Freya, hi! I love your new header and I love seeing how excited you are for knight! Din. Every time I see you post something about it, it makes me excited and happy for you 😍 and I can't wait to read it! I picture you like this:
michelle how did u get this footage of me that's so embarrassing !! oh my gosh !! AHAH I'm glad my total nonchalance and cool apathy (lmao) can bring you a little entertainment while I draft away asdfkajhsdfk I HOPE U LIKE THE BIG KNIGHT MAN WHEN IT'S DONE AND READY <33 (and ty for the header love, I was very overdue for something new!!)
thanks for encouraging all my madness and yearning as always pal :,) ILYSM
Freya, I'm loving getting these glimpses into your craft and process for the writing asks game, especially when you talked about imagining the inner workings of someone's life as an exercise in empathy. This is one of the reasons I love reading. Just exploring a person's life and thinking, putting myself in their shoes.
I'm always excited when you post a new chapter of anything because I know I'm gonna love it, but I'm curious about #4.
Pedro tax:
Love you!!😘😘😘
michelle angel!! you are so sweet for this (forgive my tardiness I've been out in my garden trying to coax it back to life) and AH yes!! reading is totally an empathy exercise for me too. it's the best :,,,) thank you so much for this one pal <3 ILY
4. what does it take for you to be proud of something you’ve written?
oh, this is a tough one!! I think, similarly to how erika @kedsandtubesocks answered this same question, finishing something is definitely a big source of pride. perhaps due to the adhd or general chaos that resides in my brain, I tend to end up with a lot of wips that just... languish at the 70% done mark and really have to wrestle myself into getting them to the finish line, if I can at all. so finishing something (esp if it doesn't feel like pulling teeth) absolutely makes me feel a little proud.
there's also a particular joy that comes from having someone pick out one of my favorite lines in a comment or reblog - feeling especially satisfied with how a sentence turned out is one nice thing, but seeing someone resonate w that sentence is just!!! how lovely!!! what a blessing!!!
sometimes I go back to read my own fics after they've been posted for a while, and tbh I'm also proud anytime I can do that and not cringe. if I go back and enjoy the thing I wrote, that's a treat :,)
I've just finished the last chapter of SYAT for the second time. Sad it's over, but the ending could not have been more perfect for that little family. As I was reading it, it made me think of my favorite book, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo. This is technically a children's book, but like all of the best children's literature, it's really not. There is an epigraph at the beginning of the book from a poem that reads:
The heart breaks and breaks
and lives by breaking.
It is necessary to go
through dark and deeper dark
and not to turn.
This just made me think of Joel and everything he's gone through. He doesn't turn, and look how it turns out.
Sending lots of love your way! 💝💕💖
WAIT MICHELLE YOU GET BACK HERE RIGHT NOW
YOU DROP THIS EPIGRAPH/POEM IN MY INBOX AS IF IT WILL NOT CHANGE ME MOLECULARLY ???!!!!??? ANSWER FOR YOUR CRIMES (your gifts)
this is so??? perfect for syat!joel?? and also so beautiful in general? I love kate dicamillo but haven't read this book of hers so it's going on my tbr immediately <3
I'm so happy you liked the SYAT finale (even if it is bittersweet to end their story, trust me I was not happy to say goodbye to them fjsdhakfhj) thank you so much for hanging around for their journey and for this very thoughtful ask <3 I LOVE YOU FRIEND. SO MUCH!
Hey Freya! Thank you for the latest chapter of SYAT❤ It's great to see those two connecting😉 I cant wait for the next chapter or for whatever you write next!
I'm popping in to recommend a story to you. It's the first fanfic story I ever read and I still occasionally reread. Like tonight. I know you love angst, so I thought you might like this one too. The writer hasn't been active here or on ao3 for a while, but there's a prequel there too, in case you want an extra side of angst with your entree.
Sending you a big hug, but like this because I feel awkward
LINK TO READ TELLTALE HEART by @astroboots
MICHELLE THIS MADE ME GRIN LIKE AN IDIOT!! how dare you come into my ask box and drop some delicious delicious frankie angst and what, expect me not to fall in love with / sob all over you?? BLESS YOUR HEART. I DO LOVE ANGST and this fic was scrumptious hurt and yearning and ?? LOVESICK!FRANKIE?? TO TOP IT ALL OFF?? reading the prequel after reading the whole fic too had me CLUTCHING MY CHEST.
thank you so much for putting this fic in my path - you're an angel, so very thoughtful, my goodness gracious. sending you a real big hug right back (tackle hug, pls brace for impact in 3... 2... 1...) ilysm <33
Just popping in to say hi!! Hope all is well with you🥰 I read you saw Materialists. I saw it last week too and it's been very interesting reading people's takes. I had no idea it would be so controversial. Curious as to what you thought about it. Also, I made myself cry by choosing to reread More Than Letters. It's sooooo good (and diabolical) and I miss them. Sending lots of love and spoons!
MICHELLE SWEETHEART, HELLO!! my gosh you are just the kindest. (also swoon, hi javiiiiii) I'm doin alright over here - I hope you're doing well too pal <3 <3 and AAAHHH rereading more than letters?! I'll sob right here right now!! I miss them tooooooo - I had a little spark for them the other day and started drafting the next part, which was really fun (and probably also a little diabolical oops I SWEAR I'M BRINGING THEM HAPPINESS EVENTUALLY) so I'm excited to hopefully dig into it properly soon :,,) thank you so much for this, really <3
but yesss it's been so interesting to read folks' reactions to materialists!! I was also surprised to see some of the reactions to it - I'll yap a little under the cut & tag to hopefully save folks from spoilers/details, but I'm gonna try not to spill the whole plot!!
HI!! okay so for real past lives is one of my favorite movies ever, so I was gonna be sat in that theater even if pedro wasn't in it and will do so again for any movie celine song ever makes lmao <3 and on a surface level I thought materialists was fun! there were some writing decisions I didn't totally understand, but I knew the trailer was going to be misleading and tbh I dig it when movies subvert expectations, so I wasn't mad about the vibe being a little different than expected (though I would still love to see her make a straight up romcom).
also wasn't surprised to see harry's screen time be so low. the reveal of his "investment" made him so interesting/complicated/compelling, like there's so much potential for juicy nuance there - so it was a little bit of a bummer to see the breakup scene end so swiftly. but I get it!! he wasn't the main character. that's what fics are for :-)
some of the other casting didn't totally hit the spot for me and I think probably influenced how much I connected w the movie, but I'm not here to hate on anyone. and there were a lot of bits that were really fun!! fun soundtrack, some lovely cinematography some really good lines, a dash of yearning, a really compelling peek into a world eons away from my own experience dating (rich people world is crazyy), harry castillo being a walking heartthrob like ooooof. I'd watch it again!
what did you think of the movie??
thank u for the love & spoons, you make this place so much brighter :,,) I love you pal!! <3
Kms anon has me cracking up and I totally get it but this is gonna be me when they do finally bang
😘 love you!!
BWAHAHA michelle omg I love you. fr might need a cigarette myself when we get there… between you and me, frankie’s gonna be. uhm. intense. very much not chill about it!
Freya, just want to say hi 💕 Hope your year is off to a decent start and you are doing well!
michelle I love u to bits and pieces and glitter. the start of my year has been shockingly busy (hence my silence in this realm) but not in a bad way!! I do miss brain rot with the p!boys real bad though, as well as you :,)
I hope YOUR new year has been treating you kindly, despite all that's going on out there. hope you're safe, taking care of yourself, all that good stuff. thank you for sending this & making me smile, friend <3
Freya, I just wanted to say thank you for all the lovely stories you shared this year and for always being such a sweetheart! 💝💖💗 I adore you and send my best wishes to you for the new year!
michelle thank YOU oh my goodness!! I am so grateful to have been brought together in eternal yearning for our boys <3 you are such a ray of light here and I'm so lucky to know you :,,) hope you have the best new years too my love!! thank you so much for this ahhh ily ily
