Fae and Feral

grown woman talking to trees

[okjohnrich]

Hi! Welcome! 👋

You're about to read John Rich & The Big Picture, a very funny story about a very anxious man hurtling towards his soulmate at 200 mph.

At 28, John Rich is the youngest cover artist in the illustrious history of The New York Review. This means, every week, he draws a portrait of some notable person and this portrait becomes the cover of this very prestigious magazine. But when John is tasked with drawing the supposedly vapid (and obviously gorgeous) action movie star, Tyler Hughes, he discovers that Tyler is the one person he cannot draw. 

Updates weekly.

✏️ start reading >> here ✏️ latest chapter >> here

You can also read the story online here: okjohnrich.site ✏️

FAQ under the cut. ⬇️

When does The Big Picture update? John Rich & The Big Picture updates on Friday afternoons.

Will you release this as an e-book at some point? When I'm done, yes, I'll release this novel in .PDF and .EPUB format.

People keep talking about taxes. What are the taxes? If you enjoyed reading this novel, you are legally required to pay the Friend Tax by telling a friend. Use lots of emojis and sound like you're going insane. (This helps.) Similarly, if you laugh at anything, you have to tell me in a comment or tag me on social media. This is the Laugh Tax. By paying your taxes you help me and others construct a non-monetary socialist gift-based utopia.

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[soundsfaebutokay]

Hello, hi. I'm taking a break from taking a break (and from angsting over not being able to get Joey Batey's book in my country) because I LOVE YOU AND I STILL THINK ABOUT YOU AND I WANT YOU TO BE HAPPY so please please please read this web novel because IT SPARKS JOY, IT SPARKS SO MUCH JOY. It updates weekly and Ngozi Ukazu the writer is also the author and artist of Check, Please! so you know this woman can be trusted with a WIP. And with your heart. Unless you don't want your heart to explode with delight from romcom shenanigans.

Ok, happy holidays,* love you, bye

*here in the Philippines they've been playing Christmas music since September, save me

[soundsfaebutokay]

Life is pain. I can't buy Joey's book :(

Apparently It's Not a Cult by Joey Batey is restricted here in the Philippines? I don't know why. But this has me sending emails, so you know the heartbreak's real.

Prayer circle while I wait for someone from Bloomsbury Publishing to save me. I already promised them in the email not to start any cults, what else does a girl have to do, honestly

[soundsfaebutokay]

There's something changed

The leaves like broken shards of stained glass windows

Shining in your light

- Secret Worlds by The Amazing Devil (feat. a tree I planted in my garden)

[soundsfaebutokay]

My sister is a Taylor Swift fangirl and we went to a Taylor Swift cafe. My other sister is a Kpop fangirl and she found a BTS cafe. In the Philippines. IN THE PHILIPPINES, there are these very specific coffee shops dedicated to their faves.

I was ranting and raving about it, like what about me? What about The Amazing Devil? When do I get to go to a TAD cafe?!!

Swiftie sister was like, you gotta go into the woods, find the magic portal, and go through it. That's how you get into the TAD cafe.

And you know what, she's probably right. Goddammit.

[soundsfaebutokay]

Hi hello I just wanted to show y'all my fish. My fish and a bee. Betta and the Bee

Ok love you bye

[soundsfaebutokay]

Dearest hearts,

In the time since I was last active here, so many things have happened. I left the city, moved to a farm, lost my dad. It's been a lot. And I do come here sometimes, but I'm still scrambling to keep up with my work (farming for a living with climate change is...a challenge) so it's not like before.

But I miss you. And as I was sitting on the porch with my coffee this morning, watching the birds, I thought I might tell you that. I was active here during the darkest parts of my life, and finding The Amazing Devil's music, and all of you wonderful people with it, got me through the worst of it. And now I have a life which has difficulties, yes—but in the mornings I get to drink coffee and watch birds building nests in a tree that I planted. And I wouldn't have survived to this point if I didn't have a lifeline. So thank you. Truly, thank you.

I hope, wherever you are, that you also have something good to cling to today. Good music, good friends, little moments of peace in the chaos.

Be well, dear hearts.

[soundsfaebutokay]

Sing me awake with a song about pirates, and I will try to harmonize, sip the sunlight from your eyes 💕

(from Not Yet by The Amazing Devil)

[soundsfaebutokay]

So very sorry for your loss 💚 Tumblr will still be here when you're ready for it. Take care of yourself in the meantime

Thank you, sweetheart. I'm dipping my toes in every once and a while because I have a little more time, but I'm still catching up on a lot of real life stuff that fell by the wayside while my whole life revolved around taking care of my dad (a privilege I was grateful for) so I'm still so so busy. But my dear hearts are always in my thoughts. Miss you a lot, friends in my phone!

[soundsfaebutokay]

I can't wait to show you how much I know you can be.

-The Calling by The Amazing Devil

(Art by @linyazy that I commissioned and deeply love. The fox in The Calling always symbolized transformation and new beginnings for me. Also forget-me-nots because new beginnings don't mean you let go of precious memories from the past.)

[soundsfaebutokay]

Yo! Long time no speak! I got pixelated, anyway, huge news. My TAD shirt came in today! I'm so excited to wear it! I got the one with Joey and Madeline on it. Might get the TAD heart tote bag, too.

I just saw this! So happy for you. Wear it with lots of joy!

I got one too, the Rockrose and the Thistle one. But I don't have it yet. 😔 I live on a tiny farm on a tiny island in a tiny country with a shitty postal system so I have no faith that international deliveries will find me. So I addressed my shirt to a friend who lives in London and I won't get it until she comes back home later this year. I'm so excited!

In the meantime, did you know there are shops that will just embroider whatever you want on tshirts? I discovered this and went a little bit wild.

[soundsfaebutokay]

hey love, i’m so sorry for your loss. i’ve been thinking about you and your family since you moved. i hope you find some peace soon, until then i’m sending you all the love these internet cables can handle. you’re very missed 💞

Thank you so much, dearest heart. I'm grateful for all the good wishes that have come my way. I'll be okay. 💕

[soundsfaebutokay]

I know you're strong enough to do this on your own.

- Welly Boots by The Amazing Devil

(Art by @bycharizze on Instagram, commissioned by me)

[soundsfaebutokay]

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There's a Christmas bazaar in the plaza near the hospital where my dad is confined. Loud Christmas music blasting all day every day. But my favorite sound in the world can be heard inside a dim, quiet hospital room, when my dad starts snoring. Snoring means sleeping, and sleeping means a hard-won respite from pain. These days that feels like a miracle.

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Art by  clay__san

Posted with Permission (reprint/edit and/or commercial use prohibited)

[imakarayaruyo]

Happy Birthday!!!

[fuckyeahgoodomens]

Archbishop James Ussher claimed that the Heaven and the Earth were created on Sunday, the 21st of October, 4004 BC, at 9:00 a.m. This too was incorrect, by almost a quarter of an hour. It was created at 9:13 in the morning. Which was correct. The whole business with the fossilised dinosaur skeletons was a joke the palaeontologists haven’t seen yet.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY EARTH!!!

[bajn]

on this day one year ago someone sewed a fried egg to a tshirt

[actualsupreme-deactivated201503]

this is your only day to reblog this for a year

[hostileworkenvironment]

i missed my chance last year so this has been in my queue for 364 days