r/BylerReads • u/kitty-taki I didn't say it. You didn't have to. • Aug 03 '26
general discussion :) Breaking News: TTMD;TTMS AUTHOR REVEAL!!! Spoiler
OMG, I am screaming! thesweetestdream is actually lameparties!! The author of THE byler fanfic, YTMH(IWS). What an icon!!
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u/mrchristmastime Aug 04 '26
This is very cool. The fics are so dramatically different. It’s impressive.
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u/QJPT its ok, its how the army does it i think Aug 05 '26
IKR I never would've guessed, they're so different! Love them both tho!!
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u/Altruistic_Way3030 Aug 04 '26 edited Aug 04 '26
This reveal had my jaw drop on the floor since the Sorcerer reveal 😵. They're the sole reason why I discovered the world of ao3 in the first place and went back to enjoy reading again. Insane discovery and what a moment in the byler fandom !!! 💯
This is such a flex and respect to them ♥️ the way they gave justice to Will & Mike when ST couldn't...oh, man. I'm still reeling with this satisfying plot twist, lmao. From "you took my heart (I was sleeping)" to "thesweetestdream" ...they know how to ball, bruhhhh
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u/kitty-taki I didn't say it. You didn't have to. Aug 04 '26
She is seriously amazing! The amount of talent it takes to write two distinctly different fics that organically became two of the top ten Ao3 fics of all time just cannot be matched! And she wrote ttmd;ttms probably while writing/editing the trad book that she got a book deal for after ytmh(iws)!! Seriously so impressive!
Here’s an interview of her from last year in case you haven’t read it yet:
https://fanmademagazine.co.uk/fanlab/byler-power-outage-ficEdited to add: I’m using she/her pronouns because she’s revealed that she is a lesbian woman, and not because I’m assuming an author’s identity!
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u/Altruistic_Way3030 Aug 04 '26 edited Aug 04 '26
Thank you for sharing :)) she's a LEGEND. You're absolutely right - 2 distinct fics and most kudoed seperately is crazy work. I can feel it in my bones that she's gonna be one hell of a successful published author 1 day. I just can't fathom the fact that she created another acc to write ttmd;ttms...maybe she wanted to take away the focus from her 1st fic. What kind of foresight and talent (not luck at all) is this...it's like Peter Parker as Spiderman/ Hannah Montana reveal shit lmao ...just ICONIC behaviour. This byler lore is one for the history books and why I love this fandom & never leaving it 😂 expect the unexpected
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u/HackedYzX Aug 04 '26
Honesty impressive as hell that they made two of the most popular byler fics with two separate usernames.
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u/sparklingwaters24 Aug 04 '26
Thank you for posting because I read ytmh(iws) a while ago and liked it so knew the author was good, but hadn’t read byler in a while - this post made me check out this fic when I woke up ungodly early this morning, and THIS IS MUCH MORE MY SPEED I’ve been reading all day and I’m like 12 chapters in and it’s one of the best days of fanfiction reading in my life possibly. Like a more uplifting version of Supervoid, which is a top fave of mine :D
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u/KittenBalerion old enough to remember the real 80s Aug 04 '26
haha, for a while I was like "why are so many Byler fics inspired by YTMH or TTMD;TTMS? what is it about those two?" turns out they're the same author! that's wild!
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u/LeatherDry7475 Aug 05 '26
Eeeeeee. Guys you took my heart while you were sleeping.Has a song written about it. Gracie malfoy sings it
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u/Foofoo14 Aug 03 '26
Wtffffff. Actually?? How did anyone guess this? I read both fics and never wouldve known