#chrononautical

[shantismurf]

"The Mushroom Mine" sign by @shantismurf, with assistance from @tickles-ivory

As part of the celebration of the one year anniversary of the Bagginshield Book Club, we asked the lovely @chrononautintraining a few questions about this wonderful work.

June 2024 Author Q&A with Chrononautical

Q1. What name would you like us to use and what are your pronouns?

A1. Chrononautical or Chrono, She/Her

Q2. How many years have you been writing? 

A2. Most of my life, but posting publicly for about 15 years.

Q3. What do you think of as your writing style - are you a plotter or pantster?

A3. Pantster, primarily, though I've learned my lessons and do like to know where a story is going to end when I start it these days so I try to plot. 

Q4. What’s your favorite genre/trope to write? 

A4. Speculative fiction: stories about magic or science fiction, primarily. 

Q5. Is there a genre/trope you haven't written as much of yet that you're excited about for future writing?

A5. I'd like to do more comedy.

Q6. Was there an idea or scene that inspired A Passion for Mushrooms?

A6. Passion for Mushrooms is one hundred percent inspired by the quote I used for an epigraph: "Hobbits have a passion for mushrooms, surpassing even the greediest likings of Big People." - The Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien. 

When I decided to write it, the fandom already had more than a few stories about Bilbo planting gardens and deciding to stay in Erebor with a miraculously alive Thorin. I was completely here for all of that, of course, but I wanted a story where the garden wasn't special because of gold or rare plants bought with gold. I wanted there to be a treasure that Bilbo could appreciate with the Baggins half of his heart, as well as the Tookish bit. And I know next to nothing about mountains, but I do know mushrooms do okay in caves, so... 

Q7. Did you do any special research before writing the work?

A7. If you're asking this because I go deep on How To Pluck A Chicken In A Medieval Kitchen during the cooking scenes, you're right and you should say it. I am a middling cook, but all of my ingredients come from grocery stores. I had to do a fair bit of research on the cooking aspects of the story that were furthest from my own experience. Fortunately, the professor already put tomatoes and potatoes in Middle-earth, so I didn't have to go Full Historical. 

Q8. Did the story change from how you originally envisioned it? Were there scenes or plot elements you had to cut out?

A8. It absolutely did. Because I am, as previously said, a pantster. I wanted a bigger bang for the ending of the story than I was set up to get. I could have stopped with Bilbo and Thorin getting together and had some simple falling action, but that didn't perfectly tie the subplot of Dis and Tauriel back to the main pairing, which I knew I wanted. Having Doron try to poison Bilbo was actually a late in the game choice. If I'd planned that from the start, I would have threaded him into more of the middle sections of the novel. 

As for cutting things out, the additional stories in the series started as deleted scenes/reader requests that I couldn't find use for. So most of what I cut didn't end up in the rubbish bin. Anything that wound up there really wasn't worth posting. 

Q9. Do you have a favorite moment from the entire series?

A9. I still really like "A Spy In The Shire" a lot. I know it's so self-indulgent to say that about a story focusing on an OC, but if the point of the Battle of Five Armies is to reclaim Erebor for the dwarves, then I want that to mean something. I want the average dwarf to be in a bad place. I want the average dwarf to need Erebor the way Thorin needs Erebor, to be willing to do anything to get back to the Lonely Mountain. Because if that's the case, then all the sacrifice means something. When I talk about this one luckless dwarf on the world's silliest quest to figure out how to help the king hook up with a hobbit, I'm talking about hope for the future. I'm talking about all the people who long for and dream of the home that Thorin was willing to die to reclaim. I think about them going back there and living better lives. It brings me peace.

[wangxianficrecs]

pale shadows of forgotten names by Chrononautical

pale shadows of forgotten names

by Chrononautical (@chrononautintraining)

T, 56k, Wangxian

Summary: To protect the Wen, Wei Wuxian throws himself on the mercy of the Lan Sect. To protect Wei Wuxian, Lan Wangji marries him. To protect them all, Lan Xichen orders the Yiling Laozu's seclusion in the Jingshi. But the Jingshi had another occupant in the past. One who lingers on, furious to think that history might repeat. Kay's comments: An interesting story that just finished posting! Based on The Untamed canon and characterization, a story where Wei Wuxian marries Lan Wangji/let's himself be imprisoned by the Lans for the Dafan Wens' safety. However, it turns out he's not the only one trapped inside the Cloud Recesses. Featuring lots of Wangxian miscommunication/misunderstandings, Wei Wuxian's need to receive therapy and Wei Wuxian and the Wens being a family. Excerpt: Fortunately, despite the hasty arrangement of his marriage, it had previously occurred to him that learning to prepare those foods favored by residents of Yungmeng might be a valuable skill. In truth, it had been a foolish pursuit at the time. Wei Wuxian had been so thin during the Sunshot Campaign. He drank alcohol eagerly, but seemed to pick at any food not prepared by his sister. Back then, Lan Wangji had been gormless enough to hope that someday peace would come again and with it Wei Ying’s return to proper cultivation. He might visit the Cloud Recesses as a welcome guest, perhaps on sect business as the Jiang’s First Disciple. So someone should be able to make the food he liked. On the off chance that such a situation came to pass. Shamefully, Lan Wangji was also aware of the warm praise Wei Ying always gave to his sister when she made his favorites. He fantasized sometimes that Wei Ying might flatter him similarly, in that easy, honest way. Now, of course, it would be undeserved. As his jailer, offering Wei Ying palatable meals was merely meeting the baseline of his moral obligation. Nothing Lan Wangji did for his husband could be praiseworthy. Not anymore. Even so, when Wei Ying rolled out of bed in his sleeping attire and snatched a baozi from the steam basket with his bare hand before Wangji could offer properly, he smiled.

pov alternating, canon divergence, fix-it, wen remnants live, madam lan lives, hurt/comfort, emotional hurt/comfort, imprisonment, wei wuxian needs therapy, wei wuxian gets therapy, miscommunication, misunderstandings, developing relationship, mutual pining, married lan wangji/wei wuxian, arranged marriage, getting together, friends to lovers, first kiss

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(Please REBLOG as a signal boost for this hard-working author if you like – or think others might like – this story.)

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A Passion For Mushrooms

By Chrononautical @chrononautintraining

On Archive of Our Own

Status: Complete; 89,912 words; Mushroom Mine series

Summary: There are many trials for a hobbit attempting to make a life among dwarves. A hobbit wants a garden. A hobbit wants to eat regular meals. A hobbit wants friends, good books, and comfortable chairs. Bilbo does his best to carve out a little hobbit life for himself in the mountain. If only there were not one final obstacle. For a hobbit heart wants love, and among dwarves that is a sticky subject.

My thoughts: I like it when the other Hobbits get involved. Also they are so verbose.

[green-fifteen]

I'm so pleased to finally announce the completion of my longest podfic project! The Mushroom Mine parts 1-9 are now finished and uploaded.

I fell in love with A Passion For Mushrooms in 2020. Shortly thereafter, I started getting serious about podfic. It has always been a goal of mine to make this series accessible in audio format -- for myself and everyone else who loves it.

My heart is so glad because I get to share my favorite story with you all! Thanks to @chrononautintraining for making it all possible. Your writing delights and inspires.

Thanks also to @elany for cover design and cheerleading. 💚💚💚

[pilkypills]

Entered a fugue state and read 2/3 of A Road From the Garden in one sitting. Kili Baggins you are the funniest motherfucker on this doggone middle earth..

[classicartverso]

Sean Murphy - Chrononauts

[chrononautintraining]

y'all ever vacillate back and forth on using courtesy names in a modern AU to the point where you use find and replace? Because I did a replace all without making it case sensitive. Some interesting new typos in my document: ▪️buWuxian ▪️paWuxian ▪️obeWuxian

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

THE THREE WIZARDS OF TRUE BRITISH DOOM.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on the founding members and/or original line-up of English occult stoner/DOOM metal band, ELECTRIC WIZARD (1994-2002) -- eternal @!%¢#$®*& hails!!

Jus Oborn – lead guitar, vocals, effects

Tim Bagshaw – lead bass, effects

Mark Greening – drums, concussion

Sources: www.picuki.com/media/3439807154287308449 (Picuki 2x).

[superheroes-or-whatever]

Big Game #2 by Mark Millar & Pepe Larraz

[travischarestcomics]

Chrononauts: Futureshock #1 variant cover (2019)

Prodigy #2 variant cover (2019)

Space Bandits #1 variant cover (2019)

By Travis Charest

[atlantablack]

Started reading a fic and got about three paragraphs in and went ohno immediately which means this is going to HURT ME (it is a 90k slow burn and I am already suffering)

[queerlyloud]

1000000/10, definitely recommend knitting while listening to the Dwelves of Gothlorien's podfic of Sansûkh. The very best way to spend a sleepy, rainy weekend 💕

[green-fifteen]

Last installment of A Passion For Mushrooms is finally up!!

Thank you so much to @chrononautintraining for allowing me to read my favorite story out loud to other people who love it 💚 This is just such a fun hobby!

[card-of-the-day]

Today's Card Is: Inverter - Halt Attack

[hufflepuffwritingstuff2]

Petition to rename time travelers to Chrono-Nauts

[classicartverso]

Pasqual Ferry - Chrononauts