Just one normal person

Hi, welcome to my little corner of the hellhome.

Have a quick collection of commonly used tags and useful links because let's face it tumblr is a very functional website and there's no way to find anything otherwise. (Though I don't conistently tag reblogs, sorry not sorry I'm lazy)

Northanger Abbey, exactly what one would expect, posts about my favourite Austen novel (looking for my thoughts on a specific character? I also tag by character name...mostly)

Mansfield Park, the other Austen novel I sometimes post about

More underneath the cut ⬇️

Thank you for asking, I shall try my best to pick some nice recs 🫡

6 A fic that kept me on the edge of my seat

<.< I really haven't read much high suspense recently, or in general, but I hope that RoseGanymede95's " Who? You mean your teammate in the Codependency World Cup?" series counts.

Though technically I guess I have to rec a single fic, so how about part 5 of the series, "Like We're Gonna Die Young (Again)", a Dead Boy Detectives story that's set pre series. It's a case fic, in a way, but also very much a captivating insight into the characters and really, in my opinion, a truly well told thriller that has both mystery and horror elements.

It's dark. Like anyone interested in this, do mind the tags, they're there for a reason, but oooh it's so worth it. (Also technically it's a ship-fic, but more in a "let's explore a relationship where both people involved feel deeply for each other without any outright acknowledged romance" which, hi yes, I'm also here for that.)

It's great and well worth the read!

8. A fic that deserves more love

So many, but let's go with Sanditon Ho! by branchcloudsky because even as someone who hasn't (yet) read Sanditon, and who hasn't (and won't) watched the series... THIS IS HILARIOUS!

It made me laugh and I enjoyed every second if it and it's just really delightful. Also it comes with some nice trivia! (Also, gen fic! Love for gen fics!)

Which leads us to...

18. A genfic

I've recently come across the amazing #eridianwelcomingcommitte which was started by @justcakethanks and is by now almost a fandom of its own. Like it's hilarious, lovely, amaze amaze amaze!

And there's a fic for it! Kind regards, the Eridian Welcoming Committee by Fruitbird15.

A wonderfully fun Project Hail Mary ficlet that I can't recommend enough! It's lovely! Brightens any day.

22 A fic that I wrote

You know what, because we love and cherish gen fics, and because I've reread it yesterday

The Northanger Abbey 2025 Inkvent – The Children of Fullerton

Which was written and posted in December, but that's the only seasonal thing about it, which made it a very pleasing read even in July. 25 little stories about little Morlands, navigating the various big and small adventures of childhood, adolescence, growing up and everything that leads to.

Pure fluff, with some feelings, and plenty of humour, as well as impeccable kid logic 😉

Some fucking numpty reblogs a post about how you can determine a person's morality, their ability to love, or worst, their whole fucking value as a person by the sexual acts they are willing to do.

Yeah I'm not over it. I'm very clearly not over it, because I want to punch each and everyone who genuinely thinks that.

Fuck off! You folks are no better than the rapists who claim you'd do it if you truly loved them.

A) I'm surprised how much I actually like most of stories so far, like, I genuinely thought they were worse

5. A fic that's sweet and fluffy

6. A fic that kept me on the edge of my seat

Yay, thank you!

Now, sweet and fluffy tends to be my favourite flavour, so choosing just one is hard but...

If you haven't read A lesson in fencing yet, do give it a try!

It's so cute! So sweet! My minis! 🥰 branchcloudsky did an amazing job with little James and Richard and oh, this is delightful and fun, and honestly, I'm a big fan of gen fic and I think gen fics deserve way more love!

...Northanger Abbey fics in general probably deserve more love, but gen fics in particular! So yeah, reading about the little lads' ventures into proper swordfighting? Absolutely worth it!

Now... Something that kept me on the edge of my seat... That's way more tricky, I could probably recommend a book or five, but it's been a while since I've been looking for suspenseful fic (I actually have several as "marked for later", but can hardly rec those yet) so..

How about i need a hero, by @darkandstormyranger ?

While this particular Hansry (KCD2) fic definitely also falls into the category of sweet, it absolutely had me on the edge of my seat as well and had there been physical pages to turn, trust me, I wouldn't have stopped turning them!

It's heartwarming, it's melancholic, and it shows you the loveliest images of happiness, only to leave you in suspense of whether this happiness will last!