#that's half the problem i guess bc while i copy paste tags a lot of the time when i do a mass queue fill it is still like. a Thing

[dontwanderoff]

im sick of tagging him as tennant!doctor. all my convictions that ncuti is MY fourteen, shattered. i really think i might have to call dt fourteen? just for like, the sake of my tagging system if nothing else

[artistformerlyknownasbutttrumpet]

Okay so I've started re-reading A Wolf's Heart (which is definitely my all-time-favorite fic that I've ever read oh my god I love it so much) and I was wondering- amidst tears over the reopened wounds your writing gives me- if you've ever thought about writing A Life Worth Living for real? I genuinely think it sounds amazing and would love to read it if you do decide to write it. Sorry to bother, and thank you for writing! You are seriously (ha) so good!

sorry for the late reply, i’ve been exclusively on mobile for the past few days, and mobile doesn’t let me tag.

so here’s the thing. you’re not the first person to ask me this, which is kind of hilarious to me, bc i actually don’t like “a life worth living.” 

like, i like it for what it is, which is a plot device for “a wolf’s heart,” but you know how in the fic james is like “that sounds shitty” when sirius is explaining the plot to him? that’s kind of me. The Husband and i joke a lot, being like, “lmao, remember that pretentious bullshit you wrote?” and i guess i thought that’s kind of how other people would interpret it too, but evidently not, bc half the comments on that fic are “i looked up ‘a life worth living’ and was so disappointed that it wasn’t a real book!’” which, while super flattering, totally threw me for a loop bc i thought i was being super Extra™.

this is not, by any means, commentary on my readers’ taste. if anything, i trust you guys’ opinion more than my own, bc i have a tendency to be hyper critical of my own work. (plus, both remus and sirius love that book, so how could it be wrong, amirite?)

to that end, and to answer your original question, have i considered actually writing the book? yeah, it’s crossed my mind. i’ve considered writing it and releasing it as a kindle book for like a $1 a copy or something, to fund other projects. 

the problem, though, is that those other projects are already taking precedence. between three wips, a hp podcast, and a million original works i’m working on, idk when i’d get to writing that book. partially bc i’ve only considered that book in what is presented in “a wolf’s heart,” which means all i got is a handful of Extra™ quotes about fate, and a vague summary sirius provides, so i’d have to do a lot of world building and plotting, etc etc etc.

idk, friend, idk. someone asked me once upon a time if i’d care if someone else wrote it, and at the time i was kind of like “ehhhhh, kinda” if only bc i’m super protective and jealous over my creations, even if i don’t actually like them, but the more i think about it, the more i’d i’m like, “you could possibly persuade me, so long as you credit the original source, and, if you make any money off of it, you buy me a burrito.” 

there are options.

anyway, this was way more long-winded than you probably wanted it to be, and who knows if you even are gonna see this since i took so long to reply (sorry again), but it’s something i’ve thought about and a question i get fairly regularly, so i wanted to address it properly. 

regardless! i’m super humbled by the fact that you consider my fic worth a reread, and even more humbled that you think my silly book-within-a-book is worth further exploration. no matter what i end up doing with it, i will always be super appreciative of the people who took the time to validate the fuck out of me. you’re all amazing, wonderful people.

love u lots, etc