I-- I Need To Sit Down.

I-- I need to sit down.

On his face.

Still cleaning out the drafts. You're welcome.

Hey can i ask for lucas''s artbreeder if its okay of course. thank youuu

im gonna be honest with you anon i've been looking at him every five minutes since making this

I've had this in my drafts for a while now. Every day I open up my drafts, re-read it and then avoid posting it. The irony is not lost on me. Truth is, I have an anxious need to save things for rainy days. I don't really hoard (I grew up with that), but the things I do have, I'm afraid to use. I still have the last half inch of a bottle of my favorite perfume that is no longer available anywhere. It's been five years and instead of wearing it, I'm watching as the watermelon and amber scented liquid slowly evaporates, while I wait for just the right moment to use it. The perfect time to get the last of my joy out of it. There is no perfect time. It's a lesson the universe never stops trying to teach me, but I'm dense and always refuse to accept it. There are no perfect moments. No perfect stories. There is never the right time. There are just moments. Just stories. Just time. Just things meant to be consumed for the sake of joy and nothing more. So, today I'm posting this. And tomorrow, I think I'll be wearing the last of my Sorbetto Rosso. I will smell like a sexy fruit salad for no reason, other than because I want to.

I'm getting older. I'm aware that I'm not gonna be on this earth forever. And it's probably time I stop stalling the joys in my life by refusing to learn this lesson. You can't pin joy like a moth.

Maybe if I share this with others, I'll convince myself to stop holding onto things for rainy days. After all, every day is rainy somewhere in the world.

You know what, Sarah? Just because you're accurate, doesn't mean you're interesting 😂😂😂

J/K! Thank you @longbobmckenzie for the... compliment?

I've been reading LITG fanfiction for over 3 years now (!!), so I've read quite a few fics! I thought it was about time I updated my recommendations. You can find the original recs here! There are some duplicates but for the most part I decided to be a bit more biased with these.

Since I have a lot of recs and didn't want to narrow things down too much, I'm splitting them into two posts - this one for chaptered fics, and another for oneshots!

Note: In putting together this list, I included my personal faves and a bunch of fics that I just have good memories of. I'm in no way saying these are the best of the best (which is up to personal opinion anyway), as I've left off a lot of great/popular fics. Plus while I've read a lot, I haven't read everything, especially over the last year or so. Also, like everyone, I'm biased towards certain characters, but if you want specific recommendations for your faves, feel free to send me an ask and I can provide a few!

For more comprehensive lists for each character, you can also check out @litgreadersroom!

Bobby

An Infinite Deal of Nothing by @eskiix - Post-villa fic in which Bobby meets someone after the show. Must-read Say When by twofoursixohone - MC is a CA girl who hits it off with Bobby The Greatest of Them All by @throughthejunobush - MC is with Gary at the time of Hannah's return The One That Got Away by neld13 - Post-villa, Bobby has a thing for MC but she's with Lucas What Other People Say by @thoracic-orchid - Super cute Hallmark-esque alternate universe! Whiskey on Your Lips by @lucas-koh - Love triangle with Bobby and Lucas, alternate universe. Must-read.

Noah

Don't Disappoint Me by @throughthejunobush - MC reconnects with Noah after the show History written in moans and writhing by @bypine - porn AU Of twos and threes by @bypine - Noah/Bobby/MC poly fic told through villa snapshots Rosehill House by @ariendiel - Regency-era Noah fic. Must-read

Jake

In My Veins by @chroniccomicobsession - vampire AU. Must-read Reasons to Be Brave by MamaMiaOhMy - ultimate Jake villa fic. Must-read

Other

Are You The One? by @queen-of-boops (Henrik) - mixed cast on a different reality dating show Capturing the Circus King by TwoSpoonsOfSugar (Rohan, Jake) - love triangle S1 villa fic Caught in the Act by @throughthejunobush (Lucas) - in-villa Lucas fake dating Ego and Enmity, Hannah's Song by @becangle (Hannah/everyone) - Hannah's fanfiction. Must-read

These are either abandoned or still works-in-progress, but

Bobby

The Sun in My Eyes by @sparxaf - angsty, smutty villa/post-villa fic. Might be completed sometime this decade. Must-read Begin Again by @fuseboxmusebox - fluff to heal your soul after TSIME It's Different This Time by Island_Project - very close to canon but it really fills out the villa experience. Abandoned Maybe, sort of, kind of, possibly by @blueberrycupcak3s - villa fic with some of the best banter. Canon mix-up, abandoned Sick Like Me by neld13 - smut-filled AU. Abandoned but outline/extra bits posted at the end. Must-read

Lucas

Damaged Goods by Finality2020 - MC is with Gary until he cheats on her. Inspired by what Lucas says in the wedding episodes. Abandoned Ghost Light by @fuseboxmusebox - exes/enemies-to-maybe-lovers-if-Ash-will-ever-finish-this Playing By Your Rules by @eskiix - spinoff of An Infinite Deal of Nothing with Lucas as the LI. In progress. Must-read The Power Couple by BattleBelle23 - in-villa fake dating/playing a game for the money. Quasi-abandoned Where The Tulips Bloom by @lucas-koh - Friends-to-lovers AU. On hiatus

Henrik

Powder Days by @mountainmanxoxo - snowboarding AU. On indefinite hiatus Lay All Your Love On Me by OverdressedandUnderwhelmed - basically finished villa fic Moss, Eternal by @mountainmanxoxo - hilarious, kinda spoofy villa fic. On indefinite hiatus

Other

Island Villa Apartments by @kittidot (Multiple) - cute, fluffy fic of interconnected stories centred around an apartment complex. On indefinite hiatus Shiny Demon by @throughthejunobush (Seb) - ultimate Seb villa/post-villa fic. On hiatus/WIP The Fortunate Ones by theriverlea (Noah) - MC is a Casa Amor girl who hits it off with Noah. WIP

A whole ass mood.

The entirety of Casa Amor has felt like a Losers Party… without the party

😂

No joke though, I would watch the hell out of Lulu's knitting show.

Bring back reunions......I literally wanted to see what happened to everyone in s5 after they put mc through hell😭😭

41. Who’s your favorite character you’ve written?

48. Who is your favorite character to write for?  Has this changed since you’ve started writing for that fandom?

61. In [TSIME], what’s your favorite scene that you wrote?

Oh these are really good questions and I'm struggling to answer them 😂

41. Who’s your favorite character you’ve written?

I'm guessing this means OC's? My favorite OC I've written for LITG is Maitland in The Sun in my Eyes. Second would be Eve in The Bad Guy. Because I love writing grumpy fuckers with hearts of gold (I should really write more Seb), as well as writing irredeemable assholes.

If we're talking game characters, oddly enough it's probably Noah. I very much don't like him (and that comes across in the way I portray him) but I do relate to him. I'm also a bookish introvert who comes across as feeling like I'm a little superior, when really I'm just anxious and want to go home. And just like Noah, I need tons of quiet time. Though for me, I need it to recuperate from social interactions

48. Who is your favorite character to write for? Has this changed since you’ve started writing for that fandom?

Based on the repeat LI on many of my wips, I'd say it's def Bobby 😂 So no, nothing has changed. Lucas is a close second.

61. In [TSIME], what’s your favorite scene that you wrote?

Good god, the story is longer than three full length romance novels! ONE scene? Can't be done. I'm picking three.

--The confession after CA --The selkie dream -- Bobby's breakdown I'm usually most attached to scenes that make me cry when I write them. That confession scene made me BAWL, man. It hurt to hurt my fic bebes. The selkie dream made me cry too. And the breakdown scene? If I re-read it today, I'd start crying all over again. I cried with every edit.

Thank you for the ask, @mrsbsmooth!