Retrospring is shutting down on 1st March, 2025 Read more
I just like doing the word thing with pretty boys. I also like talking about the word thing and pretty boys.
512
WOLFIE DADDYY GRAA GRAAAH DHSJXUENJD
https://twitter.com/thyunivrse/status/1691273912217452544?s=61&t=9oyJB-ipzowfE0zFRBcvlw
U NEED TO SEE THIS TOO
https://twitter.com/zelisslie/status/1691337847201284096?s=61&t=9oyJB-ipzowfE0zFRBcvlw
(wakes up in cold sweat) new wcbsitl chapter came out!! waking up to it on a monday morning is exactly what i needed to get through this week.. life is worth suffering through again /lh
this chapter… AAAAHHHHHH sbn is so so sweet he’s the sweetest guy ever. and i love how yjn is slowly learning how it’s okay to receive help even for smth as simple as a ride home, hopefully he’ll be able to receive gifts from sbn without them having to be given in a roundabout way… but tbf even i would not accept a car as a gift, that feels insane to think abt for me 🧐 but anyway, sbn getting yjn a projector is srsly the cutest thing ever. my heart is melting from how cute they are, and their banter during the phone call?? AAAAAHHH my god it’s a crime how i can’t leave more than one kudos on this fic, it isn’t enough i need to dump a whole truckload of kudos on it. i’ll try leaving a comment after i finish my work for today definitely 🙏
thank you for another wonderful chapter, cc!! i hope life has been treating you well, and remember take care of yourself as well! i’m sorry i can’t come around as often as i’d like, but i’m always cheering for you! 🫶
- 🌷
Tulip Nonnie hi!!
Yes a new chapter was dropped (finally lol). I was honestly nervous about it but everyone seems to have enjoyed it! Yjn is slowly letting those walls chip away, even if it is very very slowly, but even the tiniest progress is better than none lol. As for Sbn, he was raised in a different world and is just so gung-ho to prove himself a good provider that he doesn't see the big deal about buying a new car. Definitely different worlds and different points of view.
It was so good to see your message! Hope all is going well on your end!! Love you bb and be sure to take care of yourself too! 💙
Cc, I have something bothering me these days
sometimes it's tiring and frustating to write in this fandom. lack of appreciation, people rarely leave a feedback, endless shipwar, witch hunting, and top-bottom discourse that surfaces like once in month are starting to get into my nerve. people would say 'write for yourself, the reader dont owe you anything'. but if i write for myself and choose share them on socmed, is it wrong if i want feedback? i wanna know what people think about my work so i can improve and be better :(
if it's not for my love for the boys, 🐰🦊, and want to improve my writing, i guess i'd leave this shipdom
thank you and i'm sorry for the negative energy that i'm spreading in your retro :(
Hi Nonnie! First of all, no need to apologize for venting. I get it, I truly do. It's something I think a lot of us writers deal with and feel.
"Write for yourself" feels like such an empty platitude at times. Like yes, you should write whatever you want to, I understand and fully endorse that. You shouldn't let other people influence what you do or do not create. However, the reason why we bother to edit, post, and share is for other people and we want our hard work to be acknowledged, want something in return for hours, days, weeks, months spent creating. It's true in all aspects of life really. You study hard and work all night on that paper so you can get a good grade. I spent five-six hours a day making sandwiches for people and it's nice when they give an actual "thank you". You mow your parent's lawn and you wanna be told "wow, looks great!" It's just human nature to want that sort of response.
This fandom really is awful for not supporting creators and I get it to some degree with all the witch-hunts and people going after shippers. Hell just today I woke up to some call out thread featuring a few moots being accused of the heinous crime of being into rpf/s. So a lot of folks are more private about it, have locked accounts, read those fics incognito so it's not in their AO3 history, hide posts in their bookmarks. They don't want anyone to know they're a "freak". But it does still hurt and get frustrating on the creator side of things, esp when so many of us have things like Retrospring or CCat or any other anonymous questions app where we can get that feedback and those comments. One would like to think or even hope that bc of such hate and attacks from anti-shippers, those who do love it would double-down in their support, help us all come together as a community but sometimes that feels like asking too much.
You aren't the only one struggling with finding that motivation and considering leaving. It does feel like putting in a lot of hard work for nothing. It's something I constantly struggle with too, whether I wanna bother pushing through fatigue after work to write or not. It's one reason why the latest Strangers update is taking so long, bc I wonder if it's worth working on it if I feel like no one cares. And that's the impression we get with no feedback: no one cares. And if that's the case, then why should we care.
I can't tell you to keep writing, it's ultimately a decision you have to make on your own, but just know you aren't the only one feeling that way 💙
Omg soobin with the cute fox in the trailer made me think of wcbsilt soobin with yeonjun in fox form 😭🫶
Heehee, I will make sure to send pictures when it is done 🫡 My college is still in session, so I won't be able to get to the book binding until my spring break but you bet it will be the first thing I do once I'm free!!
-🐌
I wanted to ask if it would be okay to create and bind a copy of Dive with You? Obviously I don't plan to make it for anything other than personal use, but I still thought I should ask!
-🐌
‼️ just checking in!!! how are you doing these days cc?
I told you like a few days ago about how you added that spin to my dream with the apartment and car, and I really have no words for how much Dive with You has just invigorated my passion for not only that dream but my life. I'm the average college student with mental illness and I often find myself spiraling when I question my purpose in life. This feeling gets worse when I'm just sitting around doing nothing. But, now I have such a certainty in my dream. Like, I don't feel so bad in the mundanity of life knowing I'm slowly working towards that dream and even when I am sitting around doing nothing, I find myself reassured that once again it's just a part of working to that dream. Honestly, my mental health is so improved because of this and I feel like I need to thank you so much for that. Even that phrase isn't enough to really say how grateful I am that your fic has this effect on me. I always loved your writing, but it means so much more after this. Thank you again <3
-🐌
I keep thinking about this ask bc it might be one of the most amazing things I've heard in response to my writing. Like the fact that not only do you think of my story, but it's had such a huge impact on you in such a major and profound way, it's mind-blowing in a very positive way. I'm so touched that I was able to help you out of that slump and help give you a little bit of light at the end of the tunnel and just know that I'm forever rooting for you. I hope you achieve all you want and set out for. 💙💙💙
I have a simple dream of living in a two-bedroom apartment with my pets and buying an old car to work on. Before, I was kind of thinking an old sports car. But, I need you to know that Dive with You has shifted that dream to an old pick-up truck and I have been hurting myself by lusting after old pick-up trucks for sale near me. Thank you for adding a wonderful spin to my little dream <3
-🐌
For starters, your dream sounds absolutely wonderful and I hope you're able to get it. Second of all, I'm weirdly honored to have inspired you so. We used to have an old pick-up truck just like the one I described in the story and I loved it. The whole bench seat spreading across the front, I just love it, and I thought Soobin would just look awesome driving one of those. Anyway, thank you for this lovely message and for reading my story, Snaily Nonnie!! You have a fantastic day!! 💙
just read ur new wip and wowie my heart hurtie 🥲 as someone who also self-sabotages my friendships and relationships, i can only imagine what yjn did to get bmg so mad… that aside i rlly do love second chance (?) fics like how i’m feeling this one out to be, and i love how u wrote yjn’s inner monologue while bmg was throwing out harsh words cuz ngl that hit me close to home HDJSKSNHS me too yjn.. me too.. 🫂 i’d love to see more of this and find out how the situation in the wip came to be, but ofc ultimately it’s up to u if u’d like to continue it or not! i still enjoyed the snippet nonetheless so thank you for it!! 🫶
cheering for u always!!
- 🌷
i saw this and got reminded of ur L/S fic so cute 🥺
https://twitter(.)com/Feturkey/status/1659236449189863426?t=lQXCkIUk2rA7g-X7-x8rUw&s=19
happy new years cc! just popping in real quick :) 💙
-🦋
CC the new chapter of WCBSITL is so so good!! I'm obsessed. And someone please tell yjn to just please please let sbn take care of him pls my baby.
(rises from ashes like a phoenix) hi cc !! it’s been a super duper long time since the last time i dropped by… 😭
imma just get right into it. first of all, dive with you is SO DAMN GOOD AAAAAAAAAA my god all the moments that had me giggling and kicking my feet, the pining in denial from sbn that hurt so bad i felt it in my chest, the cute friend group dynamic.. EVERYTHING!! CHEFS KISS everything was just so. SO!! i have no words. and ngl i shed a few tears bc of how hard the pining was hitting me bc i was guessing that yjn was already in love with sbn even before the whole fake dating thing 🥲 ouhhhhhh… i am on the floor…. i already knew dive with you was going to be Good but i did not expect the trajectory of my life to be changed. i think abt it every waking moment. another amazing work from u!!! 🩷
ok second of all. THE NEW WCBSITL CHAPTER 😭😭😭 i’m so so happy it’s back!!! pining sbn 🥹 the way his thoughts go back and forth from his happy ending with yjn delusions to him trying to snap himself out of them 😭 the way sbn’s always trying his best to show that yjn can trust him and that he’s serious abt his feelings 💔 man i have a lot of thoughts abt them but i cant. words. cries… i just love them so much and i’m so happy with the new chapter with all the new little developments in their relationship 🥲 so excited to see how it goes from here! cc, fighting!! 📣😄
happy holidays to you btw!! 🫶
🌷OMG TULIP NONNIE HIIII!!! ANOTHER NONNIE BACK FROM THE WAR 😭
I'm so glad you loved DWY! Giggling and kicking feet was what I was aiming for so it's always great to hear I achieved that, hehe! " i did not expect the trajectory of my life to be changed." OMG AKSNLWSJ PLS NO BIT MUCH THERE OMG (。ノω\。) But I'm glad you loved it so much!
Yes WCBSITL had a comeback of its own! I missed them tbh so it was great getting back into their world. The two of them are both swinging back and forth but hopefully soon they'll settle and get on the same page :')
Thank you as always for reading and sending the sweet message! Always nice to hear people liked your work (人 •͈ᴗ•͈) Happy holiday, Tulip Nonnie! 💙
Hi CC! Just curious, how would you feel if ybn content accs are reading your fics?
cc oh my gosh 😭😭 lover/strangers update was so cute.. sjjss kvi and 1.n running away to go on a date together.. and then leaving sb and yj alone hehe!! loved it sooo much.. I also love soobin calling the fetus "boba" TT
I read chapters 5 and 6 of dwy!!!!! I've been busy all day so I've tried to read as much as I could ^_^ and then ynbn kiss that was sooo !!@:^!"% aaahhhbvwbslb!!! just cc being an amazing, talented writer!!! 💙
-🦋
Hi Butterfly Nonnie!! Thank you, I'm glad you liked it!! Was def going for cute with a tiny touch of angst and revelation. And yes, those sneaky lil assistants running off 🤭 One day I may have to do a lil spin off one shot of what they got up to or something 🤔
Ah the fireworks kiss in DWY! I loved it so much too, and Nylil made such beautiful art to capture the magic of that scene 🤩 So stoked to hear you're enjoying it!
But ahhhhskwkalsk thank you that's so sweet!! Thank you for the kind words bb!! 💙
Retrospring uses Markdown for formatting
*italic text*
for italic text
**bold text**
for bold text
[link](https://example.com)
for link