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You're English is amazing! It's so wonderful to find you so far away.
Well, you're story is very similar to mine. I too have a 22 year old...an amazing artist, with a bright beautiful personality. She is always the inspiration for so much that I stumble onto. In 2017, Tessa and I had the flu during spring break, so we were bored, laying in bed, and she suggested AOT, an anime that she'd just started watching. We binged the first two seasons. I was hooked. But the other seasons hadn't come out so I went to Pinterest searching for SOMETHING, ANYTHING, and I found fanart of Eren and Levi in love and in sexual situations, and OHMYGOD! my imagination exploded with the possibilities. Then, of course, I found bits and pieces of Wattpad stories and was led to my new life.
To back up a little, from a very young age, I wanted to be a writer. I had a go in my early 20s, but I was immature, inconsistent and easily discouraged. Then I got married, became a high school teacher, and joked around about starting to write again when I was 50. I don't regret any of my life. I'm good at teaching. I have a good marriage and I'm crazy about my daughter.
But when I started reading the ereri/riren stories, I fell in love with them as a couple. I couldn't turn away. Ackermans_love_420's stories were the ones that finally gave me the courage to start writing my own, and then my whole world changed!!!! I'd forgotten how much fun it is and how it fills me up. I'm never alone in my mind. The character's are always there, spinning plots and creating detail. I love it so much. Having written 2 books has made me happier than anything I can imagine.
I have a eruri writer friend that lives in Scotland that's 54 also. BEcause of her, I've become a HUGE eruri fan. The fanfic written about them on Archive is some of the most gorgeous writing I've EVER read and fucking HOT. I'm pretty sure my next fanfic will be with them.
This is so much fun, my dear. Let's keep going!