—Nocturnal Writer—

INFP - A | A procrastinating writer who writes at the wee hours of the night. | my Ao3 | my twt

[theprocrastinatingredkitty]

Some of y’all ask me about which part of Sweetener starts and which goes next, so if you haven’t started yet, here it is:

Sweetener Series (Yahwacheop/Painter of the Night) (Ao3 only) (May-July 2020)

- Sweetener (E) - 4.7k

- Warmth of the Aftermath (E) 6.5k

- Letters in the Snow (E) 7k

- Of Poems and Revelations (E) 8.6k

- Caged and Free Warblers (E) 8.1k

- Winter Heat (E) 7.4k

- The Warbler’s Honeysuckle (E) 7.2k

Sweetener: Unsweetened Series (July-Nov. 2020)

- Bitters: Unsweetened (M) - 5.6k

- The Mask of Yoon Seungho (E) - 5.7k

- Rhododendron and Lavender (E) - 8.2k

- The Worshipped Shrine (E) - 8k

- Unbridled Bride - 3/3 (E) - 28.7k

- The Tainted Lamb - 6/6 (E) - 46.7k

Sweetener: Tangy Series (Nov. 2020-Nov. 2023)

- Sweetener: Tangy - 3/3 (E) - 20.1k

- The Wildflower’s Thorn - 6/6 (E) - 41.4k

- An Innocent’s Duality - 10/10 (E) - 80.6k

- The House of the Gumiho and Mugunghwa - 10/10 (E) - (98.3k)

- The Dusk of the Starless Moon - 6/6 (E) - (60.7k)

- A Wildflower Among the Thorns - 3/3 (M) - (41.2k)

- Blue Birds Over Red Fields -  5/5 (E) - (50k)

- Vale of the Outcasts - 3/3 (E) - (18.5k)

Sweetener: Fruity (Nov. 2023-????)

- Sweetener: Fruity - (7/7) (T) - (14.1k)

- Fruity Wines and Gentle Felines (E) - (5/??) - (33.8k)

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Just follow the parts, it’s right there if you see the summary, or just go to my profile. It’s already attached right here on my tumblr

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Also, I have created a playlist for the entire Sweetener Series. These songs are on loop whenever I type a new chapter 

Playlist for Sweetener Series:

Jeongupsa - Lee Sang-Eun

Doraji - various (But I listen to the version sung by children)

Secret Paradise - Jan Jae-In

Destiny - *The Princess’ Man OST

The Song of the Tiger and Moon - Roel

Magic Lily - Ahn Ye-Eun

Waltz - Ahn Ye-Eun

Walk in a Dreamy Road - Jang Na-Ra

In the Middle of the World - Shin Yong-Jae

Sae Taryong - Kim Serena

Door - Ahn Ye-Eun

Grass - MC Sniper

Bad Lands - *Slave Hunters OST

Blue Bird - Forestella

Changgwi - Ahn Ye-Eun

Red Tie - Ahn Ye-Eun

Pirouette - Ahn Ye-Eun

A Day - Park Wan-Kyu

Fate - Yoon Min-Su and Shin Yeong-Jae

Proust - Ahn Ye-Eun

Buyonghwa - Korean Children’s Choir

Aebyeolri - Im Hyung-Joo

the bold and italicized song/s are the appropriate ones you should listen in the current timeline (currently working on the modern-day Sweetener Series - Sweetener: Fruity)

you can say... they are mild spoilers for what’s to come 🌚🌚🌚🌚

[110789angle]

[theprocrastinatingredkitty]

SWEET CHEESY TOAST. HEERYANG LOOKS BETTER BEING A REBEL MORE THAN BEING A GENERAL OMG 😫😫😫

THE UNSERIOUSNESS OF IT ALL HAS ME DYING 😂

[theprocrastinatingredkitty]

I KNEW EEEEEET🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

GAWD I LOVE HOW ARTISTS INSPIRE OTHER ARTISTS🥺🥺🥺 dang, this makes me think of just writing a crossover fic for these series 😂

[theprocrastinatingredkitty]

After ten thousand years, he’s finally maxed out YAY

[theprocrastinatingredkitty]

WHAT WAS THAT SEASON FINALE?!

I have PTSD from painter of the night and i can feel it in my bones that Heeryang would burn the entire country down and slay everyone just to find Yeonjo 😭

THIS IS WHAT PAINTER OF THE NIGHT COULDVE BEEN IF A KING WERE INVOLVED 🗣️

Also. Ngl that king looks like queen for seven days’s version of king yeonsangun

DO YOU SEE THE RESEMBLANCE???

Yeonsangun ruled from 1495-1506, btw

The manhwa is set in 1448 tho 🤔 but still. THE RESEMBLANCE IS UNCANNY

the king in the manhwa is already murderous enough as is through heeryang tho 👀

[theprocrastinatingredkitty]

Sweetener: Fruity Series, Fruity Wines and Gentle Felines, Chapter 5, is now up!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/53891395/chapters/209007231

Rating:

Explicit

Archive Warnings:

Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories:

M/M, Multi

Fandom:

야화첩 | Painter of the Night (Webcomic)

Relationships:

Baek Nakyum/Yoon Seungho, Heena/Yoon Seungwon, Yoon Seungho/Baek Nakyum/The Nameless One

Characters:

Baek Nakyum, Yoon Seungho (Painter of the Night), Yoon Seungwon, Mumyeong | The Nameless One (Painter of the Night), Yoon Seungho's Mother (Painter of the Night), Yoon Changhyeon, Jung Inhun, Baby Min, Baby Jihwa, Heena (Painter of the Night), Deokjae (Painter of the Night)

Additional Tags:

Modern Era, Reincarnation, Occasional Historical References, MumSeungKyum are now living in peace

Language: English

Series: Part 2 of Sweetener: Fruity

Words: 33,863 Chapters:5/?

[theprocrastinatingredkitty]

Sweetener: Fruity Series - Fruity Wines and Gentle Felines, Chapter 4, is now up~

https://archiveofourown.org/works/53891395/chapters/207201451

o Archive Warnings Apply

M/M, Multi

Work in Progress

Tags

Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

No Archive Warnings Apply

Baek Nakyum/Yoon Seungho

Heena/Yoon Seungwon

Yoon Seungho/Baek Nakyum/The Nameless One

Baek Nakyum

Yoon Seungho (Painter of the Night)

Yoon Seungwon

Mumyeong | The Nameless One (Painter of the Night)

Yoon Seungho's Mother (Painter of the Night)

Yoon Changhyeon

Jung Inhun

Baby Min

Baby Jihwa

Heena (Painter of the Night)

Deokjae (Painter of the Night)

Modern Era

Reincarnation

Occasional Historical References

MumSeungKyum are now living in peace

Summary

Now back to their home after more than a hundred years, the reincarnated Seungho, Na-Kyum, and No-Name start their life anew as they cement their dreams from lifetimes ago, completely unaware of the pains of their past. Sweetener Series finale.

Series

Part 2 of Sweetener: Fruity

Words: 24,715 Chapters: 4/?

[theprocrastinatingredkitty]

it's 2026 and my obsession with PotN is still as strong as ever

[theprocrastinatingredkitty]

https://archiveofourown.org/works/53891395/chapters/206399336

Sweetener: Fruity Series, Fruity Wines and Gentle Felines, Chapter 3, is up

Rating: Explicit

Archive Warnings:

Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

No Archive Warnings Apply

Category: M/M

Relationships:

Baek Nakyum/Yoon Seungho

Heena/Yoon Seungwon

Baek Nakyum/Yoon Seungho/The Nameless One

Characters:

Baek Nakyum

Yoon Seungho (Painter of the Night)

Yoon Seungwon

Mumyeong | The Nameless One (Painter of the Night)

Yoon Seungho's Mother (Painter of the Night)

Yoon Changhyeon

Jung Inhun

Baby Min

Baby Jihwa

Heena (Painter of the Night)

Additional Tags:

Modern Era

Reincarnation

Occasional Historical References

MumSeungKyum are now living in peace

Part 2 of Sweetener: Fruity

[theprocrastinatingredkitty]

That’s it. I’m taking this life advice. Thank ye, guv’nor😌

[theprocrastinatingredkitty]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Sweetener Series is back and I am back and boy, I finally feel alive

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Fruity Wines and Gentle Felines by Space_Kitten_from_Planet_Pheromone

Explicit

Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply

M/M

Work in Progress

Tags

Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

No Archive Warnings Apply

Baek Nakyum/Yoon Seungho

Heena/Yoon Seungwon

Baek Nakyum

Yoon Seungho (Painter of the Night)

Yoon Seungwon

Mumyeong | The Nameless One (Painter of the Night)

Yoon Seungho's Mother (Painter of the Night)

Yoon Changhyeon

Jung Inhun

Baby Min

Baby Jihwa

Heena (Painter of the Night)

Modern Era

Reincarnation

Occasional Historical References

MumSeungKyum are now living in peace

Summary

Now back to their home after more than a hundred years, the reincarnated Seungho, Na-Kyum, and No-Name start their life anew as they cement their dreams from lifetimes ago, completely unaware of the pains of their past. Sweetener Series finale.

Series

Part 2 of Sweetener: Fruity

Words: 12,218 Chapters: 2/? 

[theprocrastinatingredkitty]

I thought this scene looked familiar

And I knew immediately—

Heeryang 🤝 Seungho

Only difference is Seungho is a saint of a governor compared to Heeryang

Steel Under Silk is set in 15th century Joseon (1448 according to the first chapter), while PotN is set in the 18th century (judging from the merchants selling the music box), so there are quite a few liberties that the latter century had compared to the former. The palace had the sole power in during the 15th century, but latter years changed it to families of the court having equal or more power over the king

Steel Under Silk, ch90 vs PotN ch37 and 123

Also, the fact that both of them had nasty fathers really make it seem like they’re two peas from a different pod

Steel Under Silk, ch48 vs PotN, ch86

Heeryang and Seungho really need a lifetime of therapy😭

I am still sad that we never saw even a glimpse of the Yoon brothers’ mother. Fuck you, Chang-Hyeon 😡

PotN ch86

Steel Under Silk, ch63

Heeryang speaks fondly of his mother, which leads me to think that, since both series have some similar elements to a degree, the Yoon brothers probably loved their mother very much as well. The Yoon brothers’ mother also most likely loved her sons very much. She was definitely a noblewoman and not a courtesan, and had most likely been forcibly sequestered by Chang-Hyeon everytime he took Seungho away to the brothel, and that’s why she ended herself after hearing/seeing what happened to her son

I hope that in the AU, we’d see a glimpse of the mother, bc everything there is reversed, with Na-Kyum having parents and siblings, maybe in the reversal, we’d see Seungho and Seungwon’s mother but this time, Chang-Hyeon is the dead parent? 🥺🥺🥺🥺

Anyway.

I still think that Seungho is the type of governor who’d only work when Na-Kyum tells him to, not because Seungho’s lazy, but because he wants all his time to be spent with Na-Kyum🥺

Na-Kyum would nag him to no end until work is actually done for the day 😭

Since ascending to governor, Seungho most likely bent the law in some form to marry Na-Kyum, as seen through some of BD’s art

Second pic is from either the following day of Seungho’s arrival in the village (as he’s thinking of long-haired Na-Kyum), or a celebration of sorts, idk

Also confirming that they have gotten married is through the game, Zerowake Gates, where Seungho referred to himself as Na-Kyum’s husband🥺🥺🥺 Did Seungho manage to pass Na-Kyum off as a woman in the registry? Did the village just turn a blind eye that their governor married a man?

(I am still trying to max Seungho’s level and every single skill)

Which brings me back to Steel Under Silk: will Heeryang bend the law further for Yeonjo, or will he remain loyal to the king? Heeryang already bent many laws by letting Yeonjo live and take him back without any punishment even after burning down part of his manor. What iron fist he has over Hamgil-do is a stark contrast to Seungho’s leniency, which is understandable bc Seungho never wanted to be an official and only did it for Na-Kyum’s sake, whereas Heeryang needed to prove everyone he was not just a courtesan’s son

I can see Steel Under Silk ending in two ways: a happy ending, or a sad ending

They could be happy if Heeryang would just abandon all his pride, his station, and just take Yeonjo far from the capital and make a lifetime of amendments for murdering Yeonjo’s family. Either that or, if somehow, Yeonjo manages to forgive Heeryang and accept that in some way, he was happy being with Heeryang

Or, they could end up being both dead. Yeonjo kills Heeryang, Heeryang accepts the punishment, and Yeonjo kills himself afterward, just as how Yeonjo planned it. But from how the story is going, Yeonjo’s plans always foil in some form in the end, usually by Heeryang. I like how both are so conflicted with one another. Heeryang accepts dying by Yeonjo’s hand but at the same time he wants to be with him and live together. Same goes for Yeonjo, too

Suddenly I had a thought. What if Yeonjo takes the state exam to get a government post and fight against Heeryang? Then I remember… he can’t get one, because his family is branded as traitorous😞He wouldn’t get past the registration gates 😭

Then I thought, what if he uses his intellect to aid Heeryang if there ever was a chance he’d forgive the governor? Possibly to overthrow the current king?👀👀👀 They could be a force to be reckoned with if they ever unite in that way. Both have the brains, Heeryang has the brawn and influence, Yeonjo has enough spite and he can throw all that spite against the king who ordered Heeryang to murder the Lee family. Oh, the POSSIBILITIES THIS SERIES CAN GO THROUGH🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

[theprocrastinatingredkitty]

“This husband of yours will take care of everything”

I JUST SCREAMED😩😩😩😩 I think the game put SeungKyum post-season 4 in the Zerowake Universe, judging by the way they are practically attached at the hip and how Na-Kyum dreads being away from Seungho even for a few minutes. And from THAT line alone just confirmed that when Seungho became the governor in the Joseon timeline, he bent the law to make Na-Kyum his legal husband 🥺🥺🥺🥺

Also, can I just say that I love the way Na-Kyum has a mask here? Very demure, very elegant, it’s giving, “NO ONE CAN LOOK AT ME EXCEPT FOR MY HUSBAND” except the mask is too sheer, but okay

OH MY LAWRD, THE THINGS YOU DID FOR LOVE FOR YOU TWO TO BE INSEPARABLE IN ANOTHER UNIVERSE😩😩😩

[theprocrastinatingredkitty]

I just need one more copy of yoon-yoon and then i’ll go all in for nakyum 🥺

Only have one copy of bbkyumie so far 😭

[theprocrastinatingredkitty]

Honey, you’re familiar

Like my mirror years ago

Idealism sits in prison

Chivalry

Fell on its sword~🎶

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I love how in both scenarios wherein one is found and one is lost, both of them had the exact expression

I’d imagine if Heeryang and Seungho were in the same historical timeline, they’d be a force to be reckoned with. Heeryang would rule the north and Seungho would rule the south 🥺

Albeit I’d like to think that Seungho would be more lax in ruling unless it involves keeping Na-Kyum’s safety along with the noonas in the gibang, and less about purging families (unless the families of the noblemen he killed ever retaliated if they found out Seungho was the one behind the killings, then he’d go murrdurr mode)

[theprocrastinatingredkitty]

I now have a job in another country. After being MIA in tumblr and ao3 for a year, I have returned (I can now continue writing Sweetener, bc that fic has been eating at me for so long throughout my depression during my job hunting journey)

And guess what I bought on my first salary?

THAT’S RIGHT. MY LOVE FOR SEUNGKYUM IS STILL BRIGHT AS THE DAY I FELL IN LOVE WITH THEM

I can buy manhwa now bc no one will rummage through my things. Oh, my bbys HOW I MISSED YOU TWO SO MUCH 🥺🥺🥺🥺