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ExitAriel @exitariel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Ok. Genuine concern. Been so excited for "RWRBPC" but....fic may have ruined canon for me? That A&H "Spice Diary" thing? Cute! Fun, fluffy, sexy. But without consulting bookmarks, I can think of ten cute, fun, fluffy, sexy FP fics I liked a /lot/ more? Is the fic in this fandom just... too good?

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ExitAriel @exitariel.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

In recognition of Dr. A's natal day, may I present: My personal faves among the birthday girl's collection of FirstPrince stories! Read 'em! Re-read! Comment! Of all her soulmates fics, this is THE best imho: Sweet and thoughtful and the soulmate mark is cool: archiveofourown.org/works/73347421

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ExitAriel @exitariel.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Sami's right, this year felt different. I think anyone who was in NYC that day still feels like it was pretty fucking recent. But it wasn't. It's hard to process. And Esquire mag really needs to stop pushing that damn Falling Man story on socials. I never want to see that picture ever again, FFS.

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ExitAriel @exitariel.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Just a head's up, y'all: The second @everwitch.bsky.social drops this one, my phone's going on DND and I'm canceling all my plans. Cannot WAIT to read this....

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ExitAriel @exitariel.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This hasn't happened in forever: It's Wednesday and I've got a WIP bubbling up like sourdough left to proof too long... #WIPWednesday #RWRB

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ExitAriel @exitariel.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Holy smoke. The power of one kind, thoughtful comment on a fic to make you feel....seen, heard. Understood. *Fuck.* /sniffs/

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Woman Crying with Red Eyes

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ExitAriel @exitariel.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Mel talking about "Ironic" reminded me, finally found a vid I'd been looking for: Lauren Patten, singing You Oughta Know in a storm at Bway Fest, the moment she deliberately walks into the water pouring onto the stage. Sexiest fucking thing I have *ever* seen tbh www.tiktok.com/@taraontik/v...

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Tony Award winner Lauren Patten delivers an epic version of You Oughta Know in the pouring rain at The Festival in Kingston NY. @alanis #jaggedlittlepill #alanismorissette #broadway #thefestival #lau...

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ExitAriel @exitariel.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

omg y'all I just had a drink for the first time in *months*...so siddown, grab a chair....I need to yap! I've been doing SO much reading about Joni Mitchell all summer (which, turns out, is not nearly as conducive to writing fic as I had hoped) but wow, are there so many great stories...

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ExitAriel @exitariel.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

You know how they say write whatever weird, niche thing makes you happy? Well. Songs for Beginners 🟢firstprince 1960s folk rockers AU 🟢aka Graham Nash loves Joni Mitchell, but make it FP 🟢25k 🟢mature 🟢written for the Brownstone's Trope Trade event archiveofourown.org/works/91899001

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ExitAriel @exitariel.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Without saying yr age, what's yr favorite movie that came out when you were 20 years old? It was also the year that gave us A Few Good Men ("You can't HANDLE the truth!") and My Cousin Vinnie ("Yeah, you blend!"), but the Robert Redford/Sidney Poitier/Ben Kingsley collab of Sneakers is unbeatable:

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ExitAriel @exitariel.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I am editing. Which is to say, I have spent five minutes re-reading one sentence. I added a word, took it out, added the /same word/ back in. And then took it out a second time. 🙄

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ExitAriel @exitariel.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

She's baaaaccckkk!!!! If you missed the way Dr A writes Alex and Henry -- with sincerity and heart and humor and unbelievably 🔥🔥🔥spice -- well, you're in luck, this is a good 'un:

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ExitAriel @exitariel.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

See the line where sky meets the sea, it calls me....

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ExitAriel @exitariel.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

6 obsessions + 6 oomfs to join - RWRB - AO3 as a concept (ie: cool, freaky sister to the ACLU) - Joni - rock musicals - Poshmark - VitA @theprinceandagcd.bsky.social @jafffacakes.bsky.social @miharaikko.rwrb.social @porcelainmortal.bsky.social @anyroomsrio.rwrb.social @youtookmethere.bsky.social

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ExitAriel @exitariel.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Dragged the laptop outside to work on my Laurel Canyon fic and the cabin next door is blasting Highway 61 Revisited and it feels like the universe is patting me on the head to encourage me....

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ExitAriel @exitariel.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

No, no, no. No. Absolutely not. Ugh, this year can fuck all the way off.....

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ExitAriel @exitariel.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

RWRB friends: In the book, does Hunter have a last name? (Why do I think he's Hunter Huntington III? That can't be right -- can it?)

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ExitAriel @exitariel.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

"If you don’t start using nouns immediately, I’m going to kill you." -- "The Blueprint," by FyrestoneSyren Judging by the hits, most of you have read this already. But if you haven't and you need a laugh? Bone apple teeth: archiveofourown.org/works/869017...

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New Session | Archive of Our Own

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ExitAriel @exitariel.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

This is like -- what if Anthony Michael Hall's character in "The Breakfast Club," but make him actually cool? (Apologies to all my post-Gen-X moots, to whom this will likely mean nothing....)

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ExitAriel @exitariel.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Sharing for my fellow theater kids. Rent OBC 30th anniversary reunion. Everyone but Idina and Jesse. I cried so hard... #BroadwayFestival #TheFestival #KingstonNY #amazingeventbutneedsbetterhashtags

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 04/08/2026

I do love nothing in the world so well as you-is not that strange?

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ExitAriel @exitariel.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Hi. Um. Help? Anyone? Stupid question: I'm trying to make up a late-60s-ish band name -- you know, one word, something innocuous and simple, starts with "the" -- that wasn't a *real* 60s band name. So like the Byrds, the Eagles, the Doors, the Band. But not any of those.

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ExitAriel @exitariel.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Co-signing Evie's enthusiasm for this fic! And adding to her roundup of its banger lines: Why is his fucking thesaurus of a mouth so goddamn hot? "It's my dick pic, I get veto power." "If you want someone's ass all you gotta do is say 'hi, I'm the Prince of England,' and ta-da, ass acquired."

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ExitAriel @exitariel.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

"Under winter clouds, victorious, he unlocks the door." Such a fantastic closing line. God.

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ExitAriel @exitariel.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I have returned from the near-Canadian wilderness w/ two things to share: Our ("our") lake is a loon habitat. Did you know loons, unlike other birds, have solid bones, not hollow? So when they dive they can go incredibly far. But that means they're heavier than other birds and suck at flying....

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ExitAriel @exitariel.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

First day back at the pool and Jesus Christ, I cannot face a whole summer of this....

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ExitAriel @exitariel.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Nobody talk to me; I'm on a three-day work trip. Yes, I am working 12-hour days but you know what I am NOT doing? Cooking, cleaning, laundry, grocery shopping, driving anyone anywhere, or responding to sentences like "Mom, I need a blue skirt for the band concert -- it's tonight!"

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Amanda Seyfried's Happy Moment in Twin Peaks

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ExitAriel @exitariel.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

God, I loved this, like I love all @jafffacakes.bsky.social stories, a ridiculous amount. The bit about the lizard -- I know it doesn't look like a story that would have a lizard in it, but it makes perfect sense when you get there -- just killed me.

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ExitAriel @exitariel.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Ugh. Two WIPs I've enjoyed so much stopped posting this week bc trolls in the HR fandom were harassing the authors. Where do I go to gently suggest that people grow up or fuck off? I want my stories back!

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ExitAriel @exitariel.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Lib? I had no idea you could edit? This is great! I swear, I have had /zero/ interest in this film but your sustained enthusiasm for it may be changing my mind....

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ExitAriel @exitariel.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

TFW you're just reading the paper and the FirstPrince prompts are jumping out at you.... For your consideration: ACD plays for the US. Henry plays for the UK. 38 days criss-crossing the continent and playing for their lives shouldn't leave time to fall in love but, well. Those curls are lethal...

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ExitAriel @exitariel.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

This expression isn't one we see from Nick a lot? Like his photo face is usually Nice Guy Smiles, or Runway Model Blue Steel; in films he does a great Silently Suffering 1000-Yard Stare. (Think: Henry) This? The brow, the side-eye? It's ... knowing and judgey and dismissive. Now /that's/ hot...

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ExitAriel @exitariel.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Adding this movie I never heard of to my TBR (TBW?) just so I can read Chamel's latest.... (It may be a huge movie? I dunno. Non-AO3 culture only reaches me these day through two 13-yr-old girls, so it's all KPop Demon Hunters, Olivia Rodrigo and Tahereh Mafi...)

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ExitAriel @exitariel.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Y'all. Y'ALL. Stars, Skies and Saturdays is not only fluffier than whipped cream and spicier than RedHots (srsly!) it's also set in an idealized Bklyn where 'most everyone is as much of a mensch as our pal Marz. Man, wish it was real. I'd move in. Like a shot. Fic's bingeable! Treat yourself! ⬇️

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ExitAriel @exitariel.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Noodling around in the Shane/Ilya tab on AO3, I stumbled on an 88-chapter (!), 400K-word (!) WIP that's been updating on the reg since January and still has "?" as total number of chapters. And I'm overwhelmed, all over again, by the generosity, the ambition, the dedication of fic writers.

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ExitAriel @exitariel.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Right? SO MANY kid fics, somebody's got to have got close, yeah? Esp bc, like -- ok, if one of the kids isn't name some variant of "Arthur" I'll eat my hat....

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ExitAriel @exitariel.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

I'm sure the movie will be great. But this? I am fucking *emotional* about this. Even though we knew it was coming. Still. Kudos to @clrmntdzfx.bsky.social -- you called it on the epistolary novel, did you not?

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ExitAriel @exitariel.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Anyone remember the "Sex & the City" finale? When we learned Mr Big's name bc Carrie's phone rang and we saw he was in her phone as "John"? (Sidebar: *John*? Really?) This wk I have been obsessed with Raye's banger "Where Is My Husband?" and now I'm hoping RWRW does something similar:

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ExitAriel @exitariel.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

TFW you sneak a look at your personal email during a boring work mtg and peep an update notif for one of your favorite WIPs. I mean. Is there anything better?

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two men are standing next to each other in front of a bookshelf and shaking hands .

ALT: two men are standing next to each other in front of a bookshelf and shaking hands .

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Aysha U. Farah @ayshaufarah.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Idk man I feel like even if AI scraped from 100% ethical sources, had zero impact on the environment, and produced gorgeous work, I’d still think you were a bitch for using it

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ExitAriel @exitariel.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Alasse wrote a Hollanov fic and it's so good it made my whole day. Like, reading this might have been the best thing that happened to me this week? I fucking cried over the Scott Hunter bits. The SCOTT HUNTER bits, ffs! What if Shane got outed before the draft? archiveofourown.org/works/841190...

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so you must like me for me - Chapter 1 - alasse - Heated Rivalry (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

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ExitAriel @exitariel.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

🚨🚨🚨 New words from Jaffa!!!

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jaffa all the time. cakes, occasionally. @jafffacakes.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

fate loves the fearless archiveofourown.org/works/84018071 5 times Shane has to meet with the Bureau of Enemies and Rivals, and 1 time he doesn't 🌟 13k words | rated M | 5+1 🌟 canon-compliant soulmate au 🌟 but if you have a soulmate you must have a rival 🌟 so it's also a rivals au

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ExitAriel @exitariel.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

This is not new news; I feel like I was the very last person to get on this particular train. But wow, I am *undone* by Boopboop's Hollanov fics Duty of Care and Chernobog archiveofourown.org/series/5758821 (really a series; I choose to read it as one big whole) archiveofourown.org/works/813253...

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Chernobog - Chapter 1 - boopboop - Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid [Archive of Our Own]

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ExitAriel @exitariel.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Two legends collab! This is so cute and funny....

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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Auden’s Musée des Beaux Artes

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