#murder spouse

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so wip huh.. how's reflections darling?

ah. yes. I've curated a visual experience for you:

hope that helps! <3

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✨Homie Hours®✨

This week belongs to none other than my beloved Murder Spouse (@werewolfashton)! It was about time! Hell yeah!

You may know them from their awesome moodboards, or as the main contributor to Homie Hours, or as the master of flash horror. Or all of the above!

Personally, I love her for all of these things and more. But let's go about this in an organized manner.

You can snoop through their work here! I'm a big fan of M's moodboards, to nobody's surprise. They have such an eye for aesthetics and such great concepts. They deserves more credit than they give themself and THIS is why we're here today.

Her published fics are all, also, on AO3 under the username mimi_reads. I've had the privilege of standing in the sidelines for some of these AND I was one of the people who got the doc for tell tale heart, yes, this is a flex, thank you for noticing.

M's writing is incredibly evocative and it really packs a punch. In 200 words, she manages to pull you through the whole array of human emotion and I'm in constant awe of her.

And! They have three horror pieces (organized neatly into a collection, no less), which, as I might've said in the past, is a genre that goes underexplored in the 5SOS fandom so it's always nice to see it pop up. Especially when it's as good as M makes it!

The great news for those who don't vibe with horror is that M is also a wonderful fluff writer, too! Their piece make me up in a shade that fits me is so heartwarming and does such a nice job of portraying the struggle with gender presentation in relation to the gender binary, I truly can't recommend it enough. Just go read it. It'll be super hot and sexy and cute. I promise.

You are also welcome to go through my tag for them here to see us yell back and forth, and to see me rave in the tags about how much I love their work; if this post weren't enough M love for you.

Beyond their capabilities as a creative, M is also one of my favorite people to receive feedback and commentary from! She gives the perfect mix of criticism and reactions, literally the best fucking thing ever, I'm in love.

Finally, for the purposes of this post at least because my love and appreciation for M is endless, M is just such a cool person. They're kind and loving and funny and supportive and every single day I am thankful to have them in my life. Holy shit.

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hi my murder spouse firstly thank you for appreciating my brand 😌 second of all do say more about not being able to think about the ocean without freaking out? have i found someone else who's terrified of the ocean? 👀

my dearest @werewolfashton!

heck yeah, credit where it's due and all that 😌

+ absolutely. love the ocean, don't want it to go away, but also don't make me think about it. my thing stems from a bit of an existential fear sort of thing where I'm firstly faced with my humanity and the fragility inherent to it and then I'm also faced with the knowledge that there could be, at this very moment, an uncognizable creature that predates everyone on Earth, and while i know I'm unlikely to ever meet one of them, they could Exist

+ i have a fear of the unknown in general?? there's this saying in spanish, "más vale malo conocido que bueno por conocer" which basically means "it's better a well known ill than an unknown kindness" (translation is perhaps questionable) and that's not a Great sentiment but also, how am I supposed to face that which i haven't figured out yet??? sus. AND that's not even counting the fact that science has advanced so much and yet this whole section of the planet remains untouched by human hands. like, good for them but also bad for me.

and without even going into the Deep Sea thing, open waters et al bring me such panic because there's a sort of helplessness i associate with it?? like, you're out on the sea, something happens, now what?? have we learned nothing from the many sea explorations and stuff that have lead to Nothing Good for the people who embarked in them?? when will our hubris cease???

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oh my god???

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yes i'm still here, because today i also wanna shoutout my beloved @ashesonthefloor and @glitterblazercalum

ainslee, you are such a light in my life and i'm so happy we started to bond over our shared m*l hatred and your willingness to write just about everything. watching movies with you is always a highlight of my week and talking to you is such a treat, i love you so much. thank you for letting me yell about anything and everything and even yelling along when it's nothing that was previously of interest to you shskdmsks

iba, my darling, you were one of my first actual friends here and i wish i had the proper words to tell you how much i love and appreciate you. i really look up to you and how you manage to push through stuff that's thrown your way. listening to music with you is an absolute delight and that you even let me play oasis is so appreciated lmao. i can't wait to read a new book with you and hear your thoughts, and maybe at some point even talk about stardust dhsjfmdkkd

and the two of you in combination? insane. the vibes. wife to wife communication is strong with us and i really appreciate it so very much even if i suck at regularly checking in

okay niknak i'm done now -murder spouse

Keep the love comin', man, I love to see it.

@ashesonthefloor is, in fact, the best person to yell with about stuff, I agree. Ainslee has such an ease matching vibes AND making them better, it has to be a superpower.

@glitterblazercalum, genuinely so nice and Resilient. Iba, my guy, whenever you read this, know that you deserve insane amounts of kindness and peace and good vibes!

I love that y'all are all Wives, hell yeah.🤘🏽😌💖

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niknak i'm so on board with the bite-sized content. from you but also honestly would do that too since 50-500 words is the only thing i manage to fabricate anyway -murder spouse, who might not be filing for divorce anymore if you do that, and who also just realised she has an ask from you brb

people do be digging the format even though I've only talked abt it in theory thus far. but really, microfiction fucks.

+ oh please do join the revolution. i would like to see it. 👀

love u. pls don't divorce me i need you to get me into Blink for the purpose of a dumb joke. 🥺

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NIK

literally yesterday sat around and was like "i miss nik, wonder if nik is okay" so. i miss you!

though good news you're not missing much from my side of the world i'm still just obsessed with billy hargrove

i hope you have a lovely day and i'm sending kisses your way - murder spouse

mein Schatz!

ah, I've been around,,, you know how it is,,,,, uhhh yeah I've been chilling, occasionally posting on IG, occasionally doing fun stuff, mostly having an ongoing breakdown over the state of my life atm, but all in all I'm vibing so ✌🏽🤪

i miss you too, mein Engel:( i rly do need to fix the issue w discord bc god damn. happy to hear from u, babe! hope the Billy Hargrove fixation is nice and cool and sexy! i hope YOU'RE having a great day nd yes please I want kisses

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permanent chase my beloved

what wonderful timing too for the anniversary for. no reason. like. your bday. or anything. i totally have nothing planned. moving on.

tell me something about permanent chase! anything! -ms

ok see i wasn't thinking anything abt my bday but now you said it and it all seems a little sus so 👁️👄👁️

i digress. let's talk PC! teeny tiny fun fact:

See, Ashton was more than well aware of Luke’s Centerpiece Complex, he’d fallen prey to it before, he knew that this was Luke’s way of dealing with some weird fucking desire that ate away at him from the inside until he acted out, he’d realized that years ago and since then stopped taking it personally. Stopped thinking of the sustained eye contact and the performative seduction and the smirks as directed towards him, now he just saw them as a side effect of him always being around whenever Luke got needy.

the phrase "Centerpiece Complex" is something i actually stole from my mom who once, offhandedly, said someone for some reason or other had a "complejo de florero", wherein the person thinks they're the center of attention or that they Deserve to be nd I've been in love w the phrase since nd i think it fits quite nicely here so 👀 yeah

and! that's all without mentioning that this Complex of Luke's is, like, the driving force behind the narrative, something i didn't even plan but which works quite nicely either way uwuwuwu

Luke "Centerpiece" Hemmings, ain't he a beaut!