Young Sir.

He/him. Just a dickhead writer.

[notmuchmoretosay]

just wanted to thank you for your fanfic stale m&m’s, i started reading it religiously pretty soon after the first chapter was uploaded and it was a major part of my trans awakening and escapism from my life as a young teenager. i even went by oliver briefly because of it lol. truly changed my life

Wow so you saw it in it’s raw stages! Mad. Gosh this was such a gift to read thank you so much for saying that. You’re so kind, and it’s so funny you say it was a part of your trans awakening cause it was mine too but I couldn’t even tell you why cause I have no idea 🤷🏽 😆 I think Oliver was just the kind of bloke I wanted to be maybe? And the show characters have lots of positive examples of strong/sensitive/complicated male characters (as well as female) that gave me that gender envy and euphoria simultaneously? Idk idk but I feel you 😝 good luck out there, buddy!

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[sankofadesign]

I wonder how many people overlook the sankofa symbols all around DC residential neighborhoods. 

A lot of people do.  Mr. Bechet, art professor and my former Freshman seminar teacher, told me about how this was standard for houses of Free People of Color around New Orleans.  Basically, white people allowed these symbols because they didn’t really know what they were (they assumed that these were simply ornamental).  And this sankofa symbol was constantly reproduced in African-American cast iron gate designs.

black slaves did a lot of the iron work you see around the south and in older homes in the north. 

a lil something we brought with us being that we had been smelting iron b4 the europeans used water to wash their behinds.

Bolded emphasis, mine. I love when the things that we managed not to lose on the way over here show up all around us. 

i always notice it, but never connected the dots! 

I never knew what these meant, I have seen them everywhere and all of my life. Damn.

I never knew this

Here’s a pic i found of the sankofa symbol

all over the dominican republic you will see the same designs, particularly in lower class homes gates. so fucking interesting. my grandmothers front porch has got several of those.

reblogging again for the shit people look at but never see

holy shit. my own fence has this in it and I had no idea.

The railings on the house I’ve lived in for 18 years have these designs, I never knew anything about them until today. 

^Very interesting to see the different responses from all kinds of people.

[notmuchmoretosay]

Anyone fancy something dark?

Here’s my newest wip:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/80705391

Scorpius in the Dark

In another reality, Scorpius Malfoy might’ve been allowed softness. In this one, he was raised to obey three imperious truths: power is survival, mercy is weakness, and sentimentality is poison.

Then the imposter came along, destroyed the façade that was his life, then vanished without a trace.

“He hated that stupid nickname. Scorpion King. It was uninventive, began as a joke, and only stuck because his Patronus was an amblypygi — or rather, a tailless whip scorpion.

But any old bestiary could reveal the truth:

The amblypygi was not a scorpion at all, but closer to a harmless spider. It had no venom. It avoided predators. It couldn’t even spin its own web.”

AKA: Scorpius is still a cinnamon roll even in the Dark Timeline; he’s just way better at hiding it…

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/80705391

[clandestine-meetings7]

Here is Carl and Oliver from the beautiful fic Stale M&M’s by @notmuchmoretosay This used to be one of my fave fics ngl and I loved Carl and Oliver sm, they are very precious to me to this day. I hope I did justice to Oliver, I tried lol

[notmuchmoretosay]

OH MY GOD

[tinyflamegod]

y’all

give me shit to draw

[tinyflamegod]

@notmuchmoretosay hi sorry if this is horrifically inaccurate but i love your dog, shes beautiful, i love her name 989853203874203874103974/10 best pupper

[notmuchmoretosay]

This is very great 👍🏽 I appreciate you

[notmuchmoretosay]

she died a year and a half ago and I just stumbled across this and I’m crying I miss her so much thank you for making this it’s going in my treasure chest

[thekingfischer]

fanart for the AMAZING twd fic Stale M&Ms by @notmuchmoretosay

been following along with this one since about 2016-ish lol and ive been re-reading it this past week. (drawing is of the main oc himself Oliver)

[notmuchmoretosay]

hi i love your writing so much, i came back to reread stale m&m’s and even your no sanctuary which is so so good but i wanted to ask

did you or did you not have a modern au where oliver has a younger brother named emilio? was that a fever dream?

It existed don't worry haha I deleted it cause it was bad and I low-key am keeping it in case I turn it into an original novel one day. Good memory!

[notmuchmoretosay]

Are you still continuing Stall M&Ms?

Yes! I'm just working a lot right now so not much time to write. And I'm almost caught up with the show with the main fic, hence why when I do post it's typically the au that gets more attention from me, seeing as we're still in early season 10 on it, and I'm diverging from the show much more with it considering Carl is still alive lol but yet, the main fic is still going - promise! :)

[funny-tik-toks]

[memewhore]

[notmuchmoretosay]

Hey, so I've been a fan of stale m&ms for a while now and I keep rereading it and I kinda miss some of the stuff you've edited out so I was wondering if you keep, like, 'deleted scenes'?

I haven’t. What things do you miss? Perhaps I can rewrite them from my memory? I honestly thought the things I wrote out were useless/trash so it always shocks me when people say they want them back. Will see what I can do if you manage to respond :) many thanks!

[notmuchmoretosay]

hii, yeah i am reading on from s8. i don't really accept carl's death as canon which i think is understandable, but i still enjoy your writing in general and i do, in fact, care about what happens to oliver (i've been rewatching some earlier twd episodes lately and i was confused for a sec when i didn't see oliver anywhere hah). you're doing a really good job, keep it up. also i am doing better now, thanks

Thank you so much for the kind words. I hope you have a great day!

[notmuchmoretosay]

ok so i don't know if i'm not late to the party but,,,, dude. i'm currently reading stale m&m's and honestly you wrecked me. easily my favorite twd fanfic, i love oliver so much even though he's an oc, which is rare. and jesus fucking christ, i think someone has already told you that but yeah, i didn't shed one tear at carl's death scene in the show (as much as i hate to admit it) but when i read it in your fic i cried 3 times and it ruined my mood for 3 days, thanks. you're great. ily.

I’m glad you enjoyed it. Are you reading on from season 8? If so, I’d love to hear your thoughts on the more recent chapters. If not though, thanks so much for reading. I hope your mood has improved since! Wishing you all the best!

[notmuchmoretosay]

idk if youll see this but... i used to read stale m&ms on the twd fanfic site. back before you changed your username i believe??? i just gotta know before i drive myself insane. did you remove/heavily edit any major scenes in particular? because im rereading the series again and i SWEAR there were more scenes in the prison/before terminus just wanna know if im crazy or not lol. love the series its a personal favorite :>

I'm sorry lmao

[notmuchmoretosay]

Hey, so I started reading Stale M&M's two days ago, and i finally got to the part where Carl dies, and i just wanted to say, "Fuck you." Like, how dare you make me love Oliver, make me love and believe that there might be a happy ending for him and Carl "one day", and then make me fucking cry harder than I did when the episode actually aired... what the fuck, dude... I'm still going to keep reading, but my heart's torn in two now, so fuck you 💓💔 *ugly sobbing*

Oh shit thanks so much! Yeah I didn’t think the book’s title would end up beinh so ironic and cruel either. Good old shock value and all that (lol no shade to the show at all). Thanks for reading. I’m gonna be writing for a long time yet because I don’t know how not to tbh. Writing a real book too so one day maybe you’ll want to read that? But yeah for now I hope you enjoy what’s to come for Oliver. Thank you again!

[notmuchmoretosay]

WAIT HOLD UP HOW DID YOU READ ALL THREE BOOKS IN 2 DAYS WHAT THE FUCK

[notmuchmoretosay]

I’ve been reading your stale m&ms fic since I was 15 and I’m almost 20 now like I’ve loved your writing for a long time now and I went to reread your AU and it’s not there anymore is it a glitch or have you taken it down? I’m sorry if you’ve already spoken about this

Maaan you were reading in the dark days (the days I didn't know how to write but somehow some of you still enjoyed so thanks too). I appreciate that so much. Yeah it's been so long. I created Oliver when I was 17. Lad's stuck around for whatever reason even now when I'm 22 years old and about to graduate creative writing university. Weird to put it all in perspective. And oh yeah the au. I was rewriting it and then I don't know why I did it but I deleted it. I think I just got insecure. I might reupload one day once I get around to reediting the whole thing. Or I might change it completely and use the plot for a novel? Idk. But yeah not a glitch I got frustrated at my shitty 2015 writing and deleted it. Hope you have a nice day. Thanks for the ask.

[notmuchmoretosay]

Hey, so I started reading Stale M&M's two days ago, and i finally got to the part where Carl dies, and i just wanted to say, "Fuck you." Like, how dare you make me love Oliver, make me love and believe that there might be a happy ending for him and Carl "one day", and then make me fucking cry harder than I did when the episode actually aired... what the fuck, dude... I'm still going to keep reading, but my heart's torn in two now, so fuck you 💓💔 *ugly sobbing*

Oh shit thanks so much! Yeah I didn't think the book's title would end up beinh so ironic and cruel either. Good old shock value and all that (lol no shade to the show at all). Thanks for reading. I'm gonna be writing for a long time yet because I don't know how not to tbh. Writing a real book too so one day maybe you'll want to read that? But yeah for now I hope you enjoy what's to come for Oliver. Thank you again!