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[almostfoxglove]

Friends anon here to tell you that The Colossus is phenomenal. I love the way the Mandalorian armour was adapted for the medieval setting and I love murderer reader. Get that bitch's ass girl he deserved it!!!!! Din gets it too!!

I really liked the way panic, fear, pain, strategising and speaking to Din was written from the readers pov in this. Like hitting him even though it hurt her and being proud of the dent she made, spitting on him, pleading her case etc. I felt the desperation her position would cause and felt like I could feel the motivation for every decision she made in my bones.

Also love that she was like "he needed to die and nobody else was gonna do it. Guess I have to take care of business" like!!!! Ofc Din would like that. Gonna be thinking about this for a long time and reread plenty, I can just tell.

I am very behind on my inbox as I travel but omg sweet friend HELLO AGAIN!! I hope you are doing so well and that summer is treating you kindly :-) I am SO happy you enjoyed the colossus ahhhhhhh, it was just so much fun to write. I always love a scrappy, rough around the edges reader and this one was so fun to pair with din & all his stoicism. truly I trust her to be judge jury and executioner like girlie was so real for that LMAO

thank you so much for your kindness I am so grateful :,) love love love you pal <3

[almostfoxglove]

Hi, this is friend anon!

I just finished the last chapter of SYAT and 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹 I LOVE THEM SO MUCH I LOVE THEIR HAPPY ENDING I LOVE THEIR FAMILY I LOVE EVERY LAST THING ABOUT THIS FIC

Spoilers ahead, bewarned anyone who hasn't read it yet!!!

Ok so first of all. The way you wrote Sarah? And the way Nelle prioritised Sarah?? Best part of this chapter for me. I was tearing up right alongside Joel. Tommy is right that she's a saint. Everything about the Nelle-Sarah relationship warms my stinking heart. Every chapter leading up to this built the foundation needed to make this last chapter pluck my heart-strings like little else could, and overall the beautiful pacing of this fic is exactly what I needed it to be. 10s across the board.

Now Maria. Everybody give it up for my girl Maria. I LOVE THE WAY YOU WRITE MARIA. I love thinking about the life she and Tommy have made for themselves and this glimpse into their home made me smile ear to ear. In general the way you've built the side characters in this fic is amazing.

Getting so much of Joel's perspective in this chapter delighted me. His assurance in his love for Nelle (especially how genuinely OK he was letting her take her time in deciding and trusting that they'd be OK no matter what.... 🎵🎶 What A Man What A Man What A Mighty Good Man 🎶🎵)... the way he reflected on the force inside him which was simultaneously resigned to not ever getting to have the family he has now built and yet greedy for a chance at it... everybody BACK UP im gonna SCREAM i cannot ever be normal about the way tumblr user almostfoxglove writes Joel Miller. He and Sarah tearing up together??? BROKE MY heart and mended it all at once.

Not even gonna talk about the bike, it's too cute to handle. Love Tommy and Joel sharing about their respective lives though!

Now let's give it up for your writing in general. Don't know how you manage to spin magic into every word but let me tell you, the two series I've read from you so far have both been pure poetry in every single sentence. Cannot wait to dive into more of your nasterlist, sounds like The Prettiest might have to be my next great read given the stellar reviews im seeing 😘

Thank you again for sharing your stories with us. You have such a gift and have made my days so bright!!

omg HI FRIENDS HONEY <333 THIS IS SO SWEET (and from so long ago, please forgive me I have been wretched at answering my inbox but ilysm) and genuinely has me grinning like a little school girl. I'm so so happy you loved the SYAT finale (always a little scary to post the final chapter of something, eek!) <3

being someone who is not really a kids person at all, it reallyyyy crept up on me how much I loved writing nelle & sarah's relationship :,) like oh god my heart. I fear I love them.

and MARIA!! listen okay. when I first watched tlou season 1, something that absolutely KILLED ME about sarah's death & joel finding jackson that I did not expect was meeting maria like.... just. imagine if sarah had lived. and had gotten to jackson with joel. she would have maria not only as an aunt but like, specifically a black woman as an aunt. someone who would understand her and see her and be there for her and would be able to give her a sick haircut when ellie gets hers and would know how to take care of her hair and teach her all this stuff that sarah missed out on growing up without a mom. like I actually cannot think about that injustice CAN YOU IMAGINE UGHHHHH

anyway, all that to say that it was a little bit selfish and self-serving that I got to bring them together in SYAT :,,) I just think they'd be so funny together, cause sarah is a little more serious and responsible than joel and tommy, but she is also A Miller. and therefore would still get Maria rollin her eyes (affectionately) from time to time >:-)

you are so unbelievably kind (as usual) and this ask really means the world. not gonna lie it got me in my feelings, in the best possible way. I am so so happy you enjoyed the fic and the finale <3 thank you so so much for your sweet sweet words. you are the best. and omg if you read the prettiest I HOPE YOU LIKE IT.

I love you, pal. and I'm sending you the biggest internet hug!! <3 <3

[almostfoxglove]

Hellooooo, how are you? I hope you are very well 🥰

So I read ICY and became IMMEDIATELY HOOKED on your incredible writing (I told you this at the time, it makes me think of "Friends" by Ed Sheeran and broke my heart into a million little pieces only to put them back all the better for it!!!)

But after reading that, ngl I was like "i gotta take a break before getting back to your writing bc it's so good, I need to be in the right headspace to consume a new story and really absorb all of it". AND GUESS WHO RECENTLY GOT INTO THE PERFECT HEADSPACE FOR A NEW STORY.

Let me tell any potential future readers that the hype around SYAT is JUSTIFIED AND WARRANTED. I haven't even caught up yet but I am beyond in love.

The way you write absolutely everything is amazing, it was so hard to pick favourites but here are 2 of my top picks:

The sibling relationships in this are FANTASTIC. Anna and Nelle are my absolute favourite, but Joel and Tommy are a very close second. Honorable mention to Sarah and Ellie bc they have a sisterly friendship!!! The effort you put into building side characters and making the whole world feel lived-in and fleshed-out is such a joy to read.

The animal motifs in this fic!!!! The feeling of love or desire or insecurity turning you into an animalistic version of yourself, using animal descriptors or imagery or similes to pinpoint the internal monologues of Nelle and Joel? Yuuuuuuuuuup that's good shit right there. Incredible. Obsessed with them.

I simultaneously wish I'd read this sooner bc it's so good but am also extremely happy that I waited until I could take my time savoring each chapter. Don't know how you do it but your work gives me goosebumps every time. SYAT has also made me squeal with delight several times, it's JUST. SO. CUTE.

OH MY WORD I GOT ALL TEARY ON THE TRAIN READING THIS!! you angel, HELLO AGAIN FRIEND <3 please forgive me for taking 100 years to answer this but my goodness gracious this has reached inside my chest and given my heart the biggest coziest squeeze. you are such a sweetie. I'm so touched you wanted to come back and read another series of mine?? like AH!

syat has been a joy and a half to write, so I'm so happy you're enjoying it so much so far :,,,) bringing in all the sibling dynamics is so fun! I really love anna esp like I would die for that woman. what a gem.

thank you SO much for this remarkably kind message, and for reading, and for being so sweet. this has my heart doing lil cartwheels ok like I'm kicking my feet. you're an angel, and I'm sending you so much love <3 thank you thank you thank you for reading sweetheart!! I hope you're doing well and that you enjoy the rest of those two falling madly (sickeningly) in loveee <3 :,)