"To define is to limit." – Oscar Wilde

// Nishi // She-Her // Literature student // India // work in progress //

[actuallysara]

Hudson Williams' book recs:

[rinmonsterer]

Heyyy! I just read your Brian/Justin fic and I thought it was the best thing ive ever read. Seriously, ive been searching for a fic that actually gives us pining brian for so long and you delivered everything i wanted and more. On that note, would you be willing to reccomend some Britin fics with a pining brian? Other than your fic and Soundczech's Subject to Change I havent found anything similar.

OMG thank you so much ❤❤ Even if your criteria for the best thing you've read is "they don't get to even kiss for at least 100 pages and 4 years" haha 😭

But it does seem like a microniche, doesn't it? I've been scouring my memory for stories that hit that pining spot and I blanked so hard.

If anyone reading this has a rec of fics where Brian is pining for a long time, please share!

But what I remember so far are:

Broken Open by thesalmondean - this is a post-season 4 canon divergence where Brian cuts contact with Justin when he goes to LA to make Rage. They reconnect by accident after 8 years. At the beginning (which is like 30k words lmao), Justin has no interest in letting Brian back into his life and the burn is so slooooooowww and good and the resolution is so painful I love it!

Life Goes On by Frayach (plus sequel: Strength) - I need to warn you that this was one of the most devastating post-513 fics I've ever read because it starts with Justin falling out of love with Brian and over the years that follow Brian goes through HELL. But then there's a happy ending! Mostly. 😭 the writing is fantastic, my advice is to read it and chase with something happier.

And thanks a lot, now it's become my project to re-read old fics and compile a list lmao Because I am certain that the hiatus between season 4 and 5 birthed a lot of fics where Brian was left behind and miserable.

[ruinedchildhood]

[udhghjctd]

So now that st5 is over, I can admit what I have been thinking for a while.

Stranger Things should have ended with season 3. That would have been a perfect ending with minimal plot holes.

Gate? Closed!

Mindflayer? Dead!

Hopper? Dead!

Billy? Dead!

Eleven? Loses her powers and becomes normal!

Byers? Leave town to start afresh!

Even though it is a happily ever after, there are still enough losses to make the final battle feel significant.

[swiftievolturra]

Inej: “You can’t change people in a day.” Kaz: watch me invent a heist so complicated everyone becomes emotionally stable halfway through it.

[lesbiradshaw]

hate to see him go, love to watch him leave!

[rainbowcity2025]

...💞💖🥰

[bauliya]

books are getting so insanely expensive in India now with publishers refusing to price Indian editions lower, it just really hurts my heart what with the absence of libraries and the dearth of secondhand shops. is reading just going to go away now except a handful of people that live in metros and know how libgen works? it’s so sad. even my family barely any more purchases books and we’ve maintained a collection of at least 200 titles since the 90s. like a basic shitty paperback is 600 inr! how is a toilet paper quality paperback more than a yearly netflix subscription? which Indian family with a limited leisure budget and not an already deep investment in books will fork out that? Idk

[instonveevinder]

(with you, forever) (i can still see him, so it could be worse)

[omegaversereloaded]

i cant quit tumblr because i get good life advice from other maladjusted adults on here

[trans-ralsei]

[trans-ralsei]

[caughtthedarkness93]

I love my job, but reblogging employment jelly for someone else I love.

[aspiringbelle]

I loathe my job and need a new one. I need all the help I can get.

[the-haiku-bot]

I loathe my job and

need a new one. I need all

the help I can get.

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

[userarmand]

He didn't even want me in the end.

[ivygrowncowboy]

NO NOT THE DEVILS MINION PARALLELS PLEASE I'LL DIE

[rachelazegler]

No one can be independent of other people completely, so why not give up the attempt, she thought, go running in the other direction, depend on people for everything, allow them to depend on you, why not. She knows he loves her, she doesn't wonder about that anymore.

[fictionalcharactersaremypassion]

Lip: I just thought you had weirdly high standards for men Ian: No, they just have to be Mickey

[justcallmedom31]

[cannedpeachess]

[srldesigns6277]

Lost without his compass - Harry at S.S. Daley