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I'm entering a hyperfixation with Murder Most Unladylike again for the first time in years, and was wondering if I could get the invite to the discord? Sorry to be a pain

Hey! Of course - I'll DM you from my mail account

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crazy how fanfic authors drop the most beautiful and gorgeous pieces of work ever, leaving you speechless and sobbing at three in the morning as you quietly contemplate the masterpiece you just read

and they don’t get paid for it they just do it because they’re having fun and they want to share their joy with you

like I would literally die for all of you fanfic authors out there reblog to swear your allegiance to fanfic authors

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Headcanon that Alexander is autistic and has a very strong sense of interoception so he gets really agitated whenever he's ill because it feels so strong to him. Everyone just thinks that he's over dramatic except George, Hazel and Beanie.

And he's like' No, I am hungry even though I've just eaten!' But he has a tiny appetite so he feels starving but he can only eat a little bit.

And when he's ill he's most comforted by hugs so he's like 'George. Hugs. IMMEDIATELY '

And George has a terrible immune system so he's like 'No thanks, I'm not getting whatever you've got' and just comforts him from the other side of the room.

(Hazel hugs him because oddly enough she seems to be invincible from viruses from other people)

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I was just looking at a part of Mistletoe and Murder and I noticed this bit:

Alexander is completely oblivious to the fact that Hazel likes him but he does realise that something's up with her and he's worried that he's done something wrong or that she doesn't like him anymore ( possible hyperempathy and rejection sensitive dysphoria) . He just has trouble working out specifically what's wrong and exactly what she's feeling. And so he asks her quite bluntly what's wrong and is very honest about it. ( I basically did this because ages ago I saw something where someone said that they didn't like Alexander because he was horrible to Hazel and he was stupid for not realizing how she felt so when I noticed that part of Mistletoe and Murder I was like 'Right! Time to defend Alexander!')

So in conclusion, Alexander is probably autistic and that makes me love him even more.

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Some Mistletoe and Murder art for the season

(Accidentally ended up giving their clothes Big Dog Little Dog colors)

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The 50 chapter, 90,000 words MMU Franken-fic is done.

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The orange kitty presented...

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do you have any advice for someone who might want to get into the writing and publishing business but has technically no connections or experience? i grew up dead set on being a writer but had a crisis over my skills around college age, which led me to dropping my hopes of that career path and pursuing a different major. i’m still in an artistic field (theatre) but now i’m WAY back into writing again and experiencing major career regret. an early career existential crisis of sorts. do you think there are any steps i could take to dip my toes into the professional writing world as a theatre kid/playwright? i eventually think i’d like to publish a few books and short story collections, and i’ve been told by many people online and irl that my writing is very good. i’m really passionate about editing and helping people improve their writing too. i’d like to see if it’s something for me, but have no idea where to even begin. i’ve also only been graduated for a few years so I dont have a lot of career experience as it is. any insights you can offer as someone who’s done it would be immensely appreciated 💖

You don’t need a college education in creative writing to be a writer. Sure, it can help, but it’s not a necessity.

My best advise would be to find writer groups and become active there. If you engage in fandom content online, start building your community and friendships there too. Be around other people who write, and make sure you have the time to write yourself.

Also, a lot of authors have other jobs. Writing as a main job is not sustainable for most people. (It’s only sustainable for me because my readers are feral and my partner has a job that pays the mortgage.) So don’t think of it as choosing one over the other. Writing will always be there for you so long as you engage with it. As for what to do with your work once you’re done, that’s up to you, but self-pub is also always an option if trad-pub isn’t something you want to deal with.

If you’re wanting to get into editing, there are editing courses you can take that don’t require going back to university. But again, join writers groups, join online spaces. Be involved. Building a community of like-minded creatives is important.

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I just finished BITB and it was sooooooo good. I loved how everyone from the old gang was there (except kitty? What happened to kitty?) and how even inspector Priestley turned up.

I accually cried when Amina turned up though, and I'm not sure why but it just made me so happy that the MMU group were back together

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Question: what the fuck does one do when they meet their favourite author and said favourite author knows that you are the absolute madperson who has written 182 fanfics for her book series, also known as 42.3% of all the fanfic in the entire fandom.

I think the answer is just die.

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Seeing that post that was “where all the fics at/fan fic writers on strike now too?” Makes me feel bad/ want to shake people who got into fandoms during Covid

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ARSENIC FOR TEA SPOILERS

(also I haven't read AFT for a while so please excuse any errors)

Stephen Bampton is so nuanced to me because YES he's a murderer, attempted murderer and also was very willing to be complicit in another indirect murder (Lord Wells would have likely been hanged if he'd been arrested) but on the other hand he's a poor, homosexual 17 year old who likely doesn't have a great time at school because of this (remember Hetty saying how she's been secretly darning his socks???) and I'm assuming boys at Eton would have picked on nearly anyone who had a hint of being an outsider. Violence or at the very least ostracization has likely been used against him his whole life and so that's his first resort.

I'm not saying he deserves forgiveness or redemption but maybe some more understanding??? Stephen has been proven to time and time again that adults cannot be trusted - Mr Curtis, obviously, and his father for leaving him and his mother for cheating and then Lady Wells for also cheating, and he also probably felt this way about the police who couldn't catch Mr Curtis the first time round. I'm not saying he was right in what he did, but Stephen could have very possibly thought he was doing Bertie and Daisy a favour by getting rid of their parents and letting Lord Wells take the blame as 'adults can't be trusted'. A lot of what he does seems to be a misguided sense of protection for others and self defence. And he does constantly reiterate to Hazel and Daisy that he's going to keep them safe, that nothing's going to happen to them. Stephen might possibly have also seen how Bertie's parents treat him (reading between the lines, it seems Bertie is mostly ignored and/or seen as a burden child) keeping up this thought process that 'adults can't be trusted'.

The calculated murder almost (ALMOST) makes me want to sympathise with him, as yes Stephen clearly wants to hurt Mr Curtis but then he doesn't want to hurt anyone else? He thinks that when Mr Curtis is out of everyone's lives, not only his but Bertie's too, then things would go back to normal, or at least he wouldn't have to relive the hurt of what Mr Curtis did to his family. However, I do say that it ALMOST makes me want to sympathise with him because in the second half of the book, Stephen gets panicky and resorts to unplanned murder attempts (ie. pushing Lady Wells down the stairs who he thought was Lucy) which screams to me that maybe, not a violent streak as such but definitely an 'angry when fearful' streak was always within Stephen.

In essence, I don't think Stephen murders because he's a cruel person, even though he nears this when pushing someone down the stairs, but murders because he wants to protect Bertie. Ok and yes quite possibly vengeance. As with all the murders, it always goes too far and too deep.

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Someone beat me to death with a ukulele. :(

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Lucy for the character bingo?

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Daisy learning Cantonese for Hazel headcanons?

AWWW! She absolutely would, she'd try to keep it secret but everyone else would work it out so fucking fast.

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Jocelyn Buri during First Class Murder:

Book series: Murder Most Unladylike by Robin Stevens/@redbreastedbird