#the sweetness of salt is one of my new faves

[carolmunson]

orange colored sky (older!modern!eddie)

older!modern!eddie - setlist inspired by the fact that i fall in love with someone new every time i got to trader joe's and @loveshotzz new older!steve series. manip by my fave @eddiemunsons-missingnipple tw: nothing really, very much a meet cute at a grocery store. eddie is in his early 40s, reader is late-late 20s/early 30s. lemme know if you guys want this to be a whole thing.

the automatic doors rush cool air into your face, a sweet reprieve from the sticky heat of this summer. a much muggier july than you remember having as a kid. but then again, you don't remember that much about being a kid these days. trader joe's is a little busier than usual, which makes sense with the holiday weekend coming up -- but you hate when it's busy. there's already too many sounds -- some summer 90s playlist and the squeaks of the carts, people in their hawaiian shirts milling around with boxes and box cutters. you just want some snap peas for god sakes. 

you grab a basket and adjust your canvas bags on your shoulder, tossing your headphones in them for later. you feel 'running errands ugly' but everyone seeing you in the bike shorts you threw on this morning doesn't think that view is ugly at all. your music drowned it out on the train ride over here. you're already sort of annoyed. people just don't know how to do anything anymore -- why are we just standing in front of produce. get what you need and go! you think hastily. but you wait for people to stop gawking at the produce and make their selection before you grab the romaine, snap peas, and shredded brussel sprouts you need. when you turn you almost walk entirely into someone's cart, eyes flitting up briefly and muttering a 'sorry, s'cuse me'.

can everyone just get off my fucking ass? you huff to yourself internally. you maneurver over to fruits, a few stands in a row -- citrus, apples, berries. all separated by category in large cargo looking boxes. you snag a big box of cherries, the three pound one, knowing you'll go through the small ones too fast. you frown over the lack of watermelon, continuing along while someone turns the corner into your aisle. you look up for a moment, just to scan your surroundings, to see who it is.

 you've never seen him before, but you've never seen anyone here before. it's not like there's regulars at the grocery store in a city like this. his hands hang over the handle to his cart by the wrists, knuckles tattooed in shapes you can't make out. you follow the leather banded watch up to a full sleeve of ink, only obscured by the start of a cuffed t-shirt sleeve, a crisp white that blinds against the black of the elvira pin up tattoo on his tricep. horror icons blending into each other seamlessly. you can see more black and color peeking out from the collar of his shirt --vintage judas priest, mint condition, tucked comfortably under a well perserved denim vest covered in patches of bands you've never heard of. you're surprised by the black chino shorts on his bottom half, not expecting someone who was clearly still stuck in their grunge phase to wear those over cut off jeans. the busted up reebok's on his feet make up for it though -- pairing nicely with the tattoos on his calves and thighs, not quite sleeves, but enough to make a statement. 

you grab a box of strawberries and pop them into your basket, surveying the mangos on the top shelf at your eye level while he maneuvers behind you. you think he's cute but you don't take too much stock in it -- it's so like you to have a 'train boyfriend' or 'trader joe's boyfriend' for a brief moment in time. someone cute that you spot outside and never speak to. it's one of those days.

he has brown eyes and thick lashes, hair dark wrapped in a bun on the top of his head with streaks of silver poking through, bangs in his face. some curls stick to the heated skin by his neck and jaw. not that you're looking. the scruff on his face is littered with salt and pepper -- maybe that part of him aging more than the rest. he grabs a heap of bananas to his nearly empty cart. he also has a big box of cherries in there. he wears a cologne with spice and suede in the notes, it's familiar, a little smoky. maybe an old boyfriend used to wear it. you shrug it off, grabbing a mango or two and popping it in a produce bag before hocking it in. more veggies for a greek salad. an onion. some pre-packaged turkey slices. 

you turn into the first frozen food section, weaving through more people who just stand there and you grit your teeth. you snag some frozen broccoli, the coolness bringing you a moment of calm so that you don't lose your mind inside the store. more like traitor joe's. you grab a few more things, a veggie medley for a tofu scramble, some scallion pancakes that you’ll use as meal replacement because no matter how many times you think you’ll food prep you never do. you see him at the end of the aisle, rifling through bags of frozen shrimp to find one he likes. you notice he has a ring on but it’s on his pointer finger, two more rings on the hand that holds his cart by his hip – a silver chain dangles from what you assume is his wallet in his back pocket. his keys jingle from a carabiner by his front belt loop. slut, you think to yourself. you grab a bag of small frozen salmon filets, not paying much mind to your grocery store boyfriend of the week when you turn the corner to the next frozen food aisle. he’s there not soon after you, grabbing frozen fruit medleys and a few bars of chocolate on the non-frozen shelving above. you aren’t sure if he sees you, but you see him. you can smell the suede and spice of his cologne as his moves past you to the other end. bread is on the back wall of the store, you want to get sourdough but you know you’ll just eat it plain and not make sandwiches so you opt for the tuscan loaf instead. you snag a bag of mini bagels, forgoing the small baguettes this time. you can’t afford the good burrata this week for any special girl dinner you come up with, so it’s best to not have it around if you can’t pair it with anything pretty. further down the back wall you get to snacks and don’t ignore the bag of yogurt covered pretzels – a basket must. seaweed snacks for salmon rice bowls. plantain chips. Your basket feels a little heavy but at least this errand is almost over. you turn down the pasta, beans, and rice aisle and there he is turning down the other end. you both catch each other this time, because this time feels like it’s not a coincidence. you both break eye contact as quickly as you make it, both of you looking down and smiling to yourselves. you feel the heat on your cheeks but you don’t see his blush, both of you too preoccupied with whatever you have to pick up to pay attention to the other. you smell the suede and smoke even after you lose him to the next couple of aisles. 

pre-packaged tortellini, lox, shredded cheese. chicken thighs. a six pack of some pretty sounding beer you’ve never tried. your basket overflows but it’s fine. the errand is over, at least here, before you need to run into target which for some reason is far less overstimulating. he’s a few people ahead of you on the opposite line, still leaning over the edge of his cart with his hands hanging, one thumbing a text to someone before he stands up fully to push the cart ahead. he looks over his shoulder and your eyes briefly meet for a moment – heat on your cheeks – before he moves ahead to turn down the long row of cashiers to pay. you don’t see him when it’s your turn and by the time you’re done paying you’ve already forgotten about him, lost in a flirty conversation with the guy ringing you up. target only has half of what you need and that’s fine because nothing else will fit in the big canvas bags you brought with you for your groceries and it’s at least an eight minute walk back to the train. you groan when you get back out into the heat, the boiler room of the subway cooking you as you make it down to the platform. a pleasant sigh passes your lips when you see it’s at least only a four minute wait until your train makes it to you – only a few more minutes of suffering before you’re on your way back to your air conditioned studio apartment. you look across the platform where some old lady’s push cart rattles as it makes it down the stairs on the other side. her little body walking ahead, a voice saying ‘i got it, ma’am don’t worry,’ echos down into the chamber of the subway.

there he is. a canvas bag on each arm filled to the brim and the push cart lifted in front of him. while you can’t see from this distance, you have a feeling you’d like how his arms looked at full capacity like this. the cart’s metallic jingle continues when he places it on the concrete ground, pushing it over to the woman who now sits pleasantly on the bench. you watch their conversation while they say quiet ‘thank yous’ and ‘your welcomes’ to each other and he checks his phone while he finds a spot to stand, waiting for his train on the opposite side.

you check your phone just the same and look up again as he puts his phone in the pocket of his vest. his attention catches on you from across the way.

he gives you a small wave and smiles. he has a nice smile, infectious.

“hi.”

you wave back with two fingers, a small salute, “hey.”

“i’m eddie,” he starts as the red glow of the light on your train starts to pull in. 

the chug, chug, chug starting to drown him out. he raises his voice with a boyish grin, you hear him just before the train obscures him from view – whooshing past you as it pulls into the station. “i normally go to trader’s on wednesdays!”

you get on the train when the doors open, seeing him still on the platform, searching for you in the windows. you put your hand up again in an awkward wave and he grins when he finds you. ‘stand clear of the closing doors, please!’ he puts a hand back up with two fingers, mouthing out a message. ‘wednesdays around two.’

you give him the okay symbol with your fingers and nod at him, chuckling at the ridiculousness of the situation, he chuckles too. his smile is pretty, lips are full. his two fingers point to his eyes and then at you – ‘see you then’. 

the train pulls away before you get a chance to reply. 

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[jojosbizarrekakyoinobsession]

⭐️My Favourite Jotakak (Noritaro) Fanfiction Mega List🍒

Here's a list of my most favourite Jotakak fics from AO3 that I highly recommend you check out. I’ll come back to this list to update it every once in a while when I find more ultimate faves. I organised this list by word count and status rather than my most liked. I can't possibly choose favourites among these…well, maybe a few. 🥰

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[updated 23/05/2024 ~ added 1 new fic ˗ˏˋ ★ ˎˊ˗]

Completed One-Shots

three sleepy angels on a couch by fivour

Word Count: 735 - Rated T

Jotaro cuddles with his two favourite people on earth while sleepily watching a horror film.

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Never Going Back Again by TheSpaceCoyote

Word Count: 847 - Rated M, minor DioKak

Kakyoin compares the taste of alcohol on Dio's and Jotaro's lips.

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Hot Springs Episode by HasturIsMyCopilot

Word Count: 870 - Rated T

Exactly what the title implies. The noodles take a much needed vacation at a hot springs spot.

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Dirty Mouth by kawauso

Word Count: 922 - Rated M

Jotaro and Kakyoin tease each other before getting spicy. Kakyoin swearing his head off in a dirty manner is both cute and hilarious!

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Jolyne’s First Word by HeiroGreenKaky

Word Count: 944 - Rated G

The noodles teach their baby girl their favourite words in attempt to have her say her first word. Can you guess who wins this battle?

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Please Don't Give the Cake Low Self-Esteem by starplatinumgold

Word Count: 1K - Rated T

A quiet fic where Kak and Jotaro celebrate Jotaro's 40th birthday. Classic bantering and fluff.

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Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed by kawauso

Word Count: 1.1K - Rated T

Jotaro and Kakyoin engage in teenage shenanigans together in a hotel in the middle of who knows where. This is totally canon btw.

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Marine by LoverlyMadhatter

Word Count: 1.1K - Rated G

Jotaro is on a date with the sea creatures of the aquarium rather than with Kakyoin. But Kak doesn't mind one bit, seeing his bf go crazy for one of the few fascinations that Jotaro has turns him on. xD

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Old Wounds by Chaos__Incarnate

Word Count: 1.3K - Rated G

The couple comfort each other during a PTSDio flareup while travelling by plane. Super wholesome how they know how to calm the other down.

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Hide and Seek by BattleRabbit

Word Count: 1.3K - Rated G

Jotaro and Kakyoin play hide and seek with Jolyne, and they get sappy with one another while hiding, that's all.

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Thinking of You by jot4ro

Word Count: 1.4K - Rated T

Nori does some thinking about what he loves most about his and Jotaro’s relationship. This is a very soft fic that always has me smiling every time I reread this.

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Jolyne contends with her father's homosexuality by baekkimichi

Word Count 1.9K - Rated T

Jolyne and Hermès meet Jotaro's weirdo, froggy boyfriend for the first time ever, Takes place post Stone Ocean rather than in the Ireneverse.

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Chicken Soup by indevan ˗ˏˋ ★ ˎˊ˗

Word Count 2K - Rated G

Jotaro becomes an entirely different brand of weird when he’s sick, and Nori is forced to make him some soup. It’s cute, simple, but full of sick, whiny Jotaro shenanigans!

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Fade Into View by HasturIsMyCopilot

Word Count 3K - Rated T

This is another very quiet fic where Jotaro believes that the ghost of Kakyoin is following him everywhere while he spends his day out in Morioh.

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Sea Salt Sweet by Skysquid22

Word Count: 3.7K - Rated G

Kak and Joot celebrate Valentine's Day at school as a couple before they actually become a couple. Kakyoin's personality depicted in this fanfic is probably the closest to canon I have ever read in a Jotakak fanfic.

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Stars in His Eyes by aliensaresupergay

Word Count: 3.8K - Rated M

Follows the Stardust Crusaders canon, and is full of angst in the latter half. WARNING, you will be depressed after reading this. :(

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Comfort Food by ChimaAmla

Word Count: 4K - Rated E

Kakyoin takes care of a stressed out Jotaro after an intense day of studying for graduate school. Joot needs to learn to let others take care of him. Gets sweetly spicy towards the end.

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Flicker by thisislegit (only visible for registered users)

Word Count: 5K - Rated M

A collection of drabbles about Jotaro and Kakyoin living together for the first time as a couple. Shenanigans and fluff ensue.

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A hundred miles of moonlight by minamimaru

Word Count: 5.3K - Rated M

Mostly Diokak, but I put this on the list because like "Never Going Back Again", it details Nori's experiences and perspective on love with Dio and Jotaro. One’s love is genuine, and the other’s is artificial.

Completed Stories

The Three O'Clock Passenger by Pupyltup (technically incomplete, the author isn't sure whether or not it'll be finished, most likely not, but fortunately doesn't end on a cliff hanger)

Word Count: 10K - Rated G

Jotaro has a panic attack when Kakyoin fails to appear from the train he's supposed to be onboard. The Duwang Gang are hella confused over Jotaro's sudden show of emotions, and there's an adorable reunion between Jotaro and Kakyoin.

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Stand by Me (orphaned story, doesn’t really end on a big cliffhanger, but it does end on an ongoing arc)

Word Count: 18.9K - Rated T

A modern AU but everyone still has stands. It’s a story of nothing but domestic fluffy bliss where Jotaro and Kakyoin raise their two children, Jolyne and baby Jouta, together as one, happy family. There isn’t an overall arc, but some chapters do connect to one another. Comes with a side dish of Avpol.

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Shiitake Dashi by 04AM

Word Count: 24.7K - Not Rated, but there is non explicit sex

Modern AU and the noodles act like idiots. They're essentially friends with benefits while ignoring their true feelings for one another until the end.

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Mesmerized by mahbecks

Word Count: 26.6K - Rated M, minor Jotahan

Jotaro and Kakyoin have a small falling out, and don't see each other again in person for 8 years until they're once again reunited in Morioh. Unfortunately for them, and fortunately for us the shippers, they are forced to share a bed during Kakyoin's stay in Morioh. Little do they know, they both still have very strong feelings for one another.

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Merry and Bright by mahbecks

Word Count: 28.4K - Rated M

Combines my two favourite things, Jotakak and Christmas! Once again, Jotaro and Kakyoin are idiots when it comes to their relationship. Everyone on earth believes these two are already dating, considering how close they are and Kakyoin is helping Jotaro raise Jolyne like he's her stepfather, except Jotaro and Kakyoin don't realise themselves that they’re indeed dating.

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Transplant Shock by violetnyte

Word Count: 40K - Rated M, minor elements of non explicit rape/non-con and domestic violence, and Diokak

A modern AU in which Jotaro rescues his new neighbour, Kakyoin, from his abusive boyfriend, DIo Brando. Takes place during the peak of the COVID pandemic, so most of the story is confined within Jotaro's apartment. It's a sad and disturbing one, Kak is completely traumatised from his long time abuse and is so wary of Jotaro despite liking Joot a lot. But there is an ambiguous happy ending.

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hurt by mahbecks

Word Count: 74.1K - Rated E

Another friends with benefits scenario because these boys are so stupid when it comes to admitting/realising they want to date. How can you be in a sexual relationship with your best friend for four full years without realising that maybe there's something more to the relationship? Lmao. Full of angst, but there's a really happy ending. Honestly, mahbecks is my favourite Jotakak author. x)

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Up Close and Personal (Protection) by snaggle_t00th

Word Count: 85.3K - Rated T, gets NSFW only for the second half of a chapter, but the author adds a warning beforehand on the chapter

A business AU in which Jotaro becomes the bodyguard for Kakyoin Noriaki, a CEO of a multi-million dollar company. They immediately become enamoured with one another. There is soooo much tooth rotting fluff in this, but of course they don't know how to properly confess their feelings for one another until they're practically slobbering over each other. xD

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An Ode to Stardust by Hamon Hugs

Word Count: 114K - Rated M, some sex scenes in like two chapters

Takes place post DiU, Jotaro battles alcoholism as a way to pacify his severe PTSDio symptoms, and tries to hide his issues from Kakyoin. It's quite a heartwrenching read from start to finish. Poor Joot loves his Nori dearly, but he doesn't want to burden him with his problems, despite Nori’s insistence to share anything and everything with him.

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pocket full of seashells by mahbecks

Word Count: 145K - Rated E

Kakyoin and Polnareff (and Rohan) run a tattoo business, but when their store, as well as other businesses within their neighbourhood, are in danger of losing their property to Dio’s mega corporation, they have to team up with Kakyoin's arch nemesis, Jotaro the fish store guy from next door, to lawyer up against Dio. And yes, it's an enemies to lovers story. As much as they hate to admit it, they're super attracted to each other. There's also background Avpol.

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Preconceived Notions by Cayrule

Word Count: 289K - Rated E

My favourite AU fanfic here. College students Jotaro and Kakyoin DESPISE each other upon first meeting. But when they're paired together for a group project for one of their classes, they grow to like, and eventually fall in love with one another. Like always, there’s a ton of fluff and banter. These two are so mentally unwell and socially awkward and so, so perfect for each other. It’s so beautiful and it makes me sick. They were born to be together. :3

Ongoing Stories

Walk With Me/Try Again by CasstheCringe

Word Count: >218K - Rated T

Jotaro and Kakyoin have a major falling out after Egypt, Kakyoin feels abandoned by his first best friend and one true love, and Jotaro is deeply traumatised by the events in Egypt. They meet each other again in Morioh after 10 years of not seeing each other, but due to huge misunderstandings, they act like they detest each other, but deep down, they really still value and love each other underneath all of that anger and coldness. This is mainly in the POV of Kakyoin bonding with the Duwang Gang and rest of Morioh's inhabitants. And Jotaro and Kakyoin largely act like little shits towards one another, but the author has promised a happy ending for these two, so I'll hold them up on that promise. You can really feel Jotaro's heartbreak, even if it's not explicitly stated, whenever Kakyoin screams and rages at him. It's a sad but extraordinary story so far. Just hurry up and kiss & make up already! xD

Story Series (Complete & Ongoing)

Jotakak 12 Days of Christmas/Winter 2023 by lazyserendipity

Word Count: 12.6K - Rated T minor mpreg elements - Complete

This is a collection of Christmas/Winter themed fluffy drabbles. The series isn’t in chronological order, so don’t get confused by how in one story, Jotaro and Kak will simply be dating, and in another story they’ll be married with Jouta and Jolyne. There are some subtle mentions of mpreg, which personally I’m not a fan of too much, but overall it’s a cute af series.

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Emerald is Unbreakable by jojotier

Word Count: >29.1K - Rated G,T,M - Ongoing (probably)

Kakyoin hanging out in Morioh. That’s all that needs to be said, lol.

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Jotaro and Kakyoin need therapy (preliminary title) by jaegckerman

Word Count: >73.1K - Rated E - Complete (probably)

With Jotaro’s comphet and unhappy marriage, and Kakyoin’s near decade long crush on Jotaro, the two of them finally give into their desires. It isn’t until after the deed is done when things start to fall apart between them. Jotaro is still a married man with a daughter afterall. This is a really good one, and it explores both Nori’s and Jotaro’s inner turmoil during and after they end up in bed together. Don’t worry, there’s a really happy ending.

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That’s all I have for now. Again, I will occasionally update this if I discover more favourites.

[astradyke]

Hi!!! No worries if not but do you have any other 2009/2010 era fics recs? Your other recommendations were so wonderful :)

hiya! certainly :P though i warn you that 2009/2010 era pieces are not my strong suit :c these may not have that much variation in them, but i tried to snag some of my faves for you <3

what stranger miracles by iihappydaysii (E, 4k, 1/1)

this work is a re-telling of the 2009 weekend in Manchester; it includes sex in one scene, but overall is structured as tied-together linear scenes of the different parts of their first date together. it includes both POVs which allows you to understand the contrasting yet compatible headspaces they both had at the time, and is overall very sweet and endearing in the way most 2009-2010 pieces are. it also has one dialogue line about Dan’s height that i’m relentlessly endeared to, it’s the end of that scene you’ll see it.

that one knows me by iihappydaysii (E, 2.8k, 1/1)

if you liked the previous recommendation this one is very similar in nature— not entirely explicit, but contains a singular explicit scene, and is dedicated to describing snippets of Dan and Phil’s Skype calls. it’s a really sweet fic, the first scene is the closest to my heart out of it all, and it’s kind of just nice if you want to read young dumbasses in love. i use this word all the time, but it really holds meaning especially with early content-- and it is a skill: this fic feels incredibly earnest.

where this takes me by dandrogynous (T, 4k, 1/1)

i really adore the way that this particular author writes love altogether; this is a really enjoyable Phil-centric piece about navigating the experience of being in love for the first time. i think it can be really comforting to read pieces in which two people are on pace with each other, but are walking with different strides— or, where two people love each other, but both of them have slightly different relationships with that experience of love. really excellent piece if you’re emotional thinking about not only how young Dan was in 2010, but how young Phil was, too. (honorary note: this author also has a piece written about 2009 in which Dan is a trans man; it’s called Let The Salt Dry if you’re interested in reading that as well!)

boys they wanna paint me by chickenfree (T, 6k, 1/1)

including this because while it’s not constrained by any era and does extend out past the 2009-2010 period presumably, it does begin in that time period and i believe it only carries to a few years after that. it still feels worth considering in that era since i think it has a really interesting interpretation of it. basically, this is a piece exploring Dan’s mental health from Phil’s perspective, and it tackles quite a nuanced part of the psychological experience i feel is under-discussed. highly recommend if you want something to sit with for a while. as i've said before, i really do love this author's writing style.

brand new colony by lestered (clonetrobed) (E, 2.4k, 1/1)

this is first-time porn with minimal/no plot, but it is very sweetly written and does take some dedicated time to glance into Dan’s headspace and emotions as the scene carries on. honestly less of a hot read for me as much as it’s like a very sweet, attractive read? does that make sense? explicit PWP might not be what you're aiming for, but i do recommend this piece if that is something you'd like <3

chez nous by cityofphanchester (G, 5k, 1/1)

excellent piece if you’re yearning for 2010 era hurt/comfort. this author chooses to use some very large paragraph blocks at times, though not throughout the whole piece; i say that because it might be hard to read at points for some individuals (myself being one of them), but i do also think there is a lot of value embedded in those chunks that makes me think it was a stylistic decision. the dialogue is very sweet here, made me fall a little in love with 2010 Phil; just a nice little comforting read. also i think depicts a slice-of-life about how they navigated the Manchester solo flat/the dorm residence split at that period of time.

would it be enough if i could never give you peace? by orphan_account (T, 5.3k, 4/4)

this is a quick read piece that has four chapters split across four different time periods; i think this is like, quintessential hurt/comfort. the first chapter is set in the 2009 period which is why i recommend it, and it’s just some sweet early-days typical hurt/comfort that i think does a really good job at characterizing both Phil’s perspective and Dan’s through dialogue. again, it’s not exclusively a 2009 fic, but i do think if you’re looking in that era that this is a solid read nevertheless.

i know this isn't the biggest display of pure 2009/2010 content but i still hope at least one of them is to your liking! i don't know if there's a concrete tag on AO3 for content in that era, but many fic authors who have large bodies of work will inevitably have a few things from the early days to examine (iihappydaysii is a good example of this). if anyone else has recs, please feel free to add onto this post <3

[messydiabolical]

Get to Know Me tag

Thanks for tagging me @onedismay and @illusivesoul you tagged me in a very similar one recently while I was still covidy so here it is <3

Fave ships: (links lead to fics in case these intrigue. M and E rated fics be warned) KolFer (Kolyat x Feron) Kriortez (Thane Krios x Steve Cortez) Shrios (in particular, my Keahi Shep, they/he x Thane)

Favorite colour: Teal and Purple

Song stuck in my head: Everything smells like salmon! I always have a song in my head so this changes frequently.

Favorite food: Pasta, bolognese being number 1, and crisps, which I love roast beef or salt and vinegar flavour.

Last song listened to: Hmmm no idea. Lemme hit shuffle 3 times on my most listened to playlist: Incubus, Wish you were here.

Last tv show/movie: Hoo boy, I watch a lot because I have stuff on while I draw, and also while I had covid and couldn't do anything else. I'm currently rewatching Elementary, just finished rewatching Deadloch too(I like my repeat watchings!). I watch Taskmaster with @shadowthehedgehog1 as they come out and am giving Attack on Titan a go with my spouse. It's a bit overly angsty/dramatic for my taste in places but I reckon i'll stick with it. Oh and I finished Scavengers Reign a few days ago too, top notch sci fi! Movie wise the last one I watched was Dungeons and Dragons Honour among thieves and I loved it.

Spicy/sweet/savory?: Savoury, but I'm a big foodie and love sweet and spicy too. Franks Red hot my beloved.

Currently reading: Focusing on reading physical books drains my spoons unfortunately. I am snail crawling my way through 'who hunts the whale' by Laura Kate Dale and Jane Earith Magnet. It's great! It'll just take me forever.

Last thing I googled: Is there a way to do oil paint glazing glaze technique in procreate digital painting (short answer: no! Or at least no one has written a tutorial about that specifically so I'll have to just keep doing my own chaotic thing. Anyway I ended up down an oil painting rabbithole and am now drawing fruit with a new brush pack instead of the piece I was actually trying to draw lmao)

Tagging: @requiemforarainbow @gay-nidoking @manicdepressivedaisy @n7viper @princessbutts69 @champagne-pain @voidfromouterspace @hornetofhallownest @dandenbo @otemporanerys @shadowthehedgehog1 some of these may be side blogs where I should have tagged main blogs/vice versa my bad!

[miradelletarot]

Thank you for the tag @someunholyhiddles

🎶Last song - Die with a Smile by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars

🌈 Favourite colour: Dark teal

📺 Currently watching: Well, I'm caught up on them, but I was watching Bridgerton and Geek Girl

🎥Last movie: First Wives Club (the 90s one b/c it's my fave)

🍩Sweet/spicy/savoury: Savory. Even my sweets though, the need to have a salty balance. Chocolate covered pretzels? brownies with flaky salt on them? Perfection. I don't like anything super sweet. Spicy is tricky. I don't mind a touch of heat, but if it's so spicy that I can't enjoy the food it's not worth it. But, I can handle a little wasabi and stuff b/c it doesn't set my entire mouth on fire. Gimme heat with flavor, not for the sake of melting my tastebuds.

💖Relationship status: (almost) divorced. We're getting there people!

💘Current obsession: Gale Dekarios. He is gonna have a chokehold on me for a very long time I think.

💻Last thing googled: Well, the last one is in regards to the @bg3tarotdeck so you can't see that one b/c it's secret!! shh!! The one after that is something for one of my kids' school websites. You can't know that one either lol. The one I CAN share after that is "Obgyn on Youtube," because I was telling my daughter about Mama Doctor Jones, and I couldn't remember her name lol.

Gonna tag @senualothbrok @keldae @morb-untamed @theletteraesc @tavyliasin No pressure ofc! My life has been a roller coaster of emotions lately so I totally get it if you can't/don't wanna do it. Also, so sorry if you have been tagged already. I have been off Tumblr a lot lately b/c of mental health shit so sorry if I missed anything.

ofc, even if you weren't tagged, but you wanna do this then consider yourself lovingly tagged! I love learning new things about people!

[nosydogsoaps]

WIND MASTER SHI QINGXUAN - Soap inspired by MXTX's Tian Guan Ci Fu / Heaven Official's Blessing!

The joyful breeze dances across fields of lily and sweet lime, bearing tidings of rice wine, new leaves, and fresh ocean salt.

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out of all my non dog cafe soaps, this one is the one people tell me they want to eat the most?? maybe because it's a little reminiscent of watermelon hehehe...! shi qingxuan's soap actually is one of my fave designs - not just because i love to use the whirlpool swirl (i think other soapmakers call this 'one pot wonder') but because the blend of colors is so spring-like and bright and a lil juicy!

also i LOVe wind master so much? and beefleaf... is my favorite mxtx ship haha...

[salted-caramel-tea]

OOHOHOHO VERY GOOD and since we have similar taste imma need u to give us all recs or simply share all ur faves! I really wanted to order some again so i might as well ask an expert

alright let’s cover what bases we can . highlighting names for ppl who don’t want to read

for fruit tea i love the peach raspberry rose i use this one for iced tea too but i tend to leave it brewing in the fridge overnight for better flavour . very berry crush is the store best seller however .

. oh girl this is going to be long .

no added flavouring-

ok for black tea really depends on your strength preference my personal favourite is scottish breakfast (on the website as assam tgfop1 2nd flush ) i love assam its full bodied and malty it’s a single origin and anice alternative to english breakfast blends . darjeeling is a nice delicate black tea if you’re not a fan of super malty teas . indian origin teas are my favourite . margaret’s hope first flush darjeeling should be coming in soon too that’s a very exclusive tea only harvested in one area of the darjeeling province one month if the year so it’s very limited stock and £24 . returns every summer .

there’s japanese green teas we have genmaicha, gyokuro and sencha asigiri, as well as our classic green tea blend . personally i like genmaicha .

speciality teas we also have formosa jade oolong and silver needle white tea but the STAR of the show is milk oolong. she’s so phenomenal she’s £19 but she’s a gorgeous high altitude oolong delicate and creamy texture with buttery caramel notes its one of the best taiwanese teas i’ve ever had

fruity

black tea? piccadilly blend - strawberry rose and lotus flower . lovely fruit and floral blend with a delicate black tea base . her sister is covent garden blend which is black tea with peach and apricot with safflower and marigold petals . blood orange crush is also so so so good and has dried blood orange chunks in it it’s fierce

green- CHERRY BLOSSOM !!! she’s so gorgeous she’s a large leaf green tea with sakura petals and the most delectable a cherry scent and flavour i literally make samples of this for anyone i can it’s so so so good . mango and bergamot is probably the best seller tho

other- peach oolong she’s fierce . it’s pretty sweet and it’s such a fragrant tea literally it’s so good . we recently got in coconut oolong too which is limited edition it’s been pretty popular

floral

black - english rose is a classic . black tea with rose and slightly sweet too . orange blossom is good with the cute citrusy notes and fragrance

not many for green tbh but for other there’s a chelsea garden white tea which we recently just got in teabags which is white tea with rose (i like the rose teas)

spices/herbal

black tea- chilli chai is one of my all time faves but be careful bc the chilli really does hit the back of your throat if you’re not expecting it but it’s so warm and comforting . rhe classic spiced chai is a good alternative it’s your standard masala black tea and it’s really good on cold and rainy days especially.

for no caffeine there’s a few herbal mainly on the w wall in the large loose leaf caddies but if you ask for cinnamon vanilla chai or turkish apple or vanilla honeybush and orange they’re some of my favourites . there’s some rooibos if ur into that but i think only rainforest rooibos and blueberry rooibos are available

i don’t drink coffee so we are skipping that .

hot chocolate

for milk chocolate i think salted caramel (tastes like a crunchy) and cookies and cream (tastes like oreos) are my fave . coconut is limited edition and the best seller rn

for white . sticky toffee pudding is the way to go . raspberry ripple if also fierce it tastes like melted raspberry ripple ice cream

for instant teas

we got a bunch of new ones in and they’re all really fierce. lychee and rose, sour cherry and cranberry raspberry. literally cannot go wrong with any of them . turkish apple is my fave from the regular line

i think that’s it

[damienthepious]

Can you reccomend your fave smutty rad bouquet fics? Either your own or other peoples. Looking for new reading material.

OKAY forgive me please for taking literally weeks to actually get to this. the entirety of my March was spent slowly and then very quickly moving to a new house, and it has been CHAOS over here.

MORE IMPORTANTLY! Happy Lizard Kissin' Tuesday, let me recommend some SMUT.

(tho honestly you'd do just as well checking my bookmarks on ao3 because... for some bizarre reason the smutty stuff is the ONLY thing i ever think to bookmark? I don't get it.)

HERE we go. These aren't really in an order but i'm starting with my three all-time faves and then moving to some sturdy solid mainstays:

Sir Arum and the Green Knight [ao3] (27k words) - I mean it's a green knight au AND a monster-human swap au AND it's full of fucking feelings and ALSO it's joyously smutty and ALSO- look!!! i keep this fic open in a tab on my phone at all times. I truly love the way this one is written. it was the first fic i EVER bookmarked. i would call it plot with porn rather than the alternative but the sexy chapter is VERY sexy.

Here's Eglantine, Here's Ivy [ao3] (5k) - PWP Of All Time for me. ALL TIME. Pure and beautiful kink, Arum playing dom and slowly and perfectly ruining his humans with magic vines. i am ruined also by this fic. good lord.

The Honey of Our Lit Up Veins [ao3] (5k) - also magic sex vines! don't perceive my vibes from this. I love Damien in this one honestly, he's so very sweet and his inner emotional path throughout the fic is so deeply enjoyable and relatable.

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A Shift in Leverage [ao3] (9k) - Rilla in armor. Rilla in armor getting fucked by an extremely enthusiastic Arum. Rilla in armor getting to fuck an extremely enthusiastic Arum. It's all incredibly enormously sexy and lovely and warm and i fucking adore it.

in my world (constantly, constantly) [ao3] (6k) - Very soft and sweet and gentle, i love to see damien get taken care of in ALL capacities 🥺🥰

easy like [ao3] (4k) - I associate this one with like... slow lazy summer warmth. honey gold. it's a soft happy place for me. and also it's fucking sexy.

Snapdragon [ao3] (8k) - includes the tag "T4T4L (trans 4 trans 4 lizard)" so like. yesssssss. Rilla breaking the other two is extremely my jam. Hell yeah.

should've worshipped her sooner [ao3] (4.5k) - I mean you start with a hozier inspired title and then the fic is about damien getting pegged, so. All good all around. fucking LOVE it.

selfish prayers [ao3] (4k) - ... another magic tentacle one. there was a THING going on for a while, it's honestly not my fault. This one is shockingly funny? Arum in particular is so fucking charming, but it's also VERY sexy.

I smelled no salt, I touched no sand [ao3] (3k) - okay this one is probably the most nonstandard pull on here because it's sir damien/saint damien and maybe that's not what you'd expect but . it's written by the same person who wrote the green knight au and it's honestly VERY compelling! i love it very much ngl.

Also this isn't a fic BUT honorable mention to:

lilf rights! [ao3] (art!) - Genuinely and truly the best and most joyous smutty bouquet art in the world. One of the pieces overtly inspired a chapter of hb3! go. enjoy. ENJOY.

...

and okay sure my own smut is here

[bisexual-horror-fan]

Bex's Blossom By Kate Winborne Annotations.

Hello, hello, hello! SO! This has been a project that I have been working on since August of 2022. I have been re-reading and annotating Blossom by Kate Winborne or @xmichaelmyers here on tumblr. I love Blossom, it is a fantastic book and when the hardcover update came out I just had to get it! So I did and when I did I thought why not write my thoughts out as I go? I have never annotated a book before. Kate didn’t ask this of me, I am not being paid, this is purely out of the sheer love I have for Kate, her work and these characters. So! Settle in and watch me scream in a spoiler heavy annotation of Blossom. Seriously I talk about spoilery things, if you haven’t read it and want to than please read the book first. 

I am going to annotate the next book After The Lamb Bites Back in smaller chunks as I go when I start reading it soon and will post them here on my blog so you can experience my going insane as it is happening! I will give notice and give this a tag if you wanna blacklist for spoilers! Now, under the cut, let’s get into it! Warnings for me being horny on main and discussions of heavy topics and violence and gore. (P.S. Food is a big thing in this book so I outline what I ate before and during and after my reading sessions to be extra.)

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Starting at 7:41 PM on August 5th. Blossom Re-read of the hardcover edition. Dinner: Chili lime fish tacos with pickled red onions, salsa and chipotle mayo, drinking whisky and ginger ale over ice, snacking on while reading, salted caramel caramilk bar. 

What Kate wrote inside the cover is still so sweet. As is the foreword, so much love and so much excitement. 

Prolog:

The opening of the women watching their daughters in the park, still hits. That is the first thing from the book I ever read when Kate started posting and it still stands out so well. I want white wine and cheese now. 

It is wild how Kate can drop a fucking line about a throw away character, one we just meet, overdosing three hours later, someone we know nothing of and should not give a fuck about and are made to feel and care. Amazing, haunting, I feel bad for his son. 

THE WHORE IS HERE.

THE TREES KNOW MORE THAN THEY DARE SAY INDEED!

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Chapter One

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I love the description of us truly seeing him, it is so evocative. Also. I am weak. Professor Williamson, has such a good ring to it. 

Henry in the showerrrr. All of that is good but the man just going for it and getting off. Amazing image, ten outta ten. 

The man eating one packet of oatmeal and not even finishing it and whiskey for dinner while watching a nature show. This man. He needs someone to cook for him. I am that someone. 

The first sex scene of the book, Henry taking home a woman from Happy’s is short but vivid. A great insight into him. Henry is not satisfied by this encounter, to me, when reading it, the impression that she is seemingly so into it, so close and intimate, doesn’t make him feel comforted or seen, but rather the opposite. It makes him feel more hollow, more aware of the hunger inside of himself. This is one of the parts I kept thinking about knowing this re-read was coming. Henry is entirely unknowable, this woman and her illusion of closeness only serves to remind him of that. No one can know him, there are things about him that no one could ever understand and so he has to hide them, forget about the fact that he does NOT have the ability to allow someone so close to him or tolerate such vulnerability and honesty and emotional intimacy. What a lonely fucking guy. 

The detail of a single hair left behind that he curls around his finger until it breaks really stands out.

He’s got a new casssse!

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Chapter Two.

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The casual and consistent use and description of colours is one of my longest standing faves in this book. So effective! 

Henry shoving the bible into the nightstand out of sight? Fucking same dude. My guy!

The man packing the alcohol in his bag so fucking neatly to make sure it is safe. To then get drunk and pass the fuck out. He is not okay.

Ahhhhh this discription of The Town is so fucking good!

“-residing alongside the trauma that coated her tongue like honey, sweet as ripe tangerines, but bitter against the back of her throat like coffee grounds.”  I still think of this line often. It will pop into my head unbidden frequently.

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Chapter Three.

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Henry looking down at his medication with disdain before swallowing them down with cold coffee making me like, hey king you need to talk? Need your dick sucked? You know my number get at me.

I would eat at this hotel's breakfast. I really would. 

Blossom is officially here! Vanilla almond milk latte, as someone who has worked in coffee shops since seventeen on and off, reads as a very her drink. 

I have always really loved the description of Bethany. The detail of her avocado socks always stuck out. Considering the use of colour Kate applies throughout the whole book I know I should think of them being just the colour avocado, but part of me likes to think of them as printed with little cartoon avocados and that is cute as fuck and I love it. 

Blossom sees Henry for the very first time! God, the excitement I feel from this is far too much! 

“She wanted to crack him open like an egg, spool through his brains, his guts, burrow herself deep inside his roughness. As if there was a safety to it all. A home in all that damage.” The first line that really hooked me my first read and it still hits. It is a line just so full of, God, promise of so much shit to come.

Henry met Sophie and this time around, I feel differently about it just her saying that nothing bad has ever happened in this town is just, infuriating? On a deep level. Nothing bad has ever happened here? Really Soph? Not even in your own home? You fuck.

I am begging, begging the people in The Town to acknowledge the horrors in front of them as if I am Charlie Day in It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia ranting about Pepe Silvia.  

Sophie seeing Blossom staring and being like “Please, for once, PLEASE-” and Blossom being like “Ahahaha, no! <3.” Adore it.

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Chapter Four.

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Norman has arrived. He wants a steak before seven thirty. This man is an animal and not in the good way. Henry’s reaction is appropriate for once, I too, am disgusted.

Stop judging Sophie! The man BARELY eats, he needs all the nutrition he can get! Let him have his fucking raspberry pie and ice cream!

Discussion of the first two murders. Henry is much too excited by the prospect of a serial killer, which bitch, same?!

Henry going into the detail of the first real gruesome crime scene he was sent to like damn, DAMN! FUCK KATE!

Henry talking shop! About the pattern, how confident, talking about the killer being addicted, the parallels. Mannnn. 

PROLONGED EYE CONTACT!

Finished reading for tonight at 10:11 PM. 60 pages covered this first session. 

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Wednesday August 10th. Second session. Starting at 9:20 Pm. Off tomorrow. Dinner: Peanut and sesame noodles with chilli oil and green onion. More whiskey with ginger ale over ice. Snacking on hot cheetos and a crispy caramel kit-kat while reading. 

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Chapter Five.

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Oh the HOSPITAL! YES!

Tv is on a cooking channel because of course it is. 

Henry just cutting the small talk short asdfghjkajshglakhdg, “Take me to the bodies FRANK-” And Frank being like “If you got the stomach for it.” Like Frank. Honey. You know nothing of this man. 

Henry being totally unfazed by the smell of the dead. This man is not okay. (This will be said many times throughout this.) 

Why, why, why do I love this passage so much? Talking about how Henry looks over the body? The image is so crystal clear. It is almost like I am in the room. Like I can smell the bleach as I look over his shoulder, watching as he inspects the cadaver below him, watching how the bright harsh lighting catches on the cold thick blood clotting between his gloved fingers? I can see Henry at this moment. Like I could just reach out and touch him. How can something like this be written in a way that is so telling, so intimate yet so detached? It is captivating as hell. Just like Henry himself.  This was another moment during my first read though that made me want to know more about him.

“Coffee, yeah. Thanks.” That is such a human moment that just reeks of reality. A phrase I have heard uttered a million times in my line of work and I can hear how it was said perfectly. The little details really make this. 

Shit coffee indeed, let me make this man a good cup of coffee PLEASE-

He needs a fresh body!!!

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Chapter Six.

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Man is so particular about his coffee honestly I love what it adds to his character. It says SO much by saying so little. 

Oh my God and Mr.Clemmington was a cook.

Henry hating small talk makes so much sense. What an asshole. Love him.

Name drop! Blossom James ooooohhh.

“Anyway, I hope no girl in this town is capable of such a thing…” Oh giiiirlll. You don’t know shit about shit. 

Henry taking his pills with leftover coffee with cigarette ash in it like SIR can you PLEASE take care of yourself even just a little?!

Henry, you need more than dry cereal for dinner. 

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Chapter Seven.

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Henry’s breakfast, coffee, cigarettes and fucking twizzlers apparently. 

Watching him at work is captivating. Henry rattling off what should be done and in what order is justttt a sickening delight. What a freak.

Ethan is missing. And Henry is a little too defensive. “I didn’t say anything.” Mmmhmmm. You didn’t have to. 

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Chapter Eight.

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Henry deadass like “We are looking for a body-” and Norman just, “Oh you’d like that sooooo much wouldn’t you?!” Uh. Yeah. Duh dude, he’s the worst. 

Ethan and Blossom went out, eh? Oooh boy. 

This chapter is short but so fucking gooood. I love how they haven’t even formally met and he is getting frustrated by her! The build up and teasing before we really get to know her is just so fucking delicous.

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Chapter Nine.

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The description of the hotel’s restaurant is another stand out. I can imagine myself sitting there, smelling the vanilia of the candles and partaking in the food, almost as if I can taste the vegetable medley myself. 

I love Blossom's dress, periwinkle is an underrated colour and the meaning of her wearing it here, tonight, during their first official meeting is not lost on me and the impact is strong.

They are sitting, they are talkING-

Blossom clearly has thoughts about Ethan. I can hear the bite of the way she says ‘Golden boy’ and it is telling. 

“Henry.” Whore. Him. Not her. He is the whore. Like call me Henry, the fuck IS that?! Asking her to use your first name? Mmm? Already so informal? Like a slut? Have you no shame?

“Picky with your food.” “If you’d call it that.” The TENSION! I’ve already read this before but I am still so like !!!!

“-he just didn’t fuck me anymore.” girl fucking say it. 

“Do you like me Henry?” I mean fuck how could he not?

Oh mannnn another masturbation scene hell yeah baby! Unlike the first one this one lingers for longer and it is good. The idea that he doesn’t even necessarily enjoy the act of this, it is a means to an end, an annoyance, it’s a mix of anger, of disgust, of maintenance, of hatred, it’s this balance that is just so fucking right. The idea of hating the act of this is just, so interesting to me. Not just from a narrative perspective, not just for the way it lets us into Henry’s mind, but because it is so utterly different and conflicting from my own personal feelings about the act. Not even the act as he is doing it but my own relationship with it on a deep and personal level, the differences between he and I, they don’t divide me from his character, if anything, they intrigue me further, beckoning me to know him. 

“The taste of her name as sweet as the frost-glazing of a strawberry filled cake, flowering in his chest until it choked him.” Pure poetry. Gorgeous. Perfect. Another stand out line. Makes me think of so much, the images of digging my fingers into a pretty little decorated cake, of ripping and tearing and splitting it open simply to destroy something beautiful, to mirror what Blossom is already doing to Henry in such a short time, to then just lick the mashed and sugary strawberry mixture of the filling from my fingers, just because, flit through my mind while reading this line. What is this book capable of? The things it can conjure up cannot be understated. 

Hot, hot, hot. Love he was still half dressed and just spills himself onto the sheets. 

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Finished second session at 10:53 PM. 45 pages covered in the second session. Word count over 2K now. 

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Such a large break happened because of me leaving my previous job, moving into a new town and starting a new job, better late than never, I am back on it!

Starting this session at 11:02 AM on January 17th, a Tuesday, I have the day off today. Breakfast was cereal, I am having ice water and no snack because I will break for lunch soon. 

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Chapter Ten.

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 I adore the description of Blossom’s house, it is so clear that just like all things Kate writes, a ton of thought was put into every detail. 

More food, this reminds me I should make meatloaf again soon,

“Seeing the Agent made her hungry.” I fucking LOVE. 

“Breathing out with the softness of a flowering bruise, tender and hesitant.” Kate I simultaneously want to kiss and punch you for always doing this! You throw out just the best fucking lines so damn casually. As if we are roommates, I finished a long day at work, sitting at the kitchen table and you just stride into the room, drop one of the most profound things I have ever heard and then just waltz off back to your own space as if it were nothing and I am not left changed and struggling to contend with what you just forced upon me. That is what lines like this feel like and do to me. Does that make sense?

And here it is, another real heart stopping and revealing moment of what makes Blossom her. You just know from the jump that there is something more to her, and this passage makes it abundantly clear and makes you feel for her. While I personally have experienced my fair share of this sort of thing in my own life it is of course, like a lot of stories, different from what she has but my heart goes out to her. Why can’t Blossom use, abuse, and take from these men as they have taken from her? Why not?

This chapter isn’t long but it doesn’t need to be, it is honestly very necessary and I love the look into Blossom alone and at home. 

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Chapter Eleven.

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Man fell asleep still dressed and cum covered. What a fucking whore, what an inspiration, what a guy. How down bad am I, do you ask? So bad that I read this and my first thought was, “I could fix that. Fuck the shower, I have a mouth-” With all the coffee he drinks, his alcohol problem and the smoking his cum must taste terrible. Still wouldn’t stop me.

I love this so much. Having Blossom showering in the last chapter towards the end and Henry at the next towards the start and difference in how they do even down to the temperature they prefer, amazing. 

Back at the diner, another meeting, more tension and of course, more food. It is impossible to read this and not get hungry and also slightly nauseated at points, it is beautiful. 

“-reached for more, satisfying herself in front of him.” I fucking canNOT. 

I love any scene with them talking back and forth.

This is so fucking good, she is getting to him so easily and just how unapologetically she is eating. Also, “But you’re not sorry. Why would you be?” Might be one of my fave quotes so far, it stuck out my last reading as well. 

Interrupting Henry when he immediately assumes the killer is a man and her fighting him on it. 

“Don’t underestimate the rage of a woman, Special Agent.” YEAH HENRY! And maybe it WAS a threat. What are you gonna do about it? 

Invite Blossom to the search part apparently.

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Chapter Twelve. 

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I feel it is important to mention at this juncture that I cannot read in silence so I have on a thunderstorm in the woods audio going and it feels just totally perfect for reading this

Henry runs through the details of the practised lie of what happened between him and his wife with a shocking amount of detachment, but not that shocking for him.

Mr.Whitmore you should learn to like, I dunno, lie better. 

The cropped tea and pink bell bottoms is unironically one of my favourite Blossom looks described in this book. 

This conversation, the back and forth and talking about favourite colours, their characters really shine here, another stand out moment. After having read this once before Henry saying “Blue” and knowing what will come later, I had to put the book down for a moment, and not just to type up this annotation. 

“How old are you, Blossom?” “Eighteen.” Old enough to legally...Vote. But on the real again the tension in this scene, sharing the cigarette, the closeness, just THIS. 

A body has been discovered! 

Blossom admitting she doesn’t feel anything upon seeing the disgusting corpse is just so fucking good. 

Chapter twelve was fucking great, I forgot how much happened in this one chapter, a total fave. 

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Chapter Thirteen.

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Blossom and Henry are just lying to police now, alright, alright. 

Short but to the point, I enjoy the small details in this one. Describing the grotesque nature of the body especially was very effective. 

Also the forgetting a clipboard and letting Blossom write on his back, cute, realistic, adore it.

Course you can’t pass up a fresh corpse Henry you fucking freak. 

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Chapter Fourteen.

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The entertainment centre! I remember simply adoring this next chapter, I am excited!

Grilling Mr.Whitmore on why he works here occasionally. Henry you are so, so transparent and projecting really hard here. Being so critical with him being so close to the teenagers when what are you doing with Blossom? You woke up splattered in your own cum after passing out post-nut, post-jack sesh thinking about a certain eighteen year old blonde, remember? 

More Henry and Blossom talking <3

“Oh, come on. You can’t deny that…You don’t look at all these…Preppy, skimpy seventeen and eighteen year old girls and don’t think about when you were that age with the impulse control of a twelve year old.” HENRY! 

“No. I don’t. Because I’m not seventeen, or eighteen anymore, Henry. And neither are you.” “Doesn’t mean I still can’t look.” He is so fucking gross. And yet…

I do feel for ol Norm here but at the same time he really does need to let Henry do his damn  job. 

“We’ll see if the Coopers are ready to talk and resume the work on Monday. I’m sure the killer will understand.” What a note to go out on Henry damn.

A knock on the door? This late? Who could it be? I ask having fully read this book before.

I was right by the way, this chapter was so good and so engrossing.

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 Chapter Fifteen. 

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Of course it’s Blossom who is here. Obviously. Who else?

Naturally she comes in. 

Absent mom and a dead mom. Gotta love two people with mommy issues getting together. 

I find myself unable to pull away during their conversations, they are just still so engaging to read. That being said, “Why don’t you like white wine?” “I’ve always preferred something stronger. Something that bites.” Oh I bet you do.

She’s making the move, SHE’S MAKING THE MOVE-

The description of Henry here, hands up, not looking at her, trying very, very hard to maintain his composure and will and not touch her. Oof. 

They are kissing! This is where it all starts to really go tits up and I am so here for it.

“We shouldn’t be doing this-” Oh but you’re gonna Henry, you are, we all know it just do it!

He really is trying here, and he does make a good point, they shouldn’t get involved with each other like this but that is part of what makes it so good!!!

She isn’t wearing any panties. 

Man is done for. 

And he gives in! Get it Henry! I wish that were me. Who in this scenario? Like a true bisexual. Both. 

Just going for it and with no protection! Henry, you animal. 

His garden. This whole section is phenomenal. People could learn a thing or two about writing sex scenes from reading how Kate does it!

Kate’s work is just mind blowing. It is incredible how she writes the differences between Henry and Blossom post their first time together. For him feeling like he can breathe for the first time in years and her imagining becoming one with the forest, consumed with rot and dying like the way they view sex and each other is so intensely fascinating. It just so interesting too because I have felt like Blossom has, chest feeling scooped out and hollow and empty but never relating to sex, reading this book with just how different my perspective on physicality with another human from there's never bores me.

“RISE AND SHINE, ASSHOLE, NEW DAY! AND LOOK AT WHAT YOU’VE DONE NOW!”  That is just this book and Henry’s life all over, huh? A good alternate tagline. 

Ahhhhh a dream sequence and such a fucking good one! The imagery in this is immaculate, the one that stands out to me the most is the mention of Blossom’s hair in a high ponytail tied with a pink ribbon, so fucking good and so clever. Blossom becoming a literal monster and tearing him apart, what do you think it means Henry? C’mon, THINK!

Another fantastic chapter, of course.

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Chapter Sixteen. 

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He is making her breakfast. Also blueberry pancakes are in fact the best, I will not take criticism at this time. 

“Colour me impressed.” My gesturing to a board covered with papers and tacked with pins, red strings connecting seemingly random things and moments, “It all comes back to COLOUR! IT’S ALWAYS ABOUT THE COLOUR! DO YOU SEE-”

“Yet, there was still nothing ever as tooth-rotting as Blossom James.” I am punching the air!

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Chapter Seventeen.

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Her being so excited to see him oh my GOD. “I missed you.” “You always miss me.” Things that happen between me and my husband all the time, no word of a lie.

Planning secret meetings ooooooh.

“I want you to do exactly what you wanted to do the day we found Ethan.” Blossom. Have I told you lately how much I love you?

Also I love the little jump here. The few weeks and the mention of just how many times and places they have fucked thus far, they have clearly been very busy. 

Fucking right next to the scene of the crime, extremely risky but also, extremely hot.

This is all fucking amazing. The depth, the feeling, Blossom’s and Henry’s worry and doubt and hungry fervour for one another being so all consuming constantly. The question of how does this end is a good one to leave the chapter with.

How will it all end?

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Chapter Eighteen.

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Kate describes kisses in a million ways and I am here for all of them. Preppy and sickening or otherwise. 

This man smokes. So fucking much my God. Third read I should do a cigarette counter. 

Henry drinking and getting sloppy and good ol Norm comes to the rescue. 

Bro. Dude. Asking for Blossom in your drunken stupor is not going to help anyone or anything my GOD DUDE!

He is such a fucking messss.

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Chapter Nineteen.

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Yeah you forgot your shit at the bar you fucking walking embarrassment of a man Henry.

I’m part of the Abby fanclub. 

I really like Sophie and Norm interacting. It totally reads that they have known each other a very long time and I love the easy and playful air between them both very much. A joy to read. 

The suspensions are not misplaced Sophie, not at all.

Blossom comes by to bring a lot more than just coffee in this scene that is for damn sure. Norm is really trying to give Henry the benefit of the doubt and struggling. I think he is almost trying too hard to convince himself but as he told Sophie before, what else can he do?

Another great chapter with more tension. I am stopping for now to break for lunch. I am thinking of an egg salad sandwich. It is 1:34 PM. I covered 110 pages this round, over halfway through the book. This has been the longest session so far and the doc is now over 4,000 words. 

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It is January 29th, a Sunday, it is 12:31 PM, I have the day off and the laundry going as I sit down for this session. I had a sleep in and a late breakfast of an open faced sandwich consisting of egg and honey ham with chive cream cheese and hashbrowns. Water and no snack again. 

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Chapter Twenty.

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Blossom is having a party and again, I love the outfit described here, it is one of the first ones I think of, totally iconic and so her. 

Blossom in the bathroom with some fucking guy and this guy, Kyle, God, I hate him. Hated him the first read, hate him this one too, what a complete shit stain. 

I hate and love how real this is. It is just so fucking sickening because it is so common and happens all the damn time and has happened to her how many times? I wish Blossom would, I wish she would rip his teeth out, or scream or something but I know all too well what can happen in these scenarios and why she doesn’t. God, Kate, stop being such a good writer all the time damn it!

This is the kind of part that makes me want to reach in the pages and kill Kyle myself. Reminding myself he is a fictional character means nothing because Henry and Blossom are fictional too, you know? But the feelings they make me feel are real, what I get from reading this book is real and while they aren’t real living breathing people, Kate writes them so well they feel like they are. Even if they are fictional and I am real and I cannot touch them in a tangible way, this asshole, Kyle is fictional just as they are and therefore can and chooses to do harm and the threat of Blossoms hurt by him feels so sharp I could cut myself on it. 

“Did you cum?” Kill yourself Kyle you pathetic rapist fuckwad. 

Mr.Whitmore why are you at a high schooler’s party exactly???

“Rather, there was a tenderness to his bruising touch.” Kate. Girl. I am eating this line. Crushing it up and snorting it, need it in my bloodstream. 

The drama of it all, neither of them can communicate properly at all like just please can you for once be normal. I say as if I don’t love them at their absolute worst. 

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Godddd what a fucking chapter, so good, so much happened but not enough to feel like overwhelmed by it, you know? Stellar as to be expected.

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Before. Technically Chapter Twenty-One.

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The wife is here. Cindy, poor, poor Cindy. Love the pjs tho.

Siiiigh, you too Henry? I say as I read him about to force himself on his wife as if I have not read this before.

This scene is so hard to talk about but I want to talk about it, you know? Like it is very intense how unintentional it seems to be, he didn’t come home planning to kill his wife, it isn’t a big premeditated thing, also I love how real this is. How he is so comfortable, so sure everything will be fine and cares so much about what he wants or feels he needs that he has no regard for her and pays the heaviest fine for it, her death, being the one that killed her. But also, even though we see him leaning on booze and pills and the rest, the man is still alive, he still goes on living, walking free after he did that.

RIP Cindy, we hardly knew you and you definitely deserved better.

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Short chapter but it is deff supposed to be, gets across just what it needs to and it hit hard and is insanely effective.

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Chapter Twenty-Two.

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Blossom got into the car and now after a short but tense drive they are having a conversation and this conversation my Lord! Henry is totally upset that Blossom is right by the way, she knows he likes how she looks next to him and how she makes him feel but he’s all “oh I’m so much older, my job, my station, my morals-” WHAT MORALS HENRY?

Also Henry has a point, Blossom James does have main character syndrome and is just constantly inserting herself into the narrative but she is fucking interesting as hell and I wanna see her all the time so damn Henry let her live!

“You know nothing about me.” Mmmm don’t be so sure Henry.

Blossom is again correct, you wanted to fuck her from the moment you saw her, don’t deny it you mess of a man!

Him hitting her !, her nose bleeding and her smiling up at him with fucking red teeth, !!, the description I never get tired of reading ever of her being a predator of equal conviction !!!!!!!!!

Like I could go on and on about this section just it is so fucking good! Henry’s complex and swirling emotional state consuming him so thoroughly and being unable to control himself around her! The conflicting wants and feelings and him being just thoroughly unequipped to deal with it all! They are a car crash I cannot look away from, nor would I ever want to. I stare and let the images of them tangled up in a gory flaming pile burn into my retinas until the fumes of spilled gasoline make me literally pass the fuck out. 

Me dancing in my chair as I read how Henry wants to kill and main Blossom, just a nice Sunday afternoon.

Henry saying he doesn’t want to fight her. Like I don’t believe you again Henry,

They are fucking in the carrr! Which like yes, hot, get it, but also, Blossom are you good?

Henry chasisting her over smoking, like, dude. For real?

Blossom calling him Daddy, him calling her disgusting and shotgunning smoke into her mouth, her being so fucking coy and pleased with herself, “And you love it.” Like yeah he does and so do I! Do it again!

Blossom asking him to the fucking dance! THE DANCE IS COMING! AH!

Henry of course you can’t go to the dance you old fuck but also her teasing him about going with a boy her own age and him getting so angry over it has me so amped, like the playfulness on display here it is just all a game to her!

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I want to make this chapter breakfast in bed and then smash the coffee mug over its head before giving it a big ol kiss.

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Chapter Twenty-Three.

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Chinese food late at night in a hotel room sounds so fucking good right now it is unreal.

Okay but now I need a disgustingly detailed section of how exactly Henry eats pussy or do I gotta do that myself? I can do it myself! I just need to know, we know I can deliver it too. I just gotta think on it.

Blossom asking to get choked by him like girl you don’t know what you are asking of him! He CAN hurt you! He wants to! You are meddling in forces you do not understand!

Every little piece and look into Blossoms past is so fucking sad. She has been through so much I hate it. 

Must every guy in Blossom’s life suck so fucking hard?

Also the milk and honey thing coming around and around again is so fucking perfect and apt and slots into this story fucking amazingly well.

Blossom making him breakfast! I would eat what she made, it sounds fucking good honestly.

Another amazingly described kiss that is so fucking perfect I ache.

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Another banger of a chapter my God I feel so full and spoiled during this re-read.

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Chapter Twenty Four.

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Why are all the suspects older dudes? Hum. I wonder.

Also Henry dressed like a total slut today, we love to see it!

Someone who hangs around the younger guys and girls. Man, I wonder who he is thinking of!!!

I could listen to Henry go off about this kind of thing forever, Freud or otherwise.

Stacy do be Stacy though that is for damn sure Norman.

Norman inviting Henry for dinner and asking him for a smile that turns out to be so unsettling that he is just straight up like nevermind please don’t ever do that again oh my God. Perfection. Hilarious. Whenever and I do mean WHEN, not IF, the movie or tv series or whatever adapt of this happens, that detail needs to be left in.

Blossom out alone with a bunch of boys in the woods and drinking, a horrible idea really.

I can hear the “I wasn’t gonna let them do anything, I was just playyingg-” in my head and it is great. Also sure, Blossom.

This girl will not stop running her mouth to save her life. You are gonna get you and Henry in so much trouble!

I don’t blame Sopher for hating Henry, man is always acting suspicious.

And so it comes out again! Henry I think you do have it out for Whitmore and I think it is because you see an uncomfortable amount of yourself in him at times and refuse to acknowledge it. But also yeah Whitmore is really weird, keep an eye on that guy.

Ooooof. Norman laying it down, like he knows what is up! He isn’t dumb Henry! “I hope to fuck I don’t.” Hits so fucking hard.

Man I do not like Sophie but that is totally a ME and my issues thing because she is right about a lot of this.

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Another fucking awesome chapter, the scene with her in the woods and Henry coming by is another stand out in my mind I find myself thinking of often. 

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Chapter Twenty-Five.

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Henry finding the old pictures of Blossom on the fridge and wondering what made her so “hard” like man if you only knew.

God, the imagery you describe Kate everytime it gets to me. Reach into her brains and feel around, discover what is really wrong Henry do it!

The girl was just fucking waiting for him! Also the lingerie sounds cute as fuck.

C’mon Henry we both know you are gonna fuck her, just do it my guy. 

The give and take between them both, the constant fight and unease and just inability to just exist without conflict. Man do I love it. 

Blossom calling him daddy has me feeling some kind of way.

The choose to kiss me thing has my in knots just it is fucking fantastic Kate just truly something else.

The softness and the not wanting to be so vulnerable but being unable to help it.

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Finished this session at 2:31 PM. Stopping at page 288. I covered 73 pages this time around. The doc is over 5.5K words. Less than 100 pages left to cover. The next annotation session might be my last. Excited to finish strong!

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It is January 31st, a Tuesday, once again it is my day off. I have less than 100 pages left to cover in Blossom and I am going to attempt to complete the book and the annotations this session. For breakfast I had a fried egg sunny side up on a single slice of buttered toast, topped with green onion and everything bagel seasoning. No snack as I am planning on lunch today, perhaps mac and cheese? I am drinking a country peach herbal tea out of my mug Kate sent, “The Trees Know More Than They Dare Say” stares back at me as I put on more thunderstorms in the forest sounds at 10:56 AM and this new reading session begins.

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Chapter Twenty-Six.

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I don’t think I have mentioned it until now but Henry smoking Marlboro’s just makes like way, way too much sense. I can see him holding the classic iconic white and red and gold pack in his hand very clearly.

Henry staring into the forest and wanting to lie down and rot and let it all overtake him in many a similar way that Blossom has is so interesting. Also it makes me wonder like are they just this similar? Or is something up with this forest in particular? But then I remember all the time I have spent in forests and that they are just Like That.

Henry plays nice at the dinner with Norm’s family and I love the honesty of him telling Norm when asked, that he doesn’t give a shit what he thinks but what Stacy thinks actually matters. Good shit, consistent with his character and just an awesome detail. 

Norm filling in Henry on the ‘rumours’ and him brushing it off as just that. Henry is understandably very upset as am I!

Another shower, him gripping the sink and staring at himself in the mirror, again, reminiscent and similar of Blossom earlier. 

Talking about her perfume being on his coats and his pillows, and then this, “She was everywhere. Infecting him.” She so is! I love how slowly it happens but how clear it is here, how much she is burrowed inside him and has affected him so heavily, she has set up camp inside him and he isn’t even fully aware of how much she has. I am obsessed. 

“He felt as if she was the biggest mystery of all.” Fucking cut, print, beautiful note to finish on. Another moment I can see put to screen.

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A fantastic chapter, seriously so many good smaller details, thoroughly enjoyable yet again,

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Chapter Twenty-Seven.

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This chapter is only about two pages but what a two pages. 

Two pages of Blossom breaking down after expecting Henry to reach out and him not, her sobbing, clawing at herself and drinking. The descriptions here at the end, of so desperate for relief you hurt yourself immensely in the process, willing to tear till you see bone just hoping for a moment’s peace, goregous. 

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Ethan, or, Chapter Twenty-Eight.

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Another very short chapter, describing Blossom in the cemetery and Ethan following her there. The conversation is brief, him saying she shouldn’t be out like this, him affirming that it’s not girls like her that are dying, it’s boys like him and him assuring her that he can “bench 200” so the guy will have his work cut out for him. Okay, nice attempt to flex Ethan /s. But this last line is the stand out to me, “-and Blossom let her head fall back, snaking her arm around his shoulders and closing her eyes, engulfing him.”  Phew. Truly a banger.

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Chapter Twenty-Nine.

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Oh my God this is it, this is the chapter, the long, extended dream sequence. I dunno if I am ready again! This part is so intense but so good. Okay, okay, be cool, here we go.

We kick off with a wonderfully descriptive scene of Henry eating, frantic, hungry, desperately trying to satisfy himself, right? Eating meat, drinking red wine, eating pomegranate, and it’s all fine until we pull away to see that he is actually eating Blossom. And not in the way we have seen before, we are talking full out, full on, raw, animalistic, cannibal style consumption. 

It isn’t enough and it will never be enough as he feeds and eats until there is literally nothing left of her, going so far as to consume bone, marrow and cartilage. 

He reaches back in and instead of finding warmth and hopefully more food instead he finds a nest of baby spiders and I get a chill every time I read this part ugh!

This image is the best. Henry trying to fight to get the spiders off, almost tripping and then Blossom, still dead, reaching out, catching his wrist and holding him there, mouth opening and dark legs of a much larger spider reaching out from the darkness just- my GOD. Horror, pure, horror, goodness.

Tea update, I have gotten so distracted reading and annotating it has now gone cold.

The dream shifts suddenly to Henry being in front of and then going into Blossom’s house in search of her, the hope that he will find her safe is one that I cannot share with him because Henry, awake or asleep she is never safe with you.

The description of the room in total disarray is fantastic and also again something that one can picture so easily. 

Blossom is dead and Henry is holding her and sobbing and I am FEELING!

Him crying and apologising is everything. 

But, it was all a joke because all of this is a big fucking joke to Blossom, even pretending she is dead all for him to discover. 

“Does it make you feel good? Tearing those around you apart? Destroying those that care about you?” Go off Henry. But also yeah Blossom, does it?

“I’m sorry.” “No you’re not.” - “You never are.”  Fucking snaps Kate. 

This moment still fucks me up, Henry realizing that he is dead on the floor, has been watching himself this whole time. 

“Are you going to hurt me like you hurt her?” She asked. “Do you want to hurt me Henry? Do you want to kill me too?”  This whole scene, this whole sequence is indescribably good. I wouldn’t want them to cut a single moment or movement from this pure gold. 

Words are failing me.

He’s awake!

The bitch is back and she is drunk.

I have read a few reviews that claim the work of Kate and this book in particular to be ripping off Gone Girl, calling it plagiarism, especially for this next part. Blossom, drunk and a mess giving a speech, a rant, going the fuck off about the awful treatment of men and expectations thrust upon her and all women and that just pisses me off. The reviews, not her speech, her speech is great. I hate that reviewers see a woman giving a speech about mistreatment, and the entitlement of men and look at Kate and her work and compare her to Gillian Flynn negatively.  Because don’t you know there can be only one book like this? Only one story delving into the rage inherent to the feminine? Only one book can have this kind of character, this kind of story, everything else is clearly a copy, a cheap imitation, instead of insulting and making unfair and frankly incorrect claims, looking at the broader picture. These reviewers look at this and compare instead of seeing that both these stories and many more like them can have their own spot in the conversation, and can co-exist. And the biggest point of all, maybe, just fucking maybe, the reason there is multiple stories, conversations, rants, characters like Amy and like Blossom is because what they are talking about, what they preach has distinct truth and basis in the reality of the experience of tons and tons of women and that is why it hits and resonates. 

Also Henry thank God you stopped yourself from saying that shit because holy fuck no one is ever asking for it ever.

Henry not believing female rage, like alright bud, sit down.

Blossom’s feelings are so valid here. The want for people who have harmed you to see how they have and understand it and share that feeling. It is fucking powerful, this whole section is!

“Would you kill to take back your power?” Henry, you are getting closer to getting it. 

The way I need this whole scene filmed yesterday.

Blossom’s got a fucking gun. The first time I read this my stomach dropped. 

This scene with her holding the gun to him is so tense.

Kate you could write about the issues with women only becoming empowered in media through abuse and hurt from men for hours and hours and I would eat it up. Oh shit, wait, I already have. I’d do it again. 

I like to think for sure a part of Blossom wants to stop this, wants to be ‘normal’ wants to love as Henry describes but again, the constant mistreatment from everyone all her life prevents that. How can she just swallow back all this hate and not let it poison her? How can she just move on from that? It IS like saying that they won, she becomes another person standing idly by, a part of the problem. 

Finally she falls asleep and the chapter ends.

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This is my favourite chapter in the book by far. I could scream on and on about it more than I already have, the dream sequence I could read it and go line by line diving in deeper I swear to God. I gotta hold myself back in some places though. 

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Chapter Thirty.

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A hard and tense conversation is had once Blossom wakes up in the morning.

Henry keeps on choosing her, she didn’t ask for it, true but he isn’t unreasonable in wanting her to choose him back and some proof of this. 

She clearly doesn’t want him to go, but he does. 

She usually has cold showers but takes a hot one in an attempt to understand. I could never take a cold shower so Blossom girl, I do not understand you in that respect. 

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A shorter but extremely emotionally driven chapter that hits the spot after the last one.

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Chapter Thirty-One.

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Blossom asking for some help with her photos.

Oh my God Mr.Whitmore you fucking creep. Yeah I will look over your photos for the end of year project, how about I bring a bottle of wine along?! You sick fuck I hate you.

She is eating once again, drinking once again, watching a nature documentary and wishing she as the wolf and the prey all at once and I am still just so fucking captivated by it.

Yeah those Barbie commercials suck, I’d turn off the TV too.

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Chapter Thirty-Two.

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We finally got another body hoooo boy! 

Again tied with a pink ribbon, again many, many stab wounds, throat slashed this time, leaving him to choke on his own blood. 

I afforded myself a ten minute break at this time to grab an ice water and make lunch, I sit back down with my mac and cheese ready to eat and read. 

The killer is being unorganised and cocky, in broad daylight no less?

A school ID at the scene of the crime!

A frantic call from Blossom oh my God!

Mr.Whitmore is with her and when Henry gets there he is dead and she is holding the knife.

Her sobbing about how she lost control is haunting knowing what we know. Knowing how important control is to her and this is why she is doing this, convincing herself whenever she is being hurt or used she is still in control it is like what happened? The tension!

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My mac and cheese threatens to go cold at this rate because this book, again even on the second readthrough, is so captivating. 

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Chapter Thirty-Three.

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Blossom is in the hospital and Henry is there with her.

The girl has been really fucked up my God. 

Norman is totally a bit salty and mad at himself that Henry was right this whole time about it being Mr.Whitmore. 

Love Henry describing the motif of the pink ribbon representing Blossom, just, real good.

I really, really like Norm and Sohpie’s interactions, again the air of how long they have known each other hangs heavy.

Of course it actually happened Norm. Come on. What kid lies about that?

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Another chapter in the books that I love, a big smooch for this one.

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Chapter Thirty-Four.

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We are finally at the dance hooo boy.

The theme of the dance being love, gag me. 

Henry is here like she wanted! 

Be still my heart she is wearing fucking blue. SHE IS WEARING BLUE!

It’s all like a dream, an actually good one for once Henry, a rarity for you I am sure. 

They dance and yeah all the parents watching on like uhhh? Hilarious, like shut up you don’t know them like us the readers do!

And they leave the dance togetherrrr. God I love them way too much for how bad they are for each other.

Back at the hotel, much making out and getting drunk together.

He wants to rip away the blue and bury himself in her pink oh my fucking-KATE! I love you.

Blossom is that girl. Drunk all like, “I wanna go swimming!” And fuck I felt that. 

Kate could write something just listing colours over and over and I would love it. 

Of course he doesn’t want her in the pool. She wants him in the pool with her, so she drags him in, naturally.

The build up of what you think is going to be a steamy sex scene poolside ends up with Blossom breaking down and man my heart hurts. 

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This chapter is just so well paced AND well placed, you know what I mean, it is just mwah, amazing, very needed, tonally it flows so well.

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Chapter Thirty-Five.

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It’s summer, a month after the dance and Henry pays Blossom a visit. 

We get to hear some of her statement and mannn. It is just, fucking pitch perfect, immaculate. 

“I want to love you…So badly…” - “But?” - Blossom didn’t answer.  I am ripping my own hair out oh my God. 

Blossom is so empty inside, nothing there at all and so she instead of dealing with the internal pain, she seeks physical pleasure.

Okay this next sex scene, so fucking good, just I love the juxtaposition of the flowery language with harsher terms thrown in there, it is through the whole book and it feels like it sums up Blossom the character insanely well. 

“In return, Blossom gave him exactly what he needed, at the same time, taking exactly what she wanted. A perfect balance.” Can I get this line tattoo’d on the inside of my eyelids as well as marry it?

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Chapter Thirty-Six.

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Post fuck our fave creep Henry Williamson watches Blossom shower and I wish that were me.

Oh he is smoking less look at him!

“He wondered if this could last forever.” Doubtful. A nice thought though. 

You’ve been here how many times and you only look around her room now? Alright. 

Of course you go for her underwear drawer you little freak of a man! 

Henry finds an envelope and in it a series of pictures of the bodies, of the crime scenes but they aren’t copies, oh no they are originals and very different from the ones he has seen previously.

A delectable little cut back showing Adam Hall from the start going to the woods for a run and Blossom following after him oh my God.

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And just like that the book is over. It is, amazing, truly a gripping read even the second time. I noticed more, picked up on more and really loved it even more. Blossom being the real one behind all this is fantastic, well played and woven without it feeling shoved in your face or obvious and reading it now after the first time knowing she did it was a trip! This book is fantastic, I could read it over and over and I intend to! It plays like a movie, I love the characters and it is just phenomenal. I cannot recommend it enough. Seriously everyone needs to read this and then review it afterwards I am begging! Kate, this book is just, ugh, so special and something so different and I am just totally enamoured with it and you and how you write. In case this 8.6K document didn’t express that already. Thank you again so much for this story and now I can’t wait to read After The Lamb Bites Back!

[snoopybutch]

its gonna sound so gay but when i heard the song leonard cohen on boygenius’ new album i just thought of you. like any song you recommended to me i would take so seriously. and satanist just makes me want to dance in the kitchen with you

This is ridiculously sweet (and gay) . . I’ll give some random song recs then >:3 here are some songs that’ve been on repeat for me recently; the adults are talking-the strokes, show me how-men I trust, hideous towns-the sundays, this night has opened my eyes-the smiths, tales of brave ulysses-cream, forsythia-veruca salt, rabid-mortician, no spill blood-oingo bingo, I follow rivers-marika hackman, (sorry this has just turned into the diarmuid song power hour) 4:00 am-taeko onuki, (you) on my arm-leith ross(* I think you might really like this one) the wedding list-kate bush, knives out-radiohead, bad moon rising-rasputina, engel-rammstein, under ice-kate bush, here comes the rain again-eurythmics, tin man-america, pain-boy harsher, rain when I die-alice in chains, the first taste-fiona apple, a new kind of love-frou frou, negative creep-nirvana (transmasc song of all time) mistaken for strangers-the national, them changes-thundercat, drain you-nirvana, do the evolution-pearl jam (sorry been recommending this 2 everyone n watch the music vid if u can!!) cannonball-the breeders (you can like *taste the bass guitar in this song it’s delish) knife prty-deftones, monkey gone to heaven-pixies, honeycomb-kadhja bonet (this whole album is fantastic I have it on cd, also recommend her cover of remember the rain) lake of fire-nirvana (this is genuinely probs in top 20 of my fave songs of all time) virgin state of mind-k’s choice, army of me-björk (this played at goth/trance/dark wave night at the gay bar n I literally almost Exploded) please please please let me get what I want-deftones (but the original is also Gr8) gravity-sara bareilles (this song has never and will never fail to make me dramatic n sing along) time in a bottle-jim croce (I love Jim Croce’s music sm lmao) ballroom blitz-sweet, heaven-bryan adams (definitely a contender for a wedding reception song for me) mi mayor venganza-la india, them bones-alice in chains, come undone-duran duran, strangers-ethel cain

I was gonna link my Spotify playlists but it seems #impossible so sorrryyy heehee

[confuchan]

The Boyz Recs

(updated: aug. 30, 2024)

Warnings usually left by authors at beginning of each

My warnings just in case (I hope these make sense): ⤵

♨ - contains nsfw in story         🔞 - just nsfw

💖 - my faves   ()

Series (Multi-part fics)

12 months i loved you Collab Masterlist ~ OT12 [unfinished(?)]

12 Days Of Christmas ~ OT12 [some broken links]

Under The Spotlight - Masterlist (Some are also linked separately below)

Summer Sessions - Masterlist♨️💖 ~ college au, country club au, OT11

Jacob

Sweet Angel - Masterlist💖 ~ strangers to lovers, slice of life au, singer!jacob

Q/Changmin

Curtain Call - Masterlist ~ exes to lovers, actors/actresses au, smau

To All The Boys I've Loved Before - Masterlist ~ college au, TATBILB au

Sunwoo

Break Your Rules - Masterlist💖 ~ brother's best friend au, e2L, college au (has sequel: Make or Break)

Run With Hell (♨️?)💖 ~ 4.1k, lovers to exes, summer fling au, bad boy!sunwoo (Prequel to Ride Along)

Ride Along - Masterlist💖 ~ exes to lovers, bad boy/streetracer!sunwoo

PLUCK MY HEARTSTRINGS - Masterlist ~ rivals to lovers, band au, college au, smau (Discontinued)

Eric

Make or Break - Masterlist💖 ~ exes to lovers, college au (sequel to Break Your Rules)

Fics (5k+ words)

Kevin

picture perfect💖 ~ 8.5k, s2L, art student!kevin, secret admirer au

Dreams, Sofas, and Whines🔞💖 ~ 6.9k

Sunwoo

So much for self-control♨️ ~ 7.2k

The Girl I Haven’t Met💖 ~ 5.1k

Wolfie💖 ~ 8.7k, s2L, fairytale au, red riding hood!reader, wolf!sunwoo

Oneshots (1k-5k words)

Jacob

tattooed heart💖 ~ 3.1k, acquaintances to lovers, college au, soulmate au

Not So Innocent🔞 ~ 3.2k

A spark between pages💖 ~ 1.1k, childhood friends to ?

Lessons Part 1🔞 ~ 2.5k (+ Kevin)

Lessons Part 2🔞 ~ 2.1k (+ Kevin)

in malibu💖 ~ 1.8k, est. relationship au, idol au (?), long distance relationship

Juyeon

take you down🔞 ~ 1.6k

Kevin

Something Like That💖 ~ 3.3k, f2L

[3:17am]💖 ~ 1.2k, f2L

teach me about love💖 ~ 2.1k, preschool teacher!kevin

Moon & Star ~ 1.1k, soulmate au, part-timer!kevin

what's your secret?💖 ~ 4.3k, secret agent au, fake marriage au (Part of '12 months i loved you' collab)

Trust Me Bro, Let’s Have Sex🔞💖 ~ 1k, best friend!kevin

traitor ~ 1.1k

iced americano ~ 2.1k, exes to lovers(?)

Feux De Joies: Bonfire. ~ 2.7k

Us, Till The End ~ 2.1k

salted caramel💖 ~ 1.1k, barista!kevin, college student!reader

HYACINTH ~ 1.6k

Let Me Take the Pressure Off🔞 ~ 1.8k

paint me naked🔞💖 ~ 2.3k

Q/Changmin

sex is overrated🔞💖 ~ 5k, best friends to lovers

Sunwoo

st. fratty's day ~ 1.7k, college au, frat boy au

a little TMI between friends🔞💖 ~ 3.9k, f2L

tongue burn💖 ~ 1.1k

lovesick ~ 1.9k, high school au

berry ~ 1.9k, f2L, college au

Eric

[ 11:47 a.m.] (♨️?)💖 ~ 1k, classmate!eric

Drabbles (under 1k words)

Sangyeon

(dad!sangyeon) ~ 389

savior💖 ~ 332, dad au

first day💖 ~ 446, dad au

Jacob

dad!jacob💖 ~ 378

Fairy Roommate💖 ~ 786

Perfect Person ~ 617

(ex!jacob double date drabble)💖 ~ 453

[23:39] ~ 138

Younghoon

dad!younghoon ~ 285

Hyunjae/Jaehyun

dad!hyunjae💖 ~ 389

Juyeon

dad!juyeon ~ 410

Kevin

Friends to Lovers with Kevin Moon🔞💖 ~ 664

[2:13PM]💖 ~ 245

i'll wait ~ 373, non-idol au

dad!kevin💖 ~ 363

Ways To Love: Kevin💖 ~ 845

summer time! ~ 240

New/Chanhee

dad!chanhee💖 ~ 436

Q/Changmin

[𝟗:𝟑𝟎 𝐩𝐦] ~ 188

dad!changmin💖 ~ 441

(SoftDom + Yandere!Changmin)🔞 ~ 925

Haknyeon

dad!haknyeon ~ 409

Sunwoo

dad!sunwoo💖 ~ 527

ghosting ~ 671, f2L, non-idol au

Eric

dad!eric💖 ~ 406

not a baby💖 ~ 392, almost dad au

Ways To Love: Sunwoo💖 ~ 939

Reactions / Misc.

Kev (soulmate/bff to lovers), Sunwoo (soulmate/older bro’s bff to lovers), Q (rivals to lovers) drabbles💖 ~ (all one post)

The Boyz as types of drinks

Incorrect quote ~ (JC & KV)

he’s a 10 but……💖 ~ hyung line (SY-JY)

he’s a 10 but……💖 ~ maknae line (KV-E)

TBZ - how much game the members have

TBZ as doms🔞

TBZ - %! random things tbz reminds (@/svhnflwr) of💖

TBZ as brat tamers🔞

TBZ - reaction to period cramps with s/o

Incorrect Quote (Q, SW, HN, HJ)

Incorrect Quote (HJ, YH)

Incorrect Quote (Q, N, SW)

TBZ - who is an ass or boobs guy (🔞?)💖

TBZ - How “down bad” are they for you?💖

TBZ - How you ended up fucking your roommate🔞💖

TBZ - is/looks like: a cinnamon roll or could kill you💖

(random Jacob facts)

JACOB WITH SMALL CHESTED GF HCS

TBZ - reaction to finding out you’ve faked it before💖

[jinx-on-mars-19xx]

What's your fave candy?

What's your fave fragrance note and least fave?

What's never missing in your ideal day?

cat or dog? (Or another pet...)

Thrift shopping or buying new?

Go to haircut?

🍑 or 🍒 (yeah, I know😅)

Any advice you wanna give somebody...

🖤🖤

Favorite candy? Hmm... I love Snickers for chocolate. Payday for just a candy bar. And Tootsie pop suckers but mainly the chocolate ones 🤭 Oh and sweet tarts or something for sour. I like sweets if you can't tell.

Favorite/least favorite fragrance note? 🤔 I'll start with saying I despise lavender. I'm allergic to it and it makes me sick. I like sweet notes though, but not bakery sweet. More like... Well, candy notes. Like cotton candy or something. I also love a good clean linen scent for rooms and clothes.

Something never missing in my ideal day? Let me think... Well Pepsi for one, I get nauseous without it. I know that sounds crazy but it's genuine. But besides that I'll be corny for a moment and say love or laughter. If you can find at least one thing to make you smile or giggle every day, even if it's small, that's such a good reason to keep going. It really helps.

Cat or dog? I really want to say both. I grew up with both and I've always had both around. However I love my cat Holden SO much and he's my baby.

Thrift shopping or buying new? I'm torn because I do both. Although it's rarely the definition of thrifty because I tend to pay extra when I buy second hand. I collect Dom and Kells merch, even older stuff so I use thrift apps a lot. But I love getting new boxers or tees online 😍

Go to haircut? Undercut definitely. Almost every time I've grown it out that's what I go back to. The undersides shaved and the top long because bangs and I do not mix 😂

🍑 or 🍒? 👀 I'm not sure if you're asking me about the fruit or what it usually means? If you mean the fruit then a peach with salt on it. But if you mean the other, well... That depends but I'm often into 🍑 Have you seen Dom's?

Advice: The best I can do since it's not specific is to find something every day that makes you smile and to try and be kind, though never allow people to make you feel less than. You're more important that you know and the only one of you that exists. It's okay to not live every day like it's your last, some of us don't have the energy. But find something that puts a smile on your face and that will help more than you know. Things are rarely as monumental as they seem, good or bad. This is definitely the long version of what I used to sign off my rambles with but I think it was... Spread love, not hate, and be fooking happy 🖤

[ben-wisehart]

sorry for randomly sending this on tumblr (and also a few days after you asked for some reason?) but twitter is NOT suited for my rambly ass lol (and also i sometimes think tahini osn't everyone's fave even though a lot of people. do love it haha)

but please sometime try this as an addition w/ your breakfast: half honey half undiluted tahini, dip into it with some soft fresh bread like a brioche or smth. it's so nice. it's like our pb&j lol

everything else uses the standard recipe you might know: tahini, salt, a good amount of lemon juice, cold water (in other places like egypt they may add garlic or yogurt if they like the taste) - dilute it however much you like (<- like this you have to keep in the fridge) (and pretty much most tahini dishes are meant as dips with bread)

then you can have it on it's own as a side dish, as a sandwich sauce (esp with falafel/shawarma of course) or as a salad dressing

i second pip's kofta recipe, you can do it like the pic or we just lay it in a layer on the tray and have the potatoes cut in disks (tomatoes optional)

for people who like eggplants, you can either drizzle it on cooked (whole/cut) eggplant, or incorporate it into a dip like baba ghanoush

one of my fave dishes is msabbaha (or "deconstructed hummus") ("msabbaha" means "swimming in the sauce" lmao) - where you have a bed of hummus and add its ingredients (cooked chickpeas, tahini, olive oil) on top, and you can garnish with paprika and/or pine nuts and/or any hot sauce

tahini is a popular side dish (dip) with whole fish and with barbecque, with the latter you can eat it on it's own or (like i do) dip some flatbread into it, then use that to pinch a meat chunk off a skewer without getting your hands dirty! 😂

with the (white) fish, if you have leftovers of both the next day, you can shred the fish carefully into the tahini and have a new take on the dish slightly to the left haha

in the "acquired taste but my personal faves" category:

roasted/fried cauliflower florets just dunked in tahini, a lot of it

tahini and pomegranate molasses (or either/or) as a sauce drizzled on tongue or chicken liver if you like them

i havent tried making the sweet cinnamon bun equivalent thing but it looks nice! and there's also the whole world of "tahini as a sesame paste sub in asian cooking" that i haven't tried either!

i was about to say that buying halawa/halva is easier and better than making it, but i do have a caveat that im talking about a single palestinian brand ahahaha bc settlers tried to make it but none of the other brands are as good (oilier and less airy lol) so maybe do take a shot at it if you or palestinian immegrants near you cant get al-hilal 😄😄

so basically you can do anything you like with it, okay thanks for coming to my ted talk byeeee *runs away*

Omg thank you so much for this!!! Posting so my followers can also use these ideas

(Context is my mum bought a huge jar of tahini that neither of us really knew a lot of recipes for so I asked for some suggestions on twitter)

[rentnhop]

Ladakh Nightlife: How should you travel at night? 

Are you also a nightlife lover? Planning a trip to Ladakh soon? Then we recommend you to get ready for some magical nights out in this mountainous region. Although Ladakh is better known for its serene monasteries and stunning landscapes, the nightlife scene in Leh is pretty charming too. 

Trust me, Ladakh after dark has its own special energy you don't want to miss. And yes we are talking with experience. But, how can you fulfill this dream? Bike rental in Ladakh helps you live this dream without breaking your bank. Sound like a perfect plan? Then keep reading. 

Start with exploring cafes and foods 

Alright, when the sun goes down in Leh, the streets start filling up with locals and tourists heading out for dinner or just taking a stroll. As you walk around, you'll find cozy little cafes, bars tucked away in hotels, and bustling bazaars. It's way more low-key than a wild Saturday night in Goa, but still lively in its own way.

Let's start with the cafes - they're my personal fave. Comfy couches, twinkling fairy lights, mouthwatering food...what's not to love? You'll find cuisine from all over the world but definitely try some local Ladakh dishes. At Gesmo Restaurant, I'd highly recommend the sky-thick wheat pasta in a spicy sauce. Yum.

Oh and be sure to order a steaming cup of Ladakh salt tea made with yak butter. Sounds weird but it's the perfect beverage for chilly nights out here. Pro tip: bring a jacket or shawl so you can enjoy outdoor garden seating without freezing your buns off.

Now, in terms of bars, there aren't many dedicated drinking spots, but quite a few hotels have lively bars open to the public. My top pick is the Voodoo Rooftop Lounge at The Grand Dragon Hotel. Sip a delicious mango margarita while gazing at the sparkling Leh Palace under the stars. So romantic. 

Visit Ladakh’s night bazaar (Market) 

Alright, finally, no night out in Leh is complete without a visit to the bustling night bazaar. Rows of stalls sell everything from winter woolens to Tibetan crafts and Ladakh jewelry. Watching locals haggle for a good deal is entertainment in itself! Don't forget to snack on yummy street food like momos and apricot juice too.

A few tips to make the most of your Ladakh nights: dress modestly, stick to well-lit areas, and watch your alcohol consumption. Remember drinking dehydrates you faster in the mountains. And of course, budget some time to nurse your hangover with sweet black tea before heading out on treks and long bike rides during the day.

How to travel with bike rental in Ladakh

Getting a bike on rent in Ladakh is something I'd totally recommend to explore the nightlife here for you. This is a recommendation after years of surviving in the bike renting industry and having 500+ happy customers. Leh is best experienced on two wheels! Just take it slow and watch for icy patches in winter. Rentnhop is one of the popular companies that offer Ladakh Bike Rental near the main market with different types of bikes in their collection. Ah, biking under the starry Ladakh sky - what freedom.

One last thing: don't forget to chat with the locals. Having a conversation over Chang beer or barley wine is the best way to learn more about Ladakh culture and beliefs. People here are so friendly and open.

Conclusion 

So there you have it, my tips for savoring those precious evenings in Leh. Grab your partner or solo travel buddies and get ready for some unforgettable nights filled with good food, new friends, and breathless mountain views. Ladakh's nightlife will leave you with beautiful memories that'll last a lifetime. Let me know if you have any other questions before your trip related to bike rental in Ladakh or anything. Have an amazing time. 

[youareiron-andyouarestrong]

Rebelcaptain Secret Santa Anon back for another week!!!

Love that you listed the cast some light verse as one of your smutty faves! It's one of my fave series too. (I don't think I'll reach those heights, but I'll do my best! I have a habit of building up to smut and then cutting away from it or joking my way out of it but I'm really trying this time bc the fic deserves it!)

This week's question is an offer to do some self-promo. I've read your works over the years, but if someone was brand new to you as an author, what fics would you choose introduce yourself to them? A personal, touching favorite? A specific beloved trope? Non-Rebelcaptain fics are totally encouraged as well...but this is an exchange for them so maybe at least one lol.

Hope you're having a lovely November and have a happy thanksgiving if you celebrate! If I could e-gift you baked goods, I would. (Sorry if this sent twice, Tumblr did a weird, you can just answer one.)

Wow, what a great question! I'm very bad at self-promo, but I'll do my best

undoubtedly, my longest, most involved work is my rebelcaptain magic/wizarding au, iron, salt, earth, that I co-write with @shewhoisneondaisies. it's so full of our headcanons and ideas about magic that it's become very much a part of me. so if you want super involved worldbuilding (a personal favorite of mine), that's the one to read

my contribution to the 2020 rebelcaptain secret santa exchange, wherever you stray i'll follow (anywhere else is hollow) originally was an epistolary piece, because I love an obscure conceit, but I love how it turned out; writing modern!, married!rebelcaptain was a source of great comfort and joy to me, during a difficult holiday season

finally, my most recent rash of rebelcaptain snippets that several lovely anons and mutuals have sent to me (two prompts found here and here) are near and dear to me, because I'm always struggling to keep it exactly that--a snippet! but two of these have lines I'm very proud of, so here they go

anyone who follows me knows my latest hyperfixation is Lockwood & Co, my current project is my Norrie wakes up au, passed down like folksongs, the love lasts so long, of which I am very proud! (you will also notice a repeated pattern, the use of Taylor Swift lyrics as titles.) if you like found family feels and sweet established relationships, this is the fic for you (until I make it angsty, that is)

[baekhvuns]

Omg, sorry Baek I forgot to reply!

Idk what's going on in Munich, I used to visit the city a lot and even went on a student's exchange, but didn't notice anything unusual 🤔 sus, maybe it's in the water. RM vs Liverpool was boring from what I've seen, but at least Madrid won, as usual thanks to Benzema

Ahhh I knew you'd mention VAR lmao. But FUCK VAR ACTUALLY https://en.as.com/soccer/how-many-points-have-real-madrid-and-barcelona-won-or-lost-due-to-var-n/ not so fast Baek, you're not bringing us down woth you. Why is Barca's management such a mess, fraud and poor too??? 😭

Can't expect too much from a guy called Kyle 🔫 embarrassing and pathetic behaviour

Right, Indian food is full of plant based dishes, it's one of my favourite cuisines. Western veganism to me is white fitness people going vegan for health reasons and eating food with no flavour. I actually have a friend who's sensitive to flavours, so she eats pretty bland food, but most vegans don't care about health that much jjshshkakwjsjsjw so we just eat junk, but vegan. If you serve me a simple raw salad I might cry. I don't think I have a fave dish, but I'd say vegan burgers are on another level. Years ago they were just dry bean or chickpea patties with some veggies, no flavour, no texture. Nowadays even meat eaters love them. I also love vegan noodles, be it ramen, pho, pad thai, whatever. If you're a cook or a chef and you're scared of making plant based food idk what to tell you 💀

I recently went to these two places I've never been to https://www.happycow.net/reviews/camouflage-seoul-272416

https://www.happycow.net/reviews/bab-full-ggot-seoul-204380

And one vegan cafe/restaurant called My Sweet Kitten or something like that 😭❤

SM might be free from Hybe, but they need to get their shit together https://twitter.com/allkpop/status/1635527942045331459?t=Vd3fzxk1qrcfuyjGn6MeLA&s=19 🔫 they just won't stop. LSM needs to be banned from life 🔪 And this https://twitter.com/girlinreallifee/status/1636035944171069444?t=nxKYNLJ13X91O2FIPaXUeA&s=19 too fucking funny. When a guy asks a girl out and she rejects him, so he calls her ugly or says it was a bet anyway 🤡

Oh you don't eat raw tomatoes? Literally every European country does that. I'm not a big fan of eating them like strawberries, but Balkans, Slavs, Italians, Spaniards - we all eat raw tomatoes with salt and pepper (and some additional herbs) quite often. Sugar... I can't approve of. Apparently San - another veggie hater taught Hwa this tomato trick

So some Ktiny tweeted screenshots of a fabricated message saying they were sued by KQ for sexual harassment and everyone was like??? Lots of people weren't sure if it was real or not. Then another user tweeted "I-fans don't worry it's a joke between friends, very popular in Korea 😄" bitch?!!?!??!

As much as I wanna see Ateez, I'm just used to missing their concerts at this point. My friend and I came to the same conclusion - it's been years since we last came to Japan and Korea. Tbh I'm tired of Ateez on tour (aka going to the same places every few months, attending KCON - I'm happy they get invited, but ffs calm down). I'd rather if they gave us some interesting content. I know they love performing, but it's too fucking much, such a money grab and it's definitely not good for their health. They don't need to be MIA for months, but I just wanna miss them y'know? The amount of content and schedules is overwhelming. Quality over quantity pls! And they can still do things that would benefit them as a group and individually.

AOS p1>>>AOS p2 is a common opinion in my circle so I thought it was a popular one. I think some people liked s2 more because it was simpler and bigger on romance and cute moments. I haven't seen p1 of The Glory, I have it on my list, but I just haven't been in the mood for it. I finished s4 of YOU though and WTF 😭

This is sending me into oblivion they're too cute and funny https://www.koreaboo.com/news/fans-matchmaker-exo-kai-sf9-yoo-taeyang-bubble-rover-viral-instagram/ literal 15 year old school boys. Btw Kai https://twitter.com/1117FOLDER/status/1635461639481839617?t=2KIZV3VrhBXc5IzlYDaF8Q&s=19

My cats when they get the zoomies and act silly goofy https://twitter.com/sansangbear/status/1635642904914845700?t=QXN7XP-0u1vY-KWLZZcfbg&s=19

Uhmmm okay https://twitter.com/Kpopmap/status/1635117596780511233?t=8up6MouMUAR1Dk-2s_wERA&s=19

Can't stop staring Baeksy https://twitter.com/pseonghwapics/status/1635212406245982212?t=2e-xLBDInzZMMl9B348zRQ&s=19 and wow https://twitter.com/hehetsohvi/status/1636051216932257797?t=n8jDLABWyud-oEDgacoDcw&s=19 the complexion, the side profile (nose), the STARE

MOOOOOOOOODEEEEEEEL I NEED HIS COAT https://twitter.com/nobodylikehwa/status/1636512302957469701?t=xMioCJMB0HsoLnLgqilVEw&s=19

I've been laughing at this for a while WHY DOES THE VIDEO FIT SO WELL it's kinda a niche joke but when you get it 😭 https://twitter.com/youngluvdotcom/status/1635059301785157632?t=JvNWTGu-wTcduSKdEcEFcw&s=19 - DV 💖

hi hello!!

Omg, sorry Baek I forgot to reply! //// Idk what's going on in Munich, I used to visit the city a lot and even went on a student's exchange, but didn't notice anything unusual 🤔 sus, maybe it's in the water. RM vs Liverpool was boring from what I've seen, but at least Madrid won, as usual thanks to Benzema

no worries! have fun on ur trip!! i don’t want u to worry about responding 😭😭 OOOOOO EXCHANGE IN MUNICH??? anon seriously what a cool lifestyle u lived 🤚🏻 maybe u didn’t nOTICE BC UR A WATER HATING PERSON AND DIDN’T TRY THE WATER 🔫🔫🔫 it really was boring! thought they’d keep a 0-0 but benz came in clutch,, for el classico i have no idea what they’ll do, but all i know is the messi back @ barca rumours are FUELLING me

arsenal…is everything ok there anon 😶 and 😭😭

Ahhh I knew you'd mention VAR lmao. But FUCK VAR ACTUALLY https://en.as.com/soccer/how-many-points-have-real-madrid-and-barcelona-won-or-lost-due-to-var-n/ not so fast Baek, you're not bringing us down woth you. Why is Barca's management such a mess, fraud and poor too??? 😭 //// Can't expect too much from a guy called Kyle 🔫 embarrassing and pathetic behaviour

LMFAOOOO NOW NOW NOW DONT EVEN GET ME STARTED ON THOSE UCLS "WINS" AND THE WINNING LA LIGA BY 3PTS U MADRIDISTA 🔫🔫🔫 leaked reports are out and i guess they are innocent as of now,, tho that perez is sussy TEBAS IS A MADRIDISTA FBWNDHSJ as a president idk how this man been ruining la liga and now since they don’t have money he’s trying to butter up to messi to come back,, no literally all kyle’s are like that, bro just fed into the stereotype even more

now 👁 no wonder casemiro never got a straight red in la liga but in pm jdfksjhslhfhkjawf

Right, Indian food is full of plant based dishes, it's one of my favourite cuisines. Western veganism to me is white fitness people going vegan for health reasons and eating food with no flavour. I actually have a friend who's sensitive to flavours, so she eats pretty bland food, but most vegans don't care about health that much jjshshkakwjsjsjw so we just eat junk, but vegan. If you serve me a simple raw salad I might cry. I don't think I have a fave dish, but I'd say vegan burgers are on another level. Years ago they were just dry bean or chickpea patties with some veggies, no flavour, no texture. Nowadays even meat eaters love them. I also love vegan noodles, be it ramen, pho, pad thai, whatever. If you're a cook or a chef and you're scared of making plant based food idk what to tell you 💀

indian food may visually not be appealing but the food hits, always hits 😭😭😭 hUHHHH THATS INTERESTING i think many americans go vegan and think there’s like no flavour or only specially use salt and pepper when there seems to be so many varieties in it! fast food restaurants should ngl cater to vegetarians & vegans, not only will it give them more money but at least we’d have something to eat 😭😭 VEGAN BURGERS YOU ARE SO CORRECT ON THAT !!!!! here, most (literally probably three) restaurants use soya as a substitute and it ngl it tastes better than meat, to the point even meat eaters enjoy it,, question! have u tried the indian manchurian? since ppl mostly eat the chinese one, i tbh find that one bland 🔫 no bc how hard is it to make something plant based food, u can literally not even use plant for it,, u got flour, potatoes, rice, spice?? how much more u want 😭😭

I recently went to these two places I've never been to https://www.happycow.net/reviews/camouflage-seoul-272416  //// https://www.happycow.net/reviews/bab-full-ggot-seoul-204380 /// And one vegan cafe/restaurant called My Sweet Kitten or something like that 😭❤

omg anon thank u for introducing this app to me i need it so bad for travelling im in debt if u bfnshdn THE FIRST PLACE IT LOOKS SO DELICIOUSO AND THE SECOND WITH THAT TOFU THING??? it’s 1 am and i am salivating

SM might be free from Hybe, but they need to get their shit together https://twitter.com/allkpop/status/1635527942045331459?t=Vd3fzxk1qrcfuyjGn6MeLA&s=19 🔫 they just won't stop. LSM needs to be banned from life 🔪 And this https://twitter.com/girlinreallifee/status/1636035944171069444?t=nxKYNLJ13X91O2FIPaXUeA&s=19 too fucking funny. When a guy asks a girl out and she rejects him, so he calls her ugly or says it was a bet anyway 🤡

more money for sm 😭😭😭 but that fee’s for ONE TERM is MAD! RIDICULOUSLY MAD! i wonder if they’ll have diff rates for international students,,, LMFAOOO THAT IS SO FUNNY AS IF THEY WERENT BEGGING TO SM / FANS TO JOIN THEM 😭😭😭 sTOPPPPP U EXPLAINED IT SO PERFECTLY GET OUT SHDJWJDKWHDK

Oh you don't eat raw tomatoes? Literally every European country does that. I'm not a big fan of eating them like strawberries, but Balkans, Slavs, Italians, Spaniards - we all eat raw tomatoes with salt and pepper (and some additional herbs) quite often. Sugar… I can't approve of. Apparently San - another veggie hater taught Hwa this tomato trick

see i don’t bc tomatoes taste like wet bitter cucumber to me but everyone does so here! like cut them up and put salt or pepper on them! BUT MY SHOCK IS LIKE HE EATS LIKE A FULL, RAW, UNCUT TOMATO?? LIKE JUST BITES INTO IT???? sugar and tomato, seonghwa what 😭😭 i realized that there’s quite a lot of similarities between all the ones u mentioned above w indians it’s kinda crazy, but then again a lot of them had colonized/owned a part of it (looking at portugal 🔫) id be interested to know if ur’s also entangles w india somehow, would be eye opening <3 SAN TAUGHT HIM THAT????? i wish u could see my face reading that

So some Ktiny tweeted screenshots of a fabricated message saying they were sued by KQ for sexual harassment and everyone was like??? Lots of people weren't sure if it was real or not. Then another user tweeted "I-fans don't worry it's a joke between friends, very popular in Korea 😄" bitch?!!?!??!

the level ppl drop to... the bar is on the floor yALL JOKE ABT THIS???? no wonder many turn a blind eye to sa literally happening on their street,, damnn that is crazy,, no but rly what the hell

As much as I wanna see Ateez, I'm just used to missing their concerts at this point. My friend and I came to the same conclusion - it's been years since we last came to Japan and Korea. Tbh I'm tired of Ateez on tour (aka going to the same places every few months, attending KCON - I'm happy they get invited, but ffs calm down). I'd rather if they gave us some interesting content. I know they love performing, but it's too fucking much, such a money grab and it's definitely not good for their health. They don't need to be MIA for months, but I just wanna miss them y'know? The amount of content and schedules is overwhelming. Quality over quantity pls! And they can still do things that would benefit them as a group and individually.

u guys did it right! they’ll have so many more concerts with the way they are going so i guess u technically won’t be missing anything fbfbfb everything u said 1000% want to miss them!!! let us have some non-concert vlogs OR NO CONCERTS FOR A WHILE PLS, let us see the daily life vlogs or vacationing in a diff country for testing! it really is overwhelming every time i go on twt they’ve done/filmed or are about to do something 😭😭 REST, GIVE US REST TOO

AOS p1>>>AOS p2 is a common opinion in my circle so I thought it was a popular one. I think some people liked s2 more because it was simpler and bigger on romance and cute moments. I haven't seen p1 of The Glory, I have it on my list, but I just haven't been in the mood for it. I finished s4 of YOU though and WTF 😭

so many ppl i know are saying the s2 is >>> than s1 and they are wrong, disrespectfully. YOU HAVE TO!!!!!! WATCH IT!!!! SERIOUSLY tho same with aos, glory’s s1 is >>>> FHAKDHSK HOW WAS YOU! 😭😭

This is sending me into oblivion they're too cute and funny https://www.koreaboo.com/news/fans-matchmaker-exo-kai-sf9-yoo-taeyang-bubble-rover-viral-instagram/ literal 15 year old school boys. Btw Kai https://twitter.com/1117FOLDER/status/1635461639481839617?t=2KIZV3VrhBXc5IzlYDaF8Q&s=19

NO BC HE WAS GIGGLING LIKE A 12YO 😭😭😭 and now every idol is reacting out to him and he goes to respond to them and then goes on bubble and says that “i died a little after that conversation hahaha!” taeyang is so funny fhbjsbdf STOPPP ALL THE ROVER EDITS ARE SO CRAZY FBWKDHWK AND U JUST HAD TO SEND THIS ONE 😭😭😭 ooooo ur thoughts on the rover album?and the recent jimin release?

My cats when they get the zoomies and act silly goofy https://twitter.com/sansangbear/status/1635642904914845700?t=QXN7XP-0u1vY-KWLZZcfbg&s=19 //// Uhmmm okay https://twitter.com/Kpopmap/status/1635117596780511233?t=8up6MouMUAR1Dk-2s_wERA&s=19

are u sure he’s not ur cat, im thinking it’s the tiny one of urs 🧍🏻‍♀️ YEAH KIM KAI LET ME- oh i didn’t even see seonghwa, my jaw did a lil drop...

Can't stop staring Baeksy https://twitter.com/pseonghwapics/status/1635212406245982212?t=2e-xLBDInzZMMl9B348zRQ&s=19 and wow https://twitter.com/hehetsohvi/status/1636051216932257797?t=n8jDLABWyud-oEDgacoDcw&s=19 the complexion, the side profile (nose), the STARE

anon we’re not getting ambassadorship but WE ARE BEING FED! the melanin and pose, the simplicity 🤌🏻✨✨ the (nose) is so sharp, looks comfy 🫡  

MOOOOOOOOODEEEEEEEL I NEED HIS COAT https://twitter.com/nobodylikehwa/status/1636512302957469701?t=xMioCJMB0HsoLnLgqilVEw&s=19

ANON ISNT THIS THAT TRENCH COAT WHERE THE PERSON WEARING IT FLASHES PPL IN PUBLIC FJSMFJKAJCJCJCK

I've been laughing at this for a while WHY DOES THE VIDEO FIT SO WELL it's kinda a niche joke but when you get it 😭 https://twitter.com/youngluvdotcom/status/1635059301785157632?t=JvNWTGu-wTcduSKdEcEFcw&s=19 - DV 💖

NOT THE NEW JEANS GAG FBWNFJAKFJWK 😭😭😭😭😭😭 HELP WHEN I GOT IT THE WAY I WHEEZED FBNFBJ

now.

we need this as a drama actually