#i haven't been this excited about an oc/a story setting in actual YEARS omg. feels great

[sorrcha]

lancer !! ⚙️☀️✨

[loftec]

I’m sorry you aren’t excited about writing right now, I know it feels silly and frustrating but you’re so valid in it lol. That being said, I think the only character I would love more about is Edna from NTW??

That’s a lie, I would love to ask everything about Etch but I feel like he’s so well made I know all of his sweet and honest answers.

So number 1 for Edna if you please! Stay safe and happy and warm!

Hello friend! Thank you for the kind words, it means a lot… I felt extra crappy about it yesterday because I have finally (omg don't jinx it don't mention the schedule) cough managed cough to keep up cough a routine! And yet when I sit down at my allotted daily writing time, I waste it on silly things like despair. Anyway! Onwards and upwards, I haven't managed to write much more today but spirits are higher, partly because I got to think about Edna for a while!

I'm not sure any of this will ever come up within NTW so I'm just going to ramble a bit. Edna is quite mysterious to me as well, actually, I feel like I have a really strong image of her but unlike most of my other OCs, she isn't named after or based on anyone. And in the vein of not knowing the full name of an aunt or a grandmother (don't judge me, but I was once asked my grandmother's name and was like ??????? I do know it but I have never not once in my life used it and I cannot recall please help). Well, I did some digging in my feelings and I decided that her married name is Sutherland. I then spent 40 minutes trying to figure out her maiden name and I really just can't. The problem is that she is so clearly a certain way in my head and I want to figure out if she reminds me of someone or if there's a character somewhere that I can compare her to. It's literally been years and I still haven't managed.

Although, I feel like she might look a bit like Miriam Margoyles and I wanted to bring in some connection there, hence Sutherland (Miriam and her partner Heather Sutherland have been together since 1967, which really struck me because it was the same year I'd set in my timeline for Edna and Alan getting together).

This was so much fun, and now all I want to do is write a fic where Ian has a cup of coffee with Edna and gets her to talk about her whole life with Mickey in the background working and walking past to eavesdrop, because he's never thought to ask half of these questions and the old bat is actually sincerely answering everything!

Mickey, after eavesdropping on Edna’s whole-ass life story : I’ve known you since I was born and you’ve never told me any of this! This is some dark fucking magic right here.

Ian, literally just asking normal questions about someone’s life: …yes, must be magic.

Edna, who’s never straightforwardly answered a personal question in her life, and knows it: Maybe you should’ve asked and I would’ve told you.

Obviously, I need to finish NTW so I can write that!