#sweetheart!!!

[perfectday1972]

josh o'connor photographed by kerry j. dean, 2023 via playtusu

[teamnick]

PIERRE GASLY attends a press conference ahead of the Las Vegas Grand Prix on November 15, 2023, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo by Angela Weiss

[shweshishweh]

I’ve been informed of short-haired Yashiro, and now my eyes are opened

[daisylincs]

hey! we just wanted to know, in a TOTALLY non-stalkery way of course, if you and Kat are still, you know, okay? because we may or may not follow your AO3 comment exchanges on each other's fics almost as obsessively as we're binging AoS, and we noticed that you haven't commented on one another's things in a long time. of course, you could just both be busy, but you could also be having a fight or... worse, and we'd hate that so bad we can't even begin to describe. in short, it is sending us -

Oh my gosh 🥺🥺🥺😍😍 Anon, that is the sweetest thing I've seen all year! And yes, I'm going to be making that joke for the rest of the week, it's 2021 and it's unbelievable but we can make the most of it, folks. But anyway, back to it: fsklfsgjdhkksdhs, anon, Kat and I are SOOOOO flattered!!

And, dear heart, you don't have to worry at all - except, you know, for our sanities. But that's always in question, no? 😝

Case in point, Kat and I are totally fine - more than fine, actually, lol. She has, in fact, recently acquired MORE material to mock me with, so that's just... great.

You're not wrong that we haven't been commenting on each other's things, though (just so you know, we had a long awwww sesh about how sweet it is that you NOTICED that, ahhhh.) Anyway, there is actually a reason for the comment war - and a pretty good reason, too.

One night in early December, when we were both supposed to be writing our Secret Santas, I told Kat, who had like zero time left before she had to start her Actual Adult Job - "look, if you don't go write right now, I won't comment on another of your things until next year."

Kat... did not go write, and so I, being the stubborn asshole wife that I am, did indeed not comment on a single one of her fics for the rest of 2020.

I have, however, been writing out the comments in the little floaty box on AO3, and saving them to the notes on my phone - I even had this grand plan of posting them all en masse on the first of January and being like, cheers, it's 2021!

Unfortunately, though, life (specifically: my family Zooming till 3am and beyond on the 31st) got in the way, and I haven't been able to read and comment on Kat's two latest fic updates (the last chapter of her Dekesy Roadtrip AU, and her Secret Santa fic, aka, yup, the thing that started this whole mess in the first place.)

And since, as it has been established, I am a stubborn ass, I wanted to post a flood of comments on all her things - so what's going to happen instead of my original grand plan is that I'll post all the comments on this Monday for her to wake up to before her job, as a kind of burst of cheer to say "good luck with 2021!"

(I'll probably ask her to post my comments next Monday, or Sunday evening her time, so I can start my first work week of 2021 with the same zing of happiness. Sound good, @aleksandrachaev?)

So, long story short, dear anon, the wife and I are completely fine 🥺🥺💜 As insane as ever, lol, but fine. For a tiny little bit of proof, here's a snippet of our conversation from last night:

Thanks so much for your incredibly sweet concern (AND COMPLIMENTS!!! ahhhh) it's really made my year. Oh my gosh I'm so sorry But seriously, anon, this is lovely of you, and I hope you'll enjoy the return of Kat And Lily's Comment Craziness on Monday 💜

[chokey-mickey]

My beloved! I was just thinking of you. Love you, miss you! 💓💞💘

Anna mein Zimtschneckchen 🥰❤️

sending you Bussis 😘

[cherrypaii]

Your art is amazing! I love it and it makes me happy every time I see it ❤

thank you kindly!!! it makes my day to hear that my art makes people happy! 😭💞💫💫

[rmbaloncesto]