#inspo: bridgerton novels .

[waldruf]

E͟L͟O͟I͟S͟E͟ ͟B͟R͟I͟D͟G͟E͟R͟T͟O͟N͟. ⸻ ❛ Eloise has quite a few opinions and isn’t afraid to share them with the world. Eloise thrives around other intellectuals, but she is more timid when it comes to finding a husband. Eloise is kind and appreciates the relationships in her life, but a part of her won’t stop yearning for something more. ❜

♱ Eloise Bridgerton, her parents' fifth child, a loner who always disappears mentally into her books, doesn't think much of her "noble" life. | now twenty-six years young, she still lives in London and because of her love of books she decided to become an author.

[seiya-starsniper]

OOOOOO THIS IS GOING STRAIGHT IN THE WIP PILE BECAUSE ANGST! OMEGAVERSE! A CONFRONTATION! GROVELING!!!!! AOPSKDAOSDADASODS

I also just love the idea of Hob initially trying to find a lover and well! It's so easy! He's so charming! Alphas and Betas are falling all over themselves for him, and after the children are put to bed, Hob leaves and comes home in the early hours of the morning smelling like someone else. And Dream. Just hates it. That's when he realizes he's jealous. He's possessive. He needs to court his omega before it's too late and he loses him forever!

Meanwhile Hob is sexually satisfied temporarily but he's far from emotionally satisfied. He still wants his husband, though damned if he knows why. (He does, even if Dream doesn't love him, he LOVES their twins, and it makes it so hard for Hob to hate him fully). So when Dream starts inserting himself into his life unexpectedly, Hob's hormones are ALL OVER the place. He drops all of his temporary lovers because suddenly Dream is taking up all of his time! So there's no doubt the accidentally pregnancy is Dream's.

And that outburst! Hob's furious. Dream has made him feel awful these last few years, like he was never good enough for Dream's love and affections. Dream didn't even give him a chance! Dream made him feel ugly and unloved and now that Hob was finally starting to love himself, gain confidence in himself, now Dream wants him? How dare he???

And Dream realizes oh. Oh. He's been terrible. Awful even. And he begs for another chance. Absolutely grovels for one. Hob asks him why he should, and Dream tells him he doesn't deserve one. He'd absolutely accept it if Hob doesn't want Dream to court him. He'll do anything to make Hob happy even if that means leaving him alone completely. But he wants to show Hob he can love him too. He doesn't deserve it. But he wants to prove it all the same. And Hob gives in, because he really does want Dream to love him after all.

Anyways, I'm off to write the other arranged marriage angst fic, now that my big bang is done 😏🥰

Arranged marriage idea!

Dream’s parents force him to marry Hob, an eligible omega whose family has money, which the endless family needs. Dream hugely resents it.

But hob is in love with Dream. He was actually happy to be marrying him. He admired Dream and thought he was so smart and beautiful and respectful—before the wedding hob is giddy with joy. Until he walks down to the altar and sees Dream, clearly displeased, his scent sour with annoyance.

And hob realizes the moment he says his vows that he is now effectively in a loveless marriage.

Their wedding night is…awful. Dream is impersonal and barely does the minimum to ensure hob enjoys himself and doesn’t meet his eye even once.

After, he tells hob that as soon as hob has given him an heir, hob is free to take a lover.

Hob doesn’t say anything but he does his best to not let dream see that he’s heartbroken. Dream doesn’t even stay the night. He goes back to his own quarters and leaves hob alone.

But this is hob. So he mourns for a while and then he decides to move on with life. Marrying dream catapulted him high in society and just because his husband doesn’t want him doesn’t mean he is worthless.

So hob starts attending events and throwing them himself. He starts making friends. He opens up Dream’s dreary house and redecorates and brings his sense of life and determination to everything he does.

Soon he’s kind of a darling of their society. He’s earned himself plenty of friends and tons of admirers.

Dream is…surprised to say the least. People compliment him all the time on hob and tell him how lucky he must feel. Meanwhile they only really see each other during hob’s heat or Dream’s rut or when Dream accompanies him to a party. Dream never dances with him.

They make stilted conversation. Or hob does. But he gets nothing from dream.

However dream is starting to admire hob.

By the time the twins, robin and Orpheus, are born, things are coming full circle. Hob has decided to stop waiting on his husband and he find a lover.

And Dream has become rather smitten with his husband. Maybe it’s watching him care for their sons, maybe it was the way hob held onto him when he first started contractions, maybe Dream always had the potential to feel this way. But years too late, he’s finally ready to court his omega.

I loooove this concept, and I also love that we definitely all have the same braincell because I know for a fact that @seiya-starsniper has a wip which follows a similar storyline - but with the secondary genders flipped! It's something I'm very excited about (while also putting no pressure on you seiya alsksjdhd <333). Anyway, I'm gonna talk a lil bit about this because I do love a good arranged marriage trope.

I just live for the idea of Dream courting the man hes been married to for years at this point. He realises that he doesn't know enough about Hob, so he start learning. His favourite foods, his habits, little treats that he indulges in, the bath salts that he likes best. Dream learns it all, and starts using his new knowledge. He sends Hob flowers. He buys him new outfits. He spends time with the boys so Hob can rest. He actually listens and responds when Hob nervously tries to engage him in conversation.

Meanwhile Hob is just so confused and lost as to why his husband is finally interacting with him. What changed? Did he realise that Hob was starting to look elsewhere and decided that he wanted Hob for himself after all? It's kind of frustrating. But because the boys like having both mama and papa around together, Hob makes an effort to respond to Dream. They take daytrips. They hold hands on the street. Dream asks him to dance at the first big garden party of the summer, and Hob accepts (after he's picked his jaw up off the floor).

So they're both in love with each other, but neither of them knows what to say or do to take the next step. It's easier during heats and ruts when they're not thinking so much, but the rest of the time they're both scared of shattering the uneasy happiness they've built. Especially Dream, who still feels guilty. He knows that Hob isn't totally done with being angry with him...

Then Hob gets pregnant again, which was unplanned for... and with hormones rolling around his body, Hob finally can't hold back anymore! He ends up standing with his hands on his hips, the picture of the perfect pregnant omega, scolding his alpha while Dream literally grovels on his knees. As he should!

The happy accident baby finally brings them together, and Robin and Orpheus are thrilled with the new addition to the family. Dream finally takes Hob on the long awaited honeymoon that they never had the first time around - and he never takes his omega for granted, ever again.

[soopsiedaisies]

20 Questions for Fic Writers

Thank you sm for tagging me @lovelymasks and @strugglequill <3

How many works do you have on AO3?

16, though one is still hidden for fest.

What's your total AO3 word count?

140,294. Counting my, ahem, other/abandoned account, it's about 520k. Counting my drafts I think we've reached about a million.

What fandoms do you write for?

A Court of Thorns and Roses, Batman, and Harry Potter. I've got some WIPs for Bridgerton and Teen Wolf in my drafts as well though.

Top 5 fics by kudos?

an eye for an eye, a leg for a leg. A Batfam fic in which the Joker gets got.

drawn together. Another Batfam fic lmao, with Damian & Bruce being good at art.

yet, never, in extremity, it asked a crumb of me. Sirius & entourage saving little 5yo Harry from the Dursleys.

i watched as your life just fell apart. Charlus & Dorea Potter adopt Harry after Halloween and ensure Sirius gets a trial (with the help of Orion Black)

boy, you've been a naughty girl. Feysand Court of Nightmares smut.

Do you respond to comments?

I try to!! Sometimes I get a notification but I don't have the spoons to write out a deserving reply, but then I forget and then the next time I get a comment... it's been months and I'm too embarrassed to reply after such an enormously long wait. I also have a tendency to not reply to comments under the last chapter of multichaps until I've posted the new chapter.

What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

grim-old-place, I think, even though it isn't really angsty. I enjoy writing happy endings and hopeful open endings far more. Big fan of fix-its, personally. But yeah, grim-old-place is probably the one with the angstiest ending (despite being only a drabble) because it's just so. Hopeless, I suppose?

What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

an eye for an eye, hands down. Hopeful and happy, which is not something you'd expect for a angry&angsty revenge fic full of grief.

Do you get hate on fics?

I don't. Not yet, at least (I'm sure it'll happen though? It's part of posting your stuff online for the world to see). Very thankful I've not gotten any hate yet.

Once I got 'hate' on my attitude towards JKR (in which I think she's awful), but that was not on the fic itself, more on my author's notes.

Do you write smut?

Yes. It's very awkward for me. I'm not a very sexual person lol.

Do you write crossovers?

I haven't! No inspo for a good crossover yet either. I'm more an AU person (Bridgerton Prongsfoot, anyone?)

Have you ever had a fic stolen?

No! [knocks on wood]

Have you ever had a fic translated?

I've only ever been asked (I think by a bot lmao), but no, no translations (to my knowledge)

Have you ever co-written a fic before?

I've tried and it ended in chaos <3 The other author and I are still friends, but our schedules just didn't align at all.

What's your all-time favourite ship?

Superbat! Prongsfoot is a close-second. (The ship I've shipped the longest is Zukka I believe)

What's a WIP you want to finish but doubt you will?

I've got this time-travel Tomarry fic in my drafts that I want to completely write before posting, but idk if that'll happen lmao. There's a changed backstory to Harry that needs to be taken into account and it's just... a lot.

What are your writing strengths?

I'm very descriptive and (apparently) good at setting a vibe! It's always nice to hear that because those are, generally, my favourite bits in reading actual novels.

What are your writing weaknesses?

Sentence-structure variety, use of the passive voice, putting too much detail or far too little because I want to get to the fun bit, creating a well-rounded plot... many.

Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language?

I've considered it before for another WIP, but... I do think it'll take a reader out of the immersiveness of a fic. I'm also not fluent in any other language than English, Dutch, and Frisian, which may mean I'll royally fuck up any sentences I write in, say, French. There's this skin that allows you to show the translation when you hover though which is cool!! If you're confident in the other language, that might be something nice to look into haha

First fandom you wrote for?

Harry Potter (unpublished) or Hetalia. I think I've still got a USB stick with some ancient files on there lying around.

Favourite fic you've ever written?

oh, my dear girl. It was really fun to write female Harry in a good relationship with her aunt and cousin, and I've got some really fun bits in the upcoming sequels/chapters (undecided how I'll do that still) as well.

(There's another WIP (still unposted) that I just really love, in which Harry's consciousness travels to an alternate dimension and he ends up in the body of Henry 'Harry' Potter, James' twin brother (who is younger than James by twenty minutes). Henry's consciousness is still there and they just work together, which results in a lot of chaos (with James). )

I also adore nightcourt.gov because it's just humour and silliness which you just need sometimes.

No pressure tagging (I'm so sorry if you've already been tagged or have done this!) : @v-a-l, @plecotusauritus, @the-lonelybarricade, @separatist-apologist, @velidewrites, and anyone who'd like to do this :))

[lovingpromise]

alias / name | glory ~ birthday | july 3rd zodiac sign | cancer (western), pig (eastern) height | 5’4” hobbies | writing has always been a hobby of mine. in second grade i fell in love with making stories and it’s carried on until now. i’ve roleplayed since i was in middleschool (shoutouts to gaiaonline). i plan to write novels (among other things like comics/webtoons) and currently have one in the beginning stages so we’ll see how that goes, lol. i’m also an artist! i post a lot of my work on instagram (glorydraws_) so if you’re ever curious just take a look. other than that, my free time is spent consuming media, video games, music, reading, etc. favorite book | Howl’s Moving Castle or Followed By Frost last song | Supermassive Black Hole by Muse last film / show |  last movie was Corrina, Corrina and last show was The Walking Dead (currently on season 7) recent reads | Bridgerton: The Duke & I by Julia Quinn (I may or may not be planning to add some Bridgerton muses ngl) inspiration | things that i watch and read are the biggest sparks of inspo. i’m a sucker for cliches as well so don’t be surprised to find those on this blog lol story behind url | i’m matching with my wonderful darlings <3 but also i love love so it seemed very fitting to have it in the url ~ fun fact about me | i am the oldest of 8 kids, the youngest of which is 18 years apart from me lol. i am also probably one of the pickiest eaters you will ever meet.

tagged by | @loyalpromise tagging | @heartsechoed / @feveredblurs , @walkerwhisperer , @finaldraft , and anyone else who wants to do this!

[more-than-a-princess]

@quickdeaths asked: [ cherry ] what is one thing you love about yourself? + [ canary ] do you have pets? if yes, how many and what? + [ olive ] what gives you the most inspiration for your muse(s)? + [ mauve ] give one random headcanon about your muse / one of your muses.

Colourful Interview (Munday meme) - Accepting!

[ cherry ] what is one thing you love about yourself?

These questions are never my favorite because it's awkward to brag about anything in my family unless it is professional/career success, but in contrast to a lot of my extended family, I'm very determined to succeed that way but on my own terms. A lot of my family rests on their laurels, so to speak, and feels they don't really have to work hard to be well-off and successful. But I've worked my way from the ground up at my job and while I'm not satisfied with where I'm at right now (and can do much better), I can still say I did it myself.

This is in contrast to extended family members being terribly puzzled why I simply can't 'summer in Tuscany' this year, or spend all of fall exploring wineries throughout France. No, I have a full-time job with health insurance, a 401k, and limited days off but I've earned them with my own hard work. And I'm proud of that (and used zero parental connections to get hired in the first place).

And in a slightly vain love: my fashion sense is on point and my friends know that if they want my opinion, I will not sugarcoat it for them. It's not easy to dress a plus-sized body with decent fabrics, cuts meant for my size, and not have it look like a fast fashion disaster or something a retiree might wear.

[ olive ] what gives you the most inspiration for your muse(s)?

Probably the best answer is what doesn't give me inspiration for my muses? Ha. And it's mostly things like fantasy literature/TV/movies (Game of Thrones would be the obvious example, but other things similar to that), video games, and most anime/manga interpretations of royalty. While they're fun to read, they don't really help cultivate the vibe I've always wanted to write for Sonia and her family, which has always been rooted in historical fiction, biographies, documentaries, contemporary fiction of royalty and upper classes in general, and news/current events. Not that there's anything wrong with the fantasy royal route: it's just not my thing.

But otherwise here's a few things:

Books: From classics written by Jane Austen, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Edith Wharton to more contemporary offerings from Dominick Dunne, Julian Fellowes, Tom Wolfe, and Kevin Kwan...I read. A lot. And beyond romance novels of all sorts, rich and/or royal problems are my particular literary interest. Ironically, the reading list that the character Corinna provides Kitty Pong Mrs. Bernard Tai in China Rich Girlfriend as part of her 'Appeal to old Hong Kong money crash course' is a good start. (Mild spoiler for book series that's been out for years, but still)

TV/Movies: Split between historical dramas (of comedic and less-comedic varieties), documentaries, and contemporary dramas most of the time. Considering how both quiet luxury and mocking the super rich are both trending right now (ahead of the likely recession), it's hard not to watch things like The Menu, The White Lotus, and Succession for some inspiration. Otherwise, everything from Downton Abbey, Bridgerton, The Gilded Age, and The Great to The Royals, Gossip Girl, Elite, and The Crown is up for fair game. I watch some Asian dramas too, but often more contemporary than historical for inspo. And plenty of royal documentaries (and I'll probably be watching King Charles III's coronation live, too).

Publications: Tatler (and I've mentioned it IC, too!), Town and Country, and Vanity Fair especially. But I look over gossip magazines as well for scandal inspiration.

Royal websites and social media: Yup. These too, for a variety of royals. Great for checking out social diaries, charity ideas, etc. For the fan questions Sonia and her family are asked? I follow royal confession and shitpost accounts for inspo. I had no idea there were so many people who diligently tracked when and where pieces of various crown jewel collections are worn, but they exist.

Real life: And finally, some of my ideas/plots/headcanons come from people and situations I know and/or experience personally.

[ mauve ] give one random headcanon about your muse / one of your muses.

Going to piggyback off the last question for this, but one of my headcanons for Sonia's younger cousin Sam (Prince Samuel of Novoselic. His father, Prince Arthur, is the King's younger brother. And a duke in his own right, alongside being a giant headache for a lot of people, Sam included) is that he learned how to fly a plane before he learned how to drive a car. This was an acceptable hobby growing up for him, as it would allow him to serve in the national air force for mandatory service required of all Novosonian royal men. But mostly, he wanted to learn because he could blissfully block out all of the family stress and squabbles thousands of kilometers in the air.

In the clouds, no one cares about the royal line of succession, net worth, who's who in the peerage, who went to which school and knows which person, who runs which charity, etc.

It's just him (and an instructor, and a bodyguard), the controls, and the sky.

This headcanon and the reasoning for it are based off of someone I know very well, and while they don't know I included this in one of my OCs for Sonia's family (hell, they don't even know I RP), I'm happy to honor them in this way.

Maybe after I eventually write the whole "Royal Residences" headcanon post I should work on a Sonia's family tree headcanon post

[ canary ] do you have pets? if yes, how many and what?

Ah yes, time to pay the pet tax!

Yes, I have one cat of my own. This is Molly, aka. Princess Molly, the true ruler of the house and my life.

She is a formerly feral buff tabby tuxedo girl, thus the notched ear. A rescue organization saved her from a cat colony when she was six months old, holding her own against a bunch of adult cats. I knew she was the cat for me at adoption day when she tucked herself into my arms and hissed at kittens and human children alike.

I like kittens, but I've got no interest in having human children of my own, so we really are kindred spirits.

Molly enjoys: sunny spots, windows, seafood feast, chicken feast (but only if the chunks are mushed up by me or my husband with a fork before presenting it to her. She doesn't like the pureed version: only the chunks but further pureed by hand), quiet, solitude, sitting on my belly while I read, watching the electric kettle come to a boil, my leather shoes and handbags (the higher the quality, the better to rub her face on), heated blankets, watching British dramas, grooming herself and her parents, sleep, ordering her mother and father around.

Molly dislikes: noise, anyone besides her mother and father entering the house, when her mother and/or father leave the house (they may not be coming back!), closing the bathroom door so she can't supervise shower and/or toilet time, stompy feet, salmon, turkey, coughing, sneezing, other cats, dogs, children of all sorts, people, cleaning her perch mats, when her catnip toys lose their flavor, and Amazon Alexa.

[theemporium]

Hii! Sirius inspo: second chance romance with this: “Your absence hurts deep within my soul, it’s an injury that never healed and you’re the only one that knows how to heal it.“ (it’s from a letter I wrote to someone)

honey did you just step out of a bridgerton novel?? omg that’s such a pretty wee line i’m obsessed

[personalityplaylists]

more niche playlists, pt. 2.

playlist for reading young adult/dystopian/drama/fantasy novels.

bridgerton-type beat. 

witchcore.

soundtrack for the villain. 

nothing’s gonna hurt you, baby (whisper me sweet nothings until i die).

pt. 1

[morethanaprincess-a]

@ahogedetective​ said:  ∗ o4﹕ what is your primary source of inspiration for Sonia? (and!) ∗ 23﹕ what genre or topic do you have the most difficult time writing about ? (if ur still doing these!!)

Experience Yourself Munday Meme - It’s not Munday but I’ll still accept these! I haven’t done a proper Munday meme in awhile

What is your primary source of inspiration for Sonia? 

This is not the easiest question because the short answer is: a lot of things, but mostly different books, scripted TV shows and films, and documentaries.

Comics and video games don’t really give me much inspo for this blog, honestly. Mostly as I hardly ever see royalty portrayed in a way I like to emulate? While quite a lot of Sonia’s canon backstory is ridiculous, I like to put in some amount of realism when coming up with headcanons and plots for her (which isn’t every roleplayer’s cup of tea! And I respect that, it’s just my personal preference). So I look at a lot of novels featuring royalty and the upper classes, TV shows and films, and documentaries about royal families and the wealthy and powerful across the world. And admittedly, a very little bit is inspired by my own family (no, not royalty, but I get a great view into a lot of Rich People Problems in my daily life). 

In no particular order and including but not limited to, I’m inspired by these:

Books:

Authors: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Edith Wharton, Jane Austen, Julian Fellowes, Tom Wolfe, Kevin Kwan, Dominick Dunne, Evelyn Waugh

Series: American Royals + sequel by Katharine McGee, Bridgerton by Julia Quinn (and prequels/sequels), Aven Quinn’s Royalty trilogy, The Royal We + sequel by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan, The Royal Runaway + sequel by Lindsay Emory

Biographies: anything by Antonia Fraser, The Duchess by Amanda Foreman

Movies: Marie Antoinette, The Duchess, The Young Victoria, The Princess Diaries, The Prince and Me, insert a lot of Hallmark royalty and royal-themed movies here. I’ve seen a lot about the British royals but I watch a lot of other stuff featuring European royalty in general too!

TV shows: ITV’s Victoria, Downton Abbey, Bridgerton, Sanditon (and many other Jane Austen adaptations), Gossip Girl (mostly the OG), The O.C., The Royals, The Crown, The Great, Elite, Skins, Reign...probably more I’m forgetting.

And a lot of documentaries. If it goes into royal residences, European travel, royal history, and/or is hosted by Lucy Worsley, it’s probably provided inspo for this blog. I watch a lot on streaming, as well as on PBS and CNN.

Finally, for Sonia’s taste in horror, I watch a lot of horror movies/TV shows/documentaries as well. We don’t have exactly the same taste, but I can watch something and usually decide if I like it, if my muse likes it, or we both like it.

 What genre or topic do you have the most difficult time writing about?

This is split between things I just don’t like writing and things I’ve been uncomfortable with writing about for some reason or other.

For things I just don’t like writing? Big battle/fight threads (I get bored so easily), magic/fantasy threads (urban fantasy aside, which I can sort of do when there’s paranormal investigations involved. But otherwise I’ve got no interest in high fantasy threads/plots), quick shipping (and for me, quick is subjective...but still. Only a handful of threads/interactions in and a muse wants to confess feels? It’s awkward as hell to write because Sonia usually doesn’t fall for someone, romantically at least, that fast. She’s very much a slow-burn sort of muse).

I also tend to choose not to write Non-Despair school threads or SDR2 game threads. Mostly because I hate recycling plots unless I’ve got a very good reason. It’s easier to do Non-Despair school threads if I’m writing with a muse I’ve yet to really throw Sonia with, or an OC/crossover muse. 

For things I’m uncomfortable with, depending on skills or uncertainty about the mun/muse/plot?

Despair-verse threads. And this is because it can be hard to determine people’s boundaries. I’ll read rules multiple times and there’s been instances where I’ve still grossed out/offended people by how awful Sonia is as a Remnant of Despair. So I tend not to offer this, especially as a first or one of the first few interactions with a blog. Coincidentally, it’s also the easiest verse to ship Sonia ‘romantically’ in, but she’s not really in love with anyone: it’s all about power, control, pain, and pleasure. So...it’s a mess.

And finally, smut or physical intimacy threads. It’s a combination of finding the right voice and tone I want for such encounters and being able to trust and feel comfortable with the mun I’m writing these scenes with. I’ve never been fond of my sex scenes sounding like porn or having little to do with a plot or overarching character development: it just doesn’t suit me. But I’ve had an easier time writing these after watching, and reading, sex scenes that resonate with how I want to write the intimate side of Sonia’s life. A lot of what I read in RP or fanfiction either makes me laugh or cringe and I feel bad about that.

But I also need to be able to trust the mun I’m writing with. I’ve experienced situations quite often in the course of my RP hobby/career where muns projected too much of themselves into their muse, using them as validation for their own emotions and intimate desires, and that’s really uncomfortable for me. I’m engaged in real life, and I’m not okay with someone being emotionally fulfilled only by a fictional ship (sex scenes or otherwise) and misinterpreting the ship as personal feelings towards the mun. My fiancé and I are very open and communicative about the sort of writing I do and he’s okay with it, but if other muns cross that line of fictional and personal...yeah, I have to shut that down. I’ve been harassed for this in the past and now, I just tend to be very selective about who, how, when, and where I write this content with.

[usergrantaire]

tag game

rules: answer the questions and tag nine people you want to get to know better/catch up with!

tagged by @shadows-of-1832 and @astoryinred 🖤

three ships: enjonine, royai, uhhhhh zutara

last song: holy ground, ts

last movie: spirited away, i think.

currently watching: rewatching new girl! if i had a nickel for every time i found a novel-length new girl au for a favourite ship of mine on ao3, i’d have two nickels. which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice. (they were actually what led me to watch the show in the first place)

currently reading: i finally finished reading outlander (the book) and i’m on dragonfly in amber now, as well as book 8 in the bridgerton series

currently craving: gif/writing inspo.

tagging (no pressure): @hihiyas, @born-to-lose, @alayne, @catalinabaylors, @timothyolyphant, @martinwallstrm, @thrnadier, @endlesstangents, and @bellamysgriffin ^_^

[kesleyjo]

current culture tag

I was tagged by @sullypants who is much cooler than me💗

Last song: Black Car by Leon Else. Go listen to that song...it is such a vibe. To be very honest I have been listening to a lot of TSwift as of late because my friends and I are doing a March Madness style bracket of all of her songs. Her songs really do run the gamut of middling to great.

Last film: Like sully, I also just re-watched Silence of the Lambs. Other than that I have been working by way through the “Oscar movies.” Da 5 Bloods and One Night and Miami are great...and for those in the Riverdale fandom ONIM has our very own Mad Dog as Muhammad Ali...very apropos.

Currently reading: I’ve got 4 going currently. The second to last Bridgerton novel...its my last one as I already read #8. The Children’s Book by A.S. Byatt...its...slow. The Family by Mario Puzo...and a re-read of Good Omens.

Currently watching: The Great Pottery Throwdown on HBO Max. If you are a fan of GBBO I highly recommend. I am also finally getting to a Discovery of Witches as everyone who knows me tells me I will love it. I’m cautiously optimistic.

Currently craving: Inspo to finish all my WIPs, migraine relief and chocolate covered strawberries. All of those may be related.

Tagging @iconic-ponytail @1sleepyowl @earthlaughsinflowersblog @jjonesin4

[hopepaigeturner]

🧐

🧐 Do you spend much time researching for your stories?

Uhh depends which ones. For Light in the Shadows yes.

It's actually funny I sort of got inspired by my research. I really wanted to push the idea of Bridgerton being diverse in numerous different areas and I thought ...why not Sophie be disabled. So I did lots of research on regency prosthetics but also watched videos about living as an amputee. One big inspo was Footless Jo on YouTube (do check her out she explains both the highs and lows of so many aspects about her life as a leg amputee).

And all of this inspired parts of Sophie's backstory , which then inspired her relationship with Simon, which the inspired the mystery element of the novel...

And yeah I sort of fell in love with my Sophie once I used the research to flesh her out. And I did it with a couple other things for the novel.

But mainly.my fanfics are for fun so I research as and when or I get inspired by info posts about stuff.

Thanks for the ask, hope that's insightful enough 😊😊

[anakinsthot]

Tag people you’d like to get to know better

Thanks for the tag @tomicaleto and @secretsolarsystem

Favorite color: burgundy or emerald green. Depends on my mood!

Currently reading: Payback’s a Witch, by Lana Harper. It’s a bi witchy romance I picked up at target as inspo to work on Anakin Skywalker, Witch

Next up: oh jeez I have a stack to read but let’s be honest my next read will be a reread of a Terry Pratchett novel.

Last song: Boss Bitch, Doja Cat

Last series: um, Disenchantment maybe?

Next up: Bridgerton season 2. I promised a friend.

Sweet, Savory, or Spicy: savory or spicy! I love both. Not usually a huge sweets fan.

Currently working on: My beloved bee fic, Bitter Honey

No pressure tagging: I feel bad tagging anyone! I’ve barely had time to be online this week so idk who’s done it already! @kittonafoxgirl @sexysymphony