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I just want to run dramatically through a field of lupins with a billowing dress behind me as mother nature's secret love child.

[erichive]

[beautifulramblingbrains]

Eric: “I tell you what boy, I make a helluva damn ham sandwich. Shut your mouth.”

[beautifulramblingbrains]

Hi! I just wanted to say how much I love Bound by Honor. I was wondering if you might be planning an update soon? And if not, maybe you could write something (even a small extra or snippet) about Eric and Sarah? I miss them so much! Thank you for all the amazing work you put into this story 🤍

Hello there,

I have halted all work as life has been extremely busy. Hoping to pick up the 'pen' soon but it won't be etching Eric and Sarah's story. Hopefully the hours of scribbling I've done will tide you over and fill that gap with rereads, even if momentarily...

All the best

[beautifulramblingbrains]

Hi, I think I posted an anonymous message here sometime a few years ago about Bound By Chains. I reread it again (perhaps for the nth time) and being definitely older now I can say it still gives me the same effect as it did years ago. Amazing work, truly. Hoping you’re doing well and healthy. Also, if you’re open for any tips please let me know! I just feel really bad reading all this for free :)

Nostalgia at it's finest. :)

I'm so glad it's just being appreciated and reread after so many years. Maybe one day I'll write my own original piece and you can help me then. ;)

[beautifulramblingbrains]

I came across Bound by Chains on ao3 and can I just say it’s so amazing!! The best Eric fic I’ve read so far. I’m so glad I scoured through ao3 one night and found it.

I love that you didn’t shy away from the darker themes of the story and kept true to his nature, it wasn’t a softer version of Eric but a complex and authentic one. His warring emotions for Sarah when he started to catch feelings and his natural instinct to be selfish, fearless and sadistic blended so well. He was always the ends-justifies-the-means type and in your story, it showed that heavily, he was the only person who was willing to do what he thinks is necessary to keep their society safe, getting his hands dirty to keep status quo. I don’t exactly agree with it but that’s the type of person Eric is and I loved that it was fleshed out so well.

As a reader, I could sense the subtle changes happening (that he tries so hard to fight) because he was starting to care for someone other than himself, I might even assume- caring more about her than himself and he had no idea how to navigate through that. It wasn’t a complete 180 but a bumpy ride, often falling off the wagon but still learning. This is exactly what makes the story so realistic and complex. With the darker theme, it’s so important not to gloss over the harder aspects and you did such a wonderful job on that.

Sarah is the perfect balance for him and even with Eric being Eric, made her go through the wringer. She also learned more about herself because of him, that it’s okay to put herself first too.

Anyway, all this to say great job! And I’ll be reading the sequel ;) I hope you would consider writing for real and turning this into a novel (with content warnings :D), I can totally see this book being published. You have the talent :)

Thank you for sharing with us!

Sorry it's taken so long to reply. I only pop by every so often. I'm so glad you enjoyed it and entirely impressed every day on the amount of people who spend time reading and making the effort to comment. Truly honoured.

[beautifulramblingbrains]

Are you still working on any of your stories? Havent seen any updates of you lately😥

I haven't worked on anything for a long time. If I do I suppose it would be more of an original idea now more than anything.

Thank you for posting.

[beautifulramblingbrains]

Hi there! I recently came across your amazing work “Bound By Chains” and was wondering does it have a sequel or continuation? Apologies if you’re no longer active here, but I just wanted to say I really enjoyed it!

Hello there.

Wow, such a long time, I apologise. There certainly is more to the story which can be found on here or fanfic. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Take care now.

[catasters]

[zoi-no-miko]

THE VOID LICKY LICKY

[naamahdarling]

[andromacheofappalachia]

Why do your people have so much hunger to kill? Fear.

- American Primeval (2025).

[andromacheofappalachia]

Abish and Red Feather both dying instead of getting to move on from their past and getting to be together makes me want to throw hands

[beautifulramblingbrains]

I actually came here to see if anyone was as pssd as I was. I'm literally missing a piece of me after finishing this!

[nancydrewwouldnever]

René Lalique, Diadem of pearls, diamonds, gold and enamelwork, ca. 1903 (Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim)

[bug-kisser]

If I had mandibles I'd clack them together like tongs all the time

[sidneypagget]

“what the fuck” is an emotion now and its the only one i have

[random-brushstrokes]

Ernst Henseler - Blumenpflückende Frau mit Sonnenschirm (1904)

[jamie-007]

... 🎶 Si tu m'aimes

Si je t'ouvre mon cœur

C'est que tu sèmes

Une graine, une fleur

Tu devras me garder, abîmée ou belle

Dans ce carrousel... 🎶

Indila & Amir

Très belle soirée ✨🎀

[tearblossom]

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And they are dancing, the board floor slamming under the jackboots and the fiddlers grinning hideously over their canted pieces. Towering over them all is the judge and he is naked dancing, his small feet lively and quick and now in double-time and bowing to the ladies, huge and pale and hairless, like an enormous infant. He never sleeps, he says. He says he’ll never die. He bows to the fiddlers and sashays backward and throws back his head and laughs deep in his throat and he is a great favorite, the judge. He wafts his hat and the lunar dome of his skull passes palely under the lamps and he swings about and takes possession of one of the fiddles and he pirouettes and makes a pass, two passes, dancing and fiddling at once. His feet are light and nimble. He never sleeps. He says that he will never die. He dances in light and in shadow and he is a great favorite. He never sleeps, the judge. He is dancing, dancing. He says that he will never die.

(added the music, myself 😊)

🎻 Artwork: The Judge - Aleksey Efremov 🎻 Music: Devil's Trill Sonata - Giuseppe Tartini

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[beautifulramblingbrains]

They said try 'writing a letter to the people who hurt you' and believe me I really did try and try and try until I'd written myself out of any of the possible excuses for that individual to hurt me and therefore I still couldnt understand their cruelty.

So, here's to the person of the letter that I will write and never send,

A MASSIVE F@#$ YOU