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My soulmate best friend gave me her old iPad (and boy do I mean old -- it's a first gen iPad Pro), so I've been calling it Grandpa iPad. Boyyy, Procreate still works and I'm having a fun time learning it. This was the first piece I felt good enough to share on Facebook. So I thought I'd let y'all see it, too. The Crow has been my favorite film for over twenty years.
I hit the 12k milestone on AO3.
If you'd have told me I'd ever have a fanfic at 12k+ reads on AO3 when I initially uploaded Chapter 1 last year... I'd have been like "pfffffffft, no way in hell." But here we are. 12,015 reads, 122 bookmarks, 90 subs, and 83 kudos. I'm just gonna sit over here and cry tears of joy. And to think I've only uploaded 34 chapters, when I basically have 106 done... (and probably closer to 200 half done). And the word count in 34 chapters is 245,150 words. Said fanfic: https://archiveofourown.org/works/63050719/chapters/161473267
The audacity.
So yesterday (July 31st) would have been my Grandpa Jady's 90th birthday... and I started my second period for the month of July (gotta love perimenopause). And, that's just the kind of family that we are, but I can hear him snickering and laughing from heaven going: "yeah, happy birthday to me. More like happy birthday to you! Enjoy the present!" lmao. Yesterday was also the fourth "Ya Found Us Day!" anniversary of Jace Wayland finding us on July 31st, 2022. He's my oldest "son." My gray/white tabby. Annnnd, Grandpa brought me another present yesterday, too. In the photo with this post? That's my carport. Not my kitten. It's younger than Jackson and Aidan (the two oranges that showed up here on June 18th)... maybe 8 weeks? I think Jack & Aidan are 12 weeks now. It's a cutie pie. I don't know if it's male or female. I already have a tuxie girl (Freya, my dickface tuxedo kitty. I call her dickface because that's the pattern on her face... a dick.. lol). At least this tuxedo does not have a dickface. New tuxie was already acting very chummy with Kayce (he's 8 months old) and Jack and Aidan. I didn't see it again - but Mom said she saw it again last night. If.. and that's a big word: "If" we take in this tuxie, too... that puts me up to 12 fur babies, y'all. Twelve. A dozen. A dozen ranging from 12 years old this September to probably about 8 weeks old (that tuxie). ... anybody wanna donate to the: "Help the Mefford Family care for all their cats" fund?
I may or may not have started binge watching Sons of Anarchy again...
And I may or may not have started a fanfic. It's going to be a bit a/u. It begins just before Season 1... but I've moved the years up if that makes sense. Instead of Season 1 (or just before) taking place in 2008... it's 2026. But the 2008 ages remain intact. In 2008, Jax was 30 years old (born 1978). So in my fic, he's 30 -- born 1996. My FMC is younger than him, of course. She's 23 on the day the story starts, and celebrates her 24th birthday a few days later. (So that would put her born in 2002 since the fic is set in 2026). I decided to modernize the fic because I wanted the relevance of things going on in the world today. Plus, c'mon -- being able to FaceTime or do a Spotify jam session together? That's peak romanticism hahah. A lot of what happens in the show will occur in the story, some things with different outcomes, of course. If it didn't have a different outcome, it wouldn't be fanfiction, now would it? lol. I'm not even finished with Chapter 1 so, don't get your hopes up that it'll be on AO3 in like the soon soon future. I'll get Always and Forever updated with Chapter 34 first, and then Cowboy and Cemeterian updated with Chapter 10 second, before I were to publish Chapter 1 of currently untitled SoA a/u.
July 5th, 2026: Twelve years ago, Uncle Jay got his angel wings. With his obituary, we used an official Air Force portrait. Sadly, the quality of the image was deteriorated not only via the Gleaner, but even via Benton and Glunt’s website. I used GPT 5.5 to bring back the quality as best as I could digitally. Today, also, would be my Grandma Mina’s 92nd birthday. This is a zoom in of a photo that’s actually of her with my Granddad Glen. When I originally took the photo (of a photo), it was in a glass frame, had glare and fingerprint smudges, etc. Over the years I’ve touched it up via many different methods. 5.5 just did the best job of removing the rest of the blurriness. Grandma Mina was born July 5th, 1934, in Wyatt, Missouri, and passed on July 10th, 1982, at 48 years old, while living here in Henderson in Woodland Apartments. For most of her life, she was a waitress. I know she worked a number of years at the Ramada here in Henderson where some of you might remember her if you are old enough and frequented there prior to her passing. Unfortunately, I never got to know my paternal Grandma. I was born 10 years, 7 months, and 2 days later. Uncle Jay was born on January 11th, 1965, at Community Methodist here in Henderson. He served in the Air Force, M&P as a dog handler / trainer. He was at Lackland AFB in Texas at one time, then Ellsworth AFB in South Dakota, before taking an overseas assignment to Clark AFB in the Philippines where my cousin Britney was born at. After his military career, he joined the Henderson Co. Sheriff’s Department, working as a Deputy while Dennis Clary was Sheriff. After that, he was a service writer for numerous car dealerships like Dempewolf, Kelley’s, etc. Jay passed at 5:19am on Saturday, July 5th, 2014, at St. Vincent in Evansville. He was 49 years old. They may be gone, but they are far from forgotten.
The 13th would have been my Grandma's 85th birthday. The following day (the 14th), I learned my soulmate best friend might have breast cancer. And then yesterday (the 16th), she confirmed, she has breast cancer. The 15th was Jessica's 47th birthday, and the 16th was Tina's 39th birthday. This whole week has been like... emotional whiplash. I miss my Grandma, I wish I could spend Jessica and Tina's birthdays with them, and then, I wish I could take away the cancer from my best friend. I've already been down that road in 2017/2018. Mine was cervical, not breast. I would endure that road again if it meant she didn't have to go down it herself. I'm praying so hard for so many different things: that they've caught it early enough, that she's young enough, and all that 'enough' stuff that they can just nip it right in the bud and be done. I've done a lot of crying the last few days. I'm going to do a lot more crying. A lot more praying. A lot more escaping into my story to drown out everything else going on while also trying to be a good best friend.
Okay, okay. I'll make a 'Brecca's favorite OTPs' thread -- TVDU edition.
My #1 fandom will always be the TVDU (and specifically, The Originals).
Klaroline will always be #1. I'm sorry those of you who think it 'didn't happen'... but it did. Even if it was never, "omg, we're boyfriend and girlfriend!" official -- it happened. Caroline was HIS LAST KISS. The show literally came to an end after that. For all we know, Klaus Mikaelson kept his vow of 'he was your first love, I intend to be your last, no matter how long it takes.' I will die on this hill. That's also why, in my story, Klaroline happens. They are not the *primary* couple -- as everyone should know by now, Always and Forever (my fic on Ao3) is Vandalia x Klaus x Elijah x Freya. But Klaroline HAPPENS in the story, later down the road.
That said -- Klamille is #2. Because Klamille absolutely happened. In my Gods honest opinion, Caroline taught Klaus Mikaelson that he was capable of loving of another person in equal measure to how much he loved himself (if not greater measure)... and Cami? She taught him he was capable of being loved in return in equal measure! I have NO DOUBT Klaus loved Caroline... but in the end, Cami was like a soulmate, whereas Care was like a twin flame. But extremely important but... in two totally different senses. And again... in my story, Klamille happens. In my fic? Cami is alive, and Klaus got his vengeance against Aurora for what she did to her. In a rightful world, that's what should have happened. Just my two cents.
Haylijah. No questions asked. They deserved a happy ending almost more than anyone else in the entire TVDU (just in my opinion). They were the definition of soulmates. They were robbed out of SO much. So much time together. Eternity together. Their love story is truly the main love of The Originals -- not Klaus x Cami or whomever else... Haylijah was it. In my story, although my main coupling is Vandalia x Klaus x Elijah x Freya... Haylijah still happens. Over and over again lol.
That said... Klayley. If Plec didn't want Klaus to have a happily ever after with Caroline or Camille, and she didn't want Hayley having a happily ever after with Elijah or Jackson... then for the love of God... they should have found love in each other and lived for Hope. I agree with others who say this is a 'soulmate best friend' type of love. But it absolutely could have been more. Especially that snippet of her writing a letter and he goes, 'I thought I was out of the running ages ago.' Like imagine if it would have dawned on Hayley then that Klaus actually had fallen *in love* with her, okay? Damn the potential. In my story? Klayley happens as well. Although in Ao3 Hayley isn't the mother of Hope... spoiler alert, she will have other children with Klaus. They have an incredibly strong bond with one another, even if it isn't 'omg you're my cosmic soulmate' level.
If Plec didn't want Hayley to have a happily ever after with Klaus or Elijah... then my word... Jackson Kenner, y'all. I live a Jackson appreciation life. He was robbed out of *so* much. He was doing everything he could to be the Alpha his pack deserved, the husband Hayley deserved, a step-father figure without overstepping that Hope deserved, the grandson Mary needed, and so much more. My word. He deserved more. Ffs if Hayley and Jackson weren't meant to be... let him live and put him with Freya for Pete's sake! He deserved to live! In my story? Jackson x Hayley are endgame. They are married, happy, and spoiler alert... expecting their first child together when my story begins. They get their happily ever after, even if it looks a little messy from the outside looking in. (My story is on Ao3... it's smut with plot, okay?)
Josh and Aiden (in my story, I spell his name Aidan, no offense to all you Aiden's out there!). They deserved SO MUCH better. SO much. No offense to Freya & Keelin, but this was the LGBT ship of the show, 200%. Vampire and werewolf, forbidden love? Yes please. In my story? They're both alive and they are living their happily ever after!
Marbekah, God have Mercy I am so glad they were endgame. The chemistry between Charles and Claire was only matched by the chemistry of Daniel and Phoebe (Haylijah) in my opinion. They waited centuries to be together and God did it pay off. They are endgame in my story, too -- even if they take on a few extra curricular activity romances here and there ;)
Kolvina is so underappreciated. Again, I'm glad they ended up endgame. Davina made a better man out of him, and Kol excited her in ways that no ordinary man could have ever. They were a match made in heaven, almost quite literally. Just my opinion. Like with Marbekah, in my story, they take on a few... extra curricular activities within their marriage. Spice of life, you know?
Before Plec introduced the Mikaelsons... I was a firm rider of the Forwood ship. I will still ride this ship. As a matter of fact, in my story, Forwood is endgame. I do believe Tyler was Caroline's first true love -- Klaus isn't wrong with that. As with the other couples though, love can be complicated... especially for a hybrid and a vampire. At the end of the day, though, they will always choose each other.
I know... I know. Best friends. Platonic soulmates. But in my story? Endgame. I never liked Stefan with *anyone* as much as I enjoyed him with Lexi, even if it wasn't romantic. I feel like they matched each other in SO many ways. Just as Plec shows Cami being Klaus's 'conscience' even after she's dead... that's what Lexi was to Stefan. To me? That's soulmate level stuff. And she's the one that greets him when he kind of 'crosses over to the other side' at the ending of TVD. C'mon. That's his ride or die. Again, like the other relationships in my story... love is complicated. But it's always gonna be a happily ever after at the end of the day.
I don't care if the new fad is to say it's 'toxic.' They're endgame. Still alive, still vampires, and happily married in my fic. But, again... like with all happy marriages in my fic (c'mon, again, it's Ao3... it's smut with plot) -- love can be messy and blur lines.
My fic wouldn't be TVDU if it didn't have Matt Donovan lol. I loved Matt and Rebekah on TVD (pre-Marcel and The Originals of course). I still love their dynamic. And that's why they 'happen' quite a few times in my story ever though Matt has married and found love, clearly, with his wife. They'll always be like... eternal flames if you will.
Beremy is endgame in my story. Married, kids... but again, love isn't always so black and white. Especially in a fic with tons of plot twists on Ao3 lol. Jeremy was my favorite man with Bonnie (no offense, Enzo). That said though...
Anna and Jeremy are such an OTP to me, too. In my fic... Pearl and Anna survived and went off to live their life together. But of course... New Orleans calls out to them (for reasons you'll eventually find out if you read my fic). So of course... old feelings die really hard lol. Sometimes they don't die at all. So Anna x Jeremy happens in the story, too. They had too much chemistry not to.
I could honestly keep going and going when it comes to my favorite OTPs in the TVDU universe but this post is honestly long enough. So yeah, I'll shamelessly plug Chapter 1 of Always and Forever right here. https://archiveofourown.org/works/63050719/chapters/161473267 My story moves at the pace of snail snot on a cold December day. Tons of plot twists. Tons of surprise couplings. Some a bit taboo, some a lot less taboo. Lots of morally greyness. C'mon, what's a story without those things. But in the end... super found family vibes, super happily ever after (with a lot of drama, suspense, etc).
I had to change my Tumblr theme again :'(
Tumblr detected 'unsafe coding' in my last one :'( I can't get the hang of these new fangled themes. And the free ones, no offense, suck compared to the ones that cost like $10+ (ugh) I just want a pretty theme again. This one isn't too bad but, it isn't perfect, either.
