Thoughts On The Show Vs. The Book:

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five things I'm loving at the moment!

1) nice tea! I'm living in Spain this year and the tea situation here is dire frankly

went home over Christmas and had good loose leaf tea (my partner and I drank a lot of a vanilla tea blend that was delightful) but frankly also a cup of decent earl grey is wonderful

2) cats! here are some photos of mine and my partners I took while back in the uk

3) good food - I love cooking and I find it relaxing. My faves are risotto and lots of Indian veggie curries

4) online communities for things people are passionate about! Fandom is wonderful and full of incredibly supportive people especially as I've been easing back into writing, but also online communities for people with same weird disability as me which has helped me learn how to handle it better

5) lego flowers!!! the combination between lego (wonderful, delightful, extremely calming) and flowers (beautiful) is great especially with the lack of pollen. I have both the flower bouquets combined in my room and they look so good, even if they do desperately need a dust rn

incorrect ASOUE

a midsummer night’s meme

yeah I have a sneaky suspicion this is going to be how my Saturday looks lmao I'm so ready to be done with this term

the semester ended yesterday and today i have a hangover and my period

Melanie: I created balance.

Layton: You ruined a perfectly good three-quarters of the population is what you did! Look at them! They have anxiety!

I too want to forget this man ever existed

nintendo wants you to forget this man ever existed

okay I just saw guys and dolls last night, but like this is perfect!!!

Tess as Adelaide (has been waiting 14 years to get married, which mirrors her and Joel's long relationship with no actual communication of what they are)

Joel as Nathan (loves Tess, but also loves his job which just happens to be highly illegal)

Tommy as Sky (ex highly illegal job, learns to do better after he meets Maria, would think flying from New York to Havana for dinner with a woman he'd met earlier that day was a good idea)

And Maria as Sarah (actually put together, learns to chill out when she meets Tommy)

ugh it'd be perfect thank you for putting this is my head!!!!

broadway theatre x tlou au where all the cast is part of les mis or something

When I was 6, I had tendon transfer surgery to finish correcting my club foot. Although I'd spent a good chunk of time in hospitals, this was the first overnight stay I'd ever had. My younger brother picked out this plushie to give to me to take with me, and it still sits beside my bed.

Todays beanie of the day is Hello Kitty (gold angel version)

having got back into writing recently after years of not writing anything, it's been so incredible to start back in this little fandom full of the most wonderful and supportive people I've ever had the joy of interacting with online!

also I will update soon I promise lmao it's almost there

Six Summer Fics for Tessjoels

... confused? Well, it's summer here, and that means summer reading! Here's some of my favourite Tessjoel stories that are in progress right now, and have been updated within the last month.

These are just unfinished tales - here's some of my finished favourites from the last year.

Taste your beating heart by @beerandyarn I can't tell you what this story is really about without spoiling it. The mystery is way too much fun. But let's just say it's a TLOU AU set in the early days of Tessjoel and there are ... other mysterious things than just Cordyceps out there. The characterisation is fucking awesome and this is the slow burn of slow burns. Like, part of me wants to shake elfin for making me suffer and the other part of me can't get enough.

Of Artists and Architects, by @oliviassunrise It's kind of hard to transplant characters from the TLOU universe into a modern AU without losing them in the mix. You have to really understand them so as not to shed their personalities while building a softer, mushroom-free world around them. Kayli does this beautifully and you still feel like Tess is Tess and Joel is Joel. This is no basic repackaging though - there's so much soul to this story, you can really feel the care and love with which it is written.

A Soul for Sale or Rent, by @bumblepony I don't want to give too much away about this one because it's full of surprises and takes a concept that could be ridiculous but ends up being so clever and heartbreaking and heartwarming. Ellie is a ghost and only Joel can see her. While Tessjoel isn't the focus of the story the way it's included is so clever and haunting (I think about it randomly, ok) that you've gotta check it out. So original.

deep red bells by melforbes Subtle queen. All this author's stories are like poetry, but they manage not to divulge into aimless whimsy and are always anchored with a strong story and pathos. This is an AU where Joel's daughter is abducted and Tess is a young cop with a tantalising dark past. The magic is in the dialogue. It's dark, but not heavy, and I'm pretty sure it's going to kill me.

I Saw the End, it Looked Just like the Middle, by @elpickett A new Tess lives series, and it has a really interesting narrative structure. As with the stories above, I don't want to spoil that, but there's some insight into FEDRA which I really enjoy. I love to read different ways Tess Lives Truthers fix explore the canon and bring her to Jackson. You can tell the author has really put a lot of thought into how this is going to work and how to 'save' Tess in a believable way.

Let the Burial Rite be Read, the Last Funeral Song Sung, by @stephpuppet An AU with a dark and gentle premise - Grim Reaper!Tess! Ever since I saw Meet Joe Black and Dead Like Me I've had a yen for this kind of tale, personifying Death as a sympathetic and empathetic, a wise creature who maybe experiences emotions they do not understand. ANYWAY. I love different interpretations of this theme and combining it with my hyperfixation is a treat for the new year. Grab your tissues, the first chapter is devastating.