#any excuse to talk about colin hughes and jamie/colin and time loops

[nancywheeeler]

for the ask game you reblogged - 10 for four weddings and no funeral? 3 and 4 for and it all comes down to you? 1 and 2 for tomorrow never knows? :)

10: Why did you choose this pairing for this particular story?

okay so, the plot inspiration for four weddings and no funeral came from a reddit thread about how colin's waistcoat in the episode "no weddings and a funeral" might have been inspired by simon callow's character, who wears many glorious waistcoats over the course of four weddings and a funeral (last version of this title i'll type, i swear). my brain upon learning that immediately went "wedding fic! a relationship progression across other peoples' special days!" but i wasn't sure what colin pairing i wanted for it. around that same time, i was following the fic "things you can't unsay" by manuronaldo, which began as a gen colin & jamie fic but had started heading towards romance. i then had that very dangerous writerly thought: "let me put a scene down and see if it goes anywhere......" and here we are! i think the plot just really works with jamie in a way it wouldn't have worked with another afc richmond player and colin, especially given where jamie is at by the end of S2 and seems ready for a healthier romantic relationship post-telling keeley he loves her while accepting she's moved on. jamie is also just a veeeery fun pov to write from. i love that bastard (affectionate)

3: What’s your favorite line of narration?

"Or maybe, just maybe, they’re two teenagers holding hands on a bed, in a suburban house, on a quiet street, within a small town, and the universe is bored of them." just about sums up everything i want for steve and eddie. let them rest!

4: What’s your favorite line of dialogue?

i have decided to cheat and give two... fun line: "You’re the most badass woman I’ve ever beheld and when this is over, I think we should platonically have 2.5 babies who will one day take over the world." not fun line: "Steve can’t tell me what to do. He’s dead."

1: What inspired you to write the fic this way?

ranting in your dms definitely inspired a huge chunk of tomorrow never knows! i just couldn't stop thinking about how fucked up it would be on the other side of a time loop, having to watch someone you care about die (and sometimes at their own hand) and having to trust their word for it that it's okay, everything will reset with their death. and it would be particularly brutal for steve harrington, mr. protector of the universe. i was definitely worried the fic would get very repetitive very fast, so when structuring it, i tried to make sure a good portion of the scenes weren't also in "and it all comes down to you" and that we still get to see steve growing into his feelings for eddie and reckoning with his concept of heroism (it isn't just someone who dies! or comes precariously close to it!)

2: What scene did you first put down?

the back half of loop 81! specifically this: “What if—” “…this is the last time,” Eddie says with a weary sigh. How many times has Steve delivered the same line, how many times has Eddie stolen it from him to reach the inevitable end faster. “You say that every time.” Trapped in his throat is something tough and thorny. His voice comes out scratched when he asks, “Am I always so predictable?” “Yeah.” Eddie smiles, a touch rueful. “It’s the best.” my little hat nod to palm springs, a superior time loop film. i wrote this at the breakfast table while on vacation with my family lol

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