#oittb

no, i haven't! is it good? and haha all the place setting names i've picked for oittb (besides jericho) are historical names - including yerba buena for san francisco

Ft Tera from @ask-elliot-doorman-fam

Io:

- Despite being a prodigy, her having a high EQ for a child is already making me feel things like she’s quite observant because of how lonely she is. The subtle fact that she probably remembers the names that were directed to Enid and how much she cries at night. Also Io isn’t a big girl yet!! She’s still tiny!!!

- Also her having “dreams” is making me teeny weeny hopeful because wdym Wednesday is holding another baby?!?! plus an Io and Wednesday hug is making me a bit excited

- makes me wonder what would she feel when she finally sees her parents interacting in a civil manner (and by civil, I mean the yearning gaze and Io is going to draw the three of them holding hands together I just know it)

Enid:

- this fear and self-loathing of how far her lies and secrets is making me want to pull my bedsheets apart. Like I get it Enid but also goddamnit Enid

- Girlypop remembers how Wednesday looks at her back in their teens I just…it’s so gay

- I do love her curiosity with Thing and Nero, I have a feeling she’s going to help with Thing’s need for skincare and she’s going to paint it’s nails 💅

- I also have this inkling that she’s going to be so scared of the potential distance between her and Io because the kid wants to learn magic (although I feel like she would love to see Io and Wednesday have those debates and Wednesday gets stumped)

Wednesday:

- the fact that nobody fights for her just brings me back to when she sent that letter to Enid about believing in them….Wednesday crashing out at the thought that Enid doesn’t believe Wednesday is worth fighting for…(I’m pushing back my plans for the rice cooker, put my ass on a damn charcoal grill and I know this burning physical pain ain’t nothing compared to Wednesday’s)

- I fear I teared up when Wednesday heard Io saying “Don’t worry, Serket I’m still here” and “I won’t leave you” makes me think Wednesday doesn’t hear that very often.

- And her asking who called names about Enid…man despite being ghosted, lied to, and being thrown aside Wednesday still wants to protect her and she has no choice but to mingle with locals to pinpoint them omg I will forever love by how you write Wednesday as someone so devoted

Also this disciple…Agnes is that you?????

Thank you for this long chapter, I hope your meals are always delicious just like this fic.

ohai rice cooker hugger!! 👋👋👋

Despite being a prodigy, her having a high EQ for a child is already making me feel things like she’s quite observant because of how lonely she is

💯 besides having a single mother (who is a dr in training, no less), her best friend is Mr. Stingy 🥺 but besides her situation, i also wanted to interweave more of wednesday's characteristics/themes in too, with a prominent one being "loneliness"

Io isn’t a big girl yet!! She’s still tiny!!!

tiny in body, but large in spirit and determination 😁 like mother (erm, her second one), like daughter, made smaller than average with wednesday's genes

wdym Wednesday is holding another baby?!?!

👹 who knows what the future holds? 🤷‍♀️🤫😇

plus an Io and Wednesday hug is making me a bit excited

me, thinking about the future scene with this hug: 👀👀👀

this fear and self-loathing of how far her lies and secrets is making me want to pull my bedsheets apart. Like I get it Enid but also goddamnit Enid

me, thinking about the next chapter: 👀

I do love her curiosity with Thing and Nero

🖤 other than wednesday and io bonding, i also wanted enid to bond with the close people in wednesday's new life. and y'know, the whole theme of "don't be scared of what you don't know" and "don't discriminate based on stereotypes" yada yada

she’s going to be so scared of the potential distance between her and Io because the kid wants to learn magic

insecurity and fear do tend to mess with people up a lot 🙂‍↕️

when Wednesday heard Io saying “Don’t worry, Serket I’m still here” and “I won’t leave you” makes me think Wednesday doesn’t hear that very often

everybody's too scared of her 😅 (i won't go into this too much cos i've got some stuff planned for wednesday/serket's bg)

I will forever love by how you write Wednesday as someone so devoted

🫶 there's a fine line between devotion/obsession/being spineless and i love how everyone interpretes it differently (as i have read in the comments lol)

Also this disciple…Agnes is that you?????

📿 all i will say is...

"We haven't been properly introduced. I'm Agnes DeMille, Serket's number one acolyte."

and...

"Excuse me, do you have time to talk about our dark lord and savior, Serket?"

i am also so grateful for agnes' character add in s2 bcos there were a few things i was unable to tie together which her char addition in oittb resolves hahaha

and as ever, thank you so much for your ever so close observations and kind words ❤️❤️❤️

it makes me feel less like a madwoman injecting all my crazed ideas into the void and that someone out there is listening and understands lmao

Koba splooted out on top of Spectre's face.

Sploot

I'm practically begging you because my brain has decided to leave me dead on the street.

I kinda struggled figuring out it’ll look lmao

Eyes nose lips (Taeyang) - the lyrics fits so much on the chapter where Wednesday told Yoko she can’t remember what Enid looks like and was feeling so guilty. The drawing scene hits me so hard because Wednesday has so much love but thinks it must not have been enough because Enid is gone like im hugging my rice cooker before taking a bath.

A poem called You (Taeyeon) - since Wednesday mentioned about practicing the dark arts just so that she can have a chance to see Enid again reminds me of the lyrics because this song is about remembering the lost love that never got the chance to have a happy ending (in her pov ofc but as a reader I will bite my pillow because the angst is so good). This song also works at the part where Wednesday felt useless(I’m not sure if that’s the best adjective) when she heard how silently unhappy Enid was and-

Honestly I just love how you write (both in oittb and idiosyncrasies) Wednesday as someone who has so much devotion that people can mistake it for obsession but that doesn’t matter to her at all (although it does feel like she’s putting Enid on a pedestal but then again, if it makes the world be kinder to her then maybe I understand Wednesday)

As for Enid,

Better judgement (Wendy) - this song is about clumsy youth (even if they have grown to be young adults) whose love is still pure. This is how I viewed wenclair’s current dynamic in this fic because I can still see (WE ALL CAN SEE) the reasons behind Enid’s secrets and Wednesday’s practice with the dark arts is all because of the love that still lingers deep.

Vermilion (Wendy) - to me, this song is like Enid’s love for Io makes her want to generously give everything so that Io can enjoy her childhood free from responsibilities. Yes it is piled in deception, but I don’t blame Enid for choosing her daughter over everything (sorry Wednesday ehe). I can really see that Io makes Enid feel brave despite the growing anxiety.

So much characters are going to be hurt in the future and I am here for it. All their actions have LOVE behind it all.

LMAOOO hugging a rice cooker in the bath 🛁 i love that 🤣 bringing a lil snack with us to the afterlife so we won't die a hungry ghost 🍚

nw about the kor recs, i do listen to kor songs 😊

taeyang - god, i remember when this song was everywhere back in the day haha

taeyeon - i think i vaguely remember this from hotel del luna? (which i stopped watching halfway through cos the male lead's self-righteousness annoyed me 🙃 like, geez just let IU kill and spend her money excessively 😤)

wendy - i've only listened to RV songs and not any of their solos so i'll check these out 😌

but tysm for the recs and comments 🥺

characters are going to be hurt in the future

Also the part where Enid asked a “hypothetical” situation on what Wednesday would do if someone pregnant came up to her, I was like girl 😭 if you only knew how Wednesday was so close to crashing out again when she thought she wasn’t Io’s other parent 😭😭😭 Enid, I will hold your hands when I say, but I have a feeling that Wednesday is the type to do her best to put a baby in you with or without heat involved (w/ consent ofc)

Anyways, long text aside, I love how much of an emotional ride this fic is giving me. I can’t wait for Wednesday to develop the genuine protective parent for Io and for Enid to fall in love with the sight of them. I wish you the best 🫶

(sorry, i've never watched evangelion - i've always found it hard to watch mecha stuff 🙃)

thank you! honestly, it's been hard to write all the angsty stuff (mainly because i keep forgetting who's supposed to know what 🤣 but also the way i keep running out of the same emotive words to use lmao) so i'm so glad to hear this 😊

I can’t wait for Wednesday to develop the genuine protective parent for Io and for Enid to fall in love with the sight of them.

me, thinking about my outline: