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(updated April 13, 2025)
Glad to hear the spite keeps you running over there. Sorry about the whole consequences of America further descending into fascism. I'm also living out of spite and have been diagnosed with not one not three but two auto inflammatory conditions while trying to finish grad school. We remain unclear on whether or not we'll actually be able to get internships required to graduate. So you know, I'm listening to nine inch nails and trying not to walk into the ocean and never stop. Maybe I'd meet your Jin there... Anyway, you know. Living la vida loca and such. Always good to hear from you 💖
Sorry to hear about your diagnoses. I've got an autoimmune disease too (thanks to Covid, that bitch), although we're still trying to figure out which one it is and that process takes years where I live.
The uncertainty of internships not being available sucks and I'm sorry to hear that's so widespread now. I had to take some to graduate in when I was in grad school and felt like it was bleak back then. I know it's likely worse now since so much with education and economy is in decline.
As usual Cat is living my dream. I hope she's doing well. Also hope you're continuing to survive out of spite over there.
The spite keeps my hearth warm and toasty. I'm about to lose my job and my spouse is likely to lose his business thanks to the tariffs. It's been eventful. I even had a nightmare that troops invaded and pointed a barrel at my head, but as soon as I saw they were Canadian, I cried tears of joy. You know, usual dreams that an American might have these days.
Trying to figure out what the next job will be should I lose this one. It looks bleak, given that every field I've worked in was defunded or targeted by the fascists. I attend union meetings to keep fired up and make offerings to the old gods to support my revenge.
Hope you're doing well, dear!
I updated some of my landing pages like "Where to Find Me" and "Updates" since I hadn't touched them in years. I've gotten a few "Are you even alive still?!" check-ins from readers here and there which made me laugh. It's been a nice change from the usual "I don't have any basic internet skills so I don't know how to access your fics even though the instructions are on your blog in multiple places--DO IT FOR ME!" messages. I'm really feeling that generational divide and I'm glad to be a recluse.
Sometimes I think about what my characters would be doing in 2025 and it's some of the darkest comedy I've managed for myself in a while. The couple from House Rules bickers about holsters for conceal carry and I hope they just bought the damned thing. Cat from CMM probably runs a findom company that targets pathetic crypto bros who've never grazed a lady breast. She uses the money to bolster local mutual aids. Jin from Seaside Sabbatical hasn't been to port in months because he thinks people are overrated and I can't blame him.
Hope y'all are stealing joy where you can.
Hi Iris! Miss you, haven’t been active in here in years but wanted to see how u were doing. How’s hubby and ur health? Any recent Kpop news u have thoughts on?
Hi anon 👋, I'm not really active online much in fan spaces these days because so many have been overrun with bot activity and far-right dogwhistle shit. I have seen more value in spending time with older women who are into fiber crafts and books and don't yearn for a man's validation. Like, where are the normal fans? 💀
I'll be overhauling some of my socials in the next few weeks, but still plan on keeping this one and AO3 online, just in case the Muses return. I am on Bluesky mostly for activism and shootin' the shit, but don't talk about k-pop there. A few people here found me there, and I assume they're disappointed haha.
My health is much better these days, thanks to me choosing to live in isolation and getting my tubes removed last year. I haven't been sick since matching energy and cutting a lot out. 💁♀️
Hubby is doing well, aside from being a witness to the horrors living in the States.
Hope you take care and stay safe, dear. 💜
cr. [X]
Summary: Prolonged periods of work-related stress bring you to a crossroads in your life that leaves you prone to make impulsive decisions. During a routine visit to the local bakery, you stumble upon an intriguing business card belonging to a “tantric therapist” and take a risk. When you discover your therapist is an attractive young man with a penchant for shibari, you throw caution to the wind as he helps guide you to self-recovery.
Pairing: Hoseok x Reader
Genre: Smut, angst
Word Count: 79,614 (for entire series)
Warnings: Therapist!Hoseok, Shibari!Hoseok, therapist/client relationship, BDSM, dom/sub relationship, sexual themes, bondage (shibari), slow burn, massage, therapy mentions, profanity
A/N: This work is a byproduct of about 6 months of insomnia and 60-hour work weeks, which resulted in a series of recurring dreams about Jung Hoseok which were…*fans self*
Excerpt:
“Are you surprised?” he asked with a wide grin. “Am I what you expected?”
Frankly, you didn’t know what you expected. Maybe an older woman with wild hair and a long chevron skirt would have been closer to the tantric therapist you were imagining. This man was clearly under thirty, yet he was confident in how he carried himself. No early-20’s-something could pull off this level of surety in himself, you were certain. You could feel the apprehension building as you tried to calculate whether he was younger than you, and by how much. His skin shown like the sun, evident of years of meticulous self-care—or maybe he really was that young and this was just some scam to make a quick dollar. Nevertheless, the dark pools of his eyes knew experience…
Copyright © 2017-2019 by dark-muse-iris. All rights reserved.
Appeared back on my time line. One of the greatest fics ever!
Must read again!!
this weekend with @dark-muse-iris really did heal something in me.
i found a bit of my old self again.
it’s nice.
Likewise, friend @war-of-hormoan. It was a restorative time catching up.
Where's that tweet about people still living long fulfilling lives even through the fall of the roman empire because I think about it constantly
Going to my last concert for the forseeable future soon. Lots of feelings, lots of sadness, but I'm so thankful it's with someone I met here, in this den of freaks.
@war-of-hormoan and I are cackling like a couple old hens reminiscing about all the 2017-2018 fics that gave us nosebleeds.
I'm old. I'm taking a Motrin before this show.
Readers, make sure you have all your favourite Ao3 fics downloaded.
Writers, make sure you have copies of all the fics you have posted on Ao3.
I don’t want to be alarming, but things could get really bad really fast. OTW shared this today on Twitter, and I'm a bit worried about it 😅
Ao3 is a non-profit organisation. If they have to start paying taxes, I have no idea what will happen.
I'd like to remind everybody that this isn't just about A03 or civil rights organizations. This could be applied to any 501 organization. That includes churches, schools, museums and library support organizations. All sorts of support organizations like soup kitchens or places like goodwill. Those are all non-profit organizations and they all have a 501 status. This is a threat to every civil organization we have that is meant to help the public.
So please contact your representatives. Please look this up on Twitter and click the link so you can call your representatives and voice against this. Because there's a hell of a lot more at stake with a bill like this than just ao3. People's lives could be at risk.
The House will vote THIS WEEK to determine whether the incoming Trump administration will have the power to shut down non-profit organizations with no due process.
Congress has already tried to fast-track this legislation once and failed because of the onslaught of calls to their offices. We can’t let them do this quietly. Congress giving Trump the power to crush dissent and target organizations fighting for justice is a betrayal. Tell your representatives to vote NO on this dangerous bill!
fftf.link/no9495
the world is a horrible place but at least my friendship with @dark-muse-iris persists
It took me over a year, but I finally caught up on all the AO3 mail.
Thank you to everyone who took the time to read my stories, reread them, and share your love. I cried reading a lot of your heartwarming comments, as it's been a multi-year struggle to find my art and writing again with all my health challenges. Like so much in life, it's a work in progress and exhausting digging out.
