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[pollydoodles]

New Years Resolutions for 2026:

- if not finish, at least *significantly* contribute to the progression of These Endless Days

- at least so I can get to the point of the tie-in one-shots I started thinking about in 2024

- finish all Mikaelson/The Originals one-shots I’ve half-started in Google Docs (Fool Moon, You Come Back Each Time, Last Damn Night, Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered)

- start that MCU x Mikaelson story I was thinking about

- work on the three (3) Klaus/Mikaelson x Christmas one-shots I keep thinking about)

- wait, actually it’s four (4)

- finish National Treasure (sequel to Justice is Blonde)

- finish Cabin Pressure murder mystery one-shot I just started

- finish the Darcy-coping-with-Jane-death one-shot (Good Grief)

- finish The Only Logical Solution (it’s one more chapter, come on)

That’s … yeah that’s probably enough to be going on with.

[wunderlass]

Dude, why would anyone unfollow you? You’re awesome

Too much awesomeness?

[dresupi]

20,45,50 please :-)

Part 2: “Damnit Jim, I meant 44 not 45!”

Lol, I got you.  <3  

20. Post a snippet of a WIP you’re working on.

More of My Jily & Marauders Pirate AU:

"What do you want?" she asked.  

"Just a little of your time.  Lily. Evans."  

She stopped walking again and tilted her head to look up at him.  "Why are you repeating my name?"  

"I like the way it sounds.  It rolls off the tongue, doesn't it?  Lily.  Evans.  Lilyevans.  Lily Evans."  

She blushed, unsure as to the real reason why.  Other than he was repeating her name and caressing the syllables like they were made of chocolate or something.  

"I can't say I remember yours."  

He chuckled.  "Yes you do.  You know my first name at least.  I'm sure the second will come to you. How many dashing, debonair, pirate-types do you meet in one night, anyway?"  

James Potter.  Of course she remembered his name.  Not that she was going to tell him.  

"As my memory serves, I met three that night."  

He scoffed loudly, and she had to walk a little faster to hide the grin that threatened to give her away.  "Yes.  But only one of them bested you in combat."  

"Aye, that was your friend, wasn't it?  Sirius, I believe his name was?"  She arched an eyebrow and James rolled his eyes.  

"C'mon Carrots, throw me a bone here…"  

"James.  Potter.  I remember you," she said abruptly.  "Now spit out why you're back or I'll call for the authorities."  

44. Best piece of feedback you’ve ever gotten.

Hmmm.  I love comments where the commenter just hits random keys for a while before an all-Caps “I LOVE IT” appears at the end.  <3

50. Weirdest story idea you’ve ever had.

A cross-universeal time-jump AU where Darcy sleeps with both Quicksilvers at the same time.  I’m not even joking.  This thing is outlined in my wip folder.  

[bloomsoftly]

15, 19 & 29 please :-)

15. Where does your inspiration come from?

i already answered this here, but i’ll try again with a more specific example. i’m about to start a WIP that’s a bit of a mix of Lost Girl (except not really, only for one or two of the sexier crucial aspects) and a really weird dream I had after watching The Defenders. It’ll be a wintershock, if i ever get it to a place where it’s ready for public consumption. ;)

19. First line of a WIP you’re working on.

this is from the prompt @dresupi sent me months ago that i’m still working on (sorry, dres! it’s slowly coming together), that was inspired by that post going around on tumblr that imagined bucky going into hiding with his costume from i, tonya. (also i cheated and included more than one line)

“There’s something off about your new next door neighbor, Darcy.” What?

She was saved from having to reply by Amber, who pitched in with, “Oh my god, please. The only thing off about that man is his fashion sense.”

“Ugh, I know, right?! I feel like he could be vaguely attractive underneath that porn ‘stache and those dad jeans, but it’s hard to say for sure.”

29. Who do you write for?

myself, a lot of the time. but @ragwitch, almost always. she’s my muse and my number one cheerleader, and i ain’t ever gonna give her up! <3

[pollydoodles]

You & Me (We Gotta Whole Lotta History)

You & Me (We Gotta Whole Lotta History)

I added this as an A/N as well, but just to share wherever anyone may still remember this fic:

Nov 2024: Am I still writing this? Actively, at this time - no. However, I do see the comments and they mean so, so much to me. The love that this fic had when I was first writing it and the way that people do seem to keep coming back to it is really heartening. I took a big writing break (since 2019, really) and I only just came back in late August of this year. I've been slowly trying to address the unfinished fic in my archive, some of which I have now completed and some which is now close to being completed. I have refreshed my memory on this fic, and it's absolutely one that I want to come back to and finish. The story means a lot to me. In the time that I've been away, I've cleverly managed to lose all my background writing and plans for this story - it's one of the first stories I wrote back in 2016, and apparently when I made the move to Google Docs... I did not transfer anything related to this one. Facepalm extreme, but also of course disheartening for a writer who was looking to complete the story. This is all to say that I do deeply want to return to this and complete it, but I need to start - not quite from the beginning, but certainly heading that way. It's a big story which I can see has often drawn big emotions from readers, so it needs to be finished properly with time and due care. Whilst I am actively writing and finishing other WIPs (and some new fic, I can't lie), I will be working on this in the background to plan and plot an appropriate arc and ending. It's always been a big story with meaty chapters, and I don't want to change that method at all just for the sake of finishing it. Thank you for those who have been kind enough to stick with me whilst this has sat in a WIP status for so long, I know the frustration around that, and I hope to be back with you on this one sometime in 2025.

[pollydoodles]

T'Was the Night Before Christmas

T'Was the Night Before Christmas (part of the Christmas Time (Mistletoe & Wine) series)

After their mission is completed, Darcy & Bucky find that they're unable to get home. The thing is, it's Christmas Eve, and Darcy really wants to celebrate.

“Have you not… had a Christmas before?” Darcy asked, her head tilted to one side as she took him in.

“Of course I’ve had a Christmas,” he said, aware that a touch of irritation had crept into his voice, and trying to tamp it down before he continued. “Just… not for a while.” Bucky shrugged, shifting awkwardly under her gaze.

[wunderlass]

1,2 & 21 please :-)

1. Favorite place to write.

I write on my desktop so don’t have much choice in the matter :P. But a pleasantly warm day is always a nice writing atmosphere.

2. Favorite part of writing

Finishing it (and specifically for fic...posting it and getting lovely feedback). For the most part when I am actually writing I find myself wondering why I want to do this. Though the moments where you write something which connects back and forward to other details and you realise you’ve just done a nice little piece of  (accidental) foreshadowing or symbolism or whatever are nice.

3. Post the last sentence you wrote in one of your WIP’s

Lovely as Sheva was, she wasn’t that person.

Written for my current ‘unofficial’ Nanowrimo project (I’m doing one this month), written all of two minutes ago.

[wunderlass]

29 & 31 please!

29. If you could write the sequel (or prequel) to any fic out there not written by yourself, which would you choose?

Gah, this is hard. There are plenty of stories I’d like a sequel to but I wouldn’t want to write them. Writing takes the fun out of it. Also, plenty of stories don’t need a sequel and the ones I love most don’t because they’re complete in and of themselves. So...I really can’t think of anything. I can’t even think of AUs of fic I’d want to write!

31. Do you take liberties with canon or are you very strict about your fic being canon compliant?

*waves at her ships* Pretty big liberties, tbh. Will have characters who have never met and will never meet go on long adventures together. Will also make them Australian.

That being said, I am more likely to write only-slightly AU, and don’t really write AUs taking the characters completely out of their world and putting them in another setting. Unless I’m making them Australian.