hi

hi i was SillyMango on AO3. here for a little bit to chat about some of my old fics

[writerformerlyknownasmango]

Holy shit I’ve just finished reading something new so finding you just after is crazy!! I’ve just fallen into the tdbk / bktd rabbit hole so I’ve been binging so many fics and wanted to let you know your writing was absolutely incredible and I was hooked on every word 💖💖

Have you kept up with canon at all? I.e. the final extra chapter from the newly released mha fanbook ultra age? There have been great tdbk / bktd crumbs haha

Hope you’re doing well!!

Oh hey! Sorry it took me a while to see this. Glad you enjoyed the story!!

I have not kept up with canon at all lol, I have no idea about anything that happens 😂 I was actually super behind on canon when I wrote Something New and never caught up after writing it either 😂

I'm happy to hear that there's crumbs for my favorite guys ;_; good for them! Back in the day the tdbk/bktd fandom really feasted on crumbs and dreams didnt we

I'm doing well!! Life's been a roller coaster. I wrote the bulk of Something New after I dropped out of college due to a mental breakdown. Now 5 years later and I finally graduated as of a couple weeks ago 🥺No wonder I'm so nostalgic for Something New ahhh. Very happy to talk about it all day so feel free to ask whatever 💖

[writerformerlyknownasmango]

testing

pls like if you can see this. tumblr keeps eating my posts 😭

[mintaiey]

hi........ if i could prove off-anon that i was ao3's SillyMango would you like to chat about my tdbk fic(s)...... i've been feeling strangely nostalgic for Something New and I poked around on Tumblr and saw you very kindly discussing me (in 2024??!!! i didn't know people still read my old fic lol). very sorry we didnt get a chance to chat before i orphaned everything, i hope to be able to make it right by you now!

help um please do.. i tweet about you every year too fyi T___T UMM i gotta keep your memory alive, your tdbk fic gave me life and sustenance - Something New is really just my canon and your characterization of tdbk just is so perfect

tysm for reaching out wow you made my day,, I would love to chat aaaaA A im your biggest fan,, i finally found you after years LMAO

[writerformerlyknownasmango]

hi! 👋

I'm realizing just now that the reason I'm so nostalgic for Something New is because it ended just over 5 years ago! April 29, 2020 ! Funny how anniversaries work like that

Now, Something New was largely the result of me coping with recovering from a breakdown and orphaning it all was the result of another one. Unfortunately, I'm very Thorough in my breakdowns and wiped out a ton of records / anything that could remind me of that time. And the few I do have I didn't transfer over to my newest computer aghghghg. But! Breakdown-me missed a spot: I didn't erase my sent emails!

On January 10, 2020, a kind commenter offered to talk with me over email (I'll delete this link after you confirm you've seen it bc I don't want to send a lot of randos to this person's actual email oop)

https://archiveofourown.org/comments/273114472

And I took that person up on their offer! Here's a screenshot.

I also have the email in my folder still I could forward it to you if you want so you can see it for realsies

On this same email account I have some emails from when I participated in the TDBK Zine's Secret Santa

And the last piece of evidence I have right now is that I have on my wall two prints from Yan (i forget what their twitter handle was exactly it was like MOITIE??). They only sent these out to twitter mutuals i'm pretty sure and we would chat back and forth about tdbk occasionally

The blue sky one was the inspiration for my Look at the Sky fic so that's why I requested that one from Yan when they asked me to pick!

(I'm going to try to resurrect my old laptop to see if I can find all my word docs with all the fics I wrote for that pseud. But that will probably take a while but i def understand that it would provide the most proof!!)

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now i'm really really excited to talk about this fic for the 5 year anniversary of its ending!! i can happily talk forever and ever about it. just let me know what you want to know!!

[glass-o-lemonade]

Mango! Excited to see you back. ^u^

Congratulations on 5 Years! <3

~Lem, prev. (early) beta reader for Something New

[writerformerlyknownasmango]

LEM!!! HIIII

Thank you again for betaing for Something New!!! I remember I sent you drastically different versions of Chapter 11 before I settled on the final one 😂 (and i love the final version so thank you)

you were so real for reading all the drafts i emailed you at like 3 in the morning 🙏

[mintaiey]

hi........ if i could prove off-anon that i was ao3's SillyMango would you like to chat about my tdbk fic(s)...... i've been feeling strangely nostalgic for Something New and I poked around on Tumblr and saw you very kindly discussing me (in 2024??!!! i didn't know people still read my old fic lol). very sorry we didnt get a chance to chat before i orphaned everything, i hope to be able to make it right by you now!

help um please do.. i tweet about you every year too fyi T___T UMM i gotta keep your memory alive, your tdbk fic gave me life and sustenance - Something New is really just my canon and your characterization of tdbk just is so perfect

tysm for reaching out wow you made my day,, I would love to chat aaaaA A im your biggest fan,, i finally found you after years LMAO

[writerformerlyknownasmango]

hi! 👋

I'm realizing just now that the reason I'm so nostalgic for Something New is because it ended just over 5 years ago! April 29, 2020 ! Funny how anniversaries work like that

Now, Something New was largely the result of me coping with recovering from a breakdown and orphaning it all was the result of another one. Unfortunately, I'm very Thorough in my breakdowns and wiped out a ton of records / anything that could remind me of that time. And the few I do have I didn't transfer over to my newest computer aghghghg. But! Breakdown-me missed a spot: I didn't erase my sent emails!

On January 10, 2020, a kind commenter offered to talk with me over email (I'll delete this link after you confirm you've seen it bc I don't want to send a lot of randos to this person's actual email oop)

[link removed]

And I took that person up on their offer! Here's a screenshot.

I also have the email in my folder still I could forward it to you if you want so you can see it for realsies

On this same email account I have some emails from when I participated in the TDBK Zine's Secret Santa

And the last piece of evidence I have right now is that I have on my wall two prints from Yan (i forget what their twitter handle was exactly it was like MOITIE??). They only sent these out to twitter mutuals i'm pretty sure and we would chat back and forth about tdbk occasionally

The blue sky one was the inspiration for my Look at the Sky fic so that's why I requested that one from Yan when they asked me to pick!

(I'm going to try to resurrect my old laptop to see if I can find all my word docs with all the fics I wrote for that pseud. But that will probably take a while but i def understand that it would provide the most proof!!)

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now i'm really really excited to talk about this fic for the 5 year anniversary of its ending!! i can happily talk forever and ever about it. just let me know what you want to know!!