#thefraserwitch

[gotham-ruaidh]

Wisteria

Flowers Ask Game

wisteria - do you like poetry? if so, describe your favorite poem(s).

I like all kinds of poems - but this one has always made me smile, from the moment I first read it in elementary school:

Fog - by Carl Sandburg

The fog comeson little cat feet.It sits lookingover harbor and cityon silent haunchesand then moves on.

[desperationandgin]

4, 8, 17!

4) What is your favourite genre to write for?

I love fluuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuff. Market Price is so FLUFFY AND SWEET and it was so fun to write. That’s my favorite--bantering, teasing, probably smutty Frasers.

8) Where do you take your inspiration from?

Clearly, I’m incapable of being inspired by anything but random songs.

Market Price was inspired by the song from the season 1 volume 1 OST, ‘Comin Thro the Rye’ because I was at a farmer’s market, had my earbuds in, and that track played. Suddenly it was very much like I was at an outdoor market in the 18th century, I can’t explain it!!

DATRIL was based on 2 different experiences.

Strawberry Wine is just based off a heckin’ good song.

17) Post a line from a WIP that you’re working on.

How about I do you like...PARAGRAPHS better?

I loved Jamie Fraser. It was the only thing in the world I was sure of.

I loved to look at his face when he was unaware, whether that meant as he read by the fire or if I happened to be awake while he slept. If it was the latter, I could slip into bed beside him as close as I dared and faintly trace the slight pout of his lips with my index finger. Once, he caught me, kissed my thumb, and made love to me in the faint grey light of early morning.

He had a dash of a scar on his cheek that I enjoyed running my thumb across, and if I happened to be on the other side of him, a mole I liked pressing my lips against as I began a love affair with his skin. My trail of warm kisses always ended at the crook of his neck against his pulse.

If Jamie was awake, I liked to admire the way rogue curls fell against his forehead and the way his lips parted when he was lost in thought or trying to make sense of something. He was truly a beautiful man, and my heart ached with everything I wanted to whisper to him in the cover of night beneath our blankets. 

I should have been as freely expressive of my love for him as he had been for me. As I sat alone in our child’s nursery, waiting for the arrival of my last link to Jamie, I realized he’d given me a tangible gift to hold and cherish and love.

In the midst of attempting to reconcile my reluctant gratitude with anger and hurt, I’d forgotten something that would always be true, regardless of whether or not Jamie lived or died.

I left him with nothing.

[flygirlreads]

Pas de cheval

pas de cheval — what’s the best thing that’s ever happened to you?

Aside from graduating and completing things: Running my marathon was an exhilarating experience I will always remember!

unusual asks!

[sincerelyfraser]

Hi hello your gifs are gorgeous! Thank you for your wonderful talents 💗

aww thank you so much 🙊💗

[kkruml]

Happy New Year!! 23 & 24 please!!

Happy New Years @thefraserwitch!

23. one of the best meals you’ve had this year?

I think it might be Thanksgiving dinner… but not the first one.

After we got home from our family travels I decided I was hungry for a snack… so I roasted a 10lb chicken, made stuffing, mashed potatoes and a double batch of gravy… and proceeded to eat an entire 2nd dinner at 10pm.

24. who has made the biggest impact in your life this year?

This is going to sound weird… but I think the answer is- ME.

I put my body through a lot this year.

Within the span of 3 months, I survived a cycle of IVF (hyper-stimulation of the ovaries is real y’all), trained/ran a half marathon (do not recommend it doesna feel good to cram 147 miles into 7 weeks), then BOOM got pregnant al la natural (cause the human body is a mistress not to be tamed)... after 4 years of unexplained infertility. 

2018 was a roller coaster of a year but I’m really proud I was able to push my body as much as I did.

2019 is gonna give me the biggest challenge yet... there are two ways out for this wee bairn and both scare the bejeezus out of me.

[desperationandgin]

Wine 😜🍷

I SEE U

Also riiight when I thought no one else was gonna ask anything and closed my stuff here you come savin’ the day!!!

Here you go, boo. It’s contained within a parenthetical, so I’ll give you the entire wee snippet:

 In the back of my mind, I wondered how much spare money he had to spend on such a lavish meal (complete with a bottle of wine and a rich creme brulee for dessert), but it was my birthday, and this gift of simply being with him and sharing a good meal more than made sense.

[gotham-ruaidh]

I love Uitlander- it’s such a unique interpretation of J&C’s story. Can you talk about your decision of incorporating the lions into the story? Particularly how you chose to end with the lions observing J&C from afar?

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Hi @thefraserwitch! Thanks for your fantastic question!

Well, it honestly all started out as a joke.

During the early chapters of Uitlander, before **SPOILER** Alex Randall dies of his illness - many readers were speculating over how to get Alex out of the way, so to speak, so that Jamie and Claire could be together.

One of the more hilarious ways people suggested Alex be “got rid of” is that he would be attacked and eaten by lions.

The lovely and witty @cantrixgrisea even drew some fanart along these lines:

Now, I had written all of Uitlander before I’d posted it - and I knew there was no chance that Alex would be killed off by a lion.

But I did have an idea - what about writing a few interludes from the perspective of the lion pride that lives on the Fraser estate? Surely they would be aware of the family living in the house; what would their perspective be?

So, that’s how the handful of interludes with the lion pride came to be.

Why end the story with them?

To be honest, it was so, so hard for me to say goodbye to these characters. I struggled with how to end the story properly, with Jamie and Claire and their family. But then I realized - why not say goodbye to the Frasers by showing how even the lions knew that all was well?

All is well with the lions and their new cubs, just like all will be well with Jamie and Claire. Their story parallels Jamie and Claire’s story. They watch over the family, and keep them safe. This was my way of saying to everyone - I’m not formally ending the story, but I *do* want you to know that Jamie and Claire get the happy ending that they so richly deserve.

Not to mention, Cantrix created some truly lovely graphics during the course of Uitlander’s publication, also featuring the lions. She is a true gem in our fandom, and the fact that she took the trouble to make so much amazing art for Uitlander, means more to me than I can ever express.

[flygirlreads]

I’m alone for 48 hrs starting tomorrow. Which Outlander eps should I watch on repeat? Which fics do you want me to work on? READY GO.

You should watch 105, 107, 108, 201, 204 AND DEFINITELY 210, 213, 301, 305, 306, 309, 311, and 311. Then for season 4, I’d watch 401, 405, and 409! That should have you covered for two days. I’d love the next Florist and *GASPS* the first and/or outline to the next arc of TaDa!