thoughts on hufflepuff! tzu.... too many to address because I ADORE the series but I'm sure you know that by now.
First off, I love how real and raw mgr is. It stays authentically true to the experience of growing up and trying to find your place in the world while trying to handle so many responsibilities. Add on pressure from teachers, friends, family, teachers, and mentors, and you have a recipe for... well, mishaps.
There are so many relatable quotes from the series that reflect experiences that I had growing up, whether it was because of my family situation or how Yeri reminds me of my beloved best friend or just something silly that could've happened in my school days. the goofballs our reader surrounds themselves with reminds me of all of the friends I had in high school, all of which I miss dearly ❤️
the slowburn is definitely slowburn-ing, and I'm kind of DYING for something to happen 😭 but I'm too emotionally invested in the happiness and wellbeing of tzuyu and reader that I want them to go at their own pace and be happy together when it naturally happens 🥹
also I totally see the reader as a bit of an oc because I was such a goody-two-shoes growing up, and some of their behavior is SO unlike me 😭 but I love them all the same!!
hufflepuff! tzu feels like a love letter to youthfulness, different kinds of love, and trying to grow up and experience different things, and that's why I'll always adore this series. you truly have created something uniquely you, mala, and it will (probably) always be my favorite series from you. thank you for blessing us with this. <33 can't wait to see what comes next for our dearest reader and the lovely tzuyu!!
on a less serious note, when is the Katie x reader's friend group fic coming out?? reader can keep tzu, let me at their Slytherin friends PLEASE- (especially San and Yeri, but also all of them??? idk I just would like to smooch them all plz and ty 🙏) 🤭 /j
can you tell how much I love this series, I can't even write this much for my own fics at the moments ALSNDAJHFSNA
CRYING im going to print and frame this fr
i'm so glad it feels so real. you know when you're writing and things sometimes just pour onto the page (that is if you're lucky enough to have a stroke of creation, something we're all struggling with it seems ;-;), that's literally how i feel about a big chunk of hufflepuff!tzu. almost everytime i start a chapter i'm like 'focus on reader and tzu!' but they sort of don't work in isolation, at least in my head. like their friends, teachers, mentors, even the bullies sort of push them together, idk if that makes sense.
experiences wise i have never punched a bully, though wish i did, would have been satisfying. i also don't play quidditch or sleep in classes hdjkfhdsf. though anything to do academically, anything with lee is almost verbatim from things i have heard. a good teacher really does change everything. students need to know that someone cares about them and is fighting for them (thank you abbott elementary and quinta brunson for inventing teachers)
bro reading slow burn is so great. but writing it is actual hell, like damn just go out already HFJSDH but no despite me struggling to actualise how i want the slow burn written, i am very happy about the progression. trust it will pick up soon (by my standards, you might think it is still slow HFKJSDH)
no, yeah, reader definitely leans more oc (sorry guys ;-;) even i don't relate to them, except maybe pining over tzuyu. ngl if i had to tag myself... i'd be eunbi... yeah, gonna leave that there.
seriously, thank you so much for your lovely words ;-; i struggle a lot with this series but it does make me proud. especially the friendships, they are are so so important to me. which speaking of i might have some ideas for fics for yeri and san hehehe
anyway love you katieeeee <3
