Thank you! I’m so glad you like them, and I have great news for you re: Battle Raven – it’s getting a sequel! It’s going to be called Like That of a Woman Scorned and it’s… I’m really, really excited about it. Really excited. It’s got pirate Miranda, and alive Eleanor, and just generally a lot of women kicking some serious ass!
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For the fanfic end of year asks – 1, 14, and 19. (Your Madi voice is just superb, too, I always hear Zethu Dlomo’s voice perfectly come through with Madi’s POV and dialogue. So good!)
Aww – thank you!
1. favorite fic you wrote this year
Cup of Their Deserving wins the prize. I don’t think I’ve ever written such a long fic in such a short amount of time, especially one that’s as emotionally involved. I’m proud of the quality of the writing, I’ve been told that it’s really helped a lot of people who needed it as badly as I did, and I’ve been told by at least one person that it really made them think about slavery, so that’s got to be progress.
14. a fic you didn’t expect to write
I didn’t start off the year expecting to do most of the things I’ve written. I certainly did not expect to find myself writing either Cup of Their Deserving or Reclamation, and my smaller stuff has been a surprise as well. So – all of them, really! Full of Grace was already started so that hardly counts for this ask, nor does To the Upper Air – which I’d like to remind everyone I updated two days ago.
19. any new fics to start next year
So many. There’s a sequel to Battle Raven coming, and a prequel as well if I can manage it. Then I have a fic wherein Gates lives through Season 1, and a Whitechapel crossover fic I’d like to do.
Hell yes re: temper! There’s such an underling sharp edge to Thomas in his scenes, whether he’s passionately talking about
something, or just generally irritated or agitated. He’s only a bit more mellow
when he’s wooing with Bible verses, gazing fondly at Miranda, or looking wistfully at
James. Oh, Thomas!
yeah – look at that face! We get a glimpse of who Thomas is behind the pleasant smile in his office the first time he talks to James about the pirate problem, too. He smiles, but there’s an edge of impatience under there, especially when James questions his request that they ignore the pirate issue and focus on what’s really going on that’s causing it. He really hates fuzzy logic and ill-thought-out arguments and that’s exactly what James’ initial skepticism is to him – towing the party line without ever really considering an alternative. It’s part of why he gets so angry at Alfred – the man doesn’t stop to actually consider a word Thomas says. Thomas has got one hell of a temper and it flares up when someone dismisses him out of hand without hearing him out.
Flint physically dragging
Jack over to Vane, ‘Just, god, take him back. I’ll even say please.’
Vane like “you take YOURS back, fuck, I thought Jack was a nag!”
Meg's Mumbles 