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Trashygrammy. Married lesbian, cat mom of two, very busy real-life job haver, Dellie fic writer by sheer force of will. Professional supplier of The Yearn™️. No AI writing here, just me, my brain, and an unreasonable amount of time spent staring at sentences until they hurt. I write longing, desire, emotional chaos, rich worldbuilding, and whatever trope currently has me by the throat: friends to lovers, friends with benefits, mythology, space sci-fi, sports AU, second chance love, and more. It’s spicy in my brain, so it can get spicy in my stories, but it’s always intentional: care, emotion, love, and quality first. Asks are open for story questions, worldbuilding, theories, and general yelling. Not taking commissions, or request prompts. I’m too damn busy! If you want more content, follow me on Instagram: @thetrashyverse

[trashygrammy]

science: brown lakes are just tannin-rich water caused by decaying vegetation

me: so the lake is tea, then?

[goth-queen]

[trashygrammy]

i’d like to just pop in and say that forbidden nectar is amazing. your descriptions and word choices for the love scenes are so so so beautiful and some of the best i’ve ever read. i thoroughly enjoy the luxurious and expensive and golden and warm vibe of the whole story, it really sets it apart from anything i’ve read before. you seriously keep out doing yourself every chapter. this version of ellie and dina are SO GOOD together!!! they keep getting sweeter and sweeter as the story goes on and i love it for them!

hope you’re doing well!

Oh wow. Thank you so much for taking the time to send this.

Forbidden Nectar has become such a special story to me, so hearing that the atmosphere, the romance, and especially the love scenes are landing the way I hoped they would means a lot. I spend an absurd amount of time obsessing over word choice, emotional beats, and making sure Ellie and Dina feel like they’re falling deeper in love as a progression that feels real, so this was really lovely to read.

And thank you for noticing the warmth of the story. The gold and sunlight and softness of it all is very intentional. I wanted it to feel a little dreamy, a little opulent, and very, very passionate during those love scenes.

I’m so happy these versions of Ellie and Dina have found a place in your heart. I adore them too.

And I’m doing well, thank you!

Thanks again for making my day. ❤️

[my-dailydreams]

[girlnephew]

[1dietcokeinacan]

[intheheatherbright]

Costume. Chitons.

[intheheatherbright]

Marjorie & C. H. B.Quennell, Everyday Things in Archaic Greece (London: B. T. Batsford, 1931).

[killerchickadee]

Wait, wait…. Is that seriously it? How their clothes go?

[treewizarded]

that genuinely is it

[itwashotwestayedinthewater]

yeah hey whats up bout to put some fucking giant sheets on my body

[sourcefieldmix-deactivated20161]

lets bring back sheetwares

[hostagesandsnacks]

also chlamys:

and exomis:

[hidingthemane-deactivated201801]

trust the ancients to make a fashion statement out of straight cloth and nothing but pins

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

Wrap Yourself In Blankets, Call It a Day

[awhiffofcavendish]

Wear blanket. Conquer world.

[goys2men]

That last one looks dope

[moniquill]

Squares and rectangles: easy to weave!! No cutting means no hemming.

[hc-svnt-dracones]

And easy to construct, you don’t have to have complicated seaming and patterning to turn fabric into clothing!

[pendragyn]

ancient Egyptian robes

[capricorn-0mnikorn]

This sort of clothing solution wasn’t just for the Mediterranean, or northern Africa, either. Behold the Belted Plaid:

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[marlynnofmany]

Has anyone already reblogged this with saris? It’s cool how many cultures have similarities like this hidden in plain sight.

[tieras]

https://kalaavarsha.com/how-to-wear-or-drape-a-saree/

[deliciouswastelandgoddess]

The lungi is a traditional garment worn in many southern states of India. It's different from the dhoti, in that it is a tubular shape (like

Since we are here might as well share the dhoti and the lungi

https://www.wikihow.com/Wear-a-Lungi

https://www.wikihow.com/Wear-a-Pancha-Kachcham?amp=1

It’s only men in the photos but really anyone can wear them. I am wearing a lungi right now.

I also know Thailand and Sri Lanka have their versions of a lungi as well.

[assessthatdress]

[reasons-to-not-end-it]

REASONS TO NOT END IT:

"if you're queer, stay alive purely to spite the ones who want you dead this pride month, if you're an ally, stay alive to support"

-anonymous

#813

[littledaisybell]

Lesbian kiss in 1930’s pre-Hays Code film Morocco.

[goth-queen]

[quentims]

Lovers’ Sanctuary

[trashygrammy]

Me reading the BTTS part where Ellie and Dina reunite after 20 years.

Playing: "Let me show you how proud I am to be yours, leave this dress a mess on the floor

Still look good for you, good for you, oh-oh"

Them: “It’s like seeing an ex.”

Me: They literally ARE exes 😭

God I miss them

[trashygrammy]

Hi! How are you? 🫶

Trashy, have you ever had shows or novelas that you loved so much you keep going back to rewatch them from time to time? Romantic series, with or without drama.

I’m from Latin America, and I don’t know if you’ve ever heard of Pasión de Gavilanes, but if you ask basically any Latino person, that novela is practically part of our collective culture at this point 😭 I’m not sure if people in the U.S. know it or have watched it, but I imagine you probably have some iconic show over there that gives the same feeling.

If you ever have the time, you should totally give it a try. It’s genuinely really good, and it somehow gets even better once a third couple enters the story 👀 But I won’t spoil anything in case you ever decide to watch it someday.

And if you have any novelas or romance dramas you’d recommend to us, that would be amazing too!

Hi! Let me quick respond while my wife gets tattooed and I wait for mine! As odd as this sounds I don’t really watch much tv anymore. I’m kind of a tv and film snob when it comes to quality coming out of Hollywood, or maybe I should say lack of quality lol.

I think a lot of what’s missing from American media right now is sincerity. Everything feels too polished, too safe, too focused on spectacle over chemistry and emotional tension. Some of the best things I’ve watched lately have been international films or smaller projects because they’re willing to sit in emotion and let characters feel messy and human.

So a lot of what I watch tends to lean international. I watch short films pretty often too because I think some of them tell more honest stories in 15 minutes than entire series do in 8 episodes. One I watched recently was I Didn’t Like You by Film Shortage on YouTube and I highly recommend it. I also just watched the Thai film Yes or No and really enjoyed that too. Great yearning!

But I’m absolutely checking out your recommendation after my trip because now I’m curious 👀

[persnickety-doodles]

Warm-up 😘

Ref

[trashygrammy]

Hello Auntie TG! How are you? The latest chapter of Forbidden Nectar was absolutely luxurious. That whole experience… uffff… 10/10. I love it! ❤️✨️

You know… that actually leads me to my question. Have you ever thought about creating a story where both Dina and Ellie have absolutely no experience at all? Whether romantically or sexually. Because I’ve noticed that in all your stories, either one of them or both already have some kind of experience. The closest was probably BTTS. But even though they loved each other, they were never actually girlfriends, and neither was the other’s first time because of what happened at the dance.

I don’t know. Coming from you, I feel like you’d make it incredibly tender and beautiful.

Have you ever thought about it?

Hello, lovely 💜

First of all, thank you so much for the kind words about Forbidden Nectar. “Luxurious” is such a gorgeous way to describe the chapter, and I’m really happy the atmosphere and emotional tone landed for you the way I hoped it would. The response to this chapter has honestly meant a lot to me.

As for your question, I do want to gently reinforce a boundary I’ve talked about a few times now regarding story requests/suggestions/“would you ever write…” ideas. While I genuinely appreciate the enthusiasm and the trust people have in my writing, I’m not currently taking fic requests, concept prompts, or outside story suggestions.

Right now I already have a very full slate of projects and long-term plans that honestly keep me booked solid creatively for at least the next year, and I really need to stay focused on the stories already living in my brain instead of opening the door to new requested concepts, even lovely ones like this.

That’s not me being dismissive at all. I’m very grateful people care enough to imagine different versions of these characters and want to see what I’d do with them. I just have to keep a firm line around my creative process and workload so I don’t burn myself out.

As for now the closest you can get is Rewriting The Plot, Dina has a significant lack of experience.

But truly, thank you again for the sweet message and for reading FN. It means a lot 🖤

[trashygrammy]

Chapter is up. This is a little less…graphic but only just. The first scene is important and not sexual

[trashygrammy]

i just had time to finish the relic and holy shit!!!! it was amazing!!!!! I AM SO EXCITED FOR BOOK TWO

So am I! Literally in bed the other day I said to my wife “oh yeah, I get to go back to them” and it made my heart so happy.

[trashygrammy]

They’ve definitely both realized at this point that they drive each other completely crazy. Now that I think about it, I believe this is the second time one of them has bitten the other. I mean… the first time was at The Battery, and now it happened again.

I don’t know, I feel like the biting is part of a kind of marking, and I find it really beautiful.

If they still haven’t realized they’re in love with each other, then I honestly don’t know how they ever will. And the best part is that every single time, there’s always tenderness involved too. Ufff… it’s so sweet. Hot, but sweet. 💞🙈

They are fully aware at this point that not only are they physically crazy about each other, but that the obsession goes both ways. And you’re right, Ellie enjoyed getting bit quite a lot in The Battery lol. A little nod to our real Ellie there.

And yes, it was absolutely meant as a kind of claiming. Dina was so overwhelmed emotionally and physically by the intensity of what Ellie was doing to her that she genuinely didn’t have words anymore, so instead she just tried to take a chunk out of Ellie’s shoulder 😭

As for the love thing… you know I can’t really say too much about what either of them thinks right now, because I do think both of them are very aware of the situation they’re in. Not just with each other, but with the seriousness of what they’re doing behind Athena and the Zeuses’ backs. There’s definitely a level of trying to act nonchalant when in reality this situation is not casual at all.

But who knows. We might get a little more insight into that soon 👀

And I think the tenderness afterward is a huge difference between this story and Playing With Fire. PWF was very much an agreed upon no-strings-attached situation with rules and boundaries in place. This story has none of that. There are no rules here. They physically and emotionally cannot stay away from each other, and they want each other so wholly it’s becoming kind of insane.

I’m working on Chapter 9, but it’s been a rough mental health week for me, so I might be a little behind on posting. Not entirely sure if it will be late yet or not though. I’m also not sure I’ll have Chapter 10 out by next weekend. We have a Phillies game tomorrow with friends, a seafood feast for my mother-in-law on Sunday, and then next week before our trip is packed with appointments, packing, and my consult for eye surgery, so life is just extremely booked right now.