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[chiaki-kobayashi]

stay at home

today is the birthday of buddha

this song is "HANAMATSURI"

buddha's birthday festival

[juke-fic-recs]

Julie the Vampire Slayer by @pearlcaddy

Teen And Up | Series | 67.9k | Complete

Select Tags: Temporary Major Character Deaths, (No one will stay dead who isn’t dead in the show), Alternate Universe - Buffy The Vampire Slayer Fusion, Banter, Grief/Mourning, Depression, But also fluff cause I just can’t stay serious for long, Angst with a Happy Ending, Mild Fight Scenes, Suggestive Themes, Aged-Up Characters, Mutual Pining, Friends to Lovers, Brief Drinking

“Can I just point out—when I say I’ve been dying to kiss you, I literally had to. So I’d like credit for my commitment.”

Six times Luke couldn’t hold Julie’s hand, and one time he could.

In 1998, Rose the Vampire Slayer and her Watcher Luke Patterson die saving the world. 17 years later, the ghost of Luke comes back to find that he has a new calling: protecting and mentoring the new Slayer, Rose’s daughter Julie. But it turns out that the only thing harder than being a Watcher is being a ghost Watcher who’s only corporeal to demons and is in love with his Slayer. There really needs to be a quick-start guide for this.

Buffy fusion fic, but you don’t need to know anything about Buffy. Basically just a vehicle for exploring a different take on Luke as a ghost and the “they can’t touch” thing.

@sanssssastark says: It took me way too long to read this series. I never really watched Buffy and SFF AUs aren’t really my thing. But then I read it and the world Pearlcaddy created is utter perfection in all the ways the show is and somehow even more so? The found family vibes, the action and adventure, the forbidden, tragic romance of it all? *chef’s kiss* Just wonderful. @missjoolee says: This series evokes a lot of emotions that I'm having a difficult time articulating. I'm pretty sure if you look through the chapter comments, you will find a lot of gifs and keysmashes from me. By far the angriest I've been at Luke's parents in a Pearlcaddy verse. The ache between Luke and Julie... then being allowed to breathe as they finally navigate their circumstances. Getting a sweet dose of himbo and a lot of pure badass. Also a found family dynamic that is just al;dkghl;hsd;fkjle. I really can't keysmash enough about this one.

[juke-fic-recs]

Too Real for One Little Heart by @pearlcaddy

Teen And Up | Multi-Chapter | 46.2k | Complete

Select Tags: Alternate Universe - Soulmates, Living!Phantoms AU, Alternate Universe - University, Alternate Universe - Roommates, Aged-Up Characters, Banter, Pining, Drinking, Friends to Lovers, Angst with a Happy Ending, Luke and Julie Co-Owning Cats, Grief/Mourning, Brief Panic Attack

It takes Luke one year to fall in love with Julie and two years to find out that she’s his soulmate, but eight to actually tell her.

Because Luke Patterson may not know a lot, but he knows that he will never be Julie Molina's soulmate. Emphasis on the “Luke Patterson may not know a lot.”

Soulmate AU where people find out who their soulmate(s) are when the universe decides they need to know (and the universe has a flair for the dramatic).

Anonymous says: Sparks!Luke is one of my favorite AU Luke's. This one is all about the pining. Beautiful, aching, gorgeous pining. A couple of moments made my chest ache. The band family moments are so lovely. The cats are adorable.

Anonymous says: Pearlcaddy's JatP fics are amazing. This one is a sequel/alternate POV to a shorter single-chapter fic, and they both balance humor, fluff, and a bit of angst for a happy ending. I like to reread this series at work so I can get through hours of customer interaction with a smile on my face.

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Like a Cat Playing With a Ball of Twine (That You Call My Heart) by @pearlcaddy​

Teen And Up | Series | 67.3k | Complete

Select Tags: Alternate Universe - Soulmates, Living!Phantoms AU, Alternate Universe - Roommates, Grief/Mourning, Aged-Up Characters, Pining, Banter, Luke and Julie Co-Owning Cats, Angst with a Happy Ending, Friends to Lovers

Julie thinks she’s been doing a pretty good job of not being in love with Luke... until she finds out that he’s known who his soulmate is for years. And he’s never said anything to her.

Soulmate AU where people find out who their soulmate(s) are when the universe decides they need to know (and the universe has a flair for the dramatic).

Anonymous says: I'm not usually a soulmate kind of person, but this Juke Soulmate AU absolutely destroyed me in the best of ways. It was SO GOOD. @sovvannight says: The angst!! The sweet, sweet angst!!  Plus, not only do we have soulmates, we have another of my favorite tropes: 'we're not together but we are basically married.' Anonymous says: Luke waited EIGHT years for Julie. EIGHT. And the payoff? It's so good. Worth every second of angsty UST. It's such an original take on the soulmate fic trope. I've never seen the mechanics of it operate in this way before and it's genius. ALSO CAT DAD LUKE is the superior Luke, but CAT PARENTS JUKE is beyond anything.

[juke-fic-recs]

i swear that you’ve been sent to save me by @dylanobrienisbatman

Teen And Up | One-Shot | 11.7k | Complete

Select Tags: Alternate Universe - Soulmates, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, High School, Everyone Is Alive, Friends to Lovers, Grief/Mourning, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, First Kiss, Canon Adjacent, Childhood Friends            

Julie knew her soulmate was a songwriter, she’d spent years listening to him work out lyrics, the music he had stuck in his head playing out in hers.

She’s still shocked to discover that it’s one of the boys from Sunset Curve.

Anonymous says: This is one of my favourite Juke soulmate AUs. I really like the way it riffs off of canon, so it’s a soulmate AU that still feels like I’m watching the show. Their relationship in this is beautiful, love how it develops and how they bond @quirky-little-penguin-blog says: This fic is about as sweet as they come. Between soulmates magically singing to each other, the "bug you 'til you love me" childhood friends romance, and the hard passes Life throws that finally draws them together completely, this cozy little fic is one that will both break and heal a reader's heart. Excellent, excellent work! 

[juke-fic-recs]

Wizard Love by @pearlcaddy

Teen And Up | One-Shot | 20.5k | Complete

Select Tags: Alternate Universe - Wizarding World Theme Park, Living!Phantoms AU, Banter, Aged-Up Characters, Grief/Mourning, Pining, Self-Esteem Issues, but mostly just fluff, Mention of Panic Attacks and Nosebleeds

Julie didn’t expect to fall for a guy because of how he pours Butterbeer. But then, she’s never worked food service at the Wizarding World theme park before.

Living!Phantoms Wizarding World Theme Park Workers AU

“Sorry, you were in the supply closet together for an entire eight-hour shift, and you didn’t make out even a little? I can’t begin to express how much you disappoint me.”

@missjoolee says: I swear. I read this like 4 times in 5 days when it was first published and while I’ve slowed my roll with the rereads since, it is still one I go back to for a super satisfying “getting together”. Pearl is the queen of super specific au’s that you never knew you needed and after this one, it was difficult to remember that this was the fan-made material and not the source. Because how are Julie and Luke not musicians working at a theme park to pay bills on their way to fame?

They are teenagers and ghosts? Sounds fake but okay 🙄

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We Found Wonderland by @pink-flame [ICanSpellConfusionWithAK]

Teen And Up | Multi-Chapter | 197.2k | Complete

Select Tags: Fluff, Angst, Time Travel, Humor, Living himbos, Alice in Wonderland References

At the end of season one Julie isn’t able to save the boys and they are jolted out of existence. But what if there was another way? Julie finds herself back in 1995 with a chance to stop the boys of Sunset Curve from ever dying at all. But will she able to find her way home afterwards? Will she want to? Or has Alice really gone down the rabbit hole this time...

Anonymous says: With time travel, angst, fluff, found family, and Alice in Wonderland elements, WFW took me prisoner with no apologies; I pulled an all-nighter to finish it. Honestly, it’s one of the best written works I’ve ever read period, and even though I first read it a few months ago, I still find myself thinking about this story often, and I’ve even returned to reread it several times. The writing is phenomenal, the angst hurts in the best, most bittersweet way, the fluff will stop your heart with cuteness, AND there’s pay off for the emotional roller coaster I promise you’ll be sent on. Highly, highly recommended!!

Anonymous says: This fic is the perfect imagining of what could’ve happened had Julie not been able to save the boys from Caleb’s stamps. My sister and I loved it so much that we made a Spotify playlist separate from our regular Juke playlist just centering around this fic. It IS that good.

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love me for the hell of it by @alexjulies

Teen And Up | Multi-Chapter | 40.0k | Complete

Select Tags: The Voice AU, Aged-Up Characters, Found Family vibes all over the place, Luke & Julie audition for The Voice, and fall in love, Who is shocked by this

After the death of her mother, Julie pushes through the ache of singing again to audition for The Voice with the most supportive hype squad by her side. Ray, Carlos, and Flynn are killing it.

And in order to help Sunset Curve gain some traction, Luke auditions, too. Solely for the exposure.

(Reggie, don’t say exposure.)

((Luke’s hype squad needs media training.))

@pearlcaddy says: This fic is one of my absolute favorite Juke WIPs [now complete]. The characterizations of Luke and Julie are so spot on, and the way their relationship unfolds is so beautiful. Truly impeccable soulmatism and found family going on, backed by gorgeous writing.

Anonymous says: Julie and Luke on the Voice on Team Caleb is just a gift to all of us. The found family feels and aged up characterizations are gorgeous and just feel right.