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me as a writer

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Throwback thursday to when I was like 12 and I was putting out new writing DAILY...... Like entire Chapters of my then-current wips just, over an afternoon. What the fuck was I on

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hyperfixation please stay with me long enough to complete the project. hyperfixation do not fade. hyperfixation finish what you started for the love of god

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what’s meant for me will find me yes but I also have to meet it halfway and encourage it to happen so it does

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the overwhelming feeling of sadness sometimes when someone treats me with kindness

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First drafting a novel is really just whispering "would he fucking say that?" over and over again for several thousand words

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It can happen. Actually.

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My last post about how Bruno got something in common with every one of the Madrigal kids?

How about I take that a step further and make it angst?

What if the sisters notice?

What if Pepa sees her little Dolores listening and snickering at something and when she asks about it Dolores says "Tio Brunos stories". And Pepa will suck in a breath and scold her for pretending and Dolores sees her mother getting upset and the skies turning dark, the clouds growing heavy with tears rain and she will stop mentioning Tio Bruno as she grows older, like they will all stop talking about him soon.

But as the years go by Pepa will still see her daughter tilt her head to listen and smirk and do that little "eep" sound her brother always made when he was surprised by something and even though Dolores always says "It's nothing" when she asks Pepa will keep watching and wonder.

Always wonder.

And she will applaud her Camilo when he shows her a play he has been writing where he plays all the characters himself and she will remember her little brother, pretending to be someone else and desperately insisting that his real gift is acting as the green still fades from his eyes and his brows are knitted over tearfilled eyes in a headache. And she'll see Camilo rubbing his forehead after overdoing it with the shape shifting and her heart aches in sympathy.

And then there is Antonio and his animals. Always so tender and careful even with little bugs, just like her Brunito was careful with the rats he always seemed to find and nurse back to health. She will remember her brother, whispering with the rodents long after he stopped talking to the rest of the family, feeding them crumbs under the table, trying to ignore Mama's disapproving stare. And when she sees her son playing with a rat or a mouse, her heart rate will pick up and she looks around, expecting to see... But she never does.

She never does.

And Julieta looks at her daughter Isabela and how hard she tries to impress her abuela, how every little mistake and imperfection leads to a meltdown until there are no mistakes anymore and her little girl fashions herself into this woman, a blank canvas, walking around town, gifting her flowers to her admirers without pausing, without lingering with anyone or meeting anyone's eyes. An untouchable goddess, just like her brother was this untouchable pariah, sneaking through town not pausing, not lingering, not meeting anyone's eyes but always on the lookout for Mama and her approval.

And Julieta can't stand seeing the same look in her eldest eyes and concentrates on her food and the little injuries because that is something she can fix.

At least this, she can fix.

And Luisa, carrying too much, answering every call for help, no matter how inconvenient no matter how tired she is. No call goes unanswered because helping the town is her duty, this miracle demands a sacrifice for all the wonders it brings them. Just like her mother always forced Bruno to leave his room, urged him to answer every call for a prophecy no matter how much he begs not to. "They will blame me" he always said when he was still small enough to think what he wants should matter. "You are supposed to use your gift. That's why the miracle chose to give it to you" their mother would say and usher him out the door.

And with the years his protests fell silent and he started to shrink right before Julietas eyes until he was gone for good one morning.

And Julieta looks at Luisa and her beloved daughter looks so strong, and present and just "there" and sometimes she looks like she will disappear any moment and Julieta suddenly can't breath.

Mirabel is so much like Bruno, it sometimes hurts to look at her. Their personalities are so very different but their spirit, oh their hearts and souls, they shine with the same warm light.

Julieta often remembers that dreadful night, the tears and the disbelief and the shock and she remembers Bruno, kneeling down by a shell-shocked Mirabel and ruffling her hair and saying "It's okay, Miri"

And she will only later realize that he was the only one.

Everyone else had said things like "It will be okay" or "We will figure this out". Even she herself had held her crying child against her chest and whispered "I'm so sorry corazon. Please don't cry" and her little girl had cried even harder.

But when her brother said "it's okay" her youngest had stopped crying and stared at that tall, disheveled man like he was her whole world and only too late will Julieta realize why.

Her brother was the only one who said what Mirabel needed to hear.

It is okay. You are okay. Nothing needs to evolve into "okay", there is nothing that needs to be fixed. Nothing to be sorry about.

You are perfect, just the way you are.

Julieta doubts that Mirabel remembers. Too small and too traumatized by that night but sometimes she wonders if maybe her daughters heart still remembers after all. When she walks with confidence through the town, when she talks back to a prickly Isa, when she declares, loud and proud, how much she loves her Familia.

Julieta hopes so. She tries to right old wrongs, tries to overshadow her own careless words that night by repeating over and over again how perfect her Miri is, just the way she is.

Julieta fears it's not enough.

Julieta wishes her brother was here to ruffle her daughters hair.

Julietta wishes for a miracle.

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i’m still waiting on some requests, so i thought i’d do a little something fun in the meantime :) i always love pairing characters with their love languages, so i thought why not haha

some of these were kind of hard to figure out?? i wanted to give most of them more than one, but i managed to narrow it down lol

i hope you enjoy!! give me ur thoughts :)

the madrigals’ love languages

pepa

words of affirmation!

she desperately wants to hear that you love her no matter the weather

being constantly told to suppress her emotions leads her to constantly want her lover to be open about theirs (especially towards her)

she’s tired of hearing the thunder, she wants to curl up in bed and listen to sweet words and soft songs

julieta

acts of service, i think

she’s always helping others, and she feels so very loved when her lover comes to help or does something for her

as much as she loves cooking, i truly think she’d be starry-eyed over a meal you made just for her so that she wouldn’t have to :)

helping with chores around casita, helping about the town, even helping with the family. it’d never go unnoticed, and never without more love swelling in her heart.

bruno

honestly, the little rat lad just needs any sort of love, in any shape or form

quality time!!

he’s spent so much time alone for so long that just a minute of uninterrupted, undivided attention is all it takes

sitting close and sharing something you enjoy, chatting comfortably about everything under the sun

watch silly telenovelas, spend time with the family, laugh over dinner; everything and anything. he just wants to live life with you

dolores

this may seem contradictory but i think words of affirmation!!

what can i say, she’s like her mama

she just wants to listen to something worthwhile, something said specifically for her from the lips of her lover

to drown out the sound of the world to listen to your voice is something she’s always loved doing

now she can do it while looking into your eyes, while holding your hands <3

camilo

physical touch !

idk he strikes me as the type to relish in a soft touch, a long hug, a quick kiss

look, he doesn’t even need those things, a high-five, a fist bump, a head-pat, he’ll take it all

plus his parents are very touchy-feely (much to his chagrin), but the point is he sees it as the outward expression of love

anyway, it’s more enjoyable to experience for oneself :)

isabela

also physical touch :)

holding hands?? yes

dancing in each other’s arms?? yes

cuddles into the afternoon?? YES

brush her hair, carry her bridal-style, kiss her face COME ON NOW

please, she just wants to be near you and to feel your heart against hers <3

luisa

acts of service !!

helping her means so so much to her; she has a lot on her shoulders and knowing you understand that and want to help is everything to her

even better: do something for her before she can get to it, she likes those kind of surprises :))

and stars, relaxing together after a good day’s work is always the best reward

mirabel

gifts !!

we already know she’s a giver of gifts herself

but to be given a hand-crafted gift you worked hard on?? she would treasure it until she died

baking a goodie for her, finding a shiny trinket and giving it to her, a bouquet of wildflowers?? ALL OF IT

just a sketch, just a small something that reminds you of her is enough. it seriously makes her feel so special :)

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Hello, yes, ‘tis I once again thinking about how queerness is employed in Bly Manor, particularly in the very final shot of Dani’s hand on Jamie’s shoulder.

That visual combo of the ring on Dani’s finger plus the pink sweater is one of my absolute favorite artistic choices in the entire finale (which is saying something). And I’m obviously not the first one to interpret the two together to mean that even if a part of Dani died in that sweater at the lake when she invited the Lady in, her life with Jamie was still more than real enough to become a part of the ghostly echo watching over Jame.

But I do think it’s also worth point out the connection between that final ring scene and the first one, when Dani proposes. In a way, the very presence of the ring in the final shot is a parallel of Dani’s line in the proposal scene, “And I know we can’t technically get married, but I also don’t really care. We can wear the rings and we’ll know.”

Dani and Jamie’s relationship is never recognized for what it is; by the law and likely by some of their blood relatives and acquaintances (if they ever find out about it in the first place). The rings they wear have no bearing in the context of the Official Rules of the wider world they live in—but they both know, and the people who care about them know, that the rings symbolize something much more significant and real than a lot of people will ever experience. This in and of itself is obviously a queer read on life and love, through and through. But it’s also not where the story ends.

That Dani’s ghost is wearing the pink sweater in the final shot says, “This is where it was supposed to end.” This is where Dani as we know her was supposed to end. Anything that happens after the lake happens on borrowed time. The Laws of Ghostly Mechanics don’t recognize Dani’s life after the lake as life in the same way that she was alive before the lake.

That Dani’s ghost is wearing the ring in the final shot says, “Actually, fuck that. If I wasn’t going to let state and federal law dictate the legitimacy of my relationship with my life partner, I’m sure as hell not going to let the Laws of Ghostly Mechanics do it, either.” And because this parallels the proposal, it is absolutely a specifically queer read on life and love, like before, and on the preternatural rules that have dictated so much of the struggle and tragedy in the rest of the show.

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VICTORIA PEDRETTI Alignment Chart (insp.) Dani Clayton - THE HAUNTING OF BLY MANOR (2020) Nell Crain - THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE (2018) Love Quinn - YOU (2018-)

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THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE (2018) THE HAUNTING OF BLY MANOR (2020)

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the realization on jamie’s face...

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THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE 1x10 THE HAUNTING OF BLY MANOR 1x09