#great asks!

[spaceorphan18]

#10 and #17 from the salty ask list, for Bridgerton.

Most disliked arc? Why?

Oohhh, hmmmm. There isn't anything I downright hate or anything. Will I get yelled if I say I find Daphne and Simon boring? It's not what enticed me to the show. I definitely don't hate it or anything. But it's just not my cup of tea, and that's okay.

Instead of of XYZ happening, I would have made ABC happen…

Oohh, you're making me think tonight!! Idk -- While I get why they did it the way they did, I would have liked to have more than the ending montage for the post-butterfly ball. I don't even know what I want -- a longer sex scene or even just Pen and Colin curled up reading each other's work, or something. Also, I wish we had gotten just a stronger ending for Cressida. She just kind of slinks away, and it feels unfinished (I mean, I assume she's coming back).

I think some of my grievances will be covered in Season 4 possibly?

I maybe also would have trimmed some of the subplots of Season 3, and given that time to let the Polin story have a little more breathing room. Idk what I would have cut or added, but that's probably my biggest gripe about the season. :P

[blitheringmcgonagall]

What are some of your favorite romance tropes?

Hmmmm great question!

One of my absolute favourites is academic rivals.

Closely followed by enemies (based on P&P type misinformation and prejudice) to friends (yeah not just friends but the obliviousness of friends who don’t realise they are more) to lovers.

Preferably both of the first two points together? 😎

Oblivious idiots (if that’s a trope?!)

Friends to lovers is good too tbh

Nerdy girl cute guy? (I’m just sick of nerdy guy beautiful girl tropes in romcoms directed by unattractive men)

I love starcrossed lovers (eg both from sworn enemies in a Romeo & Juliet way without the annoying parts, like ideally happy ending!)

BANTER

Always more banter, lots of “ooooh slaaaay” moments, you know?

Something with guys not being afraid of successful women if it’s a hetero film?

The couple’s best friends trying to set them up, even better if they are a couple already?

Humour.. we are talking When Harry Met Sally type humour or Crossing Delancey stuff, not cringey shit! Or the even more ancient Hollywood stuff like Bringing Up Baby which strongly features in my 1930s murder mystery fic A Little Risk ? I think being able to write romance that also makes you laugh has got to be one of the best things ever?

Ex-lovers who meet again except that the reason the broke up is actually based on a lie (bonus Sneep type character’s fault) and eventually they fall in love regardless and then realise it was a lie?

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Not sure if this has been asked but what does James think of each of the RO'S getting together with MC? Who does he approve and who's getting the shovel talk?

Hi! I think I've only answered about Constantine for this ask.

So, I can definitely answer! Below the cut :)

James' Approval from Highest to Lowest

Constantine (he trusts him and sees him almost like an older brother)

Margaret (Vivan trusts her a lot so she must be okay, right?)

Felix (can you trust someone so flirty? James isn't sure)

F (because F hurt MC by leaving and James is worried about his sibling. He doesn't hate F but he is a little resentful and wary.)

As the journey progresses, James would warm up to the selected RO when/if he sees how they are with MC and that sort of thing.

Who would get the shovel talk?

Most likely Felix and F, with F's being of a more serious nature. Felix's would be kinda serious, kind of humourous, I think.

[southernoracle]

Kamaki: 8 and 41 | Cain: 12 and 44, Please and Thanks! :) <3

ILY HOE

Take my stupid children

Kamáki:

8; As far as triggers for anger, she doesn't upset easily. Lying to her will get her triggered. And just talking out your ass will trigger her. As far as PTSD triggers, she doesn't do well on crowd control/riot containment situations. She will lock up and more than likely have a panic attack on site.

41; Kamáki does not get sick often, save for the occasional common cold. When she does get sick she tries to power through it and keep active (if it's not contagious). If she does turn contagious, she will remain in bed to spare the others around her and rest.

Cain:

12: The most illegal thing he's done is smoke weed, when he was a young and dumb teenager. There's obvious reason as to why he won't do it again, but he does not see weed as criminal and will try his best to go easy on any sort of call he answers to with the plant involved.

44: Cain wishes he could learn guitar more often, or at least play it more often. His hours and schedule keeps him from it for the most part, but you can catch him sometimes plucking away if you were to approach his quarters on a dead day.

[mistress-light]

tea or coffee? least favourite colour? have you been outside today? who's your favourite character from ffxv? what's your favourite track from the ffxv ost? morning or night person? dyou like wearing oversized clothes? did you wear braces (for the teeth) as a kid? ever bought anything at lush? love or hate marmite? :P

Coffee coffee coffee, I can’t live without. I love my daily cups of coffee.

Hmmm my least would be orange. 

Yes I have been outside, out to school and such, cycling, train buss and so worth.  

My favourite character would be Noctis, but his older form, I am so trash for older Noct x3

Do I really have to choose one? That’s just so freaking hard! ;____; My fav is still Somnus vocal (seriously though the entire soundtrack is pure gold) 

Other faves of mine are, LUNA and NOCTIS from the piano collections, and APOCALYPSIS NOCTIS from the ost. And so many more!

I am a total night owl and I love to sleep in.

No I don’t like wearing oversized clothes, except maybe for pants sometimes.

Yes, I had braces when I was 10 years old.

I don’t think I have bought anything at lush.

I’ve never had any marmite, so I can’t really tell xD

[muqington]

For Lydia!

🍂🌱🌿

🍂 What was it like the first time Rook killed someone? How did they react afterwards?

Oh Lydia definitely cried afterwards. And cried. And cried again. But never in front of everyone. I think she struggled with it a lot, but over time became more and more numb to it until something snapped and she grew angry instead. It was likely that her first death was an accident or at the very least unintentional in the whole killing part of it. Maim not murder, but oops got a little too passionate about it.

🌱 Was Rook involved romantically with anyone before Veilguard? What was their partner like? How did the relationship end?

If we're counting in Irini, @operative-arrow's warden, here, I don't think they were ever officially romantic ever but there were probably some feelings involved between them!!

After that or outside of that universe, Lydia and Tarquin totally had a thing in the military together. It was almost certainly a situationship and it ended on pretty bad terms, but since leaving the military, she and Tarquin do still talk like friends (or as friendly as the two spitfires can be to each other lmao) and Lydia still cares about him. Even when he's an idiot.

Lydia calls him "Smalls" sometimes. You know. Because his-

🌿 Does your Rook have any tattoos? What was the moment when they got them like? If they’re a Crow where is their de Riva brand located? What vallaslin do they have/how did they earn it if they’re Dalish?

Lydia has two snake tattoos! One of them is a full sleeve on her left arm that probably spreads out onto her chest, too. The other is on her right thigh, and wraps around her leg like a boa.

Her parents were livid when she got her sleeve, even though it was the second of the tattoos. She hid her thigh tattoo for so long before getting a sleeve. I think the first tattoo was in the military and her second after joining the Shadow Dragons.

[primewritessmut]

♻️🤡?

♻️ A scrapped idea for your current WIP

Okay. A thing you need to know about me is that I very rarely scrap anything. I write by the seat of my pants and whatever I write tends to get sewn into the story somehow. I'm sure I could do with an editor, but that seems less fun somehow?

Although, one of the wips I'm working on originally took place in an asylum in the 1920s-1930s and I literally ripped out every page so I never had to look at them again. So, yes. A literal scrapped idea!

🤡 How many Wips are you actively working on?

I think it depends on your definition of "actively." I consider myself to be "actively" working on 4 wips. (i.e. they get included in my weekly writing goals and planning) However, I do tend to flit from wip to wip like a worker bee looking to sustain myself. And, if you count those wips, I'm probably "actively" working on something closer to 8.

x

[southernoracle]

4 and 35 for Kamáki?

4: "...Yeah, I've witnessed something that's changed me. I watched my mother die, right in my arms. That's not something that you can walk away from unchanged. But despite that horrible event, I think it changed me for the better. I'm a better person than what I was before she died..."

35: "I act like myself when I'm around people I like. I don't try to hide my actual feelings or dispositions from them. My true friends know that I can outcurse a sailor, I'm clumsy as fuck, and I'm meaner than Satan, but I wouldn't change that for anything. My true friends love me just as I am.

I don't get attached so easily, so knowing me on a personal level to experience my true self is something of a rarity nowadays."

-- Mariah "Kamáki" Anthes.