#a couple of these I know the broad strokes of what kind of fic they'd go with

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In “Your Not Yet Done” Tony’s kink is having a power bottom tell him what to do and to take charge… is the story going to explore any more fetish/kink related content? I’m curious about what Tony and Peter’s kinks are (in your writing specifically whether it gets written about or not) 😅 you write them so well!!

As far as further kink content in YNYD: uhhhhh I don't know actually! I know the broad strokes of what I'm writing for chapters 13 and 14 but I only do the beat-for-beat outline once it's actually time to get started, so ~it is a mystery~ even to myself, haha. If there is it probably won't be New Stuff, necessarily? Just further expressions of the things they're already established to be into. But! In the full shibari scene that I'm going to post as a missing scene once I clean it up, there are some different shades to it that weren't necessarily present in any of the other scenes from the last couple chapters, but those were also super context-dependent to that particular moment and not really broader kinks for the two of them. (This will make more sense once I post it, haha.)

I did write up a post of mostly bedroom-related general Starker headcanons here though it's not, like, comprehensive, and obvs in YNYD there's some stuff that's very different for them than in my general headcanon! I see Tony as being a total switch generally, but in YNYD-verse it would take a loooong time for him to feel comfortable doing any domming whatsoever-- long enough that it probably just wouldn't happen, because he and Peter would be totally settled/content in their established dynamic at that point without any real reason to switch it up. Like, Tony's a service top, so if Peter wanted to be held down during sex or whatever he would (eventually) do it, but it would be thoroughly from the angle of Peter calling the shots and telling him what a 💖good listener💖 he was for complying, lmao.

I have thought about the evolution of their D/s dynamic some where I actually do think Tony would eventually want Peter to be a little bit mean/derogatory to him, which Peter would initially be totally against but isn't actually that far outside of their established dynamic already because of some unspoken stuff on Tony’s side-- Tony's praisekink to me is almost inherently tied up in an opposing humiliation kink, both because he's ashamed of needing/wanting praise in the first place and because he's SO insecure over some of the things Peter praises him for that it can trigger a "no I'm not, that's not true" kind of rejection of the praise instead of the intended comfort. (Which can lead to its own kind of catharsis!) I think they'd have to really talk about it to settle on something that worked for both of them, which would basically be Peter geeeently scolding Tony for not taking care of himself to use as a tool for further praise when Tony was Good and got enough sleep and exercise and food and positive social interaction. Not something that would fit within the scope of the fic, but something I’ve thought about!!

…………I don’t know if that’s what you were looking for in response to this question but gestures broadly at the wall of text, thank you for the ask 💖💖💖

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The Other Side Chapter 19: Commentary

SPOILERS BELOW FOR CHAPTER 19: NEW YEAR // PLEASE CATCH UP ON "THE OTHER SIDE" BEFORE READING

So Chapter 19 was, for all intents and purposes, the beginning of Arc III of this story, and it is the climax/denouement arc. It'll likely be shorter than the other two arcs (10 chapters and 8, respectively), but I'm not yet entirely sure how many chapters it'll end up being. Broad strokes are planned but not prewritten, and the finer details still need to be figured out.

Now on to the commentary!

I really wanted to show the Frasers in this flashbulb family moment. Like, Hogmanay in Lallybroch with wee Brian and Fergus and everyone's really happy and fulfilled is this defining moment for them that I think they'll end up looking back on for the rest of their lives. But, let's not like, it's also a moment that will bring great pain because it's exactly what they'll always known they lost.

In this fic, Fergus is a little more fragile after losing his hand than he's shown in canon. We see in the later books his struggles with his mental health and the practical results/consequences of being disabled in his society, but we see very little of that in the books/show right afterward. I really think this is, in large part, because Fergus at that time knew he was a really big support for Jamie, who was still dealing with his depression and his grief. Fergus had pain, but even as young as he was and knowing the guilt Jamie carried for what happened to him, he really had to be the support for Jamie almost and couldn't really express any of that pain. But here, he hasn't had to live with being Jamie's reason to keep going on. He hasn't had to grapple with his hero drowning in depression and grief. So here, he's a lot more able to open up and let his vulnerabilities show. I wasn't sure what specifically he'd confide in them until I wrote it, but it kind of made perfect sense to me. He's seen Jamie and Claire, and even Jenny and Ian are shown to be deeply loving as a couple. And at this point in canon, he's right on the cusp of courting/sleeping with girls, and it made sense that this would kind of be on his mind. That he's just started that part of his life/development, but now he's afraid he'll never be wanted again, and will that mean he won't ever find the kind of love he sees in the adults in his life?

I also wanted this convo to happen because Claire was feeling really passive in this chapter. When I posted about the chapter not being right, that was exactly the problem. I had this whole thing where Jamie goes around before midnight on Hogmanay and gives toasts to everyone (including an indignant wee Jamie, who was offended he didn't get one). But it was kinda boring, kinda repeated a lot of stuff he's said already, and Claire really had very little active involvement in the chapter. I really liked this a lot better. Canon focuses heavily on Fergus's and Jamie's connection, but I try to explore Claire and Fergus just as much. Especially in those months after Faith died, Fergus and Claire really were comforts for each other. But beyond that, I think there are just some times you yearn for your mother's comfort, and I wanted that here. That he loves Jamie of course, and he idolizes him even. But he really needed to feel safe with his mother. Even though Fergus is now closer in age to Jamie and Claire (at this point, he'd only be ten years younger than Jamie now), they've re-entered his life at a point that he really needs them as parents, even though they're closer in age.

Also, a small thing that kinda happened on accident, but Jamie and Claire are almost always the ones carrying around Brian; in my head, they never really hand him off to Mrs. Crook. But I see this as a natural reaction to them having lost Faith, having come close to losing each other so many times. They now have this baby that they just cannot let go of unless it's between one of the two of them. I think it's also a tell that, subconsciously, they know that they aren't completely safe.

Oh, boy, the redcoats arriving! This has been a scene that's played in my head since I decided they were coming back to the past. I wanted to do a sort of flip on canon Jamie hiding from the redcoats with wee Ian. I knew we needed some action to start off this arc and what's to come, and them being shocked out of their false sense of security was the best way forward, I think. They've made general plans but haven't firmed them up yet, both thinking they had more time as well as really dreading when they'd have to leave. Earlier chapters have seen them both kind of grappling with the emotional toll of knowing that this time with their family is temporary. There's also a brief discussion about why the stones may have brought them to this year specifically...I think more of that will be made clear by the end of this fic.

Also, can we say Mrs. Crook for the win for not only getting Rabbie out of the house to warn Eilidh about the lie they told, but also managing to distract the redcoats so the Frasers could sneak from the house? Runner-up MVP next to Ian for concocting that story on the spot and Jenny for having the presence of mind to use the letter to their advantage!

Thanks so much for reading! Hoping not too long before Chapter 20 is ready.