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Camellia Station
(Elliott/Shane fic, at 26k words now and going strong, strangers to lovers!)
the below confession was submitted off anon (its a long one):
can someone hear me out on shelliott? (shane/elliott)
they have actually been consuming my thoughts ever since i first started playing. at first i thought combining their dynamics would be funny, but guys.. i dont think its a joke anymore,, ...
IN ALL SERIOUSNESS PLEASE HEAR ME OUT
elliott moved to stardew valley for a change. shane has been living here for ages, living an endless cycle of deprivation and misery (in short, he has not felt change). he meets elliott, who of course is glad and excited to life a new life, whereas shane'll live the same old routine. like w the farmer, shane would be extremely cold to elliott, pushing him away because he sorta pisses him off with his sunny aura and all that, but as all things go, elliott is eager to know more about him, and boom.
shane 2 heart event but theyre at the beach. elliott happens to pass by the guy, sat on the docks south of the beach surrounded by an 8-pack of beer. shane tells him how he feels, and elliott realizes why shane acts the way he is — rude, annoyed, pissy — because he can't seem to catch a break from helplessness.
he understands it, both in a sympathetic and in an aesthetic way — not aesthetic as in he romanticizes it, but rather sees the beauty in such an ugly feeling — and he listens, even if he can't help in the way shane needs it. he listens because he could.
i also really just cant get over the events that could happen during shanes 6 heart event. BECAUSE??
shane asks him why he shouldn't roll off that ledge at that moment. elliott, face soaking wet from both the rain and his tears, tells him it's because the world would mourn those who don't live long enough to realize living is to love. and from shane's point of view, elliott is the world.
all this include these hcs too:
adamant and persistent x given up w life and distant
LOVER X THINKS HES UNLOVEABLE !!!!!
sees the beauty in life x sees the ugliness
elliott's demure nature changes when he witnesses shane at his lowest
shane thinks elliott's romantic schtick is a whole lotta nonsense, but he slowly warms up to it and eventually indulges on his own
overall shane just being in denial because he fell for elliott's cheesy romantic shit. "no way in hell am i gonna like that guy with his long swoopy hair... and his weirdly kind way with words... and oddly comforting aura... and... FUCK"
anyway i hope this spreads my shelliott propaganda. SDV FIC WRITERS PLEASE WRITE MORE SHELLIOTT‼️‼️
Today feels like falling down an extremely long staircase in slow motion.
Lillian Gish in Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton, 1955)
We've got so many great fics to recommend for you this month! Some are ongoing wips, some completed longfics, and some oneshots. As always be sure to check the tags on AO3, reader discretion is advised! If you check out any of the works listed here please be sure to leave a kudos and a comment to show your support 🫶
sundays by @lumineve-isonline | E | Multi (1/1)
Sunnyside by F0xofspades | M | Multi (11/?)
divenire by @burekforsatoru | E | Sebastian/F Player (1/1)
In the Shadows by @angel-with-an-assbutt22 | E | Haley/Sebastian (1/1)
Daffodil by @nebraskashouse | M | Harvey/F Player (1/1)
If These Walls Could Talk by @hullygeee | M | Multi
Holding Water by @bunniemoth | E | Multi
Coming Around Again by @eemamminy-art | E | Alex/M Player (40/71)
In the End, It's Right by @annetastic1981a | E | Sam/Sebastian (13/13)
Winter in the Highlands by @aziminohi1992 | M | Lance/F Player (1/1)
Fenced In by @exoticlittlebird | T | Haley/Sebastian (1/1)
Slow Down — SDV (Alex) by @neetily | E | Alex/F Player (1/1)
The Valley by @half-unread | E | Multi (11/?)
Grease Monkey by @caelwynn | E | Sterling/F Player (1/1)
Picture Perfect by @kellycataclysm | E | Harvey/F Player (1/1)
Path to Mine by Spiritedknight | G | Sebastian/F Player (3/5)
Wildflower by @superpyodan | M | Abigail/Haley (1/1)
The Heart of Apologizing by @5cs-fanart-and-misc | E | Multi (1/1)
Emerald Starling by @glazedsnail | E | Shane/M Player (1/1)
baby seasons change, but people don't by @benjineedssleep | M | Multi (4/60)
Soldier On by @ababanerb | E | Multi (10/?)
Dance, Dance!! by @lipstickandsinsstuff-blog | M | Gen | (1/1)
We Don't Ever Talk About It by @lily-alphonse | E | Emily/Shane (3/3)
I had such high hopes for how much I would write this week.
But then I discovered Look Outside and put like 15 hours into that instead.
And my first Rarepair week fic ballooned out of my control.
Life amirite
This is canon as far as I'm concerned
insp ☆
I need a print of this to put in my kitchen I just love it so much
I was finally able to eke out about 500 words today.
And I'm a simple woman. I like to see how my works are doing out there. As a treat to my ego.
So I just found the AO3 Statistics page and? there are 12 people? subscribed to one of my fics???
If there were 12 people in my house right now, waiting for me to say something, I would cry. Like mostly happy tears.
idk it's just so humbling and lovely
Finally someone said it
hey when you make posts, i just want you to know, thou/thee/thy/thine/ye are like he/you(object)/your/yours/you(subject) okay? "thou art wearing shoes," "i will wear shoes for thee," okay?
you say thine if the next word starts with a vowel and thy if the next word starts with a consonant and they both mean "your" so "thine own shoes," "thy shoes," okay?
and ye means you and refers to the subject of a sentence, "ye members of the brotherhood of shoes," okay? you need this information to create better knight yaoi. i'm personally more interested in nun yuri but we are a community
So far my 30s have been like a second childhood.
I came out. I’m reconnecting with things that brought me joy as a kid. I’m rediscovering myself on my own terms and gearing up for the next phase of my life.
Really looking forward to my coming of age arc in my 40s ❤️
i think you can be 40 and have a coming of age narrative