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[chdarling]

i feel like so many people misunderstand redemption arcs. they’re not about forgiving past actions. they’re not about softening previous behavior. redemption arcs are about realizing past behavior was heinous and resolving to be better, do better. that’s why so many redemption arcs fall apart upon close scrutiny.

[chdarling]

I Am An AI Hater. “But I am a hater, and I will not be polite. The machine is disgusting and we should break it. The people who build it are vapid shit-eating cannibals glorifying ignorance. I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself.”

[chdarling]

oh no it’s happening again (falling head over heels for an OC I anticipate being wildly polarizing)

[chdarling]

(stumbling out of the document covered in blood) ok i wrote 100 words

[chdarling]

wait omg how am I just seeing this

I just choked on my sleepytime tea, I’m laughing so hard

100/10

@chdarling-tle

[chdarling]

If you’re looking for ways to help at-risk communities in the DC area during this crackdown please look into supporting some of the following orgs:

Remora House

Migrant Solidarity Mutual Aid

HIPS

CASA (Virginia)

[chdarling]

Hi! I am rereading TLE (I don't know the exact number of times I have reread it, but oh well, what can a girl do about a fabulous fanfic) - loving every second of it, always feels like I am reading it for the first time - and I had a question bugging me. I will soon come up to a part of the Dark Marks where Lily will have her fair share of encounters with Snuffles/Padfoot and I was wondering will we have a chapter in the 3rd book in which she finds out Snuffles/Padfoot and Sirius are the same person or will she ever find out at all? Now if it's a spoiler, obviously your hands are tied for my question, but I have been wondering, because canonically we don't know if she knew, though I obviously believe she did - I mean I don't see James as someone who could keep that from his beloved or to able to keep that, I mean can you really live with someone and never know that they can turn into a stag? So I was wondering have you been thinking about how to play this one out?

Even if you don't answer my ask, I still want to thank you for deciding to share this fanfic with us. Maybe I am past the age in which I should continue to enjoy and love everything Harry Potter related, but I don't really care. Your fic is something that I am always coming back to - so yeah, thanks!!! I hope you are doing ok, as much as one can be today <3

Welllllllllllll technically it’s a spoiler so all I’ll say is: do you really expect me to leave something that juicy on the table? 😈😈😈

Actually I can’t resist because this has long been one of my favorite plots, so I’ll also say I’ve definitely been thinking about how it plays out…for years and years and years. This is one of my oldest TLE plots, from way back before a single word had been written and TLE was just a bunch of intricately coordinated daydreams I disappeared into when bored. 😅

And thank you so much. ❤️ I have been tentatively dipping my toes back into the waters of writing lately and while I’m probably going to continue to be pretty absent from fandom spaces for a while longer, I’m having a blast and can’t wait to share the drama with y’all, eventually 😘

[chdarling]

i feel so powerless to stop what's happening. i did the right thing. i voted for harris. and what did it amount to? it's not like my state matters in national politics

You did what you could, and you can continue to do what you can. Donate to organizations in need, pressure your elected officials, continue to speak up and show you don't approve. Part of the point is to make people feel powerless so they don't try to oppose what's happening.

[chdarling]

help amany’s family escape gaza’s hardships — hi all, amany is the dear friend of one of my friends. they have been trying to organize her escape with her family for over a year now but it is so difficult and so expensive. amany, her husband, and their two children have been displaced several times now. her daughter has a severe case of hepatitis and no access to medical treatment. they have lost their home and have narrowly escaped being killed by israeli airstrikes. they are still only at $13,809/45,000 and even the smallest donations help them get a little closer to safety. here is a youtube video that amany made about a year ago and there is more information about her family in the gofundme link. please donate and share <3

[chdarling]

Hi :) if you like folk you probably already know about Peggy Seeger, otherwise I recommend checking her out!

I recently had the privilege to see her live and I can only hope to be as witty and confident and wise when I am 90 (or to even get there). For some reason to know what times she has lived through and that she is still singing about them gives me hope that we too have the strength to get through these times and that there will be a beyond.

Speaking of hope, being able to witness your wonderful art also gives me hope! I feel it is like a beatiful garden that I get to look into as I am walking and that brightens my day. So never feel pressured and remeber how absurd it would be to demand (like go to their house and bother them) from a stranger to work more on their garden, just so you can look at it!

Oh yes, I love Peggy Seeger. I'm so jealous you got to see her live! I bet that was incredible.

And thank you so much, that is so kind. 🥲 I have actually been tending to that garden more in the past few weeks than I have all year, and it's been a delight. Going to be a while until the flowers bloom yet, but I sure have enjoyed digging in the dirt. 🥰

(I like this metaphor 😂)

[chdarling]

Do you want to be politically pure in theory or help your neighbor. Is it fruitless to help your neighbor because there's no Perfect Pure way to do it ?

[chdarling]

Don't Hesitate, Mary Oliver

[chdarling]

don’t answer if it’s spoilers ofc but just wanted to ask… is graham gonna make an appearance in book 3, or have we seen the back of him?

cause I loooove graham (his relationship with lily and also his weird thing with sirius just have so much depth and UGH I love) and i really want to see him still (even if it’s just little cameos here and there)

Hehe. I too love Graham. We will see him again...but I won't say where or when. ;)

(and thank you!)

[chdarling]

Hi, I noticed your story has conflict in it, and I was wondering why you didn't just write people who are right doing everything correctly with a note saying "I enthusiastically co-sign everything in this story"? Must be some kind of mistake haha

[chdarling]

I feel like some of you guys think "bad art" is like someone gluing rhinestones to a water melon, or a guy who made his own armchair out of Ohio license plates, or a trashy romance novel where someone says "the blue-eyed one kissed the brown-eyed one," when in reality bad art is a 1000000 Billion Dollar movie where none of the workers got paid and every single creative decision was market tested to see how lucrative of a profit it could foreseeably make to wow shareholders.

[chdarling]

Question! Since we are coming up on the 1 year anniversary of the completion of TLE2, can I ask what percentage you have written for TLE3? No pressure, I am just genuinely curious!!

A whole year 😭😭😭

To be honest, I have written almost nothing, TLE or otherwise. It’s a source of great despair for me, but I’m trying to give myself some grace, because I’ve also been dealing with some health issues over the past year — actually, probably longer than that, I was just ignoring it. Quick side note from Auntie CH: go to the doctor, friends. Even if you think it’s “just depression” or “just burnout” or, god forbid, “just laziness” — go 👏🏼 to 👏🏼 the 👏🏼 doctor. It’s probably not just that, and there’s likely something they can do to help you feel at least a little better! Go to the doctor!! Even if you’re scared of them like me! Do it!!

I digress. I’m in the early stages of an upward trajectory (I hope), and I’ve already noticed that as my physical health starts to improve, the brain fog that has plagued me for the past year(s) is starting to clear, at least a little. So I’m hopeful that I can get back to working on TLE eventually, but yeah, it’s gonna be another minute. (and for the other asks that I haven’t answered yet, it’s definitely still not coming in 2025, sorry.)

Anyway, apologies for hijacking this ask to talk about doctors, but that upcoming anniversary has been very much on my mind of late and I’ve been angsting over it more than a little. I have to keep reminding myself that I will be able to write again, one day, but I have to get healthy before that’s able to happen. So that’s what I’m focusing on this year. 🥲

And to actually answer your question: I have no idea what percentage lmao. I have a bunch of random scenes written, and I know the general plot outline, but there’s a ton left to do.

Thanks for the ask and sorry I don’t have a better answer!

[chdarling]

As , the United States, potentially heads into another forever war I can only think of this quote.