u/neongreengrass127

Asking this out of mild desperation here. I am a 22F malayali living in delhi (born and raised in delhi). Growing up I had plenty of malayali friends and family friends. But over the years they all have moved back to Kerala or gone to other cities in India and around the world for their jobs and colleges. Some people retired. Some people just moved 3 hrs away from my house so it's really feasible to go meet them as frequently. It's great that people are living their life and all but as this onam approaches, for the first time I feel so lonely. Vishu, onam, christmas, eid, easter, having spent all of it with many of my malayali friends here for two decades together, for the first time having no one around me feels kinda daunting.

My parents are here with me. But my grandfather died earlier this year so we aren't planning to celebrate anything much this year (which we all agree is ironic cause my communist atheist grandfather definately did not believe in all of this sad sobby mourning. We ourselves don't know why we are not planning to do anything then). My college does not have any malayali(surprising for healthcare somehow). Hell the other people who are malayali around me are legit in their late 20s and busy working doctors. So it's not like I can just ask them to make plans with me for onam.

Maybe deep down this is just a vent, maybe it's asking people what their experience regarding all of this has been.

How do people deal with festive season alone? Especially when your friends (North Indians) don't really catch the significance to begin with?

I've been wanting to ask this for years now. Sorry if this is just a quest for a fanfic that I don't even know how to search. My deep apologies forkthis inconvenience.

So when I was a wee lil baby, I got into reading fanfics. It would have been 2013-14 if I'm not wrong and it started on FFN. But then Wattpad happened and tumblr happened and ao3 happened. And over the time I have legit forgotten how to find and filter fics on FFN to get the exact things I want.

Unlike ao3 where I've found it easier to catch the content I need, FFN has been a nightmare. Primarily because the fandoms I like are primary on FFN and there are hell lotta stories to look and search from. Maybe it's just a skill issue at mt part. But after having been searching for these fics on and off since 2020, I've finally decided to ask for help

There were two Beyblade 2000s fanfic I read years ago which I have been trying to hunt down like crazy.

1. Beyblade 2000 - Tala Valkov | Amnesia | Highschool/ University | Mafia family

The first one is about Tala Vallov. It's a high school au where Tala losses his memories and is taken in by the reader /OC (I don't recall what it was). It shows themes of some extreme violence, mafia family classic drama and daddy issues. It was set in highschool (or University?? I'm second guessing here now) and the female lead is new to the institute. The fic ends in a cliff hanger, with someone getting kidnapped. It's basically highschool au/ daddy issues / Amnesia plot.

2. Beyblade Tala Volkov and Johnny McGregor

This one is even more fuzzy. It's about Tala. He somehow has step siblings. I don't even know if it has a reader in it or any other character. I do recall that Johnny McGregor was in there. And he was related to Tala. And they had a OC sister who was lossing her vision/ had to wear glasses 24/7 or smn . There is a very specific mention of how Tala says he wants to get contact lens for his sister cause they were poor or something and her vision was getting worse each day.

3. Pokemon - Drew X Dawn | Tournaments

There was this pokemon fanfic too which I have again, zero clue how to find because it was my first fanfic. The first one I ever read. It was set amidst the backdrop of a tournament. Drew and Dawn have on and off situationship in that fanfic. They all are staying in a hotel. Someone gets busted because they owned drugs. May confesses to Ash that she likes him and Ash def doesn't like May. That's basically all I recall.

4. Fairy Tail -- Levy X Gajeel | Period drama

And this one from Fairy Tail. Gajeel wants to take revenge on people who wronged him. And he makes a deal with th devil aka Levy. And together they defeat shit.

If anyone even vaguely knows anything about this, help would be much appreciated. 😭🤍🤍🤍