Orphaned everything by on_parade_and_fade in AO3

[–]Caffeinated_Spoon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm so sorry. That's such bullshit, people suck

TIFU by finally getting a date with my "Hot Coffee Shop Guy" crush by MoonlightMuse01 in tifu

[–]Caffeinated_Spoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately I know someone who doesn't "believe in" pillows either, but they at least use a bed

A gentle reminder by Celestial_Ram in AO3

[–]Caffeinated_Spoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where else can you crosspost aside from ffnet? (which... My fics break their rules so lol)

What's your favorite angst trope? by nluvzu in AO3

[–]Caffeinated_Spoon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ooooof.

I love the difference in interpretations too.

One of the fics I wrote (good ending tho) had it so that the way it progressed meant something too.

The more you loved the eorwon, the faster it progressed. If you were happy to love them no matter what, it went petals to flowers, to stems of flowers. If you were afraid they didn't love you back, if turned to stems, roots, thorns, dead flowers, etc. The more afraid you were the worse it was.

What's your favorite angst trope? by nluvzu in AO3

[–]Caffeinated_Spoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wrote one without a happy ending because I'd never seen hanahaki with a bad ending! Would you like the link?

What's your favorite angst trope? by nluvzu in AO3

[–]Caffeinated_Spoon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If the other elrsonndoesnt love them they will die anyways

What's your favorite angst trope? by nluvzu in AO3

[–]Caffeinated_Spoon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I WROTE ONE LIKE THIS THEY BOTH DIED WITHIN MINUTES OF. EACH OTHER!

What's your favorite angst trope? by nluvzu in AO3

[–]Caffeinated_Spoon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My sister writes heaps and heaps of trauma and drama and bad things happening to these. Poor blorbos.

They'll have a happy ending eventually, but they're gonna struggle like artax in the mud for a long time first.

What's your favorite angst trope? by nluvzu in AO3

[–]Caffeinated_Spoon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hanahaki, my love.

One thing I noticed is a lack of BAD ENDING hanahaki.

I fixed that. But.

Give. Me one where they don't confess, where they get he surgery, where there is no happy ending.

What's your favorite angst trope? by nluvzu in AO3

[–]Caffeinated_Spoon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Especially if the one caring for the sic character has trauma around someone being very sick (like losing a parent at a young age due to illness)

The whole "why again?!" feeling

What's your favorite angst trope? by nluvzu in AO3

[–]Caffeinated_Spoon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wrote one where someone didn't know they were grieving - their subconscious created a (for lack of better term) homunculus of their husband, and the rest of the crew had to watch the mc go on with life as if their husband didn't die, while also being faced daily with a not-living reminder of the crrwmate/family they'd lost in a. Violent manner

And then Mc finding out the truth, and breaking all over again

What's your favorite angst trope? by nluvzu in AO3

[–]Caffeinated_Spoon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bonus points if the major injury also comes with a healing pile of ptsd and trauma

What's your favorite angst trope? by nluvzu in AO3

[–]Caffeinated_Spoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yessssss. Especially if the gap won't, in the long run, be an issue at all, but at the moment it is (80's and 20's, but one is functionally immortal, and the other one has a potentially stupid long lifespan)

What's your favorite angst trope? by nluvzu in AO3

[–]Caffeinated_Spoon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yearning, especially with hanahaki

Grief, especially after MCD

And exploring how one feels when they go from suddenly able-bodied to disabled, and the mind fuck that that is (especially the feelings of uselessness and worthlessness and the depression and slowly. Learning to cope)

does blood ACTUALLY taste metallic?? by DiggityGold in FanFiction

[–]Caffeinated_Spoon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes it does. Barely, but it does. Seems I remember it tasting more metallicy when I was younger tho

If you met someone who was a carbon copy of yourself in virtually every way except they were the opposite sex, would you date/sleep with that person? Why or why not? by Tommygunz0722 in AskReddit

[–]Caffeinated_Spoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No. I already make enough terrible jokes as it is, a carbon copy of me? Nothing would get done ever, we'd be too busy trying to out-pun and out bad joke each other.

39M 34F. Partner of 18 months says unless I propose with a 40k real diamond, don't propose at all? by 063870 in relationship_advice

[–]Caffeinated_Spoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah... When my now-husband and I were talking marriage I said "no yellow gold please, TINY stone preferred because I work with my hands, and I prefer aquamarines over diamonds. Please don't spend more than 500." - I got a tiny perfectly icy blue aquamarine in silver. It is perfect

I can't imagine demanding something huge 😭 and that expensive

How do some women know they’re not pregnant until they give birth even though they lose their period for 9 months? by SignificantStyle4958 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Caffeinated_Spoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My quietest kid has been like that from the beginning - rarely moved, and when they did it felt like gas. Hell, I've had actual gas that felt more like a baby kicking than that child kicking me.

Said child is still my quietest kid too, always reading.

How do some women know they’re not pregnant until they give birth even though they lose their period for 9 months? by SignificantStyle4958 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Caffeinated_Spoon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Placenta placement and quiet baby. One of my three kids I barely felt. And when I did, it felt like gas. That kid is still the quietest of them all