#blog things

You don't need to tag your reblogs of kink posts with tags along the lines of "despite of the historical context and the problematic aspect of knights (tm)..." because it is... a kink post.

Yes, we are well aware of the historical context. That's not the point. It's kink. Nobody cares or should care how you think about a fantasy behind closed doors. You don't need to live in an activism mindset 24h/24. Not constantly having a disclaimer in your mind about how knights or kings or cowboys were actually oppressors doesn't make you a bad person. (And that's not even brushing the fact that the depiction of them in kink is very far from historically accurate, because, once again, it's a made-up fantasy).

Some of you are taking it too deeply and not in the pleasant way.

Some backstory:

Around 2021-2022 ish, I got into the BBC Sherlock fandom. This was the first fandom that I dedicatedly read fics for. However, at the time, I didn't understand how to use ao3, so I primarily used fic rec lists. And for this fandom, wherever I looked, it was always yours I came back to.

This blog gave me my favorite fic of all time, across any fandom, along with so many more ones that basically permanently altered my psyche.

This blog was basically a library for all the best fics, and it also helped foster my comfort with the AO3 systems.

Over time, understood AO3 more and more, and I slowly drifted away from the fandom (off to get my soul absorbed by Supernatural), and I eventually stopped looking at your blog altogether.

About a year ago, I got back on Tumblr, and didn't really think much about this blog.

Until today.

I've been looking for a fic that I read back when I was in my main Sherlock phase, hoping to download it. So, I head back to all the places where I might have found that fic, which were mostly fic rec lists.

I opened this blog for probably the first time in at least two years and holy shit it was like coming home. I used this blog basically every day for over a year, and I was finally back.

Because it had been so long, I thought you might not be active in the fandom any longer. But you aren't, and words cannot describe just how happy that makes me.

Thank you for all that you do. It means the world.

Hi Lovely!!!

Oh my gosh this is such a kind thing to see in my inbox after a stressful couple of days!! I ABSOLUTELY am always overwhelmed and floored whenever people refer to my blog as their primary "go-to" for recs and fandom content, regardless if it was years ago or yesterday!!! <3 Especially since I don't really... try? I just kind of do my own thing, cater to my neuroses, and this blog is the end result, LOL.

I don't read much Johnlock these days, but I THOROUGHLY enjoy still reccing fics when I can AND I love being sort of an interactive blog in a sense where everyone else kind of sends me things and I just collate everything into various posts. And I love that this community doesn't mind me reccing other-fandom fics when I feel the whim, and I love that regardless of if I'm gone for a couple days or a couple months, people still welcome me back and I STILL get wonderful messages like this.

I lead a fairly solitary life, so it makes me feel less alone knowing that I help people navigate an overwhelming fandom and find stuff they're looking for <3 I like being a "librarian" of sorts (not my words, but others have said I am such) and I take a lot of pride in having this blog that not only I enjoy but everyone else does too.

That all said, Lovely, welcome back, and I am happy that coming back here felt like coming home. My inbox is always open, and please enjoy your stay, regardless of how long it is 💜🖤

thanks for sticking around.

i promise i’ll keep the blog up and won’t toss it into the void next time i need a little break dw haha

new stuff is coming soon, but i’m gonna try to take it slow bc it’s exam season until february. blog header etc will also change and not look generic soon hopefully