#about bluespring

[bluespring864]

Hi there, I was tagged by @mousemannation to answer the question

why did you decide to join tumblr?

Well, I had been writing for various fandoms for 7 years and occasionally checking tags on tumblr and I finally gave in, is the short answer. And now i'm pretty sure this is a 'you can log out any time you want/ but you can never leave' type of situation :))

tagging @rolandkaros, @kingfisherprince, @tennis-kittens, @sinnatek, @chrisoels, @all-my-worlds-a-stage, @weidli

[bluespring864]

nine people to get to know better

tagged by @foxesonstilts (and i think also @drunkenromantic fairly recently iirc?)

last song: jaques brel - le plat pays

favorite color: antwerp blue, turquoise, burgundy red

currently watching: taskmaster australia S1

sweet/savoury/spicy: couldn't live without savoury but love sweet and sometimes spicy as well

relationship status: single

current obsession: well if you've seen my blog you know it's tennis :D forever obsession, more like

last thing you searched: the schedule for the indian wells semifinal i think (see previous bullet point)

tagging: @badgermcghee, @tam-is-blogging, @dacchamp, @iiiflow, @ajlatomljanovics, @shapovalovvs, @luv-mez, @luckofmylife, @schumi-nadal if you want to do it! (or link me if you've done it recently <3

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Truly one of the nicest things on tumblr.com is when someone floods your activity feed and after a long list of likes and reblogs you see the notif that they are now following you :)

I might not always follow back (especially if you do not tag) but obviously you are all appreciated <3

Never feel bad about unfollowing me again, by the way, I have a lot of fandoms and it might sometimes be a bit much even if you filter things out, I do know that! But I'm not organised enough to make 20 sideblogs or something so if you subscribe to me you sign up for the (well tagged) chaos, that's for sure.

There's an awful lot of tennis and figure skating on this blog, a lot of Tatort as well from time to time, a lot of Taskmaster, some Good Omens, Sherlock Holmes, Star Trek and various other shows, some British (and a sprinkle of American) Comedy, lots and lots of stuff about writing and language, poetry in several languages, lots of art and photography and always cats.

Some current affairs and politics as well although I try to not have it encroach on this fandom space too much.

If there's something you want me to tag for, feel free to ask and I'll consider it!

edit 24/01/26: blog header by the lovely and talented @purblind-dragon <3

edit 25/03/11: pfp also by the lovely and talented @purblind-dragon :)

edit 25/10/25: this blog is currently tumblr-only, which means the archive isn't accessible anymore (because that's clearly a logical way to function, dear hellsite...), so if you are looking for something from a specific day and can't find it through my tagging system, send me a dm and i will make the archive temporarily available

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thanks @yoellglia and @rafasbiscuits for the tag, this game is indeed very cute! But I'm not so sure about my result, because 'energetic 25/7' really isn't me at all, so i'm hoping the 'kinda mean' thing is wrong as well? 😬 'So many ideas', 'too straightforward' and that bit about pretending not to be arguing I have to admit are very true though 🙈And i am working on getting rid of the impostor syndrom and on learning to adapt to changes better, so that's sort of true as well... but 100% competitiveness I'm really not sure about either. Oh look at me, I'm arguing with this game now, I truly am incorrigible 😅

tagging (just in case you also want to question everything based on a silly quiz ;-)): @melissa-leaf, @nikothebookdragon, @partygatorresurrection, @badgermcghee, @everybutterflyisee, @chrisoels, @keinbutterdieb, @shapovalovvs, @purblind-dragon, @fritzes, @the7endless, @the-moon-loves-the-sea, @all-my-worlds-a-stage, @weidenwinde

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tag game

Thanks @rafole and @fortyfive-forty for the tag <3

1. Do you make your bed? Rarely, and if I do it's pretty half-arsed.

2. Favourite number? It's always been 8, for no particular reason.

3. What's your job? Probably one of the most high octane and interesting but also definitely one of the most frustrating jobs you can have when working with languages (can you tell I've not had a good week :-P)

4. If you could go back to school, would you? School? Don't think so. I would have been happy to stay at uni pretty much indefinitely though but I needed to earn some money. I am still sometimes - not very seriously - toying with the idea of going back and trying to do a PhD.

5. Can you parallel park? I've always hated it and haven't done it in years because I rarely drive.

6. Do you think aliens are real? Very likely. Probably don't look anything like they do on TV though.

7. Can you drive a manual car? Yes and I actually prefer it. I feel like in Europe the question should be more: have you ever driven an automatic car?

8. Guilty pleasure? I don't know... buying too many tennis tickets?

9. Tattoos? No. Not currently interested in getting one either.

10. Favourite colour? Blue, especially dark shades of blue. Turquoise and burgundy come a close second.

11. Favourite type of music? I listen to a lot of stuff. But mostly Chanson and Singer/Songwriter, classic Rock.

12. Do you like puzzles? We often used to do puzzles as a family around Christmas time, I liked them then. Alone, not so much.

13. Any phobias? I don't know if that qualifies as a phobia but seeing discarded chewing gum somewhere can make me retch.

14. Favourite childhood sport? To watch? Figure skating (which I couldn't do then because there was no rink that would have been close enough). To do? Equitation, but mostly recreationally. There is no history of it at all in the family and it was a bit too expensive for us really but I somehow wore my parents down so they paid for lessons.

15. Do you talk to yourself? Often and in various languages.

16. Tea or coffee? Tea. I do like the smell of coffee though.

17. First thing you wanted to be when growing up? I really can't remember and I think I rarely was sure about it. Writer was definitely in there though, but I never really believed that would be possible.

18. What movies do you adore? Hm, adore is a very specific word to use. I watched Little Women in the cinema during the pandemic, knowing nothing about the book. That one might qualify. Also, Tick Tick... Boom! because of the way it manages to describe how it feels to be an artist.

Tagging, if you feel like chatting and haven't done it yet: @ellsieee, @purblind-dragon, @kingfisherprince, @the7endless, @chrisoels, @cricrithings, @weidenwinde, @all-my-worlds-a-stage, @alwayshappyhoursomewhere

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Picrew tag game!- Create yourself now vs how you looked when you were a kid

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I was tagged by @freddieisqueer for this, thank you!

Yes, I am wearing a hat + carrying an umbrella here. Trust me, it's necessary today... (Also none of these piccrews ever really do justice to my absurd hair but oh well i tried :D)

no pressure tagging to: @valkoinenlintu, @chrisoels, @kingfisherprince, @all-my-worlds-a-stage, @advantage-sinner

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Thanks so much for the tag, @purblind-dragon!

LAST SONG: "Sweet Dreams (Are made of this)" live with Dave Stewart on guitar! This show yesterday was the first time in a very long time i got this childhood feeling of being completely in the moment back - which was strange because I was photographing quite a bit, but i was just 100% focused on the show, it was awesome.

FAVORITE COLOR: Dark blue. But also burgundy and all shades of turquoise.

CURRENTLY WATCHING: The current season of British panel show "Would I lie to you", which I love.

SWEET / SAVOURY / SPICY: Savoury. Cheese fondue yesterday omg.

RELATIONSHIP STATUS: Very single, but quite happy with it :)

CURRENT OBSESSION: I want to learn to sing. Guess what, I sat with a music teacher on the train yesterday who does online classes. Also, tennis, but you know that.

LAST THING YOU SEARCHED: The song @fritzes recommended to me and which should really have been put in "current obsession". Not going to mention it now because there's going to be a video with it soon ;-)

Tagging (only if you want to but you know I'm curious ;-)): @fritzes, @alwayshappyhoursomewhere, @cricrithings, @chrisoels, @badgermcghee, @pleasantdesttinykryptonite, @nerdy-glasses, @sinnerslamwinner, @sabatinifortylove, @jannikfc

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Twenty Questions for Fic Writers

Thank you @yoellglia, @kingfisherprince and @shambolicchaos for tagging me even though I haven't done one of these in months, I appreciate it <3 And look at this, I am actually doing a tag game.

1. How many works do you have on AO3? 57. How did that happen.

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

418,066. Some of those 57 are pretty long ;-)

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Well I won't list them all, we'll be here tomorrow. The published ones are mainly: Tatort, Good Omens, Potter, Tennis RPF, Skating RPF and a few Music RPFs. There's an awful lot of WiPs from Sherlock Holmes to Poirot to Star Trek to Oasis to Austen to various Panel Shows to Les Miz to The Hobbit and back again though. Plus WiPs for all the published fandoms. Sigh.

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Alright this is going to be a trip down memory lane, seeing as I'm mostly active in very niche fandoms these days. Also, this statistic is perhaps skewed by the fact that lots of my fics are in German (a few nearly made it onto the list though!) and my RPF is locked (for registered users only).

Days in the Sun: Tops the list by a very long way. Harry Potter. A Snape/Hermione post war fic published in 2018. I'm a different writer these days but I still like lots of things about it.

To Trust in One Another: Good Omens. Aziraphale/Crowley post Season 1. I remember the response to this overwhelming me at the time, I had never gotten so many comments so quickly after posting and haven't since. This fandom is so lovely (and filled with writers!).

To those who wait, eventually: Harry Potter. Snape/McGonagall. I love this pairing and this story. And while I am very surprised that both the Potter Fics I actually published are het, I am not surprised they both feature Severus Snape.

Almost Too Kind, or: Prometo: Figure Skating RPF. Yuzu/Javi. I still like the Yuzu POV, although I think I've perhaps written more interesting skating stories, but this was obviously the most popular parinig at the time. Hence the amount of kudos I guess.

Language Barrier Sidestepped: Figure Skating RPF. Yuzu/Javi. This one surprised me because it's just a silly fluffy oneshot. But with some language nerdship in the title and the story (that part is less surprising, if you know me)

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

Always, and sometimes too verbosely :D I like a good comment discussion and I have made friends that way.

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Angsty endings? Me? I would if I could. Maybe some day. I guess the angstiest one is this unrequited love drabble in the Tatort Münster Fandom.

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Well, most of them have pretty happy endings, I think.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Not so far. Most of the comments I get are really nice. I can remember only a handful slightly weird ones over the years.

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

No one is more surprised than me, but yes. In my case, it's usually part of a story and has a function in the story. But it can be pretty graphic because it's weird to me to treat sex as something to gloss over. That being said, sometimes a story decides on a fade to black. On the other end of the spectrum, I've also come pretty close to writing PwP, depending on your definition of it.

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?

Never written one, very rarely read them.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I'm aware of.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

People have asked for permission several times and I always grant it (of course I do) but I don't think I've ever gotten a link to a finished translation (which I always ask for). I get it though, some of my stories are pretty long and I know all about the difficulties of translation :-)

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

It's not finished but I hope we can get back to it @kingfisherprince! I might not always be the easiest person to work with, but I thoroughly enjoyed it so far.

14. What’s your all time favourite ship?

I don't have one, I write whatever pairing is interesting to me. And would love to write more gen fic if inspiration strikes. The concept of an OTP used to make no senses to me either, though I guess I've come close with Novandy in the Tennis fandom. I still write lots of other stuff in that fandom though.

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

I have trouble going back to the Potter stuff for various reasons. Would love to finish a Snarry which is already at almost 30k but doubt I will. I also have a Poirot/Hastings case fic I really want to finish but (see writing weaknesses)

16. What are your writing strengths?

I'm not sure. I hope Í write realistic relationships that make sense in the story. I try to write clear prose that's not too cluttered (I don't always succeed). Sometimes with my longer fics I've managed to slightly miraculously tie things together, which is amazing to me when it happens but I can't control that at all.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

I sometimes overexplain. I tend to forget about 'setting the scene' descriptions now and then. And the big one: I can't plot for the life of me, I write as I go along, which isn't always a problem but definitely is when you try to write a murder mystery (I've got an unfinished Poirot one and an unfinished Tatort Münster one which I would love to continue).

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

I like it, though I tend to use it relatively sparingly and either add translations or try to make it clear in other ways in the text what was being said (a translation degree comes in handy for this).

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Well the first time I tried writing fic it was Kirk/Spock but the first thing I finished and published was Tatort Münster.

20. Favourite fic you’ve written?

Don't do this to me. The answer will be different every day, I think, and for lots of reasons. This is not me being pretentious (I hope), because I would have just as much trouble choosing my favourite song or book etc. Let's pick Two and Two Together for today because I never would have thought I'd write a 42k poly fic, but here we are. I think we've established I sometimes surprise myself.

Tagging: I think most of the writers on my dash have been tagged... but maybe @bonos-grindcore-sideproject and @advantage-sinner and @savageandwise and @all-my-worlds-a-stage if you want to do it?