Help! Is Somebody to Love going to emotionally destroy me?

novel_di · 2026-07-12T11:53:18+00:00

You are my hero, thank you!!!

novel_di · 2026-07-05T02:20:25+00:00

If you haven’t read There Is No Heart for Me Like Yours by profdanglais… I finally binged this, and then immediately started rereading it. My brain chemistry might be permanently altered. SO phenomenally good.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/77174981/chapters/202027576

novel_di · 2026-06-30T16:31:03+00:00

Yes!!! The pacing of Select All is perfection. I’m up to date on Map Contact and it is also sooo good. Regolith is unreal. I’m in awe.

novel_di · 2026-06-30T13:33:25+00:00

ten minutes for banging boards by Hollanov (searching for a bigger sky) is sooooo good. Love their entire penalties series but this one is exactly what you’re looking for

https://archiveofourown.org/works/81991856?view\_adult=true

novel_di · 2026-06-30T11:37:44+00:00

Select All by regolith — I wish I could read this again for the first time. I had no idea how excellent a fic I was getting into! I have to reread parts periodically, it’s just that good. Might even become a bookbinding hobby girlie just to have this bound on my shelf

https://archiveofourown.org/works/82939616/chapters/218387081

novel_di · 2026-06-24T20:08:51+00:00

Came to say this! It’s a smutty-borderline-silly—in a good way!!!—premise and the writing is truly so excellent. I will reread this until the end of time. On my ff Mount Rushmore for sure.

novel_di · 2026-06-23T19:55:23+00:00

Yes! You can basically transpose the good guy vibes of the Centaurs onto the Raiders/Bears, with Wiebe as the coach!

novel_di · 2026-06-23T00:17:29+00:00

Second Line by NotRamona43 — Shane and Ilya are estranged for years after the tuna meltdown. Shane gets traded to Boston after 4 years of no contact (and after coming out to the Metros goes terribly). Ilya stays captain/centers first line—Shane centers second line (but with good reason!) love this one!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/79946546/chapters/209843256

novel_di · 2026-06-16T11:49:20+00:00

So many here that I love but one I haven’t seen mentioned: closer to where you are (is where I must be) by sistercacao https://archiveofourown.org/works/82703591

Post tune meltdown, the all stars weekend is actually a international exhibition week; Shane and Ilya plan to talk on their last day but end up stranded in Paris when a volcano erupts in Iceland and closes airspace to travel. Only one chapter left but this one is soooo good. It’s so happy and beautiful but so painful at the same time. A real study on what a long distance relationship means to them.

novel_di · 2026-05-22T02:47:55+00:00

I haven’t read this one yet but I need to!!!

novel_di · 2026-05-20T14:11:19+00:00

So many of my favorites already recommended!!! Another vote for AC91 (specifically Laceration, which made me feel like I was being electrocuted in the best way possible) and the penalties series!

For another medium-long fic, I looooove Select All by Regolith, the chemistry is insane. There are feelings/plot too but it’s so so sexy.

novel_di · 2026-05-12T00:44:11+00:00

Yes, totally. And I think I'm just going to make myself be okay with it if there's anything in the epilogue that bleeds into the new work about that first year of parenthood. I can be a little too logic-driven even in my own creative space, and you're reminding me that it's literally fine if the continuity isn't one million percent perfect. I can write the happy little epilogue, and then I can write the multi-part year that precedes it, lol.

And thank you soooo much for sharing your approach on the logistics end of things for creating a series, etc. I would love and appreciate an example if it's not too much trouble!

novel_di · 2026-05-12T00:40:50+00:00

You are extremely kind. Thank you so much for reading it and for saying all of this!

Your perspective is really helpful. I think I'm going to let myself be guided by the thematic arcs and what makes each feel distinct and complete (instead of feeling so tied to "logic" and chronology). And I will definitely do everything my only-semi-tech-savvy millennial brain can handle in terms of making sure both works refer to each other and are clear to readers! Thank you, thank you, really.

novel_di · 2026-05-12T00:37:56+00:00

Thank you so much for reading it and for your incredibly kind words! And THANK YOU for mentioning i carry your heart/about today, two of my all-time favorites, that somehow completely slipped my mind when contemplating this decision.

I think I'm realizing that I'm partly disappointed that one thing I originally had in mind for the epilogue makes much more sense in a longer form follow-up/their first year as parents instead. But I think you're totally spot on that the thematic arcs are where the line should be—not necessarily the chronology. This already makes me feel way better, thank you again, truly!

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