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4 For a Boy and To The Upper Air :)

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Four For a Boy is from the rhyme about magpies. It seemed apropos, since the original rhyme ran three for a funeral and four for a birth, and of course the birth of little William makes the Hamilton-McGraw family four instead of three, and changes Thomas’ death.

To the Upper Air comes from the quote from Virgil’s Aeneid, and the minute I read the quote I knew I had to use it as a title for the story I was writing, because of course the theme of the story is the struggle to come back to life and to themselves after the hell that James and Miranda have been living for the past ten years and that Silver has been dealing with for the past fifteen or twenty. Also, they’re quite literally coming back from another time, in Miranda’s case quite literally after having died.

14, 18, 20, 21 for the fanfic asks

yay! thank you for the ask!

14. easiest character to write? Miranda. She’s so clear, all the time, and so easy to relate to. She’s angry. I’ve spent a lot of time angry. She’s grieving. I’ve lost more people than I care to count. She’s clever, and I like politics.

18. favorite pairing to write? Ooh, FlintHamiltons, but James/Miranda is a close runner-up. They’re so good together and so complex. I like writing Silver/Thomas (we really need a ship name) but they do like to play who’s cleverest.

20. favorite character to write? Actually, and this is going to sound odd, Hennessey. He’s so exasperated, twenty-four seven, and my version of him cares about James so very much – enough to do something horrible to save his life. He’s a crafty old fox and yet he’s so no-nonsense – very much like James, actually.

21. least favorite character to write? Alfred. He’s horrible. No redeeming qualities whatsoever. I know all about him, I know what motivates him, and he’s a disgusting excuse for a human being that makes me feel slimy just knowing his character exists. He’s one of those that’s so very intelligent and I don’t admire him for that, not one bit. It’s like somebody took Thomas and twisted him beyond recognition.