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[dotsayers]

18, 20, 21? x

18. What was the hardest fic to title?

they're all always horrible to title but shifting into biggles fandom this year meant my usual mainstay (wordy mountain goats lyrics) felt wrong and so i've started... shudder... Making Up Titles Properly. hardest was probably covert operation, because i wanted SO BADLY to name it after a transgender dysphoria blues lyric but i also wanted it to have cross-appeal with the biggles forumites so 'they just see a faggot' might have ruffled some feathers

20. Share your favorite ending line

my Favourite favourite ending line is (alas!) from one of my yuletide fics, but of ones which are available under my name:

Biggles smiled wider. “True enough.” He put out a hand ready to shake. “James Bigglesworth. You can call me Biggles, if you like.” “I won’t,” said von Stalhein, automatically. Then he caught himself, and took Biggles’ hand.

it's from down on the cards, which i loved writing and was my first attempt at the algy vs evs situation, a perennial favourite.

21. Share your favorite piece of dialogue

this one is long, but: i love writing dialogue, and one of my favourite pieces is from my second the terror fic, in which goodsir is having a not-good time at all.

“Sorry,” said Harry. “I – didn’t mean to.”

A child’s excuse. Harry wanted quite badly to do something equally childish to avoid himself; hide under a blanket or in a cupboard, perhaps, knees to his chest.

John looked at him. Harry tried hard not to squirm like a schoolboy about to be thrashed.

“I know, Harry,” John said, eventually. “I came to find you to ask about your morning, actually. Not to send you into a fit of hysteria.”

“I’m not hysterical,” said Harry. “Leaving aside the strict diagnostic criteria, the etymology alone–”

“I was being facetious,” John replied. He sighed, running a hand through his hair. He’d taken after their mother, hair straight and fine. “Doctor Litefoot sent a telegram. He was not pleased to have his assistant surgeon vanish halfway through an autopsy, let alone one I’d told him would be of great diagnostic help.”

Harry couldn’t speak for a moment. His chest felt tight. “Then I apologise for disappointing you, and him. I thought I would be able to – tolerate it.”

“But not enjoy it,” said John. He looked oddly sad, his forehead creased in a frown. Harry wasn’t sure why.

“Was I supposed to?” He remembered feeling excited about autopsies in the past; his anatomical studies had interested him at the time, of course. He didn’t see how it was relevant.

“You used to enthuse about this,” John replied. “Could hardly keep you away from the museum, or the lecture theatre. Always hearing about some new advancement in surgical practice. And now – Harry, you knew you didn’t have to do this, didn’t you?”

“Of course I did,” said Harry, automatically. “I have to do what you tell me, or–” He stopped.

“Or what, Harry?” John’s voice was gentle; it scraped against Harry’s nerves.

Harry said nothing. He set down the rag and went to the sitting room, where John’s pet tortoise was busily eating half a head of cabbage. The cat, an ageing Persian that Harry had helped nurse as a kitten, padded over and pawed at his leg until he sat on the chaise longue and lifted her onto his lap.

She purred happily as he scratched her behind the ears. She was warm and soft and very content to curl up and doze.

John came to stand in the doorway. Harry glanced up at him, words drying in his throat.

“I don’t know what happened, that you’re so frightened of us,” said John. “I wish I did.”

“If you did, you’d wish you didn’t,” Harry said, softly. “I’m quite sure of that.”

[lottiesnotebook]

the season of possible miracles

Prince Andhera has never understood Solstice parties. This year, he is given the chance to learn.

A (hideously late) @d20exchange gift for @justiceforprincecorrick with a corresponding playlist. I really hope you enjoy a Christmassy Cinderella story set in the Unseelie Court.

Moodboard made by my beautiful wife @adainesjacket

[remidyal]

The wonderful @adainesjacket did a moodboard up for my Aelwyn and Adaine end up in foster care/overprotective big sis Aelwyn fics, Foster and Home

Thank you so much and aaaah these are all so good for them though!

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I have been tagged by @truthhux to share my fave first watches of May! and what an excellent time to catch me, because I’ve just had two 12+ hour flights and I spent them watching:

the colour purple: one of my favourite musicals, slightly disappointing adaptation

suzume: wonderful 2022 film from makoto shinkai!

the boys in the boat: I cannot tell you how much I did not care about these boys in these boats, however my friend is in the final 20 minutes of it so……..I just watched that

mean girls: fantastic. excellent adaptation (if you ignore that the songs aren’t actually very good), loved every second, jon hamm was a surprise!

the miracle club: wonderful!!! fantastic!!! no notes!!! 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

all of us strangers: i went in without any knowledge of the plot except “andrew scott gay”, highly recommend

a strange way of life: i really just watched non stop gay sex for about two and a half hours on this plane. pedro pascal and ethan hawke revisiting an old romance in this wild western short film!

the great escaper: fan 👏🏽 tas 👏🏽 tic 👏🏽, and I’m not just saying that because Michael Caine was using my exact rollz rollator throughout! very strong film about a 90 year old veteran sneaking out of his nursing home to go to calais for the 75 year d-day anniversary. glenda jackson is supreme. wonderful.

I’m tagging @hrunting , @pitchingforleads, @lottiesnotebook , @adainesjacket, @gupiee , @gallifreyansquid , and @official-chocolate! many thanks to Virgin Atlantic airlines for making this possible 🙏🏽

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2, 6, and 10 for the fic rec ask game???

Yayyyy I get to talk about fics I love

2. An incomplete fic

Hudol Upper School's Entertainment Club by @20dimensionsoftangerine

Brilliant oops-all-wizards/Ouran High School Host Club AU where Riz is a new student at Hudol and winds up involved with the rest of the Bad Kids' Entertainment Club where they show off practical casting for the rest of the wizard students! I love the pacing and the punchlines and in general it's a very fun read!

6. A fic that made you laugh/cry

i could go on and on and on (and i will) by @adainesjacket

Love this one!! Both laughed and teared up while reading. For Reasons (not gonna spoil it) the Bad Kids are sent back in time to being five years old, with their seventeen-year-old memories and they try to find each other and trigger each other's memories. I love all the different perspectives, and the Power of Friendship just hits hard with this one, especially in Adaine's section.

10. A fic that's part of a series

Strongtower Luxury Apartments, Swimming Pool by @gilears, part of their Luxury Lads series!

I love the way Jamie writes the Bad Kids in general, but the Luxury Lads have a special place in my heart. The eeriness of the swimming pool and the thoughts it induces contrasts so beautifully with the absurdity of the Lads' dynamics and dialogue and honestly reading Luxury Lads was one of the things that made me want to start writing again so any time I can rec it I will <3

I have so many more recs so PLEASE ask me about them any time <3<3 Thanks for asking!!