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@wesperbrekkered I'm sorry this wasn't sad enough, is this any better

happy snippet sunday from the regency au fahey family having absolutely necessary and non-mortifying pre-wedding conversations 😌

“You know,” his father says, “there’s a lot to look forward to about marriage.” Jesper raises an eyebrow. His father carries on anyway. “It’s good having someone that you know will always be there for you.”

“Yeah,” Jesper says, slowly.

His father clears his throat. “There are other things, of course." His voice sounds… uncertain. Jesper furrows his brow, a little bit confused.

“Like…”

“Tax benefits,” Colm says. Jesper squints.

“I’m sure Wylan will be all over that,” he manages, still a little lost. His father nods, rather adamantly.

“Of course,” he confirms. “And you two will have your own home. You can find time to go shooting again.”

Jesper nods, slowly, just once. “Y—eah.”

With notable effort, his father sighs. “Listen, Jes. I don’t have much experience with the way two husbands… celebrate their marriages."

Jesper blinks. Oh. Oh, no. “Da.”

“I’m sure you know the… obvious differences, but I’ve been assured that with proper cleaning and care—”

“Da.”

“You may have already discovered this sort of thing,” his father says, lifting his hands, “and if you have—”

“All Saints, Da!” Jesper blurts. “Are you trying to give me a sex talk?”

[jackwolfes]

happy snippet sunday from the regency au fahey family having absolutely necessary and non-mortifying pre-wedding conversations 😌

“You know,” his father says, “there’s a lot to look forward to about marriage.” Jesper raises an eyebrow. His father carries on anyway. “It’s good having someone that you know will always be there for you.”

“Yeah,” Jesper says, slowly.

His father clears his throat. “There are other things, of course." His voice sounds… uncertain. Jesper furrows his brow, a little bit confused.

“Like…”

“Tax benefits,” Colm says. Jesper squints.

“I’m sure Wylan will be all over that,” he manages, still a little lost. His father nods, rather adamantly.

“Of course,” he confirms. “And you two will have your own home. You can find time to go shooting again.”

Jesper nods, slowly, just once. “Y—eah.”

With notable effort, his father sighs. “Listen, Jes. I don’t have much experience with the way two husbands… celebrate their marriages."

Jesper blinks. Oh. Oh, no. “Da.”

“I’m sure you know the… obvious differences, but I’ve been assured that with proper cleaning and care—”

“Da.”

“You may have already discovered this sort of thing,” his father says, lifting his hands, “and if you have—”

“All Saints, Da!” Jesper blurts. “Are you trying to give me a sex talk?”

[jackwolfes]

Be mean to your characters.

What do they take for granted? Take it away from them.

The one thing they know for certain? Make them doubt it.

Their worst fear? Throw it at their faces.

Make their plans fail. Make them cry. Make them question things and then learn about them and the way they react in the process.

Be mean to your character. Then be kind to them for a while, because after all that they may deserve it.

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[jackwolfes]

I love ur zookeeper au, I still remember when u taljed about it

thank you!! it was a very sweet lil one, what's better than some T4T nerds dorking about over reptiles and insects???

i feel like i need to go to another zoo IRL at some point to kickstart the energy for it 😅

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I know some fic writers get stressed about writing tropes they think are too popular or overdone, and I need you all to know that I just spent 4 hours reading every iteration of the same exact fic plot I could find, and they all brought me an indescribable amount of joy. Listen. Listen. Sometimes you want cakes of many flavours and sometimes you want Nine Carrot Cakes

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may i ask what soc tattoos you have? don’t have to show them obvi

for better or for worse i have "no mourners" on one arm and "no funerals" on the other 😅 the NM one is not entirely intentionally placed next to the knife tat but also, it's inej core & i like it 😇

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i got to show Leigh Bardugo my SOC tattoos & when she saw my (unrelated) strawberry tat she very kindly shared the fact that she's trying to grow strawberries in her garden at home and honestly if nothing else it's nice to know that sometimes your favourite authors are also amateur horticulturalists 😌🍓

[jackwolfes]

show, don't tell:

anticipation - bouncing legs - darting eyes - breathing deeply - useless / mindless tasks - eyes on the clock - checking and re-checking

frustration - grumbling - heavy footsteps - hot flush - narrowed eyes - pointing fingers - pacing / stomping

sadness - eyes filling up with tears - blinking quickly - hiccuped breaths - face turned away - red / burning cheeks - short sentences with gulps

happiness - smiling / cheeks hurting - animated - chest hurts from laughing - rapid movements - eye contact - quick speaking

boredom - complaining - sighing - grumbling - pacing - leg bouncing - picking at nails

fear - quick heartbeat - shaking / clammy hands - pinching self - tuck away - closing eyes - clenched hands

disappointment - no eye contact - hard swallow - clenched hands - tears, occasionally - mhm-hmm

tiredness - spacing out - eyes closing - nodding head absently - long sighs - no eye contact - grim smile

confidence - prolonged eye contact - appreciates instead of apologizing - active listening - shoulders back - micro reactions

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req'd by @wolvereaux

TRU

text: Love is stored in the friend who reads your fanfiction

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[jackwolfes]

you know what i'm gonna get sappy for a second bear with me

there are a lot of posts and memes for writers about how hard writing is and how annoying it can be and how dispiriting it can feel when we don't make progress the way we'd like to. and those are true, and relatable, and funny! i've been there!

but maybe it doesn't get said enough in the other direction, so I'm gonna say it: I love writing. i love the process of putting phrases together and testing them for cadence and flow; i love knowing that there is a word for exactly the thing I want to convey, even if I just can't think of it right now, and going onto a thesaurus and being like there she is, that's the one!

but more than anything, I love the ritual of constantly asking myself "okay, and then what happens?" and feeling the same sense of delighted surprise every single time when somehow, a part of me I wasn't consciously aware of knows the answer. that experience, where my brain provides me solutions I didn't know it was working on, feels like a miracle every time. and getting into a productivity groove where I keep knowing the answers is one of the best feelings on the planet.

and sure, sometimes I don't know the answer, and it's hard and unsatisfying and see above about how easy it is to joke about how writing's the pits, but... that just makes it even more special when I'm firing on all cylinders, you know?

anyway, yeah. w r i t i n g.

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will brudgerton au have spicy scenes?:)

incredibly so, yes 😂

[jackwolfes]

anyway the actual point of fandom is to inspire each other. reading each other's fics and admiring each other's art and saying wow i love this and i feel something and i want to invoke this in other people, i want to write a sentence that feels like a meteor shower, i want to paint a kiss with such tenderness it makes you ache, i want to create something that someone else somewhere will see it and think oh, i need to do that too, right now. i am embracing being a corny cunt on main to say inspiring each other is one of the things humanity is best at and one of the things fandom is built for and i think that's beautiful

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My favorite frequency of fic updates is whenever the fuck the author is ready to post it.

This shit is FREE, guys. The fact that people demand anything from fic writers is a testament to how fucking entitled people act when it comes to art in any medium.

If you have a problem, then write your own shit- and if you can't do that, then shut the fuck up.

It's so easy not to be a fucking dickhead.

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