1. My favorite fic of yours I think Spectre is the best thing you've ever written, that one's just flawless, but is it my favourite? Not sure. It might be Give me Truth, for vibe reasons, or Inevitable, for other vibe reasons, or the rollercoaster that is LiL, or Beer because the pictures it paints in my mind deserve fanart in oil on canvas, or Bravery and Kindness because I have a very soft spot for this one and it's hella underrated, or Stronger because it combines the best of two worlds and is an absolutely devastating masterpiece, or When Hannibal crossed the Alps because tiny Catherine doodling chicken orbs.
3. The best character you’ve written for Weedle Blaize, hands down.
8. What I like the most about your writing I love how much you care about the characters. It shines through in every sentence, it makes your dialogues fantastic and true to character and true to life, and the character arcs are carefully crafted and respectful and rewarding. And you make me care as well.
9. A fic i’m excited for you updating/posting Duuuuuuuude so many. But I think top of the list is Hic Sunt Dracones. I wanna see (redacted) casually fus (redacted). And the My Immortal thing because that's the dumbest genius idea ever and it's going to be brilliant.
10. A character/ship I didn’t enjoy/think about as much before you wrote about them Any of them. I'm a filthy casual compared to the rest of you here but as I said, you made me care.
13. If i’ve ever shared/talked about your fic to someone else Your fic, no. Your uncanny ability of having a vision and putting it to paper with minimal need to edit, to anyone who would listen because that fascinates me to no end.
14. A fic I didn’t expect to like so much I think that must have been Stronger, probably, because while I knew you were good at these things from our play by post forum roleplay days and your shorter works in the SoS fandom that does not necessarily translate to a 100k+ coherent story with Themes n shit but you've blown it out of the park. Since then, nothing's been surprising me any more.
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Omg. I just... I feel /very/ loved and treasured right now! I never expected to get this many asks and certainly not such long ones! (There's another very lovely one in my inbox that already brought me so much joy but which I cannot post yet because it contains spoilers) Like... seriously I'm blown away.
Also, I love you ❤️ And we both know that without you none of my fics would exist. So, thank you so damn much!
... Which part of Beer especially deserves to be oil on canvas? :D Frederick in the window seat? Because I'd kill for art of /that/ moment! But I'm also very partial to James's mirror moment... 🤔 Yes I think I can see what you mean 😂
And...
WEEDLE! Wenceslaus Dionysius Luitpold Blaize, my beloved chillax son! I'm still sad I had to kill him. Actually writing him would've been a lot of fun 😁 He practically soared into my top 5 LiL OCs and knowing that he'd never actually grace the page in person was quite a downer.
I'd love to reply to more stuff, because I'm also very much looking forward to [redacted]'s adventures as the dragonborn and it's so nice to know that my love for the characters gets reflected in my writing and that I can inspire people to care ...
But I'm quite close to tears already. I mean, we've known each other for over two decades now, you know how much I respect you and your opinion and how highly I think of /your/ abilities... So to read all these words of praise, and to read them in a context where not even my brain can read them as anything but the sincerest praise... It means a lot to me. It's quite astonishing, really. And I feel very, very blessed right now. ❤️
... also didn't know yet that Stronger surprised you. Cool!