Lady Kiki and her fiance Lord Hisame) and the decreasing textile tariffs from the southern kingdoms, that this year will bring renewed interest in lace and knotwork. It will be a welcome change from beadwork, which I for one am tired of . . .

Read the rest on AO3

[adashofniallandasprinkleoflunacy]

(same anon that sent in the attatched ask)

The last paragraph of your response in that pic is spot on!!!

You don't owe us shit. The little drabbles in between chs is an extra treat we get. We're not entitled to that either.

I was introduced to ysijwa in December, and you've been taking time to update chs since then so it's normal to me. But I don't get how you guys updated so frequently in the very beginning! Your fics are long and elaborate and beautifully structured. I almost don't want to call it a fic coz it feels like a novel.

I dare anyone bitching to write half the lengh of your single ch, put it up for people to nitpick, critique etc and still want to keep going.

I love the community here, don't get me wrong, but I feel wrong to sit on the sidelines when someone comes for you guys. I feel rage. And it's not even my story. You guys wrote it. Can't even imagine what you guys must feel.

I don't remember how long ago this was but someone came to you joking about how you still write self insert fics. Like???? You want to fuck these characters so bad, it makes you look stupid.

You put out novel length chapters. That are perfect. I mean it, they're perfect. They're beyond fanfiction because, the female lead is a self insert but Harry's character is far from the real person that you can imagine literally anyone else in his place and it wouldn't affect the story at all. That's how solid the plot/writing is. That's fucking amazing. We're getting all that for free. FREE. And some people have the nerve to feel like they're owed something more on top of all of this. If you're reading stuff just for the smut, there's plenty of them that will be centred around that. You guys never promised this will be porn w/out plot. If someone is disappointed, just go watch porn?? We're already being showered w a GOOD FUCKING STORY FOR FREE. Our opinion is just that, an opinion. It's not gonna change what you both as writers have in mind.

Sorry, getting a bit too worked up. But it feels wrong to just send in sweet messages once in a while, and not defend you guys when something wrong happens.

This was such an incredible message I can’t thank you enough for how passionately you support this fic and support writers in general 🥺 It’s people like you that keep us motivated and excited to share our work 😔😔😔😔 and it’s extremely touching to see you defending us, it helps us feel validated in our concerns and stances. Thank you for all of your endless patience and love for this story, it wouldn’t be what it is without y’all!! And I mean that sincerely because I feel like if we hadn’t gotten the influx of feedback and commitment we did when we started it, we probably would have let it die off from lack of interaction. We were cranking out chapters regularly back then because rona was just starting and things looked more hopeful, but as quarantine got longer and it began taking severe tolls on mental health, it got more difficult to stay on top of it, alongside college and other responsibilities. Therefore, your support and encouragement truly does have a humungous impact on authors and especially now, more than you know!!!!

We put our all into our work, and it feels so fucking good to see it paying off in the loyalty and attachment you guys have to the characters and to the fic 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 thank you again, can’t say it enough