hellllooooo rambly girl here again!! AWWW MY SHAYLA i finally got around to reading ur response to my msg(?) ask(?) anon(?) sorry im not super involved on tumblr so i legit have no clue what its called 😭 THAT ASIDE! im so happy that my rambles mean so much to you!!!! i’ve been studying literature since i was 15 so as is my nature to pluck apart what i’m reading to shreds and tbtr has so much material to work with! which is why im so understanding of the loss of the consistent update sched because i really would rather enduring the wait for good quality writing 😝
i finally got around to reading ch13+14 because similarly to you i am on the #jobhunt and have been extremely busy (wishing the both of us job luck!!!) but wow phenomenal chapters once again :)
i really enjoyed reading aang’s conversation with sokka because i guess in my head sokka’s been the character i’d perceived to be the least understanding of aang/reader’s relationship but the yue/suki parallel was very beautifully done and it reminded me of the heart of sokka’s character which is ultimately immense loyalty and friendship! aang’s conversation with katara was an incredibly hard read because wow the #awkwardness was Omnipresent but i really loved seeing the two of them work through it 😭 i really love #realistic fics where the main ship from the source material isn’t necessarily endgame but the love they had was still real, but things just hadn’t unfolded in the way they intended!! im happy katara got her closure because god only knows if my 4+ year situationship bond formed amongst the backdrop of a world war had ghosted me for months and turned up witha wife i would’ve genuinely slimed out the entire room and then myself 😭😭😭 so katara’s a much better person than me but that’s to be expected she is #mother and does no wrong except for sometimes but i still defend women’s wrongs regardless
alsooo im crying i was cheesing so hard when aang referred to reader as appa’s mom i was so shocked when your a/n was your mixed opinion on that lil paragraph! i do the corniness of it all but i thought it was just very adorbs and really solidified their relationship as a marriage and how integrated reader is in aang’s life 😭 my shaylas i love them!
ive also been on a crazy olivia rodrigo kick and her new bside maggots for brains had me thinking of reader specifically the lyrics “and everything that’s funny, i wish i could tell to him” and “sometimes, at a low point, i even wish for a tragedy / cause i know he’d come over and take real good care of me” and i really think thats #peak romance, to think of your partner so lovingly you see them in the good and in the bad 😭 it reminded me of when reader was rotting away in republic city alone away from aang, kinda makes you realise that maybe reader is a bit too codependent on aang !! i do wish she ends up finding her own people or own connections wherever they end up establishing their life together, she very clearly yearns for companionship besides aang and i hope someone fills that void
i was also perchance gonna see if you had any longform jjk fics cooking up in ur drafts i know i’ve #exclusively written about tbtr but im like imagining a loving, devoted yuuji itadori or gojo in ur writing and im literally frothing at the mouth what can i say i like my men #needy and #clingy, ofc no pressure but if this happens i will be #sat
rambling again but omfg i just remember that angsty second choice arranged marriage fic u mentioned abt aang and reader and katara and now im sad all over again 😭 thinking about reader getting the cold yet polite side of aang but her observing aang’s playfulness and flirty personality and him lighting up when katara enters a room and wishing he felt that way about her instead… INJECT ITTTT
okay im thoroughly shutting my ass up now, loveddd the recent chapters and can’t wait to read wherever you decide to take us next <3
My love, it TOTALLY shows by how well you break down the characters and the scenes. You notice things that I fail to, and I really did mean it when I said your messages mean so, so, SO much to me.
I've unconsciously started using your thoughts on TBTR as a sort of benchmark. I think one of the biggest and simplest struggles an author can have is just...making sense. 😭
It sounds easy in theory, but when you've been living inside your own story for months, it's really hard to tell whether something reads the way it sounded in your head.
So every time I read one of your messages and see you picking up on themes, motivations, or little details, I breathe the biggest sigh of relief because it tells me the story is actually coming across the way I intended. It genuinely excites me so much to read your thoughts.
AND BEST OF LUCK WITH THE JOB HUNT!! 😭🤍
I actually disagree with you a little on the Sokka conversation. 😭
You're totally correct in your interpretation, but I personally feel like I wasn't able to address everything I wanted to. I think it's one of those situations where, as the writer, I know everything that was supposed to be there.
I actually had another Yue/Suki parallel planned for that conversation, but for the life of me, I cannot remember what it was anymore.
Now whenever I reread that chapter, I just have this feeling that something is missing. It might just be psychological because I know I left something out, but I've permanently disappointed myself over that scene.
And I agree...genuinely, more power to Katara.
If something like that happened to me, I think I'd be convicted of several crimes.
She handled it with so much grace, but then again, she IS the strongest woman in ATLA. She's an absolute badass, and her world is so much bigger than one boy.
I still think it's a little corny, but I had to leave it in because...it's just true. You can't deny facts.
I haven't heard that Olivia song yet, but it sounds so poetic and so fanfic-inducing. I'll definitely give it a listen!
And yes, Reader is very dependent on Aang.
A big part of that is because, growing up, the only genuine companionship she really had came from her ladies-in-waiting.
She shared a very special bond with them, and because they were around her every single day, those relationships happened naturally over the years.
Outside of that, though, she doesn't really know how to make friends.
Every meaningful relationship she's ever had has, in one way or another, been forced upon her by circumstance.
Which is also why, despite not initially being keen on Zuko, she still finds herself a little drawn to him without really meaning to. 🤷♀️
And I don't have any long-form JJK fics cooking up, I'm sorryyyy. 😭
TBTR is actually my first super long-form story.
The longest completed fic I'd ever written before this was around 28k words back when I was still new to writing.
TBTR is already sitting at around 95k words, which is absolutely insane to me.
This is completely new territory, and I think that's why I'm so proud of this project.
I've never been this passionate about a story before, so I really hope this spark sticks around even after TBTR comes to an end.
And YES, the arranged marriage fic. 😭
Out of all my future ideas, I think that's the one I'm most excited about. Although...I still don't know if it'll end up being a long fic.
It might become a longer one-shot instead, kind of like When Did You Get Hot?
We'll just have to see where the inspiration takes me.
Thank you so much for this message.
I swear your rambles always make me ramble back. 😭
I genuinely love reading them every single time, and I'm always so, so grateful that you take the time to write them.
Also...can I refer to you with a different name/title? 😭
I don't know how I feel about calling you "the rambly girl anon" forever. But if you prefer it, I am happy to continue! 🤍
Have an amazing day, and once again, best of luck with your job hunt as well!!
