#i hope he and kylie work on another project together in the future

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Finally finished all ten episodes of Pitch. Started watching the show for Kylie, stayed for the cast and the incredible story. I cannot believe Fox cancelled that show and left so many things unresolved. It should be a rule somewhere that when a show gets cancelled, a finale episode must be shot or in the can that resolves anything left open and unresolved for all of the characters.

It is an absolute crime that we didn't get to see more of this:

or this

or this

or this

And Blip and Evelyn and Oscar and Al and Livan and even Charlie. The whole cast was phenomenal and the story was richly layered. A true ensemble and a treasure trove of impeccable characters. (and compared to Big Sky, Kylie's current show, the showrunner/writing team here knew how to handle episodic arcs in combination with an overhead arc and balancing all of the characters' stories while not diminishing the main protagonist's presence/story line) This should have made the cut, hands down.

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Disclaimer: My readings are not set in stone. This is supposed to be fun as it is for me and I hope for you too.

Timothée's Chalamet Reading

June 03, 2023

Right Now

He feels betrayed and upset about what should be received in return in the financial matter of his work. He's doing his best moving forward as if nothing had happened but in reality he's not satisfied with what's been offered to him in for maybe the work he's been doing in the movies.

He feels that he can't make a decision about it and whether he accepts it or not a new opportunity that may be coming up for him, he's not sure if he's going to want that.

He might be dealing with a female figure now and they might be together but it doesn't seem serious, actually he doesn't trust this person at all and this person doesn't trust him either. It's just fun, seems pretty free.

Love Life

Someone from his past who is not over him may come back with not good intentions. Could be coming back with pregnancy rumors or just gossip to really hurt him. I think this person is quite persistent and they doesn't seem very well so I see a lot of impulsivity on this person towards Timothée.

I see that this person from the past can try something in court against him and I see him having a big headache dealing with it.

He has someone interested in him to have a more serious relationship but I don't see him really paying attention to that, I see that he is in a phase of wanting more to have fun

There is no love between him and Kylie Jenner they're just hanging out because it looks cool and because they match.

He doesn't feel connected to her, he's more attached to the past or what happened in past relationships than in this relationship. He really feels a little bored.

There's a connection of interests here for media, fame and they both agreed to it for that very reason.

He likes to chase her and flirt with her but he doesn't have romantic feelings it's more because it seems interesting the two of them together, seems like a nice couple and it gives a lot of comments about it.

He thinks about getting out too and she doesn't have that much interest in him anyway. It seems to be more maybe physical and materialistic rather than really sentimental.

I see them eventually breaking up in the future, i don't think it will last whatever they have. Maybe there's an argument regarding addictions or someone who isn't doing well with life, maybe has an expectation on another one that wasn't achieved... I see them not lasting.

Career

Something just ended. I think he finished some project, some movie he was doing and now he can just say "It's over!" but either way he's not happy with how his work is going.

He doesn't feel good about traveling too much or is it having to go to events he doesn't feel comfortable. I think he may also be doing things that don't do as well for him.

I see him working on something that is still secret, not many people know about. The media didn't reveal it and he and this result of this project is Worldwide.

I see a lot of popularity in what he's doing or what he's going to do soon.

He's finishing a project with several people on something that requires a lot of effort and a lot of time and now they are celebrating about it

Family

I see that a woman in his family is pregnant and there is a lot of excitement and happiness about it, but I see that he is cutting off contact with two men in his family that he used to be very close to and suddenly these people are not getting along anymore.

I also see his relationship with a woman in the family ending too. His family's relationship with each other is not as good as it seems.

Friendships

He feels a little lonely in towards his friendships in fact some friendships ended and he misses these people, the good times he lived with them that he had to leave behind.

He realized that many friends were with him just out of interest while he really wanted to be friends with those people and he had real feelings for them and when he realized it wasn't true, he cut them out.

But he has a female friend that he really likes. I see that this person is for him a lot. He trusts this person with his eyes closed, he feels that this person is for his whole life, he loves talking to them.

I see that now there is a little break in this connection maybe this person needs space, maybe she's going through a moment complicated and he respects that. Is one of the only female friends he has.

Future

He will enter a phase where he will feel very emotionally desolate where he will need to seek greater strength, maybe spiritual, to get him back on his feet.

I see him being very successful at work, him being more famous than he already is, gaining more attention than he already has but I see in the emotional issue he will need help.

Maybe he goes through a complicated situation maybe losses that make him feel very bad but he will manage to get out of it.

I see him one day having a family, he will mature and he will have a partner and kids in the near future.

[startofamoment]

to all the WIPs i’ve loved before

rules: post your favorite parts of 3-5 fics that have been sitting abandoned in your drafts for ages. (for extra shame, throw in when you last worked on each thing.) tag 5 other writers to reflect on their life choices. 

a pen pals au of sorts in which jake and amy share a desk and communicate via post-it notes (last edited: december 2017)

Amy is going to murder her deskmate.

The literal trash heap that greeted her last Monday was one thing, the sticky orange soda stain from last month was another thing, but this – this blatant disregard of property and boundaries and the sanctity of office supplies – is the Last Straw.

Spread out across her entire desk is a good fourth of the Post-it notes from the brand new assorted set she got from her brother Tony. They’re all arranged to look like various Star Wars icons, and a few of them are filled in with marker for apparent color correction. It’s horrifying.

Grumbling, she begins taking apart Post-It Yoda, keeping the salvageable pieces in a stack and throwing out the rest. When she’s cleared her entire table, she grabs her favorite pen and a fresh sheet then writes:

Hi, Please refrain from wasting my Post-its in the future. Thank you. - Det. Amy Santiago

She stares at it for a moment and decides, since this is probably the only passive aggressive note she’s going to write her deskmate, she might as well add:

PS: I would appreciate it if you would leave our desk clean at the end of your weekend shifts.

After checking it over once more, she places it in the center of her desk, ready to be read the following Saturday.

a dianetti cake shop au in which rosa owns and runs a store called arlo’s (last edited: june 2017)

Gina takes a moment to look over some of the cakes on display before clearing her throat and leaning over the counter. “’Scuse me, can you help me get a custom cake order started?”

“Sure.” The baker wipes her hands on a dish towel before grabbing a small notebook and pen from one of her pockets. “What’s the occasion?”

“Some old geezer’s leaving our precinct to enjoy retired life, or something like that.”

“Retirement party? Cool. Tell me about this guy.”

“Oh, sweetie, I don’t know or care about him. I’m just here cause my boss told me to order a cake.”

A smirk forms on the baker’s lips. “Ha. Do you wanna just do a standard cake order then? I usually do the custom cakes for more personalized, special events.”

“That’s probably smart. Which one of your standard cakes say: ‘Congrats on being old and rich enough to never work another day in your life, but sorry you’re almost dead’?”

She snickers. “I don’t know about that first part, but how ‘bout an angel food cake as a ‘hope you go to heaven when you die’ sort of thing?”

Gina grins and fishes through her purse for her wallet. “Oh, you should know my expectations on this cake are out of this world high. I’m only here because Yelp told me you’re the Beyonce of baking.” (Actually, she’s here because at least three reviews claimed the baker-slash-owner was “terrifying” and “gorgeous.” – They were right, on both accounts.)

a sequel to i could listen to you all day // the “after ever after” story in which jake and amy navigate their first year together as soulmates (last edited: march 2017)

Jake’s phone buzzed on his desk, breaking him out of his happy daydream. He picked it up and opened a new message from Gina.

“god, quit making heart eyes at the new girl!! your conscience would be v disappointed, kiddo.”

Gina, who had been watching him like a hawk from her desk, expected him to get all flustered and to text or yell back something overly defensive. She raised a single eyebrow when his face instead broke into a goofy grin and he straight up giggled.

Across from him, Amy looked up from her case files. “What’s so funny?”

He shook his head and mumbled something about memes and the internet.

She rolled her eyes, but the corners of her lips curled up into a smile. After he redirected his attention to his computer screen, her expression morphed into the same openly adoring look he had on his face the entire morning.

And then it all clicked.

If Gina had stopped to think about it, she would have recognized the new disappointment she felt in both herself (for taking this long to put two and two together) and her childhood best friend (for not keeping her in the loop). As she had not stopped to process anything, she instead yelled across the bullpen: “OH MY GOD. JAKE AND AMY ARE SOULMATES!”

All work stopped, and everyone fell silent. For a good minute, all that could be heard was the faint snoring from Captain McGintley’s office.

“Gina,” Rosa half-snarled, half-whispered. “You can’t just say that.”

“Oops, my b. Y’all know I have no conscience now so…” She giggled, winked at the leather-clad detective, and went back to her game of Kwazy Cupcakes.

Jake let out an awkward laugh. “Well, uh, that was -”

Out of nowhere, Charles appeared right in front of their desks. “Is it true, Jakey? Was Amy the voice in your head all this time?”

“I -” He glanced at Amy for help.

She bit her lip and shrugged.

This wasn’t at all how he envisioned making the announcement, but there was no use denying it. Still looking straight at her, his face softened into a smile. “Yeah… We’re soulmates.”

Charles squealed loudly. “You said the S word! Does that mean it’s official?” He gasped. “Have you said ‘I love you’? Have you met each other’s parents? When’s the wedding? What are you naming your first child?”

pretty much a crack fic inspired by the media’s post-olympics obsession with tessa and scott // my spin on a vm au bc i still refuse to write jake and amy as ice dancers (last edited: may 2018)

Like many of the other bizarre situations he’s found himself in, this all started with Gina. Over the last year or so, she’d been posting random photos and videos of all of them at the precinct. (“I’m devoting my energy to my new project, Ginazon,” she’d declared to the entire bullpen. “It’s a one-stop online portal for my legions of followers. I’m just giving the people what they want!”) Given that this was Gina of all people, Jake wasn’t at all surprised to find out that each post garnered hundreds of likes, but he’d never bothered to venture into the comments section. He’d never known about the apparent niche following that had formed, the group of fans – for lack of a better word – waiting with bated breath for him and Amy to get together.

Charles had only spurred them on, what with all the various Easter eggs on his culinary blog. (“This place has everything,” he’d written once. “My co-workers Jake and Amy even gave it their stamp of approval after they’d shared a quick lunch there before a long stakeout. Make sure to ask for the winter salsa; it’s wonderful!”) He’d sworn that none of it was intentional and that he would never do anything to sell them out, but everything he’d written had still been catalogued and analyzed by the pseudo-experts of the fandom. At this point, Jake’s main regret is not reading Charles’ weekly email blasts.

Their downfall – or rise to viral glory – came when someone from the so-called G-Hive happened to be in just the right place at just the right time, catching their (second) completely-platonic, spur-of-the-moment, done-in-the-name-of-justice kiss on camera. By the next morning, “Undercover Cops Lock Lips Before Locking Up Wanted Criminal” had been viewed on YouTube over a million times.

With everything about the entire situation already being so weird, they’d decided to just ignore their newfound fame in the same way they’d pretended the kisses never happened. (“We’re a great team. We work great together. Nothing should mess that up,” he’d said, repeating nearly his exact words from the night before.)

Evidently, there was no escaping this though. A formal press conference was set up, which wasn’t too out of the ordinary for cases that caught the general public’s attention, except they’d ended up having to say more about their dating lives than the investigation or arrest. He can still feel his heart lurching in his chest at the first relationship-related question, still hear Amy loudly stammering out some vague answer about being “very professional.”

a smutty soulmate au in which jake and amy unknowingly share dreams every now and then (last edited: november 2017)

At this moment in time, Amy Santiago is undeniably, incomparably, drop dead gorgeous.

More specifically: she’s in the hot red dress Kylie convinced her to buy on their last post-trivia night celebratory shopping spree; she’s wearing a matching killer shade of lipstick picked out by her fashion-forward, shockingly sexual 13-year-old niece; and she’s got her hair swept into that one elegant yet fun side ponytail that caught her eye in a magazine a few weeks back.

Normally, she’d be proud of herself for managing to pull off such a look, except–

It’s been a good several hours since she tossed her dress into the hamper, wiped the makeup off her face, and tugged the elastic tie from her hair. She’d buried her head into her pillow and wheeze-cried herself to sleep shortly after changing into her pajamas, so overwhelmed with shame and disappointment over the night’s party-gone-wrong.

The thick haze shrouding her current surroundings tells her she’s in another one of her soulmate’s dreams, which helps a tiny bit in explaining her current appearance but really opens up more questions than answers.

tagging: @santiagoswagger​ @three-drink-amy​ @do-me-decimalsystem​ @arnie-santiago​ @sergeant-santiago

for the record, this was inspired by @disruptedvice​ and @elsaclack​’s responses [x,x] to the writing meme!! i thought it was super clever of them to feature little snippets from various works and felt this would be a good way to give unfinished/abandoned fics some love! 

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Got Milk? Chapter 2

So I finally got my shit together and posted chapter 2! So how this story is going to work is in each chapter, Jake and Amy are going to be one year older than the last with some flashbacks of their childhood sprinkled here and there. A huge thank you to @arnie-santiago for proofreading this train wreck and another huge thank you to @meepmorpperaltiago and @startofamoment for being my cheerleaders throughout this. I hope you guys like it! and don’t worry too much about Benjamin this is the last time you’ll see him.

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Jake 21, Amy 18

No one is entirely what it is, but it’s universally referred to as the capital ‘U’ Universe. It dictates many things, though there’s debate on exactly what those are and exactly how much. Do things occur on the Universe’s control? Do humans have free will? Is there a Universe at all and things just happen because they need to happen? Without a doubt though, Soulmates are an absolute of the things that the Universe does. No one knows exactly why soulmates exist, just that they do. There are many religious explanations, conspiracy explanations, and very vague scientific explanations. But really no one knows why they happen or what they’re for. The only thing Amy knows for sure is that she has one, and he’s an idiot.

Four months ago, Amy began her first year of college, and it was incredible. None of 13 years of public education she’s had could even compare to her first semester at NYU. Every lecture was taught by truly intelligent and blunt professors that opened her mind with what they had to say, and they provided no shortage of homework. Essays longer than Amy could ever have dreamt up, heart wrenching reading assignments, research projects, short responses, and the tests. She couldn’t believe the semester was almost over, it’s true what they say, time flies when you’re having fun.

But it’s not over yet, she has one more final exam in two days and then she gets to go home for the holidays. Even though her childhood house was only 30 minutes away, her scholarship required her to dorm to which she was very grateful for. It’s so much easier studying outside her full house and she loves experiencing that small independence, but also getting to go home whenever she needed to.

Usually on Wednesday afternoons, Kylie would cook dinner on their illegal double burner hot plate while Amy watches and take notes. But today, Kylie had a family emergency that took her back to Connecticut, and it gave her the perfect opportunity for Amy to cook for herself. So, after a quick trip to the store and a glance at the instructions, she set off on her mission to make the easiest and most sufficient meal: rice and beans.

One small pot of rice boiled on one burner while she prepared the beans. She couldn’t mess this up, all she had to pour the can of beans into the pot and heat it up. This was looking pretty good, she felt confident and proud that she was doing what she has never been able to do.

The shriek of her hand me down Nokia phone pulled her out of her daydream of teaching an audience how to make the perfect rice and beans in her future successful cooking. She quickly grabbed it and quieted it by pressed the answer button. She sat on her bed while she greeted the person on the other end.

“Amy Santiago!” Comes the energetic voice over the line. That’s all he’s said so far and Amy’s already huffs at him.

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Orientation: Day 1

As a couple of you may know, orientation for law school started for me today! I was so nervous going into it this morning, but it turned out to be a really good (albeit, really long) day, and as promised - I’ll be making posts throughout my 1L year that you can follow along with. Play-by-play for you under the cut: 

6:45am: alarm goes off. I am comfy in my bed and snooze it. Excellent start to the morning. 

7:00am: second alarm goes off. I grumble but get out of bed and then promptly start freaking out because LAW SCHOOL STARTS TODAY. WHAT. 

7:15am: get distracted by typical morning routines, including starting my diffuser and for some reason deciding that it’s a good time to try to unpack more boxes (it isn’t). For this reason, I give up said project and start washing my face

8:00am: have finally finished my morning routine at a very slow pace. It is now time to select an outfit for the day. I was riddled with anxiety over this, due to the fact that I didn’t want to over or underdress. On one hand, it’s only orientation, but on the other, it’s an orientation week full of wannabe lawyers. I opted for jeans, dressy sandals, & a nice navy top. 

8:20am: getting some final necessities for the day together, including a water bottle, my ID card, and phone. 

8:25am: leave the apartment

8:30am: arrive to new student check-in (I live on campus, so this was simply a walk across the street). there was free jamba juice and lots of awkward mingling. Turns out I didn’t need to bring a purse, since they provided personalized messenger bags with the law school insignia embroidered, which was a nice touch. They also provided complimentary thermoses, making my water bottle completely useless. They also gave us a folder full of papers, schedules, department contact information, and a ton of other super important stuff. I’m now carrying 5 things and feeling rather overwhelmed. 

8:45am: I make small talk with around 17 different people, some in my section and some not. We’re divided into either A or B - I’m in B. However, most of the social people seem to be in B as well, so the morning isn’t too daunting. Still enjoying my free jamba. My outfit is about in the middle of what people chose to wear - most of the guys are in slacks and button-downs, but the girls vary from flip-flops and yoga pants to heels and dresses. I feel good about my wardrobe decisions. 

9:00am: I run back to my apartment to dump my water bottle, messenger bag, and other things I don’t need. I bring two new friends I made with me, who fall in love with my apartment (which looks pretty good, might I add). We return to the main breezeway and continue to talk to each other and a few others for the remainder of the meet and greet. I also got my parking pass and introduced myself to the Campus Security Chief Officer. He’s a really chill dude. We’re going to be best friends. 

10:00am: the Dean begins a welcome session in a giant auditorium - congratulates us on our decision to go to law school, our accomplishments thus far, and the great things he knows we will do in the future. Very inspirational. Two other professors join him in explaining professionalism and responsibility as lawyers, and how they hope our law school will be able to support us in those endeavors. I’m sitting between my two friends the whole time, and I’m absolutely freezing because the AC is going so strong. 

11:30am: We have a quick break, so I opt to run to my apartment and pick up the book we read for prep over summer. Instead, I discover that my ID card no longer opens my apartment building, and I freak out. After consulting with housing, they decide the discrepancy is due to admissions having printed another ID card, thus invalidating the one I have. Wendie (bless her) prints me a new one and tells me to try again as soon as I have a moment to spare, which at the time, I didn’t. 

11:45am: Kaplan sponsored our lunch, which was DELICIOUS. We had pesto chicken and pasta, so if Kaplan wants to sponsor any more lunches, they absolutely should. We ate while listening to an “administrative nuts and bolts” presentation on how to do things like add cash to our IDs, what to do if we see a situation on campus, what departments to go to with problems we run into, etc. Not a particularly scintillating session, but all good information to have.

1:15pm: Another break! I race to my apartment building, only to discover my ID still doesn’t open the building. I return to Wendie, who prints me another card and looks frazzled. I thank her profusely, and tell her I will try it again as soon as I can. 

1:30-3:30pm: The dean, alongside a professor, give us an introduction to law school and some tips and tricks we will need to succeed, including studying techniques, how the first semester typically goes, and an introduction to case briefing, note taking, memorization strategies, a practice exam question, and other skills we will need to thrive and not die over the semester. Super helpful. We also met our mandatory study groups for the semester - I love half of my group. The other half didn’t speak. But the ones who did were lovely. 

3:30-4:30pm: Ice cream social! I made some new friends, which was encouraging (I met a TON of people today). I was tired, so I headed back to my apartment with Kylie, one of my new friends from this morning. My ID card still didn’t work, so we paid Wendie another visit (she’s probably so tired of seeing me). After she messed with some access codes on the computer, my ID finally opens my apartment building!!!! It was a victorious moment for me. 

4:30-7:00pm: Kylie ended up coming to Ikea with me to get a poster for my living room, and then grabbing some Taco Bell and discussing the finer points of the Bachelorette finale. We made plans to grab breakfast tomorrow morning. 

SOME TAKEAWAYS: 

bring a sweater

bring water - even though they had water bottles, I still prefer to have a guaranteed source of water no matter what. 

resolve issues as they come up during orientation - I was tempted to just deal with my ID issues later on in the day, but now Wendie and I are friends, and I don’t have to be at someone else’s mercy for the next week just to get into my building. 

Always carry a pen and notebook/note material of some sort. You never know what you might want to write down. 

I wish I hadn’t been so nervous and had just talked to people immediately - everyone I spoke with today was so kind, and probably just as apprehensive and uncertain as to what to expect. Get over yourself and say hi to someone. 

hopefully this run down will be helpful to someone in the future (or now?). feel free to send me questions or fun stories about your orientations!!! 

[theculturalvacuum]

A Storm of Fan-Fic Asks Round-Up!

This is the last of the bunch that I’ve been hoarding. What we learned is that this story doesn’t have enough characters and that their relationships aren’t complex enough.

The next chapter is going to be a long one so, like, don’t hold your breath. (I promise it’ll be worth it?)

The Story: A Wedding in Sunspear

Anonymous said:

Lovin the tales you are spinnin My Lady, one little ask, why does Ormond never mention his mother when he asks about his sister and Clarion? Did she die? Run away to spouse island? Went home? Gone native and living with a paramour? Been fridged?

I mean, having one parent be mysteriously non-existent is kind of a Martin-esque tradition when it comes to Dorne… I don’t think she’s dead. Her name isn’t grey on the family tree. She may be like Senna on Project Voicebend, except she never asserts that she is also there?

I doubt Edgar pays her much attention, and the kids take their cues from him.

Anonymous said:

Wow, Daeron is a dick, but very realistic. Especially with all his privilege and probably no one ever telling him the truth. Even Jeremy probably still sugar coats things to him, given their situation and the massive difference in rank. Also for Daeron all the love matches around him he probably makes him think he deserves a bite of that pie too. Everyone else in his family broke engagements why shouldn't he. Maybe he didn't want to be left out of that club.

Daeron is, indeed, a dick.

Like, Jeremy deserves so much fucking better. Any decent thing Daeron has ever done was only because Jerry was there having a positive influence. What does he see in the spoiled dickhead?

Sorry, sometimes I forget that I made up this relationship dynamic and it makes me angry.

Anonymous said:

Are you sure you didn't get the lineages wrong with Deneza and Joleta. The one without the Martell Mama is the one who seems much more Martell (or at least the devotion of job and duty) and the one with the Martell Mama seems to embrace the Martell special status she gets from it but not take on any of the duty aspects.

Ha. Maybe that’s Joleta’s Gargalen side? I have no clue. They’re certainly more chill than Martells.

Deneza’s job is kind of a big deal. And this wedding is the biggest thing she done. Joleta is kind of being a jerk.

Anonymous said:

What's the coat of arms of House Laq? I'm guessing it's got light green on it somewhere, considering Kylie's family tree

Yes, it’s a light green field with a grey stone watchtower. Their words are “Our Ground Remains Firm”. Because, like, they live in a river valley in the middle of a desert that floods seasonally, like the Nile, so the literal ground isn’t so firm, by they are. Because they’re so steadfast and junk.

Yeah.

Anonymous said:

Well now I have to know more specifics So what fruits is Deneza into? Dates? Berries? Apples? Figs? Pomegranates? Apricots? Or is she a junk food dornish style kind of gal who? Is she secretly into dornish eggs? The ones that don't exist like spaghetti Bolognese doesn't but weirdly she likes this northern appropriation of what they think is a dornish dish.

She likes persimmons, because they’re the best and she has good taste.

She thinks all those northern “Dornish” dishes that they think are spicey but totally are not are adorable.

Anonymous said:

I feel like the big thing that's coming is dany and maron fucking in the middle of a feast or something. Am I close?

Omg. No comment.

Anonymous said:

Is Simon Leygood the indebted Simon who tried for Rohanne's hand? Or is he another Simon? Lets hope Lady Blackmont keeps him away from money if he's the same guy.

No, that dude would be, like 100 years old by now. Those Leygoods have family names, I guess.

Anonymous said:

Will we hear a bit more about how Owain is coping in Dorne in the upcoming chapters? I wonder if in the future he'll go native. His life will be interesting and a bit freer. He's there with his cousin who is going to be the consort of the Princess of Dorne and he's staying there so he'll be a well connected match for a lady of Dorne who wants to be closer connected to the Princely house. He seems quite easy going, Dorne might agree with him. Plus he's under miles less pressure than Eliott

Well, he’s Eliott’s BFF, so he’ll be around for sure.

I’m sorry, but anything like the phrase “Dorne agrees with me” just reminds me of Madison and her stupid slutty dress. Maybe Owain will start wearing a bathrobe of sex appeal?

JK, he doesn’t wear a sword on dates either.

To be honest, I haven’t given much thought to Owain’s future, maybe he’ll hook up with Alyse Ladybright. She would see all the social climbing implications that you mentioned.

Anonymous said:

Daenella is the best. Kind of nice to see a sort of somewhat anti-martell who doesn't take her responsibilities so seriously. I'm sure those poor smallfolk where she is were delighted when she came thinking that they'd get answers to their questions and then action and now they're probably sitting around wondering if they could exchange their martell for another one

Aw, poor smallfolk.

I wouldn’t call her an anti-Martell, though. Her ability to flit around doing whatever is just the other side of the privilege coin as Loree and her tyrannical tendencies.  

Anonymous said:

Yay, was cool seeing a bit more the bigger non POV characters again like Joleta and Rhona. Rhona is a superstar, she not only gets all the shit done, knows everyones name, now she's lost her bed as well. I'm glad she seems to have job satisfaction though, lol, she has a fantastic position at court in the ear of the future ruling Princess a job she'll likely have for a long while is the grooming to take over goes well, I'm sure losing her bed for a little bit is no huge price to pay

Yeah, Rhona has a pretty plum gig. And she’s good at her job and everyone knows it. I think her brand of administrative competence is admired the same way that martial abilities in men are admired. It’s the same reason Deneza is thought to be such a badass, for example.

It’s kind of a bizarre world where you can parlay a job helping a lady put on her jewelry into one collecting taxes or whatever, isn’t it?

Anonymous said:

Poor Genna that must have all been very unpleasant. I don't thik she expected that to happen probably a dornish guy wouldn't have bragged in the same way or at least not in that particular setting, plus the dynamic would have been different with a dornish guy. don't think she was quite prepared for this mess at all, nice to see her with Gallwel though, although he's a younger brother so that's probably a different kind of dynamic than one where Maron sees her as a younger sister to protect.

Yeah, Genna might have the Martell lack of perfect judgement when it comes to sexual partners, but she wouldn’t have done it if she knew that would happen. And gender roles still exist, so most women would think they need a bro to punch dudes in the face.

Anonymous said:

What do you mean you hope Joleta and Deneza don't hit any rough patches, you naughty author!!!!!! You are the boss of them don't let them control you, you tell them to behave and play nice and be together and happy forever. Thank god there isn't any bullets in this world or else you know exactly who those damn things will be attracted to like magnets. Thankfully lesbians seem to have less issues with arrows.

You know, relationships are hard.

I’m not saying arrows will be involved, but there will be exactly one death in this story.

Anonymous said: How widely known is it that Arion is Genna Sand's father? Maron, Dany, and Genna herself all seem to know, as does Ariandra Fowler (who seems to think it's her duty to know everyone's business). Is it one of those things that almost everybody knows, but it's considered rude to talk about?

Dude, everyone knows. It’s officially just a rumour, but it was obvious from day One.

Anonymous said:

How do you imagine Ormond and Olyvar Sand's relationship? Ormond squired for Olyvar and was knighted by him, but he seems to have a closer relationship with Rhod than Olyvar. Speaking of Ormond, do you see him a foil for Loree? Loree is almost a perfect reflection of her father, while Ormond is quite different from his own father. Is that just a product of being raised at Sunspear/the Water Gardens or would Ormond and Edgar be different even if Ormond were raised at Yronwood?

Yeah, I should put some work in that relationship. Olyvar is kind of intense, so I think Ormond couldn’t really turn to him for that more nurturing father role that he needed, and Rhod is a total softy. But as I said, I’ll put thought into this.

As for Ormond being nothing like Edgar… I suggest rereading “Ormond I”?

Anonymous said:

I'm really enjoying your Rowan's. I was always going to like the Martells because well duh!!, but the Rowans have really got my attention, particularly the two cutie pies of Sarra and Aelora, as well as my main man Adwin. Eliott is fun but I foresee him having a rocky road ahead before he finds any kind of solid ground in Dorne. Corret is like the typical Reach dude who even has his own courtly love story that could be a song. It's good to see them holding their own in the character stakes.

Thank you. Women with patriarchy brain are the most fascinating characters ever, and Corret is a bit of a challenge. It’s really tempting to make him a total asshole, but I have Tybutt for that.

Anonymous said:

I'm strangely positive for virgingate. I feel like Eliott needs to have his bubble properly burst before she can actually get his head around the life and marriage he's going to have. Once he's done that then he can slowly start finding a place in his new world and creating an actual relationship with Loree and learning and embracing soft power and a role he never thought he'd have. But until the bubble truly burst he'll keep clinging to the image in his head of how he thought his life would be

Well, I guess the question is if he’ll be able to get over himself.

Anonymous said:

Okay so I'm sorry, but in a modern au what are the cliche college tropes for your characters? Lewyn is the likeable jock, for instance.

Okay, here we go:

Loreza - the legacy kid who still gets straight As.

Eliott - Soccer player who everyone likes. Very good at beer pong. Secretly came to university to actually learn.

Alyse - the naturally brilliant one who doesn’t need to study.

Horas - Asshole football player who everyone tolerates because football in American universities terrifies me.

Dany - the younger sister who came for a tour and ended up drunk.

Rhona - Obsessed with her resume

Morgan - the younger brother who has all the college sweatshirts and wears them to middle school

Maron - the legacy kid who wouldn’t have gotten in otherwise

Lewyn - the good hearted football player everyone likes

Joleta - the party girl/star of the tennis team

Ormond - Double major in english and history. He didn’t make the team. He’s invited to all the parties but ends up taking care of the drunk people. His dad is in jail for a while collar crime.

Elda - the one who’s in the pictures from all the parties, but is never tagged

Genna - the cool one who also has a tragic backstory

Jeremy - closeted water polo player

Daeron - the fine arts major with blue hair. His thing is graphic design. It’s his passion.

Rolyn - IR major who likes to play frisbee on the lawn of the frat house. Member of the debate team, but he makes it cool.

Eldon - Baseball player who’s fucking a professor. He’s a really good pitcher, but chose college over the farm system. General mensch.

Mariah Florent - the cheerleader that no one finds hot

Olenna - in the marching band.

Ami - the one who you don’t understand how the hell she got into a university in the first place. Oddly devoted to her boring, and much less hot, boyfriend.

Tyia - Scholarship student who studies accounting because she’s sensible. Plays the flute in the orchestra.

Alleza - High school kid who takes college courses for fun.

Alastor - Brilliant history grad student with a substance abuse problem. He’s the TA who shows up shit faced.

Deria - Cool professor, buys the underage students beer.

Artyr - Perfectly adequate polisci grad student overshadowed by his sister.

Deneza - Economics postgrad well into the tenure track. Somehow got herself involved with a student.

Anonymous said:

Maron only likes three people? I'm assuming that means Arion, Morgan and Dany. But he seemed to like Genna well enough. Does he not like his grandfather and mother and aunts, and uncle? Even though one of his aunts and his uncle are so much younger than him, he surely can't dislike those two that much, Devan in particular is only a kid. I can imagine though when he is at Wyl him and Ariandre have an interesting relationship to say the least.

I’m not sure how much Maron like Arion, to tell you the truth. He did kind of, like, abandon him for ten years. His formative years too. And a lot of Arion’s proud papa stuff with him is guilt. (He’s still a Martell, after all.) This is another thing I should actually explore, I think….

But yeah, I meant Dany and his two sibs as the three people. He thinks the rest of his family are okay, I guess, but those are the three people he would actually get off his ass for.

Anonymous said:

My main take away from this new sumptuous chapter was, Deneza works too hard, Joleta feels neglected, probably horny and Deneza feels like Joleta doesn't care about how much pressure she's under right now. Not sure much else happened in this chapter, think there was some guy called Daeron involved in some fuckery but mainly my attention was fully on my OTP of this canon having a domestic. When this is all over Deneza and Joleta need some alone nakey time and a looooooong chat, then more nakey.

You know, if sex could solve all relationship problems like that, I would never have any relationship problems ever. What a world that would be.

But yeah, Joleza are way more interesting that Daeron had his general dickishness.

Anonymous said:

I have no idea what you've got planned (or not planned) for little Ellaria Uller but I hope we get to see her interact with her dad when Corret I around. I just want to see the contrast between them, but also secretly I want Ellaria to be the very clever type who Dylan hopes might one day be a Keeper of a Tower, or another high ranking job. And Corret is just bewildered by it all, and how Dylan is so into the idea of having a clever daughter who will help run Dorne.

I like this idea. She wants to be just like her Aunt Deria when she grows up.

And poor Corret.

Anonymous said:

Besides Daenella, would you describe any of the Martells in your fic as hot Martells? Rhod and all his siblings seem to be pretty cold (even Arion only seems lukewarm) and Loree and Lewyn both seem pretty cold as well. Would Maron and Joleta count as hot Martells because they're half Martell or are the disqualified for not having the Martell name?

Well, the Hot and Cold Martell paradigm is a gross oversimplification of complex personalities. People like neat stories.

That being said, Rhod and Loree are both about as Cold as you can get. But even they both have… moments. Keep reading.

Arion is more than fifty, so he’s mellowed out. In his youth he was as Hot as Oberyn was, even if he never managed to kill any of his dad’s bannermen. Trystana is… not as Cold as she’d like to think. Lewyn is quite lukewarm. Maybe because he’s just a kid or maybe because I haven’t really characterized him all that well.

I don’t think people in Dorne would consider Maron or Joleta Martell enough to have a temperature.

Anonymous said:

Is the lack of Fossoways at the wedding intentional? I'd have thought they'd be all over this situation given their close blood connection to Eliott?

To tell you the truth, I never considered them. This story already has so many characters.

God, this ask round-up is all about my failings as an author isn’t it? If you like you can pretend they’re there in one of the giant retinues, but never do anything worth mentioning.