It'll happen in part six.

UGH, this gif up here ^^ gave me so many problems, I wanted to punch someone. 

Anyway, I made it to 1000 followers and they keep coming! Twirl with meeee *sob*. I am so grateful for every single one of you, especially my beautiful mutuals who make my blogging experience all worth it. Sadly, many blogs were unfollowed during the last months - not that I hated them, no - but because I like to keep my bubble happy and not too chaotic, with the small group of people I consider my online family, and seeing them everyday on my dash is more than enough. So without further ado, I present you my Follow Forever list! 

[Mutuals are bolded]

0/b

1forall0allfor1 ah-maa-zing anthfan atom1cflea beijingdoll buttrickardsthirst

c/e 

callistawolf cammienray cityofolicity dettiot diggo26 dumplingnooona dust2dust34 edanyeros effie214 emilybuttrickards 

f/h

fanmommer felicitysoliver flipflops-pearls forever-erica geeksmoak geniewithwifi honorthedeadbyfighting hopedreamlovepray

i/m 

istumblethrough jbuffyangel justolicity klarolicityswan lilvicky92 lostolicityscenes m-artrevenge mogirl97 

n/o

nikkibeckettcsm ohmyollie olicityalamode olicityalways olicity-beautiful-dreamer olicity-i-believe-in-you olicitykisses olicityplease olicitys outoftheclosetshipper 

p/s 

poisonangelmuse quebecolicityfan sabahuniverse seetheskyaboveus sentence-fragments serenasnotebook skylicity solicity97 smoakandarrow smoakingbillionaires smoakingenius snh27 splitsunshine supersillyanddorky06 surejan99

t/y 

thatmasquedgirl thealternativesource theirhappystory thetechnologicallyunsavvy windchill7 yespleasehawkeye

others

So first of all, I know I’m a day late to the party. My day yesterday was crazy busy between work and Friday night plans. But can I just tell you how much every tag and every message meant to me? Yesterday afternoon, actual tears came to my eyes because of all the love I was feeling directed at me. So THANK YOU. I am going to get to individual thank yous later on this weekend, when I have a little more time. You know who you are, and please know how much it means to me that you enjoy reading what I put out there and take time out of your busy days to like, reblog, comment, or say thank you. This is what I want to do to y’all:

Writing is hard. Sharing it is even harder. There are so many talented writers in the Olicity fandom, and it’s been incredible to get to know so many of you over the last few months. When I first joined Tumblr, I had no notion of ever sharing any of my fics. I had ideas galore, but was content to just comment here and there. The talent and support just blows me away. I may not always get a chance to comment on every fic I get tagged on and read, but please know that I think it’s amazing that you are putting yourself out there. You are taking time out of your day, you are sharing a bit of who you are, and you are letting yourself be vulnerable and putting it out there for the world to see. That takes confidence and courage, and I cannot stress enough how awesome it is, writers. Know that I value your contributions. They have made my fandom experience even better than I could have possibly imagined. Go you!!!

One of these days I’ll get around to putting together a fic rec post. That is not today. But I want to give a shout out to some of the incredible authors in the fandom that brighten my day.

First, any post I make about writing would be completely remiss without including a HUGE shout out to rfilion. No, she hasn’t written any Arrow fic (yet…I got her to agree to tackling a cowritten one with me in the future ;)). No, she doesn’t have fic published for you to read. But over the last eight years, she has been an incredible writing partner. We bounce ideas off each other constantly, for fan fic and for original work. She’s challenged me to become a better writer and create flawed, real characters. Without her (and her fierce “post the damn thing or I’ll post it for you” attitude), I would not be near the writer I am today. So thank you, and IC, KEEP ON WRITING. Or else certain characters will get even more on your nerves than normal. ;)

mrsd923 and sailorslayer3641. You ladies are the best fellow Musketeers a girl could ask for. I LOVE reading your fics, I love hearing your ideas, and I love poking at both of you and telling you to go write it now, dammit. And to think it all started with some random speculation posts. If you aren’t following these ladies or reading their fics, do it now.

pinklunchboxrevenge, nikkibeckettcsm, and aubvi, my fellow Smoakin’ Archers…I love seeing your new fics on my dash, but I love your friendship and the hilarious ideas that come out of the conversations even more. I’m still looking forward to y’all’s speculation fics…and all the other goodness that’s just demanding to be written.

machawicket - You were the very first Olicity author I read, even before I created a Tumblr. Thank you for your multitude of fics, from angst to smut to perfectly capturing the humor and sass of my favorite fictional couple.

arrows-and-fairytales - Gabby, you were my first follower, and your ficlets brightened my dash as I was trying to navigate the craziness of Tumblr. I still get ridiculously excited when I see you have a new fic posted.

There are so many more things I could say about each and every writer in this fandom, but I am going to leave it to this: check out the ladies above, and the wonderful authors I am about to list. They will make you laugh, cry, flail, and type incoherently. They will make you fall in love with your favorite characters even more. Go give them a read, a hug, a comment…just go check them out.

ah-maa-zing alizziebyanyothername akahazzap alanna-the-lionheart anthfan arrow-through-my-writers-block ash818 callistawolf cityofolicity dettiot dust2dust34 edanyeros fanmommer geniewithwifi holysmoaksoliver holysmoakingqueens hopedreamlovepray juleswritesallwrongs juliesioux mel-loves-all missmudpie mogirl97 olicity-beautiful-dreamer olicitykisses outoftheclosetshipper redpendreaming secretnerdprincess sharingmyworld skcolicity smoakmonster smoakingskye so-caffeinated supersillyanddorky06 susannahmccormick thecolourpurpleinafield theshipsfirstmate tinaday3w wagamiller

I am living in fear that I forgot somebody, so please know if I’ve commented or liked your fic ever, I LOVE YOU TOO.

This is belated but no less heartfelt: Happy Fanfic Writers Appreciation Day!

I’ve been knocking around in various fandoms for twenty years, so saying that the Arrow/Olicity fandom has some of the most talented writers I’ve ever seen–well, I’ve read a lot of fanfic and I stand by that judgement.  Y’all are crazy talented and I consider myself lucky to be part of this fandom. 

So, with no further ado, random shout-outs and recognition of as many of my favorites as I can remember.

First: my motherf-ing clique, the pie posse, my best friends: callistawolf, fanmommer and machawicket.  Calli writes the most fluffy, slow-burn, UST-filled fics ever; can’t escape this now is full of tension and snap-crackle-pop, while Let Your Heart Be Light is my ultimate comfort-food fic.  Mer is my hero who also writes thoughtful what-if fic: On the road to safe (I kinda tripped along the way) is a perfect post-s1 AU fic, and I am so excited with what she’s doing in Step by Step (We All Fall Down).  And Macha makes Arrow laugh-out-loud funny, which only a writer of her skill could accomplish, yet then she can also turn around and break your heart, too: Long Time Coming and And Then It Ends, Your Little Winning Streak are Macha at her best.  (And none of us would be as good as we are without the help of youguysimserious, who is our title whisperer and summary ninja.)

Last night or early this morning before I went to sleep I saw anthfan‘s drabble/ficlet post. (Back in my day when I started writing, a drabble was either 100 words or 500 words.) Anyway before her trip she had 2 chapters of QoH done and boy did I wait for that. But what really started my love/stalk of this wonderful person was when I stumbled upon Times Like These on FF.net. and before I delved into it (she was already 12 or 13 chapters in this fic by the time I discovered it) I checked out her other fics. When I tell you that I read them all in one weekend… I READ THEM ALL IN ONE WEEKEND! I loved that she wrote OTA (Original Team Arrow), and when you read the way she writes the interactions between these characters you’re going to fall in love with it. I love how she writes Diggle. I kept thinking why can’t I get more Diggle like this on the show. Don’t get me started on Oliver and Felicity, because with her you really can’t have one without the other. You’ll notice how much the partnership these two have in her fics. Just… totally beautiful. FF.net does suck at the replies and when I found her on Tumblr let’s just say that my Tumblr came to life with fics because who would not reblog this wonderful author’s works. She takes her time to answer every single one of us and even classier to those rude ones. This lady is a total class act, and I’m pretty sure a wonderful human being! Definitely follow her if you haven’t already ‘cause it’s worth it.

hopedreamlovepray This one— well much like anthfan, is the cause of my many feels. Nuances and feelings and emotions and everything under the sun you can name you will go through when you read her work. I came late into this wonderful woman’s work. Somehow my filters never gets her work through and I remember catching a fic rec by anthfan which surprised me. I didn’t let that get in my way of following her after, because boy it was worth it. I forget what I was reading when I just started tearing up. I was like WTH?!?!?! Oh boy I braced myself for the water works because let’s face it when I start to cry I bawl! Honestly you will FEEL it all and just let it wash over you, because that’s how good she is. Let’s not even talk about the charity stuff she started we could go on about that, but let’s stick to how wonderful and awesome and just such a great writer this woman is! Totally worth the follow!

Seriously this is how you will feel when you read hopedreamlovepray‘s work!

edanyeros Pretty much sums it all up when I say enabling is my thing when it comes to her. She captures your attention and pulls you in. I don’t even know what to say because she knows how much I LOVE her stuff. She knows that she has a Tumblr friend for life because she encourages me too. I hadn’t written in so long and she was there when I needed someone to talk to. Wonderful, kind person. You are awesome, friend.

nightkeepyr, dettiot, @nikkibeckettcsm, dust2dust34, callistawolf, thealternativesource and many more. Nabbits there’s a plenty more I’m missing but know you are all wonderful.

Ok then.

A sincere and heartfelt THANK YOU to all the fanfic writers out there. You make me cry, curse, laugh..fan myself aggressively. Sometimes at the same time. Sure, I may occasionally want your head on a spike for leaving me with another cliffhanger at the end of the chapter (you know who you are) or when you put your stories on hiatus - I know you have a life, it’s just the heat of the moment you know?- but I still love you. Every single day and hour of my life. 

So thank you. Again. Ok this sucked. 

Off the top of my head: dust2dust34 supersillyanddorky06 yespleasehawkeye seetheskyaboveus anthfan dettiot pangirl-fangirl nikkibeckettcsm callistawolf smoakingbillionaires thealternativesource poisonangelmuse  befitandchase mogirl97 hopedreamlovepray diggo26 theirhappystory redpendreaming edanyeros effie214 thatmasquedgirl justanother90sbaby 

I know I forgot someone. But remember:

I exclusively read (and write) Olicity fanfiction and I’m constantly in awe of the creativity and quality of the fiction in this fandom. From hilarious and heart-breaking one shots to multi-chapter fics that make me clap my hands in glee when they are updated and make me cry when they finish.

I’d like to give a huge hug of appreciation to the fanfic writers whose work has made me laugh, and cry, and squee with thrill, and make me want to have a cold shower, and made be wish I had that their creativity and talent.

supersillyanddorky06, dust2dust34, nikkibeckettcsm, dettiot, juleswritesallwrongs, mel-loves-all, sophie1973, jedichick04, clintasha-n-olicity, arrow-through-my-writers-block, befitandchase, sailorslayer3641, jbuffyangel, smoakandarrow, callistawolf, quiveringbunny, fiacresgirl, lovesmoakingarrow, javajunkie18, anthfan, geakristh, adubbs47, yet-i-remain-quiet, fanmommer, poisonangelmuse, thealternativesource, edanyeros, ah-maa-zing, skcolicity, ohmypreciousgirl, yespleasehawkeye, wagamiller, lerayon

Thank you, and Happy Fanfiction Writers Appreciation Day to all of you.

Yesterday this little blog of mine hit 1,000 followers! I am still in disbelief that many of you want to follow my little corner of crazy, but I am grateful to every single one of you. I never imagined when I started my Tumblr back at the end of February that it would grow to this. So thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for choosing to spend a little bit of your day with me.

I still have a few other celebratory items I’m working on for past milestones (oops), but have a follow forever for this milestone!

a - e

agirlandhershows ah-maa-zing alizziebyanyothername akahazzap alanna-the-lionheart andjustforthismoment anthfan arrow-through-my-writers-block arrows-and-fairytales ash818 athenaagron aubvi beauty-in-ordinary-things blondiegrl00 buttrickardsthirst callistawolf carlosvalde cherrychapssstick cityofolicity dettiot dreamyuniversestuff dust2dust34 

e - l

edanyeros  emilybuttrickards fanmommer florence-bubbles geniewithwifi goingto-papertowns holysmoakingqueens holysmoaksoliver hopedreamlovepray imthedoctordonna indigo-vine itchiygo janeeyrediaries jbuffyangel juleswritesallwrongs juliesioux katnotjas klarolicityswan laurawritesabout laurifleur lerayon lieutenantsmoak lovealwayswinschooselove

m - r

machawicket mel-loves-all mess–in–a–dress missmudpie mogirl97 mrsd923 myfuturequeen my-heart-belongs-to-olicity nikkibeckettcsm oiiverqueens olicityalamode olicity-beautiful-dreamer olicitykisses oliverqueens olivrsfelicity onlyhere4olicity opheliafics otamber outoftheclosetshipper palindromepoet pinklunchboxrevenge procrastinatingfan punchdrunkdoc purdyolicity quant-um-fizzx redpendreaming rhlizzy rfilion ruteruthy

s - z