cielelyse

[cielelyse]

I love the way you wrote and expressed your thoughts on Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai. It's refreshing to hear.. well read someone else's thoughts and perspective on it! I also started reading it back in 2013. It is going to be a lifelong obsession lol.. anyway! I got carried away~ I just wanted to let you know that please continue on writing. I truly enjoy reading your thoughts~

A FELLOW READER for the past 10 years! Ahhhhhh HELLO!!

This is so sweet of you to say, thank you so much :D Haha I wrote the post in part because I’ve been such a silent reader for a decade, and in part because it’s been A DECADE and I’m still following it — I think Saezuru is the only series that I’ve followed for this long. So hearing this is so heartwarming, thank you for being so kind 🩵 I’ll definitely have to write more once work isn’t killing me; there’s so much appreciation for Saezuru in me that I haven’t said enough!

#saezuru tori wa habatakanai #askbox

[cielelyse]

Awww thank you!! (Sorry I’m a bit new to using Tumblr so I’m not sure if responding like this is okay.) But yes! Scene #3 is so brutal every time. There are so many incredible scenes in Saezuru that it was difficult to pick just five. It’s definitely been a huge journey — I remember when I first found Saezuru, the cliffhanger was right after Yashiro got shot and I had to wait to see if he’d live. That was somehow less agonizing than the cliffhanger of Doumeki saying “I will do it” after offering Yashiro a handjob for the first time though 😆 I was ON MY TOES

It’s been such a long journey following Saezuru silently that I’m so grateful I can now talk to people who love it too. So thank you for saying this!!

Favourite 5 Saezuru Scenes

I recently reread Saezuru for the umpteenth time and just needed to gush about it like a crazed person who constantly hallucinates about Yashiro being happy and soOooOOooo.................

1. Why now? (Chapter 25)

These 3 panels kill me always... although it's the entire chapter 25 actually, and not just these panels. This broke me when I first read it nearly a decade ago, and it breaks me every time I reread it. I recently just listened to the drama CD for the first time and wanted to hear how this scene played out (a.k.a. wanted to hear Yashiro moan wkegh;ghwle) and I did not expect to start bawling and sobbing uncontrollably when his flashback appeared. WITH THE MUSIC AND EVERYTHING. THEY DID NOT SPARE ME. FUCK. What was supposed to be a tender and gentle and loving and intimate scene between them turned into Yashiro facing the effects of his childhood trauma -- that will never cease to hurt me. Doumeki saying "kashira, kashira, kirei" right before that broke me in a way reading that scene in English couldn't. I WILL NEVER GET OVER THIS and if I keep writing about it I'm gonna cry again so:

2. Car ride back from Kageyama's clinic (Chapter 4)

This is mostly for nostalgic reasons, really. I first read Saezuru in 2013, and I wasn't used to Yashiro at first. I didn't know what to make of him.

So what happened was that I read "Don't Stay Gold" first and was like... there's a manga about this mildly threatening and unreadable yakuza dude who's Kage's friend…? Who played cupid for him in a weird way? HMMMMM dubious, dubious. Would I even like him? It took me a while, but I finally gave Saezuru a shot anyway, and I remember feeling uncertain about Yashiro up until those panels. I remember it so starkly, because this was the instant I fell in love with him. I think it was because this was the first time I understood the depth of his loneliness (since I hadn't read his high school oneshot yet at this point).

There's just something about how Yoneda Kou-sensei draws these kinds of pages that just resonates with me so well. I CAN'T EVEN DESCRIBE IT. It just connects with me the way Yashiro connects with me, and that was pretty much it for me. Obsession sealed. Life signed away. For the next 10 years I would follow the story closely and routinely check every few months for updates. Yashiro became one of my only 3 comfort characters, and rereading Saezuru always gives me a catharsis and sense of peace that I didn't know how to find elsewhere.

3. "To go on living this strained existence... no longer holds any meaning to me." (Chapter 34)

This scene is one that I come back to every time I'm down. AM I A MASOCHIST? I really like the June translation too: "To go on living this strained existence no longer holds any meaning to me." I think the way the panels divided up those thoughts were brilliant!

This especially hurt me because for the entire manga up to this point, Yashiro has stated that he completely accepts himself and he's happy with who he is. It wasn't until his realization during the sex scene with Doumeki and how much he's said/done hurtful things to Doumeki afterwards -- who he considers pure and sweet and good -- that he thinks this.

4. "Falling in love feels like this" (Chapter 33)

The first time I read this, I had to set my PC down, go out to my apartment balcony, and just silently stare out into the night and resist the urge to smoke (that was half a joke) (I did feel a pang in my chest though) (and I did have to fight very hard not to smoke lwkehg;hge). I love the dialogue right after these panels too, when Yashiro said, "Your sister was lucky that you were there." That, along with Doumeki's reaction, hurt.

This was such an intimate scene between them. Yashiro was so vulnerable. So was Doumeki. I hadn't realized this until I reread Saezuru this year, but these two have always had such intimate scenes right from the start. It was a slow burn, yes, but they had always been instantly drawn to each other: Doumeki thinking Yashiro was beautiful and captivating, and Yashiro doing something he doesn't normally do with his subordinates the first time he met Doumeki. And it didn't clue in for me back in 2013, but their conversations with each other were much more intimate than the conversations they'd have with anyone else, right from chapter 1. I find that so precious.

5. Dream (Chapter 40)

I couldn't not include a scene from post-timeskip, BECAUSE I LOVE POST-TIMESKIP. I love Darkmeki and I love Yashiro and I love that the theme of post-timeskip centers around "change". Wish I could include that conversation Yashiro had with Tsunakawa about it, because I thought that drive-home was brilliant. I really appreciate that Yoneda Kou didn't have Yashiro and Doumeki get together right away after they have sex, and I really appreciate that the question was raised of: Do people change? Can people change on their own, or would you have to force them? Or are we always the same at our core? And I think the answer is a mixture of all of it, and that of course it's circumstantial and subjective, but I love how we're able to see the shifts in both Yashiro and Doumeki. How both men aren't quite the same people we knew pre-timeskip. Ten years ago I didn't think I would meet a version of Yashiro that wouldn't talk about sex 24/7, but here we are.

(Not to say that they're completely different now. They're still our Yashiro and Doumeki of course; I just wanted to gush about how well Yoneda Kou were able to flesh out her characters in such a complex, multidimensional way.)

ANYWAYS, I went on a rant without even mentioning these panels of Yashiro's dream. I love everything about it: Doumeki's face not showing, Yashiro running away and turning back to see Doumeki not there anymore, and that last panel of him standing in the middle of nowhere, lost and empty and lonely -- all of that was so incredibly told in pages of no words. UGH YONEDA KOU IS A GENIUS. It reminds me of that page of Yashiro looking at a mother and child in the rain; it's one of my favourite scenes too.

Honourary Mention (Chapter 4):

I should end with a more light-hearted one. THIS WAS CUTEEEE. I remember reading this for the first time and thinking Yashiro was just salty that his roleplay got ruined. But upon second reread (and maybe I'm delusional here), I thought he might've been happy to hear Doumeki say that.

We know Yashiro gets angry and irritated whenever he's happy to hear something sweet from Doumeki (like that extra when they ate together LOL), and that he had the same reaction of kicking the chair when Doumeki said he can't touch Yashiro's hair anymore. Which was cute to say. So I thought Yashiro might've lashed out in annoyance because he was glad that Doumeki doesn't mind. (I tried putting myself in Yashiro's shoes so many times trying to imagine how I would feel if Doumeki had said this............. what does it say about me that I came up with "happy"? xD)

...........or maybe this was obvious to everyone and I've just been clueless. AAAAAAAA THIS IS WHY I LOVE ABOUT SAEZURU SO MUCH. It never spoon-feeds you information and lets its readers interpret :")

#saezuru tori wa habatakanai

[cielelyse]

Favourite 5 Saezuru Scenes

I recently reread Saezuru for the umpteenth time and just needed to gush about it like a crazed person who constantly hallucinates about Yashiro being happy and soOooOOooo.................

1. Why now? (Chapter 25)

These 3 panels kill me always... although it's the entire chapter 25 actually, and not just these panels. This broke me when I first read it nearly a decade ago, and it breaks me every time I reread it. I recently just listened to the drama CD for the first time and wanted to hear how this scene played out (a.k.a. wanted to hear Yashiro moan wkegh;ghwle) and I did not expect to start bawling and sobbing uncontrollably when his flashback appeared. WITH THE MUSIC AND EVERYTHING. THEY DID NOT SPARE ME. FUCK. What was supposed to be a tender and gentle and loving and intimate scene between them turned into Yashiro facing the effects of his childhood trauma -- that will never cease to hurt me. Doumeki saying "kashira, kashira, kirei" right before that broke me in a way reading that scene in English couldn't. I WILL NEVER GET OVER THIS and if I keep writing about it I'm gonna cry again so:

2. Car ride back from Kageyama's clinic (Chapter 4)

This is mostly for nostalgic reasons, really. I first read Saezuru in 2013, and I wasn't used to Yashiro at first. I didn't know what to make of him.

So what happened was that I read "Don't Stay Gold" first and was like... there's a manga about this mildly threatening and unreadable yakuza dude who's Kage's friend…? Who played cupid for him in a weird way? HMMMMM dubious, dubious. Would I even like him? It took me a while, but I finally gave Saezuru a shot anyway, and I remember feeling uncertain about Yashiro up until those panels. I remember it so starkly, because this was the instant I fell in love with him. I think it was because this was the first time I understood the depth of his loneliness (since I hadn't read his high school oneshot yet at this point).

There's just something about how Yoneda Kou-sensei draws these kinds of pages that just resonates with me so well. I CAN'T EVEN DESCRIBE IT. It just connects with me the way Yashiro connects with me, and that was pretty much it for me. Obsession sealed. Life signed away. For the next 10 years I would follow the story closely and routinely check every few months for updates. Yashiro became one of my only 3 comfort characters, and rereading Saezuru always gives me a catharsis and sense of peace that I didn't know how to find elsewhere.

3. "To go on living this strained existence... no longer holds any meaning to me." (Chapter 34)

This scene is one that I come back to every time I'm down. AM I A MASOCHIST? I really like the June translation too: "To go on living this strained existence no longer holds any meaning to me." I think the way the panels divided up those thoughts were brilliant!

This especially hurt me because for the entire manga up to this point, Yashiro has stated that he completely accepts himself and he's happy with who he is. It wasn't until his realization during the sex scene with Doumeki and how much he's said/done hurtful things to Doumeki afterwards -- who he considers pure and sweet and good -- that he thinks this.

4. "Falling in love feels like this" (Chapter 33)

The first time I read this, I had to set my PC down, go out to my apartment balcony, and just silently stare out into the night and resist the urge to smoke (that was half a joke) (I did feel a pang in my chest though) (and I did have to fight very hard not to smoke lwkehg;hge). I love the dialogue right after these panels too, when Yashiro said, "Your sister was lucky that you were there." That, along with Doumeki's reaction, hurt.

This was such an intimate scene between them. Yashiro was so vulnerable. So was Doumeki. I hadn't realized this until I reread Saezuru this year, but these two have always had such intimate scenes right from the start. It was a slow burn, yes, but they had always been instantly drawn to each other: Doumeki thinking Yashiro was beautiful and captivating, and Yashiro doing something he doesn't normally do with his subordinates the first time he met Doumeki. And it didn't clue in for me back in 2013, but their conversations with each other were much more intimate than the conversations they'd have with anyone else, right from chapter 1. I find that so precious.

5. Dream (Chapter 40)

I couldn't not include a scene from post-timeskip, BECAUSE I LOVE POST-TIMESKIP. I love Darkmeki and I love Yashiro and I love that the theme of post-timeskip centers around "change". Wish I could include that conversation Yashiro had with Tsunakawa about it, because I thought that drive-home was brilliant. I really appreciate that Yoneda Kou didn't have Yashiro and Doumeki get together right away after they have sex, and I really appreciate that the question was raised of: Do people change? Can people change on their own, or would you have to force them? Or are we always the same at our core? And I think the answer is of course a mixture of all of it, and that it's very much circumstantial and subjective, but I love how we're able to see the shifts in both Yashiro and Doumeki. How both men aren't quite the same people we knew pre-timeskip. Ten years ago I didn't think I would meet a version of Yashiro that wouldn't talk about sex 24/7, but here we are.

(Not to say that they're completely different now. They're still our Yashiro and Doumeki of course; I just wanted to gush about how well Yoneda Kou were able to flesh out her characters in such a complex, multidimensional way.)

ANYWAYS, I went on a rant without even mentioning these panels of Yashiro's dream. I love everything about it: Doumeki's face not showing, Yashiro running away and turning back to see Doumeki not there anymore, and that last panel of him standing in the middle of nowhere, lost and empty and lonely -- all of that was so incredibly told in pages of no words. UGH YONEDA KOU IS A GENIUS. It reminds me of that page of Yashiro looking at a mother and child in the rain; it's one of my favourite scenes too.

Honourary Mention (Chapter 4):

I should end with a more light-hearted one. THIS WAS CUTEEEE. I remember reading this for the first time and thinking Yashiro was just salty that his roleplay got ruined. But upon second reread (and maybe I'm delusional here), I thought he might've been happy to hear Doumeki say that.

We know Yashiro gets angry and irritated whenever he's happy to hear something sweet from Doumeki (like that extra when they ate together LOL), and that he had the same reaction of kicking the chair when Doumeki said he can't touch Yashiro's hair anymore. Which was cute to say. So I thought Yashiro might've lashed out in annoyance because he was glad that Doumeki doesn't mind. (I tried putting myself in Yashiro's shoes so many times trying to imagine how I would feel if Doumeki had said this............. and somehow came up with "happy" xD)

...........or maybe this was obvious to everyone and I've just been clueless. AAAAAAAA THIS IS WHY I LOVE ABOUT SAEZURU SO MUCH. It never spoon-feeds you information and lets its readers interpret :")

#saezuru tori wa habatakanai #yashiro #doumeki chikara #囀る鳥は羽ばたかない #twittering birds never fly

[cielelyse]

"He's like a baby bird. They always follow the first thing they see. That's all there is to it."

#saezuru tori wa habatakanai #yashiro #i love this manga and him a normal amount #been following saezuru for 10 years now I LOVE HIM SO MUCH

[cielelyse]

Appreciation post for my comfort characters these past 10+ years! Every time I hit a rough spot reading them always calms me down, I LOVE THEM SO SO SO MUCH

#saezuru tori wa habatakanai #fruits basket #yashiro #tohru honda #yuki sohma

[cielelyse]

heyy i know you already answered the question abt updates on volta but i just wanted to ask if you have a rough outline on how long that fic is going to be or how many chapters and all (hope this doesnt sound too rude or pressure-y)

HUFF HUFF HELLO ANNYXIA!! My delay in responding is nothing to do with you and how most-definitely-not-rude-or-pressurey this was (you’re so sweet to say that but DON’T WORRY) and it has everything to do with my real-life work WHY DID I CHOOSE THIS LIFE

I do have a rough outline of Volta! I think in my mind it’s about 20-25 chapters, probably reaching 100k+ — I estimated at the start that the fic would have between 100-150k words — but I’ve been having some issues with Volta that I will have to talk about in the author’s note in the next chapter… :( I’m genuinely not sure if I can finish it at the rate everything is going, and I’m really sorry to disappoint because I’m sure this isn’t really what anyone wants to hear… but chapter 6 will definitely be posted! Hopefully I’ll have time during the holidays to finish it and post by January! Thank you for asking and for reading these stories, it really means a lot to me :) 🩵

#askbox #satosugu

[cielelyse]

hi hi!!!!! i just wanted to personally send love to you for your stsg works, even if some of them are in progress i don’t care i’ve been reading and rereading endlessly since i found them. caesura completely changed me, ive been looking for a fic like that for genuinely years and i can’t believe i found it. you are a wonder. i hope your phd program is going well!

This is so exceedingly kind of you to say, THANK YOU SO MUCH!! It’s always such a wonder to hear that something you’ve written has made a difference, that someone would want to reread it, and I can’t tell you how grateful and happy I am to hear that it affected you in some way (“completely change”! that’s so generous of you, I feel completely undeserving of such praise but that’s the way generosity goes, isn’t it! HONESTLY THOUGH, the fact that you took some time out of your precious day to drop by with such a thoughtful message makes me want to affectionately SHAKE you, thank YOuUUUUUuuuu…) You are a wonder. I hope life has been treating you as gently as you deserve — please take good care of yourself for me, WONDERFUL ANON 

#askbox #satosugu

[cielelyse]

hiii are you still in stsg fandom or will you still write for stsg? are you writing anything these days? i'd love to read more of your stories. i love your works so much, i can’t get enough of your writing!! 

YET ANOTHER VICTIM TO MY UNTIMELY ANSWER! You are very sweet. The short answers to these are: Yes, I’m still somewhat in stsg. Yes, I’ll still write for stsg. And yes, I’ve been writing a bit these days! 

The long, unsolicited, COMPLETELY UNASKED FOR BUT YOU HAVE UNFORTUNATELY BEEN SUBJECTED TO MY RAMBLING answers are:

are you still in stsg fandom?

I’m still in stsg in the sense that I still love them, and I still have two very close friends in this fandom whom I talk to. Maybe I’m not really in stsg in the sense that I’ll be able to produce much for them or interact much with everyone else, but I do still want to publish a few more chapters for them and I still have ao3 replies that I would like to get to! I’ve only been active in one other fandom (Haikyuu) so far, and while I’ve technically moved away from that fandom, I’ve never completely left it because of the fondness I have for Haikyuu itself and the people I’ve met through it — there is still a possibility (albeit small) that I could write more for them. I expect JJK will be the same way! 

will you still write for stsg?

I definitely will still write for stsg, although at this point I’ll regrettably admit that I won’t get very far with the current ongoing fics :( I’M SORRY. Currently I have: 

80% of Volta chapter 5 done

50% of Cartography by Touch chapter 3 done 

90% of a 5k big bang fic (Fermata) done

a finished 2.5k zine fic (Filigree) that I have to wait for leftover sales to start before posting on ao3

The good thing about my writing habits is that I dislike leaving works unfinished (which is why I'll finish up these chapters and post!) but the bad thing about my writing habits is that I'm not too frustrated with myself if I can't accomplish that... Finishing these current chapters is doable so I'll wrap them up for sure, but I'll have to see how things go with future chapters. THIS IS SUCH A HALF-ASSED REPLY THAT YOU DON'T DESERVE, LOVELY ANON, BUT SUCH IS THE INDISCIPLINE OF WHO I AM

are you writing anything these days?

I haven't had much free time to write unfortunately :'( But during the times when I can sit down to write, I embarrassedly admit........ that besides these ongoing stsg works I am writing a One Piece fic...... One Piece has consumed my entire being and I am irressistant to its ways

Thank you for sending in this ask, anon! These are such fun questions. It's really very sweet of you to say this, you human hearth, I hope everything has been going smoothly and peacefully for you!!!!!

#askbox #satosugu

[cielelyse]

HELLO CAMI! You sent this ask…………… so long ago……………. and yet I have failed you by replying so late. Also THIS IS THE OPPOSITE OF RUDE, what are you saying, THANK YOU for dropping in such a kind and generous ask — the series and I are always so grateful for readers like you. 

There should be an update soon… I can’t make any promises because I’ve definitely told some readers in ao3 comments that I would update within a month and I definitely haven’t upkept those promises… sorry guys… All I can tell you is that I’m 80% done with the next chapter of Volta, so I figured in my head it should be easy to finish the rest in a timely manner, but I CAN NEVER TELL because the toil of grad school is always an unpredictable and tumultuous ordeal! The wind sails backwards! I’m very sorry, all I can promise is that the next chapter will be updated, but with the way things are going in my PhD program and how little I’m in fandom these days, I’m not completely sure about the rest. THIS IS SUCH A FOLLY ON MY PART IN RESPONSE TO YOUR VERY SWEET MESSAGE, BUT I HOPE YOU’RE HAVING A WONDERFUL DAY REGARDLESS! Thank you for being so nice to me!!  

#askbox #satosugu

[cielelyse]

who is your favorite character in jjk?

It used to be Yuuji, but I think at this point it’s probably Yuuta! Him, Gojo, Maki, and Yuuji are all my favourites in JJK — they’re all wonderful, but I would say Yuuta takes the top spot just because my Thing for characters is seeing how much they’ve changed throughout different stages of their lives, and Yuuta’s change tickles such an itch for me :) Plus he’s been hella cool in all his fights! 

#askbox #jjk

[cielelyse]

I love your fics "Caesura" and "Volta" so much!!

You are very kind for this, THANK YOU FOR READING THEM AND GIVING THEM LOVE!! 💕💕

#askbox #satosugu

[cielelyse]

• An Oxford comma walks into a bar, where it spends the evening watching the television, getting drunk, and smoking cigars.

• A dangling participle walks into a bar. Enjoying a cocktail and chatting with the bartender, the evening passes pleasantly.

• A bar was walked into by the passive voice.

• An oxymoron walked into a bar, and the silence was deafening.

• Two quotation marks walk into a “bar.”

• A malapropism walks into a bar, looking for all intensive purposes like a wolf in cheap clothing, muttering epitaphs and casting dispersions on his magnificent other, who takes him for granite.

• Hyperbole totally rips into this insane bar and absolutely destroys everything.

• A question mark walks into a bar?

• A non sequitur walks into a bar. In a strong wind, even turkeys can fly.

• Papyrus and Comic Sans walk into a bar. The bartender says, "Get out -- we don't serve your type."

• A mixed metaphor walks into a bar, seeing the handwriting on the wall but hoping to nip it in the bud.

• A comma splice walks into a bar, it has a drink and then leaves.

• Three intransitive verbs walk into a bar. They sit. They converse. They depart.

• A synonym strolls into a tavern.

• At the end of the day, a cliché walks into a bar -- fresh as a daisy, cute as a button, and sharp as a tack.

• A run-on sentence walks into a bar it starts flirting. With a cute little sentence fragment.

• Falling slowly, softly falling, the chiasmus collapses to the bar floor.

• A figure of speech literally walks into a bar and ends up getting figuratively hammered.

• An allusion walks into a bar, despite the fact that alcohol is its Achilles heel.

• The subjunctive would have walked into a bar, had it only known.

• A misplaced modifier walks into a bar owned by a man with a glass eye named Ralph.

• The past, present, and future walked into a bar. It was tense.

• A dyslexic walks into a bra.

• A verb walks into a bar, sees a beautiful noun, and suggests they conjugate. The noun declines.

• A simile walks into a bar, as parched as a desert.

• A gerund and an infinitive walk into a bar, drinking to forget.

• A hyphenated word and a non-hyphenated word walk into a bar and the bartender nearly chokes on the irony

- Jill Thomas Doyle

#THE JOYS (AND TRIBULATIONS) OF GRAMMAR #writing

[cielelyse]

Every 21st century piece of writing advice: Make us CARE about the character from page 1! Make us empathize with them! Make them interesting and different but still relatable and likable!

Every piece of classic literature: Hi. It's me. The bland everyman whose only purpose is to tell you this story. I have no actual personality. Here's the story of the time I encountered the worst people I ever met in my life. But first, ten pages of description about the place in which I met them.

#not a criticism whatsoever about modern writing advice #but i do think and want this to alleviate the pressure of writing a ‘perfect story’ a little!!! #bc it’s true #stories are always personalized to some extent so WE CAN WRITE ANYTHING WE WANT AND THAT IS WONDERFUL #tho this is hilarious #someone said it’s been more ‘good for writing as a saleable product’ instead of as ‘art’ and that’s super interesting #writing

[cielelyse]

Absolutely a sucker for the “ARE YOU HURT” once over. The wandering hands, frantically checking for blood or pain just SOMETHING. ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED of what they might find while searching. The panicked look on the face of the person doing the checking, the glossy, confused “I’m fine” from the person being checked. HOO BOY just inject that shit right into my veins

#it’s gotten to the point where i ctrl+F ‘fear’ ‘panic’ ‘no!’ ‘[charater-i-want-to-see-hurt’s name]!’ before even reading a fic #it’s bad #it’s so bad #fanfiction

[cielelyse]

The fourth little pig built his house out of wolf skulls. It wasn’t very sturdy, but it sent a message.

[cielelyse]

It felt like realizing you had forgotten to pay rent at the beginning of the month

Every time a sex scene in a fic I’m reading uses the phrase “felt like coming home” to describe the act of insertion, I start thinking about how I feel when I come home

“Being enveloped in the sweet clutch of his muscles felt like stepping into the living room and remembering through the pulling sensation in your nostrils that you had forgot to turn on the humidifier before you left and that the central heat had dried out the whole house to the point where the hygrometer was probably in the single digits now”

“Slowly pushing into him felt like knowing, without even opening the refrigerator, that the container of peeled garlic you had bought had been sitting in there for long enough to start to sweat grossly a little bit”

“Finally being sheathed in the pulsing, thrumming heat of his blood felt like the wi-fi connecting automatically”

Actually that last one is… pretty romantic

#fanfiction #i laughed for such a long time about this

[cielelyse]

no writing workshop can help you improve your writing as much as this screenshot can

#YES DEFINITELY I AM A HUGE ADVOCATE FOR USING JUST ‘SAID’ #bc that way the emphasis is on the dialogue #so the quality of the conversation will shine and speak for the overall writing quality #writing is so fun #I LOVE WRITERS