Jassmine’s Reviews > Modern Romance > Status Update

Luckily my afternoon panic takes me almost to the end of the day.
Marvelous.

Yeah, pretty much my life...
My stress-reading safely got me through most of this monstrously long fic in just a few days...
It is a good stuff...

Really appreciated Narcissa's chapter this time around. I really liked that it focuses on the fact that you don't have to be the one wielding the weapon to be (partially) guilty. She is on a journey! Also, her with Bill is a ship I didn't see anywhere else, but it surprisingly really works?! At least with this rendition of their characters...

I think this might be controversial opinion, but I LOVE reading FF about Cormac McLaggen - I mean, when it's done with nuance. This fic doesn't really go into some of the darker corners but it definitely characterizes him faithfully without doing him dirty (like a certain series). I'm really looking forward to his chapter. This one had a bit too much Bill in it for my taste...

The polycule chapters were actually the reason why I picked up this fic again, so it was pretty exciting to start on them! 🤭

I'm curious how it will hold up. I have to say that Flint/Wood isn't my ship of choice, there is always at least a hint of toxicity and that's true here too (the physical violence just seems wrong to me), but the pining was so great that I'm almost converted.

And finally, we have a lesbian! So clearly, not all queer people are bi, only like 90%

I feel like you can tell that a straight person wrote this, if you know what I mean? (Not that I know for certain.) But it's still pretty good, this FF is just so utterly bonkers that makes it amazing stress-read. And each chapter being a different narrator makes it easier to stop reading, which means I still get some sleep.

"Is it my ear?" he asks, gesturing to the side of his head. "Is it because I'll never be able to wear glasses?" he bemoans.

Okay, absolutely loving the Andromeda/George ship. The first time around I thought there was no way to convince me, but they absolutely became one of my favourite ships in this. It is a great combination of hilarious and tragic, which we all know I'm a sucker for...

I was young then; I said a lot of things I didn't mean, like "I'm straight," or "of course I'll call you tomorrow.

I previously wasn't into the Blaise/Neville ship and I have to say that I'm still not. I adore Blaise's narration though. I'm also absolutely gobsmacked how many bisexual characters there are?! Like I completely forgot about that... My most pressing question right now, is: is Neville bi or gay?

And Percy is apparently neurodivergent-coded as well. If in a bit different way. I’m having such a great time with this!

WTF, I just found out that GR apparently thinks that olivieblake and Olivie Blake - the author of Atlas Six etc. are THE SAME PERSON?!?!
WTF, this world is small... is this true? If so, I guess I should really prioritize reading The Atlas Six which was close to the bottom of my tbr until now...

On this re-read I realised that Olivie Blake writes Hermione as neurodivergent and I'm SO into that! And also as actually nerdy...

It's weird convergence of sex and academia, and I guess I shouldn't be surprised that I like it so much. Why hasn't anyone explained it to me like this before? I listen, study his voice like there's an exam at the end. And I suppose, in a way, there is.