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WHO BROKE YOONGIS HEART BEFORE YOONGI- the abbreviation i almost cracked it whats the last 2 stand for
the way i started re-reading chapter 1as soon as i finished chapter 2 with all the new knowledge we were given... i loooove the way you slowly reveal details of their backstory !!!
i need to kiss your writing and stories
Shocked at how smooth Yoongi was for asking Jungkook out for BBQ. I was giggling and kicking my feet that was so good. And then Jungkook wanted to actually pay for him. Ugh yoonkook 😩👌 I'm so invested in this story, i love the characters and the mistery around everything and i can't wait for the saplecute-special (unfolding the story and make everything fall into place in a way that makes you go "oooooooh wow. Wow. woAH".
Thank you for this lovely chapter 🫶
nooo because yoongi knew so perfectly well how to get jungkook to see him 😭 i’ve told some of my friends before but joy! yoongi really is built different - whereas my other yoongis would just gently go “why can’t we just talk as yoongi and jungkook?” which I Know would scare joy jungkook off, this mf goes “this game is genuinely so fun” like?? 😭 they both deserve each other for real
thank you SOOOO much and i hope you know that i am very excited to drop a saplecute-special 🫶 (im glad you know that it’s coming up!)
thank you ❤️🩹
hii! hope you're doing well! not trying to pressure you in anyway but i'm just wondering if you have a schedule of when to post the next chapters of JOY!, if you've already finished writing it or are you going to write it and post it simultaneously? again, not trying to put pressure! i'm just curious hehe (i reaallyyy enjoyed it!
hi! answering you not feeling pressured at all: i don’t have a schedule for it nor have i finished it completely, however i do have chapter 2 done & chapters 3-4 planned out. considering the chapters are actually pretty short this time around, it shouldn’t take too much time (if everything in my life goes well and i don’t get sick or something lol) before i share more. 🤍 thank you very much for enjoying JOY! and asking me this question, so politely on top of everything (again, no pressure was put on me!) thank you, i hope you’re healthy and well 🤍
I'd taken a breather from yoonkook fics (my brain hyperfixates and I was busy with another hyperfixations) but when I saw your tweet for JOY! I immediately started reading because I knew your writing would capture me immediately and I was not wrong. I'd also missed silver springs, which I read and ahhhh I honestly don't know how to articulate how much I absolutely adore your writing, it's just everything to me and I never fail to be amazed at how well you're able to capture the audience's attention.
Thank you for gifting us your work, much like Yoongi in silver springs, thank you for sharing little worlds we can escape to.
i totally understand that!!! i hope you’re enjoying your hyper fixations to the fullest :) and thank you so much for your trust with joy and silver springs 😭 you have no idea how happy it makes me to know that 😭🤍 thank you thank you thank you it’s truly an honour to be posting work for you, sharing my worlds is always so intimate and a bit embarrassing but i feel super grateful to be accepted like that by you!!!!
https://x.com/wwxwashere/status/1861972261118378346?t=ouqq9Rs39EpunVtyz4w3dQ&s=19
this is how I feel with your fics
Hi!! Not sure you remember me but I was the one marathoning your fics a few months ago! Been a little busy but I just read the first chapter of JOY and I love it!!! I'm a developer myself (not games but I do know a bit) so I got really excited when the notification dropped in my inbox :D I love yoonkook's relationship to us in a seemingly-strangers-at-first-but-have-actually-deep-history-between-them way. So curious to know what happened between Seokjin and Jungkook and also...Jungkook's boyfriend?! Hope you've been well, can't wait to read more 🩷
ahhh it’s so nice to see you here!! thank you so much for reading joy!!! :) and you are soooo cool omg now i must write everything historically accurate for the game development 🙂↕️
and the seemingly-strangers-but-actually-have-a-deep-history is definitely one of my favorite tropes/tricks, like it’s just always so fun to make people meet for the second time and give each other second chance and have it work out finally! right person right place right time 🤍 can’t wait to unravel what happened to jinkook and YES. jungkooks (perfect) boyfriend will make his appearance too! hehe
thank you so much 🤍 i hope you are healthy and well, and i can’t wait to share more!
Silver springs is one of my favorites fics EVER, to the point where I made my non army, non fic reader friend read it AND THEY LOVED IT. You're something else, let me tell you.
Thanks for your incredible work, I'm so grateful for every word you put out there. Looking forward your current and future works!!!!
wow ;____; that’s such an honour!!! i am incredibly happy and proud to hear that 😭thank you so much for your kindness and it’s always such a joy to write and post for you,,, i hold silver springs close to my heart and always so grateful to hear some people do, too 🤍 thank you, thank you so much!!!
hi! I was curious about something in your authors note from JOY! you mentioned reading non-fic about game development? what is non-fic? like non-fiction books? and do you have any recommendations? it sound cool!
hiiii yes i read some non fiction books on game development! the first one that i read has to be the most popular one, it’s called “blood sweat and pixels” and basically talks about the successful creation stories of the most famous video games! that’s what got me interested in video games development au in the first place—a story of making something is always good, right? the second one i read was from the russian guy Alexander Vetushinsky so i’m unsure if you can find anything from him, but he basically wrote the short history on games in general and then analyzed it and compared it to what we know about the video games and the way they developed so far!! there’ll be some quotes from this book in the fanfic because you can’t just say “a game is an act of correcting the world” and expect me to act normal ! :p but he definitely was the one who really got me into this whole thing. another i read was also russian, and it was called “architecture of video gaming worlds” and basically talked about how to improve experience of a player in this specific area. and then i started reading level up! by scott rogers i believe (?) and i think it’s the one that i abandoned halfway because i got impatient and i went straight into joy! writing mode kekeke but definitely it was super interesting and helpful and i should go back!
i hope my reply is at least slightly useful 😭🤍
Hello Lera, i hope u r doing fine. I haven´t been able to find your account and i was wondering if u were taking a break? Always good wishes for u
hi - im taking a social media break for now! life has been real tough for the past few months, and i have to take care of some things first here, in real life. i'll see you in a month or two - hopefully with new stories to share :) wishing you all the best too and sending lots of love your way. <з
(taking this retrospring ask as an opportunity to announce the break i guess x__x im sorry for disappearing without notice! just a lot of things went down at once)
hello ms saplecute i hope you’re doing well ^^ i’m the kinda person that’s always in a desperate need of a new hobby and i’ve been eyeing bookbinding lately and i was wondering if you consent to your fics being bound if i do end up settling on it (solely for personal use OFC OFC OFC!!!)
hii lera i hope uve been well !! 🫂
i was rereading sokcho and m just in complete awe once again, ur writing gave me so much comfort after a couple of weeks feeling pretty bummed out, im so grateful i get to read ur art in this lifetime !!
super random but i just wanted u to know 🥹
Hii, is there a release date for the next chapter of the space cowboys?
loved the new au but ngl the repeated s*x slave jokes were a bit uncomfortable. being a real thing ppl suffer through everyday and with what’s coming to light about the p d*ddy situation i just can’t laugh about it. not trying to be mean or anything, i guess i just wasn’t expecting it + wanted to extend maybe a bit of compassion if anyone else felt that
i think your message presents a good opportunity for opening a conversation about it: for example, mafia and kidnapping and drug dealing is also a real traumatizing thing that people go through. besides, the s*x slave idea in jk’s head doesn’t come from anywhere—it is highly inspired by the real crimes of south korean men and specifically the cases of infamous idols involved with the same related scandals, i’m sure you know what i am talking about. the “jokes” on jungkook’s part was a way of expression of today’s reality in exaggerated, honey-layered, sparkles way, but it is real and it is true. it is not something to laugh about, you’re right, and i am glad and relieved you went through it cold-headed. thank you for that message 💗
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