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YOU'VE GOT MAIL AU??? 👀👀👀👀👀
OH YES! I have not written a scene for it since fall 2022 (hope I just made everyone in the fandom feel super old <3), except the one I wrote just now for the other WIP ask, so I'll tell you about it instead!
Slowburn enemies-to-friends-to-lovers, identity porn, two-person love triangle entirely sustained by Dream's own ridiculous beliefs. Very silly and fluffy, I think, except when it has to be sad. Big sappy happy ending, just like in the movie.
Hob, owner of The New Bookshop, like Kathleen Kelly, is prone to optimism to the point of denial of the fundamental tenets of reality and/or the bookselling business, and has a bottomless love for all the small pleasures of New York City in the fall, and indeed, all of life. He is a hapless business owner but a wonderful bookseller. He is a hopeless romantic with a faintly disastrous dating life that his friends and coworkers tease him about. Falling in love with a mysterious stranger he met online is only the latest in a long series of questionable decision-making.
Morpheus, CEO of Endless Books, unlike Joe Fox, genuinely cares about books and stories. Unfortunately, he has a plummy accent and an almost preternatural ability to come off terribly. He's very good at his job and not much else which gives everyone around him the impression he enjoys crushing small businesses beneath his heel. In reality, he mostly enjoys the company of his library, his personal assistant and best friend Matthew, and Jessamy, a beautiful silver GSP. (Because there is no universe in which I personally imagine Dream having a Labrador Retriever named Brinkley.) And writing to Hob, of course, who he is certain he will meet and love and marry, right until the moment he finds out it's Hob.
There is a whole ensemble cast including a little bit of Aziraphale
Instead of being obsessed with Godfather quotes, it's Shakespeare. Morpheus is a theatre kid who went to private school. Of course it's Shakespeare.
Rather than court Hob twice over as Tom Hanks does with Meg Ryan, Morpheus, after he falls for Hob, feels so utterly unworthy of taking what is being offered, and so convinced Hob will never want him once he knows who he is, that as soon as Hob (not him, Hob, important change) cheerfully bullies his way into his life after being put out of business, he spends all their dates trying to convince Hob to dislike his stranger.
They BOTH cry at the end <3
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Hi! I was looking for a fic that was like the "Leave the Light On" fanfic maybe?
I got so invested in the plot and the slowburn but I didn't check It wasn't finished and now I can't find something like It.
I love the idea that they already know each other in real life but don't know that they're almost dating in the phone/internet world, so something like It could work too.
Thank you so much for your hard work with this page, I love It 💜
Hello! There are quite a few fics like this, mostly AUs of She Loves Me and You've Got Mail. Here are the ones I found...
Will Wonders Ever Cease by sielu (G)
Aziraphale Fell, a parfumarie clerk, is in love.
She knows what her beloved likes, the way her beloved thinks and is absolutely sure they are perfect for each other, she hasn't just met them yet. They've been penpals, writing each others constantly, for over 8 months and tonight they will finally meet.
She just hopes whoever her Dear Friend is, they have a better attitude than the parfumarie's supervisor, Miss A. J. Crowley.
(She Loves Me AU. I just coulndn't not write it).
A superstore and the end of civilization as you know it by IntoTheMiddleDistance (T)
The Arrangement never happened, Aziraphale and Crowley went their separate ways. Aziraphale owns his bookshop in London and it doesn’t really matter that he never has any customers – until the big chain shop Eden Books moves in down the street, bringing Aziraphale’s old foe Crowley with it as manager. Crowley and Aziraphale clash face-to-face, but neither of them realizes they’ve been pen pals for the last 30 years – until Crowley puts it together and is faced with an important decision.
Also Gabriel is there occasionally to bother Aziraphale, and Beelzebub sometimes checks in on Crowley.
The You’ve Got Mail AU no one asked for.
i was so tempted (i wouldn't dare) by rubyknowbys (T)
It’s a message delivered to the wrong number that brought Antonia J. Crowley and Aziraphale Fell together and, even in anonymity, a friendship inevitably made something deeper flourish amongst shared texts. Antonia started working at Medium’s Bookshop, they finally scheduled a date, and Aziraphale was thrilled to know that she’s going to meet the owner of the irresistible words, which made her fall in love so quickly. But the bookshop supervisor didn’t imagine that their new employee, who she detested even more each day, is the same woman who has been sending her those anonymous darling messages all along.
And when she found out, the information created a new dilemma inside her mind, while her most powerful impulse became to try to win Antonia’s heart smoothly: should Aziraphale tell her?
Dim the Lights and Sing You Songs by Polaris (E)
A few months prior to leaving the Dowling household, Crowley had downloaded Grindr for the sole purpose of catfishing randy morons. He was not expecting a paragraph that began with: ‘hello. I hope you don’t think this is too forward, but I couldn’t help but notice you have the most lovely nipples.’
Crowley keeps trying to meet his Grindr fuckbuddy. Aziraphale keeps showing up at all his meeting spots. This is terrible.
He Loves Me by EveningStarcatcher (T)
Anton Crowley and Azarel Fell don't get along at work, but little do they know they've been falling in love through anonymous Lonely Hearts letters...
Loosely based on the musical She Loves Me
Phoning It In by wife27 (E)
Aziraphale enjoyed her day job immensely. Tadfield University was a small, but respectable school. Imparting a love of literature on her undergraduates was extremely rewarding, as was her restoration work that the university sponsored. That being said, she found her night job much more interesting.
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Aziraphale is an English professor by day and a sex line operator by night. While at the university, she has to contend with the insufferable Professor Crowley. At night, she enjoys the company of her clients, like the kind and exceeding romantic Toni. Maybe someday she’ll be able to meet her mystery woman in person.
The Grindr Logo Doesn't Even Have a 'G' In It by indieninja92 (E)
After the Apocalypse, Aziraphale ventures into a new space in the gay milieu - Grindr. There he starts talking to a charming young man who certainly doesn't bear any resemblance at all to a certain long streak of demon, not one bit, no thank you.
Meanwhile, Aziraphale and Crowley navigate their friendship after the world failed to end. There is much drinking and silliness, but could it be that there are other feelings lurking underneath?? Of course there are, this is fanfic.
And the likely abandoned WIP you mentioned...
Leave the Light On by killerqueer & VentureTrain (E) (WIP)
The You've Got Mail But With Phone Sex AU that nobody asked for.
Azra's life is turned upside down when his partner of two years breaks up with him, seemingly out of nowhere, and kicks him out of their shared flat. Well, Gabriel's flat. Left to start over on his own, he ends up living above the bookshop and below his incredibly rude landlord, who seems to insist on having incredibly loud intercourse at all times of day.
Meanwhile, in a moment of loneliness, he finds himself doing something he has never considered, and calls a phone sex line. Oh, and he might just be falling in love with the operator.
- Mod D
#good omens#ineffable husbands#ineffable wives#adult omens#she loves me au#you've got mail au#mistaken identity#pen pals#mod d
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Inspiration Weekend
Thanks for the tag @orchidscript! Thinking about this AU this weekend (I think you can guess the one). Bookstores and emails, oh my!
tagging @rmd-writes, @welcometololaland, @indomitable-love, @nicijones, @loki-is-my-kink-awakening, @celaestis1, @three-drink-amy, @cricketnationrise, @14carrotghoul, @xthelastknownsurvivorx, @cockleshells and anyone else who wants to join in!
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Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe, You've Got Mail (1998)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Darcy Lewis/Steve Rogers
Characters: Darcy Lewis, Steve Rogers, James "Bucky" Barnes, Kathleen Kelly, Joe Fox
Additional Tags: You've Got Mail MCU Crossover
Summary:
Darcy Lewis is opening a little bookstore in a Brooklyn. It's the fulfillment of a childhood dream, she tells her online friend, Brooklyn1943. They've never met, but he is a great text conversationalist. She hasn't told him yet that she's the daughter of the guy who founded Fox Books. She's not mentioning it at work, either. As her family keeps telling her, "The Post is going to have a field day. A Fox opening up an independent? In Brooklyn?"
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You've got mail AU
Alfie Solomons x Reader
Alfie Solomons is the infuriating CEO of the company that's about to ruin your quaint little business.
Baker157 is the man you've never met but feels closer to you than anyone ever. He helps you through this tough time and encourages you to fight.
These two people are polar opposites. Or are they?
• moodboards masterlist •
#moodboard#moodboards#alfie solomons moodboard#alfie solomons#alfie solomons x reader#alfie solomons x you#aesthetic#alternate universe#modern au#modern! au#you've got mail au#my stuff#my fics#my boards
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WIP Wednesday: 5/25/22
I thought I was being SO CLEVER with Ch7, thinking I might trick some of y’all into thinking I goofed with the chapters/uploaded the wrong doc. Y’all have my number, though, huh? 😂 On to Level 2 hopefully this weekend...
“I’m curious,” [Luka] said with a shrug. “And like you said: I don’t know what platform you’re on, so what could it hurt? What’s your buddy’s name, Marinette?”
She was quiet for a long moment, glaring at him, before she turned back to her sandwich. Why was he so annoying?
“…I might even be a rock star twenty-two,” she finally said, scowling at him before taking another bite of her sandwich. She missed Juleka’s surprised gasp.
“But…that’s –” Juleka started to say, but there was a scuffing Marinette didn’t quite catch before Luka was speaking again. When Marinette looked back up at them, Juleka was scowling at him.
“What is that? A Hannah Montana reference?” he asked, chuckling. “And what’s up with the twenty-two?”
“So what if it is? And it’s just a number,” she huffed. “Why does anyone add a number onto their handle?”
“His age,” Luka said, nodding. She jumped up in her seat, outraged, but he snapped his fingers and grinned at her. “Or, even worse, the year he was born. You could be messaging a centenarian, Marinette.”
“He is not, you jerk!” she snapped, and he waved her off with an easy laugh.
“Fair. Centenarians aren’t usually that savvy with tech,” he said. He looked up, thoughtful. “Number of tattoos he has?”
“Number of times I’ve told him about you and he’s called you an idiot,” Marinette grumbled. He laughed, nodding.
“Number of times he’s called himself an idiot,” he countered. She groaned and dropped her head onto the table.
“Luka, stop,” she groaned. “So what if I have an internet pen pal? Lots of people have online friends. It’s not some earth-shattering revelation.”
“Lots of people have online friends,” he agreed, “but you were smiling like he’s more than a friend. That’s the part I’m interested in.”
“And why, Luka? Huh?” she huffed, sitting up. “It’s not like you have any reason to be jealous of Star. It’s not like you like me – it’s not like I like you! So what’s the big deal?”
Something about that seemed to strike a nerve, and he watched her for a long moment before turning back to his noodles. He poked at them, disinterested, before he finally shrugged.
“You’re right,” he said, nodding. “I’m sorry, Marinette. I was just…curious.”
#wip wednesday#miraculous ladybug#luka couffaine#marinette dupain-cheng#juleka couffaine#lukanette#endgame lukanette#lukanette endgame#princess heartmaker#you've got mail au#deja loop#spoilers not really: luka is her pen pal#spoilers not really: he knows it she does not#it's not a spoiler if you know the romcom 😂
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The shop around the corner
Author: AdelaideElaine
Rating/Warning: Mature, referenced ED
Chapter Count: 3/3
Description:
Eight years after graduating from Hawkins High, Chrissy is running a children’s bookstore in her hometown. Owning and operating a small business isn’t easy— especially since it shares a wall with the loud tattoo parlor next door. Luckily, Chrissy has an anonymous friend online who’s eager to hear about her troubles…and maybe even meet up in real life.
A You’ve Got Mail AU set after the gang’s high school years.
Tags: Alternate universe- No vecna, fluff, angst, misunderstanding, you've got mail au, set in 1990s, little amount of smut, mutual pining, Eddie is an idiot, Alternating POV, multiple chapters, Status: completed
#eddie and chrissy#eddie munson#eddie x chrissy#eddissy#hellcheer#stranger things#chrissy deserved better#munningham#eddsy#chreddie#chrissy cunningham#Alternate universe- No vecna#fluff#angst#misunderstanding#you've got mail au#set in 1990s#little amount of smut#mutual pining#Eddie is an idiot#Alternating POV#multiple chapters#Status: completed
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You’ve Got Mail AU, DKBKDK
Katsuki and Izuku who’re at each other’s throats during the day during training and internships and even their first years as heroes. They absolutely loath each other, and the sentiment only grows stronger as Izuku takes off in the rankings and Katsuki gets stuck scrapping it out for some lousy bottom of the rankings. Needless to say their many unwelcome interactions with one another are tense.
But all is forgotten the moment each of them makes it home and can spend the rest of the night pouring out their heart and soul (and hatred for one another) to their internet pen pal.
The rules are simple, no names, no information that could reveal identities. They’re just two people who somehow fit together like two pieces in a puzzle.
#you've got mail AU#dkbkdk#dkbk prompt#bkdk#bkdk fic#dkbk#bkdk prompt#bnha#katsuki bakugou#izuku mydoria#romcom#fanfic writing prompt#mha writing prompt#bnha writing prompt#bakugou writing prompt
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Soooo where's the Zutara "You've Got Mail" (1998 film) au???
Like the way so many details would fit together! It's slow burn rivals-to-lovers but they have been friends via pen pal method the whole time under aliases perfection!!! Also the book shop aesthetic!!!!!
Does no one see the vision??? 😭
#zutara au#zutara#zuko#katara#avatar the last airbender#atla#you've got mail#tom hanks#meg ryan#like their usenames are “blue spirit” and “the painted lady”#I could go on about this#felt like sharing this out into the void because the thoughts have been swimming in my brain for days now#i feel like i should elaborate more but also my ideas are not cohesive yet
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You've Got Mail AU, lay it on me
Brand new scene for you, TJ! (Prev You've Got Mail nonsense.)
If my WIPs were unionized, this one would've been loooong done. But they're not, unfortunately for them, and after like four days after talking about You've Got Mail-verse, I got talking about the Tam Lin AU, and we all know how that went.
The other snippets were silly, this one is a little sad:
It feels like another ending. Hob is sick of them. Morpheus’ face is perfectly expressionless. He can’t take it. Won’t. Wants to greedily keep this for just a little bit longer. He always does. Even when everybody else around him knows it’s over, there he is, holding on past decency and reason.
Morpheus is absurdly beautiful in the morning light.
Hob says what he’s been thinking for weeks now. “You know, sometimes I wonder if you came into my shop, and you hadn’t been Endless Books, and I hadn’t been The New Bookshop-”
“Then it wouldn’t have been your shop,” interrupts Morpheus.
“No,” he says. “I guess it wouldn’t be.”
Isn’t, now. In any case.
Morpheus catches the look on his face and takes pity on him. He’s kinder, Hob thinks, than anyone gives him credit for. Including himself. “A cafe, instead,” he offers.
“Or Shakespeare in the Park,” says Hob. He can picture it now.
Morpheus’ lip twitches up the way it does when he’s trying not to smile. “Yes. If we met at Shakespeare in the Park?”
“I would’ve offered you a spot on my blanket. And I would have hoped it would get cold or rain, so you would lean on me.”
Morpheus ducks his head, and Hob wants to seize his face, wants to thumb over those perfect cheekbones. Fist his hands in his shirt and not let go ever. “You would have forgotten your umbrella, of course,” says Morpheus, quietly.
“Of course. And the sky would have opened up until we had to hide under a tree.”
Morpheus looks up. “And then?”
“And then I would have found the courage to ask a beautiful stranger for his number, and I would have asked you out that very night. And if you’d said yes I’d have done it again and again. Every day, actually, for as long as we lived.”
“Hob,” says Morpheus. His eyes are bright.
“If we never came up against each other. If the only thing you ever took from me was the blankets at night.”
“We’d need to have two sets.”
Hob swallows hard. “Yeah. Yeah, we would.”
The sounds of the city lap up against them, but Hob feels like an island alone with Morpheus, standing together on his stoop. He hears the jingle of someone walking their dog past. A siren in the distance. And all he sees is Morpheus, the square of his shoulders, his jaw clenched.
“Morpheus-” he starts.
“Hob, how could you forgive him?” he asks roughly. “How on earth could you forgive this stranger for standing you up?”
“We all make mistakes.” Easily. I forgave him just as easily as I’d have forgiven you, if you had only let me.
Morpheus stares at him. “Yes. We do.” His mouth twists a little. “Some more than most, I would say.”
“Maybe. But people are almost always better than you’d think. Mistakes and all.”
“Ever the optimist.”
Hob presses his lips together in a smile. “Ever the cynic.”
“Go, Hob,” says Morpheus. “You’ll be late.”
He goes. It’s a beautiful day to meet his stranger. How can it feel like his heart is breaking, only now, only after everything, on the threshold of happiness?
#asks#wip title ask game#the sandman#dreamling#you've got mail au#tj you know you had me writing this real time today <3#god bless dialogue my faithful friend#disclaimer rough draft etc etc#dream 'i'm very smart so i should be the one who decides what i'm worthy of and punished for without telling anyone else' of the endless#hob 'you put me out of business but i like your taste in books :)' gadling
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You've Got Mail - Prologue
Prologue - Opening Letter (April 1964)
Word Count: 88
Happy 2/5!!! :]
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“Hello, Edward!
It’s me, James! I hope this letter reaches you. My crew is writing this for me.
I know we only talked once but I would really like it if we could be “pen pals,” as my driver calls it. We can be friends writing to one another from time to time. Would you like that? That is if you can find a way?
I did like talking to you that day, and I hope we can talk some more.
Sincerely,
James (North Western Railway No. 5)”
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Notes:
As always, no posting schedule. HOWEVER, updates will purposely be slow because I need to build up EoSR for things to make sense here. TGR 2x5 Roleswap is an AU of EoSR. The chapters I have planned as of writing this, 1 - 7, won't cross over into significant events from EoSR but it'll still be slow. I'm trying to keep it consistent and cohesive here.
Speaking of which, I wrote chapter 1 (and more) before the prologue. Classic muxse move.
I have so many ideas for this fic to the point.
Yes, I know how it ends. Been knowing since the previous installment.
As mentioned in the pinned post, the chapter formatting is going to be somewhat different. This is my first original chapter fic (I'm not counting TGR but There's a Roleswap because its basically a re-write :p). Expect a variety of short and long chapters.
#you've got mail#tgr 2x5 roleswap au#ttte edward#ttte james#ttte edward x james#a dozen years#my writing#ttte shipping#happy 2/5 !!!#im so ill for them mkay ty for stopping by <3#ttte fic
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you have Grabbed my Attention who would be Charlie and who would be husk in this like. au ig ? but :3c
idk about charlie but i think revbur could make a good husk :9
#📧 you've got mail!#i coukd tolerate tntduo as huskerdust i think#but im also working on a fic rn thats like. its not necessarily a 1:1 hazbin au but it takes place in hellaverse. and cdream and csam have +#the same type of relationship as alastor and husk#one overlord owning another u know#sam worked for dream and then dream fucked something up and sam took advantage of it :9
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You’ve got mail and firstprince? Tell me more please!
Oh, gladly. This one occurred to me very early after I first read the book and started writing fic for it, but it's definitely something that's gonna take a decent number of chapters so I haven't gotten beyond plotting the whole thing out. But I also recently rewatched the movie for inspiration, too.
So, Alex inherited (haven't figured out the mechanism here, but probably from Raf in some way) an LGBT+ focused bookstore in Brooklyn, obviously thinking he's still straight, but it's important to him so he runs it because he's a good ally (hah), and it's also a vital community safe space. Henry is, of course, part of the behemoth Amazon-equivalent Mountchristen (yes, I changed this from Fox Books despite how it matched Henry's name because honestly the Mountchristen side is the problem lol), which is trying to open a physical location around the block from Alex's store. Alex, obviously, hates his guts because the new store is about to put him out of business. BUT, turns out they meet anonymously on an online server/subreddit/whatever and strike up a friendship (that of course grows into more). The interesting thing about this is that Henry's character is SO like Meg Ryan's in the movie, except for the fact that he's the annoying rich heir, so it'll be fun figuring out how kind of turn the movie's dynamic on it's head a bit.
Anyway, have some quotes that I did not write but pulled straight from the movie and tell me it wasn't meant to be:
[Henry]
“Confession: I have read Pride & Prejudice 200 times. I get lost in the language, words like: Thither. Mischance. Felicity.”
“I wonder if I’m so lost in stories I read I’m missing my own life.”
“Missing my [father] so much today I almost can’t breathe.”
[Alex]
“Do you ever feel like you become the worst version of yourself around someone?”
God, now I really want to write this one again. Thanks for asking!
Ask me about my WIPS!
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Me following you has brought a lot of sonic creepypasta stuff onto my Tumblr feed and I honestly love it. I have no idea who any of those silly little scary hedgehogs are but I'm vibing with em
SQUEAAAALLLS this is making me so so happy whadda hell AAAEEEEE <3333 sonic.exe and creepypastas as a whole r a super big special interest 4 me so im so so so happy there's others uninvolved in my audience who like seeing me post about them //^__^//
if you'd like a good place 2 start learning about exes out of curiousity , i'd recommend the CONTINUED: Sonic.EXE Wiki, it's basically a MASSIVE compendium of (almost) every single sonic specific exe/creepypasta there is (and there's a special section for "Classic" Exes, aka the popular ones) . There's also a TONNNN of sonic.exe retrospective videos out there that talk about the popularity boost it had because of F//N//F ( which , even if i do Not fw the base game , i'm going to admit the mod that made all of this happen , while UNFINISHED , was pretty damn good in terms of sprites and music. highly recommend the VS. Sonic.EXE ost if you want absolute bops as well as The Chaos Series & the Hoggy Holidays mod (which is so fuckin cute im gonna eat Drywall) . :3 ) , so if you're real interested and wanna get a small grasp on who all im talking about i hope these are good starting points !!!!! :O
my infodumping aside, i got so excited i wound up drawing one of my pastasonas w/ the hog himself as a thank you WAUAYUAUGH
#you've got mail 📬#ASKS LIKE THESE WHERE I CAN JUST CASUALLY SPEAD PROPAGANDA FOR OTHERS TO GET INTO MY SPECIAL INTERESTS MY BELOVED#i will Never >Not< want people to discover the power of “hey you can just make a hedgehog that destroys things. for fun”#there's so many different interpretations of sonic.exe and other various sonic related creepypastas#that theyre their OWN GUYS. THERE'S SO MANY THEY HAD TO MAKE A *FUCKING WIKI* ABOUT IT. eats drywall#exes are their own little “”niche“” oc group and you can just Make One and it is so fun i highly encourage it WAWAWAWAWA#btw. im calling sink/waterhog a “pastasona” as opposed to an “exesona” (which i do have!)#because sink as in the original concept isnt an exe and falls more under traditional horror story territory (being just a drowned sonic)#so he's really more of a creepypasta than anything else which is so cool because i can call myself a creepypasta character#and technically! im right! what!#oh also#xhouse tag! 🦔🏡#<- go in here if you wanna see little snippets of an au me and my friend x/oswald made#where we put a bunch of exes / creepypasta hedgies and put them in a house creepypasta mansion - sitcom style#>:3#OKAY infodump over AAAAND POST
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smoked a joint and took a nap and had a vision with jacob elordi as felix catton as a version of joe fox (tom hanks) and barry keoghan as oliver quick as a version of kathleen kelly (meg ryan) in a sort of fucked up blend of saltburn and you've got mail au and you know what? stellar dream
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You've got mail! Animation Meme
I forgot to upload this a while ago qwq (also posted to other socials)
Error sans - @/loverofpiggies
Swap sans - @/popcornpr1nce
Swap Chara - @/popcornpr1nce
Blueberror - @/loverofpiggies
#art#drawing#undertale#undertale au#undertale drawings#artwork#fanart#silly goofy mood#error sans#error drawing#blueberror#chara#underswap#swap sans#animation#animation meme#flipaclip#you've got mail
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