23, Australian, I like Doctor who, Friends, Lord of the Rings, rom-coms and a lot more. "It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger, they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something, even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn't. They kept going. Because they were holding on to something." -Samwise Gamgee
After a year that was so incredibly shit that the only thing that could come close to bringing the same level of despair would be having dinner with the Satan’s mother-in-law; I finally had a job interview!!! AND NOW THAT IT’S BEEN HAD,
I HAVE A REAL LIFE, NON-FICTION, MONEY MAKING, FORKING FANTASTIC JOBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB!!!
I was on the phone to my nan who’s in Wales and she’s just informed me of her Christmas plans to go to spain with her sister...
MY 80 YEAR OLD NAN IS GOING PARTYING IN SPAIN DURING A PANDEMIC!!!
I tried to show off my new car (as 23yr olds do) and ended up getting more comments about how suave my pants are!!! It isn’t what I expected but i’ll take that any day of the week haha
When your psychologist needs to reschedule your appointment because someone is in need of an emergency session and you’ve been experiencing a mental breakdown for the past two weeks
do u have any fic recs specifically for angst or hurt/comfort? im looking to feel pain
oooft man. i hope this is to cathart rather than revel in the pain. but i can recommend a few!
first a shoutout to @davidcarner who, while Fluff King, knows so much about chuck fic i instantly had to ask him if he had any angst fic recs. mainly because, every time i feel like reading a painful, angsty h/c fic, i read the same one:
Chuck vs the Second Chance
this is some pain here. and it’s a long, long road, even the ending isn’t a super happy ending. but there’s a lot of hurt/comfort, a lot of struggling and resolving, a lot of past and present love... it’s a whole lot, and my go-to angst and pain fix. brace yourself.
Anyway, there are many other angst fics out there, but a few are just even too heavy for me to recommend, there’s so little comfort there. So here’s a couple more:
Sarah vs Redemption and a Navy War Hero
A fic I haven’t read yet, but David tells me there’s pain here. It’s unfinished/still in progress, though, but there are explosions, Chuck and Sarah angst and past hurt, lotta angst!
Broken
One of David’s fics, some torture is present if that’s enough hurt for you.
When Chuck Met Sarah- The Extended Version
Another of David’s! Chuck and Sarah meet as kids, there’s some dating other people, general angst (but it’s David, so, very very Chuck and Sarah at heart).
A Chuckmas Carol
I legit sobbed the first time I read this, though it’s not overly angsty. Just very hurt/comfort and moving. Gather some tissues before it.
I will say, every time I read an angsty fic I read a more upbeat, fluff fic after, because there are so many good soft fics out there. I beg you don’t stay in the pain too long and do the same! My current preference would be Chuck vs the Dive or just almost any David thing. Such softness there.
News flash to everyone complaining about the road map to reopening Victoria.
If we follow the fucking road map the chances are that we won’t have to go back into lockdown again! So don’t fuck it up for everyone else by being numbskulls.