#rainintheevening

[kingofattolia]

What do you want your novel to look like on the library shelf?

I WANT IT TO HAVE A TOMMY ARNOLD COVER

LOOK AT THIS ART. LOOK AT IT

[ablatheringblatherskite]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

NOW HOLD UP @rainintheevening I WASN'T READY FOR THIS AND NOW IM WJFJJDDJWJJFWJJFJED IM WJDJWJJDJWJDW IM???

THE IMAGERY?? PURE HAPPINESS AND QUIET JOY??? OBI-WAN BRAIDING ANAKIN'S HAIR AND ANAKIN PLAYING IN THE RAIN WITH THE CLONES?? PLATONIC PHYSICAL AFFECTION????? WJDJWJDJWJFJWJCJWJFJW idk if people find it such a big deal when ppl gift them fics but the fact u gifted this to me really does feel like a big deal to me and I will forever be so touched by this 😭 thank you thank you thank you this fic was so. so. beautiful 😭

[kingofattolia]

Okay, please tell me, who would you cast as Thrawn for live action? You personally.

-Rain

Okay, I'm going to answer this even though it damages my dignity.

First, three caveats:

I'm not super picky. I think there are a lot of people who could do it just fine. Thrawn at his core is a Sherlock Holmes adaptation, so you need somebody who has that combination of casual, offhanded genius + genuine good intentions + weird little freak energy, etc. that Sherlock has.

I think Lars Mikkelsen does just fine. My core issue with his portrayal is not with his portrayal, per se. It's with Dave Filoni and what the hell Thrawn is DOING in the Ahsoka show. The dissonance between Rebels Thrawn and Book Thrawn I think is explainable in various ways. Thrawn as portrayed in Ahsoka has zero logic behind his actions that I can see, which just isn't compatible with any version of Thrawn's character. But again, that's not Mikkelsen's problem.

Lars Mikkelsen is playing Old Man Thrawn. When I fancast Thrawn, I am mentally fancasting Imperial Academy Thrawn from Thrawn (2017) and/or sharp and spiky Thrawn from the Ascendancy series as portrayed in the extremely dramatic yet compelling Out Of Print Limited Edition Ascendancy Trilogy cover art:

All that said, yes I would probably cast Michael Fassbender OKAY, DON'T @ ME.

[ablatheringblatherskite]

Me finally reading chapter 2 of @rainintheevening's "Thin Strands, Strong Ties" fic after a long exhausting day:

[kingofattolia]

Hi!

I just really wanted to say, I love you. Or at least I love your writing which just phenomenal and awesome, so I can only assume you are the same. I read Life and What Comes After over the course of a day (I think it was a single day, it might have been two) about a month ago now, and it was hands down one of the greatest fics I have ever read. It is very very rare that anyone can satisfy my desire for hugs and softness in a story (probably because all my favourite relationships are bromances), but you knocked that out of the park. I keep meaning to leave more detailed comments on the fic, as I am constantly going back and rereading, but then I just sit there wondering what to say beyond, "I absolutely love this, I am rereading for the nth time" which I suppose is a nice thing to hear as an author, but I usually like to be more eloquent. ^^"

Ugh, there's so much I want to say, want to thank you for. The nudge to read Shatterpoint. Some practical life inspiration from Anakin. But most of all the push your amazing writing gave me to actually start writing my own fix-it AU.

I haven't started reading Sometimes the Light yet, just because I want to save for some point when I desperately need a boost. (Speaking of which, what are the odds of there being more for that...?)

I hope this puts a smile on your face!

And I will absolutely be giving you a thanks in my author's note whenever I publish my baby.

-@rainintheevening

Thank you so much!!!! This is an incredible message 😭

LAWCA was born of purely my own desire for 100k words of incredibly slow angst and fluff so honestly to this day it surprises me that other people enjoy the same thing. I'm so glad!

Shatterpoint is amazing. Everyone should read it. The lore? The philosophy? The Mace Windu being incredible? Truly changed my Star Wars experience. Alsooooo what is your fix-it AU? 👀 There can NEVER be enough of those.

When it comes to Sometimes the Light... after going nearly 3 years without an update it sounds stupid, but I have NOT abandoned it. I have 2 more chapters written than what's actually published, and wrote 2k more words of it as recently as last week. I have most of the rest outlined and know where it's going.

I have hesitated to start actually posting again though because if I do, I can almost guarantee another lull will inevitably happen given all the obligatory excuses (real life job, prioritizing original fiction, etc. etc.) and I don't want to get people's hopes up and then disappoint again.

[wispsofwhimsy]

Thank you for trailing your wisps of whimsy across my dash. You are beautiful, and I can tell you're trying really hard. Whenever you let some of the ache slip through I want to hug you, and invite you to stay for supper, and tell you He makes everything beautiful in its time.

I hope this can give you a little encouragement today. :)

-Rain

Oh, Rain, I just saw this in my inbox and I want to fold into a ball and cry, but in a good way. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Thank you. If I tried to put in to words how much this means to me I would probably start sobbing so I will just say if I could take that hug, dinner invitation, and conversation I would be there in a heartbeat. Thank you ❤️

[kingofattolia]

From your fics, I assume you're picky. But you also love a good hug and cry fest.

--Rain

Oh I'm PICKY picky in almost every possible sense of the word, so you nailed me on that.

Idk if I've ever had a good hug and cry fest in real life, and realistically I'd probably be really uncomfortable if someone tried. But that doesn't mean I can't dream!

[ablatheringblatherskite]

💌 Send this to the twelve nicest people you know or who seem to have a good heart and if you get five back you must be pretty awesome. 💌

AWWWWW??

thank you 🥺🥹