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[comment-exchange]

26. Smoke in the Glass (Harry Potter)

Title: Smoke in the Glass Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/24446134 Platform: AO3 Creator: Lothlaurien Work Type: Fanfiction  Fandom: Harry Potter Rating: G Pairing: Gen/No pairing Word Count: 554 Warnings: None Number of comments: 0 (now >10) Completion Status: complete Short summary/description: Can dragons pass the mirror test? Charlie Weasley and Viktor Krum try to find out.

[themonsterblogofmonsters]

Hello! I've read your policy on using the creatures described here in stories and I was just wondering if you would be all right with fanfic writers featuring or drawing inspiration from some of the locations you've written about (with all proper credit, of course)? Pen Rhionydd, for example. Thank you!

Same policy applies across all posts on the blog! Provided the appropriate credit is given I’m a-okay with ficcers borrowing ideas from here. If you feel like it, feel free to send me the name of the fic you use it in and the username you post under too - I’m always interested to see what people do with my ideas!

[raevenlywrites]

Happy Storyteller Saturday! Have any of your characters changed a lot from their initial concept while you've been writing them? In what ways?

Yes! Tybee was meant to be a shallow, selfish rich kid--which he is, but only because he doesn’t know how not to be, and works really hard to follow that “how not to be a douche” advice he gets from Lia and Kyle. So not what I had planned for Tybee.

Gil... I think is still basically Gil, I’ve just gotten to know more of him

[thereadingchallengechallenge]

Bookish Expectations

Let’s play! Bookish expectations

Pick a book you haven’t read yet. Write a couple (or more) lines about what you expect from the book (it can be in terms of story, characters, feelings… Whatever you think about!)

Use the hashtag “bookish expectations”, tag a couple of your friends, and let’s get this thing rolling! :D

tagged by: @storytime-reviews ^.^

I’m gonna talk about my next read, Before the Beginning by Anna Morgan :3 it’s an Australian YA novel about a group of teenagers who go away for Schoolies - a trip teens go on at the end of exams in their final year of high school that’s usually filled with drinking and shenanigans...

... but I don’t get those vibes from the book’s cover or blurb? it seems like quite a serene read on the outside but I’m sure it’s full of drama and intrigue. and it has a little wlw romance in it too, apparently, so I should be a happy bookworm 😊

tagging some new followers - @lothlaurien @bookish-brews @pommcannelle @haileyreadsbooks - and anyone else who wants to join in!

[pheita]

Fluffy Friday Open Ask September 25th

What do your Oc’s love to do together? What is something that brings the whole gang together in no time? 

@catharticallysarcastic​ ​ @crystallized-ink​ @lothlaurien​ @yuriyawrites​ @insert-meaningful-username @writinginslowmotion @gwens-fiction @fluffy-fridays

[troiings]

Tagged by @lothlaurien​! HELLO LOVELY.

Name: i’ve been going as Arwen online it feels weird to be referred to as anything else in text form

Nickname: old ladies who’ve known me since i was tiny call me Al. 

Zodiac: Aquarius

Favourite music/bands: Loreena McKennitt is a forever fave. tastes are a bit all over the place though? i like indie, electro-pop, classic rock... handful of artists i don’t really get tired of: Florence + The Machine, Bishop Briggs, good soundtracks (Howard Shore, James Newton Howard, Hans Zimmer), Explosions in the Sky, Barenaked Ladies, Jimmy Buffett, Stevie Nicks & Fleetwood Mac, Lauren Daigle, The XX, Xylø, MØ...

Favourite sports team: uhh....

Other blogs: used to run E.E. Cummings and Pablo Neruda fanblogs, but now it’s really just this one and the writing blog

Do you get asks: recently, yes. historically, no

How many blogs do you follow: 154

Tumblr crushes: this list surprised me a bit?

Lucky number: do i look like i know that????

What are you wearing right now: "there’s no place like [earth’s gate address symbols]” shirt and underwear because apparently when no animals are in my bedroom my skin doesn’t break out when i don’t wear long pants!!! pants are officially an illusion now!!

Dream vacation: idk man i just like to Go. see pretty sights. be in a hammock. listen to the ocean at night. traipse through the woods. i’m not picky.

Dream car: something functional? would probably buy like... a toyota corolla from a rental place if i had the money

Favourite food: p much any south asian cuisine, pasta... i really like to eat. spicy navratan korma and peshwari naan is like a go-to comfort food

Drink of choice: water, iced chai latte with a shot of espresso, coke... mostly water though

Instruments: i don’t really play anything now but i played oboe for... 10 years? and i still have my oboe ofc. also played tenor sax for about 5 years!

Languages: English, and i become semi-fluent in French if immersed in it for a day or so, but there’s not much reason to speak it here.

Celebrity crush: forever and ever Amanda Tapping amen. hat tip to the old Sandra Bullock obsession, Lucy Liu is a dream, and currently i’m all about MyAnna Buring because she’s wonderful and precious. Viola Davis! a big mood!!! Idris Elba, Alondra de la Parra, Maria Mena, Jonathon Young 

Random fact: iiii did gymnastics for 10 years and was competitive for like, 5?

Favourite ecosystem: that... is a question i have never considered? rainforest?

Favourite cat: all cats are worthy, but Kitty, aka Rosco P. Cat, was the best cat. he was part Maine Coone, short haired, and 17 pounds of muscle. he scratched me once because i was carrying him over my shoulder when a car flew around a corner and scared him. he walked me to the bus in the mornings and met me at it after school

i tag whoever wants to participate bc i’m lazy

[airmanisr]

bunny stamp by lothlaurien

[phoenixflames12]

I was tagged by @solomon-tozer to list 6 fictional characters I love not necessarily in order 

1. John Bridgens and Henry Peglar (The Terror) 

Absolutely no one is surprised and no one should be surprised that these two are together because I love them both equally and couldn’t possibly separate them. I love how they feed off each other- how Henry is so desperate for knowledge and John can only see their suffering through a classical lens, because that’s how he understands the world and oh my heart, I love them both so much. 

2. Thomas Nightingale (Rivers of London novels)

I will never not be emotional about that line in The Hanging Tree when Peter describes him as still having a boyish charm despite having lived through two world wars, being the last wizard in Britain, having the responsibility of the Folly, Peter and Guleed and the trauma over David and still being able to smile. 

3. Archie Kennedy (Hornblower) 

My little precious ray of sunshine who quotes Shakespeare at the drop of a hat and grows SO MUCH in between The Frogs and the Lobsters and Mutiny, coming to terms with what’s happened to him and how he can help others who are in similar situations. His relationship with Wellard will never not make me sob. 

4. Beth March (Little Women) 

Do I self project myself onto Beth? Yes. Do I love her for her quiet dignity, also yes. 

5. William Laurence (Temeraire novels) 

I adore Will Laurence with my whole heart. I love how bloodily, stupidly noble he is, how much he loves his dragon, the sheer scope of the journey that they go on always makes me yearn for a Netflix deal that does each book in a 10 part series going into as much detail as possible. 

6. Lyra Belacqua (His Dark Materials) 

My original heroine, who, despite all of her faults, captured my heart when I was eight and hasn’t let it go, nineteen years later. I love her and will protect her with my life. 

I will no pressure tag @waltzingtostars, @lothlaurien, @kcrabb88 and @fireferns- only if you want to, of course! 

[laurelrusswurm]

John Brown Russwurm

... may or may not have been a relative of mine.  John Brown Russwurm was a few years older than my emigrating ancestor, Valentin Russwurm.  A few years ago one of my sisters remarked on the family resemblance between our Dad and this this portrait of John Brown Russwurm.  

This portrait is in the Public Domain and the original can be found in the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery  ...  cliff1066™ took this photograph which was  reframed by lothlaurien.ca and ris released under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0) License

[gwens-fiction]

Fluffy Friday (10-9-20)

Happy Fluffy Friday! It’s time to talk about those nice and fluffy aspects of your WIPs! This is a very general theme and can encompass things such as family relations, friendships, platonic relationships, found family, pets, romantic couples, etc. We’re talking about those warm, fuzzy feels. Although the comfort aspect of hurt/comfort could potentially apply as well, if you’re more of an angst-fluff sort.

This is an all-inclusive ask event; all colors of the rainbow is acceptable. However, no NSWF questions unless someone specifically says they’re open to them.

I’ll be sending out this ask as well, but in case I miss you, here is this week’s question:

Do your OCs and their friends/family/SOs enjoy doing movie nights? If so, what do they do for them? Is there a certain genre they watch?

Feel free to tag me in your answer and tag @fluffy-fridays for any open questions!

Tag to use: Fluffy Friday

@catharticallysarcastic​ @pheita @crystallized-ink @lothlaurien @yuriyawrites @insert-meaningful-username @writinginslowmotion

If you’d like to be added or removed, please let me know!

Now let’s hear some fluff! 🐇