#that while I'm extremely invested in being graceful or whatever when people come to me with criticism

[lovings4turn]

Hi love, congrats on 1k!!! I was wondering if you could do a kiss from a vampire for F1 and the NHL.

I am an ISTP majoring in mechanical engineering. I was born and raised in Italy but moved to the United States to go to college. I speak Italian, French, English, Spanish, and am currently learning Dutch. In my free time, I like to read and create some sort of art, whether it's painting, drawing, or sculpture. I love going karting with friends (I normally win). I love long car rides, especially when I have good music blasting. The only sports I watch are Formula 1 and hockey, but I'm deeply invested in both. When it comes to personality, I'm pretty introverted. I usually don't speak unless spoken to, but if I'm around friends, I can be fairly talkative. My friends would describe me as sarcastic, funny, and chaotic. But people who don't know me would probably describe me as a quiet loner. I'm extremely competitive and stubborn. I hold grudges, and I'm very loyal. I obsess over something new every other day and have a terrible attention span (I'm working on this, I swear). 

 

This is my second time sending this because I just realized I asked for the wrong thing the first time 😐

and I still used a grammar checker because I’m terrible with spelling and grammar

hi darling !!! thank you so much omgosh - of course you can !!! thanks for sending this in and joining the celebration , i hope you like this my love and i'm so sorry it took a while to get back to you <33

ᝰ.ᐟ  𝐅𝟏 

𝐢'𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐭 !

something about you tells me you and logan would make a great pairing !!! he's so endeared by you , and there's no doubt he'd be absolutely head over heels for you !!

ᡣ𐭩 logan relates to you heavily when it comes to being somewhat introverted ! like you , his confidence really depends on who he's around and the circumstances , so he considers himself lucky to not only be himself around you , but get to see the more talkative side of you , too . it's a little treasure that not many others get to see , and he secretly counts himself honoured to be one of those few people

ᡣ𐭩 the fact you can speak so many languages is amazing to logan . the first time you tell him you speak four languages and are learning a fifth , his eyes just about drop out of his head . it's so impressive to him , and when you travel with him for races , he'll often ask you to teach him a phrase or two if you're in a country that you speak the language of .

ᡣ𐭩 he loves to see whatever creative project you're working on ! logan doesn't claim to have much artistic talent , so the fact that you can paint , draw , and sculpt seems downright unfair to him . he's so into everything you create and will sit and marvel over them for so long , pointing out even the smallest of details that he notices and praising you to high heavens for them !!!

ᡣ𐭩 car rides with logan are always the best time !! though he's driving , he lets you have full control of the aux , and insists that you play whatever your heart desires . you do have to scold him a few times , however , as he finds his eyes drifting away from the road and over to you more often than they really should . he claims it's your fault for being such a distraction , and anyways , how hard does he really need to focus to drive for a straight stretch ??

𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐱 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧 !

ᡣ𐭩 look . you and max are one and the same in that you both pride yourself on your karting skills . like , you two have gone karting together so many times that it's almost unbelievable !!! and my god does it get competitive . max will not spare you any grace , he's racing you and he will win if he has anything to say about it . the first time you beat him , he had to take a few minutes to process what had actually just happened , and my god if you didn't brag about it for weeks afterwards (and rightfully so !)

ᡣ𐭩 max is more than happy to help you out with learning dutch if you ever need it ! he's helpful for pronunciations , or if you just want to practice speaking it in conversation with someone , plus he's able to teach you some more 'local' slang and dialect (complete with almost every curse under the sun , obviously)

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𝐢'𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 !

for me , this was a sort of very slight 'opposites attract' scenario , more so in the fact that cole is a lot more extroverted compared to you - which i think would make you both a super cute pair !

ᡣ𐭩 over the summer break , cole definitely plans a trip to italy for you both . not only does he think it's nice for you to be able to head back there and relax , he also appreciates the fact that you can be his partner and tour guide all in one ! he trusts you know all of the best spots , away from the same ten tourist attractions , and makes it his mission to take as many candid photographs of you as possible over the two week stretch

ᡣ𐭩 your chaotic and sarcastic nature is something cole absolutely adores about you . any time you hit him with a sarcastic remark , he's giving you the widest , brightest grin before cracking up , because he absolutely loves it . he thinks you're the funniest person to walk the planet , honestly . you could tell the most terrible joke and he'd likely be doubled over , tears streaming down his face purely because it came from you .

ᡣ𐭩 you two definitely go to an f1 race together , too !!! look , we've seen the pictures of him in various paddocks , and from what i can tell , it's clear he doesn't really have one team he's ride or die for . so he just roots for your favourite team , wanting them to win more-so just so he can see you happy (which , in turn , makes him happy too)

ᡣ𐭩 cole tends to take over for you during social situations , but not in a controlling or patronising way !! he just knows that you don't tend to speak a lot until someone interacts with you , and he never wants you to feel like you're forced to put yourself out there more than you're comfortable with . more often than not , he'll have an arm around your waist or his hand linked with yours , making an effort to bring you into conversation with whoever he's talking to without forcing you to speak if you don't want to !

𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐣 𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐟𝐤𝐨𝐯𝐬𝐤𝐲 !

ᡣ𐭩 i think that juraj would relate to you , also having moved away from home to pursue something he's passionate about , and i think that the mutual experience was definitely something that brought your friendship about !! that , and the fact that he is incredibly close with your boyfriend , after all

ᡣ𐭩 like cole , juraj thinks that you're so funny . it doesn't take much to make this boy laugh , so when he's around you ?? it's almost non-stop . he definitely starts picking up on your sarcasm , slowly yet surely implementing it into his own conversations (cole insists that he's spent too much time around you the first time he's on the receiving end

ᡣ𐭩 always likes to indulge you in your new obsessions . whenever he sees you , he'll ask what you're into today , and just lets you tell him everything about your newest interest , even if he has absolutely no clue what you're going on about . it's the thought that counts , right ?

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Heyyyyy girl! We haven't talked in a hot minute, but I just finished reading I Will Follow Him earlier and hadn't had a chance to comment when a friend brought the nonsense anon tumblr drama to my attention. Anyway, I'll just say you handled it much more gracefully than I ever would (and probably have in the past, lmao). And I know you have a thick skin and this isn't something that would make you stop writing, but I still just wanted to let you know that I've missed your writing. I don't know if it's just in my head, but having been around the fandom for roughly the same amount of time as you have, I've discerned patterns in terms of the way people write and even what they respond to as readers, and the cliques that get formed around those things, so that to me it feels like even the fic itself generally has eras of writing styles? Like in my head I kind of cluster people together who seem simpatico in regards to the way they write IxM, but also how they express themselves and the way stories flow, whether there's depth of emotion or not, etc, etc. Anyway, for whatever reason, true or psychological, I find myself missing an era of fic that feels gone now. Not to say that there isn't any good writing anymore, just that it's simply a different vibe. So your new fic really brought me back to that old feeling. You always defy expectations when you adapt something into your own thing, so right off the bat I was pleasantly surprised that you, knowing Johnny Castle was not a completely accurate fit for Mickey because dancing/performing and also being a big man whore with the ladies (lmao), decided to subvert that and make him someone else. And Ian was Baby, but also not. My favorite thing though is the unspoken way you really showed Ian not feeling like he belongs anywhere. He has two families and none of them feel like home. I've felt that way my whole life and it's an emotional theme that's always been highly relevant. Makes you feel like there's nowhere you actually belong or anyone you really belong with. So I loved that aspect and look forward to it being explored more in the sequel(s). I thought your ending to this part of the story was realistic, even if I teared up and felt the loss. I could imagine a bit of a time jump and them meeting in completely different circumstances down the line. Again, totally unexpected that you wouldn't even include the big dance at the end, but fucking bravo honestly, because I couldn't picture some cheesy shit where Mickey dances with Ian in front of everyone for shock value and do the lift. Lolololllll... but yeah... do people honestly think Baby & Johnny lived happy ever after once the credits rolled on the actual movie anyway??? No way in hell. Lol. They were too different in ways that couldn't be overcome back then, sorry. He was meant to be her sexual/romantic awakening, and she went on to have a freer life. That's what I think. Ian & Mickey have a lot more in common, and although they have obstacles to overcome, they ultimately will be able to understand each other, and I think, get on the same page eventually. So please, think no more of any hate-adjacent crap you got or will get for this, because you'll always have a willing audience here, and we enjoy your voice so much. 💜

Hey my friend! It sure has been a hot minute, and this is so interesting! I hadn't even really thought about it, but I think you're on to something here. I haven't really read IxM fic in a good while and I kind of just figured that it was all on me because I have changed over the years, but it makes so much sense that the fic culture would change too. The characters are different, the tone is different, the fandom is different... it stands to reason that the fic is different too. I remember how fascinated I used to be with finding demarcations of time in fic, going back chronologically through the tag on AO3. Season 1 fic felt one way, season 2 a whole other way, etc. I suppose we're yet another ring in the ever growing oak tree of this fandom, lol. We're vintage, baby! You want some of those season 5 vibes? You know where to go, these angsty oldies over here writing increasingly absurd AU in 2021, they got what you need.

All of this means so much to me, you have no idea, especially knowing some of these ideas resonated with you personally like that. I've been thinking about this dang AU for several years at this point and I'm a little bit frustrated that I didn't find a way to give the actual writing of it the time it deserved, but I guess I gave it all the time I had, in the end. So that's something. I hope to muster some enthusiasm to go back and perhaps edit it a bit more soon, or at least start working on the sequels. I was traveling with my dad last weekend and I played some of my playlists for him, telling him about all my silly research and plans, and I now have three books about Soul in the late 60s to read. So you know the next part is gonna be real approachable! 😆

I think I somehow imagined that everybody knows and loves Dirty Dancing, too? I never talked to anyone about it when I was a kid, and it's only really the last four years or so that I have started meeting people who love it, like me. And turns out it's all my friends from primary school! It's all of my coworkers (at least the women), and it's so many of my tumblr mutuals... I was halfway convinced that every single person around me was just waiting to reveal themselves as another fan. Not so much, turns out! Writing a 60s dirty dancing AU is really weird, honestly! I expected two people to read my MiB AU, and I should have had the same expectations for this one. Because that's fine! I will write what I want to write and people will read what they want to read, as it should be.

Most importantly, though. I couldn't agree more with your Dirty Dancing analysis! To me, the dancing isn't the actual ending. To me, the ending is "guess we surprised everybody" and "I'll never be sorry" and "neither will I". The dance number is just a good note Johnny comes back to end it all on, but really, the honest final note is that "I'll see ya" *saxophone solo intensifies*. I just think it's so very bittersweet and good, and I only loved the movie more when I realised this. With Ian, everything became more complicated. Clayton is no Dr Houseman, and there can be no cheesy onstage dancing, and Ian has barely had time to wrap his head around the idea of having a future at all, being himself, let alone spending it with someone he just met. The Dirty Dancing AU needed to end this way for it to truly be a Dirty Dancing AU, in my mind. The next part will be something entirely different, and operate under a different set of narrative rules... Oooh well, look at me. I'm all excited about it. I can't wait to write it!

Thank you 💜💜