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[juliasgoodusername]

Sometimes a girl has to go a little crazy. Sometimes a girl has to make a book-accurate floorplan for 300 Fox Way. These things just happen, sometimes.

Obsessive annotations under the cut ✨ but be warned, there's a LOT

Exterior

Okay first of all, I'm no architect, and my only knowledge comes from work experience in the real estate industry + a lot of Sims. The style is sort of neo-rural French colonial. I didn't set out to adhere to that standard so much as I made an amalgamation of homes in Blue Ridge Mountains-adjacent towns in Virginia. Specifically, my headcanon Henrietta template is Orange, VA (I'll save that explanation for another post) so I took inspiration from real estate listings from there.

Alright alright I know there is supposed to be one bathroom, but I simply can't tolerate that in a house with 6+ residents. I can't. There was a possible contradiction in the descriptions of "the single shared bathroom" that I used as an excuse to add a 3/4 bath, and I threw in a powder room for free. Because technically there is still only one full bathroom! But seriously with that many women over 30 most of them probably have IBS or chronic constipation and I'm not making them all share a toilet.

Officially we only have 4 bedrooms listed in text: Blue's, Persephone's, Maura's, and Calla and Jimi's shared one. Everyone else gets rooms that don't qualify as bedrooms via Virginia residential building codes (such as the attic, obviously, which falls below the combined ceiling height and square footage requirements). That really just leaves Orla unaccounted for but I'll get to that later. Other aunts and friends seem to visit during the day and live somewhere else, because in The Raven King only Jimi and Orla were described as needing to move out of the house during the demon stuff.

I designed the entire interior floorplan before I even touched the exterior, so there's a few issues, like how I'm totally missing shutters on the windows that functionally need them most. 🫶 I didn't feel like making the windows smaller to fit them, and I could have added faux-shutters but I think those are stupid. 😘

First floor

"This house is lovely. So many walls. So, so many walls," Malory said as Blue entered the living room a little later.

- Blue Lily, Lily Blue, Chapter 30

Right off the bat, we have an insane number of doors and walls. Old colonial houses are pretty much the opposite of open concept. Functionally I believe that's because it's easier to control heat with closed off rooms, but Virginia is not particularly cold so idk. As for the number of doors, I mean....😤😤😤 I prefer archways/doorless frames in small high-traffic spaces, but every time I thought I could get away with it Maggie would specifically describe doors opening and closing (For example BL,LB Ch 41 gives the reading room double doors, and even the living room gets one in Ch 11. What kind of living room needs a door???). I'm actually missing one of the doorways described in canon, but if you know which one I'm talking about I DARE you to find a place to put that thing!! But I digress.

“Mom," she said as she jumped down the crooked stairs.

- The Raven Boys, Chapter 3

I'm liberally using "crooked" to establish the corner turn stairs. Blue steadies herself on the stair railing when she identifies Gansey for the first time (TRB Ch 15), so I wanted the stairs to have good visual access to visitors. It also sort of has a feng shui-ish effect of separating the public and private energy zones in the house. If that statement made zero sense, I think one of us doesn't know enough about feng shui 👀 and it might be me.

I'm also using that quote to establish Maura's room downstairs, if Blue generally expects to find her mother there, but mostly because everything else was upstairs and it was getting hard to fit. Granted, at one point Blue leads the boys "up the stairs to Maura's bedroom" (TDT Epilogue) but since they were just arriving at 300 Fox Way those stairs could easily be the outdoor ones. There's a handful of little things to support me here, such as Adam grabbing a scrying bowl from Maura's room to use in the reading room (BL,LB Ch 41) implying that her room was the closest place to find one. And speaking of Maura's room-

Calla was overwhelmed by how much shit Maura had in her room at 300 Fox Way, and she told Blue this.

... The mess was taking years from her life. ... Maura liked chaos.

... The psychic hotline rang in the room next door. Calla's concentration fluttered away.

- Blue Lily, Lily Blue, Prologue

Maura is my favorite hypocrite. She claims to detest clutter (TRB Ch 34) and yet her room is literally described as chaos. She probably treats her room like a college student and moves the furniture every time she gets bored/stressed. Thus, I gave her the most insane furniture configuration I could think of while still matching all the contents described.

The phone ringing next door might imply that she neighbors the phone/sewing/cat room, but that area is pretty well described and Maura's room is never mentioned there in any other instance. That leaves us with the kitchen phone (TRB Ch 27) which I put in the hallway with kitchen access as a compromise so it would technically still be in a room next to Maura's.

In the reading room, the man looked around with clinical interest. His gaze passed over the candles, the potted plants, the incense burners, the elaborate dining room chandelier, the rustic table that dominated the room, the lace curtains, and finally landed on a framed photograph of Steve Martin.

- The Raven Boys, Chapter 13

There are so many quotes about the reading room that I just don't feel like citing them, but other details include the mismatched chairs, the shelves, doors etc. It's also described specifically as Maura's "front room" (TRB Prologue) so it's one of the cornerstones that I designed the rest of the layout around. Because of the plants, it makes sense that this room would be south-facing too. (Although idk how much light they get with the wraparound porch awning in the way. Oops lol!)

The outside suddenly seemed vivid in comparison to the dim kitchen. The April-bright trees pressed against the windows of the breakfast area, ...

- The Raven Boys, Chapter 3

Blue Stormed into 300 Fox Way's kitchen and began a one-sided interrogation with Artemus, who was still hidden behind the closed storage closet door.

- The Raven King, Chapter 9

Likewise, I'm using the particularly dim kitchen to place it on the north side, where we also know there's trees in the backyard.

I'll say the kitchen layout is weirder than it strictly needed to be because in the Virginia homes I referenced I adored all the strange kitchens, especially with old timey 'servants area' vibes where laundry kitchen and pantry are all connected. Instead of a kitchen island, they get one of those rolling kitchen carts which I doubled as a bar cart for the drinks they have in the living room.

The kitchen has a doorway to the hall (TRB Ch 13) and the living room is within view when Blue's on the kitchen phone (Ch 27).

Speaking of chapter 27, that's when we get the description "The morning light through the windows turned the drinks a brilliant, translucent yellow." So I put the living room on the east side of the house, where the rising sun would cast really strong light like that.

Second Floor

When she woke up, her normally morning-bright room had the breath-held dimness of afternoon. In the next room over, Orla was talking to either her boyfriend or to one of the psychic hotline callers.

- The Raven Boys, Chapter 3

Blue headed toward the red-painted door at the end of the hall. On her way, she had to pass the frenzy of activity in the Phone/Sewing/Cat Room and the furious battle for the bathroom. The room behind the red door belonged to Persephone, ...

- The Raven Boys, Chapter 11

Blue's room and the Phone/Sewing/Cat room are our cornerstones for this floor. In several examples we know that the Phone/Sewing/Cat room faces the street and has a window (TRB Ch 15, BL,LB Ch 4). While Blue's room is "morning-bright," we also get descriptions of guests at the front door "backlit by the evening sun," (TRB Ch 15) so once again we're probably talking about south windows if it's sunlit at both times of day.

Adam sat awkwardly on the edge of Blue's bed. It felt strange to have so easily gained access to a girl's bed- room. If you knew Blue at all, the room was unsurprising - canvas silhouettes of trees stuck to the walls, leaves hanging in chains from the ceiling fan, a bird with a talk bubble reading WORMS FOR ALL painted above a shelf cluttered with buttons and about nine different pairs of scissors. Against the wall, Blue self-consciously taped up the drooping branch on one of the trees.

- The Dream Thieves, Chapter 49

We get some great descriptions of Blue's room (especially TRB Ch 43), although the above one is my favorite (#wormsforall). Every piece of furniture is accounted for exactly as described except the desk which I added because it seemed practical, and Blue is nothing if not practical™.

Persephone's room is also very well-described, all the way down to the furniture and lighting placement (BL,LB Ch 4 and TRB Ch 11) and it's surprisingly similar to Blue's room, if not a bit smaller. Her room gets strong afternoon sunlight, so I put it on the south too (BL,LB Ch 43).

Calla and Jimi share a room that's also upstairs (TRK Ch 16). Because they are the only two who have to share a room, I have justified that it must be the "master bedroom" (sorry for using that term) and is far bigger than the other bedrooms. I managed to fit two queen beds in there, but some scholars [me] would argue that Jimi and Calla might also share a bed because they are in love. Can you prove me wrong? No, you can't.

As for the bathroom, remember when I mentioned a possible contradiction? Famously, Maura draws the ley line symbol in the steamed up shower door (TRB Ch 1). However, much later we get Maura, Orla, Calla and Jimi all sitting in the bathtub for some kind of ritual (TRK Ch 9). No matter how I picture it, I can't put 4 full grown women in a bathtub together without someone partially sitting on/spilling over the side. But that would be impossible in a combo bath/shower enclosed by glass doors!! Thus, I gave The Bathroom a nice tub and put a small shower in the en suite of Jimi and Calla's room. I know this is a stretch but I don't really care.

Attic

Blue had never been a big fan of the attic, even before Neeve moved in. Numerous slanting roof lines provided dozens of opportunities to hit your head on a sloping ceiling. Unfinished wood floorboards and areas patched with prickly plywood were unfriendly to bare feet. Summer turned the attic into an inferno.

... In one of the narrow dormers, two full-length, footed mirrors faced each other, reflecting mirrored images back and forth at each other in perpetuum.

- The Raven Boys, Chapter 34

Trying to fit the attic access in after everything in the second floor was my biggest challenge, because stairs normally take up a lot of space and you have to be careful about head room. I'm the end, I decided it was one of those fold out attic doors that you have to reach from the ceiling of the hallway. We might get a lot of instances of the attic door being opened (😤 seriously, Maggie... 😤) but technically a trap door in the ceiling is still a door!

Dormers pretty much cemented the French colonial style for me. And you know the drill by now: a hot room probably means a lot of sun, which means I give it a south facing window!

Mud Room/Cellar/Basement

This cellar has absolutely zero mention in the text, but my justification is based in the architecture. So far we've got a funky old colonial house, built without a garage, lots of walls etc. Especially in a low-income/semi-rural area, it's not crazy to assume that 300 Fox Way was built before most residents had refrigerators (1930s-40s). Besides iceboxes, a major way to keep food fresh was root cellars. Modern renovations for old homes convert these to concrete basements, but that's why the basement is so small and connects to the kitchen.

My headcanon is that Orla originally shared a room. Pick whoever you want: Maura, Blue or Persephone, any of them would easily be such a chaotic roommate that Orla snapped and in a fit of teen girl rage moved herself down to the crummy dark basement. Over time, she made efforts to glamorize it, such as a vintage dressing screen to hide the flood drainage pump. The privacy also allows her to bring boyfriends over, even sneaking them through the mud room.

This is really just my artistic license, but I swear it makes a surprising amount of sense in context. There's cases of Orla sneaking into the kitchen (easier if she has a back entrance) and she's almost always using the phone upstairs or in the kitchen (because a basement would get bad reception) even though her calls get kinda ~intimate.

Aaaaaand I think that's everything. Sorry it doesn't look like the photo from the wiki at all, but I couldn't find a source for it and Victorian style wasn't super common in the areas I researched. Let me know if I missed anything major! I'll probably cry myself to sleep if so.

[laurfilijames]

Finally replying back to your reblog😂😂I’ve literally reread it any chance I get!!! I can’t believe you had to use another device🙉 and here I was thinking there wasnt much to it🤓

Imma skip to the old hag comment: girl when I tell you it took everything in me to keep it classy and only mention them once💀 my petty side was ready to come out and be like “for the people in the back…this is their way of communicating” Everytime they had that silent conversation 😗 And you know I will always get it!!!😌💅🏾

I’m so glad you love my little intro to the podcast🤧 I haven’t decided if I’m gonna change it to fit the fall vibes bc I like the look of the champagne glasses🥹

You did a phenomenal job with keeping it from feeling spiteful!!! You can tell that he’s very confident in our relationship, in us, and himself to the point where it’s like what’s there to be jealous of. He knows that we’ll always come home to him, that our heart belongs to him and vice versa so there’s no need for the green eyed monster to make an appearance🙂‍↔️ And if someone didn’t get that *cough* *cough* you reiterate that thought which I loved a lot😍

Omggg I’ll frame the gold star and hang it on my wall🤩 I was gonna say i put your fic under a microscope but honestly it just comes naturally😂

You did a wonderful job getting the emphasis across!!

Give us all the cheesiness pleaseeeee😩 I appreciate the non-verbal communication so much!!! You can tell that there are times where they feel so much that it’s hard to describe it in words so being able to translate that into other forms of communication is important to them🥹

You including your best friends in your stories is so cuteeee🙉 it was either Bess or Jenny and Jenny sounds a lot nicer😌💗 omg I love that🤣

Again gimme all the cliche☺️ nothing is unrealistic as long as you’re with a person who is interested in keeping the romance alive😌 yesss because no one can tell you how to write your story😤

When I tell you I have not stopped thinking about the dip scene🙉🙉 I joke with my best friend about needing us to go back to Nashville so I can get my line dance on and bump into the love of my life😩 hopefully I can find a man that’s got moves like Will😍

Fucking Will outside was all I could think about 😂 plus he would just look so pretty with his chest heaving, skin flushed in a soft pink hue and a fucked out expression on his face🤭🥵

Now that I’ve found my groove I’m gonna go back to the first four chapters and re-reblog them at some point🤭 honestly you don’t have to thank me!!! You sharing your reactions to my comments is more than enough🥹💗✨ I love you too Laurie☺️🙂‍↔️🌸

You reread it any chance you get???? 😭😭😭😭 Rayyyyyy I can't even believe this!! And yeah, your prolific comments almost always require me to use a second device to easily keep track of all your notes while I'm replying!! I love it so much and can't thank you enough!!

🤣 I appreciate you being in my corner with all of that nonsense with the anon. There's times I still go over it in my head but it's done and hopefully they have a better understanding to how and why I'm writing this relationship how I am.

I'm a huge Prosecco fan so I'm happy to keep on with the glasses but also happy to change it to a warm cup of something if you'd prefer! 🥂☕️ I'm just so giddy that you treat these comments and discussions like a podcast 🥹💗

Thank you for loving the cheesiness/romantic side of things now that the angst is through! I know people love drama so I've been fretting that they won't enjoy it as much now but I can't keep doing that to them or myself 🤣 WILL NEEDS TO BE HAPPY!!!!

I am obsessed with you going to Nashville and bumping into a strong, kind cowboy while line dancing yessssssssss!!! I'm manifesting this to happen so hard!!! 🤠 (and may he look like Riley Green 🙏🥵)

Anddddd now my mind is buzzing over your description of Will post-fuck outside 🫠🫠🫠 I really need to sneak this in and will try my best to!

You're going to go back and re-reblog the first chapters?!?!? Ray!!! You do not need to do that but I love you so dearly for being this invested in my story that you want to continue to share it 🥹😭💗 I'm seriously going to run out of ways to thank you!

[inspiredwriter]

Mayhem Leo and Mayhem Stefany :*entra el apartamento tomando de la mano*

Mayhem Stefany :*mueve sus orejas y cola* Lee, estoy muy contenta aceptaste mi invitación a cenar con mis padres 😃😄👨‍👩‍👧✨

Mayhem Leo : claro yo también estoy emocionada de conocer a mis futuros suegros 😉😁👫*se rasca la cabeza*pero dime qué pasó cuando le dijiste que tú y yo somos novios😟😳💓❣️💕

Mayhem Stefany :*se sonroja* Bueno cuando les dije a mis padres se explotaron la cabeza de la moción que salgo con el Héroe de Nueva York😏🥰🏙️💖💝💞*juega con sus dedos*y me pidieron invitarte a cenar para que los conozca 😀☺️🍝❣️💓💕

Mayhem Leo :claro y por si acaso Le traje un ramo de flores como agradecimiento 😉😄🌷💐🎁✨*saca un ramo de flores de su espalda* segura gatita que puedo agradarle tus padres estoy un poco nervioso😳😓💦

Mayhem Stefany :No te preocupes mi tortuguita 🥰🤗💖💘💞*toma las manos de Leo* Todo va a estar bien Solo tienes que mantener la Calma 😄😉💕💓💝*besa a Leo en la mejilla* Muah~😚💋💘💞🩷 estoy muy segura que mis padres te agradarán bien😄😁👫🩷💕❣️✨

@inspiredwriter

Mayhem Gloria: *Places plates on the table* Oh my god, hunny, I'm so excited😃😄🍽✨ Now the boyfriend of our little daughter will come to us and I really want everything to go well🥰😥🍝☕

Mayhem Brallan: *Places a vase on the table* Calm down, my love, I'm making sure everything is okay😉🥰🏺💗💞 *Takes a gun out of his pocket* I won't let this guy break my angel's heart...🔫😤😈

Mayhem Gloria: Huh, Brallan, please let me take your gun...🔫😀😅 *Takes the gun from Brallan and hides it in the nightstand* I understand that you are a police officer and swore to protect Stefany from any danger...😅😁👮 but at this rate you will just scare away boyfriend of our girl😓

Mayhem Brallan: Okay, Gloria, as you wish🙄😏💖💘💕 (Thoughts💭) Ha, if this turtle guy is a real hero, then the gun won’t scare him...😆😈 Moreover, it's actually a fake🔫😏😁

Mayhem Stefany: *Enters the kitchen* Hello Mommy, hello daddy, let's meet my boyfriend Leonardo😄🥰💖❣️💗💞 *Takes Leo's hand and approaches the table*

Mayhem Leo: Good evening, mrs and mr Jones, I am very pleased to finally meet you😄😊👫 *Gives flowers to Gloria* This is what I want to give to you, ma'am🤗💐

Mayhem Gloria: Ah, how nice of you, Leonardo, I love tulips😃🤗💐🌷💕 *Takes a bouquet of flowers and puts it in a vase* Well, let's sit down to dinner😌🥰🍝☕ For this occasion I even baked strawberry cake☺🎂🍰

@swagreecrow

[captainaikus]

✨Third one✨ (part 1)

ASJJFYJKHFTUJHG. As soon as I saw the header with Oliver I know it was finally time. LET THE FLIRTY-PLAYBOY-BABYGIRL SERIES BEGIN!!!!

I wanted to take my time diving into this fic and really digest and understand it as much as I can on my first read because I know it’ll be amazing so I saved it for last.

Love the setting up. The description is fantastic. Ohhhh there’s an older sister huh? I wonder if that relationship will come into play later 👀👀. PSHHHHHHHH THEIR FIRST INTERACTION IS LITERALLY COMPARABLE TO TWO JUDGY BRATS PLS ADJMHGGJNNH. This is amazing I already love where this is going Belle. Oh and they tolerate each other now? Hmmmm very much the potential for ignored feelings. “You can pay me back when you become a football star” oh ho ho making promises for the future already are we now? Loving how y/n is a tsundere but still shows that she cares. It’s really cute and adorable. ASHKKGFKKJHGGGG WHY IS IT ALWAYS 16 💀💀??? When I was 16 I was busy trying to survive high school, pass my classes, and watching anime. And here we have realizations of love already what?? Not a problem at all tho I love how quick this is moving along. Getting to the meat of it soon I hope. GASPS YOU DID NOT!!!! AND THEY WERE ROOMMATES ASDJKGGHJHHHG YESSSSSS. NAHHHHH STAB ME IN THE HEART WHY DONT YOU HE REALLY PULLED THE GAY ROOMMATE CARD OLIVER ISTG IF YOU DONT GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR- ahem anyways tough luck y/n stay strong girl 😭😤. Not you already being his wife what is this married-with-benefits 💀💀. Oliver wake up and kiss her already idc if it’s only chapter one 🙄😤🤚🏼. Oh thank God the sisterhood is safe *sighs in relief* as much as I love the drama that would’ve occurred if it had gone “that” route there seriously needs to be more loving sister relationships in writing, blood related or not. We Stan a supportive older sister 😤😤 (that digs up our buried love feelings for us even though we buried then for a reason 💀💀). LOVING THE ADVICE YES PUT YOURSELF FIRST YOU CANT WAIT FOR SOMEONE FOREVER BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL YOU SEE IN THEM AND STUNG YOUR OWN GROWTH IF THE TIME IS RIGHT ITLL HAPPEN. This is making me cry what the heck. I really needed to hear a variation of this at many points in life. I swear to God if Oliver starts coming around right after we start moving on I’m gonna riot. On the other hand love how y/n is starting to be real with herself like yes sweetheart you deserve better (and you’ll get that in him after you both grow separately ofc). OH ITS GONNA BE DUAL POV????? HECK YEAH GIMME THE TINY DETAILS FROM THE OTHER PERSON!!!! Oof not the wedding invite scenario pls this reality setting in part is hurting me so much legit tearing up rn gimme a minute Belle 😭😭. *sniffles* but the GROWTH it’s the first step y/n I know it’s hard but you gotta separate honey 😭😤. NO PLS GOD NO HOW DARE HE COME BACK AS IM SOBBING WHAT THE HECK OLIVER PRIVACY MAN. Not him giving you physical affection right when you’re most vulnerable and coming to terms with getting over him and looking all worried LIKE NO STOP THIS IS NOT HELPING OLI. Oh no not the alcohol 💀💀. This is gonna go great just fantastic isn’t it? *inhales deeply* Belle I’m not joking when I say that I was screaming internally the entire sex scene LIKE WHAT. Kicking my feet blushing and everything. It really felt so real. And the dialogue??? Magnificent!!! Tbh it was my favorite part. In my head I was like “NOOOOOOOO” when you kissed him but at the same time “…yes” when it started getting steamy and the teasing plus the praise??? Kill me now why don’t you. NOOOOO NOT THE AWKWARD MORNING *sobs* I mean I was expecting it but like. Serious. Emotional. Damage. 😭😭😭. Oh no. No you can’t be serious. Tearing up again hold on. The eavesdropping on the phone convo broke my heart seriously ouch. Not the way I gasped when he just walked passed the suitcases. Ahh yes. The m word huh? Excuse we while I go sob again. Almost nothing hurts worse than being called a mistake. Either from yourself or others it’s never fun. Speaking from experience. I knew the emotional outburst confession was coming. I knew. But still. Damn. If only everything could be fixed by telling your feeling out. Love her for that. Finally coming clean with everything. Also Oliver’s being such a jerk and an asshole rn but I know the later redemption is gonna be worth it. Still pissed at him rn tho.

- ✨ anon

✨Third one✨ (part 2) It really made me make a part two because the word count was too high the heck.Still pissed at him rn tho. Anyways moving on. I freaking adore how she also wrote her current feelings down as a part of the first letter. And how she just. Didn’t hesitate. And moved on. We’ve got a flight to catch. Oh my God that fic was amazing. Seriously. You outdid yourself. The pacing was fast enough that it didn’t feel dragged out. The characterization was absolutely on point. The oc characters had their own personalities no matter how few lines they had. The dialogue was emotional and to the point. And it was just overall really realistic in the sense of being human, loving, hurting, and moving on. It made me cry so many times. I had to take so many breaks Belle. It was seriously amazing and I loved it so much. I cant wait for the second chapter whenever it comes out!!! - ✨ anon

I read this ask over 20 times (or maybe more already) cause i love it when people go over the details of my writing and you got all of them! (⋟﹏⋞) Thinking if i should make a note of recommended songs before the chapter so that it make it a more immersive experience? The original setup was supposed to be different back in August, but then I came up with this in September. Mei was a part of the story, but the age gap was a really big one - and i had to make a change midway, so mei is 3 years older than (y/n)... I wanted to keep the pacing of the story to a medium because sometimes the details and the amount of drama that happens is such a drag that I wanted to move past that and onto the real stuff; not to mention that if i did drag it out, it would be more than 5 chapters. Mei and (y/n)'s relationship is gonna have more emphasis as the story progresses (cause honestly this is a simple plot but a very complicated one to explain and I don't wanna give away spoilers cause I wanna just see the reaction you guys are gonna give me) and most of the lines that i used in the first part are the ones that are going to be covered in the latter part of the series. it is going to be a dual pov (spoilers for part 2; the story is gonna be from Oliver's pov.) oh god- and this was the first part💀. you might need the whole box of tissues honestly for the onslaught that's gonna come. (i did cry btw. I ate the jar of nutella in such short time for a reason) The sex was such a drag to write honestly 💀 cause i was just not feeling it. Like really not feeling it; and i wanted to get to the conclusion and the angst (cause the potential for dialogue and feelings is high in those areas) but in the end, it ended up being satisfactory when i read it. Leaving the alcohol part out, everyone's first time should be a fun one and my attempt at keeping your standards and expectations high . (you saying that it felt real made my day, cause often times when i read smut, i really can't relate to it cause it straight up sounds like porn sometimes and porn is very unrealistic.) As for the concluding part of it, i had a bit of a struggle cause (y/n) needed a reason to back away from Oliver and the eavesdropping on the other side of the door was the last straw. And then... I just let my fingers do the magic, just typing everything out.

The amount of times I cried cause of the songs I used to write all of this, and the fact that it hits close to home. The second part is going to go on the ao3 account... still deciding the username i want so that i can upload my works there

But thank you for liking and reading it - cause i really enjoyed writing this one. i've already decided the songs i want to put for the next chapter

[maiverie]

mai u re paying my ambulance ride today ok?😃 i just took a moment to let the update sink in,, im feeling me eye twitching, chest collapsing, im seeing heaven and nerd!heeseung is there☝️ watching me 👀 w bambi eyes 😩 AND THE FREAKING SPECS WIQOSJSJOAAKA YN DONT TAKE THE SPECS AWAY ‼ DON'T ‼ I MEAN DO BUT ALSO LET HIM USE IT LIKE WE THE COMMUNITY OF SPECS SIMPS NEED THEM👺

ahem,, the moment was HELLA CUTE i felt SINGLE😙🥰 cuz they're having sm fun on dat bed😏 talking ab his glasses like... are we gonna kiss?? heeseung prob wondered, and BESTIE LET ME SPEAK MY TRUTH ME TOO🤣🤣🤣🤣lowkey wishing she would fall on top of him ngl😻 the magical moment of awkwardness,, but since now they're into the REAL DEAL we gonna see her at his room more 🤭 ohemgee dont let taehyun know

MAI SUPER RANDOM THOUGHT HERE BUT IMAGINING NERD HEESEUNG SPEAKING UP TO TAEHYUN HERE 😳 our bambi nerd very confident and all im— i need help🥴

THE DETETION WAS SO ADORABLE HE SAW SHE WAS TIRED DAMN DAMNDAMN and then the SUNSET AND THEN MISS SUNSET AT THE END LIKE I REMEMBERED U??????????????????? I AJWJDOWOQLSODOAOSISIS someone call me like that too i cant😭

oof me and heeseung w our weird collections🤩 im the hoodies/jackets obsessed, i have so many and no space!!! who will come here to complain ab my glittery orange sweater ?? 🤣

everything was too much for my lil heart 💔 they playing video games too,, i feel like heeseung is very soft on her cuz he can see through yk? he sees her as she is, and he likes it :( and YN MY BELOVED the way ure comfortable around him now and not ur friends 🤨 smth is up and smth is very up !!! to me, homegirl is catching ✨feelings✨ but who are we say anything 🤭

KSJFKDJDND SKYYYYYY BFFFFFFFFFF

KAJDKDKSKS YOURE SO FUNNY HELP IM ACTUALLY CACKLING NOT THE NERD!HEE IN UR HEAVEN I— 😭😭😭❤️❤️ no literally cos my idea of heaven is heeven like i want hee fucking seung right there next to me PLS AND THANKU. 🙏🙏 literally 1 wish ??? god ??? serve me pls?? and um YES THE SPECS WAS A PAID ACTOR IN THIS CHAPTER LIKE JSJDJDJDJDJDJXND

naur but fr STOP THATS SHCH A CHTE SCENARIO NOT THE FALLIMG ON TOP OF HIM??? are u tRYNA KILL HEE CAUSE HIS POOR LITTLE HEART WOULD GO BOOM BOOM BOOM AND COMPLETELY EXPLODE HSJFKDKD HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO HANDLE THAT!!! ���️ no bc he most definitely thought ab whether or not they were gna kiss like…. heeseung alr nervous af having a girl in his room and she’s out here complimenting his face 💀💀 OVERKILL HES DOOMED BUT YES BFF U SO RIGHT COMFIDENT HEE IS COMING!! SOON!!! WHOLE ASS BADDIE HEE 😍

JEKFKDKDKD I WANT A MANS TO COMPARE ME TO THE SUN IM SO SAD i was so fucking salty writing that scene,,,, fml my life is so heeseung-less i DONT WANT TO BE HERE ANYMORE?! 😔💔

U HAVE A GLITTERY ORANGE SWEATER??? PICS OR IT DDINT HAPPEN??? PLS THATS SK SO SO CUTE AND UR LIL HOODIE COLLECTION TOO ☹️ Y R U SO CUTE GRRR GIVING NERD!HEE A RUN FOR HIS MONEY 😤

OMGGGGGG STOP GUESSING MY WHOLE FIC BC YOURE TOTALLY RIGHT??? he can definitely see thru her for who she truly is :<< like obv he knows abt her reputation and everything BUT HES LITERALLY RDY TO INTRODUCE THIS BITCH TO HIS MOTHER HIS BESTEST FRIEND IN DA WORLD,,,,, AND YES yn out here getting sick of her friends 😳

SKYYYY BFF THANK U SM FOR READING IM CRYING???? Y R U SO SUPPORTIVE BESTIE IM SO GRATEFUL GRRR I LOVE N APPRECIATE U SM :((( ❤️❤️

[tswaney17]

so I maybe found IDBTWY (i hope i put the letters in the right order my brain is so slow HAHAHAHA) on ao3 and binged all of it (+ the prequels) last night and WOW😩🥵🤩🥰!! It was beyond amazing! You are an incredible writer and the whole story was so engaging and well balanced (the angst:fluff ratio 😤👌🥵) and I COULD NOT STOP READING PLEASE IT WAS SO GOOD??? This should not be allowed I am not okay and how dare you release something THIS GOOD😩🥰!!!! You are SO TALENTED I love this story sm please I can’t believe you’re letting us read this for free TYSM☺️💛. Something about Elriel AUs just hits different and this one >>>>?? NEXT LEVEL! I loved it so much please I just wanna reread immediately but I will wait until I have enough time to reread here and give you the praise and appreciation and hype that you deserve because this story is INCREDIBLE. Truly. I AM OFFICIALLY A (n even bigger) TSWANEY17 STAN😌😌💛💛!! Because I remember you def also wrote Across the Hallway which is ✨burned into my head✨ because I’ve read it so many times I’m not even sorry😌😌😌. Definitely my comfort story too, everything about it is so warm🥰🥰 (except for that very smutty chapter😈)!!! As you can tell I’m definitely not the writer here🤣. But I hope I managed to convey at least a little bit of my gratitude and appreciation for you and your writing🥰🥰. You’re amazing and I think IDBTWY has dethroned and replaced Across the Hallway as my fav Elriel fic because I am HOOKED😌😩😭!! TYSM for writing it and I’m so glad I found it💛💛💛

P.S. No pressure at all, but I was just wondering if you had a schedule for updates? Just so I remember when to pop back but all good if not🥰)

P.P.S. I was already convinced the story was CHEFS KISS TOP NOTCH but then you made Cassian and Elain sing Exile🥺🥺. A Taylor Swift stan and your name is Taylor too I am crying!!🥰🥰🥰🥰

Oh my god...

This is... I just... 🥺🥺🥺

I have no words for how incredibly wonderful it felt to read this. I'm totally not going to be able to express myself well enough for you to understand how much my heart swelled to get this.

LITERAL TEARS IN MY EYES!!! 😭😭

I feel like I say this all the time, but I never expected to get the kind of reaction I have over this fic. Here I was, just a random newbie to the writing world (at least for public consumption), and to get the amount of amazing and responsive feedback I've gotten has just been astronomical to me. You are the reason I push myself to continue and improve my writing. I seriously cannot say thank you enough, but truly, thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Across the Hallway was my first baby. It was this random idea that I just needed to get out and when I look back on it (knowing that it needs A TON of edits), I can't help but smile at how far I've come. IDBTWY has been an absolute joy to write (yes, even when everyone yells at me to just make them kiss and to stop hurting them 😈).

I can't say I blame you for letting IDBTWY dethrone ATH, because, in my heart, it has too. I don't usually give myself kudos or talk about things I've done that make me proud, but this fic is one of the proudest things I've ever accomplished (-ish, since it's not done yet).

As for a schedule, I tend to post every other week - but I'm not always successful. Life gets busy, ya-know? For notifications, you can always subscribe to my fic blog (I only reblog snippets and actual fics, nothing else so it's not obnoxious), @tswaney17fics. Or you can subscribe to my ao3 account as well. Those will probably be the best options for keeping up with my posts.

I am a HUGE TSwift fan! I had the idea of Elain and Cash singing Exile together for months before that part came out. It just hit me as Elriel, especially in this fic. But more ironically, my last name also begins with "Sw", so we're almost the same person… 😬 (A girl can dream right??)

Anyways, this answer has become ridiculously long, so to summarize, THANK YOU x1000000000000000000! It truly meant everything to read this. 💙💚💜

[buffymilkovich]

Hey hey hey Kenny, guess what it's time for...my weekly swa rambling 😌 Did ya miss me?? I'm going to *try* and be as comprehensible as possible bc this chapter was literally EVERYTHING. With every new update, I go, 'oh yeahh this is my new favorite one' 😭.

The cuteness overload in this chapter was ✨OUT OF THIS WORLD✨ like My whipped ass misses you when you go to class and I'm just sitting there like yeah 🥺🥰😭

Also Nelkins 🥺🥺🥺 are they good now??

AND THE SUPRISE AHSJHDKS!!! I knew it was going to be Ian!! Just a few seconds ago before I read the scene I was like wouldn't it be really funny it was Ian as the surprise for mick AND IT WAS!!!

He was very well-adjusted and not at all a desperate, clingy boyfriend, thank you very much. - sure whatever u say mickey 🙄🥰

Ian looked completely flummoxed as he stared at the gesture, and Mickey met his eyes, trying to wordlessly tell him not to react. - FUCKING BITCH UGH!! IAN YOU HAVE MY FULL PERMISSION TO DECK THAT ASSHOLE 😤

COWABUNGA AND HOW'S IT HANGING BUCKEROO!! AJSGADKD I think in swa, the roles have reversed it's now Mickey 'play what cool' Milkovich 🤭

THEY LOVE EACH OTHER YAY!! and the cookie!! GENIUS I want someone to say they love me through a cookie 🥺

The ending had me fuming (great ending but Petrovich was just [redacted]), I just want mickey to live his best life possible with motherfucking Petrovich around.

p.s Ian's outfits in this fic are ✨amazing✨like I get how it could stop Mickey's heart 😌

Kenny and Ness (@lethargicmick) you guys are un-fucking-believable, in a good way obvs. And the fact that you give us a phenomenal chapter EVERY TIME is just 😵💫 thank you so much!!! ❤❤

AAAAAJJJJJJJ MY BELOVED 🥰🥰🥰

there has definitely been a development in the world of nelkins and you will find out about it when mickey does 😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌 #nospoilies

aj they love each other!!!!! they’re so soft i will cry with you!!!

and yes petrobitch can suck all of our collective dicks, literally so true. cannot WAIT to tear that sonuvabitch down

all kudos for fic fits go to my girl @lethargicmick who always finds ones that literally make me go insane. swa ian and mickey are fashion icons it’s true 🕺

AJ. THE WAY I ADORE YOU. your swa ramblings have me like this erry week:

thank u for existing and for reading and for ur ramblings and for everything!!!! sending u so much love!!!!!

[winetae]

glad ur doing better angel!!! and take all the time u need!!! ah also congrats on quitting ur job btw!!! i hope ur taking lots of time to yourself!! AHH CJFJCJC I WISH!! I hope to be as sexy as sunmi with her bass one day!! I’m learning on my own so that’s why I’m kind of a mess FJFJFJFJ but do u play any instruments? 🌟🌟

JCNCNC yes we are all in it just for soljiwan!!! I don’t know anyone who is still watching for the main couple lol! Oooh I’ll have to check out beyond evil and youth of may!! Oh I recognize go min si from the witch subversion movie!! JDJCJCNVJ ah I see I was planning to watch yeri’s drama but that’s true love to keep watching!! ahhh I’m not watching any other drama right now I’m just watching girls planet 999! Mnet got me again 💀💀

OMG YES!!! Volleyball was so much fun to watch!! Yes congrats to y’all in the gold medal!!!! who are ur favs in jjk and haikyuu!

GODZILLA STYLE SHOOT GJGJNGJF! I was so confused by those teasers but please not another zzb I really cannot believe sm kept that song for so long just to give it to red velvet vnnfnfnf! So glad you liked willows album and i loved the volunteers album!! I’m really surprised that baek yerin formed a and but good for her!! Hope u are doing well and taking care of urself!!! 🦋🦋🌷🌷🌷🌷also I think I’ve said it before but I really really love the way you write jin!! I was just rereading the age of romance and fell in love with jin and also the idea of traveling again!!

+ angel!!! what did u think of the red velvet comeback and mini album!! hope ur doing well 🥺💓💓🦋

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HI I MISSED U i hope you’ve been doing well & taking care of yourself 🥂✨ wow i think i really took your advice and ran with it shsjdjd i had so much fun traveling these past 4 months though !!!! it was just a great experience. although now i’m broke and am back to job hunting 🤣

that is so cool ! do you learn the bass by watching youtube videos ? :o i used to play the piano when i was a kid but that’s it !! i want to pick it back up 1 day though 🥲 aND YES soljiwan they were so cute !!! i didn’t watch the drama but there’s a twitter thread of their scenes n 🥺🥺🥺 sad they weren’t the mains,,,

also aaaaah i also watched gp999 (😭🤩😤😫😖🥴) and justice for c girls ???? they were done so dirty when they carried the show on their back wtf.. i’m just glad my girl xiaoting made it in but wow that lineup reveal was an emotional rollercoaster LOL who were your faves ?? and hmm my faves in jjk and haikyuu.. i am v basic and i like gojo ! but i think what i like about both animes is that i like most/all characters !!! hbu??

and YAY our prayers came true - we avoided zzb pt 2 !!!! i personally really loved the EP.. they really gave me ALL the vocals🌟 i think my final ranking of the b sides is knock on wood > hello, sunset > pushin’ n pullin’ > better be > pose. maybe. actually i like pose but it reminds me of a f(x) song, so i keep imagining f(x)’s vocals instead. did you have any faves on the album ? 🥺 or are you listening to anything else atm?

N THANK YOU ! i really haven’t been active on tumblr this year and haven’t uploaded anything in ages so i’m in a very strange place w my writing rn. but your messages make my account a happy, positive place for me and i appreciate you sm ! ! ily i hope you get to do everything you want to do, i’ll support you !