#ask madamefist

[madamefist]

Hey, Madamefist. I'm glad to see you're updating here. I was just about to ask you when you will update Prophecy. It's good to hear it will be this week. Also, I'm happy to see Break the Cycle finally getting an update.

But I'm also wondering about something... Did my previous "ask" (which was sent a month ago, maybe more) not reach you?

Because I'm sure I did send it this time... I think... I hope I didn't write something inappropriate or if I was being too much... "wild" or "inappropriately friendly" in my last message, which is why it was ignored by you? If I was, then I apologise. Sometimes, I write stuff without giving them a second read or thought. Which then turned to awkward/cringe/inappropriate messages...

Anyway, I'm happy to hear about the Prophecy getting an update soon. I will be looking forward to what will unfold in the upcoming chapter.

Hii, no worries, I wasn't ignoring it at all, just been really swamped with work and real life stuff, that's all. You didn't do anything wrong, I'm just bad at managing my life 😅😂 I've answered your previous ask just now. And yes - I managed to update Break The Cycle - & Prophecy will follow shortly!

Thanks as always! 🖤

[madamefist]

Holy shit!!! First, Break The Cycle and now this chapter!!! 😱😱😭😭 My heart wasn't ready for all this angst!!! 💔

Esmé is.... she is not Sedusa... she is... SHE'S A DEMON! Yes, a female demon! A succubus! No! An evil succubus!!!! That what she is! She works for HIM!

And she's after Butch now... Good God! That scene was disturbing when she was INAPPROPRIATELY touching him! And both Butch AND Buttercup stood there and didn't stop her!!!

And the Professor! The hell?! He was an ASS to both Professor Winter and Blossom!

And oh my God! Freaking Melvin's letters!!! Seriously, it's a good thing you closed the chapter on the Reds flirting. Otherwise, I don't think my poor heart could handle it! xD

This chapter was somehow more disturbing than Breaking the Cycle's chapter. Seriously, Madamefist, well done!!! I have to praise you again for your wonderful writing!!! You made me both excited and fearful of what will happen in the next chapter! I really can't wait to read it! I really hope you update it sooner this time! 🙏🏻

But now... I... I think I need to collect my thoughts first before I give this chapter a second read/review and ask you questions.

I think I need fluff. Yeah... maybe I will go back to read the "Ice World" chapter again. Yeah, I think I will do that. Fluff is good... Angst is bad! xD Talk to you later.

You know what, I was thinking if anyone who reads both fics, they'll go from Break The Cycle like 'oh my god, no - Professor, I love you! 😭' then to Prophecy like 'wtf Professor?! 😠' 😂😅 All I'm gunna say is.. Hope you don't mind some angst too much 😬🙃 They'll be fluffy stuff sprinkled around too - I promise! Yes - go back to the 'Ice World'!! 😂 Thanks for reading xo

[madamefist]

Hi, I just finished reading Chapter 13 of Break The Cycle. It was good but heartbreaking at the same time. I was literally crying

Jay is so brave for looking after his cousins and sisters in such a devastating time and putting on a show for them that everything was ok, but he was also being a jerk when he was trashing his room and shouting at Buttercup and Butch though.

Blossom is so strong for keeping it together while watching her father pass away and helping the other doctors clean him up they seriously need to give her an award for that.

It’s so sad that the professor won’t be able to see the day Blossom and Buttercup get married and his grandkids grow up, but at least he will be watching them in heaven.

As sad as this chapter was, I can’t wait for chapter 14, and at least we still have the professor in the next chapter for Prophecy.

Heyy, thank you for reading! I really appreciate it.

Ohh man, I think one of the reasons I took so long to update this fic is because I knew this chapter would be a bit of a doozy & a part of me was dreading it!

I promise the next chapter won't take a year to come! I'm planning to update Prophecy this week too.

[madamefist]

Hi! I'm a huge fan of all your works,especially Choices and Break The Cycle. I've reread both so many times, and now I’m rereading Break The Cycle again. I'm also so excited for the new chapter of Prophecy to be out! I’m just curious to know when you will be publishing the new chapter of Break The Cycle?

Hi anon! Thank you sooo much, you've no idea how much comments like these perk me up. Particularly when I'm going through a rough spot. To answer your question, I updated Break The Cycle today! 🙌 It's not as long as I would have liked, but it's something! I'll be updating Prophecy this week too. Thank you for your patience 🤍

[madamefist]

Okay, now I'm sure I didn't click on send when I wrote the review (I mean the "ask" 🤣😅), I remember writing it right after I read the chapter (which was about 4 weeks from now) but it seems I forgot to send it to you, my bad. Anyway, here it is:

OMG! I couldn't stop laughing at how the girls and the boys reacted to the "Maybe Baby"! 🤣 Especially Buttercup and Butch! Seriously, how do you come up with these ideas?! Don't tell me they gave you fake babies in school, too! 🤣 But really, I loved this section of the chapter. It was both funny and informative to these horny teens! And by horny teens, I mean Kim! xD Maybe this will make her claim down a bit. I loved how Buttercup reacted when Butch turned off the fake baby. I can already see she will be a great mother. And for Blossom & Brick... yeah, the "world" is really rubbing it in their faces now with whole little girl thing. I did notice Blossom at being honest with Brick while trying to make the image of the leader to Buttercup. I noticed both of them do the same thing actually; Brick is maintaining the image of always being in control (just like you mentioned to me before about how his brothers view him) and Blossom trying to appear that way for the same reason. Whether it was intentional on your part or not, it's really something I like to see in the Reds and love when it gets explored; the whole leader/big sibling mentality.

And oh boy! We got a new villain! Esmé was it? Yeeaaaaah, this one screams Sedusa! But I won't jumb to the conclusion just yet becausee it seems this lady can "manipulate" (as she described it) both men and women. Either Sedusa powers increased or this is a whole different person. It seems she can also manage to get the ppg/rrb on her side somehow! Except for Brick.... HUMMMMM?! Why is my boy Brick not affected by her? Does it have to do with his DEMON PWO- okay, I will stop. 😅 xD

Oh yeah! I almost died laughing when I read the girls reaction to the Professor french kissing Esmé! I don't care what this woman did to him. The PPG should never EVER let him live this one down after all the restrictions he put them through with their boyfriends! 🤣🤣🤣

I'm so excited to read the next chapter. Can't wait to see who is Esmé and what her attentions are. What will become of the blues (didn't forget about their little drama). Why is Brick not affected by her "powers"? And most importantly, will the Professor be able to look in his daughters eyes after this incident? 🤣

Again, sorry for just sending this message now. Take care now.

Heyy, don't worry at all! I'M sorry for taking soo long to respond to you. I'm glad you enjoyed the Maybe Babies! It wasn't written from experience, I just know it's a popular 'trope' I suppose in a lot of US, high school tv shows etc so I thought it'd be interesting to watch them all muddle through it 🤣 I toyed with the 'bag of flour' idea initially but I knew only Blossom, potentially Bubbles, would take that seriously. It needed to scream in order to get everybody's attention 😈

I really like the big sibling/leader/maternal/paternal thing with the reds too - I love writing Brick as reluctant on the surface but cares deep down too. He's got a soft centre - you just gotta dig deep 😊 We do got a new villain! & I'm gunna keep it short & sweet on that subject as I don't want to give anything away 🤐🤣 I will be updating this week for definite - early next week the very latest but I promise chapter 6 is coming. Thanks for sticking around 🤍

[madamefist]

"7- Poor Buttercup! My heart broke for her in this chapter! 😢

7 - She's going through it.. You wait till the next chapter 🫠😬"

"8- Butch is the best boyfriend Buttercup could ever asked for! 😭

8 - 😬😬😬"

"you're all going to hate me after I post this next chapter 😬 Like chapter 8 is.. I'll just say sorry now."

...Oh my God... BRICK!!! DO SOMETHING BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!!! 😭😭😭😭😭

Lol! Can't wait to see how you are gonna break my heart to pieces! xD 🥲

And honestly, don't worry too much. We're not going to hate you. I actually started caring about the greens (especially Buttercup) when they get involved in some heavy shit like this. I only read your fanfic for the Reds, I never cared about the Greens nor the Blues (especially the Blues). And that's not because you didn't write them well, it's just that they always were meh to me. xD

But the last chapter you did really made me care about Buttercup and sympathize with her. So, what you're doing is a good thing for her character (even though it was so painful to read! xD 😭).

So, don't worry and do what you do best. 🙂

And this is an Ask, so I should ask you something! 🤣: So, you said you don't know when you will update after chapter 8. Does that mean chapter 9 is not written yet? Because I remember you saying you had written until chapter 11.

Another question: When exactly do you think you will release chapter 8?

Hi! Love to hear you've become more invested in the greens! They're a close second to the reds for me - it's the blues I struggle with, which I think is clear in my writing. I do need to work on it. But yeah I'm with you, they reel me in the least too, however I want to get better at writing them in a way that does peak my own interests let alone anyone elses! Yeah I have written up to chapter 12 I do believe.. I am not 100 percent on that though as I haven't actually sat down & looked at any of my writing in a long time. I'm tackling tumblr first, then ao3 & ff.net! Then I'm going to look at updating. I'll be updating Prophecy first. I can't give you an actual date, or any idea of when it will be, how soon it will come etc.. But it will be soon. As I said in my previous response, things have been tough personally for me at the moment, but I'm trying to find my joy again & one of the ways I am doing that is to try and get back into writing. I miss it deeply. I'll try to be a little more forthcoming with general updates from here on out anyway. Thanks for sticking around regardless! MF

[madamefist]

I just want to tell you again that the way you draw Brick is so important to me. He's grumpy he has the ego of the fucking sun he's so very selfless he doesn't have morals he's just doing things to get by he's so eldest sibling despite being born as triplets he's the one that deals with everything his brothers sees him as a father figure he's THE leader he's so very traumatized that the only thing he can do is laugh about it he has trouble with moving on and getting out of the status quo he is stressed all the time he is 17 and already has to deal with house bills he thinks he's right all the time he's antisocial he's sooooooo 💖❗️💖❗️💖❗️❗️💖❗️❗️💖❗️ omg you depiction of him is my favorite 💖💖💖💖💖

This ALSO made me smile. If it wasn't already crystal clear in my writing, I have a soft spot for Brick. And clearly so do you 😄🥰 You've hit the nail on the head though, thats our Brick! & honestly you've no idea how happy it makes me to hear you like my rendition of him 🫶 Thank you once again!! MF

[madamefist]

Good day. I just started reading Poison & Wine and I have to let you know how much it crushed me both in a good and bad way 🥲 I love it so much. pPg x rrb in adulthood hits so differently. While of course there's already an ending to this story, Imma still hope each and everyone of them will find their happy endings 🫶 I ain't gonna spoil myself. I'm around the mid chapters I think, but as a live reaction: I want these messed up people to be happy lol. Thank you for writing this story ~

Thank you so much - I really appreciate that! I have a lot of love for that fic. I'm still in the process of writing the sequel - hopeful to update it really soon! Thanks for reading & thanks for the love 🫶

[madamefist]

Yknow what i found neat? The boys uses take out menus. You wrote this story before apps for ordering food online existed :)

My age has been exposed 🤣 🦖

This made me smile! I still keep takeout menus for all my favourite places in the house.. Despite also using apps to order! Although my fave chinese place only takes orders over the phone, so the menu is kind of necessary. But yes, I am old, & sometimes it shows 😅

[madamefist]

Hi, I’m just checking if you're doing alright since I haven’t heard an update in a long time. I hope you are doing okay. xxx

Hi anon, Thanks for getting in touch - I know I've been really quiet & for that I apologise. I've been going through a difficult time at the moment personally, and just haven't found the motivation or even the urge to write at all.

But things have slowly started to improve, & I'm hoping to find some solace in writing once more. None of my current in progress stories will be dropped; I will update very soon.

Thanks again xx

[madamefist]

Please let us know if you're okay. 🙏🏻

Hey, So sorry for my radio silence. I know it's been awhile since I've posted or updated in any manner & I'm sorry about that. In all honesty I've not even logged on to tumblr or ff.net/ao3 in a long time. Without oversharing too much, things have been very difficult for me lately, so writing/updating weren't high on my priority list. There were points that maybe doing some writing would have been good for me, therapeutic possibly, but I've been so deeply depressed I wasn't finding much joy in anything.

However, things are looking up. I am beginning to see the light once more. The dark cloud has cleared a little. Hopefully it continues to remain that way - I'd be grateful for just some overcast days at this point! I'll look back on my other messages/asks & get back to everyone now. But thank you so much for checking in. I do appreciate it.

[madamefist]

Hi, Madamefist. It's been a while since your last update. I hope everything's okay with you. I get busy with a lot of stuff myself and forgot to give the latest chapter a second read. I saw you rebelog, and I remembered you. So, I just wanted to know if when you think the next update will be?

Hi there, Yeah, I know I kind of fell off the planet for a bit. But I'm feeling a bit more myself at the moment & hoping my personal situation will improve as it is seemingly.. I'm hoping to get Prophecy updated this week - possibly today if my work commitments permit it, so fingers and toes crossed (: Thanks for being patient with me xo

[madamefist]

omgomgomgomg!!! i can't believe you updated the first FIVE chapters of prophecy and i had the AUDACITY to not know!!! i feel so angry at myself!!! as i'm reading through what i've missed i just know i'm going to be invested and i can't wait for the next chapter!!! i'm so excited to see how the reds will develop from their whole mess with him and more blue scenes and i'm most excited for cody drama!!!! much love and so many hugs <333

Ahhhh thank you so much for this lil message anon! I am struggling BAD with writers block at the moment, and I've not had much interaction/feedback* on my most recent chapters, so it's nice to see people are reading and enjoying Prophecy 🥰 Chapter 6 is indeed finished, so I'll be posting very soon after a couple of edits. I look forward to hearing your thoughts dear anon & I hope you enjoy Prophecy 🖤 (*this isn't a dig btw - I'm thrilled to bits with any follows/faves/kudos/comments/reviews I do get and so so SO thankful! I just enjoy hearing peoples' thoughts is all) MF xo

[madamefist]

I'm so late again to write this! But wow! Another fantastic chapter! Despite being a "slice of life" chapter, I really enjoyed reading it. A lot of stuff happened, so I will talk about each point in a separate "ask" (and of course, ask you a question! xD). First thing first: Brick & Blossom flirting in French & Spanish.... I. NEED. MORE. OF. THIS! 🤣 Seriously, even if you do a whole chapter of just that, I will still read it! xD Second: Brick & Blossom little "fight", Brick may have been harsh, but he's right, Blossom really needs to put herself first for once! Don't get me wrong, being selfless is cool & all, but you have to look for what you want to. So, yes, as harsh as it was, Blossom needed to hear it & I like Brick's half ass "apology"! xD And third thing is: Everyone downplaying Brick's kidnapping... Look, I'm not here comparing Brick & Blossom kidnapping and saying which is worse, but the way everyone brushed it off is really annoying me, like all he get "Yeah, it's fucked up I'm sorry this happened to you" and that's that. It screams, "He's a guy, he can deal with it" & I really don't like it. The school didn't even bother to check on him & no one cared to ask him if he's okay now, not the PPG, his brothers, or the Professor. And while he does look fine (or at least that's what he tells himself), it's still a bad taste in my mouth. So, my question for you is: Will this topic be tackled again? Or will it be left at that (since from the look of it, Brick doesn't appear to mind it much or at all)?

Thank you so much for reading, I'm glad you enjoyed it! I love writing Blossom and Brick flirting, particularly in front of people as I feel like it's something that doesn't happen often 🤣 I agree too - I see Brick being good at pulling out a little of the 'selfish' in her when it's appropriate. Okay so about the downplaying of Brick's abduction - I agree with you and I kind of did it on purpose. His brothers see him as someone who doesn't need to be asked if they are okay - he's always absolutely fine and he can handle anything! At least to their minds, anyway. You can rest assured Blossom has checked in on him behind closed doors, and know that they would have spoken about it a lot whilst they were still on the Cayman Islands. And with regards to the Professor, I think he's so swept up in checking on Blossom it's not crossed his mind to check in on Brick. I also feel like he too would be guilty of assuming Brick can handle himself, and just generally forgetting he is a parentless 18 year old boy. HOWEVER. This topic will be tackled again at some point soon in an upcoming chapter.

[madamefist]

Well, this was a switch. First, I read Break the Cycle and was like, 'OH NO THE PROFESSOR', but then I read Prophecy, and now I’m like, ‘WTF PROFESSOR!’😱🤯🫢

Esmé is probably some type of villain like Sedusa because it seems like every time she touches or looks at someone seductively, they seem to be under a spell of hers and start treating her nicely and doing everything she says.

And now she’s after Buttercup because she likes Butch… When I read the part with Esmé and Butch, I was like, ‘BUTCH SNAP OUT OF IT AND DO SOMETHING!’ Because, oh boy what Esmé was doing was INAPPROPRIATE the questions she was asking and also touching Butch inappropriately in front OF Buttercup as well. I thought Buttercup was going to do something when she saw Butch and Esmé flirting, but instead she just stood there THEY just stood there and didn’t stop her! 😱

In the part when Esmé was secretly watching Butch and Buttercup in the room, I was hoping they would have caught her watching them, but they didn't. I was literally mad because she was RIGHT there on the FLOOR,but I was thinking that even if she did get caught, she could use her spell or something on them and probably get away with it.

And the Professor! What the hell happened to him? First he was ok with The girls dating the Rowdyruff boys and literally had a crush on Professor Winter, but now he’s being a complete JERK to both of them!

Poor Blossom I hope she never runs into Melvin. I thought he had learned his lesson now to not go near Blossom, but I guess he didn’t.

Both chapters on Break The Cycle and Prophecy are really amazing but are both disturbing, especially with the Professor; it took me from ‘OH NO THE PROFESSOR!’ to ‘WTF PROFESSOR!’. Besides that, both are really good. Excellent job 👌🏾!! I can’t wait for the new chapters of Prophecy and Break The Cycle to be out! I hope you update them soon.❤️🙏🏾

Now I have to think about what’s going to happen next in the new chapters until they come out 😭

You know what when I posted this chapter it did occur to me that readers of both Prophecy and Break The Cycle would have some whiplash over the Professor - my bad 😅🤣

Thank you sooo much for reading & sharing your thoughts - I’m hoping to have chapter 8 up within the next couple of weeks. But man, it’s a doozie 😬🙃

EDIT TO ADD - I meant chapter 7 - I mistakenly wrote chapter 8 as I'm currently editing chapter 8, my bad. Also, Chapter 8 is the doozie.. Not chapter 7. So yeah, haha

[madamefist]

HOLY SHIT!!! A lot of things happened in this chapter!!! Where do I start?!

1- Esmérelda is a b@#&!

2- Buttercup lost her powers TWICE!

3- Mike is bi! YAY! xD

4- Drama between the sisters! :(

5- Esmérelda is a bitch!!!

6- Him and Esmérelda are aware that Brick doesn't get affected by Esmé's influence!!! 😱

7- Poor Buttercup! My heart broke for her in this chapter! 😢

8- Butch is the best boyfriend Buttercup could ever asked for! 😭

9- ESMÉRELDA IS A BITCH!

10- Brick can see the future??! 😦

11- The Blues finally made up! YAY! xD

12- Blossom finally told her sisters about her heart attacks. I'm glad.

13- Brick started to put two to two together, but he's still not making a move!!! C'mon, Brick! Do something!!!

14- ESMÉRELDA IS A FUCKING BITCH!!!!

Phew! I think that's everything! xD You really know how to write villains, Madamefist! First, Melvin, now Esmé. Seriously, I'm starting to hate her more than Melvin. The Reds didn't get a lot of focus, but I was glad that Blossom told Brick about what the Professor said to her. My heart also broke when her sister ganged on her when Esmé accused her. It was really hard to read. :(

But I can't but just noticed Brick's new "ability" if you will call it that. He now can dream about the future? Can foresee the future? Similar to Him? Hmmmm... it's quite interesting, I have to say.

But man, the ending, with Him appearing and telling Esmé to kill Buttercup... I'm both scared and excited for the next chapter! This chapter was worth the wait for sure. But I do hope you update within a month, I really want to know what will happen next!!!

You take care now. 😄

Okay.. 1 - Yes, you are correct 😂 2 - Poor BC 😭 3 - Yay Mike 💖💜💙 4 - I think we need to refer to number 1 for this one.. I didn't enjoy writing them being horrible to each other I gotta admit! 5 - Yes, that is very true 6 - Yes - they know stuff Brick doesn't - wouldn't that annoy him! 7 - She's going through it.. You wait till the next chapter 🫠😬 8 - 😬😬😬 9 - STILL VERY TRUE. 10 - 🤔🤔🤔 11 - Yay blues 💙 12 - About time really..! 13 - He needs to trust his gut more doesn't he... 14 - YESSSSSSSSSSSS 😆 Thank you so much! I don't know what it says about me as a person being able to pull off writing evil well, but I'm gunna take it as a compliment either way 😏🤣 The reds will take centre stage soon - I worry about my fics being tooooo red sometimes. They are my favourites to write, but I do love the greens - struggle with the blues (but that doesn't mean I don't love them) - but gave myself a little personal goal to try & write them better/more in my Choices/Prophecy fics. I'll do my very best to get chapter 8 up within the month 🫶