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[musiksnob]

i love the new story and im so excited for anything you might release!! im semi new to degrassi fanfic and love everything youve written!!! welcome back!!!!

Thank you so much! I am hoping to do more but my current pace is ridiculously slow. I miss the days of Season 10 and 11 when I could write multiple oneshots a week :)

[musiksnob]

It took 8 years but I wrote a new story

This is angstier than what I usually write and there's a Trigger Warning for child loss and briefly mentioned suicidal ideation. It takes place immediately following the Season 14 finale.

[musiksnob]

You prob don't check Tumblr anymore, but I just wanted to fangirl over your fic. I'm someone who was a fan of the early TNG seasons when they aired who's only recently gotten into the S10+ era and fallen hard for Eclare. I'm bummed that S13+14 plus the show ending seems to have dimmed enthusiasm for the ship, though it's understandable. Anyway, love your stuff, especially True Love Waits since I'm a Radiohead fan (funny it finally ended up on an album!).

Hi! I do check tumblr but super rarely because it’s mostly people reblogging stuff I don’t care about. Thanks so much for your message (and also for reminding me I need to stick some old Radiohead songs on my Spotify playlists!)  Glad you liked the fics. True Love Waits is definitely a favorite, especially since I wrote most of it while on vacation in Paris and Spain to make the best of my trip after Drop the World nearly broke me.

[musiksnob]

Feelings about Never Have I Ever Season 2

Contains Spoilers...

WTF Tumblr, I can’t post bullet points anymore?? (I copied this from word so the formatting is extra garbage.)

·         I really liked this season a lot though I didn’t have the same visceral, obsessive love for it that I had for the first season.

·         Hands down, the MVP of this season is Paxton Hall-Yoshida.  I did not like him AT ALL in season one, and I still wish he wasn’t 30 years old because it’s a little weird, but his storyline this season was fantastic. I liked how he was able to get over his anger with Devi and really enjoyed their interactions this season. To the point where at the end, I wasn’t entirely upset when they ended up together, since the season was completely leading to that.

·         But whatevs, as long as there’s a season three, Benvi will be endgame.

·         I also thought Devi’s character arc was great, that even though she still did dumb shit all the time, that she was more introspective and sincere about her mistakes.

·         The whole let’s save money by not having every character in every episode especially with regards to Eleanor and Fabiola was REALLY noticeable and definitely made some of their stories and a lot of their Devi support scenes less effective.

·         I thought Ben’s role this season made a lot of sense but was less fun to watch. Obviously he was more upset at the betrayal than Paxton since he was more invested in her (I love that he broke up with Shira immediately) and Paxton was just embarrassed that a nerd cheated on him with another nerd.  I didn’t love him dating Aneesa (if only because she deserves better than a guy who clearly has unresolved feelings for another girl).  But clearly Ben is “interested” in any girl who will pay attention to him, and Aneesa is lovely so of course he would like her.

·         The scene with Ben and Eleanor at the dance was so gutting.

·         Eleanor and Fab’s plots were good, if simple.  I liked the resolution to Fabiola’s plot when she said that coming out was supposed to make life easier but she was still trying to figure out who she was.

·         Kamala’s plot felt very disconnected, but I enjoyed her disdainful relationship with her lab coworkers and her courtship with Prashant.  I didn’t mind her running out on her engagement dinner but the running to the school teacher part I didn’t love.

·         Nalini and Common was a good plot and I thought it was good that she let herself date him for a bit before deciding she wasn’t ready.  I also loved the episode where she goes to India and how Mohan’s mother is so supportive that she brings her back to America.  The part where the grandma yells at Devi for getting mad at her mother for dating was spectacular.

·         I like the deep bench of smaller characters, especially Sasha, and liked that they kept Shira around. I thought they did Eric dirty in season one and appreciated him getting some nice moments in season 2.

·         There were a lot of funny lines but I didn’t take notes so I can’t recount them for you here.

·         Hoping this spurs some people to write new fanfics!

[musiksnob]

Final Chapter: Stay by Musiksnob - Epilogue

It took me a VERY long time, but I’ve finally finished this! I really hope you enjoy this ending and thank you so much for reading my work for all these years.  I am very much hoping this won’t be my last fic, but I’ll need to put in some serious effort to write faster than a chapter every four years.

Summary: Clare is 26, single and a workaholic editor at a Toronto newspaper. When her ex-boyfriend Eli unexpectedly shows up at her sister’s funeral, Clare mistakenly lets him back into her life for just one night. But the consequences of their reunion force Clare to make some decisions about her life, including whether she wants to share it with the guy who once broke her heart. Eclare.

Start from the beginning

[musiksnob]

What exactly did Clare mean by “Would if it’s a disappointment?” Like nervous Eli wouldn’t like her or she would be unimpressed?

I think she was largely responding to Alli and Jenna’s advice that it would be terrible. They waited so long for this to happen and she didn’t want it to be terrible. And she wasn’t disappointed because 1.) Eli actually cared about her  and 2.) Eli wasn’t totally inexperienced. and 3.) She wasn’t in a van in the f*#&ing ravine.

[musiksnob]

I also wanted to say that diving into the eclare black hole makes me sad because we'll never have any new eclare content in terms of the show but fan fiction from 2012 is good enough for me :P xx

I know the feeling!

[abovethemists]

Fandom is such a weird place. Like I watched a tv show and thought “wow, these two nerds have a lot of chemistry and I’d like to dedicate a large chunk of my life to thinking about them” so I went in search of other people who also thought these two nerds had a lot of chemistry and then it turned out that a shit ton of people were talking about these two nerds having a lot of chemistry and now it’s 4 years later and we write each other porn on holidays.

[musiksnob]

Definitely had a dream come true today :)

[musiksnob]

Hi musiksnob- it's been awhile, but I want to reach out and say that I was once a huge fan of degrassi, eclare, and your fics. In light of graduating college in a month, I've been reminiscing about my degrassi obsession. I want you to know that your contributions to the degrassi fandom were a huge part of discovering my own emotional & sexual identity in a safe space, and I am so grateful for your positive influence. Thank you for providing an invaluable outlet.

I’m not sure what kind of stars aligned for me today to receive such a lovely note right before I got to live out my own Degrassi dream, but thanks so much for this! I’m glad I was able to help.

[musiksnob]

New Chapter: Musiksnob’s Stay Chapter 24

I bet you never thought you’d see this! Thank you for your patience! This is the last official chapter, but a very essential epilogue is coming. <3 <3 - Musiksnob

 Chapter 24 **New**

Earlier Updates:

Chapter 18 | Chapter 19 | Chapter 20 | Chapter 21 |  Chapter 22 |  Chapter 23

Summary: Clare is 26, single and a workaholic editor at a Toronto newspaper. When her ex-boyfriend Eli unexpectedly shows up at her sister’s funeral, Clare mistakenly lets him back into her life for just one night. But the consequences of their reunion force Clare to make some decisions about her life, including whether she wants to share it with the guy who once broke her heart. Eclare.

Start over at Chapter 1 because after two years you probably do not remember a damn thing.

[musiksnob]

Reblogging in case you missed it.  It’s been two years! Enjoy it!

[musiksnob]

your "whoa they blew the music budget" comment - EXACTLY what I was thinking... a chainsmokers song?! ahaha reminds me of when they bought gangnam style 2 proms ago.

Yeah, it feels so out of place when they have a big hit.

[musiksnob]

New Chapter: Musiksnob’s Stay Chapter 24

I bet you never thought you’d see this! Thank you for your patience! This is the last official chapter, but a very essential epilogue is coming. <3 <3 - Musiksnob

 Chapter 24 **New**

Earlier Updates:

Chapter 18 | Chapter 19 | Chapter 20 | Chapter 21 |  Chapter 22 |  Chapter 23

Summary: Clare is 26, single and a workaholic editor at a Toronto newspaper. When her ex-boyfriend Eli unexpectedly shows up at her sister’s funeral, Clare mistakenly lets him back into her life for just one night. But the consequences of their reunion force Clare to make some decisions about her life, including whether she wants to share it with the guy who once broke her heart. Eclare.

Start over at Chapter 1 because after two years you probably do not remember a damn thing.

[musiksnob]

did you ever write a eclare story where years later, eli and clare meet in parking lot or something and he sees a car seat in her backseat and realizes she has a child, i think the child names is lily but i cant remember. and eli starts dating clare again i swore you wrote that but cant find the story anywhere

I did not write that story.  I think it may have been one of WestCoastTrees’ stories but I believe she deleted them.

[musiksnob]

ThingsIWouldHaveTweeted: Season 4, Episodes 8, 9 and 10 in one post

Episode Eight

Ugh, they did have sex...booo...Shay better not end up pregnant.

The amount of progress Tristan has made is nothing short of miraculous.

But yeah, wtf Miles, how on earth can you think he's ready for this trip? He's still living in the hospital (which is also fairly bananas unless things in Canada are even more different than I thought).

The problem with these short seasons is the lack of time to spend on smaller friendships. These little Maya/Tristan moments are nice to see.

Baz is still a douchebag.

It may be economics. Tiny probably can't afford prom. Where is he even living anyway? Did he stash a bunch of drug money from Vince? I feel like Tiny is yet another character whose background got erased and just ended up being a lot like the actor.

Tiny dancing is always welcome.

The actor who plays Saad is so good. He's always so rigid and controlled until he's happy and then his whole face exudes joy.

Triles break up...kind of sad I guess.

Episode Nine

Zig better fucking graduate because I am done with him.

Though, ngl, there's a tiny bit of Zaya feels here.

Where's Mama Matlin? Or better yet, Katie?

“They is plural.” STFU Hunter. I love that Baz and Vijay are supportive and trying hard for Yael.

Awww, remember when Clare and Alli were taking a final and talking about kissing Eli. I miss those days.

Holy Moly Shay, you look amazing.

Ugh I hate Grace and Jonah.

Ugh, Esme.

Graduation cannot come soon enough.

Miles, you're not going to qualify for financial aid. Your Dad is crazy rich and you're a foreign student.

Don't let Miles leave the show.

Where is Simpson?

KATIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Maya's dress is amazing.

The Winter Dance wasn't actually a scare, as we know.

Aww, Miles and Winston friendship moment.

MILES DON'T GO........

Awww. This is a lovely Triles moment. This is actually making me a little weepy.

I'm sure Hunter is going to have a Spinner-style redemption but this is pretty hard to watch.

Woah, they blew the music budget on this one.

Well...that happened.

Episode Ten

Ooh, nice to still be at prom.

The outdoor prom is very pretty.

Frankie should tell Esme to get the fuck out.

Why isn't Katie at Stanford?

Awww...old seasons I barely remember.

I pretty much don't care about Zoey but this is really sad.

Esme isn't graduating???????? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

Finally Mr. Simpson.

I love how people can barely attend class and graduate now (Tristan) but Jimmy Brooks had to wait a whole year.

In fairness Zoey, most of them don't have families there because Degrassi doesn't pay for recurring guest stars very often.

Ugh, Esme potentially coming back really makes me not want to watch this.

Banting reference!

Can't believe I'm crying at graduation for most of these characters.

Too soon for Goldi to graduate.

Ah, Tristan gets an honorary diploma. That makes a lot of sense.

Miles, don't leave.....you are a great character and I don't want you to leave.

Zig better not take a victory lap.

Ugh, why am I crying so much?

I LOOOOOOOOVE the ending where we see where they go. And omg, I can't believe I'm having Zaya feels. Fucking Zaya feels. After all these years and pretty much entirely hating Zig and what even is this.

Well....this was a solid season even if none of it was as amazing as some of the past seasons have been.  I think I will miss some of these characters way more than I expected. All I know is that Miles better get some Katie-like appearances but longer because I need them.  And I don't care what kind of diagnosis and treatment Esme gets and I am super annoyed that she'll certainly be back. And good riddance to Jonah who was much less interesting than he should have been and would have been a great character to represent the opioid crisis.

So, it someone going to write a post-finale Zaya fic?

[musiksnob]

ThingsIWouldHaveTweeted - Season 4, Episode 7

This was the only episode I was looking forward to based on the description.

Did I mention I loathe Zig and Esme?

Lola just made the same face Clare did when she was talking about sex without saying the words.

Ha, they don't believe it was Miles.

Zig is wearing sleeves. It's a miracle.

I feel like someone is going to have a pot overdose (diabetic coma).

How has no one noticed that Frankie is missing?

Oh man, please don't let Shay get pregnant (even if that keeps Tiny on the show next season which I would like).

Also, has anyone heard of foreplay on this show?

Woo hoo, no sex for Shay.  (I just don't want her to get pregnant).

Oh, are we going the Zaya route one last time? A couple years ago I would have been all over that, but now? Eh.

[musiksnob]

ThingsIWouldHaveTweeted: Season 4, Episode 6

I wasn't taking notes for the first half of the episode. Ice cream was more important.

Wooo, Craig Manning.

Maya's music is substantially better than most of the Degrassi musicians.

Loving Yael's storyline. And Lola's role is great too.

Jake Epstein looks really old now.

I feel like in the age of cell phones you can't just throw people in the pool anymore.

Please don't do this. Please don't do this. If Frankie loses her virginity to fucking Zig and Esme I will throw up.

I was feeling super over Maya before this season, but I'm liking her plots here too.

Hunter...I can understand being confused but he could have handled that better. Even if he wasn't sure, he could have been kinder.

I hate that they've made me like Lola.

They will never make me like Zig and Esme.