I got to put the heating on today š š š
*cross fingers* summer wonāt make a comeback. I am soooooo ready for blanket weather.
Author Archives: Sam
Did crafting things on vacation. Had a go at some glass painting. Itās really hard. Tried replicating the RAC logo from Killjoys on a coaster. Itās absolute crap but maybe recognisable? Idk heh š
Well Iām back from my trip to Devon. 8 hour car journey to get home yesterday *dies* honestly itās weird being an adult. I felt like throwing a tantrum because I! wanted! to! be! home! already! but I also knew it was pointless because we havenāt invented teleportation yet, so weād get home when we got home and there was nothing I could do to hurry it up.
I owe @ripperblackstaff a couple of prompts *hugs* I worked out what I was doing for them while I was away but didnāt have a chance to do any actual writing. The car journey to get there last Sunday provided me with sufficient thinking time at least š
2 weeks on monday until Iām back at uni. Letās see what I can do in that time shall we?
Flynn got kidnapped and nobody noticed.
Iām so relieved.
Him just leaving like that was fairly unforgivable but he didnāt so thatās ok.
Iām still kinda sad though because this is the last ever episode š
Rumbellers! Got a question.
If you could install a nanny cam in the Pink Palace (and possibly also in the pawn shop, library, and letās throw Grannyās Diner in too), and watch Rumbelle go about their day ā just one boring, non-eventful day ā what would you hope to witness?
And before any of you say it, Iām looking for answers other than ānon-stop sexā. I know someone would say it, b/c I know this fandom! Iām looking for the fluff answerā¦ the little moments in a relationship.
This reminds me a bit of that āsend your OTP and Iāll tell you which one does the dishes, or mows the lawnā etc.
I think Iād like to see them do the dance of life.
By that I mean they have a routine and they know each other well so they can weave around one another to get breakfast. They know what is needed before the other has to ask.
Or how many times a day do you go āpass me the thingymebobā or āoh whatās the wordā or āyou know what I meanā and the people that know you best DO know.
Even more than that the shared references. How theyāll both hear something and think of the same thing. How theyāll be able to say just a couple of words and the other will know what they are thinking. Those shared years and memories and comfortable level.
Iād like to see the reality. Like how Belle always leaves her shoes in the bathroom and Rumple jokes sheās trying to kill him as he trips over them. How they have thermostat wars because Rumple likes it set at what Belle calls freezing. How Belle has book club nights and girls nights and Rumple has a card game and chess so they donāt always eat together. Thereās dinners in the freezer and the microwave for when they get in.
You know just life š
Watching The Librarians and this whole āthere can only be oneā business really makes me think they missed a trick.
Judson was immortal, Charlene was immortal, Jenkins was immortal – Duloque was immortal!
I know, I know, I pointed that out (and how many more candles in the candle room there were) last time but itās bugging me.
Wouldnāt it have made so much more sense if the library had been founded as a collective and then ideology had split them apart.
Duloque felt superior to man and wanted to use the power to rule them. Judson wanted to protect man from what it didnāt understand (a bit like a parent and child) and also thus protect them from Duloque.
There could have been others but maybe they sided eventually – they chose as Jenkins said – with either Judson or Duloque. Ever since then it was said there could only be one librarian – one clear vision. I mean the team fought a little over that in season 3 with Jacob very anti-magic and Cassandra thinking a little was ok.
I headcanon that the reason there is a mortal librarian at all is because Judson realised eventually they needed fresh minds to solve the mysteries, a new perspective etc. Plus just understanding the outside world. I mean itās hard for people to cope with change over a single generation but for immortals, the world would be unrecognisable.
This two brothers being selfish thing just feels so arbitrary in comparison.
All the angst questions from the ask a writer meme.
thanks for the ask! Should have trusted you to go angst hehe *hugs*
13. Has a fic ever made you cry?
Oh yeah, several, though usually itās just blinking back tears. The only fic I can think of which actually made me sob, like full on uncontrollable crying, was a Harry Potter fanfic called Family Night. I have never forgotten it and I have actually read it more than once. If I ever need to cry, it does the job every single time. Iām not sure what gets me about it but I just bawl.
Wait a minute! I forgot @worryinglyinnocentās Value for a second. Ok I take it back – that one! Bloody that one! I was probably trying to block it from my mind because that hurt, that really hurt.
14. What tropes/elements/scenarios get you the worst?
Get me? What like make me cry? Or upset me? I donāt know. I have trouble with angst in general to be honest because I think I over-empathise and I get really bad anxiety. Iāve had to stop reading more than one fic because it was making me feel really sick.
This is really making me think. I suppose itās when the character canāt see a way out, so itās like thereās no light. I need to know itās going to be ok. I need to be able to see how it can be fixed, or at least feel reassured that it will be fixed. I donāt mean fixed fixed necessarily, but just that even if they are still having to deal with stuff that they CAN deal with it. Iām not sure that makes sense.
Iām a bit of a wimp to be honest. Itās like with sci-fi, I like mine a bit cheesy, saving the world and cracking jokes at the same time. Sure it can get a bit dark but itās not doom and gloom.
15. Do you mind when characters cry?
I want to hug them – metaphorically at least. I donāt do hugging in real life, Iām very much donāt touch me, but Iām forever going āsomebody give them a hugā when characters cry. I like to make it better I guess. I suppose whether I mind them crying depends on the circumstances. If itās fake-crying to manipulate someone then I hate that! Otherwise sometimes people just need to cry, itās a release and hopefully the character feels better for it.
16. How do you feel about character death in fic?
Hate it. Wonāt read it.
Well you know what I mean. I wonāt ever read the characters I love dying, but side characters? oneās I donāt like to fill the plot? Sure. I donāt think of that as character death though.
17. Any characters who you canāt stand to see in pain?
Anyone I like? No seriously I have a very low threshold for angst. I like to fix things and make characters happy. Temporary pain is ok I guess? But Iāve never been down with the whole āhurts so goodā thing.
Also by temporary and happy, I donāt mean some kind of fake unicorn world. Some hurts donāt go away but itās about being able to cope I guess. So even if life is still a struggle sometimes for the character, they are in a good place and have people that care about them. There are no such thing as happy endings but I like characters to have a good life.
18. Favorite angst fic?
None of the above.
I know, Iām sorry, but favourite and angst really donāt go together. Plus Iām not 100% sure what constitutes an angst fic. I tend to think of it as ābreak them and then fix themā but I have trouble reading that kind of sustained misery even if the ending is happy.
Iām going to say All of Me I think by @mariequitecontrarie because that has some very angsty moments but itās mixed in with a lot of love and support. Itās like up and down, rather than just down down down. Itās a journey, with bright spots and dark spots, itās not unrelenting but itās real. Itās very good.
#in which sam is a major wimp
TMI Tuesday ā 1) Do you like crossovers, and if so, which is your favorite? 2) Which your favorite multi-chapter fic that youāve written?
thank you so much for the ask! š
1) Do you like crossovers, and if so, which is your favorite?
I do and I donāt. Sometimes they are extremely good fun but reading them is a bit hit and miss. I suppose itās about how we all have our own pictures of characters in our heads, and crossovers imo are more prone than most fics in making the characters act weird.
My favourite type ofĀ ācrossoverā are fusions. Where they arenāt crossovers as such because the characters from the two universes donāt usually meet, itās putting one set of characters into another universe.
2) Which your favorite multi-chapter fic that youāve written?
Ooof now you are asking. Although it would be a lot harder if some of the verses werenāt made up of multiple oneshots. I suppose itās between Conspiracy Afloat and Fall All Over AgainĀ and the reason is probably the same for both – potential. Although that is in different ways.
Fall All Over Again could have two different kinds of prequels, or a sequel and I have the plot points for it. Iāll never write it but that doesnāt matter, just knowing the edges are fuzzy is enough to make me love it. Plus I liked what I did with Lacey, in that I really hammered home theĀ āwe are bothā thing, and I do love Lacey, she is such fun to write.
Conspiracy Afloat was rushed imo and should have been novel length. It could be expanded a fair bit and maybe one day I will.
Doing some brainstorming and just wrote this:
āNow Iām thinking this is too small and simple,
why? What is wrong with small and simple you fool.ā
Ā Me all over tbh
One second Iām smiling over the matching bowling shirts ā¦
ā¦ the next Iām sad because what the hell just happened? Flynn left without saying goodbye! He left with finality! He left when they had plans even and with what just happened to Jenkins I canāt even
Ahhhhhhhhhhh!
You know what Iām hurt on Eveās behalf. I still ship them but I hope he a) has a damn good explanation for his lack of decency! and b) she kicks his ass and takes a while to forgive him because walking out like that is so wrong.
They were contemplating eternity together – eternity! And he leaves the ring and walks out without a word?
It hurts.