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underrated character trope is the bully side character that somehow gets absorbed into the main characters friend group. especially if they still spend plenty of time mocking the main characters but nobody really gives a shit about it. like yeah thats gumbo he gives us wedgies on tuesdays and laughs at my every misfortune. of course we're inviting him over for dinner why wouldnt we.

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Multi fandom fic writers are truly the most unhinged breed. I say this as a multi fandom fic writer. Like wdym I’m posting Bridgerton, writing Brooklyn 99 and a different three Bridgerton fics, editing Hawaii 5-0 and 5SOS, and plotting white collar and suits? All in the same week??? That’s insane behaviour. I need to get grip. I have no grips on anything.

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Tension, Eloise’s story, pt 7

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So many options to consider, I’m very torn on whether to give Eloise an investiture or not. A nice gesture or bringing attention to the wrong thing??? Help me decide. Though I think the sweet spot of both is the royal family’s speciality.

I had this one already written, but it was my last one already written so I will be slowing down now :(

Love you all always 🩷

–GW xo

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princess au for franchaela

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Tension, Eloise’s story, pt 6

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Big news, with Violet once again doing things in the worst way possible bc she for sure told Eloise, none of her other children, and then she’ll act like it’s boring and not news if they bring it up. No one avoids responsibility like this woman, it’s honestly inspiring. Started having doubts that Colin is feeling ooc but I’m sticking with it, and I think it makes more sense with the story of Edmund’s death (which yes is coming but I need to be in the right headspace to work on it, so it moves in waves).

Apologies that this has been so delayed, and unfortunately things are gonna slow down even more and I might take a hiatus for a few weeks. I will try to post the occasional part, but I’m moving house and that is my most hated activity on earth. Thank you for sticking with this series, I love and appreciate you all so much and will be back as soon as I can.

–GW xo

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Tension, Eloise’s story, pt 5

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Cressida is the biggest royal family hater; and Gregory knows he’s not anyone’s favourite but also that makes life easier in this family. I don’t think any of us are ready for the chaos of the Easter weekend tbh.

Love y’all heaps 😘

–GW xo

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What started as a fun but still taking it seriously katophie fic has descended into utter chaos in less than three days because I decided to make all eight Bridgerton’s queer it’s now borderline a crack fic

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Tension, Eloise’s story, pt 4

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Fuck it double update. Eloise knows she’s getting a dukedom, but not much else because Violet remains cryptic as hell. Thoughts on Anthony being the one to tell her??? It’s a ballsy move on Violet’s part to be honest. As usual, Hyacinth is here to keep people humbled and remind them how insane their mother is. Eloise is just trying to have a good time 😭

😘🤍

–GW xo

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Tension, Eloise’s story, pt 3

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Daphne is really living up to all the oldest daughter stereotypes rn. Things are being held together by Daphne’s sheer will power alone. I promise Eloise will find out soon though. Who’s gonna be the one to tell her? That’s the question.

Sorry it’s been four days, planning to put out at least two more updates in the next few days. I always write more than intended, but at the moment this story is looking like it’ll be less than 15 parts. We shall see.

Much love and gratitude to you all, always 🤍

–GW xo

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I've said it before and I'll say it again: fanfiction-writing is about the author, not the reader

Writing a fanfic story in order to share it should always be secondary. Primarily the desire to write a fanfic should stem from the writer's desire to bring into existence an au they want their faves to be in.

Don't get me wrong: having lovely and enthusiastic readers is something I'll always be grateful for because they allow me to enjoy the beauty of sharing my stories, getting sweet compliments for my writing and learning from their feedback/constructive critiscm.

But, there is no part of the fanfic-writing process where a writer should put the readers first. Unless you receive a prompt from a reader or payment from them, you should only have in mind the story you want to tell, how you want to tell that story, the characters in it, your vision, ho and your passion for writing.

Even at the point when you post your story, it's still all about you as the writer. You shouldn't be anxious about the comments, hits and kudos you'll get. It should be about you merely sharing a story you wrote for yourself, a story you want to bring into existence, a story you want to read.

You have every right not to post the story if you want. That's how much control you have as a writer.

I hope this message helps my fellow fanfic writers do away with making their writing all about numbers, and about others(readers), instead of about themselves.

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I won't stop saying it: in fanfic-writing, you make your own rules. Write whatever the fuck you want to write

Sometimes it's that you haven't written that fanfic of that genre yet because you don't have confidence in your writing talents, or you have some learning and improving to do in your writing, or you're afraid of the audience reception.

Sometimes it's also just that the said genre is not for you. Write what you're confident in and what makes you happy. It's okay to leave the rest alone.

Unless you're receiving payment to diversify and to be more creative and to "impress", you have every right to stick to your comfort zone.

Write the same fanfic five times with five different endings. Write one genre of fanfics. Write all genres ever known to man. Write for 75 fandoms. Write for one fandom. Update once a year. Update every hour. Write only 200-chaptered stories. Write only drabbles. Write the tamest stuff. Write the kinkiest stuff(tags exist for a reason). Write different love stories for one character you love. Use the same lines or words.

Do anything and everything as long as you're happy and having fun. If there are too many negative emotions(fear, self-doubt, mental stress, worry, anxiety, overthinking, etc.) attached to your writing, then you're probably taking it too seriously.

Nobody has the right to shake your fanfic-writing peace and make you doubt how great of a writer you are, not even YOURSELF or YOUR READERS. This shit is free and meant to be for fun and relaxation.

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In honour of LGBridgerTonQA happening again soon, I’d like to remind everyone that I single handedly got Franwina into the top 15 last year.

Obviously we want franchaela to win, but I firmly believe in the rarepair agenda and I would like us a community (of people I have taken hostage) to get Cresswina into the top ten.

We can spread the Cresswina agenda, I believe in us.

The Great Queer Bridgerton Ship Poll: THE RESULTS!!!

First off, we’d just like to thank everyone for taking part in this silliness. We clocked in at 204,232 votes when we closed the poll with votes still coming in. Deeply unserious, we’re very touched.

That being said this is also VERY serious. Lives are at stake.

Onto the numbers for places (under the cut - cos it's LONG!)

Or read the results thread here on our twitter.

31. Daphne Bridgerton/Alice Mondrich - 0 votes (0.00%)

Sorry girls!

29 =. Colin Bridgerton/Harry Dankworth - 1 vote (0.0005%)

The Danklin nation were not assembled for this fight. One noble voter stood proud!

29 =. Harry Dankworth/Lord Fife - 1 vote (0.0005%)

The vote is entirely anonymous so we will never know who this one brave soul was that swung for the only Fife ship in the poll. It will ever remain a mystery…

23 = . Siena Rosso/Mme Delacroix - 2 votes (0.0010%)

Maybe next time, ladies.

23 = . Violet Bridgerton/Portia Featherington - 2 votes (0.0010%)

The Mama’s did not do it for the voters.

23 = . Mary Sharma/Queen Charlotte - 2 votes (0.0010%)

Not enough follow through on this tension to capture more votes.

23 = . Mme Delacroix/Lucy Granville - 2 votes (0.0010%)

The girls are taking a hit in the polls.

23 = . Gregory Bridgerton/Richard Abernathy - 2 votes (0.0010%)

Our first book character on the list! He fought valiantly.

23 = . Lord Haselby/Neville Berbrooke - 2 votes (0.0010%)

This niche book only fanon couple did this against all odds. Respect!

20 =. Kate Sharma/Sophie Beckett - 4 votes (0.0020%)

A previous fan favourite has slipped down the rankings in this poll!

20 = . Eloise Bridgerton/Edwina Sharma - 4 votes (0.0020%)

A similarly previously popular ship has fallen on hard times this year!

20 =. Will Mondrich/Simon Basset - 4 votes (0.0020%)

MIA since season 1, but sorely missed.

19. Hyacinth Bridgerton/Felicity Featherington - 5 votes (0.0024%)

The show may have forgotten you Felicity, but voters haven’t

18 =. Queen Charlotte/Lady Danbury - 6 votes (0.0029%)

Too many people afraid of the power of these two women kissing.

18 =. Anthony Bridgerton/Thomas Dorset - 6 votes (0.0029%)

Apparently two men holding each other and falling into a lake isn’t homoerotic enough for some.

16. Lucy Abernathy/Hermione Watson - 9 votes (0.0044%)

Another book ship taking on show giants.

15. Eloise Bridgerton/Marina Thompson - 11 votes (0.0054%)

Some people hate to see lesbians winning!

14. Brimsley/Reynolds - 38 votes (0.0186%)

Our first canon queer ship taking a hit! Only scraping top 15!

13. Francesca Bridgerton/Edwina Sharma - 96 votes (0.047%)

The votes are starting to pick up now with this outside contender!

12. Daphne Bridgerton/Cressida Cowper - 211 votes (0.1033%)

A very respectable 12th place for Daphida!

11. Eloise Bridgerton/Penelope Featherington - 236 votes (0.1156%)

A perhaps shock result to not crack the top ten!

10. Gregory Bridgerton/Gareth St. Clair - 403 votes (0.1973%)

Huge result for a book character not yet in the show! Top ten!

9. Colin Bridgerton/Michael Stirling - 636 votes (0.3114%)

A now book based pair on the shortlist from last year, coming into the top ten as an underdog!

8. Francesca Bridgerton/Michaela Stirling - 677 votes (0.3315%)

Michaela Stirling didn’t throw the first brick at Stonewall for 8th place.

7. Simon Basset/Anthony Bridgerton - 737 votes (0.3609%)

Homoerotic tension legendary enough that it brought this show into infamy. You’ve served proudly, kings

6. Francesca Bridgerton/Penelope Featherington - 970 votes (0.475%)

Another outsider in the top 10! The Fran/Pen shooters were not messing around!

5. Colin Bridgerton/Phillip Crane - 1,052 votes (0.5151%)

One olive oil joke and discussions about Ancient Greece, next thing you know -

4. Benedict Bridgerton/Paul Suarez - 1,713 votes (0.8388%)

Congrats on all the sex you had boys! It translated into votes!

3. Kate Sharma/Daphne Bridgerton - 15,911 votes (7.7906%)

Kaphne were leading the way for 5 days this week, only to be pipped to the post in the last few days. Well done on bronze!

2. Benedict Bridgerton/Henry Granville - 84,285 votes (41.2692%)

Voters gave it their all in the last 24 hours, but ultimately couldn’t take the win. A very worthy silver!

1. Eloise Bridgerton/Cressida Cowper - 97,204 votes (47.5949%)

Unreal rush at the end, nearly breaking the poll. The sapphics take the crown of Best Queer Bridgerton Ship!

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me: i love slow burn

also me, on chapter 2: kiss or i’m setting the house on fire

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Might bring Benedict and Anthony kicking and screaming that the love of their lives are sapphic into my katophie fic, just bc I like to see men suffer. Ya know?

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Actually you know what fuck the rules might write the series out of order I’ll just make benophie already be together and then write their story after s4 comes out idk it’ll be flashbacks or something

I would like to say, to the probably one to three people who might care, that I reread all of to commandeer a husband over the weekend and I DO still have sequel plans. I actually have three sequel plans but that’s neither here nor there. (If you’re lost atp, TCAH is my kanthony multi chap I wrote last year. Canon s2 era but Kate is the queen of England. What can I say, I have a type I like royal fics)

You see the problem is that I want to write benophie’s but I haven’t read aofag (or any of the books actually) and Benophie’s season doesn’t exist outside of Shonda rhimes’ hard drive. In the TCAH universe I wanna write benophie before Polin, but there is every chance I will get impatient and write Polin first.

The third sequel, after benophie and Polin, is me bringing back a lesbian rarepair. I love franchaela with every fibre of my being, but the fact of the matter is that for the TCAH au there is a better lesbian idea staring me right in the face that I would be silly to not use.

To the one or maybe two or at best three people who care, and even less that read all this, I just want you to know I still love and adore that story and AU and am very much considering writing more.

😘

–GW xo

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I would like to say, to the probably one to three people who might care, that I reread all of to commandeer a husband over the weekend and I DO still have sequel plans. I actually have three sequel plans but that’s neither here nor there. (If you’re lost atp, TCAH is my kanthony multi chap I wrote last year. Canon s2 era but Kate is the queen of England. What can I say, I have a type I like royal fics)

You see the problem is that I want to write benophie’s but I haven’t read aofag (or any of the books actually) and Benophie’s season doesn’t exist outside of Shonda rhimes’ hard drive. In the TCAH universe I wanna write benophie before Polin, but there is every chance I will get impatient and write Polin first.

The third sequel, after benophie and Polin, is me bringing back a lesbian rarepair. I love franchaela with every fibre of my being, but the fact of the matter is that for the TCAH au there is a better lesbian idea staring me right in the face that I would be silly to not use.

To the one or maybe two or at best three people who care, and even less that read all this, I just want you to know I still love and adore that story and AU and am very much considering writing more.

😘

–GW xo

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Nothing quite like being moments from going to bed and realising in a sudden flash that last night when you mere moments away from deep sleep you came up with a great new fic idea, and now you have to start writing it. That’s the story of how all my fics start between 11pm–2am.