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Fic Masterpost

I figured it's about time I did this. I mean they're all on AO3, but I figured having a Tumblr masterpost might put things in perspective as regards how much I've actually written lmao. Here we go.

Disclaimer: I mean, my writing is pretty mediocre, but I honestly find that the fandom space had to be filled out somewhat, so I started writing fic.

Update 1/6/26 oh no, gay hockey got me too. updating my master list as usual

Hollanov

The Clarity of Gravity

So basically this is a 2-part series exploring the little brains of Shane and Ilya because... I don't know, just felt like writing it lmaoo but no seriously, this is all basically character exploration and dynamics exploration just because I was bored over the holiday break.

basic space

Rating: E/NC17 Chapters: one-shot Summary: Shane speaks a different language. Ilya understands. Featuring: autistic Shane, too many ice and language metaphors, and a lot of stream of consciousness introspection Tags: autistic!Shane, TLG spoilers (with respect to the fact that they're married)

2. but I'm not a soldier

Rating: E/NC17 Chapters: one-shot Summary: Ilya's used to long winters. He longs for the sun. He finds it. Featuring: an Ilya-centric introspection of his depression, husbands-in-therapy, and a LOT of trite metaphors Tags: depressed!Ilya, TLG spoilers (with respect to the fact that they're married) Warnings: Passive suicidal ideation

EarthMix

This is the pairing I've begun writing fic for again, so I have the most fics for EM.

Now unlocked. I don't think Joong is looking around for fic anymore, and certainly not on Tumblr. There are tons of unlocked fic in the tag, too, so there 'ya go!

The Stars, Our Witness 'Verse

The universe that started it all, partly as a way to archive EM activity before I became a fan, and partly as a way to stave off my delulu.

The Stars, Our Witness

Rating: E/NC17 Chapters: 16 (finished) Summary: They’re scared to cross boundaries. What happens when the lines blur? Tags: slow burn, friends to lovers, FWB, "canon rewrite" (in the sense of IRL being "canon" Warnings: divorce era. 'Nuff said.

2. supernova

Rating: E/NC17 Chapters: One-shot Summary: the same versions of 🌏 and 🪐 as in TSOW, but basically D/s pwp. Tags: pre-negotiated D/s; still a whole lot of longing.

3. of longing and loudness

Rating: E/NC17 Chapters: One-shot Summary: Oneshot set in the The Stars, Our Witness (TSOW) 'verse, and a reactionary fic post-LOL 2024. Tags: engaged!EarthMix

4. Beneath the Sunrise (in progress)

Rating: M (for now, but knowing me, this might go up) Chapters: 2 (so far, out of a slated 10) Summary: EarthMix get outed. They deal with the consequences. Tags: married!EarthMix, social media elements, bullying

General EarthMix fic

Mostly one-shots written as a reaction to a post, among other things.

laissez-faire

Rating: M Chapters: one-shot Summary: featuring Earth's obsession with mix's grey sofa Tags: engaged!EarthMix; domesticity

long distance

Rating: E/NC17 Chapters: one-shot Summary: of short reunions and busy schedules (lol honestly this has zero plot. I just missed them when they were in Japan for Happy Weekend, so I wrote a fic) Tags: PWP, quickie.

so here's the situation

Rating: E/NC17 Chapters: one-shot Summary: ~situationship~EarthMix (written after the Vivi interview had been released, and after they went on a museum simulation Van Gogh date literally the day after) Tags: situationship; we're dating but aren't together

househusbandry

Rating: G Chapters: one-shot Summary: Dreame gets EarthMix as endorsers for their vacuum. Why are they everyone's Favorite Married(TM) Couple? Tags: domesticity Note: This was written on my Notes app in like, 10 minutes, so the link is to my Twitter post to that fic.

in pari delicto (in progress; converting to prose)

OK so let me just write an author's note here. This is an unfinished Twitter social media AU because I would be writing about a topic I knew very, very well: law school. Now, I'm inclined to transform the fic to prose and transfer it to AO3 because I have no patience for the whole edit-edit concepts of socmed AUs and I honestly respect anyone who's done it. That said, I will likely continue this once I finish Beneath the Sunrise, or simultaneously as I write it.

PhuTian

Ah, ATOTS. Why do I love you so? Of course I'd write ATOTS fic.

re/live

Rating: E/NC17 Chapters: one-shot Summary: In which Tian celebrates his fifth year with his new heart in the best way. Tags: tian's birthday as an excuse to write smut, sloppy blowjobs, insecurity issues

old wives and the tales they tell

Rating: E/NC17 Chapters: one-shot Summary: Mayhaps Phupha has a kink. He refuses to validate the good Doctor Nam's speculation. Tags: domesticity kink, villager!tian, headcanon epilogue to ATOTS Note: Written in response to @earthmixsclowderofcats's Thai BL Kink Meme! Please show it some love and answer the prompts too please PLEASE!!

bad behavior

Rating: E/NC17 Chapters: one-shot Summary: Tian watches as Phupha grabs something from the nightstand – a pen? – and uncaps it. He holds Tian’s chin with one hand, and Tian feels the wet drag of the pen against his cheeks. “Chief, what are you—” “There,” Phupha says, “Whiskers.”

betwixt bewitched entanglements (in progress. might possibly discontinue.)

Rating: E/NC17 Chapters: 19 (out of a planned 15 lmao, I swear this was supposed to end earlier. Summary: Magic meets royalty meets a society walled off from the rest of the world. Tags: Royalty AU, Magic AU, political intrigue, slow burn Notes: Look. I got carried away writing this, and to be honest, the concept's flown so far away from me and the worldbuilding had been so solid in my head and I even know how this fic will end, but honestly? It's not getting engagement. That's not the sole reason for writing fic - of course not - but I'm not quite sure if it's worth my time and effort writing this out.

JimWen

10/31: So I just wrote this today woohoo!

the ebb and the flow

Rating: E Chapters: one-shot Summary: The first time after their last time. (Wen learns how to swim. Jim learns how to trust. A one-shot on the wandering thoughts of Wen and Jim as they navigate being in a relationship: the fear of stagnation, for Wen; and the fear of betrayal, for Jim.) Tags: introspective; plotless; PWP; alternate ending

OngsaSun

The first half of 23.5 excited me so elfin much that I'd write little tiny Ongsa character-explorations in between episodes. Here are the two I'd actually published.

gravity

Rating: G Chapters: one-shot Summary: Ongsa muses on the meadows of her mind. Tags: anxious!Ongsa

nightfall/daybreak

Rating: G Chapters: one-shot Summary: Ongsa is no stranger to the dark—that is, until she gives in to the light. Tags: depressed!Ongsa TW: "dark" as a metaphor for depression

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yup gay hockey got me too

guess it's time to update my fic masterlist lmaoo

[baibixin]

My apologies to my tumblr peers and friends

I am never rational or objective about the quality of their shows

Its EarthMix god damn it

They could just air a show on garbage truck drivers I'd be interested

I just like them

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anyway let me cry into the ether of this follower-less account about how I want to write fic and read fic, em or PhuTian or effin’ JackDean even, but I’ve been scared away (and presumably all the other authors have been scared away) by the recent fandom purity purge

It’s prolly shallow but it’s actually so depressing to know how in the name of “protection,” creators’ muses and drives and courage have all been killed

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I didn’t want to quit writing fanfics yo, but the DMs have left me with little choice for my mental health. Even as I say this it’s just so depressing because I still have a lot to write, dammit.

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man I wish tumblr was back because BL stan twitter is so fucking toxic. I don’t want to quit fandom and yet…

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Mayhaps it’s time to get my tumblr active again because Twitter is a cesspool of idiots arguing about shipping, of all things, and turning it into moral issues and alleging that the ~le gasp ghostships~ are slander unto these ADULT MEN ACTORS who can most certainly handle themselves.

[ohnomalora]

EarthMix interview with Japanese magazine (full translation)

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You know honestly, I feel the need to write about how, delusions aside, I’m fully in with the idea that these two are some flavor of fruitcake.

Like. As a queer person myself (bisexual, in a committed almost 6-year sapphic relationship), talk of same sex marriage is about how love is equal, sure; how it should be celebrated, yes. But there’s also the very real, very practical aspect of it that these two have ALWAYS talked about that makes me think twice.

Allies have celebrated civil rights wins with us, but always in very abstract terms, or in general, “love is love” terms. That’s good stuff, don’t get me wrong.

And yet the way these two have always talked about same-sex marriage reads almost as though they have a personal stake or investment in it.

I threaded about EarthMix’s interview on Tee Tai Krua here. This was a 2022 interview.

Mix talks about how equality should extend to legal protections in this part I’ve clipped:

And so, when the equality act finally passed, EarthMix went live at around the same day(?). When asked about their feedback, they both had this to say:

Earth emphasizes that there’s more to be done, and Mix (rightfully) disclaims that he hasn’t read it in full - but that he will do so.

And now in this magazine interview, it’s the same thing:

The clear before and after pertaining to practical considerations (property ownership; medical proxy)… this isn’t stuff that ordinarily occurs to regular schmegular allies (not typically, anyway; not discounting the efforts of legitimate activist allies, though!), because of the lack of a personal stake in those issues.

This isn’t like, clear cut proof that EarthMix are queer in any way, but I think we can at least theorize that they are part of the community in some way.

I know that people in BL fandoms presume straightness or, at the very least, ironically imply queerness (the “lol I know this is delulu, but…” disclaimers) out of an abundance of caution, and yet that’s dangerous too, isn’t it?

Not that their sexuality or sexual orientation or gender identity should be subject of rumors and speculation - it isn’t - and yet I think we shouldn’t discount their sincerity when it comes to these issues… precisely because, with the way they talk about things like same sex marriage, there’s something deeply personal in their statements that they consciously and willingly choose to reveal to us.

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Ayooo Tumblr!!!!! Posting my EarthMix in Hong Kong photos here because EarthMix are GLORIOUS and they’re everything

[hotasfahrenheit]

i love that Mo is the one who typically comes off as being the responsible one between him and Heng but he's the one that had the idea that they should play hooky from work for three whole days to go on a trip together 🤣

[jimmysea]

I am the first boyfriend you introduced to your family, your sister told me everything. Nonsense, don't believe every word she says. Is it true? I won't tell you. Come on Mo, tell me. Please, tell me.

OSSAN'S LOVE THAILAND (2025) - EP 9

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Ossan’s Love Thailand is a series for the tired millennial (part 1)

I often go on Reddit to view what people think about OLTH and, while there are the accolades to Earth’s acting (deserved, imo) and the cries of “this series is so underrated” (an opinion I also share), there’s a subset of people who find it… boring and filler-y.

So I’m trying to think about why that could be, because I don’t necessarily think those opinions come from a place of hate and could be valid criticism. And yet I don’t share that opinion and I’ve wondered why I’ve been loving this show so much. I’m tuned in like a hawk every week.

That’s when it dawned on me: OLTH is a slice of life sitcom.

So I was blabbing my incoherent thoughts on Twitter (it’s only a plus that blabbing helps the hashtag) here: https://x.com/expensivegherl/status/1896777150222725411?s=46

…and now that my thoughts are more cohesive, here’s why I find the series so relatable.

Heng is a representation of the burned-out optimist.

I think most fans/watchers got MAJOR WHIPLASH when comparing probie!Heng to present Heng. Lots of tweets were saying, “what happened to him?”

Sure, this Heng could be just the idealized version in Mo’s flashback, but he certainly looked more polished than he does now, which is this:

Eight years have lapsed in between his probation period and his current job as property consultant at Okaeri Real Estate. Heck, he isn’t even mid-management like Ten is. And yet, because he’s comfortable enough funding his hobbies, his VR, and his Mr. Saturnworld collection, he doesn’t think it worth it to move up (even if in his head, he DOES want to, as seen in his dream sequence in Episode 1).

The thing is… this is all so familiar, because heck, I’m facing this right now. Mom’s asking me why I can’t buy a house yet, or get married or have kids.

We’re just raised in different times.

How many times have Millennials been chastised by the boomers and Gen X for not attaining society’s standard of success? Remember how news sites would critique spending our money on avocado toasts and expensive coffee, instead of buying a home and raising a family?

I’m not making this up! Remember these articles?

Millionaire tells millennials: if you want a house, stop buying avocado toast

Australian real estate mogul Tim Gurner advised young people to solve their housing woes by putting their ‘$22 a pop’ toast toward a deposit

Millennials willing to spend $7 on coffee because it makes them happy

A study found 62 percent of millennials would spend $7 a day, or $210 monthly, to fuel their coffee cravings because it brings them joy.

Millennial and Gen Z economic malaise is creating a ‘treat culture’ as they turn to tiny purchases for a dose of daily escapism

Late-stage capitalism has the youth spending on the smallest pleasures. "It's almost like your Sisyphean existential rebellion via artisanal

Which brings me to…

Mr. Saturnworld is every Millennial’s hobby, ever.

Millennials love their hobbies. Heck, this abandoned site is proof eternal of how we are when we get our hands on hobbies. Coffee brewing (and the gear that comes with it). Pokémon card collecting. BL merch collections.

The New York Times call it “life-improvement splurges” for personal growth:

A Hedgehog, a Centrifuge and Other Millennial Life-Improvement Splurges

Placing a high value on personal growth, millennials and Gen Z appear more likely than older generations to make hobbies and nonessential pu

…I call it escapism.

We were thrown into college/the workforce post- ‘08 recession. Thrown into a reality where home ownership is becoming increasingly unattainable. Where salary increases don’t match inflation. Where company loyalty isn’t rewarded with set-for-life benefits. Climate change. We’re replaceable.

And so when Heng spends his money on Mr. Saturnworld, it’s because Mr. Saturnworld is attainable when a house isn’t. And it’s enough of a comfort to confront the next day, and the next (else we all go crazy).

Anyway, I want more Saturnworld merch.

With our mundane 9-to-5, we only ever remember the shenanigans of the week.

I think the difference between filler episodes and “shenanigans of the week” is that the latter serves the sitcom/slice of life format, while filler episodes help “fill” downtime outside of the main plot.

The thing is, filler episodes serve characterization in a plot-driven story/series/format, but sitcoms and slice of life series are NOT plot driven. They’re character driven.

We shouldn’t expect an overarching plot of how Heng gets his man in OLTH, because Heng getting his man is only secondary to Heng (and all the other characters) navigating their messy-ass lives.

And so, because OLTH is character-driven story, the “shenanigans of the week” allows us to see how Heng, Mo, and Kongdech (principally) navigate the curveballs.

Who remembers what they’re doing in their 9-5? I don’t. I only ever remember my weird clients, my using sick leaves for vacation getaways, and who got drunk in an office outing.

And office gossip, of course.

So yes, “haunted house” and “outing episode” might seem filler-y, but that’s only if you expect the series to be principally a BL romance with comedic elements.

OLTH isn’t that, though. It’s straight up a slice of life comedy with romantic elements… and some people might not like that. That’s okay.

But there are those of us really tired millennials who want to tune out and laugh along with people we could relate to.

There’s more I have to say about this, but my lunch break is over, and I have work to do. If I’m minded, I might just do a Part 2.

But in conclusion: OLTH is made for me! And I’m so happy I get to tune in and watch this show every week. The only shame is we’ve only got 3 episodes left sigh.

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Why is it so good?

Okay...waking up from the dead but Ossan's love Thailand??????????

Believe me when I say i'm not really into gmmtv dramas at all but that never stopped me from being super fond of Earthmix and although i don't necessarily (i don't) follow their stuffs since atots, i've got to admit that they are my dudes and forever will be THE gmmtv pairing to me + ik how talented and hardworking they are and how precious their relationship is so what’s not to like, right?

Having said that, I am a big fan of Ossan's love bcs that shit is hilarious and idk it is such, imho, a trademark of jpn bl and when it came out back in 2018 i was like omg omg omg this is so funny, this is revolutionary bcs of its comedic aspect, bcs it's not serious (but still has its moment, bcs it's FUN to watch and the great actors in it. Now, I also do remember being so surprised and very much confused (but happy) upon Earthmix cameo in the recent "season" but never really followed up or even questioned myself as to why were they in that episode to begin with but rather went : Oh Haruta and Maki are in thailand, cuuuuuute, oh a restaurant, huh Earth....... MIX?????? Earthmix, offc earthmix are the owners of that restaurant.....cuuuuute, so good to see you too, bye and that was about it and yes you can boo me all you want bcs i deserve it. Irdk how i didn’t connect the dots or even just went a little huuuum that's suspicious, this cameo probably means there is a very plausible remake of this show in the work with EM but the depth of my slow wittedness is a story for another day. 

Back to the main topic, being how fucking great Ossan’s love thai remake is and most importantly how incredible Earthmix are in these roles???????!!!!!!!! Like I said, bcs i watched the entire OL jpn series as it premiered and I have such a vivid recollection of it, I went into the remake a bit skeptical (and late ofc), not as to the acting bcs for that, i knew EM would deliver but more regarding the plot and how they could interpret in their own way such a jpn work but oh boi how wrong was I for that bcs this remake is EVERYTHING. I love it. I simply love it sfm. It is funny, hilarious per moment in this very Thai way and romantic and warm and cringey and everything it should be. The acting is phenomenal and i’m so happy to see EM in such different roles and dynamics (lowkey who they are irl)...like they are so good and this feels so fresh after atots (don't judge me) like they've grown so much????? i'm emotional and they got better at acting and they are grown and ooooooofff i love it and NO ONE in gmmtv could have played them the way EM did bcs i believe they do be giving HarutaxMaki vibes anyways so yeah, thanks for that but i have to give props to the writers of the remake and the director as well because they ATE and left no crumbs and thanks to them I almost started to like monday, knowing Heng, Momo, Boss and all the gang are providing me with almost an hour of absolute mess. 

So, yeah Ossan’s love thailand is great, like genuinely, no joke whatsoever. That shit slaps so thank you Earthmix for once again providing, you never disappoint <3

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Ossan’s Love Thailand! Don’t think I don’t see you working in the beginning notes from the 1000 Stars theme into the score! You can pretend you’re just a wacky comedy but I heard you doing it right at the beginning of part 4 in episode 3, you know, the same section where they do the reversal of the famous forehead kiss from that series. You clever dog! Just like you did with the Moonlight Chicken score last week! I’m onto you!

[mephistopheleswasrobbed]

Mo said 'No way, I know I saw the potential for gayness in his eyes. I'm not giving up.' And he's right.

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My life’s mission is to ensure that the EarthMix and EarthMix CP tags (PhuTian WhaleTalay KornWin JimWen HengMomo JackDean) tags are filled TO THE BRIM so I will be OBNOXIOUSLY waving my cheerleader baton to encourage fic writers whether it’s here or Twitter

(And also because I honestly want to back away from writing and just go back to consuming fic hahahahahaahh)

So this is me to fic writers out there:

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new heng/momo fic

So a while back, during the 1M pilot trailer views milestone, I promised I'll be writing fics prompted over on my Twitter thread for a fic-a-thon thing.

Here's my first response!

Now, I know it's weird to write fic for something that doesn't yet exist, but I'm drawing a little bit from the original JP and a little bit from the pilot trailer. Of course, it would be OOC once the show airs and we see how different the portrayal could be, but... Here you go.

on the practicality of things Rating: T Pairing: Heng/Momo Summary: In his apartment, there is one bed.

Mo didn’t bother asking his broker for a new room. It was practical. At least, that’s what he told himself. Notes: Written for sunyeomi @ twitter's prompt: im not sure how this works 😭😭 but i bring a prompt of hengmo being exes that are forced to share an apartment