#simon-elliot's first POV!

[blueshistorysims]

September 1937, Paris, France

Ever since Simon-Elliot’s mother had announced they were going to Paris to visit Uncle Albert and Aunt Odette, he had been eagerly counting down the days. He wanted to see the Eiffel Tower and all the other places he’d only seen in photographs and read in books. Living in a country town like Henford was so boring, and while his classmates were nice to him, he had a feeling some of his friendships’ were forced, and they were only kind to him because his father was the Duke of Feldsbury. 

After prayers, Simon-Elliot watched his parents and uncle speak quietly to one another while his aunt put Samuel to bed. Lately, his father was always whispering to his mother, and he spent longer stretches of time in London, playing both diplomat and politician. He knew it was about Germany and the Japanese Empire, but there was only so much the newspaper said. He often wondered what his father knew that the British public didn’t.

“Maman and Papa are always worried now,” Marie-Louise told her cousins and brother as they mindlessly played with toys and the like. “I don’t know what the word in English, but they are…”

“Anxious?” Simon-Elliot offered.

She nodded. “Oui. But Victor and I are too petite, and they do not tell us anything. It’s the same with the other people at our school.”

Miranda sighed. “It wasn’t always like that. But Aunt Eleora and Uncle Byron don’t tell us anything.”

Simon-Elliot stared at his younger cousins. He was almost twelve, just a little over a year away from turning thirteen. He knew more than they did, though sometimes he wished he didn’t.

Victor shrugged. “Papa wants to move out of Paris, but Maman refuses. It’s our home. They’re always whispering about Allemagne.”

The elder boy sighed and said bluntly, “It’s because we’re Jews.”

Everyone turned and stared at him, dead silent. 

[takeeachdayonebookatatime]

Law and order svu fanfiction 

Video killed the pedophile part 11

Fin: pov Liv might kill me for bringing this up but who cares. While looking Liv directly in the face I say ever been, high and Captain care to explain to your detective's how it happened and one word it involves mushrooms.

Muncy: pov mushrooms how does one get high on mushrooms.

Joe: pov is that even possible like how.

Amanda: pov what, I need details.

Liv: pov we were working a case and the lady was found dead, she was  hot and wet. Turns out it was a rare species of mushrooms that caused her death and while we were arresting the suspect I looked into a pot that was boiling. Turns out he was cooking the mushrooms and I must have inhaled some of the fumes because next thing I know I'm fainting in the interrogation room.

Fin: pov while laughing i say Liv you forgot the best part were you said.

Amanda: pov Fin can't seem to keep it together.

Muncy: pov Sargent tutuola is laughing so hard I wonder what is so funny.

Fin: pov  I did not stab the captain with the pickle 

Joe: pov everyone starts laughing captain benson says did I really say that i do not remember saying that. But she does remember waking up in the ER after fainting.

Liv: pov never have I ever come face to face with a tiger. Everyone says what, I mention we had a case back in the day and my former partner Elliot came pretty close to being tiger food. 

Muncy: pov i asked captain Benson if her and detective Stabler were close. Sargent tutuola answered my question by saying yes, our captain had them take a psychological evaluation. 8 years into their partnership that's how close they were. The lady said if you split them up you lose your best 2 detective's. Captain Benson says it all started because my partner chose me over the job and so did i. We had a case this guy murdered a whole family and 2 kids were kidnapped, we had caught up to the guy and the kids. The guy had a knife and I got cut with it on the side of my neck. It was not a big cut, Elliott had a chance to save the boy instead of chasing after them, my partner stopped to make sure I was okay and in those few seconds it cost the boy his life. Later when Gitano caused an armed standoff I refused to shoot him, I did not want to endanger Elliot's life. That was when I transfered to computer crimes. By the way the little girl was unharmed and Elliot blamed me for the kids death.

Joe: pov what he blamed you that is so wrong 

Liv: pov yep said why did I get so close to him, the suspect and he can't always be looking over his back to make sure I'm okay. 

Fin: pov Liv it was not your fault you hesitated yes but no one is perfect and the guy cut your neck, thankfully it was not a bad cut, but it was, stabler's fault for stopping and checking on you and the boy died. Not your fault it was his he made that choice not you.

Amanda: pov Fin always says you and stabler had a special bond.

Liv: pov elliot was more than a partner, he was family, since i had no one other than simon my brother who is now dead. I was one of the first people to hold his son Eli, it all started when El had court so I offered to take Kathy to her obgyn appointment and we were in a car accident, I managed to get out of the car but her legs were stuck. They had to use the jaws of life to get her out. That is when Eli decided right then and there it was a perfect time to arrive into the world. We still have a special bond. A long time ago I even offered him my kidney if needed and he offered me his.

Joe: pov wait you offered him a kidney, don't people have to be the same blood type, for that.

Fin: pov what's even weirder is they are both the same blood type.

Muncy: pov no way that can't be. 

Amanda: pov what wow close is an understatement.

Muncy: pov I get that you and detective Stabler were close but what happened between you too.

Fin: pov one word Jenna, after 13 years of partnership he left Liv ghosted her for ten years.

Joe: pov  I ask who Jenna is. Captain Benson says a 16 year old girl, her mother was about to testify in a rape case but was murdered while walking with Jenna. We arrested the guy who killed her mother and the guy who gave him the gun, while at the precinct she shot them both and sister Peggy then shot up the precinct, injuring people, sister Peggy and the 2 guys did not make it. Elliot was forced to shoot and kill Jenna. It haunted him; it's the reason why he left. One day Cragen called me into his office and told me Elliot put his papers in, he never did say goodbye to me. He recently Said to me if he saw my face he might not have been able to leave.

Amanda: pov wow that is deep, must have been traumatizing.

Liv: pov it was he was forced to kill a child.

Fin: pov we had no idea it was going to happen, turns out she had just bought the gun a few minutes earlier on the street.

Muncy: pov have you ever had a suspect that got into your head, one that stayed with you after the case ended.  I can tell by Fin's face I should not have asked this question.

Fin: pov I tell Liv you do not have to answer this question.

Amanda: pov I say Henry Messner he is a messed up kid.

Joe: pov Liv leans in real close and lowers her voice.

Liv: pov I say even though he's dead, little things still trigger you and you hear his voice, see his face, smell the smell of your burnt flesh, the taste of vodka in your mouth, the feel of the cigarette being put out on your skin, the screams of Ms  Myers being raped.

Muncy: pov I feel so bad for asking this question. The atmosphere in the room turned very dark. Liv got up and said she has to get back to work, Fin you coming. They both headed to her office. I asked Amanda if she would  be okay because I didn't mean to upset the captain. Amanda says Liv is still working on that being okay. To be continued . …….

[stablersolivia]

Elliot/Olivia Rant About Last Night's Crossover (Sort of)

So, much like everyone else.... I have some thoughts on last night's SVU/OC crossover. Mainly... yes, the Elliot/Angela [redacted].

While I do want Elliot and Olivia together (soon), I do get why he [redacted] Angela. She's a manipulator. A lot of fans (including myself) have been suspicious of her from almost the very beginning.

Her son Rafiq's death is her only connection to Elliot on an emotional level since he's grieving his wife's death as well. So, with that being said, there's a deeper connection between it all IF she ends up being guilty as accused. We see her in jail in the next episode promo, so that leads us to believe she's been arrested. There's more to it, I'm sure.

But, to continue, I get it. I get why Elliot connected with her. He's grieving not only the loss of his wife, he's also grieving the loss of what he once had with his family (notably his Son Eli moved out so now he's alone) and the loss of his connection and partnership with Olivia. She is so close yet so far away and not only is it grief and mourning but also, guilt for leaving. (I just wish they would explain more of why he left and didn't show up during her darkest hours).

Then this woman comes up, Angela, with all these relatable feelings he's having. Obviously, before Isaac Bekher tells him it was her, Elliot doesn't suspect her of anything. He thinks she's the only one he can relate to in that moment. He thinks she's a victim in all this too due to what happened to her son because of what seems like his connection to her ex-husband's (Richard Wheatley) "business."

I genuinely feel that Elliot [redacted] Angela is what he 'thinks' is a connection that, in a way, will protect HIMSELF from doing something with Olivia that he'll regret because he's not in his sound mind.

Remember, toward the beginning of the SVU ep, Olivia tells him people (she doesn't name) are telling her to stay away from him? He looked hurt that she'd tell him that, and or that someone is telling her to stay away from him. She's all he has in reality and maybe he does recognize that eventually. It already seems he feels she doesn't want him in her personal life as of yet (he's yet to meet her son) so he probably feels like he can't talk to her like that quite yet.

He knows he left her, he knows he's hurt her so why go to her in his most vulnerable, insecure, reckless moments and hurt her even more? He may feel like he's connected to Angela through shared trauma but he has nothing to lose with her whereas, he'd lose what he has left in Olivia which is hanging by a thread as is.

While I do believe Elliot and Olivia are slowly rebuilding that trust, having brief moments of honesty, it's nowhere near where they need to be for him to make a move like that with Olivia. It would kill them both if it was the wrong time.

Now my favorite parts of last nights crossover?

First of all, loved the parking garage scene which seems to have replaced the diner scene from what I saw other SVU aficionados state.

I feel the hurt in him when she discloses that there are people warning her about him. But loved the moment he asked if they were ok and she goes, "I hope so." Burned parallel. Gotta love it.

I also loved the way he protected her in the shooting.

On OC, it's like night and day. While they had some tension at the beginning, the whole hallway scene at the OC precinct was so ... Season 12 EO. The way they looked at each other, the way they said Uncle K in sync, the way he pulled the chair out for her, and the way she grabbed his hand and he held on for a split second longer.

I feel like it was a bit of regret on Elliot's part, it was right after - you know. But I feel like he's realizing what he didn't before. He's connected to Olivia more than he'd realized through shared trauma as well. She gets what he is going through and he didn't see that before going to Angela multiple times.

What I didn't like?

Hated the way they had him initially react to Simon's death. "I'm sorry to hear that," is not good enough and I lay that purely on SVU's shoulders because they seem to not want anything to do with Elliot and it shows and it's... quite frankly petty.

He is much more tender and sincere when he and Olivia were talking in the hallway on OC.

I was also a little confused by the Bell comment. She said "Captain Benson means a lot to you, " and in the same scene says to move on. It wasn't clear at first and I feel like... I do now think she meant to move on from Kathy's case, but at first it sounded like she meant that she knows Olivia well enough to know he should move on from her because he'd hurt. Which, you know is probably why he went to Angela again. I don't know, it was confusing. I get it, but it's confusing.

And one last thing I don't like, is that they can't seem to get EO to just have one honest, bare to soul conversation. It's always deflected by the case or Olivia asking about any developments on Kathy's case which she also tells him to step back from so he can help himself heal.

Overall

I do genuinely feel like they're setting up EO, which I'm happy about. I just want them on the same page and on solid ground. They're trying to cram everything regarding Elliot's healing into eight episodes, I get that, but I feel like it'll all tie in better when Olivia's POV is more apparent and when they actually talk about the last ten years. I hope when Season 2 is picked up, they delve more into Elliot making up the lost time in the right way with Olivia. Including major explaining and groveling. Also, hope before Season's end, we get some sort of answers to that letter. I still feel like what he said in it, is why Olivia hasn't given up. He's said something we need to hear that she has already thus why she's just... there for him. I also wonder if Angela's seeming involvement in Kathy's death will allow Richard (Dylan Mcdermott) to stay on past season 1. Seems like a big name to only sign on for eight eps.

Guess we'll find out.

I'm just trying to believe Chris and Mariska when they say it'll take time to rebuild their relationship. I just have to believe it'll be something great when they get there.

[helloblobbyblobfish]

The bat and the pencil

I have no excuse. Here is a batman x eraser.

Set after Batman #188, Lenny realizes he might want something else out of Bruce than cold meat...

(Note: This was written back in July 2021, but I completely forgot to put basically ANYTHING from my A03 on Tumblr: https://archiveofourown.org/works/32552764/chapters/80744317 . After Henry Branson a few weeks (or was it already over a month) ago, here is the first chapter of my crack pairing batman fic.

Enjoy.

Author’s note: Honestly, first time publishing a super-hero fanfic despite my love for VERY obscures characters. I might do something on the green knight someday... But here is something inspired by the last (at the time I am writing this chapter) Casually Comics episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dau7ihwtKuo

Sasha thought the fic was writing himself, and so did I! But expect some very sparce publishing. And some faults because I am not a native English speaker. Help me, Lenny Fiasco! I’m also writing a sequel to a story from the silver age but will use what I enjoy from more recent batman mythos additions

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Lenny Fiasco POV

“I get the message! It’s better to be a rubber... Than being a robber !”

I hear Bruce Wayne and his young protégé Dick Grayson closing the door. Good, Batman and Robin mustn’t know I know their secret. Or maybe they suspect it. In which case, I had to make sure my act was perfect. No flaw. As someone who spend a lifetime cleaning mistakes, I like to think there is none when I cover something, no matter what has to be clean!

I trained with actor to have the perfect lies, journalists to know perfect spelling, marksmen to have a flawless shoot... That last one I failed at against Bruce.

Still, I’m surprised he seemed to know nothing despite the fact he knew I recognize him thanks to his perfume... He must have thought I wouldn’t smell it in the heat of the action and from that far. But I perfected my senses. I knew he was changing behind the statue of Celia Smith—The Ice Queen!

And yet I said nothing... Even despite the fact it was my adversary’s mistakes, I felt the need to make sure it was covered... Than nobody else but me would know...

My reflections are interrupted by a tremor. All of a sudden, a giant liana rips my cell widow open! Behind the wall, Poison Ivy on a giant vine! I see there is a massive riot involving The Penguin, Echo, Spellbinder and Polka-Dot Man, amongst other. My “rescuer” asks: “So, you’re The Eraser? Want to help me out?” I smirk: “Absolutely, Miss Ivy! But we might need to stay to find my suit.” A smaller vine brings my costume inside my cell. “Nevermind, I’ll change quickly, and we can go. As a thank you, I’ll only ask 15% of your steals!”

-

I am currently helping Miss Ivy- I always use codenames when I can, to make sure I can’t give away anything. Admittedly, her identity is already public knowledge, but it’s the professional thought that counts. What is un-professional is all those thought I have about Batman- and his perfume. Truly is a wonderful perfume he uses, combines with his natural smell... I can understand why I can recognize it, after all those years.

Oh, what a mess, I almost let some dirt under my shoe, it would have been terrible standing. But I realize I might have enjoyed his company a lot more when I was young... Bruce was so much nicer than Simon or his friend Elliot... I wonder what became of them? Maybe Batman put them behind bar despite their past friendships. We’re Gothamites, crime, violence and insanity are in our veins. Bruce simply decided to put his in service of the law to stop ours...

But back at my current work, I am cleaning an illegal plant traffic ring Miss Ivy destroyed. Of course, she will be suspected, there might have been a witness that escaped before I check if all of the crook were unable to incriminate her, and the location is oh so much her style to wreck, but I am doing what I paid to do and making sure nothing can lead to her current hideout.

But all those thought about Bruce Wayne-

“Miss Ivy?” “Yes, Mister Eraser?” “May I ask less in exchange for using your laboratory?” “You might not need a lesser pay. What is it you are planning?”

-

12 hours later

Lenny Fiasco POV

My work is completed! The gas I am now hiding in a capsule inside my shoes has memory-wiping effects! Miss Ivy had no issue presuming it is a way to erase witness without wasting ammunitions, which I will acknowledge as a very useful side effect. But the real reason I thought of it is specifically to affect Batman!

-

Matches Malone POV

I’m currently investigating the remnants of the racket web set up by Hampden Dennis, that I exposed as batman during a murder investigation. But for now, I am not having much luck finding the free members of the racket crew. But, wait a minute.

I need to go outside. I am seeing The Eraser, one of the criminals who escaped from prison last week! But what is that fiend doing here! His gimmick is hiding evidences! Is he meeting gangsters for a crime? I have to follow him!

Five minutes later, we are near the abandoned building Two-Face was using two weeks ago when planning the stealing of Gotham’s second bank! All of a sudden, The Eraser run towards my hiding place! “Hello, Batman, I can smell you, you know?!” He put his shoes up in the air. Oh, God! I need my bat-nose-plug! Too late, I’m falling into... what?

-

??? POV

I awake to somebody, a young person... I think? Begging a man named Bruce to wake up. I’m... Who am I? I open my eyes, and close them because of the light. “Alfred, he is waking up! But his eyes hurt! The curtains, fast!” “At once, Master Dick!” Suddenly, I am far less hurt, but when I open my eyes, I have a bit of difficulty seeing, because everything is dark.

Somebody lights a candle. Once I finished adjusting my eyes, I see two people over me: An old man in a butler outfit-maybe he is one? And a young teen with dark hair and blue eyes. I have a bit of a hard time understanding what they say, there is a ringing in my ears who is really starting to get painful, but I think I am indeed Bruce. But I don’t want to get or give misconceptions. “Who am I? Whor are you?”

I see the two men reacting with a mix of despair and I think, worry?”

-

Three days later:

Bruce Wayne POV

I’m annoyed. Because I don’t have my memories, I can’t fully understand all those contacts. Some of parents’ friends like Lucius Fox and Alfred are taking care of the most important things, but I am given deals of lesser importance to try to get back in the business, but I have difficulties understanding the finer print, and a kid I adopted is making sure I’m not missing stuff. It’s humiliating.

There is also the fact I am missing something. Richard and Alfred keep talking in whispers, looking at my office they refuse to let me enter for reasons they don’t want to spill. I also have an urge to punch something, to exercise regularly. I don’t understand. Nothing in what I read about me seems to indicate I have a history of fighting or that I am interested in gyms. I do some training when I’m sure nobody is watching, or else I feel I would be going insane.

Alfred enters the room: “Sir, the mail. Taxes, invitations to galas and a college classmate called Lenny Fiasco. The last one is currently imprisoned at Blackgate. I’m not sure I would recommend answering it, Sir.”

I snatch that Fiasco guy card first. For some reason, his name seemed almost as right as the one from the higher-up at Wayne Tech. For some reason, there are names I just find... Right. Like they are people I knew. But I’m kind of worried. Some of those names are the names of criminals... And The Batman. A so-called vigilante that is apparently missing... That makes me think.

“Did Dick get another call?” “Yes, Sir.” Alfred is stiff. There is a red telephone Dick receives messages from and he refuses to tell us what it’s about. But he always disappears after receiving one. I open the letter. That Fiasco guy want to catch up, and... “He wants to apologize for having attempted to kill me! How did I not learn of that!” Alfred is trying to remain his composure, but he seems shocked too. “I hadn’t been told there had been an attempt on your life, Sir. Please tell me you don’t plan on meeting him?!”

“I first need to learn anything about him, Alfred! Can I use the computer?” “Master Bruce” he says softly “it is your house! Of course, I can’t stop you!” I give a reassuring squeeze on his shoulder: “Thank you, Alfred. I need to know which criminal he is.”

Turns out there isn’t a lot. Apparently, Lenny started being an active crock two weeks ago only. The Eraser. I snort at the look. I’ve heard that we had cat, bat, crocodile, clown, dots and clay-themed mad-men in town, but this is a full pencil theme. PENCIL! And his deal is cleaning what other criminals do. Did I witness a crime and he tried to kill me? I have a dangerous though. And if, instead of killing me, he ended up erasing my memories and went too far?

We don’t know why I have no memory. The doctors found no concussion, only some small vestiges of gas in my lungs, that they weren’t able to analyze. I hide those suspicions from Alfred. He seemed to be in a panic that I was found in an alley, in my underwear to boot. I took 2 days to be found, and then another day to awake. But I need to go talk with that man. I also see a picture of Lenny Fiasco at his trial.

I see a man of average height, with slicked blond hair and brown eyes. He seems average, but to be fair. Everyone seems to look the same in Gotham. I would have no issue believing Dick is my biological son. And the only difference between Alfred and other butlers is that he is British.

I do find him attractive. And he strikes me as lonely, when I watch the picture. Could this man regret what he did? Perhaps.

Now, I need to speak with Fiasco, but I need protection. I think you can easily call for Batman and Robin, and it seems commissioner Gordon is one of my friends...

-

Next day,

Lenny Fiasco POV

“Visit for Lenny Fiasco. Bruce Wayne and Robin!”

As I expected once I sent my letter. Bruce might not have even read my letter. Just by looking at my name on the computer, he should have found interesting things about me, and that he would invite Robin was obvious. Now, the question is, how much did Dick Grayson tell him?

I can say nothing with certitude when I see them walking towards my cell. Robin’s body language is one of discomfort, Bruce acts like the boy wonder is a mere bodyguard rather than a friend or, I don’t know, a surrogate son.

Well, I turned myself in for this scheme. The D.A is used to schemes, he put higher security, but I hacked the cameras before even turning me in. By pushing a button hidden in my shoes, I put a loop of edited footage. It will look like me and Bruce are having a cold exchange, while Robin keeps watch. No fool play involved.

As soon as the two are in front of my cell, I slam Robin against the bars of my cell. He is knocked out instantly. Bruce backs away. Touching the wall, he notices it seems hollow. I nod in his direction: “Go on, Bruce. It’s for you. Might trigger some memories. Don’t worry about me. I can’t touch you from here. I just wanted the bird out of the way to begin with. Nothing to fear from me anymore.”

Boy I am glad I was put in the row where nobody is located in except me for now. So many empty rows thanks to the recent evasion. And I was sincere in saying that I didn’t know where any other crook is. I told Miss Ivy to change hideout in case the Batman tried to interrogate me. He was knocked out since less than two hours at this point, she understood.

Managing to open the wall with his bare hands -what did he do as training, I do like how his muscle contract- I get to see how my adversary deal with shock in his current state of mind.

My plan is simple: I will become a confident of the batman as he is rebuilding himself. Like that, I will know how to deal with Bruce without killing him yet having a very successful career. That’s worst-case scenario. At best, I will make Batman my protector. I don’t know why I want Batman alive, but with this scheme, I will have nothing to fear from him.

And I see fear in his eyes, as he tries on a glove of his suit. I can’t help but snicker: “See, Bruce? It seems like you were kept out of a big secret. That your so-called “family and friends” where attempting to erase a part of your life, I could say. But face it, Wayne. YOU! ARE! THE! BATMAN!!!”

I cackle, like an idiot villain. But this seems like a piece of cake to guilt-trip this worried duck-face. Or is he a fruit bat, given how goofy it is?

[rahleeyah]

Need a Rebecca Hendrix pov fic...

And definitely need a Dean Porter one too. Dean who does not like Olivia Benson one bit. Dean who sees her with the vic and thinks she's useless until she breaks through and his jaw just drops. Dean who falls for this woman in one fell swoop. Dean who sees her with Elliot and knows it's game over but he still tries because she's worth the effort. Dean whose heart breaks a little at the look of betrayal on Liv's face, knowing he might never see her again.

YES oh my goddddd Dean would be so good here. Bc he has this connection with Liv separate and apart from Elliot at first and then he gets to NYC and he gets to see her in her element and she's got this fucking bulldog looking out for her, who won't let Porter near her - and Florida comes first, before nah I'm good thanks, Porter who saw how Elliot rushed into save Liv and didn't take a shot at Simon, Porter who even comments on it if it'd been me I would have shot him, looking back and forth between the two of them, wondering at the connection between them, that Elliot risked his neck and trusted Liv when Porter wouldn't, and everyone walked out alive because of it, and then he comes back and we got all of that drama I'm thinking like. A series of vignettes of these interactions, Porter's thoughts when he first meets Liv, when he watches her get through to the victim, when their paths keep crossing and how his opinion of her keeps evolving because there are so many layers to her that he's slowly unraveling. That's good stuff.

[cursed-ravenclaw-legacy]

Simon Cahill and Elliot Silvereye - Pt. 1

[Fall - Year 5 Simon, Year 7 Elliot, Great Hall - Study/Free Hour, After Dinner, Elliot POV]

Deep Breath, You won't be able to focus on your classes until you find a way to talk to him

Elliot exhaled slowly and watched as a younger, messy haired Ravenclaw talked to the Gryffindor Prefect.

Bill, he reminded himself, Bill Weasley, friends with that kind Ravenclaw. 

If only he knew how to talk to people confidently, maybe he would have been sorted to Gryffindor instead of Hufflepuff if that was the case. Elliot was definitely sorted correctly though, he knew that much, he was to graduate this year after all. He had some confidence, just not when it came to discussing feelings with anyone. He preferred to make people laugh with small jokes and harmless pranks. He did have a good duo of 5th years though, Nymphadora Tonks and Tulip Karasu.

Maybe I could talk to Tulip and Tonks too, they are his friends as well. 

He sighed and looked back to Bill, noticing the Ravenclaw Boy had wandered off with another Gryffindor, and the loud Slytherin girl who was always boasting her skills. He glanced back and caught Elliot's eye, his face flushing red to his ears as he ran to keep up out of the Great Hall.

Jogging over to the eldest Weasley, he tapped him lightly on the shoulder. 

"Excuse me, Bill?"

Bill jumped slightly, surprised by the sudden tap and request for him. Looking up from his work at the table, he smiled softly at Elliot.

"Elliot, right?" Bill chuckled, "We haven't talked much since 4th year, have we."

"No, I suppose we haven't. The professors are definitely keeping us busy." Elliot smiled softly, "I actually had a few things to ask you"

"If it's about anything with careers, I'm probably just as lost as you are, Silvereye" Bill laughed lightly as he gestured for his peer to sit with him, "But ask away, my friend"

Elliot laughed as he sat next to Bill. He took a deep breath and stared at the table as he spoke.

"That Ravenclaw you were just talking to, what's his name?" Elliot could feel his face flush.

He looked up at Bill and felt his face flush even more. Bill looked surprised and shocked by the question.

"Simon, Simon Cahill." Bill said confused, "He's been breaking into the Cursed Vaults since he got here."

Ah, right. Elliot had pushed the events of the Vaults out of his mind after being subject to the Sleepwalking curse the year prior.

"Elliot, are you feeling well?" Bill questioned, "You're looking a little red. I can walk you to the infirmary if you need."

"I'm alright, just remembering back to last year." Elliot fidgeted with his tie, "This may be an odd question for me to ask, but do you know... um…"

Eliot could feel his ears warming up. Would Bill even help me with this? We haven't been close friends for a few years. He cleared his throat and stared at the table.

"Is he seeing anyone that you know of?"

Bill stared at him and then started snickering into his hand. Elliot looked up at him confused and slightly hurt. Noticing this, Bill took a deep breath to stop his laughter and smiled at Elliot. Bill mumbled to himself, sighed and gave Elliot a smirk, 

"He isn't seeing anyone, but that's all I'm able to say on the matter. He said he was headed out to the courtyard though, if you want to catch up to him."

Elliot's heart skipped a beat at the news and he abruptly stood up, feeling his face flush again. 

"Actually, I have to go back to my dorm," he muttered, faking a glance at his watch "Gizmo needs to be fed and then I've got to find Penny and Tonks for a guided study session. Thank you Bill, for answering my questions"

This is... the first chunk of what I've written, I can add the other two if people have any interest.

Pt.1 | Pt. 2 | Pt. 3 |

[mwritesink]

The never ending shelf of WiPs

(Working titles are italicized. this is my attempt at organizing myself. Includes both Original and Fan Works. Post under a cut as this got long real quick...)

Original Works

“Rebel Songs”: November 1920. Dublin, Ireland. A chance meeting brings WW1 veterans Shannon Maxwell and Lawrence Barton together and into a whirlwind romance. Their first problem? Shannon is an IRA soldier and Lawrence works with the RIC Special Reserve. (currently writing random scenes, outlining, and researching)

“iceskating”: Modern day. Somewhere. Danny Reid is hired by Esmé Caldwell - renowned former Olympic Ice Skater and current coach - to help get her protege back into competitive shape. Jason O’Rinn - scarred, intense, and guarded - is just the sort of man Danny should stay away from, but he can’t turn away from fixing broken things, especially when Jason reaches back to heal Danny’s own scars. (I’ve maybe an eighth done of a first draft. fully outlined. need to do research)

“Red Headed Bastards”: [fictional year. fictional city name]. Lauren Lowfey, marked from birth as an outsider by her red hair, is just trying to make a life. One day she gets a package to deliver at the Aesir Castle that sends her life into far more adventure than she ever asked for or wanted. Outside the city, though, forces are moving to make the first moves of Ragnarok. (need to write scenes, need to outline, need to research)

“Chicago History Poetry Zine Series”: Poetry to inform about significant, and some not so significant, details about Chicago history. (have a set written about Camp Douglas, though several are in edit mode. Need to figure out the best way to arrange and publish. constantly in research)

“My Squire, My Knight”: visual novel idea. Arthurian based. the MC is related to a king allied to King Arthur - leaning towards being the youngest son of King Pellinore -  and is assigned to be a squire to one of Arthur’s knights: Sir Kai, Sir Dinadan, Sir Palomides, Sir Galehaut, or Sir Mordred. The course of the final days of Camelot are changed depending on the path and choices of the MC. (have the ideas, outlining, researching)

“Mad Ladies Ghost Stories”: Visual novel idea. MC is a Paranormal Investigator trying to find and free the ghosts of a haunted mental hospital without joining their number herself. Each ghost is of a woman falsely deemed insane and fell victim to the cures of her time. (have ideas, need to outline, need to do more research than one book)

“Crow Merwin”: Fantasy inspired by the French Revolution, but with more figures who are not white, presumed straight men. (idea there. I had notes from a year ago, but lost them. need to recreate notes)

Fan Works

K. J. Charles series

“The Magpie Lord - Script Adaptation”: for Charm of Magpies series. Writing exercise. Is what it says on the tin, just me practicing script writing by adapting The Magpie Lord by K. J. Charles. (in progress)

“Damned Spot”: for Green Men Series/Secret Casebook of Simon Feximel. Simon and Robert resolve the story of a haunted theatre. At one point Robert gets stage blood thrown on him. I get to indulge in how much I love MacBeth. (in planning)

“Elaphromancer”: for Charm of Magpies series. A Jono/Doug AU, where Jonothon “Chamber” Starsmore and Doug “Cypher” Ramsey are remade for existing in the world of Charm of Magpies. Jono is a magician who works as a fire breather and sword swallower for the Hellfire Freak Show and Circus. His life gets infinitely more complicated than it already is when he encounters a runaway autonomous Automaton who insists on having Jono help protect a political fugitive. Then the Justiciary gets involved. (in planning, opening scenes written)

Jordan L. Hawk series

“Griffin’s Queer Chicago”: for Whyborne and Griffin Series. Collection of one-shots and other shorts speculating on Griffin’s time in Chicago. So far planning to include the following: bed-sharing w/ Elliot [finished!], almost getting caught having sex under a bridge, having outdoor sex in one of the parks, the Columbian Exhibition World’s Fair, hotel sex w/ Glenn, and the Chicago Athletic Club. (In planning, first short finished!!, may be a while until the next one, in research)

“Seduced by the Shark-Man”: for Whyborne and Griffin Series. Fishborne AU. Instead of an Umbre, Griffin and Glenn find a shark-man who says his name is “Fire In His Blood”. He got very lost, ended up in fresh water, and would like to go home. But not without first finding out everything he can about land-dwellers. (the idea is there)

“Jono, Doug, and the no good, very bad haunted adventure”: For Spirits Series. A Jono/Doug AU where Jonothon “Chamber” Starsmore and Doug “Cypher” Ramsey are remade for existing in the world of the Spirits books. Doug and Jono are both Mediums. Jono’s talents reside in Pyromancy, and Doug has a willing “Spirit Guide” named Warlock. Doug enlists the help of Henry, Vincent, and Lizzie to free Jono from a haunted asylum after one of Jono’s seances goes horrifically wrong and he is confined as mentally insane. (in planning, have beginning scenes written)

“SPECTR: Hunter of Demons - Script Adaptation”: Writing Exercise. Practicing writing comic book scripts by adapting the first book of the SPECTR Series. 

Marvel Comics/Movies

“Hellions AU”: Jono/Doug AU. Jonothon is invited to join the Hellions by Emma Frost when he is 14. He and the Hellions get entangled with Doug Ramsey and the New Mutants, which leads to a radically different Jono, and a different Doug. (in outlining, some scenes written)

“Jono Frost AU”: Jono/Doug AU. Jonothon was adopted at a young age by the Frost Family, and followed Emma to the Hellfire Club. Along the way, Jono gets involved with Shinobi Shaw and other 90′s X-Men villains. (in planning)

“X-Force AU”: Jono AU. the NHS catches Jono’s mutation when he is 16 and sends him to Muir Island to be taken care of by Dr McTaggart. While there he becomes friends with Terry and Maddrox and follows Terry to X-Force. Various relationship entanglements ensue as well as morality questions regarding what X-Force does. (Idea is there)

“Excalibur AU”: Jono/Douglock AU. After exploding, Jono is sent to Muir Island, instead of getting an invite to join Generation X. While there, Douglock befriends him, and (along with Rahne) they begin a romantic relationship that goes rocky when Warlock comes back on the scene. (in planning)

“Savior”: personal/fan essay. tying “Savior” by Rise Against to the wreckage of Jono/Paige. (idea is there)

“Guthrie Family Dinners”: personal/fan essay. the implications of the New Mutants and Generation X staying together/breaking up and the number of times each team gets invited to Guthrie family dinners. Sam regularly takes the New Mutants to Guthrie Family dinners, and they mostly stay together. Paige only ever brings Jono over (once, and not to dinner), and Generation X is never really brought back together. (idea is there)

“Holistic Villains AU”: Jono/Doug AU. Jono is nabbed by Clan Akkaba right after his mutation explodes his body and he’s given the Apocalypse look. Taking on the codename Leviticus, he sets out to assemble his own horsemen and become a new Apocalypse for a new age. His Death is the newly revived Doug Ramsey. (in planning). 

“Really a Villain AU”: Jono/Doug AU. Jono was brainwashed by Clan Akkaba from a young age, and has been their agent. After M-Day, he turns himself over to Utopia. Doug becomes interested in him and in his apparent reformation. theme song: Sedated by Hozier. (in planning)

“In the Flesh AUs versions 1 and 2″: Jono/Doug AUS. setting Jono and Doug within the world of “In the Flesh” tv series. Version 1 has both Jono and Doug as PDS and wrangling their lives post treatment. Version 2 has Jono and Leeland (oc child character belonging to @stem-cell who lets me and @nobiliorpomis use) are PDS, and Leeland gets his living father together with his PDS friend. (in planning)

“that one Burnside AU”: Captain America AU. Set in the MCU somewhere. Steve gets kidnapped by William Burnside, a historian of WW2 and the super soldier project who looks uncannily alike to Steve. back and forth pov of Steve’s captivity by Burnside and the other Avengers trying to find and rescue Steve. (the idea has been there for a long while)

Fire Emblem

“Ride Across the River”: Palette Swap AU where Arvis and Sigurd switch roles and families and what happens with the fallout from that. (first few chapters on AO3, in progress)

Dragon Age

“The Salt in the Ashes”: Inquisition AU with Samson as the Inquisitor. somehow I get him and Dorian together. (in hiatus/in progress)

Mo Dao Zu Shi

“Untitled”: mash up with Exalted. Detailing the rise and fall of First Age Twilight caste Solar Wei Wuxian, Zenith Solar Lan Wanji, and the Death Lord “The Yiling Patriarch”. (idea there)

“Untitled”: a Mo Xanyu lives fic, where he and WWX share his body, and freely go back and forth between who’s in control of the body.

Castlevania (Netflix)

“Untitled”: Get Alucard out of the house a bit and rescueing Hector from Carmilla’s clutches. Romance ensues. (idea is there, plus a paragraph or two)

[staystrange]

if we were a movie

“Hey, imagine if someone made a movie about us.”

“That’s crazy, that would never happen.”

-or-

Bram finally gets to take Simon out on that movie date.

As I'm sure you all know, the title comes from that one Hannah Montana song. Also, this was written before I saw the movie, so there are no movie spoilers in this whatsoever : )

read on: ao3 | ffnet | wattpad

Simon wasn’t lying when he’d told Bram that he didn’t like movies.

He just didn’t want to become one of those cliche couples that makes out in the movie theater and doesn’t actually watch the movie. Especially because they could never make out in public and get away with it. Not in Georgia, at least, not yet.

But while Bram couldn’t argue with Simon’s logic the night of the talent show (“Why would I want to watch other people kissing when I could be kissing you?”), he’d still insisted on taking Simon out on a proper date.

“Come on, Si, I’ll make sure it’s the most adorable movie ever, one that’s worthy of your viewership.”

“I don’t know, Bram, do we have to always be the most cliche couple in the entire world?”

Bram laughed, the corners of his eyes crinkling in that super adorable way they always did, and Simon couldn’t help but kiss him gently, his eyes falling shut as their lips connected and smiles formed on both of their faces.

A few minutes and many kisses later, they broke apart, Simon leaning his forehead against Bram’s, their noses bumping into each other awkwardly for a moment before fitting together perfectly. “Don’t think this gets you out of seeing a movie with me,” Bram whispered, and Simon fake-pouted for a moment until he wasn’t able to hold back his smile and his laughter anymore.

“Simon, seriously.” Bram put his hands on Simon’s shoulders to get his attention, sliding them down his arms and resting them in Simon’s hands. “We’ve never been on a real date, and I really want to take you out.”

“Our Oreo lunch date wasn’t a date?” Simon smirked.

“Si, you know what I mean.” Bram thought for a moment, his eyes still on Simon. “What if I told you that we’ll go for a nice dinner first and that I’ll buy us mini Oreos to eat during the movie? And we can even get some Oreo ice cream afterwards if you want.”

Simon was tempted to keep being a major tease, but he just had to give in. He smiled, and he saw Bram noticeably deflate, obviously expecting Simon to find yet another reason to say no.

“You had me at Oreos,” Simon said, and the joy that bloomed on Bram’s face was worth all of it. Bram pulled Simon to him by their interlocked hands and gave him a huge hug, pressing a kiss to his cheek as he rested his arms around Simon’s neck.

“Thank you, babe,” Bram said. “I promise, I’ll make sure you enjoy this date.”

“Even if the movie sucks and all of the ice cream shops are closed by the time we leave the theater, this won’t suck as long as I’m with you.”

Bram blushed. “You’re cute.”

“Yeah, well, you’re hot, so I think I win here.”

“Shut up.” Bram blushed even more, smiling so wide he could outshine the sun.

“Never,” Simon whispered.

———

On the night of their First Official Date, as Bram called it, Simon could not figure out what to wear. His whole wardrobe was spread out all over his bed, spilling onto the already messy floor. He’d never realized it before, but he owned a heck of a lot of striped shirts and plain block colored button-down shirts, with the one exception of the Elliot Smith shirt. He’d just worn that shirt to school the other day for their three-week anniversary (Leah had sworn that “she was going to vomit rainbows all over the place.” Her words, not Simon’s.) and it wasn’t nice enough for this date anyway. He wanted something nice, but not too nice; after all, the movie theater in Shady Creek was, to put it nicely, not the most sanitary.

“Nora,” Simon called, hoping that she didn’t have her headphones in because there was no way she’d hear him if she did. “Can you help me with something?”

A minute later, she appeared in his doorway, leaning with her back against the frame and her arms crossed over her chest. “What’s up?” she asked, though by the way her eyes flicked around his room and the smirk on her face, he figured she already knew the answer to her question.

“I can’t figure out what to wear for my date with Bram,” he mumbled, determined not to give her the satisfaction of seeing him blush.

“And you’re asking me, the only person in this family who has never been on a date, for help?”

“Well, Alice isn’t here and there’s no way in hell I’m asking Mom and Dad, so that leaves you.” They both went silent for a moment, looking around the clothes spread around Simon’s room. “Please?”

“Fine. I’ll do my best.” Nora took a moment to look at each shirt and each pair of pants, trying various combinations until she finally stepped back, satisfied. “Okay, these should work.”

Simon stepped up next to her to look at her selection. In a small space cleared on his bed, Nora had laid out a black and white striped shirt, his favorite red hoodie, and his nicest pair of black jeans. “This is perfect.” It was the perfect mix of casual, but it was also nice enough to be worthy of Bram without being too much. “Thank you, Nora. Have I ever mentioned you’re the best?”

“You might have mentioned it once or twice,” she replied with a smile as she left the room and returned to her own.

Simon closed his bedroom door and changed into his date outfit, running a comb through his hair. Just as he set it down, the butterflies starting to arrive in his stomach as he realized that holy shit, he was going on a real date in public with his boyfriend, the bell rang. Simon rushed downstairs, opening the front door to reveal Bram, who wore dark blue skinny jeans and a dark red sweater with sleeves long enough that they covered his hands. His hands, which held a single rose between them. “Hi,” Bram said quietly. “Ready to go?”

“Yeah,” Simon replied, matching his volume. “Hey Mom, I’m going!”

“Make sure you’re back by curfew!” she shouted back.

Bram handed the rose to Simon, taking his free hand and swinging it between them as they walked towards his car, Simon sniffing the rose the whole way.

———

To Simon’s surprise, he actually enjoyed the movie Bram had chosen.

“You know me too well, I guess,” Simon said once the credits rolled and the lights slowly turned on.

“We are dating, so that is my job,” Bram said softly, attempting to be subtle as he glanced around the theater to make sure no one had heard. Simon noticed.

“Mmm hmm,” Simon hummed in reply.

They made no move to get up from their seats, Simon leaning his head on Bram’s shoulder as people filtered slowly out the doors of the theater. “I did try to find a super-adorable romantic gay movie, but those don’t seem to exist in movie theaters at all even around Valentine’s Day, so a heterosexual rom-com was the next best thing.”

“It was lovely, babe,” Simon replied. “Hey, imagine if someone made a movie about us.”

“That’s crazy, that would never happen.”

Simon shrugged. “You never know, but I promise you, I’ll go see that with you and I’ll actually enjoy it for once.”

They both grinned.

1. This was, of course, written in honor of "Love, Simon" coming out today!! As I said before, I wrote this earlier today before I saw the movie, but I've seen the movie now, of course, and it's magic, pure magic. 2. This is a little short, I apologize, but I did want to make sure this went up today for the release so short and sweet it is. I made it as cute as I possibly could, so I hope that makes up for it : ) 3. My friend Kaci and I are starting an OTP prompts series for spierfeld where we're going to write fics based on one of those super long tumblr posts with a whole bunch of general OTP prompts. We're going to alternate weeks and POVs, so all of my fics will be from Simon's POV like this one is and all of Kaci's will be from Bram's POV. The first prompt (one of mine) will be up next Friday if all goes well so get excited for that!!

Come say hi (seriously, PLEASE come scream about the movie with me if you've seen it!!) and send me prompts if you'd like : )

[theculturalvacuum]

A Dance with Fan Fic Ask Round Ups

I have a confession: I was a little terrified that everyone would be mad at me for going to a cliff hanger with the groom storming out to a pretty unrelated chapter involving middle-aged ladies and repression, not least because it took me two months to get it out. But the feedback on this chapter has been so sweet. Thank you.

Now that the next chapter is out, I’ve finally decided to catch up on all of these….

Anonymous said:

I don't think your buying into stereotypes with your dornish women, they aren't all identikit, they're all just reflective of a place which expects women to be a bit more involved in everything. From outside of Dorne you've got Sarra who was assertive in her own way by telling eliott how to behave with his new wife, it was a gentle type of assertiveness but she took control and had that conversation no matter how awkward. Lady Darklyn too certainly seems not lacking in confidence.

Well, good. I sometimes worry about women who are less assertive and how they cope in this society. With Sarra, what I was more going for was more encouraging her son to be gently assertive about his marital rape license.

Anonymous said:

Elliot, you are my sonion, and I understand that you're upset, but you're acting like an asshole. Stop being an asshole.

I’ll pass this on, but I’m not sure El will be able to hear me over the sound of his raging hangover right now.

Anonymous said:

Your fic is so much fun, I find myself going yeah oh poor Eliott's he's going to marry a whore, and then im like, wait what the fuck corret man. I get so into each chapter that by the end of it im agreeing with these twits. that's when I know im hooked and your good at your thang.

Thank you? POV bias is a bitch, though.

Corret has a very logical brain, and he’s very normative. He just doesn’t question the assumptions of his society. And he didn’t say Loree was a “whore”! He said she was “little better” than one. Big difference, dude!

Anonymous said:

A few ask rounds ups ago, someone mentioned Dylan having high hopes that Ellaria Uller will get a prominent job in KL, oh my god I need this. I need Corret to just have no clue what going on and why is buddy would want such a thing when he has a second son to put those hopes onto. Maybe Dylan thinks Ellaria is his cleverest kid or something and he's excited of her progress report from the water gardens/tutors at Hellholt or something, and Corret is just so uncomprehending.

Lil’ Ellaria aces all the math tests.

I can’t think of any reason why Dylan would stop hanging out with his old buddy Corret or why he wouldn’t be one of the famous Dornish Proud Papas.

Anonymous said:

Hey my Jeyne Swann love is perfectly reasonable and normal!!! Sorta. I just feel bad for her she went to a place where she could have done anything (within reason) and shiteros had screwed up her view of herself and marriage and life so much that she was never able to take even one second of advantage of it then she got a disgusting growth in her body and died. I feel much better now and zen knowing that she as some fond times with her girls to give her happy memories as she wasted away.

I’m sure she thought she was the luckiest woman in the world.

Anonymous said:

I kind of feel sorry for eliott and how unprepared he is for the world he's walked into. I mean there are limits to my sympathy given his attitude and his opinion on stuff, but if someone (ADWIN!!!!) had just given him a few more facts from the start or they'd journeyed through Blackmont and he'd been able to see Meria and Simon and have a little chat with him, it wouldn't have fixed everything but he'd have at least been more like a good little scout and been (a bit) prepared.

I mean, Adwin threw a pile of books at him. Was that not enough?

Eliott’s problem is sometimes connecting theoretical knowledge to the real world. He can know things about Dornish culture, or even that some historical Princess So-and-So had half a dozen paramours in her life or something, and still not have it occur to him that it would apply in this situation.

Anonymous said:

Something I sort of noticed as the Rowan caravan was journeying was they never stayed anywhere where there was a marriage like Eliott was about to enter into. Manwoody, Fowler and Vaith there is no spouse in residence, Allyrion the dude is the Lord, so everywhere they went of the big houses he's not getting the chance to really see the role he'd have which probably keeps the shackles on for even longer.

I suppose that’s true, I didn’t plan it or anything. But the most important thing keep the shackles on is Eliott and his Brain Virgin. I’m not sure if swinging by Sandstone would have helped him much except maybe that he would think that Allin ain’t a real man or something.

Anonymous said:

Given everything that happened between AWiS and the present, would it be fair to say that Edgar Yronwood was right, or at least had a point when he said that the Martells trying to win the favour of the Northerners wouldn't yield the result they wanted? A bit rich coming from the man who backed the Blackfyres, but still...

Well… ask Elia how it all worked out. Though, to be fair, the amount of autonomy they seemed to have under Robert is a little ridiculous.

Anonymous said:

I'm excited and sad for the upcoming Alysanne chapter. Excited because she's a brilliantly written character; sad because she's spent her whole life getting shit on and thanks to patriarchy brain, thinks it's all her fault. Which makes me sad.

I feel guilt about how long it took me to get this round-up out. Like, that was two chapters ago… I hope it lived up to your expectations.

Anonymous said:

On your favourite subject of Jeyne Swann, whats the age gap between her two girls? did Allyster try and get two kids on her relatively quick so they'd be able to stop making appointments? Must have been a bit weird for her not to have anyone pushing for the her to birth the prodigal penis, even with huge amounts of pb that must have been kinda nice, even if she did probably think she'd failed or some crazy shit like that.

The gap between them is maybe five years or so, and Jeyne (the younger) didn’t marry as early as Rebanna did, so her kids are quite a bit younger than Maron. There may have been some infant mortality between them, or even after as well. I’m not sure, I don’t want to pile on. Allyster stopped making appointments because he could tell how not into it she was, and that got weird after ten years.

Anonymous said:

why is alyse ladybright not tagged for your fic? she appears plenty and yet the poor Lady doesn't get a tag.

Ha. I think I only tagged people who already had tags.

Anonymous said:

Is Lewyn's paramour someone we've already met in a AWiS? Jennelyn Sand mayhaps?

No and no.

Anonymous said:

If Casson had married Loreza would that mean that Ellaria would have been Lady Vaith one day?

I suppose so. Unless it prompted Vanella to bite the bullet and get hitched.

Anonymous said:

Speaking of trophy consort, I always thought he'd be younger but not young enough to be her son. More in the vain in your fic verse of Emerik Qorgyle or Trebor Jordayne if he wasn't heir. that way he's very much a man grown when they marry and has plenty of life experience so he has something to offer as a ocassional advisor. But he's still a younger hottie too.

Okay.

Anonymous said:

I like owain a lot. He seems like a real good guy. Plus he's got Tully links too which makes him dynastically well linked along with his Reacher and married Martell links. Alyse is going to be all over that, but I imagine there might be a queue.

Owain is the pragmatic one. Marq is a mini-Corret with all his ISTJ-ness. Lymen is the racist one. Jon the Green is also there. Maybe he’s the funny one.

Yeah, Eliott’s peeps aren’t as cool as Loree’s.

Anonymous said:

I have sympathy for Jeyne Swann lover anon because I'm actually drawn to your background characters more than your POV's. I like all your POV choices and they're a nice spread but its the unknown with the background characters that interests me. I like Deria, Deneza is someone I really wish for more of, Adwin's a professor in another life, Owain is just perfect, Sarra/Aelora are just the cutest, I need more Dylan, Simon Leygood's life intrigues me even if he's only a name, Alyse is a dream.

Alyse has dreams.

Anonymous said:

How do Rebanna and Allyster feel about the fact that Maron is almost 30 and not married? I get that the Dornish don't push marriage as hard as some, but they still do succession through bloodlines. Would the fact that he hasn't married make them question if he's responsible enough to rule Wyl?

Well, he had his heart broken once.

They’re probably in Wyl right now talking about how they’ll totally bring it up as soon as he hits thirty. Also, keep reading.

Anonymous said:

Does Lenelle have ladies-in-waiting, or is that a right reserved for Martells proper? Similarly, does Jenny have ladies, or is her status low enough, and scandal that she caused great enough, that no knight or lord wants his daughters to serve her?

Lenelle does have ladies of her own, I just haven’t really thought about who they might be or had cause to mention them. Emelyn was one, once upon a time.

I have no clue about Jenny. She would probably ditch them if she did have them.

Anonymous said:

This is a bit of a random comment but I loved your response to my asking about where the Fossoways were. It just highlights how different peoples minds work. once I read who the groom was on the Dramatis personae my first thought was who were his cousins on the other side of his family and thought they must be young or female for him not to have any of them as his little group of companions. When I saw none were there I just immediately jumped to conspiracy theories like a normal person...

I mean, we can weave a tale about how Sarra doesn’t get on with her family ever since they found out that she doesn’t like apple pie, or something.

Anonymous said:

Besides GRRM, who would you say the biggest influences on your writing are?

Jane Austen is kind of obvious. Especially in the dialogue, probably.

Actually, Martin doesn’t influence my style nearly as much as I would like him to. My descriptive passage are always very, like, functional.

Anonymous said:

Whether or not it occurs in on page, I'd imagine that, at some point during the events of AWiS, some Reach Bros got drunk and decided to loudly sing The Dornishman's Wife. They couldn't understand why their Dornish hosts didn't find the song amusing.

I think their Dornish hosts just find it dumb. And it will be quite the wedding feast, I’m sure. Literal wine fountains.

Anonymous said:

Will AWiS feature anything like Martin's weirder, trippier passages? Either a character having a fever dream or ingesting a hallucinogen of some sort?

I’m not sure if I’m up for that. I did once write a dream for Eglies, though.

I’m not sure which pov character is most likely to eat a magic mushroom. Probably Ormond.

Anonymous said:

Aside from Loreza being dornish and set to be ruling Princess of Dorne, I can't help but feel like anther problem Eliott may encounter with her is she's very much a grown woman. Whereas there seems to be so many really young brides elsewhere, some criminally young but even 19 year olds like Olenna haven't really lived, they're in a lot of ways children in women's bodies due to the way they get infantilized. Loreza isn't any of that and that is a new experience even before the political stuff.

I think that’s quite insightful. And Loree has this confidence about her sexuality that I don’t think Eliott will know what to do with.

Anonymous said:

Love Deria, she sounds like she has a bed warmer and wants to find someone for her new friend, lol.

Deria’s a classy lady. She doesn’t kiss and tell.

Anonymous said:

I volunteer to kill Tybutthole, it would be my pleasure, I'd even pay you for the honour. As realistic it is, I hope there can be something positive to come out of this even if it only sadly Marigold getting out.

I suppose that all depends on how you define “positive outcome”. As I believe I’ve said before, this society is tailor made for men like Tybutt, but I think Alysanne is starting to realize that that may be problematic, so I would say not all hope is lost.

Anonymous said:

Princess Trystana and Lord Gargalen totally seem like marriage goals for the setting. they've found a way to function as a couple, communicate and raise their kids together with respect and support.

I mean, maybe they seem like that now. You should have seen them in the old days.

Anonymous said:

Daenella seems kind of Targ to me, like she inherit all the privilege like a Martell has but without any of the dutiful nature that goes with it, which seems Targ-ey. By the time she was born her dad was gone/or almost, so her mother had to help Rhodryn in his new role, and child bearing problems and grieve and adapt so Daenella probably just got to have all the fun of being born into such great position but without any of the lessons in duty.

All the best royal families have that “only two kinds” thing and in the Martells’ case it the whole “hot and cold” thing I made up for The Princess and the Septa. It was kind of, like, institutionalizing the contrast between Doran and Oberyn, (a contrast so obvious that even GoT noticed it...) And Daenella is kind of this generation’s Oberyn. Though, so is Arion, so…

But, of course, the sharp contrast is also an oversimplification. Like, which one is Lewyn, for example?

Anonymous said:

Linette!!! nice to hear about her a bit. I wonder if a tiny bit of Duran's appeal to Alysanne, as she gets to know him better, if his obvious pride in his daughters, and the fact he's ''satisfied'' with them.

Tiny bit?

Linette’s a pro. She has charts.

Anonymous said:

Daenella and Trystana seem like they just don't understand each other at all. they try in their own ways to connect but they're so different that the other just doesn't see these overtures as being meant to be kind or loving. Little Trystana might momentarily unite them when she's probably likely to be born at the most inopportune time. They're sisters, they clearly care for one another they just have no clue how to communicate with each other.

Anonymous said:

The princess of the breeze seems to bring the worst out of her sister. I think Trystana just has no idea how to relate to her, and as she's so used to being in control and knowing what she's doing she can't quite function as she wants to around her sister and they just end up having this escalating back and forth, that Trystana seems to know if ridiculous but can't quite break the cycle.

Deanella always has the best intentions for things, but she just gets overwhelmed by her emotions and can’t focus on things enough to actually follow through. She wants to be a good mother and a good sister but… omg, that dog has a fluffy tail! No one sane would trust her with any actual responsibilities.

And Trystana is very dutiful, but she also wants to make sure everyone knows how dutiful she is. Specifically that she’s more dutiful than Daenella. That being said, she would drop everything to help her sister in a crisis, even after the twentieth time.

Anonymous said:

Whilst I'm enjoying the little romance Alysanne has going on, I'm particularly enjoying her simple joy at having people notice her and making a few new friendships and how she just seems to spill to these people because she's probably never had anyone to really talk to for years aside from her daughter, and you can't tell you child any of this sort of stuff. I could see her and Deria becoming great friends, and Trystana too if Alysanne's world continues to open up.

Female friendships are important for women.

Anonymous said:

Someone needs to engineer ''accidents'' for certain assholes so that Daisy and Marigold can be left the fuck alone.

Anonymous said:

LMAO, Alysanne thought she was in for an earful and instead she was being set up with her dreamboat again. Honestly when this is all over however it goes or doesn't go she's going to need a good neck massage from all the whiplash she's getting trying to get her head around all these dornish ways.

Those mysterious Dornish ways of, like, consent and stuff.

Anonymous said:

On a scale of 1-10, how concerned should we be for Alysanne's safety? Tybutt doesn't seem the type to take his wife showing agency lying down.

If Tybutt gets on Trystana’s wrong side you should be more concerned for his safety.

Anonymous said:

Trystana girl, you looked in the mirror lately, Daenerys is wilful? lol. Maybe their wilfulness comes out in different ways but they've both got bucket loads of it. I did enjoy her chat with Alysanne in general though, she likes her husband and wants him to have some happiness and joy. the fact the lady he likes is the biggest sweetheart that ever sweethearted is a big bonus though.

How dare you! Dany is nothing at all like Trystana!