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[positivejamwriting]

Feeling a bit disconnected from my writing lately and have been channelling that creative energy into learning something new! There's something very soothing about crochet to the "if I'm not immediately good at it why bother" gremlins. Zen in the art of ripping out stitches and trying again (and again and again and again) or something like that. Here's a bag I finished today :)

[positivejamwriting]

hello user positive jam I love your writing and I’ve spent all day reading en prise. I usually do not read unfinished fic as a rule but you may have broken me of that habit because it was so 100% worth it :)

ty for the good writing, never stop being a freak and have a nice day!

Thank you very much!! Don't worry I've been a little freak for most of my adult life I have no intentions of stopping.

Also using this ask to say I'm now officially married as of this week, so not only is there another freak in my life, I can now take all the time I was wedding planning to get back to the important thing: writing nasty fanfiction. <3 I'm notoriously bad with deadlines but expect some updates soon!!

[positivejamwriting]

You take the Friends cantrip on Gale origin playthroughs to boost charisma rolls

I take the Friends cantrip on Gale origin playthroughs because it's just evil enough to be hot

we are not the same

[positivejamwriting]

please write more of ascended! astarion x professor gale i just read the one u wrote on ao3 and omfg. im OBSESSED!!!

Thank you so much! Writing Phantasmal Psychology truly opened my eyes to how much of a deeply insecure asshole A!Astarion is and how well that would pair with a confident, back-on-top and newly orb-free Gale.

I implore everyone to see the vision of this dynamic and go write some cringelord pining after the level 20 wizard who laughs at the words ~dark consort~ 😌

[positivejamwriting]

Devasted to have just learned that the lyrics of Bed Chem by pop sensation Sabrina Carpenter are not "Come ride on me-- I mean, camaraderie" but instead "Come right on me-- I mean, camaraderie." For one glorious moment I lived in a reality where we were all singing about the strap. 🥲

[positivejamwriting]

I can’t tell you enough how much I’m in love with igni ferroque. I’m so friggin hyped every time I see a new chapter out, and this definitely isn’t to pressure you or anything, but I was wondering if maybe you could drop a few legate astarion headcanons/info if that’s okay? For some reason I’ve always enjoyed the concept of a Roman legionnaire au astarion or even a gladiator version sounds cool. Idk, but thanks for bringing my fantasy to life <3

Oh thank you anon! I don't think I've ever received an ask like this, this was so fun to think about. igne ferroque is one my favourites too, sitting down to write it feels so perfectly self indulgent because I can just jam jamisms into every single paragraph and WHOOPS it's because this POV Gale has a poet's soul.

I could blab about Legate Astarion forever BUT I'll also be a little careful of spoilers since he's such a mystery to our dear priest protag. So here's a lil appetizer under the cut. (CWs are the same as the fic: period typical masculinity bullshit and I only have half a history degree so nobody @ me hahahaha, I'm mostly here for the sex swords and sandals <3)

Like many sons of real Roman emperors, he was adopted by Cazador alongside his other spawn brothers. Why adopt 4 sons and cause a succession crisis? The general masses think it a benevolence from their emperor. Patricians in the know see it as a trial-- one that young Legatus Astarion is decidedly *losing*.

Tying into this, despite commanding a legion he is not well liked by his men. They listen to him out of fear of Emperor Szarr than any true allegiance. Perhaps it is because he prefers the baths and the theatre and the wine Rome has to offer. Perhaps it is because Cazador will have him punish those same soldiers on a whim-- and swear him to secrecy at the same time.

Most of his campaigns for Cazador have been pushing south and a little east. Some think him soft, for bringing the might of Rome down upon soft Greek academics like Gale.

He keeps his armour and his person immaculately in line. Despite their marches there is never a fleck of mud upon the fine red linens he sports. He wears a heavy pelt from a great black wolf-- one gifted to him by Cazador himself-- and despite it's weight on his he's hardly seen without it.

At this point, he is very much intrigued by Gale. He's never met someone like him and he's been on his campaign for so very long with a legion that somewhat detests him. He'll keep his close with the excuse that he's valuable but really, he's delighted to have someone to debate and play chess with.

(Ok this one is a spoiler but I MUST) Like many Roman men of his stature, he has a wife back in Rome. They have been married for a time. Arranged, of course, and entirely political: there is no love between them, there is hardly tolerance. He is childless-- and heirless. A blight upon both their names, the patricians are beginning to talk about his fondness for the unfair sex. (PS: will be someone you recognize and I'm so excited to introduce her)

[positivejamwriting]

praise kink / degradation? 👀

Praise Kink - 7/10 I love the idea of someone HAVING this is being really embarrassed about it. But writing pure praise might be a bit tough for me, I like being mean.

Degradation - 9/10 Not much to explain here, you know I love being a bitch to Gale characters.

BUT TOGETHER?? 10/10. I think when I write D/s stuff the Doms are also going be a little teasing if not downright mean. I think praise is really fun to write if it's backhanded praise ("oh good boy i'm surprised you could even manage that" kind of deal) so yes yes, 10/10.

Plus I tend to latch on to characters that need to be taken down a peg or two so flavoring the degradation to what is insufferable about them is mwah.

Thanks for the ask! :)

[positivejamwriting]

impact play?

10/10 - To literally no one's surprise I like to write about smacking men around. Honestly I don't think there's a single fic I've written where someone didn't get at least a little spank. 😇 She's versatile, she's mean, she's the star of the show.

There's the whole ritual of it too, beyond the aforementioned smacking around. Making the sub choose between implements and how many strikes. Using a crop to correct posture under the chin or a paddle the at the small of the back. Jamming the handle of a whip under someone's chin. Using ALL parts of the implement, yknow 😌The adrenaline high of it all. A lot of my writing is Dom POV and there's a certain focus on how it's dizzying to see someone take pain for them. An ultimate gift and trust! Listen I swear I'm not a Loviatar worshipper but, we're I'd in the goblin camp I'd dabble.

And the marks afterwards! A sub wearing them with pride, taking them as another sign of ownership. Or being embarrassed about them, wincing when they sit.

Okok one thing I want to see in more fics is face slapping!! It's both intimate and coldly corrective. A little slap across the mouth when Gale a sub gets too mouthy? One across the face followed by cooing and stroking their cheek? One in the heat of the moment that sends someone over the edge? Mwah. Go forth, please.

Anyway. Sorry for the essay and thank you for the ask :)