The Sea Captain's House

Blog about the fictional world of Ali Krieger & Ashlyn Harris as told by beautyinthemoonlight from Ao3 http://archiveofourown.org/series/573217

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Thank you. I'm excited!!

Me too!

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Chapter 1 of the Final Installment is up!

It's only one chapter so don't get too excited yet! But I've finally got everybody's storylines all plotted out and cross-referenced, etc. and am ready to write this final installment. I think it'll be about 20 chapters or so, maybe more. The plan is to jump forward in 5 year increments and write 3 or 4 chapters in that year. We're starting in 2045 and will go up to about 2063 or so I think. That's the plan anyway. I've only got the first chapter done so it'll take some time for me to get it written. But I wanted to make sure you all knew that I hadn't abandoned the story. My plan was always to do this all the way through to Ali and Ashlyn's old age. That's what this part is.

Here's a link to Chapter 1:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/62695474/chapters/160500376

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With the unfortunate news. Will you continue writing Krashlyn Fanfics?

I'm definitely going to finish The Sea Captain's House, for sure. There are more stories to tell there as the kids grow up and A/A become grandmas. :) I have a bunch of other story ideas and concepts for A/A fics too. I've been planning to write them after TSCH was completed. I don't know what I'll do now though. We'll see. But I'll be back soon with the next installment of TSCH. We can all live in denial there for a little while. <3

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I am absolutely devastated- All the shit that’s come out already… this is going to be so messy. 😭🤮

I just posted a response to another message from another reader. Check it out for more of my thoughts. I could write for an hour about all my feelings but it's just so fucking sad. I'm just really really sad. I feel devastated too.

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Been reading your story since 2019, hope you’re doing ok with the news <3

I'm not ok and I don't think anybody who is a fan of Ali or Ashlyn is doing ok either. I just posted a longer response to another reader's message - she was also checking in on me. Please read that one for more of my feelings. I hope you're doing ok too, friend. it's so fucking sad.

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Hope you are doing OK with all of this. I don't follow you on other socials. It's absolutely horrendous and so fricken messy.

I have been with my wife for 13 years. Marriage is hard but Jesus this is ugly. Not asking for your opinion. Just letting you know I thought about you. We can discuss it of you like. This whole thing makes me more sad than it probably should.

Thank you for thinking of me. I think all of us who are fans of Ali and Ashlyn are carrying a lot of pain in our hearts right now. I hope you're doing ok too. Congrats on 13 years of marriage. And you're right, it's not easy at all. It takes work. Ugh. I am not ok with any of this. I'm still stunned, to be honest. I NEVER in a million years expected Ali and Ashlyn to split up. Never. Ali has talked in interviews and on podcasts about how she waited so long to get married because she wanted to be sure it was right because she was never gonna get divorced. And now boom. Divorce. And it happened so fast! I'm just shocked by all of it. One minute Ali was leaving the sweetest message for Ash on her Snacks podcast episode for Mother's Day, and then they had Ocean's birthday party weekend with family and friends in FL in mid-July and then it all died. Not even a birthday message for Ali at the end of July. In February, Ashlyn posted that really heartfelt, romantic video she recorded at their wedding - professing her undying love for Ali. How the hell do you post that in February, then file for divorce 7 months later??? It just feels so disconnected. Like, seriously, has someone checked Ashlyn for a brain tumor that changes your personality or something? I'm only half-joking. It feels so completely out of character for Ashlyn to do this. I feel awful for all of them. I truly do. But I'm furious at Ashlyn for this. It seems like she got a little bit of freedom in her first year of retirement and lost her goddamned mind. it really does. And my heart is absolutely shattered for Ali. I just... that poor woman. She cannot catch a break. And I'm not even talking about the cheating allegations - we'll never know the truth. But Ali's Lemonade post is pretty damning and hard to debate. It felt like her flashing her wedding ring at the end of her self-care day-off video on Governor's Island video was almost like she was grieving the end of her marriage. So fucking sad. And the first thing I thought of when the divorce news came out was Ali's fear of being alone - she told us twice in different videos with Ashlyn. One was a couple's interview and the other was Kyle's video about who knows Ali best, him or Ashlyn. Ali's biggest fear in life, in her own words, was Ashlyn leaving her, or her being alone. And that's exactly what Ashlyn did to her. And I won't be over it for a very long time.

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Storm. Ali gives the mostly English Bulldog puppy to Ashlyn for her birthday in October 2040. Part 20, Ch 27

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The Summer House. Guest house built in the extra lot next to the big old house in September of 2040. Deb moves in full time. Part 20, Ch 27

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Historic Dogtown photos. Part 20, Ch 26

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Historic photos of Dogtown. Part 20, Ch 26

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What the Babson boulders around Dogtown look like now. Part 20, Ch 26

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Dogtown when Ali & Ashlyn first began exploring it, before it was cleaned up and revitalized. Part 20, Ch 26

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2 different, modern maps of Dogtown in Gloucester, MA. Part 20, ch 26

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The stone columns used along Meg’s driveway on Swan’s Island. Pic #1 - this is exactly what it looks like, except add a fourth block to the column (and the carved face that says Tearmann Traghad). Pic #2 - 4 block height, but no round ball on Meg’s (and granite, not this smooth column). Pic #3 - granite block. This is what all the granite stonework at Meg’s looks like in terms of texture and color. Part 20, Ch 24

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The ‘Hannah Rebecca’ on the left. On the right - a commercial fishing boat like the one Cameron Brown and his family used. Theirs was named ‘Miss Pauline’ after Cameron’s mother. Part 20, Ch 24

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Swan’s Island. Part 20, Ch 22-24

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Swan’s Island. Part 20, Ch 22-24