Got tagged by @notallsandmen for a WIP paragraph game, and I’m incredibly flattered, considering ... this doesn’t feel on the level of fic, this is fun little sketches of dialogue at most. But this is what I had, so here’s more of the mortal dreamling silliness (previous bits: modern day mortal dreamling and newlyweds with ravens)
How Hob asked Johanna to be his witness for his wedding:
He texted her asking if she was free that afternoon, because he needed her for something. Historically "something" has meant anything from "taste-testing 3 different scone recipe variations to figure out the best one" to "hustling drunk pricks at darts". Likewise, Hob has done her favors ranging from picking up tampons to providing an alibi. In theory there is a ledger of favors owed, but in reality there will never be a balancing of books (because they're best friends, even if Johanna is too prickly to admit it and Hob is too smart to).
Johanna texted back "yeah, what's up?", and practically broke a land speed record pressing "Call" when she got the response.
Johanna: what the fuck kind of text exchange is confirming I'm around and then sending "getting married today, hello, witness!" and a selfie of you and some goth twink?
Hob: it felt pretty self-explanatory
Johanna: last I'd checked, you weren't even seeing anybody!
Hob: things change?
Johanna: I got dinner with you 5 weeks ago, you bastard, and you were single then.
Hob: ... things change fast?
Johanna: how the fuck did you even meet him?
Hob: I was running back from class during that awful rainstorm last month, and he was just outside my tube station.
Johanna: Hob.
Hob: His umbrella'd broken and he was soaking wet, and he looked absolutely miserable, poor darling.
Johanna: ...
Hob: So I offered him towels and dry clothes, since my flat was just up the road. And by the time the rain stopped I knew I wanted to marry him, and he said yes.
Johanna: what lunatic just follows strange men home?
Hob: he was pretty suspicious until I gave him my phone so he could text my address to his sister.
Johanna: and she was somehow fine with it, like 'yeah, go on'?
Hob:
Hob: he got a bit distracted by my phone background and never actually texted her.
Johanna: the fuck
Hob: you know Julian of Norwich is gorgeous
Johanna: your cat is a lesser demon escaped from hell. I'm going to exorcise your cat someday
Hob: Jules is a sweetheart. She doesn't even hunt birds!
Johanna: That thing won't kill any of the bloody birds in your neighborhood because she's saving all her energy to someday murder me and you know it.
Hob: ... undeserved paranoia about my extremely photogenic cat aside --
Johanna: WELL-deserved!
Hob: --will you be my witness?
Johanna: Left it a bit late, if you're asking me today. Did everybody else say no?
Hob: Didn't ask anybody else. Been planning to ask you since Dream said yes, but I figured if I gave you too much notice you'd flee the country.
Johanna: [tearing up, because even if you're an independent badass, it's nice to hear you're somebody's person] you're fucking right I would.
(Johanna's custom ringtone on Hob's phone is from Sweeney Todd, the final verse in Johanna where you can hear the body drop ("Wake up, Johanna, another bright red day"), because Hob and Johanna are black-hearted bastards/absolutely in cahoots with each other and think it’s funny. Hob's ringtone is Being Alive from Company ("Somebody need me too much..."). Sondheim all the way, motherfuckers)
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pls rate the marauders on a scale of 1-5 on their wenchness
Remus gets a point for composure, banter, jadedness, member of the proletariat, and almost a full point for wench hot because just get that boy in a corset, and then you will see!! 4.9/5
Sirius gets a point for banter, wench hot, and jadedness, 3/5
Peter gets a point for composure and wench hot (he would rock a lace-front corset) 2/5
James... I'll throw him half a point for banter and half a point for wench hot, but the wench vibes are simply not there!! 1/5
Lily gets a point for banter, wench hot, and member of the proletariat for sure. I think she has *some* composure, so half a point there, and I'll say half a point for jadedness. 4/5
I'll throw in my versions of Marlene and Dorcas too bc why not:
Marlene gets a point for banter, wench hot, and member of the proletariat. 3/5
Dorcas gets a point for composure, banter, wench hot, jadedness, and hmmm we'll say half a point for member of the proletariat. 4.5/5
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idk if i've ever said it before but i absolutely love listening to you talk about ekko and honestly your analysis/meta is like a smooth 45% of the reason i like him as much as i do now bc i didn't have strong feelings about him one way or the other at first but just seeing how passionate you are about it and the way you break down some of the key elements of his character def made me appreciate him a lot more esp once i realized how similar his views are to mine (+ side note but it's so nice seeing another black person in fandom who Gets It lmao i'm so glad we're mutuals 🫶🏽)
ahhhhhhh this is great because I love talking about him lol he deserves so much!
I definitely got more into Ekko's character over time, but he was my favorite from my first watch. I was like "wow I don't have a favorite but I love everybody, man I really resonate with Vi and feeling responsible for her family hmm" and then Ekko showed up and said "and you still block with your face" and I was like wow I found my guy lmao. I'm a sucker for sass. but that appreciation of the layers of his character despite his short screentime grew and continue to do so
and yessssss I feel like out of the number of mutuals I have a lot of them are black and it's fantastic, obviously love everybody but it's so nice not to have to explain yourself 🫶🏽
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