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10points4dumbledore replied to your post: This has not been nearly as much fun(ny) as I had...

Ah man don’t say that! I’ve truly enjoyed this vicarious jaunt down memory lane!

Aw well thank you!  I mean, *I* had fun, but the video selection could have been better.

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10points4dumbledore replied to your post: Warning to any followers: I’m just back from a...

Also. Fuck trump.

Always and forever.

[katefierro]

I am waiting for your book with baited breath. What was your inspiration for Love Starved?

Thank you! (And let me tell you, seeing the words “your book” still gets my heart all fluttery...)

Let’s talk inspiration :)

Love Starved, like so many of my other ideas, was born from a random plot bunny that got stuck in my head and grew into something much bigger than I ever expected. In this case, what sparked the fire was a single sentence I saw somewhere on the internet, years ago: Show me what it’s like to feel loved. 

"Aw, what a sweet sentiment," I thought, and scrolled past to other shiny things. 

But the little bunny was persistent. Over months and years, it kept popping up occasionally, bringing plot suggestions along: “So, how about two young people in their first serious relationship?” “Too vague? Okay, what if one of them has never been loved?”“Or, you know what, let’s give one of them some bad past experiences, how about that?”“Nothing? Really? So what would be the weirdest situation for such a request?”

It took years; the sentence sat in my inspiration folder and on my “to-write” board, the plot simmering and crystallizing somewhere on the back burner, but its time eventually came when I decided it needed an original, not fanfiction setting. I took it out, dusted it off and lovingly weaved it into a story about a disenchanted romantic, an escort who prides himself on fulfilling every fantasy, and an impossible, desperate request: Show me what it’s like to feel loved.

[iconicklaine]

Thank you to everyone who replied to my post about my son. You are all lovely, helpful people.

[glitterdammerung]

10points4dumbledore replied to your link: “The Food Lab: Hasselback Potato Gratin (These Might be the Best Potatoes Ever) | Serious Eats”:

You can use your food processor!

Yeah, between that and the usage of the words 'heavy cream' I am all WHY HAVE I NOT ALREADY MADE THIS

(answer: don't wanna share it that's why)

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Thank you so much!

iloveweasleys said: you broke me. oh god.

*tentatively approaches holding tissues and yummy foods of your choice*

mshoneysucklepink said: AAAHHHH, FUCK YOU HUGH!

YES YES THIS IS THE ANGER DIRECTED TO THE RIGHT PLACE BECAUSE HUGH IS A DOUCHE (in my head he totally is).

10points4dumbledore said: You (don't) make it easy. You (don't) make it eeeaaaassssaaayyyyy... But it IS easy to forgive you at the end of the day. lalala. Also. Storytelling :D

Teehee, I see what you did there ;)

dreamingofdarren said: WHY MUST YOU PLAY WITH MY EMOTIONS LIKE THIS

BECAUSE I'M AN ASSHOLE WITH A GOD COMPLEX.  I mean...  >_>

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10points4dumbledore replied to your post: “Here's How 'Stages' Is Gonna Wrap Up (You Need To Read This If You Have Been Avoiding The Dreaded WIP)”:

Oh, yay! I've been kinda waiting on it to finish up. :D

Hope it is worth the wait!

lizinprogress replied to your post: “Here's How 'Stages' Is Gonna Wrap Up (You Need To Read This If You Have Been Avoiding The Dreaded WIP)”:

I'm so excited for 4.7!!

Saaaaame. Also terrified!

[borogroves]

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Hee yes, Blaine is very much an old romantic *pets him*  You'll have to wait 'til Wednesday to find out if you're right about Kurt at the end...  ;)  Thank you!

undefinedkosmos said: Punch me in the heart with every single beat of this, god. Just reading, I felt like I was intruding on an unbearably private world, tangled up in magic. Also, "if it meant that they still got to be caught in this snow globe that they themselves shook, over and over and over until the slant of the land sent them sliding all too closely to the truth: this wasn’t just a road trip thing." this is fucking poetry, Mimsy. Augh.

Oh gosh yes thank you I mean hjdsfjdslfjdflds thank you.

thechristmascolf said: That chapter was so beautiful, I literally had goosebumps towards the end. The part with the clock was amazing too omg. The chapters keep getting better and better, if that's even possible. Amazing job as usual.

Thank you!  Thank you :)

10points4dumbledore said: Not surprisingly, another excellent chapter. The imagery, the music, ever so sweet. I am really glad you are updating twice per week!

Hee, I'm glad too!  Thank you :)

dievampiredie said: Mims!! That chapter was so perfect! Blaine realizing he's completely in love with Kurt = best birthday present ever!! So many lovely moments, so much tenderness between them. I can feel them both getting closer to giving in.

Teehee, I hope you had a lovely day, m'dear!  I was thinking of you when I posted!  Thank you <3

gay-braveheart said: Mims, I'm all verklempt. Beautiful.

Thank you :)

lololuvsglee said: OMG! Beautiful, the words, the music….you slay me!!

Thank you!  I do try *flips hair*

openinguptojoy1 said: Ohhhhhhhh this WAS such an excellent chapter!! The cheer I let out when Blaine realized…could probably be heard in space. Yeah. I’m so totally invested into this story…I love it, and the author, as well! :)

Thanks, T!  Hee :)

branches-are-looking-at-me said: Oh dear. The scene of Blaine’s personal revelation strikes like a bullet, to then blossom and take residence in my heart. And the soundtrack… never been so perfectly chosen. Which is saying something, considering the past chapters of this fic.

:') thank you so much, darling <3

candlesandcoffeeshops said: Mims has at last succeeded in making me cry with this story. In a good way. I think.

*barrels in offering tissues and chocolate*  I'M NOT SORRY BUT HERE?!?!?!

consumed-by-a-giant-fox said: I want Kurt’s POV in that last moment now. This continues to be so fantastically frustrating. Plus that Ed Sheeran song was perfect for the scene!!

Thank you so much, darling!  :D

bklynmindgrrl said: So beautiful. Thank you.

Thank you.