#the missing hours

[puckyeah1]

Me, too, bestie. Me, too. 😭

[van1lla-v1lla1n]

Alright, my friends, to further solidify my obsession, I’ve made an ao3 collection to house fics that include Tom and Greg’s activities during The Missing Hours between 3 and 5 am on the night of March 12 (in s2 ep7, “Return”). 

It’s an open/unmoderated collection, so please add your fics to it if you’ve written something about the Missing Hours! (It can be a little part of a multi-chapter fic or the subject of the whole thing, doesn’t make a difference.) 

You can find the collection here: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/tomgreg_missing_hours

And here’s instructions on how to add your works to the collection. (In the “Post to collections / challenges” box on ao3, search for “tomgreg_missing_hours” and it should show up.)

[alexsfictionaddiction]

Review: The Missing Hours by Julia Dahl

I didn’t know much about this book at all before reading it and I’m really glad of that. The Missing Hours is a thriller with a lot of social commentary and thought-provoking content. Beware of trigger warning for sexual assault.

Claudia Castro is a well-known, beautiful, rich, NYC socialite who has spent most of her life in the spotlight. During her freshman year at NYU, a drunken night ends up with a big gap in her memory but she knows that her body has been violated. Shutting herself off from her family and the rest of the world, Claudia starts spending time with a guy who lives in her building. But then, she disappears.

Claudia's face has been all over national news for most of her life and because of this, there will be people who believe she ‘belongs’ to anyone and everyone. I expected a #MeToo style revolution on the horizon and the book definitely has that vibe. Like the Hollywood women who came forward in that movement, Claudia’s lifestyle perhaps makes her extra vulnerable towards predatory men.

When I first met him, her new friend Trevor reeked of suspicion. I was very unsettled by him and I found myself keeping a close eye on his thoughts and reactions. He is enamoured with Claudia and seems to be willing to do anything for her. Their friendship actually strongly reminded me of that between Veronica and JD in Heathers and I was scared of a similar, crazy ending.

One of the most devastating parts of The Missing Hours is Claudia’s idea that she deserves the abuse she got. I know that this is a genuine thought process that many women go through in the immediate aftermath of being sexually abused. They start asking themselves questions about how they dress, how they speak and how they interact with men as well as their own sexual pasts. The fact that these women don’t immediately know that what happened to them wasn’t their faults is heartbreaking and says so much about the way that girls are raised -to be apologetic and self-critical.

Distrust of men, all men, is at the forefront of the book. The sad truth is that although not all men are dangerous, it’s often not obvious which ones aren’t. Therefore, a blanket rule of distrust can be considered sensible amongst women, especially when alone after dark. I felt that the book was acting as a warning to young female readers to stay vigilant and talk to the men close to them about the fears we face every day.

The Missing Hours is a riveting, well-written and absorbing literary thriller. I wanted nothing more than for Claudia to heal from her trauma and for the culprits to be duly punished. Themes of toxic masculinity, privilege and obsession come together to create this very gripping, timely mystery.

[justatiredgremlin]

just realised that the reason i’ve been absolutely sucked into animal crossing is because i’m trapped on an island with my imaginary friends and they have to talk to me and there’s no pandemic keeping us apart. Now I just have to figure out how to swap Eloise and Phoebe for my human lads in Cardiff.

Theres also the home ownership, easy income and design elements but hey