#starryfull13

[siskey]

Hi everyone and especially @starryfull13​ ! I made this art for you as a Gift Exchange event by @do-it-with-style-events and I hope you will like it ^^ At the beginning I wasn’t sure which of prompts I was going to draw until I started and these two came up itself. It’s also my first attempt to draw Nanny Ashtoreth and Brother Francis and I hope I captured them well (high heels are very impractical in garden, angel). Thank you for joining to this event, I had a great time to draw them!

By the way, I’d like to think Aziraphale has a history with crumpled birds more than we all thought and that he is completely terrible with them even he loves all living creatures on Earth. Also, you never know the birds will fall from the sky when you are pretendring to know how to replant hydrangeas.

[aziraphales-library]

Hi! A while ago I heard there was a GO/ Vicar of Dibley crossover fic but I can't find it. Do you/ anyone know of it? Thank you!!!!!!

Hello!

A quick AO3 search resulted in this fic: The Vicar’s Husband by the_moonmoth (T)

“Christ,” Crowley groaned.

“Ah, no,” Aziraphale said, amused at Crowley’s expense in a way that was very much at odds with the dog collar he had just revealed. “Just his messenger on Earth."

~ Mod G

[naromoreau]

53 what's the most used tag on your ao3?

Hello my darling!!

53- that's a great question and i honestly don't know but i wouldn't be surprised if it's "Wet & Messy" lmaoooo

[brightwanderer]

Hi, very random question but what flower (of the many used in it) do you associate most with Pray for us Icarus?

Thanks in advance!!!!!!

Honestly I want to say something clever here, but it’s actually just the red roses. I think because everything else is associated with just one particular part of the story, whereas Aziraphale reclaims the roses at the start of “That Dares Not Grasp the Thorn”, and being as Crowley is one big ball of sap on legs, I feel like he’d have taken every possible excuse to give them to Aziraphale over the years. So they end up being the symbol not just of that one particular tragic lifetime in Vienna/London, but of Aziraphale’s bravery in coming back to Crowley in the modern era, and Crowley’s devotion to him for the next ten years despite not knowing exactly what’s going on.

[brightwanderer]

Hi, I'm learning how to do book binding and was wondering if it would be ok to make a book of the rose and the serpent? It's purely for myself as no one knows I read fanfiction / about my GO obsession so it wont be going anywhere apart from my bookcase. I want to make something pretty that I'll actually want to use as I probably won't want to write in any blank books I make like all my many pretty notebooks I have. I loved the ending and did an excited wiggle when I saw pinkpiggy's art included

Yes, of course! It’s always fine for people to print and bind their own copies of my fanfic and I’m thrilled that you want to make something so amazing out of my words. The only thing I have to say no to is when people want to upload the fic to a self-publishing platform like Lulu, because that starts getting into risky copyright waters. But making your own physical copy is fine and I’m terribly flattered. :)

You might want to start from one of the ebook versions I’ve made, as they are probably better formatted for print.

[brightwanderer]

Hi, sorry to be a pain but I hope you know the answer. 1 your writing is incredible and your Pray for Icarus series is one of the most beautiful things I have ever read! It got me hooked on fics so thank you for sharing 2 I'm attempting to write something and cant think of the word I need to save myself! Person A says something witty/sarcastic and person B panics for whatever reason. Person A "Alright B, I was only joking." How would you describe their tone/demeanor as reassure seems quite weak?

Thank you! I’m glad you liked it, and welcome to the joy of fanfic. :)

As for the question, it depends on the mood of the scene and the tone of the second character’s reassurance. You could go with “soothe” if you want to emphasize that they’re being gentle and soft with it, or you could alternatively use a word that implies speed - they “jump in”, they “interrupt”, they “say quickly” - to show that they’re leaping to stop the other person feeling bad. You could use actions instead of descriptive words, as well, and again, that gives different impressions:

“I was only joking,” said Person A, with a contrite expression. - they regret panicking A

“I was only joking,” said Person A, eyes wide. - they’re surprised at the reaction

“I was only joking,” said Person A, reaching out to lay a gentle hand on B’s shoulder. - their priority is reassuring B

Also, bookmark thesaurus.com! I know you know what a thesaurus is, but the website version has the neat advantage that sometimes you can home in on a word even without being very clear on what you want. For example, if you look at the page on for “reassure”, none of the words on there quite seem to fit what you’re asking here, to my mind, but “comfort” seems kind of closer? And when you click on that, you get a list that includes my first suggestion, “soothe”.

Sometimes if I’m not quite sure of the word I want, I search for the closest thing to it - even if that’s incredibly vague - and just keep clicking on things that are closer to what I want, until something catches my eye.

However! My number one recommendation when using a thesaurus is NOT to choose words that you don’t already use pretty regularly. The idea of it is to jog your memory to find the right word out of your existing vocabulary. If you pick words that you’re not as familiar with or wouldn’t ordinarily use, it can end up standing out like a sore thumb. (For the love of something, do not have Person A “inspirit” Person B.)

I hope that helps a bit!