#gothicmagpie

[forthegothicheroine]

🌕 for the Victorian Gothic asks

🌕- light from the full moon pours into your window and you gaze off into the stars. the stillness of nighttime leaves you feeling restless and the vastness of the sky reminds you of the emptiness in your heart. sleep is a distant memory. what is your favorite way to spend an evening in?

I slip into a nightgown, curl up beside my beloved, sip a glass of wine, and watch an old movie.  Perhaps I embroider while doing so.

[vinceaddams]

23 and 43, for the "what would you wear?" ask game

23 ..to a clandestine forest ritual

(Dark brown wool suit with steel-cut buttons, French, ca. 1780. V&A.)

43 ..while traveling by train in the winter ?

(David Lyon by Thomas Lawrence, circa 1825.)

[vanhelsingseriousface]

Sleeping draught and shadowy ruins (for the gothic heroine asks)

sleeping draught (what was the last dream you had?) - i don’t remember much of it, but i remember being at the beach and looking out at the ocean, which was cloudy and pink. someone grabbed my shoulders. there was no wind.

shadowy ruins (if you had to conceal yourself from someone, where would you hide?) - in plain sight.

[cosmic-llin]

G, for the FanFic Ask Game

G: Do you write your story from start to finish, or do you write the scenes out of order?

I generally write from start to finish, especially for shorter fics. A lot of my stories are pretty short, maybe even just one scene, so for those I’ll generally just start writing, keep going chronologically and stop when I’m done.

For longer fics I sometimes find myself tempted to write the most exciting bits first, but usually I don’t let myself, because if I write linearly it makes those exciting bits feel like a reward when I get to them!

The only time I really write out of order is if there’s a particular scene that just won’t leave me alone. Often this happens on the tube or out and about, so I’ll end up writing it in the notes app on my phone and then building the rest of the fic around it later.

[cosmic-llin]

star fruit and cherry (for the fruit ask game)

Send me a fruit!

star fruit: favorite sea creature?

I like lots of sea creatures but I’m not sure I have a forever favourite? I got really into sharks while making this sharks fanvid, and I love how smart cephalopods are. I really wish we could communicate better with whales and dolphins because I think they’d have so many interesting things to tell us.

cherry: can you play any musical instruments or can you sing?

I can play the clarinet and the saxophone, although I haven’t actually done either for a good few years now. I’ve been trying on and off to learn the guitar but haven’t really made much progress. I’m not a bad singer - when I was younger I used to win prizes for solos at the local Eisteddfod but these days I’m a solid ensemble alto.

[kanyniablue]

8 and 16, for the fandom ask game

8. do you prefer happy, bittersweet, or sad endings?

honestly I prefer bittersweet ones, we can get into the ‘but does the ending grow naturally from the story being told and form a cohesive whole--’ but I really prefer endings that neither pretend the world is happy-sunshine-land now that [PLOT] has been solved while also not making it seem like the whole story was a waste of time

16. do you block people who like fandoms/characters/ships that you don’t?

Nope!  I’ve never really had a problem with it; I just don’t interact/only interact in non-fandom-related ways.  I’ll block someone who’s a disgusting human being but I don’t measure that by fandom

[queereldritchgalaxyprincess]

Nightmare and cobwebs, for the Halloween asks

Nightmare: what’s your favorite Halloween movie?

I don’t know if I really have one? Like, I’m not huge on horror movies because they usually don’t do much for me except for hit me with jump scares. I didn’t grow up with Halloweentown. Nightmare Before Christmas is honestly a Christmas movie. So I guess it’s Hocus Pocus?

Cobwebs: are you scared of insects?

The only insects that genuinely scare me are bees, because yay for irrational phobias. Some other bugs creep me out, but I’m pretty happy to let most of them live and let live, even spiders. All bets are off once they get on me, though. Or in my bed. Or if they’re ants and they’re in my kitchen.

[queereldritchgalaxyprincess]

Herbal tea and ice cafe mocha (for the cafe asks)

Iced Cafe Mocha : Favorite thing to do on rainy days?

Cuddle up on the couch under a blanket, drink ALL the tea, and read.

Herbal Tea : You’re at a candle shop, what scented candle do you buy?

Is there one that smells like old books? Because that’s what I want.