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[Villains] The perfect villain casserole


Come Here and Hug Me

By JustMe

My addiction for K-dramas and cooking shows has given me an unofficial badge of expertise in the K-drama recipe field. Through extensive research and many tries, I have cracked the secret formula to making the perfect Villain Casserole. While the ingredients are very specific, there is room for change in the ratios presented in this recipe. I encourage you to try the recipe or change a few ratios in it—at your own risk.

Prep time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 45 minutes
Servings: 16 (or 32 half servings)

Ingredients:
1 black baseball cap
3 teaspoons of troubled, evil smiles
½ cup of anger
1 cup of pride
2 teaspoons of ambition
3 tablespoons of unequivocally tragic, unfair backstory
Generous amounts of good looking sprinkles (Note: very expensive and rare)
A pinch of regret
1 ounce of weakness
1 tablespoon of nonchalance
1 cup of selfishness

Optional:
A sprinkle of pettiness
1 black face mask
A signature weapon (for example, a hammer)

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F (or 175°C). Spray 9 x 9 inch pan with cooking spray. The brand I prefer best is Thick Skin©. Villains can be sticky and annoying. Having this brand of cooking spray helps me later during the cleaning phase as even the toughest of casseroles wash right off when you pre-spray.
  2. In a big black bowl, beat at medium speed the tragic backstory, pride, ambition, and anger. When there are no more distinct pieces, sprinkle in pettiness to add a bit of spice. Let it sit until the mixture becomes relatable. Make sure the room is dark for optimal evil brewing. When the villain’s intention and point of view is palpable in the air, the wet mixture is ready.


    My Fellow Citizens

    Tip: Sometimes, it helps to leave music in the background when the mixture is rising. This helps the emotions form easier.

  3. In another bowl, softly sift the black cap and optional black mask. To make your villain less generic, other flavours of costumes are allowed. Like black pin stripe suits, long double breasted overcoats, and note-worthy haircuts. Please note that badly styled villains do not exist. If your style ingredients are not chosen correctly, you risk ruining your villain casserole and may end up with a lame misunderstood nuisance casserole, and no one wants to eat that twice a week.


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  4. I like to add a defining point to all my villain casseroles. If my villain casserole is a murderer, add something original to the mixture like a hammer or poison. Nonchalance is a welcome addition to any casserole that aims for earthy realness. These additions should be folded into the dry mixture slowly. Don’t stir it in too much or your villain casserole might end up being annoying instead of enticing.

    Tip: Avoid adding bigotry into your mixture. Such villain casseroles are usually bland and nausea-inducing. It is a very hard ingredient to swallow.

  5. Mix together the content of both bowls. If you find your mixture to be too dry, add some humor and PPL (quantities at your discretion). This adds a pleasant cheesiness to your casserole without actually adding cheese. Your casserole will not only taste better, but you’ll find yourself enjoying it and looking forward to the leftovers.


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  6. Sprinkle regret on top of the final product. Your palate is complex and so should be your casserole.
  7. Bake in a PPL oven for 45 minutes. When despair fills the air and the top is golden, your casserole should be ready.
  8. Depending on your ratios, your final villain should look something like this:


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Congrats @justme 🎉 🎉🎉🎉
I will read it now

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You commenting before reading is a FREAKING MOOD hahahaha

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I wanted to be the first one to comment on your essay 😅😅😅😅

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*puts on apron, rolls up sleeves*

I’m assuming there will be a PPL brand premixed version where all we add are the good looking sprinkles and our optional style ingredients? I prefer to add stylish glasses and a maniacal laugh tasting note that only appears in the last few servings.

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This is so fantastic and creative @justme . Also just full of truth and making me hungry for a good villain ~ it’ll be hard for the other posts to rival this!

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What about some tattoos and smugness to show his/her physical perfectionism to everyone

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Oooh I do like a scoop of smugness on my villains ~

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Same here I want her/him to flaunt off her/his dangerous and killer sexiness 😅😁

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Smugness is a derivative ingredient of arrogance. If you reduce a bit of arrogance and add smugness im sure the flavors will balance out!

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I forgot the maniacal laughhhhhh dangggg ittt. I guess my recipe still stands to be improved.

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Brilliant 💙💙♥️♥️💝💝💛💛💜💜

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This is a wonderful recipe, I really hope the screenwriters will follow it.
That definitely made my day or even my week. Thank you and congrats @justme

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Sending out the recipe to the Hong Sisters and Kim Eun Sook (the only writers names i can remember hahah)

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That's a great beginning! First to famous ones and then it will spread to every scriptwriter (and cook?). Hopefully they will credit you for the recipe

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a lame misunderstood nuisance casserole, and no one wants to eat that twice a week

I'm dying. They shouldn't even bother to publish more because this genius cannot be topped. I bow to @justme's superior cooking skills.

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I also want to add that sprinkled regrets are vital to a good casserole, as the salt of tears is integral to clarifying and brightening all the other flavors. Your attention to detail is most appreciated.

*adds recipe to Pinterest page

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Too much regret is however dangerous. Regret =tears=salt. We're trying to watch our blood pressures here.

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cheers to a Health-conscious recipe!

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Ramsey is quacking.

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I have never made a casserole in my life but I guess this is where I’ll start!
Thank you, @justme , for your amazing instructions and creativeness. I can tell this recipe is a keeper.
Now I just need my ingredients! I hope my ratios will turn out like yours
*crosses fingers *

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Here's a secret ingredient i didnt mention. If you dont like your villain, add truck of doom to your recipe. If you like your villain too much, 4 cups of redemption turns your villain into a hero.

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*GASPS*
Such lifesaving tips!
This secret will surely be helpful since my level of cooking will never reach yours. Now at the end of the day, I can be happy with whatever result I can get, a successful villain or a new hero. Even if all fails and the truck of doom must be used, I guess it’s just another chance to perfect the techniques and recipe to make even better ones. After all, this kdrama world can never have too many villain casseroles.

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The more the better for our appetites 😉.
Aaah yes my baking skills are really superior. Watching the cooking channel makes me the supreme level of expert.

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Wow! You're the new Willy Wonka- the daaaaark version.

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This is something i never knew i needed.

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Amazing recipe @justme! Hopefully drama scriptwriters get hold of your recipe to avoid giving us misunderstood nuisance casserole twice a week 😆.

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"Oh no this person is being a real hassle to meeee. What ever should i doooo??" Geez. Nuisances are not REAL villains.

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I just love this recipe, thank you~

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Enjoy your villain casserole!

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🎉😂🤣😱😳🤧😤😊😁 thanks it was fun!

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Thank YOU for reading!

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Just brilliant 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Will try the recipe out one of these days - wish me luck 😆😆 would love a good villain casserole to complement my sweet OTP dessert.

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Oooooh i need an OTP dessert desperately!

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Drop the OTP dessert recipe please!!

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I wish I could but unfortunately the OTP dessert is store-bought from Kdrama Happily Ever After Bakery 🤣🤣

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Awww sounds like a nice place. I bet they sell First Kiss Cupcakes and Childhood Friend Cookies!

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So clever you! Of course they do sell them but I can only afford to buy one since I’m only a chaebol’s poor doppelgänger 😭😭 But hey, next time when I’m promoted to a loanshark with a heart of gold, perhaps I can indulge 🤣

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Great post @justme, congrats on being published!

I especially liked

Tip: Avoid adding bigotry into your mixture. Such villain casseroles are usually bland and nausea-inducing. It is a very hard ingredient to swallow.

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I wrote the essay, thought a while, then added that back in in the end. I just can't with those "Villains". More like backwards thinking ignorant people.

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This was wonderful and so clever.

Now I want to watch a drama where the PPL is only done by the villian. Maybe Korea's version of Home Depot would like to do some product placements.

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Yessss i need this now.

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Why are you such a genius! Plus a good cook.

Where did you get your good looking sprinkles? I need them for a different recipe. They don't have them on Amazon.

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Seconded, I need to know where the good looking sprinkles are... I need them, um, for a recipe (which recipe are you doing @blnmom ?)

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Im afraid theyre hard to come by. Theyre the product of unicorn tears and pure laughter cristallized. They are then mixed with cinnamon, envy and a secret perfume.

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I'm trying to make an Emotionally Inaccessible Chaebol CEO Who's Hiding a Heart of Gold, but what's the point if I don't have the good looking sprinkles.

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The damned good looking sprinkles. Some people keep em all to themselves.

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@justme JUST awesoME!

Now, we just need to send all writers and PD to your cooking class so that we have less yucky casserole that look and taste like cardboard.

Can we also have the recipe to the Perfect Hero Sandwich?

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Oouuh added to my recipe book. Along with the dessert OTP mentioned above.

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What a meticulous recipe and a glorious dish @justme! I never knew I needed this casserole: golden brown on the outside, hard as nails within.

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Hard nails within? Im jealous i didnt write that.

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Wow, this is brilliant! Congratulations, @justme!

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Thank youuuuu!

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Beanies are the most creative! What an amazing casserole! I’d eat this up twice a week, easily!

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Thank you for reading allyyyy!

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@just me this is good, wow I sincerely praise ur wonderful thinking.

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Thank you for reading!

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I wonder if this recipe will work well in my slow cooker. Or maybe I shouldn't have given away my InstaPot.

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Ooouuuh it might work in the slow cooker. It allows the anger and frustration to boil together longer, enhancing their flavors and consequently, the experience.

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On the other hand the InstaPot, a pressure cooker, can be an interesting way to finish the dish after a long marinade in (metaphorical) blood, sweat, and tears. A scoop of frustration as the recipe goes into the pressure cooker can really enhance the lingering after taste of each bite.

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WHYYYYYYYY would you give away your InstaPot!?!?!?!?!? Best invention EVER!!!

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It did not spark joy. I guess I'm more of a CrockPot type of gal. I don't need the instant. I would never ever give away my rice cooker though. I love it almost as much as my coffee pot.

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Every time you post about food, I remember that something called a 'hot dish' exists. But now I both want to know and not know what an 'InstaPot' is.

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Hot dish is a regional word for casserole, therefore I am now imagining Hot Villain hot dish.

An InstaPot is a newfangled pressure cooker.

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@egads Does the hot dish pair with a cold dish which I assume must include jello?

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Wooooow. That was a fun read! Congratulations.

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Thank you! I try reallly hard to make it fun!

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I know that many people make a thriller version of this casserole that involves a heavy slug of smug in the mix.

But, while common and popular, I find that version of the recipe to be unpalatable and generic. I've been known to wolf down my Smug Villain Casserole at speed rather than savouring it.

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Congrats @justme, this was a great first course for the Villain Smorgashead this month.

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The smug ingredient is very tricky. It can be delicious and addictive, but also fattening and nausea inducing. It depends on the other ratios of your other ingredients.

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Brilliant!!! Brilliant!!! *standing ovation*

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Im blushing staaaahppp (please go on i need validation)

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Why are you soooo goooodddd Justie!!! You are da bessssttttt! High 5! High 10! I freaking gold star my love (I mean it all!) :D

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This was so clever @justme! Loved it! I'm not a good cook, all my food turns out bland, but I'll give it a try:)

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I suggest trying easier recipes first like the hero sandwhich or the otp dessert.

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The OTP dessert is deceptively complicated. Its seeming simplicity is what lulls people into thinking it's easy. But nothing is worse than an OTP dessert that falls apart at the last minute.

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great pun!
(I see you, last minute break ups and time skips!!)

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Your recipe is solid. If them scriptwriters still fail to make a good casserole, I dont know what to think really~
BUT...umm... I change the recipe a bit and my casserole come out a bit different...? Is it because of I kinda a bit too generous on certain ingredients?
Anyone who needs a very expensive and rare good looking sprinkles, I'm willing to talk~ #capitalist

p/s: I was expecting a lot of gifs to save tbh.....

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Why is my gif did not appear....
I want to show off my perfect looking villain...........

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I have no idea how to add gifs but yes the ingredient ratios is KEY

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I love this @justme !

Been wanting to do more baking and this looks like the perfect recipe!
Now, any link as to where I can find good looking sprinkles? Amazon didn't have it and I believe it's a crucial ingredient. Can't wait to bake my Villain Casserole!

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Good looking sprinkles are now back ordered in the factory

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Shouldn’t we have them hot, cuz I think that’s a necessity. Like generally woo-the-female-lead Hot?

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Villain casserole must be served PIPING hot

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ha ha ha

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Well done @justme! I applaud the final villain choice as well!

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Yessss the CAHM villains were really good

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I just happy to see Kim Young Min pic in My Ajusshi get posted. Thank you..... Haha..

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I really spent time trying to choose the right villains to illustrate! Im glad you approve ;)

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Thank you, @justme!!
This is so well written. And the ingredients are spot on.
Honestly, this is amazing! Wow!

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Thank you unnu for taking the time to log in and comment ❤️

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This was great @justme!

Now to find those good looking sprinkles! :)

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If you find any, please share

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hahaha thanks for writing this awesome piece @justme !! I might recommend a slice of the hard-to-swallow truth pie with a dollop of oops-I-did-it-again whipped cream for dessert.

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mmmm sounds good. But those kinda fatty treats you should only treat yourself to once in a while

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So creative! I normally don't stick to the recipe but for this one i'll measure very carefully.

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Very carefully. Very.

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Oh my, since I cannot write so good in English (due to, it is not my mother language), I am at least sooooo happy I am able to read this!
Thanks!!! It was lots of fun to read it and imagining it.
Simply genius! 🎉🎊

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Yayyyyy im happy you were able to read this too!

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Okay this is a serious question. What happens when you add a dash of supernatural to the above recipe? And how much of the supernatural ingredient makes a villain like the one in Possessed, who basically destroyed every single the good guy by the end of the show?

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A dash will make your cassrole glow green which can be appetizing for some but off putting for others. Supernatural is bought in bulk bricks at costco (at least where i live), and you have to use a cheese gratter to put some shavings into your recipe. Too much supernatural risks making your recipe taste like cheap CGI which is just nasty. I refer you to the first airing of the second episode of hwayugi as an example.

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I dropped Hwayugi
*just passing*

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oh Possessed... that was just t o o much... :-(

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this was briiiiiilliant writing, @justme !!!
I was sooo enthralled and honestly, I WISH WISH WISH I could show this to my friends, so they'd find it just as good as I did. Damn !
I loved it!
thanks for this perfect recipe!

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OMG WOW to be referred is such an honorrrrrr i can die in peaceeeeeee

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@justme DUDE, HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU TO COME UP WITH THIS??!! As a passionate baker, I find this form of essay an absolute genius and I was ginning from ear to ear the whole way. You, my friend, are a keeper.

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About two hours? BUT that was because I felt inspired to do it (you know i had a clear outline in my mind) and had the right music to play as i wrote it. Incidentally it took me an hour to find the right pics lol

I am SO FLATTERED that you loved it. This kinda comment inspires me to write more! ❤️❤️

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I wanna laugh so bad but I'm not in a place I can laugh right now. So I'm pinching my lips and making some really awkward facial expressions. I'm just going to use emojis so I don't burst: 😂😂😂🤣🤣

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