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THE SUN IN MY EYES: CH 51
Bobby and Lili are supposed to be just friends. But I think there’s been a glitch 💃🏽🏴☠️🛀🏾
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FIVE SECONDS LATER IM FASTENING MYSELF TO YOU WITH A STITCH, OH YEAH.
AND IM NOT EVEN SORRY
NIGHTS ARE SO STARRY BLOOD MOONLIT
this song is actually so perfect for them!!!! I loved the new chapter!!!! #letthemkiss 😂
It must be counterfeit...🎵
💖I wondered if anyone would recognize that 😆 As soon as I heard it I added it to my TSIME playlist. Thank you for reading, anon! #lilibobkissingisinevitable
My next chapter of The Sun in My Eyes is super important. It's a big turning point. And it REFUSES TO BE WRITTEN. I have been staring at it for days. Writing scenes and discarding them. Rewriting scenes and then going back to the discarded ones.
On top of it, I'm in the middle of moving and it's incredibly stressful and I'm sick. So in order to give my brain a break from all the havoc, I decided to create a masterlist for my fanfiction. And in typical Christy fashion, I'm laboring over it. Wanting it to be perfect. I have a forever long post about Lili I've never put out there and I want to add it to the TSIME stuff but I can't seem to ever finish the post. I think it's too long. I literally have six moodboards for Lili. So maybe I should break it up into multiple posts. Or not. I don't know.
Also I've got this half written Christmas fic that I've been sitting on for a year that I'd love to post in time for the holidays.
If you're wondering why it's been three years and TSIME still isn't done, this is why. **
**Well also, I'm a sadist and your tears bring me joy. But it's mostly the indecisive thing.
OC Introduction
Liliana Clarke-Reyes
“Boy, you’ve really got people fooled into thinking you’re the villa sweetheart," Priya said. Lili rolled her eyes. “I never claimed to be anything of the sort. I say fuck far too often to be anyone’s sweetheart.”
MC of The Sun in My Eyes. Call her Lili. Or Lil. Or even Liliana if you're nasty. Just don't call her perfect. She hates that shit.
24 | she/her | afro-latina | scouser | bilingual | belly dancer | foster care charity worker | 7 secret tattoos | optimist | loves spicy food | swiftie | perfectionist | sweet & snarky | great with kids | bad with animals | bubble baths are a religion |
lili's mood boards
Mood boards are how I build characters. It gives me a chance to play and discover their likes and dislikes. So I have tons of them for Lili. Please note that in the story and in my head, Lili is quite a bit darker than the faceclaim I used for her. I will post seperately about that, because it was a whole THING.
Board 1: Villa Lili
In my head this is how the show depicted Lili initially. Bubbly and bright. And all of this stuff IS her, but it's not all of her.
Board 2: Real Life Lili
This is Lili on the inside. Wistful, organized, emosh, and obsessed with shoes.
Board 3: Lili's Home Aesthetic
I just love interior design and had fun building Lili's home aesthetic.
Board 4: Lili's Fashion Sense
I always pictured her wearing mostly blacks, whites, and neutrals. With some random pops of gold/yellow and red thrown in. She loves her a one sleeve top and ripped jeans. Overall she has edgy autumn vibes. Lots of sweaters hanging off the shoulder and ankle boots clacking on the pavements. Super dark lipstick and black fingernails, always. A little tribute to her inner emo-kid.
Board 5: Lili's Life in Liverpool
This might be my favorite of her boards. This is a little taste of Lili's life outside the villa. Her exes, her bestie, her siblings. And all of her tattoos. I cannot tell you what a hardship it was to spend hours looking at pictures of Harry Styles in order to find one for that album.
So yeah. That's Lil.
Aaaaah!! I loooooove Lili so much!! She’s so awesome, one of my favourite OC characters ever (:
Can’t wait to read more about her and Bobby ♥️♥️♥️
Oh thank you! She's an MC close to my heart and it makes me so happy to find readers who love her.
I'm just getting over Covid, so I'm late working on the next chapter, but rest assured, it's in the works and it's a GOOD one.
Thanks for stopping by, anon!
rereading the sun in my eyes as it is one of my fave reads, and i can honestly say you’ve done an amazing job with it ! cant wait to see what’s next but take ur time ! hope you’re feeling better 💘💘💘
🥺💖 It means so much to me that you stopped by to let me know this, it really does. I posted last night and I'll be posting again in February I *think*.
New Chapter: The Sun in My Eyes!
Chapter 52: Old Flame, I Fell for Your Inferno is up now!
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THEY KISSED THEY KISSED THEY KISSED !
let them be happy now 🤣🤞!
really lovely chapter btw ✨✨✨
THEY KISSED AND SORT OF DRY HUMPED!
Hmm, let them be happy now? Whaaaaat? It's like my readers don't know me at all 🤣
Thank you so much, Anon! It means the world to me to hear from readers!
TSIME: Meet Bobby's Crew (part 1)
One of my favorite parts of writing is actually just character creation. I love knowing exactly what they look like and all kinds of fun details about them, even if those details never end up in the actual story. So I figure, since I wasted tons of time making long character profiles for them, I figured I might as well write them up, make them pretty, and share them. Why am I doing this? Because sharing is caring. Duh. Defnitely not because I'm avoiding editing. How dare you?
ANYWAY. In this post we're meeting Bobby's best friend, his husband, and their daughter.
Meet Louis:
Interesting facts:
🗸 Louis is a loving, generous soul and does not charge Bobby rent. But he does occassionally ask for baked goods and Bobby always obliges.
🗸 Before they even got engaged, he insisted on paying for all of Dean's sick mum's housing and care, to take the stress off of his beloved.
🗸 He's a homebody who hates traveling. He finds it stressful and doesn't like feeling unmoored. He decided against going to a prestigious culinary school because he didn't want to leave Glasgow.
🗸 He and Lili get along because they're both type-A snugglers.
🗸 Comes from a wealthy family. His mother is a very successful estate agent and his father was a popular rugger (now retired). He's an only child.
🗸 His father, who grew up working class, decided that Louis should go to public school so he'd experience the real world outside of their wealthy bubble.
🗸 In school Louis was routinely, sometimes viciously bullied for being posh. Something he never told his family. But he didn't come out until he was twenty years old because he feared even more bullying for being gay. His parents had already guessed and gave him nothing but love and support.
🗸 Louis was not happy when Bobby added Jonno to their friend group in P6 and even less happy when Fenella was added when they were adults. He puts up with them because he loves Bobby and just accepts that his best friend is the type who brings mangy strays home, thinking they're beautiful. And who is Louis to tell him they're not? That said, they're not all mingin'. He adores Maitland and Nivaan.
Meet Dean:
Interesting facts: (there's a lot for Dean)
🗸 Despite being so tall and muscular, Dean is a fluffy bunny of a man. Very sentimental and kind. He will not kill bugs. If Louis wants a spider squashed, he's on his own.
🗸 He has four siblings, one sister and three brothers. He was the youngest. His home life was not great. His family was incredibly poor and his dad was abusive, sexist, and homophobic (among other award-winning personality traits). His mother was loving, but very passive and preferred not to rock the boat.
🗸 When he was fourteen he was trying to make sense of his bisexuality, so he confided in his mum. One of his older brothers overheard and told their dad. To say it was handled poorly would be an understatment. Hurt, scared, and unwelcome in his home, he moved in with his sister, an artist who lives in Rochdale. He says she is the person who actually raised him to be a decent person.
🗸 His mum and dad divorced when she had two strokes and his fuckface father wasn't interested in caring for her. Dean routinely comes down to Norfolk to take care of her affairs as she didn't want to move. His brothers do care about their mum, but theyre mostly skivers who don't know how to be helpful. His sister keeps in contact with Dean, but she has no interest in being near the the rest of the family so he's the only one taking care of his mum.
🗸 His dad and brothers actually have the nerve to try demanding money and help from him, because they know Louis is wealthy. Never mind that they have not supported their marriage and have never said a kind word to either of them. Dean has never given them a dime.
🗸 He has never and will never ever admit this to anyone, but the night he met Bobby at the pub, he assumed the Scot was grafting and he was 100% ready to take him back to his hotel room. So he was confused when Bobby told him he'd called his friend Louis and he was coming to the pub to meet Dean. Then Louis showed up and Dean could hardly speak because he was so instantly and completely smitten. It was weeks later that he realized Bobby was just obliviously flirtatious with everyone.
MEET ISLA:
Interesting facts:
🗸 There are none. She's three. Toddlers are generally low on interesting backstory.
Stay tuned for part 2 to meet Maitland, Fen, Nivaan, Jonno, and Samantha!
New chapter: The Sun in My Eyes!
Chapter 53: Under the Exit Lights, as Beautiful as Ever
In which Lili's a wreck, Bobby's an uncle, and Maitland's a fucking treasure. That's it. That's all I'm telling ya.
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Me after having plowed through all 53 chapters of The Sun in My Eyes in like 48 hours 😅
But also:
Bwhahahahahaha!!! You're so sweet! I'm always nervous when I see someone binge reading and commenting because it always goes from "THIS IS SO CUTE AND SWEET AND FLUFFY to WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS TO BOBBY, YOU MONSTER?
What I'm saying is, I'm so happy you stuck with me and don't hate me now 😂 FYI Chapter 54 will be posted some time this week. Probably Wednesday or Thursday!
Bobby would 100% do this. Probably right after telling you he loves you for the first time 🤣 "I love ya, lass." RIIIIIIIIP! TADAAAA!
Maybe I should edit my new chapter...
I need him so bad it’s unreal
You know what, Sarah? Just because you're accurate, doesn't mean you're interesting 😂😂😂
J/K! Thank you @longbobmckenzie for the... compliment?
I've been reading LITG fanfiction for over 3 years now (!!), so I've read quite a few fics! I thought it was about time I updated my recommendations. You can find the original recs here! There are some duplicates but for the most part I decided to be a bit more biased with these.
Since I have a lot of recs and didn't want to narrow things down too much, I'm splitting them into two posts - this one for chaptered fics, and another for oneshots!
Note: In putting together this list, I included my personal faves and a bunch of fics that I just have good memories of. I'm in no way saying these are the best of the best (which is up to personal opinion anyway), as I've left off a lot of great/popular fics. Plus while I've read a lot, I haven't read everything, especially over the last year or so. Also, like everyone, I'm biased towards certain characters, but if you want specific recommendations for your faves, feel free to send me an ask and I can provide a few!
For more comprehensive lists for each character, you can also check out @litgreadersroom!
Bobby
An Infinite Deal of Nothing by @eskiix - Post-villa fic in which Bobby meets someone after the show. Must-read Say When by twofoursixohone - MC is a CA girl who hits it off with Bobby The Greatest of Them All by @throughthejunobush - MC is with Gary at the time of Hannah's return The One That Got Away by neld13 - Post-villa, Bobby has a thing for MC but she's with Lucas What Other People Say by @thoracic-orchid - Super cute Hallmark-esque alternate universe! Whiskey on Your Lips by @lucas-koh - Love triangle with Bobby and Lucas, alternate universe. Must-read.
Noah
Don't Disappoint Me by @throughthejunobush - MC reconnects with Noah after the show History written in moans and writhing by @bypine - porn AU Of twos and threes by @bypine - Noah/Bobby/MC poly fic told through villa snapshots Rosehill House by @ariendiel - Regency-era Noah fic. Must-read
Jake
In My Veins by @chroniccomicobsession - vampire AU. Must-read Reasons to Be Brave by MamaMiaOhMy - ultimate Jake villa fic. Must-read
Other
Are You The One? by @queen-of-boops (Henrik) - mixed cast on a different reality dating show Capturing the Circus King by TwoSpoonsOfSugar (Rohan, Jake) - love triangle S1 villa fic Caught in the Act by @throughthejunobush (Lucas) - in-villa Lucas fake dating Ego and Enmity, Hannah's Song by @becangle (Hannah/everyone) - Hannah's fanfiction. Must-read
These are either abandoned or still works-in-progress, but
Bobby
The Sun in My Eyes by @sparxaf - angsty, smutty villa/post-villa fic. Might be completed sometime this decade. Must-read Begin Again by @fuseboxmusebox - fluff to heal your soul after TSIME It's Different This Time by Island_Project - very close to canon but it really fills out the villa experience. Abandoned Maybe, sort of, kind of, possibly by @blueberrycupcak3s - villa fic with some of the best banter. Canon mix-up, abandoned Sick Like Me by neld13 - smut-filled AU. Abandoned but outline/extra bits posted at the end. Must-read
Lucas
Damaged Goods by Finality2020 - MC is with Gary until he cheats on her. Inspired by what Lucas says in the wedding episodes. Abandoned Ghost Light by @fuseboxmusebox - exes/enemies-to-maybe-lovers-if-Ash-will-ever-finish-this Playing By Your Rules by @eskiix - spinoff of An Infinite Deal of Nothing with Lucas as the LI. In progress. Must-read The Power Couple by BattleBelle23 - in-villa fake dating/playing a game for the money. Quasi-abandoned Where The Tulips Bloom by @lucas-koh - Friends-to-lovers AU. On hiatus
Henrik
Powder Days by @mountainmanxoxo - snowboarding AU. On indefinite hiatus Lay All Your Love On Me by OverdressedandUnderwhelmed - basically finished villa fic Moss, Eternal by @mountainmanxoxo - hilarious, kinda spoofy villa fic. On indefinite hiatus
Other
Island Villa Apartments by @kittidot (Multiple) - cute, fluffy fic of interconnected stories centred around an apartment complex. On indefinite hiatus Shiny Demon by @throughthejunobush (Seb) - ultimate Seb villa/post-villa fic. On hiatus/WIP The Fortunate Ones by theriverlea (Noah) - MC is a Casa Amor girl who hits it off with Noah. WIP
MC Picrews
Ages ago I made a bunch of images of my OCs from an Encanto Picrew. I cannot find the link for where I got it originally, but I did find it on Doll Divine. Enjoy!
The Sun in My Eyes: Lili
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So Good Staying Here: Sinnah
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The Bad Guy: Eve
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Hey Stupid, I Love You: Zaina
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A Very Nice Boy: Luzi
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And for fun, I made one for myself as well.
I'm sure it means absolutely nothing, but I'm still choosing to take it as a TSIME shout out 😆
heyyy hope ur all good !! how many chapters are left for tsime ?
Heyyy, I'm doing alright. There is one loonnnnng chapter or two shorter ones left, depending on how I want to do it. I'll probably break it up, but I won't post till I have the whole thing done. I've been working on it pretty steadily for the last two weeks, so it's coming. I hope by the end of January, but def by the end of February I should be putting that fic to bed.
Thank you for the ask!
NEW FAVORITE COMMENTS
So these days, TSIME is collecting dust and it's fair that most readers have bailed. I have dragged my ass on the ending for literal years, not to mention the fuckery I pulled in the middle of the story 😂 But every now and again, a new reader comes along and I get to watch them have an emotional breakdown in real time through the comments, while I cackle like a swamp witch. So this is currently happening on Wattpad and I'm having so much fun seeing it.
When I shared my joy at having a new reader, @mrsbsmooth reminded me that our very first interaction was her losing her ever loving mind while reading TSIME: “Literally what the fuck? No. Get them back together I demand it.”
And now, having survived TSIME up to this point, she said this and I HOWLED:
Christy_Sparkle: ruining readers' lives since 2019 🤣🤣🤣
The Sun in My Eyes: Chapter 56
At Last I See the Light
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The last chapter. Five years TO THE DAY (because I'm dramatic af) this story is done. No, seriously. It's the smutty, joyful ending Bobby and Lili deserve.
Enjoy this final double chapter. I should have cut it into two but I couldn't do that to you or to me. I have many feelings about this era coming to an end. But I'll save them for another day. Hope you like it!
TSIME: The Music
I'm gonna be honest, I'm not cool when it comes to music. I like what I like and some of it is basic AF. But I'm lucky that I have friends who have much more interesting taste than I do. On the Spotify playlist for TSIME, this is my favorite on the entire list and it's the very last one. My friend @curricanus gave it to me. The moment I heard it, I thought, if my fic was a movie, this would be the end credits song. It's playful and sweet and hopeful which is the note I wanted the story to go out on.
If you wanna hear the rest of the long ass playlist, it's here: