Y'all Are Gonna Break Me This Is Perfection

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.

no but we should

given they were the only people not yet involved in the parentcule, but definitely will be considering jawbone and Sandra Lynn have hopefully worked out their shit and would potentially be open to that

consider: no inter-friend group dating not just because they are all friends and don't see each other like that, but also because all the bad kids are now at least tangentially related

have we as a fandom considered what the thistlesprings canonically being swingers/having a sexually open relationship could do to the parentcule?

it begins....

it’s really august huh… like 8 whole months have passed……….. disgusting

What is up with "thy," "thou," "thee," and "thine"?

my latest finished project! it was a christmas present for my partner as sea shanty society at uni needed a new mascot and he is first mate this year

i bought the pirate fabric a while back and shamelessly stole the seagull fabric from my mother while at home for christmas

It is okay if you do not do better tomorrow than you did today. It is okay if you do worse tomorrow than you did today.

If you have made it through the day, that is enough. It doesn't matter if it's been less productive than you wanted, sometimes all you can do is get through the day. And that is okay, even when it feels bad, especially when you used to be able to do things.

It is okay for you to get worse, it does not reflect on you as a person.

Sometimes things aren’t going to get better

If you have a chronic illness or a disability, and that’s going to be with you forever

So sometimes things don’t get better, but that’s okay

Sometimes what you need to do is work on managing things instead of trying to see how the situation could be better or worse, and that’s okay

When you try to Google Tony Hawk but accidentally type in Tiny Hawk

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i am making garlic bread for dinner and this is what I’m going to look like

garlic bread.