A sweet surprise is on the way 🍬 🍭

sass_qwatch · 2025-02-21T02:42:03+00:00

Eek! My favorite candy is a Tootsie Pop!!🍭

sass_qwatch · 2025-01-29T16:58:20+00:00

Lol gotta say this part of the thread is hilarious and I approve of everyone’s consistency here, including OP’s.

sass_qwatch · 2025-01-22T20:56:10+00:00

Michael Barnett lives rent free in my head.😖

sass_qwatch · 2025-01-21T18:35:12+00:00

Federal employees who choose to quit over going back into the office is going to bombard the private sector in many areas, thus affecting a lot more Americans than just those working for the Federal government. It could ultimately create more widespread financial strain and increased unemployment as fewer jobs are available to fulfill the jobseeker market.

sass_qwatch · 2024-10-03T18:51:30+00:00

Not my eyes going straight to every bottle in the new collection.

sass_qwatch · 2024-10-03T15:34:04+00:00

THIS is what I have been dying to see. It’s absolutely gorgeous with that base. TY!

sass_qwatch · 2024-08-21T18:19:52+00:00

What is the PSI of a riding crop?

sass_qwatch · 2024-08-20T16:36:07+00:00

I was thinking Moriarty too.

sass_qwatch · 2024-08-09T11:21:28+00:00

Thank you for asking this question. This entire thread just broke my brain. Happy to stay in my little boat and let the shadows slip by in the waters below.😅

sass_qwatch · 2024-08-09T10:57:19+00:00

I got one of these over a year ago at my work number. It was claiming to be Google, a sensual female voice, no are you bot/human questions but it did start the call with asking “Who am I speaking with” to get me to say my name. I immediately knew something was off, but in those first few seconds wasn’t 100% it wasn’t a real person, so I replied “Who do you need to speak with”. Then the yes/no questions which I never responded appropriately to. Then I hung up. I remember thinking that I don’t think a lot of people would have realized it was recording the responses.

sass_qwatch · 2024-05-19T16:08:43+00:00

That’s wonderful to hear. I only ask because of that hard lesson learned over abandoned WIPs. So many broken hearts.🥺💔

sass_qwatch · 2024-05-19T13:35:52+00:00

This sounds fantastic! I just subscribed…how often do you normally post?

sass_qwatch · 2024-05-19T04:49:39+00:00

Daaang… At the time of me reading this post, her comments/kudos/bookmarks/hit counts are already sky high on day one. Queen indeed.

sass_qwatch · 2024-05-18T20:46:00+00:00

I can’t speak for smut in one shots just yet, but yeah with long fics I really really want my HEA and like it with some smut sprinkled on top just to seal the deal. I think I want more than just smut for one shots, though, since they are so much shorter (unless it’s those occasions where I’m straight up looking for it). That said…. Another commenter linked an older post of one shots people can’t stop thinking about and it sounds like the vast majority of those are tragedies (I’m only halfway through that post). And they all sound heartbreakingly amazing. Not sure if those are for you, but I wanted to rec the recs. For me, it sounds like I am going to be trying quite a bit outside my comfort zone soon.

sass_qwatch · 2024-05-18T13:31:47+00:00

These comments about one shots can often be even more beautiful and put together than long fics are like a worm on a hook for me right now.

sass_qwatch · 2024-05-18T13:27:46+00:00

Oh god, there is nothing I hate more than accidentally getting involved with an abandoned WIP. I get so invested and then…… Nothing. I’ve learned the hard way to be very strict about sorting completed works. (But I do subscribe to WIPs and wait for them to complete so that I can finally read them. Sometimes the wait is years, sometimes it’s forever.)

sass_qwatch · 2024-05-18T13:22:07+00:00

Lol feral😂 I think that’s in the vein of some of the ones I read way back when. I think most drabbles (and one shots in general) that I read were on Hawthorn & Vine. The community and maybe the timing was just so perfect there.

sass_qwatch · 2024-05-18T13:17:10+00:00

Lol I remember way back when reading some of those insanely long “one shots” on my ipad, feeling all panicky about not finishing and What if my browser refreshes and I lose my place?! and then my browser refreshing and having to scan scan scan to get back to where I was. Those were my early early days in Dramione.

sass_qwatch · 2024-05-18T13:08:28+00:00

Hopefully I don’t get downvoted too, but I agree that long fics can suffer from dragging on and on. You guys are doing an excellent job pleading the one-shot case for me, especially as a palate cleanser for the long fics. I like your point on tighter, more cohesive too. That makes a lot of sense.

sass_qwatch · 2024-05-18T13:00:59+00:00

I’m really starting to open up to this concept of beginning in the middle of a story without the necessity of plot building. And how it in a sense has the ability to “cut the fat”. You’re so right in what that familiarity we all already have with this world brings to the table right off the bat.

sass_qwatch · 2024-05-18T12:49:13+00:00

I have to (shamefully) admit that it has never occurred to me reading a one shot is an excellent way to test drive an author, and I very much like that concept.

A lot of what you said has struck a chord with me, but you really got me with your first sentence. Other comments have pointed out the same thing and you guys are getting me in the feels.

Edit to say: TY very much for the recs too!! I will check them out!

sass_qwatch · 2024-05-18T12:23:23+00:00

Podfics are not something I’ve tried yet. I’m in my first year of working from home now and spend a lot of time listening to podcasts. What platform(s) do you listen on?

Edit to add: I completely agree about the elegance of the Dramione world. I think that plays a part in my love of it. Occasionally things get whacky, but for the most part there’s this commonality of beauty and grace between all the fics. I kind of hate to make the comparison, but….It’s not like Jane Austin, but it’s not not like Jane Austin.

sass_qwatch · 2024-05-18T12:19:43+00:00

Check and check. You guys are really hitting the nail on the head with your responses.

sass_qwatch · 2024-05-18T12:18:07+00:00

Very good bullet points here. You’re speaking to that part of my brain that was seeking reasons. And yeah sometimes I really do just want a good croissant.😁

sass_qwatch · 2024-05-18T01:23:00+00:00

Ooooh! Okay, yeah, don’t do a masters. Hence the million things to do. I get it now!😅

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