#secret sleuth 🔎

[pupsmailbox]

DECTECTIVE︰MYSTERY ID PACK

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[2winke]

ʚɞ 𝓓etective Names , Pronouns , and Titles ♱

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⟢ 𝓝ames ! ഒ

Alistair , Amos , Alec , Aiden , Ansel , Arden , Avery , Aisha , Ariel , Annika , Atlas , Aspen , August , Andie , Aeris , Benedict , Briony , Bradley , Barett , Beau , Bentley , Blythe , Chase , Castle , Claude , Constance , Corbin , Cora , Clyde , Cliff , Calix , Colette , Charis , Casey , Damon , Deanna , Delia , Declan , Doyle , Dalton .

⟢ 𝓟ronouns ! ഒ

mys / mystery , clu / clue , puz / puzzle , rid / riddle , inv / investigate , sec / secret , que / question , per / perplex , 🔎 / 🔎s , 📁 / 📁s , 🗞️ / 🗞️s , 🗃️ / 🗃️s , 💡 / 💡s

⟢ 𝓣itles ! ഒ

The Detective , Prn Who Solves Mysteries , The Secret Agent , The Spy , Prn Who Solves Crimes , The Informer , The Sleuth , The Prosecutor , Prn Who Investigates , The Investigator of Crimes , Prn Who Knows , The Analyst , The Eye

[seeinganewlight]

nace as taylor swift albums

reputation (2017)

for suz! merry christmas, love your secret sleuth! 🔎 @secretsleuthexchange

[timandlucy]

hello, hello, it's secret sleuth time! i hope that you've been able to rest a bit more this week! it's been a pretty good week for me, not super busy but enough going on so that i don't get bored which is nice.

re: 2x05 -- i totally understand why the crew reacted they way that they did, they were scared and when we're scared we don't think logically. i don't blame them for reacting the way that they did. i do, however, hold them accountable to how they behaved after and the non apologies that they gave nancy. that really will never sit right with me, but hey, that's what fix-it fics are for, right?

you're so so right about long story short, that song really has always made me think of nace. i mean, everything makes me think of nace, but...you know, that one is very nace coded! lol

i'm sorry that the holidays aren't the most fun time for you. i hope that you're able to find things that bring you joy during this time, no matter what it is! i have cookies that i bake every christmas season, so i'm definitely looking forward to baking those, it always feels so cozy when i do! really, during the holidays, i just like finding time to relax and watch holiday movies, and spend time with family. and curling up with a good book whenever possible!

i definitely feel like we're vibing as well and i'm so happy to be your secret sleuth! what are some of your favorite things, just in general? what do you like to do in your free time? what are some things that you have really loved this year?

sending you lots of love and talk soon! - secret sleuth 🧡🔎

Hii! I'm so sorry for the late reply, but I got really sick and I wasn't capable doing much of anything these past couple days! But your week sounded amazing, I love when the balance between stuff happening and not happening strikes. I hope that makes sense, if not please blame it on the fever.

re: 2x05 oh totally, I do understand their fear of dying, it's hard to imagine how a person would react in the same situation! I'd just hoped they'd done a better job of fixing it. I haven't seen many fix-it fics for 2x05, but maybe I need to search harder haha!

Those sound like lovely holiday things to do! Are those cookies included in the SS package? Because I'd totally love some 🤭 I'm not much of a baker, but I have been spending most of my cold era just now by watching Hallmark Christmas movies. It's made being sick like 1% less miserable!

Yay, I'm glad I'm not the only one vibing 🙈 my favourite things... hmm, I love writing. There's not a better feeling in the world than finishing a piece and being proud of it. I also like to read, though I'll admit I haven't been doing it as much as I'd like lately. I love summer! I love that feeling of endless possibility when it's summertime. And I adore the sea. If it were up to me I'd live next to the sea. I also like ballet (watching it not doing it). And yoga (doing it haha). You already know my undying love for TS. I don't really have any other stuff. I am a pretty pathetic person. 😂 I've loved getting into the ND fandom this year. I met some pretty kind and amazing people. Getting the nace endgame was pretty much the highlight of my year.

How about you? What were your favorites this year?

Thanks so much for spoiling me with these messages 💛 I hope you have a lovely week!

[missflufffanfics]

Hi! This is your secret sleuth 🔍

Just wanted to pop by and say hello! ✨

Ahh! Was just looking at info for the gift I’m going to be giving when this popped up! So excited! Btw realized one of my fav tropes may not have been clear so let me explain what I’m comfortable with when it comes to hurt/comfort:

No suicidal thoughts, Self-Harm, or things of that nature, but I’m okay with reading thinks abt panic attacks and that type of thing! Hope this makes sense and if there’s any questions feel free to ask sleuthing anon 🔎

[julierysava]

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[acehardys]

your secret sleuth here! i hope that the start of your week goes well and that this is a good week for you! you're SO RIGHT that taylor swift has basically written her entire discography for nace, so true bestie. which taylor songs are your favorites?

THEY ARE BESTIE,, oh! okay!! let's see,, state of grace, paper rings, gold rush, message in a bottle, gorgeous, enchanted, this is some of them that i love.

[pronounsrus]

salutations ! ap0l0g13s if i am bothering you , but could you possibly do detective themed neopronouns ? of course , do it in your own time !! no need to rush !!

You got it anon ^^

Agent/Agent/Agents/Agent's/Agentself

Alibi/Alibi/Alibis/Alibi's/Alibiself

Case/Case/Cases/Case's/Caseself

Clue/Clue/Clues/Clue's/Clueself

Cov/Covert/Coverts/Covert's/Covertself

Covert/Operative/Covert operatives/Covert operative's/Covert operativeself

Detect/Detective/Detectives/Detective's/Detectiveself

Deduce/Deduct/Deducts/Deduct's/Deductself

Deduct/Deduction/Deductions/Deduction's/Deductionself

Evident/Evidence/Evidences/Evidence's/Evidenceself

Inform/Informer/Informers/Informer's/Informerself

Inform/Informant/Informants/Informant's/Informantself

Invest/Investigate/Investigates/Investigate's/Investigateself

Invest/Investigation/Investigations/Investigation's/Investigationself

Invest/Investigator/Investigators/Investigator's/Investigatorself

Lea/Lead/Leads/Lead's/Leadself (pronounced leed not led)

Myst/Mystery/Mysteries/Mystery's/Mysteryself

Myst/Mystery/Mysterious'/Mysterious's/Mysteriousself

Opera/Operative/Operatives/Operative's/Operativeself

Private/Eye/Private eyes/Private eye's/Private eyeself

Private/Investigator/Private investigators/Private investigator's/Private investigatorself

Sleu/Sleuth/Sleuths/Sleuth's/Sleuthself

Spy/Spy/Spies/Spy's/Spyself

Sus/Suspect/Suspects/Suspect's/Suspectself

Sus/Suspense/Suspenses/Suspense's/Suspenseself

Secret/Secret/Secrets/Secret's/Secretself

Sol/Solve/Solves/Solve's/Solveself

Sol/Solved/Solveds/Solved's/Solvedself

Under/Cover/Undercovers/Undercover's/Undercoverself

🕵️‍♀️/🕵️‍♀️/🕵️‍♀️s/🕵️‍♀️'s/🕵️‍♀️self

🕵/🕵/🕵s/🕵's/🕵self

🕵‍♂/🕵‍♂/🕵‍♂s/🕵‍♂'s/🕵‍♂self

🔎/🔎/🔎s/🔎's/🔎self

🔍/🔍/🔍s/🔍's/🔍self

🤔/🤔/🤔s/🤔's/🤔self

🧐/🧐/🧐s/🧐's/🧐self

🤫/🤫/🤫s/🤫's/🤫self

🧩/🧩/🧩s/🧩's/🧩self

[timandlucy]

hi suz! i hope the rest of your week was good!

i know what you mean about 2x05 especially, it always bothers me. i swear, on my death bed i'm gonna be like "the drew crew's treatment of nancy in 2x05 was unfair and while they "apologized" i wanted a more substantial apology, especially because nancy never forced them into anything with the agleaca" and everyone is gonna be like "okay, can you please move on from this?" lol. i agree about the wraith storyline, i think that one and nancy being lucy and ryan's daughter are the strongest storylines they had on the show and were the best executed (but regardless, the writers always managed to leave me surprised, they definitely knew what they were doing!)

i love that rep is so special to you 🧡 i love that about taylor albums; she seems to always release something when someone needs it most. what's your favorite song from rep? mine is probably call it what you want, but i always go feral when don't blame me, i did something bad, or look what you made me do come on hdsbfsdabfldsa the eras tour transition from dbm into lwymmd??? absolutely brilliant.

awwww the lakes is such a gorgeous song! i know what you mean, it makes me feel so soft and i love that. atw 10 will always be that bitch for me, it's just iconic! the great war is absolutely the nace song of all time, like holy shit they WENT THROUGH IT but they really did survive the great war 😭 every taylor song is absolutely about nace, i will not be taking questions at this time. and yes, that line of long story short absolutely makes me think of them, especially "and he feels like home" bc of "ace is my person" and timeless works so well, especially with the whole "ace will always be able to find you" thing. temperance may have put a death curse on them, but in the end she just made their connection even stronger so, joke's on you, blondie!

not state of grace for ryan and lucy i'm gonna lose it 😭😭😭😭 no but really that's so perfect for them.

i'm never sorry when asking taylor swift questions, i could talk about taylor's music all day long! i know i already asked your favorite taylor song, but what would you say are your favorites from each album? (i love asking people this question lol)

i do celebrate thanksgiving and had a nice relaxing time at home, thank you! are you looking forward to the holiday season? do you have any traditions that you're looking forward to?

lots of love, your secret sleuth 🧡🔎

Hi! My week was okay, busy, but I got some stuff done, so I'm just glad it's a new week and I can rest a bit more. How about yours?

I am so happy someone agrees. I usually always see people defending the crew, but so rarely do I see someone actually saying that their treatment was wrong and there should have been more apology for it. And yeah! The writers were great at plot twists for sure. I never saw them coming.

That's tough because rep is full of bangers! But I do also go feral for Don't Blame Me (the reputation stadium tour version is like... stuff dreams are made of). I think top spot would go to either call it what you want OR king of my heart, with honorary mention of getaway car. And I just named like half of the album. Rep is just that bitch! Also, the transition from DBM to LWYMMD was WILD. Like out of this world religious experience, 11/10, would recommend to everyone.

taylor swift truly never beating those nace shipper allegations, ykwim? Also have you noticed that this verse of long story short:

And I fell from the pedestal / Right down the rabbit hole / Long story short, it was a bad time / Pushed from the precipice / Clung to the nearest lips / Long story short, it was the wrong guy

was literally written about nace?? Fell from the pedestal - Nancy recanting her testimony against Everrett to save Ace's life. And clung to the nearest lips - Gil, Park, take your pick...

Haha well I'm glad, because I definitely, ahem, got carried away again. I'm just very passionate about taylor swift lyrics and nace okay. That's fine.

Oh, such a fun question!

Debut - gotta go with Picture to Burn, such a fun song I never get tired of singing in my car.

Fearless - The Way I Loved You (also Mr Perfectly Fine)

Speak Now - Last Kiss and Timeless

1989 - Out of the Woods (but the og, they really changed it on TV and I can't listen to that version)

reputation - call it what you want / king of my heart

lover - death by a thousand cuts

folklore - exile / illicit affairs

evermore - willow

midnights - would've could've should've / the great war

That's great! I'm glad you had a nice time ☺️ I am... not the biggest fan of the holidays 🙈 It's not usually the most fun time for me, but I am determined to make the most of it, so yeah, I'm looking forward to old Christmas songs and mulled wine and good food, and most of all, my SS gift! I'm so excited bc I feel like we're vibing and you get me, so it'll be perfect. How about you? Any fave traditions I can steal?

Lots of love to you my secret sleuth, and I your message totally made my week. Thanks for letting me ramble about taylor swift and nace.

[timandlucy]

hi suz! it's your secret sleuth here 🔎 how're you doing today? what've you been up to lately? i'm super excited to be your secret sleuth this year and get to know you even better 🧡

Hello!! 🔍 I'm pretty good, I've had a week off and my friend from another country came to visit me. We mostly didn't do anything, but I made her rewatch ND with me and we had a really nice time together. It felt nice to be with a friend, and just have that time, you know?

Other than that, it's same old same old. I'm trying to come up with an idea for my SS and start working on it.

I'm very excited to get to know you better too! 😊 Tell me something about yourself! (without giving your identity away of course). You excited for the holidays? 👀

[timandlucy]

marry christmas, suz! i just wanted to wish you a happy holiday and i'm so excited to reveal myself to you soon!

i hope that you got everything that you wanted and were able to have a relaxing holiday.

sending you lots of love and holiday cheer! love, your secret sleuth 🔎🧡

Merry Christmas to you too my SS! I'm so excited as well! I have theories and I'm so curious to see if I'm right 🙈😊

My Christmas this year was better than in a while, so I can't complain. It was very relaxing and I got lots of rest!

I hope you also got some amazing presents, food and rest for your holidays 🎄🎅❤️ sending you lots of love as well and can't wait to find out who you are.

[timandlucy]

hi suz! gosh, i've gone and done it again, it's been a while since i last messaged i'm sorry! the last week or so has just gone by in a blur.

what have you been up to since i last checked in? are you feeling any better? tell me all the things!

thank you SO MUCH for sharing your linstead fic, i can't wait to read it soon!

honestly dreaming about surprise songs is one of the most fun things about going to the eras tour lol my show isn't until the end of 2024 and i'm ready thinking up surprise songs that i'd want to hear. since she'll be resetting surprise songs and i'm assuming we'll have rep tv by the time your shows are, i am keeping my fingers crossed that she sings a rep track for you! the folklore and evermore sets are probably my favorite during the tour because they're so incredibly stunning, especially visually. the projections during august, the moss piano for champagne problems, the choreo of willow...everything about those sets are perfect and were probably my favorites of the eras tour. the rep set also really goes off so i know you'll have a great time then. the whole concert is amazing! that would be a super cute look for tour, the lover heart around the eye is *chef's kiss*

please let me know if you pick up any of the books i mentioned! i'd love to hear your thoughts! are you reading anything currently?

i'm definitely into the holiday spirit! it's been busy around here lately, but i've been watching 1-2, sometimes 3, christmas movies a night this week which has been really fun. i rewatched scott wolf and kristin chenoweth's hallmark movie the other day and it really is one of my favorites. it always makes me cry! i'll probably watch it again before the end of the year lol

sending love, good vibes and lots of holiday cheer! - secret sleuth 🧡 🔎

Omg don't even worry! I totally get it. I was so insanely busy with work and everything, it's a miracle I even get to open tumblr anymore these days.

What have I been up to? Hm, I'm still coughing really bad like 3 weeks later, so I think I might have possibly had the C-word. Work has also been busy, since I work at a bookstore and holiday season... retail hell and so on. Working at a store doesn't really make me appreciate the holidays any more. People can be so horrible and I've barely been keeping it together.

I'm crossing my fingers for King of my Heart for Vienna concert because the friend that I'm going with (and that got me a ticket as a gift), that's her favorite song, so I really want that. I've given it a lot of thought obviously, but The Lakes would be amazing, since it's one of my faves, but also DBATC because it took me forever to not mess up the lyrics and I would proudly scream it, and I just love it so much. Ahh I am so happy you liked the folklore and evermore sets, that makes me even more excited. In a way, I'm super happy we got the movie, because that means I won't be worried about every detail, and I'll be able to be more present. I'm just so incredibly excited!! 137 DAYS!!!!

Of course I will! I'll try to get some for the holidays, maybe I'll have some time to read then. I need a break for real. So this is gonna sound funny, but there's this YA really old book series called Sadler's Wells/Ballet Slippers. And I kinda wanna do a Nace AU loosely based on the main love story in it, so I'm re-reading that hahaha. Also sometimes it just feels good to read something like that for the nostalgia, you know?

Omg, lucky you! I haven't watched any in the past week. It's been busy, and I'm just tired. I really do like that one so much! I did watch Holidate last week, I really think Emma Roberts should only do rom-coms, she is so good at them!

Tomorrow is the last hectic day at work, so I'll hopefully be a bit less busy from then on and finish setting up my tree (it's been lightless since I got sick, I know, a travesty).

Sending lots of love and christmas magic! ✨🎄☃️

[timandlucy]

hi suz! i'm sorry it's been a hot minute, it's been a little crazy on my end, and i didn't want you to think i was neglecting you! are you feeling any better? being sick is always the worst, but this time of year it definitely lingers much longer than anyone wants it to.

kdsbflkbdsglkdhas the hallmark christmas movies are basically always the same, but that's why i find them comforting. i like knowing that it's all going to turn out okay in the end lol very few stick with me, but the ones that stick definitely stick!

linstead <333333 i started watching chicago pd because i love sophia bush and totally loved linstead. i also love upsted...can you tell that i just love jay in general? lol i have...THOUGHTS about how they wrote him off but...anyway, i would definitely love to read your linstead fic 👀

pride and prejudice is just...brilliant. that feels like such a basic way to describe it, but that's what it is. jane austen was a genius. i have heard a lot about the chesapeake bay saga, and i'm glad to hear that you enjoy it! i love found family so i'll have to check it out!

i'm so excited that you'll be going to the eras tour multiple times next year! i love that journey for you! is there a certain set that you're most excited for? i can't wait to go the eras tour again next year, i'm already planning my outfit and my show is at the end of next year lol

ohhhhh romancy books! okay, uh i absolutely loved ashley poston's the dead romantics (i need to read the seven year slip). the bright falls series by ashley herring blake (deliah green doesn't care, astrid parker doesn't fail and iris kelly doesn't date) is super fun, as is the written in the stars series by alexandria bellefleur (written in the stars, hang the moon, count your lucky stars) and i always recommend emily henry for great romances. i also really like rachel lynn solomon and loved her latest, business or pleasure! i'd be happy to give more recs, just let me know what kind of books you're interested in!

awwwww i'm so glad that resonated with you 🧡 that means so much to me. oh, yes, once ss is over i'll definitely tell you what it is lol

how're things going with you? what has your week been like/what are you looking forward to? lots of love! - secret sleuth 🧡 🔎

Omg not at all! I know you have a life and all, and you're spoiling me with messages anyway, so don't worry! I am feeling better, but there's some lingering cough that I can't seem to get rid of. Soon I hope.

And yes, absolutely! You always know without fail that the main characters will end up together and there will be a happy ending. Sometimes that's exactly what you need.

Yeah that's the same reason I started watching it! And yeah I totally know what you mean, they really butchered his character. Okay, since you asked, this is the fic I'm still most proud of to this day, it's called Wish That You Were Here, and please feel no pressure to read it!

I'm so thrilled to just go, my friend and I had tickets for Lover Fest but it got cancelled because of Covid, so I am hoping nothing comes up this time! I'm super excited to scream the Cruel Summer bridge, obviously dreaming about my ideal surprise songs, but I'm really excited for the folklore and evermore sets, those are the ones we didn't really see live much and she made it so stunning. The willow in the movie is just wow (I'm speechless) and also my tears ricochet. I'm so excited to see those live. Which were your favorites the first time you went?? And don't remind me my original outfit idea fell through so now I'm not sure what I'm wearing. If push comes to shove I'll just wear my cruel summer t-shirt and jeans and do the lover heart around my eye or something haha.

Those all sound amazing and I will be checking them out! I've had emily henry on my list forever but then I saw some reviews that were like pretty negative and I have to admit in that moment that swayed me because I was pretty pressed for time at the time. But I'll have to give her a shot now that you mention it. Thank you so much for these recs!

My week was okay, I was still on sick leave till wednesday and then worked on thursday, friday and saturday. I took a nap yesterday that I only woke up from this morning. My neck hurts quite a bit, I think I strained a muscle because I'm sleeping with more pillows because of my cough. And I was working on my own ss gift, which is a little scary but mostly fun!

How about your week? Are you getting more into the festive spirit as the holidays approach?

Lots of love right back to you!

[timandlucy]

hi suz! i'm sorry that you got sick, are you feeling better? sending you lots of healing thoughts and vibes if you're still feeling it!

you know...i don't think i've actually seen a fix-it fic for 2x05...that might've been wishful thinking but fic writers who see this 👀 lol

i love hallmark christmas movies tbh. they're just so wholesome and predictable and comforting because of the predictability, you know? i'm glad that made you feel a little less miserable! do you have any favorite hallmark christmas movies? i always watch the one with scott and kristin chenoweth because it's just so cute! but i really unironically love a lot of the hallmark films lol

do you have a favorite piece you've written? i love listening to writers talk about their stories! i also love reading! did you have any new favorite books this year? what are some of your favorite books? ohhhhh i'm a summer girlie as well! it's a super busy time of year for me, but i feel much more like myself when the sun is out! i love chilly and cozy weather, but it's definitely harder for me mentally, so the spring and summer is my favorite time of the year. i love the beach/sea, i find it so relaxing, and i love going to the beach when i can, i feel like it recharges me, you know? i also like watching ballet lol i love dance -- during the height of the pandemic one of the ballet companies in my area put some of their shows on demand for a bit and i watched their production of a midsummer night's dream and it was so beautiful. i don't get to go to the ballet a lot, but that's definitely something i would love to do next year! sfbgkhdsbglhkdsavg you are not pathetic please, plus like at this point 80% of my personality is being a taylor swift fan (i'm literally wearing taylor merch as i write this lol)

nace endgame was definitely one of my favorite things this year! lol something else that i really loved this year was getting to see my best friend in 3 different trips. we've been best friends since we were teenagers, but she went to the other side of the country for college and she's lived on the other coast since so we only get to see each other a few times a year, but this year i got to visit her twice and she visited me once so that was definitely a highlight of the year! i've done a lot of fun stuff this year, and one of the biggest highlights was going to the eras tour! i love reading, so i loved reading new books this year and discovering some new authors and new favorite books. as i mentioned before, i like baking and i learned how to make swiss meringue buttercream -- it actually turned out so good, so i was proud of myself! this year i also fell back in love with one of my biggest passions (i feel like if i say what it was specifically it'll give away who i am, so i'll tell you later lol) and god what a beautiful feeling it was! i don't think i realized how...lost i felt without that passion and i felt so much more connected with myself once that passion came back. sorry, that got a little intense lol i just think it's beautiful how we can fall in and out of love with things, but the things that are apart of who we truly are we always find our way back to.

i'm glad that you enjoy the messages and aren't like "ugh, it's them again!" lol lol lol i love sending messages and talking to people, so 🤷🏻‍♀️ sending you lots of good vibes and i hope that you have a wonderful week! love, your secret sleuth 🧡🔎

Hi! Thank you so much, I still need the healing vibes, I am better but I'm so not at 100% yet, if you know what I mean? It really got me hard, I do not wish it on anyone.

Exactly!! I haven't seen one, and I need it haha.

Omg I unironically love so many of them tbh. Out of the ones I caught this year I've loved The Christmas House, Ghosts of Christmas Always, and just yesterday I watched A Very Merry Bridesmaid which I super enjoyed. But you know how it is, they play different ones all the time and they're so easily forgettable 🙈

My nace fic obviously has a special place in my heart, but if I had to choose a favorite thing I've ever written, I'd have to go back to my og days in the Linstead fandom, so I won't babble about that! Overall, I am trying to feel more confident in my writing, but that's something I struggle with and compare myself to others all the time. Ooof asking the hard questions! My fave books... Definitely Pride and Prejudice is at the top, I have a comfort series I keep going back to, which is Chesapeake Bay saga by Nora Roberts (I love her explorations of found families and how they can be just as important as biological ones). It feels weird to name the HP books, but I grew up with them and they are a part of me. This years... I read Roisin Meaney's Life Before Us this year, and really enjoyed it. I am sad to report I don't read as many books as I'd like lately, and I need to change that! And yeah, I absolutely know what you mean. The sea recharges me like nothing else. Even just listening to it and watching it. It's amazing. Winter is definitely hard on me too, emotionally. Sometimes I feel during the winter I'm just existing, waiting for it to pass. so I can be myself again in the spring. And that sounds amazing! I've never watched Midsummer Night's Dream ballet!

Hahaha we are the same in that! Actually one of the highlights of this year I forgot to mention was getting tickets for the Eras Tour! I'll be seeing her once in Paris with two of my best friends in the world, and then again in August with a friend I've had since childhood, and then again with one of my best friends. So that's something I'm super excited about for next year! My entire year is gonna be TS coded.

Two of my best friends live two far away for me to see them regularly (actually one of them I've never actually met in real life) so I understand how that made you feel and I'm so happy for you!! It's an amazing feeling when you finally got to spend time with them. And you're so lucky you went to the Eras Tour! Okay, since I told you I need to get back into reading, can you recommend me something fun and possibly romancey? You clearly have good taste so... hehe.

Ahhhh I love buttercream, but cannot for the life of me figure out how to make it properly, so I just gave up pretty much. That's so amazing you mastered it!

What you said about our passions was really beautiful and it resonates with me a lot. And you're absolutely right, it's funny how essentially we are just a mix of our favorite things. That's what makes us who we are. (I'm super curious about your passion, I hope you'll share that with me after! And I hope we can continue talking when ss is over, I feel I'll miss these letters otherwise!). I'm in a similar boat, I had a really long and extensive writer's block at the beginning of this year, and I felt lost without it. It made me realize that whether I post or not, I should remember why I love writing despite that and keep doing it. So please don't apologize! I love what you said, and I am so happy that you got your passion back.

Omg never!! Sitting down to reply is one of my fave things lately, and it truly made being sick more bearable, so thank you! I hope you have a very lovely week as well and I am looking forward to your next message! 💛 lots of love to you my secret sleuth!

[timandlucy]

hi suz! it's been a bit since i last checked in. i hope you're doing well!

i agree, the reveal of nancy being lucy's baby and all of 1x16 in general is one of my favorite things from the show, it was so perfectly done. and i do love the death curse storyline. 4x01 was immaculate, it really was. i think my favorite will forever be season 2, specifically 2x18, that one just hits every time. but i truly think s2 is one of the best seasons of television like ever. she's that girl.

sooooo, i know that you're a fan of taylor swift (so true so true) and i was wondering what your favorite album(s) and song(s) are, and if there are any taylor songs that you really associate with nace or any other nd characters?

sending you lots of love and good vibes - secret sleuth 🔎🧡

I'm doing well, thank you! It's kind of a meh week, but it's almost over! Hope you're doing well too! 💛

I do love season 2, but there are certain things in s2 that sometimes make me mad/sad, so it's a roller coaster. Like Drew Crew's treatment of Nancy at the beginning of the season, and overall really bothered me a little. But they had some strong episodes that I absolutely adore, and I thought the wraith storyline was so well executed. I wish we'd have seen more of the aftermath though? (look at me ramble away again)

Omg, whatever gave you that impression 😂 it's not like I talk about her constantly 🙈 ooof, asking the hard questions I see! So my fave album is always gonna be Reputation. It came out at a very low point of my life and I really related to it so much. Rep is always gonna be that bitch 😎 As far as the songs go, my fave is The Lakes, idk it just makes me feel soft and happy. I also adore ATW 10 minute version.

I'll always associate The Great War with Nace. It's their anthem. And ours. 🥺 I'm always a firm believer that every TS song can be adapted for any ship, but there are some I 100% connect with them, You are in love has some lyrics that always make me think of nace, and so does Long Story Short (long story short it was the wrong guy / And he's passing by / Rare as the glimmer of a comet in the sky / And he feels like home). Exile and I almosr do when I'm feeling especially angsty about S4. Timeless got me through the darkest s4 moments so I'll always associate it with them. And for Nancy I always think of her when I hear You're on your own kid. And State of Grace for Ryan and Lucy 😭.

Feeling sorry you asked yet? 😂 Can you tell how much fun I had answering this? 💛

Sending lots of love your way. I personally don't celebrate it (it's not a thing here) but if you do, Happy Thanksgiving!

[timandlucy]

hi suz, your secret sleuth here 🔎 happy monday! i hope that you're doing well -- i'm so glad that your friend visited you and that you got to spent some time together! i love that you made her watch nd together, that sounds like an ideal hang out to me!

hmmmm something about myself that won't give me away...let's see, my favorite holiday is christmas, so i'm really looking forward to the holiday season! i'm planning on getting my christmas decorations up soon -- i'm the type to decorate before thanksgiving lol

now, a few nd specific questions for you! what's your favorite season and episode? is there a particular plot line that's your favorite?

Hiii! I am so sorry for the late answer, it was the Mondayest Monday to ever Monday. I was so tired yesterday 😂

Oh yay! I love that for you 😊 i think I read somewhere that people who decorate early are way more happy and less depressed and stuff, so you got science backing you up!

Hmm that's tough, they got so many good episodes that I love for different reasons. I think overall, my fave episode is still 1x16, just of how immaculately they did the reveal and everything. It's got suspense and the emotional component and I just really love watching it. And I think Nancy being Lucy's baby was one of my favorite storylines on the show as well!

If I think more ship-wise, I do love the death curse storyline, I just wish it had been executed a bit better in later s4, but oh the potential! 4x01 was one of my fave episodes for nace! Just so much good stuff, from the parent trapping, to the hot whistling and near kiss, and the running to IH and another near kiss. And Nancy looked so good and Ace's hair was extra long and luscious 😂

Omg I am so sorry for the ramble! 🙈 Now you got me curious what yours is? 👀