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Just watched episode 9 from season 3 of Motherland: Fort Salem...This is the first time I've heard "I'll Be Your Mirror" in YEARS.

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Omg hi quasi! I can’t believe I found your tumblr after all this time. I read Locked In back in 2013 and that had me sobbing at night. I recently came back to it and just wanted to stop by to tell you that your Quinntana stories were amazing and I hope that you’re doing well and still writing!! Much love

Oh hi!

Thank you for the love. I'm happy to know you got enjoyment from them. I hope you are staying safe, Anon!

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hey! so i just finished rereading IBYM and wanted to leave you a little thank you note! i'm going through a weird point in my life and i felt like revisiting some stuff. when i first read your fics i was closer in age to them in LIALTH. it feels so weird reading it after 7 years and everything that's happened, but it was as lovely as I remembered it. thanks for writing that story :)

Oh that's so kind! Thank you for taking the time and making the effort to come tell me that.

I can imagine it would be a very different read 7 years later. I hope your weird point ends in some good things, Anon.

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hi you’ve probably gotten this question asked a million times but i’ve just finished both ur quinntana fan fics & they were both beautifully written i loved them sm but we never really got an ending and i was wondering if you maybe would even consider finishing the prequel fic? if not that’s fine ig ur story was still so so good & just thank you for that. hope u have a good day :)

Hi! I don't see myself finishing I'll Be Your Mirror (I assume you mean sequel instead of prequel) at this point. I wish I did but I don't want to give you false hope.

I really do appreciate you coming by to tell me that you enjoyed my stories, however, and I hope you have a good day, Anon.

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Not sure if that was my ask that you just answered or if I’m just 1 of the many that fell in love with your fic. I second that anon or perhaps I second myself when I do say that I have gone back and reread your fic multiple times because it is so well written, and of course we still care many years later because your writing touched us. It was definitely the fic that made me ship Santana and Quinn (great fics can make one do that). If we do get an ending that would be fantastic. Thanks :)

Thank you. I have quite a few messages along the lines of what the last anon (you or someone else ha) requested, but I didn't respond because I wasn't sure where I was headspace wise. It is difficult because I haven't written in so long and I would probably make different choices than I would as an author finishing the story six+ years ago. It will be brief but I will do a summary for LIALTHI/IBYM closure. You deserve as much. I know the world has been especially rough lately and on top of that our former Glee world was rocked by Naya's passing. I would like to do something (however small).

I'm not sure when exactly I will do it but I will try within the next couple of weeks or so.

Thank you again.

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Rereading your ff stories has made the past few weeks better. Then reading all of Naya's tributes from friends and colleagues, can't help but admire how she and LIALTHI/IBYM's Santana are somewhat alike, a caring person and hardcore friend. Anyway, just want to drop by and hope you are well fave author.

Thank you. I'm warmed to hear my stories have helped you somehow.

The tributes have been beautiful.

I hope you are well as well.

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Does anybody know what wattpad is? Does anyone know how to get a story removed from the site? Apparently someone took my story, Locked In and Loving to Hate It, and turned it into a Carmila/Lauren (from Fifth Harmony) fanfic. 

Here's the link if it helps. 

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In your LIALTHI, how did Santana, Quinn, Sadie, Rachel, Puck and Kurt's first kisses go? 😊

Santana

Santana's first kiss was with Mike when they were in sixth grade. She pushed him down behind the concrete wall near the basketball courts, and told him that she was going to teach him how to kiss. It wasn't great, but it wasn't terrible either. Mike was nice, and he didn't irritate her as much as the other boys. His face was hot, and his mouth was dryer than any of the boys she kissed after that. He thanked her after, and she called him a nerd, snapping his basketball shorts against his hip.

Quinn

Quinn's was with Puck, and it wasn't anything like she had pictured it. She thought it would happen during their eighth grade Winter Formal while she was wearing what she believed to be a glamorous dress and while Puck was wearing a non clip-on tie (that his mother obviously tied for him). It was supposed to happen under the white lights in the gym, while a song played that her parents used to slow dance to in the living room when she was very young, while others looked on with envy. But Puck refused to request the song she wanted, saying he didn't want his friends to make fun of him. He was too terrified to lean in to kiss her anyway. Her father had actually patted him down when he arrived with his mother at the Fabray house to pick her up that night. Russell spent 15 minutes showing Puck his gun collection. 

Instead it was months later in the dark with no one around to witness. Her sister Frannie and Frannie's boyfriend were supposed to be chaperoning their movie date, but they ditched the two thirteen-year-olds for another movie because Frannie's boyfriend looked old enough to get them tickets for an R rated horror flick. Puck was embarrassing. He kept throwing popcorn at strangers in front of them, and during the previews he kept talking about how he could make his face turn purple whenever he got a brain freeze. He continuously attempted to show her, and wouldn't shut up no matter how many times she shushed him. He annoyed the hell out of her and she couldn't stop thinking about how stupid his jokes were, and how much better Santana's would be if only she were there. When he kissed her without warning, she was thinking about how much she missed her best friend. His freezing cold slushie lips sent a chill through her and for just one moment her mind went blissfully blank. 

Sadie

Sadie's first kiss was Hazel, a girl about four years her senior at dance camp. When Sadie first started going to camp, she hated it. She was incredibly homesick every day, and missed her parents desperately.  To make things more miserable for her, she was teased rather relentlessly by the other children around her age. Many of them were already friends, having gone to the camp together for several years previous.

 One person made the biggest difference for Sadie; Hazel was a "counselor-in-training", and she went out of her way to be nice to Sadie. Hazel complimented her hair, and her dancing form, and gave Sadie a confidence that she had never felt previous. From then on Hazel was the reason Sadie looked forward to going to camp.

  Sadie developed this rather hopeless crush on the girl. They exchanged sporadic letters throughout the years, seeing each other each summer. Sadie had built up this epic romance in her head. She was a child; a child convinced that she had found the love of her life.

  The kiss happened the summer before Sadie turned 11. Sadie spent the welcoming ceremonies searching the room with her eyes for her favorite familiar face. Hazel was still no where to be found when the staff introduced themselves. After, Sadie maintained some shred of hope that Hazel was merely late, but no one seemed to know where the older girl was. The next day, Sadie's dancing was listless, having come to the conclusion that Hazel wasn't coming that summer. 

When Hazel did arrive it was at the campfire the next night. Strolling up in the confident way that made Sadie's stomach flutter, she said hi to everyone with such a causal smile, as if she had no idea that Sadie's world shifted upon her appearance. With a wave, she turned away to head off to unload her stuff at her cabin. 

Sadie felt like this was her chance. She popped up from the log she was seated on, and jogged after Hazel, determined to make that summer the best summer ever.

Sadie could have sworn that Hazel kissed her back. She would spend many nights arguing with herself about it. But what mattered, was that when Hazel pulled away looking simultaneously sad and horrified, she told Sadie that she was like a little sister to her. 

Hazel spent the rest of the summer avoiding Sadie. Sadie never went back. 

Rachel

Rachel's first kiss was with a boy for a community theater play. It was acting, but whether it was the stage or the boy with the great jaw for his age, Rachel felt butterflies. 

Puck

Puck's first kiss was on the school bus. The girl who kissed him complained about the sunflower seeds that ended up in her mouth, and made a loud scene about how disgusting it was as soon as their lips unsmacked. 

Kurt

Kurt doesn't count his first kiss with Karofsky because it was by force. His first kiss with Blaine will always be a perfect memory in his mind, however.