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[macfrog]

What’s next now that SCOM is done? ( which was amazingly beautiful btw ) Obviously no rush at all but I’d love to know if any ideas are brewing in that gorgeous brain of yours.

big love straight back to you, kt! 🩷

i ammmmm taking a little 🤏🏼 break for now and will be focusing mostly on my sex on fire babies. they deserve a beautiful ending and shit they're gonna get it

after that, i do have some ideas brewing in the jackson!joel department. an old series idea i benched a few months ago, that i've been chewing on again.

who knows! i certainly don't. i'm simply at the mercy of the frog in my brain

#chats w max #hotgirlbedtimescenarios

[macfrog]

finally got the chance to read the last chapter of scom and i did in fact sob. i’ve seen a lot of babies born because of my job and i cry literally everytime i go to a delivery and duckie was no exception to this😭

girl!!!!! i thought about you so much while writing the hospital scenes. i was fact-checking as i wrote and i remembered you'd sent an ask about her cursing while being pregnant!

truly, you're such a hero for the job that you do. i'm so thrilled you enjoyed it! it was an honor to bring it to y'all x

#chats w max #absolukeyrh #sweet child o' mine #fic luv

[macfrog]

girl dad joel and mom reader have to be the most endearing characters of all time. i truly am in complete awe of the way you write !!! will always scream and kick my feet while reading your fanfics !!!

girl dads are ace! girl moms are ace! girls are ace!

#thank u babe! ily lots #chats w max #anon #sweet child o' mine #fic luv

[macfrog]

🌺 send this to ten blogs you think are wonderful 🌺

i think you're more wonderful, nonnie 🌙🩷✨

#chats w max #anon

[macfrog]

Hi so yeah I'm the nut puncher of dale anon... i would like to clarify i was infact having a terrible day because the only character I wanted to meet was Cinderella and SHE FUCKING LEFT THE ROYAL HALL RIGHT BEFORE I WENT IN and i was so pissed. I had been in a bad mood since then, hence the nut punch to dale.

(There’s like a cassette tape of this interaction somewhere but i have no idea where to look in my garage 😭)

And technically the Minnie thing was an accident because she came up behind me as a one year old kid in a highchair like she got what she deserved

THE NUT PUNCHER OF DALE I AM FINISHED

tbh with you, baby, i'd kick that little rat in the nuts if i were having a good day. i just know they be scheming

idk why that makes it funnier. you really said give me cinderella or the chipmunk gets it. you're hilarious. you're my idol.

#i've had nightmares where they're chasing me down those underground tunnels at disney #i never know whether i make it out alive #chats w max #nut puncher of dale anon

[macfrog]

I was listening to Cowboy Carter yesterday after reading the final chapter of SCOM. The song Protector had me in my feels because it feels like something reader and Joel would sing to Duckie and Ellie 🥹❤️

YES the entire chorus but that one line i feel proud of who i am because you need me like ............ don't look at me rn

#also the line about the august light. im tiffany pollard BEYONCE??ing rn #chats w max #messinadress #sweet child o' mine

[macfrog]

cannot express how fascinating scom is to me.

try to make this to show my gratitude, though it seems a wrong timing as the story is ended(?). please forgive my lateness and clumsy hands.

y'all are for sure trying to make me weep at this point lol

this is so lovely! thank you, sweet rachel 💘 middle left and top right pics got me GOOOODDD gosh. so beautiful! x

#never wrong timing! i appreciate you soo much this is so thoughtful <3 #chats w max #rarachelchel #sweet child o' mine

[macfrog]

Do you have any game Joel fic recs (longer series)? I’ve read all of yours and I loved them but unfortunately there aren’t many game Joel writers, so I’m having some trouble finding them. I figured I’d ask you boss!

there are some insane game joel fics out there, lovely non! here are a few off the top of my head - they are all very well-loved (deservedly so).

➵ a kind of hunger by @familyvideostevie centers around the very fiery relationship between a very spunky reader who runs a bar and a - very - dreamy joel. just bursting at the seams with passion and humor and emma's delightful way with words.

➵ a heart for eating by @motherofagony is a delicious and savage story following a raider attack in jackson. bloody, gritty, and one sexy as fuck joel. lex just tangles you up in the story instantly.

➵ i know it when i see it by @bageldaddy is a dreamy story spun from 70s gold dust, about a certain pornstar!joel. genuinely too good to be ours for free and written by the hottest loser i know.

➵ @cavillscurls's soft!joel is such a comfort read, leaning into jackson!joel's more tender side (dude is hot as fuck, too). mya's writing is just gorgeous and will make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

and i know you said series, but there are also plenty writers who have some hot as shit one shots featuring this pixel man;

➵ sweet by @honeyedmiller

➵ never enough by @amanitacowboy

➵ 10:05 pm by @netherfeildren

➵ talking body by @joelsdagger

there are so many, i'm for sure missing a whole lot. if anyone wants to add any, please do.

yay for game joel fic. more of that, please.

#chats w max #anon #recs

[macfrog]

just finished scom and held it together before the last line sent me bawling. so damn sweet and i just got a cat so it’s like so much motherhood all around…thank you for this beautiful gift the whole ride was absolutely stunning

thank you so much and can you give your cat the biggest hug and chin scratches from me (if they like em). congrats, mom! 😻❤️

#chats w max #anon #sweet child o' mine #fic luv

[macfrog]

“Sunlight – or his daughter. They’re the same thing, anyway.”

This is one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever read in my entire life. This entire chapter was absolutely breathtaking… I’ve never experienced anything like that before. You are so immensely talented 🥹

this was one of my fave lines so ilyyyy for noting it !!! she just instantly becomes this dude's world

#thank u for such a kind message!!! appreciate you so much #chats w max #anon #sweet child o' mine #fic luv

[macfrog]

Born in June? So is duckie a Gemini or a cancer? My money is on Gemini that little shit

gemini. gemini all day long. just sheer chaos.

#that little shit awjkfafhasahahahahahah #you get it #chats w max #anon #sweet child o' mine

[macfrog]

Hi!! A couple things to share —

First, i just finished SCOM. You should be so proud of yourself for such an emotionally tactile story you’ve built, particularly in such a short timeline. I don't have kids and have made medical choices not to have kids, but reading this broke my heart in two thinking about how beautiful an experience this is for reader & Joel, and imagining this for myself in such a lovely way. It felt so real. I think you really captured people as they are. And I think that’s actually really hard to do in a sincere way. It’s easy to fall into dramatics as a writer, but to let feelings and experiences and nuance tell their own story isn’t easy. Idk if that makes sense but I hope it does 💕

Second, there’s so much shit going down in this fandom right now and being new to it all in the last 2 years and probably elderly at 35 years old I don’t really know what to make of it all, except to thank you for all the joy you’ve given me via your writing. I found CLM on AO3 and have since loved SoF and all your one shots. I’m not terribly vocal with comments etc bc I tend to lurk but I think you and so many other fic authors deserve so much credit for sharing your creativity and skills so freely. I have an English lit background and I’m constantly in awe of the storytelling gifts that exist across this fandom. You deserve more respect than you get and I’m sad to see so much negativity. Please know there are more supporters than you might think ❤️

hello! i hope you're well, non. this is so kind of you, thank you so much 🤍

that's what fiction is for, right? planting our feet in these worlds we wouldn't otherwise know, living through the characters. playing pretend for a little while. i had a lot of fun doing that while writing it so i'm honored you had the same fun reading it!

your second point - please feel free to lurk away for as long as you like! i totally get those feelings with everything that's been going on. it can be a lot sometimes. there are countless incredibly talented people who are genuinely wonderful humans in this corner of the internet, and i wish we all felt a little more comfortable to just exist and post our silly stories here.

i really, really appreciate you saying that 🤍 my vibe on here has always and will always be that as long as you're kind, you're welcome around here - in whichever way you'd like to be. lurk, like, reblog, send a message. whatever you feel comfortable doing, i'm more than happy for you to do. i think a lot of writers would feel the same! x

#your support never goes unnoticed and we all love you for it :) #chats w max #anon #fic luv

[macfrog]

Girl, I had my second last exam of first year law school today. I cannot wait to sink into bed and read the new chapter of scrom. Thank you for sharing it with us!

hey - congrats, dude! hope it went well. and good luck for the last one! you're gonna do great. i am patting you on the head and blowing you air kisses x

#chats w max #anon #sweet child o' mine

[macfrog]

the final chapter of scom genuinely has me ugly sobbing and thinking about my own mum. truly a beautiful final chapter to close out an incredible story. thank you for sharing this with us max.

thank you so much for reading 🩵

how lovely that it made you think of your mum. i wrote so much of it thinking of mine, so it means a lot that this translated in a way. i already mentioned this in an ao3 comment, but as much as it is a story about her becoming a mom, i wanted her own mom to play just as important a role. she's kinda the north star of the whole story.

massive love to you. it was my pleasure to share them.

#chats w max #anon #sweet child o' mine #fic luv

[macfrog]

wait is is a year later on joel’s birthday or are we holding a newborn baby on ur hip?

duckie is somewhere between three and four months old by the time joel’s birthday comes around! conceived in sept, born around june, then joel’s birthday is the following sept x

#kid’s good but she’s not *that* good #chats w max #anon #sweet child o' mine

[macfrog]

This is unrelated to scom but im one of ur ask answers you said chip and dale are the scariest at disney and I would just like to let you know that I punched dale in the nuts as a child because he tried to give me a hug.

My mom was terrified but I left screaming and crying so take that as you will.

(I also threw a pancake at minnie in storytellers cafe as an infant, idk why my parents kept taking me to character experiences tbh lmaoo)

bestie i need you to know that i have not stopped thinking about or laughing at this since you sent it in. sounds like an entirely traumatic day for all included (though dale gets none of my sympathy, unforch. the nut punch was going easy on him)

the image of a child frisbeeing a PANCAKE at minnie mouse has sent me into ORBIT i am laughing so fucking hard

#imagine being the humans inside the costumes #they’re starting a ‘have you seen this child?’ campaign to warn against you #armed and dangerous #chats w max #anon

[macfrog]

hi max! 

to say the vibes have been off lately would be an understatement, wouldn’t it? because there has been a lot of negativity, too much for a place that is supposed to be about finding an outlet for your creativity and people to share your interests.

i know it has been difficult, draining to be around here and face all the discourse cankering the fandom. 

because of all this negativity, i believe it is important to try and balance it out with some kindness. so here i am, doing a little check-up on you <3

so first, how are you, really?

everything you feel regarding what is happening is valid and you deserve to feel happy and safe around here. so please, make sure you take the time you need from posting, from sharing fics, even just from being on the platform. i want you to know it’s okay and i support whatever you decide, for whatever reason.

i also want you to know that you have your place here, as much as the rest of us. you’re loved and wanted and i can assure you the fandom is a far better place with you in it.

i hope you’re taking care of yourself outside of tumblr as well. please remember to stay hydrated and to eat something 🫶🏼

now i would like you to sit back and enjoy the perfect, quiet night in with joel <3

do not hesitate to reach out if you need to talk, i’m here for you! sending you all my love and so many hugs 🫂

anna 💗

hi, anna! i hope you're well 🧡

things have been crazy! but we're charging through. i always love your self care reminders - it feels like you're wandering around our dorms, handing out mugs of tea and pats on everyone's heads. i love and appreciate you so much x

(also what a cozy moodboard i wanna curl up inside it and go for a little nap)

#chats w max #joelsgreenflannel