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So…Let’s discuss: My Mad Fat Diary character Zodiac Signs✨

I’ve done a bit of research (aka rewatching certain episodes lol) and some of their signs are confirmed:

Izzy is a Cancer (her birthday is near/on July 10th according to S1E1 when Rae meets the gang for the first time and Izzy is celebrating her 16th birthday at the pub)

Rae is a Sagittarius (she says this in S1E2)

Archie is an Aries (Rae says this in S1E2)

Chloe is a Scorpio/Sagittarius Cusp (her 17th birthday party in S2E5)

I was late to start MMFD. I came in sometime after *that* gif of Rae and Finn talking in her bed after her party started popping up everywhere in my casual scrolling 🥰

Little did I know that gif would lead me to one of my all-time favorite shows and a little community of like-minded watchers that would immediately feel like home!

I was never writing more than when I was watching MMFD. I felt so inspired by the show itself and by all of the other incredible authors whose work I was reading ferociously. There’s still a folder on my computer bursting with unfinished ideas that I go back to once in a while just to feel a little of the magic I felt in those days.

Truly cannot believe it’s been 10 years when it all feels like yesterday?? Bonkers.

It was such a fun, friendly community, and there were a huge number of mega-talented writers and artists. It was a fandom punching well above its weight!

So, I’ve fallen back into my mmfd obsession (I first watched the show four years ago!). I spent hours scrolling through old tumblr blogs, looking at gifsets and reading fanfiction. Almost everything I could find was at least 3-4 years old, which made me feel nostalgic and a bit sad, tbh.

I just wanted to see if there were still any of you out there? Maybe we could bring it back to life, idk.

A little birdie dropped some old deleted goodies to me asked me to share them with the rest of the fandom. She claims they’re just decent which I argued with her about but she was being modest and just apologized for deleting them because some of us enjoyed them greatly. 

They’re available to download or to watch at the link below.

I stayed over at the boy’s last night, and in my rush to get to work I forgot a few things. Including my iPad.

He does shift work so he was still home when I called him on my morning break. I asked him to check some info on a tab I left open in the browser, which caused him to see my other open tabs: fan fiction.

His favourite pastime is winding me up, so of course he teased me (by reading excerpts in a horrendous British accent) until I told him I was hanging up.

Then I got these messages:

To be clear, the “some of this stuff is actually good” message came a solid 45 minutes after the previous, meaning he sat there and read some.

He’s currently on a 12 hour night shift at the hospital, but it must be slow because he just asked me to send him a fic that “has drama but they end up together”. 😂

And I’m very gratefull because I’ve read wonderfull stories, I’ve seen a lot of self confidence. But most of all, I’ve “met” amazing people who didn’t stop surprising me with their talents...

So I wanna thank you... All of you !!!