The Rest is Silence

At this point only a handful of people know who I am. Which means I am posting so many secrets.

[theghostparty]

If the sun don't rise 'Til the summertime Forgive my northern attitude Oh, I was raised on little light - Northern Attitude by Noah Kahan

shout out to parentified older siblings and their anxious dispositions

[azaablue]

the best fanfiction you've ever read was written by a woman in her 40s before she made dinner for her kids. it was written by a teenager after school when they should've been studying for a history test. and a barista came up with the idea while they cleaned the espresso machine and busser fact-checked it on their break and the post-doc edited between writing grant proposals and the nurse apologized for typos in the notes after a long shift and behind every drabble and one-shot and multi-chapter fic there is a person with a wonderful and interesting and chaotic life and it is such a privilege that we get to be apart of it because they decided to do this thing we all share, for fun.

[butch-witches-deactivated202412]

what doesnt kill you is still valuable data points for a graph im working on titled "how to kill you"

[rosie-dear-rosie]

[local-lesbian-tree-demon]

i think there is something fundamentally wrong with me but that's okay

[halloawhatisthis]

CBS Elementary + canon references • random

[trying-trying2lyk]

i love writing out numbers and then putting them in parentheses like "one (1)" even when i dont need to i think its funny

[write-nerdy-to-me]

never not thinking about tadius's red cape. how it frames him with sir hop-a-lot and crumb. with knighthood. with honor. with those sworn to serve ella. how they are the only characters in the whole show to wear red capes. your honor, those silly little guys are queen's unconventional knights.

[steamsketches]

[owenhcrper]

Milana Vayntrub as Olesya Ilyukhina Project Hail Mary (2026)

[squid-died]

i love this game <3

hey if u like my art, id appreciate a reblog!

[nomanitas]

We agreed we all change. Better or worse, we change together.

[thesunnahthebetter]

they should normalize saying "I'm thinking of you fondly but don't have much to say and frankly I don't even really want to talk rn but you have appeared in my thoughts and it's nice"

[thebookewyrme]

You can literally just do this. Do it right now. I do it all the time. Sometimes I just send heart emojis. I have nothing to say, but I love you and you should know it. Any time I dream of someone I know, I text them to tell them (if we were close enough for me to have their contact info), even if we haven’t spoken in months or years. I usually follow it up with a “how are you?” Sometimes that’ll spawn a longer conversation, but most of the time it’s a simple pleasantry and that’s it. I encourage you to start doing this. The people you care about should know they’re cared for, even if you’re bad at remembering they exist or communicating or whatever. Tell someone you thought about them today, even if you have nothing more than that to say. I promise they’ll appreciate it.

[theghostparty]

You think I'd give up, That this might've shook the love from me Or that I was on the brink? How could you think, darling, I’d scare so easily? Francesca by Hozier

[avi-mation]

Earth’s Scapegoat and her Sacrificial Lamb

[intosnarkness]

Here’s the thing: authors know when they get a rec on an older story. There’s a telltale uptick of kudos (with a 10-15% comment rate if you’re lucky) in your digest email.

The thing is, there’s no way to know where these people are coming from. In the before, when fandom was more in the corners we all knew about, you could search LJ or a message board or whatever social bookmarking site we were using. You could join the community and participate.

You could get a little dopamine hit by seeing someone tell their friends why they loved your story.

Anymore, those recs are hidden in discords, or in tiktoks or instagram slideshows that you can’t search for. They’re inaccessible, not discoverable unless you’re already there. You may never know why 27 people left kudos on an old story of yours, what they liked and found in your writing. You just get the thumbs up and a kinda lonely feeling, cause these could be your people. You could like them, maybe. You could be friends.

But you’ll never find out why they stopped by, or what people are saying about you behind your back, and that’s sad.

So thank you to the people who still do public rec lists on this webbed site. You are my sunshine, and I’m appreciative of all of you.

[saathi1013]

If you are recced a fic and enjoyed it, leave a comment telling the author where you came from! We like to know!

[ursiday]

[paper-lilypie]

i want him