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20K words on the following projects:
I listened to the original cast recording of Hadestown last month, and am enjoying my new hyperfixation. But I plan to spend most of those words on [REDACTED] and Kairos in Retrograde.
I hope you all have a lovely May!
Happy WiP Wednesday! Tell me about your projects--or your distractions
I've gotten more writing time this week than last week, so I am up to 5758/20K words for this month. I've also gotten distracted doing a Bridgerton rewatch before part 1 of season 3 drops tonight.
I'm focusing on Kairos again this week. Sanguini is having a moment in the scene I'm working on now:
ma’s old singer
The version of Dolly Parton's Jolene featuring Maneskin is FIRE! The first time I heard it, I listened with my jaw hanging open the whole time because THIS SONG is Ted Tonks from my Breathing Underwater-verse, begging Lily not to steal Severus away from him.
So far, the Breathing Underwater-verse has been written entirely from Severus's PoV. But, thanks to this song, I now have a fic in my writing queue that will be from Ted's PoV. Poor Ted, he needs a hug.
Killer Queen by @art3misia is a fic that I think about regularly. It completely changed how I saw Arabella Figg and Argus Filch. I adore the writing, the characterizations, the pop culture references, it's just a perfect story.
“I feel very strongly that if historical romance can give women a happy ending, it can give queer people a happy ending. M/f historical romance doesn’t tie itself in knots over the likelihood of the rake having syphilis, the terrible dentistry, the lice, the prolapsed uterus after multiple pregnancies, the prospect of death in childbed, or the horrifying legal discrimination against married women. We don’t close the book on the wedding scene reflecting that the heroine can now be legally raped, has just lost all her property to her husband…and would be vanishingly unlikely to obtain a divorce. Historical romance readers aren’t stupid; we know this stuff, but we choose to believe our heroine will be one of the lucky ones. And I don’t see why we can’t extend that happy glow to other stories, too. If women’s lives don’t have to be blighted by social oppression in romance, neither do those of people of color or queer people. Moreover, human nature doesn’t change. A lot of what we read about LGBT people in history is appalling because the records we have are the legal documents, the newspaper reports, the accounts of people who were victimized. We don’t generally have the hidden stories of the people who lived under the radar…. But we know…people we’d now call gay, bi, trans have always existed and [that] as a matter of statistics plenty of them must have lived and died without ever coming to the law’s attention. Which is not to hand-wave the horrors of the past but only to say that horror isn’t the only story, and it’s not an acceptable reason to deny marginalized people their happy-ever-after.”
— KJ Charles (Library Journal interview) (via bookgeekgrrl)
I've slowly been chipping away at drawing scenes from that imaginary Muppet retelling of the Princess Bride, figured it was about time to share what I've drawn on Tumblr!
Private Investigator After spending 7 years in Hogwarts trying to get enough dirt on the Marauders to get them expelled, including entering a secret tunnel where horrible shrieks could be heard at night, Severus would 100% be willing to climb a drainpipe to get those pictures of your husband cheating for you.
Reaction Youtuber He's sarcastic, his snide comments are hilarious, and he's nosy as fuck so he'd definitely enjoy watching dumpster fires from a distance-- plus, he doesn't have to leave his house, which I think would be a major selling point.
Phlebotomist Sure, maybe a pharmaceutical scientist would make the most sense for a potions master, but as a phlebotomist he would be allowed to stab people with needles, which is something I've always suspected he would secretly enjoy.
Runway Model The amount of times Harry mentions his robes sweeping out around him in a dramatic arc, come on, you know he'd be good at it.
1. Do not start with the thank you.
2. Start with any other sentence. If you first say, “Thank you for the nice sweater,” you can’t imagine what to write next. Say, “It was so wonderful to come home from school to find this nice sweater. Thank you for thinking of me on Arbor Day.”
3. Then you’re done.
I recommend learning how to write a very good thank-you note. A child who can write a nice thank-you note can turn into a cocaine dealer five years later and be remembered as the child who wrote nice thank-you notes.
Well, I tried to draw him again. He is so cute here 🥺 Really want to draw him again and again. It's good for practice 😂
When you hear a new song on the radio and you’re desperately trying to pick a notable phrase so you can google it later
Gather round, kids. Let me tell you a story from ye olden days because I am tumblr elderly. I used to DJ for a radio station. I played records and CDs and we had station IDs from bands on 8 track cartes. People would call me asking what songs were–but they had to mumble, sing, or play the song on an instrument. I had someone call me to ask what Smells Like Teen Spirit was when it was a single. They played it on an accordion. I forgot about it until a moment ago when I saw this post.
They played it on an accordion
I'm doing a Bridgerton rewatch in anticipation of S3, and all I can think this time around is how much I wish Daphne would just marry Prince Friedrich.
Like seriously. He's handsome, he's a freaking prince, and most importantly, he is KIND and GRACIOUS! And he wants kids! Sure, I get it that she would be sad for a bit while she got over the Duke. But after that, I think Daphne and Friedrich could be really happy and content together. PICK THE NICE GUY DAPHNE!!
And, with Daphne married, the Duke could have the life he wants to have. Picture this: the Duke goes off to travel for a bit while he gets over Daphne. Then he gets called home on business, and he hooks up with Siena the opera singer. They set up a lasting relationship/partnership. They don't get married (because different social ranks) but they stay together for life, and nobody's really going to say anything to Simon about it, because he's a Duke. Maybe they even have kids eventually, because he matures and decides that wouldn't be the worst thing in the world, and he gets to experience being a father without breaking his vow to himself that he wouldn't continue the Hastings name. He buys a townhouse in London and moves out of the site of his abuse. He gives his kids lots of money. His daughters get to marry into the merchant class, and his sons are set up in whatever businesses they like, and Siena has security, and they're all just happy together.
It's wipwednesday and I would love to hear about your wip!
I've clocked less than 250 words so far this week, and today's not looking good for writing either. Hoping that I will have more writing time starting tomorrow.
Here is the last line I wrote on Kairos in Retrograde, which I am (trying) to focus on this month:
“It must be difficult for you, being so far from home,” Yaxley said, his tone mild, but his eyes sharp as a Stinging Hex.
Anywhere but Here by Mayday Parade is overflowing with Sevranda Vibes, it's not even funny. Whatever AU I put them in, they always seem to have a secret relationship at some point. And they're always frantically grasping for each other as the world burns around them.
Tonight is the one thing left And I haven't said it yet, I'm falling And the writings on the wall
Today was misery And I just can't believe this happened And I finally broke down (I finally broke down) She held onto my heart But now my only star is falling And it's burning to the ground
Now I'm crying out
Secret love, my escape Take me far far away Secret love, are you there Will you answer my prayer? Please take me anywhere but here Anywhere but here
You're all I've got right now No one else figures out this feeling And how lonely it can get (how lonely it can get) These words can cut right through 'Cause all along I knew you're sorry But you haven't said it yet
But I won't forget
Secret love, my escape Take me far, far away Secret love, are you there Will you answer my prayer? Please take me anywhere but here
When we're together Thoughts of her disappear If I fell to pieces You'd heal this pain I feel
Secret love, my escape Take me far, far away Secret love, are you there Will you answer my prayer?
Secret love, my escape Take me far, far away Secret love, are you there Will you answer my prayer? Please take me anywhere but here Anywhere but here
I've now made podfics of the whole Found Magic series to date!
i do think theres something sad about how largely only the literature that's considered especially good or important is intentionally preserved. i want to read stuff that ancient people thought sucked enormous balls
Time to take this post entirely too seriously:
