five things to summon you: Thomas Hamilton, a repentant Admiral Hennessey, Toby Stephens at his prettiest hair state, a vengeful Miranda, and The Lord of the Rings. How’d I do?

That would summon me before you got done pouring the salt circle or speaking any kind of incantation, I’d just sense it and show up!

Tagged by Laura @iwtv2007. Thanks, darling!

Last movie I watched: Guardians of the Galaxy 2, which made me give half a crap about at least one character before he died. Also I totally called the big twist two seconds in.

Last song I listened to: Down Among the Dead Men (yes, the one from Assassin’s Creed Black Flag, it’s on my Charles Vane playlist, don’t judge me)

Last book I read: Um… I honestly do not recall, I feel like it was possibly something by Seanan McGuire.

Last thing I ate: fried chicken

Where would you want to time travel to: Well, if we assume that I suddenly don’t need any of my medications – no, I still don’t want to go backwards in time really. Nasty place. Let’s try forwards – say, to a time when the world isn’t teeming with misogyny and the various other ills that make going backward a bad idea

Fictional character I would hang out with for a day: Madi Scott. She’s well-read, incredibly smart, and understands the value of silence as much as talking

If I could be anywhere right now, where would I be: Anywhere? idk, I’d probably hop a plane to somewhere like… Ireland, maybe, or Scotland, get a hotel room, and sleep for a week where no one knows where I am. It’s always tempting this time of year. Or maybe somewhere like Prague? Amsterdam? Marrakesh? Get further afield? Not this continent, I know that.

Current fandom obsession: Black Sails. Still. Probably for the rest of forever. I’ve got so much to write.

Tagging @bean-about-townn, @thomas-hamilton, @figmentof, @flintstille, @astarreborn, @flinthamilton, and anyone else that wants!

Last Words

Cite the final line of five of your fics – your favorites, or the most recent ones. Tag five writers who should do this next.

I was tagged by my darling @iwtv2007. Thank you!

1. Hennessey quietly made a note to himself to see to the lad’s clothing and at least attempt some form of gift. A trunk of his own, perhaps. After all – he could hardly stow away in Hennessey’s on the ride back to the ship. – Good Fortune Attend

2. “Good riddance, you English bastard,” he murmurs. “And may the Devil himself strike me down if I raise my hand to help you.”He would swear by God, but then paybacks, as they say, are Hell. – The Anger of a Gentle Man

3. She nods. She’s exactly where she belongs, now – here, on this ship, with James, and perhaps that’s all she truly needs to begin setting things to rights. – Hell Hath No Fury

4. London, Thomas thinks, might be terrible, but Nassau -Nassau has the people he loves best in the world and all the sunlight they could ever want. – How Will I Know Thee

5. “Persuade me,” he purred, and Thomas’ eyes widened and then raked over James’ form, and when he spoke, his voice was low and husky.“Oh, I intend to.” – Persuasion

Tagging whoever wants as I think most of the writers I know have already done this.

What I recall of you as a writer: empowering your characters, Miranda, showing them other sides unbeknown to themselves, Thomas, and portraying them with honesty and accuracy, Vane and Flint. They That Sow The Wind. I loved it! I hated it! I enjoyed it! <3

Thank you so much! I’m so, so glad you like my character portrayals, as I do spend a truly ridiculous amount of time trying to get into everyone’s head before I put them to paper and I’m glad they come across so true to form!

Rules: Answer all questions, add one question of your own and tag as many people as there are questions

@iwtv2007 tagged me – thanks!

1. Coke or Pepsi: Coke

2. Disney or Dreamworks: Disney

3. Coffee or Tea: Coffee in the morning and tea the rest of the day

4. Books or Movies: books

5. Windows or Mac: Windows

6. DC or Marvel: Marvel Cinematic Universe with the exception of Avengers: Age of Ultron, that one can fuck right off

7. Xbox or Playstation: Playstation

8. Dragon Age or Mass Effect: oooh tough choice. I’d have to go with Mass Effect the original trilogy I haven’t played the latest one yet

9. Night Owl or Early Rise: Night owl. I can’t force my body to adjust to the early riser schedule.

10. Cards or Chess: cards

11. Chocolate or Vanilla: chocolate everything

12. Vans or Converse: neither

13. Lavellan, Trevelyan, Cadash or Adaar: Cadash or Adaar – I’m fond of both

14. Fluff or Angst: both

15. Beach or Forest: forest

16. Dogs or Cats: I have cats but I love both

17. Clear Skies or Rain: clear skies. rain drains my battery.

18. Cooking or Eating Out: eating out. cooking is not my bag.

19. Spicy Food or Mild Food: mild

20. Halloween/Samhain or Solstice/Yule/Christmas: Samhain

21. Would you rather forever be a little too cold or a little too hot: too hot. fuck being cold.

22. If you could have a superpower, what would it be?: Making money appear out of thin air would be very helpful.

23. Animation or Live Action: live action

24. Paragon or Renegade: Paragon – I’m a goody two shoes

25. Baths or Showers: showers, I fucking hate baths

26. Team Cap or Team Iron Man: Team Cap

27. Fantasy or Sci-Fi: how about sci-fi/fantasy

28. Do you have three or four favourite quotes? If so, what are they:

I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from
the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to
these teachers. – Kahlil Gibran

“Death is only another path, one that we all must take. The grey rain
curtain of this world folds back and all turns to silver glass. And then
you see it. White shores, and beyond… a far green country under a
swift sunrise.” – Gandalf

“Nevermind what should be or what might be or what ought to be. It’s what things are that’s important.” – Granny Weatherwax

29. YouTube or Netflix: Netflix until it doesn’t have what I want

30. Harry Potter or Percy Jackson: Harry Potter. Ask me about magic theory and mythology, go ahead.

31: When You Feel Accomplished: when I finish writing a chapter

32. Star Wars or Star Trek: Star Wars. Never really got into Trek even though my dad’s a fan. The Borg are officially terrifying though.

33. Paperback Books or Hardback Books: Paperback or leather-bound

34. Handwriting or Typing: depends on the fic I’m writing – some characters just demand the old fashioned way

35. Velvet or Satin: Velvet

36. Video Games or Movies?:depends on whether I’m stressed or just tired. video games are for stress, movies are for lazy nights

37. Would you rather be the dragon or own the dragon? *blinks* does anybody seriously think they’d own a dragon if they existed? Be the dragon, obviously.

38: Sunrise or sunset: sunrise, actually, strangely. just feels – cleaner, less dangerous somehow. again – talk magic theory to me.

39: What’s your favourite song? I absolutely cannot choose because I adore music, but I really love the Ent and the Entwife by Adele McAllister

40: What’s your favorite smell? gah, but there are so many! Paper – the smell of a bookshop, any bookshop

41. What’s your favourite bad joke? Two fish are in a tank, one says you drive, I’ll man the guns

42. What is your favorite Young Adult book? I think the Sabriel series was considered young adult even though it has necromancy?

43. What’s your drink order at the bar?
Grey Goose Vodka, St-Germain elderflower liqueur, peach purée, basil and lime

44. What’s your favorite Magritte painting? looked it up and I’m not a Magritte fan

45. Who writes these things?! SERIOUSLY? <— same

46. Pancakes or waffles? Pancakes

My question, 47. Favorite Labyrinth character?

tagging @flinthamilton,@gedsparrowhawk,@flintstille,@bean-about-townn, @shirogiku, and anyone else that wants!

shuffle + 10 songs

I was tagged by @whatifimacrowdeddesert. Thanks!

1. The Well Below the Valley by the John Byrne Band

2. Four Color Love by Seanan McGuire

3. Caravanserai by Loreena McKennitt

4. Liberty Shield by Immediate Music

5. Mrs. McGraw by Chaste Treasure

6. Ecliptica by Sonata Arctica (what – you didn’t expect a coherent mix, did you?)

7. The Ballad of Guiteau from the Assassins soundtrack (I swear I’m just going to make a playlist titled Hey I Know a Song About That)

8. Red-Haired Boy by Beltane

9. Rains of Castamere by Karliene Reynolds

10. Dreams of Candlelight by Trans Siberian Orchestra

*looks* *whispers* I think my itunes is drunk.

tagging @flinthamilton, @flintstille, @char7, @iwtv2007, @jadedbirch, @arzani92, @reluming, and anyone else that wants!

Five things meme

Being that I’m part of the Black Sails fandom, I was tagged by Laura (@iwtv2007). Thanks!

Five things you’ll find in my bag:

my phone, my house keys which are on kind of a cluster of differently colored pig keychains. I call them the pig keys even though there’s also a turtle on there. my wallet, a notebook, and a mini first-aid kit

Five things in my bedroom:

A longbow (which I need to remember to oil soon), the arrows that go with it, a shitton of books, a Carnivale mask, and a statue of Cernunnos

Five things I’ve always wanted to do in life:

I’m… really bad at setting goals for myself beyond “keep my head above water and keep my bills paid” but if I had to set some – I’d like to travel. I’d like to get the hell out of this country and see Europe – France, Prague, Italy, Spain, Vienna, and then travel further south and get to the Middle East. At some point I’d like to actually kiss someone. I want to have a proper library, not just a room meant for other things that happens to have a lot of books in it. I’d like to get drunk – actually drunk, not just buzzed, just to know what it feels like (look don’t judge me I was… not adventurous when I was younger. At all). I… have absolutely no idea what my fifth goal would be. None at all. Ideas, folks?

Five things that make me happy:

Spaghetti, my cats purring at me, owls hooting in the distance on a clear night, sunny days, comments on my fics

Five things people may not know about me:

I have a niece and three nephews. I was in the choir at my high school. I didn’t learn to drive until I was 22. I have freckles. I’m a really light sleeper.

Tagging anyone that wants – Laura’s right, we could all use a bit of levity!

Ten Favorites

rules: tell us one favorite character from ten shows & tag ten people

I was tagged by @char7. Thanks, hon! Also – here’s the thing – I don’t watch a lot of shows, so here’s 10 faves from a mix of shows and games.

1. James Flint from Black Sails

2. Joseph Chandler from Whitechapel

3. Contessina di Bardi from Medici

4. Martha Costello from Silk

5. Donna Noble from Doctor Who

6. Dutch from Killjoys

7. Garrus from Mass Effect

8. Corvo Attano from Dishonored

9. John Reese from Person of Interest

10. Parker from Leverage

Tagging @flintstille, @flinthamilton, @committedtoflint, @complaininginthedark, and anyone else that wants!

I was tagged by @jameshamilton

Name: Meg
Nicknames: Meg is a nickname really but the full thing forever sounds like it belongs to a 9 year old, so I don’t use it except at work
Zodiac sign: Virgo
Height: 5′7
Orientation: Ace

Ethnicity: White
Favourite fruit: Peach or strawberries
Favourite season: Spring
Favourite book: You can’t seriously propose to make me choose. I love books so much. There’s Lord of the Rings but then there’s World War Z and Thieves’ Opera in the non-fiction section and… you see what I mean?
Favourite flowers: Um… ooh, tough question. I really love tulips but hyacinths smell good and so do lilacs
Favourite scent: Jasmine, or the smell of a bookstore
Favourite colour: Blue with silver as a close second

Coffee, tea, or hot cocoa: any of the above, I love them all
Average sleep hours: 6 or less. I’m terrible.
Cat or dog person: see, I love cats a lot, but dogs are always just so happy to see you and I don’t have one right now, which makes me sad
Favourite fictional character: Thomas, Flint, and Miranda from Black Sails (and let’s face it everyone else from Black Sails too with the exceptions of Rogers, Ashe, and Alfred Hamilton, all of whom I detest), Thorin and Bilbo from the Hobbit (the movies not the book), Garrus from Mass Effect – I’m sure there are others I’d willingly die for/allow to murder me but I can’t think of them right now

Number of blankets you sleep with: So many. I’ve got about three on my bed right now and that’s not counting the sheets.
Dream Trip: to… I honestly don’t know, there are so many places I want to go to.
Number of Followers: 215

tagging @flintstille, @flinthamilton, @iwtv2007, @reluming, @gedsparrowhawk, and anyone else that wants to do it!

4) favorite character you’ve written 5) character you were most surprised to end up writing 16) are there any characters who haunt you? For the ask the writer. (Sorry it’s so late.)

ooh, thank you! *flexes fingers*

4. The favorite character is a tough one, as I’m torn between the ones that come flowing off my fingers without any real effort at all and the ones that drive me right round the twist but are complicated and take effort. In the end, I’d have to say that I have several, starting with Miranda and Thomas Hamilton, who are always a delight to write, but I have a definite soft spot for Admiral Hennessey, with his sort of exasperated fondness and utter bullheadedness to rival Flint’s under the right circumstances.

5. I had absolutely no idea I was going to end up writing Abigail into To the Upper Air. She wasn’t part of the plan except in a peripheral sense, and then she just kind of showed up and started doing her own thing much to my surprise. Similarly I was not expecting to end up writing anything from Hornigold’s perspective, ever, and yet there he is in Chapter 6 of They That Sow the Wind, providing eyes on a scene. The same is true for Woodes Rogers in Anger of a Gentle Man – I really don’t like him as a person (although he’s growing on me a bit in Season 4), so having him be part of a scene at all was kind of weird.

16. Hmm. Characters that haunt me. Are we talking characters that stand at the edge of my consciousness, stories cut too short, demanding to know why I don’t write more about them, why canon treated them the way it did? Because the answer to that is Miranda Hamilton and, to a lesser degree, Thomas, mostly because he’s far too considerate to spend too much time demanding anything. Ask me about him and his haunting habits again when I finally get to writing a Whitechapel crossover, as I’m going to end up doing at some point. Miranda, though – gods, if anyone were ever going to leave an angry, disruptive, very heart-rending ghost it would be her. The version of her that lives in my head is so very, very upset a lot of the time, and I keep trying to write her a solution to her troubles. It’s odd, because there are so very many characters I’ve been fond of that deserved better from canon and yet she’s the one that won’t be placated, at least not yet.